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[thelordofgifs]

What are Caretaker burnout notes? 👀

(WIP titles ask game) also for @thescrapwitch!

This is my newest WIP, and probably the one with the best working title! It's a shortish little thing I'll hopefully have ready in time for epistolary week. Concept: Maglor, who is so completely hinged and stable, keeps a little pamphlet of notes on How To Care For Your Traumatised Elder Brother Whom You Abandoned. Featuring entries such as "foods he will eat so you don't fuck up this time, Moryo" and "what to do after a nightmare". I can't share a snippet because I pretty much only have two sentences jotted down so far, but I am excited for this one!

[ghost-proofbaby]

“I love you” “it’ll pass” okay but which one is Eddie and which one is reader bc I don’t think I’d be able to handle either outcome

okay. just. hear me out. listen. listen to this idea i don't know if i could ever put myself through the heartbreak of writing. (tw: i'm bringing up the cursed thing that is eddie's canon ending in stranger things as of right now. yes. his... very, very, very long nap.)

"i love you" = reader

"it'll pass" = eddie

...and how ironic it is, for him to have insisted so many times that it'll pass, especially after the canon events of season 4. in which you are left alone, with nothing more than a memory of him, and all you can think is how it'll never pass. the love, the grief, the pain - he lied. it won't pass. even when you finally crave it to.

[oneluckydragon]

I have a few questions about Echo!

1) when did she know she used to be Darkrai? My guess is at Dark Crater, either when she first laid eyes an Darkrai and just *knew,* or something about Palkia's speech about what could happen to Darkrai after being attacked in the portal.

2) what caused the scar on her neck? (Probs darkrai tbh)

3) alright so this is probably me overthinking things but did Echo change genders?? Asking cause Darkrai is typically referred to as 'he/him', and he has a distinctly masculine voice in his movie. Plus, it also makes sense with Darkrai and Cresselia being opposites: Cress is canonically a female while Darkrai is depicted as a male, full moon vs new moon, sweet dreams vs nightmares, day and night, light and dark, and so on. So did Darkrai go from he/him to ???/??? (as a 'human') to she/her? Did Darkrai just not give a shit? Have we been accidentally misgendering Darkrai this whole time?

Basically I'm asking b/c 1) confusion, and 2) is it another layer of symbolism about how Echo is nothing like her former self?

@maxtheirisagent tagging you like requested!

Thanks so much for asking about Echo! I'm happy to answer any questions so feel free to pester me whenever you'd like. It's so exciting that someone wants to know more about her. c:

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The truth about Echo's past life as Darkrai clicked the moment she first met Cresselia within Azurill's nightmare.

Not only did she piece the truth together because the sight of her long-lost sister-- someone she had scorned and despised and hated in her original life-- jarred her so much that it cleared away some of the fog in her memory. But it was the feeling. The rush of anger, of fury, the ache she felt upon seeing Cresselia again after years and years of separation. It awoke something inside Echo that felt real in a way she couldn't ignore. Like a puzzle piece finally slotting into place.

And even more, Echo had her suspicions leading up to said point. She cannot dream at all. Not ever. Never figured out why during her time as a human and Eevee, and yet other Pokemon tend to suffer nightmares around her (even as a human, this ability Bad Dreams never went away) which had caused some pain for both Sora and Grovyle over the years. And Echo never shared the secret that she doesn't dream. She never confessed to suspecting that these nightmares might be her fault, so Sora and Grovyle never understood the origins of their own nightmares either-- but Echo was able to deduce that she was indeed the source of the problem. Especially after Chatot had explained that Darkrai caused nightmares and pain wherever he went, and the correlation between Echo's powers, her amnesia, her sudden appearance on the beach, her life with Grovyle in the dark future, the Dimensional Scream/connection to the Time Gears, and Darkrai's personality were too coincidental.

What solidified this conclusion is that while Cresselia was traveling with Team Wish during their attempts to reach Dark Crater, Sora did not suffer nightmares at all-- for the first time in what seemed like ages. And it was a like a gut punch, a vicious stab in the heart, and Echo immediately knew why. It was because Cresselia was accompanying them, and her gentle light purifies bad dreams and brings good health. Someone that could cancel out the nasty effect Echo seems to have on others... and it did. Cresselia DID cancel out these nightmares and that could only mean one thing.

And Echo was angry, then. Angry at Cresselia. Angry at herself. And fueled that anger towards fighting Darkrai for the sake of everyone she loved.

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You're right! The scar on Echo's neck is indeed from Darkrai. In fact, both of Echo's scars (the large one along her neck AND the one denting her leg as an Eevee/Umbreon or rather on her arm as a human). Each one was received technically at the same time, but with a twist! During the final battle at Dark Crater, Echo and Darkrai both went berserk and clashed in a desperate attempt to knock each other out.

Echo inflicted a wound onto Darkrai which took sizeable chunks out of his forearm. When Palkia shattered the dimensional portal it then instantly scarred that injury and Darkrai then carried it through ALL future lifetimes. Which is why Echo still has that scar as a Human -> Eevee -> Umbreon. Despite Darkrai receiving this injury during the peak of their final battle, Echo has bore it for all of her past lives up until the point she actually GIVES it to Darkrai. A new wound for him. An old wound for her.

Simultaneously, Darkrai inflicted the neck scar onto Echo who then carries this mark the rest of her life as an Umbreon. It's a bit of a coincidence that her neck scar ends up somewhat, strangely, resembling the red fringe that Darkrai has around his own neck. She finds this to be some kind of messed up joke being played on her by the universe, because now there's ANOTHER reminder of her old life being thrust in her face whenever she catches a glimpse of her reflection. (It's bad enough looking like Dusknoir as an Umbreon, but now this too? How unfortunate.)

A major purpose to these scars is that I think they are a bold (albeit complicated) way to show that both your past and present choices can cause self-harm when destructive, and that it can leave permanent marks that will haunt you through your entire life (or lives in this case!) but that in the end it doesn't define you. Despite everything, you can still grow beyond the trauma inflicted upon yourself. You can be more than the bad choices that hurt you. You can learn to live beyond your own perception and expectations! You can let go of your own mistakes and let them heal/scar, let them fade. And move on to be better.

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And my friend, you are not overthinking things. I haven't explained Echo's progression through her life-stages yet, but hopefully I can shed some light on that topic now. (Apologies ahead of time if this is overly convoluted!)

Echo did change gender! Like this:

(Darkrai) he/him or they/them -> (Human) they/them -> (Eevee/Umbreon) she/her or they/them

The reasoning behind this particular progression is that I am guilty of inserting the main game lore into PMD. Whenever I think of legendary or mythical Pokemon (that aren't officially assigned male or female like Latios and Latias) I always immediately think of them as nonbinary in my mind. Darkrai in the PMD universe seems to use male pronouns as mentioned (or rather in the movie, like you stated, had a male-presenting voice) so I think Echo would have used he/him as a personal preference while living as Darkrai. However, he was still technically "genderless" as a mythical (or even nonbinary) and thus was comfortable with they/them as well.

Echo as a human is nonbinary and no longer uses male pronouns. I like to think of them as Echo's "blank slate" form. They think, feel, and appear in very simple but strong terms. And as such their gender binary has been washed away too! They use they/them because it's what Grovyle chose when he met them in the dark future. Grovyle decides that Echo is human based on what minimal knowledge he's gained from ancient tales/myths/glyphs about extinct humans, but he has no idea what a true human would look like since humanity is long dead. And since Echo has no distinct male or female characteristics as a pseudo-human, Grovyle doesn't shove them into a specific box of labels and instead starts using they/them to accommodate. Echo accepts it. Besides, with both amnesia clouding their past and a body that doesn't quite fit, Echo never really felt compelled to argue against his decision. It seemed counter-intuitive and like a waste of energy to argue. Echo was too busy being angry about other things to really care.

Echo as an Eevee/Umbreon uses she/her pronouns. This is because Sora starts using them immediately upon meeting Echo on the beach, and Echo (with a second round of amnesia and a body that now presents more towards female appearances) accepts it because it just makes sense. She has no memory of her past, and because Sora wholeheartedly starts calling Echo "she", well, Echo just goes with it. Because someone as sweet as Sora must know what she's talking about, right? She doesn't seem like the type to lie or play pranks, after all.

Additional note: Even as an Eevee/Umbreon, Grovyle still uses they/them for Echo since that's what he's used too. And Echo is fond of him using it anyway, so she is comfortable with it. It feels like a little promise between them. And it brings back some of the sparse good memories Echo had with Grovyle while stuck in the dark future together.

Additional ADDITIONAL note: Once Echo and Cresselia have begun reconciliation and start repairing their sibling relationship, she often refers to Echo has her "brother" out of old habit (eons of habit, really). Cresselia normally apologizes for the mistake and tries to correct herself but Echo isn't bothered by this at all. "I'm still your brother," Echo tells her, "If that's what you want to call me, then I see no reason to stop." And Cresselia appreciates it, because she's really trying, but it might take a little bit to re-train herself.

And you got it, my friend! The change in Echo's pronouns IS symbolism about how Echo has grown/evolved beyond her original self. That she is no longer the same being of pain and fury that Darkrai was-- and that she has moved away from this shadow of her past. That she has struggled to become something she's proud of, someone tempered by patience and hope. Love has changed Echo, and thus Echo is happy with this new version of herself because her loved ones chose it for her. And she is okay with that!

I also really enjoy the idea that while Echo and Cresselia are still opposites in both powers and personality, they now share common ground on at least ONE thing after being entirely different for their whole mutual existence. They can relate. They can be siblings again. They can heal. And they do together, they work and work and work on being good to each other and being overall better individuals. And they learn to love each other again. <3

[the-bi-space-ace]

WIP Guessing Game: scomp

Hope that's not too obvious of a word! (But I might be hoping someone's going to hold it for comfort...)

How did you guess what would be in my wip so effortlessly ;)

This is from a later chapter of The World Tumbles Down:

It took less convincing than Hunter expected but Crosshair hummed in agreement and let Echo lay his scomp in Crosshair’s hand to run his fingers over the metal.

It isn't one of my fics if Crosshair doesn't hold Echo's scomp for comfort.

[somegrumpynerd]

Uno Reverse Card!!!!

HEAVEN!!!! /silly

Going to a place where I don't go to work and get to look at my mutual's art and posts all day long amen

[mamuzzy]

I would like to know about Zetsubou?

You know that scene from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei where the resident perfectionist Chiri-chan try to perfectly cut a strawberry cake but the more people come in to get a piece, the more irritated she gets with calculating so in the end she throws the whole cake into the mixer and made the disgusting smoothie out of it? I started to make a Bad Batch version of the scene. :DDDDD

My original plan was to redraw this scene but since summer the Tech in my head drastically changed and I don't think the skittishness of Chiri really suits him anymore.

Also there is a plan to make this an animatic instead of a comic, maybe with the 501st instead of the Bad Batch, featuring Dogma or Echo as Chiri.

[borderlandsmostwanted]

Wainlock. To me

And you're fucking right. I think actually they should Win Borderlands and simply Not Participating in Tragedy. Dying? Breaking up? Not talking things out? They just say no. They will kill u and then make tea and then kiss

[pcktknife]

who's team r u gonna join for splatfest? moneys been losing so maybe frye has a chance </3

team love i didnt get to join marina's team in 2 so this is like next best thing for me plus love won the last two runs of this fest i want the streak completed 🫶🏾

[kakusu-shipping]

I don't think I've ever asked about this s/i before, so hit me with 1, 9 and 10 for your Hatoful Boyfriend s/i if you feel like it?

Oh my god the Hatoful ask is NOT what I was expecting from dear bestie Echo but YES ABSOLUTELY

1. What are the basics about you? (ex. name, age, gender, sexuality, etc.)

Name: Emile Kakusu

Age: 24

Gender: Trans Man, He/Him

Sexuality: Panromantic, Asexual

Species: Bird

Specifics: Coturnix Quail/Japanese Quails (White Breed)

9. How do other characters feel about you? Why?

It really depends on the canon we're in at the moment, but I mostly fall into a Neutral Vibes category. I don't have any strong positive or negative connections to most of the main cast outside of side canons.

10. What is your "role" in the story? Main character? Villain? Side character?

Background or side plot, depending on the game, but nothing major.

In most routes in the main game I don't even show up, in Anghel's route I'm just class 2-2's unnamed homeroom teacher who speaks to Hiyoko with maybe two lines of dialog without a portrait.

In Holiday Star I have my own short side story about unrequited love to class 2-3's homeroom teacher that, Kazuaki Nanaki, that Hiyoko helps with, which ends in polite rejection. Same story in the manga as well.

In Mirror (which isn't out yet, thus why the majority of my S/I AU is based in it) I am prominently in a Poly relationship with Kazuaki and Hitori that is mildly dysfunctional because none of us are proper adults and are a bit co-dependent.

But mostly, I'm just a filler character.

[marchsfreakshow]

SENDING THIS TO MY 2 FAV WRITERS EVER, BUT IS IT MORE HELPFUL TO REPOST OR LIKE?? OR BOTH?:3

Reblogging!

It gets it out to others within the community and gives the writers a little serotonin boost when they see it! Tumblr is a site that used to run on reblogs only, so contuine to reblog!! It really helps make or break a post. 💜

[pasdetrois]

Rebecca (1940, dir Alfred Hitchcock) // Vievee Francis, "Apologia" (Excerpt) // Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

[onesmalldreamaskblog]

Hey Cal! I just wanted to let you know that reading one small dream is actually what got me into fan fiction! A friend sent me a link and now I read fan fics all the time! I love your story so much and want to thank you for writing it! So, thank you!!!!

"Awww, wow, really? That's so awesome! I'm really happy OSD was your "gateway fanfic" so to speak, haha. I'm delighted you've enjoyed it so far! Thank you too, you're so sweet! Here, take this~"

*Smiles and hands you a glass of your favorite milk*

[oneluckydragon]

YOU CANNOT HAVE AN EEVEE/RIOLU TEAM AND HAVE THE SAME DADNOIR BELIEFS AND NOT EXPECT ME TO LOSE MY SHIT OMGGG. SHAKING YOUUUU. op we are friends now. YOU CANNOT ESCAPE.

Hey @jsab-fujii you gave me literal cardiac arrest because, um, I was actually working on this lil pic right when you sent your message (and I was going to shyly post it but now I can just attach it to this?). Do you happen to have psychic powers? Or maybe we're just this in tune already that we were thinkin' about each other at the same time? Either way it's magic and I'm so honored. Anyway!! I have been obsessed (putting it lightly) with Ribbons and Aimilios for the past few days. I am utterly in love with them and your art, which is amazing btw!! I think that Echo and Ribbons, if they ever got to actually talk, would be fast friends even though their personalities are very different. Eevees gotta stick together!

Now, I wonder what these two could be having so much fun chatting about?? <3

[lvox2nitel]

Well I’m good at writing, I’d say. I’m an aspiring author.

*He informed.*

“So perhaps something to do with that!”

- Echo, 🐺❄️🥀

Of course! It’s my job to make sure you do your best at your job.

(I say of course a lot for some reason. Also I don’t know any job he’d have that requires an author. Maybe news paper but idk if he does that. I’m stupid :p)

[dr-lizortecho]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤

Ohh, thanks love <3 I do like to talk about fic all day every day, lol

1) a partner to ride with you when I can’t an exploration of Max and Rosa’s dynamic and how it shifted from the last time they shared a scene together (2x07 iirc) and how they got from derogatory nicknames to cutesy sweet ones by 4x10. It’s a missing scene where Rosa comforts him and they both continue to bond over Liz (and Rosa gets to give him her blessing to marry her sister)

2) as long as the sea is bound to wash upon the sand memermaid au, with Liz as marine biologist who discovers “extra”terrestrial life (sorry not sorry) not to mention Max is a flailing butt naked fish out of water for five seconds, Kyle tells Liz she can’t keep it no matter how cute, Max is delighted to have an Earth name and Liz tries to understand Max’s biology via touching scales (never a good plan babe)

3) Swing Life Away I’d be lying not to put this up (even if my writing was still going through major learning curves) it’s just so dear to my heart, cause I started it a million years ago under the premise of discussing issues that exist but don’t get a lot of nuanced discussion (which I never quite got to- but it’s way more expansive in my head). But anyways Mutant Powers au, where the Evans triplets show up and derail Kyle Manuel Valenti’s life but at least Max nails his bi-curious coffin shut (with my first attempt at Malex -which I loved and grew so much more fond of them through- and Lizobel)

4) Crimson Red Paint On My Lips Joniz! Handprints! Sexy brunch! Sorry not sorry, they had a great push and pull, and Liz deserved to blow off some steam and fuck the villian. Also, I’m terribly proud of the dumb tvd reference.

5) cause this is my game and you better come to play just this is them, Max is in his pillow Princess era for some unforeseeable reason (aka I had too many moving parts I didn’t need him to be moving his hands…), anyways, any fic I can wax poetic about his heart surgery scar and have Liz call him little names and try and sound poetic while discussing Liz’s capabilities, mind and body, is an immediate favorite. Also! Have I ever mentioned how much fun I had shopping for her look in this fic?! Like the dildo doesn’t exist- but two do that I kinda smushed the concepts of, for the alien glass joke.

[astraystayyh]

hi hi~

what are your top 5 favorites among all of your fics?

hiiii bb,,, mmmmm id say.. echoes of love,, volcano,, the snow falls, we fall apart,, you’re in the wind, i’m in the water,, and either pieces of you or starry night