#spoke in wormhole

[coffeegnomee]

BACON: “Minute is the group leader, Jepex is the bot, Spoke is the jokester, chiefxd is the sneaky really good guy. And then Mapicc is Mapicc, and we all know Mapicc”

ASH: “Not really, can you explain to me something more about Mapicc”  

[at the same time]

ZAM: “Mapicc will act on his own” 

BACON: “he’ll just go along with his teammates” 

[realizing what they just said] 

BACON: “We just said completely opposite things” 

ZAM: “yea, why did we have completely opposite opinions” 

BACON: “He’ll definitely just go along with the team though”

[aipurjopa]

Ponies…

hello spokeishere….. u are an alicorn……

[freakinator]

feel like pure shit just want him back

[korozite]

BACON AND BECKY FOR WORMHOLE ZINE

[connor6sex]

That was our chance.

[faela0]

i really like how the empire is taking inspo from spoke on their big villainy plan but it is kinda funny that despite being on the team, he was not there for that conversation LMAO

[codiciarr]

testing something out

[local-jawa]

Trust the process (don’t)

Meh and mah silly drawings #2.5

[derww]

love when lser say "ill tell yall later" or "ill post it" and never does

[getwoold]

fuck it vitalasy shulkers he showed for a split second

[v1ct0r1an]

I almost forgot abt this place anyway look at spoke :D

[scarletiswailing347]

bedevil by kian, s4 zam towards mapicc and devotions towards spoke

[aipurjopa]

These are my ocs, Rainbow Air Head Xtremes, Kit Kat Duos: Strawberry + Dark Chocolate, and Lemon Warhead, pls no hate 😽🫶

[sol-rambles]

yippie zam design!!

Writing under cut:

*Crown physically can't fall off.

*Head can turn in any direction including upside-down.

*Always has his dagger on him.

*Usually has his rapier on him but sometimes leaves it while building in a tight space.

[coffeegnomee]

Mapicc just left the call and I have too many thoughts to wait until after I finish the vod.

it is so Fascinating to me how 1) Mapicc is good at communication and 2) how much he patiently bides his time.

Mapicc has been not putting his own desires (bloodlust) first ever since he ended the experiments. We saw all like last week how he was willing to not kill Kab for Zam and there was so much discussion over how much he will do anything for Zam because he just wants to be around Zam again.

And so he doesn't mind putting the bloodlust to the side as long as it makes Zam happy, because that makes him happy.

But this day Mapicc, once the imminent threat and fight was over, immediately got Zam into a call and confronted him about Derap and then, in the most, like, extremely confident and clear way, explained how Zam not letting him kill Derap made him feel.

He was up front about his emotions, did not project, deflect, or throw shade at Zam at all, and basically just let him know how he was upset that Zam got int the way of his kill and how much he did not like that.

MAPICC: "hmm. Okay. I get you're mr pacifist [..] saving people, but like, my kills are my kills.”

MAPICC: “yea I- they're like my justifications. You know what I mean? So it’s like, it sucks when like, my kills are fucked”

MAPICC: "and like if I had killed him you could have had the heart and then we could have had a better chance of killing the actual bad people. And what would derapchu have done? Had slightly less of his already way too many hearts”

After each of these point he pauses, letting Zam hear what he's saying, letting Zam process it, waiting for Zam to acknowledge where he was coming from.

And each time Zam agrees Mapicc is right. He sees Mapicc's point.

And then the most devotions comment of the conversation:

ZAM: "but should I be allowed to turn a blind eye in that sense?” MAPICC: "well I don't want to be in a situation where I can't talk about what kills I'm gonna get or what I’m doing and I have no backup, you know what I mean?”

He doesn't want to not be able to tell Zam what he's up to. He doesn't want that situation, so he's getting ahead of it and letting Zam know immediately how he feels.

I can't help but feel like this is exactly the reason why Zam always ends up with Mapicc in every season. He is incredibly good at communication and making his point and his opinion clear.

And because he has such a clear opinion on how the server works and what makes it work best, he is incredibly persuasive and Zam ends up following him wherever he goes. (I've heard whispers Zam is thinking of leaving now, haven't gotten there. will be interesting)

I've thought so much over the years how Lifesteal is about convincing other people to do your thing.

Walk into your trap, show up at a fight, yap with you, join your team, stop their lore, whatever it is, the entire thing revolves around persuasion.

Which brings me to the second point, Mapicc is incredibly patient.

The week before the experiments ended, in a muted stream that was saved on the archive, Bacon and Mapicc talk about the server, and Mapicc says his one main goal is to get all the pacifists to break. (9/4/24)

And a week before, while Zam was cleaning up the burned down tree, while talking about how quickly Flame gave up on his fight, Mapicc said, “He’s never fought princezam. He’s gonna have to learn like a new, like dedication to the sport” (8/25/24)

Now, I don't actually think Mapicc had some grad evil manipulation arc to get close to Zam and get him to break (though I'll admit at the time my brain automatically thought everyone is pulling a Spoke wormhole at all times)

But it is more that he realized he would be much more effective in getting Zam to change his opinions if he was close to Zam and could build the trust necessary to get him to see why Mapicc thought his view was flawed, and as an added bonus he would get to hang out with Zam a lot for free.

And here we finally had the perfect moment. Zam died in a fight. Because he had low hearts.

So Mapicc makes it clear how Zam's actions made him feel and then drives his point home about why Zam should think differently the rest of the conversation:

MAPICC: "it’s not cause you were playing shit it's cause you have nothing bro, and it's like, you're a crutch to yourself [..] which is like, you can be a crutch to yourself, but like mapicc is the healthcare” ZAM: "I wanna beat them in pvp. I wanna be able to take them on in a fight and win” MAPICC: “you know what you have to do for that?” ZAM: "*sigh* yea I- I do” ZAM: "and the only person who died in that fight was me” MAPICC: “[sing song] and you know why bro. Like genuinely. Like you can't keep doing this. Well, you can if you want to, I mean obviously you can if your morals, but like-... I don't think it’s the best move” ZAM: "and all I can do is just stand in the destruction” MAPICC: "yup"

Mapicc's ideology for the server is that fighting is always a good, conflict and content should happen all the time. You should kill because it progresses the server forward in some way. You should always have some reason to back up your murder, but that reason can be small, the only important thing is that you have a reason and it is something you can communicate.

He also thinks power is always a reason to kill someone.

Zam on the other hand, Mapicc's beloved friend, does not think the same way, at least not in full. Zam understands conflict should happen on the server, and that the powerful should be fought, and in those situations devotions flourish.

But Zam operates from a character motivation, which he will change season to season, and from his emotions, which means his opinion about himself and his past actions has a HUGE pull on why he does anything ever. This was literally the foundation of this entire stream starting with a 40 minute reflection on s4 and vitalasy.

They are fundamentally, for their deepest core perspectives, ideologically opposed for their opinions on how to act on the server.

Idk if they'll ever be able to be on the same team forever. Sometimes, for brief moments, everything lines up and their devotion runs wild. They work the most synergistically of any duo on lifesteal ever.

But then Mapicc's bloodlust gets too strong and Zam's emotions get too loud and things fall apart.

At least, historically.

(oh, and felt the need to add at the end here that operating from emotions is not a /neg statement. It is entirely /neutral in my mind)

[kiwriteswords]

Ok what if you can’t sleep and you’re dating Hotch how would he act/help/do!? (Can be sfw or nsfw!)

NEED THIS BADLY RN. Also I apologize for any spelling or grammatical errors…I should be sleeping, but here I am!

___

You let out a quiet sigh, staring at the ceiling as sleep continued to evade you. The familiar weight of Aaron’s arm draped over your waist, his steady breathing at your back. Yet, no matter how cozy the warmth of his body felt against you, your mind refused to slow down.

“Aaron?” you whispered, feeling a little guilty for breaking the silence.

He stirred slightly behind you, his hand resting gently on your hip as his voice came soft, husky with sleep. “Hmm?”

“I can’t sleep,” you admitted, a little embarrassed to disturb him with something so trivial.

Aaron shifted, pressing closer to you, his chest firm against your back. “You want to talk about it?”

You shook your head, though he couldn’t see it. “No, just… too much on my mind, I guess.”

He was quiet for a moment, his hand sliding up your arm, tracing gentle patterns with his fingertips.

“How about I tell you about my day?” he murmured, his voice a soothing, low rumble. “Something to focus on other than whatever’s keeping you up.”

You couldn’t help but smile at that. “Okay,” you whispered, relaxing a little further into his embrace.

“Well,” he began, his voice soft and warm as he rested his chin against your shoulder, “Jack and I were talking about this weekend. He wants to go camping—said he’s going to be in charge of the s’mores this time.”

You smiled at the thought of Jack insisting on being the s’mores captain. Aaron’s fingers continued tracing slow lines up and down your arm, his touch featherlight, lulling you into a relaxed state.

“He’s also been obsessed with this new book. Some sort of science fiction series,” Aaron continued, his tone affectionate as he spoke about his son. “He’s been asking a lot of questions about space travel and wormholes. It’s pretty impressive how much he’s absorbing.”

His voice, deep and comforting, filled the room, and you felt yourself becoming more and more focused on the sound of it, the steady cadence easing the swirl of thoughts in your mind.

His voice grew quieter, softer, as he spoke about other small things—the plans he had with Jack, the team's latest cases, the simple things he looked forward to in the coming weeks. You listened, his voice lulling you into a peaceful state, your breathing finally slowing to match his.

With each steady breath, you felt sleep tugging at you, the comforting warmth of Aaron’s body, his soothing voice, and the gentle motion of his hand finally easing you into rest. Just before you drifted off, you heard him whisper, “I love you. Sweet dreams.”

And in that moment, everything felt right. You were safe, secure, and cherished in his arms, and for the first time that night, sleep came easily.

I can’t sleep, so I’ll write you a short drabble!