#the shepherd of the system

[dark-twist-fairytales]

It's Almost As If...

Spoilers for Amber Temple (technically), and just- Angst.

...Gherix doesn't care about you

.... I am so sorry.

[dark-twist-fairytales]

So, we haven't seen Edge of Midnight, but I would still like to give my thoughts, specifically on 3-5. Virgil and Jerchio honestly seem just.. So plural, I can't wait to see them.

3) Feelings/thoughts/desires

In our system, we can roughly feel each others feelings, thoughts, and desires, closer to a sense/vibe sort of way, but it an vary between people (for example, our Torbek can't really connect with anyone, but Duke has a strong connection with Shepherd).

It, honestly, would have to go with how you write them, or the amount of care/role they play with each other. Would Virgil care about Jerchio in the same way Jerchio cares about Virgil? Would he want to know about the others?

The lines might be more the longer Virgil is around, or the longer they're around each other. But, that could also relate back to being a confused/blurry state. A bad day could leave both of them confused of whose thoughts are whose, or what feeling is supposed to be there. There might be a rough approximation, but pinning it down on a bad/blurry day would be difficult. (Probably not as much so, since it's a hypothetical two and we're speaking from... Over 200 experience, but even when we were smaller, Alexander and Ashkie were confused of whose who on a blurry/fuzzy day.) (Yes, there is a term for the lines blurrin', it's called feelin' blurry, literally, but others use different terms, just depends on how ya feel. We use fuzzy or blankin' because it feels more like that to us.)

But, the proxy point, more than likely not. Virgil might be able to acknowledge that Jerchio cares about them, but he is his own being with his own thoughts and feelings and desires. While, overtime, Virgil might start caring about them, being fueled slightly by Jerchio's feelings, that would still have to develop on its own. It, again, relates back to the relationship between Jerchio and Virgil themselves from each of their sides or how strong it may be, or how much they influence each other.

4) "It wasn't sausage at all! It was a penis!"

All situations would be funny, and that would go based off of Virgil's knowledge and want to fuck with people. Would he tell Jericho to stop him from asking? Would he let him stay confused? Honestly, I can imagine the cackling as is of Virgil finding it hilarious.

(Semi-related, askin' about each others anatomy unexpectedly, then bein' met with the response of "You think I would know?! I just woke up!" it golden. (I love fuckin' with Kremy with that.))

5) Communication

From experience: Yes, this is 100% possible, especially if there isn't really.. Barriers between them in terms of memory, with something like that. Virgil and Jericho can take advantage of it (there have been many conversations between us just by talking to ourselves verbally).

The best way we've found communication, verbally, with each other is through pacing. The repetitive back and forth motion turns mindless to the point you can focus on just talking. So on, so forth, yeah! Pacing and talking!

And, yeah, it would look like a scarecrow pacing around the room and talking to himself. We've been walked in on many times, that we put headphones in and make it look like we're pacing to music, heh.

The talkin' especially helps with memory barriers. For us, we've found that it brings us closer together, but also helps us define what happened. We especially do it when writin' things, actin' out and talkin' about what we want to happen, and bein' able to remember it better due to the verbal talkin' and communicatin'!

I don't know if this was helpful, but I hope that this gives somewhat of an insider look! If you need anythin' else, our DMs and asks are open! Have fun writin', and hope ya sleep well!

So I was writing the Jericho and Virgil oneshot, and it made me wonder a few things.

1) how did Jericho taste, if he (assumedly) did not have a tongue? How is he sure he likes the taste of sarsaparilla, if he had no tongue to taste it with pre-metamorphosis?

2) on that note, how does Jericho…consume things, exactly? Like, where does it go? He doesn’t have a stomach (or, at least, he didn’t. Idk about now) or bowels. Is it like a pregnancy situation, where Virgil consumes anything that Jericho does?

3) so we know that Jericho can feel (or at least sense) Virgil’s feelings/thoughts/desires. Does the same work for Virgil? Like, can he feel/sense Jericho’s thoughts/feelings/desires? And how much of that line blurs? Would Virgil, hypothetically, start caring about the others by proxy, because Jericho cares about them?

4) kinda unrelated but not really; would Virgil explain to Jericho what a penis is? Or would Virgil be like “idk, man, ask someone else”? Or would he just. Refuse to let anyone explain what a penis is to Jericho? I mean, I know the man doesn’t have one, but if someone doesn’t let him know then he’s just going to keep asking.

5) now that Virgil and Jericho can take over interchangeably, and Jericho knows what Virgil does/says when he takes over, would Virgil take advantage of this usage of Jericho’s body and just. Have verbal conversations with Jericho? Like, Virgil takes over, says something, Jericho takes over, responds, and so on? Like, would you hear Virgil and Jericho talking from the other room, look in, and just see a scarecrow pacing around the room talking to himself in different voices?

I. Need to go to bed.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

ON THIS DAY IN SCIENCE: September 5

𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔’𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗬𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘 🚀

On this day in 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 on a grand tour of the solar system!

Along its journey, it made groundbreaking discoveries about the gas giants and has since ventured beyond the solar system, continuing to explore the mysterious interstellar space.

During its travels, Voyager 1 made some awesome discoveries.

When it flew by the giant planet Jupiter in 1979, it found a thin ring circling the planet and spotted two new tiny moons named Thebe and Metis.

Then, in 1980, Voyager 1 visited the ringed planet Saturn and uncovered even more secrets!

It found a new ringlet called the G-ring and three little "shepherd" moons — Prometheus, Pandora and Atlas — that help keep Saturn's rings in place.

After finishing its planetary mission, the intrepid Voyager 1 just kept going and going.

In 1998, it became the farthest human-made object from Earth.

Today, it is now located more than 23 billion kilometers from Earth, outside the solar system.

𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥?

Voyager 1 a pioneering spacecraft that provided groundbreaking data on Jupiter and Saturn, became the first to enter interstellar space in 2012, and remains the most distant human-made object.

It also carries a golden record as a message to extraterrestrial life.

📝: Ralph Abainza

[shepherds-of-haven]

Can any of the ROs develop a one sided crush on MC, where they have feelings for them but the MC has never actually directly flirted?

Mechanically, yes, this actually happens all the time, which is why I don't actually "display" everyone's romance points, because they fluctuate and change in ways behind the scenes that would prove very confusing to players (or really anyone who wasn't me)! So yes, in a mechanical sense, MC can be racking up enough romance points with a character "behind the scenes" that there are some thresholds where I would personally count it as a one-sided/unrequited secret crush on MC. However, for your purposes as a player, there aren't many scenarios where the character in question will actually act on that attraction or openly confess to MC, as most opportunities for an RO to confess are going to be dominated by the RO you're actually (presumably) pursuing and are on a solid romance path with! Hopefully that makes sense.

TL;DR yes, you can be accruing romance points with a character behind the scenes, unwittingly or inadvertently, to the point where I would call it a small harbored crush or attraction, but most of the time, you still won't get enough points with them for the game to treat them as your "true" RO or trigger a confession/canonical romance scene with them, so it will always remain a background/secret thing that no one except the game knows about. If you've "accidentally" triggered Prihine's one-night stand scene without intending to, this is basically an example of what I'm talking about, except hers is a rare case because it's easier to trigger that one-off scene with her, whereas most of the time the game will prioritize your "true" RO over the somewhat-crush.

...Hope that makes sense!

[dayswithouttommyshepherd]

days without tommy shepherd: 2

however!! summary of the tommy content we’ve gotten over the last week under the cut :)

previews of scarlet with #7 from november 1st

tommy mention in agatha all along episode 8 from october 30th

https://youtu.be/8pLNMmh9Mig?si=rPSBfNDMfdeTkHzm

tommy in avengers academy #19 from october 30th

[dark-twist-fairytales]

I was trying to find a picture that had the text underneath it!

The binary at the bottom translates to 'SANADA', do as you will with that knowledge!

CORY IS BACK BITCHESS

HE’S BAAAAAAACKKKKKKKK

He been putting in work!

[plusie]

[brw]

Tommy and Viv would like each other a lot I think. Tommy likes Viv because she has a very casual, blunt attitude (because of the autism) and doesn't make a big deal of it when she comes out as a girl and is just like "okay but I asked if you were staying for dinner again", and Viv likes Tommy mostly because she likes her boyfriend and finds David fun to talk to (also autistic)

Billy hates Viv because Viv's uncle Simon lets her reclaim faggot and he's a bitch who gets upset even though she didn't even call him one, Viv meanwhile used to be ambivalent to Billy but doesn't like him very much ever since he just stuttered and deflected when she asked him why he was being an imperialist in space.

[keykidpilipili]

Me: I'm going to check stuff on the author of the Journal for an Atlantis KH fic.

Atlantis wiki: *doesn't cite any source*

Me: Okay then! Disney Wiki?

Disney Wiki: *also doesn't cite any source*

[dark-twist-fairytales]

Thank you for the tag! Let's see... I think this would be fun as a comparing! I (Clayton) will be in green. I'm (Shepherd) takin' red. The body's choice will be in orange.

Favorite color: The body's is orange. I do think of mine being red, ironically! Ehh.. It's a little bit of a tough call, but I think blue takes it. Red's still nice, don't get me wrong, but blue is a nicer contrast.

Last song: Collectively: The Ballad of the Witches' Road (Sacred Chant Version) (No, we have not seen Agatha All Along, we just heard the song and it sounded nice). Love Story by Taylor Swift, cover (in minor key) by Sarah Cothran (And partial of the cover by Lydia the Bard) Beneath Dark Wings by n0ze_ on Soundcloud.

Currently reading: Not any physical books. And the Ao3 library is... Gonna stay hidden

Currently watching: Legends of Avantris - Curse of Strahdanya as of right now (However, we do have listed down: Icebound, Uprooted, and Once Upon a Witchlight for different marks in time for each campaign -Frost)

Current game: None that I can recall? Only game I got I deleted off because it wasn't what I expected on mobile. ..... Bugsnax for the PS4, however it got stashed away, so I'm unable to continue it.

Currently craving: Coldness. Please, it's too warm in my room. Water, my mouth is dry as hell. Noise, it's too quiet.

Coffee or tea: Coffee. Tea! Neither, no thank you.

Hobby to try: Animatin', and I am gettin' into it slowly. I am quite curious about knitting.

Current AU: Well, there's two AUs we keep thinkin' about: A like... Actor AU with the Avantris characters, and the Connection AU for Icebound. Neither are particularly developed, but they're there!

Open tag! Join along if you'd like!

Get to Know Me (tagged by @slingbees)

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rules: tag 9 people you want to get to know better and catch up with

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Favorite Color(s): ORANGE!!!!! but also yellow!

Last Song:

Currently Reading: them Guardians of Ga'hoole books because when I was in the hospital I read one of them.

Currently Watching: I'm going through Red Vs Blue with some friends.

Currently Craving: this peach monster right beside me. don't tempt me.

Coffee or Tea: I haven't been drinking much of either recently, but coffee.

Hobby to Try: Start animating at home.

Current AU: I guess I've been thinking about that Simpsons comic where Smithers gets cloned, fucking hilarious they just start killing each other. Other than that, I don't know.

TAGGING:@sleepypuddding @funkyjunkyfangz @beeframennoodles100 @danklemckspankle @potatoqueensays @notevenhodgepodge @butchbarneygumble @lorogy662 @calpalsworld anyone else too!

[dark-twist-fairytales]

This is my second "Now wait a damn minute" moment today.

[aquarium-of-chaos]

being a system isnt always fights and yelling and breakdowns. sometimes being a system is hearing "tea?" looking around at the old man in your brain and going to make tea together. he knew i was upset and just did what we do for him. and we have tea now.

[redacted-coiner]

Mutual, Idol, and Family Systyle

Judge, Charge, Lawyer

Shepherd, Debugger, Buffer

DNI is listed within my pinned post. Please go read it before interacting with any part of my content. Ask to tag!

[dark-twist-fairytales]

(The body and me (Shepherd) respectively)

Ya know what? Checks out.

Not forced tags: @the-starry-inkwell , @bluetorchsky

Stolen from my dash: do this picrew and this uquiz.

Tagging: @thedemonicpunks @illithiddreams @theheirsofhell @cranbree-thinks-sometimes and anyone else who wants to do it.

Yeah sounds very accurate xDD I am extremely ✨traumatised✨ and very gay, gay squared even. The writers legit said “this guy? Yeah fuck him up”— lmao

[cold-earth-connection]

We got outside, play in the snow, have a snack. And then afterwards, every morning he comes and looks at me like this and squeaks like a rusty door, and I've never been closer to Ryan Goslings "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" ever.

[losersimonriley]

With the upcoming storm system I may give into the urge to write stormchaser 141