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[nostimroads]

X-X-X   X-X-X   X-X-X

“Follow the scarlet moonlight. You won't regret it... much“ An Alluring Crescent Moon costume of Moonlight Cookie stimboard

[lightnloved]

[juxl25]

Kuroshitsuji theory (spoilers)

Is there a spy in the reapers who works for the undertaker?

I think there might be! (Let me cook plz)

Today I was thinking about Dolls death and the events at the end of book of circus and realised, how tf did the undertaker get dolls body and cinematic records?! Because William and Ronald were at the mansion collecting the records of all the dead children and the count, and I honestly don’t think William would let some random guy with a death sythe show up and take the records.

Unless William is the spy.

Now let’s think about this. William is the only repeating Reaper that we don’t know much about other than the stuff from the OVA and as well as that he was at the circus during the times of the kidnappings. And I know we’ve had reapers show up to the places of major events such as Ronald and Grell with book of Atlantis, but that’s most because they wouldn’t of been able to get to the cinematic records if not. But if so why was William at the circus? No major deaths happened there, all deaths happened away from the circus. Unless he was there to spy on o!ciel and Sebastian.

Second off William’s appearance at the end of book of Atlantis. I know he was there to get Ronald and Grell but I think it’s kinda weird how he just showed up out of the blue and didn’t bother to help with all the bizarre dolls. We know that Grell and Ronald were completely out of it when William showed up, so what if he helped undertaker and r!ciel back to land?

Third of all, how did the undertaker get Dollys body when he was taking care of r!ciel? Knowing how loyal the undertaker is I don’t think he would have left r!ciel alone in that moment and I don’t think he could of come back for the body and the records because, people would of shown up to fight the fire and because of the grim reapers that were there. So maybe William brought him Dolly body as he (William) thought she could be a good candidate for a bizarre doll due to her history with o!ciel and Sebastian.

And my final point for why William might be a spy is how he always shows up at the end of all major event involving the bizarre dolls and blood transfusion. He always shows up when things start to go wrong, as show is Bards arc. I theories that the events in the hospital where Bards is happened first out of the 3 mini arcs due to the amount of time show to have past in each arc. Hence why he hasn’t shown up in the other mini arcs.

I would also like to say why I don’t think Ronald Knox is the traitor.

Firstly he was only called as back up in book of circus and had no way of knowing about what was actually going on inside the mansion. Secondly in book of Atlantis Ronald is shocked to find out about undertakers true identity as a reaper as well as the state he was left in after the fight with undertaker. And finally the events in Bards mini arc, Ronald is shown to be actively searching for the Bizzare Doll and if he was a spy why would he do that? Bear in mind William only showed up after the Layla was found.

But what do yall think? If I’ve made an error or missed something important let me know! And thanks for reading my ramblings:)

[double--hh]

Silly TNMN Headcanons from the abyss that is my Google docs:

Xezbet was one of Yan Luo's maids of honor for her and Orcus' wedding.

Anastacha ships/thruths Izaack and Angus, please don't read her diary, Nacha.

Ishthar tried to impress Teutates by totally Weezering her on her electric sythe-guitar.

Izaack isn't allowed to borrow Mia's books anymore for getting ink and tears on them.

Angus has totally sold out two of his business partners for some sweets.

Anastacha had to eat a cigarette bc Nacha almost caught her smoking again.

Lois, Rafttellyn, and Gloria have had several sleepovers at Margarette's.

[asksythe]

Hua Cheng’s Design

Source: 孤世中逢影 Gu Shi Zhong Feng Ying (weibo) on Hua Cheng’s design as based on Miao ethnic group culture - with snippets from a Chinese Documentary on Miao Ethnic People and an interview with Shi sifu, one of the last traditional Miao silversmiths - Sina TV.

 Translator: Sythe / NPD Khanh

Hua Cheng’s character design. As we all know, the image of Hua Cheng was established based on the Miao ethnic group, so let's see the specific origin of things on Hua Cheng’s person.

1. Red umbrella:

The red umbrella in Miao culture is one of the indispensable props at marriage and celebrations. The red umbrella symbolizes great auspiciousness as one’s desires, numerous children and grandchildren, sheltering from the wind and rain, exorcising evil spirits, and shielding people from disasters. All of these together are a perfect fit to represent the blessings of the heavens (Tian Guan Ci Fu, the name of the novel) with no taboos or misfortunes.

At the same time, in the opening episode of Tian Guan Ci Fu, Xie Lian mistook Hua Cheng for a bridegroom ghost. The situation fits perfectly like a miracle as a red umbrella is required for a wedding. 

2. Silver butterfly, maple leaves.

The Miao people have long had an ancient song, "Feng Mu Ge" (Song of the Maple Tree), to praise the beauty of life. The Miao people also consider butterflies as the ancestral mother, who can bless the village to be peaceful, the children to thrive, and the nation to flourish.

Maple leaves and butterflies represent rebirth, and reincarnation. These motifs can be seen in the culture of the Miao people everywhere, from clothes to jewelry to household decorations. The most famous is the Hong He area, located in an autonomous district of the Miao ethnic group in Yunnan. Whether it is nature or people, maple leaves and butterflies are popular, cherished symbols.

ps. The butterfly decoration that the author saw while traveling in Yunnan is also an inspiration.

"When I was traveling in Yunnan, there was a butterfly decoration in front of the hotel elevator,” Mo Xiang looked at it and thought. After a while, she said proudly, "He will raise a kaleidoscope of butterflies." (From MXTX Author’s Notes and Interview) 

3. Silver Jewelry

This goes without saying much, silverware is an important component of Miao culture, "the more beautiful, the better;” "Miao people’s iconic silver jewelry is used to pray for peace and as a token of love or a proposal of marriage.” Speaking of which, Hua Cheng’s character design is based on ethnic Miao people. Of course, the same jewelry is used. The inheritor of the art of Miao silversmithing, Shi sifu, also said, Hua Cheng is steeped in Miao Guang symbolism and aesthetics.

4. Other

If you read the novel, it’s not difficult to figure out:

Huacheng used a red umbrella because when he was young and weak and had nothing. Xie Lian gave him a red umbrella to shield him from the wind and rain.

Hua Cheng uses corral beads because this is one of Xie Lien's lost earrings. In Taoism, coral represents the heart. Taking this into account, Xie Lian in the book had two corral earrings. The implication of this symbolism then becomes quite enticing. 

Hua Cheng strung the red string of fated love because, during the Gentle Fragrance part of the book, Xie Lian gently cut a hair strand and gifted it to him. In our country's traditional culture, tying your hair together represents binding marriage. The red line represents your destined intertwined path.

From the beginning to the end, the author demonstrated the changes in Hua Cheng. "Become a better, stronger person because of him, for him". All of Hua Cheng’s character progressions developed according to the plot, gradually revealing layers of meaning, and not built by forced intention. Therefore, in successfully portraying such a character, the author moved the reader’s heart and created a miracle. 

A Love that is unchanged even in the face of death. 

[layce2015]

Supernatural (Dean Winchester x Female!Reader)

The Real Ghostbusters

Masterlist pt 1

Masterlist pt 2

"Hey. Come on." Sam said to us and we run to the hotel and see Chuck pacing back and forth at the bottom of the steps. "Chuck! There you are." Sam said as we come up to him and he turns to us, surprised. "Guys?" he asked us, shocked. "What's going on?" Dean asked him. "Ah, nothing. You know, I'm just kinda hanging. What are you guys doing here?" Chuck asked us.

"You told us to come." I said. "Ah, no I didn't." Chuck said as he looks between us. "Yeah you did, you texted me. This address, life or death situation. Any of this ringing a bell?" Sam said as Chuck continues to look at us, confused. "I didn't send you a text." He said.

"We drove all night!" I said. "I'm sorry, I don't understand what could..." Chuck said then he stops and sighs. "...oh no." He mutters. "What?" Dean asked then we hear another set of footsteps coming. "SAM! You made it!!" A female voice squealed and we look up to see Becky running down the steps towards us.

"Oh, ah, Becky, right?" Sam said, trying to sound polite. "Oh, you remembered." she said, excitedly, then she lowers her voice. "You been thinking about me." She asked and Sam seems taken aback. "I..." he stammers and Becky smiles. "It's ok, I can't get you out of my head either." she said and Dean and I share a smile.

"Becky, did you take my phone?" Chuck asked her. "I just borrowed it from your pants." Becky said and I raise an eyebrow at this. "Becky..." Chuck said, exasperated. "What? They're going to want to see it!" Becky said to him. "See what?" the boys and I asked, in unison, and Becky gets a surprised, happy look. "Oh My God. I love it when they talk at the same time!!" she squeals.

Then a guy appears at the top of the stairs with a clipboard. "Hey Chuck? Come on pal, it's showtime." the guy said and Becky runs excitedly up the stairs. Chuck turns to us. "Guys. I'm sorry. For everything." he said and the boys and I look at each other, confused, then follow him up the stairs.

We all enter the building and a large man walks past us with a stein of beer. "Ha-ha-ha. Hey Dean, looking good." the man said to Dean. "Who the hell are you?" Dean asked him and the man turns back to him. He is wearing much the same clothes as Dean, down to the amulet around his neck. "I'm Dean too. Duh." the man said, sounding like it was obvious. 

Dean turns to me and Sam, utterly confused. Over Sam's shoulder, I sees the Scarecrow God and I jump, Sam and Dean look and do the same. "Uh-oh. It's Sam, Dean and (y/n). I'm in trouble now." The Scarecrow said, which I quickly realize he is just a guy in costume. He has a can of soda in one hand, his sythe in the other. "Have fun you three. Aaaah!" the guy said as he jiggles his sythe in Sam's face then walks away.

I furrow my brow as I hear Becky giggling behind us. "What?" I asked her then I turn to the boys and we look around the room. It is filled with people dressed as every monster we've ever fought, Bloody Mary, clowns, people with black demon eyes, a skinny woman dressed as Bobby, a guy dressed as Ash. There are tables of merchandise with the Impala on coffee cups, Chuck's books and more.

"Becky, what is this?" Sam asked her. "It's awesome!! A Supernatural convention, the first ever." Becky squeals while Sam gives a look of disapproval, Dean still looks confused and I was just feeling really uncomfortable with this whole thing.

A small crowd sits facing the stage, in a conference room, and the Convention Manager steps up to the microphone. "Welcome to the first annual Supernatural convention. At 3:45 in the Magnolia room we have the panel, Frightened little boy, the secret life of Dean. And at 4:30 there's the Team Dean vs Team Sam: Who Is The Perfect Match For (y/n)? debate." The manger said as the boys and I stand at the back of the hall, Becky beside us. 

I face-palm at this and run my hands over my eyes at this as the manager continues with his speech. "Oh, and of course the big hunt starts at 7pm sharp." He said and there was 

cheers and applause from the audience. "But right now, right now I'd like to introduce the man himself. The creator, the writer of the Supernatural books. The one, the only, Carver Edlund!" he said and there was massive amounts of cheering and applause break out as Chuck timidly walks onto the stage.

I raise my head and the boys and I stare at Chuck, stonefaced, as he gets to the mic, which makes a feedback noise. "Ok. Ok good, this isn't nearly as awkward as I...." he said and he clears his throat, then again. "Dry mouth." he said and he takes a very long gulps from a bottle of water. There is total silence in the room while he does so.

"Ok. Uh...ahem. So I guess...questions?" Chuck asked and every hand in the room goes up. Chuck looks startled. "Uh....you?" Chuck said as he points at a skinny young man in the front row. The man leaps up, grinning. "Hey, Mr Edlund. Uh...big fan. I was just wondering, where'd you come up with Sam, Dean and (y/n) in the first place?" The guy asked and Chuck glances back at us. I was honestly wanting to hear the BS answer he would give.

"Oh, ah, I...it just came to me." Chuck answered and I look at the boys and see Dean pursing his lips and tilting his head back as hands shoot into the air again. "Ok. Yeah. The hook man." Chuck said and the Hookman stands up. "Ah yeah. Why in every fight scene, Sam, Dean and (y/n) are having their gun knocked away by the bad guy? Why don't they keep it on some kind of bungee?" the hook man said, in a heavy German accent.

I raise an eyebrow at this and look at the boys to see Sam looked interested and Dean looked angry. "I...yeah, I really don't know." Chuck stammers. "Ja, follow up. Why can't Sam, (y/n) and Dean be telling that Ruby is evil? I mean she is clearly manipulating Sam into some kind of moral lapse. It's obvious, nein?" the hookman asked and now Sam looks mad and Dean and I share a small smile.

Becky then walks down the row of chairs, angrily. "HEY! If you don't like the books don't read 'em, Fritz." she yells at him. "Ok, Ok, just..okay, it's okay. So, next question." Chuck said and hands shoot up again. "Yeah, you." Chuck said to a person and they stand up.

"Yeah, at the end of the last book, Dean goes to hell. So, what happens next?" the fan asked. "Oh. Well there lies an announcement, actually. You're all going to find out." Chuck said then he look up at me and the boys, we eye him suspiciously. "Thanks to a wealthy Scandinavian investor, we're going to start publishing again." Chuck said and the room erupts, people leap from their seats, yelling and cheering and applauding. Becky jumps up and down, screaming.

"Boys....please tell me I heard that wrong." I muttered to them as I turn my head to them, both of them looking upset.

Later, the boys and I go find Chuck and see him at the bar with Becky. "Oh, Hi Sam!!" Becky greets, brightly, as we come up to them. Sam nods at Becky, distractedly, while Chuck sighs. "Excuse us." Dean tells Becky and then he turns to Chuck. "In case you haven't noticed, our plates are kind of full, ok? Finding the Colt, hunting the devil. We don't have time for this crap." Dean said to him while I glance over and see Becky giving Sam come hither looks. 

I bite back a laugh as Chuck said. "Hey, I didn't call you!" I roll my eyes and sigh. "He means the books, Chuck. Why are you publishing more books?" I asked him. "Um...for food and shelter?" Chuck said and Dean leans over Chuck's chair. "Who gave you the rights to our life story." he growls. "An Archangel, and I didn't want it!" Chuck exclaims.

"Well, deal's off, ok. No more books. Our lives are not for public consumption." Sam said as he glances at Becky, who turns slowly to stare at Chuck. "Ah..Becky. Would you excuse us for just a second?" Chuck asked her. "Uh-huh!" she said, nodding quickly, then she leaves.

Chuck leads us down a hallway as he starts to talk. "Do you guys know what I do for a living?" Chuck asked us. "Yeah Chuck, we know." Sam said. "Then could you tell me? Cause I don't, all right? I'm not a good writer. I've got no marketable skills. I'm not some hero who can just hit the road and fight monsters, Ok?" Chuck said and I felt a little bad for him. "Until the world ends, I gotta live, all right? And the Supernatural books are all I've got. What else do you want me to do?" he asked us then we hear a woman scream.

The boys and I immediately take off toward the sound. "No, guys...wait!" Chuck shouts after us but we ignore him and head up the stairs.

We make it to the stairs to see a maid crouched in the corner of the hallway. "Hey, are you ok?" Sam asked her as he helps her up. "I think so." she said. "What happened?" I asked her. "I saw a ghost." she replied as we heard more footsteps. I look over my shoulder to see many people running up, including the large man we saw earlier and next to him was a tall skinny man and a short woman who kinda reminded me of Velma.

"A ghost? Could you tell us what it looked like?" the tall guy asked her, in a fake deep voice. "Why don't you leave this to the grownups, pal." Dean tells him as we turn back to the woman. "A woman. She was in an old fashioned dress. Really old. Like a school marm, or something?" the maid said.

"Did she say something to you?" a female voice asked and the maid begins to grin. "Ok." she said and she raises her voice. "Gather close everybody, for a terrifying tale of terror. I saw, a ghost!" she said and Sam shakes his head and walks away, Dean and I follow him. "None other than the ghost of Leticia gore herself! I was on the third floor getting ice for a guest..." I hear the actress recite as we walk away.

Then Becky runs up to us. "Oooo, the LARPing's started." Becky said, excitedly. "The...What is that again?" Dean asked her. "Live Action Role Playing? It's a game. The convention puts it on." She said then she hands Sam a piece of paper and he reads it, frowning. "Dad's Journal. Dear Sam, (y/n) and Dean, this hotel is haunted. You must hunt down the ghost. Interview witnesses, discover clues, and find the bones. First team to do so wins a $50 gift card to Sizzler. JW." 

"You guys are soooo gunna win." Becky said to us, smiling, and I just look at the boys, shaking my head.

Many people, all dressed in suits, flip their FBI badges out at the convention manager. "Well, yes, Agents Lennon, Starr and McCartney, as manager of this fine establishment I can assure you that it is indeed haunted. This building was once an orphanage, run by mean old Leticia Gore. 100 years ago this very night, Miss Gore went insane, and butchered four little boys before killing herself. Now folks say that the souls of those poor little boys are trapped here and the evil spirit of Miss Gore punishes them to this very day." The manager explained while the boys and I stand in the background.

'Well, that's just about all the community theatre I can take." Dean grumbles. "Yeah, this cannot get any weirder." Sam said while the large guy, the tall guy and the Velma looking woman walked past us.

"Dad said...he said I may have to kill you two." The large man said, in a growling voice. "Kill us? What the hell does that mean?" the tall man asked, in a fake deep voice. "I don't know." The large man said. "You have to know something, Dean." The woman said, in a sort of valley girl sounding voice.

As they walk by, Sam, Dean and I look at each other. "I need a drink." We said, in unison.

Dean downs a shot glass, I take a long drink from my glass of whiskey and Sam sits on the other side of Dean, staring morosely at his beer. I look down the bar and see a woman, dressed as a ghost, is clicking away on her phone.

"How you doing?" I asked her. "Busy." she sighs as she continues to look at her phone. "I bet. Having to entertain these nerds here." I said and she chuckles a bit and raises her head to me. "Aren't you one of them?" She asked me and I shake my head. "No. My friends and I...well, let's just say we were tricked here by an acquaintance of ours who thought this would be funny." I said, as I gesture between me, Sam and Dean.

Then there was a loud voice behind us. "For the last time I'm not making this up, ok? She's upstairs, a real live dead ghost." a male voice said and we turn to see a couple of guys standing in front of us. "Excuse me." I tell the lady and the boys and I walk over to the two guys.

"I'm sure it was just one of the ghost actors." the second guy said. "Who beat the hell out of me and then vanished?" the first guy asked his friend. "You saw something?" Sam asked the guy and he turns to Sam. "This isn't part of the game jerk." he growls at Sam then turns to his friend. "Look, I'm getting out of here and you should do the same." He said and he walks away. "Alex, wait. Hey, come back!" Alex's friend shouts and chases after him.

"What do you guys think?" Sam asked us. "I don't think that guy's a good enough an actor to be acting." Dean said and I nod. "Yeah..." I muttered.

"Why, yes, Agents Jagger, Watts and Richards. As manager of this fine establishment I can assure you it is indeed haunted." The con manager said to some of the guests but the boys and I pass him on pur way to the front desk.

"Excuse us, mind if we ask you a few questions?" Dean asked the Hotel Manager. "Look, I don't have time to play Star Wars guys. Go ask the guy in the ascot." the guy said and I pull out a $50 and slide it across the desk. "Actually we ah...really want to talk to you." I said to him and the manager looks up at us. "Ok. You guys are really into this." He said. "You have no idea." Sam said and the manager takes the money.

"What do you want to know?" he asked us. "All this stuff they're saying. This place being haunted. Leticia Gore. Any truth to it?" Sam asked us. "We generally don't like to publicise this to...normal people...but yeah. 1909 this place was called Gore Orphanage. Miss Gore, killed four boys with a butchers knife, then offed herself." The hotel manager said.

"And is tonight really her anniversary?" Dean asked her. "Yep, guess your convention folks want authenticity." the hotel manager said. "There been any sightings?" I asked him. "Yep, over the years. A few maids have quit saying they heard the boys or saw them. A janitor even saw Miss Gore once."  the manager said.

"Where did Miss Gore carve up the kids?" Dean asked him. "Look, I don't want you stomping all over the joint. A lot of this place is off limits to nerds." the hotel manager said and I slide across another $50. "The attic." The manager said to us, softly, as he accepts the money again.

*3rd Person POV*

As the trio were talking to the hotel manager, they didn't realize that the three cosplayers they saw earlier, Demian, Barnes and Sasha, were listening behind the trio and they share a look amongst each other.

Later, in the attic, Dean, Sam and (y/n) crawl in through a small space, all of them with flashlights. The EMF starts buzzing. "The EMF's going nuts." Sam states. "Great. We got a real ghost, and we got a bunch of dudes pretending to be us poking at it." Dean said. "No way this ends well." (y/n) said. "Yeah well serves them right." Dean grumbles.

"Dean..." Sam and (y/n) said, exasperated. "I'm just saying." Dean said, defensively, and they continue on, looking for any clues.

At the other different end of the attic, Barnes, Demian and Sasha walk around and look. "It's gotta be around here someplace." Demian said, in a deep voice mimicking Dean. "Yeah, I dunno man. No one else is looking for the attic." Barnes said and Sasha nods. "Yeah, plus this is kinda creepy." Sasha said, nervously. "Ok, all right, guys." Demian said, in his normal voice, to his friends. "1. Stay in character. All right? If it's just me, I look stupid. and 2. You heard the guy downstairs. I think this is part of the game." He said.

"Help us." A young boy's voice said and they turn to see a young boy that looked oddly pale. "Oh my God! That make up is amazing." Sasha exclaims, excitedly. "I know, right?" Barnes said as they smile and nod. "Amateurs. Stay in character!" Demian yells at the two. "Sorry. Ahem." Barnes said then he clears his throat. "Sorry." He said, in a deep voice. "We'll do better." Sasha said, in the valley girl sounding voice again.

"Help us. Miss Gore won't let us have any fun." the boy said. "Where's the body buried, kid? We'll light her up nice and toasty." Demian said to the kid. The boy points behind them. They turn, but see nothing and when they turn back the hallway is empty.

"Wow. Fast runner." Barnes said. "Probably had a lot of Lucky Charms." Sasha remarks as Demian looking behind them again. "Guys. Check this out." he said and they turn to see a mark on the wall beside a painting. They move the painting, revealing a bloody handprint.

"Must have been what he was trying to tell us." Sasha said. "Gee, you think (y/n)?" Demian said and Sasha rolls her eyes, in a way (y/n) would. The back of the painting is covered in handprints. Barnes rips the backing to see there is an old map inside. "Ok, this is the coolest game ever." Barnes said, in his normal voice, and the three of them start to giggle.

But then Demian clears his throat and goes back to the deep growling voice. "Yes." He said.

Meanwhile, Sam, Dean and (y/n) continue to shine their flashlights into every corner. "My mommy loves me." a voice said and they turn around to see a boy, a different one that visited the cosplayers, crouching in the corner, hands holding his head. "I said my mommy loves me." The boy said.

"I'm sure she does." (Y/n) said, calmly, to the boy. "My mommy loves me this much!" the boy said and he moves his hands, revealing he has been partially scalped, then disappears.

Back at the bar, Becky looks up from her drink and sighs, longingly, as Sam paces while on the phone. He sighs, then notices Becky watching and nods at her. She smiles back, licks the middle of her palm and blows it at him.

Looking very concerned, Sam half waves at her. She winks back while Chuck, standing next to her, watches the back and forth. "Awesome." Chuck mutters while Sam walks over to where Dean and (y/n) were sitting. "All right. So that was a guy with the County Historical Society." Sam said to them. "And...?" Dean and (y/n) said, at the same time.

"Not only did Leticia Gore butcher four boys, but one of them was her own son." Sam explains. "Her son." (y/n) said, questioning but also a bit horrified. "Yeah. According to the police at the time, she scalped the kid." Sam said and (y/n) gasped then shakes her head in disgust. "Oh that's it, I'm gunna deep fry this bitch extra crispy." Dean growls.

"Guy say where she was buried?" (Y/n) asked Sam. "He doesn't know." Sam replied then they overhear a conversation at the next table. "Check it out. There's the orphanage, here's the carriage house, and right there...cemetery." Barnes said, in a deep voice.

"You think that's where Leticia's planted?" Sasha asked, in the valley girl voice. "It's worth a shot." Barnes said as Sam, Dean and (y/n) walk over to them and Sam reaches out to touch the map.

"Hey, hey!" Barnes said, surprised, and Demian grabs the map. "Hey, do you mind?" Demian asked Sam, who turns to Dean and (y/n). "It's real. A century old, at least, and he's right, there is a cemetery on the grounds." he tells them and Dean turns to the three.

"Where'd you get that?" Dean asked them. "It's called a game pal. It ain't called charity." Demian said, still staying in character, and Dean sighs. "Yeah, right. Gimme the map, Chuckles." Dean demanded. "Yeah well you're the Chuckles, Chuckles. Besides, Dean don't listen to nobody." Demian said and he pulls back his jacket to reveal a plastic gun.

Dean rolls his eyes. "Dean! Calm down." Sasha said, in her character voice. Dean pulls out his own gun, his Taurus. "Dean!" (y/n) said, warningly. "What! They're freakin' annoying." Dean exclaims and she shakes her head at him. "I know just...Calm down, honey." She said.

"Look, guys. We all wanna find the bones right? We just thought...it would go faster if we all worked together." Sam said to the cosplayers, who exchange looks. "Ahem. We..ah...we get the Sizzler gift card." Barnes said, in his normal voice, and Dean rolls his eyes again. "Fine." he said.

"And we get to be Sam, (y/n) and Dean." Demian said, gesturing to him and his friends, and Sam, Dean and (y/n) exchange looks. "Fine." (Y/n) said and the trio smile. "Yes." Demian whispers to himself.

Later, Demian, Sasha and Barnes walk along a path, Dean, (y/n) and Sam behind them. "Hey, Rufus, Bobby, Ellen would you hurry it up?" Demian shouts at them, in character, as he turns to them then turns back.

"Are you all right?" Sam asked Dean. "I'm trying to be." Dean growls, in a grumpy tone. "The faster we get this done the better." (Y/n) mutters.

"So where were we?" Sasha asked Demian and Barnes. "Ah, Dr Ellicott had just zapped your brain." Demian said to Barnes, who nods. "Right, got it. Ahem." Barnes said then he goes into character. "Why are we even here Dean? You just following dad's footsteps like a good little soldier? You that desperate for approval?" Barnes asked Demian. "This isn't you talking, Sam." Demian said, in character. "Boys, stop!" Sasha said, also in character.

Dean turns to Sam and (y/n) with a 'How much do we have to put up with' look. Sam frowns as (y/n) shrugs. "See that's the difference between you and me. I got a mind of my own. I'm not pathetic." Barnes yells at Demian. "So what are ya going to do, Sam? Are you going to kill us?" Sasha asked him. "Man, I am so sick of you two telling me what to do." Barnes shouts and Dean had enough of it.

"All right, you know what? That's it. That is it." Dean yells, annoyed. "What's wrong, Bobby." Demian asked Dean, who is so angry he can't speak for a moment. "I'm not Bobby, ok? You're not Sam. You're not Dean. You're not (y/n). What is wrong with you? Why in the hell would you choose to be these guys?" Dean asked, angrily. "Because we're fans. Like you." Barnes said, in his normal voice.

"No. I am not a fan, ok. Not fans. In fact, I think that the Dean, (y/n) and Sam story sucks. It is not fun. It is not entertaining. It is a river of crap that would send most people howling to the nut house. So you listen to me. Their pain is not for your amusement. I mean, do you think they enjoy being treated like...like circus freaks?" Dean yells. "Uh....I don't think they care, because they're fictional characters!" Sasha said, in her normal voice. "Oh, they care. Believe me. They care a lot." Dean shouts and he storms off down the path, leaving the others staring after him. Demian, Sasha and Barnes turn back to Sam and (y/n) with a Dude, what the hell? look.

​​​​​"I'll go talk to him." (Y/n) said to Sam and she heads off, following Dean. "He..uh...he takes the story really seriously." Sam said to the three and they look at him, confused. "Well, he needs to lighten up, it's just a game." Sasha said and Sam sighs. "Believe me, I keep telling him that." Sam said.

Meanwhile, Dean was stomping ahead, fuming, and (y/n) comes up to him. "Dean...Dean!" She calls out as she runs up to him. "What?!" Dean exclaims as he stops and turns to her. “Calm down.” (Y/n) said, trying to reassure him. “Calm down? This whole thing is driving me crazy!” Dean exclaimed, running his hands through his hair.

“They are reenacting some of the worst moments of my life for fun! They get pleasure out of our pain!” Dean yelled. “I know but they don’t know any better. As far as they know, we’re just characters.” (Y/n) said. “Is that supposed to make it okay? I mean how would Kirk feel about people reenacting Spock’s death?” Dean asked and (y/n) rolls her eyes. “Dean, now you're being ridiculous.” She grumbled. “Am I? It’s the same situation!” Dean exclaimed.

(Y/n) sighs, steps closer and strokes Dean’s cheek. “I know how you feel. But just try to endure for a little longer. As soon as we salt and burn Leticia’s bones, we can leave.” She said, softly. Dean leans into her hand, closing his eyes. “Alright.” He muttered and (Y/n) leans up to give him a reassuring kiss.

The six make their way to the cemetery and start shining their flashlights on the gravestones. "I found the four boys." Dean said. "And here's Leticia Gore." Sam said and (y/n) looks over to see Demian, Barnes and Sasha tip toeing around the edge of the cemetery, shining their lights in the bushes.

"Ah...what are you guys doing?" (Y/n) asked them. "We're looking for bones genius. They gotta be around here somewhere." Demian said, in his character voice, and (y/n) rolls her eyes. "Ok. Generally, bones are in the ground." (y/n) said and Sam dumps his bag and leans down.

"Yeah, I know that. I just...." Demian said, still in character, but then he and the other two watch Sam pulling shovels out of his bag. "Wait, hold on. Are you guys serious?" Sasha asked, horrified. "Deadly." Dean said. "We're not really digging up graves you guys, we're just playing a game." Barnes said. "Trust us. You wanna win the game, right?" (y/n) asked them and the trio share a glance to each other.

Dean and (y/n) finish digging out the grave and hits the coffin. The others stand around the grave shining their lights. The wind picks up as Dean and (y/n) grunts and lift the coffin lid, revealing a skeleton. "That's not a plastic skeleton. That's a... that's a skeleton skeleton." Demian gags. "You just dug up a real grave." Barnes said, horrified. "Oh God!" Sasha exclaims.

"Yeah." Dean said. "You guys are nuts." Sasha accuses. "I thought you guys wanted to be hunters." Sam said. "Hunters aren't real man. This isn't real." Demian exclaims, freaking out, and he, Barnes and Sasha turn to walk away. "My God. You guys have seriously lost your grip on this...." Demian said and Barnes turns back to look at Sam and freezes.

"What?" Sam asked him. "Naughty, naughty, naughty!" A female voice said and Sam turns to see Gore was next to him. Before he could do anything, she backhands Sam across the cemetery. Demian, Sasha and Barnes scream and turn to run. Dean and (y/n) heave themselves out of the grave, grunting with the effort.

Barnes trips and falls. "Barnes!" Demian and Sasha shout as Dean rummages in his duffel, pulling out salt and burn materials. Sasha and Demian pull Barnes to his feet and they turn to run again. Gore is in front of them and they scream and grab hold of each other. "Oh my God!!" Sasha screams. "Naughty, naughty, naughty!!" Gore said and she pushes a hand into Demian and Barnes chests and they begin screaming, Sasha was too shocked and scared to do anything. "Barnes! Demian!" Sasha screams, fearfully.

Dean looks up from where he is pouring salt on her skeleton then (y/n) quickly pours kerosene as Dean reaches into his pocket for his lighter, flicking it and dropping it into the grave in one movement. Gore screams as she burns up. Demain, Sasha and Barnes stare at the place where she was, panting.

(Y/n) goes to help Sam up to his feet while Dean turns to face Demian, Sasha and Barnes. "Real enough for you?" Dean asked them and they turn to look at Dean, horrified.

Demian shoots down a shot glass that was filled to the brim and exhales carefully. Sasha was too stunned to do anything. "That was...really..." Barnes said, stunned, but he couldn't finish it. "Awful. Right?" Dean's voice said and Demian, Barnes and Sasha turn to find Sam, Dean and (y/n) standing behind them. "Exactly. Round's on us guys." Dean said and he slaps Barnes on the shoulder and puts some money on the bar.

"See you around." Sam tells them and (y/n) waves at them and they turn to go. "Hey. How'd you know how to do all that?" Sasha asked them and they turn to face them. "We..uh...We read the books." (y/n) said and Dean and Sam nod in agreement. They turn and cross the room to where Chuck is standing with the convention manager.

"Hey Chuck. Good luck with the Supernatural books, and screw you very much." Dean said to him and he, Sam and (y/n) turn and walk away. "Fans of yours?" the Con Manager asked Chuck. "Hmmm. I'd say no." Chuck said. 

Sam, Dean and (y/n) approach the main doors but they are locked. They push against them then turn around, looking around the room. "That's weird." Dean said. "Definitely." Sam mutters. "I've got a bad feeling about this." (Y/n) mutters. 

Dean strains to open a window with no luck while Sam and (y/n) approaches. "Hey. Anything?" he asked them. "Every exit's locked. Almost like..." Sam said. "Something's keeping us in?" Dean said, finishing his sentence, and he knocks his fist against the window in frustration. "Yeah. This is bad." (y/n) said and Dean turns to her. "Gee, ya think (y/n)?" he said, in an annoyed sarcasm.

Then a woman screams and they start running. The actor woman ghost, from earlier, runs out of a room, looking behind her, and is caught by Dean. "Don't go in there!" she screams. "Get downstairs ok? Go go!" Dean tells her and he, Sam and (y/n) walk into the library.

The Gore's son is again crouching in a corner holding his head. "Why'd you do that? Why did you send my mommy away?" he asked. "Ah, maybe because of the high and tight she gave you, huh? How bout some thanks." Dean said to the kid and Sam clears his throat. "Well, I'm just saying a little gratitude might be nice once in a while." Dean said, annoyed.

"My mommy didn't do this to me." the boy said. "What? Then who did?" (y/n) asked the boy but he disappears. 

Meanwhile, the Hookman cosplayer walks down the hallway. He turns, hearing footsteps behind him. It's the three ghost boys. "Ja, how original. Supernatural bringing us more creepy children. Sigh." he said, sighing heavily. "Miss Gore wouldn't let us have any fun." one of the boys said. "You look nothing like real ghosts, just telling you." the hookmqn critiques.

"But Miss Gore is gone and now we can have all kinds of fun." the second boy said and they each bring a large knife out from behind their backs. The Hookman freezes, drops his hook drops to the floor and starts screaming in German.

Sam, (y/n) and Dean come up the stairs and start running. They find the Hookman dead, scalped just like Gore's son. 

"Well guys I guess we're out of time. So thank you for your incredibly probing and rigorous questions, and have a good..." Chuck said to the crowd of fans. But then Sam runs out onto the stage and whispers in Chuck's ear. "Hey...What?" Chuck asked and Sam tells him.

"Holy crap!" Chuck exclaims and the audience murmurs in concern. Sam then covers Chuck's mic. "You gotta keep everyone safe in here, Chuck. This is life or death." Sam whispers. "For how long?" Chuck asked. "As long as it takes." said Sam.

"Well...how the hell am I supposed to do that?" Chuck asked him. "I don't know man. Just do it." Sam said and he walks off the stage. "Ok. So ahh, good news. I got much more to tell you... I guess." Chuck said, nervously, to the fans.

Dean opens the door and he and (y/n) ushers the staff inside. "Buddy, I got work to do." the hotel manager said to Dean and (y/n) "You're gunna want to see this, trust me. It's gunna be a hell of a show." Dean said and all the staff file in, ending with the actor ghost woman, looking pissed off.

Dean and (y/n) closes the door, Sam joins them and they begin laying salt. "Ah, what does the future hold for Sam, (y/n) and Dean? Well, how do you feel about angels? Yeah, because let me tell you, they're not nearly as lame as you think." Chuck said to the crowd.

"Ok. New theory. The legends about Leticia are ass-backwards obviously." Dean said to Sam and (y/n). "Yeah. So all right, let's say those three orphans were playing cowboys and Indians." (y/n) said. "LARPing as cowboys and Indians." Dean said and (y/n) rolls her eyes. "Whatever. And let's say they scalped Leticia's son and killed him." she said. "Mom catches 'em in the act, flips out, slices them and dices herself." Dean said.

"If that's true it means we've got three bloodthirsty brats in the building." Sam said. "Yeah and Leticia was the only one keeping them under control." Dean said and (y/n) sighs. "Smooth move on our part." she said. "Yeah, well we gotta get back to the cemetery, torch the kids' bones." Dean said.

"How? We're trapped, we don't even have our guns! The ghosts are running this joint and they're only scared of one thing." Sam said and (y/n)'s eyes light up. "Exactly." she said. 

"You want me to do what?" the ghost actress asked as she stood before Sam, Dean and (y/n). "You're an actress. We just want you to act." (Y/n) tells her. "I work at Hooters, in Toledo. No, you can forget it." the girl said. "You'll be safe, we promise. This is really important." Sam said and a hand drops on Dean's shoulder.

"We wanna help." Demian said as he, Barnes and Sasha stand in front of him. "Just give her the puppy dog thing ok?" (y/n) whispers to Sam as Dean said to the three cosplayers. "Guys, no."

"Why not?" Barnes asked Dean. "Cause this isn't make-believe." Dean warns them. "Look, we know. We're not nuts. We're freakin' terrified." Demain said. "Yeah but if all these people are seriously in trouble, we gotta do something." Sasha said. "Why?" Dean asked them. "Because. That's what Sam, (y/n) and Dean would do." Demian said.

"No, there's really no such thing as a Croatoan virus for down there. You really should see a doctor." Chuck said, responding to a question a fan.

The actor woman walks into the library, nervously. "I don't wanna do this." she said to Dean, who was leaning around the corner. "We're right here, we've got your back. Trust me, this is going to work." Dean said and he pulls back so he can't be seen, grimacing, (y/n) right next to him. "Boys? Boys? Come here this instant. You come when I call you. You understand me?" the girl calls out to them.

"Miss Gore?" multiple voices asked and the girl turns and startles a bit as she sees the three boys, staring at her. 

Sam, Demian, Sasha and Barnes throw their weight against the door of the main entrance, attempting to force it open. "Push it!" Sam tells them and they push harder. 

"You boys have been very naughty. Now you open the doors. Open the doors right now." the woman orders them and the boys all flicker backwards, worried. 

The main door gives a little. "Go go go!" Sam tells them and Barnes squeezes out, then Sasha does the same and then Demian. 

"Very naughty, you hear me?" the woman said when music starts playing on a cell phone. The boys frown and look at each other. Downstairs the main door slams closed. "Damn it." Sam growls. 

Upstairs in the hallway, Dean closes his eyes and bangs his head softly back against the wall while (y/n) face-palms at this. The Actress, looking scared, slowly reaches into her skirt pocket, takes out the phone and kills the music. The boys stare at her. Dean and (y/n) raise their iron bars and come into the room. "Run." Dean and (y/n) shout as the boys raise their knives and move toward them.

Demian, Sasha and Barnes dig a grave each. "Oh my God. Supernatural makes digging graves seem so easy. It's not though. I'm gunna throw up." Barnes groans. "No, you're not." Demian tells him. "Keep digging boys!" Sasha yells and they do just that.

Dean is thrown against the wall, his iron bar sliding across the room. Two of the boys raise their knives and move towards him while the third was dispersed by (y/n), who turns to three the other two. "Oh no you don't!" (Y/n) said and she swoops up her bar and disperses them. She puts out a hand to pull Dean up.

"Thanks." He said to her, standing up. "Hey!" Sam's voice said as he comes in the room. But before any of them could say anything, (y/n) is flung back against the wall, losing the iron bar. "(Y/n)!" Dean shouts.

Back at the auditorium, Chuck was now sitting in a chair, in front of a bored audience. "Let's see, what else? I fell in love for the first time at 16. Lost my virginity, actually. But then she went around telling everybody it didn't count." Chuck said as the hotel manager moves toward the door.

"Excuse me! You really can't leave. Please sir." Chuck said, panicked, as he stands up. Ignoring him, the manager reaches for the handle. "Don't open that door!" Chuck shouts and the manager opens the door, breaking the salt line. He goes to walk out but jumps back when one of the boys appears in the doorway, grinning. The crowd gasps and jumps to their feet. The boy lifts the knife and slowly steps inside the room.

Chuck flies forward and disperses the ghost with an iron stand. He grabs the doors and slams it closed again, then turns back to the crowd. "I said nobody leaves damn it. Now somebody salt this door." he shouts while Becky is watching him with the same glint in her eye she used for Sam. 

Dean and Sam slam to the ground on their backs, a boy on top of each of them, glaring at them. 

Demain flicks repeatedly at his lighter but it doesn't flare. "How come Dean can always light the stupid thing on the first freaking try?" Demian asked as be keeps flicking. "Come on!!!" He shouts while Sasha and Barnes look on, anxious. "Oh dear Lord, here!" Sasha yells and she grabs the lighter, flicks it and it comes on.

A boy grabs (y/n) by the hair and yanks her backwards. He holds his knife to (y/n)'s hairline. "No!....Dean! Sam!" (Y/n) shouts as she sees the boys being held down. Deqn has one hand holding off a hand at his throat, the other the knife at his head. Sam using both of his to hold up the second boy's knife-wielding hands.

The trio grunt with the effort as the knives get closer until the boys burn up. Sam, (y/n) and Dean lay panting and gasping. 

Demain, Sasha and Barnes stand watch over the graves as they burn. "I could've done that." Demian said and Sasha scoffs. "Yeah, well you took too long." She retorts and Demian looks over at Barnes, annoyed. "Hey, man, she's your cousin." Barnes said, defensively. 

Back at the library, Dean goes and picks up an iron bar then turns to the others. "You know maybe that guy was right. Maybe we should put these things on a bungee." He said and (y/n) rolls her eyes at this. "We'll add it to the list." She said, tiredly.

The next day, emergency vehicles are lined up and a few people were talking to police, the Hook Man's body was also being removed. Dean and (y/n) come down the stairs with Demian, Sasha and Barnes. "You know I gotta hand it to you guys. You really saved our asses back there. So ah, you know, thanks." Dean tells them and they stand looking at each other for a moment.

"Guys, we don't even know your names." (Y/n) said. "Oh. Well, I'm Barnes." Barnes said, pointing to himself. Then he points at Demian. "This is Demian." He said then he points to Sasha. "And this is Sasha. What's yours?" Barnes asked Dean and (y/n).

The couple look at them for a moment, considering, before they speak. "Dean." Dean said. "(Y/n)." (Y/n) said. "The real Dean and (y/n)." Dean said and, after a moment, Demian, Barnes and Sasha laugh.

"Ahhh, yeah right. Us too!" Sasha laughs as she gestures to her and Demian. "Get the hell out of here, Dean and (y/n)!" Barnes laughs while Dean looks disappointed for a second, then smiles, and (y/n) shakes her head. "Well, anyway. Thanks. Really." Dean said to them and he takes (y/n)'s hand and they go to walk away. 

"You're wrong you know." Demian said and Dean and (y/n) turn back. "Sorry?" Dean asked. "About Supernatural. No offense but I'm not sure you get what the stories about." Demian said and Dean smirks. "Is that so?" Dean said, questioning. 

"All right. In real life, he sells stereo equipment. I fix copiers. And she is an owner of a bookstore. Our lives suck. But to be Sam, (y/n) and Dean, to wake up every morning and save the world. To have a brother and a friend who would die for you. Well, who wouldn't want that?" Demian said and (y/n) smiles. "Maybe you got a point." Dean said.

"You know, you three don't make a bad team yourselves. How do you know each other anyway?" (Y/n) asked them. "Well, Demian and I are cousins and we met Barnes online. Supernatural chat room." Sasha explained. "Oh. Well, it must be nice to get out of your parent's basement. Make some friends." Dean said and (y/n) elbows his side.

"We're more than friends." Demian said as he gestures to Barnes then he takes Barnes' hand, they twine their fingers together. "We're partners." Demian said and Barnes drops his head onto Demian's shoulder and they both grin at Dean and (y/n) while Sasha looks on, proud. "Oh. Wow. Ahem. Howdy partners." Dean said, obviously stunned. "Howdy." Barnes said. "Well, you guys stay safe. And...have a good one." (Y/n) said. "You too!" Sasha said and Dean and (y/n) walk away. 

Further down the car park, Sam stands with Becky and Chuck. "Look Sam. I'm not gonna lie. We had undeniable chemistry. But like a monkey on the sun, it was too hot to live. It can't go on. Chuck and I, we found each other. My yin to his proud yang. And well, the heart wants what the heart wants. I'm so so sorry." Becky said while Sam looks at her, a slight confusion on his face. "Yeah, Sam. Sorry." Chuck said.

Sam grimaces at them both while Chuck smiles sheepishly at him. "Will you be all right?" Becky asked and Sam puts on a sad face and sighes, heavily. "Honestly I don't know. I'll just have to find a way to keep living, I guess." he said and Becky gives him a sympathetic look. "God bless you." Becky said. "Ok." Sam said then he turns to Chuck.

"Oh, hey. Chuck. If you really wanna publish more books, I guess that's ok with us." he said and Chuck's eyes light up at this. "Wow. Really?" he asked, excitedly. "No, not really. We have guns and we will find you." Sam said. "Ok, ok. No more books." Chuck said, quickly. "See you around." Sam said and he turns and begins to walk away.

"Sam! Wait, one more thing." Becky shouts as she runs after him. He stops and she gets in front of him. "In chapter 33 of Supernatural Time is on my Side, there's that girl Bela? She was British, and a cat burglar." she explains. "Yeah, I know." Sam said. "She stole the Colt from you and then she said she gave it to Lilith, remember?" Becky said. "Yeah." said Sam.

"Well, you know she lied right, she didn't really give it to Lilith." Becky said and Sam stops and stares at him. "Wait, what?" he asked. "Didn't you read the book? There was this one scene where Bela gives the Colt to a demon named Crowley. Lilith's right hand man. And I think her lover too." Becky said, excited. "Crowley." Sam said then he turns to Chuck.

"Didn't it occur to you to tell us this before?" he asked him. "I'm sorry. I didn't remember. I'm not as much of a fan as she is." Chuck said, nodding towards Becky. "Becky, tell me everything." Sam said to her and she gives him huge smile and begins laughing.

Dean and (y/n) lean against the Impala, Dean was lost in thought. "You ok?" (y/n) asked him as she notices him smiling, slightly. "Yeah, you know? I think I'm good." he said and she smiles. "You know, we might have hated it here but...it is nice to hear people say that they love what we do. In a weird way, they appreciate what we do." (Y/n) said and Dean nods.

"Well, you guys are  not going to believe it, but I got a lead on the Colt." Sam said as he walks up to them. "What?" Dean and (y/n) asked. "Long story, I'll tell you on the way?" Sam suggested. "What are we waiting for?" (y/n) asked and they get in, slam the doors and cruise out of the car park.

@rach5ive @kitsun369 @itzabbyxx @cevans-winchester @ellie-andthemachine

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I have no ideas what animorph is but I already seen it mentioned on at least 5 different blog which have nothing to do with each other (you being the 5th) what the hell is it???

90s/early 00s young adult sci-fi book series of around 60 short books, published once a month, by K A Applegate.

The books were distributed cheeply by the Scholastic book fair, and could be found in most school libraries thought the Mid 00s.

The plot was 5 normal kids have to stop a secret alien invasion by turning into various animals, and the books were known for starting off with quirky humour and very rapidly decending into utter existential horror with body horror, possession horror, and the ptsd you'd get if you were actually a teen super hero and had to fight an actual war with real stakes aged 13-16, and the fear of never knowing who your real enemy might be. The series ended about a month before 9/11 with a disastrous final battle and a grim warning about how war never really fixes any of the underlying problems between rival nations or peoples, and just destroys good people, so... yeah, ooof.

Due to the content, beloved by horror fans, super hero fans, Sci fi fans, furries (the kids have the power to turn into animals for combat and it gets real weird real fast), and the queer and the trans community, so it turns up on a lot of unrelated blogs.

The audio books are still readily available and are pretty well done, and the cover art of the books was gloriously 90s.

Behold!

There was also a tv show we dont talk about.

The main cast were:

Jake: the leader. There is an evil alien slug living in his brother's head, and this causes issues for him.

Cassie: Jake's crush. The moral center of the books. Also her parents are veterinarians at a zoo, with is very fucking convenient if you need a ready sourse of animals to turn into.

Marco: Jake's best friend, the smart one. Also uses inappropriate humour to cope with trauma (relatable).

Rachel: Jake's cousin. Uses turning into a grizzly bear and committing extreme violence to cope with her trauma (relatable).

Tobias: perminantly turns into a bird to escape his trauma (most relatable) but then has to deal with extreme body and mental dismorphia as a result. Has a star-crossed lovers plot with Rachel. He is my favorite.

Ax: an alien teenager they just adopted and hide in the woods. Is also my favourite. He's a bright blue centar with stalk-eyes and a sythe tail, and he loves Cinabon and warcrimes. Due to his extreme alien mindset, he's been taken as a metaphor for Neurodivergance, but it's unclear if that was the author's original intent.

The books are awesome, and still available as e-books, comics and audio books I'd you want to check them out.

Here is a video essay that does a far better job of explaining:

[sm-baby]

Why does the priest have chains in her arms and feet? I understand the representation behind it,

But in the world build of the headspace why does she have the chains??

Is it for a similar reason like to limit her from more expressive gestures and keep her looking “polite and holy”. Or could it be a form of punishment? And/or a way to keep her in check?

Ok so

Every entity sort of has this thing ... Its basically a special item they carry that help serve their purpose or reflect them as a person.

(Most major entities have these, these are just example :3)

For Anxiety, Its a jackets that calms her down. ( i know it doesn't have the vibrant color but Ill redesign it uwu)

For Depression, its a sythe that can make someone ill

For Judgement its a gavel to help her do her judge duties.

BUT! Their special item can still double as a different item!

Sometimes, Judgement's gavel can turn into a book of laws,

Sometimes, Depression can turn her sythe into and umbrella.

Now, for The Pastor,

After the host has developed an extreme dependancy to her religion (likely from depression or any other reason), The Pastor forced herself to follow the rules strictly, and only after awhile, the chains developed on her hands, and it became a harder thing to break out of...

Otherwise... The chains before, would have been a shepherd's staff... Like one to guide sheep.

@yeennqueenn brought up the idea that The Pastor could be a sheep dog, with the sheep being her followers (the people who work under her similar to the braincells, nerves, etc.).

This is because of the fact that Pastors IRL wear "Dog collars" for their uniform... And likely, her spirit animal (similar to how Depression is a crow, Envy is a snake, anxiety is an elephant, Judgement is a spider, etc.) Would be a dog.

[beecanons]

Heheheh ty for letting me send more ideas, for a little context rn tlovm is a big big BIG interest of mine rn! (Especially Percy <3) so if it wasn’t too much trouble could I get some Regressor! Percy hcs? (Since u already make the cg one! Also if it’s ok some padded agere hcs?)

- @thetinyblossom 🌸

finally here it is!

he regresses usually to ages 10/11-14 typically. he can regress younger but its not often

he tends to be very quiet when little quiet like he's got his mind busy and hes focused however he'll talk and talk when he gets excited and enthusiastic about something

we all know he likes to read but when hes little its the #1 activity for him best way to keep him busy probably better to give him a book with pictures or thats not too hard to read

will fall asleep reading with his glasses on needs to be tucked in for naps and glasses taken off for him

has fallen asleep sitting with trinket loves petting trinket because her fur is soft

will play with his pocket watch a lot shiny pretty thing making nice tik sound

shy about asking for attention will make grabby hand gestures, mumble and whine until he gets cuddles

please take his weapons away when he's little he'll hate it but you gotta keep it out of his reach. no pepperbox and no bad news no matter what he tries dont give in.

subconciously bundles up will snitch someones coat and make himself a lil warm nest to read in probably why he likes sitting with trinket

will build a fort no scanlan allowed.

will play with best buddy grog and pike pike comes up with play date ideas

any questions? ask cass actually one of the best people who knows how to handle him is his sister the party only managed to handle calming him down thanks to her he's happy to see her anytime and loves hanging out with her when little

as long as hes not busy with a task like reading, you can pick him up anytime will lean against you if you sit next to him when hes reading absent mided touch or just general physical affection wont admit it but loves being held

be careful and watch him when he takes naps he does have nightmares and will cry

remind him he cant chew his nails or bite his sleeve need to find him a paci but hes very hesitant to use one.

he does get very pouty and grumpy attention tends to help with that, not upset a lot kind of grumpy but often needs snuggles

keep him in sight at all times hes curious he will wander off and he will get lost

he's still a very responsable little will tidy up and keep things tidy if you drop something he'll tug on your sleeve and put it in your hand or if you trip he'll go "uh oh" and give you hugs so you feel better he's a big brother and he grew up doing that sorta thing for his younger siblings so he'll do it then too

also tagging @syth-de-rolo <3

hope these were okay!

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

Real pleased with the progress in the yard so far, and fine-tuning the next steps as I go

Projects I noticed while working on the reseeding today:

Need to build and hang some bee boxes and then scrub down the deck with a citronella seal to hopefully convince the carpenter bees to relocate - also need to redo the deck frankly but that's a long-term thing and I'd really like to have access to a woodlot first and plane our own boards rather than buying them. Even in bulk from a lumbermill that's more money than I'd like to spend for proper hardwoods like oak and cherry

Need to buy a sythe/machete for the tall invasives by the creek - once the ground is cleared, going to turn our old olive oil tins into lizard houses, and reseed with strawberry corn, sunflowers, cardoons, witch hazel, and ground cherries

Need to call the city and find out who is legally allowed to bring down the willow across the creek that got uprooted during Helene and has been threatening to fall onto our fence ever since. Happy to do it myself if I'm allowed, but would rather the other land owner handle it, unfortunately it's not a person, it's a company so I have no idea how to talk to them about this except through the city.

Need to smash a pumpkin and throw some budding sweet potatoes into the compost and really hill up the hay on top so I can have a pumpkin and sweet potato patch for my leetle ladies tasty treat times

I need to sprout the red plum seeds and prep the temporary pots for when they're ready to transplant outdoors, might consider planting them directly in their own loosened hale bales, esp if I can let the chickens have at the bales over winter first.

Speaking of which, we need more hay. I need to call my hay guy and ask how much another 50 bales of clover hay will cost me

Need to bury the logs under hay and compost to start byilding raised beds and improving the topsoil quality, ideally I'll seed the swales with wetland/riparian plants so that as the swales smother the lingering invasives, the plants can sprout up on top with all that yummy organic matter

Need to buy/make root veggie sacks to bury in the compost and new topsoil so I can grow even while I'm still making new topsoil

I need to make sure to include wildflowerd in the spring compost and reseed, because we're starting to get some volunteering which means the soil is recovered enough to play good host and I want to speed that up

Gotta make some starter plots around the chicken run and the dog run to regularly re-establish groundcover in them given how much the chickens and dogs tear up the grass

Need to build a chicken tractor to use in future years to control overgrowth and compost growing beds after harvest

Need to build a water table for lettuces and greens, ideally linked up to the rainbarrel water storage system

Need to keep expanding the chicken run now they're all enjoying it so Elvira is less of an asshole, and reinforce under the coop so no one gets stuck under the foundation

Reinforcing the creek bank (witch hazel and red plum tree and creeping thyme) behind the dog run so we don't lose integrity of the fence.

Paint the house some goddamn colors holy FUCK

Keep making braids for cat and chicken toys

Maybe enclose the upper deck for a four season cat porch

Set up some 7-10 gallon pots on the deck for growing ginger and lemongrass and other culinary/medicinal plants we need to keep out of the topsoil

Make a plant ID booklet for use during harvesting

Make a recipe book to guide cut and come again use

Set out a shaded table at the top of the drive with places to set out eggs, produce, preserves, etc that we're not going to be able to use up for give away - should make sure to put a sign up to officially let folks know they can take what they like.

Start passionflower vines by the creek and back fence

Fill the front yard with flax

Plant a broomsedge, scouring rush, water cress, plaintain, American Trout Lily, alumroot, phlox, chickweed, creeping blueberries,culinary sumac, and primrose propogation bed by the creek to crowd out the last invasive ground covers (apparently the native ground covers have done a GREAT job smothering most of the invasives in the yard, and there are only a few invasive vines and crabgrass left actually. Everything else is native wetland grasses and galax. Just....so much galax lmao

I might look into canebrrak bamboo as well, that would be extremely useful for fiber production holy shit

I definitely want a stand of Indigo for dyes and inks

I still want my pawpaws and wild olive and wild black rum cherry trees so they'll probably go in the front where the crabapples are now. I could probably make a lil lumber out of the bigger crabapple and a nice cat toy out of the smaller one.

It would be great to get a Broom Hickory or a chinquapin, too, but I'm prioritizing the pecans

A sugar berry would be lovely, they're kind of nothing on their own, but if you use them in preserves of other fruits, they come out AMAZING

Coreopsis my beloved <3

I need to flesh out my medicinal garden too, and I'm thinking about waterleaf. It would be AMAZING for my skin condition, particularly for my feet, but I'm not sure I can harvest and use it fast enough given its growth habit the leaves and shoots are ostensibly edible, so maybe if we a consistent about cutting them back for the greens that will keep the rhizomes focused on growing rather than spreading.

Bayberry would be extremely useful for making plant waxes and butters, but I'm in the same position as the waterleaf, esp since they're even less readily edible lol

I think that's everything so far, which is good because it's already a year's worth of work lmao

[0sleepforme]

Blue = Already exists

Red = Unsure if it already exists or not

Orange ☆ = From my dreams

Green = Group

Pink ○ = I don't know the name of the Au

Purple □ = Different or new Names for the look-a-likes, from New/old/Unknown Au's

White = means nothing

( But if a Pacific Au already exists, then I'm sorry, because I haven't found it anywhere)

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List of who is going to be in ' Hope '

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Undertale Sans: Classic

Undertale Papyrus: Papy

UnderSwap Sans: Blue

UnderSwap Papyrus: Stretch

UnderFell Sans: Fell

UnderFell Papyrus: Edge

BaraTale Sans: Bara

FellSwap-red Sans: Razz

FellSwap-red Papyrus: Mutt

Swapfell-Purple Sans: Black

SwapFell-Purple Papyrus: Rus

ReaperTale Sans: Reap

ReaperTale Papyrus: Syth

HorrorTale Papyrus: Sugar

DustSwap Sans: Phantom

DustSwap Papyrus: Orange

DreamTale: Dream

FreshTale Papyrus: Papsi

Nightmare - Papyrus: Mid

DreamSwap: Quill

Bad Sans's: Nightmare, Dust, Ash, Killer, Error and Cross

MafiaFell sans: Ruben

MafiaFell Papyrus: Noir

StoryShift Chara: Chara

MafiaTale Sans: Colt

MafiaTale Papyrus: Sniper

UnderLust Sans: Lavender/Lave

UnderLust Papyrus: Charm

FellSwap-Gold Sans: Wine

FellSwap-Gold Papyrus: Coffee

YandereFell Sans: Red

LustFell Sans: passion

AfterTale: Geno

ScienceTale: Sci

InkTale Sans: Ink

StorySwap: Toriel

FellSwap-red: Slim (but from genocide route)

( Both are jumping spiders )

SpiderTale Sans: Flip

SpiderTale Papyrus: Nip

VampireTale Sans: Dark

VampireTale Papyrus: Fang

BirdTale sans: Crow

OniTale:

( Different versions of:

lavender = Orch

Sci = Flor

Classic = Onyx

Crow = Arrow

Fell = Thorn

Geno = Peir

and Reaper = crescent )

OverFell Sans (GenderSwap): Mal

????: Unfresh, (Both fell verse) pallet and Goth.

Bitty MerTale Nightmare: Night

HorrorSwap Sans: snackers

HorrorSwap Papyrus: Carrot

Glamour Swap Sans: Berry

ButtonTale/Coraline Au:

( Different versions of

Edge, = Thread

Stretch = Belldam

Papyrus = Cotton

and Mutt/Slim = Stitch )

Fell snake bitty, Papyrus: Spicy

Fell snake bitty, Sans: Pepper

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I need some help with new names on this Au, please 🙏

Bara - PoliceTale:

(Different versions of

Classic =

Papyrus =

Fell =

Edge =

Blue =

Stretch =

Razz =

Mutt =

Horror =

Nightmare =

and Error = )

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I'll draw out new faces once they appear in the book!

[masked-ragdoll]

QSMP Dream

hey yall

you ever get so invested in something that you dream about it?

well this is the second time I've had a qsmp dream, and I figured I'd share this one :)

here we go

Phil chatted with Bagi as they watched Sunny and Em play with Tubbo and Pac. Fit said he was on his way, just checking to see if Ramon was awake yet. Phil’s finger hovered over the tab key, wondering if he should check to see if his eggs were awake yet. He decided against it, their admins had messaged him that they would be a bit late.

He was brought back to the present by Bagi looking up behind him and yelling “OH SHIT!” as she grabbed her sythe. Phil whipped around to see a code hovering above the group, watching them. Tubbo began yelling at the eggs to teleport as a strange green fog started to fill the area. Pac and Bagi readied themselves to fight, and Phil almost did the same when he stopped, having an idea.

“Wait!” He called out. “We don’t have to fight.”

“Hey! Code!” He yelled, looking directly at the code, which turned to him. “I want to talk. I just want to talk. Follow me.”

Phil backed up away from the others a little, and when the code followed, he turned and walked off into the green fog. As he walked, he checked behind him with f5 every now and then to make sure the code was still following, which it was doing calmly.

After a little ways, he came to a grassy clearing. He stopped and turned to face the code. It stopped about 5 blocks away from him and moved to the side, revealing another code behind it. Phil opened his mouth to ask about it when he saw yet another code appear out of the fog. He turned to it before seeing more appear from the fog. He turned in a circle, starting to panic a little when he saw he was surrounded by codes, around a dozen of them he noted. He took a breath and tried to keep his composure.

“Thank you for following me. I need to talk to you all about something important.”

As Phil explained about the threat of the purgatory eye workers and how they were getting stronger and stronger, he saw some of the codes look to each other.

“Etoiles said you guys would be interested in helping, and I hope he was right. He said you guys love a good fight. Well, these workers need someone strong to fight them, because they keep getting stronger and they’re cheating to be stronger than us. They need to be taken down.”

Phil turned to the one he assumed was the first one to show up.

“Can I- can we rely on you to help? Will you join the fight on our side?”

Phil paused, watching the codes turn to each other again. One by one, they backed up into the green fog, flying away.

“Hey! Don’t go, answer me! HEY!”

Phil took a step forward as more codes left. “HEY! GET BACK HERE!”

The last code left, dropping a book behind it. Phil took it and looked around as the green fog dissipated. He flipped the book open to find many pages of binary written inside.

A response.

[soxthebox]

BlackIce Au:TangoTek silly little rambles

Tango: Our Favorite Dungeon Master,who has been here for years, protects it.(Typical stuff right, now here’s the spice) 

Like in the game, all the blue fire is made of souls. Tango is a sort of Grim Reaper of souls, Which he feeds on. (Explains the blue fire hair). The Man also Carrie’s around a sythe as his main weapon of choice. 

Tango Is half illager, that’s why he’s able to work with the ravengers gets well.

Dude definitely learns magic, there’s no way that this man isn’t a magic man, with the magic hands. (And a thick spell book)

I like to think that secretly he’s a plant dad too. 

[thenightling]

How they Botched The Vampire Lestat audio book

For audio book readers the most grievously edited audio book I can think of is The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice as read by Michael York. The Michael York version makes it seem like the novel ends after Lestat finishes telling his back story (which is where the Lestat musical ends too).

Here's how it really ends... In the novel after Lestat tells his backstory he's back in 1985 in his house and he senses a vampire near. So he shuts down his security system and goes outside to find Louis there. They embrace and Louis tells him he heard his songs and tells Lestat he knows he wrote out their story as music videos to get the attention off of him (Louis), so the other vampires will target Lestat instead of him (because Louis was essentially on a to-kill list for telling his story and Lestat saved him by doing worse, becoming a rock star and telling all their secrets on 80s MTV music videos). They walk together and Lestat asks Louis if he'll come with him to his big concert. And Lestat teases him for his ragged sweater.

Lestat has his concert where he sings a song called Age of Innocence (the whole song lyrics are in the book). And then the vampires in the audience there to murder Lestat start bursting into flame, one by one. Akasha has woken and she wants Lestat. Lestat and Louis flee the chaos and are almost cornered by vampires that mean to kill them (and have syths like Louis used in the theatre of the vampires). But then those vampires burst into flames and a f--king mini-van shows up. Lestat's mother (Gabrielle) is driving. (Yes, Lestat made his soccor Mom into a vampire.) "Get in! What are you waiting for? The pope to declare it a miracle? Get in!"

Lestat, Gabrielle, and Louis flee the concert and dawn is approaching so they go to rest but while Lestat is drifting to sleep Akasha finds him and takes him, leaving Louis and Gabrielle unharmed. That's where The Vampire Lestat novel ends, Lestat's abduction and a "To be continued..."

I was really looking forward to all of that in the audio version but very disappointed at how botched the editing was since none of it was there. I know there are newer unabridged audio books of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles but the abridged versions were the most common ones you could find in the early to mid-90s. My copy had been on cassette tape, two tapes each book. I bought it in that format for the novelty of pretending I was listening to the recordings of Louis's interview from Interview with The Vampire.

[theseaumie]

Out of the Blue (Chapter one- The Accident)

Hello all! So I deiced to write a One-piece fanfic :) This is my first time writing one so please feel free to leave any comment's or criticism. I also did not proofread so I apologize in advance for any Grammatical errors. The story is an ocxEustassKid Fic, and it’s slow burn. I’m not sure if there will be any NSFW yet for future chapters, but if so I will add a warning! Let me know if anyone likes it, I may try out some headcannons eventually if people enjoy my writing :)

Thank you!

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The rain trickled down on the windows of the old pub as the patrons inside enjoyed their drink. Clinking glasses, as well as cheers, could be heard from the crowed as the overall atmosphere was cheerful. In the corner, a certain group of pirates sat, the captain growling in annoyance as he drank his ale. The notorious captain Kid, known for his violent tendency's, was begging to loose his patience, tapping his fingers on the table in a attempt to drowned out some of the noise.

"Where the hell is the waiter? I need another drink dammit!" Kid slammed his mug on the table, scanning the pub for the waiter who was currently assisting other patrons. The waiter had been purposefully ignoring their table, fearful of the infamous group of pirates.

"Ill go see what's up Kid,  just keep your cool. This is the only pub on the island". Killer got up swiftly, making his way over to the bar as Kid growled. " Fine! Just hurry up.".

On the other side of the bar a young woman with long red wavey hair could be seen walking in with a guitar case strapped to her back. She wore a long coat, her healed boots clicking on the wooden floor as she made her way over to the bar. She stopped next to a barstool, looking around for someone who could assist her. She had been booked that evening to perform, and she wasn't quite sure where the person she needed to talk to was in order to start setting up. As soon as she spotted the bartender Zeirra turned in their direction, accidently knocking her case into someone as she did.

"Oh my God, I'm so....". Turning around to apologizing, her words died in her throat... she wasn't expecting to find an enormous man with a jolly rogger t-shirt and a mask staring strait down at her. She also didn't miss the enormous syth like blades strapped to his pants. "sorry...". Zeirra swallowed nervously, attempting to make herself smaller, as she practically whispered out the last part. Killer continued to stair down at her for a few moment's. "Be more careful next time". That was the only thing he said as he made his way around her and towards the Bartender. Zeirra let out a small sigh of relief, watching as the tall man walked in the other direction.

"Holy shit..." Zeirra took a moment to collect herself, breathing slowly as to calm down her heart rate. She was use to dealing with pirate, and knew how volatile they could be. What she didn't realize is that she was now being watched by another set of golden eyes. Those eyes belonging to a very irritated captain named Eustass Kid. Kid scoffed, crossing his muscular arm and prostatic over his chest as he narrowed his eyes at her. Killer may have been more forgiving, but Kid certainly wasn't, even if it was just an accident.

"He's to soft damnit!". Wire and Heat both staired at their captain in confusion before looking at each other and shrugging their shoulders. Just as Kid was about to get up, Killer had reappeared at the table, carrying a bottle of rum with some glasses. He sat down, placing the glasses as well as the rum on the table, staring in Kids direction. "Bartender felt awful for the service so she gave me a bottle for free. Probably didn't hurt that I scared the shit out of her either though". Kid looked in his direction, before narrowing his eyes. "As she should be... didn't seem like that other little girl was too afraid though... I assume you were feeling generous with that one?". Kid raised a non existent eyebrow at the blond pirate, as he poured the rum into his glass. Killer just staired before a small sigh could be heard. "She apologized". Kid rolled his eyes, taking a large swig of his rum before slamming the glass back on the table. "Damn that is some good Rum. You must have really struck the fear of God into that bartender Killer". He laughed, taking another drink.

Meanwhile, Zeirra had made her way over to the bartender in question, being sure not to accidently knock someone else out with her case. Thank goodness the pirate had a helmet, or she might have been minced meat at the bottom of the ocean by now. "Excuse me, ma'am?". Zeirra waived her hand, getting the bartenders attention, who was clearly shaken up. " Sorry to bother you.. Umm I'm suppose to play tonight? Roin told me to come in around six to set up, but I'm not sure where I need to be. Could you help me?". The bartender, still clearly startled, shook her head. She told Zeirra to wait just a moment while she went to off to find her boss, leaving Zeirra to take a seat at the bar. She could already feel that tonight would be one of those nights. The bartender came back with the man in questions, he seemed a bit distracted but greeted Zeirra as hospitably as he could.

"Ahh yes, you're the performer! So you will need to set up over there in that space". He pointed to an empty space in the front of the pub. There appeared to be a slightly raised platform there, and a barstool had been provided. "Ahh and please... Could you maybe avoid any sad songs? There seems to be some tension amongst some of our patrons tonight, and it might help ease that if we can keep it a little more...upbeat maybe?". He gave her a pleading look, and Zeirra sighed closing her eyes. "And what if one of your Patrons request me to play a sad song?". She opened her eyes, narrowing them at the manager. She hated when the bar owners would put their own stipulations on her shows, but she would just have to bite her tonged. Roin wrung his hands, while attempting to keep a happy face. It was clear that he was stressed out about something. "Ahh w-well.. I suppose if someone requests it. But.. If you hear any complaints from any other patrons, especially around the back, lets just pretend we don't know that song okay?". Zeirra's face went blank as she discreetly turned just enough to see what groups where in the back. Low and behold, she saw a group of pirates, the large man she smacked with her case being amongst them. "Yep alright, I think I can do that. Any other stipulations before I get started?". The man shook his head no, before giving her a grateful look, and making his way back to what she presumed was his office. Zeirra took a deep breathe before turning back and walking towards the stage she would be performing on tonight. 'Everything is going to be fine... just breathe Zeirra. You've done this a million times..' Zeirra continued giving herself a pep-talk as she reached the stage, setting her case down before glancing over the crowed. She hoped that her feeling about today would be incorrect. Unfortunately for her though, she was starting to attract the curiosity of more than just the drunk patrons, sitting in front of her.

[asksythe]

MXTX Interview with Risa Wataya for Subaru Magazine P.4

Risa Wataya: So that's how it is. This is fascinating. Through the forehead band, I feel that I can understand the relationship between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. Furthermore, what does Ms. Moxiang think of the allure of each character?

Mo Xiang: Because the novel is told from Wei Wuxian's point of view, it's easy to understand why Wei Wuxian has such irresistible allure. From a holistic point of view, he's incredibly "vivacious." I especially like the part where they were in Xuanyu Cave (The Massacre Turtle Cave in some English translations). Wei Wuxian kept teasing and poking. While they were in there alone together, he kept provoking Lan Wangji. Amazingly he managed to provoke Lan Wangji into biting him? Wa! My readers grit their teeth and said: "There's no need to be so charming ok! Please feel free to turn around and scram!" But before they even knew it, they had been enticed by him (Wei Wuxian).

In other aspects, Lan Wangji is Wei Wuxian's opposite. He's an elegant, refined gong who's far removed from the petty squabbles of mere mortals. But he acts so cute (*) whenever he's provoked and harassed by Wei Wuxian. I left many hints about him in the book. These hints require careful reading and interpretations from the readers. But such complexity and contradictions are what make the book enticing and exciting to read.

(*: ke ai 可爱: easy to love, cute. This description is typically used for children, small, cute animals, teenagers, very young women. It's not typically used for adult men in China)

For example, outwardly Lan Wangji has always maintained a cold, silent appearance, but in truth, since his teenage years, he was already enraptured by Wei Wuxian. I think that deep in his heart, he is filled with yearning for the kind of freedom that Wei Wuxian inhabits so easily. Furthermore, these two people are deeply similar at the core of their personality. At the core of who they are, they are the same kind of person. This is also one big reason why they come to love each other so deeply.      

To be continued... (It’s long. Very long...) 

Translator: Sythe / NPD Khanh