#the rats are still poor which is kinda funny

[unma]

This animation is great for a lot of reasons but honestly the little glimpses of the high school au given here are so good that I genuinely want to see an expansive high school au fic with every single character from the pm trilogy somewhere in it.

Ginormous task, but also my god it sounds so fun.

[charms-cat]

SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON

Casting

Making famous rapper Choi Seunghyun/TOP play a failed rapper is some perfectly ironic casting 😂

(I know it wasn't intentional. I just thought it was funny)

Fuck Myunggi

Junhee! Kick him to the curb and keep him there! That guy is definitely gonna be a deadbeat dad.

(And, not to get too moral policing here, but it was cruel of her to keep the baby when she knew she was in heavy debt. No child should be born in poverty)

EDIT: somebody misunderstood what I meant by the above paragraph. They thought it was "classist. Every child deserves to live. If the mother decides to have a child, then it's her choice. It's wrong to tell a mother that she should've gotten rid of her baby just bcs she can't provide a perfect life for her child" (not verbatim, but this was the gist). They removed their replies, so let me clarify for anyone else who's confused.

Children are expensive. They will need things or want other things. They might lose a school book or rip their coat or catch an illness or want a toy. All things that need to be fixed, and all of them cost money. And I just don't think it's something children need to be worried about. You might give them an allowance to teach them financial responsibility, but no child should be worried about the income of a household. They shouldn't fear losing or ruining anything bcs they already know that replacing it will be a financial strain on their family. They shouldn't fear the resulting medical care of (being born with/experiencing) poor health bcs they know it'll be (heavier) debt for their family. Children should only worry about childish things, not the potential collapse of their family.

It is not classist to not want a child to be born in poverty. You don't need to provide a "perfect" life for your child. But you wanting a child is not a reason for them to suffer the effects of the life you're currently living.

TLDR; if you can't be comfortable with your child being a little clumsy or careless or sick bcs any of those might be a financial strain, then you shouldn't have children.

I get that Junho didn't want to admit that his brother was the sociopathic Front Man, but he could've just said, "I saw his face but didn't recognise him." People's lives are at stake here, you pig. Smh cops are just useless.

In Junhee's case, we can only hope that she has other friends who'll help her with the baby. Her debt is most likely in the millions, and she already lost both her parents. I'm sure you can ask any parent and they'll tell you that a newborn needs lots of attention. So either she'll need to outsource that vital childcare while she works (bcs I doubt a government check would be enough for both of them) or she needs work that allows her to bring her baby.

STOP KEEPING VITAL INFO TO YOURSELVES FFS

And Jungbae, oh my God. Five seconds to just say "(Youngil) killed someone" and Gihun might've known to be on alert around him. It doesn't take a detective to work out that, "Hey, this guy is going kinda crazy. He might kill us if he needs to. Maybe I should tell someone." Buddy, even if you think he only turned to murder out of a need for survival, he still can't be trusted.

TRAITOR

Y'all I fucking knew that ship captain Park was Suspicious, with a capital S!

+ they made it a point that Wooseok said "which of you got drunk and spilled the intel?" Only to later show him drinking and spilling intel

The very moment he was questioning Wooseok in that restaurant and saying shit like, "I didn't believe him at first," and, most importantly, "so everything (Junho) told me was true?" He was on my impostor radar. Idk how to explain it too well. Like, yeah, I believe Junho would've told him some stuff but telling him "everything"? or enough for him to make a sudden turn from "this is baloney" to "I 100% believe you and in no way do I think all these men are just part of the same cuckoo conspiracy group."

Also, now that it's confirmed that he's a measly fucking rat, I just wanna circle back to the fisherman who said that he was given "leftover bait" by some guy. Who would just have that shit on hand? Fisherman captain Park. Who was "interested" in the drones and how good surveillance is these days? Captain fucking Park. Bastard.

Gyeongseok and Noeul

Do we think Gyeongseok (the dad) is still alive? I think so since they focused on his character but haven't really expanded on his story line + I didn't see a corpse and he wasn't shot in the head so it's pretty suspect + Noeul avoided shooting him in the first game too (for his hair flying. yall, was he supposed to control the wind??) and I'm pretty sure she's the soldier (that shot him) since she was also the only one connected to him outside the game

Add. Note: I really hoped that Noeul had a chance to shoot those rapist bastards during the shootout. Y'know, disguise it as a "why would the players do this? 😔" moment

Death flags 🏴

Hyunju, those fake friends didn't deserve you 😭. I love her. She's been a boss all season.

Gihun saying he'll outlive Jungbae was probably the biggest death flag I've seen so far. But I thought for sure that old guy (10B won in debt) and that shaman were gonna die. I mean,,, telling other people they're gonna die (and you're gonna live) is an ironic death flag.

EDIT: just gonna add that Jungbae also said, "we're both gonna make it out of here" to Gihun + he was the only person to know the "true nature" of the antagonist so that's three different death flags for him 😭

Side note: I found out that the actor for said old guy (Song Youngchang) is a convicted sex offender/rapist. Maybe that's why I wanna see him die so badly.

Hyunju! And Daeho

And I feel sorry for Daeho. I thought he was lil too peppy for a soldier and I was right(?) The guy's never seen live combat.

I just know that your wife, who would've died to bring a life into this world, would be fucking disappointed

HWANG INHO YOU BASTARD

God. The worst part of the whole plan was the fact that they actually got so fucking close, if only they hadn't let that bitch join their ranks

[trilobitepunch]

What are some of your favorite character relationships/dynamics in TMNT, and why? Is there anything that you particularly like seeing explored with them in fan works (art, writing, comics, etc)?

Awww I gotta get my brain into answer-questions-mode...

Le's see....

What I really love is the exploration of family bonds, especially in the last two show iterations for 2012 and 2018. The original 198something one didn't really seem to dip too much into it, from what I remember, anyway, and only in hindsight do I realize they didn't really seem very teenagerish either, or at least that aspect just seemed lost to me. It's been a bajillion years and I know I never watched its entirety. Not even touching the comics realm- no idea what's going on there.

I completely missed 2003, but 2012's version was the first one that made it clear that they were- aside from being mutants trained as ninja in the sewers by a rat father- teenagers who loved each other but also could be annoyed at each other and mad at each other, tease and fight but still remember who they are to each other by the end of things. I'll tell you now, I've never been a big romance-oriented person and I don't think those relationships in that show really added much to anything. Funny at times, amusing, yes, but that seemed to be about it. Friendship bonds can be just as strong and meaningful!

Where 2012 dipped into relations between the brothers, 2018 pushed it further. The lads were mostly on their own due to a negligent father, although this new aspect of Splinter was refreshing and I love the idea of all of them basically trying to find their way around things and this nebulous duty bound to their family. I love that April's become more of a big sister to them and still shares some bond even with Splinter, similar to 2012's for the whole master and student angle. I think her relationship with Donnie is a fun one, her go-to for technical issues, for hanging out and homework checks, but she's not afraid to speak her mind and set the boy right when his brain is working too much.

The layers and directions they take with each character just makes it a fun mix when they throw everything together. I love that they don't even outright hate the villains and some of the villains don't even know why they hate the turtles but hey! We'll fight 'em just cuz! Ahaha, these poor kids. I do have to add that I'm also glad that no one's overly lamented about the fact that they've been mutated in this show except for poor Splinter at first, but all the villains basically kinda vibe with it like 'oh, I guess this is how my life is now /shrug'.

I like Raph's self-instated role as the oldest to be the protector, and how he especially looks after Donnie when things get sweaty. Or tries to, anyway, look- his heart's in the right place, even if half the time he ends up smashing his squishy brother by accident. I like the competition that goes on between Mikey and Leo, whether it's just at who's better or who's right, it's a fun dynamic. Of course I love Leo and Donnie antics too, and even though there aren't too many, the implications that they have dove into many a hair-brained scheme is just too funny. ...just going to go through all of them I guess. I'M SORRY, THIS GOT SO LONG AGH Right, Mikey and Donnie, a classic team-up, I love that they support each other so much, and the chaos they can get up to. Even funnier, I love that they actually succeed most of the time. And then Mikey and Raph's little bro vs oldest bro dynamic, which is in a way the same as Leo and Raph in that they can see eye-to-eye and get along, but when they clash, they clash hard. Classic.

...sorry I'm still not done, one more section...!!

When it comes to fanworks, I just like to see more of what was set up in the shows and the movie, but I also like being pleasantly surprised by wild and creative takes now and then. It's like... the reason I RP a character is to get more story, to see how so-and-so goes through and deals with this situation or another, the friends and enemies they might make in a different setting or opportunity. Fanart has glimpses of such things, fanfics and comics explore them in depth. Y'all are amazing, for the record, just saying.

OKAY SHUTTING UP NOW, here's my term paper *hits submit*

[halfetirosie]

🐾 ☀︎ Babes and Babies! (I'm having a great time already!!!) ☀︎ 🐾

(Exercise 01 - 03 React-os!)

1) Yup, of course my workaholic wife here would be a fan of the fitness craze 😂😂😂

Edmond will 100% be taking this opportunity to introduce his HELLISH TRAINING ROUTINE to the public... Tell you what, doing that would make the exercise trend die down in a hurry! 😂😂😂

2) Not 2 seconds later and he's already at it!

I read a fanfic about this a while ago, actually--where Yaku is going through some self-esteem struggles and also trying to bond with Edmond, and they end up training together... I don't have the time to search for it right now, though. Just trust me, it exists!

3) FUCK, talk about a reminder of Quincy's insane strength!!! (⊙ ⌓ ⊙)

Kinda funny that of all things to compete in, he's doing an arm-wrestling contest---which the devs said he wouldn't take seriously if he were up against Olivine, because he wouldn't take it seriously.

I know this situation is different, since he's competing for the prize, but still... It makes me wonder; if Olivine was competing against him in this contest (and not just arm-wrestling casually for fun), would he take it seriously THEN??

Damn, I would love to see that!

4) !!!!!

SOOLEYYYY!!!!!!! OUR BOYYYY!!!!!!

FUCKING FINALLY, an event that includes him!!!!! I missed him!!!! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

5) Gahhhh!!!

CUUUTTTEEEE!!!!!!

The heroic return of 🐾 Cat Dad Dante 🐾 !!! ♡♡♡

Omg this is such a typical Pet Owner thing to say---"It's not Fluffy's fault he tried to attack you! Fluffy is a perfect angel! You're the problem!" 😂

6) These absolute ICONS---

I love it when we get to see Dante's competitive side--it is soooo fuckin CUTE!!!! Add in Karu--- DOUBLE CUTE!!!!!---Add Casual Quincy---TRIPLE CUTE!!!!!!!!

(I feel like I'm the only one that ever calls Quincy "cute." Like, Everyone calls him hot and sexy and all that jazz, but why not cute?? This friendly sleepy giant is CUTE!!!)

I also love how Eiden is subtly gushing over these three's athleticism. We see him fawning over their sexiness like all the time, but here he's focusing on their achievements. ✨

(Not that he never does that. It's just nice to see!)

7) Oh???? It's not a part-time job mentioned this time, but a college Phase???

I honestly cannot picture Eiden ever being a gym rat.

(I suspect a large motivation of his gym attendance was checking out the hot guys---which is certainly in-character---but other than that? Very unexpected! I guess I'm too used to the Out-Of-Shape-Corporate-Slave Eiden to see him at the gym regularly. 😅)

8) PFFFFT!!!!! 😂😂😂

It's so in-character for Kuya to 1) suddenly pop up out of nowhere, and 2) show such intense interest in Eiden explaining Normal Earth Things™.

It's so damn endearing, it almost makes me forget how pissed I got at his foxy-bitchness last event!

Almost. (⊙ - ⊙)

9) Morvay Sweetie, I love you so much! 🤣

I mean, the joke was right there (and TWICE, at that)!

♡ He's so stupid and I love him! ♡

10) SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP EIDEN FROM NAMING ANYTHING, EVER!!!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Poor Topper---he has to deal with so much nonsense because he can't speak human language. ♡

11) HIS INTROVERT LEVEL IS OVER NINE THOUSANDDDDD!!!!

Quincy, babes, you should know better than to resist their antics. You'll get pulled into it eventually!

:D

12) YOUR SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER THAN YOUR WORDS

😈 ♥︎ 😈 ♥︎ 😈 ♥︎ 😈 ♥︎ 😈 ♥︎ 😈 ♥︎ 😈 ♥︎ 😈 ♥︎ 😈

You know, it's honestly impressive how the characters are so well-written that their silence is sometimes more powerful than their actual dialogue.

Less seriously---Aster is SO REAL FOR THIS.

He knows exactly how to bait people (or guess, Dante in particular) to do his bidding!

Eiden is the best motivation!!! 😈😈😈

13) (⸝⸝ o̴̶̷ ◡ o̴̶̷ ⸝⸝)

♡♡♡ Baby ♡♡♡

🐾 End of report! 🐾

[emeritus-fuckers]

Okay, indulge me. A S/O who’s into fear and dangerous situations with the Papas, all except older Nihil.

S/O who’s into fear and dangerous situations...

Hope this is what you were after :D - Nyx

Primo

He's very chilled about it. He is happy to just sit back and watch you as he is getting a little too old to join in. He'll brew a pot of tea and just wave enjoy seeing you so happy/scared.

But if it's something he can join in on he will.

You told him you were going to do a skydive and he agreed to join you.

You both went with an instructur. You jumped out one after the other so you could hold hands on the freefall.

He's also more than happy to watch scary horror movies with you.

He also set up a scary halloween trail in the garden one year.

He asked you to try it out and when you came out looking terrified he knew his work was done.

He then gave you a tight cuddle.

Secondo

Very wild parties... like properly wild.

He doesn't normally take his S/O to them, he would normally just take them to the slightly less wild ones.

He is more than happy to take this into the bedroom. Fear and danger mixed with a lot of pleasure.

He can give you whatever you need or like.

He makes sure it’s always safe, that he will stop whatever he is doing if you use the safe word. But to you it will feel like he hasn’t.

He'll pay for whatever dangerous situation you want...

You wanna go and learn to ride a motorbike go for it. He'll pay for the best lessons and buy you the fastest bike.

But he also wants to make sure you are safe. Especially with say a motorbike, they are properly dangerous and he buys you the best safety gear and mainly arranges for you to ride it on a track.

Terzo

He joins in whenever he can, in a very flamboyant way.

One time he chartered a private yatch for you both to have a holiday together.

You went out on jet skis together, jumped off the highest part of the boat and went scuba diving.

Terzo is also very careful about your safety. More behind the scenes however, he makes sure his Ghouls check everything over and that they are there incase something goes wrong.

Terzo also likes to jump out on you a lot and then he bursts into a fit of giggles.

If you complain at all he'll just shrug and say "I thought you liked being scared cara?"

Then he'll pull you close to him "or is it because I am so good looking you can't contain your shock at being so lucky to have me hmm?" He'll brush his lips against yours and smile. "That's what it is I know amore, I can't quite get over it myself..."

Copia

He's constantly trying to make sure you are safe. He'll double check all the knots and ropes when you go climbing.

He'll then spend the entire climb asking if you are okay, checking on everything.

A rat is hiding in his pocket and peaks out at the long drop below, they make little sqeaking noises.

Copia himself then looks down and similiar noises start escpaing him.

You have to talk the poor man through it all.

He still comes with you on things as he wants to be able to look after you.

He worries a lot.

He did try to take his tricycle mountain biking... it went interestingly.

Young Nihil

He often gets people confronting him for stealing their partners. He will calmly point out that those people he slept with are not anyone's property... It tends to escalate pretty quickly into a fight.

Nihil is a bit useless when it comes to actually throwing fists so it looks kinda funny.

But then whole bar then nromally erupts into chaos. Which brings the biggest smile to Nihil's face. He'll have his Ghoul's deal with the person who attacked him in the first place, before pouring you both a shot of Tequilla. You then lean back against the bar and enjoy the view together.

That might not be the danger you were looking for... but still there it is!

He also has a really fun side, whatever daft thing you want to do he's up for it. He normally takes it one step further...

He'll party, drink, take whatever and do whatever. In his own way he will try and make sure you are okay. He means well, he wants to keep you safe he just isn't always the best at that.

I can guess you two would probably end up in the hospital at some point, but it would be one hell of a story that put you two there.

~

Written by Nyx

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[madlad-sadgal]

Y'all know the drill at this point, and, as promised, this one's longer. Enjoy!

Nimona Spoilers!

If you go to the exact minute of 38:24, in the bottom right corner, you can see what I believe is, and correct me if I'm wrong, the polysexual flag.

The trans and rainbow pride flags in the background of the "sketchy part of town" scene.

It might just be me who hadn't noticed this, but the thing Bal uses to bandage Nimona's wound from the arrow is a piece of his cape that he ripped off and just, that's so freaking cute.

Nimona showing that she trusts Bal enough to tell him about her shapeshifting, contrary to the comic where, instead of just showing that it doesn't hurt/that she's used to the pain, she fakes that it hurts which, to me, shows that she still does not trusts Blackheart.

Nimona's "Look boss. You got betrayed by someone you trusted. It sucks. I get it." Hits a lot harder when you're re-watching the movie and you know about her backstory with Gloreth and how she was betrayed by her only friend.

Also, this is more related to the metro scene, but while they're talking after interrogating the squire, they pass by a sign that says "Verminator" with a dead rat face and a bunch of dead rats around it, so verminator is probably someone or something that kills vermin, such as rats/mice, and I felt like I saw that sign somewhere. Sure enough, if you look inside the metro when Nimona and Bal are entering it, you can see that same sign, and it's just funny when you think that at that moment, Nimona had shifted into a mouse.

Nimona and Am's "Arm-chopping is not a love language!" being funny little parallels.

Red, white and blue being colors we see a lot around them while Nimona and Ballister are arguing about if the government is something they should trust or not. Also, at the 43:50 mark, around the upper left corner, we see a red and white banner with two blue banners with white dots (stars?) on each side.

Also, at 43:38, when Bal turns to look at Gloreth's statue, we see the rainbow pride flag again with unicorns on each side at his upper right side, and that just made me giggle.

"You should be questioning everything right now. The will of Gloreth, the Institute, the wall. What's it all really for?" Nimona knows these things are built on lies and only exist to 'protect' everyone from her, but Bal doesn't and believes in these things because of the brainwashing. She is trying to subtly tell him "These things aren't to be trusted and you need to realize that." It is also something I address in this post. Also; "For protecting the realm." He's basically telling her, despite not knowing that's what he's kinda saying, that she is dangerous/a monster, and her answer of "Oh, you mean from villains like you? Or monsters, like me?" Hits SO MUCH HARDER when you realize that.

Am's eyes visibly stay stuck the sign of "A New Era of Heroes" with kid him and Bal when he and the Director fly in front of it.

Am's rant. It is relatable as fuck, the fact that you rant in your head but just say "I'm fine" to the people around you and keep everything bottled up (or maybe that's just me). Him being jealous of Bal's "new best friend". Him not asking for all the fame that comes from being a direct descendant of Gloreth and feeling pressured because of everyone's expectations. The "Arm-chopping is not a love langua-" is funny, but also sad when you realize the incredulous amount of guilt this poor man must have because of that moment that barely lasted a second. So that was my summarized rant about Am's internal rant.

Ambrosius feeling pressured by Gloreth's legacy and being her direct descendant (even though he doesn't voice it) and the Director literally saying "The blood of Gloreth runs through your veins." just seconds later pisses me off for some reason. Like, I know she can't just read his mind and know he feels pressured by that, but I also know she wouldn't care either way and would probably just tell him to "Stay strong" and I just-SKHFWJEFG

Nimona taking out a bunch of knights it no more than two seconds and in complete silence as well. Also, her mocking the director right after she says "Me!"

"Says the miscreant, whispering in his ear." The fuck are you doing then?

If Todd wasn't such an asshole, the movie would have ended so much fucking quicker. Like, I know I'm currently writing a story where he gets a redemption arc, but I still fucking hate him. Does that make sense? Giving a character you hate a redemption arc and making him nicer as well as giving him a love interest? I don't think it does, but oh well.

Also, if anyone would've taken a look at the "weapon" Todd shot, they would've seen it was a phone and would've maybe been like "Maybe he did have like a photo or video that proved his innocence? Just incase, we'll take both stories into consideration and question both sides, as we fucking should as the police/government."

This is pretty long I think, so I'm gonna stop there. Might make more if y'all like this.

[zeivira]

Also I know you said that Wilhelm probably wouldn’t be as close with Subaru due to Heinkel’s presence, but I’d like to think that he still thinks very fondly of Subaru as the one who made the fight against the Whale possible. Perhaps he decides to work to save his life as a form of repaying the debt? (Even while Subaru insists that he’s fine, please—)

I still personally really adore the idea of Subaru falling asleep right after the fight against he Whale because it was exhausting and scaring the crap out of Wilhelm and also the entire army. I know that technically doesn’t fit with the idea of Heinkel having sought him out due to rumors of his condition, but it’s such a funny alternative scene— or maybe Heinkel only found out because he’s like a bloodhound for information on Sleeping Diseases idk—

Absolutely!! Subaru and him interact less but he still 100% cares about Subaru and would try to save him!! The only thing all three Astrea have in common is that they all want to save Subaru lmao.

…yes, all three, because although Heinkel is only onboard to save Louanna, I imagine he would end up working with the Emilia Camp instead of the Priscilla Camp here (Emilia can also help him get the Dragon’s Blood after all?) and Subaru is a bit like fungus, grows on you after a while. 

In canon, he kinda sees Schult as the “son he never had” so in this case, he sees Subaru as that L M A O. Or maybe his pet rat. That’s also accurate. Poor Rein either way.

As Subaru is “ill” I imagine most people (including Wilhelm!) would insist Subaru shouldn't be present during the whale fight. OFC Subaru is not skipping that, so he would go either way. And Subaru also doesn’t like looking weak, so i 100% imagine he would try to sleep a little *before* the whale hunt so as to not give them any other reason to call him that. 

Of course, this would be the exact moment in which Wilhelm and Crusch go fetch him to talk about some Classified Information… Wilhelm would be uncomfortable af at seeing him sleeping peacefully, Crusch would be having war trauma (Fourier!) and Heinkel would be scoffing and muttering something like: “You dipshits, he is sleeping, not dead.” while sitting next to Subaru’s bed.

(About your other Ask i havent replied to yet— You do raise a good point OP. Reinhard's scene WAS a good scene...OKAY... won't write it rn because I have an important deadline soon and I really can't write when stressed, not even short scenes, but I shall try writing it later (in two weeks or so?) when I have more free time (I'm starting a new job :D). If i do manage to write something interesting I shall post it as a reply to your other ask instead of in Ao3 though! Will be tagging all No Rest for The Wicked stuff under that tag now so you can find the ask easily when i post. No idea how anon asks work lmao)

[prismaticpichu]

Hi! How are you? Also, umm, can you make Zack Seph, like Zack does vlogging with his friend Seph, like add Funny, angst, happy ending, Protective Zack, please? I'm sorry if I bothered you. 🥺❤️♥️✨

Heya!!! I’m doing great, my friendo!! Hope all is well with you!! 💕

Ooooh vlogging???? Absolutely!!!

(BIG jumbo shoutout to @rottenpumpkin13’s series of SOLDIER vlogging shenanigans for inspiration!!!! Those things are frigging hilarious <333)

~

Nibelheim Fix-It: Vlogging Edition!

[the camera flashes on to reveal two Mako-blue eyes gazing steadily into the lenses, their electric glow all the more accentuated by the dismal blackness of his backdrop, his footage jostling up and down slightly as the spiky teen makes his way through the corridor in which he is recording.]

“Heyyyyyy, world and all who inhabit it! Zack Fair here, and I’m coming to you RIGHT from the basement of some screwed up manor in Nibelheim!”

[the young First glances around a bit, ensuring that he’s still going the right way.]

“It’s very very very VERY, dark, as you can see… Just trying to make sure I don’t bump into anything here. Already bumped into three rats, eight cobwebs, a whole buncha coffins. Spooky stuff. But don’t worry!! This isn’t your boy’s first trip down here…”

[there’s another quick turn over his shoulder, this time spotting a very vague rod of light floating in the distance, some nebulously victorious sound escaping his lips as he eagerly starts toward it.]

“This is actually my second time down here. First time I was kinda totally kicked out. Not at all rudely though! Guy just needed some space… I think. He’s been getting that for like four days now, anyhow. ‘Bout time he took a break.”

[as the glowing belt approaches, Zack mindlessly pads around for a bit, pawing and groping through the thick basement gloom.]

“C’mon, where’s the knob….”

[the faint sound of palm meeting metal is heard echoing through the dark.]

“Ah, sweet. Okay okay okay… So you folks are probably wondering right now who I’m even talking about. Well, lemme tell ya. Ever hear the name ‘Sephiroth’ before? You know, quicksilver hair and bare chest and pupils that go all upppppp like that? Yeah, well! He’s in there. In a library right here, devouring books like free samples at a superstore. And he’s been there for days. Been in there ever since—“

[he pauses for a beat, cutting himself off, a look of confliction cracking the teen’s cheerful masquerade]

“Well, uh… for Purposes, I don’t think I’m going to say what happened when we went to investigate the reactor. Doesn’t really matter, anyways. It’s more about how it affected my poor bud—uh, Sephiroth! Shoot he’s gonna kill me for using that silly nickname on this. Anyyyywaayy! I’m here to get him some fresh air, tell him what he needs to know and, most importantly, get it all recorded so he’ll never forget it again.”

[the camera hobbles as Zack presses his ear to the door, listening intently.]

“Alright… he’s definitely in there. Can hear his boots walkin’ around. Okay. Okay, you got this, Zack… Alright! I’m going in. On three, two, one…”

[and the door to the library is pushed open, his camera’s eye capturing the shift in backdrop as Zack makes his way across the threshold, the young SOLDIER traveling down what looks to be some narrow corridor that abruptly pools into an eerie candlelit opening.]

“Ooh. There he is.”

[the camera blearily pans around to capture a slender silver shape with a book in his hands, leather coat dancing with faint orange hues from the casting candlelight, silver hair appearing almost copper under the ghostly illumination as he paces back and forth across the floor without so much as a flinch.]

“Gaia… does he not even know I’m here? Okay, okay! Let’s do this, guys. Let’s get this man outta here.”

[there’s a deep, centering inhale from behind the camera.]

“Hey! Sephiroth! Seppphiroth! Sepppphiiroth! Put down the book.”

[a heavy silence dogs as Sephiroth continues to pace the floor in silence.]

“Shit…”

[the camera pans back to Zack.]

“Okay, so… He seems really out of it. Really engrossed in that book there. We gotta get through that noggin of his.”

[the camera pans back to the catatonic SOLDIER.]

"Sephiroth! Hey! Sephiroth! Sepppppphiroth!! I'm talking to you, man. HelloooooOOO?? Holy Ifrit... HEY! SEÑOR SEPHIROTH! STOP READING FOR A SEC, would'ja???"

[there's another bout of silence.]

"Dear Gaia... What’s going on with you?? Why aren't you responding? Sephiroth! Sepppphirottth.”

[following yet another wordless stretch, Zack swings the camera back around, rubbing his neck with an expression of both frustration and hurt.]

“Alright… guess he left me with no choice. Time for extreme measures.”

[the camera hobbles a little as Zack approaches the soulless SOLDIER.]

“Ah, screw it. Who cares if I don’t stick to the formalities…”

[an inky splotch of black momentarily covers the lenses, not wanting to capture the horrid images and texts that had seemingly possessed his friend, leaving only the teen’s gentle voice to provide any content.]

“…Hey. Bud. It’s me. Hey—yeah, I’m gonna put my arm here if you don’t put that thing down. I miss you… alright? You have any idea how long you’ve been down here? Gaia, pal… those bags… Look… you need some rest. Okay? We can talk alllllll this out in the morning. Let’s just go, okay? You’ll feel better after a good snooze…—“

“—I… c-ant…”

“You can, pal. These books aren’t going nowhere. I’m not going nowhere. Not without you.”

[another swath of silence stretches over the two SOLDIERs, the blackened smudge shifting slightly against the lenses.]

“Look, bud. Look. I know what he said is screwed up. I know what you saw is screwed up. But it doesn’t change anything… okay? You’re still my friend… you’re still Sephiroth. You’re still my old pal. You’re still…”

[even through the inky smudge, shards of blue are seen dancing across the camera, a cursory glance being cast toward the lenses in consideration.]

“…Y’know what. Fuck whatever they hear. You’re human, Seph… Not some alien. Not a monster. Not anything but the kind and lovable person that you are. And… and I’ma jerk for not telling you that sooner. I shoulda told you that the moment Genesis said those horrible things in the reactor. I shoulda told you that day of being here… okay? And I never ever ever ever want you to forg…—“

[suddenly, smears of black and silver flash across the camera as it plummets to the ground, cutting out instantly upon impact.]

.

.

.

.

[and it cuts back in a nebulous amount of time later, titled sideways, unknowingly capturing the sight of General Sephiroth slumped in the sheltering arms of his best friend.]

“Shh… it’s okay, pal. It’s okay… let it out. Let it out. I’m not going anywhere…”

—————————————

[the camera flashes on to reveal a smiling Zack leaning against his headboard at the Nibelheim Inn, happily accompanied by a freshly-showered Sephiroth, tresses of golden sunlight streaking in through the open window beside them.]

“Heyyyyyy, world and all who inhabit it! Zack Fair here, and I’m coming to you RIGHT from the Nibelheim Inn! Today I got my best friend and ex-commander here, Mr Señor Sephiroth!”

[Zack slings an arm around his buddy’s shoulders, earning himself an amused grunt from the mercury-haired man.]

“Yes. Hello, inhabitants of the world.”

“You wanna add a littttleeee bit more cheer—?”

“No.”

“Okie doke. You wanna at least tell ‘em the news?”

[the camera pans so that it is completely facing Sephiroth, green eyes well-rested and gleaming under morning’s warm embrace.]

“Hnph. Fine. As of this moment—“

“Say ‘breaking news!’”

“I will eat you whole.”

“Yeah, yeah. Just say it!”

[silver bangs sway against the lenses as Sephiroth shakes his head.]

“…Fine. Breaking new: as of this moment forward, both I General Sephiroth and First Class Zack Fair officially resign from SOLDIER. Cadet Cloud Strife will also be discontinuing his duties and is currently staying with a beloved family member.”

[Zack’s euphoric cheer is heard behind the camera.]

“Heck yeah!! Oh, and! For the record: all future episodes of ‘Zack Tracks’ will be recorded with my new partner here! Woooo!”

“I didn’t agree to this.”

“Bummer, ‘cause you’re doing it.”

[before an utterance of protest can be made, Zack takes the camera back from his pal.]

“Anywhoooo! Anything you wanna say to the people before we sign off, pal?”

[the camera lingers on Sephiroth’s face for several beats following the question, capturing the traces of wistfulness that flicker through his emerald eyes, the almost pensive pulse that ripples through those celestially human pupils as he contemplates an appropriate closure for Everything.]

“…Yes. I do.”

[and the camera zooms in, focusing on his sincere expression, aged and weathered from all the ravaging storms that have opened up to what he calls his life.]

“Hojo, you can disrespectfully burn in the deepest and most incandescent stoves in Hell.”

[a simple click, and the footage goes black.]

[danganronpafan777]

Just finished Danganmon…

Wow… what a ride.

Thank you for requesting for me to watch this fangan!!

I didn’t and still don’t know a lot about Pokémon but the characters and the plot were super freaking good.

The ending made me tear up, and it’s all such a good message.

Here were my reactions to this chapter: (SPOILERS!!!!)

How have they not registered that they’re Pokémon turned humans yet? The tv literally talked about 16 missing Pokémon bruh

My dumbass forgot that there’s 18 students here, so I’m guessing it’s the two knowing traitors? And the mastermind is separate? Wonder who the unknowing traitor is….

Another Cyrus fte? This might be a death flag…

Kami: What’s the outside world like?

Monomoth: Totally fine, but I could be lying

Kami: I don’t trust her

Juno and Cyrus: *offended*

Idk it’s funny to me

Fryyy! I missed him sm

What if dream Fry is actually him from the afterlife? Maybe hes trying to pass on Zoro’s message?

So Cyrillo and Wemi watched Beauty and the Beast together? Could that have been their movie? :(

Wait, could Wem have been the “she” Pearl was talking about??

Kami and Cyrillo watching ratatouille is hilarious tho

Yeah, Cyrillo is MEGA suspicious

CAMERAS IN THEIR EYES?? Oh hell nah

Kami taking the knife: that’s a surprise tool to help us later

Pearl’s raising way too many death flags

Sooo “lil pichu” name is Raichu? 

Literally a Saw motive lol

DAMN IT PEARL!!

Poor Sylvia…

I think the killer/mastermind is Cyrillo tho

Why tf did Cyrus’s hair change color for one panel? 

I’m conflicted after Pearl’s message in the elevator. Like, ur not gonna rat out the mastermind cuz their your friend, even tho they forced you to be the headmaster and kill you?? The complexity def adds some nice depth to Pearl’s character tho

My guess: Cyrillo is the mastermind, and Juno is the unknowing traitor

Damn it Cyrus :((

The closing argument was amazingly done, now I’m just waiting for Cyrillo to go apeshit lol

“She is still alive” ?? Are they talking about Kami or Sylvia or is Cyrillo getting delulu about Wemi??

WTFFFF

The mastermind sprites, the fucking eye holy shit-

I fucking love this 

Cyrus being the traitor was my second guess, and him turning into protag is so cool

THEY FUCKING FRANKENSTEINED WEMI

Afterlife theater bouta be hella awkward

NOOOO JUNO DONT DO IT

Plz let Cyrillo step up and self destruct the building instead plsss

Cyrillo’s mastermind character and motivations are so well done. It was kinda predictable, but the character change and morality, even reciting his story which we thought we knew… He’s obviously not right, but damn I love this villain arc

THREE PEOPLE DYING IN ONE FUCKING EXECUTION WTF

Juno’s last words being that he hoped he was finally useful fucking hurts

Glad Apollo reunited with Yanny from his video, and Cyrus… man is getting by at least

Kami’s message at the end almost made me cry, and I love how she has a Pokémon of her own (No idea what it is, or if there’s some kinda significance to it, but it’s v cute)

The last afterlife theater was perfection ✨

Thank you all for recommending this to me! 😊😊

[afriendlyood2]

Well I put tw for suicide topic here bc ya know // Now that my fiancee and his ex landlord had some beef which I kind of cooled down (yay) I could rethink the whole mechanic of this 2020 scandal and this year

Also youtube essays have a point tho - we can have wife beaters in hollywood with careers, new sexy wives and zero actual damage to feel for them everyday and beside them somebody like Britney and such ppl (yet the Britney climate is moving at last, but the years of shit she faced… my god) 

I mean

I saw it within feminism discourse - they beef like hell within, and even blame if you will retire from a gender war for dunno… mental health? Lol

Like not to mention the whole thing was totally parasocial - there was not much a direct conversation going on (this is I immediately avoided within the landlord beef - I wrote to him directly, so this rat talk could go away just from the start), but this happened on a society scale from this girl’s class till two large cities… And you know, society can be nice or not nice - but it likes to eat raw meat, ngl.

So get this - I did criticize this girl for misogyny in her fic, and even after attempt of a friendly conversation - from which I remember even now that she was basically just a teen with interests, yet yeah environment of hers seemed unlikely - but she did not mention the school bullying, so my guess that did happen after…yet this long hellish beef with her mother which went to her fic… yeah, that was readable somewhat - she didn’t scream for help tho. She probably would trust me more if I would not be an adult judging that’s where my regret is from - yet… uh… I was a sjw with blogs yes, but not a professional in the field - and later I was criticized as I was which is uh…

I get why her than-time bf is parasocial and was - as I was an adult he viewed me as a ‘power figure’ without addressing uhmmm the fact that I’ve been bullied myself in school, afterwards curing depression and meeting more bullied teens like me. I get the game, yet I am not a social worker or smth. But somehow they confused me criticizing the sjw twitter as I am an activist and I fell into the same cognitive distortion because I thought, assumed - that the person stalking me is just doing it for a woke position itself and not for something connected to it. So even my sis remembers me tweeting “I am deleting my blog, I was such an woke activist yet that went wrong” - which was funny lmao I didn’t know why EXACTLY ppl are after me tho, nobody actually told me in the face, this was all the gossip and this guy + my ex boss screaming somewhere - I do get humans being dramatic sorta, but this went into chaos. I mean I assumed I was stalked by some political far right social media group or smth - I had like ZERO idea what’s actually up. I criticized sjw twitter as somebody who went to REAL EVENTS ™ and saw real activists and even took part in huge studies in tolerance and discussions on the matter - most on sjw internet don’t do even THAT so I kinda went with “go out touch grass” attack yeah. I wasn’t ACTUALLY a practicing activist myself and I do acknowledge that, uh. Yet I get why this bf of that poor girl was misguided by my posts - they were emotional, so was him and the girl, we do that. My ex boss as well. Just the Facts ™ were lost in these emotions normal amount. Fact is I get this image of these classmates going at her from the white savior position and rolfing from her without empathizing with this long conflict with her mom, which was still going on out there. They are all cool and progressive and she is so dumb and hateful - that’s what they would be likely saying, or maybe she also got some shit from the fact she wrote exactly a gay fanfic - like Kharkiv was homophobic normal amount, I’ve been knew. She and her mom hating on each other, me not listening to her because of her angry language, classmates laughing at her and her bf calling me an arrogant fake ho - this is all addresses which problem exactly can you tell? Women being hated lol. Ironically I addressed this, which smh ended up in 1) my ex boss shitting me for my colleagues rape jokes on me 2) me - I agree - being arrogant to a human I could help 3) with facing hell for not doing it to be a correct feminist activist whoever because I did not have experience and discourse did not really have the instruments to be taught to me - I do have an empathy, but as a human I can be blind and not notice something, without being cruel tho as I can swear on my ass I do not wish any girl to be bullied to the suicide! Yet I can’t tell myself how the social media-gossip-this public chaos works, I am not a phd in media studies sadly, we got that shit in our uni after I started studying sadly, welp 4) well not only her dying from these shitheads, but also me doing two attempts after the backlash…. whew. Uhm. This coulda go the other way tho. 

Also my ex boss as I recall mentioned that the wife of a nice colleague who was mr positive of the whole office died from burnout or peer pressure from my happy posts or???? Him attempting the kms thing after her death??? I empathize with it and I also experienced the peer pressure to the borderline suicidal thoughts, AS I did experience the bullying in school - and I do not support or encourage these things even tho I do or did have shitty social skills that might lead some conversation to go wrong???? That caused me to develop them btw. 

But like BRUH I do have bad focus, I may not notice some details, and I am not a pro in saving ppl or something, but this parasocial madness as I am some local cyberbully of the year with an insane power (from dating a dev as they say…………………………………..what?) (they hated me for not having a man before btw) (whaaaaaaat) sorry why am I treated like some uhhhh war criminals kinda should be? Or wife beaters at least COME ON??? And abusive parents, yes. And abusive bosses and colleagues, YES. Bruh I am being clumsy, arrogant and rude - I know, but how bout we start addressing the responsible ones, by the power dynamic thing? The class, mother, russians who attacked the country this poor woman had died in after the burnout from activism in mY AGE (she was 30 as well). Why me as the message man ™ aka the lady with a blog who talks shit somehow is the main villain? Yaaaaa’ll the villain has a gun here don’t ya think? I talk shit. I am not a cannibalistic abusive bully here. I can help. DAYMN. Nobody likes bad news I guess.

Confession of the most arrogant sjw ever, aw shiiii

hello, I have a flow of thoughts about hyperreality, digital instruments, fandoms and anger and arrogancy...

and mental health of course

so basically many influencers before my unpopular and even cancelled ass already noted that we have entered this digital agenda era when gadgets are stealing our attention and overwealm our brain to the point that we forget our own thoughts and real world around us

and that is their very agenda, as digital marketing specialists are batteling for the space on our phone screen and seconds of our attention, and public speakers and polititians are battling to drag us into the discourceTM bc "how can you be out of politics you ignorant jerk the world is on fire" etc etc. many described these mechanisms before so I won't repeat what they have said already, it's out on Youtube and many otehr resources.

and also many said before me how fandom discourse went to shit... well, it was shit even in my youth... we would battle over this problematic bullshit even by that time which was the early social media era of late 00s - early 10s (now it is even more radicalized though, to my horror)

but I as a millenial am horrified of how gen z and gen alpha folk are not yet realizing where it will get them in 10-15 yrs time... it will get them in hell, as I as a 30 yrs old millenial see from my own exeperience. some of them won't even survive mentally and I am even not overstimating the problem, as this is also real.

back in the day we had this cursed AOT fandom. I knew a girl from my city (I was in early 20s she was still a school teen) - an easy imaginable situatuion, as the fandom is mostly made of these age people. notable mention - by that time culture geek culture wasn't open to the self critisism sentiment yet, actually the opposite - geeks were made cool, "brainy is the new sexy" bullshit was sold to you by sherlock bbc or the big bang theory or shit like that, so geeks and especially millenials were HIGHLY arrogant and gatekeeping (i mean uss callister was yet to happen, in the meantime we actually head star trek into darkess coming out tbh). add that to the western way of white saving everyone and pull the discourse from a higher position of somebody morally dominant and 'progressive' and you will get quite a sick mental cocktail to spoil everybody more or less geeky and intellectual stepping into the online fandom game, especially if you faced bulling in school before that or smth... that shit alltogether can make you this arrogant main character with savior complex, fr, and I am horrified to see that in modern fandm teens cause THEY HAVE NO IDEA where it can lead them, yet I sadly do.

well /dark batman music theme/ let me tell you where it can get you you little arrogant social justice dick reading this

back in the day I as I told you I knew a girl who did some AOT fanfiction which you guys as I did by the time would call problematic. because that's what you see online right? a person writing some hateful words in their art online. basically puting a negative emotion of hate and only that emotion, not what stands behind it and creates it - you're to arrogant to see that, so you judge that little hateful teen (the fact that we are making teens feeling negative things 'problematic' is some sick shit to begin with in the first place - they are teens they are SUPPOSED to feel these things, the world is going at them, come on). that fact that I was arrogant to judge her even though we had an attempt at friendly conversation and understading each other... basically it locked her up - if a person judges you, you don't wanna talk to that person, you close from that person right? yep. that's what she did... as somebody who was ACTUALLy bullied by everybody by the time, literally by everybody from her social circle - and she WOULD tell me if she would trust me enough and if I wouldn't judge her, thus I would give her shelter orgs and psychiatrists or smth, I knew some by the time so could help.

thing is the girl - tw here - killed herself. I got to know that stuff from her then-time bf who came in his riddler era to avenge me later in 2020 and for damn sure he hated my arrogant ass as I was an adult who knew his gf and had recouses for giving helo yet not the knowledge of the girl's sutiation, and not to mention we are from the same city btw. bruh my mental image crumbled right before me and in intence karma hit I tried to repeat this girl's fate TWICE since 2020, and second attempt was here in Krk after I escaped Kharkiv in 2022, this year's June. I considered myself not worthy of life and happiness because I didn' see her troubles back then.... ugh.... call that catholic gulit of smth, but I am eating myself to this day. many say - this doesn't help actually and you need to live and help the living, not to crumble over the dead ones. but for damn sure I feel the guilt EVEN THO I am not her abusive classmates or older 'protectors'.

Social justice is sometimes arrogant and blind and it SHOULD NOT BE goddammit, stop and reflect on yourselves - are you really that morally right?

Also dear gen z and gen alpha

Those who have an ok social circle of family and friends - pls drop ya phone and get to them RIGHT NOW. For those who escape to the digital world from abusive surroundings - bruh some of us out there are arrogant as shit, but please tell your pains and seek for help I beg ya, and seek for shelter in REALITY, cause YOUR REALITY is abusive in the first place and just running into the virtual world sadly won't save ya, you need a safe space irl as well fr.

That's my message of this awful Batman Daredevil and oh my god Lenny Bellardo kinnie I am in my 30s. It is not told in calm voice, I am screaming here to ya. Shit will get fucked fr. Take care of these things pls.

P.S. as tho my arrogancy in that interaction was real - these folks, oh the irony, used my guilt to put not just her death on me (even tho it's on her abusers), but also the mess in the workplace of my ex boss - not to mention she later put the death of an ex colleague on me (jeez she died because of being overwelmed by activism she did during the war so this is ON OUR ATTACKERS DAMMIT) cause it was so suitable to force me into guilt for something I am not responsible for, so she and these folks became as ugly in social justice as I am LOL. Such an irony of things turning back at them right? All these people are Ukr refugees like me btw. We all have to learn fron this.

[hooterhorror]

Hope you're doing well 💕! I have a little request if ya don't mind, How would the slashers be like if they lived together as roomates? Tysm and don't forget to drink water ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING IDEA!! bet anon, I hope this was good!

Slashers are roommates.

format: headcanons

warnings: cursing. general crack.

RZ!Michael and the Sawyers.

I use he/she/they for bubba and they/them for choptop!

Rz!Myers has the prettiest blonde hair the family has seen. Even with his lack of self care for the longest time, his hair remains full of life. Opposes death just like The Shape himself does. choptop is always staring right at his hair and loudly asks "You gonna keep that hair or can I have it?"

how this family and Michael even met is beyond me, but it's funny to think about!

Drayton's yelling doesn't bother Michael all that much... In fact he usually stares the man down when he starts yelling about money and meat not being able to cut itself. Then the giant that is Myers turns to look at the others with a look that says "is he yelling at me? ME??"

Drayton's lucky Michael has some form of respect for him. Michael does sort of admire how this single man keeps this shit show of a family together and provides for everyone and has raised his brothers himself, so he isn't about to stab him for talking to him like that.

Isn't even the least a bit fazed by Bubba showing up in drag or with makeup on their mask. It's basically a normal Tuesday.

Hates how the twins kinda start to look up to Michael as an older brother figure, but it kinda tickles him. Especially when nubbins climbs him like a tree.. which he basically is.

Maybe eventually he'll let bubba paint his nails. Or choptop braid his hair (as long as he's sure they won't chop it off at a moments notice)

And damn does he grow protective of them.

if the group that winds up in town makes fun of any of them, Michael will just have to kill them where they stand.

Michael and Thomas respect each other. Luda Mae creeps Michael out.

yes a little old lady freaks out the Michael Myers. Have you seen her? Everyone talks about how she hooked a serial killer in the 60s across the face when she was younger and now he's careful what he does around her.

Brahms and the Sinclairs.

THIS WOULD BE SO FUNNY HEAR ME OUT- Brahms still seeks shelter in the walls and Bo absolutely hates it. Calls him a rat for it.

just imagine waking up in the dead of night to hear Bo shouting "BRAHMS GET OUT OF THOSE DAMN WALLS OR SO HELP ME GOD"

Brahms and Vincent get along really well. Brahms is more outgoing even if he hides in walls. He'll probably try to get Vincent to say fuck like he's a three year old.

Vincent teaches Brahms sign language and Brahms only ever uses the "bitch" sign at bo. Lester loses it and Bo starts shouting up a storm. They never physically fight, but Brahms does roughhouse with Lester!

Lester just leaps at Brahms and they roll around. Like they ain't grown men in the middle of the road just rolling around like a couple a kids. But that's exactly what they are.

Bo ends up treating Brahms like another annoying little brother. Even if they disagree and Brahms is spoiled and still adjusting to being a poor southern white man, there are moments where they share stories of their childhood and stories of the less than great moments.

Vincent's workspace is off limits to Brahms. Simply because Brahms would make a mess, but also Brahms wouldn't like seeing all those tiny flames.

platonic bro cuddles are common. Brahms is a cuddle bug and needs attention from his newfound family.

also hc that luda mae knew trudy sinclair and was legally the boys godmom. Therefore Brahms and the three brothers could meet Michael during the holidays at luda mae's. Chaos.

Billy Lenz and Stu M + Billy L.

I love the idea of Stu and Billy Loomis being in love and dating, but I typically write them separately and not as a poly with reader unless speociifed, btw. But let's say they're dating and living together and Billy Lenz cozies up in their attic.

Stu swears they have a rodent problem in the attic, Loomis says he'll call an exterminator and never does. Then the calls start.

Lenz is on his usual muttering spiel and snorts into the phone while Stu just stands there in a mix of horror and... indifference. I feel like Stu has seen some crazy things as he's grown up with Loomis so.... If anything he just corrects Lenz.

"Sorry dude, I'm not a girl."

*click*

seriously it's really funny. Stu becomes accustomed to the person in their attic while Loomis.... eh not so much. I mean they can't exactly call the police because Lenz has found their video tapes of murders and all that.... So it would be unwise.

Stu begins to bring up some dinner to Lenz and finds out his love for candy canes and liking towards Christmas, and the next time Loomis is up there it's decorated with their Christmas lights and there's a bag of mini candy canes that's been opened.

"Stu! Are you feeding that guy!?"

"yeah! he's really cool!"

Loomis tolerates Lenz but... but barely. Lenz is always ruining soft moments between the couple, and it's getting annoying!

Stu and Loomis could be cuddling on the couch and lenz will race downstairs holding up two rats he found, screaming and giggling about them. Stu encourages this behavior. Loomis hates it.

"What the hell!? put those down!!"

"C'mon he's just having fun! look at him!"

Stu knows more about lenz than Loomis, of course. It's why he understands lenz more and is trying to get Loomis to give him a chance and the benefit of the doubt

They have a bit of a "in love with each other + gremlin little brother who their older sibling is very proud of"

[tblsomedoodles]

How did Big Mama react to Donnie's arms being gone? Epically since Donnie wanted them his whole life.

She's exceptionally heartbroken for him. She knew exactly how much he liked having those extra limbs, how much he relied on them, and now b/c some stupid raiders wanted to steal some stuff, they're gone. (For Donnie, it probably ends up being similar to Dee in a way (shocker). he basically compartmentalized the loss of those limbs so much that he was just like "i'm fine. They were extra's anyways" to the point were even he believed it. Until his mom is there, holding him as she apologizes for not being there to help. at which point he realizes he's very much not alright about it, and breaks down.)

Thank you!

Oh for sure. they know when they're needed and when they're not, though i'm sure they're not too far in case they do need help.

Thank you!

Aww! That's so sweet! and kinda funny too b/c those resistance people would be sooo confused. Like this is what they'd know about their leaders family lives by this point

their mom's a spider yokai mob boss

apparently their dad was normal human, lou jitsu

somehow the four of them are turtles?

and they have (as far as they know) another dad who's a rat. (which does not explain the fact they're turtles

a sister thats just entirely human, but somehow not related to Lou

and an uncle that half of them still don't seem to trust

those poor confused Resistance guys lol : )

Thank you!

Leo definitely brings Mama to the Vault immediately. Whether he lets them know who's coming before they get there, is another story. I could definitely see Leo being a brat and wanting to surprise his siblings with their mom.

Thank you!

[glow-worms-are-believers]

So I just watched The Batman (2022)

I loved it, it was hilarious, great pacing, the sound design was AMAZING (which makes sense). Now, onto the rant. Gordon was MVP in this whole thing, he is Bestest Boy, he is just doing his best(tm) and I love him. Batman/Bruce Wayne is a sad emo boy and he’s so funny, he looks like a drowned rat half the time it’s hilarious, love him, especially when he’s there as Bruce Wayne. He’s got like a million brain cells, and simply elects not to use them, and we should respect that. Alfred is a Good Boy but he doesn’t get Bestest because he’s a Thomas Wayne apologist. He still doesn’t deserve this shit, like when he gets accused as soon as he gets out of a fucking coma (settle down emo boy). Catwoman is an icon, she is the moment, she is also a disaster(tm) but she hides it better.

Selina has my heart and the little cat ears on the mask were adorable, she’s such a disaster, I love her so much. She skywalkered her way right through the movie and I was rooting for Falcone to die, but I’m glad she didn’t have to dirty her hands. I was cackling every time she dissed “privileged white boys” in Batman’s face. I love identity shenanigans.

Now for this part, this is a bit more delicate because I do not like the riddler (please for my sake skip the rest if this will evoke rage in you). Tumblr people, know that i am small and scared before you come for me. I think he’s a great character, I like how smart they made him and all, but I kinda hate the guy as a person. Which, hear me out, makes sense, since he’s evil, and not in any ways I like. He’s very similar to an incel, and that kind of people both INFURIATES me and really creeps me out irl, so he just makes me deeply uncomfortable and I wish I was strong enough that I knew I could punch him if I met him, but sadly as I’ve said before I am small and scared. Also, those poor rats he put in an overcrowded cage did not deserve this and that bat stuck in the other cage like that was even worse. Also, his grand plan was fucking awful and not evil in a fun way, he didn’t even have a theme! The goal was just kill as many people as you can! I could sorta get the ‘eat the rich’ message he was going for, but then in the end he just goes for trying to destroy the whole city. That’s weak and rude. I liked the riddles though, they were fun. I’m shit at them so I was really impressed Batman figured them out. In sum, the Riddler is too much of a creep for me to like, though that last  video blog he made was hilarious.

Hopefully the stans don’t find me if i tag anti-riddler. Don’t murder me online, I will cry and I will get snot on you.

[multi-lefaiye]

so i was listening to your gdwwb playlist the other day, and it's a vibe! i was wondering whether you associate certain songs on the playlist with certain characters?

also i feel like your taste in music really matches the vibes you give off (in a good way)

oh thank you!!!! :'D i'm really glad you like it! asdfjk;l i've actually been meaning to revamp that playlist a little now that i've reworked the concept, but i do still enjoy it. it is still accurate, i just want to make the vibes match More.

also that is an incredibly sweet compliment ty <3 my music taste is definitely Something but i'm glad it matches my vibes, in a way :'D

as for whether certain songs vibe with certain characters, the answer is yes! most of the songs in that particular playlist are general vibes, but there are a few that are references to specific characters or story beats.

some examples:

surface pressure from encanto is in there because it really vibes with jonah--this song was actually a huge inspiration for his development! the vibes of an older sibling forced to always be strong and never allowed to show weakness, expected to support the family and take on a huge burden... that's such a jonah vibe. --

the wayfaring stranger cover by the longest johns is a rat king song! i've talked about funny things with the rat king for the most part and kinda treated her as a joke character in many ways, but the story behind her is actually a bit,,, intense ADSFJKL. without going into details, know that the rat king's home is gone, and she's a wanderer in a world that is completely alien to her. she wants to go home, but she knows she never can. --

poor george by james supercave is a song that reminds me of elliot, which probably isn't too surprising if you know how much i apply that song to my poor little meow meow spencer middleton. however, here i take it for more if its intended meaning than my own interpretation--i relate this song to elliot's selfishness and entitled attitude, as well as how he believes himself to simultaneously be the hero of the story and a victim of circumstance, despite his vile actions. --

remnants in dreams from sally face is VERY much a vibes song, especially as it's an instrumental, but i also apply it heavily to shiloh. this is the song that plays in my head when i imagine dream sequences with them, which are a pretty big thing in this story, as well as just. their relationship with their trauma and lost memories in general, and their mother. --

aaand finally, runs in the family by amanda palmer applies to a few characters, but i most apply it to joan! because while a majority of joan's conflict comes from the loss of her wife, but i definitely think she is the product of some pretty severe generational trauma as well that is a large part of why she struggles so MUCH with her grief. she was raised to be the strong pillar others depend on, but she's a hot fucking mess and can't even depend on herself most days. which, y'know, 'surface pressure' applies to her as well, but i'm gonna keep this to one song per character. --

and as a bonus, bloody nose by jack conte applies to a character i'm still struggling to name and don't know how to talk about just yet :> just know. they're there.

[the-iron-orchid]

Rimworld: Arcana, Part 4: Hell-Pit to Hell-Home

Tsedi: “The hat stays ON in bed”

(This is actually a glitch lmao)

A few notes about defense: as you can see here, the cave they’re inhabiting bridges two areas. The first is this large valley of sorts between mountainous areas, with multiples areas of Rich Soil (crops grow faster). It behooves us to eventually build a perimeter wall to the west to defend our crops from raiders.

We can also control this entire area to the south by placing a blockade at this two-tile choke point. Raiders come in from the edge of the map, and they will either have to group up here to try and break through (where we can shoot them through the embrasures), or take the long way around.

Tsedi and Heron discuss the important things in life. (I’m grabbing all the silly interactions I can now, because as the game progresses it will get harder to catch them lol)

Tsedi chose an inopportune moment to come in and start whittling away at that wall in the communal bathroom, and Jinana is upset about it. Oops. “Are you poopin?”

Heron is researching batteries by shroomlight at the shiny new Research Bench, Tsedi is determinedly hacking away at that limestone wall with his big Mining skill of 0, and Turel and Jinana are.. sigh. They fuckin again

The next day brings unwelcome news. Fortunately, our little guys currently live in a nice cool cave, and we can build passive coolers to keep it comfortable in here.

Tsedi shoots his shot with Heron, to no avail. RESEARCH IS HIS TRUE LOVE

Unfortunately, we really need Heron to do some Construction work, because he is very fast and efficient. But what’s this?

It’s Julian, stepping up to finish researching! I somehow completely forgot that he has the second best Intellectual skill (8 to Heron’s 10). The day is saved!

Julian burns the midnight oil to finish researching batteries for their electrical system, while Tsedi mines out the room some more and Jinana cuts the waste rock into usable stone blocks at their new stonecutting table. That’s fuckin teamwork~

...OK? Self-domesticating rat, just what we need ig

This one goes out to @xx-sharpfawngz-xx​ ahahaha. Looks like we have a new colony mascot!

I let the randomizer make the faction name, but lol

Here we can see the classic defensive trap-maze at the more open entrance of the hellhole they live in. Colonists can go through the doors, but raiders and manhunting animals are forced to go through the steel spike-traps instead. Also, I guess barfing is funny.

Turel got mild heatstroke because he insisted on gardening in 117F-degree heat, so I recalled him inside to cool off and make some stone blocks instead. I was concerned about Lucio because goats are only comfortable up to about 104F, but he has been completely fine. It figures.

This tracks tbh

The heatwave is over, but poor Turel is just having a Time of it.

What happened is that our supply of Packaged Survival Meals has run out, so the pawns are currently eating foraged fruit. For some reason the game considers raw fruit to be ‘dangerous’, with a risk of contracting food poisoning. (This is also true of raw meat, food prepared by an inexperienced cook or prepared in unsanitary conditions.) It doesn’t help that the conditions are kinda poor - they keep the place as clean as possible, but it’s still a cave. In the meantime, Turel’s work speed is slowed and he will pause occasionally to hurl, which someone then has to clean up. Sigh.

Bedtime once more - but we now have a working generator, one measly light (non-Undergrounder pawns hate being in the dark), a battery that still needs to be hooked up, and A FREEZER

That last one is the key to our survival! We can now store all kinds of food without it spoiling, including prepared meals, which will make our colonists much happier and even provide some buffs if the meals are good quality. Fortunately, Heron is a good cook (so much less chance of food poisoning), and we have access to varied ingredients, which pawns like.

Next project: a KITCHEN.

[velvetcoves]

I must send this in, you have inspired me somehow. Can I have a scenario with Ciel and Alois (seperate) where S/O has always had a 2020 sense of humor and will wheeze when the letter "E" is spoken? Ciel/Alois run into eachother and S/O does the "Oh shit, a rat" thing and slips, breaking or spraining her ankle or whatever. After she's cared for, all she has to say is "I have Dumb Bitch Disorder, I had to I'm sorry." and just laughs her ass off through everything? Thanks, this is dumb as fuck.

NO NO THIS IS MASSIVE BRAINED-

i could not figure out how to make these into scenarios so i hope you enjoy headcannons! i’m so sorry this took so long, my week was very busy

-xo, mod velv

｡.｡:∞♡* CIEL PHANTOMHIVE

☆ to be honest. he always gives you a look whenever you do this kinda shit

☆ his brow is furrowed, the blue pool of his eye flicks up and down your figure as you completely lose it

☆ it just makes you laugh harder smh poor Ciel is so confused

☆ there was this one incident where it made him just go “👁👄👁”

☆ when he went to the Trancy mansion to talk to Alios, you disappeared with the triplets for a bit while he talked with the blonde

☆ and when the four of you came back?

☆ sis you LOST IT

☆ “oh shit, a r a t” you say as you lock eyes with Alois

☆ he gives you the most offended look as you cackle like a fucking hYENA

☆ Ciel’s hand shoots to his face to cover his smile, which makes Sebastian chuckle

☆ n e ways he’s gotten a bit used to it, but it still catches him off guard most of the time

☆ like one time you two were walking in the garden and you passed by a shriveled up rose that was dying, and you just pointed and went

☆ “lmao me too”

☆ and he just looks at you with a puzzled look, before plucking the rose and is just “..what”

☆ he’s a bit confused but he’LL GET THERE

｡.｡:∞♡* ALOIS TRANCY

☆ okay he literally has almost the EXACT same sense of humor

☆ Claude despises you two for it oh my g o d this poor demon

☆ like you’ll sprint around the mansion and you’ll just randomly scream “wE IN THE GHETTO”

☆ and Alois will just lose his mind as he screams back the “R A T A T A TA H”

☆ because of this, you guys have so many inside jokes like omg it’s not even funny you’ve got so mANY

☆ when Ciel and Sebastian came over, you looked the Phantomhive up and down before just leaning over to your fiancé and just being “who tf let a rat into the mansion”

☆ lemme tell ya he lOSES IT he literally starts CACKLING

☆ Claude has to psychically remove him from the hallway because he’s crying at this point like jfc you might have killed him-

☆ he cannot take the i counter with Ciel seriously because he just keeps thinking about how you just s a i d it and oh look he’s laughing all over the place again

☆ Ciel literally has to end up lEAVING and saving this for another day because he cannot take this seriously