#that was enough incentive

[noodle-artist]

When that first fear gas hallucination hits:

[silverybeast]

Dawn

touched up an old wip for some practice with metal leaf. kept fairly rough but i think that suits it since it would've otherwise been so busy.

[starry-bi-sky]

more about og tue timeline twins danny and dan/jamie

very touchy with each other. you might even say. ccclingy. its to be expected, they're two halves of a whole after all and all they've got of each other. worryingly co-dependent. do not separate. ever.

Danny was really weak and sick after the initial separation, and was for a while after. Jamie knew internally that if Danny died, he'd take the whole world with it. He was the one sole caretaker for him while he got better -- not for lack of trying on Vlad's part, but without his ghost powers he was nothing more than a feeble (albeit handsomely rich) man, and James looked ready to bite his head off if he got within ten feet of either of them.

Vlad is intimately aware that James (or Danny, if he tried) could snap his spine in half like a twig, and is uncomfortably aware of his own lack of ghost half now. It makes him feel self-conscious and exposed, so he never fully returns back to "cocky and self-assured billionaire Vlad Masters". Making deals with other brands feels a lot harder now that he can no longer possess them anymore.

Speaking of, he very quickly has to come up with a cover story as to why there's now a James Daniel Fenton to the public, when no records whatsoever of him existing existed prior. Lots of forging false government documents on his end. James and Danny do not help because it's his fault this happened in the first place.

(Regardless of whether or not Danny actually willingly chose to rip out his ghost half/humanity in canon is true, or if that was Vlad Masters speaking out of his ass, a large part of the blame still falls on Masters.)

(As his primary caretaker and guardian, it's his responsibility to ensure the health and safety of his charge, and since Danny was in clear emotional duress at the time, it can be argued that he was not in the mental state to make such a decision. And, allegedly, couldn't do it on his own which is why he asked Vlad for help.)

I chose "James" as Dan's name since it's a popular fanon middle name for Danny, and since he's half of Danny, it felt like it just made sense lol. Also because of the ensuing comedy of the two of them introducing themselves as "James Daniel Fenton" and "Daniel James Fenton". It's got the same energy as "danny with a y" and "danny with an i" and it's the exact kind of name bullshit you expect parents to give their twins.

I don't have their exact personalities down, but something I am actively writing into this au's bible is that I think Danny should be the quiet and (ig technically) meaner one. There's a lot to go into about interpretations for ghosts, halfas, and the incident itself, but TL:DW; Danny is technically soulless, or at the very least missing half of his soul (altho Jamie is too just in a different direction).

Pair that with the trauma of losing his family in front of him + having his ghost half ripped out + all the trauma he would've sustained as a hero, and he's not doing too hot mentally! i think if the twins met good timeline!Danny, Danny would've mistaken Danny for Dan and Jamie for the original half.

He comes off to others as pretty apathetic and indifferent to a borderline terrifyingly calm degree. He doesn't go out of his way to insult people, but he also doesn't care enough to consider the other party's feelings so he doesn't filter himself, which makes him come off as rude. The only times he looks truly comfortable is when he's near Jamie or talking to him.

His standoffish, ice prince demeanor makes Jamie look like a saint in comparison. When really he's not all that much better? He's more outwardly emotional than Danny, whether that be positive or negative, but at the end of the day he doesn't trust or care about anyone else any more than Danny does, and he's got a bit of a sadistic streak. Danny reigns him in when he starts becoming too destructive.

(Which I think makes sense. Danny asked Vlad to rip out his ghost half specifically so he could stop feeling his human emotions. Dan, despite his monotone voice, does exhibit emotions. He's smug when he asks Valerie if he likes his ghostly wail, sardonic when he reunites with Sam and Tucker, annoyed, shocked at Danny's ghostly wail, etc. He enjoys wreaking destruction and chaos.)

(If Danny had survived his encounter with Dan and if Vlad was successful, then I imagine he'd be rather apathetic to his other half as a whole. That'd be interesting.)

Overall though they're both hurt, bitter, and distrustful of the world around them, with abandonment issues a mile wide. They can get better and they can heal, but it takes time and patience and proper support.

On the DPxDC side of things, they do genuinely hold some kind of respect or regard for Bruce. They also don't become vigilantes for a while. Neither of them are jumping at the bit to enter heroism again, not when it was heroism that killed their family in the first place.

In fact when they find out Bruce = Batman they think he's foolish for it. They think its a fool's errand, and they've been so spurned by their time as Phantom that for a few weeks, Jamie even refused to call Bruce anything but Sisyphus. Danny called him Tantalus, and the two of them had a faux-argument about which one was more accurate.

Bruce does, though, worm his way into both of their hearts, and that's like, the main reason they become vigilantes to join him. So that they could keep him safe and not because of any desire to return to the heroic life. Relearning to care and finding satisfaction in helping others was an unintentional side effect.

(Bruce is so very smug)

Essentially:

The Twins: this is our squishy and fragile adoptive father. If anything happened to him, we're becoming mass extinction events.

Bruce: Nnno.

[onifanss]

Yansae •

[antisocialxconstruct]

scruffy little pigeon came and puttered around near me while I was sitting on the curb waiting for the bus and then it SAT DOWN next to me and started preening 😭😭😭 I've never been so honored

[thewhumpcaretaker]

♡ 𝕍𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕕𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕥 ♡

[tongues--and--teeth]

Post-War Golden Cheese and Dark Cacao my beloveds <3

[14dayswithyou]

💖 14DWY OFFICIAL PLAYLISTS! 💖

aka songs that make me think of these characters ^^ Ironically, it has nothing to do with the recent poll lol /srs

Ren | [REDACTED] Leon Violet Teo

BONUS! For the crackpot theorists & those who like overanalysing lyrics: here's a mystery playlist with 14 very specific songs: 9 songs based on the cast, 4 songs based on the game endings, and 1 bonus song based on Ren's introspection ^^ First person to correctly guess which song belongs to each character and ending can get a free art commission of their choice!!

[front-facing-pokemon]

[skunkes]

This is already in my pinned but I need to make an official post I can use over and over again

this is my Everything main blog, if u dont wanna see cheye talking or reblogging but still wanna see his stuff

🌈I have an art archive blog here!🌈

[moiraimyths]

Before we call anon rude because let’s see it from their perspective, imagine getting an entire feast to eat. That can be pretty hard to start with so much that’s going on, but if they start with one thing they know they’ll like (aka one character they like) that can be the start for them leaping to other characters to finish the story and the bigger story. I struggle the same way to start book series if I don’t have at least one character that drives me to read it, it’s all about what can be the hook to push them through. Sounds like the anon is neurodivergent (just a guess) so they might genuinely not see it as rude and see it as a solution to even play the game to start with.

Btw absolutely adore the game, the complex and rich characters making them all so unique is amazing. The art is so pleasing to the eyes I love it!! I’m waiting for it all to get out at once so I don’t get too impatient. Shae however interests me the most, which routes will have the most lore for them? Will there be routes that give more lore in general based on decisions you make or do they all share the same amount? (I mean general lore not just Shae lore)

Apologies; we are not trying to accuse any asker of being rude! We are simply explaining our perspective as the developers / are trying to broadly encourage folks to dip their toes into other areas of the story outside of the main route(s) they're interested in, especially considering some routes will be made available sooner than others, and these other routes will likely contain additional scenes/lore of everyone's fave(s) regardless! We want to give each main cast member an equal amount of love (and lore) regardless of their overall popularity, so our goal is not to tut-tut anyone for having strong preferences for one character over the others, but rather to explain that you may be surprised by how much *more* you learn about your preferred characters in the other routes. That's all!

For Shae... Well, they were a foot soldier for one of the worst periods of the War. Lore wise, any other story that touches on the War will likely have content relevant to them and their experiences. ^^

[april]

minecraft gamerule requests

a keepExperience rule which is independent of keepInventory

an option to make players drop 100% of experience on death

[gender-trash]

have i told you guys about my new employer provided health benefit idea, where they just give you a debit card and you charge all your health expenses to it. maybe combined with a catastrophe policy or something in case someone gets stuck with a $100k bill, and if they're annoyed at how much something costs then people ops/HR/whatever you want to call them can call up the doctor's office directly and negotiate with their billing office, instead of you randomly getting an afternoon eaten by The Phone -- from your perspective you simply Receive Healthcare and can then spend your work hours doing your actual fucking job. this would obviously have other problems (with privacy etc. and also maybe legally), but it might be worth a shot tbh

[howlsofbloodhounds]

what gun(s) would you give the bad sanses, if they were to own one?

I had no idea. I’m not an expert in guns. I know killer would definitely fool around with whatever he can get his hands on, curious fella he is, but I do think he prefers close range—he can see better, be certain of his reality through use of touch, and feel all the pain he wants. Win-win for him. and things like various daggers, knives, swords—and of course, bones. Because im sure he has been shown using bones before.

Perhaps hand to hand, obviously dodging, his reset strategically, and doesn’t use much magic based fighting besides maybe that one blue attack soul moving thing i can’t remember the name of right now (he uses it on dream before and swap), and his gaster blaster to end a fight quickly—either when bored, to overwhelm a stronger enemy/take them by surprise, or something’s triggering him into stage 1.

[anorexic-autist]

one day i can live on my own and have beautiful meal preps in glass containers and a standing desk with a treadmill and wake up at 6am to go lift weights and do boxing class every single day and it will be beautiful fr

[umbralundertaker]

What is something i could do to make you guys actually listen to a music link i post