#the symbols aren't part of it ofc

[j-rye]

[sunshinemoonrx]

Okay so Skirts on Sentai Suits

Part of a tokusatsu 20 questions going around recently was "do you like skirts on sentai suits?" Here's the thing: Not all skirts were created equal.

(Preface to all this: I know I am going to be unruly suit-horny here so for the record, give them to the boys too. Obviously.)

Broadly there are four colour schemes:

Suit is all its primary colour, including skirt (e.g. Ryusoulger, Denjiman)

Suit body and skirt are primary colour, legs are secondary colour (black or white) (e.g. Gokaiger, Dairanger)

Suit body is primary colour, skirt and legs are secondary colour (e.g. Goseiger, Liveman)

Suit body and skirt are primary colour, legs on the non-skirted suits are also primary colour, but legs on this suit are a secondary colour--THIS IS THE HOT STUFF BABY LET ME EXPLAIN WHY

Okay so it's about "something hidden" or "something you're not supposed to see". If the skirt and legs are the same colour, it all registers as the same 'layer'. If you have a pink/blue/whatever skirt over black or white legs, that more suggests "clothing over body". However...

The non-skirted suits also have black legs, right? So clearly, that colour/layer is also "okay to see". Symbolically, that's black pants. (Of course, tokusatsu suits aren't only hot in imitating the human form. But we're talking about tight bodysuits in this post, not big sexy monsters, so follow me here.)

But if you've got a skirt over black/white legs, and the non-skirted suits have solid-colour legs...now that's a symbolically "lower" layer than the 'costume' shape.

So thank god for ninjas. See, in Hurricane the solid colour is the 'clothing', and the grey is 'beneath'; the shoulders of the sleeves emphasise this (contrasted with the Gouraigers' black pants, whereas even they have grey sleeves). In other words, that's a colour that has to be covered on certain body parts to be 'appropriate', like skin does. In Ninnin, solid colour is 'clothing' and black is 'beneath'--extra emphasised by the thigh-highs, which as I recently posted about, Jesus Fucking Hell.

Like, this is all an illusion. Obviously, the colour 'beneath' is just a bodysuit. ShiroNinger's black legs under there look exactly the same as, say, ShinkenRed's. And let's not forget, nice legs in a tight bodysuit are nice in and of themselves. But the concealment...the suggestion of something forbidden...the whole colour scheme lining up to reinforce this...(And well, Hurricane Blue does even have blue 'panties' under there...which again, if you took away the skirt would just make the blue a leotard-style shape like the Flashman etc. suits and not feel like underwear at all, but the fact that it's hidden and you get brief flashes...)

Interestingly, there's a third season that achieves this effect a different way--Jetman:

Now, all the suits here have secondary-colour legs--but uniquely in all of sentai, here the boys get a short-shorts/leotard/something shape, not too far off the girls in, say, Bioman. This means that at least for the lower body, white is an 'underlying' colour (or pink for White Swan, a common colour-scheme-swap for white rangers in a team with white as a secondary colour). So you do get the layered/"this colour has to be hidden above the thigh so it's intriguing" effect...sort of...the upper-body colour scheme confuses this and makes it hard to equate it to an outfit shape, as I also recently posted about. (And ofc, imitating an outfit is not the only objective of a sentai suit--the Jetman suits look great!)

Potentially post 1/3 if I can be bothered to post the other two. Yes there is more to say about this. Yes you will get my opinion on every single team in the third one if I do. Yes there is something wrong with me

[cheezeybread]

Random Twisted Wonderland Headcanons I have that I feel the need to share with the world, sucks to be anyone reading this!

KALIM

Kalim wasn't going to be invited to NRC, obviously, since he didn't have "exemplary" magic, as either Jamil or Crowley said in the game (I forgot which, FORGIVE ME), but it's clear that he would have been accepted into Royal Sword Academy due to his nature.

Kalim's family knew that Kalim would have been safer at Royal Sword, but they also knew that the school wouldn't accept their "donations" as well. Plus, they knew Jamil was going to NRC, and knew how much Kalim had bonded to the boy.

And, obviously, Jamil would be more than happy to watch over Kalim and ensure that he gets better at magic and has a good time, right? So off to NRC you go, Kalim! Oh, lookie here, you're in the same dorm as Jamil now! How convenient!

So, to sum it up, the Asim family made sure Kalim got into NRC despite the "dangerous" students because they knew Jamil would be there to protect and serve him. Ouchies

MERFOLK

Two different kinds of merfolk- sirens and fishfolk (aka, the kinds of merfolk desended from animals-- not sure what to call them, so fisfolk is a placeholder lol--, like the tweels and Azul). Sort of the same vibe as Beastmen and humans

While it's not technically cannibalism for a "fishfolk" to eat the creature they're descended from, a lot of cultures believe it to be a sin to do so, and some just get the willies from it.

Nudity is really not a big deal to merfolk. Like, most of them don't wear clothes, and those that do only wear robes and stuff to symbolize their class/status in society underwater. On land, they have to have a crash course in how to wear clothes and what to wear when. Floyd was very prone to accidentally forget to wear clothes and wander the halls of Octavinelle naked during his freshman year (much to the horror of his dorm members)

The Merfolk don't eat each other 24/7, nor pose as much of a threat to each other as wild animals do- some find it extremely offensive that land-dwellers assume all mer-predators eat whatever other merpeople they can sink their teeth into. They live together in a society similar to the one on land. Of course, the elements and wild creatures pose more of a threat to them than natural land-predators, but the merfolk themselves aren't in the habit of killing one another.

HOWEVER, there is a special law amongst them that if another merperson is causing undue harm to them/a loved one, murder is justified. And, of course, they must consume the flesh of the merperson killed and send the head back to the killed one's family for closure reasons. They may not eat each other that often, but in the Ocean, it's more natural and well-accepted to eat whoever you killed (in self-defense, ofc, if it wasn't in self-defense, then you are going to JAIL, queen!) to show that you respected the fight they put up and to honor their memory. It's more of an ancient tradition that's now just a part of what they do.

HEARSLABYUL

This one was brought to me in a VISION (aka me reading part 3 of Cater's Vignette for one of his cards when I noticed the background Heartslabyul students all had Suit characters on their faces)

All of the dorm members are assigned a "card suit" after their orientation- this suit is determined by the Housewarden (who is assigned the role of the "king/queen" of the dorm and doesn't need a suit), who bases his decision off of the personality of the student, their grades, and their ambitions. No one but the Housewarden knows why they're put in the suit they are.

There's a big initiation ceremony when the Housewarden finishes deciding the Suits for the freshmen, and they host a special ceremony in their dorm's yard that involves a series of tasks for the freshmen to go through- involving a maze-run with juniors chasing after them, a hedgehog obstacle course, and a special game that the Housewarden makes per year off of one of the Queen of Heart's rules. Once the initiation ceremony is done, and the suits are given to each freshmen, they will then be responsible for painting their suit on their face wherever they want to for the rest of their time on campus.

IGNIHYDE

For most Housewardens, a student needs to challenge the existing housewarden and duel them to claim their title.

For Ignihyde, they do things differently. Because they're all more skilled in technology for the most part, they'll have a challenge to see who can build something the best (whether it be a robot, a toy machine, etc etc- the decision of what to make will be voted on by the dorm members). At the end of the challenge, all of the students in the dorm will vote on who did the best- but they aren't told which invention was made by whom as to avoid favoritism, and boom! That's the new Dorm Leader.

Idia brought Ortho into the dorm and everyone just assumed that that was his challenge to the existing dorm leader LMAO

It really wasn't....but the current dorm leader was so in awe of Ortho and Idia's intelligence that he gave up his position (practically forcing it into Idia lol) for him.

[monstaxdirtywonk]

Jungkook's birth chart analysis

Hey! Welcome back to another post in which I talk about an idol's birth chart. Since I want those posts to be more in depth, I'm doing them only with idols that have already mention their birth time. After the two bts members that I did, I will move on to Chan and Minho. Keep in mind that some haven't said whether it's am or pm so there are still two possible options, but it's much more specific than just a guess. Let's get it!

Highlights: Virgo stelium, Moon in the 1st, Leo rising, Jupiter in the 7th, Mercury in the 3rd.

Virgo stelium:

In general a stelium is a sign that's repeated 3 times or more in a birth chart. Since it's an energy that's very present for lack of a better word, it is very important in general and might even influence the person in other areas and not just the ones it falls under. I don't wanna emphasize Virgo traits that much because those are mostly known to people that are are familiar with astrology but more the aspects that are created in his chart. His Sun conjuncts his north node. The north node is a point that symbolizes where we're heading in this life time, the lessons we get, where we are going to shine etc. The sun is all about being seen, charming, glamorous, famous may I add 👀 it's also his chart ruler! Since he is a Leo rising. I'm saying it and I'll say it again, we should pay extra attention to the aspects our chart ruler creates, they might resonate with us more.

A really tight conjunction happens between his lilith and north node, which is very interesting. Lilith is an asteroid, the dark moon, it's sexual, raw, passionate and hidden. All those are important in his life (especially paired with his Mars in scorpio which is a notoriously sexual placement), but I want to say here that Virgo is known as a perfectionist, right? That includes themselves first and foremost. I think a big focus in this life time, might be to learn and accept the darker aspects of himself, that don't fit the idealized version of him.

Mercury in the 3rd:

Jungkook is a self proclaimed introvert but I wanna say here that having communication skills isn't tied to being an extrovert or an introvert. I know plenty of extroverted people that do terrible at conversations lmao. The 3rd house is ruled by Mercury so it feels right at home and gives him the benefits of communication and lively engagement with others. On top of that, Mercury is related to wit and intelligence, which are charms he does possess!

Leo rising:

Now is anything better for a celebrity than to be ruled by the sun? I don't know 🙈😂 In general I think that it's a beneficial placement, especially for performers since they crave and get attention easily when they come to the spotlight. Also men with Leo rising look phenomenal with longer hair and Jungkook's chef's kiss with long wavy hair 👌

Moon in the 1st:

Jungkook is someone very emotionally expressive. Despite being introverted, he wears his heart on his sleeve and cries easily when he feels like it, relatively okay with being vulnerable. His face is also rather expressive, no matter what emotions he experiences, evident on him. On top of that, his manly looks have an added softness to them, almost water sign like. A moon in the 1st house made a lot of sense for Jungkook, because his zodiac signs didn't suggest such a thing otherwise.

Jupiter in the 7th:

Lucky boy. Very lucky boy, I'm jealous lmao. Jupiter expands and gives luck to areas it falls under. The 7th house is about relationships and partnerships. It's mostly the romantic ones, although it can apply to colleagues sometimes too. None the less that's an area he is lucky in and that's further emphasized by his well placed Venus, in Libra, the planet ruler. In general overall Jungkook has a 'lucky' chart. Ofc there aren't inherently bad birth charts but some placements or aspects give you a harder time than others and he is, for the most part, lucky to not have too many of these.

(For astrology ships or chart readings DM me, 5-10 usd)

[lumilasi]

I wanted to draw something more worthwhile today, but due to utter lack of proper sleep for past 3 days + resulting severe mental health drop, I only managed to doodle some NCP lore relevant stuff. I've mentioned the Overshadowers Council in some posts, but there are other important governing bodies, such as the Arcane Council, they handle the matters of primary magic users.

(I.E beings who otherwise would just be humans, though non-human beings also ofc learn magic that might be outside of their "natural" type, in those cases deciding which of the five groups they fall under is just trickier sometimes, and often they are already governed by another body)

I picked 5 main categories even though I do know there are plenty more, I just wanted to keep the scope fairly limited for the time being as this is just world BG lore. How I defined each is somewhat loosely inspired by D&D, but has more of my own twist on things so its not exact. Also picked a character to represent each category lol

For the Sigils, I decided to only use one of them to show examples of how they work, I just didn't have the energy to do all 5

More info below:

It is VERY rare for a magic user to be able to claim two titles and requires some very specific circumstances. Currently, the only known person who is technically both a Sorcerer and a Warlock is Azul Samaros/Chester Knight

Technically, Soul Eaters could be considered the most ancient Warlocks there are, but given their power is so inherent to them by now beyond just channeling something, they are classified as their own thing by now.

Sorcerers/sorceress' are the most powerful magic users, whereas Mages are considered the weakest, given their abilities tend to be highly specific.

In case of a nonhuman being with natural magic learning something beyond that, their matters are mostly still handled by their own governing body, unless the situation specifically relates to this learned magic.

Characters shown in the post: 1.Beatrice (Forest/plant witch) 2. Janus (Summoner mage/has some wyvern heritage so he can use fire) 3. Reuben (Fire Elemental) 4. Angus (Blood sage Warlock) 5. Iris (Astral Sorceress)

The name of each sub-branch are as follows: Witch Covenant, Mage Ward, Elemental Hive, Warlock Guild, and Sorcerer Senate

While Franziska Belmont (A character in NCP) Is known as a "Cat witch" by humans (or sith-cat) she does not fall under the governance of the Arcane Council, given she doesn't have any magic powers that aren't natural-born skills for her.

The governing body is largely democratic, though when it comes to voting for the members of the individual branch, only those part of the said branch can do so. (witches can only vote in covenant elections, Warlocks in the Guild election, etc).

Every magic user listed as the Arcane member however, can vote for any candidate for the Arcane Council itself.

ABOUT THE SIGILS:

Witch symbol: inspired by lavender flower, which is associated with mystery, magic and spiritualism among many other things, also in the shape of a star, which is also a classic magic symbol

Mage symbol: a torch and a common portayal of a soul as a ball of flame, referencing the fact basic magic exists within everyone, even if they cannot use it. Blue because I needed the full rainbow lol

Elemental symbol: Life tree, as reference to how life is formed and shaped by the basic elements. Green because nature reference

Warlock symbol: Spooky spiky starlike shape with eyes and blades, because Warlocks often do stabby spooky stuff, and ofc red because blood. 3-spikes as to reference mind, body, and soul.

Sorcerer symbol: A Hourglass with the infinity symbol, because magic is "eternal" in the eyes of the people, and this is also often the most ancient type of magic people can utilize. Golden yellow to give off a "regal" feel. (They are often seen as sort of "nobility" among magic users and held in high regard/feared the most depending on the power's themes)

OTHER CHARACTERS FROM NCP THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY MAGIC USERS/HAVE LEARNED MAGIC OUTSIDE THEIR NATURAL POWER:

Witches: Yume, Clover (male witch)

Mages: Miriam, Adam (He is a chesire cat who has learned illusion magic on top of his basic abilities) Lionel (He's also a chesire, has learned exorcism magic)

Elementals: Currently none apart from Reuben

Warlocks: Marci, Azul

Sorcerers: Azul (his primary type), Thalia

[jaycrakhead]

MY OC SQUAD (info and drawings)

Sangria Coyote; Why the name "Sangria"? Besides being a cocktail and sounding goofy, in history or in other laguanges "sangria" means "bloodletting", "bloodshed", "bloodbath", etc... or well in latin means "sanguis" which is blood. So the name is basically "Blood Bath Coyote" or something like that, the association with blood just makes the squad look more lethal which goes along with Zura's quote for the Squad: "Doesn't matter how. We finish the mission." Why "Coyote"? This Squad is meant to be full of Wildcards. Besides normal squad mission (in and out of the Clover Kingdom), the members can be assigned or requested by other Captains to work with the squads frequently. If a member is always assigned to a squad, they can be promoted as an "official Wildcard". The Captain can be a "Grand Wilcard" too. So why "Coyotes" as the animal/symbol of the squad. Soen, which is Zura's spirit, is a canine. Coyotes are highly adaptable predators known for their intelligence and cooperative hunting strategies. Their adaptable nature and opportunistic behavior would likely be considered more of a wildcard nature which goes along with what Zura wanted for a squad. Their behavior is less predictable compared to wolves (which was the second option for the name). So yeah, a lethal coyote gang. Well now the members. The COYOTES.

(Forgot to note that her heels add more to her height as it's obvious so if her height isn't consistent... yeah)

So I didn't draw Touya's cat (Gray) or June's cat (Gingerbread), but Gray has "Sleeping Magic" (doesn't talk like Geister) and Gingerbread is just a normal cat. Anyways, These are an updated version, so here's some notes: -Before Hera becoming a captain together with Zura, her cape had a "round back" like the one Kai's wearing on the sheet, since she was the vice captain. Of course after becoming a captain, she changed for the one with the same back as Zura and Kai changed for the Vice Captain cape. -The outside members (Shau and Linus) have a different rope and Damon has one for his size but it's still different from the regular members' ropes.

-Geister (human) didn't want a rope so he just has the symbol on his suit. -When I created the characters, I gave them mainly madeup or japanese surnames (and some first names too) however I did want to change that... but I also wanted to honour my 15y ass so I kept it... anyways Kai would be Spanish (as the surname can tell ofc); Hera doesn't really have a place where she could be from since she is from the Witches' Forest; Touya would be Finnish; The twins would be Mexican; Geister would be British; Linus would be Belgian; Shau and Damon would be Italian (no they are not related); June doesn't really have a place she would be from;

-Damon, Shau and Linus were recently added to the squad (2022-2023) -Some characters have a "?" on their sexuality, since they aren't straight but don't exactly have a clear definition like Ryu, Touya, Hera and Zura. In other words, it doesn't take a big part... However Shau and Linus are kind of a suspicious duo- -In a possible Timeskip, Damon is the captain of a new squad called "Raven Crows" (yes I wanted to play on words and it sounds like "Ravenclaw") and he is dating Marie; Geister would be now Damon's caretaker; Zura would still be around in Magic Knight stuff but Kai would be the Captain of the Sangria Coyote; Hera would still be around but not involved as much in Magic Knight stuff but I do see her being a teacher; Touya and the twins would still be Coyotes; Shau and Linus I see them living in other Kingdom having their own journey but they would visit Damon; June would have her own squad too and be the "Aloe Sylphs"; sorry for the long post

[sunnyie-eve]

6 | Plan B... Steal it

Series: Indispensable | Teen Wolf

Paring:  (Stiles Stilinski x OFC Martin)

Word Count: 2.7k

A/N: Might be a few mistakes

| MASTERLIST |

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"Faster?" Scott asks driving. 

"Much faster." I look behind us. 

"Scott, I don't think you're grasping the concept of the car chase here." Stiles tells him. 

"If I go faster, I'll kill us." Scott tell him. 

"Well, if you don't go faster, they're gonna kill us!" Stiles tells him and I see the car drive away. 

"They're gone." I let them know so Stiles turns on the walkie-talkie. 

"All units, suspect is on foot heading into the iron works." Sheriff Stilinski says so we head that way fast. 

When we get there Stiles tells Derek to get in as he climbs into the backseat with me. "What part of laying low don't you understand?" Scott shouts at Derek. 

"Damn it, I had him!" He shouts. 

"Who, the Alpha?" Stiles asks. 

"Yes! He was right in front of me, and the friggin' police showed up." Derek says pissed. 

"Whoa, hey, they're just doing their jobs." Stiles gets quite as Derek gives him a look.

"Yeah, thanks to someone who decided to make me the most wanted fugitive in the entire state." Derek brings up Scott. 

"Can we seriously get past that? I made a dumbass mistake. I get it." Scott says back and I had enough. 

"All right! How did you find him?" I shout then ask Derek. 

"Can you try to trust us for at least half a second?" Scott asks. 

"Yeah, both of us. Or just him. I'll be back here with Julia." Stiles sits back as I pull him back. 

"Look the last time I talked to my sister, she was close to figuring something out. She found two things. The first was a guy named Harris." Derek says making Stiles lean forward again. 

"Our chemistry teacher?" He asks. 

"Why him?" I pull Stiles back so I can lean forward. 

"I don't know yet." He says so Scott asks what's the second. 

"Some kind of symbol." Derek pulls out a drawing and Scott and me recognize it. "What? You know what this is?" He asks us. 

"I've seen it on a necklace. Allison's necklace." Scott says as we end the night.

When I get home Lydia eyes me with her arms crossed standing in my doorway. "Can I help you?" I ask her. 

"Where are you when you aren't home?" She walks in as I get dressed for bed. 

"Out with two of my friends. Yes, I have friends now." I smile at her. "Why do you care?" I ask. 

"I was just curious, it's not normal for you." She walks around my room. 

"Why did you make out with Scott behind Allison's back? That's not very best friend like." I look over at her. 

"How did you know about that?" She stands up straight. 

"Well I figured it out because Scott when he went to go talk to you then next time I saw you your lipstick was messed up. Plus he told Stiles and I." I explained to her. 

"I'm a bad friend, I know." She huffs. 

"And a sister so can you leave my room now?" I ask crossing my arms so she leaves.

~

"If Scott can't get the necklace can you?" Stiles asks as I walk up to him leaving Lydia's car. 

"I don't know? Since that night at the school she has sorta been ignoring because I'm friends with Scott." I explain as we walk over to Scott. 

"This is gonna be impossible, you know." Scott says as we all go inside. 

"Why don't you just ask her if you can borrow it?" Stiles tells him. 

"How?" Scott asks. 

"It's easy. You just say, Hey, Allison, can I borrow your necklace to see if there's anything on it or in it that can lead me to an Alpha werewolf that I need to kill in order to get back together with you?" Stiles says. 

"You're not helping him." I let him know. 

"Why don't you just talk to her." Stiles tells him. 

"She won't talk to me. What if she, like, only takes it off in the shower or something?" I see Scott start to imagine so I just walk off to my locker then to class.

"Jackson knows and Scott is trying to talk to Allison." Stiles sits next to me in class. 

"Jackson knows what?" I ask confused. 

"Knows what Scott is." He lets me making my eyes widen. 

"How the hell did he find out?" I ask. 

"We have no idea but I have a plan and y-," 

I cut in, "And I'm helping you." I say before the teacher tells us to pay attention. 

After class we head to the cafeteria to get lunch. "Why did you say helping in a different tone in class?" Stiles asks as we wait in line. 

"Because I don't really help, I'm just there." I laugh as we get our food. 

"Because I want you there, making you feel included." He laughs as we head over to Scott. "Did you get her to give you the necklace?" Stiles asks taking a seat. 

"Not exactly." Scott says as I sit down across from Stiles. 

"What happened?" I ask. 

 "She told me not to talk to her. At all." He explains. 

"So she's not giving you the necklace." Stiles says with chicken in his mouth. 

"She's not giving me/him the necklace!" Scott and I snap at him. 

"Okay. Well, did you find anything else out?" Stiles asks.

"Just that I know nothing about girls, and that they're totally psychotic." Scott says making me look at him. 

"A girl here. Okay, I came up with a plan B just in case anything like this happened." I tell him so he asks what is it. "Just steal the stupid thing." I say before eating some. 

"Couldn't we try at least getting to Harris?" He asks. 

"My dad put him on a 24 hour protective detail, okay? The necklace is all we got. Steal it like Julia said. Thank you." Stiles tells him. 

"He's watching us." Scott gets quite but I don't turn around to look at Jackson because it would be even more obvious. 

"What's wrong?" Stiles asks staring at him. 

"Jackson's talking to me. He knows I can hear him. Look at me. Just talk to me. Act normal. Pretend that nothing's happening." Scott tells us. 

"How about you try to focus on another voice and ignore his? You make it too obvious." I tell Scott while Stiles panics. 

"I can't think of anything. My mind's a complete blank." He tells him. 

"Your mind's blank? You can't think of something to say?" Scott tells him. 

"Not under this kind of pressure. FYI, he's not even sitting with them anymore." We look over and see Jackson gone.

"Where the hell is he?" Scott looks around the room. We watch him getting pissed as he listens to Jackson. 

"Scott, come on, you can't let him do this. You can't let him have this kind of power over you. Okay?" Stiles tells him and Scott starts to shake his tray. 

"Scott calm down before you b-," He breaks the tray making everyone look over. "Nevermind." I lean back in my seat. 

"You gonna eat your chicken?" Stile point over at my food as he brings his hand closer to my tray. 

"Yes, I'm going to eat my chicken." I slap his hand away. 

"Don't have to be so abusive." He whines. 

"Don't put your hands near my food then. You learned your lesson." I glare at him which earns me a kick under the table. "Asshole." I take a bite of my chicken. 

"Bitch." He does the same.

"Wait, seconds, actually. Seconds!" I hear Lydia as I make my way to the exit to meet Stiles at his jeep so we can go over to his place. 

"You okay?" I ask seeing the look on her face. 

"Of course I am." She forces a laugh but I knew it was fake. 

"Lyd-," 

She cuts me off. "I'm fine!" She walks way so I just leave. 

"What's your plan?" I ask Stiles as he drives. 

"Remember how the night we were trapped at the school, Scott sent a text to Allison asking her to meet him there." He brings it up so I agree. "Well I'm going to find out who sent it. Well not me but Danny." He explains. 

"How do you know Danny can?" I ask. 

"I looked up his arrest report." I shake my head at him.

As we get to his house I see his dad, "Afternoon Noah." I smile at him. 

"Hello Julia." He nods his head as I follow Stiles to his room. 

As he sits down at his laptop I sit on his bed and see Derek. I say silent and give him a little wave. "Hey, Stiles!" Noah calls out. 

"Yo, D-Derek. I, um-." Stiles rushes to the door as Derek tells him to be quite. As he talks to his dad with the door shut some I see Derek looking over at me. 

He points at Stiles giving me a look, "I question why I chose him as a friend. He's really dumb." I whisper. 

"Bye Julia!" I hear Noah shout. 

"BYE!" I shout back. 

"I'm sor - oh!" Derek pushes Stiles up against the door. 

"If you say one word." He growls at him. 

"Oh, what, you mean, like, Hey, dad, Derek Hale's in my room. Bring your gun? Yeah, that's right. If I'm harboring your fugitive ass, it's my house, my rules, buddy." Derek lets him go then makes him flinch. "Oh, my God!" I giggle.

"Scott didn't get the necklace?" Derek asks. 

"No. He's still working on it. But there's something else we can try. The night we were trapped at the school, Scott sent a text to Allison asking her to meet him there." Stiles lets Derek know his plan. 

"So?" Derek doesn't get it. 

"So it wasn't Scott." I add. 

"Well, can you find out who sent it?" He asks us. 

"No, not us. But Stiles thinks he know somebody who can." I smile at him. 

While Stiles texted Danny to come over to help with lab work, Derek tries to get comfortable sitting down. "I feel like you actually know the alpha but don't know who it is right now." I lay on my back on the bed throwing a small ball up catching it. 

"That makes no sense Julia." Stiles says as we wait for Danny. 

"Yes it does." I throw the ball at him hitting the back of his head. 

"I don't know that many Julia so I can't even make up a list." Derek tells me. 

"But it's possible." I look over at him and he shrugs.

"Do they know?" Derek whisper getting close to my ear. 

"Know what?" I ask him. 

"You're a Banshee." He says making me roll over to my stomach to look at him. 

"No." I play with my fingers. 

"Why haven't you told them?" He asks getting even more closer to me. 

"I don't know. I-I-I just don't know how to explain to them. I still don't understand myself at times." I explain to him. "

When did you know?" He asks. 

"Started when I was ten because I got attacked by an alpha when we were on vacation. I only looked more into and knew what I was three years after it." I tell him.

 "What are you two whispering about?! It's bugging me." Stiles turns to face us. 

We both look over at him and he had a look on his face. "Nothing that concerns you." I tell him as Derek sits back up straight in the chair he was in.

When Stiles goes downstairs to let Danny in Derek nudges me, "He didn't like me close to you." He laughs making me look at him. 

"Well he doesn't exactly like you or trust you." I laugh. 

"Yeah, but he gave off a scent of jealousy and anger." He looks at me. 

"Jealousy as in friend jealousy because he's in love with my sister." I explain as Stiles and Danny comes in. 

Stiles then explains what he wants Danny to do but Danny tells him he's here for lab work. "Who's he again?" Danny looks over at Derek. 

"Um, my cousin... Miguel." I glance over at Stiles. 

"Is that blood on his shirt?" Danny asks. 

"Yeah. Yes. Well, he gets these horrible nosebleeds. Hey, Miguel. I thought I told you you could borrow one of my shirts." Stiles motions over to his dresser so Derek gets up taking his shirt off. I couldn't help but eye Derek because I can't lie saying he doesn't have a good body.

"Uh, Stiles? This... no fit." Derek stretches the shit. 

"Then try something else on." Stiles tells him. I then see Stiles notices Danny was look at Derek too and his jaw drops. "Hey, that one looks pretty good, huh? What do you think, Danny?" Stiles asks as Derek puts on a shirt that was too small for him. 

"It's - it's not really his color." Danny says then Derek takes the shirt off. 

"Stiles! None of these fit." Derek snaps annoyed. 

I get up from the bed picking up Derek's bloody shirt to look at the size while walking over to the dresser and Derek. "Move." I tell him going through the drawer finding a shirt. "Try this one." I hand it too him. 

"I know I'm attractive." He whispers taking the shirt making me remember werewolves can smell certain chemicals people give off. 

I bend down picking up a shit he threw down slapping him with it, "Shut up." I walk back to my bed looking down embarrassed while they guys watch Danny.

"There. The text was sent from a computer. This one." Danny tells them. 

"Registered to that account name?" Derek asks so I get up to look. 

"No, no, no, no. That can't be right." Stiles says as we all look at Melissa McCall's name. Danny and Stiles do very little of those lab work before he leaves and is three leave to find out about Melissa's account. As we all say in the jeep Scott called Stiles. "Yeah, I did, and it looks just like the drawing." Stiles tells him and Derek grabs Stiles arm to talk on the phone. 

"Hey, is there something on the back of it? There's gotta be something. An inscription, an opening, something." Derek names everything. 

"I know. Look, if you see my dad, can you tell him- tell him I'll be there, I'll just be a little bit late, okay? All right, thanks." Stiles ends the call.

"You're not gonna make it." Derek tells him. 

"I know." Stiles sighs. 

"And you didn't tell him about his mom, either." Derek adds. 

"Not till we find out the truth." Stiles tells him. 

"By the way, one more thing." Derek grabs Stiles head slamming it down into the steering wheel. 

"Oh, God! What the hell was-?" Stiles holds his face. 

"You know what that was for. Go. Go!" Stiles gets out. 

"Wait, I'm coming too." I follow Stiles inside. 

We look around but can't find her so Derek calls Stiles. "Yeah, I said I can't find her." Stiles tells him as we walk to Perter Hale's room but it was empty. "Yeah, well, he's not here either. He's not here. He's gone, Derek." Stiles says then a see someone in my peripheral vision. I look to my right and see Peter standing there. My left hand grabs Stiles arm as he backs up and sees him too.

"You must be Stiles and Julia." He smiles making us back up and try to leave. 

"What are you doing here? Visiting hours are over." His nurse glares at us and Stiles puts things together. 

"Oh, my God, we're gonna die." Stiles whines then Derek knocks out the nurse. 

"That's not nice. She's my nurse." Peter tells him. 

"She's a psychotic bitch helping you kill people. Get out of the way." Derek tells us. 

"Oh, damn." Stiles says as I tug him away and down. As Peter and Derek fight Stiles and I crawl out of the way. "We're gonna die." Stiles panics following to hide. 

"We're not." I tell him leaning up against the receptionist desk. 

"How do you know?" He asks as we crawl to an exit. 

"Just a feeling I have."

[abyssmalice]

(i just had the biggest brain thonks just now for a hypothetical tonitoni version of the childe character quest

mainly that it's not just teucer that shows up in liyue.............. but also natalya (aka tonitoni's OC big sister), who's here to tidy up some loose business ends in the wake of the osial incident, but teucer took the opportunity to sneak onto the same boat after hearing that tonitoni is also in liyue and so is trying to find her)

(the quest itself probably starts with the traveler and paimon encountering natalya in the harbor, who's frantically looking around for teucer because she caught him hiding while they were already en route, but the second the boat docked, he took off.

so after some searching that leads them into the wilderness, natalya and the traveler split up to search different areas more efficiently. that's when the traveler finds teucer, who's having his little idolizing moment over a ruin guard - except, this ruin guard ends up not being completely out of power, activating, and is clearly about to smash a completely oblivious teucer to pulp.

the traveler is running like hell to stop it, but then - a flash of lightning shooting past!!!!!!! and then an ice spear blocks the guard and rapidly sends it toppling over with a loud smash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

who could have done that?? tonitoni, ofc.

she's out here doing her own unrelated stuff (implied maybe in a future chara quest or her backstory lore to be leyline bs) when she saw the commotion about to happen while passing by.

anyway, the traveler is surprised but also relieved and trades a little bit of chitchat about tartaglia being out here. however, the convo is cut short by teucer suddenly yelling and pointing fingers at tonitoni, partly bc he can recognize the fatui symbol on her clothing so he knows she's a part of them, and as far as teucer understands, the fatui aren't all that good - but primarily, it's because she "broke mr. cyclops" right in front of him, and he starts spewing a bunch of stuff about how the fatui are truly big meanies who hurt people and stole his sister and he wants her to apologize to mr. cyclops right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in the face of this, the traveler tries to calm him down, obviously, and paimon is probably frantically trying to rope in tonitoni to contribute some amount of help, please? except tonitoni is just like, blinking, blankly staring at teucer, in what seems to be dumbfounded silence (but in hindsight isn't; she very much caught the part about "the fatui stealing his sister", the mention of a "mr. cyclops" from her family's letters, teucer's name likely gets mentioned too.................. tonitoni can connect the dots on Who this random kid is—)

anyway, the traveler and paimon only manage to calm him down by (frantically, in paimon's case) saying the fatui didn't steal anyone?? also they know where his sister is! which immediately distracts teucer in cooperation.

(and ofc, teucer is thinking of tonia here - while the traveler and paimon was referring to natalya)

anyway, traveler and co. (this includes tonia, because she can't just hecking leave the matter be now??) thus head to where they agreed to meet up with natalya, and it's a cute and happy little reunion scene, with natalya worrying over teucer and thanking the traveler for helping her and - wait. who's this other girl?

"that's tartaglia, the eleventh harbinger," paimon nonchalantly drops, ofc.

and natalya Immediately straightens up because what do you mean that's a harbinger. wait, the eleventh? and natalya takes one good look at tonitoni who is trying to be as still and unnoticed as possible, just examining a tree to the side like there's nothing wrong or awkward here haha (isn't natalya the name of her own older sister? this couldnt be a coincidence...........................)

the moment doesn't last very long though, because teucer then pipes in with "natasha!!!!!! this nice blonde person and their fairy said they know where big sister is!!!!!"

and natalya is just "what"

and the traveler and paimon are just "what"

and tonitoni feels like she's dying (again) on the inside and is trying so hard to sneak away now

and ofc, it goes into a short explanation to clear up what's apparently a misunderstanding - the traveler saying they meant natalya, so like, who the heck is teucer referring to??

teucer goes :0 like "wait so not my other sister?"

"other sister??"

and teucer gets as far as saying, "i have another big sister! not as big as natasha but i heard people say that the fatui took her away when i was smaller." before natalya's face gains the full pallor of a ghost and is clearly about to say something to cut him off.

except tonitoni is the one who intervenes, sharply cutting in with a "wow veeeeery fascinating story there, i didn't know that the organization i represent is apparently so shady in the eyes of snezhnaya's citizens. fascinating, wow, would love to hear more!" said in a way that is nonchalant but with what seems to be a dangerous current underneath, a subtle warning essentially

(though the warning is less over her siblings sounding unpatriotic in front of her, and more that they shouldn't loudly throw out such critiques for any other ears; tonitoni herself obviously doesn't give a shit, but the same kindness won't be given by others)

she continues though by basically pointing in the direction of the harbor and going "but this isn't a conversation to have in the middle of fuck nowhere. we're going back to the city first." which everyone, barring a slightly disappointed teucer, agrees with.

.

anyway that's about as far as my thonks went!!

other notes for the thonks though:

natalya definitely caught on early that the tartaglia that showed up with the traveler is also v much her absent baby sister tonia. natalya knows as much since their family gets periodic updates about tonia's wellbeing, and theyve been sending letters to her as well

not that tonia's ever replied to the letters, which is why she's so awkward and quiet here - she's not just processing the whole realization that these people are likely to be her siblings, but she's also going through an internal cringe montage of "wow tonia you are the Worst sister ever didn't reply to a single letter and now they're in front of you also teucer thinks you're a cyclops murderer just fucking great tonia banger job you fucking Suck"

also yeah that last bit where she stops teucer from talking too much? that's very much an attempt on her part to stop hearing about what her family thinks about her. also doesn't need the traveler to potentially connect dots. but primarily, teucer, please don't talk about her she doesn't want to undergo the mortifying experience of being perceived, and especially not when teucer clearly Doesn't Recognize Her which makes it extra awkward like she's right here omgggggggggggg

[telekinetic-electronica]

I'm gonna do a post of my speculations/theories on what's happening at Indigo Park with what details we have, but, I just wanted to write some of my thoughts down before getting into it!

In terms of mascot characters: Rambley, Lloyd, and Salem are important. Rambley, obviously face of the brand. Lloyd is important. Geese has been said that he's gonna be important. But we also see this visually. When Ed is driving through the entrance thing to Indigo Park, we see on the left there is a mural of Lloyd, and to the right, we see Rambley. In the old timey advert, we see Lloyd's mural instead of Rambley's on opening day. We then see Rambley and Lloyd shaking hands and Lloyd handing him a paper. Symbolizing Rambley is now the face for the brand. Not to mention, the retro plush, the Lloyd's limo that was possible converted into Rambley's Railroad, and the statue that's similar to that of Isaac and Rambley.

Salem's part in the Rambley's Railroad is just torn to shreds, what appears to be blood, and we only got apart of them in the arcade game, and that arcade game hints at a lot of the lore, as well. These are our main three. This doesn't mean Mollie and Finely aren't important, ofc!

Also I really hope Ed is like- actually part of the story and has a character, and not a McGuffin to experience the story. (Ik it's chapter 1, we have to let Geese and the team cook), but, a lot of mascot horror just has the protagonist is just meant to be a viewer for the audience instead of an active part. My speculative/headcanon here is that Ed and his mom are related to Isaac, in a way. Like Ed is Isaac's grandson or great-grandson. Because Ed's family sticks out like a sore thumb and memories of the park stick out to us. Even if he isn't, I just hope he has an actual character. We thankfully do get to see some of Ed's personality via Harmony and the Collectibles he shows to Rambley.

[dirtytransmasc]

this is really really random, sleep-deprived thoughts, from someone who has yet to read most the books; aka, this might be wrong, I don't care. but I can't stop thinking about the symbolism between Mal and Nikolai cause listen... they feel so fruity to me, and I think I have proof.

ok ok ok so, follow me into my brain mush;

mal leaves alina by telling her he lost his true north, that he wasn't so sure she was his home anymore. he lost his direction, his compass per say.

what does nikolai give him? his compass, the compass that was his for a pretty long fucking time it seems (I know they talk about it, how/why its special, but I'm to lazy to go hunt that conversation down for the specifics. I just know its important to him and that he almost never parts with it, till now), the compass that sparks their friendship back when they met (in a way, nikolai replaced his compass with mal, symbolically). it was when mal proved to be better then this compass, in the most simple words, that nikolai opened up to him, putting the compass down, and taking up a friendship with mal. then, when he has to let mal go, he gives him not only his compass, but his ship, his crew, and his whole persona (that he has for a number of reasons)... he just handed it over, and the show sort of brushes past it, but if that is not the most like... compelling and heartfelt and frankly romantic gesture anyone can give another person. like, nikolai gave him a chance to find his true north again. he gave mal a new life, a new home, a new family in one foul swoop, when he realizes his friend is lacking all 3 of his own (I mean he has them, but they aren't truly his anymore, not at the moment).

like just think about it. mal was lost -> nikolai gives him a compass. pile on all the weight of both of those statements, that's gotta mean something, even in the slightest. and as someone who doesn't love malina (I just don't like childhood bestfriends to lovers alright, they always end up feeling like siblings to me, which gets so uncomfy) I really hope this doesn't end up twisting into mal going back to alina because of nikolai (I'm pretending that this isn't the most likely scenario, because I can).

I might be looking into this a little too much, but I need these two to mean something, anything, doesn't even have to be romantic per say, more than friends. I need, in some sense, for nikolai to become mal's true north, because it just feels right (I just want to see nikolai's puppy dog eyes again tbh, and he gave mal the biggest sweetest puppy dog eyes it wasn't even funny).

any who, if any book wanna get on this, either to pull stuff form the book in agreeance, or to put me on my ass and tell me wrong (nicely ofc, please, I'm very sensitive) go ahead. I just wanna my boys happy, and I just think they're friggin adorable together, mal being brash but kind spirited, and nikolai who is a total sweetheart, in the way a sassy golden retriever is a sweetheart, y'know? I just wanna smush them together.

[chattegeorgiana]

I admit I didn't really like SasuKarin back then but I decided to give it a chance after reading On Sasuke Uchiha and his bonds with Itachi Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Karin Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno and your posts concerning them. I still don't ship them but my opinion has changed of it a lot and I actually think those two had a better chance at becoming a pair. But I think what raised my respect for it even more was their fan children. I have a soft spot for fan children so it's not really a surprise, but they are all so cute and beautiful! My personal favorites are Akari Uzumaki and the U-Twins! Speaking of the U-Twins, you and Pumiih did an awesome job on them! They look so cool and mysterious just like their parents and I love what they are meant to represent! They're hairstyles also remind me of Madara so that's funny to me lol. I also really like the idea of Sasuke growing his hair out into a ponytail to honor Itachi. The side shavings on his hair makes him even cooler in my opinion. I also noticed something. I don't know know how to properly explain it but I'll try. We see more male Uchiha clan members than female (despite there being some such as Naomi, Izumi, and Mikoto) and we see more female Uzumaki clan members than male (despite there being some such as Ashina, Nagato, and Naruto). It's almost as if those certain genders hold the more importance. So I think it's interesting that it's reversed with the U-Twins. Sorry if I didn't explain it well (couldn't really find the right words) but all in all, I'm excited to see what you'll do with them in the future, make sure you don't rush, take your time and rest, and again, awesome job! 💜❤️

Anon, I don't know who you are, but first of all THANK YOU for your kind and introspective message.

I want to say this is one of the messages that definitely won my heart because you SAW what I meant to do. You explained everything PERFECTLY! That's exactly what I wanted to do. A "gender roles swap" to show that change that is meant to bring in more ways than one.

Because while I do express these changes through my preferred ships, I never really forgot about the CORE elements of what made the Naruto story so beloved, and one of that is the clans & the shinobi system.

Their design have a thought about element from the very strand of hair to their overall design... I don't know if you know me for a long time or not, but one of the things I'm obsessed about is symbolism. So when I create something, there's a symbolic meaning behind almost everything!

When studying Literature, symbolism has been one of my favorite parts. I just love how one can transmit certain themes, ideas, beliefs etc in a symbolic way.

I feel as if this manages to stay with the reader/viewer better. It somehow enters your soul.

Being part of the Shinachiku Kosen team & doing Kaika myself, I can tell you that both Akari & the U twins have a great deal of symbolism behind them & were created with much love.

I know people don't taste SK that good, especially given how the great metas of the past about them has been lost. I only touched in that analysis you mentioned like a small, surface-level way.

If you would've been here in the past when Skania or Homusubi wrote their metas (both great known names in the SK fandom), you would've at least been able to understand where the SK fandom comes from. Or came. There aren't many left anyway.

You don't have to ship them, ofc.

I didn't particularily do it either in the beginning, but then when I saw the symbolism that was building up, Sasuke awakening such power to protect Karin and their similar backgrounds, I couldn't help but fall for the possibility of it. Plus, the comedic act of it. It was something different about them. But alas...

Once again thank you for your kind and introspective message! I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. And trust me, as a writer-wanna be, it lit my soul on fire to see someone properly getting the "underneath beneath the underneath" I was trying to show there. Gives me a lot of mood to keep pushing through this, even if I'm so late with how I planned for the project to go & all that. But hey, adulting will somehow do that with your plans lol. This year has been quite busy on a personal level for me. But now things start to look up, so I should be able to soon get back to it & bring about all this vision I had in my mind to life. So thank you once again for your message and your interest in Kaika! All the best,

Chatte.

[polutrope]

For the asks game, if you'd like! 🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with? 💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

Thank you for the asks! From this.

🌈I feel like a broken record with this one so I'm pretty sure quite a few people know, but Hearken Still Unsated (Daeron/Maglor(/Music)) is among the top 10? 5? things I've worked hardest on in my life. Partly because I had only been writing for 6 months (minus my teenage writing, 17 years before) and set myself an incredibly ambitious project: not only the ultimate fic for my OTP, but incorporating complex themes and symbolism. And it was for TRSB, and the context of a fic exchange, I have learned, adds a lot of pressure for me and the artist I was writing for disappeared (thankfully I had a lot of support from fandom friends without whom it definitely would not have been finished: @melestasflight @ettelene @cuarthol that's you 💖).

It's a fic but it is also an interpretation of Tolkien's writings, which is the thing that really appeals to me about writing fanfiction vs original fiction. Actually, I feel you are doing something similar with Atandil.

To be honest I am a perfectionist so I work pretty hard on most things that aren't lighthearted smut (and I do have a lot of that... 😁).

💌I am actually working on a multi-chapter fic that is Elwing/OFC (a Haladin woman living in Sirion) and Earendil/Elwing. I have been doing a lot of exciting worldbuilding and character work for this. I posted the first chapter on SWG as part of the Middle-earth Is Multitudes challenge. I am a bit stuck with developing it because I still really doubt my abilities with plot, but I have faith it will come together eventually. I'm really committed to writing something focused on women and their experience.

[sunmoonjune]

keyboard warrior returns bc im currently rereading ltm for some healing and overall good vibes and over the days my notes just grew into this mammoth essay so what can we do 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

my shower thought when bug signs soojin is 'dead' is under what context did bug create that sign? ? like why did she need a sign for that 😔 and just in general how does she come up with signs that aren't used often like 'home' bc what i like to imagine is little yun, bug and soojin hidden away in some safe place when they have free time and just holding each others' hands so they can have little language lessons and make up signs and practice them until they remember them pls im going to combust into a billion little hearts

ch 5-6 are some of my fave chapters bc it's such a pivotal point in her relationship w some of hte members in ateez where they see for themselves the amount of trauma that bug has been through but then we also know in reality it's just the tip of the iceberg :((

bug diving to save hwa from the arrow and then hwa doing the same by covering her body with his. YES. SHOW BUG SHE'S WORTH PROTECTING. as much as i hate bug and ateez putting their bodies and lives on the line for each other daMn nothing beats this sort of angsty protectiveness. more pls 🤩🤩

literally got goosebumps when san just so naturally signed promise without realising before letting go of yun's hand. like the fact that it was just instinct for him is so so so cute

i think one of my favourite moments is when bug breaks out of her episode and signs to yun that she's tired, and he reassures her “Sleep, Tiny. I’ve got you now.” not just bc of my brainrot going 💓💓 @ yun calling me bug tiny but the amount of trust she puts into yun to take care of her whilst shes both emotionally and physically at her most vulnerable. and then we get yun carrying bug back to camp like a little baby i SWEAR SIZE DIFFERENCES MOONIE YOU'RE GONNA GIMME WHIPLASH SO BAD ONE DAY I'LL NEVER RECOVER

i love the amount of growth you can see already during bug's first episode with ateez and how GOOD they are for her bc 1) yun was able to break bug out of her episode w/o her needing to experience pain first 2) she's normally non-verbal for days after but she asked joong that very same day if she did good (OFC BUG YOU WERE THE BEST 🫶) 3) literally fell asleep to san's hushed comforts

pls when san was explaining the reason why he calls bug bug and she has the most adorable confused face that san wants to capture - i'm just imagining if ateez had access to a polaroid or some sort of camera with prints bc they would take such the CUTEST photos of each other and i can see them taking so so so many photos of bug (ofc only when she's comfortable with it bc ik she'd initially be so shy and insecure) and there would also be all these candid photos of bug looking at the other members with stars eyes and photos of the members looking at bug with heart eyes. and the reason i say polaroid or prints is bc bug will be all ?? what is this sorcery 🧐?? at first but then she'll come to have this one photo of ot9 that gets all creased and faded bc of how closely she keeps it with her all the time bc it's the most precious thing she owns and she'll literally throw hands before she lets anyone take it away from her 🥺 im so delulu rn im in love with bug

also on the note of bug's name, when san creates a symbol for her i just realised he uses a circle as part of it which i now know is 'home' and if that ain't the cutest thing 😭 idk if that was deliberate on your part but san unknowingly referring to bug as home has got me gOOD

let me send you the rest of my brainrot in a separate ask after i read through the remaining chapters bc wow this got long real fast and i was already trying to keep it short oop hope you're doing well moonie <33

AHHHHH DO YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING!! I'M IN LOVE WITH ALL YOUR ASKS OMG KISS KISS YOU'RE SO SWEET <333

no but the way I saw this long ask and your second one in my inbox and literally had to stop what I was doing and take a few minutes to read because I was SO happy omg :}} these kind of asks make my entire WEEK I swear

please continue to send your mammoth essays I reread them ALL the time cause I love them so much <33

bug already having a sign for the word 'dead' implies something that will be hinted on in the next chapter so I'm glad you've brought it up ;) also yes I think she does come up with signs for things she doesn't use very often because there might have been a time she thought there was a chance she would use them :'(

and YES that is almost exactly how I imagined them making their little language,, sometimes soojin wasn't there (you'll partially see why in the next chapter ;) ) but they kind of had to seclude themselves away from prying eyes in the darkness of night when no one would look for them,, then they kind of just held hands and came up with their little symbols and repeated them until they stuck :") it took over a year or two before they had the widespread vocabulary they have now but they got there <3

chapter five and six were definitely the climb to the tip of the iceberg for sure,, ateez got to see some of her deepest traumas -- but I don't even think we've hit the tip of the iceberg yet ;) bug's past has only been hinted at so far and soon we will see the depth of it

the protectiveness ALWAYS hits for me xD I love it when characters act purely on instinct and that instinct says to PROTECT,, it makes me weak in the knees <3

also san picking up bug's language so naturally and instinctually signing it to his partners is the CUTEST thing <3

yun bringing bug out of the dark even though it's been like a decade since they were together was a HUGE moment for them :"D he was so unsure he'd still have that effect on her but she recognized him instantly <33 also I love the size difference too <3 makes me AASDIOHAF#%#!

I think honestly part of the reason bug opened up so well after her attack was BECAUSE there was no pain to bring her out of it,, she recognized that ateez had no intentions to harm her and it helped her recover just that much more :')

OH MY GOD THE BIT ABOUT THE CAMERA -- I'M IN LITERAL TEARS :"D

they so would take so many pictures of bug if she were comfortable with it and bug ABSOLUTELY would take on of the photos of all of them and carefully keep it folded in one of her pockets or buried in one of her scabbards so it was always with her,, it would get so folded and aged and one day ateez would find it and MELT with joy that she kept it so close to her for so long,, and they would definitely manage to recreate the picture or something so she could have another copy that wasn't so worn down :")

AND she so would NEVER let anyone take that picture from her omg,, feral bug would come out fr xD

hehe bug's name absolutely was deliberate to have the word 'home' in it,, just like joong's <3 san might not have known that yet but it still makes me happy that it's part of her name even if he hadn't known <3

I hope you're doing well too my love <33 thank you so so much for such a beautiful ask omg I love you so much <3

[hollowsart]

I RETURN WITH MORE ACEDIA QUESTIONS

1 PC or console?

1.5 Nintendo, Xbox or PlayStation?

2 what's the fav coffee in the AU (prepared by Beck ofc)

3 do DC comics exist in the AU?

4 does a Peter Parker exist in the AU (being the Spectacular Spider-Man or not)

5 the 'Delorian' or 'The Hot Tub Time Machine' (not by movie or capabilities just would you rather)

6 irl ask: fav spider-man actor

1) uhh.. aren't those technically the same thing? Would have to say laptop, though.

1.5) Nintendo. Had a Playstation 2, never really had many games growing up. Usually played old DoS games on an outdated landline computer until eventually obtaining a GBA SP for the first time and never having been the same since.

2) bdjsnfbdf Hot Chocolate.

3) Quentin Beck went to Gotham University with Johnathan Crane, absolutely was weirdo friends with the man (theater kid and reclusive goth dynamic). Max owns a shirt with the Flash's symbol on it cuz she def looks up to the guy for his usually kind and helpful actions. Plus he's cool, she'd love to visit Central city and meet him one day. (Preferrable while not being seen as a new enemy, she literally would just love to take a selfie with him)

4) Peter exists! He is Harry's good school friend and Gwen is also a part of the little trio. Peter never got bit, but I do think he'd still seek out a job with TDB and take pics for them to help out Aunt May and Uncle Ben with their money troubles. (Uncle Ben lives!! Peter is happy and healthy and only stressed with the usual high school troubles!!)

5) Never seen either.. so I have no idea how to answer this.

6) N/A Lol Maybe Andrew?? Honestly I cannot make a decision here.

[lumilasi]

hi just wanted to pop in to say I LOVE the merman designs you made! So cool looking, I was wondering where you got the ideas for them?? Like the skull masks and all! I would've never thought of that for a merperson, its such an unique take! Hope you have a nice day!

Haha, glad you like them! Hope you have a nice day/night/whatever time it is for you too!

Those two characters are Sea serpents, and I figured mermay was a good excuse to try and design their more non-human form. (Although I didn't go and make the full on dragonic one, but they use it rarely at this point anyway lol) Tho I doubt the skull thing is super unique, I'm sure others have used it too at some point.

As for where the idea came from, well, since the boys are Sea Serpents as said, I figured I needed something in their designs to symbolize that, show that they aren't just your average merfolk. The dragon skull mask was pretty much the first idea that came to mind for me. OFC they also have more of a snake tail too, but felt like that wasn't enough to represent their true nature.

Now, Laurent has 2 designs, because I kinda just wanted to give him a more humanoid one too (I can explain it with in-story lore that Big Boys like him have two, unlike more average sized Sea Serpents, such as his cousin Caelan lmao).

For that design, I basically reached into the Horror part of my brain for ideas. It did come out pretty spooky, just like how I like it. I did feel like his tailfin is a bit large for the humanoid form, but then again maybe it sells the whole "not of this world" idea even better, because the tail is a bit inconvenient on land, but very useful in water. It's...admittedly my favorite design out of all 3, because I love me some spoopy vibes. (I also decided to remove his big merman ears for this form, because tbh they looked goofy with it and kinda diminished the spooky vibes.)

(the designs below for context to those who haven't seen them/don't know)

[bluesandboos]

BESTIE ANON IDK IF YOU'RE STILL HERE BUT I AM AND I STILL HAVE MORE CONTENT FOR PART 2

another line break so im not annoying ppl!

here are some more immaculate vibes because, you know, they were immaculate!!

okay, so then people started to clear out but i managed to capture my man dibu!! on the tv ofc not irl. he was crying :( (but also :) you know)

and we headed out of the park to start walking... somewhere. i think there were some tourist sights nearby so we thought we'd just knock those off while we were in the area. but the people were beginning to party!! (as they should). the honking was non stop. im 99% sure that people got into their cars just to drive around and honk and be happy.

unfortunately i couldn't make my fam stay to watch the whole trophy ceremony because they aren't Football Minded and Built Different like me (it was super hot that day and we were hungry so we kinda wandered around looking for food and here's some vids i have) (very unnecessary side note but at one stoplight, a very cutie young man rolled down his window and showed me a heart symbol with his hands and these days i have very little faith in men but holy shit in that moment i Fell In Love. that's what that messi magic does to you i guess)

(we went to the jardin japonés bc it was on our way, which is supposed to be very nice and peaceful with all this lovely greenery and koi ponds but literally all you could hear was the honking)

PEOPLE WERE GOING CRAZY (as they motherfucking SHOULD ofc) and obviously drinking so we got some fun sights like this (don't know if you can tell, but it was like ~13 people on one car that they drove off in)

our airbnb was about three quarters of a mile from the obelisco, so we were heading towards there but little did we know that the entire population of buenos aires (probably argentina) was walking there as well. THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE

and everyone was just so happy! singing, dancing, vibing, drinking. immaculate vibes had returned.

also we tried to go to mostaza to get a dibu burger but the line was too long :(

i kept wanting to party with everyone at the obelisco but my fam was all like "no. you will die. or your phone will get stolen and we won't be able to find you" and i was like "that will be best death and i don't care" and they were like "-_- stfu we're going home" and i was like :(

we kept trying to find dinner but everything shut down early. i think restaurant/store owners were nervous about overcrowding/crowds getting rowdy? we ended up buying a bunch of chips/instant noodles through the security door of a convenience store lmao

^in this vid, the mass of people are all headed to a train station. i think you can kind of hear them singing? but yes, as you can imagine "muchachos" was on blast.

and then this was the headline of the newspaper i saw at a cafe the next day :)

(honestly i should've stolen it as a souvenir but 1) i am not a thief, especially in a foreign country and 2) an older gentleman wanted it after i was done. also i don't speak/read/understand spanish very well)

and, well, that was the day of the final. literally the best day of my life.

i WISH we could have been there for the parade, but unfortunately we left very early on the morning of 12/20 to go to patagonia

literally as we were about to fly out of AEP (the domestic airport in ba), la scaloneta was flying into EZE (international airport), allllll the way across town. i'd actually been tracking their flight all day because they were supposed to land AT AEP very close to when we were supposed to leave and we were nervous we'd have a hard time making our flight if the crowd was too much. fortunately/(unfortunately for me bc i wanted to catch a glimpse), they re-routed to EZE and instead i got watch them disembark on a tv playing at AEP.

so for approximately 30 glorious minutes, leo messi and i were in the same city. like an hour away from each other. (this is the second time in my life leo messi and i have been in the same city. the first time was in march 2021 when i went on vacation in paris. unfortunately the people i went with did not want to go to a psg match because they are Lame. also i have standards and did not want my first live professional football match to be a psg game lmao)

ALSO LMAO all they were playing on the tvs at the airport were replays of the game. and people really got into it too, cheering at the penalties as if they didn't know what was gonna happen. but of course, it is an Objectively Good Game as well.

and bestie, that is pretty much it. a summary of the Greatest Day of My Life. literally altered my brain chemistry. i was always a Messi Stan of course, but being in ba turned up the dial a lot more and now im somehow even more obsessed. i even created this blog! im following twitter accounts that report Breaking News that anto may not be enrolling the kids in a parisian school (messi to barca confirmed!!!). the other day i read an unverified tweet that messi was going to sign with PSG for one year, go to MLS, and then play in the 2026 wc and it put me into a depression for the rest of my night. my delusion is at an all time high.

also i still have the shoe tan from the uncomfy walking sandals i wore that day

but it was all worth it :) my off-brand messi jersey is the greatest thing i own even though it's lacking that newest star.

like i said before, im not argentine/from argentina, but on that day, in true gianni infantino meme format (may he suck a dick), i felt argentine

also i ate the GOAT chips. bc i had to, ofc. he's the GOAT

also argentina is a beautiful country!! i highly encourage everyone who is able to visit

thank you for asking me bestie anon and letting me get on my soapbox :) i hope this ask satisfied you even though i talked too much and probably added way more details than you wanted lol. this was so much fun to type out and reminisce :) im sad it's over, i wanna go back!! but isok, we got the third star and everything is good :)