#the ruler of the bubblegums speaks

[crystallizedday]

So I have no idea if anyone else has made a post like this already, but at this point, I’m gonna EXPLODE if I don’t get this out of my system.

This has been haunting my brain for WEEKS & I am NOT having it.

So

Ice Marcy.

Lil angel.

DEFINITELY a result of Marceline dying at some point.

I mean, we have the Winter King telling Simon he can ALWAYS make an Ice Betty if Simon misses her so much, & while he SAYS that he’s joking & states how such a thing is clearly unethical…

Let’s be honest…

Bro’s a fuckin hypocrite saying that.

I mean, what he did to PB is fuckin unethical as hell, so if he’s morally fine with THAT, what’s stopping him from coping with the death of a loved one by making a living ice replica of them?

Anyway, a bunch of people already agree with that shit anyway, so that’s not what I’m here to address.

I’m here to talk about the when & how of the situation.

Cause I’ve seen a lot of people assuming Marcy died at a very young age due to her appearance as a child in her ice form & this “flashback” scene from WK’s song.

But that just cannot be the case.

Why?

Marceline’s bass.

Her bass (that in actuality is just a fuckin ax) is a family heirloom that once belonged to Hudson.

She only acquired possession of it to modify it into a bass once she met Hudson AFTER Simon had left her for good in her adolescence(?).

This means she COULDN���T have died during the apocalypse phase of Ooo.

So when could she have died?

Well, while a ton of people speculate it was right before or even right after the Winter King’s transformation into himself, I believe it was sometime AFTER, just not quite right away.

Cause ya gotta remember:

Marcy & Bonnie weren’t talking for HUNDREDS of years after their breakup.

& they only started hanging out again about two decades earlier from where we are in the present, which is still FAIRLY RECENT.

As Simon states in the episode, the Winter King had cursed PB ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

This means she & Marceline were STILL not on speaking terms by the time she got cursed.

HOWEVER

As we see in the very first Adventure Time finale, right before our two favorite lesbians kiss, Marcy admitted she was still TERRIFIED that PB would get hurt WHILE they weren’t talking.

So what does this tell us?

Lemme pitch y’all MY take on how Marcy TRULY died.

The Winter King found a way to project his insanity onto Bubblegum, reshaping himself & his kingdom with his newfound lucidity.

Sometime LATER (either soon after or even decades later), Marceline checks up on the situation after seeing the Candy Kingdom absolutely FUCKED & the Ice Kingdom flourishing, sees what happened to the two rulers, slowly puts two & two together, & interrogates the Winter King on it.

Cause like… while it’s awesome to have “Simon” back, Marceline realistically would NOT stand for it to come at the cost of Bubblegum’s sanity. Even if their relationship was still rocky, she still CARED about Bonnie & her safety.

She demanded the Winter King to undo this, telling him what he was doing was MONSTROUS…

But at some point, whether intentionally or unintentionally…

He did it.

HE killed her.

Either to stop her from reversing the spell herself or to get her to shut up so he wouldn’t have to face the fact that what he did was wrong.

He killed her, & felt such an overwhelming sense of guilt that he decided to cope with what he did…

In probably the most fucked up way possible.

As long as she didn’t know the truth, everything can be fine.

& what’s more oblivious & unquestioning than a small, impressionable child?

Much like how PB intentionally made her citizens stupid to avoid conflict :))))))

Anyway, uh

That is all.

You’re welcome for the heartbreak IWJWOWJWOSKWODK

[keyks-art-zone]

So...who is this lil fella?

Well I have a theory.

While many people have speculated it to be either a bubbline child or farmworld's candy elemental, I think it might be a separate third option. They are Ice King (or, plays the role of him so to speak). The keyboard, the unhinged appearance, and the clear obsession with Ice Prince; heck they even have a kingdom they clearly don't really rule like Ice King did. Ice Prince meanwhile fills Princess Bubblegum's role, being the ruler of a more organized kingdom, sane looking, seemingly helping Fionna/giving her adventures, and even has a bird-Gunther he rides around on like Morrow and PB's Swan. I imagine this also means there's a universe that is much more like Ice King's fan fiction, and this is where they reside.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

[multiversal-madness]

I have a couple of questions about your au if that's alright, you don't have to answer them all. Sorry if this is too much at once.

Maybe the Lost kingdom could be the Lost and Found kingdom, since they found a home with Simon? Also, what is Simon like as a ruler?

What's up with PB? Does she still make the Candy Kingdom, or is she Marcy's Betty equivalent? Speaking of, where's Betty?

No need to apologise for multiple questions! It just means I get to talk about this au more :3

This did end up a bit long tho so I’ll seperate the answers into what they’re about.

Lost Kingdom/King Simon

The Lost Kingdom being called the Lost and Found Kingdom sounds cute and it does make sense, though it may be more of an affectionate nickname of sorts for the kingdom that the citizens call it, Lost Kingdom would still be the official title.

As for what kind of ruler Simon would be, I imagine he’d be a good king, kind and just and all of that. He may have struggled somewhat at the beginning, a museum he made himself turning into the first Kingdom in this new world of magic and such wouldn’t exactly be easy to manage, especially as other gangs, settlements and kingdoms started to form and fight for territory. But after at least 900 years of ruling, he’s knows what he’s doing.

Also a fun fact about the Lost Kingdom, it’s one of the only places in Ooo that keeps track of the date (using the mushroom war/bomb as year 0). I’m not sure whether Simon would have changed the month names or how the year is divided up. Maybe this influences the rest of Ooo into using dates?

Candy Kingdom/Princess Bubblegum

Onto Bubblegum and the Candy Kingdom, things mostly stay the same. The candy kingdom is formed, the candy people are made, she’s still very into science, etc etc, she even had a thing with Frostbite Queen, though it didn’t last as long as it did in canon and I imagine Frostbite Queen being more vindictive about the breakup due to the crown’s influence.

The Candy Kingdom and the Lost Kingdom share a border and have good relations, mostly due to the fact Simon acted as a mentor of sorts to Bubblegum when she was little. He was quite busy with his own kingdom’s affairs, but he often visited young Bubblegum when he had the chance and introduced her to the concept of pen pals so they could keep in touch.

Betty

Then there’s Betty. Since there was no crown incident to ‘scare her away’, she’s there when the war happens and survives with Simon and both of them are there to look after little Marceline (who ‘officiated’ their marriage when she was 10 because “no more government means she doesn’t need authorisation to officiate”). But no crown/‘scaring’ her away means no time portal and humans don’t live forever.

I don’t have a set idea for how she dies, but it happens before Simon and Marcy meet Two Bread tom and the other humans, she isn’t around for modern Ooo.

[resident-sean-expert]

adventure time X wwdits AU :

Sean Rinaldi as Finn the Human :

We don't know his age, but he's between 20 and 50. He's a human and his best friend and "brother" is "Lasz the dog".

He fights monsters exclusively with his precious "shotty".

He's madly in love with the Flame Princess, but the relationship between the two is tumultuous.

"The Devil" (the Lich) ate his leg, so he ended up with a prosthesis.

Laszlo Cravensworth as Jake the Dog :

His power of choice for beating monsters is hypnosis, and most of the time he turns into a bat, he's married to "Lady of Antipaxos".

He becomes "Jackie Daytona", a regular dogtender when he needs some fresh air.

Nadja of Antipaxos as Lady Rainicorn :

She is married to "Lasz the dog" and speaks only Greek.

Marwa as Princess Bubblegum :

She's the creator of the Candy Kingdom and all its people, she's a cookie so her name is "Princess Cookie". She's a fan of astrology, and the "Fire King" is obsessed with her.

Nandor the Relentless as the Ice King :

He went crazy when he started wearing the crown that gave him fire powers, hence his name "Fire King".

He's desperate to find a wife, and his favorite princess is the "Princess Cookie".

When he was still Nandor the Relentless, he was married to "Guillermo de la Cruz".

Benjy Everett as Gunter :

He's a loyal servant of the "Fire King".

In this AU, they're not penguins but dodos.

Guillermo de la Cruz as Betty Grof :

Former husband of Nandor the Relentless.

The Baron Afanas as Hunson Abadeer/BMO :

He was the former ruler of the Nightosphere, but out of boredom he decided to come to Ooo lands in another form (BMO), he's a disco ball with a cape and a wig.

He wishes to be called "the Baron", but "Lasz the Dog" and "Sean the human" call him BMO anyway, much to his chagrin.

In the reflection of mirrors, his old form is reflected.

Simon the Devious as Lumpy Space Princess :

Frequently fights with "Lasz the dog" because he thinks the 'cursed hat' looks better on him, he's always trying to steal it.

He owned a nightclub in the Lumpy Space cityscape, but he is currently homeless.

Charmaine Rinaldi as the Flame Princess :

She is deeply in love with Sean the human, but the relationship between them is difficult.

She's afraid of hurting him physically and Sean has hurt her feelings several times.

Colin Robinson as Earl of Lemongrab :

He has his own kingdom, he feeds off people's boredom, and his favorite technique is shouting for no reason.

He duplicated himself "C-man" but ended up eating himself.

Baby Colin as Lemonhope :

"Lasz the dog" has provisionally adopted him.

The Jersey Devil as The Lich :

He ate Sean's leg.

He's one of the main villains in the story.

The Guide as Tree Trunks :

I don't have a backstory, but the two are similar so fuck it. pies :)

Djinn as Prismo :

He grants wishes.

The Superb Owl as the Cosmic Owl :

Idk it sounded funny.

[limelocked]

Actually I’m expanding on this

Your name is Evelina Villis and you used to have another name, in another place, in another world. But now you are duke Villis’ daughter in a story where that daughter is dated to be the villainess and be killed to further the romantic plot.

You do not want to die.

You are also not mean by nature, you don’t want to be, but when you at five years old blew on a maids injury to make it better it ended with you coughing blood.

You find out that you can change the plot, somewhat, at a price.

At age 12 your reputation has changed from the one in the novel; a spoiled genius princess of the Villis duchy, loathed by her father for killing your mother with your birth. Now you are the sickly and frail young princess who’s father stays away because seeing another family member is too much for his bleeding heart.

None of these rumours are real, of course. You are in perfect health as long as you’re terrible to people and your father has loved you since you came into this world to the point of spoiling you at times. But that love does tend to mean that you want to love him back, and the story won’t have that.

You debute at 18 and while your father tries to find a suitable match for you, landing most often on the male lead that Evelina Villis of the story was supposed to be interested in, you are discreetly sending crates and crates of gold over the sea to support a rebellion in a country most likely to let a woman rule.

That is where you go when you hear your father curse the commoner wench that stole his daughters perfect match.

You are not a benevolent ruler, you’re too tired for the pain most days and your advisors who are all spies keep recommending you take opium for a pain that doesn’t go away with medication. This isn’t to say that you’re a tyrant though. You’ve lived with this condition for 25 years and know some ways to game the system to keep the pain as manageable as possible without having to cry yourself to sleep at night because pardoning a man of a crime he was framed for would surely have killed you instantly in his stead.

The plot has started, you live every day like it’s your last. You send letters to your father, telling him that hadn’t it been for the sea between you then you would have accepted the duchy into your empire so you could meet again. You try so hard to make sure that he doesn’t become a villain and die in your stead.

The plot is hard and rigid. The heroes come anyways.

“Why are you here?” You ask, because you don’t understand what business they have with you, here, now.

“We’ve come to liberate this land from the evil usurper!” Yells the guy your dad thought wasn’t good enough for you from the other side of your throne room.

“Of course you are” you mutter under a breath and with the words leaving your mouth leaves also all the energy and stress that’s been propping you up as a monarch here.

“Do it then. Get it over with.” If this is a fate you can’t escape then so be it. It’s not like you’ve not thought about death before, once or twice. You just hope they will be quick and surgical.

The group is faltering. Maybe you didn’t sound evil enough. Maybe it should have been more taunting than exhausted.

“Um,” the bubblegum commoner princess looks unsure if she’s allowed to speak and you wonder idly if she hurts as much as you when she has to do something evil. Not that she could. She’s a character who doesn’t know the lines of the play.

“Why did you do it?” She finally asks with a voice so sweet and confused that you wonder if she even knows what adults do around her, if she knows how her beloved lusts for her at night.

“Do what? Take over the country?” Oh. You sound too bored. Maybe that will help you sound evil, like you did it on a whim.

She nods.

“To get away from you assholes.”

You sit up straight. If they’re gonna kill you then they deserve to know at least.

They look confused.

“Once upon a time-“ you start “a girl was born into a book that she knew the ending off. A doomed little heroine she would have been in any other tale, or a tenacious rebel who went against the fate of gods.” You grace yourself up from your throne and feel your lungs burn. The gods in question didn’t want you to speak of this, for sure.

“But this young lady was cursed, you see. Not with a sickly body or mind but with a sickly fate hanging in her veins. Butler! Please bring the gifts.”

When they arrive you pick up the strongest sword on the continents and hand it to the hero who will slay you. He only accepts when you insist that it’s the very same sword he failed to acquire at auction. Then you bite your lip so hard it bleeds so you can control the pain because you’re not done here yet.

“With every good deed she did,” you gift your alleged love rival with a magical cloak that resists most damage, then you limp to the poor fucking second male lead. “Every time she defied her fate,” to the spare you gift a wand that will kill you instantly.

You cough but no blood comes up, perhaps it’s because your being selfish by giving the gifts.

“Every break of the character she was supposed to be, every spiteful glance cast at gods plan where she was killed to get you two to finally confess your love for each other, another spike driven into her soul.”

They look like you’re a witch. Or that they’re horrified.

“That is why I did it. Now please kindly kill me quickly and painlessly, I’ve already felt pain enough in this wretched life”

isekai where the main character becomes the villain of a story and tries their hardest to go against the story and not become the villain

but does anyways

not because the world is terrible and the character being evil was actually for a sympathetic reason

but because going against the story hurts, its a chronic pain on top of the daily struggles that come with trying to be good

being good and perfect is impossible and its rarely fun

so the villain to be just moves

takes a boat over the sea and sets up an evil kingdom there so at least maybe the heroes this generation wont give a shit enough to come kill them yet

[illustraice]

Hey Ice I hope you're doing OK!! :) do you watch She Ra and the princesses of power?? Big gay vibes

RAPH MY LOVE IM DOING AIGHT :3 and no i haven't ?? im gonna be onto that shit real soon tho

[songmingisthighs]

[19.06] mafia!hongjoong × reader

⇀ you were interested in hongjoong, a notorious leader of a very successful mafia organization. sadly he didn't see you that way. if only he knew the true you before making a rash judgement

⇁ tw : mafia life, angst, mentions of black market activities, death, violence, dark stuff. read at your own risk.

⇁ disclaimer : the author does not support any and all criminal/illegal acts. the narrative written in this story is purely fiction out of the author’s imagination. the things written here does not portray real mafia life nor is the author aware of how the mafia life is like. the author is a hermit loser.

The door to Hongjoong's office opened and in walked his right hand, with a teasing smirk on his face. Hongjoong looked up from the paperwork on his desk and looked up to the man with a raised eyebrow, "what are you smirking at?" he questioned.

Seonghwa nodded his head towards the door, "there's someone here for you," he said whilst holding onto his laughter. Hongjoong shifted his gaze from his friend to the door and then back to him again, "who?" "your girlfriend," Seonghwa teased.

Before Hongjoong could throw anything at him, though, Seonghwa had run off, laughing heartily.

Not long after, you came into his office with a wide smile. As per usual, you were dressed to impress, head to toe with a black and white vintage channel mini skirt and blazer, adorned with a channel necklace and earrings. As you walked in, Wooyoung, one of Hongjoong's trusted men, looked at your passing figure with mouth hanging low and a starstruck look on his face. But you didn't care, you only had eyes for Hongjoong.

It has been roughly five months since you started dropping into Hongjoong's office. Your dad, an equally highly successful head of the mafia from where you're from, wanted you to get married to expand his business and make more allies. He gave you several options but you were immediately intrigued by Hongjoong, one of the mafia heads he made a partnership with by providing him with weapons. The comprehensive file your dad gave you did Hongjoong no justice so you decided to get to know him for real.

Unluckily, Hongjoong is very secretive and protective of himself and his family (re: his brothers; his most trusted men in the mafia). He had been betrayed so many times before and his thirst for revenge both became his strength and downfall. While he managed to build a highly acclaimed mafia organization at such a young age, he closed off everyone who he deemed not worthy of his attention even after only seeing them for less than five minutes.

Sadly, that included you. You weren't the only one who got a comprehensive file on the other, he too had one of you. A straight-A student from Wharton with hobbies consisting of horseback riding and charity? He wondered whether you were preparing to take over your dad's mafia or to steal the Crown of England and be its ruler.

Hongjoong tried his best to hold in a groan of annoyance but even so, some still escaped him and you heard it. Though you were used to it so you just ignored him.

"Hi, Joong," you grinned widely at him, walking in and putting a medium-sized box of cake on his desk after closing his door. "Don't call me Joong," he grumbled.

In all honesty, your bubblegum personality sickened him. He knows for a fact that no one is that happy-go-lucky and excited and has rainbows shooting out of their asses 24/7. So there has to be something you were hiding from him.

You only chuckled at his response, "You're a sourpuss, you know that? You're gonna have wrinkles before you hit thirty if you keep frowning all the time like that," you said as you focused yourself on opening the cake box.

Inside it was the cake you made for him. All the times you visited him, you never made him something from scratch. You were trained to be the head of a mafia organization one day, not in the kitchen. So that cake was the very first thing you made and you were beyond proud of yourself.

"Look," Hongjoong exhaled sharply, starting to get annoyed even before you did anything, "You came at a bad time, I need to get a hundred thousand things done before tonight, in case you didn't realize, my organization is-" "in the brink of war with Stray Kids, I know, I've read the reports," you simply said, hands moving to cut the cake in front of you to hand to him.

"I have connections with the leader's soft spot, the foreigner one, I can make a deal that would help your case if you would jus-"

"NO!!!!" he yelled out, slamming his hands onto his desk, startling you so much that you accidentally dropped your knife and stepped back a little.

Maybe it was the stress of having to deal with things alone, or maybe it's just him finally snapping from overthinking about you, but one thing's for sure is that he had had enough. He needed to put you in your place.

"You may be your daddy's little princess back home, all dressed in white and pink and lace, showered with Channels, Tiffanys and your hoity-toity prestigious Wharton degree. But here, you're nothing, got me? You understood nothing about having to work your ass off to get the recognition and rewards you deserve, you had your daddy behind you this whole time and that's very convenient for you. But don't come here and act like you know shit, okay? Our worlds are different, you came from a cotton candy palace, I came from the ditch, your opinion means less than shit to me," he spat out so quickly, he didn't realize that your expression changed to something that he had never seen before.

Your eyes were blank and glazed, lips slightly quivering and chest heaving.

Hongjoong thought that he had really put you in your place and he was about to celebrate the fact that he might finally drove you away when you opened your mouth.

"Cotton candy palace? Not understanding having to work my ass off?" you choked out.

At first, Hongjoong thought you were gonna cry. But a sadistic, maniacal laugh resonated in the room from where you were doubled over, holding onto your stomach.

It was Hongjoong's turn to be stunned into silence.

"Oh my god, I thought you were smarter than that," you muttered as you calmed down, wiping tears from the corner of your eyes, "you think that this is who I am?" you asked with a raised eyebrow at him.

Hongjoong was confused about whether or not he should speak. It was the first time anyone had ever stunned Hongjoong and Hongjoong didn't know what to do.

"I was born from a girl who was en route to be sold in a human trafficking ring, I came out premature and was about to be sold to a satanic cult as their sacrifice but my 'dad' 'rescued' me. I was stored in a facility with thirty other children, we were trained to be assassins since before we could walk, brainwashed with ideals that ruined our brains. One by one, each year some of us were taken out if we show a lack of improvement or no promise," as you talked, you took off your earrings and necklace and put them on Hongjoong's desk.

While you ran a hand through your messy hair, you stared into him deeply, "I was seven when I first killed someone, my last competition. She was two years older than me and she was sold by her parents for coke money, or as the warden told us. We were reminded every day of how worthless we are so we wouldn't rebel and escape. But even in despair, I wanted something more. That's where daddy came in. He was impressed with me and he took me in as his daughter, telling people one of his whores were pregnant with me to assure my legitimacy. I was schooled in my own private red room. I had to fight for my right as a human being, I made deals with my dad to be able to go out with bodyguard escorts for only an hour every month,"

Hongjoong's eyes followed your hands that gripped onto the edge of your skirt, "did your little binder wrote that I went on my first official mission when I was just twelve? My dad cut the ballet lesson that I trade in for 120 hours of combat training short to gear me up, put me in a room of adult men and sent me off to plant an active bomb in 5 minutes in an air vent of the headquarters of his rival, crazy, right?" you chuckled humorlessly whilst ripping your skirt off to reveal your black shorts inside, a knife and a gun holstered on your thighs were revealed, making Hongjoond's eyes widened.

He never would have imagined someone like you to carry weapons under your very girly outfit. Or to even have such a traumatizing backstory.

"My whole appearance is compensation for my very dark upbringing, I wanted to hide it all. My dad told me I was stupid, that I belonged in the dark, dark world. But when I went to Wharton, I tried to change myself. I thought that I might be able to be the person I wanna be by marrying someone my dad approved so I don't have to take over wholly, I could just be the voice by the side, lending my skills and help the organization indirectly,"

You looked down at your heels clad feet for a second, letting your toes point and moving them from left to right to see what it looks like.

At this point, Hongjoong felt bad for having blown up at you. You had only wanted to spend time with him and even if he didn't want to see you, he could've said it nicely. Hongjoong never felt like this before, it was very weird for him.

He was about to walk over to you when you suddenly took your heels off in a flash and threw them both at Hongjoong so hard that it embedded deep into the wall on either side of his face.

Your usual smile was replaced with a frown, the eyes that usually twinkled showed nothing but darkness. He barely recognized you and he was on edge about it.

"You made your standing with me perfectly clear, Kim Hongjoong, while my dad is one to stop things before they become an issue, I like to see how things unravel," you smirked at him.

"What do you mean by that?" he asked, not being able to process anything.

"It means that your partnership with my dad is off, good luck finding a new weapons supplier," you spat out before turning around to leave the room, leaving traces of yourself behind at his office.

Hongjoong wanted to call after you, try to make things better somehow. But his head still couldn't even wrap around the shocking information you had just revealed.

Not long after you left, Yeosang came in but stopped at the door, scanning the room that was littered with remnants of you. "What the fuck happened here? Did a hooker tried to kill you!?" he asked, still confused at the situation.

When Yeosang looked up, he saw Hongjoong in a way he had never seen him before.

Nervous.

"I-I- I think I just forged a war between us and the largest mafia weapons manufacturer on the eastern hemisphere," he uttered out.

[greenish-idiot]

My 2nd Fanfiction, this time it's Bubbline, I'm not good at writing romance and I rushed this one a bit, but here you go. This one is called "Simple Dates, Complex People".

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She was never the one to do this, it was always Bonnie, but no, she had this, she could do it. Picking up the phone she gave a deep breath and dialed a number into it. Her nerves grew stronger as the ringing from the phone continued, but it then stopped and a voice reached out. “Hi this is the Candy Kingdom Fine Wine Dinery, are you calling for a reservation or perhaps some questions?” They asked in a fairly French-sounding voice, almost a mock of one. “Uh hello?’ It asked, dropping the voice. Marceline was frozen there, not sure what to say. “Well, um, alright, call again soon.” It said, picking the mock French voice up again.

“Wait!” She yelled out suddenly, stopping whoever was on the other side from hanging up. “Well yes?” The Vampire Queen cleared her throat, trying to gain some confidence. “I, um, Marceline the Vampire Queen am here, er, I mean calling to request a reservation.” The voice was quiet for a few minutes, making the royal nervous, but soon enough it spoke up once again. “Yes, I do think we have enough room for the Vampire Queen, would the Princess be joining you?” Marceline looked over to the pink princess who was sitting down, covering her mouth in an attempt to not laugh. Marceline grimaced. “Yes, she will be.”  

Finally, she was free of having to do that again. She glared at Bubblegum who was still giggling to herself, seeing the look the Vampire gave her the Princess stood up and walked to Marceline's side, kissing her on the cheek. Marceline felt her face redden, but she quickly smiled. “See, you did good, now, let us get ready!” She exclaimed excitedly, running to her closet. 

Sometime later it was somewhat late in the evening, but the duo didn’t mind as they walked through the bright and cheerful kingdom, the Candy People waving at their ruler. They were still hesitant when it came to the Princess’s partner, but they were slowly getting more used to her, especially the younger candies. 

When they reached the Dinery they were greeted by a Marshmellow wearing a face mustache, giving it a silly, but oddly distinguished, look. They were led to a table in the middle of the restaurant, one away from any windows that may let in sun. Letting her umbrella lean on the table, the Vampire Queen pulled out a seat for the Candy Princess. The pair stifled a giggle as they both sat down. The Vampire breathed in the cold and soothing air. “So, this place, was it built recently?” Marceline asked, curious because before she had never seen this lace. 

“Pfff, no, this place is as old as garlic balls, we just haven’t gone here yet…” She trailed off, playing with her fork a bit. The Vampire Queen cleared her throat, moving some of her long ebony hair out of her face. 

“Well, let’s do this more often. I mean, wouldn’t hurt to get out more. Speaking of getting out more, you notice how Finn is always sneaking out through the window?” Bubblegum was now laughing a bit loudly at the mention of the boy’s antics. “Ha! Yeah, he acts as if we’re his parents or something. Not gonna stop us from teasing him though!” She could feel eyes at the back of her head, so she quieted down. 

The pale one of the two glared at the people staring at them, when they noticed her red glare they looked away, a little afraid of the Vampires might. “So.” She said, focusing her attention back on her fellow royal. “When’s the waiter or waitress gonna get here?!” She asked frustrated. “Right here, madam.” A Candycane person said, suddenly appearing at her side. 

“Oh, um, well, what about you like Marceline? I’m paying so get whatever you want.” The Vampire Queen smiled at this before ordering Red WIne, the only alcohol she could find in the Candy Kingdom. 

A few hours later the Candy Princess and Vampire Queen were laughing at each other, doing whatever silly thing they could think of. When leaving the Dinery the two looked into each other eyes. “This was great Bonnie.” She stepped closer to the pink princess. “It really was, like you said, we should do this more often.” Suddenly, the Vampire Queen took Princess Bubblegums cheeks into her hands as she kissed her deeply. Sometime later they pulled away from each other, the Princess still needing air. 

“Shall we continue this in the castle Princess?” Marceline asked. “Yes, I think we shall,” Bonnie answered, cheeks turning a deeper shade of red.

[turtlethon]

"Return of the Technodrome"

Season 2, Episode 13

First US Airdate: December 24, 1988 First UK Airdate: March 28, 1990

While Splinter leaves for a sabbatical, Krang brings the Technodrome back to Earth.

The second season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reaches its finale in “Return of the Technodrome”. Michael Reaves again is credited as writer for this outing that originally aired in the US on Christmas Eve of 1988.

On a slow day, Burne tasks April with making news if she’s unable to find any. Irma eagerly assumes that April will be contacting the Turtles. She responds that “the Turtles are not the most exciting thing in my life.” Based on everything we know about April, this is a lie. Up to this point in the series, we’ve seen next to nothing to suggest she has any interests outside of gushing about how heroic the Turtles are or declaring that any given event “will make a GREAT story”. Frankly it would be nice if she had a bit more character development in that regard.

Irma responds that the Turtles may not be the most exciting thing in April’s life, “but they certainly are in mine”. Evidently meeting Splinter in the last episode hasn’t soured her on our heroes in the slightest.

April’s immediate response to Burne’s demand for a story is indeed to visit the Turtles, where she learns that Splinter is leaving on a three-day pilgrimage. This isn’t the thrilling news item she had in mind, but it will help keep him in the mix for the rest of the episode.

Krang is an unusual shade of bubblegum pink throughout this episode. He reveals to Shredder that he’s sending the Technodrome back to Earth. To obtain the power he needs, he provides Shredder with a polarity deflector to be installed on a control panel in a Niagra Falls power station.

The Turtles are saying goodbye to Splinter when April informs them that Shredder has invaded the power station. Anticipating that the Turtles will intervene, Krang sends Shredder a contingent of Foot Soldiers and Rock Soldiers. Throughout this episode the Rock Soldiers are all effectively grey versions of General Traag, another odd visual quirk.

Speaking of visual quirks, an incredibly glaring one throughout this adventure is that Donatello is missing his wristbands in all but a few shots. And it’s just him, all the other Turtles are unaffected!

The Turtles intercept communications between Krang and Shredder, where they don’t fully learn of the plan to bring the Technodrome to Earth, but somehow figure it out anyway. They travel to the power plant, where their blimp is fired upon by Bebop, sending the glider crashing into the water, which leads to a massive waterfall. As a means of escaping, they use a remote control to power the Blimp’s balloon, and jump back onto it.

Sensing danger, Splinter meets up with the Turtles, and together with April they work to intercept Krang’s troops and make their way into the power plant. The Turtles are able to shut down power to the dam, but Krang uses reserve power to bring the Technodrome to Earth anyway.

An entire army of Foot Soldiers and Rock Soldiers surround the Turtles. It’s easily the biggest challenge in terms of numbers we’ve seen them face in the show thus far. But Krang announces he wants to destroy the Turtles himself, and aims a giant laser mounted on the Technodrome at them. He’s unable to open fire as he’d used up the power reserves earlier.

The Turtles are able to deflect laser fire from a Foot Soldier to bring down a tree branch, providing them with a path of escape. (Curiously, the number of Krang’s troops surrounding our heroes seems to drop considerably at this point.)

With no-one to stop them, Krang is able to recharge the Technodrome and generates an earthquake in New York. He makes an announcement on televisions across the city. “This is Krang, ruler of Dimension X. Hi.”

Krang demands that the people of New York evacuate, or he will create a bigger earthquake that will level every building in the city. I’m inclined to believe him, as he was the one villain we’ve seen that outright attempted to kill a person before (when he ordered the disintegration of Baxter Stockman). Krang has made it quite clear by this point that he doesn’t value human life at all.

The Turtles track down the Technodrome and use an explosive shuriken to blast a hole through its side, forging a way in. Splinter and Shredder each sense that their age-old enemies are nearby. Meanwhile the Turtles battle Bebop, Rocksteady and a group of Foot Soldiers as they try to gain access to the Technodrome’s controls.

Splinter and Shredder battle on an overhead platform in what Shredder calls “their final confrontation”. This is the long-awaited rematch following their battle in the Technodrome at the end of season one, and although it doesn’t live up to that in terms of the writing or the animation, there’s still a genuine sense of excitement here as the episode and the season climax.

Krang sees that the citizens of New York are not leaving, and attempts to trigger the second earthquake that he had promised, confirming that yes, he’s absolutely willing to follow through and level the city, killing everyone that remains there.

A misfiring laser beam blasts a hole through the platform, leaving Shredder hanging on while Splinter escapes. The Turtles and Splinter escape while the reprogrammed Technodrome begins drilling downward, causing it to sink into the Earth’s core.

Back in the lair, the Turtles declare that they’ve “finally put an and to Krang and Shredder’s evil plans for world domination”. April remarks that she only just noticed that next to the Turtles and Splinter, she’s the only 100% human among them. Michelangelo replies that “nobody’s perfect”. Wait, ace reporter April O’Neill only now noticed she’s the only non-mutant in this bunch? Come on.

Despite not ending on the strongest joke, "Return of the Technodrome" is still a solid episode and among the better ones from 1988’s offerings. The stakes feel far greater than in your typical TMNT show from this era, to the point where at times this genuinely feels like this is the biggest challenge the Turtles have faced to date.  

The green teens will return in September 1989 for a lengthy 47-episode fourth season, beginning with another Michael Reaves story, “Beneath This Streets”. Shredder and his associates have survived, and will continue serving as the main antagonists of the show for years to come. There’s a lot of fun ahead in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season 3!

[nautiscarader]

Bubblegum certainly has an authoritarian streak in her. That and her obsessive work ethic are her only major character flaws. Maybe as development of her character and their relationship, a dominant Marceline could help her work thru that. If she has to surrender control and relax, she can lose her control issues. What better way than to let herself be blindfolded and handcuffed to Marceline's bed. It would certainly make for a steamy fic.

 - I can hear your complaints, Bonnie... Keep... keep complaining...

Marceline moaned, and threw her head back, while her fingers dug into Bubblegum’s candy hair, as her crotch was pushed against her face. 

The ruler of the Candy Kingdom rarely found herself in the royal dungeons, but with her hands and legs tied, she only had her voice to raise concerns. And her girlfriend was more than eager to listen, though he own moans silenced her quickly. 

 - Let me speak now, Bonnie...

The vampiress leaned and sneaked her tongue between PB’s puffy lips, sucking a bit of red from her pink. Marcy didn’t know what the princess was moaning about now, but she sure was louder, even if her bum muffled her easily.

[inbarfink]

I think that sometimes I don't properly appreciate that this current (or just-about-to-be-over) era of cartoons had *two* pink, morally-ambigious-yet-sympathetic hyper-feminine type of female characters. Princess Bubblegum and Rose Quartz.

Generally, characters who look like That are either just straightforwardly sweet and kind and good - or if you wanna be Edgy and Subverty, then those kind of characters can also be PURE EVIL MUHAHAHHA. The most obvious example is Ace Attorney's Dahlia Hawthorne.

It’s not like characters who can be BOTH imperfect and morally ambigious AND super-girly AND still be considered ‘one of the good guys’ was a concept invented by Ward or Sugar - but it is still kind of a rare thing. 

Both "Adventure Time" AND "Steven Universe" flirted with that dichotomy in different ways. Princess Bubblegum was presented at first as a parody of the Good end of the spectrum. She's such a sweet pretty pink princess that she's made outta bubblegum! She rules over a Kingdom of Candy!

But with AT's wacky sense of humor and love of subverting expectations, the show quickly started leaning into jokingly presenting Peebles as maaaaybe on the Bad end of the spectrum. There’s a skull in the castle dungeon, she giggles creepily as she explains a paralyzing potion... That there's something darker larking benath the pink and the sugar...

As the show became more and more committed to Actual Continuity, the jokes hinting at her darker nature in addition to her mostly-protagonist roles started forming into... an actual thing. It became part of Peebles' defining ethos. She’s kind of a morally-ambigious ruler-lady, who sometimes values security and order and saftey over morals and truth and freedom. All she wants is the best for her subjects, but her methods for it can be... questionable.

With Rose Quartz, this shift was obviously more planned. SU is in general the Show with the Plan while AT always seems to be writing arcs by the seat of their pants. The image of Rose that we were sold in the beginning, very much leaned on our expectations from such a feminine character. She’s just so perfect and beautiful and pink!

And when hints of her moral ambiguity started popping up, it was easy to fall into the idea that she might've been just Evil All Along. Steven himself was afraid of that in 'Storm in the Room'. Sapphire was afraid of that in "Now We're Only Falling Apart"

And at the end of the day... Just like Steven, we can't ever really know her. I think the show leaves with a question mark on how many of her actions were justifiable or not, with a reminder a lot of that was a reaction to growin up (as much as a Gem can be said to grow up) in a very unhealthy household.

Princess Bubblegum is a Damsel-in-Distress Parody -> haha she might be evil lol -> she's a responsible ruler with a cold, pragmatic strike and a bad habit of denying people their privacy.

Rose Quartz was perfect kind and amazing -> Actually she did some bad shit and lied a lot, like all the time -> Rose Quartz was a very immature Gem who grew up in a fucked up family and worked very hard to unlearn that but still hurt people on the way, was it worth it?

Of course, since Sugar started out in AT - it's highly possible Peebles was her inspiration to make a Morally Ambigious Pink Lady Leader. Although she tended to play PB's nicer sides in the episodes she boarded, generally speaking. (the most notable outlier is ‘Burning Low’, where Princess Bubblegum was established as being the one who had Flame Princess locked up for life and was ready to let her and Finn DIE for the sake of protecting the world from Flame Princess’ power.)

The big contrast between them is what is the source of that Moral Ambiguity. Rose Quartz was presented at first as a very... mature Gem. ‘Motherly’ was the defining key-word in her design and inital presentation. But by the end of the show, it became clear that a lot of her worse actions are a result of... well... as Pink Diamond, she’s a Gem DESIGNED to be kinda immature, and while she did try and grow out of it, it’s tough for her and a lot of her actions are a result of that.

Meanwhile, while Bubblegum was always older than Finn, we at first thought she was just 18! And her Thing is that she’s just very Cold and Pragmatic, valuing safety and status-que versus dangerous freedom and protective of people ... basically all stuff we associate with ‘maturity’, rather than childishness. 

(Of course, that could have as much to do with the shows’ viewpoints on childishness and maturity as much as it does with the characters.)

[dungeonsanddragonsmistress]

Let's talk NPCs

As I said, I want to make an adventure time campaign without making it obvious that it is, in fact, adventure time. So, I'm changing it up a bit.

I introduce you to Princess Bonnibel.

After The War (Mushroom war) she swore not to use magic again, because, in her opinion, magic was at fault. In my universe I'm making Ice King the main villan (not the final boss tho).

She still uses magic for certain things, for exemple, instead of her potion that turns creatures into candy people, she has the ring of mind control. This ring gives the owner the ability to make a strong suggestion, as though you had a charisma of 20. You do not have to audibly speak, but it will only work on someone within your field of vision. You can also only affect a creature of 15 wisdom or lower, if the subject is of 7 or lower wisdom, they will always follow your commands. If you attempt to order someone to kill themselves or someone/something they love, they will refuse to do so. For convenience sake, all of her citizens have wisdom of 7 or below.

After The War ended, she took all the people she could find, orphan children, widowed women, elders and so on. Not all of her citizens are weak, but she did her best to build a city they would all be safe in. She doesn't have any ill intentions, but regarding enemies, she's quick to anger despite her intellect.

She is somewhat immortal, but she isn't made out of gum. She just has a big stack of longevity potions, so she never ages above 35.

The incarnation of the "mad scientist", Princess Bonnibel, has the following features:

- Can use potions as a bonus action, on herself or another creature

- Ambidextrous, can wield two weapons, which means she has multiattack

- Her crown and matching earrings are capable of protecting the wearer's mind from the Lich's influence

You usually see Princess Bubblegum from the series using a gun when she fights. Ones that she creates. So, I'm making Princess Bubblegum proficient with guns. She is ambidextrous, so she can use two of them. I chose the following:

Arm shotgun

A shotgun specially designed to be attached to the arm in a gauntlet like fashion. The weapon is often attached to bracers or in the case of constructs to their very form. (2d6 piercing damage, range of 30/90, needs reloading after 12 shots)

And finally, her stats:

Strength 12 (+1)

She might not seem too strong, but she's not as defenseless as she looks.

Dexterity 16 (+3)

Her physical construction makes her agile and the fact that she's ambidextrous also counts for me.

Constitution 16 (+3)

Years of experiments gone wrong and surviving a war make you tougher.

Intelligence 20 (+5)

She's a scientist, what do you expect?

Wisdom 14 (+2)

To be a ruler, you need to be wise.

Charisma 12 (+1)

With the exception for the interactions with her citizens, she spent her life being quite lonely, therefore she lacks in the charisma department. But her ring buffs her charisma to 20.

She wears a breastplate and her AC is 14.

Her speed is 30 ft, as normal.

Her max HP is 58.

She has a noble background, obviously. Also, for the sake of not making things evident, her race is human.

She is proficient in light armour and medium armour, ranged weapons, alchemist's supplies and brewer's supplies.

Skill wise, she's proficient in history, investigation, medicine and survival.

Her saving throws are Constitution and Intelligence.

[sailormew4]

Reaction to Adventure Time Series Finale "Come Along with Me" Part 3

Jake breaking down at sight of the Tree House

Simon and Betty kissing after so long

BMO singing Time Adventure and saying they're the Papa to Jake now

EVERYONE SLOWLY JOINING IN

FINN HEARING JAKE SINGING

BETTY SACRIFICING HERSELF FOR SIMON

FERN DYING AND BECOMING A SEED TO BECOME A NEW TREE

COME ALONG WITH ME PLAYING TO EVERYONE HAVING HAPPY LIVES

My Adventure Time Thank You

Adventure Time has been a show that I've stuck with since the beginning. It was my first real fandom. And the fact that it ended today is something else. I'm overjoyed at the experience, but sad that a show that came out when I was eight ended in ironically the beginning of my senior year. I'm still crying at the ending.

Thank you Pen Ward and @adammuto for this show. Special kudos to Pen for voicing LSP who made me laugh more times then I can count. I've laughed till my gut hurts, I've cried into my pillow and went through boxes of tissues, I've yelled in anger that I punched a wall before, and I've smiled until my cheeks were ready to fall off.

Thank you Tom Kenny for Ice King. Man, I remembered how I used to hate Ice King for being creepy, but after finding out it was crown made me turn around all the way. Even when I rewatch episodes I feel a sense of sadness for him. Thanks for being a cool cat.

Thank you Niki Yang for Lady Raincorn and BMO. I still don't understand a single lick of Korean, but I enjoyed them none the less. I still say who wants to play video games everytime I offer to play a game. Thank you for being you're unique self.

Thank you Hynden Walch for Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum. I really love my favorite princess and love to see how she grew into the wonderful ruler she is. You made me love and hate her at times, but in the end I love her through and through. Thank you for being this sweet character.

Thank you Olivia Olson for Marceline the Vampire Queen. She was my favorite character ever since they aired "Evicted!" on TV to see how well Adventure Time would do. You made me love music more than I ever do. You were especially relatable about the Daddy Issues. In fact, I dressed up as Marceline with my own axe bass for a convention in Hawaii. I'm also pretty sure Marceline was my bisexual awakening and my bisexual icon. Thank you for this radical dame that loves to play games.

Thank you John DiMaggio for Jake the Dog. He ended up being the big brother I wanted. Sure he gave bad advice every now and then but I love my favorite shapeshifting dog no matter what. You always made me laugh when I really needed it. In fact when I'm sad I just sing some of your silly songs to cheer me up. I'm going to miss him so much. Thank you for my stretchy big brother dog.

And a big thank you to my favorite character and voice actor Jeremy Shada for Finn the Human. Geez where do I start. I love Finn so much and your voice that I followed you through your future works of Incredible Crew, Makeout Monday, Mr Student Body President, and my second favorite show (cause Adventure Time is number one) with Voltron. I loved Finn from the second I saw him that admittedly he was my first cartoon crush. I dressed up as him for two Halloweens in a row and for the Finale I wore my Finn Hat and hugged my Jake Doll. Finn made me feel the most things and without him and you I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be the same person today. He showed me to do the right thing, but within certain limits. He helped me get through a couple break ups and how to deal with them. Finn has been a role model of me when I heard him speak his first line.

Thank you @adventuretime for the amazing show I'll always remember it, and everything stays inside my heart. So thank you for the Ultimate Adventure Time.

[beautiful-dirty-rick]

Different Kisses from Different Ricks

Rock Star (Flesh Curtains) Rick: Although essentially the same Rick as C-137, his behavior may differ. He would see you in the audience, lean over the front of the stage and, beckoning you over with a finger and a “come-hither, baby” toss of his hair, he would pull you with a hand on the back of your head and plant a serious, deep one on you.

Evil Rick:  Among the unexpected ones. Due to his being evil, the kiss he gives you may be a goodbye kiss before he offs you. Seeing as it would possibly be a forceful, long, passionate one...what a way to go.

Healthy (Non-Toxic) Rick: Possibly the least emotional one. His emotions reside with Toxic Rick, so a kiss from him would be pleasant... but not substantial.

Novelist Rick: Sweet, slow and lingering. He’d recite poetry (his own or classics) into your ear in a low, soft voice as his lips move to your neck.

The Scientist Known as Rick: Would serenade you first with a song on a guitar that looks to be the child of Prince and science, then lock lips while dancing sensuously with you. He’d then take you to his lab, decorated all in purple, because he Wants to Be Ur Lovr.

Bubblegum Rick: Sweetest kiss of all, by way of sugar. His kisses are permanently flavored with bubblegum, which isn’t a bad thing at all. Be warned: he may attempt to pass his gum from his mouth to yours, so if you think you’d be into that...

Doofus Rick: The shyest. After a certain amount of romantic tension, he would come forward and softly say: “I don’t want to make you uncomfortable or anything, but... can I...can I kiss you?” And when he does, he’s so tender and nervous about it- but it only makes the experience more exciting.

Guard Rick: The daring one. He would pull you to him with one arm and hold a gun in the other, so as not to be completely off-duty while he lays a protective, authoritative kiss on you.

Dandy Rick: The poetic and the beautiful. He is pretty and he knows it (a bit like Scientist Known as Rick). The closest to a gentleman that a Rick can be, he would kneel before you, take your hand delicately in his and kiss your knuckles, then lead his kisses up your arm in the old-fashioned, “dandy” way... and then press his lips to yours with all the dignity of a man wearing powder on his face.

Karate Rick: You’re his trophy girl when he wins yet another battle, dipping you low and kissing you with victory. That or he Spidermans it by dropping upside down from something and giving you a ninja-like, sneaky upside-down, passionate kiss.

Zero Rick: His pessimism doesn’t lessen his sense of romance a bit when he feels it enough to want to kiss you. The most introverted of all Rick kisses, and possibly most insecure; he would pull your clasped hands up to under his chin to keep you near because he just knows you’ll leave him eventually and wants to keep you his for now.

Miami Rick: Doubtless, a tight embrace and kiss by the ocean, at sunset, glowing with the sun’s colors and your blush.

Tiny Rick: A teenage Rick means teenage hormones and awkwardness. Very high school, when even though his more mature mind knows better, the teenager side does not; his kisses may be clumsy at first but he would learn to hold you and his palms would stop sweating fast enough.

Pickle Rick: Make sure you are not adverse to the taste of salt brine. Unfortunately, he lacks in arms to embrace you, but if you hold him up to your face, he can still give you a kiss. Cheek kiss recommended.

Simple Rick: Admittedly the most conventional of kisses. A Rick before his deep-set emotional complications set in, his kisses would be sweet, appropriate, pleasant... none of the raw energy or lust tainted with pain and need that Rick is to develop later on.

Cop Rick: In a world full of dying Ricks and dangerous Mortys, he would keep you by his side at all times, an arm around your shoulders-- and protective, somewhat timid kisses whenever off-duty or alone in police cruiser. Responsible sweetheart.

Vaporwave Rick: He wants you to be feeling the beats like he does. He sits next to you, sets down his boombox and has it play a nice slow jam for you two, and locks you into kisses with an even slower rhythm.

Super Morty Fan Rick: Congratulations-- you got him to forget about fanboying over Mortys! In his distraction from kissing you (possibly plied with Morty merchandise he doesn’t have, like a cute keychain, etc.), his Morty hat falls off and he doesn’t notice, even when you start running your fingers through his hair.

Detective (or Deepthroat) Rick: Think of this Rick as a “film noir” Rick, and you’re his femme fatale. Think Bogart and Bacall. He kisses you rebelliously, deeply, in the most dangerous of moments, and you reel from the excitement of his sudden shows of affection and the possibility of the two of you getting caught.

Surgeon Rick: The cleanest (hygenic) kiss you’ll receive. He may offer to heal you (instead of your Mortys) with a massage, and just keep you in a hospital room so he can be affectionate with you. There is a chance he will playfully kiss you with a surgical mask on, ‘til you pull it down and savor a Rick kiss, obstacle-free.

Teacher Rick: Whether you’re a student of his or “just a friend/colleague,” he won’t just kiss you at any time, anywhere. He will, however, find an excuse to clear all Mortys out of the classroom so it’s just you and him, and a ruler held playfully between your faces-- in a rare instance when he isn’t serious. Do you bring this out in him? A kiss that makes you stand firm in place.

Toxic Rick: One of the most emotionally-charged kisses, Toxic Rick may be almost inhuman in his meanness, but when his emotions grow tender, he may melt like the slime he is under your touches. He would hold you almost suffocatingly tight (his neediness is concentrated in this form), bend you at the waist, fully lay his craving for love onto you in staggering, deep, very, very needy kisses, though his words may push you away. An “I love you” may fall from his lips if you’ve rendered him weak enough with kisses of your own.

Morty Day Care Rick: This guy is among the hardest-working Ricks. When on breaks in between looking after little Mortys, he would kiss you while he’s walking by you-- or, when he finally gets a sit-down and rest, he’ll acknowledge you are there behind him by craning his head back and pulling your head down for a lazy, but sweet, kiss.

Salesman Rick: Pleasant and useful. Upon buying an item from him, drop a chaste kiss on his lips. He’ll return it not just politely, but eagerly, then slowly slide his hands from your shoulders and mutter, “No charge.”

Robot Rick: Recommended if you find kissing chrome and steel palatable.

Mysterious Rick: Dramatic--as with everything else he does. You’re his partner in crime, his girl Friday, his kisses are always with a huge arm sweep around you, clutching you close and dragging on a long movie kiss. And you don’t mind this one bit.

Lab Rick (Morty Labs): Innovative one. With the daring quality that most Ricks seem to have in common, he will be in the middle of a Morty modification, don the protective eyewear and say: “Stand back!” Before the flash of light or flame passes, he will pull you in for a mid-work kiss, precise and methodical.

Guilty Rick: The most vulnerable. Whatever he’s done, you forgive him, and show him that with a kiss. The skull will fall from his hands as he falls into you (extra effect if you are short; remember Rick is quite tall) and emotionally caves in from the intimacy. He presses trembling, grateful kisses to you as his hands and shoulders shake. With meek sobs in between kisses, he melts into you (for a change); his arbitrary whispers of “I’m sorry... I--I’m sorry” turn into “I love you... I love you...”.

Secret Agent (Run The Jewels music video) Rick: A level-up from Deepthroat Rick, into James Bond action movie territory. Similar to Guard Rick, he would keep hold of a gun in one hand to gun down anyone or any thing that threatens his lady, the Bonnie to his Clyde, his partner in crime--you. With the other, he is more assertive than Guard in the way he will tilt your head back and plant a wild kiss onto your lips. Bonus if he takes a moment to wipe the drool off his mouth first.

(Normal) C-137 Rick: cannot be described as simply as all the others, as this is the 100% complete Rick with all these qualities rolled into one Rick. This Rick is the most unpredictable and has the sweetest kisses of all--why, you may be wondering? Due to his shutting emotions out, any show of affection from Rick is a statement that speaks volumes of what you may mean to him. With each time he lets you into his lab in the garage, has a drink with you or tells you an anecdote about his life (however small or filthy), he is telling you he trusts you. A kiss from this Rick is the manifestation of this incredibly rare trust, and confirmation that you matter so little that he loves you-- or that he admits, through this kiss, that he loves you a little because you matter so much (to him). A kiss-- likely deep, possessive so this hard-ass doesn’t get his soft heart broken again; draping his arms around you lightly like he doesn’t give a s#!t about you when he actually gives quite a few-- from this Rick is one you should, and will, cherish for all time, like you do him.

[illustraice]

Your art is so inspirational honestly

[saragapen]

Complicated Simplicity

Author: Saraga_arts Ao3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/12336132 Fandom: Adventure Time Synopsis:  A poetic thing Rating: Teen Character(s): Gumball, Marshall Lee or Bubblegum, Marceline Pairing: Gumlee or Bubbline Warnings: none. Note: None that I can think of.

It was never simple.

How could it be?

Two beings, of vampire and gum, both found truce near each other. They both found peace in each other’s words but never in their actions.

Both of them would say “I love you” but neither of them would kiss. Both would speak “I care for you” but neither would comfort.

Each day would be a new introduction, a new beginning; barely making eye contact. But every night would be like parted lovers, long lost soul mates; touching each other in desperation.

If one spoke in anger, the other would whine in hurt. If one spoke in hurt, the other would growl in anger. There was no balance between the two yet they stayed together.

Eyes would screech “I need you!” But their bodies would run away. Their mouths would whisper affection, but their bodies would ache in pain.

Both of royalty, but one higher than the other. Both ruler of a kingdom, but one more responsible than the other.

One was into music, the other into science. One held freedom as a priority whilst the other demanded discipline.

One was loved by so many while the other was abhorred by the same. One popular for his talents, the other abused for his knowledge.

Nothing made sense.

It was never simple enough.

A locked chest of love held many treasures, an outsider would never get to know.

But for the two who held the key, it was quite simple.