#same name answers

[same-name-supremacy]

hobbles over, taps mic

nojo vs whatever evan and isaac got going on not clickbait

stumbles, falls flat on my face, gets back up and runs away

Canon yuri vs canon yaoi? Can’t we enjoy both??

[abd-illustrates]

Sorry to bother you. I wanted to ask if you were willing to give advice on how to avoid the 'Friends Who Never Hang' tropes? Because I'm hesitant to make more main characters because I'm not sure if I can make their bond close between all of them and you seem to have a grip on the Heartless gang's relationship. Thanks.

I had to google what that trope meant haha - but that's a rlly interesting question!

At least for me and my storytelling preferences, I think my stance would be that there's actually no need to worry about making a close bond between *all* of your main characters at all!

It's a bit hard to articulate, and I'm definitely thinking from more of a manga mindset so bear with me lol -- but trying to make sure that everyone on your main cast all get along with everyone else on the main cast, and feeling the need to give a 'proper' spotlight to every possible combination of characters to convince your audience that 'they really are all friends with a close bond, see how they all hang out!?' Can run the risk of looking like this:

and leave your story feeling bland/stagnant as you kinda slog through unnecessary scenes between characters just for the sake of proving that they do all interact an adequate amount.

Whereas - (again, at least in my experience) - building a group primarily around their ties to your Main-main character(s) like this:

is a method that leaves much more room for you as a writer to both focus on the character that's specifically meant to be at the forefront, while also making it easier to explore which other combos could then actually be fun to give more screen time to in order to *build up* those close bonds, rather than worrying about the end result and just trying to make everybody get along right from the get-go!

(Also! Don't feel like if you start out with a bunch of varied colorful connections that they all have to be turned into bright green friendly bonds by story's end! Making some characters a bit closer over time but still not besties is a-ok! They can unite for a common goal but still get on each others nerves forever! There are no rules! Be cringe, be free!)

[rottengurlz]

she’s like if the virgin mary smoked a pack of pall malls every day 🚬

[v88sy]

This has got to be like...some type of copyright infringement. 🤣

[elodieunderglass]

(Killie the jockey OC and his coworkers)

(Killie is absurdly strong! but also - this is important, listen up, Rossa - the instructions are written on the cap)

(As a dual champion flat and jump jockey, Killie is capable of opening jars and also immune to the lure of the single grape)

[canisalbus]

No thoughts, head empty, only Vaschete™ Fanchild Ear™.

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[amphibianaday]

day 1421

[demaparbat-hp]

In your Spitfire AU, since Zuko is looking after Lu Ten II, what happened to Ursa?

Zuko is slightly older in the Spitfire AU. He was banished at fifteen, his head a little clearer and denial a little weaker than in canon. After his first look through the Air Temples, Zuko decides that if he can't find a myth, he might as well search for the next best thing.

Finding Ursa isn't easy, but in time he makes it to a secluded house in a near-forgotten part of the world. His mom is there, older and stronger and alive.

But she isn't alone.

And Zuko, as it turns out, didn't keep the best company during his search.

When Ursa is discovered and her secrets are laid bare for assassins (for Ozai) to find, she begs Zuko to take his little brother and run. She'll do anything it takes to protect her children, even if that means leaving them behind to keep a target off their back. Ursa diverts attention from them and allows Lu Ten's ancestry to be kept a secret. She orders Zuko not to follow her again, and disappears.

Zuko is left with a little three-year-old brother to raise and a mother he cannot hold onto.

[stiltonbasket]

prompt for qiu haitang shen yuan:

I want to know more about the bingqiu side of that death and resurrection!! The realization Binghe actually changed for him... without Shen Yuan even intending that?! And after decades of Shen Qingqiu revealing himself to be the same he always was 😮‍💨.

Shen Qingqiu seems very aware of the physical and reputational harm he has done and could do to "Shen-furen" but is missing the context for half the times he's disappointed them. It seems Shen Yuan became aware of what he could be the moment Shen Jiu was set to be peak lord, but was still open to being friends at least? They believed their Shen Jiu could be different. Until he wasn't. At all.

Anyways. That rejection of vengeance has to have done Shen Yuan in romantically (even if they didn't know it). Also Shen Yuan's self-sacrifice dialogue has to have been peak in this au: "I doubted you for 0.05 seconds! Never again! Shizun is sorry you sweet perfect adorable little sheep! Be the bestest demon lord EVer!"

Also: It was always my headcanon that the reason Binghe couldn't bring Shen Yuan back easier was that his soul was already in the mushroom body from the death, so only something that could pull his soul out of it would work. With no mushroom body...

am I just mixing canon and fanfic? Or did something in the au send Luo Binghe in the direction of the Mausoleum first thing? Wait who's the one who ends up resurrecting them? Binghe or Bingdad?

part 1 | part 2

Don't cry, Binghe. Shizun was the one in the wrong.

It's all this teacher's fault. Don't cry.

Luo Binghe stares down at his Shizun's pallid face in a daze. A month has passed since that horrible day in Jinlan—an interminable month filled with nothing with darkness, now that the bright candle of his beloved's life has been extinguished by Binghe's own hands—and in all that time, he did nothing but sit by Shen Yuan's bed and fight Liu Qingge when he broke into Huan Hua to steal her body.

"It wasn't your fault, Shizun," he whispers numbly, reaching out to touch Shen Yuan's cheek. "This Binghe was the one who failed you."

"Palace Master," a low voice says near the door, as Luo Binghe draws Shizun's blanket up over her chest. "Mu-fengzhu is requesting entry to Madam Shen's room, Junshang. And Liu Qingge—"

Luo Binghe blinks.

"Mu-shishu?" he mumbles to himself, running a trembling hand through his hair. "Mu Qingfang said yesterday that there was nothing to be done. What does he want to see me for?"

Gongyi Xiao looks more discomfited than ever. "That—I heard him speaking with the girl Junshang brought back to serve Shen-furen. It must have something to do with her."

Sha Hualing? Luo Binghe rises from Shizun's bed, confused. He brought Sha Hualing back to Huan Hua to bathe and dress Shen Yuan in his absence, since none of the female Huan Hua disciples are trustworthy enough to be left alone with her; and she had been instructed to speak to no one but Gongyi Xiao and Luo Binghe himself while she was at the palace.

What was she doing with Mu Qingfang of all people?

"Send him in," he says tersely. "And send a group of disciples out to the front gate to delay Liu Qingge."

Gongyi Xiao bows and retreats; and a moment later, he returns with Mu Qingfang trailing at his heels.

Mu Qingfang offers no greeting, and Luo Binghe does not expect one. He looks at Shizun's still body for a little while, watching as Luo Binghe's long fingers smooth away the death-bruises on her back, and then:

"There is something I must ask you, Your Excellency."

Luo Binghe's gaze remains fixed on his master's skin. "What is it?"

"Shen-shixiong told me that you were not felled by demons at the Immortal Alliance Conference, as Qiu-shimei told us. He claimed that he threw you into the Endless Abyss; was he speaking the truth?"

"He was," Luo Binghe hears himself say, as if from a great distance. "But Shizun did not lie, either. She was unconscious when I fell—she did not see what happened."

"He also said—" and here Mu Qingfang's voice falters— "that he caught you in the act of forcing yourself upon your Shizun, and that he would not have laid a hand on you otherwise for fear of angering her."

"That is not true," Luo Binghe says quietly. "But I suppose he had every reason to think so. I did not force myself upon her; Shizun was willing. And as for Shen-fengzhu being unwilling to lay a hand on me—well. In that respect, Mu-shishu must know Shen Qingqiu better than I."

Mu Qingfang's eyes narrow. "She was willing?" he asks, taking a step closer. "Then, why—?"

"She was unconscious," Luo Binghe groans, pinching the bridge of her nose. "When Shen-fengzhu found us, he must have thought that I dragged Shizun away from the others and...attacked her when I saw that she was too weary to resist. I tried to explain what happened, but he would not listen; and Shizun couldn't defend me, so he kicked me into the Abyss."

"What did happen, then?"

Sighing, Luo Binghe draws the curtain around Shizun's bed before escorting Mu Qingfang out into the hall and explaining the events of the last shichen before his descent into the Abyss. Mu Qingfang is as pale as a ghost by the end of the tale, looking between Luo Binghe and the shuttered door to Shizun's room with pitying eyes: and at length, he bows deeply and does not rise until Luo Binghe orders him to do so.

"I do not wish to speak on the matter any further," Luo Binghe tells him, afterward. "But there is something I must ask you in turn. Gongyi Xiao told me that he saw you speaking with Sha Hualing earlier; why?"

"I asked her if you had found a way to restore Qiu-shimei to life," Mu Qingfang says somberly. "She told me about the Holy Mausoleum; and now that you have explained the circumstances behind your departure, this Mu is willing to help you keep Shimei's body intact until you can find a way in."

"You believe me?" Luo Binghe asks, taken aback. "Just—just like that?"

Mu Qingfang shrugs his shoulders. "My belief in you is irrelevant. I have known Qiu-shimei since she was sixteen; and if she chose to leave Shen-shixiong and return to you on that day in Jinlan, there must have been a reason."

"If she had not come to me, I would have blown the city to pieces in my grief. That was all the reason Shizun needed."

"I have no doubt of it," Mu Qingfang replies, with a wry turn at the corner of his mouth. "But from what Ning-shizhi told me afterwards, Qiu-shimei stopped suspecting you immediately; and before she breathed her last, she asked you to flee and build a life somewhere beyond the reach of the great sects now that she could no longer protect you herself. Was it not so?"

Luo Binghe swallows. Run away, Binghe, Shen Yuan had begged, as she lay dying in Luo Binghe's arms. Run somewhere that they'll never find you, and live a good life for my sake. Please.

The mere thought of her last moments turns his stomach. She had not even been angry at him when she asked if he sent the sowers—she only assumed, because she thought he had the right to revenge himself upon Shen Qingqiu for sending him into the Abyss—and instead of explaining himself to her calmly, he had unsheathed Xin Mo in his anguish and driven his heart to death.

"Why have you condoned any of this?" he asks Mu Qingfang. "By rights, you should be fighting alongside Liu Qingge to lay Shizun to rest, and yet..."

Mu Qingfang sighs.

"Your Shizun was miserable with Shen-shixiong," he says bluntly. "I spent years prescribing prophylactic teas to him, so that he would not carry home some disease from the brothels and sicken her. I watched her come near to bleeding to death under my hands not long before you joined the sect, because Shen-shixiong could not keep himself from whipping his charges whenever the mood struck him; and after he forced you to fight that demon at Qiong Ding, I had to tell Qiu-shimei that she would never bear a living child because of Without-A-Cure.

"It grieved us all to see her mourn you these last three years. She clearly cherished you above all else; so if she could be brought back, and be given the chance to live well at your side, then perhaps..."

His voice trails off into silence.

"It is true that I ought to be following Liu-shixiong's example," he admits, after a moment. "But Lady Sha assured me that Qiu-shimei could be brought back to life in full health as long as her body was properly preserved. I can assist you there; and since I have every reason to believe she would be glad to return to you, there is no need for you and Cang Qiong to be enemies. You and I and my shixiongdi want only the best for your Shizun: so in that, we may consider ourselves united."

With that, Mu Qingfang bows once again before retreating back down the corridor after Gongyi Xiao.

Luo Binghe lets himself back into the bedroom, overcome, and falls to his knees at Shizun's side.

"Did you hear that?" he whispers, pressing her icy hands to his lips. "Don't worry, Shizun. This disciple will bring you back. I swear it."

[same-name-supremacy]

merry yurimas, i return with another banger!!

it looks a little off but i did rush a little

Awwww!! Thank you!! I hope everyone has a great Yurimas!!

[trafalgardlawless]

listen i do appreciate canon marineford for the tragedy it is. however it does happen to also be extremely funny.

ace is on his knees on the execution platform, the same place the father that he despises and has tried to define himself outside for his whole life had knelt, thinking this might be the most fitting ending to the life long crashout ace started when he found out who his father was

and then in comes LUFFY, his cheerful persistent little menace of a brother, who has come to COP CENTRAL to break ace out PUBLICLY.

Not only that, but he’s staged a mass break out of the formerly inescapable prison IMPEL DOWN (HE WASNT EVEN LOCKED UP IN THERE? SO EVERYONES A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO HOW THAT HAPPENED???)

He also kind of looks like shit? But he’s fighting like he’s on day three of a methamphetamine high so no one can be sure how injured luffy Really is.

side note: luffy tanked a lung full of Kills You Dead Toxin and then got shot full of Lowers Your Lifespan Drug and on top of all that, DEMANDED the Super Lowers Your Lifespan Drug when he realized he might need anything resembling recovery time.

as an elder sibling myself, ace might’ve been truly grateful for being loved at the end, but i KNOW there’s a part of him that was INFURIATED that his kid brother managed to crash out harder than he did like OMG STOP COPYING ME FRRRRRRRRRR.

[fromdove]

is ur real name dove?

no!! it’s just an online name 😭😭😭 my real name isn’t even... like... real?? my mum literally made it up (like the spelling and everything) LMAO. it’s Aveliraix (pronounced ah-veh-lee-ray). there’s no cultural origin, no ancient lore, no 12th-century monk who whispered it into the wind. just my mum… playing with the alphabet. the reason i don’t go by it online is for privacy... but now i’m out here doing a name reveal so <///3333 also bc i got made fun of it growing up BUT FUCK IT WE BALL RAHHHHHH

also ALSO last time i told someone online my real name they straight up called me a liar ??? because it’s not a “documented name” and has “no origin” like bro... MY MUM MADE IT UPPPPP?? like she literally chose the letters on purpose. THAT’S A THING THAT CAN HAPPENNNNUHHH. THAT’S ALLOWEDUHHHH. WHY ARE WE YELLINGGG ☹️☹️☹️☹️ shut up pls ☹️☹️ my mum was just in her creative era okay. my name’s homegrown. handcrafted. artisan. no etymology. just.........my amazing mommi

also. the butchering of my name .... unspeakable. little me in primary school was just trying to exist and the roll call felt like a horror movie. i’d be sweating. panicking. whispering "just call me whatever you want" . AND THE KIDS WOULD LAUGH WHEN THE TEACHER MISPRONOUNCED IT ☹️☹️☹️🚬🚬🚬😔😔😔kid me in primary school was fighting for her life

and don’t even get me started on those “look up the meaning of your name” trends. i’d just sit there like ☹️ anyways sorry for the ramble

[jam-packed]

marc saw that old man and said "is anyone gonna fuck that guy?" and didnt wait for an answer

[smovs]

sketches & screenshot studies for my Barret gold saucer date rewrite

[duplicitousfate]

Soooo you got it right, congrats

what does this mean for the au?

We're using the name Billie for the goat :D

(Text ID: Two screenshots of a conversation on discord between Toast (GATOMA) and Glow (TheGlowBun). Transcript is under the read more

GATOMA: Ok but also: imagine if this is a parale universe kinda thing. The goat having a purple crown that has the shape of the red crown makes it seem like it was still narinders, just that his color was purple. Now, think about what else could be slightly different in the other universe. Maybe Narinder is a fluffy, white, she cat. Shamura could be a Daddy long legs instead of a spider. Heket could be a multi colored, toxic Toad. Kallamar could be a yellyfish instead of a squid. Leshy could have the colors of fall all over his body. The possibilities are endless TheGlowBun: YEAH (intense thinking emoji) what if that's the lamb's dad in the parallel universe. The universe where the twins were killed while he was gone getting supplies/food To twist some angst in there "The old bishops took my wife and kids, gonna take their lives" To sprinkle in that angst GATOMA: OH HELL TO THE YEAH Imagine that his coat was pristine white before his campaign against the bishops, but he dyes it with coal in mourning for his family TheGlowBun: P L S it works out perfectly, Bari's resting bitch face but Bert's fighting style of (gun emote) GATOMA: Hey, Massive Monster? We gendered your goat. Yeah, they're a he now and he's got dead kids and trauma. Sorry not sorry

The following image transcript is as follows:

GATOMA I do like the Angst of a young broken man who lost his entire family, his wife and his two small little children. A broken man who needs to be convinced by AU Narinder (who in my head is still a fluffy white she cat) that he shall not let his family die in vain. That he can not yet join them beyond the vail, for he is still needed. TheGlowBun perfect (clap emote) pls, he's the kind that does funerals instead of ressurections let them rest GATOMA He is the one that made black the color of mourning A goat, eternally blackened by the coals that were left from the blaze of his past. The ambers that swallowed his family's bodys under the old faiths command. TheGlowBun (sobbing emote) the mutual shock and tears when fate lets them meet again GATOMA What if she/Narinder and the goat will also get together. Bert inherited their fathers taste in mainacs. TheGlowBun YES only their relationship is closer to bari and shamura's it's soft, and it's sherinder helping him move on Marinder? Mari? Sheri also sounds nice

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idk how great the contrast is but i want to be able to edit my fat boy into funny pictures, lmk if u need a better pic <3 thank u for ur service