#the beginnings of karlnapity

[sodaspringz]

godd the cbeeduo to ctntduo enjoyer pipeline is actually so fucking real

[cyncerity]

hello!! long story short, i've fell into a Borrowers brainrot siuation and i stumbled across your sketches of karlnapity in little scrap fabrics and immediately recognised them !! i love it so much and was wondering if you've done anything more Borrowers content?

OH HAVE I EVER

That’s actually so cool tho! I’ve never had someone recognize my art before, i’m glad you like it!!

anyway, back to the question, i’ve done a whole lot of dsmp related g/t art (for my own aus and for other peoples aus), and a little bit of stranger things art!! They’re all under the tag #cyn art, which is tagged in my pinned post, but here’s some of my other art that you may or may not have seen!

(these are only the drawings i’ve done for my aus and that can be found on my blog to keep it a bit simpler)

[cdroloisms]

hot take: las nevadas four does not queue up a c!q redemption arc. las nevadas five makes some interesting forays in the direction of comeuppance but fails to make the narrative link between that comeuppance and, ultimately, any change. the reason for this is because the prison arc is inadequately integrated into ln4 and ln5. (i'm writing an ln5 essay rn and this is my prompt for you to join me in hell)

i think people who think LN was heading towards a c!quackity redemption arc were tripping fr 😭 like it's not that i would oppose the idea of c!quackity like, even heading in a different direction. but he didn't? he literally didn't. his interactions with c!slime were never examples of c!quackity realizing the dark course he was taking and changing his ways--if anything, they were a reason to double down? he makes a literal slime army in LN5 like. a literal slime army.

i feel like it comes from this misconception that c!Quackity's whole deal revolves around how he ~cares~ for people, and when he felt betrayed and whatever by the fiances and such then his heart froze over and he went for ambition instead. and therefore learning to care for something can unfreeze his heart and make him good again, or something (<- oversimplified). but c!quackity's deal isn't that he closed his heart off to love? like c!quackity's issue is that he's terminally insecure and therefore kinda terminally self-centered--even in c!karlnapity, he was frequently portrayed as being insecure as hell about c!karlnap and preferred when the attention was on him. when c!karl was freaking the fuck out at him in LN4, his immediate reaction to c!karl like having literal memory loss was to scream at him.

all of this is way oversimplified for the record but it's like.

like, c!quackity and c!slime isn't about redemption as much as it is giving c!quackity an opportunity. and what we largely see, honestly, is c!quackity caring about c!slime...and also grooming him to be like, the successor of his country, seeing him as something malleable that he could use to create another version of himself. it's not that c!quackity was necessarily seeking to harm c!slime, but was he being manipulative? i mean, yeah???

and yeah, for sure, LN4 and especially LN5 heavily suffer from a lack of the prison being properly addressed. the prison and c!dream in specifics haunts c!quackity throughout the entirety of LN--any conclusion to this arc no matter what direction c!Quackity took needed a proper resolution to the prison imo ???

like i don't hate purpled's revenge quest, but bringing it back to purpled-quackity-slime Again in LN5 after the conclusion of LN4 made that all hit a lot less hard. i liked the c!punz scene tbh and i also liked c!dream's ditching las nevadas, but that also feels a lot less impactful when he had like, five lines and barely a confrontation (fuck the internet connection there FR). like, c!Quackity rejecting change isn't bad in itself, but it feels like later parts of las nevadas emphasize his decisions less in favor of what's done to him, and what's done to him doesn't feel enough like a consequence of his own actions. furthermore, so much about Las Nevadas and the Prison (the revive book in specifics) has everything to do with self-centered ambition moreso than revenge, and it feels like that in particular gets kinda poorly addressed? like, the deal with c!Purpled doesn't have to do with revenge, he's not really taking revenge on Purpled--he is, however, ambitious and doing everything that he thinks will make Las Nevadas Great, and the whole thing with him still continuing doggedly on LAS NEVADAS!! even after alluvthat is much more of a commentary on his relationship with power and ambition than on revenge.

this is kinda scattered (like the LN finale LMAO!) but yeah. las nevadas is literally created as a response to imprisoning c!dream, the beginning of this arc happens in parallel to the beginning of his visiting the prison, so having c!dream play as small as a role as he did in the latter two streams really ends up hurting the arc as a whole when so much emphasis had been on c!quackity and ... violence? both outside of the prison and inside it. having c!quackity come to terms with the fact that he does in fact suck fell kinda flat without properly addressing the ways that he actually does suck...? anyway yeah not the best essay kat dorry

[batwritings]

I need some karlnapity fluff in my life, maybe with a trans reader that is insecure about their chest or top surgery scars?

*cracks knuckles in has been through two top surgeries now and is very familiar with the topic* Comin' right up! Enjoy!~

Warning! This work is going to contain medical information but may still be slightly uncomfortable for some readers! Please click away if you think this may be upsetting to you! Thanks!

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You didn't mean to scrunch your face up when you looked over your scarring. While you could still recall the euphoria that washed over your body when you first had the gauze and tubing removed from your chest, your anxious mind still had racing thoughts. What if people didn't see you as you wanted them to? What if the need to change your appearance in such a drastic way made you less of who you wanted to be?

"You're overthinking it again amor," You heard behind you. You whipped around to see your trio, your boys watching from the doorway. Karl, Sapnap, and Quackity all wore the same worried expression for you.

"What if this doesn't change anything Q?" You mumbled, looking now at your sides where the scarring stretched up from your chest. You lifted your arms up to see them in full, eyes full of trepidation.

"Are you happy with it?" The duck hybrid asks, slowly stepping into the room. He looks over your scars with scrutiny and a gentle hand. He knew fully well how to care for a scar and the damage that could be done if it was left to fester. "Does it help you feel better?"

"Well, yes but--" You try to argue your point again, but you're immediately cut off.

"So don't worry about what other people think," Sapnap tells you, ever blunt and to the point. He leans over Quackity to inspect your chest, checking for any moisture that needed to be added to your nipple grafts.

"Plus, we love you as you are," Karl chimes, hugging you from behind. The sleeves of his hoodie come to wrap around your tummy and his fluffy-haired head rests on yours. "As long as you're happy, we're happy."

You couldn't not smile, blushing slightly at their kind words. Your boys had been nothing but patient with you during this process, tending to your scars and making sure you didn't need to so much as lift a finger as you healed. You look back at your reflection again and you meet Karl's mismatched eyes. He echos your smile, kissing the back of your head sweetly.

"Besides," Sapnap starts again, with a mischievous gleam in his eye. "At least the worst you have is pepperoni nipples. Not like they fell off or something." You couldn't help but laugh at the blaze hybrid.

"At least they don't look burnt like somebodies," you tease back, continuing to laugh at his offended gasp. Quackity shakes his head fondly, a content smile on his face. Karl begins to tease Sapnap too, and you all have a laugh at his fake whines of protest.

You had your boys and the four of your were happy.

[wishitweresummer]

Tell Me What’s On Your Mind

(Valentine’s Day Karlnap Ficlet)

Word Count: 2861

     The flirting between Karl and Sapnap had been going on for a long time now. Long enough that Sapnap had already come to a conclusion with his own sexuality, come out to his roommates, and figured out he has a crush on Karl. Well...at this point much more than a crush. Any conclusion to that was taking forever, though.

While he had been certain at the beginning of their friendship Karl must have feelings for him, that had faded more and more as he watched him be touchy with their other friends, flirty with their other friends...kissing their other friends. He wondered if Karl never kissing him as a joke meant he liked him or didn't like him. It must mean something? Too bad the meanings could only lead to those polar opposites in Sapnap's mind.

Sapnap was not planning on admitting his feelings to Karl. Karl seemed too forward and confident to him. Sapnap was sure if Karl wanted him, he would know. He would tell him. It had been so long. Sapnap was already learning how to be a friend silently in love. With Karl it could be easy. It could be enough. Sapnap was convinced he had everything he needed and could live without the rest.

He was looking forward to Karl coming over and hanging out at the Dream Team house tonight. They didn't have to start any content until tomorrow so they would get to just catch up and be together. He was alone in the living room waiting for Dream and George, who had just gone out shopping. Karl wasn't due to arrive for a few hours so he opted to just hang at the house alone to charge his social battery before all the chaos.

He switched back to discord a third time while scrolling Twitter. Karl hadn't responded to his message from earlier and it was bugging him a little. Not actually, but his brain just kept forcing him to check the message over and over and that is what was annoying him. He could never focus when he was thinking about Karl. He switched to discord again for the fourth time…

~~ding dong~~

The doorbell startled Sapnap out of his seat. His heart started racing immediately. He knew Dream and George wouldn't ring the doorbell. He knew Karl was on the other side of that door. He looked down at his outfit; anime hoodie, black sweatpants, and his Balenciaga hat. He fussed with the hem of his hoodie as he made his way to the door.

~~ding dong~~

"Alright alright!!!", Sapnap laughed as he pulled open the door. He stumbled back with a gasp as Karl leaped onto him, laughing as he held him up and hugged him back.

"Nick!", Karl mumbled happily into Sapnap's neck, clinging on for dear life.

"Karl.", Sapnap sighed. Relief and excitement were somehow competing within him. Karl's hugs. Nothing in the world like Karl's hugs. He always clung so desperately it made him feel strong, loved, and weak in his knees all at once.

"I missed you handsome.".

"I missed you!!!".

~•~

Karl was being weird, Sapnap decided. He kept catching these little side-looks. And he would open his mouth to speak, then close it. Sapnap isn't sure he has seen Karl be this shy before. It was...very adorable actually. Right away he had gotten a sense that Karl wanted to say something. It made sense, too. It was all a little too convenient. Karl had been messaging with him all morning and then had gone dead quiet when he had found out George and Dream had vacated the premises. Shortly after Karl's early arrival Sapnap had received a text from Dream telling him they would be running late. And now this shy behavior. Sapnap was starting to let his fantasies get ahold of him for sure.

"What is it?”. Karl's back stiffened at the words.

"Huh?", he said dumbly. The two were on the couch together flipping through YouTube videos on the TV. They hadn’t found anything with how distracted they both were looking back and forth at each other.

"Huh?", Sapnap mocked playfully. He smirked proudly at the blush it earned him. "What has gotten into you Karl?", he leaned over and poked Karl's side. Karl squealed and shoved his hand away.

"It's nothing!". Karl's voice was a little higher than usual. Sapnap's eyes narrowed at him. Karl squirmed under the gaze and tried his best to focus on the TV.

Sapnap's plan formed in his head quickly. This was his favorite game, after all. He saw only W's coming out of this, too. He would get Karl to spit out whatever is on his mind and he would get to make Karl laugh. Which is his favorite sound in the entire world.

Now to play with his food first...

Sapnap sighed loudly and looked down at his hands. He wiggled his fingers slowly and turned them over and over as he pretended to inspect them.

"Stop that.". But, Karl was giggling. Sapnap pretended to crack his knuckles. "Don't", Karl warned. It was awfully cute how commanding he was trying to be through all of his giggles. Sapnap jerked his hands towards the nervous boy before pulling them back, laughing as Karl yelped and tried to clamber off the couch. Sapnap only grabbed his leg and dragged him back across the couch on his stomach. "Noooo!".

Karl wasn't fighting back in any real way. And Sapnap wasn't pinning him down either. They had been here before a hundred times. It was one of Sapnap's favorite things about Karl. There were days when tickling was normal. One of them would go for the other and they would laugh and try to get away. A bit of playful torture. Then, there were other days when it was almost like Karl was asking for it in any way besides just asking and any fighting back was impossibly weak. These were his favorite. A little chase or teasing and then he got to hear his favorite noise...

Karl's crazy high pitched cackling echoed against the walls around them as Sapnap roughly squeezed his shoulders right where they met his neck. He was starting out strong with his death spot. Well...he also really wanted to get whatever Karl was holding back out of him as soon as possible. Sapnap leaned down and murmured right against Karl's sensitive ear.

"Tell me what's on your miiiind.", Sapnap sang. Karl squealed and squirmed against the couch.

"Pleaseeee!!! It's nothing!", he cried out. Sapnap abandoned his shoulders and instead dug his fingers softly into the back of his ribcage. Karl scrunched up and let out a string of high pitched squeals before wheezing and falling back into his cute hysterical giggling. Sapnap loved how crazed he always sounded. He has been learning exactly how to pry each and every noise out of him. He squeezed both his soft sides to force some squeaks out of Karl. "It's nothing!!!", Karl gasped out. It sounded a little more desperate than Sapnap was expecting so he slowed down. He eyed the redness glowing at the tip of Karl's ears. Karl was a lot more flustered than usual.

He lifted up a bit and flipped Karl onto his back before straddling his waist. Karl quickly covered his face with both hands.

"Hey hey! Why are you blocking my view of your pretty face?". Karl only whined and squirmed. "Hey.", Sapnap said it softer. He wiggled his pointer fingers into both of Karl's armpits and Karl yelped and snapped his arms down to his sides. Sapnap was expecting his face to be red and happy. He was stunned at what he actually found. It was red...it was extremely red. But, Karl's eyes held a panic, and while some glee was definitely breaking through with the forced laughter he almost seemed to be in a sort of anguish. It halted any teasing that was about to fall from Sapnap's lips. He didn't know what to say as he tugged his fingers out of Karl's armpits.

Karl clasped his hands back over his face for a few seconds before peeking between his fingers as he realized something was wrong.

"Are you okay?", Sapnap finally got out. He cursed himself silently for taking so long.

"What? Yeah I...it tickles...um.", Karl sputtered, confused. Sapnap pressed his fingers through Karl's chocolate curls in an attempt to calm him. He was buying himself time to think of what to say.

"Did I misread the situation? Do you not want to be tickled right now?", Sapnap asked earnestly. Karl flushed and let slip a small choked gasp before covering his face again. He cringed and shoved his face into the couch.

"Oh god.". It was muffled and filled with embarrassment.

Sapnap and Karl had never actually addressed Karl's seemingly complicated relationship with tickling. Sapnap knew how to read him well enough so it was never needed.

Sapnap shifted nervously on top of Karl's waist.

"I'm sorry, I made you uncomfortable.", Sapnap's words were rushed as be moved to get off of him. Karl grabbed both of his hands and held him in place.

"No! Wait. Hold on. Gahhh. I need to collect myself. Please don't go.", Karl spewed. He looked wrecked. The heat was climbing down his neck. Sapnap settled back on top of him. He had never seen Karl so nervous. He played with his hands while Karl focused on his breathing. It went on like that for about a minute. Not excessively long, but long enough for Sapnap to run over every scenario in his own mind.

"You didn't do anything wrong. I promise. It's just...I do have something on my mind and I did really want to tell you.”, Karl covers his face with both hands for a moment before continuing, “ I'm just really nervous. I thought I could get it out this way. I thought it would be easier. Like...you could get it out of me, for me. I realized that was stupid, but then you already knew something was up. I just don't want to mess this up...", he trailed off and cringed.

'Mess this up?', Sapnap thought. It echoed inside his head.

"Nothing could mess this up.", he assured firmly. Karl couldn't look at him. Sapnap's heart skipped a beat.

It was hitting him. The coincidences he found fishy were fishy. Karl wants to say something to him that he's afraid will change things. He couldn't stop the grin from creeping up on him. He observed the new shy version of his favorite person underneath him. Impossibly cute. He needed to let him off the hook.

"Maybe, I could get something off my chest first? And then you could?". Sapnap did his best to soften his grin to a sweet smile. Karl finally made eye contact again and it was like he was trying to get all the information out from the gaze alone. Sapnap shook his head. "Like, with my words. I'll tell you...a secret. Something I've been wanting to tell you. Is that okay? And then maybe if you're comfortable you can tell me yours?". Karl nodded. Sapnap hesitated only to consider his words. His feelings. He had a lot of them. They were intense. What's the best way to get that across?

He found Karl's hand and linked their fingers. He decided if he would do this he needed to just be completely honest and put it all out there. He leaned in and whispered into his ear.

"I am in love with you.".

Karl grabbed a fistful of Sapnap's hoodie and suddenly they were kissing. Sapnap nearly collapsed on him and soon it was a giggly and messy kiss. It was beautiful. It was everything. Sapnap dropped beside him on the couch and cupped Karl's face as he learned exactly how soft his lips were and exactly how his tongue tasted. He wrapped an arm around his waist and tugged him on top. He felt Karl's bat away his hat and tangle his fingers in his hair.

"I am in love with you, too.", Karl murmured breathlessly into the kiss.

~•~

Things moved very fast after that...with how fast they confessed exactly how long each had loved the other for. The first time feelings sparked. How many times they had wanted to confess.

     George and Dream walked right into the tears and soft kisses. It was sweet, but too sweet. A quick congratulations and an acknowledgment of the new relationship status and then they were gone again. Off to their separate rooms where they would no doubt be blowing up the private Dream Team discord about this. Sapnap would catch up with later.

     Boyfriends. Dating. Together. Partners. They had run through the list and agreed to all of them and more. The shyness was gone. They were both so excited to express all their feelings. Suddenly they were spilling it all. Karl admitted he loved being close to Sapnap so much sometimes he would annoy him into tickling him.

"I know silly.", Sapnap peppered his blushing face with little kisses. Sapnap let slip that he replayed compilations of Karl kissing their friends to try and work out what he could do to make it happen for himself. Karl cooled any embarrassment with his own playful kisses. No secrets between them. They cuddled in close on the couch and played with each others fingers and hair. Whispered about how they've always wanted to be like this. They were already used to being so physically affection that it was shocking how new it felt to push things just a little farther. Prolonged hand holding. Kisses starting to trail away from lips. Sapnap let out an embarassing squeak when Karl nipped softly at his ear. He huffed and held Karl away by his shoulders, smiling at him.

"Are you...tired?", Sapnap asked with his eyebrows thrown up. Karl giggled.

"A little. Maybe we could go to your room?". Sapnap laughed and pulled him off the couch, dragging him giddily to his room. His boyfriend was a mind reader.

     They cuddled together under the warm blankets of Sapnap's bed and traded sweet kisses.

"I can't believe this.", Sapnap whispered.

"What? That you tickle tortured me until I told you I loved you so you would stop?", Karl teased, poking Sapnap in the side under the covers. Sapnap gasped and yelped softly at the poke.

"That is not what happened!", Sapnap whisper-shouted. Karl kissed him to shut him up. "You're annoying.", Sapnap mumbled into the kiss. Karl pulled away and grinned at him. Sapnap recognized the look right away.

"No please!". Sapnap cowered, but laughter was pulled out of him as Karl's nimble fingers attacked his rib cage and sides with tickles. "Karl!", he cried out, shoving away the hands. He couldn't help his squealing as Karl only scooted closer and crawled his hands up his shirt, tickling at his bare tummy. One twist and Sapnap knew he was screwed. He hiccuped through his laughter as he pushed at the hands now trapped under his shirt tickling him. "Fuck!", he wailed as Karl explored everywhere under his shirt. His bellybutton and sides. He could feel him working his way up to his bare armpits and he squirmed desperately. "Please!! They'll hear us!!", he pled through his laughter.

"I'm just tickling him!", Karl called out. Sapnap flushed and buried  his face in Karl's neck with a small peep.

"Oh my god.", he whined and clung to him. "I hate you.".

"No, you love me.", Karl coo'ed, squeezing once into Sapnap's side. He squealed into his neck. “Let me tickle my boyfriend!”. Karl slid his fingers along Sapnap’s bare sides, relishing in how he squirmed. This was his, all his. Sapnap giggled desperately into his neck.

When he couldn’t take the tickles any longer, Sapnap nipped at Karl's neck playfully. He whimpered and melted almost instantly. Sapnap had never brought his mouth over here before, but with how sensitive Karl's neck was he had a lot of suspicions with what might happen if he nibbled there. With just three little teasing nibbles Karl had his hands out from under Sapnap's shirt and was desperately trying to tug him away from his neck with the worlds lightest pulls. His breath was quick and his neck was feeling warmer and warmer. Karl whined.

"I'm sensitive.", he sounded wrecked. Sapnap laughed as he let himself be pulled away and into more kisses. The connection between them growing stronger and deeper. Everything completely perfect. The way their lips were made for each other. Their hands wordlessly explored each other as they found new sensitivities everywhere.

                                           ~•~

      Karl and Sapnap had been flirting with each other for a long time now. So long that things seemed like they would never change. Tonight was now the first of the rest of their lives, together. Love no longer unspoken. They shouted it from the rooftops. Proud to be with each other. Proud to be together and to fit so perfectly. It all made sense, it only made sense. Sapnap and Karl.

[ifievertoldyou]

"New Discovery" by The Crane Wives for tHAW!Quackity

this song has very early/general thaw!quackity energy, so i'm going to analyze it

(click under the cut to see a lyrical breakdown)

“I want to stand on the edge of the water/ And see horizons stretch on forever/ I want to know that there are lands/ Not yet touched by human hands/ I want to be the one to find them.”

you can see a lot of quackity's former idealism in these lyrics, how he has such a bright outlook of what will happen in his future, how excited he is for all the opportunities he will have, and all the potential that he can harness into something great, something memorable.

on the flip side, these lyrics can also outline his hubris, as well as just the fact that quackity is incredibly ambitious, showing how he is very driven to do things that have never been done before. it doesn't matter to him that his goals are unprecedented and unrealistic for anyone, much less a Human to ever hope to actually accomplish. because he strives for more and wants to create a lasting legacy for himself, and you don't do that by just doing whatever's already been done before. you do that by shooting for the stars, by flying closer to the sun. that's how quackity tries to make himself shine amongst the others, even when it is to his own detriment in the end.

this song's tone is so light and hopeful because quackity hasn't yet fallen so far after his endeavors to get more bite him in the ass. he hasn't lost all that he's lost just yet, and it shows.

“Sometimes I feel like I'm lost in a desert/ And every dune is the same as the other/ I see my footprints in the sand/ So I know where I've been/ And these steps I take won't go to waste/ If I'm moving towards something”

not only do i really love the desert metaphor here and the way that this could also be Perfectly applied in a literal way to q's own beginning in this world, but it encapsulates quackity and his need for ambition and innovation pretty nicely too!

he wants to make something out of his life, and go down in history for something important, and this part of the song really does a good job showing that no matter what, he won't stop working as hard as he can to achieving these goals, even when he has to take it just one step at a time to get there.

“I want to believe there's something left for me/ A new discovery waiting for me”

quackity has beaten the odds and been the first or one of the firsts in a lot of things on his mission to leave a lasting legacy for himself: he was the first person to ever beat the sky gods in a game, he was the first ever person to introduce stripclubs to the contintent, he was one of the first people to be so openly Blessed by the sky gods. and that's not even mentioning how he managed to beat the odds in a lot of things, like partaking in the blood trials and passing them even despite only being a human, and figuring out his own way to make runes despite not knowing ancient. quackity is an incredibly innovative man, and he uses that fact to his advantage in helping him make these new advances and discoveries.

“I want to kindle a love that doesn't age/ Even when all the years carve lines into your face/ Tell me I will be surprised/ When I think I've memorized/ Every touch and every thought/ I want you to prove me wrong.”

although quackity is less likely to actually admit this to himself after his fiances left him, ultimately, what he’s always wanted was to love and be loved. his purpose isn't just about meaning something to the world, it's also about meaning something to someone. he wants his legacy to endure, but more than that, he wants his love to endure too. he wants both, but arguably he wants the love more, because what good is it to enjoy all the success he's had without somebody to enjoy it with?

vv link to the song vv

i say that this song is early-quackity coded as he's more scared of having that attachment after what happened with karlnapity. but deep down, he definitely still wants this with someone regardless, even if he doesn't want to let himself have it anymore. but this song is about the hope for all the new potential adventures in life, and hope is something that he had a lot more of before all the horrible things started happening to him.

and while quackity definitely still has hope and ambitions even now, he doesn't allow himself to have as many, so as to avoid unnecessary disappointment and hurt.

thanks for reading and, as always, here is where you can read thaw, so make sure to go do that if you haven't already!!

[brick-a-doodle-do]

aaaa i'm late my bad :'D i've introduced this before i believe but barely

@local-squishmallow more karlnapity! :3

14/18

VERY inspired by a tiktok

au where quackity is a borrower who lives with karl, a human who recently went missing. quackity gets curious and has nothing better to do, so he goes to investigate using karl's phone.

he discovers an email and many many different tabs full of something called "SEEKERS", which he learns is essentially a game of hide-and-seek (whatever that is) where you hide somewhere in your house and a trained hunter tries to find you. if you win, you get money. if you don't....well, it doesn't really say. but apparently a lot of people lost and had never been heard from since.

quackity, because he knows he can't get anything he needs if he doesn't have a living human and he really doesn't want to move (and just a little bit because after watching this human for so long he's gotten a little attached and he's....a tiny bit worried about him. he'll never admit that though), he starts a game and calls for their best seeker and declares he doesn't want the prize money. he figures it's an easy win given his size.

when the time comes for the game to start, quackity hides. a seeker named sapnap (apparently, quackity only saw his name tag) arrives. and it begins: twenty four hours of an endless hunt that is genuinely very entertaining to watch. he fucks with the seeker, dashing out of sight at the last minute. until the day is over. he won. now, as sapnap leaves, he finds his way into the human's bag. hopefully he can find karl. and an explanation for the game.

au is just "seekers" and i don't see noms for it

[commaclear]

good for you two qaa and wsd, congrats!

personally I am still in the FUCKING TRENCHES Appa I cannot get OUT send HELP it has been well over TWO FUCKING YEARS OF TNTDUO and now its gotten to a point where even my weird role-play in the imbox ex fiancés literally karlnapitied me and are actually together????? AND THEYRE BOTH FREE?????

suffering eternally, -ÆÆ/mud

Life is crazy.... Can't even begin to imagine being free from TNT Duo

[izerdo]

Butterflies with brown hair

So I've been hoarding the start of this g/t Karlnapity fic for awhile now, so I thought I'd go ahead and throw it in here because I'm unsupervised and I can't be stopped. Once I finally have this out of my drafts I’ll probably start writing more for it. let me know what you guys think!

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There weren't many borrowers in the smp, not that Karl knew of at least. He had met one when L'manburg was still standing, but since then he's only seen those big things. Streamers they called themselves, Karl had gotten into the habit of watching them more than he really needed to. One that particularly interested him was an avian hybrid named Quackity. Karl was sitting on top of a chest watching Quackity pace around his office shuffling papers in his hands. The borrower couldn't really explain why he enjoyed watching this streamer. Maybe it was the little jokes he'd make that always got a laugh out of Karl, or how he rambled on about the most random of things, or maybe it was that fluttering Karl felt in his stomach when he could see Quackity's smile. Karl shook those thoughts from his head, he had already borrowed what he needed from the chests, he needed to get back home. As Karl stood to leave a loud screech rang out causing the borrower to jump and lose his balance, sending him falling off of the chest he was on. Karl braced himself for a harsh impact but was surprised when he landed in something softer, cloth, Karl looked up to find himself in the hood of Quackity's coat. "What the fuck was that?!" Quackity exclaimed, Karl ducked down thinking he was caught when he heard the door swing open. "Quackity you'll never believe what I found!" A second voice called out "Was it that weird ass screaming??? That scared the shit out of me! What the fuck did you find?" Karl felt the giant hybrid's footsteps swaying his coat hood "So I was out mining when I see this weird moss, I go to investigate, my vision goes dark, and I hear this!" Karl covered his ears as the screech sounded a second time, much louder than before. "Yeah that doesn't tell me what it is," Quackity said "and honestly we should talk about this new find later, Foolish, I need to get home before I lose my mind," the second streamer, Foolish, laughed at the comment "This Kinoko deal is really getting to you, isn't it. Well, you go rest, Quackity, I'll finish up as much paperwork I can, see you soon?"  Quackity let out a relieved sigh "Thanks Foolish, I'll see you soon," Karl felt the avian begin walking again and ducked further into the hood in an attempt to stay hidden as Quackity walked past the other streamer and out of the office. Karl was about to jump out and escape when he felt his world quickly shift as the casino owner pulled his hood up over his head, spilling the borrower over his shoulder. "The fuck was tha- ah!"Quackity exclaimed, staring at the borrower, both of them frozen in place. Karl broke the silence first "HEY HOT STUFF COME HERE OFTEN" he blurted out, cringing as he realized what he just said. But to his surprise, Quackity laughed, a soft but genuine laugh that didn't seem to come from nerves or awkwardness, Karl felt his cheeks heat up noticing that this streamer looked really cute when he laughed. He was about to follow up his panicked flirting when Quackity sighed "I'm leaving," he said, cupping his hand around Karl and swiftly yet carefully setting him on the ground "I've dealt with enough I'm not going any crazier until Monday." He said, walking towards the exit of the building. Karl stood there, dumbfounded as he watched Quackity leave, it took Karl much longer than it should've to go back to his home in the walls. And much longer than that to get any sleep that night.

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Karl couldn't stop thinking about that stupid streamer, even while he was out borrowing he kept hoping he would see Quackity again. It took two whole days before Karl saw him back in his office. The avian was once again messing with papers and mumbling to himself. Karl knew he shouldn't stay, he shouldn't even be in that room, he got everything he'd need for at least the next two weeks. But how could he leave Quackity when he looked so stressed out and upset? Karl climbed down from the stack of chests at the back of the room and made his way to Quackity's desk, he hid underneath so he could hear the streamer's mumbling. "Stupid fiery bastard, why does he have to make me do all this paperwork just for a trade deal it's not like it's anything big it's literally just iron but noo~ 'We can't just trade Quackity what about taxes?' What do you MEAN taxes Sapnap we ARE the government!" Quackity questioned to himself, his small outburst rewarding a laugh from Karl. The avian sighed and Karl took Quackity's pause to make his presence known. "So does work always stress you out this much?" He called out, hearing Quackity's jolt of surprise jostle his desk "What the fuck who said that?" The streamer asked. Karl laughed a bit at Quackity's surprise "I thought you'd remember, since you seemed so shocked when I sort of, fell on you."  There was a prolonged silence that made Karl want to jump out of his skin. Quackity finally responded after what felt like forever. "That was real?" He said, Karl had to admit he was a little disappointed that Quackity thought their encounter was some kind of hallucination, but he continued nonetheless. "Yeah it was real, you could never make up a face as handsome as mine," Karl said smugly, hearing a chuckle come from above him "So where are you now? I can hear you plain as day but I can't-" Quackity paused a second "are you in my hood again?" Karl couldn't help but laugh as the streamer moved to check his hood "No I'm not in your hood, that was an accident." Karl paused as he remembered, this was an accident, he wasn't supposed to be there at all. Borrowers were never supposed to be known by bigger species, but here he was talking to one. Karl was snapped from his thoughts when he heard Quackity speak again "I, um, I never got your name, mine's Quackity," the awkwardness in his voice made Karl's continued silence all the more uncomfortable. "K- um, my name's Karl," the borrower said "I- I shouldn't be here," he continued sheepishly, Quackity paused "why?" He asked. Karl couldn't think of what to say, he couldn't think of why other than 'big people bad' but he obviously couldn't just say that. His mind wandered, nearing places he hadn't thought about in ages, until he heard Quackity say his name "Karl, if you really need to go that's fine, but if you can stay, I definitely wouldn't mind the company," he said amongst Karl's prolonged silence. The borrower wrestled with his thoughts for what felt like hours, he had already gotten this far there was no turning back. Quackity knew about him, he knew his NAME for prime's sake! Karl almost wished he hadn't literally fallen into this mess, now he genuinely wanted to reveal himself to a streamer and why? Because he liked the way Quackity laughs? Karl clenched his fist and pulled out his hook, "I'm coming up," he said, tossing his hook up to the desktop. As Karl climbed he though to himself about just how crazy it all was. He wasn't alone, he was talking to someone, he wasn't just listening to them talk to someone else. As Karl pulled himself up onto the desktop he caught a glimpse of Quackity quickly turning his head to face the papers in front of him. "So are you gonna answer my question or just stare at your papers?" Quackity's cheeks grew pink as he returned his gaze to where Karl stood "Huh?  Oh- y-yeah! I mean-" Karl couldn't help but chuckle at the avian's stammering. Quackity let out a sigh "Yeah, this paperwork is fucking awful," he said, laughing a bit at his own misery. "Then why are you doing it?" Karl asked with genuine curiosity, "I can't just not do it, these are important documents, and if my country is gonna have any power in this stupid smp I have to do all this tedious bullshit," Karl frowned as Quackity sighed, setting his head in his free hand, "Unless something forces my hand I don't really have a choice," there was a short pause before Karl smiled, an idea coming to him. The borrower ran over and threw himself over Quackity's hand "break time!" He yelled. Quackity jumped a bit in surprise "W- Karl what are you doing?" He asked, giggling as Karl wrestled the pen out of Quackity's hand. "I'm forcing your hand," Karl said triumphantly, "so now you have to take a break, treat yourself." Quackity pulled the pen away from Karl and placed it on the desk "Okay," he finally said, "I can take a break for like, five minutes," Karl pumped his fists in celebration "Hell yeah!" He hollered. Karl shifted his gaze upwards to see Quackity wearing the same smile that gave him those butterflies, only this time Quackity was smiling at him. Karl hadn't noticed he went silent until Quackity spoke up "So, I don't suppose you'd mind if I ask you a few things, would you?" He asked, not seeming to mind the borrower sprawled over his hand. Karl's lips quirked into a smile "I don't think I'd mind," he said confidently "I don't think I'd mind at all,".

[cherubim-of-vvkastel]

🖋 *slam dunks this in here*

HOOTS AND HOLLERS!!!! Two points!!!

🖋 a list of plots or ideas // plot meme

Where to begin with you... hmm. I suppose I shall split these up based on the fandom aye? You have a ton of muses I'd love to plot around, so bare with me as I hit you with yet another long list 😭

DSMP

Eternalduo you saw this coming... Sorry, not sorry, I will write these lovely immortals with you any day. You have so many dynamics I could go into with these two, but I'm more than happy to try to restrain myself to only a few, lest I steal you away from everyone else...

Now hear me out on this one, Sam and Technoblade. They're a pairing I find hard to get content on where the two of them are the main focal point. Usually it's with Dream in the center of them or with them on entirely opposing sides of conflicts, but I do feel they have potential. An anarchist meets the government. Hot take: I do think these two could have been friends under the right circumstances. Yadda yadda something about opposites attracting *shrugs*

The Gods, ie. PandasPVP and DreamXD. I've got some vicious headcanons about PandasPVP and how he rebelled against DreamXD and thus ended up in a conflict that had him sealed away - crazy stuff. But I do think there is some fun god au material here we could work with!!

Punz and Purpled, ignore unfounded and give me these two (/j but seriously these two could be adorable). Just, yeah.

Obligatory DreamTeam mention here while I twirl around my puppy of a man Sapnap!!! Dream and Sapnap hold a very near and dear place in my heart so I will always offer them up. From unrequited love to best friends for life to tragic enemies, to corruption arcs. I will always kick my feet cutely at a Sapnap corruption arc where he loses what little resolve he has left and Dream swoops in to secure another ally.

Karlnap could also be an option, I've just had a difficult time with a lot of Karl writers. It's been mostly misses over hits in my experiences with them, but I'm sure you write a delicious Karl!! I wish I could add more here, but I don't have much experience writing them.

Awesamponk, need I say more? (yes I do, to clarify we don't have to do anything romantic, it can also be platonic!!!)

QSMP

Luzuriaga and Wilbur. I'll warn you right now, I tend to go off of Karmaland for my Luzu as that's where I know him from best and I came to cling to very deeply. I'm still catching up with QSMP Luzu but I do very much love these two brunettes and the chaos they could cause. Fighting for fatherhood and then becoming buddies, its a cute thought in my head.

Foolish and Leo are also mandatory!!!(/nf) Leo could ask for anything and Foolish would give it to them. Spoiled utterly ROTTEN

Honestly, just hit me with any plot ideas you can think of. These are just a few because I can't ever make up my mind with such a massive list of goodies to pick from <3<3

[quotemenevervore]

Squishy, here’s your second Karlnap story :)

Content warning: soft, safe g/t vore, slightly angsty, character hitting their own head (very brief)

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His fiancés slept better when stored by him.

This wasn’t something he bragged about, or even thought it was worth boasting; it was just a simple fact to life. His name was Sapnap, he was a netherborn, and his fiancée slept better when he stored them. When Karl seemed too wound up and couldn’t force himself to sleep, when Quackity woke up from nightmares or began to recluse himself, feeling he was undeserving of their love or that he didn’t belong. It always helped them.

Though, it couldn’t fix Karl’s disappearances or memory loss, and it couldn’t fix Quackity leaving. But Sapnap held on to what he had, and right now it was Karl. The man had been sleeping fine, but then started to toss and turn, mumbling in his sleep. This wasn’t new, though, and Sapnap began to shake him awake, as he always does. “Karl, you have to wake up.” He spoke softly, though it only caused the man to start thrashing, whimpers escaping his lips as his face pulled into one of fear and sorrow.

“Karl!” He didn’t shout loudly, but he pulled the brunette into a sitting position by his shoulders and shook him back and forth gently. It finally did the trick, and his honey-colored eyes snapped open, immediately turning icy blue. “Hey, are you okay?” He waited a moment to let him catch his breath before speaking, wanting him breathing properly again. The other’s eyes were still that light blue as his head snapped to face the other. “Mason-“ he cut off, looking confused. “No, James- No!” Hitting his head with the palm of his hand, Sapnap grabbed his wrist and pulled the offending limb towards himself to stop it from happening again. “Sapnap.” He looked relieved, scared and sad all in one, and it broke Sapnap’s heart.

This wasn’t new, either. Karl’s memory had been getting worse and worse, and it seemed that he kept confusing Sapnap for other people. He never met Mason, or James, but he had to have bore some kind of resemblance to them for Karl to get so confused by the three. “Yeah, it’s Sapnap. C’mere, tell me what happened.” Pulling the human back to him, he started to softly rock the both of them, encouraging him to calm down more.

“Just a nightmare, it’s not a big deal, Sap-“ “It is to me. You don’t have to talk about it, but I think it’ll help.” Karl let himself be rocked for a while, thinking over what had happened. “It was about the fight.” The movement faltered for a moment, and he could hear Sapnap’s heart skip a beat. “What happened during it?” He spoke gently, leaving the brunette the out. But Karl didn’t want to take it. He wasn’t sure how he’s only now remembering the fight to begin with, surely it had been too long since then if Quackity wasn’t here with them.

“I called Quackity a murderer. I.. know now that I didn’t remember that whole plan correctly, but in the nightmare I didn’t remember it at all. And..” he swallowed nervously before continuing.

“He made good on his threat. He had a sword, I had a stick- there was no chance.” He chuckled sadly, tears flooding his eyes again. “It was a nightmare and I could tell because you weren’t there to stop us this time.” Because what scared him the most about their fight was that fact alone. He didn’t know what Quackity would have done to him had Sapnap not intervened, even if he himself had been upset with Karl too. Karl was certain he would have lost his second life that night if his fiancé hadn’t protected him and tried to calm both sides down.

He wished he knew his fiancé better than he did, but Quackity had changed so much since the last time they saw each other, and it wasn’t for the better.

Sapnap was aware of the guilt Karl felt towards the fight now that he remembered it better, but he hadn’t thought it was to this extent. He hadn’t known how much the fight weighed on his head until now, though it weighed on the fireborn as well. He wished it never would have happened, he wished he could have kept both his fiancés instead of being forced to choose based on who was worse off.

But that was in the past, and if Sapnap focused on it any longer he’d wind up in a state of grief for weeks on end again. So instead, he rubbed the other’s back as his shoulders began to softly shake. “It’s in the past, Karl. There’s nothing we can do now.” He whispered to him. “I just want to apologize.” “Maybe we can. Tomorrow, because you still need to sleep.” And his fiancés always slept better in him, so he reached for the nightstand, keeping the brunette secure in one arm while he opened the drawer and found what he was looking for.

Dream found a shrinking potion a while back, and their team always had fun messing around with it. Though, they realized with growing horror as his crimes were listed that perhaps the shrinking potion wasn’t as fun of a thing as it should have been. Since Dream was imprisoned, George adamantly refuses to be anywhere near one or its recipe, and Sapnap used it for his fiancés and nothing or nobody else.

Uncorking the bottle, he made Karl sit up a little bit so he could drink it, offering a mischievous smile at the other’s annoyance. “Really?” “You always sleep better when I store you.” He pouted, but did not deny it and took the bottle from his hands. “Not my fault you’re a walking furnace.” “And you’re freezing cold, plus you look exhausted. You need the rest anyway.” He sighed, but couldn’t deny it. Every time he looked in the mirror, he barely recognized himself, his skin almost as white as paper and the bags under his eyes as dark as his hoodie front. He barely had the energy to do anything at this point, let alone what he still had to do for XD.

No, nope, he was sleeping. He didn’t want to think about how messed up his life had begun since he got involved with time traveling. No, he wanted to cuddle into the warmth of the fiancé he remembered and at least not think about the other fiancé for a while. He wouldn’t let himself forget, not again, but it still squeezed his heart painfully to think of him. He swirled the contents of the potion around, watching the galaxy-like colors spin around each other before he finally drank it.

The potion had the earthy taste that potions made of overworld materials tended to, with a vague bitterness of redstone. He’d not been told what the potion was made of, that was a secret Sapnap held under lock and key, but at least it wasn’t miserable to drink. The feeling was, however, and he closed his eyes as the world began to spin around him. It wasn't, it was actually the world growing around him as he shrunk, but it disorientated him all the same. The strange sensation of his nerves tingling and a slight sense of vertigo didn’t make it any better, but at least it ended quickly.

When he opened his eyes next, Sapnap had already scooped him up. “Hey.” He whispered. He always whispered when he was speaking with a shrunken person, mindful of their sensitive hearing at that height. “Hey yourself.” He grinned easily, feeling triumphant when he got a smile back. “Ready?” “As I’ll ever be.” Both of them sleepy, it didn’t take long for Karl to be curled up in the other’s stomach, already lulled to sleep by the steady heart beat around him. “Good night, Sapnap, I love you.” “I love you too, Karl. Good night.”

Sapnap pretended that in the morning, Karl would remember this conversation, and that they could actually go apologize to Quackity. He pretended his storage didn’t still feel empty as he closed his eyes once more, and he pretended that everything was okay. He had to.

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Quackity had always slept better in Sapnap. That had been a fact since they’d gotten together, and it had gotten to a point where he barely slept if he wasn’t curled up in the fireborn’s storage.

…He couldn’t remember the last time he’d had a good night’s rest. Pulling the covers closer to him, he sighed and hoped tonight would be different. It wouldn’t be, like it hasn’t been since the fight, but he could pretend.

After all, pretending he was okay was his greatest attribute thus far. In the morning, he’d cover the bags under his eyes with makeup and work on Las Nevadas, as he’s always done. If he couldn’t have his happy ever after, then he’d at least have his legacy.

[dreamnotnapss]

Let out your karlnap demons

i just think that Karl unwinds Sapnap in a way that no one else is capable of

in the beginning of their relationship, Sapnap was trying so hard to keep a "manly" image. he fought against Karl pulling him into a hug and tensed when Karl laid his hands on him. part of his reactions were out of shyness, definitely, but there were times (like in the first pokemon unpacking stream) where Karl was pulling him into a hug and Sapnap was having none of it

and now we’re getting Sapnap initiating a hug for no other reason than to receive Karl’s affection. simply because Karl's there. they’ve come such a long way and I don’t think we realize the gravity of it often enough. Sapnap is leaps and bounds more comfortable in the physical affection department simply bc of Karl’s unapologetic cuddly self

and with Karl, there’s never any questioning. no “is this okay” or “is this too much” or “is this the right place," Sapnap never needs to dwell on it bc with Karl it’s always okay. mans welcomes it whole-heartedly

and it seems like Karl really enjoys to have this shy panda bear that clings to him more than anybody else does. like in Mr Beast videos or streams with Sapnap and the other Mr Beast boys, there’s all those boys for Karl to cuddle with and yet he most often turns to Sapnap? like what have they got going on that is stronger than Karl’s relationships with these guys he sees near daily ??

[cyncerity]

Cyncerity!!!

The lore you dropped on the karlnapity (avian Q and borrower Karl) au!? You were really just gonna hide that in the TAGS!?

Now I have to know more 👀

And as always, beautiful work on your art! They look amazing!

AAAHHHH TY!! This is an au i’ve had for longer than i’ve had tumblr so i love talking about it lol

^(these are the tags mentioned btw)

there’s actually a post that’s now over two years old that goes into a little more angst linked here >:)

anyway two years ago i was trying to be all cryptic and stuff but i’ve had this in the back of my head for a while now so here’s Q’s story:

He was part of a borrower colony when [REDACTED] happened (if you scroll through the first tag under this post you’ll see “[redacted]” mentioned a lot because it’s the catalyst for this au, so i’m not willing to give that one up yet ;] ). He and his sister (his only family) were kidnapped by humans. He was separated from her and sold because his wings were pretty. He was handled poorly and mistreated by his human owners as they tried to force him to learn aerial tricks and make him a show bird of sorts. Humans in this au don’t know about borrowers (borrowers in this world are all tiny hybrids except for like one really weird exception but we can talk about him later) so the humans who bought Q found him on the dark web and we’re planning to show him off to the world and get rich and famous and shit off of him. However, Q found out he was a shifter, which is just a magic trait that some people pick up (i’m thinking of giving it a correlation to something but i haven’t decided yet). Q didn’t really know what was happening, one moment he was in his cage and the next he was free, but he took advantage of it.

The family that owned him wasn’t home. He ransacked their house, looking for anything that he’s noticed was important to human society. He grabbed bags full of clothes, valuables, food; anything he could sell or use in a human society and took off. Eventually he found a town far away and managed to find a cheap apartment that he could pay the first few month’s rent for only by selling the valuables he’d stolen. He bound his wings and found a job, beginning a normal human life.

how he met Schlatt and how Schlatt became his other “human” roommate, however, is a much longer story than I can’t fit onto this post.

[rebelpeas]

i had this fic i really wanted to write earlier this year but i just couldn’t get it down on paper the way i wanted it. it was about karlnapity and the apocalypse and god, and karl was the prophet of the end times who went missing right before prophesied doomsday so quackity and sapnap set out on a road trip with a deadline to find him and save him before the end of the world. it was a spin on the “last people alive in the apocalypse” trope because in a sense, quackity and sapnap are the only people alive in the whole story, seeing as they’re the only ones who know they’re going to die. the part i had trouble pinning down (and the reason i gave up 1.5k in) was balancing faith and horror. quackity is resolute in believing karl and his god, while sapnap begins to waver in the face of a cruel doomsday. the idea is that you aren’t sure whether to believe in the end of the world or not. the apocalypse is comforting, because it means you know the end, and if there is no end it means there is no god and the world is terrifying without the structure you’ve always believed in. there is no happy ending here. there’s just making your best guess and waiting to see if the world will end

[10piecechickenmcnugget]

Not even going to begin to address the discourse around the dsmp ending but I do wish we got purpled to be in one more major event, specifically that was related to sapnap so that we could have 3/3 karlnapity dragging purpled kicking and screaming into lore

[galaxy-lilies]

to complete the trio for the ship ask game: c!karlnap and c!honq :D

c!karlnap: I ship it! (maybe not as much as I did at the beginning of the fandom BUT i still heart them so much <3)

1. What made you ship it?

it was early fandom so the initial go to ships were karlnap and dnf and after spending some time with dnf i wanted to see what else there was especially dsmp wise. so when i started watching karl and sap more regularly and their initial interactions and flirts i was like "i ship it." Though i think the part when I really was like "i ship it" was when karlnap met up for the first time + when lorewise the trio had proposed and started hanging out more.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

how clingy both of them can be LMAO theyre so cuddly with one another + their commitment to the bit is always fun to see and their open acts of affection. lorewise the interactions they had during TFTSMP were so funny and loveable i couldnt help myself. I just loved when Sapnap played Mason and James and karl just immediately flirting with them like there was no tomorrow and Sap flirting back, it was infectious

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

i don't think i have one 🤔🤔

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c!honkq I ship it!

1. What made you ship it?

dsmp interactions + god that initial meetup they had, when karl leaned in to kiss quackity and quackity was still holding karl's guitar looking all silly as he pulled away + the expression mans had before saying, "...karl, without sapnap??!" like that was the start of everything JKDSBFKJS

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

both are literally so silly but they have the same amount of dramatic-ness like GOD even though the "WHAT HISTORY?!" still hurts it's such a good moment. Plus karl and Q are literally willing to do anything together to cause mischief or chaos even if it isnt for their own gain, they just want to be silly. Plus their murderous tendencies their characters have like how could you not love them

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

also don't think i have one 🤔

also so sorry i answered this days later RIP finals got me fucked up