#the og mechanical nerd

[absolutebl]

GMMTV'S BL Line Up - Part 2

Presented in order of trailers I find most appealing:

The Heart Killers

FirstKhao & JoongDunk

Jojo directing an action romcom about assassin brothers (Khao & Joong) meet a tattoo artist ex-booster (First) and a mechanic (Dunk). I'm highly amused that Joong plays the older brother to Khao, and that we have a at take on Taming of the Shrew for that pair. I like that everyone is morally gray. This has all GMMTV's best chemistry in one BL and some fresh concepts that I've only really seen tackled in m/m romance (check out Amy Lane's Racing for the Sun, thank me later). I'm excited my only quibble is Jojo, I like his style but his characters can get unreliably messy so...

I genuinely dithered over whether this one should be first. Still it was the only trailer I grinned the whole way through, and had to watch 2x, so it takes top spot for me, but closely followed by a surprise silver medal...

Thame-Po (Heart that Skips a Beat)

EstWilliam

A boy band member and his documentarian start a forbidden relationship. I LOVE Est and am delighted to see him at GMMTV but I've been getting a fatigued by celebrity BL of late. However, after watching the trailer I'm 100% in on this show. I've been waiting for a Blinding Lights style idol romance and this looks like it might be it (Korea, Japan, and Thailand have systemically disappointed me over the past 2 years). Bring it, boys.

Revamp the Undead Story

BounPrem

GMMTV have taken on this IP about a vampire prince and the human who awakens him that was with WabiSabi. Interesting that GMMTV are bring out two vampire BLs as a result. This one involves a coven (hello, who called it way back in 2019? Me. I DID.) Anygay, coven includes Santa (no lies spotter with that one).

(Previously: Vampire Project from Wabi Sabi - trailer now removed, also previously My Broccoli)

Wonder if they will tank that JossGawin one? There'd likely be rioting in the streets if they did. But they might just let it fade away.

Sweet Tooth Good Dentist

MarkOhm

Finally Mark is leading out a BL! This one based on a Jittirain novel about a weird sunshine student dentist and his sugar-addicted patient, described as a romcom meets romantic therapy. Also, Jimmy is there, primarily to give me second lead syndrome. It looks silly but kinda earnest, I'm intrigued.

Perfect 10 Liners

ForceBook, PerthChimon, JuniorMark

New directing yet another university BL with engineers + their mentees. Based on a Jittirain novel. Massive cast. ForceBook playing the same old characters. Enemies to lovers tsunder/sunshine jock/nerd thing. PerthChimon are doing the cohabitation cool guy/dork trope. JuniorMark are doing popular sunshine meets lonely sad boy (the only interesting pair IMHO).

Not sure if these will be interwoven (My Engineer style) or shorter stand alones (Y-Destiny style).

The Ex-Morning

SingtoKrist

This is an original script written just for the OG, direct by Lit (SOTUS) about a news reporter plagued by scandal must work with his ex-boyfriend to rebuild his reputation. A reunion romance that's hitting pretty close to the IRL pair branded mark.

I've never claimed these two had any kind of chemistry and that would appear to still be the case. I think this one will bore me silly. I'm contemplating a trash watch but feel that's best reserved for...

Ossan‘s Love Thailand

EarthMix

WHY MUST THIS BE?!! I really don't like this IP but I still HAVE OPINIONS (of course I do) Look, I doubt even legendary EarthMix can save Ossan for me.

Shall I explain? Too much, let me sum up:

It's a terrible script based entirely on an unsympathetic love triangle, the viability of the whole show actually hinges on the boss character so he MUST be likable, because the lead is an unsympathetic looser (and user of people), and the roommate/love interest has no personality. Looks like this version is doing the same. ALSO Earth is grossly miss-cast. (On the other hand, maybe I'll like it more because of that, I would rather my H were toned down a bit.) Finally... where tf are my ladies? The female characters were the best thing about the original.

Of course I'll still watch it. I'm trash.

My order based on descriptions (and biases) before watching trailers was:

The Heart Killers

Revamp

Sweet Tooth

Perfect 10 Liners

ThamePo

The Ex-Morning

Ossan’s Love Thailand

Now that we have finally gotten part 2 I have only one burning question left for GMMTV.

Why didn't my man Thor get to lead something, damn it?

I will also take this as an opertunity to remind you all that my predictions about my own taste are notorious terrible.

(source)

[atidingofmagpies]

MECHS FANS i was very kindly allowed to play what exists so far of the game Downtime, the extremely funky mechanisms fangame being created by my friend @chaoticmannamedoliver !!

AND HOLY SHIT YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT

The amount of care that has gone into the game so far is incredible, from the character designs to the Easter eggs sprinkled around throughout - there's so much to explore and interact with alongside the actual plot!!

Speaking of plots... I won't be spoiling anything, but having talked about the plans for all the directions the game can go in, I'm very excited for certain plot twists >:) this is a game with lore of its own on top of the og mechs lore, so you nerds (affectionate) are gonna love piecing it all together

Anyway, head over to @pixelated-mechanisms-chaos if this is the first you're hearing of the game and check out the art so far!

[punkeropercyjackson]

Tryna articulate how Jason in canon feels extremely afrolatino to the point he's considered canonically so by black/latino DC fans but nonblack/gringo DC fans' racism causes them to ruin it for us with stereotyping that's so popular it's depressingly more known than literally anything about him and then there's also the hateful anti following it has that's also just racism but with the add-on of concern trolling

This deep dive includes dark topics as it's a breakdown by me as a homecountry raised afrolatina using actual black history.Trigger warnings:Antiblackness,anti latino racism,racialized misogyny,classism,ableism,slavery,csa,incest and sexual harrasment towards a minor of color(Damian).The non-Jason characters have been tagged because they're a major part of this and it includes defending them against Batfanon so i thought the fans will like to read it if they're comfortable reading the content,if not,please skip for your own self-care

So Jason acts a lot like an example of positive black masculinity-He's a huge mama's boy to THREE mom's(Catherine,Nocturna and Talia)and dates woc exclusively(Rose,Artemis and Dana)and respects women tons in general regardless of specific dynamic,has extremely high standards for other men and mouths off to them freely unlike what he's like with female characters including his own dad(this is also a black male thing actually!It's a running joke in black culture that boys will adore their mothers but be little shits to their fathers),has been a huge nerd his whole life both as in 'nerdy interests' and 'super smart' and is unbeliavably tough as a trauma coping and defense mechanism but has no shame in being openly emotional and kind.These aren't exclusively black people things obviously but what ties together for us are the elements of his story

He was born poor and ended up a street kid after Catherine died and Willis was sent to jail.Being poor isn't racist in black/latino characters if it's not used to demonize them and Los Todds did start off potrayed positively before classist propaganda got it's filthy hands on them and black/latino people ARE often poor in real because of colonization and the following systematic oppression.So afrolatino Jason with a respectfully potrayed poor background would be representation and work as good commentary on black trauma!This also applies to The Joker killing him when he was only 15 and him getting victim blaming and lies spread about him post-death to make him look like a bad kid who brought it upon himself when he was an extremely sweet and gentle boy that always had good intentions and makes Red Hood all the more interesting as a black character challenging the justice system and being morally gray but potrayed sympathically and a tragic figure and even getting a redemption arc eventually

There's also the accidental subtext of him beefing with his brothers severely except Duke,who he instantly liked and they're the closest Batboy relathionship the other has and the closest thing to eachother's Robin with Jason validating Duke as a real Robin,Batkid and Batboy multiple times which is exactly what Duke is insecure over in regards to his place in the Batfam and on a way funnier instinence of this,there's the unintentional from og Rhato deblackifying Kory and having her throw herself at Jason with him constantly rejecting her yet Rose doing the same thing and him legit willingly dating her in multiple runs so it brings the implication that Jason wasn't attracted to Kory because they turned her into a white woman.For more defying of stereotypes,he's not into drinking or smoking or casual relathionships and only wants to be with someone for real love and he pushed a guy off a roof as Robin for being a sex ring runner and as Red Hood targeted a pedophillic elementary school teacher to kill him for abusing a student so he takes direct action against sexual abuers instead of being one.Fun coincidences that his birthday is on dominican restoration day,african-american parents commonly give their kids greek names and his Lego movie is called 'Family Matters' which is also the title of a legendary sitcom that's from 80s like he is!

And this is exactly where nonblack/gringo DC fans fail us.His positive masculinity is switched for making him a stereotypical guy and that even includes erasing him being canonically (goth) punk,NONE of them care about Duke and dismiss black DC fans' critisisms because 'it's not that deep' as if they're not fetishizing blackness and latinohood while ALSO erasing it because oh no THAT black character dosen't appeal to my fantasies so ion know about that one,his type is replaced with white cis gringas and men who he can't stand-often for good reasons but nah,that's gay denial guys!!!,his parenthood is made to revolve around JUST Bruce and in addition to the misogyny it's classist to Willis too,has his intellegence and cultured interests and behaviors erased to make him 'the dumb angry one',isn't allowed to authentically keep his kindness in favor of sanitazion and this includes not actually writing as mentally ill but a supersized pissbaby who thinks having symptoms is a female trait(much like this headass fandom),he gets called classist slurs like 'street rat' and reduced down to other stereotypes of poor people for gags,he's reduced down to DITF when he's so much happier as more than just 'The Dead Robin' and his depth from his Robin days is taken from him for the sake of calling a lil romani boy a fucking mini monster,he's not allowed to just NOT smoke and NOT drink because he dosen't fucking WANT to because he has ptsd and it's triggering AND THE WORST PART

I see smut of him EVERYWHERE,non-fucking-stop,he's known as the horndog of the Batkids for baseless and even direct opposite from canon assumptions that're rooted in gender essentialism and ableism(i.e 'That's what REAL men are like😏' and the propaganda that trauma always turn you into a freak in the sheets who can only think about sex)and the way he's thee target of batcest and 'd*ddy issues' shipping when he's said outright he's grossed out at the thought of kissing his brothers-he said he has FOUR brothers too,you 'Batboy means white-I MEAN BLUE EYED' ahh snowroaches-and hates the guts of almost every older man he knows because he pulls people his own age and has a life outside of sex and dating.Plus that as an afrolatino man he'd DEsexualize himself as to not be literally assaulted by white people as they see black people as inherently sexual monsters and how black child slaves were widely csa'd and forced into incest by their owners and like all the fuckass white 'homoeroticism' on here y'all obsses over with him that has never been in Jason's lore is just historical abuse and even murder tactics used against black folks and latinos and afrolatinos by extension.And it's always posted and stanned by cis white women who never learned to explore media outside of men and white dudes that think themselves free of prejudice just because they're trans and autistic

It's performative,violent and just straight up makes them not that good of people seeing as they treat irl black people and latino poc like this too but don't think that gives anybody the right to hate afrolatino Jason.Y'all always nasty asf too-The fury and offense at black people being happy and black characters in your precious lil fancontent is embarrasing as hell and almost all of you don't extempt yourself from gross ships or innapropriate treatment of child characters(See the running gag of Jason telling Damian 'he fucked his mom' when in reality it was anti-arab propaganda,csa AND incest so it's no better than batcest and i even saw Roy say it to Damian over Dick once and i hardly think saying sexual shit to a minor about their family member isn't child abuse in any context,no matter how 'bratty' they're being and you're telling on yourselves with thinking that's 'the right punishment').Afrolatino Jason is black and latino DC fans' as it's creators and biggest content makers so you're both bad and irrelevant.You both ain't shit compared to my nonblack/gringo friends who base their afrolatino Jason off my content because they actually care about us.Be.Quiet.

[sunthyme]

Sorry for this being a day late, I last second decided I hated how the og designs turned out so I redid them lmaooo. Whoops! Tyty sm for the support though, I love y'all! 🩷🩷🩷

💐Ignihyde💐

I cleared the tail end of Book 4 and all of Book 5 two days ago so fair warning, I'm still not completely aware of all the ins and outs of Ortho and Idia. And I might have to redo some of my Pomefiore headcanons with Book 5 in mind, namely Rook??? Whose apparently from Sunset Savanna??? Anyways, onto the designs...

🎮Idia Shroud🎮

(he/it) Unlabelled Gender - Achillic Asexual

Ah, the most relatable character in Twisted Wonderland...

- I don't think I really changed a whole lot about him physically, tbh. Gave him slightly bluer skin and dark makeup. I figured he's kinda one of the closest characters to like alt fashion and stuff so I slapped some piercings on him.

- You can't see them with his GIANT MESS OF HAIR but I gave him some piercings. I'll just grab a pic of them rq.

No bald Idia today guys.

- He's autistic. Is that even up for debate at this point? Either way, I feel like he'd actually hate having hair against his neck and typically put it into a ponytail or something. That shit would be hella warm otherwise, fire or no.

- He plays dating sims religiously but god forbid someone ACTUALLY flirts with him. In the unlikely scenario that he actually realises they're hitting on it, he just freaks out and runs, physically if possible. I think he's unintentionally shut people down hard because he cannot fathom why anyone would like it.

- He has to fight his demons whenever he see any of the people with cat ears which me too me too. Ignihyde actually has a bit of a stray cats issue, namely because Idia sets out food and water for them and refuses to let anyone take them away. They never get into the workshops or anywhere dangerous and Idia has named all of them.

- He has unique names not only for the stray cats of Ignihyde but also for all of the ones in his games, in specific his Minecraft cats.

- It's actually in the process of making a robotic cat as a sort of emotional support animal since a live cat isn't allowed in classes due to allergies (which Grim is exempt from due to him not technically being a cat and not producing allergens, fun fact).

- Oh! And I headcanon him as Greek and Japanese. Forgot that oops. Nationality-wise he'd be Australian though.

I was struggling to think of things that were just canon facts of his character already, which, to be fair, some of this could be but moving onto...

🦾Ortho Shroud🦾

(they/it/he) Nonbinary???

I actually adore how they came out omg. I have no really experience with robot/cyborg character design so I gave myself some liberties.

- First and for most, I made a lot of its robot features more obvious with panelling that would make it easy for Idia to access any brain or vocal mechanics. You cannot convince me that Idia, known for liking video games and anime, would pass up an opportunity to make Ortho look cool asf. Or maybe Book 6 can but for now, panels.

- I don't know if it's ever brought up in detail Ortho's like material components and stuff but I think they're made with the anti-magic stuff Charon's ferrymen have, further enhanced and durable. His freckles help with sensing particularly smell and temperature.

- His eyes took a bit of inspiration from Genoa, I just though a black sclera would look super cool tbh.

- It's hair is a bit crazier and I wanted to lowkey emulate Medusa vibes with it and the soulless eyes lol.

Not much else right now but I know damn well Book 6 will make me cry... Time for the ocs!

🪻Fuji Izanami🪻

Third Year - (she/he) Bigender - Bisexual

- So, a bit of a disclaimer, I've never actually seen Hercules because I was a Greek mythology nerd and was offended by the inaccuracies lol so keep that in mind with the ocs for this dorm. Fuji is my Cerberus character!

- He's the vice-housewarden of Ignihyde and tends to help out with Ortho's upgrades by moving the heavier parts that Idia can't lift.

- Since I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, Cerberus means 'spots', I wanted her to have a ton of freckles as an omage.

- She's fully Japanese and has been a childhood friend of the Shrouds, with both families going way back. He was kind of Idia's emotional support before Ortho was allowed as well as a bit of a bodyguard. She and Ortho were the reason Idia didn't have to attend with a mass guard force.

- Quiet and seems quite menacing at first but is a huge softie and loves to be around other people. She and Jack are workout buddies and bond over common music tastes in the J-Pop and K-Pop genres.

- When she's talking to Idia or Ortho, it tends to be in Japanese (neglecting that the game is set to Japanese, imagine the default is like a common tongue or something lol).

- He specialises in heavier mech tech, developing protective wear and other durable things to work with. She hopes to intern with Charon eventually and work to study the containment of blot.

Now for another set of triplets, these ones all in Ignihyde...

🕰️Ye-Jin Ryu🕰️

Second Year - (she/her) - Sapphic

So these next three characters are representative of the Fates, they're Korean.

- Ye-Jin is my 'past' character. I styled her hair is an older-fashioned wavy cut and gave her some classy pearl earrings to give that 🌸vintage aesthetic🌸.

- Her primary skill set and interest is in re-purposing older things and upgrading them i.e. keeping the older aesthetic but making the mechanisms modern and remove the fear that it'll break down from overuse and whatnot.

- As such, she's a sucker for antiques and older fashion trends, mostly consisting of long skirts and formal wear. That being said, she still wears properly protective gear w an working on one of her projects.

- A hobby of hers is photography and she loves both actually taking photos as well as experimenting with different kinds of old cameras. She's a part of a photography club and also has a photo wall in her room.

- Never one to slack, she enjoys journalling and writing letters in her pass time as well. A hopeless romantic, she and Chanda share a class and Ye-Jin writes little posty notes for her.

Now for the present..

🛰️Ji-Ho Ryu🛰️

Second Year - (she/they) - Heteroromantic Bisexual

- Ji-Ho is the present and reflects a more modern Korean makeup style and haircut. I think she'd have reading glasses but only wear them when necessary.

- She has an interest in modern technology and pushing its limits. Adding more storage to a computer than typically offered, making a car even more gas efficient, that kind of stuff.

- They like a combination of things but are actually a part of the Spelldrive Club. She wanted to try something new and expand their bases. It gave her some insight for a recent interest in prosthetics she's developed.

For the final Fate,

👾Dae Ryu👾

Second Year - (she/they/it) Agender - Pansexual

- Dae is the future! I gave her more sci-fi-y makeup and a bit more flare in its hairstyle. Some piercings and ta dah!

- They specialise in bio-tech. Looking at nature to modify scientific approaches and being more environmentally friendly. Sustainability is a top priority for Dae.

- She wants to eventually make basic resources easily accessible to all and is doing its best to work out a solution. They're connecting the dots lol.

- Dae is a part of the hiking club and loves being around nature as much if not more than being in her lab. They often go hiking with Chunying on weekends.

For the last Ignihyde student and the final Benoit...

💀Cooper Benoit💀

First Year - (they/he) Nonbinary - Queer

- Cooper is twisted from Barrel and is the last of the Benoit family to be introduced. They are a very booksmart person and a math nerd.

- He's also disabled and typically uses a wheelchair. As such, they have been working on trying to improve the school's general accessibility as even with magic, NRC's campus can be difficult to navigate in a wheelchair.

- Similarly to Idia, Cooper is a total cat person and he and Idia take care of the strays together. Cooper's slowly memorising the names lmao.

That's all for Ignihyde! Diasomnia will be out tomorrow, promise! Tyty 🩷🩷🩷

[chronicbeans]

What I think each Version of Simon Petrikov would wear for Halloween:

(We got Winter King, OG Simon, and Marcy and Simon Simon)

Winter King: He's going as Count Dracula. Nobody is stopping him, not even any of the actual vampires. If he, for some reason, cannot get his hands on a vampire costume (which is highly unlikely), then he'll settle for a witch costume. Not a wizard costume - a witch. He believes there is a big difference between witches and wizards. Since he's already a wizard, he can't pretend to be one.

OG Simon: He wants to dress up as Sherlock Holmes. He loves that book series, which is probably hard to come across in the Land of Ooo due to the Mushroom War destroying basically everything, and wants to keep it alive somehow. He'll throw together the best costume he can afford to make, and no matter how shabby it may look, he'll simply be proud that he had the motivation to make it at all.

M&S Simon: He's going to embrace the fact that, for now, he's stuck with Ice King as an alter ego and dress up as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Well... technically just Dr. Jekyll, but he counts anytime that Ice King takes over during the holiday as him being Mr. Hyde. He kinda uses it as an odd coping mechanism, as well as a way to ensure that others around him (who don't know if the fact that Ice King is his alter ego at the moment) don't panic as much. They might just think he's doing a play on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but with him pretending to turn into the Ice King, instead (at least, that's what he hopes). Ice King doesn't get it. He's horribly confused. Why does he look like an even bigger nerd than before? What is happening? Simon's going to ask Marceline how Ice King reacted, since he wants to know how much Ice King remembers the books he reads and to see if Ice King knew that he was at a costume party.

[adrian-sheppy]

RUNS IN HERE AT FULL SPEED AND TRIPS OVER A BEAST

HI EXPLODES I LOVE YOUR WHOLE UNIVERSE THANG CAN WE GET HEADCANONS ABOUT THE SHEPHARDS? CURIOSITY,,,,

THAJNK U!!!! :DDDDD ues lets talk about the shephards (not mitchell or moint pan rhey aren't included...) ((is moint pan even a shephard??)) a few hcs n stuff under mread more! :3

ALL of the shephards love creatures, something they all can bond over. Unlike the Freemen who can get pretty divisive, these Shephards actually get along pretty okay! And they all like og Freeman.

OG Shephard (he/they) is a thrill-seeker. Quiet, kind, and observant. Not the brightest bulb, joined the military bc he's shit at school (and for funsies). Friends with Tommy & John Freeman. Passionate about animal care and mechanics. Sticks to taking orders, only really stands his ground when they're fed up/annoyed. Casual gamer, good at flappy bird. nerf darts are scattered around his living place. he likes to stay busy with tasks.

Mindrian (he/him) is a disney princess. He's also a theater kid and took improv classes (he says "yes, and..."). Jocky nerd. God's nappiest soldier, he loves naps. Friends with Barmey, Martini, & Benrey. Awkward in large groups but knows how to enthrall small DnD parties with whimsical tales. Keeps dice on him. Sentimental. Despite how he carries himself, he is a dorky loser (with a semblance of charisma). PC gamer

Slaydrian (she/her) is quiet. She's strong-willed, not afraid of speaking her mind, and does so bluntly. Powerhouse. She's not mean, but comes across as dismissive because of her rbf + harsh way of speaking.  She's only visibly excited when Creatures are involved. Usually hangs out with Corp. She'll garden with them, and loves to take care of animals/insects + research about them. the person who has the wikipedia article for "ants" on their phone

Corporation (they/them) is pretty silly. Something about Corp is really endearing to those around them. Short and chubby. They love to garden, paint, do crafts, and cook! Always busy with something. Hates oil companies to a comical degree. they're very persuasive, despite speaking muffled gibberish. the others suspect them of being an eco-terrorist. Stays mostly with Slaydrian or the other GTE guys, but occasionally hangs out with Freemind & Martini for anarchy reasons.

[beeshoesometimesdraws]

YOU 🫵 please tell me like anything and everything about your wolfwalkers au.

also for no reason in particular do you have a colored ver/ref of any of the characters. or just, like, their colors in general?? for no reason other than curiosity. of course :3c

Hehehehe >:D

(I have a finished ref of the BM twins and that’s it rn, I’ll put em in at the end for ya)

Now onto the word vomit :

Timeline-wise, the wolfwalkers au takes place in more recent times, at least up to the point of the latest episode of mgafs because those events are not canon to this au (im kinda cherry-picking what I want to be canon here or not as i go along, some things may change tho)

That being said lots of things stay the same but there are also lots of things that go differently both in past and present

The twins have already been separated for a long time and are still reluctant guards for FC, them being wolfwalkers making them all the better for the task; they were given radio collars by Monty to keep track of them even when they’re in wolf form

As for Ruin and Solar and all that happened there…Solar still dies in this au because of Ruin’s plans though there are some key differences, and let’s just say that more than Solar’s energy residue stayed behind :) (*cough*if you ever watched wolfwalkers you might know what I’m getting at*cough*)

The origins of the celestial fam being wolfwalkers is kinda the same as with how things work in the Death’s Keepers au w/ the reapers: it all started with KC and the “killcode” being the code that the creator basically implanted magic into and thus the fam have these abilities due to the creator embedding it in all their codes (even Earth)

This code and them being wolfwalkers also affects their animatronic appearances and behavior (claws, sharp canine-like teeth, prey drive—some having it stronger than others, enhanced sense of smell, wolf hierarchy and pack behavior—and no not a/b/o stuff, I mean like accurate wolf hierarchy and pack behavior, which if y’all don’t know what I mean by that I will gladly rant about it if asked)

They shift using magic and their magic is strongest at night, though they can shift whenever they want to

It’s weird to a lot of them shifting from something that is mostly mechanical to being wholly organic though most of them have gotten used to it by now (a lot of the other animatronics think it’s weird but also kinda cool, Monty makes a lot of furry jokes and Moon hates it lol)

They all had to learn at one point or another that yes, you are no longer fully a machine and can be hurt or even killed as easily as any other person or animal (*cough* Eclipse learned this the hard way *COUGH*)

Going back to them more accurately representing wolf behaviors and such, I’m a nerd for anything to do with wolves and wolf genetics are one of the things I love the most (as many probably already know from my rants-)

That being said, all of them when in wolf form have their own things assigned to them, like how a few posts ago I talked about how Eclipse has the KK gene (basically black coat gene but the rare one because wolves with this gene rarely survive to adulthood for reasons that to my understanding are still mostly unknown—this is because the wolf I made based off him in WQ had it and I liked the idea of it)

Lots of the stuff that happened earlier in the tsams canon timeline happen in the timeline of the au, like Eclipse being created from Moon and Sun separating and then creating the twins and Lunar, the October takeover, etc etc

I’ve drawn them—BM twins, Lunar, Eclipse—as puppies before and mentioned Eclipse being a sickly pup due to his genes at some point and that still holds true though I’ve made alterations to my og plan for the story

Originally things were gonna diverge heavily from canon in the timeline and take more inspo from the Death’s Keepers au though wasn’t really vibing with it so I scrapped that idea

Instead things will still go relatively the same as in canon, as I stated before, and while yes Eclipse and Lunar and the BM twins were all technically “pups” at one point, it was when they were in the mindscape and they grow fast being magical and mechanical beings (so their aging is like wolves in that sense; only taking two years or so to fully mature into adults)

The others were all puppies at some point too (Sun, Moon, Earth, etc) but like I said they mature and grow fast in both wolf and mechanical form since I’m basing their aging off a wolf’s

As for Eclipse being a sickly pup, not only his genes in wolf form but his coding plays a role in that, being buggy and unstable for the first year of his life due to being a new ai created from a jumble of somebody else’s discarded code

Despite them not being around as long as some of the others, the BM twins (nicknamed Hunter and Bam in this au) are the most experienced and skilled in their wolf forms, especially when it comes to hunting

This need to hunt and prey drive while in wolf form has given the others more of an open eye to the twins’s pov and how their minds work, which has helped them in the long run as Foxy and others have more sympathy and understanding of their situation (Foxy may not be a wolfwalker like the celestial fam tho he’s been told of it by Monty and seen firsthand the others as wolves and how they behave/work)

Injuries gained in wolf form can be easily healed if done properly as their magic aids in the healing process and their injuries usually do not carry over to their mechanical form though that’s not always the case (it really depends on the injury and the severity of it)

For example, Eclipse later in the timeline has a permanent limp from an injury not healing correctly both in wolf and mechanical form due to the time when he fucked around and found out the hard way :)

That’s all I have to share rn, thanks for giving me an excuse to rant about this au :D

(They don’t have their radio collars here cuz I forgor)

[mikhailwrites]

Soaring Ever Higher - companion post

Hello!

I've decided to write this post detailing my motivations and explaining the realities of my fanfic crossover between Modern Warfare reboot and Ace Combat 7.

Do you need to read this in order to enjoy the story? No. Are you going to have better idea of what's going on and who's who (including Soap's new callsign being Trigger) if you do? Yes! And for those of you not familiar with AC, it might be a reason to play it, and I'll be very happy if you do, because it's a great game.

So, without further ado, let's get to it!

Jets are cool!

Let's start with obvious. Jets are cool. As-in, "one of the pinnacles of human ingenuity combined with unique and often genuinelly pleasing aestethics" cool.

There's also prestige and, obviously, a huge popculture cult surrounding Top Gun and being a fighter pilot. The fact that I've loved planes since I was a kid also played a role.

Soap or Trigger?

Trigger is a silent, faceless protagonist of Ace Combat 7. Now when I say he's silent and faceless, that doesn't mean he doesn't have a personality. This is mostly conveyed through the other characters (with the most prominent being his wingman Count and a mechanic Avril) that either talk to him or about him.

Trigger is an outstanding pilot, an ace, he's a daredevil but also has a strong moral compass. He owns his mistakes and does what is right. Since he's a fighter pilot, he's also very independent and can sometimes come off as defying.

Long story short, I think he has a lot in common with Soap. But since there's virtually no information about Trigger, it made most sense to me to create a crossover where Soap would take on that role.

That's how John "Trigger" MacTavish came to be. The "three strikes" on the tail of Trigger's jet, that's also AC thing but I will address that in the story, so... no spoilers.

So I basically took Soap off of 141 and made him the AC Trigger, including characters from AC that are now part of RAF, as is Soap. The rest of 141 stayed the same, but they are one Sergeant short. If only there was a character from OG MW that Activision deleted from the reboot, huh...

MW vs Ace Combat

There's a lot that MW and Ace Combat share, too. Of course, both deal with military themes, even though Ace Combat takes place in an alternate universe called Strangereal. Countries on Strangereal Earth are fictional but they are historically and politically mashed up from our reality. The jets, however, are 100 % licensed "real deal" stuff.

The similarities don't end with military themes. Most notable is an anti-war message. That is not really that strong in rebooted MW, but in OG, it was pretty clear. Ace Combat is very, very vocal about it's anti-war sentiments. While Ace Combat adores the "warmachines" it condemns their purpose. Think of Gundam or Metal Gear.

Ace Combat tells the story of war and combat through the eyes of individuals affected by it. Soldiers and civilians alike. That is a little bit closer to the rebooted MW that focuses on the individual characters way more than OG used to do.

So, all in all, both games give me kinda similar vibes of "it's cool to play soldiers and acknowledge the heroism of people fighting for peace and freedom, but killing is still wrong and war is in itself a crime against humanity".

And... that's it. Thank you for reading and if you're videogame music nerd, absolutely go dig that Ace Combat soundtracks (at least all the way to Agnus Dei from AC4) because that stuff is really good.

[spirit-tracks]

I just started Hyrule Warriors (the og) for the first time!!! I got the game secondhand and dusted off Ol' Reliable (WiiU) so I can finally see what the fuss is all about. I know it's a Fighting Game about an interdimensional war and watched like one video of gameplay maybe five years ago? But that's all I know going in.

(I also played a little bit of Age of Calamity on my brother's switch back when it came out, but I never could understand what the hell was happening on the screen at any given moment, so this is fairly fresh of an experience for me.)

Some thoughts!:

The game's art style, fighting gimmick, and cutscenes reminds me a LOT of Super Smash Bros for the Wii, specifically story mode

Link is indeed just as Sexy as everyone makes him out to be. His voice is nice to listen to and the Blue Scarf is quite fetching

Shiek is SO FUN TO PLAY AS and I love being in the Know about their identity because Impa keeps going "I sure do hope Zelda is okay :(((" and I'm giving Shiek the eyeballs 👁👁 like "when are you going to tell her"

I only know the barest barest bare minimum about Lana and Cia going in but I am liking Cia as a villain so far, the reality breaking is awesome and also her bird mask is cool as hell

A lot of people consider this the non-canon explanation for the converging of the timelines, and although I'm not really on board with the Timeline Convergence theory, I DO See The Appeal of this explanation because the cutscene where all the different worlds started to collide and Skyloft was on the same map as Twilight Princess's Bridge of Eldin,,, my inner nerd is screaming

The game unloaded a LOT of mechanics on me all at once, which was a little overwhelming, but I think I'm getting the hang of it just by way of spamming the hell out of my attack button and hoping for the best. I'm starting to learn which button patterns make for my favorite attacks and how the item switching and special attacks help in certain areas. I also read through the tutorials like 5 times each. Despite how much STUFF is going on at any given moment, Im getting the hang of it surprisingly quickly.

It's somewhat difficult to keep track of what the other warriors are saying in the corner of the screen while I'm trying to focus on killing enemies, but I really like how they keep you updated on what's going on all over the battlefield, so that you can react and strategize accordingly. Speaking of the battlefield, I'm SO BAD AT NAVIGATING THE MINIMAP

It didn't take me long to catch on about how to reclaim bases and outposts, and I find a lot of satisfaction in taking back land, especially with the variety of monsters we get from across the other games. Bosses will have the same weaknesses from their og games, and I'm having a blast trying to remember how I killed Dodongo or Gohma in Ocarina of Time so that I can kill them in this game too. It's so rewarding when I get it right!

I've just completed the Valley of Seers, and I'm gonna pick it up again tomorrow maybe! I'm actually really surprised with how much fun I'm having so far, since I'm not usually all that big on Fighting Games, but it definitely helps that it's Zelda specifically 😂

[bearmemesreviews]

FotW: SDMI - In Fear of the Phantom

Welcome back to Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated, and now we're getting into a problem many reboots and adaptions face - what happens when you try something different. Today's episode isn't really that special, serving as a bridging point between the next stint of episodes focused on the gang's love lives.

Except for featuring the Hex Girls of course.

Not to overshadow the main villain, which would be extra funny considering their backstory, but come on that's what y'all are here for.

Yeah, they got a bit of a redesign since their last few appearances in the two billion direct to DVD films. Fans DID NOT like this, and in a later episode they had to actually address the backlash while also scrapping these outfits for the original ones. They also steal Luna and Dusk's hair dye and gave Thorn's highlights a diminished role.

My personal opinion? Eh, I would've preferred a middle ground between the two, but for reboots I encourage designers to go all out since it's their own thing. So for Mystery Incorporated I would've either kept the redesigns or gave them completely brand new looks a second time. The OGs have a more cohesive aesthetic, but I like how MI experiments by giving each girl their own Alt style. It's probably Dusk who could probably use a new outfit though, since her Tank Girl getup doesn't mesh as well as Thorn's "Pagan School Girl" and Luna's "Lesbian Thespian" outfits do. Actually, maybe one of those Scene Kid reconstructions of School Uniforms would've worked better?

Oh yeah, this nerd.

Backstory: Like most lesbians Velma is a massive fan of The Hex Girls, snagging front row tickets for the Scooby Gang just in time for them to witness a "Phantom" try to murder Thorn on stage. As with every mystery the gang decide to take it upon themselves to do the cop's job to keep the concert going while protecting the band.

This leads to an exploration of the show's two main ships, Fredphe and Shoob - again, yes really.

This show is really good trust me on this.

Scooby outright calls Shaggy a cheater for going to prom with Velma instead of hanging out with him like they always do, and replaces Mathew Lillard with a wooden dummy much to Shaggy's chagrin.

Fred meanwhile comes out as nonbinary a teenage boy with emotions as he finally grasps Daphne's romantic interest in him. All thanks to an entire song written by Daphne where she uses Fred's special interest to get through to him.

Behold, one of the best songs made for a television show in history.

Before this spectacular moment of audio interposed with occasional Zelda CDI-level animation (to be fair are you even looking at the animation in the first place) we got some Phantom shenanigans. Mostly him responding to Scoob and Shag's ability to warp time and space by just setting them on fire, probably the most effective thing one these guys have attempted so far.

Design: Obviously a homage to The Phantom of the Opera, and as we go through the series, you'll start to notice a lot more homages that Wikipedia will kindly point out for you. Though you can also see a bit of Comic Supervillain in his design, so much so that he doesn't seem to fit with the show's own aesthetic. He wears a black full body suit with a gigantic, taller than his own head, Dracula collar and grim reaper-esque hood. He has a fabricated piece of his outfit that goes over his shoulders like Football Pads, but with a sleeker design as it attaches his cape to the main costume. His cape is black but its interior is lined with a sparkling holographic material.

His mask, belt, boots, and glovers are all made of golden mechanical pieces, as they actually allow him to charge up bolts of electricity to fire at the teens in our show. This tech is never explained, and he really only uses it a few times before forgetting he has these weapons at his disposal.

His mask is the best part of the outfit, legitimately cool while evoking a gas mask. It's almost like it was made out of several pieces asymmetrically stuck to each other with large bolts, like if C3PO was mangled in an accident and put back together with recolored bits of R2-D2. There are several short, cylindrical ports on his gauntlets, boots, belt, and mask that occasionally glow green.

Reveal: Shaggy, with an extensive knowledge of obscure musical groups as we'll be shown time and time again, recognized the shiny material of The Phantom's cape as belonging to a One-Hit Wonder named Fantzee Pantz. And once that's discovered it's pretty obvious that the other suspect, The Hex Girl's manager, is not the culprit as he was just as responsible for Fantzee's obscurity as THG.

No, the true culprit is the girl's songwriter, who first attempted to sabotage them through badly written songs but was thwarted by the girl's talent and popularity - So he then turned to just trying to kill them, and Daphne. He ends up taking Scoob's dummy to jail with him, but the original duo patch things up by then - letting us look back at Velma who got sidelined so badly this episode.

2/5 Goofy as hell design for a goofy character, probably the most "Villain of The Week" we've encountered so far. In fact, he'd probably fit in better in Miraculous Ladybug than this show. Not that bad otherwise, just not as impressive.

[thesunshineriptide]

Hello fellow nerd, Og stories anon here,

Poor Riddle taking the story to heart. Rook being the only one not upset over the story. But i was thinking what better way for Idia to find out about our version of mythology than through the game Hades. Finds it a work plays it and starts asking Yuu questions about mythology

Book anon! Good to see you! Yeah so I bought the game and played a bit of it because I’ve heard good reviews and also because I honestly had no idea what was in this game/how it related to irl mythology so sorry for the delay but that’s why! Also Idia would love/hate this game

The Black Parade

Characters: Idia Shroud, Yuu, Ortho (mentioned)

CW// talk about death, kidnapping(?), Mythology, spoilers for the game Hades and potentially for twisted wonderland and Hercules by extent?

Idia has been playing this game intently for two hours. His face hasn’t moved a muscle in several minutes as he beats at a brimstone, only to get stabbed in the back again and respawn back in the lobby.

He groans and leans back, throwing his hands up, “I don’t get it. There’s no winning this game! It’s rigged.”

Yuu held in a laugh, being his personal life audience.

Ortho chirps from his phone, “Big Brother, search results for Hades ending indicate-“

“No!” He yelps, turning off his phone, “No, thank you, Ortho. I want to get there myself.”

Yuu stopped trying to hide their amusement, giggling wholeheartedly at Idia.

He turned and pouted comically, “Why are you laughing? A-am I doing it wrong?” Fear managed to worm its way into his expression, eyes going wide, “Wh-what is it?”

Yuu shrugged, shaking their head, “It’s just kinda funny, that’s all! And-“ they stifled down a giggle, “You’re so worried about min-maxing that you’re missing the conversations with the side characters. How else will you activate god mode?”

He stared at them, “You’re joking, right?”

“No, God mode really is a mechanic of this game.” They hummed, leaning forward, “You gotta talk to Skelly to get it, though. You’re just running around fighting the monsters.”

Idia huffed and nudged them away from his laptop, “Yeah, yeah, okay smarty pants. Well what else do you know?”

They leaned on his shoulder, earning a bright pink blush as he stiffened under their touch. He leaned away, hands shaking.

“Well, Zagreus is pretty interesting. There’s some early mentions of him as the ‘highest god’, on equal footing as Gaia herself. Then some say he’s the Orphic Dionysus, or like, the OG version of him. Then later, some suggested that he might be the son of Hades and Persephone, or possibly just another version of Hades? It’s not super clear.” They watched as Idia finally went toward Hypnos, clicking on him for text.

“Okay,” he said, eyes flicking to Yuu for a second, “And what about this guy?”

“Hypnos? He’s not mentioned a lot,” they replied, “But he is mentioned a few times. Once, his son Morpheus saved him from the clutches of Zeus after he defied him. I think it had to do with the Trojan war. That’s where the story of Achilles comes from, by the way.”

Idia stopped what he was doing, staring at them with wide eyes, “Kay, I was joking before, but you actually know all this stuff? You might as well be a walkthrough for this stuff.”

Yuu smiled at him with pride, still watching his game, “This Hades must be pretty different from your world’s Hades, huh?”

Idia shrugged, “I dunno, ‘s not like he’s around to ask. But our Hades definitely wasn’t this…” He trailed off, mumbling something to himself before finishing with, “this much of a drag.”

Yuu smiled and nodded, “He’s honestly kinda different from the myths too. And I still haven’t seen Persephone, which makes me wonder.”

“Hmm? What about Perseph-who’s it?”

Yuu went wide eyed, “Wait, you don’t know about Persephone?”

Idia shook his head, and after a moment of silence turned from the screen to look at Yuu. They were staring at him in shock, and not really the good kind either.

“What’s so important about her?”

Yuu gulped and huffed out a sigh, “Well…” they racked their brain to think about how to explain it. “Okay, just pause the game, there’s some videos we need to watch.”

After watching all of these videos, Yuu was finally satisfied.

“So your guys’ Hades is just like, a chill dude with a dog? Sounds kinda lame.”

Outside, a moment after Idia’s statement s finished, rumbled thunder. Low and dark and long, as a sudden thunderstorm overtook the building. What’s worse? It caused a power bump that ended up crashing Idia’s game.

Yuu started to giggle again, “Sorry, Hades.” They said to the open air as Idia stared.

“He isn’t dead?!” He asked incredulously, “This world’s Hades is still alive?!”

“Why wouldn’t he be?” Yuu asked innocently.

“Hercules drowned him in the Styx! Everyone knows that!” Idia cried, pacing around the room before beginning to pray to Hades in apology because oh god oh fuck.

Yuu didn’t have the heart to tell him that they couldn’t be sure if the gods were alive or not, but they simply found the immediate thunderstorm funny and we’re cracking a joke. But who knows?

[crazycatkatetrap]

The name's Katie, the awkward dumbass who runs this blog, pleasure to make your acquaintance🤩!!

I do traditional and digital art, along with mixed media and occasionally doing something stupid and spontaneous with polymer clay. I also love working with certain art supplies that are considered ancient relics by today's standards (papyrus papers, mechanical pencils, old ass paints, you get the jist). I'm just here to have fun, draw some shit, and hopefully drown out the never ending silence with the sound of the Hamtaro theme song playing in the back of my mind on repeat every day🥲

Here's some random facts about me that are somewhat interesting¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

• I'm an og fnaf fan from 2015 (got into the fandom right after FNAF 4 came out)

• I have a laundry list of anxiety issues and stim randomly at the most inconvenient of times

• I am in fact an adult. Please stop asking, I know I draw cartoon shit, I'm a nerd damnit

• I use IbisPaintx, and while I do have a Wacom, my computer crashed two years ago, and I can't afford a new one currently so I'm forced to draw with either a stylus/pen combo or my index for the time being on my phone

• A major simp for Sun and Moon. I repeat, A MAJOR SI-

• I have crippling cases of spectrophobia, androphobia, and tomophobia

• I fucking curse a lot, so apologies in advance for my language😇

My AUs: Long Live The King-Batter Up!!-Funtimes All 'Round-Life in a Junkyard-Angel of Awkward-Deep Sea Dumbasses<-(working title of course)

Other socials:

YouTube https://youtube.com/@Crazy_Cat_KateTrap TikTok Crazy_Cat_KateTrap DeviantArt (abandoned since 2022) https://www.deviantart.com/katetrap

[nerdyandfashionincorporated]

Winx Club Reboot Ideas Pt.2

Season 2 & 3 Ideas

Season 2:

Stella is still trying to get better with her own magic without the help if her staff/ring. 

Helia becomes a student at Alfea, since he didn’t feel like being a specialist suited him. 

Tecna and Timmy do get closer, he begins to help her try to get better at her and the winx’s fighting. It takes a long time though, Tecna keeps insisting that she works alone and doesn’t need help, especially after her and her team failed to do convergence magic. 

It isn’t until the camping trip fiasco in season 2 that Tecna finally opens up to Timmy after he nearly faced death. After that he helps her improve her craft, their still not together but they are getting there. 

Flora earns her charmix by asking Helia out.

The more comfortable Xan is becoming with the Winx, the more he’s experimenting with his gender and even music. His regained love of music eventually leads to the girls going behind his back and signing him up as the entertainment for a school event,, resulting in the storyline of season 2 episode 15 (original), where Xan does a concert even without his dad’s permission and sings about his mother…oh yeah and Stormy’s in the mix somewhere. 

Keeping Aisha’s story/character arc is the same because goddamn was that well done!

Xan and Aisha become CLOSE! Not romantically,their platonic soulmates as they put it. 

Show more of Dark Bloom. The more stressed out, tired and even angry she starts becoming to find her true identity, the more potential Dark Bloom has to take over. 

In the end, Octavia takes an interest in improving her skills, she begins to research and study different mechanics, devices and movements to be a better combatant. 

Riven and Xan’s relationship is even more scattered than last season, 

Xan and Riven come to the conclusion that they wouldn’t work as a couple with how messed up both of their lives have been, they need someone who can balance out their troubles. They may not be together, but both know that doesn’t mean they won’t be friends.

Season 3:

Octavia begins to find an interest in weaponry and quickly decides to see how she can use her powers to the advantage of weapons.

Xan comes to realize and accept that he is genderfluid.

The whole reason why Diaspro has been so desperate to marry Sky is because she wants what’s best for her people, even though her parents have insisted it’s fine, she took it upon herself to remove herself form the picture and focus on her people. 

Introduce Nabu the same way, with the girls getting hot chocolate in the rain, but instead of him STILL following Aisha in the rocket...park... garage...thing- have him enroll in Alfea not just to find out who Aisha is, but to get away from his family and do what he’s always wanted to do with his magic. 

Aisha and Nabu actually don’t become a couple (stalking is usually a turn  off for the norm), but they do form a strong friendship, and start to from their own little friend group with Xan and later on Riven.

This..Is where Xan and Nabu start to grow feelings for each other. And Aisha tries to help Xan ask him out, as Riven, while uncomfortable with genuinely communicating with others does try to help Nabu since he knows Xan deserves someone as sweet as Nabu.

The reason why Diaspro joins Valtor’s side is because offers to spare her people form his wrath if she joins his side, she even agrees to hypnotize Sky because she felt if he joined Valtor’s side then she could spare the people of Eraklyon as well. 

Octavia dies her hair the iconic magenta OG Tecna has. 

Helia earns his charmix through telling Flora that he loves her. 

After they find/rescue Octavia thanks to Timmy’s determination, the two nerds finally start going out. 

Mirta gains her charmix through finally trusting Lucy.

Have a more climatic finale, with Bloom going all out on Valtor only for her get so blinded by anger she doesn;t know if she actually killed him or if he just vanished. 

All in all, I want the fist three seasons do have differences, but still keep those elements that kept fan watching it, but don’t worry, the next seasons are gonna have the same level of care the first three seasons had...But they’re gonna be DIFFERENT.

[icharchivist]

I'm so happy for Cloud having interests and hobbies

YEAH!!!

Like honestly a lot of ffvii's og is about Cloud reclaiming those part of his life i'd say?

because Cloud is heavily traumatized and put on a tough face like he has no emotional investment in anything, but as the OG goes he ends up experiencing so much that he gets to figure out what he actually loves. What he is outside of his dream of becoming a Soldier which have been crushed long ago.

And you see it in the little things. The way he finds it so cool to play around with his sword. The way he gets so impressed by seeing Cid's mechanic inventions. The way he was very happy to steal a bike for himself and enjoy the biker life. The way he likes to be a chocobo jockey, or how he jokingly talk with them. Later in the game he also have fun doing snowboard and stuff. In the Remake he also likes to breakdance. Like... He discovers so many things that make him happy and it's so cute to me.

There was the pain and everything but Cloud could find a bit of himself in all that noise again. And he's a nerd about it. that's so cute.

[bookwyrminspiration]

Ninjago is weird af. It's a kids Lego show (The first and only one to properly take off, the ones that came after it were cheap knock-offs and were somehow even weirder. Example: Lego Chima, Nexo knights. Nexo was just ninjago but with knights, instead.) That, I'm fairly certain, is still running. The original director and creator of the show left really recently, though, and the shows being left in the hands of new people.

It's obviously a kids show, but like, it could make some serious bucks as an anime tbh. Before the reboot (They changed the animation style after the movie, to make it more consistant? Idk, I didn't like it because the movie wasn't really a ninjago movie. All the characters personalities were fucked up and the show changed to be more like that. Though, I'm biased and prefer the og for nostalgia purposes.) One of the characters had the lesbian eye slit (A guy, btw. He's absolutely gay), one of them was autism coded (I felt it was handled well. Obviously not the best, but well for a kids show.) One of them had anime hair that would've been hell to animate, and this one had almost all the trauma. There's another one with daddy issues who had a whole coming out thing (He was coming out as a ninja but it was very similar to a coming out to a Homophobie parent speech), and one of them is literally the trauma

The run down of the Characters is like:

Kai- The anime protagonist. Dead parents, used to be the main character. Angsty. Distrustful. Angry. Is supposed to represent bravery. He started raising his sister when he was, like, five years old. He used to be a blacksmith. He's the fire guy.

Nya- The sister. The damsel in distress until she isn't. Mechanical mastermind. She's a perfectionist, she's sassy, she's The Girl™ character that you expect from a kids cartoon. I won't spoil who she is.

Jay- One of his first lines was hitting on Kai's sister after she got captured. Literally "Is she hot?" to Kai's face. Kai, like a sane person, told him to back off. Jay is the writers favourite. He gets the girl. His biggest trouble is that he was raised in a junkyard by his parents. He's the lightening guy.

Cole- His mom died. His dad is trying to remake his glory days. He's buff, level headed, and loves cake. He's the defacto leader. He has a scythe as a weapon. He's the earth guy

Zane- Is a massive nerd. He's lovable and he's friendly. He doesn't know much about social cue but he tries his best. He's very awkward. He's different from the rest of the team, but they love him none the less. His whole character arc is learning to be who he is, not being like everyone else. He's a brilliant cook with a cool falcon friend. He's the ice guy

Wu- The in sighting incident for the team. The son of God. Is a really old man who made a child army and is presented as a good guy. The first time you meet him is through him insulting Kai, the main character.

Garmadon- The big bad, he's dramatic. He's theatrical. He's lowkey silly. He's a babygirl. Despite being absent, he wants to be a good dad to his son, but his son is destined to fight him and he doesn't want to make that harder than it needs to be.

Lloyd- A little shit of a child, he is a true menace. Imagine Maui as a child. He's adorable. His biggest crime is stealing candy (And also releasing war criminals, but he didn't mean to so it's ok xx)

Pythor- The sexiest snake villain to be brought into TV. I'm no furry/scaly, but they gave him the sexy/deep/sultry British voice. They intended for that to be the desired effect.

Skales- Pythor's spiritual wife. They're divorced and married and they hate each other and love each other. Later on Skales gets an actual wife and they made her pink and gave her boobs to prove she's a girl lmfao

Sorry, I get suckled into brain rotting about this. It's the nostalgia lmfao

-Heathen

So much just happened at once I don't even know what to say. I'm listening attentively I just am at a loss for words. hey wait is ninjago just a combination of ninja lego. maybe that's super obvious but please understand this is the most I've thought about ninjago before in my entire life and that's not an exaggeration

i'm looking up things for a modicum of context and understanding, and when I looked up nexo knights a fucked up looking book popped up and now I'm thinking about it. what's he doing...why's he there..

anyway! please don't apologize! it's fun to hear people talk about things they're interested in or have significant knowledge about! lloyd is the one character I've heard about, but I couldn't actually tell you where from. I've watched one of the lego movies (the one with the everything is awesome song), but that was forever ago so no clue if he's in that. Also! I love autism coded characters! My mom recommended me a book series saying the main character...hang on I don't remember it exactly. Was said to have aspergers (not my favorite word but I'm referencing the author) as author's word of god? or is it that everyone just picks up on that when reading? whatever it is specifically, the character is at least very easily read as autistic. I haven't read the series myself yet, but I'm very curious to pick it up!

Villains always seem to have a higher baseline of intrigue than other characters, and also a high comorbidity of snakeliness (totally a word, ignore the red squiggle under it saying it's not. it's lying). but also you were right that wife can pink--I'm sorry i can't get over the snakes having human bodies. i understand this is a lego world but they have completely normal ass legs it's just their heads that are snakes. this is. i can't take this seriously that's hilarious

anyway! thank you very much for this plethora of information :). I feel like I have retained very very little of it, but it's still like a 700% increase from all prior knowledge I had of it. i still have no plans to watch any of it myself, but it's fun to hear people talk about things they like!

[mikavenz]

[REPOST] What ROBLOX games would each Genshin Character play?

I did not know how or why Tumblr messed up the og post, but now I'm just embarrassed and sad. Anyways, here's some headcanons based on my Roblox experience!

Hu Tao + Zhongli - Horror Games (Doors/FNAF/Etc)

Hu Tao would drag Zhongli to play with her just so that she can attempt to get a reaction from him. It ultimately leads to no avail, but she still finds it fun to play with him.

Zhongli at first as confused with the concept of Roblox ("How is it possible to have multiple games within one game?") and while Hu Tao tried to slowly explain it to him, she decided to just let it go.

Hu Tao isn't fazed by jump scares, in fact she welcomes them. She giggles when the funny model disappears and reappears then goes "Boo!"

Zhongli wouldn't flinch at a jumpscare. He would just blink in confusion as to why a png with a loud noise is quickly moving towards him, screaming. At most he would complain about the noise and Hu Tao would just tell him to lower it down.

Hu Tao plays Roblox on her phone, while Zhongli plays on his work computer (his paycheck at the Wangsheng Funeral parlor wouldn't be enough to get him a high quality laptop - not like he was ever interested in getting one, of course)

This would mean that while Hu Tao has a decently running game, Zhongli's Roblox is as old and slow as he is. Hu Tao mostly has to carry Doors runs while Zhongli spectates and goes "hmmm" at the jumpscares



Childe (+Scaramouche) and Kaeya - FPS Games (Arsenal Counter Blox, Rushpoint, Etc.)

First of all, Scara would tell you that he only has Roblox installed because Childe wanted them to play together. Childe initally had Roblox installed to play with his younger siblings and eventually fell into the rabbit hole of action games.

Kaeya just thinks it's fun and had no real motive to start playing (Klee caught him playing Roblox and asked if he could play with her, to which he said that it was a scary, adult game and she should ask Albedo more about it)

Scara is familiar with the mechanics and could be better than Childe if only he took the games seriously. He thinks the characters and the graphics of the game are a bit too silly (except for Frontline which he was more than impressed with).

Childe loves action games and would beg Scara to 1v1 him. He normally hard carries every games and stomps on (mostly) little kids. Probably says "ggez" after top fragging each FPS Game.

They don't usually play with Kaeya, but they mostly encounter him in some games.

Childe and Scara are gaming PC nerds (see this post as to why I think Scara has a gaming PC) while Kaeya is a phone gamer. Not like he doesn't have a PC, but he's a freak who learned how to aim on a phone. This makes it all the more frustrating when he wins over Childe and Scara and rubs it in.



Fischl and Xingqiu - Anime Tower Defense Games (AA/ASTD)

Fischl would definitely be into the insane and creative stories of anime and manga. Not because of the Jojos meme, but because of the wide variety there is to chose from. Aside from reading fiction, she definitely would be the type of girl to watch a couple episodes of isekai, fantasy, romance or some mainstream anime that she likes.

Xingqiu, on the other hand, finds action anime to be interesting. When asked about it, he says that anime, like good literature, always has more to it than the fights (he says unlike Western movies that are very flashy but without substance). Reading action is different from watching it being animated in such an appealing way, which is why he reluctantly got into it,

WITH THAT BEING SAID, given their intellect and interest in anime, she would be interested in games like "All Star Tower Defense" and "Anime Adventures" which are games that require a lot of grinding for characters and has it's own strategy and meta.

Fischl would love the idea of collecting characters that she would like and would spend hours rambling about how there are hidden references in the game.

Xingqiu, however, is fully invested in the specific meta in the games and would spend real life money on Bobux to buy enough in game currency for each unit. He is also interested in the trading market, always trying to make profit from buy and selling units.

Anime nerds + strategy gatcha game = profit\



I'm too lazy to write the rest so I'll end it here. Next up we have the Nextbot players, The Obby players, The Tycoon Players, whatever the Adopt Me/Pet Simulator X genere is and more!