#the world is crazy and wild and i love it
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i love things that happen because of a specific thing
#like ok thats everything winter i hear you say#yeah but i love to think about it#especially when the thing that happened is objectively bad but the thing that youre ledt with you cant imagine your life without (pos)#like without 9/11 we dont have mcr#like the pandemic happening -> breaking my foot from going on too many walks -> ascending to true emo form#like ok yeah me being insane about some bands is Not worth all the lives lost#but like. i dont know if it would be the same otherwise?#also with listening to podcasts#which led to meeting my roommate from last year (who i hopefully will become better friends with this year GOD pls shes so cool)#but then like also. if we hadnt moved right before kindergarten i would very likely be fluent in spanish#so theres things like that too ig#the world is crazy and wild and i love it#like so often i think about my life if we hadnt moved where/when we did#bc ok so for my whole preschool life i lived in arizona#which. fun fact is not super great for trans ppl or latinos#we lived in a town that was… more or less liberal? i think. i dont really remember#but like would i be as trans now if i had grown up fully there?#i mean probably i had a stint as a toddler where i was a boy for like two months#so its always been there#anyway. crazy things#rambles#winter stfu
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What I love about Hellboy and Abe Sapien's dynamic in the comics is that, if you came into this blind, you'd expect Abe to be the voice of reason or the straight man to Hellboy's impulsive and hotheaded personality. But no, Abe is more often than not the crazy one. Hellboy would deal with fighting evil monsters and bad guys by just sighing and getting it over with, while Abe is going rabid over tearing the creature apart when he does get into a fight. Hellboy acts like it's a 9-to-5 job and will reasonably talk things out with a guy that had nearly killed him before, Abe acts like a madman in a slaughter house and his first instinct is to shoot first kill second and ask third. They're both insane, but on completely different levels.
#wheres that one comic where abe gets into a mission and has to tear down a monster with an axe#then at the end when hellboy appears and sees abe going ham while covered in blood. he's like ''oh hey abe. good job you're doing there''#hellboy was not even worried for a second. he trusts abe to handle things on his own#they both trust each other to do their job but they also know when they can handle a fight on their own and will help if needed.#their trust and bond with each other is so implicit but speaks volumes. they dont need to say anything. they just know#we talk so much about hellboy being like. an alright guy and a whole lot kinder than the world treats him. and that's right#but it really does make Abe look fucking batshit wild in comparison because of it#the entirety of the abe sapien comics is that the guy is on his hinges and the only thing keeping him sane before was his job (which is#debatable.) and the bprd. mostly hellboy and liz and kate and roger. johan and ben are a weird case but he does kinda care about them#i love abe btw. he's such an interesting critter. absolutely crazy maniac of a guy.#tbf i dont blame him considering his backstory. if i went through some of the shit he did; i would not be sane either#also. the moments post hellboy's death in the comics where abe is trying to deal with his passing but never directly says anything about it#until he was confronted by hellboy in his dream. thats the cool bit yknow. we dont need to be told Abe was grieving about hellboy#we just knew he wasn't handling it well. using present tense when talking about hellboy to other people. avoiding saying his name.#its great stuff#the fire burns#hellboy#hellboy comics#abe sapien
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Guys call me crazy but I think the crazy robots would get along swimmingly. The tragic fact that these two don’t have more art interacting is an offense in my rule book and I have come to remedy that. They say you must manifest what you want to see in the world and this is me doing that jskjsksp. I will take initiative! Enjoy a smidgen of Mr. Puzzles and Mettaton art then. Although I think the only reason they initially decided to co-host collaborate together here was the prospect of getting more stars/ratings- because that’s show business babyyyy leverage off of famous people for viewssss/j
Also here is version without the speech/dialogue bubbles! Just two gay bots being fabulous and gossiping or something (platonically. Or you could lean into this being a ship I don’t really care lol). Maybe they’ll exchange some advice about the logistics of incorporating musical numbers in the boardcasts without losing too much revenue on the budget idk. Because if you think about it Mettaton did a musical number in a dress with Frisk and then Mr. Puzzles had his whole Creative Control moment. And both where marvelous performances by the way absolutely slay ✨
My “toxic trait” is supporting the theatrical livelihoods of fictional computers who have committed atrocities, and they both will probably never make an apology video for the attempted murders and trauma inflicting. Wow so girlboss of them :))
#you know I never really got the appeal of Mettaton when I was a kid- BUT I FINALLY GET IT NOW. I SO GET IT#Mr. Puzzles was my awakening I didn’t realize how much I needed to be indoctrinated into the culture of crazy theater kids until now#I need to embrace it go crazy go wild and do it while smiling for the camera#the world is a stage and we are all performers waiting to shine AUUUUGHH#fake it till you make it ahahhaha#please this is my personal therapy now#the fact they are so multifaceted too-#like being able to transition spontaneously from cooking show to silly gameshow trivia to boss battle vibes#I’m in love help /j#it’s the ability to improvise that does it for me apparently LMFAO#(that’s only a partial lie and joke because oh boy there’s so many other factors I admire)#all it means is that they’re quick thinkers with so many creative ideas and the ambition to bring those plans to fruition#and that’s something you can’t help but be drawn to as an aspiring artist#filled with determination✨#or maybe I’m just unhinged and loosing marbles yeah that too clearly :3#hplonesome art#Mettaton meets Mr. Puzzles#Mr. Puzzles and Mettaton#Mettaton and Mr. Puzzles#Mettaton undertale & Mr. Puzzles smg4#smg4 mr puzzles#undertale mettaton#crossover fanart#fandom crossover#undertale x smg4#smg4 x undertale crossover
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We see him come and know him ours
Russia: "Carol of the Russian Children," traditional // Kenya: The Nativity, Elima Njau // France: "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella," Nicolas Saboly // Haiti: Madonna and Child, Ismael Saincilus // Australia: "The Three Drovers," William James // China: Tryptic by Lu Hongnian // Canadian/Algonquian: "Huron Carol," Jean de Brébeuf
#the visual depictions are lovely#but what really gets me every time are the little cultural details in the music#music that tells the story of the Nativity while placing it in a world that's familiar to the listener#fur robed moujiks on snowboard plateaus in place of middle eastern shepherds#bark lodges instead of stables and rabbit skin in place of swaddling clothes#wandering hunter and chiefs from far off places instead of shepherds and wise men (man i love the Huron Carol)#and little french girls running to gather the village to come see Jesus#it's easy for an excess of historical concern to make Jesus feel distant and far off#/I know/ that Jesus was born in the ancient near east and have had my fill of books and sermons and the like unpacking the implications#I've laughed with my friends and family at the wild inaccuracies of Nativity sets and tellings#the crazy blonde mary in the kids nativity set at Walmart#what is that alpaca doing at the living Nativity don't they know those are south American?#yada yada#and then i look at these carols and think. it's okay not to get mired in the history. good even#yes Jesus entered into time and space in a very specific manner#but he also came for all of us#as another carol says: we see him come and know him ours#i just think this practice is lovely#that the impact of the Incarnation was such that it send little french girls running to their villages#and drew algonquin hunters and russian peasants to the manger to see him#it's the great crowd of witnesses in a way#all of us together preparing him room throughout all the corners of the earth#in Bethlehem that night it was only the shepherds who got to see him#but in spirit it was all of us#because it's just like the angel said:#good news of great joy which will be to all people#to all people#starting with the shepherds and going out to all the earth#unto us a child is born#intertextuality
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Scenes of a Peaceful World: Sokkla Saturdays 2024
Day Eight - Intuition
Rated: T
On FF.net//On AO3
"Do you ever get the feeling that mom and dad haven't told us everything?"
"Everything? What do you mean, Shun?"
"Well, it's just… I don't know. They have a lot of big friends, and they're all important people. Isn't it weird? Most my friends in school… their parents aren't like that. Ah, and all their parents know our parents, but our parents don't know theirs. Does that make sense?"
"I mean, our parents are famous. That's obvious, right?"
"But why?"
Hotaru bit her lip. She had no answers for that particular question… none that made sense, anyway. Shun pouted, sitting beside her by the fire, as Yuuna worked on some mysterious sculpture with a pile of ice, by Hotaru's other side.
"Dad's from the Southern Water Tribe," Shun said, glancing about himself, at the ornate, beautiful igloos, the strong ice walls, and of course, the beautiful fireplace they sat by. "This is where he was born. So why did he ever marry… w-well, someone from Fire Nation royalty?"
"Because they fell in love," Hotaru responded, simply.
"But how? Why? Are you sure it makes sense that they just…?"
"Why don't you ask them yourself?" Hotaru asked, with a wicked smile. Shun tensed up, cheeks heating up at once.
"B-because…! They're going to get all mushy and make fun of me for asking about that kind of thing," he grumbled. Hotaru chuckled. "See? You're making fun of me already!"
"You know, there's nothing wrong with admitting you're curious about romance," Hotaru said. Shun pouted, cheeks redder still. "If that's what you want to know…"
"That's not it! I've heard more than just… well, weird stories that make no sense about their relationship!" Shun exclaimed. "It's also about… how the war ended. Have you learned about that in school, Hotaru? B-because…!"
She had learned some things about it, certainly, but… not that much. Not at length. Hotaru frowned, eyeing her brother warily. He knelt by her now, careless to sink his knees in the snow.
"I don't know much about it. And everything I hear… doesn't sound real," Shun said, softly.
"I know," Hotaru sighed. "The Fire Nation lost and surrendered… Fire Lord Ozai was defeated. Our grandfather…"
"Mom doesn't talk about him much," Shun mumbled. "Everyone else says he was, uh, well…"
"A son of a bitch," Yuuna interjected: both her siblings winced.
"D-don't just blurt that out like that, Yuuna!" Hotaru said.
"We're not supposed to curse…" Shun swallowed hard.
"Nobody's listening. Doesn't matter," Yunna continued: the ice sculpture she worked on only continued to grow in size… though its shape still made no sense to her siblings.
"Either way…" Shun sighed, shaking his head. "I just don't think any of the stories we hear make much sense, you know? They're so… ridiculous?"
"But we have seen some of it ourselves," Hotaru pointed out. "Mom told us about the Spicy Ramen Challenge…"
"That's the only believable one."
"And the Spirit Library?"
"W-well, that's…! Very cool. I suppose. B-but do you seriously think our parents singlehandedly convinced a scary spirit owl that humanity wasn't that far gone and deserved a second chance?" Shun said, eyeing Hotaru skeptically. "We're talking about our parents here, you know? Just this morning they had an argument about the right way to pronounce 'leisure'… for twenty minutes!"
"They can take nonsense really far, that is true," Hotaru conceded. "But… they're really respected at their jobs, you know? People look up to them."
"That's what I don't understand. That's why… well, I want to know, but at the same time, I don't know if I do," Shun sighed, glancing towards the mountains. "Whenever we come here to visit grandfather… they always go on their own for a while and leave us here. Why… why do you think they do that? Are they keeping some big secret from us until they decide we're ready to hear it?"
"Thing is, Shun…" Hotaru sighed, folding her arms over her chest. "I have the feeling we've been hearing the truth since ages ago. You know… those bedtime stories they always tell us?"
"Oh, Princess Jing and her champion, Wentai?" Shun asked. Hotaru bit her lip. "What about that?"
"Don't you think it's weird how most people haven't heard of them? No one in school told us about those two great heroes of old…"
"U-uh, I guess not, but… I kind of figured mom and dad made them up?"
"They didn't!" Yuuna exclaimed, frowning. "Princess Jing and Wentai are a real legend!"
"That's what I think too," Hotaru said, with an awkward smile. "But… I just think their actual names aren't Jing and Wentai. And maybe they are hiding a thing or two anyway besides that, maybe they don't tell us the full story anyhow, but I think…"
"Heh? Heh?!" Shun's eyes widened, glancing between his sisters. "Y-you're not saying… Princess Jing is mom, and Wentai is dad? T-that's…! That's impossible!"
"You know, the more you believe it's impossible, the harder it will be for you to accept those secrets you're so worried about," Hotaru pointed out: Shun, however, was entirely beyond being reasoned with now.
"Wentai is so cool! He's like… the coolest non-bender ever! He fights and kicks so much, u-uh…"
"Ass!"
"Thank you, Yuuna, but… I mean, there's no way our goofball dad could be him! And Jing, w-well, she's nice, and she's the best firebender of her age, but I'm sure mom's cooler than her!"
"Well, I think they're both awesome," Hotaru smiled. Shun shuddered, shaking his head.
"There's just no way. There's just no way…!"
Hakoda smirked, witnessing the children's discussion from a safe distance – he supposed he'd have to report on Yuuna's curses to her parents, but he doubted it would make a difference, considering how the child tended to disregard any scolding that lacked logical, solid reasoning she could accept.
"So much intuition… and yet, always stopping just short of an uncomfortable truth. Sokka's son, that's for sure," he chuckled, dropping his head against the frame of his igloo's front door.
Should the kids sneak off now, following the tracks their parents left behind, they would be certain to find them in a whole different light right now. In the ruins of an old building, long demolished, by the bay where a dangerous battle had been won by the Southern Water Tribe…
"Still don't think this is the right way to go about this tradition of ours, love. We didn't have swords back then, remember?" Sokka smirked. Azula scoffed, raising her white blade in his direction.
"Humor your wife. What's the point of coming all this way without a rematch?" she smirked. Sokka laughed.
"I really shouldn't have put that thought in your head, all those years ago," he concluded. Azula chuckled, as he unsheathed his sword as well. "But it always feels right… coming back to where it all began with you."
"Just how far have we come this time, Wentai?" Azula asked, teasingly.
"Let's figure that out, Princess Jing," Sokka smirked. Azula huffed, twirling her sword in a teasing flourish before diving forth.
Their duels were never truly dangerous, if simply because they knew each other all too well, so used to sparring together that they would always be effortlessly synched. They moved smoothly, almost as though they danced, as though they were fire and water swirling side by side, never snuffing each other out, never clashing fully, only brushing together so lightly, causing sizzling electricity to bloom between them in consequence.
Their outcomes were seldom predictable, but this time, it was Sokka who found himself disarmed, with a blade by his throat. He smiled, raising his hands in surrender.
"Now… don't you dare yield," Azula teased him, stepping closer to him, without setting aside her sword. Sokka chuckled, basking in the tenderness and danger alike. "That would be no fun."
"I can think of a better way to settle this, then," Sokka teased her: Azula smirked as his arms slid around her body.
Her sword clattered over his once she dropped it, fully enticed into his embrace, kissing him deeply as the pale sunlight of the South Pole bathed them. Sokka pressed their brows together, nose gently nudging hers.
"Still think this is the right way to finish any arguments," he said. Azula scoffed.
"You're still pronouncing 'leisure' wrong."
"Am not!"
"Oh, please…!"
He dove in again, as though to prove his earlier words correct: Azula laughed, hands cupping his face first, then slipping around his neck so she could hug him tightly. Their careless laughter echoed across the pristine landscape, the place where so much had begun for the two of them, and where their ever-growing love never failed to find renewal and strength, providing the best warmth in a frigid landscape… highlighting the beautiful balance between fire and ice that the two lovers had long discovered by each other's side.
#sokkla#sokka#azula#sokkla saturdays 2024#sokklasaturdays#this is me being a troll to a fault#on the kids in particular#they are so much fun to write#as usual I was at a loss for what to do and then the idea hit me and I loved it#if you know you know#gladiator spoilers#look their family is just too happy crazy wild stories sound like they were making them up to amuse the babies#one day... one day they'll realize what's up#yes it's gotta be rough for the biggest conspiracy theorists in your world to be your own children#who don't think you are that cool#and that's why they don't believe you did all the things you did#but it's so fucking funny to me anyway x'DDDDD#here goooooes
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Interesting thing with the Bethesda fallouts (I've been playing a bit of Fallout 4 recently) is that they, at least in my opinion, misunderstand the fun parts of the first 2 games. I don't think think the setting is a very important part in those games, it's a part of it but it's just set-dressing for the gameplay and fun quest stories and how the players interact with them. I think there's some potential in say Fallout 4 for interesting quests or stories (I've done a couple of quests but a lot of my knowledge is from the Joseph Andersson video), but the solutions to any story just leads back into the shooting gameplay loop. This is, I think, antithetical to the format of the originals, which were based a lot more in having the format of a TTRPG. If your TTRPG sessions all boiled down to shooting people with basically no alternative solutions to quests I think your players would get bored. Since it's got shooter mechanics this kind of salvages it, it becomes it's very different own thing. But the wonderful gameplay loop of those first two games is lost, and I kind of miss it. Man, I need to replay Fallout 2.
#fallout#fallout new vegas#fonv#fallout 1#fallout 2#fallout 4#fo4#fallout 3#i have never interacted with fallout 3. This praise of the originals also applies to New Vegas#I've just been colored by video essays. Gotta get a grip and start forming my own opinions#seriously though it's really interesting how much Bethesda focuses on the setting of fallout#and pre-war america#who the hell cares about the pre-war world in Fallout 2? You're busy handling the post-war world which is pretty disconnected#also you drive that beautiful car. what a car. love that car#same with fallout 1. you're too busy focusing on all there being KNIGHTS now#you don't need to care about their exact origins even if you can learn it#I guess Fallout 1 & 2 originate from a place of a lot more wack-ass ttrpg source books in the 80s. our crazy asses were wild then
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Hmm... it's interesting how they made Luz wear a witch's cloak in Hunting Palisman - the episode where she introduces Flapjack to Hunter. This is also the episode where Hunter defies Belos by choosing Luz over him. He goes back to his palace empty-handed and he doesn't hand over Flapjack to Belos. Unbeknownst to Hunter, he is following Caleb's footsteps.
But then, in Hollow Mind, they made the choice to have Luz not wear her witches cloak - instead they made Luz wear a jacket with a giant "E" on it. They could have given Luz a completely different outfit like they did in Hunting Palisman. But they don't... they make her wear this specific jacket...
...They also make Hunter wear Caleb's symbol in Hollow Mind... an episode where Luz and Hunter are trapped in Philip's mind... where we can see paintings of the two most important characters in Philip's life - his brother and a witch from another world.
But I'm sure this is all unintentional.
You know, like this is:
oh, nbd, just a painting being paralleled with the scene happening right before our eyes
here's a more high def image of the painting
Oh, hmm, okay, this is a painting of Caleb standing next to a witch with short dark brown hair and who just so happens to be a witch from another world. Both of them are startled by Philip...
Hunter, the Grimwalker who looks the most like Caleb, is standing next to someone who ALSO just so happens to be a witch from another world with short dark brown hair... both are startled by Philip's monster form...
Hmm, must be unintentional I guess.
there's also this:
Mhm, okay, I see... I see, very interesting. Here we have Caleb being lead away from Philip by a witch from another world after the brother's have a fall out. This fall out marks the point of no return for them, as Philip later kills Caleb out of anger.
Hunter and Philip's relationship completely deteriorates because of Luz, which leads to Philip's decision to kill Hunter. She shows Hunter Belos' true nature and she offers Hunter sanctuary at The Owl House right after he finds out Belos has been lying to him his whole life... Luz saves Hunter's life and changes it forever.
Hmmm... very interesting
But I'm sure this is unintentional [I'm being sarcastic]
#lunter#there is literally no way they didn't have a name for Evelyn at this point bc they already had a final design for her character.#Hunter also saves himself using wild magic - the thing he was taught to fear - in this episode.#i like the implication - regardless if it was intentional or not - that wild magic saved Hunter from meeting the same fate of Caleb.#Once In Hollow Mind and the second time in TTT - Flapjack is made of wild magic#hm. interesting.#I also like how Flapjack is the one who brought Hunter back looking like Caleb... in an episode where he asks Luz#-who is dressed like a witch and is#a witch from another world - to help him avenge the physical representation of Caleb and Evelyn's love#interesting. Since TOH was canceled right after TTT i guess we'll know how the ending would play out :(#but yeah TOH has an audacity abt it where it thinks it can just eff around for a full season#without ever letting the protagonist and main antagonistic force intereact UNTIL the end of season 1#so crazy#speaking of TTT I still can't believe they made Hunter's fav animal wolves knowing Luz's school team is called wolves#then they color coded his wolf shirt and made that one lady say Luz must have been raised by wolves#hm yes. unintentional. whatever helps the antis sleep at night#like how that lunter kiss in SAI was unintentional teehee
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This is my personal crossover event of the century
#one of my favorite actors and one of my favorite drivers interacting??? what???#alright whos gonna be the brave soldier and write the matt damon × mark webber rpf fic-#(i read a fic w james bond/seb so imo it really wouldnt be too far off to write Linus Caldwell/Mark LMAO)#ive known abt this event practically since i got into f1 but i feel like my thoughts abt it keep developing every time i look at them again#first time: huh okay wow brad pitt & matt damon taking w mark thats really wild. f1 drivers really do be meeting w high level celebs#after i watched fight club: wow wow!! i cant believe theres pics of brad pitt with mark thats crazy!#after i watched oceans 11: omg wait oh yeah! when mark was in jaguar he was sponsored by oceans 12!!! thats sick!!!#and then recently w my increasing love for Matt Damon: WAIT OH MY GOD MARK HAS INTERACTED WITH MATT!!!! (two worlds colliding feel ig)#but i was watching some interview w matt where they referenced this happening so its relevant in my brain again so i had to post abt it#but of course in the vid the specific pic on screen was him and mark interacting and i died. like seriously i can never escape f1 and mark#mostly im freaking out bcs its truly the crossover event of all time concerning my interests specifically#but the lore behind this is genuinely really really interesting#the fact that theyre promoting a heist movie specifically and then they put a $300k diamond in the nose of the Jaguar#and then the Jaguar crashed during the race and the diamond disappeared?????? cmon literally itself could be the plot to an Oceans movie#RBR/teams sponsored by RB were so much fun back in the day!!#they had several back to back movie promotions which all were pretty fun! just a shame neither team was good back then#it was Oceans 12->SW:ROTS->Superman right? i can't remember if there was another#such a shame that neither mark nor seb were in RBR in 2005 when RBR was promoting ROTS#i think i actually wouldve exploded if there were pics of them w hayden or ewan(my prev fandom haha)#f1#formula 1#formula one#mark webber#matt damon
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I got bored... So, decided to draw these two!
#I don't post art that much anymore lmao#I love drawing Tom though#He's really fun to draw ngl#I have a hc that Redd has redd eyes XDD#they are ex husbands coded#i should post more#art#my art#animal crossing#animal crossing wild world#jolly redd#crazy redd#tom nook#fanart
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Swap Beyond the Crystalverse Chapter 8: Banished Fae
Co-written with @crystalninjaphoenix Read Swapboys | Read Crystal’s AUs
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The town really isn't all that big. The group leads Bro and Alt back in the direction of Chase's cottage--which, from the outside, has white walls and a yellow roof that's missing some shingles. They go in between the cottages out here on the edge, through their gardens, and into the wilderness. The north forest is pretty close to the edge of town. There's just a short stretch of empty grass and flowers, maybe about half a basketball court in length. This is where Jackie gets out of the pocket and starts zipping around.
Alt and Bro brighten once they see Jackie start flying around. Bro stretches and then falls back- letting himself hover in the air kind he’s laying in a hammock. “Ahhh! That’s better!”
Schneep whistles. "You were not kidding about that flight. I only see sylphs floating in the air like that."
You never see sylphs doing anything, they're invisible, Jameson says jokingly.
"Nearly invisible!"
Jackie flies over next to Bro, hovering by his head. "Wow. No wings or anything!" He laughs. "That must be pretty helpful."
Bro grins, “Yeah! It’s amazing!” He rights himself then flies around in circles over the clearing and zipping through trees before he joins the others again.
They start going into the forest. This isn't a thick woods. Sunlight easily pierces the canopy, sending ripples across the floor.
Marvin climbs into a tree, hopping up to the nearest branch, and walks along next to the others, effortlessly balancing on branches that look like they should break under his weight.
Alt watches Marvin climb into the tree. He thinks then in a flurry of glitches he’s on a branch by Marvin- in the shape of black calico cat. He hops and glitches along the branches.
"Oooo!" Chase's eyes light up. "Double cat!"
Marvin meows, sounding delighted. Alt meows loudly and sticks his chest out proudly.
Jackie laughs. "Schneep, you do something, make it an animal party!"
Schneep frowns. "I cannot become a cat, though. Mammals are hard for me."
"No no no, do something!" Chase encourages.
"Hmm... I can do one mammal," Schneep says slowly. He walks around the trunk of a tree--and a small, furry animal trots out, low to the ground, brown on its back and cream on its belly. It's about three feet long.
Alt blinks and glitches down by Schneep and sniffs at him. Then he grins and in a quick zip becomes the same animal as him, running around him in circles and making chittering noises.
Bro laughs, touching down to walk with the others. “…he doesn’t show this one off as much- I can tell he’s having fun.” He says quietly with a fond smile.
Jameson chuckles. What is that animal? I've never seen it before.
"I think it's an otter of some kind?" Chase says. "I remember seeing some in the aquarium back in Cali. But this one is darker, I think, and its head is somehow different."
Schneep raises up onto his hind legs and bobs his head.
"An otter? Huh."
Must be a different type than the ones you saw in the New World, Jameson says.
"Oh that makes sense!" Jackie says. "It's another river animal."
Alt chatters and tries raising onto his hind legs too but wobbles a bit. He makes a laughing type noise then in another quick glitch he’s now a brown wolf that sits down and barks slightly at them.
"Ohhh wolf!" Jackie says excitedly. "Fell yeah! They're so cool. Elves and goblins sometimes ride them into battle, you know."
And piskies sometimes ride squirrels, Jameson says jokingly.
"No, they're too small. A house cat, though? That could work." Jackie flies up to Marvin in the trees, landing on his back. "Even Marvin could work!"
Marvin mrows and shakes himself, throwing Jackie off. Jackie, luckily, manages to catch himself and start flying again before he hit the ground.
Alt makes a laughing like sound then whistles and glitches himself back into his cat form and walks up to Jackie, shaking himself off and showing off his back.
Jackie's eyes light up. He lands on Alt's back, right behind his head. "Onward!"
Alt meows and then charges ahead, even adding some speed with his magic- making bits of green sparks curl off his fur.
Bro covers his mouth with his hand to hide his laugh. “Oh my god- that’s amazing!”
Schneep in his otter form bounds after the two of them. Marvin does not, but his tail does flick excitedly.
Chase laughs. He takes his phone out of his pocket and films a video of all this. Bro follows Chase’s lead to get a video too. Why has he never thought of that? …Maybe cuz Alt might kill him.
After a while, something happens. At first, it's bits of litter on the forest floor. Sad, but not too worrying. Until they notice that it's not exactly normal litter. It's broken phones and wires, and the occasional microchip. Marvin hops out of the trees as cables start to appear, draped across the branches. The mood seems to fall a little.
We're getting close, Jameson says, frowning.
Alt starts to slow down as he notices the litter. His hackles raise slightly as he anxiously looks around the path and at the trees.
Bro shudders, “… never thought seeing these kinda things in a forest would feel so… creepy.” He mutters.
Jackie takes to the air again. "Imagine if it was something that hurt you by touching it," he mutters.
Schneep becomes human again--though he looks slightly different, his skin and hair tinted a bit green, his teeth a bit sharper. "This is where we start being careful," he says.
Alt glitches back into his human form too, a serious expression on his face. His pupils look a bit slitted- but he’s able to blink that away pretty fast.
"I'm guessing we shouldn't touch anything?" Chase says.
Probably for the best, Jameson agrees, looking vaguely troubled.
More and more junk shows up. Most of it is related to computers: laptops with keys missing from their boards, old boxy monitors with cracked screens, CPUs that have casing missing. But just about any technology is represented. TVs both flatscreen and boxy, kitchen appliances, projectors and speakers and car radios.
Marvin starts doing that careful cat walk as he steps in spaces where wires don't cover the ground. Jameson starts veering to the side.
Alt glitches around to the objects and frowns. “…listen I used to collect stuff like this- but this is excessive…”
���I’ll say… this feels like a fire hazard just waiting to happen… somehow-“ Bro comments.
Alt pulls out his tracker to try to see his close they are… and if the piece is actually in the hands on the iron-mad Prince or just nearby. If they can avoid his other self… he thinks that’d be best.
The piece is deeper into the domain, in the center, sat in a little nest of steel wool. Alt relaxes a bit, at least it’s not literally in his hands.
"Jameson, you good?" Chase asks.
Jameson doesn't answer. He's making a beeline for a tree... a tree with autumnal leaves, out of place in the green forest.
Alt’s about to tell the others when he looks up and sees Jameson heading towards the autumn tree. Alt glitches up next to him and tries to get his attention. “Hey! Jay! You okay?”
Jameson blinks in surprise. Then he nods. I just wanted to check on it. He's standing in front of the autumn tree. Its branches are draped in cables like all the others, but those branches seem abnormally weighed down.
Chase hurries over. "Check on what? Is everything fine?"
In the next moment, Marvin is in his human form again. "Um... I can explain if you want, Jems?"
Jameson nods, reaching out to touch the bark of the tree.
"Okay," Marvin says softly. "Um... have you all heard of dryads? They're from Greece. They're guardian spirits of nature, tied to a tree. Jameson is... sort of like that. This is his tree."
“Oh!” Alt says with wide eyes, “A dyrad! That makes so much sense-“ he glitches around and frowns in concern at the cables. “…is he hurting your tree…?”
Jameson sighs. Not on purpose, he says. But... yes. His domain has been slowly getting bigger over the decades, and one day it reached here.
Chase frowns. "Being, uh... 'tied to a tree'... that's not... normal, is it?"
Jameson shook his head.
"Do you... want to talk about it?" Chase asks softly.
If you all want to hear.
Bro comes up and looks at Jameson, “Yeah I… if you’re willing, dude.” Alt looks concerned and tilts his head.
Jameson still hesitates. But then he slowly starts to sign. My family is gentry, one of the rulers of fairies. They did not like humans much... not as equals, at least. But I thought humans were very clever. I started messing with some of their ideas.
"Clockwork, right?" Marvin says.
Yes. But not made of iron, of course. When my family found out, they sent me here, and tied my life to the tree so I couldn't return to Faehome if I wanted.
"Pricks," Marvin mutters, ears dropping back.
"They were part of the Green Court, like me," Jackie says. "The king overrode Jameson's banishment, since you know... it wasn't fair. But even he couldn't undo this. Only the ones who cast the spell can do that, and uh..."
"Fucking pricks," Marvin says again, making a growling sound in his throat.
Alt and Bro look horrified and heartbroken. “That’s… that’s awful,” Bro whispers.
Electricity zips around Alt angrily as he bares his teeth, “All because you were a little curious?! That’s… what the fuck?!”
"The Fair Folk aren't actually that fair," Marvin says.
Jameson sighs. I've had a lot of time to adjust to that. This happened back in... one of the 1920s. I like this small town and all the people in it. I'm happy here. He rubs his eyes. But the iron in the area IS bringing the mood down.
Alt snorts, still feeling anger for how unfair this is all is. “…I’m glad you found a way to be happy… despite all that.”
"I'm so sorry, Jameson," Chase says quietly.
Jameson looks back at him and smiles. It's fine, really. Henrik has it worse.
"We do not compare suffering here," Schneep says firmly. "It does not mean yours doesn't count."
“…what happened with Henrik?” Bro asks quietly, looking back towards him.
Schneep sighs. "As Chase briefly said, I got 'super kicked out' of my home. But I do not mind. Because I got kicked out for, oh you know, not wanting to kill people."
"It's still pretty shitty, dude," Chase says. "You like... can't go anywhere in Europe. I mean, Ireland is Europe, but you know what I mean. Like, the mainland area. That's a lot of place you can't go."
“You’re banished from all of Europe???” Bro exclaims, his jaw dropping. “For not wanting to kill people?!”
Alt looks equally as disturbed by this. “…how does that even work?? …wait I don’t even know what kind of fae you are-“
Schneep laughs. "I am not technically a fairy, because fairies are from these two islands. But I am something else. A nix. We are... water spirits, of sorts. And many of us tend to be... not kind. You are probably more familiar with sirens? Imagine that, but in a river."
"It was more that you were healing people, right?" Jackie asks.
"Yes." Schneep nods. "They said it was ruining their fun." He sighs. "I am glad to be far from the rest of them, to be honest."
Alt bares his teeth, “…that’s messed up.”
Bro nods, “…guess it’s probably good to be away- even if you’re … stuck in Ireland. And I say that as someone who grew up here-“
"Heh." Schneep smiles. "Yes, that place was... not good. I like this town much better."
Bro smiles and claps Schneep on the shoulder. Schneep smiles back.
Jameson takes a deep breath, and removes his hand from the tree. Alright. I'm ready to move on now. Where are we going specifically?
Alt looks back out into the forest, “The tracker said it’s in the center… in a nest of steel wool.”
“Eck- steel wool? Don’t like that stuff-“ Bro stays, sticking out his tongue. “Bad sensory shit-“
Chase frowns. "And steel is made of iron. So... it's like he's protecting it even more against any other fairies who come this way."
Alt makes a face, “huh… I wonder if… he knows what it is then…” why else would he be protecting it from other fae?
"We won't let that deter us though!" Jackie says, determined.
Marvin is in cat form again. He meows at the others, indicating they should follow him.
Onward, Jameson says, following him. The others trail after.
Bro hurries after the others. Alt trails behind, cautiously watching the trees.
More and more old technology shows up as they go further into the forest. Grass and bushes are replaced by dirt and piles of metal. Cables wrap around the tree trunks, snaking between them, sometimes forming something like a spiderweb between trees. They almost seem to be coming from one direction. The ground crunches beneath their feet as stepping on small bits of tech becomes basically unavoidable.
Marvin returns to his human form--boots are better than walking on all this iron with his bare paws.
Once it seems like it’s hard to avoid the debris, Bro starts to hover a bit but tries his best to stay out of the way.
They have not reached the center when, suddenly, an old iPad with a cracked screen turns on, showing pixelly squares of color. Other screens follow: computer monitors, televisions, even regular displays, like on microwaves and digital clocks.
Alt startles slightly as the electronics start to turn on. He builds up magic in his hands, trying not to shiver as he hears the voice. He bares his teeth and growls, eyes flitting around to look for any sign of trouble.
"I can seeeee you," says a voice on the wind.
The others all whirl around. Jackie conjures up his small sword again.
"Wh--where are you?" Chase calls out hesitantly.
"All over, everywhere!" the voice says, seemingly echoing from all around them. "What do we have here? Three humans, a sidhe, a pisky, a cait sith, and something I don't know that smells like river water. Strange! Strange strange strange."
“Show yourself, fucking coward!” Alt snaps out, lightning snapping around his hands. “You have something that belongs to us!”
“Alttt I’m not sure it’s a good idea to antagonize this guy-“ Bro mutters, but he gets into a fighting stance regardless.
"I'm already there, though!" the voice says. "Look up!" And a blackbird dives down from a higher branch, flying at Alt.
It smacks against his face, talons making small scratches.Alt yells out in surprise and pain, trying to throw the bird off and glitch backwards. “S-Son of a bitch?!”
The bird spins backwards, tumbling through the air. As it hit the grounds it suddenly bursts into feathers that fly into the air, and a man is standing where it just was. The resemblance to Alt is clear, though this man has one blue eye and one green eye. Both of them are bloodshot. The man is pale and thin, hair wild and entangled with wires and leaves, pointed ears sticking out to either side. His clothes are fine, somewhat medieval in style, black with hints of green and silver. Cables are tied around his arms like makeshift bracelets. Random microchips and other computer parts are tied to his belt with silver wire. "Welcome!" the man spreads his arms wide and grins. "Welcome, welcome!"
"So, you're this prince guy, then," Chase says. "The Iron-Mad Prince."
Alt staggers back, momentarily thrown off guard by the prince’s appearance. But then he glares, magic sparking in his eyes as he bares his teeth.
Bro looks unnerved- “…yeah I get where the uh ‘mad’ comes from-“ he mutters.
“Mad? But I’m not mad! In fact I’m so very glad to see you all!” The Prince smiles wider. “It’s been so long since I’ve had visitors, especially humans. Do you want to stay?”
“Leave them alone!” Jackie flies out in front of everyone, brandishing his sword.
The Prince blinks in surprise. “One of my brother’s knights? But where is your crest?”
“We’re not here to visit,” Marvin says. “We’re here for something.”
Bro shudders at this then gets into a fighting stance, “We’re not humans you wanna mess with, dude!”
“You have something that belongs to us,” Alt growls.
“If it’s here, it doesn’t belong to you at all.” The Prince folds his arms. “I’m no thief. I take only what’s been left behind.”
“Then there must have been a mistake,”Schneep says.
Do you know every part of your domain? Jameson asks. If we said that what we’re looking for is in a nest of steel wool, would you know what we mean?
“Oh! The one that fell from the sky!” The Prince’s eyes light up. “But—that one is so special. I haven’t seen anything like it, so intricate and unknown.” His fingers twitch. “That is so, so special. I couldn’t part with it for nothing.”
Alt glitches a bit in anger. Bro looks at him warily then steps up, “This thing is part of a larger thing that’s ours! It fell into different worlds and we need to collect all the parts or your world could be in danger. …what would you want in exchange?” Bro says slowly.
Alt looks at Bro with wide eyes, “Chase! We can’t negotiate with him!”
“Oh! It would have to be special as well,” the Prince says, ignoring Alt’s outburst. “Hmm… I don’t even know who you are. Can I have your names?”
“Well I’m—” Chase starts to say, but Marvin’s hand shoots out and covers his mouth.
"You can't have our names," Bro says firmly, remembering what his aunts taught him. "But you can call me Chase- or Bro... I guess. Weird for you to call me that..." He gestures to Alt, who is bristling like a cat, "And you can call him Alt. ...how special are we talking here? cuz uh- we're from like... super out of town? We could have something that interests you."
"Chase and Alt," the Prince repeats, fascinated. "And the rest of you?"
We've met before, Jameson says. "We have? Ohhhh, you're the one worried about the trees." The Prince pauses. "Jems?" Jameson sighs and nods.
"Call me Jackie," Jackie says. "And these all are called Henrik, Marvin, and Chase."
"Two Chases! Interesting." The Prince grins, then looks back at Bro. "Well, I won't know if it interests me until I see it, will I?"
Bro makes a face and pats down his pockets and utility belt. “Uhhhhhh-“ he scrambles to think of something. He can’t give him his phone- or Alt’s phone. It looks like Alt will bite this guy’s head off for trying to take any of this things.
Chase looks at Bro, eyes wide. He doesn't want these two to lose any of their stuff." Um--look, all your stuff is broken, right? Maybe you want a fully functional one?" He pulls his phone out of his pocket, showing it to the Prince. "Here, see, i-it lights up, and I can give you the code to open it--"
"What's that?" Suddenly the Prince is right in front of Chase, and Chase takes a step back. "It's a phone?"
"No, on the screen," the Prince says. "That woman and child. They look familiar."
Chase goes white as a sheet. "...what?" he whispers, the word barely a breath.
Bro tries to protest, “Hey no dude- what the hell??” Then he cuts himself off and stares wide eyed between the two. “…shit- is that…?”
Alt glitches closer, eyes wide. “…do you have a family, Chase…?”
“Y-You said you didn’t have one…” Bro whispers.
"I-I don't... not anymore," Chase says quietly. "They... disappeared. E-everyone back home thought I... But I would never!" He looks at the screen. The woman has curly pale brown hair, smiling at the camera wide with a bit of paint on her cheek. The boy is young, with darker hair, hands covered in paint as well.
The Prince blinks. "Yes... they were in... the Wilds."
"The Wilds?!" Marvin repeats, alarmed.
"So you're probably not going to see them again," the Prince continues.
"What?!" Bro gasps, "T-That can't be true... there has to be a way past these wilds- right?" He looks to the others with wide eyes.
"It's um... not that easy," Jackie says slowly. "The Wilds are a Fairy World. And a really big one, too."
"Like... a pocket dimension?" Chase whispers.
"Yes, exactly like that."
Bro looks very worried at this, looking back at Chase with concern. "M-Maybe we could-"
The Prince's eyes light up. He leans closer to Chase, and Schneep reaches out and pushes him back. The Prince doesn't even seem to notice. "Is she an artist?"
Chase blinks. "My... my wife? Y-yeah, she did--does paintings."
"Do you have pictures of them? Can I have them?"
"Why would you want a painting?" Alt asks, narrowing his eyes at the Prince. "You're called the 'Iron-Mad Prince'- paintings don't really go with that..."
All fairies appreciate art, Jameson says. Because art... is unique.
"No no no, not a painting, a picture of it," the Prince corrects. "Made of pixels. A-and electricity." He laughs a little. "I have screens you can transfer them to."
"You mean... I wouldn't have pictures of her art anymore?" Chase asks quietly.
"I think that's a fair trade."
"Surely you have the originals, Chase," Schneep says, glancing at him.
Chase shakes his head slowly. "She... she sold a lot of them..."
Alt blinks at this then hurries to grab out his iPad. “Don’t do that Chase- I have like, a million pictures of my art. Especially digital art, I can part with something.”
“Yeah!! Alt’s art coming in clutch!!” Bro cheers.
"Oh, you're an artist?" Chase says, looking at Alt, barely managing to hide his relief. "That's cool."
Alt smiles, “Yeah I dabble. Graffiti, some cartoon stuff. Things like that~”
The Prince grins. "Yes, that would work! Here, come come come, I'll take you to my screen and your piece."
"How do we know this isn't a trap?" Jackie asks, narrowing his eyes.
The Prince takes a step back and bows. "I promise you, that as long as you do not try to harm me, and you provide the art as promised, you will leave here unharmed and with the iron piece you're looking for."
Bro blinks then hums with a nod. “Seems fair enough to me!”
Alt looks a bit skeptical and holds his iPad close to his chest but he approaches the Prince. “Alright… how’re we doing this?”
"That's your device?" The Prince leans to the side, looking at Alt's iPad. "Cable, cable, cable." He sticks an arm out to the side, untying one of the makeshift bracelets. "This should fit. We'll plug it into a screen." He laughs excitedly. "This way!" There's another flurry of feathers and the blackbird is back, flying through the air deeper into the forest, tilting back and forth to the side.
Marvin narrows his eyes. "That is not how birds are supposed to fly--but in any case, do we trust this?"
Schneep shrugs. "Clearly he is not going to bring their piece here, so we must go farther anyway."
I can find the way out, Jameson says. I'm familiar with the area.
Alt makes a face, “…I’m not sure I do. But- I dunno. My stuff is backed up back home so if he fries something it won’t be… the worst thing I guess.” He quickly glitches after the bird.
Bro sighs and ruffles his hair, “Alright- time to follow the crazy bird Prince then.” He says, following after Alt.
They don't have much farther to go. The pieces of technology turn into piles. Leaves litter the ground, knocked down from the trees by the heavy cables. Bits of non-tech metal sprinkle the ground. Pots and pans, metal figurines, picture frames.
"You can smell the iron," Jackie comments, sitting down on Chase's shoulder and riding the rest of the way. They eventually reach a clearing, a spot of blue sky clear of branches or cables. Metal bookcases line the area, forming rough walls, their shelves overflowing with old computer parts. There's a table set up with a new-looking flatscreen TV and a laptop that looks pretty functional except for some missing screws. And there's a bed with a metal bedframe and a comforter meant to look like a desktop screen. Some more computer parts litter the folds of the blanket. The bird dives down onto the bed, bursting into feathers again and reforming into the Prince.
Alt looks around the space with a tilted head, “…uh- nice place you got here…”
“Kinda looks like your room, Alt,” Bro laughs.
Alt flushes and hits Bro, “Hey! It does not?!”
“When you’re working on a project it does!” Bro laughs more, covering himself from Alt’s rage.
Marvin shudders slightly. "Gods. This place reeks."
Schneep frowns. "I-I am not as susceptible as the rest of you, but... yes, yes it does."
"Are you all okay?" Chase asks, concerned. Jackie is leaning against his neck, looking exhausted.
Bro looks at the others with concern.
Let's just get out of here as soon as possible, Jameson says.
The Prince stands up again and walks over to the laptop. It turns on before he even gets there. "Plug plug plug plug plug," he mutters, putting the cable into the USB port. It takes him a couple tries, as his hands are shaking, but then he gets it and he grins, looking back over at Alt. "Well?"
Alt jumps a bit but then goes to kneels down by the laptop, plugging in the cable. On his iPad is a combined photo of a couple pieces of graffiti he did. “There’s multiple here- should be more than enough.” He mutters.
The Prince leans uncomfortably close to Alt. "I've never seen art like that!" Multiple PNG icons show up on the laptop's desktop as Alt's drawings are copied to its hard drive. "Oh, that's fascinating!"
Alt flushes, “Uh yeah it’s… modern. It’s stuff humans do on like… buildings and stuff.”
Bro marvels at how well kept the laptop and flat screen are. “…bro how are you even powering all this?” He asks the Prince.
The Prince looks back at him. "Most gentry have the power to do things like make their plants look better. I decided to put that power into the cables instead. Lightning in rubber, isn't that clever?" He giggles.
Bro blinks, “Well… that is how electricity works-“
Chase glances at Jameson. "Is that true? About the plants thing?"
Yes, actually, Jameson says. Though mine has been reduced since the iron surrounded my tree.
Alt unplugs the iPad quickly and glitches back, hugging it to his chest. “Okay that’s… that’s it then right? We can get our piece?”
The Prince gets distracted for a moment, opening up Alt's downloaded art and looking at it. Then Jameson coughs for attention and he snaps back to the others. "Piece, right? Yes yes yes." He nods and walks over to one of the metal bookcases... where, right in the middle of the shelf, displayed prominently, is a pile of steel wool. He brushes it aside and picks up a small item. A microchip the size of an American quarter, black and intricate. Some ribbon wires trail from the top and bottom. "This, right?"
Alt brightens up and glitches closer, “Yes! That’s it!”
"Here it is, then." The Prince holds it out, dropping it into Alt's hand.
"That was... easy," Chase says slowly.
"Yeah," Marvin mutters. "But he did promise we'd be unharmed... and that's not something fairies do lightly."
Alt stares at it, expecting some trick. Then he quickly puts it in the black bag and glitches back. “Uh… t-thank you.”
Bro looks worriedly at the others. “We should… go then. Since this place is… a lot for the other guys.”
"You get used to it," the Prince says, picking up an old motherboard from a shelf and turning it over. His head twitches erratically as he seems immediately drawn into staring at it.
"...riiiight," Chase says, backing away and pushing Schneep, Marvin, and Jameson behind him. "Let's head on out."
Alt's phone crackles. "You know, you two could technically leave right now. But I know you won't yet, right?"
Alt jumps a bit at Anti’s voice then takes his phone out to shake his head. “I want to make sure the others are okay first-“ He says. He glitches over to the others. “if you guys want I- I can get us back to the pub.. or one of your houses?”
"I think I'm the only one with an actual house," Chase says. "Unless you count Schneep's clinic. But yeah, if you can do that..." His eyes dart down to his shoulder, where Jackie is sitting. "That would probably be good."
The Prince's head suddenly snaps up. He looks up into the sky. "There's lightning in the air," he whispers.
Alt looks back to The Prince with wide eyes. “W-What?”
“The fuck does that mean? A storm?” Bro asks, squinting up at the sky.
"Something's coming," the Prince says. His eyes widen.
"Wait a second--!" Anti shouts. "There's--"
Then the sky explodes into a wave of red light. The Prince shrieks, and throws up a hand, and a shield of yellow lightning appears above the clearing, rebuking the shockwave that follows.
As the sky explodes, Bro grabs Alt and as many of the others as he can and covers them up with his body. He blinks in confusion as the shield gets made.
A figure forms in the center of the clearing, hovering a bit over the ground. A figure made of red light. "Did you miss me?"
Bro and Alt gasp and stare up with wide eyes. “No…! No- why are you here?!” Alt shouts, bristling as magic sparks in his eyes.
"Wh-who the fuck is this guy?!" Chase gasps.
"Did you think you could escape me?" Red Anti laughs. "Even if that eyeball thing was able to toss me out of the last world, I know everywhere you go. And I'll continue to know." He reaches out. "Let's see if I can use this." And a bit of purple energy pulls out the black bag with all the TRVLR parts in it.
“NO!” Alt shouts and tries to grab the bag and hold it back.
But it's too fast. The bag zooms up into the air, and red Anti's image mimes grabbing hold of it. "Courtesy of your friend Mag's magic!" he says, grinning. "Hope you like this world! You should get used to it."
A bit of the air rips open, a rift unfolding. And red Anti tosses the black bag towards it.
Alt screams in anger and doesn’t even think about it- he glitches to try to go after the bag- diving into the rift. “ALT!” Bro screams, and bursts into the air to try to follow him.
"Oh no you don't!" Red Anti growls. Lightning charges in the air, a bolt shooting for the two of them-- --but a bolt of bright white lightning intercepts before it can reach them.
"What the fell?!" Marvin gasps, and all the others turn to look at the Prince. "I promised they'd be unharmed, didn't I?" he says in response to their looks.
"Fine!" Red Anti snaps. "Go after it! You won't like that world at all!" He laughs, and his image disappears.
"Be careful!" Chase shouts after Bro and Alt.
Bro grabs Alt before he gets too far and holds onto him and they both manage to look back towards the Prince defending them.
Bro smiles and shouts, “You too!! Thank you for your help!!” Alt nods back to the others with a slight smile before he focuses on glitching after the bag, falling into the rift.
Chase and the other fairies watch the two of them disappear into the rift, grim hope in all their eyes.
#SBTCV#Swap beyond the crystalverse#SBTCV Fae#banished fae#UGH THE ALT AND JACKIE SCENE IS MY FAV I DREW SOMETHING FOR IT#alt just showing off his shapeshifting is a big deal for him ajhabk#also god i love the iron mad prince he's crazy but like not evil#which is kinda wild for my boys to see ajhbka#ugh this world is so cool!!#my partner is so good at worldbuilding guys :)
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hooooooooooooo bastille are doing some small "candelight" intimate gigs including one 20 mins away from me in october ............. but i kind of don't care as much for what they're doing right now so i don't knowwww......but it would still be nice to see dan in this kind of capacity regardless......i guess ill see what the ticket prices are and ponder
#basically they are taking a break as Regular Bastille and dan is doing a folky acoustic project and some of the songs are good and of course#he has a lovely voice but hmmm its not particularly interesting to me its all a bit too basic...?#i haven't been crazy about an entire album since all this bad blood/wild world to be honest#like doom days has some bangers give me the future has some bangers but neither of them quite have enough substance#or feel a bit clumsy/hollow/(middle class..) in the way they do their doomerism/apocalyptic escapism thing#dans current stuff is in a different direction but unfortunately im just not crazy about it either
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all bday illustrations! i feel like something changed in my art style but it's probably just the lineart (+ shading and lighting)
#don't you think it's wild how riku was still 17 when he was first introduced and now he's gonna be 19 this year.#like it's crazy man aimi just turned 17 and akio is still 17 as well DUDE STOP GETTING OLDER!!!#and asahi is gonna be 13.. omg...#fun fact about how time works in linagram: idk how it works in canongram but here the prisoners actually do get older#but i also see it like this: to them it feels like literal months or even years have passed. they're getting older. they're celebrating-#their bdays or other holidays. but when it comes to the outside world its probably been like three days or more. like maybe a week#so when or if they manage to come back i think their bodies will go back to their pre-milgram age. sort of like they went to an alternate-#reality in some way??#if you're wondering the only reason why i decided it won't be as long in the outside world is not bc of their families or friends#SOME OF THEM HAVE PETS. AND THEIR PETS LOVE THEM A LOT. NAOMI LIVES ALONE WITH HER CAT AND THERE'S NO ONE WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF HER#(maybe some family members but do we trust naomi's family. especially her mother)#casually dropping some lore in the tags and leaving byeeeee#👑prisoner 001: miyagawa akio���#🌸prisoner 002: hanasaki aimi🌸#💔prisoner 003: ishizu shun 💔#🌿prisoner 004: chiba naomi🌿#🍓prisoner 005: sanada kei 🍓#💎prisoner 006: yoshioka eiko💎#🍬prisoner 007: yano asahi 🍬#🎀prisoner 008: maruyama yurika 🎀#🎸prisoner 009: kuroki riku 🎸#🎭prisoner 010: himura reina🎭
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oblivion theory is the best deltarune theory bcuz every inconsistency with the legend and the knight and everything is just explained away by "this whole premise is fabricated so you'll keep playing the game forever" and it also makes actual perfect sense
#literally a ride or die oblivion theory truther i am 99% sure that its whats actually going on bcuz it just makes too much sense and it#connects the pieces in such a all-encompassing way that ive never seen another theory successfully do before#the virgin ''whats up with the knight whats up with the roaring this doesnt make sense'' vs the chad ''gaster's experiment is creating#a game within a world that is not a game and making up a fake prophecy to keep you playing through dark worlds and sealing them#forever and the knight is the vessel (the embodiment of your desire to consume content) literally making the game so that u can play it''#read the oblivion theory doc by wandydoodles if you havent already for the love of god. im so serious#thinking about it makes me crazy. the omori parallels too (which they bring up). how the whole premise of ''saving basil'' is literally#just made up for sunny (and you) to keep exploring headspace forever. a wild goose chase of a rpg premise#thats exactly what i think is going on in deltarune's dark worlds in line w this theory cause it just makes too much sense#serena.txt#ftr i am not new to oblivion theory i read it months ago. im just gushing about it rn cuz the lets player im watching is speculating#about the knight and im just like heh heh. does she know?
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happy bday to the one and only walker scobell!! you’re genuinely funny and soooo soooo good at playing percy Jackson. (And probably the other things you’ve been in but I haven’t seen anything else with him in it haha) I can’t wait to see all the other amazing things you’re going to do with your life. here’s to you cutie!
he’s such an adorable lil boy who will surely grow up to be a heartbreaker one day! Love you goofball!! (like a little brother, because you’re just a little too young for me haha)
#happy birthday!!#love this kid so much#I hope he had the best birthday in the world#fourteen is crazy#which side note#means walker was born in 2009#which I cannot even begin to comprehend#is that such a weird year to anyone else??#like he JUST TURNED FOURTEEN#he’s my little brothers age#WILD#walked scobell#percy jackson#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians
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"Loving you is like flying in a space ship, it's totally out of this world.. for really reals."
Loving you is like loving an alien.. there's no one like you in this world - eUë
#aliens#alien#loving you#flying in a spaceship#spaceship#flying#outer space#out of this world#crazy#i love you#wild#totally#divine#quotes#text#lover#lovers#relationship quotes#relatable#spilled ink#spilled thoughts#spilled words#love quotes#love#love quote life quotes#love quote for her#quoteoftheday#romance#romantic#affection
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I listen to this podcast that's like for (redacted) people and their families and at the end of every episode they feature somebody's special interest and it's always a sweet kid who does posters or has a career planned. where's the love for some customer service manager named like ally or something whose passion for lesbian necromancers kept them from straight up stabbing customers. if you ask me that's had a greater impact on society. people are alive today because of it you know? just as a totally random example
#this is a joke#i'm joking#i need the redacted podcast for people over 21 when you can no longer play it off as cute and quirky and now you have to like#hold down a job and communicate with others#i love listening to self help podcasts i'm microdosing on being a human. nona was right other people's problems are so wild#that said some of these solutions & conversation suggestions seem wildly counterintuitive#i truly can never anticipate what they're going to say on there it's like plot twist every time i love it#they're mean to people i would have been nice to. they're nice to people i would have been mean to#one time they said you shouldn't call someone your best friend that's a lot of pressure and i was like. ohh so this is how their minds work#crazy#i'll call the bus driver who waited for me my best friend but okay#anyway the redacted podcasts are more relatable but unfortunately they are also like. if you have a redacted child in your life#a child in my life? oh no i'm proudly child free. celebrate that period every single month no offense to the kids of the world
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