#the most doomed yuri i know tbh

[coldtortelloni]

[lemedstudent2021]

neomachus yuri save me. neomachus yuri.

save me neomachus yuri. omfg this is whats going to make me lose it

aight so i be stressed and what that usually means is inhumane levels of blorbo angst lol (my moots can confirm ehe) and last night i had the genius idea of hitting the beloveds with the yuri beam :3

i dont even go here but like. the potential. it calls to me. its kinda spamming me but its whatever lol. now i need to go study before throwing myself heart and soul into heart aching queer yearning but i thought id give yall a heads up :] also expect art. i love doodlin girls

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songs ive decided are them core thus far:

sunflower - rex orange county

why try to change me now - fiona apple

literally every roc song is them to me now lmao. esp best friend

[generalsmemories]

every time i see someone shit on the xianzhou story quest on twitter i die a little bit inside.

[caluupin]

Father!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[arolesbianism]

Ok no yeah I'm severely mentally ill over Olivia what's wrong with her (affectionate)

[silliest-heartaches]

Ohh my god DRINKKK!! Dude I love them sooo muchhh. I just love imagining them being head over heels for each other yet constantly denying their feelings, because of how they view themselves, yet still finding comfort and solace with each other. They are so. YES. PERFECT. AUGH.

SHARE MORE ABOUT THEM PLEASE!!!

And I love how you use they/them for Ink and she/her for Dream!!

GOD YEAH I LIKE THEM SO INCREDIBLY MUCH... tbh the main reason i started liking them was bc i was thinking abt them and how doomed yuri coded they were and. The worms Wormed in from there,,,,

I actually use he/they and she/they for ink and dream respectively but!!!!!! I love all hcs and interpretations of them for REAL. nonbinary people who are gay as fuck for real,, very inherrently queer ship regardless of how u see either of them i think...heart seeing them as t4t transmasc and transfem forever personally though so thats what i see em as hehe,, also in my head theyre both aroacespec (though the specifc kind varies from au to au though i do consistently see ink as ace and dream as demiaro :>>)

Im not sure how long these will be so...hcs under the cut lol

- okay well while in my mind while error is technically the First Entity ink sees that isnt just a normal entity, dream is like their First. Friend. you know. Like when error first saw him he was screaming and crying for the hills bc it was also his first time seeing another outcode so. that reaction BUT with dream she was more filled with gentle confusion... this is a bit after she unstoned in the apple incident but still was new to au hopping and naive to most danger so they became friends!!! Questionably so.

-to elaborate, when they first meet dream is still stuck on the ideals of toxic positivity and pushing through hardship no matter what... i think this is something they eventually grow out of and dream will eventually learn to see the need for balance eventually but one of their first disputes happens when ink is running low on ink and most of whats left are the Negative Emotions within him alongside the especially strong panic that he usually feels when they get like this... dream would try to comfort him and try to say that itll work out in the end no matter what and that they just need to push through and that itll be okay like normal comforting words because dream is an empath and can sense feelings right,,i feel like its comforting in some cases but when things get Really Bad and especially when the main reserves of feelings that ink has are Negative, they heavily override his normal sense of self and i imagine they get a lot more. Snappy.... theres also the additional hc thingy of ink also really overexaggerating his feelings and overplaying them a lot for the sake of trying to feel more intensely (doesnt work, just drains him faster and will never truly feel natural to him...personally think that ink feels a lot of disconnect from his feelings) which could be considerably offputting to dream (though before adding swap to the group she thought it wass normal because she had only seen the fake pretend nice joy of the village influenced by her aura and not Genuine Feelings)

I think eventually through the years they would learn a lot from eachother...like with ink learning to be more naturally charismatic and dream learning to see past toxic positivity and have his perception on emotions change for the better (ie in learning that having different emotions are okay, so long as there is a balance)

id do alot more hcs but tbh what it boils down to is: toxic codependent yuri. intensely up and down relationship where theres an insane amount of love and attachment but also a lack of self from the both of them because they are only able to see themselves as a Thing to the other. Also exes who turned out to be besties. Thry got together and broke up wayyy before blue (they casually tell him stories about it and for the parts that he does know about he is horrified for.) Oh and they share hobbies and do parallel play alot. dream is more music oriented and can play the cello and flute. ink can play the ukelele but hes more familiar with drawing and painting duh. Also they have a garden. they love growing flowers but their favourites are sunflowers. Also have writing sessions together. Also may/may not also have beautiful princess disorder. (The both of them)

im so sorry this is so incoherrent but erm. yeah im very normal abt them (half of this stuff comes from oc projection the other half is like. Mental illness while in the shower tbh)

[ch0rds0fsteel]

Claypollo hcs and other things idk

I need to yap so im listing everything i got of Claypollo because they ruin my life and they never leave my head:

Clay and Apollo cuddle most of the time when they get the chance to see eachother, since Clay is away from home (Clay just sees Apollo and hugs him like a koala)

When they were kids, Clay had a huge crush for Apollo, of course, Apollo was clueless of such thing

Apollo learn to dance because of Clay (Cheesy bf)

Apollo is the only one who knows how Clay really is (In terms of speaking when he is home, he is extremely lazy to be a gym rat lol)

Clay loves Apollo's cooking (Even tho Apollo doesnt cook anymore since he got no time to do so)

As kids, everyone thought they were dating cuz they were always holding hands

Surprisingly, Apollo was the one who confess despite Clay's huge crush for him

Everyone thinks Apollo is so introverted, but with Clay he is a different person (Only with him he lets his guard down)

So this happen, Clay used to be introverted and shy, Apollo was bold and extroverted as kids. As adults, they are the opposite lol

They hide their relationship from others (and Clay bring it to his grave...)

Methinks they were roommates (omg they were roommates...)

When they were kids, whenever Apollo mention the stars or moon, Clay would yap about everything he knew of space until he goes quiet of embarrassment. Apollo doesnt mind it because it was hard to make Clay talk sometimes

Songs that remind me of Claypollo:

(4 of 5 songs are angst forgive me)

Fly me to the moon - Yoko Takahashi (The one from Neon genesis evangelion teehee)

Without you - Casey Lee Williams

And then you became the moon - KIKUO (For some reason it makes me think of them)

My Immortal - Evanescence

Love like you - Steven Universe

Ship troupes i think it fits Claypollo:

Starcrossed lovers

Friendly rivalry (I got an explanation as to why)

Married but they act like homies (LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH)

Roommates (Classic)

Sun and Moon

Secret Relationship

Doomed romance (I mean they pretty much are so lol)

Sea and Moon (Might not be a real trope but think about it like this, the sea and the moon are far away from eachother. That's how far Apollo's love for Clay is now that he is... Gone.)

My opinion on Claypollo:

CRAZY SHIP IT RUINED MY LIFE !! /Silly

We know little of Clay yes but despite that, it shows that He and Apollo were extremely close, hearing an "Im fine!" Of either of them would bright up their day and make them choose the right decisions. Clay was the only person who stayed loyal to Apollo, who didnt lie to him, betray him, etc. Clay was everything Apollo had when it come to people he trust, most of the people he trust betray him or use him (For the case of Dhurke, Apollo thinks He abandon Him). I think Apollo deals with Abandonment issues (It's so implied tbh) and Clay knew that, so, in order to protect Apollo he didnt tell Him about the whole "secret mission" he was in because of Yuri Cosmos, to not made him worry. Maybe things would had been different if Clay told him the truth? Who knows..

Methinks Apollo couldnt dare to use his bracelet around Clay (I said this before) because, what does Clay have to hide anyway? There wasnt a thing he had to hide to Him? Right?

I just think they were extremely sweet and supportive to eachother and the tooth rotting fluff (And the sweet angst) is so much to me that it makes me so happy when i see them like "Claypollo yay!!"

I love my doomed yaoi they are dear to me

[sapphicrot]

i wantchu to know my only experience with iterator shpping to this point has been Pebbles/Suns (i guess. whats even the name for that one? idk). But you have opened my eyes here. Lilypad is just so compelling in a way thats hard to describe. Adds so much depth to the whole Hunter Slag Keys thing!

You have just activated an unskippable cutscene LOL

Suns/Pebbles is called sunstone, which I think is very cute ^-^ Most rw ship names are pretty cute tbh :3

ANYWAYS. YES. Lilypad is so so so good…I really like it because Sig seems to actually be a little more emotionally vulnerable with Moon than she does Suns, implying they were closer than Sig and Suns are. Not to mention, Sig barely mentions Pebbles (or acts pretty standoffish) when he does mention Pebbs.

These are two messages it sends to Moon, but it seems to imply he’s sent more, considering “it’s me again” and the fact that there are more than one we are shown. They could have only made one just to show he was worried, but the devs chose to put more than one, just to drive the point home. It shows a panic that Sig is unwilling to reveal to Suns.

And then we have this.

Sig is basically telling Pebbles he hopes he wallows in regret for this. While Sig does express her general disdain for Pebbles’ attitude with Suns, he still makes a point to be understanding, saying “I think a lot of us were like that in the beginning.” Meanwhile, in this broadcast, none of that empathy is present. She is angry, to a point he refuses to reveal to Suns.

I believe that Sig’s biggest fear is being alone. He describes their situation as being “locked up in a box”, and comes up with the idea to use slugcats as messengers in an attempt to make sure when the comms systems degrade, something everyone else seems to have just accepted as a grim inevitability. So it’s pretty understandable Sig would be pissed at the person who took away one of the few remaining friends she had left. If you wanna read my other massive essay that goes more in depth to this point, here it is!

The fact that you can find the green overseer in outer expanse and subterranean during the Hunter, Monk, Survivor, and Gourmand campaigns is also shows how desperate she was to help Moon. If it was only around during the Hunter campaign, okay sure, that’s probably just him looking for her, checking if she made it to the void sea. However, the fact that it stays, likely long after she knows Hunter’s time is up, means he’s probably searching for any sign of activity from Moon. Still waiting and wondering if her plan was all in vain. The reason I think it doesn’t appear during Rivulet is because of the destruction of OE and just…age. Unfortunately, Sig might just not have the ability to send an overseer that far.

Lastly, the pearl he gives to Moon. This seems to contradict my first point, doesn’t this seem like he’s hiding her emotions behind humor again? Well, my interpretation of this is that: Moon just woke up from what is essentially a fucking coma. Giving her a message that’s like “OH MY GOD I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU AHHHHHH” would probably not be helpful to someone who is likely in a ton of pain, disoriented, and scared. She knows not to overwhelm Moon right now.

And…yeah. Sig seems to hold a lot of genuine adoration for Moon, and looks up to her kindness. I think his jokiness stems from him wanting to emulate Moon’s uplifting nature. He cares about her a lot and also I just love doomed yuri LMAO. SIG AND MOON LESBIANS FOREVER AND EVER.

[badendinggamer]

PART 2 of this sprunki next au thing (wtf am i doing with my life?)

Part 1 here

Anyways disclaimers as always descriptions of the deaths of these guys

As well as the fact that I mainly make these fankids based on who I want to design and not really much on the ship (aside from darkcult)

ANYWAYS

ROCKY

(Grey and wenda child)

Category- Effects- idk

Age: 19

Another divorce kid- I need to stop

So Rocky was raised along side Glinda as siblings, eventually grey and wenda split off due to the fact they had different parental ways and disagreed a lot. With Rocky the divorce didn't affect him as he never liked glinda who was clingy to him. He is friends with ace as they bond over there sibling issues ...and then Corvus came along to bond as well.

He sometimes plays guitar and likes to make music with ace tho aside from that he is a loner coyote

In horror mode echo basically puts him in a battle to the death with glinda. Glinda was hesitant but rocky was determined to live and ended up killing glinda as a result. No remorse.

.....also there the ones who killed Jane, him and Jane were trying to get supplies, Jane got to it first but rocky in the determination to survive killed her.

GLINDA

(Wenda and Vinera Child)

Category- beats- idk

Age: 23

Glinda ended up being raised by wenda of course and they are kinda naive(and annoying as rocky puts it). There more of an animal and outdoors person. They would probably also wear shorts in winter ngl. She is also Jane's girlfriend! (Complicated slightly doomed Yuri has entered the chat)

I kinda already said horror mode for them but basically how they die, they get beaten to death with bugs eaten up there body-

LILY

(Vinera x OWAKCX child)

Category- beats- idk

Age: 22

Honestly she's probably everything you'd expect, gardener, stoner, chill, born from a plant- (tbh that is still a mystery to why and how)

She is siblings with Pickle and she takes care of him a lot. .....but she does kinda hate ace cause of some mysterious accident he did.

In horror mode she becomes abnormal like an infectious and danger plant growing inside her

ZINC

(Clurk x Garold Child)

Category- effects (idk yet)

Age: 27

(I honestly didn't know if I wanted to give them a Child so I did....and i made them non-binary lol)

An inventory just like there parents! They do like th expirement and get more scientific. They have expiremented with magic, specifically time magic. Tho they ended up giving up on it once there work went down the drain once there first and only successful time device went missing one day. That isn't to say they won't try again, but it's still a mystery on who took it.

In horror mode they survive and are more so focused on building that time machine back to stop this from happening....they arr probably also in a bunker or turned there lab into one.

MS.MOON

(Mr.Sun's sister)

Category- Melody- violin

Age: ???

Tbh I have nothing to say ....they exist lol (they might also get a redesign tbh)

I guess that they tend to watch over and protect the sprunkis during the night especially after the first....incident that there brother had to deal with

In horror mode there abnormal as well. Forced to watch the chaos happen once more....

SKY

(Adult/aged up)

Category- Effects (lullaby) (the same)

Age: 30's???

To make it clear he is only aged up cause of well this is an au (kinda like a future au)

After the aftermath of the first horror mode, sky was the most scarred from the events (because we was fucking 14 YEARS OLD) out of all the sprunkis. This lead him to become a police officer (probably along side tunner) to help protect people and make some kind of difference even if it's small. His eye is damaged cause of the aftermath of horromode so yeah (the white marks were meant to be scars but idk anymore) he does have a police hat i just didn't feel like drawing for some reason maybe later.

He is very weary of black especially after what he did. . . . Unfortunately he failed to pay attention to his kids

In horror mode .....he has played these games before, he survives with some scars and is trying to help others survive as best he can and find the source of this madness to hopefully stop it once and for all........so basically his mission is to make sure Echo STAYS DEAD- (well he doesn't know echo is responsible but still)

QUINN

(???)

Category- Vocals

Age: 30's???

I'm gonna be honest....I was running out of characters and I didn't want to do every single ship (especially cause of lore implications) so yeah sky gets a friend

This is Quinn, in the present time they would be 15 years old soo there only a year older than sky. They work as a caretaker as daycare and orphanages and acts as Sky's great friend to be around....and is also the one managing his stress and making sure sky doesn't just lose it (also the blue mark on there face is just a birth mark)

In horror mode they are killed (haven't decided how yet) and are the second to die (the first being ronny) there body was found by sky which is when sky is made aware horror mode is back for another round....and also the fact that the sky is fucked up, the moon and sun went weird ect ect

BONUS/EXTRA:

FRANKLIN

(Oc- HEHEHEHEHE)

Category- Melody

Age: 17

LISTEN .....I CAN DO WHAT I WANT OK

Anyways Frankie isn't part of the lore much tbh. And that's cause they don't grow up in the sprunki island YUP ITS TIME FOR THAT CROSS OVER LORE

So as a baby (image on the right) the bad end organization took them for expirements. They were fine and then they grew up to be fucker up (left image) and got adopted by Tempest. Curious they wanted to visit there supposed place of origin. They made 2 visits one when echo was alive and another when horror mode started

I should note tempest and Frankie live in underland city and just to high you a hint on how life is like there.....when frank saw horror mode staring, that shit is tame compared to the living conditions back home. Only problem for him is that echo put a barrier around meaning he's stuck so he kinda just chills and walks around like nothing till his vacation can be over. Plus he is on good turns with echo.

FINALLY ITS DONE

I might do some bonus/extra characters if I feel like it tho they might just be ocs or Easter eggs or maybe other ships kids (expect a black x tunner fan kid)

Reguardless we got the main cast and now I don't know what to do with all this lore ....eh I'll figure it out

I'll probably draw there horror modes and there full body versions later but for now it's done

[herearedragons]

i think i fooled myself into believing i sent an ask before whoops can i get 5, 7, 17, 25, 31, 33, 39, 40, 43, 45, 50!!!

5. If you could make only one of your OCs popular/known, who would it be?

well honestly Selene is already what I would consider a popular oc because like. more than a handful of people know who she is and have said nice things about her and people have ??? drawn her ??? unprompted ??? which is WILD shoutout to the Selene fandom once again. so if I had an option to make one (1) oc popular on a larger scale it would probably be her because I already know she'd click with people (and also she's my favorite and I'd never get sick of talking about her/seeing other people talk about her).

but also as a secondary option, Aqun and/or Adina because I feel like they have some fun nuance to them and I'd be kind of curious to see different people's takes/opinions/interpretations of them

7. Are your OCs part of any story or stories?

BDJDBSJSHSJSBSJDJDKS well?????? yes?????????

most of them are part of the story of their associated videogame, and then there's all the fic I'm writing. I do also have some non-fandom characters/settings rotating in my brain, but it's nothing concrete enough to talk about

17. Any OC OTPs?

no OCxOC ones, but a lot of OCxcanon ones tbh. if we narrow "OTP" down to One True Pairing as in "I can't envision them with anything else" then it's Selene and Edér (surprising no one) and Mae and the Devil of Caroc (which also shouldn't be surprising). if we interpret it as "favorite ship regardless of whether this PC has other ships", then I'm adding SolAqun to the list bc they've also been on the brain lately. the holy trinity of Doomed Yaoi, Undoomed Yuri and Impending Doom Het Ship

25. The OC that resembles you the most (same hobby, height, shared like/dislike for something etc?)

funnily enough probably Aqun. we look nothing alike but Aqun🤝me (multicultural, multilingual, single child, STEM, Logic and Rationality as a coping mechanism, inclined towards Making Things, burning hatred of Social Overcomplication)

31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really)

Adina would 1000% be on here and her blog would be red-themed with yellow/blue/green accents, have a custom HTML theme she edited herself with artwork BY her, and it would be just all of her interests in one big pile with a barely functioning tagging system. she posts her vitaar designs a lot and her pfp is Her Actual Face with her favorite vitaar design up to date. she uses all caps/keysmashes a lot and vibes perfectly with tumblr's more absurdist kind of humor. Funny Nonsense comes to her effortlessly

33. Your shyest OC?

LORENZO. he's trying so hard to figure out how to People and having the physique of a Death Omen + an evil voice in his head is not helping. also he was a slave for the first 24-ish years of his life and old habits of Be Quiet Be Helpful Don't Speak Unless Spoken To die hard

39. Introduce any character you want

making you look at: the guy from the previous question. he's a runaway slave. he's a Ghost Bard. he was briefly possessed by the god of death and killed everyone in his master's estate with a song. he can sing ghosts into existence. he's haunted by his evil past life. he doesn't speak Aedyran (Eoran English) that well yet. HE'S SHY.

40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share!

@curiouslavellan I have to shout you out again because brainstorming Selene and Helaine plotlines in real time in DMs has been one of this year's highlights for sure. the people don't even know about the soul merging in POE1 and the Selene Is Dead drama in POE2. they don't even know about the werewolf au (well. one other person knows about the werewolf au)

43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confess

I'm going to be real, my OC creation process IS just like. *spins wheel* so what's the source of YOUR deep set feeling of alienation

45. A character you no longer use?

shoutout to this girl who is an old creepypasta OC of mine. I still care her

50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want

subjecting you to the mental image of Aqun and Eldritch Wolf Solas chilling together in some nice scenic place. they never got to do that but I think they should have

[mattielavender]

HAI mattie do you have any gl recommendations (sfw) i am wanting to read more ^_^

sure!!! tbh I havent read many myself, i have a never ending to-read list that i never seem to make progress in, but i can list a few that i liked and/or feel confident recommending!!

- bloom into you. its a classic and like the most popular yuri out there, but even if theres a slight chance u havent read it yet, PLEASE DOOOOO ITS MY FAVOURITE YURI EVER ITS SO SO SO SO GOOD!!!!!! its a manga w an anime adaptation, the anime adaptation is pretty straightforward and good but unfortunately cuts the story off right at the middle, right before finishing off a very important arc, all the while the manga's finished, so i recommend reading the manga first and then watching the anime if ur interested. it also has a spin-off light novel series by a diff author, and i recommend it a lotlot it gives a lot of valuable insight ab sayaka. oh and if you already have read it/when you read it please let me know god I love talking about this series so much i am ill about it I read it whole at least 3 times and that doesnt account for me rereading fragments and watching the anime too

- LOVE BULLET!!!!! i feel like you in particular would like it a lot, based on my sixth yuri sense. its a yuri action series about a world where the people who die without ever having fallen in love get a second chance and get reborn as cupids. its so so so so good

- whisper me a love song!! its a slice of life drama about girl bands. lots of yuri rivalry and doomed childhood friends and stuff. super fun to read!!

- crescent moon and donuts!! its a sweet, short, slow-paced love story between two office workers, flawed and lonely in one way or the other. its very tender and cute. also!!!! ace representation!!!! who cheered!!!!!!

- goodbye, my rose garden - this ones set in victorian(?) england and is a romance between a japanese maid and an english noblewoman. beautiful art, good and at times tragic story, i really recommend

- she loves to cook, she loves to eat - this ones still a read in progress for me but its a really sweet story of an office lady whose hobby is cooking connecting wirh her female neighbor who is a lover of food. it also acknowledges patriarchy and stuff like that more than other yuris tend to, its body positive too, its pretty grounded in reality while still being chill and wholesome. i rlly like it

- this monster wants to eat me - if you want something darker and more fantasy. i admit i havent read many non-slice of life or realistic drama yuri but theres so so many out there, i recommend looming for them if ur interested. but anyways. this ones ab a suicidal girl eho encounters a monster girl who declares she wants to eat her eventually, shenanigans ensue. it has really pretty art and an engaging story its so good

- my girlfriend is devilishly sweet - this one is about a pastry chef girl who encounters a succubus girl and they start dating. i havent caught up on it (i need to) but so far its really cute and has a GORGEOUS artstyle.

- i love amy - this ones a manhwa. also, its set in the usa, which i rarely see from eastern comics, which is so interesting. its a high school drama with a yandere character, but what i like about it is that the yandere is written thru a very empathetic lens. also I like the characters a lot, both main and side, and their dynamics. and oh the artstyle's so unique and gorgeous

- yuri is my job is a bit of a hesitant recommendation cause i know its not for everyone. but also I binged it in one sitting even tho it has like 13 volumes for now. only read it if ur not afraid of a shit ton of miscommunication and of all the characters having sth annoying about them, one in particular being irreformable and stubborn as fuck but what saved her for me and made me excuse her every action was the fact that she lowkey reminded me of kohane. its really fun to read, a dumpster fire at times, which i defo didnt expect from it upon starting to read it haha.

oh also letting u know that what made me start it in the first place was oomf saying that it has aromantic allosexual lesbian rep. and judging from the state that the story is in rn (its on hiatus), i agree w oomf i can see it even tho im almost sure its not intentional on the authors part.

can u tell i have many opinions on this one hahaha

anyways let me know if u decide to read it cause ive been icking and dying to talk ab it w someone but, contrary to bloom into you, people either just dont read it or dont have many thoughts on it NSNSNSN

(oh also ik it breaks the sfw rule but please read how do you relationship after u turn 18. preferably after u start college cause it pertains heavily to the troubles of young adulthood and college life. its such a good fucking manga my second favourite after bloom into you defo. its so fucking GOOD)

[oscconfessions]

so you know how annoying it is when people are only able to describe a female osc character with the word "girlboss" or "girlfailure" right? well I feel similarly when a wlw ship is just described as "toxic yuri" or "doomed yuri" or just "yuri" in general tbh. same with mlm ships and yaoi.

maybe it's because I'm also a huge weeb, and I know that all the people celebrating yaoi and yuri are the same mfs that would probably use "fujoshi" as an insult if they met an actual BL fan irl.

this isn't solely an osc thing. It's happening in pretty much every fandom these days. It just feels so weird seeing the sudden shift from "anyone who reads BL/GL is gross and disgusting and just fetishises queer relationships!!" to calling literally everything yaoi or yuri.

I don't mean this in a "oh boohoo fujoshis are actually the most oppressed societal group 🥺🥺🥺" sort of way... But I'm just?? A little annoyed? And confused? Idk how to put it into words properly. It's like when a niche obscure piece of media that you've been into for years suddenly goes viral and explodes in popularity. And now the fandom is full of new people, and everything is just different and weird and crazy.

maybe I'm just bitter and angry for no reason. Idk. this confession is already getting long enough so I'll just end it here I guess.

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[orpheusilver]

care to elaborate on the miles venom arc?

YES okay so. the thing abt the symbiote is that (like any good corruption arc) it feeds on and amplifies the worst traits of a character, which is pretty straightforward in peters case - his biggest issue is his anger, usually manifesting via retribution (eg. "i missed the part where thats my problem", hunting down uncle bens killer), so his origin story is always the great power/great responsibility thing so he learns to temper that rage. what the symbiote does, practically, is force him to unlearn that foundational character arc and regress to his worst self

since the symbiote really really loves aggression peter parker is literally its dream guy but miles is a little more complex. hes definitely susceptible to that same anger (eg. wanting to "make kingpin pay", the entire sm2 martin li arc) but not as often and nowhere near as hardcore, so the peter playbook wont work as well for him (and also it would be fucking boring. weve seen that shit like 8 times already (not saying symbiote peter is boring i just think modern iterations need to explore new aspects to avoid treading the same ground constantly (sm2 does this very fucking well (also yuri lowenthal is a great va for peter like right up there with josh keaton (i think this many parentheses means im off topic (the adhd demon got me))))))

SO. whats miles' major issue he needs to overcome in his origin story? full disclosure i have not read the comics (but i heard they had some issues with his initial characterization anyway? which is fair enough tbh writing the successor to such an iconic guy is Fucking Hard) so TO ME PERSONALLY!! spider-verse miles is the definitive iteration of the guy and like. we all remember the whats up danger scene, his origin arc is overcoming self-doubt and learning to believe in himself ("its a leap of faith", "youre on your way, just keep going") which, alongside social anxiety (eg. the itsv "everyone knows" scene, sm2 "are you mad at me? it sounds like youre mad at me" dialog), seems to be part of some general anxiety issues. this is pretty well supported by the recent "the spider within" short film (which funnily enough is very fucking reminiscent of some sequences in kravens last hunt, not relevant but kinda cool) which also shows how miles responds by self-isolating, similarly to ps5 miles when peter ignores him

the symbiote can exploit his self-doubt pretty easily, the inherent power boost will do most of the heavy lifting to make him feel like hes not good enough without it - what if he runs out of web at the worst moment? what if hes not strong or fast enough to save someone? what if hes caught mid-costume change because hes so used to the suit changing itself? the more valid the (inital) concerns the better imo

the social anxiety is a tricky one but i think if miles traps himself in a doom loop of self-isolation he might spiral into genuine paranoia, which combined w/ the patented symbiote rage could lead him to lash out at people around him. "everyone secretly hates me so im gonna avoid being around people" -> "i feel alienated from everyone i know so im gonna avoid them even harder" -> "am i 'okay'? why would you care? what are you playing at? fuck off and leave me alone" -> "nobody wants to interact w/ me so everyone who does must have ulterior motives and is therefore a threat to me/my family/my city" -> "im completely isolated but bad things are still happening so people must be conspiring against me w/o my knowledge" -> "literally everyone on earth is out to get me and i need to fight them about it"

from there i think the ideal conclusion is pretty self-evident - miles takes a metaphorical leap of faith (calling back to the lesson learned in his origin arc) by actively choosing to trust someone, reach out and ask for help w/ removing the symbiote and dealing with the contemporary big bad (potentially his local peter variant bc hes got experience w/ symbiote removal and it would tie into the "leap of faith" motif but idk)

so tldr: a miles symbiote arc would be different to peters arcs in some (very interesting) key ways - rather than unbridled aggression he could be characterized by intense anxiety, manifesting as paranoid self-isolation and a sense of dependence on the symbiote suit, and would end the arc by reaching out for help in a symbolic leap of faith

[rose-vybe]

Thank you @starsmadeinheaven for tagging me! ❤️🦇

WHAT MADE YOU PICK UP THE CURRENT MUSE(S) YOU HAVE?

If you're asking about my fave characters I like to write, they're 99% pretty bad boys I find compelling for some reason. Maybe it's the aesthetic. Maybe things we have in common. I don't always think about it, I just go with the flow :)

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU DON'T LIKE TO WRITE?

I don't really know, tbh. I wouldn't write yuri, not because I'm against it but because I'm not interested. I also don't write nation!AU Hetalia. :)) Ohhhh I also don't write weddings:)))

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU REALLY ENJOY WRITING?

Dramatic love stories, in period settings. Sadly, my muse didn't give me any good plot as of late for a full-fleshed multichap. Also fight scenes.

HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH HEADCANONS?

I genuinely don't know, they just come to me :)

DO YOU WRITE IN SILENCE OR DO YOU PLAY MUSIC?

Every fic I write usually has a playlist, music inspires me a great deal and many fic ideas came to me while listening to certain songs

DO YOU PLAN YOUR REPLIES OR WING THEM?

Nope, too lazy to plan :)

DO YOU ENJOY SHIPPING?

I enjoy writing couples and love stories (of doom :))) 

WHAT'S YOUR ALIAS/NAME?

Moonstone

AGE?

At least 400 🦇

BIRTHDAY?

A June Gemini :P

FAVORITE COLOR(S)?

Yellow, teal, fuchsia, red, lilac, dark blue

FAVORITE SONG(S)?

Oh, I really have so many and across so many different genres... But I'll say one: 30 seconds to Mars - Rescue me

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?

The damsel

LAST SHOW YOU WATCHED?

House of lies

LAST SONG YOU LISTENED  TO?

That Pedro, Pedro, Pedro Tiktok remix :)))

FAVORITE FOOD?

Fries with fried eggs sunny side up 🍳🍟

FAVORITE SEASON?

I used to love summer the most, but since the last two summers were unbearable I guess it's autumn now :/

DO YOU HAVE A TUMBLR BEST FRIEND?

Definitely!!! I'm so happy to have met @melodious-tear 🩷🩷🩷

[necroangelz]

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i love hearung people infodump about stuff wven its stufg idk pleasr peladeplelfeldmf dies

( the angel apologizes for the late response to uur ask . it's been more than a week .oops . it's okay though because this infodump is HELLA LONG. /SRS )

i adore ppl who listen to infodumps > < /p gen

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infodump about an oc

so, then, let me tell uu about the story of the half demon and the human she loved. (aka my demon Slayer ocs doomed Yuri )

this infodump is gonna require some prior knowledge to demon Slayer tbh > < I'm too lazy to explain details that are specific to the demon Slayer series Soz ... also my autocorrect might randomly capitalize Slayer so just ignore that

so let's introduce the characters !!

KAGUYA UBUYASHIKI

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kaguya's name above links her playlist that i made a few yrs ago !! the playlist is quite old and i don't add new songs to it as much but i quite love it a lot > < i think the songs suit her well so there's no reason to change anything

at the start of the canon series (like lets say kaguya is in the story because thats how i wrote it lmao) Kaguya is 25 years old. as her surname "ubuyashiki" implies, she's an adopted member of the ubuyashiki clan. her mother was a pillar (a pillar of what, I'm not sure yet ahaha...) who disappeared before kaguyas birth, and left the infant Kaguya at the doorstep of the ubuyashikis. they decided to take her in and raise her alongside kagaya ubuyashiki, the head of the demon Slayer corps at the start of the series. Kaguya is 2 years older than kagaya. she is also his only surviving sibling as the rest of their siblings committed suicide years ago (canon fact i read just now lol)

she doesn't know much about her mother, and only knows her mother through the stories that others tell about her. unfortunately, due to their line of work, those who knew her mother end up dying until she's the only one carrying her mother's memory. there rumors though that her mother had an affair with a demon right before giving birth to kaguya

Kaguya hopes to find her father one day. how she will do it, what would she do (ask him why it had to be her mother, ask him about her mother, kill him, form a relationship with him, etc.); she doesn't know.

fun fact about her father: originally she was going to be the daughter of muzan kibutsuji. because this was a common trope i did before, i made ocs who were the daughters of villains. i didn't really regard the villains as parental figures because i was in love with them, but i suppose i enjoyed the family dynamic this trope would have. it was interesting to imagine the villain parent as being softer and kinder to their daughter (if they were on the same side [kaguya would not have been on the same side as muzan, obviously]), their daughter being spoiled, treated like royalty, and inheriting the same villainous traits from their parent(s)... i actually did have another oc who was muzan's daughter, although she didn't exist in the same "universe" as kaguya lolz

... looking back at my childhood and family history i can see why i was so in love with this trope

anyways. Kaguya harbors a secret that she doesn't hide well, so most people are aware of it, but out of respect no one accuses her of anything. Kaguya might just be a half demon half human (okay well take out the word "might" because she IS). she exhibits great inhuman strength and speed, she can heal quickly from any injury (it's not as fast as the regular demons' regeneration, but she can survive injuries that humans would usually die from. she recovers quickly from injuries and never gets sick. healers love her. literally. i used to ship her with shinobu.) she's also allergic to sunlight and wisteria. she gets severe rashes when she stands under the sun for too long and her body temperature rises quickly when she's outside. hence, she wears a wide brimmed hat to protect from the sun. i also think she would wear her universe's version of sunscreen. she also feels nauseous around wisteria. heaven knows what would happen if she ingested it.

she's sort of a prodigy when it comes to being a warrior/fighter. she began having rigorous training to fight demons since she was 8 and since then she has become a high profile demon Slayer. (that age might change... it used to be 6 but i thought 6 was too overkill lol. that's really young isn't it. she should be at the playground /ref)

I'm a bit undecided about what her breath style should be. it used to be breath of the Phoenix (based on the song the Phoenix by fall out boy) and i have a design of Kaguya with red robes which would fit that breath style more, but I've grown used to purple robes Kaguya! i know i could have Kaguya use breath of the Phoenix while wearing purple robes, but robes are often symbolic of a slayer's breath style, and purple robes just don't really give Phoenix vibes.

Kaguya with red robes ! i use this design in an AU of kaguya's story. i won't go into the AU in this post but all one needs to know is: it's based on moon knight. because i just so happened to have a moon knight phase around the same time i was really obsessed with kaguya's story

another breath style Kaguya could use though is wisteria breathing. i just thought of this recently so it's a wip idea, but it could be interesting bc wisteria breathing is strong against demons but it will also hurt her. wisteria and all that. it feels symbolic of her as a character as well.. somehow

anyways, Kaguya is aloof, keeps her distance from others, acts invulnerable and cold, although she has moments of warmth and can still show kindness to others. she prefers that others do not get to know her on a personal level and keeps everything professional. her brother and her 1 or 2 friends encourage her to loosen up and they've tried everything to get her to socialize with others.

she's desensitized to her pain and others'. the corps often gives her the hardest jobs simply because she's one of their best fighters, so she's used to long battles (and winning). she's not cocky when it comes to fighting, but she certainly knows that she will eventually win. she rarely shows fear. she knows that a scared warrior is not what people need.

obviously she has a dash of trauma added to her character.

i realized Kaguya is extremely similar to mizu from blue eye samurai. i didnt intend fur that—kaguya was made AGES before BES was released, but i think that's really cool lol

RISA AKAGI

kaguyas childhood friend who died at 25. she was a demon Slayer of a high rank, just like her dear friend. came from a rich family with parents that loved her; sadly they never understood her deep down. they didn't understand her dreams to pursue creative arts like writing and music. instead they wanted her to marry so they can become more wealthy.

her parents did arrange a marriage for her, but they lost their wealth anyway. and soon enough, risa lost her husband and her family.

risa was used to dealing with expectations. her peers often viewed her as a perfect unattainable standard. someone to watch and be jealous of. someone to compare themselves to.

she was a practical person who kept calm often. a lot of people liked her and thought she was easy to get along with. she always knew what to do, how to behave, to get people to like her and do what she wanted them to do. many people in her circle liked to act as if they know her well/personally/deeply but she's a guarded person who knows how to keep people away, just like kaguya. the difference between them is that risa can fool people into believing they're closer than they actually are

i actually never thought of what risa's breath style would be. kaguya was her main mentor when she was in training so maybe she developed a breath style based on kaguyas? like early on she was using a common breath style but ended up developing one similar to kaguyas. I'll think about it further though.

that's all i can say about risa.

so what's their story anyway?

their first meeting was when they were children (eight and eleven, risa is 3 yrs older). it was a short meeting, almost unremarkable, although they kept thinking of their meeting bcz they wanted to meet each other again very badly. their wishes were granted and they meet again as teenagers (14, 17). this time theyre able to form a friendship and oh, how close they become. it's like a once in a lifetime bond. and speaking of lifetimes they feel like they know each other from a past life.

^ note I'm not tryna be weird about this, they didn't develop feelings for each other until they were both adults/chronologically 20-somethings. Kaguya physically matures faster due to being half demon so physically she looks about risa's age if not older. she doesn't act like a regular young person either due to her life experiences. i made their ages like this to emphasize how she is stronger in terms of physical power despite being younger.

they are inseparable... except for complications in their life that do separate them. one, as they grow up, risa's marriage to an older man is arranged. as a result she doesn't have as much freedom to do what wanted (ie, hang out with Kaguya) like before. they find their ways though, don't worry. a bit after their marriage, risa's family loses their wealth somehow and they're forced to move to a small very rural town

two, Kaguya obviously has to hide her true life from risa. keeping such a huge secret causes fights and other troubles between them but what else is she to do? she just can't tell a regular civilian about the demon Slayer corps and demons at all . she wants to keep risa safe too so she has to tell her Absolutely Nothing

all of that becomes for nothing though when a demon attacks risa's family, killing her parents (and siblings that live with them, if i decide to give her siblings. i should give her siblings), her husband, and her husband's family too probably. but basically a lot of people are dead. Kaguya arrives and kills the demon, but at that point only risa was the survivor. Kaguya tells her about demons and demon slayers, and risa chooses to enlist in the corps.

when risa enlists, she's 20 and chronologically Kaguya is 17. of course she hasn't really properly ENLISTED yet because she has to go through the final selection ! ( i kinda find it funny that they call it the "final selection" when there's no other selection process for demon slayers other than this, but it's also kind of a final thing in the way that many people Die from it ) so risa moves to kaguya's estate and trains for three years before entering the final selection. obviously she survives and passes with flying colors because she was trained only by the best (kaguya <3). she became friends with the people she saved/helped in the final selection too

so now at 23, risa is a demon slayer! things go quite well in her career. she goes on pair missions with kaguya at first so that risa's safety is ensured and she doesn't have a hard time. risa is worried she actually isn't that good of a demon slayer and at some point she hates relying on kaguya during pair missions, thinking that her success is only because of kaguya and not because she has any skill at all.

aside from that risa also tries to deal with the trauma of losing her family and the mental and physical strain that comes with training and fighting demons. she's terrified that she too will lose her life one day but when she fights alongside kaguya she feels safe, and when she goes home to kaguya after a successful solo mission, she's determined to do her best fighting demons for the rest of her life so that she's happy when she dies

but then she thinks, does she really want to do this for the rest of her life?

kaguya thinks of the same thing too, because before this she was fine being a simple weapon for the corps. a weapon with no friends, no connection to this world, and no real passion in life. she's so strong, obviously she's meant to be a demon slayer, right? but being with risa causes her to rethink everything and what she truly wants

the two of them discuss if they want to retire when they're a bit older. get a nice house in the countryside and live together, raise livestock, and live a calm life where they never think about their missions and they never have to raise a sword against a demon again

,,, well

one day, risa goes on a solo mission and doesn't come back. kaguya knows where she went so she searches the whole place for her, and searches even farther, but none. she tells corps workers stationed in nearby locations to keep an eye out for risa, she searches every week for her, but she doesn't see her nor hear from her for months. she doesn't even find a dead body

what she does find, a few months later, is risa turned into a demon. she would find out later too that demon!risa had already killed a few humans in their time apart. demon risa has no memory of her life as a human, so her first instinct upon seeing kaguya is to attack her. risa is quite strong as a demon. it hurts kaguya to see risa fight with a variant of the same techniques she used when she was still a human

kaguya wants to save her, she wishes there was an ending to this battle that didn't involve risa's death, but she's relentless in her attack. it was either risa died or kaguya died

so she's slain by kaguya. let me just copy paste this line from my notes:

"as her head gets chopped and falls off, one moment from her human life flashes before her eyes. a blurry memory of her and kaguya sitting in kaguya's estate, drinking tea and enjoying the afternoon sun. the memory constantly changes shape and briefly morphs into other memories that she can't process, and it feels like a scene playing from far away. like a memory that isn't hers. risa doesn't think this is from her memory at all, due to the blurriness and transience of it. she dies facing the sky and a single teardrop falls from her eye."

risa was 25 when she died. kaguya was chronologically 23

as one can guess, this whole ordeal traumatized kaguya even further than she is already traumatized. poor thing. all of this would have taken place 3yrs before the main story (so kaguya would be 25 too when the main story would roll around)

okay, so what really happened to risa on the night she disappeared during the mission anyway? how did she become a demon?

i don't have a LOT of details sorted out, but basically she was wounded and super duper hurt during the fight, the demon she's fighting offers to turn her into a demon (i'm guessing she should've been fighting a demon moon then... oohh what if she thought she was fighting a regular demon but then a demon moon shows up and offers to turn her??) obviously she declines the offer but in the end she gets forcefully turned into a demon. so yeah !

i would also like to note that in this story, the demon slayers are aged up just a little bit. i'm sure it makes sense to someone that a lot of demon slayers are young—because they die before they can grow old— but a part of me was unsatisfied with that! so a lot of the pillars are in their early to mid 20s, with the exception of muichiro who is 17, tengen who is 31 (this bitch is 23 originally wtf??, and gyomei who is 44 (HE IS 27 I THOUGHT HE WAS IN HIS 40S)

thats all i have to share i think. thank GOD its all over now /s if one has somehow made their way to the end and read everything in this ramble, comment uur fav video game or something .

aaaaaand thats the end of kaguya ubuyashiki and risa akagi's wonderful backstory and their happy ending.

[coolfire333]

Actually one more rant about a Specific Unnamed Fandom: starting to think some of you guys are a little bit sexist tbh (obviously not aimed at my mutuals or blogs I follow, just something I've seen in passing)

I know there's like triple the amount of male characters than there are women but I feel like I'm actually in the trenches fighting for (female character) some days and the worst part is said character is like literally integral to the plot. Like guys does anyone else want to talk about her. I love the men too but Please.

I also am super attached to minor female background character #3 so I understand the struggle of having to enjoy measly slivers of content of your fave but my god does anyone else appreciate the main women of this franchise. Or any female characters in the story at all. It is so dark in here.

ALSO the double standards when it comes to ships...!! It's all like "ooo enemies to lovers so good the toxic yaoi hits hard" (which ok that's true and valid) but I swear I feel like I'm going to get drawn and quartered by the masses for admitting I like a doomed yuri ship. Like be serious you guys, if these two characters were men this would be one of the most popular pairings in the series, I swear to god you'd be all over it like flies.

I think the reason people really don't like it is that they see it (and any questionably healthy/unhealthy ship involving a woman) as inherently victimizing of that woman and then they rush to be like "oh no it's bad just trust me I am a Feminist". Like if a man can make stupid romance decisions because Evil Enemy Man Is Hot and that's somehow ok then literally what is the difference??

Also also it is so funny to me because I look at an adjacent fandom and one of the most popular ships there is ALSO doomed/toxic enemies-to-lovers yuri, which really tells me that a lot of people's discomfort with my ship might come from a place of "oh noooo we must protect this pure sweet woman from Ms. Evil uwu" instead of a general "eh I don't like this ship", which imo is incredibly sexist and glosses over so much in order to put my fave girl on a little perfect pedestal. Like you guys she's kind and sweet to other characters but she's also kinda evil too if you think about it, literally nobody here is without evil!

If I had to wager a guess too, the fandom I'm speaking about from experience is mostly male while the fandom that likes (toxic yuri ship) has a larger female audience (and also more women characters in general) so uhhh...idk it's kinda telling to me...

Also shoutout to the people making really good genderswaps of the male characters because from what I've seen that also comes from a place of genuine female appreciation. Like ok make them weird women yeah!! I like that :)

Maybe I'm just talking around in circles but idk I swear the double standards are real. Let me post about doomed yuri without fear. Look at me when I talk about female characters in the fandom. It's ok to ship a m/f ship or even, god forbid, a f/f ship. Take my hand. Expand your mind to female characters more. It's good for you.