#several people. former friends. exes. etc

[quarkfancam]

some trek oc posting!! mostly dr. t'sik... also featuring ensign morris (human) & lt. nul (ferengi). Some elaboration on her under the cut....

Ok so the first thing you need to know about T'Sik is her head gets wider every time i draw her

The second thing you need to know about her is she is having the least severe vulcan identity crisis. My main idea for her character was someone who, while being perfectly able to fit into their society's ideals of what they should be, just cannot feel comfortable in it. She's always felt more at ease interacting with aliens or Vulcans who didn't go through with the Kolinahr, in spite of her being successful in that aspect. She's great at medicinal science. She's also pretty good at being a wife (so her parents say)! But once she's expected to 'finish' her duty as a woman in Vulcan society and become a mother, she kind of just runs off and joins Starfleet.

In that sense, she connects with a freshly-graduated (she assumes) human (she assumes) ensign, who was also a rebel in the sense he was more Curzon than Ezri Dax, a chaotic rogue with ambiguous feelings towards the society he was raised in. They serve together on their first ship for a while before T'Sik is promoted and transferred from ship to ship. She feels appreciated for a while, but she eventually has to admit that the feeling fades.

The people she's always gotten along with more simply aren't the people she really wants praise from. She longs for the people she grew up alongside, the people she was raised by.

It doesn't matter, so she ignores the feeling. She keeps being distracted at work. She gets sloppier. The people grow more distant in her mind. Years pass. Decades pass. She's not exceptional anymore, she's just decent.

She gets transferred to the ship where everyone who's just decent goes: the USS Hawking, patrolling the middle of nowhere.

The people are strange, but familiar. Too familiar — a friendly face greets her, and suddenly she's freshly 40 again. Ensign Morris treats her just the same as back then. It's strange. She doesn't quite know what to do with herself. More time passes.

Her new captain, a cardassian man named Karal, brings new people aboard, one of which is a young ferengi woman named Nul. Unfortunately for T'Sik, she's seen the story of a young woman running away from home into the arms of Starfleet before.

...Which starts us off with the (imaginary) S1, where T'Sik has to navigate a new Captain and a new apprentice who reminds her a bit too much of herself (she will be a bit cold to her at first). And maybe also properly re-befriend her former weird mysterious rebel colleague who never got promoted too.

last doodle was just me having fun but imagine an episode where they're the only ones awake on the ship while everyone's asleep or something and they're forced to develop..... etc

as for morris & t'sik they're kinda weird sarcastic sorta-friends they hook up at one point and it sucks really bad. t'sik's ex husband felt a disturbance in the force (wrong franchise) the day it happened and stuff. Idk i haven't thought about him at All. that's like a s4 episode to me

& also i Forgot to adjust uniforms for time period in the first doodle but my in canon explanation for the voyager era ones (this whole thing would be a bit after the dominion war) is that the ship just never got replicator patterns for the new uniforms. Yup

anyways if you read this whole thing ur a real one & Thank you........ turns into a cloud and floats away......

[transitranger327]

Something I’ve been thinking about lately is how the Rebel Alliance should have more former Separatists in its ranks. Like, the Separatists were 100% correct about the Republic becoming corrupt and tyrannical. Just look at what happened at the end of the war: civil liberties continued to be repressed, local governments were given even less power, etc.

Don’t get me wrong, I like seeing Imperials defect. But if our current political situation is anything to go by, people don’t like following them. I get why the Rebel starfighter corps is ex-Imperial (all the academies are run by the Empire, and the Separatists used droid fighters), but ground troops? Generals? There should be a lot more Separatists and their sympathizers.

I believe several notable Alliance leaders should be retconned as former/neo-Separatists. In particular, General Jan Dodonna.

Why him?

He’s old enough to be a former separatist.

He was the first Alliance leader we ever met in Canon (besides Leia obv)

His backstory hasn’t been particularly important in canon.

He and Saw Gerrera have beef (tbf who doesn’t)

So this is my new proposed backstory:

Jan Dodonna is from the planet Raxus, future capital of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Dodonna family is friends with the Singh family, and thus has considerable political influence. A young Jan Dodonna joins the Raxian Home Defense fleet, and serves with enough distinction that he is promoted and transferred to the Republic Diplomatic Fleet, usually leading Senator Avi Singh’s escort or other diplomatic missions in the Tion Hegemony (where Raxus is located).

Given his family connection to and current working relationship with Sen. Singh, he has a front seat to the philosophy of what would become the Separatist movement. So when Count Dooku gives his famous Raxus Address in 24 BBY and the planet officially secedes from the republic, the then-Captain Dodonna resigns his Republic commission and becomes a military advisor to Sen. Singh.

Two years later, when full-on war breaks out, Singh recommends that Dodonna join the Separatist Navy. He accepts, and is given a small fleet of ships. Perhaps he faces off once or twice with his old friend Yularen.

By the end of the war, he has been promoted to Admiral, and is commanding a large fleet when the war ends. His droids are all shut down, and the Republic Navy begins wiping out all the ships around him. He runs with the only ship he can, the one he was commanding from. As he listens to the HoloNet, he is horrified to hear the Separatists have surrendered and been eliminated, yet vindicated when he hears the Republic has become the Empire. He parks his flagship and all of its deactivated droids on a barren planetoid in an uninhabited system, and takes his shuttle to go into hiding (maybe he grows a beard idk)

Years later, he’s found enough allies to build a rebel cell, including a programmer who can reactivate all of his battle droids. He pulls his old flagship out of mothballs, and begins running it with a mixed droid/organic crew. But during an attack on an Imperial convoy, he’s surprised by the rapid appearance of several Star Destroyers. The ISDs and TIE fighters prove to outmatch his old flagship and wing of Vulture Droids. He has to scuttle his ship and go on the run once again.

This is where the Y-Wings the Phoenix cell stole come in, replenishing the lost Vulture droids, and building a new Starfighter Corps

How does Saw Gerrera fit in? Well Dodonna and Gerrera do NOT get along, but instead of “oh Gerrera uses harsh tactics” that everyone else hates him for, Dodonna is a separatist—the very group Gerrera was rebelling against in the first place. Dodonna is still an admirer of Dooku, while Gerrera’s sister was killed on the orders of Dooku.

Anyway that’s just my personal opinion that I will eventually weave into my fanfiction.

Bonus image I stole from Bluesky about what an official meeting of the Rebel Alliance would realistically look like:

[austinslounge]

Hello, I'm kind of new to the fandom (and about to turn 30 in a month. I know so old. Lol)

All I can remember about Austin was when he was in Carrie Diaries. I recently saw Elvis because it was playing in the bus on my way back to the city after a long holiday break. Then, I started searching more about him and watched his movies/interviews.

I came across this interview of him. A compilation of him saying he's a shy kid. But then I was also watching his old interviews of him, I didn't get that he was shy. He was kind of confident in those old interviews of him. So, I was kind of confuse about him in that part.

Hey Anon! Welcome to my blog, and welcome to the Austin Butler Fandom! 😁

I loved "The Carrie Diaries" also lol.

And wasn't "Elvis" awesome? 😁 I was obsessed when that movie came out. I think I saw it at least 5 times in the theaters rofl. I lost count! ��

Wrt Austin and his shyness --

I definitely think it's a real thing! He's not faking it. I used to date a shy guy for years, and so I know their mannerisms lol, and Austin shares many of the same mannerisms as my ex-boyfriend lol (ie. The bedroom eyes, the touching of his face, the deep, low, soft voice, etc). 🤭

But keep in mind that Austin is also a Disney kid, so I'm sure he had to put on more of an extroverted personality back then.

Also, shy people can be more outgoing with their close friends, or people they trust very well.

But Austin is definitely a shy guy. You can tell by his body language, and also his former school teachers mention it, and you can also see it in his baby video (below).

Austin has mentioned several times how he was really shy growing up. Acting, of course, has helped him break out of that somewhat, but at his core, he's an introvert, and also more on the shy side.

That's why his performance in "Elvis" really blew me away! It was so very different from how he is irl. In fact, most of his roles are so totally different from how he is irl, and that's what I think makes him such a good actor. 😊

[almacambiondaughterofsaleos]

Morning this is your local Stritzo anon. I’ve got more shots and takes to say about HH/HB & the indie animation’s biggest fraud Viv. Yes someone put that as their title in their google doc chock full of evidence so I’m going to use that to insult her lol.

Suddenly, the fan redesigns are better than canon, at least not too much details are added, no eye scream for me thank god. Unfortunately I recall a popular YouTube artist LavenderTowne getting harassed over it. 😬 Guess the sheep followers just wanna hate for no good reason after all…

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Wouldn’t it make more sense for sinners to be the lowest caste, just below the imps and hellhounds? I mean they’re former human mortals who did nasty crimes that barred them from entering Heaven. Or Purgatory kicking them out for being too much for their standards. Ex. Obsessive stalkerish behaviors of hate or love (refusing to let go of someone), murder out of selfish reasons, you get the gist. That’s just my opinion on this no?

I HC Purgatory to be a neutral yet judging ground for spirits, demons and angels. Any one of these three are allowed to stick around forever or await their trial.

One restricted area could be the spirits awaiting their trail bc their sins’ weight equals their virtues’ weight. This could be the judge and/or jury deciding their fate depending on the severity of their sins. “But he/she/they had many achievements like helping out their community!” “Yes but let’s not forget their literal crime(s)!”

In another restricted area, the most vile spirits and Demons meeting up angels like prisoners chatting with their friends and loved ones, separated by a clear barrier. Spirits saying their last words before their trial and demons given the rare chance to see the ones they genuinely care even after so long. The guards watch, making sure no foul play or sus behavior from either side is at hand.

However, the demons sent to Hell for lesser crimes have to wear a bracelet tracker that prevents them from escaping. They have more freedom to walk around certain areas and chat but aren’t allowed into Heaven.

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Canon HB is now the walking stereotype of horrendously written yaoi instead of talking about assassins from Hell. Ngl, canon yaoi is worse than canon yaoi these days compared to the distant past of the 2000s. Because at least for some modern fanon Yaoi people, they are somewhat civil and don’t shove their precious ships down others’ throats. I mean some ppl at least did their research and be like, “huh, yaoi/yuri is no different than heterosexual ships. Just gotta keep things canon accurate, no bashing man.”

However! When there’s canon Yaoi, ppl usually become uber cultish. “But It’s can0N! How dare you!” Bitch what? I didn’t see such close minded behavior on the canon cishet ships!

When allegations of Viv popped up like years ago, several ppl and I thought that behavior callouts were small/petty compared to actual legitimate grievances. But when the real evidence of her genuine misdeeds showed up in the 2020s (underpaying workers, the playbill incident, etc.), I was like “if there’s hard evidence of the latter then those people were right about the former being a person with a nasty attitude.”

Ngl, preordered apps are more trustworthy than prepaid physical items bc you never know when you might get ‘em. I really dodged a bullet with the fraudster’s merch when it comes to online shopping. I’ll just go to other ppl’s shops thank you very much.

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The anti/pro shipping discourse is petty compared to what’s mentioned above! Both sides have their extremists and close minded sheep! I’m an ex anti, I felt like a weight has been lifted after unfollowing some rabid antis years ago and deleting some anti reblogs. I applaud the antis who don’t associate themselves with the misinformation spreaders (doctored or just no evidence), harassers and doxxers ruining people’s lives over fiction. (Unless there’s clear hard evidence of that person doing criminal activity.) I also approve of the pro shippers who don’t but into other ppl’s turf that clearly said “DNI X”. I mean if someone’s not comfortable or detests certain things, just move on or even block. Not create a hate campaign on those users.

Not all antis and proshippers are the same! People have their own experiences! Yes, taste of fiction is subjective but if that preference is seen as genuinely problematic in rl, it’s best to not get too comfy showing that off. I mean why are most ppl giving y’all the side eye for that?

I agree. I was a fan when COVID hit and as a result I embraced the fandom. I really thought we were going to get something great with her verse, but as you said she's too much of a fangirl of her own work and not a creator who focuses on a good story. She favors the fandom part of the creation rather than the product of it. And all of what you said would have made a better story than what we got here.

[raccoonzinspace]

IZ Eldritch Horror AU: Near-Final Rendition

This is the near-final rendition of my IZ Eldritch Horror AU. Here is what I have...(Tw for things such as psychological horror, body horror, cults, etc)

This creature is a horrible, biological abomination made up of ruby-red eyes, mouths, tentacles, and limbs. Its skin is clammy and a shade of a dark green, almost black. Its tendrils are incredibly bristly and have slimy suckers on the bottoms. Its mouths all have thousands of rows of razor-sharp teeth. The creature has several organ, circulatory, and nervous systems within its hideous form. This is the general description as accounts of its form change from individual to individual. You and your friend might see different details or an entirely different shape.

If you were to look upon this creature's Multiverse-sized form, you would either: (1) sh-t enough bricks to build a city, (2) scream incoherently as your brain bluescreens while trying to comprehend its scale, (3) die as your heart gives out, or (4) all of the above.

This creature acts like the Irken Empire on a Lovecraftian scale, devouring entire universes and assimilating every single soul into a twisted hivemind. Once it devours you, then you are no longer in control of yourself. You, like all the others, are part of the horrific abomination. This creature is ancient, probably predating the Multiverse. For the sake of comparison, it's probably as old as Azathoth.

This creature uses technological means in order to mind-control everyone in a given universe. These means include the internet, animatronics, and downloading itself into the Control Brains. With the individuals it manipulates and brings into its Cult, it grants them the ability to use eldritch magic and the technological means to recruit others. Some people are easy to manipulate, while others might catch on and hide away (ex: Dib Membrane, people who are already dedicated to a religion, etc.).

With people that are hard to manipulate, this creature might take matters into its own tentacles. If the Cult pestering someone doesn't work, then the creature itself will lock onto that individual and do everything in its power to break them down into a shell of their former selves. It can appear in that individual's nightmares or as a hallucination that only they can see.

Hiding away does not work if it locks onto you. Being an omnipotent eldritch being, this thing will ALWAYS know where you are and what you are thinking. No matter where you run to, you will NEVER have peace of mind. Even if you were to teleport to another universe or another dimension, it would know your exact coordinates and continue its assault on your sanity.

This creature shares some traits with Zim, surprisingly enough. It is an incredibly petty, foul-tempered, and highly persistent abomination. You don't really have to do anything to it in order for it to lock onto you; it can just choose to be a d-ck towards you for some petty schoolyard-level reason (it doesn't like your shoes, you're breathing too loud, etc). It can be compared to a very moody teenager mixed with a toddler that throws temper tantrums. This is especially true if your name is Dib (even as an eldritch being, he's still beefing with a child).

This creature's voice is that of an Irken, and it is underlayed with a hellish chorus of billions of people speaking at once. It's like the creature and all the souls its assimilated are speaking as one.

Some universes have a powerful seal of binding that prevent this creature from assimilating it. However, it can still infiltrate some of these worlds. One of the signs it has infiltrated a universe is the sudden "discovery" of an ancient tomb that predates any sort of Irken Empire or other civilization. It often appears deep in an undiscovered cave, sometimes in Irk, sometimes in Appalachia, etc. Once it has everyone in a universe under its control, it will have a select few individuals travel to Irk and enter that ancient underground tomb. Those individuals will then undo that universe's seal of binding, allowing the creature to fully assimilate it.

This creature does have extensions of itself that it can slip into a universe in order to manipulate others. One common form is a 9-foot-tall female Irken named Cazzi who often acts as the leader of the aforementioned Cult. She sometimes takes on roles such as an Invader, Technician, or even a Tallest.

Well, these are the tidbits I have. I think I am going to keep this thing separate from my interpretation of the Lovecraftian mythos, except when I am referencing it for comparison.

Honestly, I don't know whether or not I would be more afraid of this thing than I would be of an eldergod. Yeah, both can drive you mad, but one group doesn't really care you exist and one has the personality of a moody teenager. Let me know if you all want to see any more stuff regarding this...thing and if I can add or change anything!

All feedback is appreciated!

[bible-word-counter]

i totally understand if you'd rather not go into this on here, but i'm curious as to how you'd describe your religion/religious background?

TL;DR: Christian to Wiccan to agnostic

This is gonna bit a bit long because I've been thinking about it since I started this blog, so bear with me.

I spent a lot of my childhood living with my great-grandma, and she loved going to church and watching Billy Graham and the like. I think when she was little, she might have gone to a Baptist church? I dunno, I never asked her.

Me, my siblings and several of my cousins went to a Nazarene church nearly every Sunday and sometimes to vacation bible school during the summer. My grandma's funeral was there.

I was lucky enough to have a good experience, which I know is not the case for a lot of Christians/former Christians.

I was...maybe a freshman in high school when I really doubted the existence of the Christian God. How could someone who was claimed to be powerful and benevolent let atrocious things happen to people he claimed to love?

My mom and step-dad were agnostic. They went to church as children also, but I don't know much of their background with it. So when I stopped believing, not much changed in my family life.

Not super long after that, an ex-friend gave me a Wiccan book (I wish I could remember what it was called) and I really liked the belief system in that. The power of nature and positive thought, etc.

I showed my mom it, and she started to get into it (in kind of an annoying way, but I think that has to do with our relationship, lol).

I still celebrate Christmas and Easter, but it's not about Jesus for me anymore. Its about more of their Pagan precursors and the gift-giving.

I'm more just agnostic these days. I do still love the festivities and Christmas music, though.

[positivelybeastly]

Wow, there’s a lot you wouldn’t know bc of your absence, I guess! I’m sure Simon’s doing his best to get you up to speed, but that would be an incredibly difficult task for any one person. Stop me if you’ve heard any of this before.

Mystique and Destiny are these very old ladies who are getting married. They’re mutant terrorists, in general, but the X-Men work with them a lot. They’re actually Nightcrawler’s parents (also Rogue’s). Mystique also has sons with Wolverine, the professor (they were married for a while as well), and sabretooth (wolverine’s evil cat guy). She was also married to Deadpool, the guy who stole all of Simon’s stuff, I think? Regardless, if you meet any blue people, they’re probably related to Mystique, not you.

Speaking of villains, Magneto’s waffled a lot on whether he’s good or evil, whether he wants to be a good dad or not, etc. At the moment, he’s a good guy and dedicated father to Wanda and Lorna (he actually IS Lorna’s dad after all) but he hates Pietro (unclear why). Wanda and Vision had twins. There’s other things there but trust me, all you really need to know is that they’re adults now. Oh and one is gay married to the king of space. Vision had several additional children but sadly only one is currently living. Hank Pym also had/found several children, one with Greer.

Carol Danvers is doing pretty well for herself, she got her own Rick Jones. Rick Jones got married and then Moondragon stole his wife. A lot of your other New Defenders comrades aren’t really doing much right now but are okay, as far as I’m aware. Tony Stark married Emma Frost, (former villain who Cyclops cheated on Jean with; she was also one of your closest friends for several years).

Jean and Scott (Jean came back. Also forgave the cheating. She’s technically dead right now but you really don’t need to worry I swear she’ll be fine) have multiple children, including baby Nathan (maybe you met him…?) who is both an older adult and a teenager/young adult simultaneously, and a different adult son named Nate you probably don’t need to worry about.

Unfortunately, Candy Southern passed away. Warren is pretty sad. Not about that specifically, just in general these days. Alex is in a relationship with Scott’s ex Maddie, who currently rules over a hell dimension. Bobby’s gay.

". . . Put me back in the pod. Put me back in the pod, PUT ME BACK IN THE POD, PUT ME BACK IN THE - "

[youaremysunshiness]

ariana grande, glinda, and my changed opinion of her

It's finals week and I should be doing homework, but I need to get this off my chest. I have been a fan of Ariana for years. I started to become a fan when she released "Sweetner," I really loved the 90s RnB pop style she had, and I became more of a stan after thank u, next. I used to love her not only because her music was good, but she seemed like such a sweet and caring person. I also loved her dreamy aesthetic that she leaned into at the time.

However, ever since the filming of Wicked, and the news broke about her having an affair with Ethan Slater, I haven't looked at her the same. I didn't automatically hate her, but I didn't think what she did was okay. Then, when more women started coming forward and saying that Ariana was the reason their relationships fell apart (Naya Rivera, Cazzie David, Dalton Gomez's ex, etc.) and I was shocked that the "not a girl's girl" allegations were true. To be fair, it is not solely Ariana's fault. The men she cheated with made the choice to leave their former partners for her. I was shocked that she's had a pattern of this behavior since she was a teenager. The woman is 31 now. I normally don't pay a lot of attention to celebrity gossip. I only really ever pay attention if a celebrity is accused of something criminal, like assaulting someone, but this just isn't okay. Before, I thought to myself, Ariana's personal relationships are none of my business and I'm still gonna love her anyway, but now I see how wrong that was of me.

I feel like this recent news about her revealed a lot about her character. When I put myself in Lilly's shoes, Ethan's ex wife, I feel so sad for her, and I feel so angry for her. Lilly was just a normal woman trying to support her husband to follow his dreams so he could support their child. She was supporting him across the world while he was filming the movie. Then, here comes this spoiled rich pop star that smiles in your face and holds your baby, and says, "I can't wait to have a baby," while sleeping with your husband! That's horrible. Then, when the public calls the woman who wrecked your home, she plays the victim in the press, saying that people don't know the full story and should stop "bullying" her. It really shows the kind of person Ariana is. She thinks she can take whatever she wants, even if it's a person.

Ariana has been rich since birth. She grew up in Bocca Raton, Florida. She's never heard the word, "no." Her mother has always handed Ariana whatever she wanted. When Ariana wanted to be on broadway, her mom bought an apartment in New York for them to live there. When she wanted to be on Nickelodeon, she bought a home in LA. No wonder she thinks she can have whatever she wants as long as she bats her eyelashes and puts on the innocent act. I see it now. I see it so clearly. No one has ever said to her, "no Ariana, that's not your donut." "No Ariana, that's not your husband." "No Ariana, that's not your skin color." "It's not yours. You can't have it." -Bela Delgado (lol).

I know people will get pissed at me for saying this, but there's no way she earned the role of Glinda in Wicked. Ariana said in several interviews that she would do anything to play Glinda in Wicked. I don't doubt for a second that she paid the producers or had very powerful people get her that role in some way, shape or form. Jon M. Chu made her audition five or six times because he didn't believe that she could play Glinda. There were so many other talented women who auditioned for that role, including Dove Cameron and Amanda Seifred. Dove Cameron has a stronger soprano singing voice and she's a better actress. Ariana even said herself that she knew about Wicked auditions before Jon M Chu was attached. Who is Ariana's very powerful manager? Scooter Braun. Who's friends with Scooter Braun? Jon M Chu. I wonder if Jon was promised director if he would hire Ariana as Glinda, or if Scooter Braun somehow manipulated Jon. I don't know. In interviews, whenever Jon would talk about Cynthia, he would rave about how talented she is and I think he even said at some point that she was a gift from God. Whenever he speaks about Ariana, he would just say the same thing over and over again. "Ariana had a high bar because she's a pop star. I didn't think she could play Glinda. I made her audition six times. Then I told her to jump over a chair like Glinda and she did. She is Glinda." Yes, she did literally become Glinda, but not in a good way. She changed her entire personality, and her race because she literally wants to be Glinda.

A few years ago, Ariana was twelve shades darker, speaking in a blaccent, "bitch, that's my cookie. that's my juice, okay? carry on. thank u, next." She calls it her "pop star persona." Girl, blackfishing isn't a persona. You were copying Victoria Monet's voice and style, and appropriating her culture to make money and to seem interesting. As soon as the opportunity came across her desk to play Glinda, she stopped tanning, started acting white, and bleached her hair blonde. That's racist and out of touch. Black people call her out for it, but no one else really does. It's so weird. The worst part of it all is that she pretends like it never happened, or she alludes to her "previous persona" but never is fully transparent about the fact that she was pretending to be a whole different race. Yikes.

Another reason why I'm mad at her is that she took the character of Glinda and made it about herself. Wicked's Glinda is one of my favorite characters of all time, and I felt like I couldn't separate Ariana from the role because she made it her entire personality. Good actors find the fine line between the character and themselves and they blend together. The actor blends into the character on camera. They don't become the character to the point where they are acting the same exact way they do in interviews as they did in the film. Jonathan Bailey, for example, who is famous for playing Anthony Brigerton, also played Fiyero really well. They are both very different characters but Bailey doesn't have to do much to be able to tell the difference. He's a famous actor that people adore but the public sees his character first and then remembers that he is Jonathan Bailey. Fiyero is a charming, charismatic guy who is very suave and confident, Bailey pulls this off. In his interviews, he is a golden retriever. He's so sweet and smiley and seems a little shy at times. He's himself. He knows how to get in and out of character.

Also, I feel that Ariana doesn't fully understand Glinda. She just projects her own personal experiences onto the character. It's one thing to relate to a character, but another thing to project your personal feelings onto her because you cannot separate the character from yourself. For example, in an interview with Bowen Yang, Ariana says that *SPOILER* Glinda doesn't go with Elphaba in Defying Gravity because she doesn't have the tools and will hold Elphaba back. She actually says it in a more word-salad way that's confusing, but that's jist of what she said. I love Glinda, but the reason she doesn't go with Elphaba is because she's selfish. Glinda grew up upper class, and had everything she wanted. She cares about social climbing and appearing perfect to others. When Elphaba gets the chance to see the Wizard, she tags along, and when Elphaba rebels against the Wizard, she tries to stop Elphaba because the Wizard said it would benefit her. She stays because she has a selfish motive, not because of some convoluted reason. It's not until the end that Glinda realizes how selfish she really is and starts to make an effort to truly become Glinda the Good. She uses her privilege to help others, instead of taking from them. I don't think that Ariana can ever truly understand that because she's never been honest with herself. If we take the homewrecking scandal into consideration, she lives in denial of her actions. She surrounds herself with yes men and when people criticize her, she plays the victim. In a way is Ariana Glinda? Yes, but no. She's an unevolved Glinda still stuck in her bubble of privilege. She can never truly understand Glinda the Good until she actually looks in the mirror and is honest with herself and makes an effort to change.

[abunnyandherchao]

Hello! Welcome to the blog!

Other blogs:

Main Blog: @moonsnowsheep

EXE blog: @thedevoidlamb

TD Solo Cream blog: (not made yet)

This is a Cream the rabbit roleplay blog with Sophia included. Only 2 main Muses. (I will bring in alternate versions of Cream here)

(You can also ask me things here)

This includes my headcanons and other things.

Rules:

Don’t send NSFT to either characters. These are minors and I will block you if you do. Direct that kind of stuff to the ghost queen.

No proshippers or any disgusting people allowed here (sexist, racist, homophobe, transphobe, Etc.)

I do not know everything about Sonic lore. I may end up getting some things wrong.

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There will be angst and other serious things in this blog. A lot of the info I have is also Headcanons.

Characters:

Cream: a polite and kind Rabbit. Incredibly empathetic and cares about her friends deeply, Yet struggles with severe mental issues. (I will try to write in character for her but I suck at these kinds of things.)

Sophia: a friendly yet protective Lamb who lost her family and friends all when she was very young. Reprogrammed Mecha Sonic to act as a parental figure and is very efficient with technology. She is however emotionally unstable and will completely lose her mind if Cream were to die or be fatally hurt (this also applies to if anyone tries to destroy Mecha Sonic or the Amulet).

Ms. Emeralda: the spirit of a former Queen and the mother of Sophia. Died in the inferno that destroyed Sophia’s village, she is still around due to the amulet Sophia wears letting her mother’s spirit stick around in the mortal plane. She can interact with a lot of stuff and has gotten used to being a ghost.

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Secondary characters:

TW: Violence mentioned.

Insane Cream: a shadow of a once kind Rabbit. When Cheese died to rabies, she lost it completely, Vanilla tried to get her to move on but it only made Cream more angry and she decided to take it into her own hands, she took a hammer and went to a chao garden where she bashed in the heads of multiple Chao before she was stopped by authorities, she was locked up in a mental institution but escaped due to a mysterious friend’s help, now staying in a area unknown to the cops. Still polite but is way more dangerous and less kind, she will kill any Chao she can get her hands on and will attack anyone who mentions Vanilla. (Note: I will go absolutely insane when writing this Cream. Do NOT expect me to properly write in character for insane Cream.)

TRV (Tungsten Rampage Virus) Sophia: a Sophia caught in a second round of the Metal Virus. Eggman “Ingenious” plan led to him being mauled and eaten by Zombot Chao, and now the entire world is in danger because a man couldn’t give up. Traumatised and feeling helpless, she tends to cling to anyone she has left and not letting them leave her grasp. She has Dissociative personality disorder and it manifests in response to stress. This Sophia is a Rabbit and not a sheep. She wields Amy’s Piko Piko Hammer and has upgraded it with more powerful attachments to kill Zombots.

(Since I cannot draw at all even to save my own damn life, I’ll just put her appearance here too.)

Appearance: some appearance qualities are the same (like the Green rings, shield device and the purple eyes). She has white fur with black spots, overgrown fur on her head hides her eyes to other people, she wears a purple and blue dress, she has bandages on her left arm with increased technology on her right arm and an electrical link return device embedded in her hand to pull back her weapon after throwing it.

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Mod: The person running the blog. If you want to ask something, use (🐑).

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Just for a note: I will probably not post a lot. It’s a thing where I feel like I’m not good enough and therefore what I write isn’t good enough.

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There will be more characters, probably OC’s or canon characters I know how to RP as.

[lexus-is-problematic]

i don’t know if this is active anymore but i’m with you on the whole hate train and i’ve just got a quick update, i’ll just say this… LITERALLY AFYER RONNIE AND SARAYAS PUBLIC BREAKUP SHE LIKED BIS POST AND COMMENTED ON IT, posting ronnie fans on her story and posted a pic with MAX back in her “gLoRY” days to keep herself relevant, is she fucking serious? but yeah i just thought you’d want to know and i’m a big fan of you exposing her toxic behaviour and get this? she has a podcast called “a little bit toxic” HOW FUCKING IRONIC???

We are still here just not as active as before because we do depend on submissions or screenshots when it comes to certain topics; this is mainly to keep this blog as a safe space and protect anyone who comes to read/submit/or even ask questions/talk from Lexus saying “That’s a hate blog” or “they make up lies because they’re miserable with their lives”, etc. (the list could really go on).

**Disclaimer**

I do consider this blog an opinion blog since I and the blog don’t condone harassing Lexus Amanda, her family, friends, boyfriend, co-workers, to former friends and co-workers, as well as ex-boyfriends.

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Now for the topic; Lexus Amanda has always been toxic and this has been proven when she first dated Max. As some people may know (in case some new readers don’t know the history) Max was the bassist in Escape The Fate (ETF) and at this point in time the band was slowly rising to fame where people were recognizing them in person/on the street; some people did get to go up to him to say “Hi” and even talk to him and some even got pictures with him. This became more apparent when they were at shows that her toxic behavior would come out, especially towards girls and women who were fans (some may still be) of Max and ETF.

It’s not shocking that she would even like and comment on Ronnie’s post after his public breakup with Saraya. Lexus is known to lurk or even cyber stalk her exes. It’s how she keeps tabs and tries to weasel her way back into their lives “conveniently” once they would break up and are single. She has a pattern of this if you look closely at her toxic behavior from her past of dating musicians or any person who’s famous or close to that.

She’s also notorious for posting old “throwback” pictures of her with xyz if it benefits her-she has reposted pictures of her and Max plenty of times as well as her with Ronnie Radke, Nick Matthews, and Dave Navarro (there may be more to add to this list) to gain their followers/fans which is keeping her relevant (sadly); even though she may do photography, makeup & hair, and some modeling as well as make music it’s not what got her the following/fans it’s because she dated Max and several other famous musicians.

I find it interesting how Lexus will repost or share pictures of her with Max yet replied to a Q&A awhile back on her story where someone asked her about Max and she said “Who is that?” At first glance, it could’ve came off as being sarcastic or even joking but when you really think about it Lexus would be a complete nobody if her and Max never dated, especially for how they did (on and off again). I do believe she knows that’s a fact and it most likely bothers her because it’s the fucking truth.

As for the podcast she’s about to start with a guy friend, I’m not surprised about the name-it’s an interesting and bold choice for her to out herself as toxic but then again she shares memes, posts, and even created a few TikToks about being toxic and how it’s “hehe” funny or cute when in reality it’s disturbing and we shouldn’t be okay with that kind of behavior or even normalizing it-not just with Lexus Amanda but others too, who have huge followings on social media-we should be calling them out on it. I do think she’s a bit late to the podcast game because almost a lot of influencers/big content creators have podcasts that they started a few years ago, she may get some listens due to her hardcore fans but I don’t know if it’ll take off.

[kyuuppi]

HEAR ME OUT. Genshin Men as your ex, like what would they do during the healing process? Would they beg for you back, try to get you jealous, etc.

I LOVE UR WRITING AND FORMAT XX YOU'RE LITERALLY AMAZING.

Ft. Zhongli; Xiao; Tighnari; Scaramouche

⚠️tw: manipulation (Scaramouche); bad end/angst (Xiao; Zhongli)

Every cell in my body resisting the urge to make them yandere–

⭐ Zhongli

To be frank, Zhongli is no stranger to the end of relationships.

Having lived through several millennia, Zhongli has watched many friends, enemies, and lovers come and go. 

The moment he met you, he already knew you would someday be the same–such is the nature of mortality.

No matter how much he loved you, you would one day become yet another bittersweet memory–the type that makes his chest ache in the latest hours of the night while the rest of the harbor is sleeping.

Zhongli knew your departure from his life was inevitable…

But he didn’t expect to have to say goodbye so soon–let alone voluntarily.

“I love you, Zhongli. I really do but… we’re just too different. A former archon and a human just weren’t meant to be together. I’m sorry.”

Words he had never dreamed of fall from your lips easily. You had rehearsed it for a while.

He is internally distraught - his chest aches in a way he is not quite familiar with and, for once, he does not know what to say. 

He politely lets you leave - says that he understands and expresses his desire to remain amicable if you will allow it but will keep his distance if that is what you prefer.

He will always be available to share some advice over a cup of tea or osmanthus wine if you should ever need it. The unwritten contract between the of you – the favor and support of a former archon – is unconditional. 

You may find yourself shocked at how easily he lets you go –whether or not you are pleased by it depends on the nature of your true feelings.

Zhongli’s warm smiles and calming words will always remain, albeit now polite rather than intimate.

Outsiders who were unfamiliar with the nature of your previous relationship will not even notice the difference.

It is only a select few - Xiao, a few other adepti, and perhaps the funeral director – who see how the once smoldering embers in Zhongli’s steady gaze have been smothered.

It is only in the darkest hours of night, alone in his study, that Zhongli allows himself to wonder if his divinity is a blessing or a curse.

“It is unfortunate that our journey together must come to an end so soon. I have very much enjoyed our time together and appreciated the honor of witnessing your glory so closely. I will not burden you with my presence but… if you should ever need my assistance or desire my companionship, it is always yours.”

⭐ Xiao

Never in a thousand years would Xiao have imagined he would have someone to call his own.

After centuries of abuse–both inflicted upon him and from him - Xiao had sworn to never put himself in a position that vulnerable again. He will never let someone get close enough to hurt him or be hurt.

Nevertheless, you appeared in his life and shattered every expectation he had ever set.

Through sheer persistence, you smashed your way through his every wall and stole his heart as your own.

You had created an inseverable bond between you two…

...but now you wanted to sever it.

“I don’t think we can be together anymore, Xiao. You have a duty to protect Liyue and that is your top priority. You are tethered to this place. But I want to explore new places… and new people. I’m sorry, Xiao.”

His first reaction is anger, the type that flashed white hot in his gut and burns through his veins.

He did not seek you out – you were the one who forced your way into his life.

No matter how often he rejected you, how much he tried to avoid you, you had repeatedly interjected your way into his routine, bringing him plates of almond tofu and sharing stories of you adventure he had never asked about.

You created the habit for him. You made him expect your presence every day. You gave him new experiences and made him feel things he never knew possible. You made him love you in ways he had never imagined himself capable of–

–only to rip it all away. 

He should have known he was not good enough - he was always just a weapon, a tool, wasn’t he? It is only natural that you would use him too–and that he would one day become useless.

He leaves without a word.

For you, it is almost as if you had imagined his whole existence.

He no longer waits for you atop Wangshu Inn. You no longer feel the sense of someone watching–protecting–you while you take commissions around Liyue. 

 The only indication you have that you had not dreamt the whole thing is the occasional story random citizens, claiming to have been saved from a lawachurl by a ghost with yellow eyes.

You think Xiao has forgotten your entire existence. He disappears from your life so easily.

But to Xiao, it is not easy at all. 

His every thought is plagued by you to the point he wonders if you placed a curse upon him.

While the memory of you once eased his karmic debt, now it only seems to fuel it.

The voices taunt him, remind him of how worthless he is, even to his own lover.

You’re only a weapon of destruction – of course no one would want to be with you. You could never make anyone happy. You can only bring pain.

He suffers alone, brushing off the concern of the other adepti and even Zhongli when his karmic debt seems to get worse, his breakdowns more frequent and more intense than ever before/

It is only when you call his name - whether because you miss him or because you are in danger, than he will allow himself to see you again.

But even as he stands before you, he will not make eye contact.

Not because he does not want to see you but because he does not trust himself to act reasonably if he does.

“Even if the… nature of our relationship has changed, our bond still remains… what I mean is, if you are ever in danger, you should still call my name. I will always protect you...”

⭐ Tighnari

Um… this dude mates for life, how could you do this to him???

Similar to Xiao, he initially just gets kind of angry.

He told you how serious this is for him, how much relationships mean to fennec foxes.

He had asked you over and over again if you were sure before making your relationship official and you had assured him that you were. You said forever.

You had known each other for years before - you knew his personality and his habits. You knew being a forest watcher was his top priority and how long he spent on patrols - nothing has changed so why are your feelings changing?

“I’m sorry, Tighnari, I just… I don’t think I can live like this forever. Working in the forest together was a fun way to pass time but I don’t want to do it anymore. I don’t want to be with you anymore.“

He tries to talk it through - he wants to be logical and compromise with you. He asks you to set boundaries and be specific about your needs so that he has the chance to try to meet them - he will do anything to make this work, you just need to tell him what you need.

But you insist there’s nothing he can do, and without a proper explanation, you leave him behind.

It is easy to fall back into old routines and habits. Even if his lover is gone, the forest never rests.

He goes back to his patrols and reports and lectures – everything is the same as before yet it all feels completely wrong.

The days he used to look forward to – eagerly learning more about the forest he loved and sharing his findings with other curious minds – now feel like little more than a waste of time.

His passion is gone, the once burning desires now doused and his mind is only plagued with memories of you.

Quiet moments late at night in his tent are the worst. 

His bed feels uncharacteristically cold and empty without you in it. The calm night is much too quiet when your voice is not there to hum a tune you heard at the market.

“You’re being incredibly selfish right now – our relationship may be just a way to pass time for you but for me – it's all or nothing. There was no one before you and there will be no one after you. We made a commitment to each other and we need to stick it out. So tell me exactly what the problem is so we can work on it and fix it. Together. We have a whole lifetime to figure this out so don’t just give up on us so easily.”

⭐ Scaramouche

You have to be insane to leave this man - and not just ‘cause he is hot.

If you made it far enough for Scaramouche to let you into his heart, you already know his past. You know what has happened to him and how he feels about people leaving.

There is absolutely no way this will go well for either of you.

Once his heart is broken his immediate response is vengeance and retaliation.

If you think you are leaving him behind – betraying him like everyone else in his life – you have got another think coming.

“I’m serious, scaramouche. I don’t want this anymore. We’re just not meant for each other.”

“Ha– you think you have a choice? I must not have made myself clear – you are mine and you are not going anywhere without me.”

lol oops I made it yandere

While much less openly accommodating as Tighnari, Scaramouche is still willing to listen to your complaints and try to find a solution.

Although he’s possessive and a bit blinded by his own feelings, Scaramouche truly does love you and will do anything he can to make you happy–but only if you are happy with him.

If you physically leave, he will follow you. If you try to find someone else, he is not above getting rid of them. 

Once you enter a relationship with Scaramouch, for as long as the two of you are alive, you will be with each other.

“Do you finally understand? Good. Taking care of those mortal men you wanted to hang around with was starting to become tedious."

[extasiswings]

As someone who never watched bones, the bones blueprint???

What is the Bones blueprint? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. So Bones is the show with one of, if not THE hetero slow burn ship of classic Fox procedural shows in the mid-2000s-early 2010s. (Pretty much every main network had at least one major procedural slow burn at a time. Fox had X-files, then Bones. ABC had Castle. CBS had NCIS and The Mentalist…you get it). So, let me set the stage with our characters:

Seeley Booth, played by David Boreanaz. Booth is an FBI Agent and former Army Ranger (with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart and a certain amount of PTSD that he doesn’t like to discuss). Catholic. Complicated relationship with his family. More than a little repressed. Definitely needs therapy (and gets it eventually—at first when he’s required to go, and voluntarily in later seasons). Good at and devoted to his job. Single Dad who feels like he missed out on a lot of the early years of his son’s life and worries about being a good father (he asked his ex to marry him when she got pregnant, but she turned him down even though she loved him—at least early on in the series even though they aren’t together it’s discussed that they have a tendency to fall into bed not infrequently) [I swear I’m not making this up]. Anyway, you get the picture.

And behind Curtain No. 2, we have:

Temperance Brennan (Bones), played by Emily Deschanel. Brennan is a forensic anthropologist. Super smart, super scientific, doesn’t have great social skills, but definitely has the whole “perceived as cold but actually feels things very deeply” thing going on. Tragic backstory. She’s also a novelist.

So! Booth and Brennan. They work together, they’re partners, they solve murders. And, naturally, they have the whole opposites thing that works for them—she’s very book smart, he’s very street smart, she believes in facts and science and logic, he believes in intuition and gut feelings and faith, etc. etc. As is often the case with the aesthetic of the crime procedural slowburn ship, they start out sort of reluctantly working together, but eventually develop a real partnership built on trust and friendship (and love!).

Early on, she has some things in her past with her family that she asks for his help investigating so that she can get answers. There’s also a time in the second season where Brennan gets kidnapped by a serial killer and buried alive while Booth is stuck trying to find her, which in addition to still being just An Episode(™) remains one of the great, classic, early-in-the-slowburn “I almost lost you and it made me feel Some Kinda Way, but no no we’re just friends really, nothing to see here” defining arcs, especially since Brennan starts dating someone not too long after. The same serial killer returns in season four and snatches Booth that time, and then it’s Brennan’s turn to find him (with the help of Booth’s younger brother). Anyway, classic slow burn—there’s a lot of Implication that you could read into if you wanted throughout the first several seasons, but not necessarily super concrete (although they get caught under the mistletoe once), and there are several rounds of saving each other in various ways as over the years they just become closer and closer until they’re Partners(™) in every way (even when they’re dating other people).

What’s making me yell and scream today though, is: the S4 finale and S5. In the S4 finale, Booth is in a coma after having brain surgery. He has a wild coma dream where he and Brennan are married and they run a nightclub, but there still ends up being a murder—ANYWAY, irl Brennan basically spends the whole time he’s in a coma at his bedside, but then he wakes up and he has no memory of who she is. Pivot to S5, Booth remembers her again, and also feels like he might have romantic feelings for her, but (in part because of some third party commentary) questions whether they’re real or just a side-effect of the surgery. He sort of tells her anyway, but flubs it massively. Later in the season, we get Booth’s son being concerned that his dad doesn’t have a girlfriend, both Booth and Brennan separately getting relationship advice from third parties, and Brennan getting asked out by a new guy. And then! The 100th episode.

The 100th episode, which reveals the start of the series wasn’t their first case, they worked together once before and kissed and almost slept together, but hadn’t ended up going all the way. And after they’re done telling their story, Booth finally stops and kisses her and gets to give his big damn love confession, lays it all on the line, tells her he’s always known she was the one and wants to really try…and she freaks out and cries and turns him down, and he accepts it but says he has to move on. And then they both date other people before fully running away from each other for many months (Brennan on an anthropological dig, Booth back to Afghanistan for the military). (And then, when they come back, she’s ready to put on her big girl pants and give it a shot, except that he went and got a girlfriend who he seems happy with so we all get to suffer through a season of angst and pining while he proposes to someone who isn’t Brennan etc while everyone else is like “you’re still in love with her though” but they do sleep together by the end of S6 and ultimately get married and have two more kids (not in that order)).

So, yeah—the blueprint! Making me especially crazy because here we are with Buddie on a Fox procedural, 4 seasons since they really started trying it seems to make Buddie something potentially real, and Buck is heading into a coma where he's about to hallucinate another life, and the 100th episode is coming up near the beginning of next season (and I really hope Fox learned from Bones that there's such a thing as dragging out the slow burn too much and just lets them be happy after the big damn feelings reveal but XD).

[lammaspoika]

how did u come up with the initial ideas for ur fics ?? :3

I'll reply with my current multichapter fics bc my oneshots are mostly... Sudden ideas I get, such as Keeping Promises being a fic I wrote in one sitting after finishing Unleashed bc I was inspired. XD (Or I wrote the first draft in one sitting but you know-)

DNA Collision: I absolutely adore when people draw Shadow with more alien-like features, such as giving him yellow scleras, tiny scales, or a third eye! But the fanart made me think... What if there was a reason Shadow looked like that/more alien, especially considering that he didn't originally even know he's half alien. My original idea was that Eggman would do something that would make him mutate, but then I thought it might be a bit of a lazy choice, plus then fixing it would be a lot easier because they'd already know the cause. My bestie came up with the idea that it would happen suddenly while Shadow was racing/using Chaos Control, and I liked that idea. (I can't tell how/why it happens since that's a spoiler, but you'll find out eventually ehehe). I like aliens, sci-fi, and body horror (although I don't wanna make the body horror parts too graphic in the fic but still. It's a part of it), but there's also metaphors etc. in it. I'll probably talk more about those once I finish the fic, because for now I want readers to make their own interpretations and speculations >:3

Prophecy of Chaos: The ship I was super obsessed with before Sonadow was Catradora, and since I tend to like certain types of dynamics, I kinda noticed lots of similarities between them XDD (I mean, they're a snarky hero with a heart of gold and their former enemy with a traumatic backstory) I think I also saw a tumblr post where someone pointed out that the way Boom!Shadow acts is like a bitter ex/former childhood best friend, and that made me think... What would Sonic and Shadow be like if they had been childhood best friends who had a falling out? I think I jokingly told my friends like "what if I made an AU that's kinda like the premise of She-Ra but with Sonadow" but then I actually got invested in it. It just works so well with Sonic characters and Sonic lore, with the whole chosen one thing and friendship being a big theme in both series. My bestie @tillytilli had lots of suggestions for the AU, and then I asked if they'd like to be a co-creator. Plus with two people working on it made it possible for us to make several illustrations for each chapter; usually three art pieces for each chapter, one by me, one by Tilli and one being a collab between us. So yeah, the premise and some elements are inspired by She-Ra, but the plot will differ a lot since we didn't want it to just be a retelling of that story, we wanted to also make it our own story. Plus we haven't really assigned the characters certain roles (except the obvious ones, like Sonic having Adora's role, Shadow Catra's, Infinite Shadow Weaver's, and Eggman Hordak's. But even some of those are a bit mixed, especially between Sonic and Shadow) because we felt like it would limit the characters too much, and we wanted them to be themselves first and foremost if that makes sense? (So like. You don't need any knowledge of She-Ra to read the fic. Sonic knowledge is more important since there's lore and references XD)

Impactful Skip: I came up with the idea around the time the sneak peek of Sonic and Nine in Sonic Prime came out. Since Nine was a traumatized child because he never met Sonic, it made me think... How would Tails turn out if he had had Sonic, and then lost him? Because he would know what he was missing. Sonic and Tails are so close that I feel like neither of them would be the same if they lost each other. I think I was also subconsciously inspired by that one episode of Futurama where Fry has to test the time machine with Bender and the Professor so he's late from his date with Leela, but the time travel goes wrong and Leela thinks he's dead. (This scene especially always BREAKS me) I didn't like... Actively think about that episode while thinking about the premise, but then I remembered it after a while and was like OH. Another inspiration for it was that one tumblr post I can't find sadly but it was like... "Why would you tell a post-apocalyptic story if not to show the kindness of humanity?" And it's a big part of Impactful Skip, because while Tails has turned against all his friends, his friends still stick together and try to find hope and kindness towards one another even in a world with barely any hope left.

Thank you for asking! I'm really enthusiactic about these stories so I'm always happy to explain about them! ✨✨

[udretlnea]

Fav. Library Event (Headcanons; Piece #1/5)

A/N: "For the creator’s event at the Favonius Library”.

Taglist: @theblueskyofthedawn​

Headcanons

Venti

On the anniversary of their victory against Decarabian, he goes to that one tree in Stormterror’s Lair and plays a song he used to sing to his old friend during the past.

After the GAA event with Mona, Fischl, Kazuha, & Xinyan he fell off the roof of the Cat’s Tail and into a bundle of cats; he ended up bedridden in the church for several days.

The most drinks he’s ever consumed in one sitting was 100, and that was during one particularly bountiful Weinlesefest in Mondstadt.

(Ehe~)

Xiao

Created small shrines to the other Yakshas in a secret compartment in his room at the Inn; he regularly gives offerings of items that he thinks they'd like. (Ex: Bonanus- Rice Buns, Indarias- Chili Minced Cornbread Buns, etc.)

After hearing Venti play on the flute once, Xiao went and tried carving one himself to practice with; keyword tried because he has no experience in woodcarving. The result looks terrible, but he keeps it stashed in the aforementioned compartment.

When not suffering from karmic debt or slaying demons, sometimes he observes mortals coming and going in his little bird form, pretending to be nothing more than what he appears.

(I miss the other Yakshas...but their deeds won’t be forgotten anytime soon so that’s nice.)

Nahida

She makes bento for the Wanderer’s lunch, even decorating it with a cute lil’ Aranara made out of a radish.

Whenever Wanderer comes to visit report to Nahida, she takes the time to ask him MomTM questions like, “How was your day?”, “Anything interesting catch your eye?”, “Would you like me to make your favorite?”

 You know those Aranara in her character demo? She plays games with them irl whenever her duties take her near Vanarana.

(No thoughts, only Nahida-Mother brainrot)

Heizou

He has his own fanclub; they’re a small but passionate group.

Heizou thought that deep-fried food was mid at first, but after the day he received his Vision his perception of it shifted as a result of the trauma and thus it now tasted delicious.

Despite not looking like it, Heizou is a decent beetle battler; he’s managed to win against Yoimiya, but not Ayato.

(I lowkey like Heizou. People should appreciate him more.)

Kazuha

When Tomo was still alive, Kazuha would pluck a strand of the former’s hair and be able to play music from it as if it were a leaf.

Kazuha used to have nightmares about that day of Tomo’s execution whenever there was stormy weather, but after putting his friend’s vision in front of his grave they aren’t so intense anymore.

On one particularly fair day, Kazuha napped on a rather warm rock until sunset; he was later woken up by an amused Hu Tao who mistook him for a dead body and was in the middle of taking measurements for his coffin. The two sheepishly explained what they were doing to each other and quickly left; the event stuck with Kazuha throughout the present.

(I kind of went off with the last one here; I’m lowkey proud of it)

Tighnari

Tighnari once forgot to pack enough water during a trip to the desert for research and started acting like a clown because of thirst-induced hallucination; Dehya and co. found him before he could hurt himself and helped him recover. Tighnari doesn’t know that Dehya found him like that while the latter thought it was mildly amusing.

After the events of Nahida’s second story quest, the Traveler went to inform Tighnari about Nur and the other mushrooms at Mawtiyima Forest; now he helps tend to the garden there (if you did the quest, you know what I’m talking about).

When Collei still had Eleazar, if he heard anyone badmouth or berate Collei he would personally see to it the offender would be stuck with some embarrassing chore.

(Idk what went through my mind with the first one other than “shenanigans”. It was midnight.)

Albedo

Keeps a pouch of snacks inside his coat; it’s filled with spiders covered in a sweet resin (it sounds gross, but it’s actually quite tasty).

He’s gotten so detailed at sketching that he’s definitely opened commissions at least thrice; practically all citizens of Mondstadt flock to his office to ask for them so he’s had to set up a hard limit of ten commissions.

During the Irodori Festivsl he came across an onikabuto battle and was fascinated enough to go out and try it himself. He sometimes writes essays on the optimal and ideal form to engage in onikabuto fights.

(Can you tell that I loved the Onikabuto event so much I included it in several of these headcanons?)

Xingqiu

On one particularly sunny day, he tried to successfully practice the moves he read in his martial-arts book. He keeps practicing so as to have another option if he were disarmed in combat one day.

Thanks to the above, Shenhe and Xingqiu have developed a minor respect and the former even gives pointers on the off-chance she runs into the middle of his practice.

His hair used to be more professional and traditional, but he insisted on getting it cut to resemble Yelan’s haircut after that one encounter with her (see About Yelan) because he thought she was cool-looking.

(Nothing special on this one. This one’s fine.)

Sucrose

Regularly writes to Collei asking for updates on her teachings and offers to donate her books to Collei; Collie appreciates it, but declines because she’s determined like that.

At first, Sucrose didn’t have time for nor was interested in TCG, but after playing with the Traveler and Fischl she got hooked and now low-key collects cards a la Cyno.

When it’s just her and Albedo working together in general, she feels comfortable and safe enough to let her ears stand up.

(I wonder if Hoyo will have Sucrose and Collei interact again...)

[tressasinterlude]

𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 #𝟑: Female Public Figures Dating Men with Questionable Views That Contradict Their Image & Alleged Politics

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: These rant blog posts are really just reflective of my thoughts at the time that I make them and are posted here because I need an outlet to release all of this shit I have going on my busy ass mind. That’s it and that’s all. Now let’s get into it..

This rant was greatly inspired by none other than Ms. Robyn Rihanna “Tell Your Faves To Pull Up [in regards to social injustices directly affecting black people]” Fenty and her openly colorist boyfriend, A$AP Rocky. Aside from the fact that Rihanna tends to slip under the radar and is never held accountable for her problematic ways due to her conventional beauty (i.e. Her heavy usage of anti-Asian slurs, particularly targeted towards Chris Brown’s ex gf, Karrueche), it’s very alarming that a woman who has an entire makeup brand with a campaign based around the inclusivity of ALL black women is publicly flaunting a beau who once said that DSBW do not look good with red lipstick.

And yes, I’m very much aware that Rakim said this tasteless comment over 8 years ago but from the looks of it, not much has really changed with him. Don’t @ me about it neither because I don’t care.

Also peep how he compares a hypothetical darkskinned woman to a man (Wesley Snipes) while trying to explain how his antiblackness isn’t wrong because he said something about white women as well. Gaslighting at its finest. Don’t you just love it! 😀

Furthermore, you would think that somebody of Rihanna’s level of stature would know not to associate themselves with someone as messy as A$AP Rocky but... Stupid is what stupid does, I guess! I can’t even begin to place the blame on him anymore because he’s revealed his true colors and we all have made the deliberate choice to either accept it or don’t and have discontinued all support for him. Unfortunately, misogynoir is never the dealbreaker for most people and the hatred for [dark-skinned] black women is so engrained in society that it’s frowned upon when we publicly speak out against it. Very ass backwards if you ask me but that’s society for you. Now, enough about that. Let’s focus back on Ms. Vita La Coco.

As a woman who claims to be a girl’s girl and is always presenting herself to be someone who is the epitome of a pro-black feminist bad ass, it just makes her alleged activism come off so disingenuous when she’s also laying down with the same man that actively attacks the demographic she’s supposed to be standing in solidarity with. It’s “Black Lives Matter” on the IG posts but your vagina is getting moist for a man who openly stated he doesn’t relate to what goes on in Ferguson because he lives in Soho & Beverly Hills. Ferguson being the exact place where a 17-year-old black boy’s lifeless corpse laid on the hot concrete for FOUR hours after he was murdered by a police officer. He couldn’t 'relate' to the fate of so many black men, women, and children who are murdered or seriously injured from state-sanctioned violence because they’re poor and he is not or so he thought.

But then again, what can I really expect from a woman who identified as being “biracial” until as recent as roughly 6 years ago? What can I really expect from a woman who called Rachel Dolezal a ‘hero’ for cosplaying as a black woman? I’d be lying if I said my expectations for her were high in this regard because sis has always shown us she was lacking in this department. And just for the record, this is not a personal attack on Rihanna at all for the die-hard Navy stans in the back. I admire her latest fashions and bop my head to her music just like the next person but she’s getting the side-eye from me on this one.

Trust and believe me though, she’s not the only woman who I can call out for being a hypocrite. Of course not! This stone can be cast at a few others. So without further ado, why don’t we bring Ms. Kehlani Parrish to the front of the congregation? Prior to Kehlani’s recent declaration of identifying as a lesbian, her last public relationship with a man was with YG. Yes, the same YG who felt it was necessary to say him & Nipsey had ‘pretty light-skinned’ daughters to raise in the middle of his deceased friend’s memorial. By the way, Nipsey’s daughter is not even light (or at least not in my book anyways.) She’s a very deep caramel tone just like her father which makes what he said even more moronic. Yes, the same YG who thought it was clever idea to use slavery as an aesthetic for a music video to a diss track about 6ix9ine. And yes, also the same YG who has derogatory lyrics targeted at bisexual women. Just to end up sweating the red carpets with one. I swear the jokes just continue to write themselves.

This raises the question once more; How high of a pedestal can I really put a multiracial woman who has a song titled ‘N*ggas’ and when received backlash for the song in question, she used the ultimate ‘I’m mixed’ copout while not having a visibly black parent in sight?

It’s also kind of suspicious to me that many were not privy to Kehlani’s secret romance with Victoria Monét (pictured bottom right) until Victoria did an interview with Gay Times revealing she fell in love with a girl but they subsequently broke up because Victoria had a boyfriend and that girl was pregnant in a polyamorous relationship. Fans began to speculate because both Victoria & Kehlani previously candidly spoke about their sexual orientations, Kehlani had just had Adeya and they both were seemingly close. Their short-lived fling would later be confirmed when Victoria released the song ‘Touch Me’ on her last project and Kehlani hopped on the remix. Meanwhile, Kehlani’s relationship with Shaina (pictured bottom left) was very overt and all over her Instagram feed from my recollection. And as you can see, Shaina looks absolutely nothing like Victoria. They look like the complete opposite of eachother in every aspect which is kind of alarming(?) to say the least because why is it that the women she proudly claims as her partners tend to have a very racially ambiguous look such as herself but her ‘sneaky links’ on the other hand are undoubtedly black women? Again, it could just be me jumping conclusions. You know, I’m kinda good for that however something tells me I’m not. Y’all be the judge of the material though.

Last but not least, I’d like to touch on Ms. Raven Tracy very briefly. I was very weary about even including in this segment and if I should just put her in a entirely separate blog post with other women who openly date abusers despite their checkered past (alongside Nicki Minaj & her r*pist murderer of a husband, India Love & Sheck Wes etc.) being this particular blog post was based around the theme of lightskinned/mixed women dating men with extremely problematic views about DSBW. Raven obviously isn’t lightskinned or mixed however I refused to ignore how contradictory her [former] relationship with an alleged (I used this word very loosely and mainly for legality purposes.) serial r*pist while promoting a brand that is all about feminism & body positivity. This also traces back to A$AP Rocky by default being that Ian Connor is his very close friend and he came to Connor’s defense when several women came forward detailing accounts of Connor allegedly s*xually assaulting them. (I wish I could place the actual video of what A$AP Rocky said verbatim but Tumblr only allows one video per blog post. 🙄)

Back in June of this year, Ian & Raven had a back & forth on Twitter after Ian tweeted about Raven “fucking everybody” behind his back. I can only assume that he was alluding to Tori Brixx posting a video of her ex, Rich the Kid & Raven kissing on her story. Disgusted is not even the word to describe my feeling when she admitted she stuck by Ian despite of his many allegations of s*xual abuse because she loved him and her being a empath causes her to want to help everybody. Imagine aiding and abetting a predator and even paying for his bail & legal fees just to turn around and expect sympathy because this same individual cheated on you and exploited you all over Twitter for the public to see. The same man that you would get back with not even a WEEK after the fact & turn off your IG comments because it isn’t our “business” after making it our business...

That being said, I just genuinely want to know: Why do these women completely go against what they stand for in regards to these men? Maybe it was never genuine from jump street and if that’s the case, why jump on the bandwagon of performative activism? Is it because it’s profitable right now? Is it because disrespecting black women is not an immediate death sentence to your careers and more often than not actually helps you advance even further? I guess that’s the billion dollar question that’ll never truly be answered. I just want the world to stop using black women as their stepping stool to get to where they need to go and then discarding of us when we’re no longer beneficial. Support us all the way or don’t support us at all. We deal with enough disrespect as is so we’d appreciate if y’all would stop straddling the fence and partake in your misogynoir out loud if that’s what you choose to do. We have no use for fake allyship and quite frankly, it’s doing more harm for us than good. Please and thank you!

Sincerely,

- 𝙼𝙸𝚂𝚂 𝙴𝙳𝙶𝙰𝚁 𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙴𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙴. 💋

[nevermindrussia]

Давай на «ты». How to switch to informal way of communication in Russian without looking stupid

Alright then. Here's another suggestion from my dear follower, and it's both of modern Russia and Russian language.

"How is a non-Russian to know when to suggest a switch to ты? Is it ever appropriate for a non-Russian to initiate it? Etc."

That's a really great topic, both obvious and misterious, just like what I'm loving! Obvious — for every Russian, due to some specific cultural code; misterious — also for every Russian, for it's really not easy to formalize and describe. Anyway, challenge accepted! :)

So, let's start from the basics.

In Russian there are 2 ways of addressing pronouns:

вы (вас/вам/вами/о вас) [vy (vas/vam/vami/o vas)] - a formal way;

ты (тебя/тебе/тобой/о тебе) [ty (tebya/tebe/toboi/o tebe)] - an informal way;

While in English there basically is only one — "you". Although English-speaking persons also have "thou" pronoun, literally meaning ты, but it sounds a bit obsolete and is not popular (except you are speaking to God in your prayer, as we were explained at English lessons at school :)).

But how to make 2 forms of addressing out of 1? Let's see.

In Russian, we say вы to people who are:

1. Not too close to us, such as strangers or some random short-term aquaintances, such as travelling companions, people whom you're waiting in line with, etc.

2. Respected by us, for ex. our boss or a government officer of a teacher, or just an elderly person etc. As for me, I also keep saying вы to all my students, no matter 70 or 7 years old, highlighting my respect to them in studying environment (even when they are my friends so I say ты to them out of studying).

So, вы is a default form of address to show our respect and tact and seeing other's personal boundaries. But in some cases it may show also coldness and distance; see below for it.

And whom are we sayind ты to?

1. Friends of course. Mostly though; there are cases when people who make friends differ very much in age and/or knowledge, for ex., a teacher and his/her former student. Then a younger person may choose to say вы to an older friend, while the older one can feel free to say ты. But this is rather exception of rules.

2. Lovers. Just always in modern Russia.

3. Family members. Not always. In Russia family is more than it is, for ex., in US. Very often we live at one place (flat basically) as one family including parents, children an one of the parent's parents. Husband parents to a wife are called свёкр [svyokr], m. and свекровь [svekrov'], f. And wife's parents to a husbands are тесть [tyest'], m. and тёща [tyoscha], f.. So, although they are one family, a man may say вы to his тёща or тесть, or the opposite of a woman and her husband's parents. But parental/children communication is always by ты. Except you are in pre-revolutionary Russia at the beginning of XXth century or earlier. That time was a common practice for children to address their parents by вы, representing - again, respect.

4. Some people who are not our friends actually, but who make us feel some soulmating, even situative. For ex.: if you are just waiting in line nearby someone and make a small talk, you probably say вы; but if you're doing the same for several hours and people nearby are you fellow sufferers and you start to discuss some government politics and some problems as a whole and your children and your pets and your diseases - you may say to this people ты. Usually it comes even without any declaration: you just find yourself talking to people in informal way. And then it all ends, and then you can't even remember their names, and this is absolutely fine when you're in Russia :)

That's the basic rules; but as always in Russia, there are plenty of exclusions. For ex., some people (usually not very polite and educated) prefer to address by ты to anyone, no matter is their counterpart an acquaintance or a stranger, young or old, an ordinary or a respectful person. We dislike it generally. And we say to such person (sounding a bit rude): "Прекратите мне тыкать" [prekratite mne tykat'] - "stop saying ты to me"; also it's a kind of wordplay, for тыкать may be read as a verb from ты, literally "making ты", but basically it means "to poke". So we express that hearing ты from an insolent stranger is unpleasant for us as much as anybody would poke us with a finger or a stick or something.

Summarizing all above,

what could a situation when you'd like to transfer to more informal communication be like?

1. When you're making some random but suddenly sincere acquaintance.

What to do:

Just continue the conversation using ты instead of вы. I say, nobody will mind it. Anyway, few hours later you may not even remind of each other.

2. When you've got a feeling it may be a friendship.

What to do:

That's the moment when a phrase from my headline should work. Давай на ты [davai na ty] - "let's transfer to ты". There's about 95% that you'll be answered "Да, конечно" [da, kaneshna] - "yes, sure" or "Не вопрос" [ne vopros] - " no problem", or something like that. If one've refused that proposal, it's depending on his own special standards of communication, not on you. So feel free to initiate, and don't be upset if you're getting a refuse. Also, answering to my dear suggestor: no, it doesn't matter if you're a Russian or not. Except counterwise: if you're a foreigner who knows of вы and ты thing and at least tries to figure it out, you have +500 to charisma in the eye of your Russian companion, and he/she will more likely approve your movement.

3. When you want to become less formal with someone of your business or learning affairs: colleagues, boss, business partners, teachers, students and so on. IMPORTANT NOTICE below: some rules for it.

What to do:

Just what's above, but in more formal way. For example:

Вы не возражаете, если мы перейдем на "ты"? [vy ne vozrazhaete yesli my pereidyom na ty] - Would you mind if we transfer to ты?

Думаю, мы можем общаться на "ты", как вы считаете? [dumayu my mozhem obschat'sya na ty, kak vy schitayete] - I guess we might communicate using ты, what do you think?

And now the IMPORTANT NOTICE. There are certain rules of etiquette for suggesting transfering to ты. That's not some strict and dogmatic thing, but you'd better remember.

Who should initiate that transferring:

if a gentleman and a lady are communicating: a lady.

if a younger and an older persons are communicating: an older person. A bit complicated is a situation where a younger person is a lady and the older one is a gentleman. In that case, I guess lady still should initiate this, but it takes more time to get sure an opponent is really ready to transfer to an informal way.

if an employee and a boss are communicating: a boss. Also it works for if there are a boss and a big boss, etc.

So, the one who is more privileged (who's got higher social status, or an respectable age, or who is a lady in front of a gentleman) is the one who suggests less formal way. That's his/her right to initiate this. Another part of communication may agree or decline that (but declining may be a bit offencive; except you grant your counterpart the right to say to you ты while youre still keep saying вы.

So I guess that's all rules for transfering to ты in Russian. I hope you've got them all — for I've not yet at all :))))

And, as a resume.

Remember I've said about coldness and distance? It's actual sometimes, when one side of communication wants to be closer, but other one prefers to be all formal and strict. That was more actual in Russia of XIXth century, where the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was living - for that was a time when saying вы was fine not only for children to parents, but even for a guy or a girl to his/her sweetheart. But ты still existed, representing an extreme grade of intimacy and sincerity.

Вы и Ты

Пустое "вы" сердечным "ты" Она, обмолвясь, заменила И все счастливые мечты В душе влюбленной возбудила.

Пред ней задумчиво стою, Свести очей с нее нет силы; И говорю ей: как вы милы! И мыслю: как тебя люблю!

That is the poem by Pushkin, which I've learned by heart when I was about 7 years old: just because it hanged on the wall in a classroom of our school. I always considered it beautiful. So let me try and translate it for you (not equirithmically or even rhymed of course); to be more revealing I'll use "thou" when ты is assumed.

You and Thou

She've said a sincere "thou" instead of a shallow "you" Maybe by mistake, And she've woken up by this All the happy dreams inside of my soul fallen in love.

I stand in front of her thoughtfully, I cannot take my eyes off her, And I say to her: "How nice of you", And I think of her: "How much I love thou".

...so I guess that's all for today. Live high, make friends, transfer to ты, be proud of what you and your relationship are. More Russian language discoveries - in my further posts. Follow me so!