#the make beautiful webs and they kill bugs for us

[thatonemacaronikid]

Me: sees a big spider in the backyard making its web

Me: is very careful not to disturb it

My mom: just throw a box at it it wont do anything

Me: no

[timmydraker]

CW: use of R word

Tim who, as much as he doesn’t want it to be true, is a poster boy for typical Neurodivergence. He’s more logically thinking that emotionally and needs obvious signs of someone’s emotional state that he can put together to understand how he should respond to help them.

But that’s not what bothers him because that doesn’t bother his parents.

Instead it’s his passion, though not in technology and detective work as they quickly found use for that in their business, but for bugs.

Ever since he was a kid Tim has been enamoured by insects and arachnids and even fungi. He would only read books that talked about bugs or had one on the cover, but since it helped him learn to read at a steady pace his parents didn’t mind.

At least, not at first.

When Tim got into coding just so he could make his own little web-journal for all his bug finds, they were happy he was learning how to organise and structure at just six years old, but when he only did those things regarding bugs…

Tim had his first panic attack when he watched his father pick up his terrarium filled with Diapheromera Femorata (Stick bugs) and chucked it into the bin. The glass shattered as the corner his something hard and he was forced to watch his bugs struggle to navigate the glass and rubbish, most of them injured.

His mother had gagged when she saw them and demanded the whole bin be burnt with the bugs still inside.

Tim had been so heart broken, but mostly confused. His parents traveled the world to dig up dirt and old items that were mostly the same yet they didn’t like bugs?

When he asked one his Nanny’s she gave him an answer that he would never forget, “Well, you see… only those people like bugs, y’know? The… special ones, like re-“

Tim never even let himself think of the last word she spoke and from then only forced himself to only focus on his computer work. He still loved photography but now he took photos of skylines and trees, not the beautiful beehive a few yards behind his house or the spider webs that sat between branches like art works. He took photos of Batman and Robin and for a long time that was enough to make his longing bearable.

If he still followed several pages and articles about bugs either a secret email account, that didn’t matter.

His parents were happy with him even if they still made remarks about his ‘stupid little fixation’.

It’s when they are going over the paper work for Bruce to be Tim’s legal guardian while they weren’t home with Tim’s older brothers hanging around as moral support (bodyguards) that his parents mock him.

Janet is signing some paper with a stupidly expensive pen and chatting to no one in particular when she says, “You’re all lucky we killed this nasty little bugs of his so you don’t have to deal with them.”

Everyone else in the room freezes, beside Jack who huffs a laugh and adds, “Good thing we did, he’d probably be more of a retard otherwise- talking about ‘habitats’ and bloody spiders.”

All of the members of the Wayne family are dead quiet as Tim sits there with a clear look of disassociation coming into his eyes. Alfred has a calm look on his face that tells all who know him that he’s furious and Bruce is strikingly similar.

Jason looks ready to attack and Dick isn’t even moving to stop his brother or calm anyone down.

Damian is holding onto Titus’s collar like a lifeline but seems to give the hound some kind of silent order as the usually calm dog begins to growl low and dangerous.

Jack and Janet tense and stare at both dog and master, Jack ordering him to control his dog.

Bruce stands, letting Titus growl and taking the half signed papers and throwing them in the bin, “I changed my mind, I will be taking you to court for full custody of my son. Leave my house now so I may obtain a restraining order.”

Janet genuinely flounders for a moment and begins to shout about outrage and audacity but when Dick sees that Tim is starting to cry he stands up and reminds them that he is a cop before moving to pick up his second youngest brother and leaving the room.

Tim doesn’t hear much else, only muffled shouting and the sound of a door slamming.

He distantly realises he’s in the family room, not the one they use to have guest but the real one with beanbags and a snack draw, and is being cradled by his brothers. Even Damian is beside him, holding onto his hand tightly as they wait for Bruce and Alfred.

Tim sobs into Dicks chest for Alamos a whole hour before settling more, Bruce coming into the room and Jason and Dick reluctantly hand him over to he can be held by their father.

“Tim, chum, it’s alright. We’ve got you.”

The boy in question shakes his head, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I won’t talk about the bugs I promise-“

Bruce squeezes him tighter and kisses his head, “I don’t want that. What I want is to hear about your bugs.”

Stunned, Tim looks up at him with confusion and barely gets his mouth to move enough to ask what he means.

Dick coos from beside him on the next couch and runs a hand through his hair lovingly, “My sweet baby brother we love you, and you love bugs! So of course we want to hear about it. I’m so sorry we didn’t know how they had been treating you but it was wrong. There’s nothing wrong with you, I swear it.”

Tim sniffled, nodding absentmindedly. They gave him a moment for their words to sink in before Damian spoke up, “Timothy, I demand you tell me about your bugs.”

Jason makes a noise and elbows Damian as if to tell him to shut up, probably thinking the other was being rude, but Tim knows his brother well and just smiles. “I can do that, Dami. I… I don’t think you’ll be very interested though.”

Damian scoffs, “I will ignore that statement as it implies I would waste my time with something I don’t care for.”

Bruce smiles at his youngest and holds Tim’s hand, “I agree. Could you maybe tell us about why you like them? Or your favourites?”

It takes him a moment to respond, but when he looks at all their open expressions and gets an encouraging nod from Alfred, he stutters out a response before gradually gaining confidence as they ask genuine questions to his facts and descriptions.

They each make an effort to ask him about bugs, Jason asking a few times if he wants to check out some books that he knows use bugs as symbolism’s and Dick asking if he can tell him the difference between insects and arachnids several times. Damian and Bruce are both a bit more subtle with their support at first, but after a month Tim enters his room to find a giant terrarium with several different sections so he can have multiple bugs that might not get along with each other.

Bruce and Alfred don’t even make any comments or give disapproving looks when Dick and Jason reveal they each got a tattoo of the bug that Tim said he associates with them.

[astrstqr]

☆˙˖ DESIRED REALITY !

things i script for my modern dr. lmk if you want more

⬭ racism, homophobia, ableism, transphobia, islamophobia, anti semitism, misogyny, global warming, climate change, overconsumption, overpopulation, deforestation, habitat destruction etc., used to exist, however they currently do not and will never suffer from them again.

⬭ everyone is treated equal

⬭ no “pro-life”

⬭ people are allowed to have abortions no matter what age they are

⬭ women products are free such as pads/tampons and birth control

⬭ everyone is educated on problems happening around the world

⬭ health care is free

⬭ natives are seen as the founders of America

⬭ south, west, southeast, & central Asians are seen too + people know Asia is not just the east

⬭ having guns are illegal unless your job requires you to have one and there is no other way to get a gun

⬭ periods last a day and are very light

⬭ covid-19 doesn’t exist

⬭ plastic surgery is normalized , isnt look down on but people rarely gets it unless necessary

⬭ children of any age are not sexualized in any form or shape

⬭ in public bathrooms the toilet is always clean, people don't knock on the stall you are in, there is always toilet paper, always soap and a hand dryer

⬭ the Chinese government isn't so harsh & gives the citizens freedom

⬭ people of color’s cultures are RESPECTED, & not appropriated

⬭ foster care takes treats kids nicely

⬭ nobody harms animals and kill shelters are not a thing

⬭ all country leaders are good and honest people

⬭ human trafficking does not exist

⬭ the government never watches you through your phone

⬭ trump never ran for president

⬭ no world hungers

⬭ no one is homeless, and everyone has a home

⬭ world peace

⬭ women and men are equal

⬭ it’s easy for people to make money

⬭ all sickness has a cure

⬭ bullying does not exist

⬭ black history and pride month still exist

⬭ the government isn't greedy and take care of their people

⬭ every country has money, food, isnt poor, etc. etc.

⬭ no toxic parenting

⬭ the Sewol ferry never had an accident

⬭ school shooting doesn’t exist

⬭ minimum wage is $15-$20 an hour

⬭ crimes are punished with justice in mind

⬭ history is recorded correctly

⬭ people can start driving at 15

⬭ Korea is not conservative

⬭ Korea doesn’t have an unrealistic beauty standard

⬭ Korea never divided, it is united and free. But south of korea is like the city part and the north is like rural part

⬭ pollution does not exist

⬭ earth air is clean and easy to breathe no matter where you are

⬭ no acid rain, urban sprawl, ozone layer depletion

⬭ allergies do not exist

⬭ the world is more colorful and not dull looking

⬭ coral reef still has it color

⬭ no water in unwanted places

⬭ grass is always green

⬭ if the population increases the planet gets bigger to produce resources to accommodate the growing population. it doesnt effect the mass of the earth or the gravitational pull

⬭ global warming doesn't exist

⬭ humidity doesn't ruin hair

⬭ the library of alexandria was never destroyed

⬭ apple pencils work on iPhone

⬭ everything is wireless, and nothing needs a cord

⬭ line is always short in stores and restaurants

⬭ buildings and renovating don’t take longer than a wee

⬭ you can book a hotel with being 18 or older

⬭ traffic is always fine

⬭ netflix have more of a large selection of things and dont remove shows/add shows no one wants

⬭ spotify is free

⬭ the switch have a web browser

⬭ tv companies still make tv shows similar to the 2000s and early 2010s , just updated to keep up with the times

⬭ the sims franchise lore is linear throughout the series

the open world features from sims 3 is still present in sims 4

sims 4 is like an updated and better version of sims 3 keeping all the features from the sims 3 (still including everything that is already in sims 4)

non of the games have bugs

every expansion pack etc is just added to the game as an update and no one has to pay for it

⬭ cheap jewelry doesnt tarnish

⬭ washer/dryer cycles are 15 mins

⬭ in the show dancing dolls everyone was treated equally and was never fake to each other.

⬭ people actually do the theme for the met gala and it’s always unique

୨୧⠀˙⠀⠀˖⠀ world aesthetic & vibe

[tvwebs]

Spideypoolx SpiderVariant!Reader headcanons

Warnings: establised relationships, implied selfcest technically(?), the use of Y/N, might be ooc

original source of the idea

Keypoints (basically filler):

> You and Peter never got along at first, it was a sudden rivalrly that happened

> But when you two became friends, you started feeling this weird warm feeling, wouldn't recommend it.

>4/10 for the awkward moments.

• Wade and Peter were already a couple before you got added into the mix

• "two spideys?! I can't choose! Ok fine- I'll settle for both!" Said by Wade.

• When you were introduced to Wade, he joked about "Spidey, you have problems- before you know it were on a date with them."

• "Deadpool!"

• he was correct. He is marvel Jesus after all (never doubt his abilities)

HEADCANONS

Wade had called Peter a freak (in a comical non bullying way) for wanting to add another spider person into the mix but hey, Wade isnt against it.

When you guys play something like UNO- it gives Peter a headache

× not because he keeps losing, it's because you and Wade can't keep track of the game y'all are playing

"Gold fish!" You say confidentally "(Y/N) This is uno.." He explains to you. "I thought it was poker?" Wade is confused now

a pure headache.

Whenever they get back injured, which is most of the time you have to bandage them up "pookies our personal doctor? Oh yes!"

"Wade, shut up.." and then after you treat them..

"That was such a slay, bestie."

"Wade stop it"

"It gives off my kenergry? F.r?" Peter just face-palms meaning you just stare at Wade. "What? It's what my fellow gen z-ers are saying! Just let me cook-"

He wasn't allowed to talk for a week after.

but overall you love them, yeah sure, they are both two losers but it's not your not one as well.

there was only 1 bed in y'all's apartment but you already claimed the bed and Peter and Wade bicker about who will be the one to sleep with you, they make you decide... it's noone, they are both sleeping in the floor.

What do they think of your spider powers?

WADE WILSON

He like you having the same powers as Peter, for Wade its a buy one get one free.

He would probably crack some jokes and vaguely mentions you sometimes whenever he teams up with Spidey

"sorry guys I have two beautiful bugs waiting for me so I need to do this quick.." are spiders even bugs?

"since the both of you can make webs..how about we test that in bed~" he wiggles his now nonexistent eyebrows

"Wade, sometimes you just need to hit the breaks man."

"is this selfcest Peter?" He asked when Peter introduced you to Wade, okay but is it?

PETER PARKER

He is actually glad to have someone to relate to about his powers

The struggles, benefits- you understand them!

But he is eternally grateful that you're not trying to kill him anymore.

You guys WOULD swing together around the city but Peter worries that you might become a target if you guys do

Better to be safe then sorry.

But overall..he thinks your powers are great (not in an ego boost way)

[lesbian-magicsings]

Fucking Australian manifestations of tma fears (I saw someone cover america and I went. Oh my god time to be Australian!)

The lonely; night buses, night trains, gas stations at like. 1am because they’re the only thing open, drive in movie theatres

The vast; the blue mountains just as a whole, cablecars (yummy), the regional train lines, the ferry system, walking around the Sydney city centre in rush hour

The dark; unlit outback roads, fucking bilbies (they’re nocturnal), and my apartments dimly lit parking lot

The spiral; the random alarms that blare for no reason at my local train station, Sydney trains in general. NSW transport is the spiral. My ass is not making it off one of those trains one day. Pretty sure the carriage change doors are yellow too

The web; our spiders. Obviously. Racing horses (betting specifically) and Australia’s collective alcohol addiction !

The eye; the phone rules in nsw schools. Crowded train stations at rush hour, the isle cameras in woolies. Those people who try to interview the unwilling in public

The buried; those holes we used to make at the beach as children, animal dens, and fucking home loan debt. #high interest rates #kill me housing is going to put me into dept dept. also rip currents at beaches

The stranger; antique stores. The creepy ones, that one circus I have seen come once ever in my memory that is advertised every year. Oh and like. The backstreets of cities and those cafes that just don’t look entirely right

The corruption; ALL OF AUSTRALIAS BUGS. And also those videos where they smack bus seats and they come out with so much dust my allergies would be done for. Also fucking head lice

The flesh; the large amount of beauty salons EVERWHERE and I mean everywhere,, the prevalence of fake tan in fucking high schools. Cannibalism on the Kokoda track

The hunt; the fucking war we had with emus. Oh and dingoes and Tasmanian tigers. Also the large rabbit population of Australia

The slaughter; large amount of venomous animals in Australia, that one abandoned military hospital, every single Australians deep road rage and traffic hatred.

The desolation; the bushfires. Bushfire season. Half of Australia’s plants seeds being activated by fire and some trees encouraging fire. Oh and those people who ask randoms for lighters in public (no I don’t have one on me because I look vaguely emo but thanks for asking me right in front of my father)

[sehtoast]

Tender Threads CH3 (Homelander x OC)

chapter three: initiation

chapter directory | slow burn, hurt/comfort, fluff, spidersona as original character, original trans male character, smut, sublander

summary: time to make it official. speeches, crowds, and vought's guard dog watching his every move. better not mess up, bug boy.

Word was out by fault of a leak.  Before the official announcement by Vought, news outlets had plastered Spidey over every flat surface and digital medium possible.  It wasn’t the first time Ben had made international news, but it was the first time it was to a scale like this.  He’s been a hot subject since becoming one of the only ‘rogue’ supes to not choose outright crime, though vigilantism was still technically illegal.   But he had droves of public support and pretty much always has.

Spider-Man had been gasoline added to the fire in the debate of unlicensed heroes.  He wasn’t the first, but he was certainly one of the more popular ones– though Ben could never fathom why.  Within three years of first donning the mask, he found himself trending on social media on a nearly regular basis for reasons both good and bad.

Spidey Doesn’t Kill.  Spider-Man Saves Victims Before The Seven.

Debates on his morals or potential lack thereof.

He’s not getting paid for it, obviously he’s doing it because he’s a good guy. 

What if he’s just some sick freak that wants an excuse to beat up on people?  

It was… a lot.

But it’s never been anything like this.  At least the outrage of the handful of exceptionally vocal few was satisfying.  Especially that weird guy that runs The Bugle.

Ben was given a script for his formal introduction.  Vought was going all out.  A stage, cameras, a massive crowd…

It was fucking scary.

He’d met Stillwell a week prior.  Just do it the way Homelander does, she’d said to him.  As if it were that easy.  As if his entire life wasn’t just upended by both the world’s most powerful supe and conglomerate.

So here he stands, just a few blocks away from the stage in Central Park.  Waiting for his little queue.

He can hear her over the loudspeaker.  Insincerity and public posturing dripping from her voice like venom.

Ben hates these types.  He’s dealt with them a lot in his job– well, old job– and something about her was so… wrong.  The way she smiled at him when he lifted the pen from his contract, name forever etched, soul forever sold.  Maybe it was how soothing she tries to be.  Soft voice, gentle eyes, even though behind it all is just another soulless little–

“I am so thrilled to present to you,” she says, voice bouncing off buildings and into Benjamin’s ears.

His queue to jump, to dive low and arc high.

“The newest member of The Seven–”

Go, go, go!   Drag line– zip– push off the wall– dive, momentum, go for the spectacle!  Razzle dazzle ‘em, Ben! C’mon, Stillwell! Say it!  Say the fucking line!

“The Amazing Spider-Man!”

Just as the words fly off her tongue, Ben comes into full view of the crowd.  Cheers erupt like deafening thunder, seemingly drowning out the city.  He peers down as gravity corrects his display of performative agility, sending him on a dive toward the stage.

A zipline to the rafters is all he needs to stick the landing, a quick handstand to add that pizzazz that was demanded from him, and a web from which to dangle upside down as he waved like the good little performer he was.

It wasn’t without its own beauty.  Even upside down those signs were clear as day.

We Love You Spidey! 

You Saved Us!

NY ♥️s Spidey!

The cheers, the kids in shifty little homemade costumes, his signature hand gesture that releases his webbing being held high by thousands...

Even in the air, he couldn’t see the end of the crowd.

But there’s no time for his brain to blue-screen like this, especially not when Stillwell all but grabs him and directs him to the podium.

Oh fuck, public speaking.  Christ, Ben thinks to himself, okay, imagine them all in their underwear…

The roar of the crowd silences in mere seconds as they wait for him to speak.

Thank god for the mask.  And the podium… fuck, are my legs shaking?

“Hi, everyone.” Ben begins, clearing his throat awkwardly.  He had a lot to nail here.  Poise, confidence, and whatever else was gonna help make supes look competent enough to belong in that defense bill.  Yeah, Stillwell made sure he knew not to fuck up their future as Lockheed Martin’s biggest competitor.

One step out of line could be catastrophic.

“I just… I wanna start by thanking everyone, y’know?  Everyone here, out there, friends, family… the whole shebang.”  He starts, letting the thunderous applause run its course before moving on.  “But most importantly, I want to thank Vought for giving me this chance–”

Gag, gag, gag!  This is horrible!  Ben thinks to himself as he runs his script.  Part way through some babble about small beginnings, he notices a flash of red and white behind the proscenium wall of the stage.

Homelander’s here?

“I’m just so incredibly grateful to be standing here today, y’know?  I hope I make you folks proud.  Thank you,”  oh christ, here we go with the raw corporate vomit, “and god bless America!”

Blegh.

Ben takes the slightest step away from the podium, and it’s like a jet engine firing up right in the middle of the park.  Screams and cheers, applause and all sorts of noise making doohickeys.  Beside him, Stillwell ceases her own claps to gently guide him from the podium.  Then, the noise explodes.

Whatever fanfare was for Spidey becomes infinitely louder when those colors sway out from behind the wall.

“Oh, no!  Hey, you guys!”  Homelander shouts to the masses, his smile wide and happy as he makes his way to the microphone.  He claps a hand against Ben’s shoulder and pulls him back to the podium to stand with him.  “C’mon, let’s hear it for Spider-Man, eh?”

Homelander leans in as the deafening uproar picks back up.  “Bet’cha don’t get that as a vigilante, huh?”

Then, as the noise dies down, Homelander begins his own performance.

“I, for one, am incredibly glad to have this fella join our team. It’s unfortunate that Translucent was injured so badly by an unknown enemy during his last mission, and I swear to God that we’ll find whoever is responsible and bring them to justice!” Homelander pauses. “But, I know that Spidey here will bring his own incredible qualities to our team, and I very much look forward to working with him, and the rest of The Seven, to keep our country, and world, safe!”

Perfectly impassioned.  Voice strong, tone bold but somber for his incapacitated friend.  Humble and domineering, but worthy of adoration.

He’s one hell of a spectacle up close.

Homelander’s arm slings around Ben’s shoulders, indicating that he, too, should wave to the masses.  He was showing the world how friendly they are with one another despite the real deal behind the scenes.  Despite what he’d said and done to the bug.

Benjamin wasn’t going on a patrol tonight.  No, no… after today, all he wants to do is curl up and hibernate.  Maybe it was all of the dread and anxiety for his big reveal day that had weighed him down, but he felt so heavy.  There was no way he’d be able to resist a nap on a rooftop at this rate.

Besides, this was probably one of the last times he’d ever sleep a full night here.  Well, most of a full night, given his sixth sense’s tendency to rouse him at odd intervals.  

Vought was moving him in.  Sure he could keep the apartment, but what was the point?  All of his things were going to be transferred by Vought’s moving services, so all he really had to do was pack everything up even though he technically didn't actually have to– the moving team would handle everything.  Not that there was much he could have in a studio apartment, but…

He’d gotten as far as boxing up his clothes, but everything else was still as is.

Instead of doing more, though, he just grabs that same guitar whose strings Homelander nearly broke, lays back, and picks a melody until drowsiness turns to pure exhaustion.

Unaware of the eyes watching him through the walls.

The boy was… a curious thing.  Obligation had turned to fascination, fascination became fixation, and fixation became obsession a little too quickly for his liking.  But that didn’t stop Homelander from continuing with his observations.  

It never does.

He was almost grateful that killing the bug was off the table completely.  Had he done so in that alley, he wouldn’t be here now, being practically serenaded– well, all except for some singing that Benjamin has yet to unknowingly perform for him.  Everything he’d seen over the last few weeks had driven him insane.  

Why in the hell would such an extraordinary supe choose this?   The mundane, the boring, the simple.

The mud.

He could have been so much more so long ago!  And Vought?  Vought waited this long to pursue and sign him?  What a fucking joke!  Homelander would’ve taken him over Starlight in a second had they pitched him earlier.  He supposes, though, that it was because they had been taking formal auditions back then…

But what a specimen this Benjamin was turning out to be.  So bold, yet so timid.  So happy and sad all at once.  Human, yet impeccably super.  And so very fun to watch live his boring little life.  Homelander will almost miss watching the web-head scramble to make it to work on time, swinging around the city in his cheap dress shirt, spider suit stuffed in a backpack, and then doing that stupid job as a… oh, what was it..?  Some kind of tech bullshit, whatever it was.  

Suffice it to say, it’ll be magnificent with the bug living in the same building soon.  Easier to observe that way.

[botanicalbasilly]

If you would like it, I have a fun fact about tarantulas!!!

So usually when you think Tarantula, you're thinking of the Mexican red knee, or smith's red knee:

(Beautiful beautiful!! That's Cholula of the Maryland zoo!!! I love tarantulas)

This is because the Mexican red knee is both the most common tarantula in the pet trade and the most commonly used tarantula on movie sets, both for the same reason: red knees are incredibly docile and easy to handle!

You have to be careful, of course (they're burrowing spiders, NOT web spiders, so a fall from even a few feet could rupture their abdomen and kill them!!! :[) but red knees really do NOT like biting, and their biggest defense is their urticating setae (the hairs on their abdomen which, unless you're allergic, will really just make you a little itchy) so they're easy to keep as pets for people with little experience with tarantulas, or to handle for actors with little training!!!!!

Kinda funny that by being the most chill tarantulas they became the image for Big Spooky Spider. I love tarantulas either way :] 1000000/10 beast

That's all I just love love love tarantulas have a good day

Oh I LOVE it! That's certainly a bug that I would put in the "Puppy" category.

I held one once when I was really young, and I remember it being super magical. Though you're right about the itchy part... Still, it makes me very happy to think that I live with these fellas on this planet :•)

[lornrocks]

For some reason (maybe it was like this before and this is just my first year in the house so I didnt experience it yet) but my entire home is covered in a metric fuck ton of spiders and spider webs.

It looks like the fucking haunted mansion in the garage and the backyard and the inside there are just constantly spiders hanging out in the bath tubs and sinks. And I’m like dudes. There is nothing for you here, unless you start eating each other, go back outside.

Winter 2022-2023 we had snowmaggedon where we had like 500% snowpack and that led to a huge bumper crop of hummingbird moths and dragonflies. Winter 2023-2024 was mostly just rain and wind so I guess that means we are swarming with dragonflies and spiders. Even my parents have spiders everywhere. (Also maybe wasps? My mom got stung because they built a nest in the base of their mailbox)

My mom killed a black widow in the front yard but was delighted by this fat European garden spider on the garage door frame that built a “beautiful web” and my mom kept saying “look how lovely it is compared to the black widow’s web” and I was “isn’t the ugly messy web the black widow’s whole thing?”

Anyway my point is I feel bad if we killed them and my mom, sweeping them off the garage walls with a broom, is like “there are like 2,000 bugs for every human on earth” but STILL the internet makes me feel so bad!

But left their webs are clogging up the AC vents and other parts of the house, not to mention I feel bad every time I need to use the tub or sink and there are spiders there (and I have tried to scoop them out but I accidentally squished two cause they were small and one got wet and died anyway)

[a-dumbass-jester]

Oh you know the second I finish the Magnus archives I'm making a crossover with your turn to die

Ok but jokes aside the entity's would have a field day with yttd

THIS WAS MENT TO BE SHORT!!

Also there’s a lot of edits in this sorry

Anyways I would center it around the dummies being avatars because of the whole humanity thing

I put an Entities chart at the bottom for my non Magnus archives mutuals (so most of them)

I already have:

(I'm nowhere near done with tma yet it might change the more Iearn about the entitys)

Ranmaru - Lonely

hayasaka - Eye

Megumi - Corruption

Sara - Slaughter/End

Joe - Desolation

Mai - Hunt/Slaughter

Hinako - Desolation/Buried

Kurumada - Buried

Midori - Flesh

Anzu - Stranger

Ranger - Stranger

Mishima - Vast

A bit of explanation:

- Ramaru would of been taken by the lonely so fast it's actually insane

Even his hair is already white!!

- Hayasaka is PERFECT for the eye

LIKE THAT IS LITERALLY HIM!!

(Second image put so it doesn't take up an entire page)

- I know the corruption is more focused on like bugs, mold, rotting things and maybe toxic or unhealthy love, but Megumi is literally a corrupt police officer in a corrupt system.

also want to see she become as disgusting on the outside as she is on the inside

- I can also see Sara becoming one

For Sara I'm thinking of Angus a lot

Maybe because I like the idea of her being deified by asunaro

But maybe Slaughter or maybe End

She was literally born and raised for the death game

She has the highest survival rate for a reason

Keiji literally says to her “will you be our goddess of victory, or angel of death” (I love that line sm holy shit)

- Tim reminds me a lot of Joe so I’m thinking desolation

WAIT ONG YES DESOLATION

He finds out what killed his father (the police system and maybe asunaro if they set it up) and goes the same route Tim does with the Circus of the other (that killed his brother)

(I also haven’t gotten there yet so I could be wrong, tjis is just what I’ve heard)

- Back to the dummies I can see Mai as slaughter based on how quick she resorted to murder if it ment survival

Now that I say that hunt actually

- I wanna say Hinako desolation because of her fire thing

Maybe buried because of her shovel and that she’s one of the people associated with the coffins

- I'm tjinking of kurumada - buried because of how he died and is another one of the people associated with the coffins

- I see Midori as one but I can't decide witch one yet

I'm thinking of flesh maybe

I can see him useing it to freak people out

Also the cart at the bottom says butchered or twisted which feel very Midori to me

Edit: another reason flesh fits is because it’s also typically the one people like the least 

Because even if you aren’t scared of it it still gets a reaction out of you because it’s rlly disgusting

Like mag 018 “the man upstairs” is a rlly good example of this

Edit: he’s a known liar so maybe web as well

- The spiral and stranger can share Anzu and Ranger

Now that I think about it they both feel more stranger to me

I might be biased because I’m stranger aligned and want my favorite(anzu) to also be stranger aligned

But with their theme of dolls and them being a lot like a not!them. (Taking the place of a dead person)

On the wiki it mentions that the stranger is often associated with preforming/theater and mask to things I’d associate with Anzu and ranger

Edit: I Saïd spiral Anzu because i want to let her be cartoonish, I also love the spiral (I want to kiss Helen and Michael)

- Because I can want to assign Vast to someone I can see Mishima finding beauty in it!

Yes the fact that you don’t mean much in in the big picture is scary but I feel like he’d be able to find beauty in it

Also in Simons statement(witch I haven’t gotten to yet:() he says that he “fell and the sky embraced him” which feel very Mishima to me

Here’s the chart:

Non Magnus archives meowtuals I can go more in depth if you want me too!! :3

[kusagrasskusa]

Heyyy could i get some d'vorah x female reader hcs??? I love bug wife sm but theres no fanfiction abt her

Ahhh my gosh yes!!!! If I’m gonna be honest D’Vorah is my least favorite character of all Mortal Kombat characters, but that doesn’t mean I dislike her. Actually she’s pretty fucking epic and a cool character to write about. Tbh I’m really REALLY happy with this request since I’m also the type who simps over characters who aren’t popular enough to get a lot of fanfics about them if any XD

So thank you so very much!!!!! I hope this is to your liking! I kinda suck at hc since I alway add story so if I don’t do enough of hcs, lemme know so I can make a part two!!

And also, I’m gonna be posting a really sad request later today… I had to step back from that because it broke my heart 😭 So if ya’ll like Raiden.. stay tuned ;)

This was made by Fezat1 on Deviantart :)

D’Vorah (bug wife) X Female! Reader - Headcannons

So let’s say lovely, beautiful Y/N is um A fugitive

But on her way to escaping her prison, she got hungry and ate some berries out of desperation. Of course she wasn’t as desperate as she was whenever she was trying to escape from a giant fucking web in the middle of Outworld.

But whenever the Queen D’Vorah discovered the girl, my my.. She was so cute! Pulling on the web, crying, begging for dear life 🥰🥰❤️ Why, it made the queen almost not wanna kill her! But instead to savor each drop of blood she tastes because it’s not very often you see someone as cute as this one

Oh but in the end… She couldn’t even do that. Something compelled her to free you, but in return.. You must “stay” for a “little bit” which this sexy bug mama deserved, right?

I feel like D’Vorah wouldn’t be very good at showing expression. Bugs don’t mate for life save for cockroaches and termites, and so her need to stay with you feels more like a need the way food is a need, rather than as love. But of course that’s just the way her bug mind interprets it because whenever a bug bite you and you had a bad reaction, her way expression love was by killing it

I think it’s safe to say you’d never had lice or ticks or anything again. Weird

A lot of people around the world don’t eat bugs or scorpions or anything (me neither cause f that) but you gotta get used to it sometimes. Maybe even road kill or something like that. Idk but whenever you were so disgusted you figured you’d put your culinary skills to the test… Bug wife decided you’re gonna have your own role in the colony. To cook.

D’Vorah would 1000%% use her back things for cuddles. Imagine you guys argue and are avoiding each other, but during bed time, she just like… Slips one of those things around you. Don’t say shit or else she’s taking it away and sleeping with the larva instead.

Tbh, without making this NSFW, I feel like D’Vorah would be SO PROUD to show off her body. She already does all the way anyways and don’t expect her to cover up. Girl knows she got them curves and muscles to show

She would love to play with your curves too! Like trace them with her finger, even if not in a NSFW way, just because she appreciates a feminine body. She’d look at your eyelashes, curves, chest, legs and everything that makes you a woman with so much appreciation.

If your not a curvey or thicc queen, guess what? Your a sticc queen in her eyes, love. Too bad so sad! She’d still be as touchy regardless because you know what? Those features are what makes her yours, and you hers ❤️

She’d be very protective over you…….. unless

If she finds out you’re hanging upside down, slowly being swallowed up by a giant unearthly worm, imagine her being like, “Aww, hehe, this one is not food even if she looks so delicious”

Let Erron Black eye you for literally 2 seconds. You might not even notice but your warrior wife is gonna be by your side, glaring at the gunslinger. Let that self-serving leech talk to you, and I promise it’ll be his last conversation ever (aside from a “I’m sorry”)

She would be so touchy. I mean, the bugs all crawl on each other and stuff so if you don’t like touchy, you’ll have to deal with him.

You use her back things as a carrier sometimes

Kisses with her are Cute.

Imagine you one day just lean down and are like “Mwa!” She just looks up at you with an unchanged face in absolute confusion

And so you’ll tease her with it pretty often. Like just random, jump scare kisses to the cheek or forehead or lips

D’Vorah tries to jump scare kiss you back but her lips don’t know what the fuck they are ding the first like 3839749837 times

or not until you grab her wrist and counter attack kiss her back before her mind can even register what happens

She loves her kisses 🥰

Sleepy time, imagine both her arms around you, one leg on top of you, her head on you, and her other leg on your side. She is the embodiment of a ‘cuddle bug’

“Babe, I’m gonna teach you to say ‘I love you’” “This one does not feel love. But this one feels like it would be too evil to feast upon your flesh and blood” “…you’re getting better at it!!!!!”

I love you is the toughest thing to her. Like her body will physically not form the words. Her brain will not form the words. But guess what? Whenever you say it without getting a response back, she feels so happy you have no idea

Being new to the whole mating for life thing (though she would just call it “long term attraction”) means it’ll be hard for her to understand some relationship normalities. Whenever she threatens to consume you or spit acid at you, you just grab her hand softly and watch as her face changed. How it calms down instantly and her body untended. How her face looks so innocent like a lost puppy.

“Now you shut up,” you say, smiling stupidly knowing you just made her thunderstorm of anger turn into a hurricane

She is cold blooded so lemme tell you.. You being hot under the Outworld sun is PERFECT. Your body is just 100 degrees but imagine that being like how clothes feel after they get out of the dryer to her. She LOVES IT

If you wear soft or puffy clothes, maybe yarn, you become so so soft to her! She might nibble on the wool sometimes but she knows you love how cute she can look

She’ll play with your hair pretty often for a past time

She’ll let you ride on her sometimes- just don’t move too much

[song-writer-melo-wrath]

for mythos: 17, 18, 20-22 because i want to hear more about this evil bastard (affectionate)

[HAPPY STIMMING]

17: Do they like children?

It's not so much Mythos doesn't like children so much as Mythos doesn't really know how to interact with children. He more or less accepts that his “invoke fear with every performance” thing doesn't really click with a lot of kids. Meeting Yenna helps them come around.

“Scared by that story? No? Clearly, I'm off my game then. Another.”

18: Kissing: tongue or no tongue?

If they're given long enough to, tongue in almost every instance.

20: What do they like that nobody else does?

It doesn't exactly come up often, but Mythos has a fondness for jack-in-the-boxes. Also, they actually like the feeling of spider webbing against their skin and hair, and bugs crawling over their skin. Which. Fun coincidence, huh.

21: What would it take for them to break up with someone? What would be the last straw?

At the beginning of the game and before that, it's simply boredom. Before the game, attempting to murder them was also a dealbreaker, buuut Astarion and Lae'zel very much made them forget that. To be fair, at least those two tried to kill him before any flirting happened. If I had a nickel, amiright?

Further into the game, Mythos gains a new one. Needing, or wanting, different things. The fact that he's attracted to people differently is something he was made aware of before the events of the game, but he didn't really care about people knowing. So long as they give him what he wants, it's fine, right?

[sips tea]

And then he realizes, “Oh no, I care about these people”. He's not used to that. Mythos had like, one actual friend before the illithid capture. Well, a lot, technically, since his best friend Cricket is also a necromancer in command of several skeletons and golems. But in terms of living, long-term friends, he just has Cricket. Cricket's sister Junebug and Mythos were somewhat stable, but there was a mutual understanding that there was no romance. It just didn't last long due to Mythos being kinda…kicked out for his own safety. So to be surrounded by all these beautiful interesting people, and then get deep platonic attachment to many of them…

“… Maybe what you really need is…a friend. Not…a lover.”

“I… I would like that.”

It completely changes things. The moment they realize that Lae'zel is more romantically attached then she lets on, they let her down as gently as possible. And, for them, it is gentle. Karlach, Wyll, and Shadowheart all cursing them out before leaving wrecks them more than they let most people see. Perhaps that's for the better. Though they have no romantic attraction, this nightmare bard does in fact have a heart.

[sips tea again]

Anyway, Mythos' last straw with The Emperor was Ansur. Because for fuck's sake, they were fine with it being transactional, but the hypocrisy? The “you should trust me” laced with it not trusting them? They're all too familiar. “You're more boring than I thought.”

22: Do they like being called pet names? Do they call other people pet names? What’s their go-to?

Mythos and pet names can get complicated. On one hand, they love being referred to as a gem, or a bug, or a rat. Really, just call them things that fit with either their love of shiny things, or their ~nightmare~ shtick, and you'll have them smiling. On the other, things like “lover” or “beloved” or being called “mine” or “my ___” are…stomached. Nauseating, but tolerated if they like the person saying them.

When it comes to giving, though. It is almost painfully obvious the way that Mythos desires. They don't like being called “mine”, but they do love calling other people that. So long as they make sure the other is comfortable first. My sweet-ling. My treasure. My pearl. My sweetmeat. Even flirting, Mythos likes to give others the feeling they could be devoured at any moment.

Bastard (affectionate) indeed.

[detestable-darling]

idk lil personal ramble under the cut. im sentimental.

i fucking love niche hobbies. i love reconnecting w my old interests with a new unbiased light.

i used to be made fun of for how into little things i got. my passion abt bugs specifically got me bullied pretty heavily as a young autistic kid. i believed in every individual bugs’ life. so kids would torture and kill any bugs they found in front of me. its actually fucked up thinking back on it. theyd make cicadas scream and tear off their wings and legs before squashing them just so i would cry.

so i stopped openly caring and grew afraid of bugs as a result.

then i developed vermiphobia in high school and i was made fun of very openly by who i thought was my best friend at the time. she tormented me that day.

its been 6 years since ive ever exchanged a word with her. its been even more years since ive had anyone pick on me maliciously, many years since i had a “friend” pick on me for what i am and am not interested in or scared of.

in 2021 i re-realised my love for entomology. i started reading and studying, feeling that spark of passion again was invigorating!

its 2023 now.

my bf has a riff with a student of his where they exchange spider facts, he asks me for some to give her every wednesday.

last night, we stopped to fill up fuel, i stopped him from walking so he didn’t step on a beetle. he didn’t make fun of me or anything, hell, he was worried that maybe he did step on it and felt bad for it! the beetle was okay, i tossed him to the grass after my bf and i admired it. that would’ve gotten me bullied as a kid. not now.

i have friends both in person and online who think of me when they see an unidentified insect or spider. members of my family and lots of my friends and even co-workers pick up interesting bugs that died on their windowsills or that they found in abandoned webs or dusty corners!!

ive made people keep their eye out for the beauty of insects, even those who admit that theyre scared of them see them in a slightly different light due to my passion for it. like “wow i think this is scary, but charles would probably think this is so cool wouldnt he?”

im doing reading to find out spider facts to exchange with my bfs student as i thought about all this. its just… nice. its rly rly nice. genuinely.

[flingmetothemoon]

Tedward 'Teddy' Lobo/Marya 'Draculaura' Zaleska fanfic coming soon

Yep, I am indeed writing a modern Universal Monsters fanfic where our favorite Lobo babygirl makes friends with Dracula's daughter! 🐺💜🧛‍♀️ I wonder how many people remember Dracula had a daughter long before Monster High and Hotel Transylvania existed? 🤔 Well if you're a lore reader, I really recommend you read some articles about the very interesting lore and influence behind the 1931 film Dracula's Daughter below. ↓

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

But anyways, what is the plot of this fanfiction?

Bellafrancesca confirms that her son, Tedward Lobo will finally earn the Lobo empire inheritance and her trust and respect — Under two conditions: 1. He'll have to go to the legendary Count Dracula's almost abandoned castle (Dracula and Robert left, not the remaining servants. The family there formerly serving as Dracula's servants instead take his departing as an opportunity to become the next powerful empire) in Transylvania, Romania and find the Count's daughter preserved in her coffin in the basement to be placed under a sleeping curse for many years after her death and take her in to become the Lobo's new ultimate weapon for world domination. And 2. He'll have to marry the heir of the new rival crime lord in the same castle in order for the Lobos to become much more bigger and powerful to take over the world better. Will Teddy have what it takes to complete these seemingly simple two tasks to get what he wanted since childhood once and for all, or will his hidden humanity and sympathy towards the suffering Transylvanian Sleeping Beauty show him what matters more in life?

Contains: Teddy/Marya, elements of what makes Teddy/Marya the dark rival to Robert/Rebecca, and foresights that make Teddy's circumstances during the events of the movie more heartbreaking than it already is. Oh and some OCs. 😉

Made from Heroine Creator by AzaleasDolls (Ignore the "Best of Adult Swim" tab, I'm using FlashPoint since the program was made at the time Flash was dying XD)

In my Renfield world headcanon, since Renfield looks alot different then he used to when he started becoming Dracula's servant, Marya would've looked different in the modern day too. One of the noticeable differences is she has her hair pulled down more often and when her hair is down, it's alot longer. Like knee length, longer bangs, flows from even a slight breeze easily and as I would describe it "Has many partings like spider legs, but thin and silky as a spider web." I basically think of it like how Cati-Art beautifully draws Kikyo's hair~ ↓

Fanart by Cati-Art

I also headcanon that modern Marya often wear blues, purples and small parts of pinks. Galaxy colors basically. Like vampires are associated with bats and bat basically sky puppies after all. CX The colors contrasts well with Teddy's reds and blacks too XD My other sky aesthetic heacanon is when Marya eats a bug, her eyes glows pink. But her eyes aren't the only ones glowing, so does her royal blue dress, purple cape, reddish-pink jewelry and even her black hair glows purple with blue streaks like Starlight Glimmer. Literally glowing in the dark. Maybe a light in the darkness metaphor. (RIP CGI budget 💀 Perhaps vampires really do sparkle all along XD)

Another headcanon of mine is in the human world, she goes by her birth name Marya Zaleska. But in the monster world, she goes by Draculaura. The reason for the name isn't just for Monster High reasons, but it's because the name Laura is derived from the Roman laurel, a symbol of victory, peace, fame, success, and prosperity. Draculaura does crave for peace in her life without having to cave in to her vampirism. It's true she sadly didn't succeed in the end of the film, but if Teddy can be revived and given another chance for a better life in post-movie fanfics, so can she. She really should anyways since vampires don't stay dead no matter how they're killed. 😂 And she could use a new modern spinoff show, and so does the Lobos because they are such an entertaining crime family with potential for depth exploration of character and history, so why not I make a spinoff show for both characters in a form of a fanfiction where Draculaura works alongside Tedward and his family members since they found her coffin, awakened her from her long sleep and took her in as their new Lobo pack member who has the power to help them with world domination.

But since Marya herself doesn't like living with her vampirism curse nor wanting to take over the world with darkness and terror, and prefers to live more like a normal human like she had wanted to for a long time, she instead has him use her magical rings for his guns so they shoot pink magic bullets (And those bullets travel further, faster, don't require reloading every 10 bullets shot as it is magic, and they hit harder where hitting a person would literally explode into pieces and blood would spatter everywhere >:D), feeds him a bug to advance his powers, remove his silver amulet to reveal his true werewolf identity, (idk if you noticed, but it just occurred to me that Teddy wears a small, thin bracelet on his less tattooed wrist and it looks silverish. Perhaps that could be a werewolf curse suppressing amulet too? It could very well look like one… 🤔) or all of the above lol.

Notice the silver bracelet on the right? The detail makes me curious... 🤔

Oh yes, I'm talking about the magical ring on the left. Marya uses it to hypnotize her victims. But since this is my story, Imma have fun an utilize her ring for other purposes as it is magical. If I put that ring in a gun and shoot up to the sky, it comes out and booms like a pretty firework! :D

This not only encourages him to fight for world domination himself instead of using another sentiment being as a weapon to do the dirty work for him, but it also boosts his energy and self-esteem immensely without cocaine required, and he has a reason to come home, eat his dinner more than normal and enthusiastically brag to his family about his awesome monster hunt today, how powerful he was, how he instilled fear into even supposedly scarier supernatural monsters, how awesome his new vampire friend is at helping him be the man he had always wanted to be and maybe finally gain the strength and respect from his own family once and for all. …Right…?

Tune in to find out. 😈

Seriously though, I find it interesting that Teddy was eager to join Dracula and introduce him to his mom like he just met his longtime idol even thought the guy has the ability to drain out his blood within seconds if he decides Teddy is food. Makes me wonder if it wasn't the first time he heard of or met a vampire before and knows how to not push the wrong buttons! 😂

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Just Add A Little Extra

Words: 1276

For: @spellcasterlight

Get it out!

Shino screwed his eyes shut. He’d wanted to check in on his latest creation, but rather than the joy he had hoped to extend to mortals, he was greeted with disgust.

Eww, gross! 

More insults, more screams. No matter where he looked it seemed that mortals were terrified by his creations rather than excited.

Get off, get off, get off!

A flurry of desperate hands his creation away, almost smacking it along the way. The fear it feels as it tries to scurry away radiates in his chest, a painful grip on his heart. 

‘They’re beautiful’ Mito’s words echo in his ears, but he can’t help but feel like they are lies. If something were really so beautiful why would others scream at the sight of them? Why would mortals fear his creations if they were truly things of beauty?

All he had ever wanted to do was share his creations with mortals. To show them the wonderful bugs that he had crafted with his own two hands and watch as they worked with them to better the world. When they were younger it had worked out. Mortal had loved his spiders for the webs they created, and his bees for the honey that they made. They’d found the good in everything that Shino gifted to them, even finding ways to make art out of their bodies after they had died.

Now they refused to look at one of his bugs without screaming or trying to harm them. There were a few exceptions to the rule, of course, but not enough. 

No matter what Shino did mortals hated his bugs.

He could make them bright and colourful or dark and hard to see, and the response was always the same. 

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, holding out a finger to catch his latest creation as it flew back up to him. Shaking itself off, it settled onto his finger with a slight shiver and stared up at him with sad, empty eyes. “I really thought that this time…maybe I should just give up.”

At that moment a presence appeared behind him, their cheerful energy radiating off of them and surrounding him with a comforting warmth that he’d become used to over the centuries. 

“They’re wrong,” she spoke, reaching out and gently tapping the beetle’s body. “They just don’t see how wonderful you are. How wonderful you both are,” Her last words are directed at Shino, but he shrugs them off. There’s nothing she could say that would cheer him up now. Not after he’d worked so hard to show the mortal’s how wonderful his bugs were only to have them lash out at them again. “Ah, come on Shino,” stepping around him she plopped herself down at his side and grinned when he looked her way. “You know better. Your bugs are amazing, mortal’s just…they don’t understand.”

“They never understand,” he grumbled bitterly. “When did they stop loving them? When did my bugs stop being amazing creatures that helped them survive and grow, and instead become a nuisance that needed to be…”

Killed.

Murdered.

Slaughtered.

There were so many words that he could use to describe what mortals did to his bugs, but he found it impossible to say any of them. To admit that the beings who inhabited the world and worshipped a pantheon of talented, dedicated Gods, would be so cruel as to harm a creature that meant them no harm.

“Mortals are fickle,” Tenten reminded him. “They have gone through different phases in their existence. Remember when those groups came up that hated music and dancing?”

The reminder sent chills down his spine. Jiraiya had always been one of the more relaxed Gods, but he’d been ready to wipe mortals off of the face of the planet when he heard the cruel things they said about dancing. Sora had been right there behind him, a rather timid goddess ready to throw hands at anyone who dared to insult dancing. Even Bee had forgotten his more relaxed lifestyle in favor of returning to the mortal realm to remind them of the importance of his music. 

“Anyways,” returning her focus to the beetle sitting in Shino’s hand, she twirled her finger around it for just a moment. “How about wings?” as the words left her mouth a pair of wings grew on the beetles back. They seemed awkward at first, causing the beetle to teeter a little on his hand when it first opened them up, but before long it had adjusted itself and was able to raise itself up into the air and hover just in front of his face.

“Beautiful,” he whispered, awestruck by her ability to create something even more stunning out of a creature that he’d already thought was perfect. “But won’t that just scare them more?”

Bees and wasps terrified mortal’s whenever they flew too close to them. If a beetle, something that already caused them to scream in terror and struck out at them, were to begin flying he was certain that their intention to harm his creations would only grow more determined. 

“Mmm, maybe you’re right,” waving her finger once again, Tenten grinned when the beetle's outer coat began to shin before solidifying into a harder outer shell. “What about this? Now it’ll be harder to hurt them.”

Once again Shino was left stunned by Tenten’s creativity, though he had no reason to be. She was the Goddess of weaponry after all. Creating durable, steady weapons was a talent of hers and all she had done was extend that talent to aiding his beetle. Still, it wasn’t enough. “They’re five hundred times its size,” he sighed. “I don’t think there’s any shell strong enough to protect it if they’re really determined to do it harm.”

A click of her tongue told him that she was annoyed, but Tenten was not one to give up. Taking a moment to think things through, she reached out once more and tapped her finger against the beetle's head. In a flash of brilliant light a large pair of pincers extended out from its head, big enough that they were nearly as long as its body.

“What-”

“To protect it,” she insisted, grinning so wide that he could see her teeth sparkling in the sunlight. “I mean, there’s not much that I can do to make it invincible. Unless…” She eyed him for a moment, but he quickly shook his head. The last thing he needed was to set an immortal beetle loose on the world. The mortals would certainly remember him for it, but he’d probably end up relegated to the ‘terrible god’s side of the pantheon alongside Orochimaru, Kakazu, Danzo, and some of the others. “Well, if I can’t make it immortal then I’ll just have to make it hard to kill, able to fly, and with pincers large enough to snap off a rude mortal’s finger if necessary.” 

A smile stretched across Shino’s face. It was nowhere near as bright as Tenten’s, but it was there. A soft, fond smile quickly earned him a hug from Tenten that he was certain would crush his lungs if he had any. 

“You are-”

“Amazing?” she asked. “Fantastic? Wonderful? Intelligent?”

Resting a hand on the back of her head, he pulled her in close and pressed a kiss against her temple. “Perfect.”

As the two of them sat there hugging Shino’s beetle flew in circles around them, dancing in the only way that it could. Celebrating the new features that Tenten had added to its fragile body to protect it from those who would wish to do it harm.

[unsoundnovel]

THIS IS A PERMEANANT INTERACTION CALL FOR: minthara baenre of BALDUR'S GATE 3 fame!

Liking this call gives me permission to send in memes, make starters, generally bug you in the DMs for THIS character!

If not interested, no biggie! There are plenty of other characters on this huge bazooka of a blog. Please do not like this post if any canon themes in this character's backstory OFFEND or TRIGGER you.

Under the cut is brief info.

NAME: minthara of house baenre

ID: cisgender woman, bisexual.

SYMBOLISM: spiders, translucency, infrared vision, jewels, crowns, flesh cocoons, insects, brains, octopi, blood, webs, tightrope, the voice of god, the moon, music, hallucinations, pomegranates, grapes, wine, caves.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE: Minthara Baenre is not a good person. You don't need good people, in a war. You just need warm bodies willing to carve into other warm bodies. Does she deserve her vengeance? Does she deserve to live? You don't have to kill the Grove. You don't have to let her live. What will you do, when everyone else asks you why you did it?

PERSONALITY: Minthara is selfish, brutal, sensible, and efficient. She doesn't believe in evil for evil's sake. She can justify every ugly thought in her head. To her, the Drow are not just superior because they are Lolth's chosen. They are superior because every facet of their society exists for a purpose. They are superior because they kill the weak and useless to make more space for fresh, strong, beautiful and wise. Everyone has a place. Everyone EARNS their place. A drow can go from being a commoner to a place with as much luxury as a noble. Even a man can earn their spot.

Minthara speaks from extreme prejudice, extreme evil, but she believes in purpose. She was an active part in her community, even if it was just to make sure she wasn't killed and to perform her duties. She is able to talk to anyone, even good-aligned characters, and debate them, spar with them, and even!!!! Not kill them! Because she is sensible, and honestly loves to joke and brag about herself and her own ideas. She will not speak in riddles, but she will sometimes obfuscate a point. She will, eventually, if pressed, tell a good character she means to dominate the Elder Brain. She also has access to crucial information about Orin, and wants to take her down, though, so it may be in your favor to continue this journey with her anyway.

Minthara can be gentle, and loving. She believes her violence and complete domination is a form of love. (It is not.) A child weaned on poison considers it a comfort. She will pour poisoned wine until your mouth until you are drunk with it, and hold your hair back as you retch.

Last but not least, Minthara speaks from control, power, and cunning. She never seems surprised, desperate, scared, unless tadpoles. Other drow can barely see the temperature in her face flicker, unless she laughs. In conversation, she is funny, mildly curious and always up for debate (though she can hardly be convinced in ways that do not suit her ideals), charming and giving. If you like Minthara, she is sure you would like any dinner with her friends in Menzoberrazan. #GirlsNight #SexAndTheCity #ShesSuchASamantha

SPARKNOTES: House Baenre is the #1 house in Menzoberrazan. They have earned Lolth's favor more than anyone else and are her favorite house and dolls to make kiss. Minthara is the thirdborn daughter of one of the middlest daughters of the House Matron herself. One of her older sisters attempted to kill Minthara, as she had no child of her own. Minthara's mother saved her. Minthara's mother would later try to kill her. This time, Minthara would save herself.

Ketheric baited the Drow into coming to the surface. Minthara fell for it, then fell for his welcome. She was tadpoled and mindcontrolled, until the player character uses the Astral Prism to get rid of her brain worms and she comes to her senses. You can save her. She doesn't need to die.

Or does she.

WHAT THEY MEAN TO ME: Minthara is my second favorite character in the game after Wyll. The confidence in which she holds in herself, her own faith in herself, the fact that she never bows to anyone without her mind literally being taken from her---are all traits I think are so so fun and interesting when contrasted with her fucked up world views. I LOVE evil characters with a sense of humor, but also a strong backbone for all the wrong things. Is Minthara justified? Only in her own head, but she says things with such confidence and boldness you begin to question yourself. She is so sensible in the way she tries to teach you and mold you and hold you. You forget that you're swallowing poison. She gives you a better reason to kill people and fight the elder brain than some kind of chaotic good sentimentality or desperation to be good. She believes in control for efficiency, for strength, for some small part of safety in an otherwise unsafe world.

In truth, there is also an undying need in her that she does not let show. She has no home or luxury to return to. While she could exist off scraps, merely surviving, it is beneath her. She wants an easy answer. She want the efficiency of the whole world and you beneath her. Will you give in? Will you be taught? Or will you falter at the last second. Will you be caught, in the Spider's Web?

[whattheabcxyz]

2023-09-12

Singapore

Tan Kin Lian threatens to sue content creators if they do not take down "malicious & harmful" content - Just go away already!!! This disgusting individual should not ever have been allowed to run for our presidency!

Half of employers polled here planning to continue to hire this year

NRICs & home addresses of doctors among data leaked from Academy Of Medicine - put up on the dark web by a Russian-based ransomware gang

Lower-income families can redeem more fresh vegetables/eggs at Food From The Heart minimarts

Beauty

Woman goes blind after dermal filler aesthetic treatment - 1st reported case in Singapore

Science

Bug zappers don't work, so stop using them! - they're killing tons of beneficial insects instead!

Politics

25-year-old Malaysian student arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage - he also illegally eavesdropped through various technical devices; no indication that Malaysia is involved tho'

Art

^ "The Hottest Night" by Nicolas Grenier is selling for US$20-30K - you could make this in Photoshop in under a minute, but never mind I guess, because rich people need something to spend their money on

Transport

Singapore: 34.4km of new cycling paths to be built in Jurong West, Bukit Batok, Clementi, Queenstown