#someone asked for maurice doodles so that's here too

[gen-toon]

Can you do sketches Of Maurice and chad. I’d love to see them!

[toastedjeans]

So anyway i made a pizza tower oc/self insert/fanchild?? Technically?? If you squint.....

Their name's Ziti and they're Peppino and Gustavo's adopted "kid" (they're around 16). If you saw this post before, i aged them down a bit and changed/got rid of a few other things.

Anyway, some info about them below

I'm still too lazy to put all this into sentences and in an order that makes sense so here's a bigass list

They were adopted by Peppino and Gustavo after the tower fell

Used to work in the tower in the background, probably in a computer room. There was never much work there so they often fell asleep or doodled on the side. When there was work it was very stressful for them and they were easily overwhelmed. They never took days off cause they felt they didn't deserve to. Still, they desperately need a break (more on that in the backstory post)

Very anxious, but unlike Peppino, their anxiety does not turn into rage, just more anxiety and later on extreme tiredness. They're always tired tbh

Likes goofing around with Gustavo. He's the slightly sillier dad, while Peppino is slightly more caring and comforting (he can relate to the trans struggles. We love trans Peppino in this house). Of course, they're both caring and silly and great dads and love their kid very much

Random headcanon that Gustavo likes picking up people as a sign that he likes them a lot, and you know he often does that to Ziti (and Peppino lol)

Absolutely cannot cook, they WILL burn the kitchen down while trying to boil water. Please for the love of pizza do NOT let them near any kitchen. Peppino is honestly amazed by how bad someone's cooking skills can be (he says they're worse than Maurice's, which is saying a lot)

Not used to physical affection, at first only cuddles with Brick. Touch starved as hell.

Fakey is kinda like a mix between a best friend, a big brother, and a weird pet to them. It's weird at first, seeing how he resembles one of their dads so much, but they eventually get used to it

An awkward piece of ham™, but there's a silly goofy goober under all that anxiety

They always put other's needs in front of theirs, resulting in them neglecting their own needs because they're "not important enough" in their mind.

Always tries doing things on their own because they don't like bothering others, even if they know they can't do it alone. Will not actively ask for help but will reluctantly accept it when offered.

Giving gifts is their love language. Gives gifts randomly whenever they find something, but still feels bad when they don't have a gift on a special day (birthdays, Christmas, etc), or if they think their gift is lame

They're very forgetful, but they do remember tiny things nobody cares about. Will forget your birthday, but remembers that they once saw a frog jump directly into water and exactly how the resulting splash looked. This has no significance to anything at all, but they do remember it!

No fashion sense. At all. I mean look at them. Bland white ass. (No wonder tbh if you know where they come from)

Very pale, often got called a vampire or zombie when they were younger. Peppino and Gustavo sometimes lovingly refer to them as their little Mozzarella (despite both of them being smaller than Ziti)

Lastly, they're strangely obsessed with Noisette's cooking. Their favorite is her peanut butter spaghetti. Never gets sick from any of her food. They're not picky is all I'm saying. (Kinda explained in the backstory post)

[lumiereandcogsworth]

does Belle have any little habits or nervous ticks, like tapping her foot or tugging her hair, anything like that?

yeaaah i think she’s very fidgety honestly. she always needs to be doing SOMETHING with her hands !!!!

growing up, that was fairly easy to manage, as she’d just go outside or to the basement to tinker or garden or Mess With Things. i like to think that maurice made little “fidget toys” for her, so to speak. just little gears and bobbles and such that she could mess with at church or when they’re in the marketplace selling vegetables and she’s feeling too !!! to just sit and read.

when she becomes queen though OUGH yeah. it gets trickier when she has to start doing things she never imagined having to do, like lead meetings, give speeches and presentations, and just like. Be a public figure. it’s hard!! she does get nervous!! she loves it and she LOVES a challenge but she still gets nervous :( adam can always tell because she just cannot stop moving her hands. she keeps messing with her dress, fixing her earrings, twisting her rings. (i think that was one of the reasons that maurice gave her that pinky ring she wears. something to always have on-hand (pun intended) to mess with!! but her absolute FAVORITE fidget is adam’s rings. since he wears more, it’s more fun !! whenever they’re sitting beside each other at some event, she’s often holding his hand and playing with his rings. it bugged adam at first because he just still wasn’t used to how touchy she was, but he realized that it helped keep her calm, so now he offers his hand to her whenever she needs it.

hair is also definitely a big thing for her. as i’ve mentioned in this crazy long post, i think she does fidget with her and her family’s hair a lot. (and adam LOVES when she plays with his hair… ough. knocks him right out.) she’s always fixing the kiddos’ hair and braiding it whenever they ask and it’s!!! very special to her 🥹 also!!!! in the scene in the movie where she’s quoting a midsummer night’s dream at adam’s bedside, she’s stroking a strand of her hair!! so that is a canon fidget. but i don’t think she does that when she’s nervous, that’s more a calm/absentminded kind of fidget that’s just soothing.

she also doodles a lot in meetings !!!! she’s always doodled, even when maurice was teaching her as a child. it looks like she’s not paying attention but it actually helps her focus 😌 but i think it was definitely one of those little things that the Stuffy Council Men™️ got irked with their new queen about early on. they’d be in important meetings (they’re already like. put off that she’s here in the first place. adam’s mother queen renée never (WASN’T ALLOWED TO!!!!) attended meetings or did any business things. so it’s like a total 180.)

but anyway, belle’s head is down, doodling shapes and patterns in the margins of her notes, and all the men look at each other like >:/ thinking she’s not even paying attention !! >:0 but then someone will say something and suddenly belle’s head pops up and she’s like “actually it would be this. you said earlier we’d do that but you didn’t consider that we could do this that and this. i think that would be a lot more efficient :)” and they’re all like 😶😶😶 (and also sometimes (often) their pride gets wounded that she had the best ideas. ugh. it’s just such a THING😤) AND of course, if adam is in the meeting too, he’s always BEAMING with love 🥹🥹 (and also sometimes his mind wanders into inappropriate territories!!!!!!!! but he can’t help it your honor. he loves his girlboss wife🤧 especially when she like, calls someone out or snaps at someone !! mark him down as scared AND horny!)

also just as a last note, she definitely gets SUPER talkative when she’s nervous before an event. she rehearses her speech/words a million times. she’s like leslie in parks and rec when she keeps reciting her opening debate speech. and then ben starts to know it too and she’s like “aw babe you know it!” and he’s like “yeah dude you’ve been saying it in your sleep.” afjskdj. benslie and adelle love to shake hands. ANYWAY YEAH!!

[ratcandy]

UHHH THE SECOND IDEA FIRST

OKAY Time's disastrous universe let's get it boys

Below is a VERY long personal-story related ramble because a lot happens here and there's a lot to explain and I'm being enabled (c/w death, a LOT of memory erasure, Gods being idiots, and. If I need to add anythin else here someone better let me know hehehe)

feat some dumb lil doodles here n there because i felt like it

Exposition time first!

At the beginning of everything, eight universes were created, each differentiated by color. A Universe Owner is assigned to each universe, and that entity is then responsible for their universe's laws of reality, the lives of the characters, and... whatever else they decide to mess with. This is so I can allow myself a lot of freedom in making stories in many different areas n such without worrying about it following another story's rules >:)

Okay exposition time done! for now!

One day out of the blue, the God of Time decided that they wanted a universe all for themselves. They wanted to create life!! They wanted to make a world!! It'd be fun! It'd be a whole vibe!

So, against the wishes of the God of Balance, Time made a ninth universe and fruitlessly tried to keep it hidden from everyone else. This backfired instantly. A huge argument broke out between Time and Balance, as the latter was pissed, but Time won in the end and was allowed to keep their universe. Balance is just upset there's not a nice even number anymore. He'll get over himself eventually.

Straight up having a great time now, the God of Time went hogwild and fleshed out their universe to the best of their ability. Beautiful lush forests, stunning pink skies as if it were in a continuous sunrise, crystal-clear waters that glimmer ever-so-brightly!! Yes!! Pretty!! And immediately after, they created creatures!! And people! To inhabit their world!

Elegant flying beasts, colorful people of all shapes and sizes, bustling towns with trade and life and energy and!!! Yes! Yes!! Vibes!!

Time was living their BEST life.

But. Well. This is my story. things gotta go wrong now

SO! First, something to note about how the God of Time works:

Time's primary job is to keep the Time Fire from ever going out or touching the ground. The Time Fire is an eternally burning flame, forever shifting from vibrant color to vibrant color, getting bigger and burning stronger with every passing millennia. It also... y'know. Allows time itself to function. If it goes out, time will stop. If it touches the floor, time will go NUTS and parallel/alternate universes will go haywire, clashing into one another and messing up reality.

The God of Time, luckily, has powerful psychic abilities.. The tall mans just put the Time Fire in a sort of protective bubble, constantly floating above the ground, and left it in a temple at the center of their universe. Epic. All works out

Well. All SHOULD have worked out.

At some point, Time left their universe to have a meeting with the Gods, and on their way to Oblivion - often a meeting place for deities - they witnessed something Very Unfortunate.

One of the Universe Owners, Hesit (white universe), was being torn to pieces by an intruder in the higher realm. By killing and consuming Hesit, possession of the white universe was transferred to said intruder: a big asshole named Vexis. Time tried to confront Vexis immediately after. This was a mistake, as Vexis panicked and attacked Time. Seeing as Gods cannot die, Vexis instead trapped the god in his newly-acquired universe - binding him there forever.

So now Time is imprisoned in the white universe, lost and confused, not knowing how to get back out. And Vexis doesn't plan on telling anyone about this.

The other gods soon realize that Time has gone missing. Very soon, actually, because... well. With Time being swept away into the white universe and being held prisoner there, uhm. A certain something important isn't being held suspended anymore.

The Time Fire.

It hasn't fallen yet, but it's gradually sinking toward the ground, and sometHING has to get a hold on it soon!! Or HELL WORLD!!

Balance loses his MIND!! We have to do something about this before time becomes a catastrophic, unfixable disaster! And also we're missing a god!! This is not good!! At first, Balance goes looking for Time, but realizes he doesn't really uh... have the time to be doing that

So, in desperation, he searches his mind for possible solutions. He gets one, crazy idea, and practically begs the God of Death to help him pull it off. Death agrees, because this is the one (1) time Death acknowledges that the mortal realm being in danger might be a bad thing.

To put a long plan short, Balance used Death to turn the Goddess of Pain into a pseudo Goddess of Time.

Pain had previously been wreaking HAVOC, and Balance was NOT happy about it. Way too many mortals were dying, then not dying, then losing their sanities, then losing control of themselves, and it was just. Very messy. He didn't feel great about using her to replace Time, but he didn't have many options. And he needed someone to take over. So, he and Death worked together to erase Pain's memories and turn her into a Goddess of Time.

They couldn't give her psychic abilities, though. So, how'd they deal with the Time Fire? It now permanently rests on Pain/Time's back. As in, the flame is constantly burning her spine for all of eternity, steadily searing her flesh but never allowing her to die. She's grown progressively numb to it over many, many years, but that doesn't make it any less unfortunate for her.

Balance feels awful about this. Especially since Pain/Time doesn't remember who she was, and believes she's always been Time. This is how it's always been. The universe around her is one she made, one she owns. Anytime Balance stops by to visit (as Time cannot move now from the temple with the fire), she greets him so kindly, so happy to have company... and he just feels terrible, knowing what he's done to her.

Well... at least that's settled. This cannot possibly go awry in any way shape or f----

The new Goddess of Time is trying her best to make creations for her universe. After all, that's what she's always done! These are her children, essentially, and she needs to have more. This, uh... well, the Goddess of Pain was not made with creating in mind, rather destroying. So, despite her valiant efforts, half of her creations come out... a Lil Messed Up. But she loves them all the same and keeps them around!!! Even if they're... worse for wear, or not quite like the rest!! They're her children. Yea!

At some point, however, her creating takes a bit too much from other universes' energy, and a mortal from another universe just ends up appearing in Time's. His name is Dustivan, and he is reasonably confused. One moment, he was vibing with his sister and her wife, and the next-- where the hell is he. why is the sky pink. who is this block man approaching me

The block man in question is named Maurice, and he is a sort of guardian for Time's temple. The Time that's always been here. The Time that has always looked like that and never been any different! (All of the Original Time's creations had their memories wiped, too. This Goddess of Time is the only one there's ever been! That's your mother, see. There is no other Time. She created you. Don't worry about it)

Maurice greets Dusty under the assumption that this man is just another new creation, and is soon told that "Uh, no, I'm... from some place else? I have a family? And a home, elsewhere?" M. Maurice is a lil confused. But he asks Time about this.

Time has no idea what he's talking about, either, so Maurice just... calmly escorts Dusty away, promising to get back to him later. We'll figure this out, man, don't you even worry about it

Now, there's a bit here that's only loosely developed! That being Dusty's stay in Time's Universe! Lil man meets a lotta folks, gets used to this weird world he's living in, makes good friends with Maurice and Maurice's maybe-more-than-friends-:flushed: friend Arin, aaand has a great experience! Because Time's universe is incredibly serene and peaceful, even with the new management!

Straight up vibi--- oh no wait what's this

Somehow, Maurice, Arin and Dusty find out about the whole... thing that happened with the original Time, and Pain being turned into the new Time. Maurice and Arin get their memories back and freak out a little while Dusty is just standing there like "big rip on you guys I guess"

Shenanigans ensue and Maurice goes back to Pain/Time, thinking it'll definitely work out if he tells her everything that happened so her.

Hey so it doesn't work out

Pain regains her own memories, and becomes ABSOLUTELY PISSED OFF, shedding the form forced onto her and returning back into the Goddess of Pain. In her transformation, however, she shook the Time Fire from her back, screaming in the agony that caused her, and. well.

she hit the floor (she hit the floor) next thing ya know, time fire got low low low low low low

Time itself was sent into disarray. The God of Balance felt it happen, FREAKED OUT, picked up the God of Death and just BOOKED IT into Time's Universe, dashing toward the temple. But it... was no longer a temple! It was very much destroyed. Balance is faced with the rubble of the former temple, the Fire just chillin on the ground, Arin bleeding to death after being attacked by Pain, Maurice fretting and trying to keep Arin alive, and Dusty aboutta also fucking die because Pain is angry. Alongside the bodies of whatever other poor creations/people just happened to be nearby the temple when this went down. Which was probably quite a few, as the temple was almost always open to visitors.

Death and Balance did the exact same thing again, though with added struggle. Pain was reverted to Time, the Time Fire was yeeted right back onto her spine (followed by a shriek of... pain), and Balance practically collapsed onto the floor hoping to never get up again

Death, however, forced him up, gesturing to the creations around them and uh. hey. their minds. wipe 'em Balance was very tired by this point, but began wiping the survivor's memories, running into Dusty and realizing "hey wait a minute. you're not from this universe" and just kicking that idiot back to where he's supposed to be. might've forgotten to wipe that one's mind but uh i'm sure that's not important

And that's essentially the end of that plot thread! Life continues as if nothing happened, afterwards. Time was restored (though a fuckton of "discrepancies" are now notable throughout the universes, as if time went Wonky or something), the people are thriving, and Maurice & Arin... the latter of which did indeed survive... are wondering if there's something important they were supposed to remember.

nah. probably not

there's a few side stories with characters in Time's universe, including another survivor of the Pain Realizing Who She Is incident... though he got the hell outta dodge and managed to keep his memories. making him a sort of fugitive as Balance has to track that idiot down and fix that problem but!!! this is already a very, very long post, so. WOO

[ratjamtime]

Day 1: Magic

When Sonic was younger, the idea of a soulmate grossed him out. He was 5! He didn’t wanna get married! That was for Sonia, who eagerly awaited to get her first soulmate dream at thirteen.

Sonic and Manic snickered at Sonia’s lovesick sighs and doodles of lovesick fantasies.

Sonic laughed until there was no one there to laugh with or at.

And then all thoughts of a soulmate were momentarily lost in a blur of childish fury. It’s a bit embarrassing to remember, running and crying and just generally being a wreck. Then again, he was just six.

It wasn’t until Sonic was twelve and an older brother that he remembered it.

A soulmate! What exactly did that entail with his lifestyle? Could he even afford a soulmate? He had enough issues with Tails as is. Sonic wasn’t sure if he could handle more people he cared about getting kidnapped, he was already getting grey quills from Tails!

On the other hand, maybe it’d be fine. It’d be nice to have more people around. People who wouldn’t think he looked weird or that Tails was a freak or anything like that.

It was a common reaction on Christmas Island and the islands around it. So far from the mainland, normally common mutations were few and in between and looked down upon.

It hadn’t been easy being one of three on Christmas Island. It hadn’t been easy being one so hard to get along with. It’s why he had snatched up Tails, young age and personal bad attitude withstanding. It was why he was excited to meet his soulmate.

A soulmate could change that. Who cared about romantic attention, he just wanted a friend. He just wanted someone to care about him and worry about Tails with him. He didn’t care if it was romantic or otherwise.

He was getting real sick and tired of taking care of himself and Tails alone.

“But Sooooonic! I don’t wanna go to bed!” Tails whined as Sonic tucked him into the tree, wriggling like a worm. “I wanna stay up and see your soulmate!”

Sonic chuckled, forcing the two tailed 6 year old into the hollow.

“Buddy, that’s not how that works. I’m gonna meet them in my dreams. Unless you’re a mind reader, staying up won’t let you met them sooner. Look, if things go well, we’ll plan a meeting as soon as possible. But I gotta meet 'em first."

Tails pouted but relented to that knowledge, curling up in the tree hollow.

"Hurry up and go to sleep then!" Tails cried out, pushing Sonic away. Sonic chuckled.

"Okay, okay, just remember as long as I'm asleep…"

"I stay in the knot hole!"

Sonic nodded and climbed up the tree, getting comfy on one of the branches.

It didn't take long to fall asleep and to slip into a dream. Geez, his soulmate bond was just as impatient as Sonic was.

The world looked hazy, as if he was standing in a cloud. Green eyes scanned the area, looking around for another figure.

Than there they were.

He couldn't see them clearly, their form a strange blobby shape.

"H-Hey!" Sonic said, raising a hand in greeting, anxiety coming through his voice. "I'm Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog, but my friends call me-"

His soulmate backed away, shaking their head vigorously. Sonic felt a chill shiver down his back. He stepped forward towards them.

They backed up, shaking their head harder.

"....No! …..Soulmate…..monster! A monster!" Sonic couldn't hear his soulmate well but the few words he heard felt like a jab in the heart. Were they talking about him? M-Maybe he misheard?

They turned and ran.

"Wait-!"

Sonic woke up at 4 am with an ache in his chest.

His soulmate didn't want him.

Elise realized with horror that as soon as she hit the pillow, the world grew fuzzy and she knew she was having her first soulmate dream. 

No! She wasn't ready! She didn't have a speech prepared or anything!

Elise wasn't ready to reject her soulmate yet!

When she was young, a soulmate was all she thought about, notebooks full of plans for when she met the one. 

Then her mother died.

Then her father died too.

Than she learned why exactly she wasn't allowed to cry.

Than she realized her soulmate would pulled into the biggest mess this side of the mainland. 

Elise had determined that no one, no one, would be forced to deal with her mess. Not even her soulmate.

Elise turned and there they were, as foggy and as vague as the rest of the landscape. She vaguely noticed they were blue. Probably a mobian. 

They seemed to be saying something to her, a name maybe? Anyway, Elise shook her head, backing away.

She could do this. She could save them from herself.

They froze before following after her, hand outstretched. Elise shook her head violently.

"No! I can't be your Soulmate, I'm a monster! A monster!" 

Her soulmate froze again and Elise couldn't stand to be there anymore. She turned and ran.

Elise woke up in her bed, a heat in her chest and tears in her eyes. She wiped them away before they could fall.

She did it. She saved her soulmate.

She couldn't cry.

She wouldn't cry.

So Elise pressed her face in the pillow and screamed.

"Sonic, if I may ask, do you have a soulmate?" Elise questioned the hedgehog, fiddling with lace gloves. Sonic froze, fingerless gloves going up to tug anxiously at his scarf.

"Uh, why do you ask, Princess?" Sonic questioned, a blush in his cheeks.

"I-" Elise hesitated, chewing her lip. "I need your advice."

Oh.

"Ah, I see!" Sonic said, smiling up at her, trying not to let the hurt show. "Finally had your dream?"

"Well ...no."

"Huh?"

"It's…complicated. It's why I wished to speak with you." Elise admitted, looking away nervously. "I had my dream when I was 13. I was afraid that I'd ruin their life with my existence so I ran away." 

Sonic frowned, placing a gentle hand on top of hers.

"Elise….."

She smiled in gratitude at his support and continued onward.

"I understand now that was a mistake and I wish to repair the relationship that I fear I ruined. But…" Elise blushed. "I am already in love with someone else and do not know how to rebuild this lost bond and keep my heart for the one I already love."

"Elise, not every soulmate bond is romantic. If they can't respect your feelings, they don't deserve you." Sonic told her sternly, holding her single hand in two of his. "Please understand that." 

Elise smiled and nodded.

The silence between them was comfortable for a moment.

"You never answered my question." Elise said suddenly, turning her head back towards him.

"I…" Sonic hesitated. "I kinda blew any chance of anything with my soulmate. They didn't…"

Admit it, Sonic, just say it, Sonic thought furiously at himself.

"They didn't want me." 

Elise gasped.

"What?! How horrible! Are you certain?!"

"Yeah," Sonic nodded. "I'm certain. They-they called me a monster. They couldn't even see me, didn't even know me and they already hated me." 

He laughed dryly, a sarcastic grin on his face.

"Crazy, right? I didn't even care if it was romantic or platonic, I just wanted someone to have by my side. Someone who would love Tails and laugh at my jokes. I didn't care who. And they didn't care. They- they-"

Elise's hand brushed something wet off of Sonic's cheek and he suddenly realized he was crying.

Elise looked at him with a look of sympathy.

"Oh, Sonic….."

"I'm sorry," Sonic sniffled, wiping his cheeks harshly. "Here I am trying to cheer you up and I start blubbering like a toddler." 

Elise just pulled him into a hug.

"You're fine, Sonic," Elise reassured him. "You're as justified to your feelings as mine. Have you tried speaking to them since?"

"No."

"Well, maybe it was a misunderstanding! Try talking to them, get some answers! If they really are that horrible, I'll kick their butt!"

"Tell ya what," Sonic chuckled."I'll talk to my soulmate if you talk to yours, deal?"

"Deal."

Sonic took a deep breath as the world blended into cotton candy colors, the land blurred and vague.

They looked around, fiddling with his gloves when he saw them.

And they saw him.

Elise stared at the blue blob, steeling her nerve before marching towards them.

Sonic's eyes widened as they approached, forcing himself to stay in place. He would not be the one to run.

The closer Elise got, the less vague her soulmate looked. The blob seemed to mold into a small, familiar shape.

Sonic frowned as they approached, realizing just how tall- and familiar- they were…..

The two stared at each other.

"Sonic?"

"Elise?"

It took a moment before they started laughing, relieved, face splitting grins covering their faces.

"I can't believe it's you! I ran away from you!" Elise guffawed.

"And I thought you called me a monster!" Sonic snorted, shaking his head. " 'A misunderstanding', no duh!"

A moment passed and their laughter faded, leaving contented smiles.

"I'm glad it was you."

@soneliseweek2019