#teleporting to / sparky

[calinafedora]

[Mimi teleports in front of Sparky's dog house. Curious, she crawls inside]

@littlest-lady-in-black

[Sparky perks up at the visitor, sniffing her curiously.]

[partycatty]

anything with Lord Raiden.... please.... GILF fuckers need something 😞

lord raiden > you unwind me

raiden can't seem to control himself... only when you're around.

warnings: idk it's kinda mushy ig, possibly ooc raiden. i played 8-12 and yet for some reason he's one of the hardest characters to recreate on paper.

notes: not stopping til we can power all of chicago.

[ masterlist ]

• you can't say you didn't notice how touchy he was, i mean, it was considerably obvious considering the distance he kept from the others.

• hands behind his back, posture straight, eyes down and concealed by the width of his hat. he was an enigma, yet you somehow made him twitch like no other.

• he was visibly unsettled around you, falling quiet with tight lips or even stuttering over his words momentarily before forgetting his mortal crowd.

• "if we were to attack from the northern border—" raiden's thick arm stretched past you, just barely brushing against your arm but his towering form sending warmth down your back.

• "excellent observation," his hand would fall to your shoulder, squeezing tight. you've had to pull away before his nails dig in on several occasions.

• "your form is off," the telltale indication of flirting in most men, his large hands on your hips as he corrects your mistakes in the thickest silence you've ever been in. jesus, does he even breathe?

• the smoky air of netherrealm flooded your senses, making you lose your momentum in the siege. raiden would often check on you from a distance as he obliterated demons and the like, but when he noticed a flying creature honing in on your position, he quickly teleported to your side and pulled you in close, teleporting you elsewhere on the battlefield. your body was significantly more... mortal than his. and with his incredible form, you were no more than chest height. the rest of the battle was a hot blur.

• you have also been a victim of electrocutions on multiple occasions, to the point where you almost had to host an intervention. he was so on edge around you, for a reason you couldn't pinpoint.

• "lord raiden," you welcomed yourself into the room with a bow, holding a metallic item he requested you retrieve. "i have the—" as he reaches out to grab whatever it was, the current from his fingertips reaches what felt like your entire nervous system and you jolted, yelping at the sudden shock.

• you'd walk into the surveillance room, hoping for an update on the spy cameras assembled at the black dragon's hideout. while it wasn't even raiden's priority, you observe that he stuck around anyway. you were dressed more down than unusual, relishing in the cool air on a hot summer day with a tank top with your work pants. when raiden locks eyes with you, the surveillance monitors go haywire, eventually blue screening. everyone knows who to blame.

• you can't really say you're opposed to it, either. he was a large man that was good with his hands, well-spoken, mature, what wasn't to like? he was the perfect eye candy during debriefings, though you knew better than to act on your little crush.

• "not sure what sparky's issue is over there," johnny murmured, pointing a thumb in raiden's direction. you both glance over, realizing raiden was quite literally doing nothing but standing there pretending to be useful. "he's short circuited more times than i can count in the last week alone. do you know how many monitors we've had to replace?"

• "it's hard being a protector of an entire realm," you attempt to justify his behavior. "you should talk to him."

• "yeah, because the god of thunder needs a therapist," johnny sarcastically chuckled, crossing his arms. "you give it a shot. he likes you."

• "he likes all of us," you defend yourself. "that's kind of his job." johnny shoots you a knowing look before turning to find cassie. you decide to take the moment of rare silence in the special forces to approach raiden with casual intent.

• "lord raiden," you smile politely, lowering your head for a moment. "on behalf of the special forces, i'd like to have a word with you." he gives you a hum of agreement, yet he's the one that grabs your arm and pulls you aside, out of earshot of others. he locks the door behind him as you two stand in the hallway.

• "er..." you feel yourself beginning to sweat, the seven foot tall man stares blankly at you, jaw clenched and arms crossed as he awaits your words. "i... we... have noticed a significant number of incidents pertaining to you or your powers. we were just wondering if everything is alright, and if you need anything, we—"

• "that is more than enough," raiden holds a hand out at you, and you swallow thickly as he uses your full name. a thunder god is not someone to be in trouble with. he pauses for a long time, eyes darting between yours. his lips part as he struggles to articulate his thoughts. "though i must admit i agree with your observations. i have been... unwound as of late."

• "unwound?" you repeat, perplexed at his wording. "is there something wrong, lord raiden?"

• he hums for a moment, lowering his head. "you will have to forgive me." your heart flutters at his usage of you, rather than the SF.

• "i do," your voice lowers into a more gentle tone and you feel the human urge to place a comforting hand on his arm. when you try, though, you feel your hairs raise up the closer you get. "sorry." as you pull away, a flush to your cheeks, raiden grabs your hand and squeezes it a little too tightly. that funny feeling disappears, and is replaced by a new one.

• "i have been earthrealm's protector for billions of years," he starts after a long pause. "i have seen the horrors afflicted by corrupted gods, i have taken part in the bloodiest battles of mankind. i have gained it all, and lost it all."

• you're stone still, wondering where he's going with this sudden burst.

• "but nothing... nothing," he squeezes even harder. "has torn me apart, piece by piece, more than one... little mortal." the glow of his eyes feels like it burns into yours as your cheeks heat up.

• "i feel as if i have known for since the dawn of time," he confesses, his face eerily still. "you'll have to forgive my bluntness. this is not my strong suit."

• "what isn't?" you had a feeling, but you needed to hear it to be sure.

• "...feelings, i suppose," he averts his gaze, clearly turmoiled by this realization. "it's you. you unwind me."

• "...me?" you reply incredulously. sure, you liked him, but what the hell do you do when a thunder god confesses to you? "you like me?"

• "if that is how you choose to word it, then yes."

• "oh." your eyes focus on his hand enveloping yours so easily. it's a few moments before he tugs ever so slightly, and the static feeling returns to your skin.

• "forgive me," he insists again, a wave of shame overtaking him. "i suppose it was a ridiculous ask of you to return those feelings. i would advise for you to for—"

• "i like you, too," you mutter, never once envisioning the time where you'd have to say such a thing. "i just didn't... expect it from you."

• raiden never smiles, as kind of a man as he is. you had maybe seen it once or twice, but it never quite reached his eyes. this time, however, he was glowing more so than usual as his lips curled upward. at first, it looked strange on him, but it quickly warmed your heart to know that you struck a chord in him.

• "that... brings me joy," he admits, and you can tell he's physically restraining himself from a full-on grin.

• well, what now? you two fall silent for a moment, electricity (for once, not real electricity) coursing through your veins as you relish in the moment. you wonder if he's waiting for a kiss, or for you to say something. these internal questions are answered when he takes a step closer, looming over your figure. his hands can't quite figure out where to land, eventually settling on the sides of your face. he drinks in every detail, every crease and flutter of color in your eyes like he just might forget if he looks away.

• you raise yourself on your tippy toes, eyes flicking between his glowing pupils to his lips. just as you decide to close your eyes and move in for a kiss, you feel him physically pull you away.

• "not here," he gently insists, dropping his hands to slide down your arms and hold yours. "i would rather it be memorable."

• "i'm sure it'll be memorable anywhere," you insist, almost feeling desperate for a kiss from him. you wonder if it'll feel staticky. "if it's with you, i mean."

• "you're too kind," he runs his thumbs over your knuckles. "we have time, my dear. all the time we need."

• raiden wanted to take it slow, you assume. who knows when the last time he had feelings was, or if ever. mutually agreeing to keep things under wraps, you shake your giddy feelings and reenter the room with your coworkers, glancing up at raiden. his lip twitches though his face is stoic as always.

• "did he take it well?" johnny asks in a low voice. "or did he strike you down, or something?"

• "...he's fine," you try to wave it off, sweating at your temples. "peachy, actually."

• your eyes find raiden again, standing across the room. this time, he's not pretending to do anything. he's just staring back with a friendlier glint within the glow.

• "he seems in better spirits," johnny shrugs as he follows your gaze. "told you he liked you."

• "i guess you did."

[kusuguricafe]

Just a Little Longer - Squealing Santa 2K24

A/N: Happy holidays, @italeean! I hope you enjoy your gift 💚💛

Characters: lee!Xiao, ler!Aether

Summary: it's a surprise!

“Xiaooo~!”

*Poof!* “You called?”

“Hey, Xiao!” Aether greeted his boyfriend happily. He ran over to where the Yaksha had appeared.

“Why did you call me to the Inn?” Xiao asked. “Are you hurt?”

“Noo,” Aether replied, “I just wanted to see you.”

“Oh.” Xiao shifted awkwardly. “If you don’t need me, I should get going. See you later.”

“Wait, don’t-!” Aether reached out his arm, only to feel a puff of cool air in Xiao’s wake. “go… Ugh! Xiaoooooo!” He called again.

*Poof!* “What is it? Need something else?”

“No, but, can’t you take a brea-”

“Poof!*

“You’ve got to be kidding me! XIAO!”

“Wha-AAH!” As soon as Xiao reappeared, Aether tackled him to the ground. They wrestled and, eventually, Aether came out on top (literally). He straddled Xiao’s lap and pinned his arms above his head.

“What is wrong with you?” Xiao asked incredulously.

“What is wrong with you?? Can’t you stay with me a little while?”

“I really shouldn’t- Wait, Aether, wh-what’re you-?”

Dendro vines began to wrap around Xiao’s wrists, the ends tying themselves to the railing of the balcony. Now that his hands were free, Aether sat up and crossed his arms. “Hmph. You’re not going anywhere.”

“Aether, you don’t have to do this.”

“Apparently I do if I don’t want you to keep vanishing into thin air every two seconds! You’re going to give me your attention whether you like it or not.” Aether raised his hands with a devious look on his face. His fingertips began to flicker with small sparks of electro.

Xiao froze. He knew that look. But, how did Aether…?

“Y-you’re not gonna… Are you?”

“Not gonna what, Xiao?”

“T-tickle meEEEHEHE!” Damn it.

“Why, I’d be happy to!” Aether’s unbearably tickly fingers skittered up and down Xiao’s sides and all across his lower abdomen.

“St-staha! Stahahahahap! N-naahahahahaaat the spaHAHAhaharky fingers! PleheheheEEease!”

“What did you just say!?”

Xiao suddenly flushed a deep shade of red. “Th-the… B-brother Bosacius used to…”

“Ohh, you mean this?” Aether emphasized ‘this’ by vibrating his so-called sparky fingers into Xiao’s underarms.

“AAAAAHAHAHAA! NAHAHAHAHAT THEHEHERE! Ihihit’s soho bahahaAAAHAHA!”

“Guuji Yae taught me this. Said it drives Gorou up the wall. Bosacius used to do this to you?”

“YeaAHAHA! L-Like thahAHAHAHAHAT!”

“Aw~ Are the little Yaksha’s unprotected underarms suuuper ticklish?”

“SHUhuhUT UHUHUP! WhahAHAHAHAhyyy are you doing this?”

“Because you kept running away!”

“I wasn’t runneEEEEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“Right, sorry, teleporting away.”

“BEHE NAHAHAIIIHEHE! NAHAHAHAHAHAHAIICE!”

“I’ll be nice if you promise to stay.”

“B-but I have to- NAHAHAHAHA! PLEHEHEHEEHEHEASE NO MORE SPAHAHAHA- ELECTRAAAAHAHA! OKAY! OKAHAHAHAY!”

“Do you promise?”

“Ahah… I, I really should-”

“Just a little longer.” Aether looked like he was about to tear up. “Please?”

Xiao couldn’t refuse those eyes. “Alright, alright. I’ll stay a bit longer. I promise.”

Aether lit up. He released Xiao’s wrists and pulled him up towards his chest to hug him. “Thank you,” Aether said, squeezing him tightly.

Xiao wrapped his arms around Aether in return. “I love you,” he said softly.

Aether squeezed Xiao even tighter. “I love you too.”

They stayed like that for a few moments, enjoying each other’s warmth and comfort.

“Hey, Aether, thahat, aah, tihickles…”

“Mmn… Does it?” Aether’s lips vibrated against Xiao’s neck.

“Yeahaha… W-wahahait, I thought you were done tihihEHE!”

“But you like back scratches… and neck kisses… Don’t you?”

“I-I do buhut! Ehehe! Ahahahaaah hahaha haahaha!”

“Hehe, Xiao’s so sensitive… Mwah mwah mwah!”

“Yohou’re ridiculous.”

As promised, the two stayed together the rest of the night.

[sairenharia]

Of Hedgehogs, Chaos, and the Warrior's Heart

So here is the thing.

We don't know why Longclaw wanted to hide Sonic.

Sonic 3 spoilers ahead.

So upon rewatching the movies and Knuckles miniseries before movie three, this thought has been niggling my brain. Why was Longclaw hiding Sonic. We know Longclaw wanted to hide Sonic for his power, and the first real thought is his superspeed.

Except, when you think about it, superspeed is rather hard to use against a person's will and one of the harder people to contain. Freedom of movement is necessary for full usage, and if you have a speedster with freedom of movement, they can do a lot of things to escape. And really, what do you use it for? Super soldier, maybe, but it gets into that containment thing. Have in a hamster ball forever? Sure, but how do you keep him running and keep him optimal?

When it comes down to it, being used for his speed doesn't warrant Longclaw's actions.

Longclaw wanted an apprentice for the Master Emerald and selected Sonic for being superpowered? Well, possible, but that would mean Longclaw was doing EXACTLY what she was warning Sonic to watch out for. More over, its a pretty terrible thing for Longclaw to DO. If protecting the Master Emerald required isolation, that is a terrible thing to do to a child, especially a child as extroverted and friendly as Sonic is. So no, I don't think Longclaw's hiding away of Sonic had anything to do with the Master Emerald. I think she had ANOTHER reason and since she was already raising and isolating this kid anyway, might as well have him as the guardian after her. The Master Emerald duty was one of convenience, not intent.

So Sonic isn't wanted for his superspeed or his relation to the Master Emerald.

So obviously, I'm getting at his unlimited power source quills and EMP abilities. Or at least what they indicate.

Because let's be real, those abilities are weird. Those are not base Sonic abilities. Whatever is going on is something different from usual canon.

Now, a seemingly infinite power source like the quills able to grant things superspeed is definitely a hell of a thing people would want.

Then there's the sticking point.

Because Knuckles has the same thing going on. Why didn't Knuckles need to be isolated?

Especially as the Prequill comic implies Sonic is a known entity to a certain degree. His speed is well known despite his being a child at the time. Longclaw is known. Tails knows a fair bit about their relationship and what Sonic could do as a child. Sonic, himself, was a KNOWN entity as a toddler.

Which is weird because he wasn't doing heroics then as far as we know.

What is the difference between Knuckles and Sonic. And it was driving me up the wall because Longclaw is hiding Sonic for some reason, and Knuckles was allowed to run free, and the power ups isn't a Mobian thing in general, because Tails has yet to be a sparky sparky LED eyeballs with fur that grants superpowers.

And then we saw Amy Rose.

And the Metal Sonics.

And a lot of things started clicking into place, including a lot of weird things that have cropped up along the way.

The Metal Sonics teleported in as an army. Now generally Metal Sonic is made by Robotnik, but he didn't really have time to do that. More over, why is Amy here in time to deal with them at all. If Robotnik survived the Eclipse Cannon exploding (and let's be hones,t he almost definitely did), Tom is still injured. We max a few months after the Eclipse Cannon and Robotnik probably needs to recover himself.

So I don't believe he's the one who made Metal Sonic in this universe.

So the question is who.

And why.

First weird thing: The Scavengers. Here is the weird thing about the Scavengers. They dress as birds. They're not bird people and it seems the Owls may have made the same path as the Echidnas.

The scavengers, and the Metal Sonics are working in the same vein. Because its known that Sonic was raised by an Owl. Dressing as birds could be a ploy to put Sonic into a false sense of security, lower his guard for them to get the jump. The same for designing the Metal Sonics that way. They want to put Sonic into a false of security.

But that is a lot of work for a Hedgehog that they may or may not know is still alive. Its been years and he was on his own as a literal child.

Weird thing number two. Tails calls Sonic a legend. Why? Because by that point, literally the only thing of note that we know of Sonic that he's done is hide away most of his life and fight ONE guy with a moderately sized robot and stopped some petty crime. Now at first this could just be Tails seeing someone weird being cool getting some hero worship, but we see in the Prequill that Longclaw's home is considered a sacred site.

And we see Tails is cracking chaos energy. Sonic was confused for a place destroyed by chaos energy.

Weird thing number three. Knuckles and Tails say Sonic and Shadow look alike, which is weird when they would be around more mobians and aliens in general. Sonic looking at another Hedgehog and thinking 'they look like me' tracks because Sonic doesn't remember seeing another Hedgehog. If you see a pack of wolves, you're gonna think they all look the same until you're around the pack enough to tell the difference. Knuckles and Tails should be able to tell the difference, while the Hedgehogs are new to seeing any pack.

Weird thing number four. Knuckles says its impossible. That's a weird word to describe meeting another Hedgehog. They knew they were going to see an alien. Why not another Hedgehog? What about Hedgehogs makes it such a surprise?

Why does Longclaw need to hide Sonic?

Because Hedgehogs are hunted down.

The Scavengers dress as birds because there is a long history of Owls trying to protect Hedgehogs.

The Metal Sonics are Metal Hedgehogs, with a paint job because they're aware of Sonic's existence, so they made it more specific.

Amy is dressed like a survivor type because she is being hunted down too and she has to keep herself covered up and she's on Earth to protect some fellow Hedgehogs.

Why is Knuckles different from Sonic (and Shadow)?

The Echidnas may not be so different and that's why their numbers were decimated since not ALL of them should be hunting down the Master Emerald. A lot of Echidna's might have died in pursuit of power, but they may be close enough to Hedgehogs that they get tracked down for either use or destruction.

But they're not as scary as Hedgehogs.

Because Hedgehogs can access Chaos Energy with ease and Echidnas have to work at it.

We know in the Knuckles Miniseries that Knuckles knows he's had chaos energy all his life, but he wasn't able to access it. Not without training and hard work and a warrior's heart.

Sonic and Shadow, we know, never had a day of training in their lives before they were going nuclear.

Echidnas are a crafted blade.

Hedgehogs are a lake of gasoline.

Longclaw needed to hide Sonic because he was a Hedgehog and someone wanted Hedgehogs either to use or destroy. Hedgehogs in the wild are rare enough that his natural abilities were taken stock of.

Sonic is a legend because, by being a Hedgehog, he is destined to be something powerful. He was weird. He was unique. He was amazing. And he choose to help people with these abilities and that's why Tails considered him a legend.

(There is also a possibility there is just straight up a prophecy and Tails hasn't quite caught on how much Longclaw did NOT tell Sonic things. A bit of a 'this is a normal fact to Knuckles and Tails so it doesn't enter their minds Sonic DOESN'T know it' but that is very speculative without a lot of evidence to go off of.)

Circling back to the idea of the Warrior's Heart and the importance of the Hedgehogs we see.

Here is the thing, Sonic the Hedgehog has established that the power of friendship/family/love is, in fact, a thing that happens. We see Sonic go from on the floor to fighting Robotnik with the Wachowski's and town reaching out. We see the Chaos Emeralds react in face of a familial love. We see Knuckles go from the ground and drained to raring to go for his home. We see Sonic get the upper hand on Shadow when his love for Tom is provoked, and we see Shadow use his love for Maria to move the Eclipse Cannon.

And throughout the series we see a human do an act of superhuman ability without any aid of technology or magic gems a grand total of once.

Wade Whipple.

In Flames of Disaster, he does a standing jump inside of the cage, through the roof, several feet above it, and land without getting seriously hurt. While we may not know the exact material of the roof and it looks like cardboard, the standing jump is not a realistic human feat, let alone for Wade Whipple.

But he was selected to be the inheritor of the Echidna's way. Sure, his selection may have also been about getting Knuckles to live his life, but I think his selection was two pronged. One part was to help Knuckles learn to live his life, but another was Wade had a potential.

Chaos Energy.

How much, who knows, but it was enough that when Wade figured out how to connect to the Warrior's Heart, he was able to access that power he had to jump through the roof.

And Wade's journey is about trying to be good enough for his dad. The daddy issues were real. He wants to prove he's a warrior, prove he's good enough, to be able to reach his dad again. That was his motivation for his way of the warrior.

Connection is key for chaos energy.

Which makes it funny because the used of a lot of it have largely been those who experienced great loneliness.

Which can also go a long way to explain why the quills retain their power. Because the quills are weird. The quills being pulled off should mean they're dead tissue so while retaining some energy for a while isn't such a hard thing to believe, we know they can last one to fifty years with no problem. And that is base Hedgehogs. That points to an active connection with the quills. Which also goes along with Sonic's quills lighting up when he gets worked up.

Which goes into the Elephant in the room.

What's the deal with Shadow?

He wasn't created by GUN or Gerald. He may have been a natural born Hedgehog for all we know. But here is where we get into theories.

Because the other known factor for Shadow's creation is Black Arms.

And why I think Hedgehogs are hunted down.

And why Longclaw focused so hard on Sonic's heart and to not let himself be used.

And why GUN got real lucky Maria existed in the first place.

My firs thought is Black Arms like to target Hedgehogs for infection. Usage. Hedgehogs are so intune with Chaos Energy, they're prime candidates to convert into their hivemind and Shadow was the first experiment into that. Make him the hybrid.

Which may be the case.

A friend mine proposed another theory that feels more secure in what we've seen.

Hedgehogs ARE Black Arms.

Chaos reacts to connections. It doesn't have to be a positive, it just has to strong. The want to protect family, the home, tradition, is just as strong as grief, vengeance, and loneliness. Connection is the key.

Much like a hivemind.

And it would explain why the quills are active so long. To tap into chaos is to tap into a hivemind and then every part of someone becomes part of the entity. The quills don't lose charge because they continue to LIVE, even if they don't have THOUGHTS.

Its also why the quills so READILY give out their powers to others. Knuckles grants strength. Sonic grants speed. Shadow just grants pure, unfiltered power.

Its also why Sonic and Knuckles are able to absorb their power back from stolen quills or energy drains.

Maybe its why Shadow survived the Eclipse Cannon, its his power, he just needed to be able to absorb it again.

They're calling back the power from a hivemind.

It may be why Knuckles can see ghosts of his ancestors, because they have accepted this lowkey hivemind when they embrace chaos.

Other creatures need to work to achieve this state. To connect to Chaos, to have all of their body alive with chaos, and potentially connect to other in Chaos.

Hedgehogs are scary because they don't need to work for it.

Sonic didn't want to knock out the power in several states and a sattelite. He just wanted so desperately to connect to anyone, his powers reacted and called out anyone who was interested in him.

Shadow, despite his introverted nature and treatment from the scientists, connected hard with Maria and she became the light in his life. A light that caused madness in its absence until he formed an empathetic connection that let him see it could still exist.

And then there's Amy Rose, known advocate for all things love and friendship.

Hedgehogs have two ways they can go.

They can become the Black Arms, who are going to be scary, dangerous beings in the galaxy, enough to warrant scavengers to disguise as birds to put them at ease whether or not they're looking for them specifically. To warrant a robot army.

Black Arms who lean hard into the hivemind, the connection to others, to lead them to take and take and take for the betterment of themselves.

Or, what the Owls have discovered, if they can get to Hedgehogs early enough, they can teach them to love and care in a less destructive way. Perhaps something they learned in their long standing feud with the Echidnas, who have tapped into the power, but remained more sane than Black Arms. Their hearts can be good and pure. They don't need to let others use them for their powers. They can be an individual and remain free, even if their quills are in the hivemind.

Teach Hedgehogs to be good people who can do great things, as long as they are allowed to make decisions for themselves. Instead of being used by the larger group.

Shadow may be a hybrid. He may have been just someone who converted early into the state of Black Arms, but crashing into Earth cut him off.

But either way, whatever is going on with Hedgehogs, I'm pretty sure they are indeed an endangered species.

[zhe-lazy-fox]

Replaying Totk made my brain go brrrrrrr with a swaperoo au between Link and Zelda.

So have a Dragon Link! He's the smallest of the dragons, even the light dragon if put side by side is bigger than him.

I'm unsure what kind of power he would have as a dragon, i keep thinking time since he has his focus when firing arrows and the flurry rush thing that slows time for him, so what if his flight pattern is a bit sporadic and he will just appear/vanish out of thing air and a bunch of sparks (similar to the teleportation animation but more sparky)

The general idea i have for the au is that Zelda will focus on learning more about her light powers, like for example infusing/channelling it into weapons/arrows in order to fight, so the shrines are mostly her training grounds to learn and get stronger with the shrines lights.

She's not as run headfirst into danger as Link is, but she will do most of the same things as him (side adventures/quests).

The whole potential Link sightings are even more chaotic... because not many really know what Link looks like.

Meanwhile Link end sup in the past where Rauru and Sonia helps him recover, he still looses his arm, but get's a pretty nifty Zonai prosthetic sadly it couldn't come with when he swallowed the secret stone.

I'm still unsure how much i want to change the canon for this au... but it is bubbling on the back burner wanting attention.

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

May I request Sparky!Reader comforting Max, assuming she possesses Shadow Freddy or a different animatronic?

After Max woke up in the Shadow Freddy suit..she was frightened, for a lack of better term.

She remembers only the break-in, following a small boy backstage, staring into the mouth of Freddy....and seeing the bodies of her brother and friends stuffed into various suits beside her.

Except for Carl, whose face was mangled to the point of being unrecognizable.

When you finally greet her, she's understandably confused about her situation (and why Sparky the Dog was talking to her) until your ghost explains what exactly happened and how this was her "new body" forever.

She's utterly distraught. "No....why would you do this to me?? I didn't hurt anyone-"

"Maybe not, but you let your friends tear this place apart...it wouldn't be fun if I went to your home and started breaking things, right?"

Max goes quiet after that, although you can tell that she genuinely feels remorseful, wishing she never went along with the plan.

You'll admit that what Gabriel/Freddy did was unexpected and made a huge mess that you were annoyed with, so you can forgive her to an extent.

You can't really say that the others will agree, however.

As she slowly adjusts to her new life within Shadow Freddy, she feels phantom pains all across her stomach/midsection (precisely where she was bitten in half and had both parts subsequently shoved into the suit).

You assure Max that's a normal sensation.

Like Golden Freddy (and SF's game counterpart), she can disappear at will, teleport, and cause the electronics in the pizzeria to malfunction.

Has NO clue how she does it tbh.

Soon she learns you were one of the older missing kids who saw something they shouldn't have....and, welp, you became Sparky.

She feels terrible for all of you, especially you.

When Mike and Abby visit the pizzeria, she prefers to keep herself hidden in the dark, still feeling far too guilty to face them.

How could she when she was part of Jane's plot to gain custody over her niece?

[dragons-bones]

FFXIV Write Entry #19: Levinstorm

Prompt: taken || Master Post || On AO3

A/N: *poking at the list of intransitive phrases "taken" is a part of* ho-hum, so many possibilities, what to--ah. ahhhh. "taken sick."

*digs out idea from when she first ran through Dawntrail*

...oh right, spoilers for Dawntrail. :D

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“We’ve got incoming!” Krile called out.

Synnove whirled on the ball of her foot, grimoire at the ready, and sucked in a breath. A battalion of Everkeep sentries and aerostats marched towards the Solution Nine aetheryte plaza from the Residential Sector, the heavy stomp of their movements ringing out against the electrope walkways. The civilians clustered behind them began screaming in alarm.

“Gods be good, that’s a lot,” Lamaty’i breathed out, even as she brought her axe to bear and settled into a defensive stance. Heron joined her, grim but determined.

“There are still civilians on True Vue,” Sphene said, hands clutched to her chest as she watched aerostats fly overhead. “We won’t be able to reach them in time!”

Synnove’s carbuncles joined the defensive line with herself and the others, warily watching the slow but inexorable advance of the machina soldiers. As Alisaie spoke further down the line, however, a wiggling in the pouch on her hip—one with a void storage metafold installed—caught her attention. Since the carbuncles wouldn’t let her be caught unaware, she risked looking down, just in time to see Amandina pop her head out of the pouch in question.

The ward Synnove and the others had devised had worked to alleviate the worst of the levin-overload that Amandina experienced within Alexandrian borders, but the black pearl carbuncle was still not her usual self. Listless, constantly napping, only crawling out of the metafold pouch to burrow her face into Synnove’s neck for cuddles and aether-siphoning. Her little girl looked up at her now with still-crusty eyes, but her face was set into a determined scrunch.

Mommy, Mommy, I can help, Amandina said. Even her aetheric harmonic gave the impression of congestion, and Synnove felt terrible at how heartbreakingly adorable a stuffy-nosed carbuncle sounded. I have an idea.

She was trying to crawl out of the pouch and Synnove hurriedly knelt so Amandina could use her thigh as support without the risk of falling. Roksana’s head popped out of the pouch once Amandina was clear, her ears wriggling excitedly.

Amandina carefully sat up on Synnove’s thigh and put one paw on each of her cheeks. Mommy, Amandina said seriously, take the levin-ward down.

“What? No,” Synnove bit out, trying to gather the carbuncle up into her arms, but Amandina kept eeling under her arms and hands. “You’re even worse inside Everkeep, I am not putting you at risk—”

Mommy, I can HELP, Amandina warbled. It doesn’t need to be down for even five minutes, and I’ll get really staticky and sparky and it’ll be enough that I can knock out all the machina and then you can put the ward back up and I can take another nap!

“Sweetheart, you don’t have any combat capabilities yet, you’re too small,” Synnove said, fighting down the panic rising inside her. Shite shite shite, she really should have finished the suite of upgrades before they left for the New World—

Mommy, I can do it! Amandina’s little face was stubbornly determined in a way that Synnove had never seen before.

Indecision clawed at her heart, as she looked first from the black pearl carbuncle to the still-advancing machina.

“Synnove, it’s worth a chance,” G’raha said quietly. “At worst, she can teleport right back to Roksana’s side, and with these numbers, any help will get us to True Vue faster.”

Synnove closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath, then heaving it out again. “Fuck,” she breathed softly. Then, louder, “Fuck. Fine. Roksana—”

She looked down towards her hip, but the white pearl carbuncle had already dived back in and returned with a bottle of enchanted ink in her mouth. Synnove sighed again, and worked the cork free, then held out her hand. Roksana’s eyes narrowed as she concentrated—the ink was liquid but the water content wasn’t high—but within a few seconds, a stream of glittering black ink slithered free like a serpent. It splashed onto her open palm, and once sufficiently doused, Synnove snapped her fingers.

An array flashed across both her palm and the back of her hand, and thus prepared, Synnove plunged her hand down into Amandina.

The carbuncle’s side rippled as the aether comprising her physical form obediently allowed her summoner access to the code that floated in the heart of her. Amandina giggled as Synnove wiggled her fingers, up to her mid-forearm. Levin-ward, levin-ward, where did it go—there.

With a twist of her fingers, she disabled the ward, and withdrew her hand.

Almost immediately, Amandina drooped, and what little purple iridescence was in her fur dimmed to nothing. She jumped down to the ground with a wobble and took a big, snotty snorting sniff.

Blergh, she said, somehow even more congested than she was not even ten seconds ago.

“Amandina,” Synnove said gently, “you don’t have to do this,”

I can help, she insisted. Levin began to crackle along her ears and tails.

Synnove moaned low in her chest as Tyr leaned into her side and Rere hugged her from the other. She watched, heart in her throat, as Amandina shook her head, levin now crackling all along her body, and began a wobbly run towards the oncoming battalion. Purple glowed and pulsed around her, and somehow, the little black pearl carbuncle began to pick up speed.

[Alert: levin in Junior Construct Amandina approaching critical levels,] Ipomoea said in her bland voice.

Synnove whimpered.

Now is not the time, Galette hissed.

But then all of their heads swiveled as a sound from ahead got their attention.

Ah—

Heron swore, and lunged forwards, the wings of Passage of Arms growing around her and snapping open protectively as she took point. “G’raha!” she snapped.

“Oh, shite,” the archon said, darting forward to join her with his own Passage wings.

AH—

Amandina was almost at the front line of the advancing sentries and all that could be seen of her was a bright ball of levin, crackling so loudly now that thunder began to quietly rumble. And out of the corner of her eye, Synnove spotted Ipomoea turn to regard Sphene with an oddly shrewd look. Then the sapphire carbuncle reached out, and tapped the foot of the Alexandrian queen.

Sphene yelped as she began floating, a round shield completely encompassing her.

ACHOO!!!

Synnove slammed her eyes shut, ducking down over Rere’s head, but her vision still went white as levin exploded outward in a wave. The ground shook as thunder roared in its wake, and for multiple heartbeats, Synnove was blind and deaf to the world.

When her senses returned, spots danced in her vision and her ears rang like cymbals.

“Holy fucking shite,” Rereha croaked.

“What?” she said, voice raised.

“What?” Rere said back. She thought.

The former battalion of Everkeep sentries and aerostats was now a smoking pile of electrope; the front lines that had taken the full brunt of the explosion of levin were utterly obliterated, and the only units that remained fully intact, if deactivated, were at the back. A glance around, however, showed that the lights of the Residential District had gone dark, as had the holographic displays of the Nexus Arcade close to the aetheryte plaza. In fact, the only thing that still seemed operational on this level of Solution Nine was the aetheryte itself.

And Queen Sphene, as Ipomoea flicked her ears and the shield around her dissipated. Sphene landed with a soft click of her heels and she stared, jaw slightly slack. “Oh, dear,” she whispered. G’raha, meanwhile, was pushing himself back to his feet, and Heron was hauling a dazed Lamaty’I up as Krile, Alisaie, and Alakhai began checking the civilians.

Roksana crawled out of the hip pouch, and made a motion as if she was biting on something, and yanked. A small, black form shot through the air, and Synnove scrambled upright to catch Amandina as the carbuncle thumped into her sternum. She still had aetheric ink on her hand, so with another finger snap, she was shoving her hand into Amandina and turning the levin-ward back on.

Amandina’s sniffle was less snotty. Oops, she said, peering with half-open eyes at the darkness of the Nexus Arcade. Sorry.

Synnove laughed wetly and dug out a handkerchief, holding it up to Amandina’s nose. “No, you’re not,” she said.

Amandina HONKED into the handkerchief obediently, wiped her nose on a clean spot, and then sniffled again.

No, she grumbled, crawling up Synnove to tuck into the comfort of her neck. This place sucks.

[cayteecat]

@axinordna Thank you for asking!!!!! My favorite power I came up with is that she can just Explode. Based on Alastors shadow sneak and that little sparky teleport thing Vox can do.

She can blow up and transfer herself a few feet away. When shes older she can probably travel further distances and stay dissappeared for longer.

More under cut!!

- Virus powers is a big one. One of her main themes, she has the ability to infect and break most technology. Some control over electricity and technology as well.

- She also has audio based attacks, Using sound as an actual weapon or to manipulate/hypnotise similar to how Vox can.

- Like Alastor she has a high intimidation factor and powerful demon form.

- Prehensile pigtails! They work similar to Alastor's shadow tentacles. When elements of her demon form are coming up some wires come out of the hair too, adding an electric element.

i totally made a list of powers and left it somewhere lol. I think I got em all?? A lotta the powers are not as present or controlled when shes baby,, chaos

[terracottcake]

it’s been years since I’ve drawn sans. I’ve lost interest in the community a long time ago. But hey i can still draw him! here’s spark or sparky both are ok. He’s the only monster in his AU a solitary guy. He uses his POP (like calls them) to teleport and sap others. His fire eye is a fizzling power of wonder and hallucination. His attacks are more secret and he hangs around three of his friends.

pseudo-Ink, lancersans (sans lancer. Any order) and the watcher. (More on them later. If they peak interest. They probs won’t)

[castawaycat]

The Tales of a Little Tiger: Chapter 17- A Whole New World

Summary: Y/n finds herself in the arms of a new mama.

In an instant the portal had closed and taken you with it. Wanda and Nat lost their minds as they screamed and cried for you. Helen and Bruce ran in disheveled form from what they had just witnessed. 

“Where the hell is she? Where is Y/n?! Oh god, where the fuck is our baby!” Wanda screamed as she felt like she was reliving losing the twins all over again. 

Natasha was losing her shit as she cursed in Russian and demanded answers. The only problem was that no one had any answers to give. Angry and terrified tears fell down her cheeks as she reached down and picked up Tigey who had fallen on the floor. “My baby. My sweet girl, where are you?” She asked into Tigey’s fur as she brought him up to her face taking in your scent. 

The room was swarmed with Avengers and Nick Fury who were doing their best to get more information about what had happened. Yelena did her best to comfort her sister who had gone from screaming to rocking back and forth in the corner of the room clutching your tiger to her chest. 

Wanda looked to be doing the same as Natasha; but she was actually doing her best to not turn to the tome for answers. She could feel her dark chaotic magic sizzling at her fingertips. All she could think of was looking for you the same way she found the twins. 

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You cried as blue magic spiraled around you along with particles of the hospital room that you were just in. You felt dizzy and lost and you just wanted your mama’s. You squinted as you saw a portal in the shape of a star open up within your own portal. 

A girl with short brown hair screamed and cried as she blasted into your portal. You were both crying for your moms. The girl looked terrified but seemed to calm down when she locked eyes with you. 

The girl had brown eyes but along the iris of her eyes were blue stars that were electrifying to look at. She reached out her hand to you and gave a weak smile when you grasped her hand tightly. 

You didn’t know how long you were spinning around in your portal, but it felt like eternity and you were starting to feel nauseous. The girl pulled you into her arms and you felt better knowing that you weren’t alone. 

Your eyes drooped shut as you leaned your head on the girl's shoulder and thought about the warmth of being in your mama Wanda’s and mama Nat’s arms. 

The portal came to a standstill before teleporting the both of you to an unknown dimension. 

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Tommy and Billy ran around in their backyard playing with their dog Sparky. Sparky yipped and barked as he could sense something otherworldly about to happen. 

“What’s wrong, boy?” Tommy asked as he bent down to pet his dog and reassure him. Sparky only ever barked when he and his brother played too rough. 

Billy’s eyes grew big as a bright blue portal opened up in their backyard and dropped a girl holding a baby onto their lawn. “Tommy, go get mom!” He said with fear laced in his voice. 

The portal closed and the girl held you close to her chest as she backed away from the two boys who were watching her closely. She had only met you, but she was protective of you. “Stay away.” Her voice quivered as she backed herself up against the white picket fence. 

“Boys!” Wanda yelled as she came outside to see what all the yelling was. Vision followed behind her. Their eyes grew big at seeing you crying in the girls arms.

Vision walked over to his boys, “let’s go inside, boys. Mom will get everything sorted. Come on Sparky.” 

Wanda took a deep breath to calm down as she kneeled down in front of the girl with starlight eyes. “I’m not going to hurt you. You’re safe. My name is Wanda. What’s yours?” 

Before the girl could answer you made grabby hands towards the woman in front of you and babbled, “mama!” You didn’t understand that the Wanda in front of you wasn’t your mama. 

Wanda was taken aback as she looked at you confused. When she stretched her arms towards you, the girl pulled you closer to her chest. She frowned a bit by the girl's hesitancy to trust, but could sympathize with how scared the girl must be.

It took some time for the girl to relax enough to walk inside Wanda’s house. She couldn’t figure out why you kept reaching for the woman with red hair. In a scared fragile voice the girl spoke, “I don’t know where she came from. All I know is that… my magic opened a portal and when I opened my eyes there was a baby in front of me. I just want my moms and I think she does too.” 

Wanda sat in front of the girl and gave her full attention. “Thank you for telling me what happened. I know all of this must be very scary. You can stay here with us until we figure out how to get you both back home.” She could tell that the girl was still holding back a lot of information, but for now she would have to earn her trust. 

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Vision ran to the store to grab baby products as it had been a while since the boys were that young. He got a lot of weird looks from the people in town, but paid them no mind. 

The girl had finally handed you over to Wanda and had inched closer to Sparky who was curious to make a new friend. 

Billy kneeled down in front of the girl and petted Sparky, “it’s okay. He doesn’t bite.” 

Tommy chuckled, “unless you’re the mailman.” 

The girl smiled as she reached out and pet Sparky. Her shoulders relaxed as the two boys talked to her and showed her all of their toys. 

Wanda held you in her arms and inspected you. She noticed that you were dressed in a hospital gown with little tigers on it. She also noted that you felt warm to the touch. “Who are you little one?” 

You became fussy as you quickly realized that the woman holding you looked like your mama, but she was not. “Mama! Mama!” Big tears fell down your face as you rubbed your tired eyes. 

Wanda went into mommy mode and rocked you in her arms. She didn’t know who you belonged to, but for now she would care for you as if you were her own. “It’s okay. We’re going to find your mama. She felt relieved when her husband walked through the door carrying bags of groceries. 

Billy and Tommy helped Vision set up one of their old cribs and high chairs, “Dad, are you and mom gonna adopt them? Are we going to have sisters?” Billy asked in a hushed voice.

Vision thought about his son’s questions and answered carefully, “Mom and I are going to work real hard to find their parents; but for now they are going to stay with us. I need both of you to treat them real nice, because right now they are both feeling scared. Can you do that for your mom and me?” 

Both boys nodded their heads as they hugged their dad after setting everything up. 

Everyone sat at the table eating dinner. You had mashed potatoes all over your face as you ate happily. You were still confused as to where your mama’s were, but you were safe. 

Quietly the girl spoke up as the room quieted down, “my name is America Chavez.”

[dearest-painter]

Revolting children! PT.1

Summary:Electro’s child (Jamie Foxx version) is a spider man/child…when a portal opens up they meet old and new people who want them as their family making them realize they’ll never be safe

TW/CW:Yandere behavior, unhealthy behavior, unhealthy relationship,abusive behavior,abusive relationship,Jamie Foxx’s Electro is used bc he’s my favorite!,Reader got their spider powers at 10 years old and is now 15-16,Reader talks to themselves,very out of character characters,this is a series,Reader own a pet rat name Remi whose basically like Sebastian from Suicide squad 2,Reader doesn’t know about the spider society,Reader is the same as Miles aka both got bit by a spider that wasn’t from their universe/wasn’t meant for them,a shit load of time skips,tell me if I need to add more

PT.2

Waking up in your bed you could sense something was wrong…it looks like your hide out in Miles’s universe. Soon you got up and went to look outside then sighed. “God damn it im back here…Where’s pops? Rem you seen him?” Remi shook his head no until the door opened and you saw Miles staring at you. “Hey…” “HOW ARE YOU HERE!?” “IM NOT SURE! ONE MINUTE I WAS ASLEEP ON MY BED AND NOW IM HERE! WHAT THE FUCK!”

Miles sat down beside running a hand over his face and you confused on how the hell you got here. “Maybe your a mutant? You did say that your mom had some powers to teleport to different universes so maybe you got them?” “I doubt but that is an option…I’ll just stay here until I find a way home” Miles nodded his head as you two sat in silence. It was very peaceful and you liked it a lot.

Soon you and miles got up and decided to walk around town. “You know I was planning on visiting I just wasn’t sure how to get to ya” “understandable, I’d be more surprised if you open a portal in the middle of my room” “sounds like me, hey how is Gwen? She said she’d visit us but I haven’t heard or seen her” Miles sighed sadly which you knew that he was in the same case as you, you honestly found Miles and Gwen adorable with each other. They seemed like they’d have a long lasting relationship or get into a long relationship. “She hasn’t visit or talk to me, I know it can be tricky but she’s done it in the past but recently she just stopped” “hey at least you get to see her, she hasn’t even visit me!”

Miles chuckled sadly knowing you were right, he’d thought Gwen visit you as she said she did and spoke of all these fun events with you that made him jealous. He sorta hates that Gwen was lying, if she didn’t do all those things with you then…who was she actually with? He didn’t let it show as he’s just happy to see you after so long. “You still got your sparky?” “Of course! What about you Y/N? Still got your magic touch?” “Bitch please…of course I do!” Miles chuckled a bit ruffling you hair as you swatted at his hand.

He’s kinda happy that only he’s been able to see you after so long. It makes him have so much pride in his chest! He’s clearly your favorite now as he’s the only other Spider-Man you’ve seen after so long!

[beastkeeper91]

Mattholomule

(My Hazbinsona)

[Name]

•Mattholomule

[True Name]

• Matthew

[Nicknames]

• Matt

• The Crimson Ripper (Alias)

• The Fear Demon (Title)

• Maniac Matt (By his bullies)

• Sweetie, My little cupcake (By Charlie)

• Matty, Squirt, Little Nerd (By Cherri)

• Pipsqueak, Twerp, Loony Boy, Sparky, Kid, Dork (By Angel)

• Kid (By Husk)

• Kiddo, Sweetheart, Mijho (By Vaggie)

• Little Rascal, My Dear Boy, Sport (By Alastor)

• Youngman (Sir Pentious)

• Bloodthirsty Brat (By Vox)

• Blazing Inferno, Goat Boy, Homicidal Maniac (By Velvette)

• Psychotic Prick, Troublesome Little Shit (By Valentino)

• Darling (By Rosie)

• Little Fella (By Mimzy)

• Forsaken Child, Filthy Brat (By Lute)

• Fucking Dweeb (By Adam)

[Species]

• Human (Formerly).

• Sinner Demon.

[Age]

• 18.

[Gender]

• Male.

[Sexuality]

• Pansexual.

[Date of Birth]

• September 14th, 2003.

[Date of Death]

• August 5th, 2022.

[Sins]

• Wrath and Gluttony.

[Cause of Death]

•Smoke suffocation.

[Likes]

• Animals, Murder, Torture, Killing those who he deemed "guilty", The Color Red, Fire, His adoptive parents, His Friends, Pain, His stuffed bear "Teddy", Marijuana, Pizza, Sweets, Video Games, Reading, Listening to Music, Drawing, Snuff Films, Vintage Antiques, History, Halloween, Mythology, Sci-Fi, Horror, Cooking, Helping Others, Swimming.

[Dislikes]

• Loud Noises, Crowded Areas, Summer, Hardcore Drugs, Hardcore Parties, Alcohol, Gambling, Someone taking his things without permission, Innocent people getting hurt, His friends & family getting hurt, Bigots, Animal Cruelty, Bullies, Pedos, Rapists, Perverts, Pornography, Needles, Angel Dust's Pranks and Insults, The Vees, Katie Killjoy, The Exorcists, Adam & Lute, Heaven's Hypocrisy.

[Friends]

• Charlie

• Vaggie

• Angel Dust (Sometimes)

• Husk (Sometimes)

• Alastor (Sometimes)

• Sir Pentious

• Egg Bois

• Niffty

• Rosie (acquainted)

• Zestial (acquainted)

• Carmilla Carmine (acquainted)

• Cherri Bomb (Sometimes)

• Emily

• Teddy (His stuffed bear)

• Kodak (OC)

• Giggles (OC)

• Viscera (OC)

[Enemies]

• Adam

• Lute

• Velvette

• Valentino

• Vox

• Mimzy

• Katie Killjoy

• Helsa Von Eldritch

• Seviathan Von Eldritch

[Crush]

• Viscera (OC)

[Family]

• Melanie (Mom)

• Joseph (Grandpa; Deceased)

• Charlie & Vaggie (Adoptive Parents)

[Personality]

•Kind Hearted, Respectful, Polite, Generous, Protective, Sensitive, Enthusiastic, Sympathetic, Friendly, Anxious, Psychotic, Sadistic, Homicidal, Obsessive.

[Physical Description]

• Normal Form: An average and short body with light-grey skin and forty tallymark scars, curly desert sand-colored hair along with two black horns, red eyes with a white sclera, including a third eye, black-hoofed feet, and distinguished fangs that stick out from his lips.

• Full Demon Form: A slender and tall body with red glowing tallymarks all-over,dark flaming hair with black elongated horns, elongated fingers and limbs with the legs being bended back, elongated claws, a long prehensile tail, a red eye located on his chest, black spike protrusions on his body, fully red eyes with a black pupil, and a wide mouth having complete rows of vicous sharp teeth.

[Height]

• 5"11 (Normal Form)

• 10"11 (Full Demon Form)

[Disabilities]

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Schizophrenia

• Pyromania

[Occupation]

• High School Student (Formerly).

• Serial Killer (Formerly).

• Asylum Patient (Formerly).

• Hazbin Hotel Resident.

[Residence]

• Oakwood, Washington (Birth Home, Formerly)

• Spring Valley, Arkansas (Formerly)

• Pentagram City, 9th Circle, Hell (Currently)

[Abilities]

• Intellect, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Lock Picking, Weapon Proficiency, Murder Intuition, Torture Intuition, Cooking, Singing, Demonic Transformation, Hypnosis Immunity, Weapon Summoning, Typhokinesis, Hallucikinesis, Night Vision, Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Strength, Hypnosis, Pyrokineses, Zoolingualism, Telekinesis, Teleportation, Fire Breath.

[Weaknesses]

• Due to his ADHD, it's hard for him to stay focused when using some of his powers. He would easily get distracted by something he either finds interesting, adorable, or unique.

• When creating illusions, it'll slowly drain him due to the need for concentration in order to create them.

• There were times where he couldn't control his full demonic form due to either panic attacks or uncomfortable rage. To prevent this, however, whenever there were signs of him transforming, he would take cannabinoids to keep him calm.

[Other/ Fun Facts]

• Whenever in a conversation he'll sometimes bring up references and facts.

• He has a lot of favorite animals in hell, though his most favorite are Dragons.

• Despite his murderous intentions and psychotic behavior, he's actually very genuine and kind once you get to know him better.

• His teddy bear acts both as a comfort item and as a memory of his mom back in the living world.

• Has a knack for bringing in animals and collecting antiques.

• Whenever he teleports, creates illusions, and manipulate or generates smoke. The color of the smoke will be Black & Red.

• Most of the overlords, except for the Vees, developed respect for him due to how powerful he is, which they'd never seen before, not since Alastor.

• His stuffed bear is sentient, meaning he can walk, eat, and understand people. Though he can't talk, he does make cute bear cub noises.

[Backstory]

• Matthew was a very good person in his early life. He was considered to be the sweetest, kindest, and most compassionate young man anyone has ever met, but that was before he moved to Spring Valley, Arkansas, which is one of the worst towns in America. There he became a target of bullying and prejudice to the point where he would get badly assaulted, harassed, and abused every day at school or in town for being both autistic and pansexual, but then one day he finally snapped and started killing not only his tormentors, but those he deemed "Guilty". From October 31st, 2021, to May 13th, 2022, he killed, butchered, tortured, and mutilated a total of 200 people and was later arrested and sentenced to "Spring Valley Sanatorium," where he would spend the rest of his life, but that was until a horrific fire happened in August, which killed half of the patients and staff, including Matthew. When he manifested in Hell, he arrived in the "Doomsday District" of Pentagram City where he stayed in for about a year till he saw a news report about a place called "The Happy Hotel" for those seeking redemption, but that wouldn't be the only thing he would find there, as it'll also be where he will start a new life and, possibly, a new family.

(Note: Might Edit once the show progresses.)

[palettepainter]

Have some random Zoot cousins headcannons cuz I'm bored and I have no clue when or how to show these headcannons off

-So semi inspired by the 2015 show, because I love the idea of Sam getting dorky crushes on people who are total opposites to him, but I think the idea of Sam having a small crush on Zephyr is cute. Zephyr is outgoing, confident, classy, chilled and flirty, most of which Sam isn't. This probably happens long after Zephyr left Muppets Tonight to persue her own career, but before her and Clifford got back together. Zephyr has no idea Sam had a crush on her because his flirting is so stiff/awkward that she never understood he was flirting (or trying to)

-Happens after the events of Hired Sparky, but Liv learns to speak a few different languages after she starts working with the band. She already knows how to speak bits of Portuguese and Cuban Spanish, but after working at the studio for a few months she picks up Swedish to try and speak with Chef better. He gives her tips over her lunch break

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-Liv is terrified witless of heights. She can more or less handle airplanes, since she knows she's safe within the plane, but if she was to do something like rock climbing she'd politely, and very insistently decline

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-I can't remember the name of the video, but the Mayhem did a guess the song by it's lyric video, and there's one part where Zoot is sleeping against Teeth. It's super cute! So I like to think that all the Zoot cousins will instinctively lean against a surface or person when they're especially sleepy

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-Raph does modelling at a local art school, he's very body comfortable, advocate for denim shorts and crop tops

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-Penny, Raph and Zoot are the only cousins who smoke (though Penny doesn't smoke anything other cigarettes and only when she's especially stressed). Laser tried a cigarette once from peer pressure and coughed for ten minutes, he's never touched one since. Zephyr and Liv have never smoked in their lives

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-I have no idea when I'm going to get the chance to show these off since they're so random, but I made full names for the cousins, they might change later:

Olivia (Liv) Mayfield Grayson / Zephyr Francine Smith / Raph Lopes Riberio / Penny Colette Hernandez / Gavin (Laser) Matthias Hernandez

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-Penny and Laser are the only cousins to grow up with a single parent, their dad. Nothing bad happened to their mother, their father and her were just never married before they where born

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-Laser is the one who gives peoples the most nicknames

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-As well as being a DJ who plays a lot at gigs, Laser knows how to play the bass and drums. He taught Penny how to play the drums when she was in her late teens to help her try and channel her anger on something creative. Penny these days doesn't really play so much anymore but she can still drum out a decent solo

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-Due to his job that requires him to play a lot at raves and night clubs, both very noisy environments, and his time when he was learning how to play the drums, Laser's hearing can be pretty bad at times. It's not so bad that he's deaf, but it's not as sharp as it was before he became a DJ

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-All the Zoot cousins have a weird power that they can't explain. Zoot's we've seen in Muppets Mayhem but as for the others, Liv has "Spidey sense", though she's somewhat oblivious to it. Whenever she dodges something she otherwise wouldn't have seen coming she kinda blacks out and goes on auto pilot, before blinking back to reality. Zephyr has the ability to censor swears by standing near people who happen to be swearing, a little black box appears over their mouth with a pairing beep and everything. Lasers power is Onomatopoeia, he can make comical 'BAM/YEAH/BOOM's appear behind him like a comic (if anyone points this out Laser plays dumb cuz he finds it funny). Penny is a telepath and can talk to people in their head. And Raph can teleport, like Liv this is also something he's kind of unaware of. Sometimes he'll fall asleep on the sofa, and find himself in his bed when he wakes up, or he'll think about food, blink, and then he'll be in the kitchen. Raph, as well as the rest of the cousins, have learnt to not question their bizarre powers

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-All of the cousins are flexible. Liv took up gymnastics as a hobby during school, she picks it back up again when she starts working with the Muppets. Laser knows how to break dance so naturally he's got to have a lot of upper body strength and know how to do sudden flips and spins. Zephyr is a dance teacher and so does routine stretches for warm ups before and after her classes. Raph does yoga and meditation as a hobby. Penny tried meditation for a bit but found out boxing was a better stress reliever for her, she does stretches as warm ups

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-There aren't many people on the Muppets which the Zoot cousins hate, but Penny isn't too found of Rizzo and Pepe

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ANET??? BUGFIXING DUNGEONS????

Patch notes under readmore, all core game content

Dungeons

Ascalonian Catacombs

Fixed an issue that caused a Disarm Traps lever to be out of the reach of players.

Fixed a bug that caused King Adelbern, as well as various immobile enemies across Tyria, to be knocked down despite an active defiance bar when struck by knockback attacks.

Fixed a bug that could cause markers on active traps to not clean up after the patriarch's defeat.

Fixed a bug that could cause Tzark to interrupt himself while resetting essence collectors.

Fixed an incorrect marker on the cave troll encounter.

Caudecus's Manor

Fixed a bug that allowed Sigfast to be attacked by Separatists and potentially knocked around the area while sleeping.

Fixed a bug that caused Zojja to not be wearing her headgear during a cinematic.

Fixed an issue that allowed the “Search for the captured sergeant” objective and goals to appear before the “Overwhelm the bandit defenses” objective was completed.

Several houses no longer close their doors after the nearby gate is destroyed, to prevent players from being trapped inside.

Bandit archers now apply confusion, matching their description.

Fixed an incorrect marker on the Bridgette encounter.

Fixed an incorrect marker on the Prototype Golem encounter.

Twilight Arbor

Fixed an issue that caused the Ooze Font Waypoint's name to appear incorrectly.

Fixed a bug that could cause the Unstable Nightmare Husk to fail to become vulnerable after being hit by four Nightmare Essences.

Fixed a bug that could cause Sparki's Ground Bloom skill to continue launching fireballs after Sparki finished spinning.

Fixed a bug that could cause an airship to be untargetable with EMP skills during the bonus objectives of the Aetherblade path.

Sorrow's Embrace

Fixed a bug that could cause the Elite Dredge Resonator near the beginning of the dungeon to not retreat when players approached after choosing a path.

During the "Help Rasolov free workers by defeating foremen" event, the last four foremen will not reveal themselves until Foreman Kreutzerova has been defeated.

Fixed a bug that could cause Tarleov to fail to begin working during his event.

Fixed a bug that could cause an Elite Dredge Rifleman to overzealously announce the presence of intruders.

Fixed health bar and marker display issues during the final confrontation with General Zadorojny.

Fixed an incorrect marker on the General Molradovich encounter.

Citadel of Flame

Gaheron Baelfire no longer resets his health when the party wipes during the finale battle in story mode, preventing a desync between his health and attack pattern.

Collision has been removed from a number of flame turrets to prevent players from being stuck inside them.

Honor of the Waves

Fixed a setting that caused Honor's Voice to move erratically during combat.

Fixed a bug that caused Kulag the Fallen's Ice Storm attack to not drop ice crystals if the target was out of Kulag's line of sight.

Lowered the level of some enemies that exceeded level 80 in explorable mode.

Fixed an incorrect marker on the Champion Icebrood Goliath encounter.

Fixed an incorrect marker on the Kodan's Bane encounter.

Crucible of Eternity

Fixed an issue that allowed players to enter the Crucible of Eternity dungeon from Mount Maelstrom even while the dungeon was contested.

Fixed an issue with the front door and teleporter exits that allowed them to be used before the dungeon was completed, allowing players to escape to Mount Maelstrom before receiving rewards.

The Ruined City of Arah

Added poison aura to Risen Defilers that were missing it.

Added a teleport mote that will let players join their party if they fell behind before Alphard, Serpent of the Waves was engaged.

Adjusted Simin, High Priestess of Dwayna’s heal skill to start its recharge when her heal effect ends instead of potentially being able to immediately restart a healing phase.

[dxjiha]

sparkydx

Despite his living accommodations and occupation, Sparky actually did have the money to eat all the time. Organ harvesting was quite profitable; it was just a matter of figuring what he should spend his wealth on -- and usually, that ended up funding the health and happiness of other people. It was the only way he felt he could honor the memory of his parents, by improving the lives of others. So in this case, with the combination of that compassionate nature and his child-like curiosity blended with his talent for cooking, he could at the very least start with feeding his neighbors -- some of whom could not afford to live in another location (be it financially or for the sake of safety). In this case, he'd barely had time to set his phone down before he hears the knock on the door. Quick and sufficient! Smirking, he muttered to himself in English, "Beam me up, Scotty." So thoughtful of his downstairs neighbor to arrive just outside. Thus, crossing to the entrance, he crossed to the entrance to open the door to his apartment, swinging it wide with a smile. "Hi! Come on in," he continued in Korean, gesturing to the table nearby. On top of it was a few plates of different experiments. Each plate had a stuffed waffle of a different flavor. "Help yourself. What to drink? Tea? Water? Soda? Soju?" he asked, returning to the kitchen.

jiha had never been rich, but when he lived with his mom he never worried about not having a roof over his head or food on his plate, she made sure they lived a life where they didn’t have to worry about such thing. when his mother died, his grandmother made sure of the same thing, he never worried about a roof over his head nor food on his plate, and she had the money to buy him clothes and toys. now it’s not like that anymore. jiha makes sure to repay what his grandmother had done for him, making sure she wouldn’t worry about a roof over her head and food on the plate. jiha didn’t worry about a roof over his head, if he was struggling with money he could move back in with his grandmother (though he would hate that), but it was here and there that he’d go hungry to bed.

so when it’s time for free food, jiha is quick to show up. he smiles at sparky “so how much food will i be eating today?” he asks, smile continuing to stay on his face. “ah, if you have soda that would be nice”. he places a hand on his stomach “i’m quite hungry, so happy to taste-test your food!”.

[grimalkinmessor]

10, 11, 12, 19, 42, and 45 for Shimateru? 🥺

SHIMATERUUUU LET'S FUCKING GOOOO

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10. Do they share any hobbies or interests? How do these things bring them together?

The girls are fiiightiiiiing 💅✨

Nah but fr, fist fighting and sparring with their powers are a big point of quality time for them. It's how they met, it's how they "made up" (read: became attracted to each other), it's how they start and resolve arguments, it's how they let off steam, and oftentimes how they start sex. Fighting as foreplay my beloved 🙏

It's cathartic for both of them Shimazaki finds it fun, a way to let loose, and Teruki feels the same, but with more relief, because Shimazaki is the only person he can go all out against. Not because he's strong, but because he knows Shimazaki's not afraid of hitting back and giving as good as he gets.

11. How do they feel about nicknames/pet names? If they like them, what pet names do they use? If they hate them, why do they feel that way?

Oohhh Shimazaki loves to use petnames for Teru, and Teru fucking hates it, especially in the beginning. Shimazaki's favorites to use are Kitten (and all it's variations), Sparky, and Sweetheart—all incredibly condescending. At first, anyway. He likes the way Teruki's aura flares when he says them, his little lightning bolt gets so pissed off >:3 He eventually adds on Lovely once they're closer and those nicknames don't sound quite so mean anymore; if anything, they're almost -gasp- affectionate? 👀

Teru himself has a few nicknames for Shimazaki that he uses later on, standard stuff like Love and Darling. He uses them sarcastically at first, much like Shimazaki, but then he too falls into the trap of affection 😔🙏 RIP unattached Teru he will be missed.

12. Do they have a difficult time when separated from each other, or are they fairly independent?

Ahh, not really? They've both been on their own so long that I don't see them ever really becoming codependent that way. They're people that like their space and need alone time, so they work pretty well together in that respect. So yes, fairly independent.

19. Do they wear each other’s clothes/jewelry?

THIS one is fun, because while Teruki absolutely probably steals Shimazaki's leather jackets and pants from time to time, Shimazaki can't really,,,,,see, what he's picking up when he handles Teru's clothes. He can see the shape and cut of it due to Teruki's aura being all over it, but he can't exactly see the colors or designs on them. He has no way of knowing that Teru has the brightest, neon fashion sense known to man unless someone tells him, and you can bet your ass that absolutely no one is going to.

Shimazaki steals Teru's jackets and scarves and even his shirts sometimes, maybe a watch or two, and then you have this intimidating emo-looking guy waltzing around with a neon yellow scarf with like green triangles all over it. An inverted blacklight Hawaiian button-up. Occasionally a bright, hot pink wrist watch. Teruki actually thinks he looks nice though, is the thing, so I guess it works for them 😭

42. What’s their relationship like with each other’s friends/families?

Well, Teruki is kind of a runaway? At least in my head he is, rather than his parents just,,,voluntarily letting their fifteen year old live alone. So Shimazaki likely never really meets Teru's family, unless he decides to take advantage of Shimazaki's teleportation abilities and send messages to them back and forth that they can't technically track. Even then I think it would be kind of awkward for Shimazaki to interact with them given how genuinely worried they seem for their son—I think it would skeeve him out.

As for Shimazaki's family....well, I kind of have an angsty headcanon for him where his mother actually purposefully blinded him as a kid and that's what sparked his psychic awakening, so he's ALSO been a little vagabond skirting from town to town so he doesn't get put in the system, so he knows what it's like. His father was out of the picture and his mother is still in jail for, you know, maiming her kid so Shimazaki doesn't really have any family for Teru to meet now beyond the Ultimate Five, and even they don't really fuck with Shimazaki much because of how much of a dick he was 😅

I guess in that vein Teru's Meet My Parents meeting would probably just involve the Kageyama brothers, Reigen, Tome, and Dimple :')

45. How do they support each other? How do they rely on each others support?

Ack, this one is weird for me. Because again, they're fairly independent and that's because they're both very prideful and they both needed to know how to survive on their own, which they do and think they do well. It woul be hard for either of them to support the other because both of them think they don't need support.

I think the biggest thing that Shimazaki "supports" Teru through is sparring. When his anger issues start flaring up, when the guilt starts creeping in, when he feels Old Teru start bubbling back up in sneers and insults, he can count on Shimazaki to run him through the wringer until he feels right again. To take every bit of his rage and aggression without flinching back from him or thinking he's weak for it.

For Shimazaki, I think Teru mostly supports him physically. Leaning against him when he gets all quiet, dragging his hands along the walls and furniture in the apartment to make sure Shimazaki can see the shape and limits of them, holding his hand when they walk through large crowds, sometimes even combing his fingers through Shimazaki's hair when the man can't get to sleep.

Neither of them acknowledge that they're helping the other out loud, and neither of them acknowledge that they're being helped, because that shit Embarrassing™