#techno spider trio

[sweetpeaches666]

Ultra Magnus: Today, I am about to complete a six months mission.

Sentinel, worrying: Oh, no.

Ultra Magnus: Your teacher has finally succeeded!

Blackarachnia, facepalming: Here it comes.

Ultra Magnus: Today, I shall be curing your organic halves!

Optimus, deadpan: No thanks.

[c-jandxena-xenomorph]

@sugarbutterfly432 Techno- spider trio

The Techno-organic sentinel prime design belongs to @williamtrasheater

[moorheadthanyoucanhandle]

RACKETEERS

Now in the multiplexes:

Challengers--Two rising teenage tennis stars meet a third at the U.S. Open Juniors, beginning a triangle that defines not only their careers but their lives. That's the premise of this tempestuous sports drama from Italian director Luca Guadagnino.

At the top of the triangle is Tashi, played by the elegant, long-limbed Zendaya, understandably worshipped at first sight by both Al (Mike Faist) and Patrick (Josh O'Connor), inseparable friends and doubles partners since childhood. Their passion for her is on different levels, however. Patrick is fascinated by her ferocious physicality; Al suffers true love.

Those who dislike nonlinear storytelling may find Challengers a bit, well, challenging. Even Quentin Tarantino's movies don't usually have timelines this scrambled. The story wanders around over thirteen years, as Tashi has relationships with both Al and Patrick, as estrangements and injuries bedevil the trio, as Al becomes a superstar under Tashi's coaching, as Patrick's career slides to the level of declined credit cards and sleeping in his car. We get subtitles like "13 YEARS EARLIER" or "THREE DAYS LATER" or "MIDNIGHT," but sometimes it's mostly variations in facial hair that help us keep track of where we are in the narrative.

It's worth the effort, though. Challengers starts a little slow, but Guadagnino, working from a script by Justin Kuritzkes, unfolds the story in convincing scenes that gradually accrue emotional punch. There are some risqué passages which, unlike most such sequences, actually forward the story.

The three leads--the rest of the actors here are basically bit players--have charm, which softens how unpleasantly the characters behave at times. The core of the film, of course, is the remarkable Zendaya, a Disney Channel veteran who, after a turn as a pop singer--my wife and I took our kid to see her at the Arizona State Fair more than a decade ago--has carved out a niche as a serious actor in stuff like Euphoria and the Spider-Man and Dune flicks. In Challengers her lissome beauty is balanced by a slouchy, imperious pugnacity. It's a true star turn.

The recurrent thumping techno music on the soundtrack verges on the unintentionally comedic at times. And Guadagnino allows the movie to get a bit operatic in the homestretch, with tortured scenes played out against wild windstorms and scandalous revelations telegraphed across the net before crucial serves in tournament play. But this feels right for a story about how our long-haul lives are shaped by the feverish melodramas we get caught up in as adolescents.

[azeler]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEE RANT ABOUT YOUR SPACE OPERA A LITTLE???

Okay so for context, this is about a dsmp space opera AU : It's mainly benchtrio centric and a bit inspired by Ad Astra/De Terra (I haven't read it but I've seen posts about it). I used to put the details in my notes app in my old phone, but it broke so I'm gonna try to go off memory here.

Tubbo is an insectoid hybrid, with a second pair of insectoid arms, mandibles and composite eyes. He works as the mechanic on the ship, and literally crawls into the pipes and vents to repair electronics (the ship having seen better days). He's a loudmouth, a workaholic and would rather die than open up emotionally. I think he'd also like gambling, too.

Ranboo is the last of his species, or at least he thinks so because he remembers barely anything before he was found on a planet by the crew of the ship Tubbo's in. I imagine the planet he was on as like, having tall flowing light purple grasses, really giving it that Little Prince aesthetic. He's enderman-looking, with jet black skin and purple eyes and long, lanky legs. He's proficient in psionics, especially teleportation and displacement, but doesn't really know how to use them well. He's very withdrawn and autistic soft-spoken, and generally a kind soul, although a bit influencable. He also would have an 'enderwalk mode', but apart from stronger psionics and forgoing higher thought in favor of instincts and reactions, I don't know how it would work.

Tommy's a raccoon hybrid. By that I mean he has funky raccoon ears and can squeeze in very tight spaces. He's not on Tubbo's ship though, he's a petty thief and sometimes mercenary. He pretty much has DSMP characterization, especially during the Bedrock Bros arc.

Tubbo and Ranboo are crew of a space pirate ship (name forgotten), that has BBH as a captain, Skeppy, a little diamond man whose body powers a mech, as vice-captain/navigator, as well as Jack (some blaze hybrid/human torch deal) as artillery guy and Niki (amphibious but I don't remember beyond that) as a scout/physical fighter.

SBI (without Tommy) would be a famed mercenary trio, known for their ruthlessness and efficacy. Tommy has asked to join multiple times, to which Phil, Wilbur and Techno respectively said "No", "Fuck off, child" and "Tommy, get out of my cabin".

Phil is a bird guy, who's favorite way of killing is catching people with his talons and dropping them to the ground. <3 He's also married to Kristen, a giantess who runs a large and powerful mafia ring. Also, Schlatt works in the ring, he's a spider hybrid, with spider legs coming out of his back, like that one Spider-Man suit I think.

I think I envisioned the dream team as like, space cops or something, but I don't really like them anymore, so whatever-

I think that's all I can remember?? Maybe there was more, but I'd have to recover a bricked phone to get it, so that's not happening lol

[gritsandbrits]

So I'm already immensely intrigued at the idea of Imani and Malina swapping roles in a techno-organic/spider Optimus AU and I just have to ask: do you have any other lore regarding your take on such an AU? And, potentially as a fun little thought experiment, any lore regarding a take on a techno-organic/spider Sentinel AU?

I remember seeing some fan art of Sentinel becoming tfa's version of Tarantulas, also some theories that he'd be called Blackarachnel (imagine the horror j/)

But my idea for Mutant!Imani came after learning about an episode for canceled s4 where Optimus would've went back in time to try to save Elita. My interpretation happens differently: it's Sentinel who goes back in time bc he just couldn't accept her transformation, he thinks being Magnus means doing whatever the heck he wants & deeply resents Optimus for "lying." But his actions cause Optimus to be abandoned; seeing for himself the damage his selfishness cause forces Sentinel (& the bots from the regular timeline) to restore back. These events creates a whole new timeline.

So in this AU Imani gets kidnapped by disgruntled ex employee Prometheus Black. With a mix of bird, lion & goat dna he mutates her but she escapes and seeks refuge on dinobot island. Knowing how dangerous Prometheus is she vows to stop him at any costs. Through the year she becomes something of a local legend. Nobody has seen what she looks like. The only proof of her existence are claw marks through solid metal and damage seen on Sumdac properties. One night Imani discovers some strange activity thinking it's Prometheus but encounters Arachnus Prime instead.

After that misunderstanding Arachnus just wants to be left alone but Imani is just happy to find another outcast like her. She promises to help him but in the case they do find a cure she won't take it until Meltdown is stopped for good. After all she still needs her abilities to even have a fighting chance. So they work together under a tentative partnership.

I might throw in bumblebee in there as well taking over Wasp's role and becomes Goldbug. Just a trio of techno-organics fighting capitalism!

[histanael]

Spiderinnit because nobody does it :D

[cherrifire]

May I politely ask you about any headcanons you’ve come up with for your Owl House AU because I really like the art and the concept is really cool!

While I haven't touched my Owl house/Dsmp au in months, I of course do still remember most of the details. So I'll share them with you :)

Keep in mind that when I make aus, I write the story as their original character. As an example; Wilbur in the au has a similar story to Eda but they are still very different characters who posses different narratives. Other characters will also share no similarities, like Ranboo. I wrote Ranboo unlike any of the other owl house characters.

With that out of the way, let's get into some headcanons!

- Wilbur is a wild witch. He can and will mix any magic but he is most known for mixing oracle and bard magic. This mashup of magic rises spirits who sing as a chorus. Almost like haunting backup singers

- Bench trio, inspired by wilbur, start mixing magic as well

- Tommy, originally a beast keeper, takes up bard magic after meeting wilbur. He uses "human music" Wilbur had been collecting too sooth and tame beasts. Using his magic, he can play music from those discs Wilbur gave him.

- Ranboo, originally in the abomination track, abandons it to pursue oracle and healing. Just because he thinks it would be fun. Despite being an abomination himself, he didn't quite enjoy it.

- Tubbo, originally in the plant track, takes up abomination magic in attempts to learn more about them. Since Ranboo doesn't exactly know what he is, Tubbo wants to help him figure it out. Ranboo is unlike any other abomination and there has to be an explanation.

- Technoblade is a human who visits Wilbur from time to time. One day he caught that weirdo going through his garbage and that's where the friendship started. He teaches Wilbur about the human realm but mostly they experiment mixing human music and bard magic. With an electric guitar and an speaker, Wilburs bard magic recieves a wicked range and it's all thanks to Techno.

- Technoblade also discovers glyph magic while exploring the witching world.

- Tommy is the most interested in human music compared to his friends. He even recieved a couple discs from Techno as a gift. The two discs are important to him as he used them to tame his first beast, Shroud the spider.

- At some point, Wilbur tries to teach the bench trio how to mix oracle and bard magic. Since it is his favourite combo and can be a very easy way to amplify bard spells.

- Tubbo, having never done either bard magic or oracle magic, doesn't get it. Tommy can't do orical magic and Ranboo doesn't fully understand bard magic.

- However, Tommy and Ranboo are able to mix their magic in order to preform the spell. Much to Tommy's annoyance, working with Ranboo was amazing. With Ranboo summoning the spirits, then Tommy making them sing, the spell even works better than Wilbur's version since they only have to focus on one part of the spell.

- This experience gets the trio thinking about what else they could do together if they just mix spells.

- Now I'm going to info dump all the interesting combos they discover

- Singing abominations (it's like that phone app "my singing monsters" but more cursed)

- Healing melody: Ranboo attaches a healing spell to Tommy's music. This slowly heals anyone who listens. However, the music also has to be calm and soothing... otherwise...

- That's the opposite of healing: The healing spell reflects the music. If the music playing is loud and brash, the healing doesn't work and instead feels bad. The trio learn this the hard way.

- While not a new discovery, Ranboo can use his abomination magic knowledge to boost Tubbo's abominations.

Those are most of the headcanons lmao. Sorry for the GIANT wall of text but thanks for the ask :D

[zecoritheweirdone]

so..

dream smp superhero/villain aus, am i right

recently(as in, about a few hours ago at the time of first writing this), i just had the sudden urge to just.. write a whole essay about this topic. and like, who am i to not bend to the will of my own mind?

so, strap in, and prepare yourself for me rambling a bunch about how people write plot twists and identity reveals in these kinds of fics(this is gonna be mostly, if not all, positive, if i may add).

(also, quick little disclaimer, for anyone who sees this who doesn’t know of me(which, fair), yes i will be writing in italics the whole time — it’s just a thing i do. just letting y’all know now jandkdndjd.)

now, i’m sure we all know, or at least have heard of the superhero/villain fics, of which there are many, that us dream smp fic writers have latched onto. we all know of the fic that, while may not have invented it, has definitely popularized it — tommyinnit’s unbeatable method. while i myself have never read it fully — got a little bit too crack, for my personal tastes, and pure angst has never been my forte, either (but to each their own, of course!) — i cannot deny the effect it had on this fandom, and i, for one, absolutely love it.

i’m not here to simply talk about the super fics(which is what i shall be calling them from now on, for simplicity's sake) in general, however. no no, here, i want to focus on something specific, something that typically is the main thing that draws one in to this kind of fic.

that is to say, as i’m sure you already know if you’ve read the intro.. the identity reveal, as well as just plot twists in general.

now, i could really have used any sort of fandom to use as an example here, but the dream smp is the first fandom that comes to my mind when i think about this — plus, well, dsmp fics are the only kind of fics i’ve been reading recently, so.. haha, yeah.

so, let’s get this straight, right out of the bat — it’s incredibly obvious to a reader who exactly the supposedly hidden identities are supposed to be. most fic writers, and do note i say this with love, i promise; are not all that great with coming up with original names. when i read a fic, i know that siren is wilbur, that the blade/blood god is techno, and that the angel of death is philza. and while those are the most common names to see, there are more that alert one to their true identities, as well: orpheus, whippoorwill, jubilee, zepherus, crowfather..

(dude i looked so hard(not really) to find other common names ppl use for techno but i could not find any.. either they use blade/blood god or they’re using a unique name or something else that isn’t used much by people.. in which case kudos for them.)

that isn’t to say that most official superhero media have great names, though. i mean.. captain america? ironman? spider-man? batman? whole lot of blank-man’s..

but, well.. for the people who know the characters well(which, well.. if you’re reading the fic, chances are, you’re gonna know the characters), it’s pretty obvious who’s who from the get-go.

but..

that isn’t really.. the point of these fics.

while it isn’t unwelcome to be in the dark about certain people’s identities(or at the least, have semi-original names),, that’s not the point.

the point is to see how all the characters interact with each other.

and.. it’s to see how they react to the reveal.

because, while the reader may know who the character’s real identities, the characters themselves don’t. and that, folks, that’s why most of you lot read them.

if not because of their names, then the summary often clues you in on what exactly you’re reading — that is, typically, an identity reveal between either a civilian or vigilante tommy, and a hero or villain trio of techno, phil, and wilbur; with some sort of extra spice thrown in to make it unique. what that is can vary, either tommy and gang are some sort of experiments, or are otherwise wanted by a not-so-good group, or maybe a different, just-as-good(that is to say, not as good) group is causing mayhem, and everyone around them has to pick up the pieces while keeping secrets locked tight. maybe nothing is as it seems at first glance, or maybe tommy is a kid with a power who heals the wrong(or right) person.

there are a ton of ways you can take this to keep it from going stale — and even if a fic is just like those that come before it, well.. two cakes is always better than one, you know?

brief fic plugging aside, and to reiterate a previous point.. it’s the characters’ reactions that drive a fic forward, not just their secrets.

a great example of this in a popular media is in this show, i don’t know if you all would have heard of it, it’s called, uh.. lemme think real quick...... oh yes, the owl house.

jokes aside, the owl house does provide a wonderful example of what exactly i’m talking about. major spoilers for the show for the next few paragraphs, for those who haven’t watched it — which, i highly recommend doing so, for it is very good. the start is a bit weak, i will admit, but the rest of the show absolutely makes up for it. definitely gets better halfway through the first season, if not a bit earlier than that.

(warning this went of for way too long,, woops djndkdjd)

now — and forgive me if i get a couple details wrong, it’s been a hot second since i’ve seen the earlier episodes — in season two, luz, with amity’s help, comes across a book, one written by a human who was previously trapped in the demon realm, just like luz is currently — you know, after she destroyed the only portal door they had to keep belos, the show’s main antagonist, from getting his hands on it. and apparently, he was building a portal door to the human realm — and was presumably successful.

so over the next few episodes, they build up this human, named phillip wittebane, as a fairly nice and smart guy. mans is just trying to get home, you know? and as luz reads the book, she begins to idolize phillip a bit. she follows his instructions, and eventually, she manages to rebuild the portal.

it uh, fails.. but that’s a story for another day.

she goes back to the book, and finds out phillip needed to go consult this being called the collector — who is important but not to this essay — and luz assumes he needed to find him to help with the portal.

with help from her aunt, lilith, she manages to go back in time(don’t ask how that’s not important), and find phillip. they team up, and adventure to find this macguffin that’s used to summon the collector.

good news! they find the macguffin.

bad news? uh.. phillip, isn’t quite as nice as was first believed. in fact, he happily tries to sacrifice his new companions in order to get away with the macguffin.

the two manage to get away, and end up confronting phillip once more — which ends with lilith punching phillip in the face, hell yeah girl!

but once they return to their own time, well.. the show cuts back to phillip, and..

it’s revealed that he’s belos, who is, if i may reiterate, the show’s main antagonist.

fans theorized about this for a while now, but this was the first time it was confirmed.

but folks, we’re not done with the owl house talk yet!! (i promise this is relevant okay the toh talk will be over soon).

so, it was revealed to the audience that phillip was belos..

but the cast, all they know is that phillip is a bitch. for all they know, phillip was a human, and belos is a witch.

but this all changes when the episode hollow mind airs.

luz and hunter — the golden guard, belos’ right hand, and supposedly his nephew — end up traveling into belos’ mind(again don’t ask it’s not important).

they end up falling deeper into his mind, and find out all the terrible things belos has done(which absolutely crushes hunter’s mindset, as he was advocating for his uncle earlier, poor kid) — launch an attack on a witch town, claiming it was by wild witches; horrifically kill a bunch of witches with a test version of the sigil system(well, they were still alive when we last saw them, but they were in agony, and i wouldn’t be surprised if they ended up dying a while after), and literally murder his own fucking brother.

and if that wasn’t enough, turns out? he cloned said brother. and then had to kill that clone when they fell out of line. rinse and repeat for the next, oh,, four hundred fucking years.

icing on the cake? hunter is a clone — or a grimwalker, as the show calls it. which, in of itself is another great example of the fans knowing something before the characters, but if i touched in it deeper this section would be longer, and y’all probably came here for the dsmp talk,, jdnkdmidj.

anyway, luz ends up getting confronted by belos — or rather, inner belos, but if you haven’t seen the show you don’t need to worry about the difference — and this.. this is where he reveals his true identity to luz.

and were this a lesser show, this would probably be very underwhelming for fans. like, c’mon, dude, we already knew that, give us something new.

but, again.. this wasn’t a reveal for the fans. this was for the characters.

and by god, did they deliver on that.

luz, who was already kicking herself for idolizing the prick that was phillip, now has to deal with the fact that, not only was she idolizing belos, albeit his past self, but she also helped him.

so, all this to say.. plot twists don’t need to be a surprise to have a reaction.

now, i just accidentally made like half of this essay so far about owl house, which, in a thing that’s supposed to be for, well.. you know, not the owl house.. probably not a good thing?

so, well.. how about i spend the rest of this time talking about a fic that i believe handles plot twists really well — that is, both ones that a surprise to the audience, and ones that aren’t.

let’s talk about.. tommyinnit’s services for villains, vigilantes, and various other vagabonds by scorpionoesit.

that’s right, folks, this whole post was secretly an advertisement for vagabonds this whole time!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! YOU WERE FOOOOOOOOOOOOLED.

[coughs].

anyway.

in my opinion, vagabonds perfectly handles both types of twists.

for those who haven’t read it before, the TLDR of the fic is that tommy is just.. some guy, who ends up helping all sorts of people, be that civilians, vigilantes, the mafia.. even villains and heroes.

granted, we haven’t seen the latter two yet, but it’s only a matter of time!

and usually, these sorts of fics would have tommy have some sort of healing powers, like tommyinnit’s clinic for supervillans by bonesandthebees, which i linked earlier. but.. this fic doesn’t do that.

that isn’t to say fics that do have him use healing powers aren’t good — for one, have you seen tommyinnit’s clinic, or like- literally any other fic like it? and two, the last thing i want to do is talk down in writers for using tropes, even if they seem overused. once again, i’d like to bring attention to the two cakes theory.

but, i do have to admit.. it is refreshing.

i could explain his power, but tommy puts it together better than anyone could, over in the second chapter. the tldr of it, though, is information. which.. doesn’t sound all that good, until you see what he can get up to in the fic. i won’t spoil much(i say, knowing i’m going to spoil so many other things),, so if you’re really interested in knowing, and haven’t already, i’d say check out the fic!

and, just to state again, i’m gonna be going over some things that are spoilers for the fic, so either go and read the fic, or proceed with caution. and if you’ve already read the fic before, hell yeah!! take a peanut butter cookie.

now, as i’ve said before, there are some things — mainly characters — in this fic that are pretty obvious to a dream smp fan — which, as stated before, is not a bad thing.

there’s the vigilante orion, who’s stated to have a “large red cape” and a boar skull — who you can immediately pin down as techno from that description alone. and then, when tommy mentions a protégé of orion’s, who just know he’s talking about ranboo(technosensei for the winnnnn).

then we have masquerade, who, if not from his name(presumably being a reference to one of the tftsmp episodes), or his power(semi-time travel and portals), then by his outfit, we can say safely that he’s karl.

the hero marauder, even if you haven’t seen that name used for her before, is also pretty clear to be puffy, seeing that she’s stated to be dream’s mother.

and the author isn’t hiding their identities, either — in fact, they want you to know. because trust me, you’ll know when they’re attempting to hide it. or, well.. not quite hide it, but they aren’t giving any obvious clues, either.

jägerbomb is a villain that hasn’t shown up much, beyond a few mentions here or there, but even his identity can be found, if you know where to look. there’s the fact that jägerbomb is a type of cocktail, and the fact that, apparently, his power causes him to not be liked a lot by micheal(who, for those who don’t know, uh.. doesn’t have good parents, to say the least). all this to say, well.. there’s only one person in the dream smp that’s so obviously connected to alcohol. jschlatt.

schlatt, though, even through his minor appearances, can still be found out(unless we’re wrong but like.. [points at the villain jschlatt tag] we’re.. probably not). but, what if there’s a person who isn’t so obvious?

enter, geyser. or, sewage boy, as he’s more commonly known as.

at first glance, especially at the latter name, you’d probably think, like.. they’re charlie, right? which.. sounds plausible, until you take into account their power. manipulation of water — or, more specifically,, steam. which, well.. probably not charlie, then? especially considering he shows up later in chapter three, with.. you know, not steam powers.

when looking into at sewage boy’s identity by focusing purely on their powers, there’s.. not many people you could pin to them. maybe foolish, but, if anything, he’d be related to water, not steam. boomer, mayhaps? i don’t know much about him, but he’s like, some frog guy, right? again, still related to water, not steam. and while this fic was first posted a bit after he joined, i can only assume that it was planned out beforehand, so.. again, probably not him.

again, looking purely at their steam powers, or their name,, doesn’t really reveal anything about their identity.

but.. if you look deeper.. it can be done.

looking at their powers at the surface, as i’ve said before, doesn’t help much. but.. their powers isn’t just steam — or, well.. it is, but they can do more than just control steam.

specifically, in the fic, it’s said that they can, and i quote..

“..turn all the surrounding water...into steam so fast that the steam so fast that the expanding pressure could and would rupture every pipe in the vicinity with an explosion powerful enough to level every building in the area.”

and, i should mention, just a few paragraphs before that quote, he’s said to wear a trench coat.

folks, is there any sort of character that comes to mind when you think of explosions and trench coats?

that’s right, the one and only wilbur soot.

now, personally, when i first saw this theory, i shot it down real quick. knowing what we know about him and his son, fundy, back when chapter two first came out(which is it’s own can of worms), i thought it didn’t make too much sense. if wilbur wanted to protect fundy, yeah, i could see him being a villain, but.. wouldn’t it make more sense to just.. lay low?

but.. then i saw more and more evidence leaning towards it. the first two things i mentioned, as well as the fact that he is absolutely down to murder a kid because he might threaten his son’s safety — something i assume someone who is willing to become a villain would do.

plus, well.. all we know about wilbur’s power is that he needs to charge it, which.. makes sense if he needs to summon steam to use in a fight.

and then there’s the fact that both wilbur and fundy are a bit weird about sewage boy — specifically when wilbur finds out tommy and tubbo went to fight between orion and sewage boy.

“But the Lower is dangerous, Niki,” Wilbur argued. He glanced at Fundy for a second before continuing. “There was a massive villain attack just down the street last week!”

Fundy glared at him instantly. “Really, Dad? That’s your argument?”

…

“That attack was a major outlier, dude,” Tommy argued. “Besides, I was there, and I got away literally without a scratch.”

...

“You were what?” Wilbur yelped, at the same time Fundy yelled, “Wait, you guys actually went?!”

Tommy turned to Fundy, confused. “Yeah? We said we were going as we left, we weren’t exactly hiding it.”

Wilbur turned Fundy. “Why didn’t you stop them?”

Fundy turned a fierce glare on his dad. “I’m sorry, I was a little busy freaking out over why the fuck Sewage Boy was in the Lower.”

...

Wilbur suddenly looked sheepish. “F-Fair point.”

so.. yeah, i am definitely on the side of sewage boy = wilbur soot now.

(also there’s the fact that villain wilbur is literally in the tags but shhhhhh this is the more fun way)

all this to say, well.. uhh. something something plot twists.

okay i’ll be honest this deviated a little bit from my original point but uh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

and all of that,, is just the stuff from the first two chapters. and it’s not even everything there is. we’ve got tubbo’s stuff, i’ve only kind of mentioned ranboo, micheal is lovely, clementine is the best character, tommy’s got a whole thing, and.. [gestures at fundy] yeah.

and then there’s the stuff in the third chapter. this fic isn’t even done yet we’re not even halfway done yet.

i could go on for so long about this fic. like i didn’t even get into the non-superhero/villain related foreshadowed stuff. eret’s powers,, niki’s connections.. and like, duuuuuude i could ramble so much about the fucking implications of the peanut butter cookies. was thinking about those implications since like the first week of may.

but i’ve rambled for far to long, and at this point it’s only vaguely related to my original point. so i should really wrap this up by now, hahaha.

so, tldr.... the best plot twists and identity reveals aren’t always reliant on the audience being surprised as well, character reactions are important as well; the owl house is a good show, and read vagabonds.

[wyrtt-au]

a series of random headcanons

[that are technically canon since I am the writer]

- Eret is a skater. [I think I already shared this, but Eret beloved.]

- There is going to be a series of one-shots released alongside the fic that is a collection of things I couldn’t include in the actual fic (whether for time or for the fact that it messed with the timeline). These scenes include: Halloween, Christmas, New Years, Birthdays, and a few background chapters and flashback scenes.

- Wilbur and Philza are morning people and literally no one else.

- Tubbo’s favorite color is green, like an earthy green.

- Philza hates coffee but drinks it out of spite.

- Techno loves coffee and will not drink tea.

- Wilbur is a bit colorblind.

- Niki and Wilbur went to school together and now they are best friends.

- “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” is a Ranboo song.

- Tommy is the most observant out of the bench trio, but the least socially aware. Tubbo is the least observant, and Ranboo is the most socially aware.

- Tommy has a shroud stuffed animal spider.

- Tubbo is really protective of his hearing aids and only lets Tommy hold them if he has to take them out for any reason.

- Sapnap has flames tattooed on the backs of his hands.

- Techno has a full skeleton arm tattooed on his arm.

- Dream was suspended from the skating association for tampering with a skater’s skates.

- Techno punched a cop one time because he said something against Wilbur being mute.

- Philza has a crow tattoo on his arm.

- Tommy has a habit of stealing clothes from his friends and family, like Wilbur’s sweaters and Techno’s scarves.

- Charlie Slimecicle and Jack Manifold are announcers at the Olympic Games.

[sweetpeaches666]

Optimus and Sentinel first try (and fail) their new spider powers while a few humans are watching them.

[stellocchia]

Ok so! Head canon time! dmsp!Bench Trio :))

☁️-Tommy makes Tubbo and Ranboo outfits a lot and sometimes makes them match! Matching jackets, shirt, dresses, pants etc. Along with this he made a baby set so Michael can match with them too!

☁️-Shroud matches outfits with Tommy AND Michael so sometimes Shroud accidentally matches with beeduo as well :) the way that Tommy makes Shroud and Michael's clothes though, is that he gives them inks, dyes, and paper so they can design the clothes they want and Tommy would make them reality :))

💔-He also makes his own clothes but has never actually tried to match any of his with Tubbo or Ranboo's because of stuff and projecting his feelings of the rift between the family and him onto the outfits

☁️-Tubbo and Ranboo notice this and tried to learn how to make outfits so they can make Tommy his own outfits so they match but they made shit clothes. Tommy laughed at them for at least 10 minutes before giving in and reforming the poorly made clothes so they match but Ranboo and Tubbo's craft are on his. He also made some for Shroud too

💔-Lots of nightmares from all 3 of them but it's mostly Ranboo who they need to watch out for due to his tendency to sleepwalk. They used to watch Tommy as well back during the hotel arc when he almost drowns himself but fortunately he's gotten out of that habit

☁️-To prevent Ranboo potentially harming himself, the 3 of them all sleep in a big bed and sometimes, Michael and Shroud are also in the bed so if Ranboo ever decides to sleepwalk, there are 4 lines of defenses just cuddling him for protection

💔-Tubbo has 8 fingers intact left, two of his left fingers were kinda destroyed, one by the fireworks techno shot and the other while making the nukes. One of the main reasons why Tubbo has his ring on his horns

☁️- Tommy paints Tubbo's nails on both hands and then paints his own nails but only the fingers that Tubbo is missing aka his left pinkie and ring. As for Ranboo, he doesn't exactly have nails, more like claws so to match, he places his ring on his horn as well

☁️-Michael and Shroud share the same room because Michael's mansion room is too big and he likes friends other than Chicken. In his mind, the chicken is named Hetta. (because.) In the main timeline, Hetta doesn't die during Sam kidnapping him and they both get rescued safely. But this isn't the main timeline, these are my headcanons so it doesnt matter does it now

☁️- Everyone except tommy are very "monsterous". Michael and Shroud are obviously the most un-human like, being a zombie piglin and a spider hybrid. Then Ranboo as half-enderman with sharp claws and teeth, while tubbo's entire lower half is like a goat's and of course, his horns. The fur also extends along his spine and connects to his hair. Tommy is the only one who is human.

💔-Because of Ranboo's claws, there's been times where he's hurt either Tommy or Tubbo during his sleepwalks.

☁️-To counter this, they have a spa day every two weeks where Tubbo dulls Ranboo's claws enough so he doesn't do as much damage. Tubbo gives Tommy proper hair care just to get it healthy (and to color the white bits as well) and Tubbo gets a massage because he likes to carry so much around so lots of cramps. Michael and Shroud are also there obviously, being given face masks and the cucumber eyes because they think it's funny even though they don't exactly need it

I have so many more but hhhh

I love these! Underscore-beloved-innit family unit my beloved <3

[plant-gt-thought-box]

For the bench trio au

You know how all castles have an underground dungeon. Dose the The syndicate Castle have a dungeon? Would be a empty dungeon, or would it be overrun by mobs and monsters? Would the tiny bench trio boys go exploring in the dungeon, or would they be too scared to go down there because they’re end up getting lost?

eeee yay! Time for the boys to go on an adventure! :D

The Old Creepy Basement

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Everyone in The Syndicate had left the castle to go do something, they hadn't really told the three young borrowers what they were doing but they had taken Quackity with them

Which left Tubbo in charge for the day

The three we're peacefully sitting on the kitchen counter eating some bread and cookies Niki had left out for them, then Tommy suddenly got an idea quickly swallowing the food he was chewing

"We should go exploring!" The young blonde proclaimed as he stood up and started packing some bread into his bag

Ranboo tilted his head to the side a bit confused "But we've already explored the entire castle, where would we possibly go?"

"The basement" Tubbo piped in helping Tommy more properly pack away the bread in his bag "Techno and Sam we're talkin about blocking it off so today might be our last day to check it out"

Ranboo thought it over for a moment and nodded his head "Sure, it's better than just wandering around the castleand waiting for everyone to get home"

The tree packed up a few bits of bread into their bags just in case they got hungry and headed inside the walls looking for an easy entrance to the basement, Once they found an entrance that led to the stairs to the basement they started climbing down excited to see what they would find!

The basement hadn't been used in sensory so there wouldn't be anything bad down there right?

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The boys had gotten horribly lost in the dungeon and we're now wandering around on the floor aimlessly trying to find something that looks familiar so they could get out, Ranboo hugged himself tightly whimpering as he thought he heard something skittering across the floor behind them

"G-Guys? Did we bring any matches with us" The half Enderman asked grabbing Tommy's hand is he offered it out to him, he flinched as he heard the skittering creature again

Tubbo opened up his bag trying to find anything they could use for a source of light "N-No- fuck I didn't realize there wouldn't be any torches down here!" He reached over grabbing Tommy's other free hand as he started pulling the two forward away from the strange creature that was hunting them

Tommy whimpered has he looked over his shoulder swearing he saw something walking towards them, the three started to realize they probably shouldn't have come down here alone

"S-So how are we going to find a way out of here? No one's going to come looking for us!" Ranbok asked in a panic desperately trying to keep his breathing in order

Tubbo didn't respond to the turned around noticing several pairs of red eyes in the darkness behind them, he very slowly pushed Tommy and Ranboo behind him pulling out the small sword Techno had made for him "Guys... get ready to run"

Tommy looked behind him getting ready to run freezing at what he saw "G-Guys-"

"Tubbo you're not thinking of staying behind to fight that thing right!?" Ranboo squeezed Tubbo's arm shivering as the giant spider started walking closer to them

"G-Guys-"

Tubbo tried shaking Ranboo's hand off his hand "Yes- I should have known better than to take us down here so-"

"Guys-"

"Tubbo no! We all should have better prepared for this-"

"GUYS!"

The two quickly turn around as they heard a loud hissing noise similar to that of a creeper, they all quickly top down covering their heads as they heard the spider run off

But the creeper never exploded.

Tommy hesitantly uncovered his head looking up at the creeper that towered over them and just stared down at the most hits voice like eyes, he slowly stood up and hissed at the creeper

The creeper happily hissed back moving a bit closer to the boys and leaning down so there face was a bit closer to them, the three very slowly backed up from the creeper trembling

Tubbo hesitantly patted the creeper on one of its legs "I-I think this one is good?"

"It did the baby creeper hiss!" Tommy excitingly yelled as he started climbing up the creepers fur "Sam told me that if a creeper his back at you and doesn't explode it think your baby will protect you!"

Ranboo started climbing up after Tomny with Tubbo following close behind "So we basically have an undefeatable bodyguard right now?"

The three safely climbed on top of the creepers head as it started walking down the hallway away from the spiders, Sam usually said they should stay away from creepers but if they didn't want to be eaten by a spider this is their best option

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Sam had returned to the castle early with the three new bar where they had saved from the Egg Empire, he left them to sleep on one of the guests beds in the castle considering how exhausted they were

He was tired from all the fighting today but he needed to check on the boys before he did anything else, Sam loves the chaotic little guys but he genuinely didn't trust them being all alone for half of the day

Sam checked every part of the castle the boys usually hung out in but didn't find them anywhere, he quickly notice just how quiet it was panic starting to sink in

The creeper hybrid started running around the castle quietly hissing to himself to try and find the boys, he froze as he heard of creepers has coming up the stairs from the old basement followed with familiar voices

"Saaam! Over heeere!" Tommy yelled as the creeper they were riding on top of stopped at the top of the stairs

"Hey Sam!" Tubbo greeted as Ranboo politely waved at him, Sam very quickly scooped the three up hissing at the creeper to back off

The creeper sadly wobbled back down the stairs into the basement whimpering

"Nooooo- Sam you made nugget sad!" Tommy kicked the hybrids hand

"Yeah nugget didn't do anything wrong! He protected us while we were in the basement!" Tubbo yelled also kicking Sam's hand

"It was very mean Sam..." Ranboo added the only person who didn't kick the hybrids hand

Sam didn't fully understand what was going on as the three continued complaining and how he treated 'Nugget' the creeper, he didn't understand how the boys got so attached but when he decided to clear at the basement he would leave the creepers alone so we didn't end up hurting the creeper

Hopefully the boys would more properly explain their adventure with nugget during dinner

[bittydragon]

Webbed au

I can't help but think Techno sometimes just picks up the bench trio (especially Tommy) and set them on top his back because spider instincts go BRRRRR after they begin to trust techno a bit more. Maybe dream does this to ranboo too when they start to become friends...

-🎀

🥺

This is adorable and definitely something that happens when there is more trust between everyone. It happens the most with Techno doing it to Tommy.

It was terrifying the first time it happened because Techno did it with no warning. He just kinda grabbed Tommy and set him on his back before just going on with his day. Tommy wanted to stay scared, but it was difficult to with how warm and unusually soft it was here. He ended up getting comfortable enough to fall asleep.

Now it's a normal occurrence and Tubbo and Ranboo don't understand how Tommy is so comfortable with it, but as long as their friend is happy, they won't worry too much.

And yes, Dream eventually tries it with Ranboo. It's a tad different seeing how Dream is more mini giant sized in comparison to the humans and more like riding a horse for Ranboo. A horse who can run quickly and jump extremely far. Needless to say Dream doesn't jump far with Ranboo on his back after he flung the poor boy into the river after trying to jump across it

[wheikouo]

HELLO! WELCOME TO MY CONTINUATION OF MY DISNEY AU POST! Today I will be talking about what the SBI and Bee duo do in the park

SBI + Bee duo:

Phil

- He works with kids! :DD (school tour guide)

- Oh and he also mains the candy stores and food venders

- He’ll sneak sad kids lollipops and free treats just to make them smile

- MUMZA COMES AROUND! They are literally the cutest thing

- On April fools he dressed up as the fairy godmother

- is a God for knowing the recipe for dole whip

- Will make you hydrate, with your own will or not

- “Mate you can’t keep coming around and asking for more churros, you actually need to pay for them”

- The bench trio annoys him whenever he works.

Techno

- Works at the haunted mansion because the man is built for the ride.

- Literally stands there and doesn’t smile (he scares a bunch of children even tho the man has long pink fricken hair)

At one point tried to summon actual ghosts cuz he knows the place is actually haunted

- “Attention guests, stay within your buggies because we are always experiencing supernatural activity. If you move you might die.”

- “Techno you can’t say that!”

- “My apologies, if you move you will die.”

- Is forced to sub in for the role of ariel (this has happened more than once and it’s the most hilarious thing that happens)

- Chills with Phil whenever he’s on break

Wilbur

- is a character actor and performer, he takes his job Seriously.

- The man plays a bunch of characters, most notably; Flynn Ryder, Prince Charming, and Loki

- He gets thrown into a bunch of roles because of how flexible he is with acting

- The man is dramatic af and he loves every single second of it.

- When he was first recruited he did street performances with Tommy

Tommy

- This boy is flexible af, with the amount of energy he has and the fact that he is also an extrovert means that he can work in basically anything

- Has probably been in every position ever

- He subs in for the role of star-lord and also Luke sky-walker when needed

- He did street performing with Wilbur before being forced to mascot for a bit

He absolutely hated it

- “How the hell can you do this 24/7 dream, it smells like crap in there!”

- “Eh you get used to it”

- His favourite job has to be street performances

Ranboo

- Boo boy over here is a character attendant, he walks characters around in costume and makes sure nothing goes wrong

- He’s an actual soft boy but because of his height he is intimidating enough for people to not mess with him and the character he’s with

- He has been offered the cast of groot because of how tall he is but immediately said no and went for attendant because of social anxiety

- Has dragged his friends to the break rooms multiple times because of heat stroke and other heat related things

- He doesn’t know what else to do apart from stand

- *ranboo agreement noises and nodding*

- Usually gets paired of up Tommy or tubbo because jimmy knows he’s the most comfortable with them

- Absolutely loathes the song ‘let it go’

Tubbo

- Does street performances but often opps for character roles

- He plays spider man, Peter Pan and occasionally the Cheshire Cat

- Whenever he plays Spider-Man he always does cool stunts and stuff to get kids pumped up (he’s an ex trampolines man)

- He acts like a completely different character as Cheshire Cat- like seriously it’s terrifying to see his change in personality

- He is a little gremlin as Peter Pan.

- Often duets the song ‘let it go’ with Tommy

And that’s the SBI + Bee duo jobs! :DD I have the rest of the dsmp ready to go, just gotta draw them ^^ BTW THERES NO ANGST. THIS AU IS PURELY FOR CRACK, FLUFF AND SHENANIGANS!!

[gritsandbrits]

Malina what is her skill and her interest ? Also how the dynamic between her and sentinel

Malina was a friend of my main (human) trio who studied bugs. She struggled with expressing thay interest since a lot of folks found it weird that a "proper lady" like hee was focused on something so gross. But she loved insects, particularly butterflies and moths. I did say one time she was scared of spiders but it kinda made no sense so I decided she should study arachnids too. As a treat.

As for her dynamic with Sentinel, it's a complicated enemies to friends to possibly lovers. See, Malina had only met Sentinel like, one time and ofc she found him to be a massive jerk especially when he insulted her interest in bugs. But she refused to let that get to her; she knew Sentinel was only trying to get a rise out of her and if there was anything she loved more than feeding stickbugs was putting nasty ppl in their place. So she ignored him and carried on with her study.

All that changed when, Waspinator making good on his planzz, attempted to harm Bumblebee by luring him to Bumblebee mutate him to cause him pain. Malina was taken as bait, and while The Autobots did manage to find her, in the resulting battle, they couldn't free her in time...

She mutated into a techno-organic.

Horrified by her new condition Malina ran away hoping to find peace, eventually ending up at Dinobot island. She stayed there and it was this place she befriended the Dinobots. At least they weren't repulsed by hee appearance. The autobots did find her to convince her to come back. For weeks she struggled to adjust to her new condition. Ppl who learned what happened often stopped by to give her condolences, to say that no matter what happened they'll stick by her. The support did help to lift her spirits but she was still resentful. SENTINEL ended up saying something extremely hurtful and she snapped. She exclaimed that he doesn't know anything about compassion or feelings, that he treats everyone around him so horrible, that he never knew what it's like to lose anything. At that Sentinel snapped back saying he does have feelings and he does know what it was like to lose someone. But refuses to say anymore - or well Optimus and Jazz cut in before he could say more. They told him she needed space and did not need hi nasty attitude in the way.

While Sentinel was pissed that the tiny technoorganic audacity, deep down he was hurt by the insinuation that he doesn't know what it's like to feel. For the first time someone cut a hole through that thick wall he built around his spark and the memories came rushing back. So he actually did leave her alone. It was a shock, perhaps finally Sentinel realized his actions had actual consequences.

Very soon Waspinator came back, seemingly with a new army called Insecticons (protoforms he had stolen and created with bug DNA) and planned to attack the Bots again. Malina, having seen her friends' heroic exploits and not wanting to see anymore people suffer what she went through, decided to use her new form to stop him. She had been training. With new wings and the ability to generate gusts; and needed a healthy outlet for her emotions. During the invasion she used her power to rescue civilians and helped to ward some of the smaller Cons. But when she was overpowered by a stronger one SENTINEL came to her rescue. As usual he bragged about it, but Malina was just pleased that she wasn't a premature pancake yet. Surprisingly they worked well together eventually the Bots defeating the Cons and putting Waspinator into custody.

But Malina, understanding WHY Waspinator was the way he was, pleaded for him to be somewhere safe where he could find peace. After all, her anger wasn't going to bring her old body back, and she didn't want to perpetuate a cycle of revenge. Waspinator was stunned. No one ever did that for him; this act even surprised Sentinel (notoriously an unforgiving mech).

After things blew over Malina renamed herself Butterflix, with Sentinel as her assigned partner partly on Alpha Trion's suggestion so that the latter could learn having compassion for another species.

[radioduo]

new friends and new info || dsmp become human

word count: ~1,070

notes: howdy :] sorry for how fuckin late this was, i scrapped half of my plans for this chapter because i just couldn’t get them to work, so it’s shorter than i’m used to lmao. hopefully it’s alright! i didn’t proofread it too much so tell me to fix whatever i need to :D enjoy!

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4:02am, November 12th

Ranboo laid on his back on the floor of the motel, staring blankly at the ceiling. He’d heard people talk about how quickly things could change, but he hadn’t known just how right they were until that night. He sat up, stifling a groan, and leaned against the wall of the room to look around. Two beds sat comfortably against the wall, and in them were his two new… friends, he supposed, Wilbur and Techno. Wilbur had told Ranboo that the three of them would talk more in the morning when he and Techno weren't half-asleep. Ranboo rubbed his hands together, bothered. He was anxious to be out of the motel as soon as possible. Ranboo didn’t like sitting around, especially since he knew he was considered a criminal now.

The android peered up at the bland-looking clock above the beds, listening to its gentle ticking. Only four in the morning, Ranboo frowned, laying back down on the carpet. It’s gonna be a long night.

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Ranboo was absently blowing a strand of “dyed” dirty-blond hair from his eyes when the other two awoke in the morning. The android had taken off his mask and glasses at some point during the night, and he was thankful for the privacy of the room keeping him safe. Ranboo watched as the curly-haired man blinked sleep from his eyes and glanced around the motel room.

“So it wasn’t a dream,” Wilbur yawned. He stretched as he sat up and looked at Ranboo sitting on the floor. “What are you doing down there?” He sounded amused, a look of confusion and entertainment painting his features.

“Uhh…” Ranboo glanced down and patted the carpet beneath him, making a popping noise with his mouth to fill the silence. “It was… comfortable?”

Wilbur grinned at the android, a small huff of laughter escaping his throat. “Okay then,” he said between chuckles. “I take it you’ve been awake all night then?” He threw the linens off himself and stood up. “I mean, machines don’t exactly have to sleep, I assume.”

Ranboo shook his head, tracing circles on the carpet. “Not really. I might have closed my eyes for a bit though,” he admitted.

Wilbur raised his eyebrows and nodded but kept quiet. A silence fell over the duo as the curly-haired man began to freshen himself up, and Ranboo laid back down on the carpet while he waited. At some point, Techno hauled himself out of bed as well, and soon the trio was awake and ready to start talking.

“Tell me what they looked like, show me some photos, do whatever you want,” Ranboo suggested as they all sat on the edges of the beds. “I just wanna make sure I know as much about them as possible before I start investigating or anything.”

“Well, the android was a short-ish brunet kid, blue eyes, a buncha commons stuff like that,” Techno joked as Wilbur pulled out his phone and presumably began scrolling through photos. “His model number was, uhh, TU880, if that means anything to you. I always wondered why dad chose that, of all things, but I guess the old man had his r-” he interrupted himself as he noticed Ranboo’s agitated expression. “Uhh, are you alright?” He asked hesitantly. “You don’t look too good over there.”

Ranboo shook his head, trying to clear the fuzziness from it. TU880, TU880, where have I heard that before? He bit at his lip and squeezed his eyes shut. Think, Ranboo, think! You know this! Why can’t you remember? The deviant wracked his brain, searching for the answer, but no matter what he did, the memory was irretrievable. He let out a shaky breath, clutching the bedsheets as he attempted to ground himself. “I- I’m alright. Just… just a memory, is all.” Or lack thereof. “What else?”

The twins exchanged a worried look, and Ranboo silently begged for them to drop the topic. Fortunately for him, the older brothers seemed to be more concerned about their brother and his android than to a random deviant they’d picked up off the street. Wilbur held out his phone to show Ranboo a photo of who he guessed was TU880 and the younger brother.

The two were smiling, the human boy with curly hair like his big brother, but golden blond rather than chocolate brown. The android had long bangs that fell over his eyes and almost covered his LED. He had a wide grin on his face that made Ranboo’s heart leap as he stared at the picture. He wasn’t sure why, and if he was being honest, he wasn’t sure if he really wanted to know why. Taking a deep breath, Ranboo ran a scan on the photo.

Thomas Craft

Also called Tommy

Age: 17

Height: 6’1”

Tommy… Ranboo nodded, his eyebrows furrowed in concentration. He wasn't sure if he would remember that when needed, but he didn't voice his concerns aloud.

TU880

Name: Tubbo

Serial#: 129 111 616

Created and Registered by: Phil Z. Craft

“Tommy and Tubbo, huh?” Ranboo asked, sitting back on the bed. “They seem like they’re close friends,” he noted, perhaps a little sadly.

Wilbur smiled fondly. “Oh yeah, they’re best friends,” he murmured. “It’d take a war to separate them, they’re so clingy.” His tone was teasing, and Techno and Ranboo both smiled at Wilbur. “I know they haven’t been gone long - it’s not even been a day yet, actually - but… I guess I miss them.” Wilbur tossed the phone aside. “Whatever you have to do, Ranboo, I want you to do it. We promised our dad we'd find them safely, and we can't let him down.”

Ranboo nodded solemnly at Wilbur but stayed silent. He pondered over his options in his head quietly.

X Ask for more information

O Leave motel and ask others

☐ Memory loss [UNLOCKED]

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Ranboo wrung his hands together, fidgeting. The two probably passed through here overnight, he guessed. Maybe someone in the area knew the duo’s whereabouts.

O Leave motel and ask others

“There’s a good chance they stayed here somewhere,” Ranboo muttered, half to himself. “It might not hurt to talk to some people around here, right? Someone had to have seen them at one point or another.”

“We could give it a shot,” Techno nodded, pushing a strand of hair from his eyes. “What d’you think, Wilbur? It can’t hurt, I guess.”

Wilbur stood up, and Techno and Ranboo quickly followed suit. “Why not? Let’s go.”