#really wanting to spoil the blorbos rn

[sleepymarimo]

just imagine peppering zoro’s face w smooches and him trying so, so hard to be nonchalant about the whole thing.

“are you blushing?” “like hell i am.”

he’d be asking you if you’re almost finished, his tan skin just absolutely flushing red. your thumbs skate across his cheekbones and he’s hot to the touch. it’s a miracle he’s still breathing.

“i’m almost done.” “yeah?”

the swordsman doesn’t mean to sound so disappointed. he’s supposed to be a warrior, dammit!

but here he is, nothing but putty in your hands.

he talks big for a man who has yet to pull away, who has yet to unwrap his arms from around you. if you’re paying attention, you notice how his hold on you tightens with each kiss.

“do you want me to stop?” “…just do what you want.”

luckily, you’ve become fluent in marimo. what he really means is “don’t you dare.”

[rooniearts]

Metal Wins Asks 1: Initial Reactions

YALL TORE ME APARRRTTTT IN THE ASKBOX LOL THANK YOU FOR ALL THE RESPONSES!!! I'm glad to see that the AU has been well received despite it all! :'D I already have enough asks about it (TWENTY SEVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!) to justify a longpost, so here goes!

Any trigger warnings that pertain to the Metal Wins AU are gonna apply here in the discussion, just so you're warned. You can find the warning under my pinned post

@railway323

IM SORRAYYYYYYY,,,, IT HAD TO HAPPENNNNN,,,,

@zezodacol

yeahh,,,, yeahhhh,,,....,..,

@akaneenaka33

Unfortunately, it's gonna have to be cruel and unusual punishment for now :') This AU works differently from my other ones in the sense that this one has a bit of a running story to it, so I can't tell you much without spoiling things.

The basic premise is that this incident happens and everyone has to navigate how they cope with it, Metal included. Some find their way through, while others continue to spiral downwards to rock bottom.

MY BABY BOYYY!!!!!!!!! MY LITTE GUYYYYY!!!!! AUUGHHHHH

@niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian

The true answer is that I just thought Metal looked really cool whenever I put blood on him and then it just kinda went downhill from there </3

So. Metal killed him and brought him there to mess with Sonic. That's about the lore I can give you about it for now unfortunately, except for the few other bits and pieces throughout the rest of this post :')

@sanicdetails

YOU KNOW WHAT. Good point. All crimes have been forgiven <3

@sparkyboi

NEVERRRR!!!! IF SEGA CAN KILL TAILS THEN SO CAN I!!!!!!!

BWUH,,,, Tails nation please don't publicly execute me I would be so very sad

@disgruntled-rat

YAYYY thank goodness...... I may rejoin my people..............

@thatbirdguyy

Unfortunately for our little guy, it is by decree of the author that he Must suffer. It is simply inevitable for any Tails enthusiast to put him through the wringer </3

ALSO YO?? I love your art and au sm! :D I'm so glad you find mine interesting too!! <3

@thecustomcosplayed

HE DID NOTHING WRONGGG THATS THE WORST PART,,, MY POOR LIL GUY DOESN'T DESERVE THISSSS

Ohohhhh yess ! I too love me a good whump au or two

Oh, he was long gone before Metal even showed up with him :( There was nothing they could've done

@cheeseburgerhelper

See, Metal wanted an efficient kill, but the problem is that Tails isn't about to go down without a fight. That's why he got so brutal, and also why he's sporting some scuffs and dents.

@humble-introvert0808

LMAOOO NOO MY GIRL AMY 😭 I do really enjoy this response to seeing me kill off my blorbo baby boy being "ooohh do mine next!! do mine next!!" bcus it's so so real

I prob won't do anything like that anytime soon, but rest assured that Amy's a MAJOR player in this AU and gets to be sad asf a LOT <3

@anactualfuckingnerd

Well. Yes. But I get the feeling that it's not what the most of y'all are looking for rn because Metal does, in fact, NOT get obliterated immediately :'D

Sonic WISHES he could've pulverized Metal on the spot, but no, he lost the fight and Metal got away. Sure, he was mad, but more angry =/= better at fighting

The next part (which I'm currently working on!) will go over this, but basically it was a fit of jealous rage. A "if I can't have this, then you can't either" type of thing.

But you're right. The real Sonic would NEVER have done that. Metal's realization of this fact is the basis that sets off his character arc and exploring that is what half of this AU is all about :]

(I use any pronouns for my version of Metal! I tend to mostly use he/him before character growth, and mostly they/them and she/her after, but y'all can use whatever)

YEAH they are fighting an uphill battle for that redemption arc after this one :') They fucked up BADDDDDD and they KNOW it.

LMAOOASDFGH,,, It's definitely a slow climb for her :'D All will be revealed in due time!

HELP NOOOO NOT THE BLAME SHIFTIIINGGG!!!! HES THE BLAME SHIFTER!!!!!!

I think he might have, like, a twinge of resentment towards him about it, but on some level he does understand that Silver had no earthly chance of knowing even if he is from the future. That, and Silver's like one of the only people who are willing to go along with his murder death revenge quest, so he can't afford to piss him off lol

Even still, I'm sure it comes out as snide remarks once in a while though :')

@i-only-created-this-to-read

The Tornado is fine! It's probably just sitting in Tails' hangar, collecting dust. No one can bear looking at it right now.

And oof. That's actually hard to say! I don't think I can accurately place it in a specific game timeline, unfortunately. But I can say that Sage isn't here nor has she been created yet (as much as I love her </3 but my co-auther hasn't played Frontiers) Eggman will behave much like he does in IDW, if that gives you a good reference point.

Eggman is very much alive, and we will see him! But no, he's NOT happy about any of this. We'll see this explored later, but yes, he absolutely sees Metal as a liability now that he's gone and painted such a HUGE target on their backs. And also little mad that he acted autonomously and took away a potential asset/victory from him.

From what I've heard, he needs either the real or fake set of Chaos Emeralds to do that....??? And right now he has neither, so no, unfortunately not :') He's never once allowed near any of the emeralds, because his friends know he's crashing out and will hurt himself and others if he goes super/dark. They spend the whole time playing Emerald Hot Potato to keep them from him lol

Sonic absolutely drops his whole being the better person shtick IMMEDIATLY though, at least regarding Metal. He's gone too far, and now there's no more second chances for him. As far as Sonic's concerned, Metal is to be destroyed on sight.

YES! Or, at least, Shadow tries. He tries to reach out, and he tries to help him cope, but Sonic just isn't open to it. He's not in a headspace to be able to receive any advice at all.

@i-only-created-this-to-read

Honestly, I like to think Amy probably came crying to him and told him about it pretty much immediately, and that he becomes one of the biggest comforts to her during all of this. He seems like he'd be a great listener and give some top tier advice <3

@anactualfuckingnerd

LMAOOOO yeahh,,.,,, Valid reaction

[huggywuggysuppy]

hi i just read your e!gem post (same anon) and yeah. e!gem is such a fantastic character 💜💚 i don't have much to say that you practically touched all the points as to why gem's pov and her character in empires felt so special to me 🏔

but now i'm interested in your traffic!gem thoughts, because she's also one of my favorite blorbos to think about; on one hand she's really difficult to crack because a lot of things don't really seem to face her (at least after secret life) and she like, barely creates attachment to material things. on the other hand, her relationship with pearl does help to know gem as a character better because of how uniquely they treat each other (both in sl and wl).

i definitely think she tries to put a facade of "i don't heavily care about death or anything because this is all a game" while also constantly bringing back secret life, almost like that season and what happened (end portal, eye taken 'against her will', a camel and the weight of leadership she never desired) haunts her to some degree that she won't ever admit outloud. some things she brings back are certainly remembered with fondness (her saving that camel during ep6 and then making sure it stayed safe in the barn... you could tell she missed pearl) and others are not (she does not like sacrifices after sl).

the idea that a celestial being, who had been boundless all her life and held control over every aspect of her existence, now keeps coming back to the games because she wants to recuperate what, for the first time in all her life, she lost during sl (her agency? control? freedom?) is an interpretation i'm a fan of rn, but ofc there's so many other things you can delve into (i could rant way more about how she actually is her own biggest enemy and that ties into her trying to not care too much about people and stuff after sl but it’s kinda late lol).

as for fic recs, i definitely recommend this series from dustaundonut (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2796937) basically a canon divergence that explores a reality where corrupted!gem isn't cured, roseblings are really nuanced and complex, shinyduo is shinyduo, and the world is still moving forward. updates for the main fic are slow, but it’s still soooo worth it for the great narrative. one of my faves ever

(also i do think someone should put all gem variants in one room and see which one comes out of the room as a better person and which leaves wanting to commit more crimes)

Hey !! Thank you for all of this !! I’m so proud of my Empires 1 Gem analysis, glad you enjoyed and extra happy you want to hear more :)

I'll do my best.

Traffic Gem’s theme is control. She is constantly fighting to maintain it, to get it back, to pretend she has it, while the whole world makes it their mission to take it from her. She’s a trophy, threat, leader, lover, and at the end of the day: she is and has lost. The tragedy of Gem is her inability to fulfill her full potential, how her situation leaves her no option but to resign, giving a glimpse into what could have been if she was allowed. And the triumph of Gem is when she rejects that, spins things around so her only option is committing, delighting not in the spoils but in the hunt.

Gem is wonderfully difficult to pick apart, with Traffic!Gem as the worst offender -- most of my #analysis were posted during WL trying to figure her out. But the fun is in discovering another aspect/layer that completely changes an interpretation. All to say: this isn't my first crack at Traffic Gem, and it certainly won't be the last. Written mostly in January, I was gonna wait till I had a companion fic to post with this (EDIT: now posted!) but Simple Life April Fools spelled soooo much out, I can't resist posting now. Enough disclaimers, let’s get into the great Gem analysis!

Traffic Gem, willingly or not, is the villain of everyone's story. Even her own.

Gem (and most other mcyts) are very utilitarian with adapting to what reputation is thrust on them: as it's the smartest decision if she wants efficient power/control over the situation. There's less legwork for her in establishing motive, skillset, tone, etc. and makes her very accessible to other players: they already know her story and can work around/within it. Her HC intro season having a cottagecore theme and really her cute girl aesthetic in general is fitting into a marketable stereotype that she can then go on to subvert. And this is the fun of CC's in general, especially for the audience! The difference comes in how freely they're able to act.

In every season Gem is sought after by others: defending them, being a target, challenging them to act. If she's standing near someone, she can't be ignored, and people are always seeking her out. Many other traffic villains (Scar, Martyn) don't try taking leader at the same time, and the few that have (Ren, Lizzie) dedicate their time entirely to managing it. Gem has the worst combination because she can't turn it off: she's too aware of playing the physical and social game (and playing it well) to not lead. Because of her skill she must be used and fought against. Funnily enough Scott has this same problem, which is why he usually attaches to someone with a similarly strong reputation (social and/or skill) to mask his movements. Grian also falls victim, but his position as gamemaster and first victor often takes the heat off: people trust him to prioritize lore and not overextend. Obviously Gem and Scott would also like to RP, have you seen them, but to individual players it's more tactical to be wary.

So Gem is caught in a terrible cycle. If she embraces her villain leadership status, she has power over the server, but will never catch a break or get to tell any other type of story. And if she tries to reject her reputation, an uphill battle on its own, she'll be targeted anyway for an entire season, without the allies to block the bullets. She still finds ways to thrive in subversion: Gem explicitly follows the rules of the Life Series to the letter: passive till it kills her, because everyone's expecting her to murder from the start. Gem loves playing the villain, her SL aesthetic lives rent free forever, but also longs for peaceful episode segments and initiating her own shenanigans -- which can only come when others are independent. Oddly, I think Real Life demonstrates her ideal vibe: everyone was a lot more laid back so while she was still feared and followed, it wasn't stopping her from having fun. Meanwhile, Simple Life is her nightmare. All this to say: Gem has a lot of complex emotions around embracing slash being forced into villainy and leadership.

Gem uses this reputation for her benefit. She doesn't have much choice.

Let's talk about how other players see her, and what she does about it. Gem was typecast as everyone’s antagonist before she even entered the games. Subbing in for Cleo with her only direction as “Kill Etho if you can” only cemented her reputation. In her actual seasons, she shows sportsmanship with her kills, but rarely seems (or really has reason to be) apologetic for them. Gem takes initiative to gear up and becomes a problem if left alone too long, all the while grinning behind honeyed words and pretty walls. And even regardless of any actions, she’s known for pvp and building prowess, cutting wit, and seemingly effortless control over most situations. If Gem's this deadly when she's forced to hold herself back, what is she like at full power? She can never be under the radar because Gem’s entire existence is a challenge.

The contrast between SL and WL is insane. SL feels like a joyride: she’s got her historically closest allies and they’re completely loyal, the server is entirely at her mercy either in competitions and dragon fights or actively hunted as prey, she even gets to rp toxic yuri with no consequences! And then in the final hour her hubris blinds her to both Scar and Pearl's feelings, and she dies in disgrace. WL Gem is significantly more skittish: narrowing her field of view to only a few goals and broadcasting how uncomfortable she is with everyone paying attention to her all the time. Making a point not to tryhard for kills, merely surviving out of obligation, Gem acts like she's given up everything. She's trapped by the narrative, so she stops fighting against the current. Obviously, at least.

And the other players are clearly off balance from this change. They're unsure whether to fear Gem's machinations as if she was at the height of her boogeyman army, or to hang out sympathetically at her base. Most opt to take the safe route and target her anyway: only to face tauntingly little resistance as she uses their attempts as evidence to her innocence. Is her head still a trophy if she stands still under your minecart? Why are you making her a more dangerous color? Gem admits she played "aggressively passive:" her offense was a manipulatively weak defense. It aims to disorient others and gain sympathy for herself. There's a clear rebranding effort at play, all to change popular opinion towards Gem into something favorable.

Lifelong Allies (by accepting they all want you dead.)

After SL, Gem changes targets from directly winning to interpersonal goals. She’s already demonstrated her strength, though learned the hard way that nobody will ever leave her alone long enough to safely take her win. And since she's joined late, there's no foundation of trust or love to fall back on -- if anything, she's almost ostracized -- so now she chooses to build one. Gem needs strong allies, but even stronger ties to her enemies. If Grian and/or Pearl hadn’t intervened, had they gone for the other enemy instead, she almost certainly would’ve been crowned. Don’t be fooled by her facade: Gem never gave up on winning. Everything she does in WL is setup for her next Red rampage.

If there’s anything she learned from Scott, it’s having relationships everywhere. She wants to have a stronger tie to them so that when it comes down to a 2v1, the worse side isn’t Gem. They don’t have to love her or even want her to win, they just have to want the other person to lose more. To do this, Gem butters up every player -- she only truly denounces the G's, everyone else receives kindness and civility. She also constantly calls out the enormous target on her back, both for sympathy, but also making every attempt on her life impersonal. If everyone’s targeting her, she has no reason to be enemies with you even if you do kill her. She's friendly, if blunt, and competent enough to deserve the win, if only everyone would leave her alone! Boldly, to an almost insane degree, Gem is trying to circumvent her reputation as "Biggest Threat" into "Enemy Of Your Enemy."

Why team with Joel? As she's building bridges with all players, she also covers her tracks with the other greatest threats. Among Grian, Scar, Martyn, and arguably Etho, (all of which she also dedicates extra time to befriending,) Joel is the best fit for her mission. Loyal to the grave, there's no risk of a surprise betrayal. He doesn’t put much effort into peace talks or reputation, so he’s a perfect contrast against the smiling, hands up, ‘peaceful’ Gem. Although aggressively lore-phobic: often off-setting the tone of her story moments (most glaringly trying to kill Pearl in the finale while they’re talking,) even that demonstrates her being a storyteller instead of a sweat. He’s also competent and the perfect Champion: their team does win as a group effort. She directs him towards targets, quietly takes heat off him, and they keep each other alive to the finale. Gem more or less succeeds with Joel, and establishes her position as unfairly targeted, mostly harmless, maybe there's someone better to go after...

But Gem can't befriend everyone. …Unless (and they never got off that camel.)

Singling out the G’s fits perfectly into her “enemy of your enemy” plan, since EVERYONE can get behind stopping GGG. The G’s are the only other team that faced constant sweat allegations, despite their clear intent to infight and do lore -- something Gem clocks as she's experiencing the same thing. Also, the G's have an arsenal of messy dynamics with everyone from past series and many would target them before Gem. Beyond that, it's implausible to befriend everyone, nevermind the stigma when you're called out on being a floater (BDubs, Impulse.) But more than any convenience or necessity: Gem loves a nemesis. To say nothing of entertaining content: if her attention seems focused on someone else, she's not aiming for you, and they're both getting weaker in the process. Though, that only actually hurts Gem if her and her enemy are properly fighting.

Pearl sees through exactly what Gem is doing. If anyone's an expert on being trapped by the popular narrative, it's Pearl. As such, Pearl doesn't want to win, and only really cares about uplifting her loved ones -- and having chaotic fun while she's at it. She's the only player (except maybe Grian) who doesn't want to kill Gem, for reputation or for a safe victory. Sure, she's pressured into it by Gem's promise of a 1v1 on red, but that’s all in service of murder camel reuniting. Her attempts are half-hearted, and Gem only fights back when a third party gets involved (poor Impulse), maintaining the enemies illusion while functionally just having fun/RP. (Not that I think Pearl ever wants to be bloodthirsty 5 AM again anyway, although Gem sure does.) Pearl also takes a “yes, and” attitude to everything Gem does ever, and willingly slides into the role she needs Pearl to be: pulling more attention than Gem, and (depending on what the players/you're looking for) villainous and/or heroic while she’s at it. As long as Impulse is off the radar (and he is compared to the dramatic GGG), Pearl is fine with whatever. And Gem serves her in return: an undeniable threat to target despite Pearl’s allies’ objections. There's enormous flexibility in the storyline too: since neither of them really care about the 2v1, or trying to win this time for that matter, they can spend as much time as they want taking it in any direction. In a quiet, twisted way, being Gem’s nemesis is the best way Pearl can help her.

(Eternal dynamic of Pearl, willing to jump headfirst into whatever Gem's up to, not caring about what'll happen to her own reputation, or even fate, so long as it helps Gem and makes her happy. That unconditional safety allowing Gem to reach higher, unleash her full potential, and having a safe place to land if she falls. And she uses that power to take care of Pearl in return ohghghhh. For the shippy interpretation, I direct you to my ao3 :)

Of course there are consequences to this playstyle. The G’s are very scary on their own to be enemies of, although Gem has unusually strong relationships with all four, so they probably won’t hold a long lasting grudge. Maybe. Moreover, Gem is publicly called out for her unreasonable beef with Pearl, the consequences of which may create an actual enemy in the future if Pearl ever lets herself properly hold her exes accountable. Most of all, it makes Gem look cruel or — worse — sloppy, both of which discourage others from working with her / being on her side. But even with all these downsides, Gem vs. the G’s succeeded in balancing her reputation. And it’s undeniably a highlight of WL.

Yet a villain needs her thematic demise :/ or “what is a victory but other people?”

The best Gem moments and stories are when she gets to have fun doing what she wants. The Boogey Army, lore with Pearl, even the moments of peace at her base where she talks to the camera about her process. But the most disappointing is when she’s forced physically and narratively into a box. Gem is constantly pushed into passivity because it’d be ‘unfair’ — also punished by the rules, unable to instigate until the gimmick (inconsistently) or other players send her to yellow/red. But in WL, Gem had organized things so that when she finally went Red, the most compelling and coherent option was murdering those who wronged her, finding long awaited closure with Pearl, and a satisfying final death that laid groundwork for next season. Unfortunately, by nature of the game/rules, they didn’t have the time or space to execute that throughout the season let alone the finale, resulting in her hard work falling flat.

And isn’t that frustrating? Her playstyle is dictated by the rules and, despite appearances, puts control of her actions/storyline in other players hands. SL worked because Gem could satisfyingly get herself on Yellow and interact with/terrorize other players within the rules. But WL left no time or room for either. She’s a villainous character — decided for her and embraced for maximum effect — and so it’s agonizing to take all the heat with none of the payoff. Gem always finds ways to work with it: building relationships, supporting Joel and Scar and others in getting kills, salvages a rushed makeup with Pearl, but it’s not her lore, her joy, her victory. It's dying to a mob, alone at her base, with only a sardonic outro as closure. And yet she keeps on trying anyway.

The stakes are too high for Gem. She wants to win so badly, in spite of the target on her back preventing her honest victory. So she weaves her own story into the villain narrative: an underdog, or at least a lesser enemy, that treats you kindly and deserves the win. Gem creates a rival in Pearl to showcase her innocence and a weakness so others let their guard down. All of this to promise that, when she goes Red, she can finally get some murder -- some control back. Yet Gem falls, unsatisfied and unfulfilled, before she can take her moment to have fun and thrive. Traffic Gem is constantly fighting for control, and we yearn and fear for when she finally realizes her hunt.

E1 Anon thank you for the ask !! I've been preparing a major Traffic Gem analysis for a while, and your prompt was the perfect jumping off point. There's still so much to talk about, but I think I've covered the major points here, at least until the next ask. So excited to see what develops next in Life Series that’ll add even more depth :) Thank you for reading!

Bonus Thoughts: Real Stakes cc!Gem, Meta Worldhopper Gem, and Taking Her At Face Value c!Gem

No Gem character is complete without intense interconnectivity between her worlds. Everything above is the Traffic Gem intent/action analysis, as seen and interpreted by other players. But here are some other more Gem centric ideas that I'd be remiss if I didn't discuss.

Traffic Gem is intense because the stakes are real.

Life Series is a microscope for mcyts. It's a Situation with just enough guidelines to build a cohesive story, a finite time limit incentivizing risks, a sandbox of character dynamics and with players they already have history with to utilize and alter. Part of the lightning-in-a-bottle value is seeing the mcyts at 100%: using their full arsenal of improv, relationships, production, and lore, on the most elite stage they have right now. One's content, brand, fandom, their very legacy, is indisputably shaped by Life Series. It’s an insane level of pressure even by mcyt standards. And Gem enters that as a newbie four seasons in, with all eyes on her.

If Wizard Gem is a collection of her themes into one masterpiece, Traffic Gem is the refined core of GeminiTay: who she is without any structure to fall back on, how she operates in the middle of chaos, and what she fights for when she can't have everything. It’s an ornate quilt versus a knight’s sword: you admire the comfort and handicraft of the quilt, but the sword challenges anyone to wield it — with varying levels of mastery. That's why Traffic!Gem is such a beautiful challenge compared to all her other characters: she is overpowering and raw, and her very presence challenges you to investigate deeper.

CC's often say their characters are exaggerations of themselves, but Gem's Traffic character is directly interwoven with her general CC struggle. Sorted into a box of "scary, competent, cottagecore," it's interesting that much of her battle is breaking out of her reputation. Gem loves playing around with perception, it's "how she gets away with things," and Life Series demonstrates both the strengths and weaknesses of her openly deceptive brand/playstyle. (I also consider False and Keralis this subtype, and can rant about this endlessly.) While she's soooo careful to not overextend, Gem is constantly beating back the "too good at PVP/minigames/etc." accusations, often to the point of handicapping herself. The more actions she takes, the closer she gets to winning, the louder the outcry to stop her -- even in the name of "fairness." And she subverts expectations by embracing that role for her own ends. I think that's beautiful.

Worldhopping! Yippie!

I could go on about the delicious c!Gem lore around an eldritch creature originally delighting in the death game, until struck with the horribly real betrayal woven into every single player, having a nihilistic and desperate attitude in every game afterwards. But this post by rainecreatesstuff already covered that beautifully. I think this is 100% intentional on Gem’s part: she keeps a lot of her machinations behind the curtain but loooves character building and consistency. Her "its fine" mantra fits perfectly in anyway. Similarly, much to appreciate from the Watchers specifically choosing her to join the games and cull the herd. Gem carrying on the eye-lost-to-portal plot is a fun nod to that interpretation. Imagine if she gets to boogeyman again in the future. Personally, I love a Worldhopper Gem who actively seeks to change events -- as opposed to simply enjoying the chaos and/or getting her feelings sent through a woodchipper by the Watchers -- but both interpretations are great.

An important aspect of Worldhopper Gem for me is how she actually cares way too much about every world. You’d think remembering tons of them and knowing it’s all roleplay would make her detached and here to have fun, and oh how she tries, but she can’t stop loving everyone too much and is always punished for it. Her fondness for Impulse, Scott, and Pearl, is thrown in her face in SL. Despite calling in dragons and fighting tooth and nail, Empires 1 gets raptured. Everything always ends. and Gem knows it from the start, and still she cries for every fallen world. Something to be said for loving her friends in every universe too!

Grumpy, impatient, and hurt Gem - what does she actually want to happen?

While I subscribe to a very tactical and intentional Gem — targeted actions influenced by her emotional priorities — the spiteful pure emotions Gem is worth discussing, especially regarding Pearl. Things like laughing as the barn burns, SACRIFICES, "did you even look me in the eye during our murder camel... happenings?" Gem is CONSTANTLY using whatever's being done to her and trying to manipulate it into something she can accept. She desperately wants to go on a murder spree with Pearl again, camel included, but doubled down on playing hard to get so now they're circling each other like (pathetic, wet) cats. It annoys her to no end that she keeps getting interrupted by murder attempts and base visitors, so she hides her irritation and pretends she's already given up on a safe, intact, quiet base, all the while grumpily snarking and retreating to the woods. Part of the fun on SL was being a yellow name and too scary to approach, getting to menace others just by standing next to them, so why is it taking so long to get there this time? Surely somebody should be able to kill her on their own. Gem is perpetually unsatisfied, and not even hiding it all that well, yet players seemingly refuse to see past her evil cottagecore facade. Much to be gained and appreciated in a grumpy, pretending to be detached Gem, who cares a lot, actually, and would appreciate if somebody would take the hint and let her murder already!

Thank you again for reading!! Stay tuned for the companion fic going up on my ao3 sooner or later :)

EDIT: now posted!! take a look!!

[riiviir]

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR OC'S

OK so I mostly made that post in reference to Warden but I have now realized that saying too much about her would spoil that comic I'm trying to make so instead let me give details about one of the protagonists from that same comic. except I currently have no way of mentioning these details within the comic and even if I did they wouldn't really be a plot twist like Warden's backstory would be so. Okispe's whole entire backstory infodump time!!

tw for medical trauma and also people die

so basically. he's an anthropomorphic moth. and his home universe is full of anthropomorphic bugs and insects but most important details I can give rn are about moths bc that's what's relevant to him but anyways. the moths still get to be caterpillars when they're young, and instead of puberty they basically just go into a cocoon for a year and then come out with wings and an exoskeleton and such. and when Okispe was a caterpillar, he was, just like most caterpillars, very excited about getting wings, both bc he wanted to fly on his own without having to be carried around by his parents and bc he thought that wings were very pretty and he was looking forward to being just as beautiful as his mom and dad

the bad news is that there is a very rare disease called Post-Chrysalis Necrosis (PCN), in which the wings start rotting away a few days after emerging from the cocoon. so when Okispe was just barely starting to learn how to fly, before he could really do anything at all he started experiencing intense pain, went to the doctor, and found out that he will most likely never be able to fly, and also might die since PCN is deadly if it isn't eradicated before it can spread to the rest of the body.

So holes begin rotting into his wings. The treatment for PCN is to cauterize the infection, so the already-painful rotting cells are then made even more painful by being burned over and over until the infection is cured.

So he was in the hospital from age 13 all the way to when he was 20. To make matters worse, at some point while visiting Okispe, his parents caught a different deadly disease from another patient and both of them died.

Even after Okispe is eventually cured, he has a multitude of other issues to deal with. He's severely lacking in social skills, has an incredibly low self-esteem due to thinking that his hole-filled wings are ugly, has to deal with chronic pain from the burn scars, has to worry about the PCN potentially coming back, and cannot fly. And although stairs are an accessibility requirement in most of the city he lives in, the maintenance and everything is severely lacking, and some places aren't accessible at all. He also has to make up for all the school he missed and graduate late, and struggles to find a job that will actually hire him. He does manage to get a job lighting lanterns (this is a very important job with the worldbuilding I have for his home universe but that's an inforump for another time) but is paid less than those who can fly, and the job is pretty dangerous due to how close he has to get to enemy territory while put in the woods (there's a war going on).

So ableism and medical trauma and dead parents. Idk why I made his backstory so incredibly sad when it didn't need to be but uhhh. I am nothing if not sadistic towards my blorbos.

He does eventually leave his home universe to join Human and Sunrise in a life of multiversal crime but that part if his backstory actually IS spoilers. but anyways yeah that's my moth boi

[alex-issad]

Ya'll I'm making something really cool. Hopefully it will be done be Christmas. Don't want to spoil it so no wip, but it's going to be some ruin angst! I love that little blorbo.

Also sorry it's been so long between posts, depression is fighting me rn. I'm losing if you couldn't tell. /J

[blorbo-brainrot]

Mini fandom rant:

Thank god for the Spiner stans / Data girlies keeping my timeline a little more manageable in These Trying Times 🥲

for those who aren't aware, the season finale of House of the Dragon apparently leaked in full yesterday. I follow a ton of hotd fan blogs, and now my dash is full of spoilers, despite me blocking all of the leak and spoiler tags. People I followed because theyre good gif makers are all whining and sending each other public asks like "I'm not gonna spoil anything but I watched the leak and ohmygod I hate the writers for what they did with (character) and how they butchered (plotline)! Why didnt they (person's opinion of how the story should go) instead of ____" 🤡🤡🤡 Like that doesn't basically spoil it!! What are you doing!!

Like. This show becomes my biggest hyperfixation whenever it airs, and anyone who's seen my reblogs for the last 2 months knows that eyepatch legolas is my evil blorbo. And while I have read the books (and own a signed one! And a fuckin aemond pillowcase!), and enjoy reading discussions and theories and all of that, I don't want to know what happens in the season finale until it airs on Sunday. Is that really too much to ask?? The finale will air, and then there won't be any more episodes for at least 2 years. I'll never tell people not to spoil things for themselves or watch ahead if they want to, but f u c k. Let the rest of us savor the experience! Don't talk about spoilers outside of the spoiler tags!! I feel like I can't even use this site rn unless I block every person who talks about the show, because they're all freaking out about what they've seen, out in the open!

I've been letting my lovely Star Trek fanfics stack up for a few weeks, planning to binge read them after the hotd hype leaves me a bit. Well damn, it happened sooner than I expected. My nice, safe blorbo (and his less 'safe' evil twin blorbo 😎) can't be spoiled for me, and they have a much chiller fanbase. So I'll be on tumblr very little this week, probably only to check notifs and certain non-dragon show blogs. My daily routine includes hanging out on here, I always scroll tumblr while my meds kick in, but now I can't. So now I'm gonna go pull up my favorite tng episodes and try not to be sad about the huge hotd spoilers I've already seen 😔

((Data would never spoil my shows for me))

[cactusringed]

its t. literally if bdubs wins you will be the first person i think about. if he dies too. im so glad you liveblog your reactions to the episodes because i generally know where youre at to avoid spoiling you. the moment i find out about him winning. i truly think he could.

while having one foot in many worlds isnt great, bdubs really does have a lot of allies and sort of allies and just people who wouldnt kill him first. the roomies wouldnt kill him first, because he would help them if need be because of his thing with etho. hes too useful. pearl and joel wouldnt kill him.

also

bdubs has what he has never had before, and that is someone who is as loyal to him as he always is to others. pearl.

look do you want to know what i need from this. i need pearl to die fighting someone off from bdubs. i need her to do that and for him to win. i need someone to be his sword for once. i need her to die for him and for it to lead to his victory.

Brother I'll have to wait till the evening to binge all the episodes too this time imma be suffering esp because it means I can't even check tumblr while I'm bored KSJDKDJD phobic to me specifically

Yeah no I do think he could win... Although he mightve seriously hurt his allyship w pearl last episode, so I'm worried about that, she's not someone you want to anger or get on your bad side. But if he can cling to Joel then he should be okay. Joel's really good at being a red life.

I'm so worried because bdubs has a really difficult task rn, it would be better for him to reroll than spend all session trying to accomplish it, because it's so risky. I'm so worried because of that I rly rly hope for his sake he rerolls, I know it means - 2 hearts but if he gets an easier task he can very easily gain them back

He's also got martyn at his side although I wouldn't necessarily call martyn trustworthy.... I also don't know how much I would trust grian not to hurt bdubs, whilst cletho I think is pretty safe to assume won't lay a finger on him

As for gem and the scotts.... It's rrally hard to tell. Scott is always a force to reckon with in those series because he's such a try hard AJDKSJDD, and then both impulse and gem are very, very very very good at this game, so they are very much to be feared, and they're very tight knit. It wouldn't be surprising if one of them won, but I maintain that it would be more satisfying if someone like bdubs or etho or Joel won. It's not even just bc they're my blorbos I swear LOL they've just had such good arcs this season

I also don't know if scar would be likely to target bdubs.... Bdubs is very likely to target scar in spite of their 'truce'. I don't think scar realises just how angry bdubs still is at him. Thing is, Scar can be pretty deadly, and I thhhhink he's got more hearts than bdubs atm? So a fight against him might not go so well

Bless their hearts I don't think there's much to worry re: the heart foundation, I think they'll be mroe focused on getting revenge on Scar, Bdubs hasn't really antagonised them and they're also, I say this with so so much love, not amazing at pvp or being red lives LOL

Maybe.... Maybe..... I still believe... I believe with worry but I believe....

[almostfoxglove]

sooo i’ve been seriously putting off sending in asks because i wanted, ideally, to give a whole breakdown of why i loved the most recent chapter of See You At Three and most recently The Prettiest, but the longer i wait the more i realize i am just… not regaining my spoons. which is devastating, because i want so badly to pick apart every little detail about why each story has me literally pinned to my phone until i’ve re-read each update twice, at minimum.

i’m low on energy and perpetually exhausted, but i need you to know that you are fucking killing it as always. you make me want to post more fics on my own, even, just by the sheer power of how much i enjoy and get lost in your writing. the ending scene of syat?? hello??? THE MOMENT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR??? (trying not to spoil but oh my god, okay, i cannot BELIEVE you dropped it like that and left us i’m buzzing). and don’t even get my started on max, because we know that stupid bloodsucking bastard has such a hold on me. i’m sitting here with my jaw open bc holy shit, the down-bad vampire caught a break? and also might be having a panic attack in the process, congrats to him.

you’re doing amazing, that’s my point, and i’m even eying this angst-y yearn-y max wip i’ve been chipping away at for ages because of the pseudo-writer’s high i get from the immersion. i froth at the mouth when you update, and i’m sending you all my love.

also, the sheer amount of pedro content we’ve gotten lately?? din? clint? lucien? joel? more on the way. romcom pedro? REED RICHARDS?? head in hands, does that man ever sleep?

okay that’s enough, and probably all i’ve got rn. rooting for you always, and i hope you know you’re so so appreciated. thank you as always for sharing when you have no obligation to. mwah.

- that one long and rambling anon ♥️

you sweet soul angel on earth, hi hi sweet rambling anon <3 you would not believe the warm fuzzies this brought my heart. I know those spoon deficiencies are a bitch and a half, so I'm sending you a lot of love <3 I hope you're able to find little pockets of time to take care of yourself when you can - easier said than done etc etc but really I hope you're okay. it means so much that my goofy fics can bring you a little comfort when you're feeling not the best, and omg what an HONOR that they get you excited about writing too, like??? the highest praise. I could sob. maybe I will just for fun because that is so sweet and kfjhskgah I am so very grateful. HELL YEAH WRITE THAT ANGSTY YEARNY MAX you knowww I'm here for that. if you ever end up posting more and wanna drop me a link... there's 0 pressure, but I would *love* to read it. goodness knows you have a gift with words honey!!

also OH MY GOD truly that man must sleep in 20 minute intervals like??? incredible. he will be the death of me. I'm not going to survive materialists or fantastic four like freaky tales & the uninvited took me OUT he was so good in them. AH

I hope you know how much I appreciate you & your infinite kindness, I truly don't know what I did in a past life but it must've been something pretty good to get to meet someone as sweet as you :,) thank you so much for reading & coming to squeal about the blorbos with me. I LOVE U SO VERY MUCH, RAMBLING ANGEL!! and I'm sending you a big ol hug <3 <3

[hayakawalove]

HAI REMMM

I hopes your week has been well so far!! I need to gush on my crush on my manager…I KNOWAAKLALA i won’t shit where I eat promise! However comma I been thinking well shit if I really really feel something that’s not lust rn do we gotta go to hr or I’ll just outright quit when I’m EMT certified hehe. It’s gonna take foreva going into the deets.. but this weekend we worked an event for work together and it felt like a date actuallt talking about things outside of work…..the way I was gushing REMMM!!

He’s 2 years younger and reminds me of my bestie’s boyfriend personality wise. I’m vetting his ass like the FBI before I jump his bones. Maybe im feeling myself tew muchs these days but Ive been aware of subtle hints that he may want to get to know me more too and wont snitch on me hitting my weed pen in his mom’s truck he brought to help out w the event. He also liked the music i bumped when I took over the aux LMAOO.

Fuck..like i been perfectly happy chilling being single and focusing on my priorities and play w my bush at night STWFSHFGGJHH. But iono rem he seems worth to plot on…..but im so scared to even be vulnerable w those feelings and feel like a cat in a carrier having to stay profesh and not bat my eyes a lil too much at him or bend over picking up sumn LOOOOOL

Sending love and kissies always!!! Anything new w you cutie??? Also when you dropped the spoiled princess and sugu fic THE TIMINGGGG i was grinding at work and peeped it and felt like I won the lottery YEEEEEEEEHAWWWWW ily ily ily ty for being so wonderful Im so blessed to indulge in our blorbos always. Stay hydrated and eat well!! Sugu’s dropping awf some dinner for you<3

-🗿

HELLO that sounds interesting! I’m so glad he’s been treating you nicely. Could you see something in the future with him? Are you gonna bring it up?

NOT MUCH NEW THINGS…. I’ve been sort of out of it for a couple different reasons but I’m trying not to be. IM GLAD YOU LIKED THE FIC I really loved writing it <33 ILYYYY thank you for always being so nice it makes me so happy <33 I love talking about our blorbos and I’m so happy we can talk about them together. I hope you have a wonderful day!

[mikiruma]

also ok may revive the clixie blogs for game progress. i know i nuked the ol' webcomic one ages ago but i still have the alt one that i..... dont really remember the last time i updated....... thinking i can put official progress on the main one and keep the ask box open on the side bc i wanted the alt to be for discussion/me geeking over it anyway????? aaaaaaaaaaa

[betweenlands]

Ok ill bite whats dominion smp?

BOY AM I GLAD YOU ASKED

dominion smp, which some members call DSMP for what's probably seo reasons but i find intensely hilarious because it's technically not wrong to abbreviate it like that, is a small lightly modded server based around the origins mod! basically, each member has a different origin, and in much the same way empires members are loosely the ruler of their respective countries, you can sort of consider each dominion member to be kind of a paragon of their respective origin.

thing is, while dominion is defined in part by its relation to the origins mod, there is also a lot of plot stuff that happens that is only tangentially related to the fact that everyone is creatures -- you've got people beefing over stolen goods, everyone sort of vying for power in a vacuum while trying to not seem obvious about it, taxes of "give me all of your diamonds every two weeks i am no longer asking nicely", and also. whatever the hell is going on with shadowmech.

oh yeah also literally like 75% of these ccs have 2000+ day hardcore worlds so the builds are insane.

here's a masterpost on everyone's povs! it doesn't have their Vibes down rn but i can do that really briefly (EDIT LOL NO IT'S NOT BRIEF THIS IS GOING UNDER A CUT):

starting members:

jamiejoan/jammers, dragonborn: elected queen of the server during s1. has a corruption arc, as one does. not many s1 episodes, but (without spoiling anything) her pov for s2 is unique and worth checking out

grady, enderian: doesn't have many episodes and is mainly a streamer. his character is half wet cat and half "guy that makes that's what she said jokes", but somehow in a different direction from scar?

legundo, piglin: champion of the piglins, sent to the overworld by his people for. well for takeover purposes probably. this mostly involves doing capitalism and having trusting-distrustful dynamics with the besties. actually the main server admin but this never comes up incharacter.

fixxitt, inchling: starts off as a thief, escalates WILDLY until by episode 5 welsknight is telling him "you fucked up, buddy" and then he builds a gigantic house. has 2 musical numbers in the middle of episodes that will absolutely knock you out if you're not prepared. also has very good cinematics.

nukeri, elytrian: democracy lover and guy who really, really just wants everyone to get along. canonically descended from icarus; all my friends have emotions about him and i haven't watched him yet but he's a major blorbo-in-law. i'd make a joke about how he's the resident gay scot of the server since they couldn't get smajor, but he literally does have a voice cameo from scott in his s1 finale.

rnjoy, witch: loves doing mad science, committing tax fraud, and has a mushroom son in s2 now. not a lot of s1 episodes but she loves her ravager gertrude i know that much. currently being hunted by --

shadowmech, witherborn: hitman of the server who is only withered rn because he ate a really bad porkchop. no episodes currently, he's in the process of doing a supercut of all his s1 stuff. is also in the process of uh. being very possessed and possibly being the s2 arc baddie rn. it's. fiiiiine. he's just not speaking to anyone and also attacking them during blood moons! totally chill

sneve, blazeborn: like if keralis was oli orionsound but with less musical numbers. sneve is an experience that cannot be described. just. watch his episodes there's only like 3 of them it'll tell you everything and nothing you need to know

taneesha, goat: lover of domes and also psychological warfare. started an advancement race probably as an excuse to steal people's shit. not a lot of s1 episodes but has some plot stuff anyway since she kind of got invited to join jamie's. void cult. yeaaaahhhh.

started midway thru s1:

vikingpilot, phantom: SOMETHING IS SO VERY WRONG WITH HIM. sweet ghostboy who is also incredibly unhinged. canonically dead and was also intangible and invisible for the beginning half of s1 up until the dragon fight. does dark magic, or is at least planning to do dark magic. pluralcoded and you can fight me on this. honestly my top pick for "if you only get one pov"

started at the beginning of s2:

progamebot/josh, sporeling: one video so far! joy's mushroom son. helping her make potions out of a van in the desert atm, which is. actually a breaking bad reference, not a reference to that other dsmp. canonically like a week old at the most. doing pretty well considering this.

kiply, fairy: no episodes yet, but uh. i've been watching her other stuff on and off and something is seriously wrong with her in the best way possible. plays on i think at least 2 different lifesteal-type smps? she is unhinged. she is not a reliable narrator. i love her.

dalilred (wolf) and itsryan (iron golem) also REALLY recently joined so i haven't gotten a pin on their vibes yet. red seems like she has a little bit of a cottagecore aesthetic and ryan seems to be kind of closer to sneve on the shitposter end of the mcyter spectrum, but that's all i've got

[vacantgodling]

maybe my ask got eaten. maybe you didn't answer it because I'm pretty sure I somehow forgot Aloe's name and instead called Amon a little shrub??? But anyway Jihan and Hue are collectively The Blorbo and then there is ALOE who I just...he's cute and green and what IS his deal really

OMMGGGG you’re fine i just fell off the internet for a bit fjfjfj but ooooo??? i’m a lil too tired to try and do guessing rn but absolutely STELLAR choices. actually this might be @an-elegant-void maybe??

regardless i can tell u about aloe’s deal lol which is really he’s the martyr / scapegoat / only good character here truly. he wants to be a priest because he’s deeply religious but in a good way? in the “because of my religious values i’m not going to shove it down people’s throats i simply want to do good and help make the world a better place” — though the only reason he starts going for priesthood in the first place is because tagetes (the eldest of the sibling bunch) pretty much insists (for their own gain 🙄) and aloe is sweet, if gullible anout it. hya’s encouragement however really seals the deal and after the fact it’s one of the only things hya ever feels regret about 😔

aloe is charming in a boyish way; you can’t help but want to protect him and spoil him. he’s innocent and sweet and cheerful. he doesn’t have a negative bone in his body!! he’s just an angel!! a lamb!! he can be a bit daydreamy and naive but he means well and he always tries his best. he cries whenever he hears about misfortune because he’s got a huge heart and he’d give the clothes off his back in an instant if his mother didn’t have a tight grip on him. he’s a beacon of light in a world full of greed basically

[tellerluna-stories]

HI ANNIE!!! i will gladly come and tell you why childe is my favorite blorbo >:]

but basically. i liked him at first because i caught a glimpse of him and was like "oh ya. he is definitely my type" and then ultimately started genshin because i needed him on my team HAHA he was my first ever five star that i pulled and my second most spoiled goober (the first being xiao xiao).

eventually, i got to his part of the archon quest and i was just absolutely floored with his fight and then his third phase... like wow foul legacy <3 and then his story quest....

i come from a large family and grew up with a lot of kids; like i have a looot of nephews and nieces that i love dearly and would do literally anything for them. so seeing childe's story quest hit me pretty deep knowing that he overexerted himself just to protect teucer haha. he's a family man and the fact that he would quite literally do anything to ensure the safety of the people that he loves just. gets to my heartstrings.

also like he's such?? a goober??? you're telling me this evil guy who nearly terrorized an entire city by making a sea god swallow it whole is the same guy who participates in operas, loved by the people in a way, a family guy, and goes along with kids' silly antics as he hunts down fictional monsters in inazuma???

i just. like him a normal amount LOL and this is just the surface because i don't want to write more than i already have LOL

and he's like. super pretty and i love a man that is good at everything even tho he can't use chopsticks at all and i get to hold that above him but also teaching him how to use chopsticks/feeding him with chopsticks?? wow what a guy i'm going to gnaw on his head.

anyways thank you for reading this if you did annie and i hope your day gets better!! i'm sending all four of my childe plushies to come smooch you <:

I read this all and I am too brain tired to properly verbalise how much childe affection I have rn but didi: as always, YOU ARE CORRECT. AND YOU SHOULD REALLY FINISH THIS ESSAY. WHO AM I TO TURN DOWN FREE CHILDE BRAINROT

his family-centric goals are so dear to me for similar reasons!!!!!! I work w kids a lot + I have a lot of nieces and nephews and godchildren AND I JUST LOVE ME A MORALLY GREY CHARACTER WHO VALUES AND PROTECTS THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDHOOD. even if kiddos can be a headache at times it just melts my heart when someone is kind but firm with them aaaaaa <3333 he's just Some Guy who is good with kids and loves fishing and also probably kills people for a living on occasion

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

Violetta rewrite, question 3, all the characters

Oh boy, all the characters!!

3. What are your plans for -character-?

Ok, if I forget a character, ask about them in another ask.

I will just say that I keep most of every character that mysteriously disappeared - so Braco, Napo and Luca stay (and in s3, Lara stays). However, I don't really have big "plans" for them on their own, Braco and Napo will be used to react to stuff they witness people do, Luca will be useful for the Italy plot and Lara is gonna be needed for a thing in S3.

Violetta - Well, I am sticking her story as closely to canon as possible, but due to how the other characters have changed, she will change too. She'll also be exploring her identity in ways that the show didn't really allow her to. We've seen this already in my season 1 rewrite, but I will continue on that track for s2 and s3. Also, she will dress up as Roxy due to another reason than to spy on Leon. Actually, I will fix her in season 3. I can fix her <3

Leon - I'd say probably as close to canon as possible, if I am being honest. He's gonna have a better break up with Lara when that comes. Also gonna let him have a better storyline in S3. With Leon, i'm also making some plans for Leonetta - I love them, but they also need some polishing and I am gonna give them that. I've already started with it, as you've seen.

Francesca - My little blorbo girl!! If you've read my s1 rewrite, you'll see I have some PLANS for my favorite child, who's also my friend and also my wife (I grew up with her, it's weird, I used to be younger than her now I am almost older than her). Ok, so dating wise, for the most part, she's gonna have the same dudes, but I will change a few things with that too... but as her own little storyline goes, well, she's gonna be exploring her identity a lot too. That's all I can say without spoiling, but if you know me, you know :-)

Diego - So, I can at best describe him as "a cooler version of Ramiro from SL". There is one thing Diego does that I have changed - basically, he's no longer gonna be the worlds biggest douchebag for those 3 episodes. He's a bit too confident for his own good, which is gonna lead to comedy and also to him getting into some accidentally flirty situations with people he did not intend.

Ludmila - Ah, Ludmila... i'm giving her some depth already before s3, as you might've noticed already... but she's also gonna be her big clown self as usual <33 But in season 3, I will DEFINITELY have some fun with her, I'll say that much. I'll also have a lot of fun of where i'm taking her story in season 2 rn.

Maxi - For the most part, he will be a supporting character, but I will try to give him some screen time cause the boy really NEEDS it you know, he's great! Right now, he's gonna have something with another character I really think canon dropped.

Camila - Her in s2 canon exploring what she likes and who she likes? Yeah, I am definitely taking that and doing some stuff with it. Camila's storyline will be very fun to explore. I'm already exploring her storyline with it sometimes taking place at her house and us getting to know her family, and there will be more. Just you wait.

Broduey - It's a little sad cause I WANT to give him some more, though right now I don't have as much plans for him. I am actually bad with the boys in general unless it's Leon and Diego. But with the band storyline coming up, Broduey is gonna have his own things there

Naty - My little Natalia <3 She's gonna have some stuff doing on with other characters, but also have a thing that's hers. She starts off as giving other characters great advice, but doesn't realize it. "Why would anyone care what little me says". By the compliments and boost from others, she's gonna shine <3 Also I have a fun love triangle coming up for her and two other people who both wants to date her and she sort of short circuits and starts dating both

Andres - Like Broduey and Maxi, I sadly don't have much plans, but I want to give him some of his own scenes to shine cause he deserves it.

Angie - The cool aunt with all the life experience. She's the one I am gonna change the most. I already changed by letting her tell Vilu right away. I am gonna give Angie some JUSTICE, I tell you.

Germán - Ugh I don't wanna talk about him. He's still gonna do some horrible stuff because he has to for the plot, but I am getting mad just thinking about what I have to write him doing

I don't have much to say about any other character atm but if you want me to talk about someone else I will

[bolly--quinn]

Hii! You said send asks about severance so my ask is: what is severance and is it good? What's ur hot takes on it.

Also how are you today? Completely unrelated

OMG HI!!! 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 (missed you!!)

Severance is an awesome science fiction/thriller show on Apple TV+ that just finished it's first season and I'm totally obsessed with it!! The premise is pretty much about a company called Lumon and it's employees (specifically the four, five -- miss you Petey!! employees working in Macrodata Refinement) who have undergone a procedure called severance, which severs your personal life and memories from you work-self, so essentially they are split into two people -- their personal selves with their families, friends, hobbies, etc. ("outies")and their "work" selves -- essentially brand new entities that only exist during work hours and hardly have any life experiences, memories, etc. ("innies") and the ethical complexities of that and the mystery of who they are outside of their job and even what they do ??!?!?! (I didn't want to spoil to much so even this synopsis is a little vague lmao)

Also HOT TAKES!! Umm ... I don't really like Helly/Mark (main girl and main guy protags) as a ship and I do not want them together in a romantic capacity -- I know it's kinda divided rn in the small fandom but I just don't see it especially given the current circumstances of the situtation (Mark's innie being about only two years old, Helly's even less, plus a huge twist that I will try not to spoil in case you start watching, etc.) also, I actually don't mind Burt having a husband (this might be spoilery but idk how to bring it up w/o spoilers kinda lol) I know a good portion of the fandom got a bit heartbroken at the reveal but it makes sense to me kinda since we didn't know anything about the lives outside of work ??? Idk I see it as the relationships outside of work vs inside of work would be different since the innies both a) only have a few years (tops) of life experience and b) are only exposed to a limited amount of things in comparison to their outer identities ??? So I wasn't surprised or anything lol ALSO ALSO MR. MILCHICK <3 <3 <3 (idc that he represents almost everything wrong with capitalist corporate culture, he's my blorbo !!!)

And OMG pls if you're interested pls watch it !!! It's literally soooooo good and there are not enough people talking about it and I refuse to shut up about it !!!! (but also no pressure if it's not your cup of tea either lol, I'd just love to talk about it with you and/or anyone else interested 😊)

And my day's been pretty good!! Just finished work about an hour ago so I'm glad to be done with it for the day lol I'll probably draw some stuff and watch a movie or something !!! I hope your day is going well too <3