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An au I've been thinking about the lore for for a while but still have no plot so instead of a story you get my ramblings:
(Not mentioned in this post but this au does deal with self harm)
There's two different types of gods, gods confined to one dimension and multidimensional gods. One dimensional gods aren't really important to this, but they involve ESMP s2 Joel, s1 Lizzie and Jimmy, Aeor and Exor, Santa Perla, etc.
The only really important ones in this au are the multi dimensional ones, which there are three types of. Watchers and Listeners like normal, but also a third type that's based on Gem's ESMP s2 character called Walkers. As the name suggests, Walkers can move between worlds to carry out the Watchers will.
There's three gods on the traffic smp, Grian is a rebel Watcher, Martyn is a Listener, and Gem is an escaped Walker. All Walkers are wolf hybrids because they're kind of seen as guard dogs to the Watchers, it's basically a cult to be honest.
Gem and Grian didn't grow up together, but after he ran away, Gem was assigned to keep an eye on him, and that's how she got on Hermitcraft. Grian pretty much took one look at her and said "is anyone going to get her therapy?" When Grian heard she was being put into the life series and that the theme of the series was basically the Watchers giving orders, he saw a chance to help her escape their grasp. The Boogeyman task was specifically made for her so see how evil they were, he didn't count on how good she was at following directions.
Martyn is a Listener, unlike Walkers, Listeners are completely separate from the Watchers. Martyn was sent to keep the life series chaotic for the purposes of making sure it ends and the people aren't stuck in the Watcher's world forever.
I'm honestly obsessed with the whole "existing just to serve other people" thing right now. For her entire immortal life, Gem was taught to completely disregard her own emotions, the idea of even considering herself, much less prioritizing herself is such a foreign concept to her.
I kinda want to rant about how Grian and Gem grew up more because they're so traumatized so if someone could conveniently send me an ask about that I would be forever in your debt /j (I'm going to make the post either way because this is my blog and I get to talk to myself on here)
#shit i need an actual name for the au#*looks at Epic The Musical*#puppets and puppeteers au#please pretend I didn't steal that from the Circe Saga#geminitay#trafficblr#traffic life#traffic series#traffic smp#grian#life series#wild life#secret life#the watchers#martyn inthelittlewood#listener martyn#watcher grian#tw cult
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And that is what it continues to be about! Forcing that guy through therapy at the hands of cartoon animals if it is the last thing I do
#atlas.art#artists on tumblr#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#sonic movie#sonic boom#agent stone#boom sonic#boom eggman#dr eggman#boom amy#amy rose#wade whipple#tom wachowski#sonic wachowski#I've been slowly teaching myself how to actually draw sonic characters. hope that shows lol#live stone reaction is my new favorite image. every time i look at it i loose my shit#I have an independent version of it if anyone wants it#anyways i guess i need to name this au now. fuck
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Caelus AU anyone 👀👀
N e ways
Uranus has always been my fave (sorry Earth, I love u too pookie) so I’m genuinely excited to see more content about him
Even if he is a dick to Neptune (,:
Bonus frames (:
#NEPTUNE SAVE UR COUSIN FOR THE LOVE OF#Turning this into an actual AU btw#still thinking of name ideas tho#currently going with Skymap#art#my art#solarballs#solarballs angst#human solarballs#solarballs planet x#solarballs uranus#human uranus#human planet x#solarballs Caelus#making that a tag#solarballs ice giants#fanart#uranus angst#uranus I love you but holy shit#stop being a jerk#I know ur insecure but please#talk to mercury or smthn it doesn’t need to be like this#Neptune please snap ur cousin out of this#cannot have the ice cousins fight#<- Is planning on that happening in the AU#skymap au#yeah I’m going with it eh#solarballs au#animation#animation meme
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Your CoD x Middle-Earth idea.....
Here me out.......
Nikolai....... can be whatever tf Beorn is
Second choice would be Tom Bombadill kinda guy
Also Laswell gives me very tired Elf vibes. She's so done guys. Please. Get your shit together. What the fuck is that Price. She's like. Even more tired Elrond 😂
Wait does that make Alex Arwen-coded 😂😂😂 is farah strider now 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
I hear you loud and clear with Laswell being Elrond KJASHDKAJH IT MATCHES PERFECTLY
hooooooooold if Alex is Arwen coded...and then Farah as Aragorn...omg....HHKJHJK THE BRAINROT-
#keep feeding me these ideas cuz holy shit#HAHSKJDHK#and also ty for indulging kajsdk i must sound insane on main rn HAHHAHASKDJ#ask response#thanks for the ask <3#gummmyart#doodle#I SWEAR I'LL MAKE SOME PROPER CROSSOVER ART I JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON PAPER FIRST#kate laswell#nikolai cod#captain john price#cod x lotr x hobbit crossover#<- need a better name#middle east sounds good actually#the call of the ring au
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slides some ideas under your door like a cat giving you a dead mouse
OH MY GOD YESSS... THIS INSORIED SOME DOODLES... GIGGLING.. AND ALSO A NEW COLOUR SCHEME IDEA
This is funny BC I have an oc who looks like Mu and her whole colour scheme is based off of a moth.. funny coincidence HSHSHS.. ALSO THE SHOOTING STAR ONE IS ADORABLE
Other shitty doodles.. I'm so gonna have to make actual little diagrams for these ones on my official little medallion variant cheatsheat. And actually make some for brewing medallion. LMFAOOO
I'll also think of more colour schemes (this is me procrastinating working on the finale this is me procrastinating working on the finale this is me procrastinating on working on the finale this is)
#a hat in time#ahit#mustache girl#mustache girl ahit#ahit swap au#mu ahit#ahit mu#ahit mustache girl#i wanted to draw mu telling hood shes getting coal but my ability to draw hood kid just fucking died ig LMAOOO#i wanna draw an outfit swap with those two actually that might be cute#im so procrastinating the finale#tomorrow wont come today is the name of it idk if i told yall#theres so much drama in it though holy shit#i need an excuse to dump the ideas#ok im hiding in tags again HELPPPP
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Theon and Asha had to be separated as children for the realms sake. their bond would have been detrimental to the realm otherwise.
the bi on bi hostility would have killed everyone within a five mile radius. the big sister/little brother rivalry would have taken lives of anyone who came between them. they would kill for each other one second and attempt to murder each other the next.
they'd be the biggest shit talkers on the iron isles. the side eye would be insane. they'd gossip about someone to their face with no shame. they'd spread rumours like wildfire.
no one would be able to stop them.
#they would be horrendous together#imagine them being actual siblings that were allowed to grow around each other and become besties/enemies (its both)#Asha would beat the shit out of him on the regular but kill anyone who looked at him wrong#Theon would call her every name in the book but threaten anyone who tried to do the same#they'd be each other's wingman/cockblock and hypeman/hater all at once#this falls under more of a modern au than canon and is very optimistic of their positions in life but shhhh let me pretend they'd be bestie#I need it in my life#asha greyjoy#yara greyjoy#theon greyjoy#got#asoiaf#game of thrones#a song of ice and fire
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some bobbles (+ two unfinished things)
#bonk.png#undescribed#exocolonist#i was a teenage exocolonist#iwatec#iwatex#anyway first thing bc its the shortest i dont think sol would actually id as anything n prefer to be unlabeled#bc of like. the timeloop stuff n every life kind of blending together BUT i think it'd be funny as hell if they were aro#n just never became aware of this bc their self reflection skills in regards to shit unrelated to the loop are That Bad#also im aro n like when characters are aro + love it when characters are kind of deranged about their friends#speaking of which madoka au! forever ago i drew the 🤝 meme with sol n homura n now im coming back to that#its not a 1 to 1 au straight up the commonalities begin n end at ''tammy & sol are kind of like madoka/homura''#stuff i got down for it in a sleep deprived haze were that sol nemmie n tangent were the only magical girls#n tammy hasnt been offered to become one nemmie n tangent arent aware that sol is a magical girl for a while#friendgroup at school is nemmie cal tammy n sol (tangent goes to a different school n is separate until she teams up with nemmie)#nemmie n tang team up bc somehow witch attacks keep being diverted from certain locations n grief seeds are disappearing#which is actually sol's doing theyre moving witches away from areas tammy will be n the grief seeds are to 1. discourage nem n tang from#fighting witches n 2. so sol can stockpile them basically bc they use timetravel a lot n need to keep their gem clean#the timeloop has progress (to an extent) its not a singular month looping its kind of like. video game save mechanics#like reloading the save u have before a bossfight n then if ur not adequately prepared reloading a save u have farther back#n then continuing on until u get stuck on a specific fight again yknow#theres more but moving on to the two unfinished things those are meant to be like a utdr au (specifically dr)#in a similar manner to the previous au of same premise n setting but different story bc theyre different characters#there's a lot less set for this au its entirely just playing in the sand n has nothing beyond vague role assignments#the first one that's like lineart in different colors is entirely scrapped bc i didnt like how it was turning out (meant to be darkworld fit#second one i struggled BADLY with marz oh my god this au is literally primarily for having fun with character designs but oh my god.#as it says there shes meant to be a modern art styled metal monster (got the metal idea from her dads' names n the modern art bc shesrefined#n sleek) but i had no actual idea how to convey that n i was trying to tackle it from a pixel art angle this time n i could notfigure it out#n then nomi nomi was super easy literally didnt even sketch them theyre a tiny pixie im sorry marz T-T#probably not gonna touch on this stuff again cause i was fixing on exo to avoid thinking about my bday but its happened so im fine now 👍
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my brain has chosen to combine two of my biggest hyperfixations of recent years and i am now sitting on a beautiful beautiful concept for an rdr2 au set in the 90s hardcore scene in california*
no but imagine dutch as a manager of a diy hardcore band in the age of every major label suddenly looking to sign the next nirvana and promising the world to bands only then to fuck them over beyond belief and try to make them marketable according to what the labels think is marketable (make micah the pushy label a&r)
mix that with the rise of nu metal and the toxic cis het masculinity of it all and how certain bands literally split up because they couldn't handle their queerer weirder audiences get fucked up at festivals by the nu metal bros
make arthur the frontman (javier is lead guitar, john is bass, bill is fhe drummer) who is very uncomfortable with all this on multiple levels
and i haven't settled on the plot wheels yet but charles is either hired into this as a tech (even though he's a really fucking good musician), OR arthur used to do rhythm guitar as well but now they want him to focus more on performance and "arthur will you stop hiding behind that guitar of yours already" and charles is a session musician they hired for a tour to play arthur's rhythm guitar parts
and we are really fucking golden
don't even get me started about how easy would it be to borrow from larry livermore + green day biography to explain why arthur and john have been around for so long
or on the opportunities for all the side characters (o'driscolls and colm easily morph into a version of epitaph records and brett gurewitz and rancid which makes it easy to draw another link between brody dalle and sadie)
* not in the historic precision sense but in a vague rockstar sense because i have no intention of actually being accurate or figuring out how these characters would fit into the existing dynamic of the scene
#rdr2#rdr2 au#the only problem is i don't have a name for the band#some twist on red dead and redemption could work but i'm not sold on it#this would be something that arthur and john came up with as teens#i think i need to channel them and think what sort of shit they'd be obsessed with and i'll get it#and yeah idk where is hosea in this#probably silently helping dutch to manage all of his ventures like the club and the label but like actually getting things done#maybe producer? idk#that doesn't quite channel the conman energy#anyway#i am normal about this#and oh yes it's absolutely#chartur
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The Shape of You (ao3: x)
Chapter 2: Daffodils
He wakes up.
There is a tingly feeling in his skull. When he touches his forehead, he feels small bumps near the crown; his fingers brush over the first, still blearily confused, tracing it down to his temple.
Then he realises, then stills. He traces it again. He feels the bulb, embed in his skull, and feels it out again, uncomprehending. It is small, barely even noticeable. He would not have noticed it if it were not for the stinging pain in his skull.
Then he touches what must be the base. And when he presses down, there is pain. Striking through his head— he gasps, and instinctively lets go.
It is when he lets go that he realises there is something growing out. It is thin, his fingers find each other around the stalk, as he feels it out in its entirety.
He touches something soft. Almost fragile, like tear-it-apart soft. But he is gentle with it. It is growing out of his skull, after all. It is with a delayed horror that he realises what that really means.
Blue thinks, with deepening horror, what is growing out of his skull?
He rips away the soft thing. There is a comparatively duller pain. The ache that flashes through his head is quick, lightning by comparison.
His fingers pull away with a single yellow petal. There is a drop of blood staining it.
The yellow blots into red.
There is a flower growing out of his head.
He panics silently for a few more minutes, but collects himself. This is fine. As long as he cuts out the flower stalk gently, there shouldn’t be any damage. This is just like when the boy down the street cut open a cyst and found an inch of blackberry vein. He could’ve gotten the seed lodged in before and just not noticed.
The bulb must have been the seed.
As long as he is careful, and his hands don’t shake, he should be able to remove it.
Blue is careful. He is still tense, but the good thing is that the tension makes his hands so stiff he barely shakes at all, when he uses the iron knife hung around his neck to cut the stalk—
The iron. He is numb. The flower falls to his feet.
The iron is rusted. The red dust sticks to his thumb, like pollen.
If the iron is rusted, then— something must have happened. Something might happen soon. There must be some Fae nearby, watching him.
He does not know where he is. He realises. He glances left, glances right, and finds himself in a meadow of the prettiest flowers. But he glances down, and thank the stars he is in a clearing.
It is never wise to step off the path, and even if he does not know where he is, if he is on the dirt path instead of the bordering dirt hosting yellow and white flowers, he is still technically safe. Though he would be safer back home.
But he doesn’t know which end of the path leads back.
Blue stills.
The soil, blooming with flowers, turns to snow less than five feet away.
He stares at the snow, and then back to the soil. He takes a step forward, watching the snowflakes glistening in the light—
“If you make it out of Winter alive, I’ll let you keep your pathetic life.”
He freezes. His hand is an inch away from where the snow starts falling. His feet, however, are still on the soil. He glances around, but the voice had come from right in his head. He touches the base of his skull, but he does not know if the icy coldness he feels there had formed with the warning. It is a memory.
The hand pressed against the base of his skull, as if to warm it, finds a second flower. He feels cold in his stomach, and reaches up. A third. A fourth. His hand flies to his knife. Snip. Snip. The flowers fall, petals gleaming in the light. When he has finally stopped gasping, he is standing in a puddle of petals.
A cackle that slices his ears open.
Light reflected off ice, reflected off metal.
He sees himself, like prey, staring at his reflection in the gleaming knife.
He retracts his hand. His breath has caught in his throat. He stumbles backward, away from the border of Winter. He’d escaped, then. He’d gotten out of Winter alive, so he had been left alive.
He stares at the flowers at his feet. Flowers he had cut out of his skull.
Oh. He hadn’t gotten out of Fae domain. He’d just broached the borders and gone further into it.
He was in Spring. *** And then, there is the next season. The blooming of daffodils marks the beginning of Spring. Beautiful, ardent Spring.
“Sketches of Iridescent Irises” is perhaps the most-well known depiction of its splendour. The Spring Court is beautiful, after all. The poets sing endlessly of the marvels within the Court of forever-blooms and the sweetest fruit; who could refuse the allure? The Spring Ruler himself does not refrain from indulgence.
Come, savour the honey that will taste all the more sweet by his hand. He is not stingy with his favour. So many have been taken into the meadow already, made beautiful, made better.
Spring is known for its beauty, not for its kindness. *** How did he get here? He lets out a breath. Was he glamourised? But he’d taken all the precautions when he’d gone to meet Dust for the last time. He’d worn red, had iron on him and had been careful not to stray from the path. He’d been leaving town by that abandoned road that took left through the forest, to the other path, right? Yes. And he’d promised to walk Dust out of town, down the fork—
There was a fork in the road. And there had been a blizzard.
His blood runs cold.
Could they have gone right?
And what was to the right of the path?
“Let my friend go.”
He flinches. That is his voice. He hears it again, and again.
He only makes sense of it on the second minute. He lets out a slow, unsteady breath.
Dust had been taken. And he had followed.
He trips. He almost curses, but swallows it. Why is he on a flower path? He touches the yellow petals, everything so absurd he cannot help but be curious. He recognises the flower. It is a daffodil. Daffodils.
He reaches up and feels the stalks extending from his head. It is a halo, he realises. It is a self-grown flower crown. And now that is so absurd he wants to laugh.
He finds a bud attached to a stalk. With his touch, the flowerbud blooms.
He tries to press the petals together and stop it from blossoming, but the petals pull away from the centre, spreading out quite lovely, and there is one more flower growing out of his head.
The flowers grow back. They grow back in minutes.
He is so stricken, he cannot even think.
He has to remove the seeds. The flowers grow back.
He reaches for his iron knife again, but stops. What is wrong about the flowers? Something pricks at him, some seed of longing. The flowers are so soft. Hell, the flowers under his feet fold in so easily. It would be beautiful, in some odd manner, having a flower crown poking out of his skull.
He’d woken up confused. He’d woken up, dazed, without memory.
He’d woken up with a full head of flowers.
He lets out a shattering breath. It feels like he’s been struck. A flower takes up water from the soil. What were the flowers in his skull taking up?
He reaches up, knife in hand, and wants to cut the first seed out. The pain blooms in his head, the blood dripping, and he mops it up with his scarf. He can’t afford to leave his blood around in Fae land. Blood was used for binding. Whatever enchantment the Fae could weave with even a drop of it— he rubs religiously at the leaking blood, but he has to continue.
He braces himself. The first seed tumbles out.
He lets out a sigh of relief, then promptly realises he has several more seeds to go.
He allows himself the dignity of a silent swear. Then he starts cutting.
By the time he’s done, there is so much blood staining his scarf it is now a deep, bruised purple. If it were lighter, it would be just like a hyacinth.
He steps on the seeds sunken into the ground. He does not want to dwell too much on his sudden knowledge about flowers.
Blue forces himself to get up. He can’t stay here for too long. Surely one or two Fae has already noticed the mortal passed out by the border, and if he keeps moving, it will be harder for them to catch up.
Of course, they would just need to follow the path. He ought to leave it and find his own way through the Court.
No. That was a stupid idea. Why would he leave the path? Paths were neutral ground. He wouldn’t be trespassing for as long as he stayed on-route. That’s why the old tales always warned about wandering off, second only to giving your name away. Fae loved to exploit the unwary, luring them with sweet words into the brambles and shadows, before claiming debts for the slightest infraction with blood.
He touches the still aching spots where he’d removed the flowers from, and sighs.
He could find the town border of Spring, he thinks. All Seasons have a border to the human world. But he finds he is unwilling. Dust, he thinks. He can’t just leave him there.
He made a deal.
He blinks.
He made a deal for Dust. He wagered his Name, and Dust’s.
Memories. The flowers were stealing from him his memories.
Blue wants to travel back in time and punch his past self. But he is already very lightheaded, and he does not want to waste his strength. It’s not as if he’s going to try to forgo the deal, anyway. There’s no world where he willingly leaves him behind.
He feels the snowflake at his wrist, and swallows. One token down, three more to go.
He has to find some way to get the Spring Ruler on his side. He’s said to have a soft spot for artists. Blue’s no artist. But if he pleads his case— the Spring Ruler was said to be the most merciful, after all. If he can just convince him of his intentions, perhaps it is really possible to earn the second token.
Blue jerks back— Ouch! His back slams into the ground. But the breath that leaves him is relieved, because he had almost stepped off the path. He looks closer, and realises the yellow blooms are not petals, but living flowers, growing right next to the path.
The difference is almost imperceptible. He almost stepped off the path.
He blinks and pushes himself back onto his feet. He turns, but he sees no one. He sees nothing. He tears off the shoots clinging to his clothes, and takes a minute to steady himself.
He does not hear that chuckle. Say nothing, Blue. If you don’t acknowledge it, they’ll get bored and leave you be.
He was never good at lying. Least of all to himself.
“I know you’re there.”
His voice wavers. His words hang in the air, and he wonders if he’s talking to no one.
He smells something. Sweet, but thick. Roses.
“Are you not going to come out?” He swallows. “It’s getting kind of rude.”
The moment the word rude comes out of his mouth, there is rustling. Roses blooming thick and strong.
“My. So impatient?”
The rustling stops. He turns. There is no one there.
And a soft laugh. Right in his ear.
There the Fae is, looking over his shoulder. He knows better than to show his fear. And yet, he must falter for a fraction of a second, because the Fae is smiling.
Ah. He hopes it isn’t to his detriment.
“Hello, dear. May I have your name?”
He sighs. “Nice try. No.”
“Shame. I do enjoy a good name.”
A Spring Fae. It’s obvious, the curve of his frame draped in rose-colored silk clinging to bone rather than flesh. A skeleton, like Blue. Bone gleaming like ivory. A single rose tucked behind his ear.
The Fae’s eyes linger on Blue’s skull. Pink pupils in the hollow sockets. His mouth stretches into a laugh, voice as lilting as birdsong.
The sight of him is breathtaking. And it feels so wrong.
“It would’ve been a beautiful crown.”
He’s already known this. It doesn’t stop his stomach from twisting.
The ache in his skull is nothing if he doesn’t make it back. “Let me pass, please.”
“Pass?” The Fae makes a soft titter. “I never stopped you, did I? You’re the one lingering. Perhaps you like the way my roses smell.”
“No.” And it might just be his bad luck that the scent lifts just enough to make that moment a lie, the smell not quite as overpowering as before, the smile deepening to reveal teeth. “Not really. It’s sweet. But too sweet for me.”
“Ah. Pity.” His lie has been forgiven, or so he hopes. He has enough on his plate. “But are you sure you know which way to go?”
“The path.” The path was neutral ground. Step off, and he would be lost.
“But surely you’re looking for something? Wandering aimlessly by the path won’t do you much, dear. Why don’t you tell me what you’re looking for and I’ll find you a shortcut?”
Ah, so definitely altruistic. He knows what he wants. To get Dust home. To do that, he has to get the charms. To get the Spring charm, he needs to meet the Spring Ruler.
He has no idea how to do that.
“Are you certain, little skeleton?” The Fae presses, taking a step closer. As smoothly as silk unfurling. “Paths can twist and tangle.”
He carefully looks over the path.
“How do I get to the Spring Ruler?”
"Ah.” The Fae hums. “How curious. A little brash.”
“How do I get to him?” He has to worry about that later.
The Fae smiles. “Come with me. I’ll take you to him.”
He sighs. Take my corpse to him, you mean. Or some other loophole left in the laughably vague offer.
“Come now. I don’t think you made that deal with the Winter King just to fail at the first Court, did you?”
He freezes. Slowly, he looks back at the Fae.
He traces their amused gaze to the snowflake at his wrist. He curses, or he almost does, before swallowing the curse and tentatively asking, “How long has it been since?”
“A few hours.” The Fae is still smiling.
“News travels that fast?”
“I happen to know someone in the Winter Court. I was very curious about the mortal they chased to the border. I almost returned you, but their King ordered them to leave you be once you crossed. That’s all. Though I suspect there will be many more Fae in the know very soon.”
“Because you’ll tell them?” He asks wearily.
“No secrets in a Court, dear. Now, where to find the Spring Ruler? I’ll grant this favour for you, and you’ll owe me one in exchange.”
“No deal.” A favour to a Fae? Might as well give them his Name.
“I wouldn’t leave it in the open, that would be unfair.” The Fae’s smile only deepens. The playful edge makes him want to bash his skull in. “Oh, come now.” They tilt their head. “If you want my help, you will need to give for it.”
He steps forward, shoes scuffing against the dirt. Behind him, the Fae’s laughter echoes softly.
“You won’t be able to find him on your own. And Fae can’t lie.”
Yes. That’s true. Fae can’t lie.
He turns. “What kind of favour would I owe? I’m not giving up my name.”
The Fae makes a disappointed sigh. “I can’t ask for your name.”
“I think that’s enough, Lust.”
The Fae stills. Their pink pupils dilate. The Fae— Lust takes a half step back. ( Lust fits the Fae to a tee, he thinks.)
“Clever lure. Pity I was just close enough to render it obsolete.”
The voice rings clear and resonant.
Lust’s smile falters. A noise like a crinkle.
“Turn around, mortal. Are you going to make a deal with me with your back turned?”
For a moment, there is silence. Lust’s gaze darts to Blue, then back to behind him.
“Another time, then.” He steps away. Blue blinks, and they are gone.
Blue has to turn. He doesn’t want to, but he has to. He feels the weight of the Spring Ruler's gaze, pulling at him like he’s a single leaf on a branch in a storm. He takes a breath, slow and deliberate, and then he turns fully.
He meets eyes with the Spring Ruler.
He blinks. Yellow blots into orange. A square into an oval.
“You want something from me, yes?”
The Spring Ruler is also skeletal. He thinks of Nightmare, the only other Fae Ruler he’s met. He would’ve been underwhelmed if not for the changing eyelights.
Orange into purple. But a spiral, this time. “Gonna need an answer, Blue.”
“How do you know my name?” He has to ask, if only to stall. He notices the flower they have clutched between their phalanges. They are plucking petals from a flower— and Blue is relieved that he is no longer able to name it.
“Why the concern? Would you like to give me it?” The ever-changing eyelights twinkle.
He resolutely shakes his head. And then thinks, why the hell not? “I need a token from Spring for a deal I made with Nightmare.”
The Spring Ruler’s bony fingers twitch slightly. Their gaze locks onto Blue.
“Oh? Tell me about this deal.”
“Long story. And I’m on a time limit.”
“We can walk.” Their smile is not soft, but it feels more real. It does not help the prick of annoyance. “Then we’ll have time.”
He does not have time. A walk wouldn’t take that long. But he doesn’t know where they want to lead him, and he does not want to find out.
He needs to change the topic. He hedges his bets. “You know me, but I don’t know you. Isn’t that unfair?”
Their laughter is harsher. Not soft like Lust’s. Whatever softness there is is edged by something rough. It’s some rough thing being ripped away. peels of sound echoing somewhere in his head. Unhesitant. Rippling. But he drinks it in, the warm sound.
“You would make a good Fae. Most folk call me Ink.”
Blue doesn’t move. “Okay, Ink. What will it take to get a charm from you?”
Ink gazes upon him. And he reaches.
He flinches. He catches Ink’s palm, pressed against his temple. The dulling pain under his fingertips. He wants to draw back, but the now green eyelights are staring at him, pinpricks hardly visible in the hollow sockets and the pain is gone.
He blinks. The ache in his head is gone. He reaches up, and pulls away.
There is no blood sticking to his fingers. He touches his head. Nothing. Not even the wounds left behind when he’d cut out the seeds.
“Walk with me,” Ink repeats. He just healed him.
“Appreciate it.” He doesn’t try to hide the sullenness in his tone. With a sinking feeling in his stomach as he counts down the days to the Winter Solstice, he steps into place right beside him.
#could never write a fae spring court#and NOT include the wonderfully whump-adjacent trope of flowers growing out from someone's head#also the flowers near the Spring-Winter borders include daffodils#because these flowers are the first to bloom after winter.#that's why daffodils began growing when Blue passed out along that border:P#btw the pronouns shifting from They/them to He/him (and later other pronouns) in Blue's pov after he learns a name#is intentional#good thing about being a Fae is that you can control how others perceive you (by which name you offer)#including your gender so you're never misgendered. yay#oh shit i need actual tags#utmv#lust sans#shape of you au#shape of you fic#swap sans#murderswap#dustberry#swap/dust#utmv au#utmv fanfic#utmv fanfiction#ink sans#shape of you full fic
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Soulmates AU in which when your soulmate is in a situation that can result in their death you get to see through their eyes. Like, I don't know how to explain this- it kind of flashes between what you see and what your soulmate sees. You know those edits where there's a scene going on and there's another one faded in the background happening at the same time? Similar to that. The idea is that you get to see what your soulmate sees too, on top of what you're seeing.
Now, this AU but JeanMarco. With Marco asking the others where's Jean, just for him to start seeing a corpse right in front of his eyes not even a second after asking. Seeing through Jean's eyes as he's trying to get hold of that gear and stuff. And once Jean's safe, once it clicks that you know his best friend is his soulmate Marco can't wait for them to graduate so he can you know tell him that.
Then, you know. That happens. And Jean is so fucking confused because he keeps seeing Annie crying, looking down on him. Only when Annie starts getting off the gear, when his soulmate starts moving around trying to get away he starts panicking, starts moving around faster than before. And maybe he's too late. Or maybe he shows up in time and kills the titan. I don't know. That's not where I'm trying to get, but to the second option AKA Marco pulling an UNO reverse on Annie because he's a smart sneaky bastard like that and being like 'Hey you can't kill me, my soulmate will know it was you' which makes her stop trying to take off his gear. Reiner keeps telling her to do it, Bertholdt keeps yelling about that titan coming closer, but Annie... she has seen things, at some point. Flashes of moments that weren't hers, happening right in Trost- right in that moment. And she didn't give them too much thought until that moment, until it got confirmed that it has nothing to do with her titan powers.
'What do you mean by that?' she asks, because she needs to know more. Because she wants to know more. And Marco starts explaining how it works. Tells them that he has found his soulmate, that they will put all the blame on them for his death. Reiner doesn't believe him, keeps insisting that he's playing them around - he, and anyone born and raised on Marley, has never heard of something like that before, it doesn't exist - but Annie tells him to shut up and to let Marco go. Cue to the plot of any fic in which Marco doesn't straight up die after finding up their secret.
Anyway I don't know man, just,,, We need more soulmate aus for JeanMarco. That's an order.
#When I wrote this my mind was to Mina x Annie like straight up I was like 'Yeah Mina's Annie's soulmate and she saw her dying' but my brain#liked to remind me that you know Armin has a nerd death experience too. So it can go either way guys the idea is that Annie's soulmate l#either died in Trost or was close to dying#Some little things I daydreamed about while waiting to get home to finish this post (more like little details for the au than anything#else) : Only Eldians can have a soulmate aka only subjects of Ymir. Marley being the racist motherfucker they are aren't aware of the whole#soulmate thing. That's why Reiner Berthold and Annie has no clue something like that exists they didn't get taught about that. Meanwhile#everyone on Paradis knows about soulmates kind of hard not to when many SC die on a basic lol. Is something normalized for them#Also another little detail would be that a Titan Shifter can't see during their shift. Aka Eren didn't see through Mikasa's eyes during#Trost despite her being near death at some point(s) (I'm thinking about when Titan Eren punched that Titan coming for Mikasa but honestly?#She was in danger when Eren lost control too). So yeah that's all I have for now#I think it also make sense a little for some soulmate thing to occur on top of the titan powers given the whole 'love story' between Ymir#and King Friz (or whatever his name fuck that guy- in a nonsexual way). So yeah we should totally play around with the concept of soulmates#more#This post is a mess but I started it at like 11 pm and finished it at 6 pm let me be man. My sleep deprived mind came out with this one#I make no promises to actually write something with this - I'll have to re-watch the first two season and kind of update as I watch the#other seasons so yk. Low chances. But feel free to use this as you please haha. Go wild guys. It doesn't even need to be JeanMarco yk#Like Annie seeing Mina die with her own eyes??? And her thoughts process for the whole time once she finds out she was her soulmate#Or ykyk Historia Witnessing Ymir's death??? Nicolo losing his shit over seeing that little girl shoot his soulmate??? LEVI SEEING FLASHES#OF BIG ASS STONES THROWN AROUND#Man actually you can play around with Levi so much like we have Petra too and Hange and-#Regardless#aot jean#aot marco#aot#jeanmarco#Aot JeanMarco#jean kirstein#jean kirschstein#marco bodt#marco bott
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also like if ur going to publish derivative fiction im sorry but it has to be good. u actually have to do something interesting with it u can’t just google a bunch of tropes, make the characters do them and call it a day like at that point just do fic prompts I guarantee it will be better in the long run bc u won’t have to inevitably get cancelled for review bombing books that ppl actually had to use their brains for
#I get to write my jane eyre subway au because it’s actually good and I’m literally just using the framework of the original#which I have like. actually read and have actual thoughts on#can u tell I’ve just now been exposed to booktok drama and im spiralling#I’m so obsessed w this whole phenomenon it’s so fascinating and I’m sooo glad I didn’t have the resources to publish my shit ass first nove#when I was 16 like my life is so much better for it#anyway I need to go work on my non-derivative novel bc I’ve been neglecting it#get over here Richard I need to beat u mercilessly#also the Richard in question is a different Richard my Richard Mason stand-in is not named Richard
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Okay, so the one time I'm not really trying I actually draw a decent piece of artwork? Fine, be that way.
Anywho, meet Ash of Blue Maiden, one of the many Links from my still-as-of-yet-unnamed-AU. One of the first I designed and finished, and one of my favorites to play around with.
(Also I don't consider this drawing to be a good rep of his personality, this was just the best drawing I made so far)
#boi is pissed and bouta cast Wreck Your Shit#also while this is my best so far still not perfect & some details intentionally wrong#for example the shadowy wisps on sleeves are just part of an illusion he's casting for intimidation#they don't actually look like that#(also theyre not that long i just didn't feel like doing hands today)#still need to tweak proportions n stuff but really proud of how he came out so far!#hopefully itll turn out even better when i try this in color (oh god)#anyways uh tags#legend of zelda#legend of zelda fanart#loz#loz fanart#loz au#legend of zelda au#loz 15rb au#<- thats placeholder tag until i come up w actual au name#four swords#four swords vio#fsa vio#echosandwich#zizistuff
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me watching the 254th haikyuu tiktok skit on my fyp today
#every single line is a “he would not fucking say that” moments#yet i still hold hope that at some point. just maybe. MAYBE the media literacy will kick in#and they'll start saying shit that's actually in character#like.. how do you take the absolute PEAK piece of fiction that is haikyuu. and make a skit that is so unbelievably garbage#i get it. not everything needs to be canon. skits are for fun.#BUT PLEASE KEEP THE CHARACTERS IN CHARACTER.#lord.. i saw one last night where tsukishima forgot yamaguchi's name.#and i was like “omg is this like a memory loss au” but no it was just. tsukishima just fucking forgot because yamaguchi's 'always behind him#IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE DOES TSUKISHIMA KEI FORGET YAMAGUCHI'S NAME#YAMAGUCHI IS HIS RIDE OR DIE ARE WE SERIOUS?#if tsukishima doesn't fw someone he doesn't hang out with them. that's common sense i fear#so even if it's not written out in bold red blinking text that tsukishima and yamaguchi are besties -#- it's HEAVILY FUCKING IMPLIED that they are besties#yamaguchi isn't just there to tag along. dude's hating WITH tsukki#tsukki is hating and yama is hating HARDER i am firm believer in this#volleyball guys
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Thinking about how the official White Fang uniform is red, white, and black, but Yang is the one to help Blake end racism 🙃🙃🙃
#rwde#first i wanna know who actually makes these clothes. are they tailored for every fang or mass produced?#where are yall getting the resources? why do yall even need a uniform? wouldn't a logo bandana or smth suffice?#id love a pair of white fang socks ngl#but anyway gr8 to see that the color show is following up on its color symbolisms and foreshadowings#love that yang literally never gives a shit abt the plight of the faunus even when shes iN lOvE w one#and that she only knows adams name from a news reel but acts like she knows all his dirty laundry the one time they actually talk#and she doesnt even say smth like 'fuck you for taking my arm what the shit was that abt??'#like id personally like to know why some random jackass decided that i should lose 10 lbs in 10 seconds but whatever#you do you Yang#but straight up i dont think ruby even knows abt adams existence#blake mentions him by name at mt glenn but ruby was on watch and not part of the conversation#only yang saw the news abt adam being at beacon#and only blake sun and yang ever fight the guy#RUBY CANONICALLY DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT ADAM TAURUS#man it sure would be a bummer if in an au adam and ruby had met in mistral and hit it off and ruby accidentally helped deradicalize adam#and neither of them know exactly how closely entwined their mutual people are so when the others find out all hell breaks loose#god i wish i could work on ohar but my trilogy has already expanded into 5 installments#plus the essay im currently dying over#guys i need an intervention send help lol
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Apparently my brain really hates when names have A, U, and R in them, because without fail, every time I go to type Arthur my brain wants to spell it “Aurthur” or perhaps “Aurthr” and every time I go to type Marius my brain wants to type “Mauris” or maybe “Maurius” or maybe “Maurias” its unclear because I *usually* notice my mistake by the end because it’s clear to me those ending are wrong. Brain just really wants “AUR” together.
#if you see me misspell those names. that’s why#also im american so i default to pronouncing marius— hang on let me look up some IPA symbols#i pronounce is with this vowel ‘ɑ’ which is the open back unrounded vowel#where as they seem to pronounce it with the ‘e’ symbol which is an english (or at least am english) long a sound.#they say it like the name mary. like ‘marry us’#reasons english needs either more vowel symbols or accent marks#also i am aware the ipa vowels are fucked up but its still the best ive got because even in the same language there are accents and-#dialects and that makes examples hard. i also learned recently that british and australian english has actual long an short vowels.#i knew american english didnt have strut (inverted v) but i didnt know- i mean i kinda did because i had noticed it but like not fully-#understood it. anyway if youve read this far you should go watch dr geoff lindsey on youtube hes great#to be clear we have ‘long’ and ‘short’ vowel sounds in am english. but ‘long’ and ‘short’ are just names. the actual length that we say-#them is apparently basically the same. at least when compared with br and au english.#dr geoff lindsey *just* published a video about this. re: how br and au eng speakers say ‘two o’clock’ and ‘four o’clock’ as significantly-#different lengths. while am english speakers say them the same length. he also touches on a bunch of other interesting stuff#im not gonna fandom tag this i guess#i think its funny though that its arthur and marius since they are both voiced by the same person#oh also i think all IPA symbols should have special names like eng. schwa. and strut. rather than having to be called shit like ‘open back-#unrounded vowel.’ although i do realize that theres a fuck tonne of ipa symbols. i also think each of the names should have the sound it-#represents in it.#im autistic about pronunciation somehow. arent i supposed to be in the… *other* sciences. how did this happen?
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e.g. a tom fic into a bucky/peter/steve fic. bc i revisited something in my WIPs that's been sitting in there for years and it actually has some potential. but...the main character/love interest just isn't doing it for me lately lol so maybe changing it would push me to finish it. hopefully bc finishing WIPs? Who's that?
#THIS IS WISHFUL THINKING BTW#i'm not actually sure if i'll do it bc this fic is my baby#and i do feel kinda bad changing it#but it's an AU so i can literally fit it to anyone#okay i'll give a hint#it's a frat/college AU#i just need to tweak it a lil to fit#the character of choice#change the names#and the slang + language#and it'd be as if i wrote it for x character in the first place#OR it ends up being a huge piece of shit LMAO#now i'm leaning for it to be more steve harrington#or college! peter parker#bucky barnes could also fit it but i need to change much more for him#just chucking thoughts into the void at this point#mine: polls
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