#thank you for the ask!!!! :D super fun

[somegrumpynerd]

HEY. POINTS FINGER… any thoughts on how everyone reacted when the other joined the team? as in how did killer react when dust came, how did he and dust react when horror came, how did they all react when cross came, etc. i love love LOVE your bad sanses thoughts way too much they make me so happy. if i write hurt you write comfort and it’s awesome. also how do you think they slowly started to get closer? just.. bah give me your thoughts on them!!!! any thoughts!!!!!!!!!

You fool!! You’ve given me a chance to ramble about my special little guys and now this post will stretch on forever!! Mwahahahahah >:3c

No but seriously this is probably gonna be wicked long cause I have 1 million thoughts about these guys joining and meeting each other so uh, readmore for everybody’s safety and sanity

(^ I wrote that in the document before I started typing out my actual thoughts and uh

yeah no kidding, this is like a fucking essay so proceed with caution)

OKAY SO

I’ve said before that Nightmare got Dust for two reasons; one being that Dream had just recently started working with Ink (and soon Blue) so he and Killer were no longer able to gang up on Dream. He wanted somebody else to bulk up their numbers and give Killer a little back up. He also was starting to realise that Killer didn’t handle being alone very well, since this was when he most often got worked up and broke things around the castle (and sometimes tipped over into stage 3). Dust would be a perfect fit since he had the same amount of lvl and fighting experience as Killer, and since they were so close in circumstance they would be practically like brothers right?

The irony that he thought this about a guy he was recruiting to help kill his brother was apparently lost on him.

They absolutely hated each other. Like, it was instant. Killer saw him as a replacement, why would boss go out and get another sans - one with almost the same backstory as me - when I’m right here? Does he think I’m not good enough? Am I disposable and this is the backup for when I die in combat? He didn’t take it well. He took it all out on Dust too, not cooperating in battle, trying to start fights in the castle, etc. He couldn’t outright kill him because Nightmare had given him strict orders not to, but Killer loves a loophole. If he roughed Dust up down to 1hp and something else happened to finish him off, technically he’d followed orders.

Dust just straight up didn’t want to be there. Nightmare just showing up and yoinking him had worked fine with Killer, but Dust had wanted to sit in his empty au and die, he had no intention of joining a team or doing work of any kind - good or bad. The only reason he didn’t just lie down and refuse the entire time was that he had to fight back against Killer, as much as he wanted to die he refused to give this ass the satisfaction or lvl. He didn’t intend to be any help out in the field either, but again, Killer was making sure he got fired at so he had to retaliate to stay alive.

Eventually it got bad enough that Nightmare had to pull Killer aside and demand answers. In the year or so of knowing him Killer had never willfully disobeyed orders before, so Nightmare needed to know what had gotten into him. He dispelled the replacement rumour right away, he still wasn’t quite softened up enough to be sappy about it but he made sure Killer understood what a good worker he was and that Nightmare had no intention of losing him. It didn’t help a lot, they still hated each other for other reasons, but it eased a little.

Killer still had pretty frequent dips into stage 3, except now he would go straight for Dust usually. Nightmare had tried to explain what he’d learned about it to Dust, but he didn’t really believe that it wasn’t just Killer deciding to try and kill him for funsies. He only accepted it after a particular episode where he attacked Nightmare instead, which Dust knew Killer wouldn’t try in his right mind.

After he came back to his senses he sought Dust out. The air around Killer was very different after a stage 3, sort of sombre and almost calm, so Dust let them sit together and Killer apologised for giving him such a hard time. They actually talked for the first time in months while Killer was still calm (or tolerable, as Dust describes it), and it didn’t magically fix everything but, things were a little better. They still fought and argued and bothered each other but it wasn’t as sharp, there was a lack of real murderous intent in it all, and sometimes after an episode they would talk a little bit. It was the best Nightmare was going to get for now, so he took it.

They were still completely incompetent about taking care of themselves though. Neither of them would eat unless prompted and Nightmare didn’t have good enough knowledge of mortals to know when that should be to stop them passing out from hunger on the job. Not to mention the stars were now a full team, and with the way Killer and Dust would sometimes rather target each other on the field he could do with more backup.

Horror was the first of the group to get a choice in joining. Nightmare had taken note of how much Dust didn’t want to be part of things, and while it was in his best interests in the long run given his situation, Horror’s au was still mostly intact - though a little in disrepair. Horror was also the first in the group to have a good (and ongoing) relationship with his brother, so Nightmare knew he couldn’t just pop in and steal him, he had to be a bit more diplomatic with this one and offer a deal.

He gave Horror some time to think on his proposal - he would set up regular deliveries of food to Horror’s au in exchange for him joining their team - and was quite surprised when Horror agreed, with some stipulations. Horror was equally surprised when Nightmare agreed so easily to his terms (that he didn’t want his brother to know what he’d be doing, and that he wouldn’t kill). A little down the line the terms were altered to add that he would also be left to visit his au every week or so.

Horror was not impressed meeting the other two. He didn’t need his power as judge anymore to sense the lvl coming off them both, and given who they were working for he was instantly distrustful of them both (the uh, brother situation did not help). He was also in a place that had an abundance of food for the first time in probably years, so he was doing a lot of going hog wild in the kitchen and then getting very sick as a result.

Dust didn’t particularly feel anything for him. This guy hated him, sure, but it wasn’t forward and slashy like with Killer, it was just quiet loathing which was fine. That’s how Dust felt about himself so, y’know, mood. He did kind of feel sorry for him though, not just because of the whole famine and everything, but also because he was watching this guy eat like his life depended on it and then get sick and undo it day after day. He was the one who suggested Horror getting his food in moderation to Nightmare, which did help but was an absolute ordeal to enforce. Y’know how some people get hangry? Imagine that but you haven’t had a proper meal in years and now these people give you tiny amounts of food and don’t let you eat more for hours. The hunger mood swings were a sight to behold, you would never have guessed in those days that Horror specified not wanting to kill.

When his ability to eat had evened out and he was in better shape, Horror made a point of apologising to Dust for being aggressive with him. Over time he’d kind of softened up on him from his initial impression, since he could see plainly how wracked with guilt Dust was over his situation. It was a little easier to imagine that whatever he’d done was truly out of desperation and not just for fun, as Horror had assumed at first sight. 

They also both retained that classic sans laziness, so it was easy for them to share a space while saying and doing nothing. It made Horror the first person that Dust willingly spent time around in the castle (and vice versa since Horror was still largely suspicious of Nightmare and Killer - the deal seemed too good to be true and the stage 3 episodes didn’t help). As time went on, Horror kind of became Dust’s emotional support skeleton in a way. Dust had become quite averse to touch in his solitude and Horror very slowly brought him back out with casual gentle touches, until not only did he no longer freeze or stiffen at being grabbed but Dust would seek him out to flop next to on the couch. Horror claimed it was just returning the favour for helping with his eating situation, but really it was nice to have something resembling a friend here.

Killer, for his part, was going through This is My Replacement 2: Electric Boogaloo. Not to the same degree as with Dust, since Horror was quite a bit different, but Killer was still wary of this new addition. He didn’t really instigate anything though since, to be honest, Horror had the intimidation factor. He was like a foot taller than both of them, he had a cracked skull and completely different magic and it seemed like every time Killer saw him he was eating bread like a wolf eats a deer. So while he was going through his food moderating, Killer mostly just stayed quiet and kept his distance.

Horror had not softened on him like he had with Dust, since Killer didn’t openly show remorse. He still watched him with distrust, especially after seeing the way he scrapped with Dust for seemingly no reason other than for violence’s sake. Killer was still mostly targeting Dust in his stage 3s, but Horror had to be careful to stay out of his way since he was still working with much lower hp than the other two. What did start to convince him was seeing how similar Killer and Dust were after a stage 3 episode. Once Killer was slightly more composed (ie stopped crying), he became so tired and quiet and blunt about things he normally joked his way around. It was a little startling, but also started to bring Horror around to the idea that Killer might regret his actions too, just buried under several layers of whatever the hell is also wrong with him at any given time.

Killer and Horror only really started interacting after talking about Dust. Killer was asking how he got Dust to like him since he seems to hate everyone and everything else, Horror told him very pointedly it was because he wasn’t trying to kill Dust. Killer admitted he wasn’t trying to kill Dust, at least not anymore, he just wanted to fight for fun. It opened up a better channel of understanding, knowing that Killer did not actually have murderous intent behind his swings (stage 3 notwithstanding). It made it easier for Horror to occasionally get involved in the roughhousing which Killer delighted in, knowing that the other two knew how to hold back enough to keep him from dusting.

Speaking of stage 3, it was around this time that Killer and Dust made a very important deal. After a particularly rough episode with a little too close of a call, Killer showed up in Dust’s room and begged him shakily to make a promise - that if he ever got too out of control during one of his stages, Dust would kill him. He’d been told over and over by Nightmare that it was impossible for Killer to hurt him since he was immortal, but now there were more people around him where that wasn’t the case, and he wouldn’t be able to live with himself if he came out of a stage and found himself alone. Dust promised.

It’s also worth mentioning that, once they were all close enough to be on speaking terms, Horror started bullying the shit out of these two about eating. Now that Horror knew neither of them were going to kill him, he felt safe enough to pick them up by the scruff and set them at the table to say they weren’t leaving until they had at least a snack. He let them pick what they would eat - he wasn’t that cruel about it - but he had to see them eat at least 3 times a day or they would hear about it.

It was by no means perfect or regular, but after about half a year Nightmare finally had henchmen who ate food and worked together (mostly).

Now here’s the problem… I still haven’t really figured out how or why Cross joined the team. Like, obviously there’s some kind of point in the events of underverse where it splits off into an alternate timeline, but I haven’t really figured out where yet so. Leave that one with me just a little longer. Cross joins.

Nightmare really truly didn’t intend to take anyone else in. They were (mostly) getting along, they were pretty well matched to fight the stars, he had no need of more mortals.

…but he was also pretty soft at this point. Every one of them had taken a blow to his I’m immortal I’m an island I don’t get attached to others persona and he’d gotten pretty damn fond of them all. This was why when he felt the sheer weight of loneliness radiating off of Cross, he just couldn’t bring himself to leave him.

So Cross entered the castle. 

He did not particularly intend to stay or make friends, he was trying to get his world back and nothing more. He even revealed a little down the line that he outright refused to kill, and was quite surprised to find that Nightmare was fine with that. At the start he was polite but not friendly with the others and mostly kept to himself.

Dust, as is often the case, did not really have an opinion. Another new guy, this one was self sufficient and didn’t bother him so he had no reason to get involved. He was content to be in the same room as Cross but didn’t start up any conversations.

Horror felt the need to speak to Cross, since Dust would happily stay silent for years and Killer was, well, Killer. Horror was somehow the closest thing to normal they had, so he was the one that made small talk. Mostly asking what Cross would like for meals and encouraging him to pick something he liked when he got the answer of “anything is fine”. As Cross settled in a bit more and actually opened up, they bonded over being the only two to enjoy food. Horror made a point of adding chocolate to the stock they kept in the kitchen and making tacos here and there for Cross.

Horror was also the first Cross kind of warmed to, mostly because he was the one devoid of lvl and Nightmare had mentioned he’d also said he wouldn’t kill. Learning a little about his au’s situation only softened Cross to him more, especially seeing that he still cared a lot for his brother and was trying to protect his home (even if Cross found it unthinkable that he lived away from it). It was through Horror that he also got accustomed to Dust, how being quiet and distant was kind of his default and that he also felt deeply haunted by the loss of his world. They weren’t exactly friends, but it was comfortable enough.

So now boss had taken in another new person, someone who takes orders like a soldier and fights with knives and ruthless precision and aims to be his righthand man, and Killer was ecstatic. By now he’d mostly put his fears of being disposable behind him, Nightmare had gotten a bit less subtle in showing how important they all were to him and Killer felt confident he wouldn’t be replaced. Which was a little bit funny, because the only guy he didn’t feel threatened by was the one who absolutely competed for his spot.

Cross needed to prove he was useful, he had to feel like he earned his keep and that all the training and suffering he’d done was for a reason. When Nightmare sent them on missions, Cross aimed to be the fastest and the most efficient and to report to Nightmare without question. Horror and Dust looking on would have expected Killer to see this 100% as a threat to his position as (self proclaimed) Nightmare’s second in command, and to go for this guy’s throat when nobody else was around.

But Killer was fascinated. Cross was completely different from any of them, bar Nightmare whose au is a whole different kettle of fish, so he had a certain element of unpredictability to him. Horror and Dust were both based on classic sans just like him, so to a certain degree he knew how they would feel about most things and what they might say, the only differences being in what they had experienced through their own timelines. Cross was based on a swap sans and his au had taken wild twists and turns away from usual events, so Killer had to learn everything about him by poking and prodding for answers or observing from a distance, much like back when it was just him and Nightmare. Cross was something new to be studied and Killer loved taking notes.

Cross did not see this as friendly. He was competing with Killer for approval, not realising Killer was playing their contest like a game. When he saw Cross training he would jump in to spar for fun, but Cross saw his rival trying to get a jump on him and take him out of the running. When Killer would hang around and pester Cross in their off time with questions, it didn’t seem like someone taking interest, it seemed like someone being nosy and looking for weaknesses to exploit. When Horror mentioned that Killer was being surprisingly contained and friendly, Cross really thought he was fucking with him.

The first time Cross was willing to even consider this was the case was when his locket came loose on the field and Killer ran back to find it, since one of the notes he’d taken was how the locket wasn’t something Cross would play about (the same as Horror with food). It didn’t make sense for someone who was seriously competing to have him kicked out to just hand his necklace back, no ransoms or attempts to crush it to upset him, just some vague remark about “owing him one” and then right back to Nightmare for orders.

Cross had to give him something of a chance after that, Horror helped a lot by telling him “he doesn’t want to hurt you, he just doesn’t know how to be normal”. It was mostly a playful jab at Killer, but reframing their interactions changed it significantly for Cross. Now they were sparring playfully and having friendly competition on jobs. He wasn’t as put off when Killer went into stage 3 because he knew he could match him in combat and the others were always on hand to help restrain or distract him. Cross also took note of how Killer calmed down a lot for physical touch, not unlike how Dust had warmed up to Horror. It went a long way into not only making him a little less combative for attention every day, but it seemed to put longer stretches between his episodes (which Cross had also started tracking so they wouldn’t be caught out by them as much).

For his part, Killer has disobeyed instructions in the past to benefit Cross, usually ignoring the task to help him if he’s hurt. He’s also given Nightmare nudges towards praising him because he’s noted that that’s what Cross needs in the same way he needs touch (not that Nightmare doesn’t praise them normally, but when Cross is going through it and needs something). He also doesn’t particularly like chocolate but has made a point of not admitting this to Horror so he can give his chocolate to Cross.

(It’s also worth noting that Cross is the only one, besides Nightmare, that has been to Horror’s au. He offered to help out during the food delivery and got to meet Horror’s Papyrus (who he is a little intimidated by but ultimately friendly with, even though it’s a little weird since he’s a good bit different from his own Papyrus). Dust and Killer can’t really visit for a few reasons, mostly because everyone will notice their lvl immediately and know what they’ve done. Dust especially doesn’t know how he would react to having a Papyrus in front of him again and doesn’t want to put Horror's family at risk to find out. Whenever he visits, his Papyrus asks about Cross now and sometimes tries to make tacos for him (key word tries, he’s still a Papyrus after all). He may have joked that seeing Cross sometimes is “like having another brother but younger and less lazy” and when Horror told him this Cross may or may not have cried.)

And that’s where we are now!

They’re a very strange group who’ve been through some inexplicable events and have all changed each other in one way or another. And whether or not it can be admitted, they are a family c:

Now onto how Nightmare was made emotionally open by each of them!! In this essay I will no just kidding could you imagine this is already like 7 pages long

If you got to the end of this post please drink some water and get yourself a snack

[cod-thoughts]

silly ghostprice headcanons?

I HAVE A LIST IN MY NOTES!!! rest is under the cut its uhhh quite long 0_0 i have some silly headcanons for every character i write and for every relationship i write too its my favourite way to find a characters voice!! Thinking about all the things that arent really in character but could be lol. This was a joy thank youuuu

Ghost

Ghost has the craziest sweet tooth ever and any time someone hints at him having a sweet tooth he denies it vehemently.

Animals, particularly cats, seem to gravitate toward Ghost, which he pretends to hate but secretly loves. Soap once caught him petting a stray cat and called him Snow White for a week after.

Despite his stoic demeanour, Ghost is a master of deadpan humour and silent pranks. He once moved Soap’s entire kit three floors down and acted like he had no idea what happened.

Ghost says unintentionally funny things in his dry, deadpan way, and the team is never sure if he’s joking. Soap once laughed so hard he cried, and Ghost just blinked at him.

Ghost has the same pair of boots he’s worn for years, meticulously cleaned and maintained. Once caught Soap trying them on as a joke and nearly disowned him.

Ghost keeps a little potted cactus in his bunk. He named it “Spike” and gets genuinely annoyed if anyone even looks at it funny.

Price

Has an absurd number of backup hats. Once lost his hat during a mission, and Soap joked that Price was more upset about the hat than the firefight.

Price has an incredibly detailed routine for making tea. If anyone interrupts it, he’ll grumble about it for days.

His idea of “relaxing” is reading military strategy books or going fishing alone in the middle of nowhere.

Price has a knack for showing up exactly when he’s needed, even if it’s just to interrupt Soap and Ghost arguing over who gets the last biscuit.

Price once tried to sketch out a mission plan on the fly, and it looked so bad that Soap framed it as “modern art.”

Price always brings back something odd from missions if he can—like a carved wooden owl or a tiny snow globe. His desk looks like a charity shop exploded on it.

Couple Antics

Price's snoring is so loud sometimes that the team jokes it could scare off enemies. Ghost wears earplugs when they’re sharing quarters if its that bad.

Ghost always wears dark, tactical clothing, while Price’s off-duty wardrobe is full of mismatched jumpers and ancient jeans. Ghost pretends to be embarrassed, but secretly loves how comfortable Price looks.

They have a knack for understanding each other without words. It’s mostly handy in the field, but Soap insists it’s creepy how they finish each other’s sentences off-duty.

They play card games during downtime, and it gets competitive fast. Price accuses Ghost of cheating because he always wins, while Ghost just shrugs and says, “You’re predictable, old man.”

Price is a tea purist, but Ghost introduced him to iced coffee, which he secretly loves. Price drinks it when no one’s looking, and Ghost never lets him live it down.

They can’t exercise in the same room without turning it into a competition. Who can do more push-ups, who can run faster—it always ends with them both sore and laughing.

Price insists he never gets lost, but Ghost always calls him out when they’re wandering in circles. Price claims it’s “strategic reconnaissance.”

When they’re on a black op together, they give each other silly code names. Price once called Ghost “Shadow Biscuit,” and Ghost has never forgiven him.

They tried to take a cute couple selfie once, and it ended up with Price’s hat covering half his face and Ghost standing like he was posing for a mugshot. It’s the only picture of them together, and Soap and Gaz both keep it on their phones. (its blackmail but it also makes the sergeants happy to know that their CO's are happy)

Ghost constantly steals Price’s jumpers and shirts because they’re “comfy.” Price complains but secretly likes seeing Ghost walk around the house in his slightly too small clothes, belly peaking out the bottom.

Price loves fishing, but Ghost has zero patience for it. He’ll sit there, dead silent in his mask, but the second he catches something, he starts narrating it like it’s an epic battle with a sea monster. Price is half-amused, half-exasperated. (i really want to write this one it sounds like a really fun one and also Ghost would make a good DM i think :O)

Price always insists on carrying the heavy bags or doing the dangerous tasks, which Ghost finds ridiculous. Ghost once let him carry all the shopping bags just to prove a point, but Price still claimed it was “no trouble.”

[kittycatred]

[ ooc ]

im a day late but red blog avm has existed for 3 months thus far !!!! thank you all for loving this silly blog so far !! :3c i would have NEVERR thought id be doing all the things i am now 3 months ago, let alone made all the friends i have since starting this blogg !!! you all are amazinggg !!! >:3c

i know ive taken a LOOT of breaks this month but i appreciate everyone being patient and whatnot between all that !!! im HOPING that i wont have to take as much of breaks as i have, back to back, in the future, but i appreciate everyone still being patient when i have !! :3c

[writing-whump]

Question Sol! (Asking Soup too). Although I have some thoughts, wondering which of your OCs are most sensitive and which ones let things roll off their backs? Thank you!

Hehe that's a very interesting question, I love it :D

Of course everyone has something they are gonna break under, but all in all...

Most resilient:

Seline: can shut off emotions and be completely logical and cold when in a specific setting or role or between people she doesn't respect—and getting her respect is hard. People's opinions roll off of her like nothing. Going against the crowd is almost a point of pride for her. If only she is doing it, she is probably doing something right. If you wanna talk societal pressures or going against the flow, you got your girl.

Rip: can shurg off almost anything. He had gone through some horrid stuff so there is almost nothing that can rattle him in comparison if it doesn't relate to his past home trauma (a little annoying it's other humans lol). But this guy rides on top of trains, climbs roofs, hitchhikes along the country, eats only rests of food or roadkill and sleeps in the rain. He doesn't value things others can take from him.

Arnie: has the rebel streak of the youngest brother. He is here to create reactions and do his own thing. It probably is his egocentrism that makes him so very immune or even outright happy about disapproval. In many ways he is more mature than he should be, and in others he is still very childish and petty. He likes to know how to hurt people around him and he doesn't shy from doing it preventively.

Kieran: he is adventurous and danger-loving, with a heavy rebel streak and likes to provoke. Things that are supposed to hit him roll off smoothly, like he's back is oiled. He is way too self-indulgent and proudly self-centered to worry about what other people think of him. Main thing is that they are noticing him, that's very nice.

Most sensitive:

Isaiah: this boy just feels too deeply for everyone and everything. He gets sick to his stomach from nerves, okay? He is kinder and gentler than he was allowed to live out, but it shows in how much he feels like everything is his problem to fix. Isaiah is also, ironically, the one best at hiding and controlling himself. He had learned that from a young age or he wouldn't be able to function otherwise.

Hector: he is one of the best at not looking like it, cause any emotional ripple turns into anger. Automatically. It's why he constantly looks so irritated XD. He doesn't process, he doesn't cope and he doesn't deal. But he is super sensitive about how he is perceived, if he is doing the proper profitable thing for his pack, how others view him, if he is winning and if he is the strongest in the room. He usually is, cause upset Hector is scary Hector.

Dylan: he is very into his cool teenager persona and he can't articulate his own feelings all that well. But he is very aware of how everyone perceives him, very sensitive about his friends and family. His worth is the outside world reflected in the eyes of others. I didn't find a good opportunity to show it yet, but there is a reason why he dropped out of high school, why he was so eager to live with Rip instead of going home and why he takes great care to have many friends.

Kinda in the middle:

Matthew: he is empathetic and understanding, more than his tough-guy act might suggest. But he is a marshmallow inside. He won't roll over at just any jab, he has a chill, laid-back core, but he is somewhat insecure. Getting a lot better since he got his place where he belongs. It's probably because he isn't good at hiding when he gets upset that it's more visible.

Alessia: I feel like she is pretty balanced. She knows what she wants and who she is, and nobody is taking that away, but she also doesn't dare to do everything she wishes for. In private she is brave, outside she succumbs to pressures, expectations and strict glares. But, being a little gray mouse is a survival strategy, cause when nobody notices or disapproves, it's easier to slip past them. Like, Seline would go against the wall for her principles; Alessia would wait until nightfall and climb over.

Olive: I would say she is here as well. She is shy and easily flustered, but she has her art and dreamy colourful worlds and can handle anything. She will cope and do her own thing.

[misstictart]

Bob in a cozy sweater for the season? :]

[Simpsons art requests - Still accepting!]

The TV program may be awful to his eyes, but at least he isn't rotting in a prison cell, is cozy and can actually change the channels. So here's that.

The mental image came up as soon as I read the ask, and as I looked for references for the chair I figured out why: it's because I still had the episode "Bobby: it's cold outside" still fresh in my mind- Heck, I even gave him the same pose before looking it up! So I went along and carried on with the episode reference. That sweater does look cozy... Have a bonus because I did want to draw something that doesn't feel like a screenshot redraw:

Looks like he got quite the original gift- and he's liking it! (For once, it's not a rake...)

[anonymous-fartist]

You’re back :D

I can’t say how much I love your stinky little guy, anon, he is just TOO perfect!

I need to know more about his lore! He is too cute!

I am back :D hopefully for good this time

Anon is certainly flattered, 'perfect' is not a word most people who know him would describe him as-

Anyways, here are some lil tidbits about him, as a treat~

He's a bit of a mutt in terms of what he actually IS. I like to think he's some sort of demon, but a clusterfuck of a whole bunch of different types -- hence the dead-end office job, instead of something cool and monstrous like his more specialized collogues

Despite working in HR he HATES confrontation, and having to break sour news to his employees stresses him out of his tree (despite it being, like, a primary component of his work-). The nervousness really does a number on his belly needless to say

He's also a stress-eater, which makes for a very unfortunate combination a lot of the time

His gas smells like sulfur and old eggs, so much so that he's been asked to steer clear of them at lunch on multiple different occasions (much to his own embarrassment)

He's currently in his mid-to-late 30's, by his species' standards

He's single and ready to mingle, though for whatever reason, he tends to have trouble holding a relationship-

His stomach bubbles like a cauldron when it's upset. You can TELL.

[good-beanswrites]

..how did they film kazui eating the dove?

A pretty grisly prop, and otherwise cool costuming >:3

I imagine they get him set up with fake teeth, colored contacts, and fake blood (it's also a bit sweet, since it's mean to go in his mouth. Haruka tries to steal some). He wanders around set in the full getup, waiting for filming to start. Yuno nags him to sing vampire with her. Kotoko is secretly jealous he got a cooler animal look than she did in Harrow. Fuuta is kind of freaked out by the whole thing. Although Kazui tries not to purposely scare anyone, a few prisoners who come late to the studio get a pretty big shock when he turns around with red eyes and flash a fanged smile 👀👀👀

The first dove is real, and some magician/animal trainers help Kazui learn the proper way to handle it. It makes for really cool shots and causes a bit of chaos around set, always treated very well. Jackalope shows up with the prop (in a bag labeled "dead dove, to eat") and it's pretty convincing. Kazui's not quite sure how to take the bite as needed, but with each try he get more and more comfortable with the action/expression. By the end he's really into it, surprising himself a but when he looks back at the footage.

[howthesleeplesswander]

❝ you're amazing, you know that? ❞ @ Ken, whether she means it or not, well 😭

"In Case You Didn't Know" Prompts || Accepting! || @bcrnfromawish

"Really?" Ken played up his surprise, brows raised and a hand to his chest in a show of being humbled. When he looked her way it was with as much charm as he could muster—even if, underneath it, he searched her expression with a critical eye.

Maria always seemed like such a mystery; one that, he had to admit, drew him in like a moth to a flame. Still, no need to take the compliment at anything less than face value...for now.

Ken flashed his most winning smile. "Coming from an amazing woman like you, that's quite a compliment. Although—" He leaned in closer as his voice lowered, almost conspiratorial, "You know what would be even more amazing?" A moment of letting the question linger, then— "You and me, dinner, Friday night. What do you say?"

[jaggededges123]

for the one sentence fanfic ask: In the dark, in the stillness of night, Nie Huaisang felt his presence return.

In the dark, in the stillness of night, Nie Huaisang felt his presence return.

He thought, for a moment, that it was the product of sleepless nights spent poring over and over about plans which could not be written down for the risk, a phantasm purely made up of his own grief-riddled imagination. Nie Huaisang looked up to the desk in the corner of his sect leader's quarters, where the familiar presence resided, where once the physical body of Nie Mingjue would have burnt candles until well after midnight, killing himself over something so trivial as the Qinghe Nie sect.

There was no body--Nie Huaisang could see nothing at all, except for a candle lighting itself at that desk. He--hesitantly, because he would rather die himself to a ghost which had gotten past his wards rather than harm the soul of his deceased brother, his late lover--reached into his bedside table for a talisman which would reveal that which he could not yet see.

When the ghostly form of Nie Mingjue flickered into tangible existence, guilt and relief tangled deep in Nie Huaisang's chest, and he couldn't help sobbing, sliding so very easily back into that position of "crybaby younger brother" that had been so ruthlessly taken from him just some years ago.

[youling-the-ghost]

maybe time to sleep now?

sleep is for the weak

[runawaymun]

These are fun asks! I wish you joy with them!

💖 What is your primary writing goal for this year?

🦄 Is there a new POV you'd like to try writing?

🐌 What is one of your smallest writing goals?

New Year's Writing Goal Ask Game

💖 What is your primary writing goal for this year?

I definitely want to finish To Partake and Boundless Sky this year, barring anything crazy happening (knock on wood). They literally haunt me every second I'm not working on them lol. I love them, I love my plans for them, I want to see those plans come to fruition so bad and I just know it will feel so good to finish them. As sorry as I will be to see them go I have a lot of other projects I'd like to move on to that I've been keeping myself from so that I don't accidentally abandon them and I know they're also projects other people are excited for (most specifically: Celrond arranged marriage au especially!).

🦄 Is there a new POV you'd like to try writing?

I don't have any new characters I'm dying to write, but I have characters that I tend not to write very much, or that are quite new to me that I'd like to do more with.

Celebrían isn't brand new to me but I'd like to write more of her. I don't actually have a lot of fics that utilize her POV in a major capacity and it's so fun to be in her head.

And then there's Zhongli from Genshin Impact. He is SO fun and I just want to play around with him more. He's got the same sort of thing as Elrond going on with being super old -- and also being an eldritch entity that chooses to spend most of his time going to operas (usually ones that tell legends about HIM lmao), working a 9-5, and generally cosplaying (badly) as a Normal Human(tm). There is so much about him to love and I want to dig into him a bit more than I have already.

🐌 What is one of your smallest writing goals?

Answered here, but I'll give you another one: I'm really trying to chill the fuck out haha. I think I've gotten way too much up in my own head in the past six months...like super hypercritical and it's paralyzing. I'm trying to take a step back and remember that a) it doesn't have to be good as a rough draft, it just has to be done, and b) there's no point if I'm not having fun. That's easier said than done but I am trying :)

[gastlygallows]

Headcanons for the maidens for the other Tarnished?

Sorry it took a while to get to you anon, but I wanted to doodle some rough ideas~ Varré's Maiden is really just my own version of her since she's meant to be a Reader Insert

More detail and some NSFW thoughts below the cut ...lemme go off! (ノ*°▽°*)

Rogier's Maiden:

The only person to sense that something wasn't quite right with Rogier, that he carried a sort of melancholy about him that she sought to remedy, but she thought she was just projecting so never questioned him

She'd try to cheer him up by acting super silly, but this was also her own way of coping with the fear eating slowly eating her up--she wasn't allowed to show any gloomy disposition at the circus, which she was sold into as an infant

Would initiate sex with Rogier and really liked sucking his dick to see him melt underneath her

"Rogier, watch me do a cartwheel!" "You don't have to do that..." (she just wanted an excuse to flash him)

Fond of D and often tried to push him to find his own maiden, but he believed if the Golden Order wanted him to have one he'd find her without looking

The incident leading to her death could've been a semi-intentional suicide on her part, if only subconsciously, due to the worsening state of the Lands Between eating away at her sanity

She was genuinely terrified of the world around her, but admired Rogier's compassion towards Those Who Live in Death and I like to think they truly made each other happy for the short time they were together <3

Surprisingly, doesn't like sweets and loves bitter candies

Gideon's Maiden:

Why is she loli coded? Idk I just see it, I do this thing call schizo creativity and whatever pops into my head just pops in there

Gideon respects her more than he respects anyone else

If he sees Nepheli as brawn at his disposable, he sees his maiden as an indispensable extra brain with limitless potential

He eventually has her partake in dragon communion when it's a safe time to bring her out

Gideon has a secret bunker somewhere that doubles as a personal library and she's there just chilling out waiting for him to level up and have sex with her

Gideon intends to put the Elden Ring inside of her if possible (if you get my drift) (but no, literally for real!)

Shy and introverted, so she doesn't mind this arrangement

Possibly underwent a purification process when she became a maiden (more on that later)

Ds' Maiden:

Imagine your GPS keeps leading you in circles and that's what this poor girl went through trying to find her Tarnished, not knowing they were one soul in two bodies

The Fingers did not account for this (grace is glitching)

Insanely devout to the Greater Will, not unlike D, and would have been a hard sell to get them to have the most vanilla threesome ever but as long as they believed it was divine fornication

They would've gotten increasingly adventurous (all three were virgins for sure) and actually would've been pretty sexy...now that I think about it...

Would've refused to use incantations not approved by the Golden Order, but super skilled at what she could cast

Had she found her Tarnished, she likely would have double suicide'd with Devin

The spiritual connection between these three would've gone so crazy, I'm sad she's not real now

Varré's Maiden (big headcanon infodump oops):

She went through a "purification" process in her maiden training which resulted in her memories before maidenhood fading away. This is sold to her as a great honor but it's really because the Two Fingers determined she was too great a rebellion risk otherwise. Most sane girls would not agree to this, no matter how badly they want to become a maiden, but for whatever reason Maiden-chan decided to throw away whatever remained of her previous life.

Tarnished cannot avoid their fate of being resurrected, but maidens can choose not to follow the Fingers. This is just my tinfoil hat theory but I think there's been a maiden shortage since the beginning. There are simply not enough Outer God-assigned wives to go around

But also: it more or less allows readers to self insert as her better when I write fic if she's more of a "blank slate"? Which is also why I don't describe her physically.

However my own backstory for her choosing to become a maiden: she was actually excited when The Shattering occurred and decided she wanted to partake in it because she was bored with her ordinary life. She knew no other belief system than that of the Golden Order, but doesn't hold any real loyalty towards it. It seems like a computational oversight of some sort that someone who once held the same potential for heresy as Varré would get matched with him, but the methods by which the Fingers matchmake Tarnished and Maiden is something beyond the minds of mortals. They do make mistakes! And the Greater Will is already gone, remember. Maiden-chan gets what she wants at what she considers a very low price for the meager power of a maiden, but then the version of her that would have appreciated all of the fear and bloodshed is long gone. However, that doesn't mean this side of her that's buried away doesn't have the potential to develop again...after all, there are some parts of ourselves that have always been there! Or is a developing taste for violence a result of Varré's influence? Hm...

Y'know it's funny, if you look at my other reader insert work I'm always taking the approach of "you're my OC and if you don't like it hit the fucking road because I owe you nothing" but I actually like the Varré sisters ( ◡‿◡ *) so I'd like it very much if you came up with your own designs and backstories for Maiden-chan! And feel free to tell me about your version of her! Mnn the other fandoms I've written for...I sortaaaa hate 90% of the people there XD and I don't like the entitlement some people have expressed re: Reader Insert fics but!!!

Anyway, back to Maiden-chan:

She's naive and more likely to take what he says at face value, has the utmost faith in him, and is completely willing to die for him

She's a total masochist which is standard if you're going to be with Varré in any capacity, haha, and she's a pervert who can never say no to having sex with him even if she wanted to because she is too addicted to him making her feel good (//▽//) What a lech!

There's very much a mutual codependency in that Varré grows to like having his ego stroked by this attractive girl who is willing to take his dick and let him rough her up

Lots of choking and blood drinking when and if the occasion presents itself...but she's a frail thing, much to his dismay

I think at first he's happy to just use her and sees protecting her as an obligation, but he does grow to love her albeit it's a very toxic sort of love...I'm a real sucker for unhealthy relationships

He enjoys that level of submissiveness, at least...pre-cult...post-cult, welllll.....

[charmwasjess]

10, 14 and 20 for ask game!

For 10: Is there a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

All of them?!?! I write mainly in Dooku's Jedi era (pre-prequels? are we still calling it that?) and that was a super tiny part of the fandom back when the movies were actively coming out. It didn't seem possible anyone would care about it now, so having any readers is like... fucking AMAZING! I love each and every one of you DEARLY.

I'll also say, responses to my fics where I'm writing Dooku and Sifo-Dyas together has been interesting. I definitely lost a reader or two, which makes me sad, but I was really surprised and incredibly touched by the much larger positive response to it. Having been a queer person in the closet for a lot of my younger life, writing queer experiences openly is really cool to me.

For 14: If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?

Answered a little bit of this here and here. :D

For 20: What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written?

I admit, I really like Milk Run. For those of you who haven't read it, in the fic, a "Milk Run" is a Jedi slang term for an easy lowstakes mission where nothing exciting happens. Dooku is recovering from an injury and so desperate to get out of the Temple that he'll take any mission - so he and Qui-Gon are assigned a classic good ol' Milk Run. Of course, this is wonderful because Dooku knows how to handle the most dangerous missions the galaxy can throw at him, but not how to sit still, and it's fun to write him doing things he's bad at.

It also gave me a thematic chance to explore a topic I love: Jedi working nontraditional Jedi jobs. Jocasta and Sifo-Dyas lives as Jedi who both serve the Order in less traditional "run in with your lightsaber out" roles. Jocasta obviously in the Archives, and Sifo-Dyas currently supervising a group of graduate students at a Jedi archeological dig site.

There's actually a snippet I love where Sifo-Dyas is trying to explain to Dooku that there are other ways to deal with a space pirate queen that kind of hits at the heart of the fic's Milk Run theme:

“She threatens you?” Dooku tried unsuccessfully to keep the outrage out of his voice. He couldn’t possibly follow Sifo-Dyas around for their whole lives finishing his fights for him. Even if he might still want to try.

“Not in a real way. It seemed like almost pageantry to her, or posturing. You know, her crew gets to see her face off with a Jedi, and I get to pull out my lightsaber and wave it around in front of the graduate students, all just good fun…I never thought she’d actually try something.” He scowled. “Especially not with the connivance of the asshole Arnet!

“Sifo…” The words "wave it around" were echoing surreally through Dooku’s head.

“I know, I know. I’m releasing my anger into the Force.”

“No, it wasn’t that…" In his own career as a Jedi, Dooku was occasionally called out to deal with especially troublesome pirates on missions that were more his typical, life-threatening dangerous style, decidedly not milk runs, or research on cultural sites. There was nothing of good fun or lightsaber-waving in the desperate violence of those encounters. “I was just going to say… your life… it is sometimes strange to me.”

“What, just because of the Queen Theo thing?”

“This situation where you and a space pirate recreationally antagonize each other for the entertainment of your subordinates is a fine example of what I mean.” Dooku scoffed. “Come to think of it, perhaps you ought to have slept with her after all. She might have been less inclined to eventually steal from you.”

“Oh, wow, so you know all about pleasing women now.”

Dooku shot him a venomous look. “I get by.”

Sifo-Dyas began to laugh. “I honestly don’t understand why people think you have no sense of humor. You’re completely hilarious.”

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

you mentioned having a modern au with ghostbur and c!tommy that's basically big hero 6... i am very intrigued... do tell me more...

OH MY GOSH MEREDITH HI!!! This ask got buried in my notifs ansgajsgajfsja apologies for the lateness!!

Okay! So! Background info:

Tommy is a kid who’s been bounced around the foster care system for most of his life. He’s used to not staying anywhere for long, and not making close connections with anybody.

That is!!! Until he lands in the home of Phil, a random guy who’s been taking care of foster kids for a while. He’s chill, and nice, and he also understands how hard things can be. Tommy likes him!

Along with getting to know Phil, Tommy also gets to know Wilbur, a former foster kid of Phil’s :) Wilbur is in his early twenties at this point, but he wound up in Phil’s home when he was a teenager—a very, very troubled teenager. Phil and Wilbur are pretty much father & son, but it’s not legal or anything; Wilbur never told Phil he wanted to be adopted, and Phil didn’t want to push it. Eventually, Wilbur aged out of the foster system and moved away, though he still lives nearby and he and Phil see each other often :) Their bond is very very close & special & filled with love.

So anyway, Tommy gets to know Wilbur! They very quickly become close, and a little after that they become unofficial brothers! Wilbur is… the closest thing Tommy’s really ever had to family. He loves him more than anything else. And Wilbur absolutely adores Tommy as well!! He’s got a little brother!! That’s kinda sweet, isn’t it?

Tommy’s ramshackle family isn’t perfect by any means—Wilbur, especially, is clearly dealing with mental health issues but he refuses to talk about any of it—but Tommy thinks it’s the best thing ever anyway. Despite the problems, the three of them really do love and care for each other, and they’re happy together. They are a family, even if not exactly legally considered one.

And then Wilbur dies. He’s killed late one night at his house, by a man with a gun. And then Tommy isn’t sure what’s family anymore.

That’s all the background info! By the time the fic actually begins, things are a lot different—a bad sort of different. Tommy and Phil don’t know what to do with each other, or how to handle losing Wilbur. Tommy quickly becomes distant, refusing to open himself up to his foster dad, and closing himself up in his room. It’s… strange. And bad. And really, really hard. And more than anything, Tommy misses Wilbur. He misses his brother. He misses his best friend. He wants Wilbur back. It wasn’t fair that he died. He shouldn’t have died.

And then, somehow, an even stranger thing happens!

While walking home one day (Tommy’s a teenager in this fic, probably 15 or 16) he comes across… Wilbur? Except it’s not Wilbur. Someone who looks like him, sure, someone who has Wilbur’s face and eyes and smile. But it’s not him.

Ghostbur doesn’t exactly know what he is either. He knows he’s a ghost, presumably the ghost of Wilbur, but he’s about as confused as Tommy is! He doesn’t know why he exists, why he apparently sounds different than Wilbur, why he can float, what his purpose is, or why Tommy is the only person who can see him. It’s all a big mess, pretty much!

And that’s kinda what the whole fic is: Tommy, still grieving his brother, has to find out what the heck to do with Ghostbur, who’s worryingly carefree about the whole situation. They also both get chick-fil-a milkshakes at some point because that’s literally why I came up with this whole AU in the first place, so that Ghostbur could have a milkshake 😭 I 100% came up with this whole entire story just so that Ghostbur could have a milkshake. I promise I am not joking.

I’ve written two chapters so far, but after I realized that I… don’t really know where the story is going/how it’s gonna end, it fizzled out 😅 But I really do like the idea!! And I do want to write more!! It’s really just a matter of me figuring out an actual plot lol

The similarities to Big Hero 6 are kinda funny ajgsjagsjsgajsgjagaha

Younger brother is best friends with older brother

Older brother is killed

Younger brother befriends a being that was created by the older brother (Baymax/Ghostbur)

A parental figure who’s not actually the parent takes/took care of younger brother and older brother (Aunt Cass/Phil)

This is basically a Big Hero 6 AU without the superpowers lol

[figcookie01]

MMM. a jobin mayhaps?

LOVE this guy and love when he went roller skating 🪲

[chimchiri]

omg HII 2, 3, 8 & 9 and also how are you doing? :D

Ah, thank you Calisto! Doing great with bitten hands from the pup lmao. Hope you're doing great as well! <3

2. How long have you been drawing?

When I started to get interested in anime (my first anime was Dragonball Z). I only drew occasionally and only in 2007 (17yo) drew regularly - anime style of course. I even remember the very first 'serious' drawing. Unfortunately I don't have it, but at that time DBZ was so popular, there were stickers in gums. And I scaled one of Krillin up to A4, just copying it. I was so proud of it at that age (roughly... 14? 15?). I drew traditionally for very long until my brother gifted me his wacom tablet. It's super interesting to look back on how much I improved. There's still so much I see that could be better, but I also love seeing all the old art. (I even made a post about it)

3. How many classes have you taken?

Besides the mandatory school lessons - none. Sometimes I wonder if I should have, but I'm not really interested in classes. I think the only one I'd actually like to do is figure drawing. I just like to analyze my art and my own mood/interest at a time and then actively choose to work on something. I know it's probably not as efficient to improve like that and I could be further ahead if I took classes and structured it more, buuuuut moving over to the next question -

8. Do you draw professionally, or just for fun?

- I draw for myself. As in, I just love drawing and mainly do it for the fun. I am by no means a professional, but since I'm taking commissions more or less regularly and am getting paid for them, I'd say I'm semi-professional? I guess that depends on how you define 'professional' lmao. Since I didn't take classes I'm very, very hesitant to use that adjective on myself.

9. How much time do you spend drawing on an average day?

When I'm having a good run I draw after work for ca 2-2.5 hours on average. Maybe 5 out of 7 days? 4? On the weekend roughly 3-5 hours in total? Depends on my plans and at the moment I'm having a lot of them and can't get in as much art as I used to. I'm also getting back into running again which takes up some time, so I'd say 1-2 hours after work at the moment :( I'm looking forward when I can get in more again.