#there are other mentions of species planets and dimensions

[ckret2]

Did Bill's species call themselves "shapes" like we would call ourselves humans? Or were there multiple shape species (like calling ourselves mammals) or was everything shapes? (Like calling ourselves objects or matter or things) or did they have a different word entirely?

Also don't think i mentioned this in any of my tags but I just remembered a compliment for the massacre arc: I reaaaally like Bill being so scary and powerful and untouchable and then having moments like asking what a 3d circle is called and how it works. It's like... it's sad and adorable and terrible. He's simply a little man. Little fish in a big big sea. Sure the fish maybe leeches poison through the ocean somehow but he's still just a fishie!

Yeah, my personal headcanon is that they called themselves "shapes" the way we call ourselves humans. (Or, rather, they called themselves some impossible-to-pronounce alien word; but when Bill identifies himself as a "shape" in English, in his mind he's referring to himself by species.)

I'm gonna go ahead and say that their word for shape-as-in-a-person and shape-as-in-a-geometric-figure were indeed the same word, so like their word for a triangle in math class was the same as the word triangle for Bill's gender. They used the words for themselves first, and later applied them to geometric figures. (So to Bill the connotation of the word "triangle" is "a three-sided person (or figure)" and not "a three-sided figure (or person).")

The word "shape" can apply to species outside their own, but only species that look and behave like them. So like, no other creatures from Euclydia were shapes; but Hectorgon's a shape and Kryptos is a shape and Amorphous Shape is a shape (several shapes tbh), even though they're aliens. So Bill's definition of "a shape" is somewhere halfway between how we'd use "a human (our species)" and "a person (not necessarily our species, but sapient and intelligent on our level)."

The word Euclidean is equivalent to how we'd use "earthling," except applied to the whole universe instead of just one planet; it's anyone and anything from Bill's universe. It had to be invented post-massacre because, pre-massacre, they didn't need a word for that. (I mean, we don't have a word to describe what universe we're from.)

And thanks, that's what I was going for. Bill's destroyed an entire universe—but he's never seen any constellations but his own. Bill's so ultra-powerful—but he doesn't know what a cube or sphere or prism or cone is. Bill's the ruler of an entire twisted dimension—but the whole time he was trying to get his people to look "up," he never realized there might be a "down."

[route-to-eutopia-if]

Route to Eutopia - New WIP IF

DEMO(28K) I CHARACTER DOSSIERS I PLAYLIST (TBA)

You have one year left to live.

But are you afraid of dying? Probably not. Since you don’t even know how to live your life. You have been hidden away from public eye since young. And the only friend you have is an Alter, humanoid species born to only serve other people and nothing else. Alters live so ‘people like you’ could live.

That makes the two of you. Alive. But never here. Never lived.

If opportunities arise, would you take a chance to change it? Only you can answer.

In a world where feeling nothing at all is better than letting your emotions rule over you, your choice to break those rules and make a change will paint a new shade of history that no one ever could. 

Hidden behind shut doors to live your quiet life as a secret child of Bastien Palmer, Sole Leader of Eutopia paradise, you never experience anything except for repeating the same old routine your entire life. You are the existence which should not be known, not just for the reason that you are the byproduct of your father and his secret lover. But also because of your frightening ‘Alter-like’ eye color, most of it is silver like any Stargaze–but nevertheless… tinted shamefully by crimson streaks.

You are told to stay away from public eyes for the sake of Palmer’s reputation in which you feel obliged to. However, your life of peaceful solitude will never be the same again after tonight…

Route to Eutopia is a violent dystopian loosely-conceptual interactive story where you are a bystander surrounded by The Chosen One of your own choice. You are to designate whether this story will head towards the direction of mutual peace between Alters– a human-like species believed to be plagued by uncured disease since birth– and Stargazers —a group of survivors whose ancestors once lived on a faraway planet before an inevitable disaster occurred and forced them to flee into another dimension, or towards a doom fate that cannot be reversible.

To be noted; RtE is a heavily-relationship based game (not necessarily in platonic/romantic sense) each of your interactions with any character will determine the tone and purpose of their motivation. Any choice you have chosen, make sure to embrace the consequences of your action at your own expense.

With that being said, it is also worth mentioning that you don’t need to engage into a romance or specific relationship with any character to complete the story.

RtE also rated 18+ for strong language, suggestive contents, disturbing topics such as racism, sexism, discrimination against queer people, explicit descriptions of violence, murders, drug use and sexual behaviors of certain characters with optional intercourse scenes.

Setting

RtE takes place in a post-apocalypse society where the concept of time is lost and any history known was only speculations at best and rumour at worst. Trying to maintain their sense of utopia, Stargazers built and operated their space colony as a temporary base for self-preservation (in which only fews know details about) called ‘Eutopia’. 

In this dystopian paradise people’s sole purpose of living was fixated on surviving. And in order to do that, the whole population creates a solid ground rule not to let themselves ‘feel’ about other emotions that do not serve for public favors. Hence, you will be challenged to adapt to several situations and handpick the best flavor of your actions based on the emotions you have learnt or developed from your surroundings.

Who do you play as?

For now, you will be playing as a secret child of Bastien Palmer, the leader of Stargazers who already has a wife and two other perfect children, your younger sister and brother. Ones you have never interacted with nor you ever get the chance to.

MCs subjectively considered a white sheet which you can paint anything on by your preferences. Explore the world full of colorful emotions or bottomless pit of numbness by your own choices. 

But remember, Eutopia is a place where everything goes according to one simple rule ‘To survive’ hence the marriage between a man and woman will be set as the norm and only truth, and someone who will state otherwise must face and suffer the ugliness of social standards accordingly. However, I do not encourage any transphobic/homophobic behavior of the characters in this story. Please kindly be assured of that.

There might be a chance where you can start off as other characters, that is, however, still a subject-to-change matter as of now.

Introduction to the Chosen Ones [ ROs]

**Please be aware of mild spoilers below**

Vegaris (M/F) 19 Star-crossed lovers or Nemesis route, The Rebel.

They would do anything to survive, even if it means to betray the only person who trusts them deeply… like you.

Vegaris is an Alter who has so many sides hidden behind closed doors. Unpredictable, cunning, hot and cold are the words that describe them best. Due to their traumatic childhood (much like other Alters on Eutopia), they have a deep-root hatred for Stargazers. Although they were brought in by your family and treated almost the same as one of your father’s own kids. They still witness the unfairness of being an Alter in society and never afraid to point the wrong in other people’s doings. 

Their usual mask, however, is one where you cannot crack open that easily. They always remain calm and composed in front of you, and only show their fangs when circumstances arise.

Dana/Darren Regency (M/F) 22 Childhood friends, Forbidden route, The Face.

For a person who seems to be easy to read as much as an open-book, they sure talk with silence better than with their own voice.

A poster girl/boy for Regency Academy. Your former childhood friend (for some unknown reason, they're trying their hardest to avoid you) and an only child to the Head of Deans at Regency, Sandalphon. They are the precise image of how one should raise a Stargazer. Being a honor student. A model citizen. And a perfect ideal partner. They are assigned to be married with the most capable genetic-wise fiancé. As popular as they appear to be to the public, their private life (as private as it can be) is still a gigantic loophole for most imprudent reporters trying to catch even just a glimpse.

It seems like what they are trying to avoid is not just you, but the entirety of Eutopia.

Sandalphon Regency (M/F) 40 Age-difference, Single-parent route, The Pacifist.

Do you believe in something just because it's true, or it becomes the truth only when you believe in it?

Sandalphon is the most powerful influence among the deans of Regency. A group of people that has control over governing matters even beyond that of Bastien Palmer, the President. For Sandal, they are anything and everything people could ever ask for in a Regency. Kind, generous, well-versed with every branch of knowledge in the universe. Never wrong in anything. And never judge anyone based on their bias.

If only people knew the truth, they’d probably beg to differ.

Maybe they are just good at hiding beneath that gentle facade, maybe a calculated mind with strings to pull works best with neutral suggestions... who knows?

One more hidden character will be revealed in the demo, Into the Madness route, The Savior.

[ Classified info. ]

**There will be two sub ROs and flings to be introduced later in the story.**

More info will be announced.

Demo 1st update : 24/01/2024 Chapter 1 (28k codes excluded)

Datalog is completed roughly til the end of the story. Coding and polishing will certainly take time. Any more updates will be announced solely on this blog.

Reblogging is appreciated. Thank you!

[home-sweet-hive]

ALTERNATE HUMANITY A Field Guide to "Humanity Removal Therapy"

Part 1: Introductions

This is a complimentary series to this system's other Animal HRT series; Black Arms HRT

This story is NOT written by the system's host, Aikshlin (🌹). To keep with the mystery of the story itself, the author of this story has chosen to simply go by "Penpal" (🖋) for the time being.

WARNING: This story currently contains Swearing, Mild Mentions of Death, Implied Reincarnation, and a perhaps Untrustworthy Narrator

[The Beginning (You are here!)] [Next]

Somewhere within a city left a mystery to most, there lives a peculiar scientist by the name of Doctor Theodore H. Erian, who is known by a select group of individuals for providing an experimental treatment to anyone across the dimensional planes willing to take it. ‘Animal HRT’, they call it, though it is more professionally understood as ‘Humanity Removal Therapy’; a medical miracle designed to change someone into a completely different species.

Despite its colloquial name, this treatment is not limited to just animals, nor is it limited to species commonly considered as ‘real’. Creatures of fantasy, creatures of folklore, and even creatures from modern fictional media have been achieved from this incredible treatment.

With a power so great, it was only a matter of time until that power, that medicine, fell into the wrong hands. Some would argue that Doctor Erian’s hands were already the wrong hands. Others would point to other doctors not affiliated with Doctor Erian, giving out “back alley treatments” as Erian himself would call them. 

But there are a select few that say that the true danger lies within the patients themselves.

After all, despite Doctor Erian’s claims that he asks each patient to spend at least 48 months as their desired species, it has been found that it is scarily easy for these patients to just lie and get what they want at a moment’s notice.

The city where Doctor Erian works, only known as ‘Hyper City’, is said to be a crossroads between dimensions. A place that anyone from any reality can access if they have knowledge of it, and a place where theoretically one could travel to any reality from as well. With such widespread access to this strange location, it was only a matter of time before someone with questionable motives came across its existence.

And with it, the existence of ‘Humanity Removal Therapy’ as well.

Somewhere within the computer of Doctor Erian, there exists a copy of a set of journal entries. And elsewhere on that same computer, there exists an email sent to him by a concerned citizen of “who-knows-what” planet of the “who-knows-where” dimension (his words) – several, in fact. 

Doctor Erian was dismissive of the message at first, regarding it as either something already addressed or simply an attempt at ‘trolling’. 

But once he saw the entries included in the email, he saw the situation unfolding just under his nose to be quite the troubling one.

And perhaps you will too.

---

January 8th, 2025

Today was a short day at the station, or at least it was for me. A sudden and rather heavy snowstorm is supposed to hit the area tonight (??? Yeah of course it's sudden how the hell are we getting snow???), so all attention is given to our meteorologist for today’s broadcast. 

Not that I’m complaining, of course. The less labour I have to endure, the better.

But either way, this leaves me with a lot of free time on my hands. Originally I was going to make use of that time by heading down to the entertainment department to see how A████’s work was coming along, but as I got up and started to head over to his desk, I noticed that they were, in fact, already here within my area, talking to another member of the news crew as the two of them sipped on bottles of water from the work cooler.

“... Can’t seriously be real,” I recall having picked up on the tail end of a sentence from A████, spoken in disbelief.

“I went there! It’s real!” The other guy insisted. I had inferred from those words that they must have been talking about a location of some kind.

“Well then explain to me why I’ve never seen this ‘Hyper City’ on a map anywhere,” A████ had inquired of his peer. 

“Oh yeah, that. I think a local told me that it’s a sort of realm between dimensions? So you can get there from wherever, so long as it’s your intention to get there!” The other guy tried to explain himself, but it only seemed to make A████ even more skeptical.

“Yeah, you’re making this shit up,” It scoffed, ready to take off elsewhere.

But before he could, I inserted myself into the conversation. I couldn’t help it, I was horribly curious. Something had beckoned me to get to know as much as I could on this strange topic the two were speaking of.

But what else is new?

A████ was pretty happy to see me, usually is, so he was more than happy to give me the details. Though, part of me suspected that part of it was A████ being forced to do the ‘honors’, since the other guy seemed to be a starstruck newbie and/or low level that completely froze at the sight of me. 

According to A████, he and the new guy were talking about some fantastical town called “Hyper City” that can access any and every dimension and world and that is filled with humanoid animal beings. Yeah, can’t blame A████, that is pretty out there. 

But I have seen stranger, experienced stranger. Despite our closeness, A████’s pretty new to what we do here as well. Kiddo’s still on their first life and everything. So while I can’t blame it for not believing the story, I also don’t agree with it. 

Without even thinking about it, an order for the two of them to go out to this ‘Hyper City’ and retrieve a souvenir from there slipped out from my lips. I only realized I had said it when A████ questioned if we should run that plan past the Big Bear first.

Whether I had just forgotten to think before I spoke or if it was something deeper than that I never really cared to look into, to be honest. Makes no difference to me.

But yeah, I should probably get to writing that email to D████. I still have a lot left to get done before I go about kicking another bucket, you know?

> What’s this about you dying now? It is much too early for that.

Oh, hey babe! Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere. Just a little joke, LOL.

> Good. Make sure it stays that way.

Sigh. Only you would threaten me to not die. <3

By the way, why are you in my notes?

> Nearly 35 years, and you’re only asking that now? You really are a dumbass.

“Why”, not “how”. Who’s the dumbass now?

> You never hesitate to make use of your special privileges, do you? 

> But to answer your question, I must remind you that you have a meeting with S████ and Doctor K████ at eight o’clock.

Oh shit that’s right! Thanks hun.

Now I really should get to that email, huh-?

> Yes.

Remind me to update this document with the results of the little chase I’ve sent A████ and that other guy on.

> As if you even need to ask me. Your “inspiration” will surely beat me to the chase. 100%.

Love you too. 

---

January 9th, 2025

The storm came just as strongly as predicted, leaving us with a couple inches of snow  on the ground. 

I honestly couldn't believe it. Snow? This far south? I'll be honest, when I wrote that part down yesterday I thought it was some sort of joke. But the current way the world's been going has left the weather all sorts of fucked up.

Despite the nearly once in a lifetime experience going on outside, I had stuck to my usual morning routine of getting ready to go to work. Sure, it may be unusually cold out today, but I always wear at least two layers of clothes anyways. 

But apparently I was taken off of the work schedule for today regardless. 

On record they wrote that it was because I live too far out from the station, and they didn't want me driving across town. But honestly, I just think they're pampering me. 

I can't tell if that thought makes me feel flattered or insulted.

And A████ laughing about it when I called him earlier didn't help me decide, either. Yeah, of course this is typical for his hometown back in New York, but we certainly aren't up there, are we?

But either way, that means that instead of going to work and getting to report about the first snowfall I've ever gotten to see, I'm relegated to just writing a follow-up to what I was talking about yesterday.

I did actually get an email back from Mr D████, like pretty much right after I sent him my message! I know, pretty surprising, right? The old man usually takes like a week to respond to any emails sent to him at the earliest.

But apparently he had already heard about this ‘Hyper City’ place. Didn't know about the weird dimension part of it though, only knew it as a place S████ had told him and everyone else about wanting to take a vacation to. 

Suffice to say, that was a pretty interesting bit of information to have with me during that meeting with her and E████ K████.

Speaking of, here's an excerpt from that meeting, recounted to the best of my ability. Why? S████ brings up something pretty interesting about Hyper City, I think. Also, because I was told to.

–

“Oh, just so you know, I'm gonna be going on a bit of a vacation next week. So don't count on me being available during that time, okay~?” 

“I'm aware.”

“Wait, what??” 

“Care to explain how, L████?”

“Heh, sure!”

“But first, what if I told you that I also know where it is you plan to go?” 

“That'd be…”

“That'd be so cool!!” 

“S████, you're planning a vacation to Hyper City, right?” 

“Yeah!! How'd you know?” 

“Well, you see, it seems you're not the only one around here who knows of that strange place.”

–

I then proceeded to explain to S████ the conversation I had inserted myself into yesterday.

It was her response to this explanation of mine that had truly captured my attention.

–

“Well I definitely hope it's real!! I'm traveling out there in the hopes of getting my hands on some Cat HRT!” 

“... Cat HRT? Like… Hormones for… cats???”

“Not quite! Apparently, it's HRT that’s supposed to turn you into a cat!”

“And before you ask how I'm gonna still do my duties while being a cat – you can apparently stop before a certain point and you'll stay an anthropomorphic animal rather than going full feral! The ‘crossroads’, I think it was called?” 

“... I'm putting you into the souvenir venture group as well. If it's alright with E████, I'd like for you to join A████ and B████ in their expedition, and for your souvenir to be that ‘Cat HRT’ you so desire.”

“Well who would I be to defy that decree?”

“Can do!!”

–

And after that, we moved on to other topics of discussion.

But you can see why what she said interested me, right?

> Once more, you are not beating the ‘catboy’ allegations.

THE CAT PART IS NOT WHY I'M INTRIGUED, YOU CALCULATOR.

> Surely.

> Allow me to predict what you are about to type; It is the general idea of transforming the human body into something it was ‘not supposed to be’, yes?

Pretty much, yeah.

Turning into a cat is cool and all, but I think this technology could go to a much more important use if we got a hold of it, wouldn't you agree?

> Certainly.

I think I need to put these notes - starting with yesterday's - into a document of their own. I have a feeling that this may grow into a story of its own at some point.

So I'm going to do that now.

---

January 18th, 2025

After giving out today’s report, I was called to the break room to have a bit of a chat. That much isn’t too unusual, happens to me a lot. What can I say, people wanna hear what I have to say!

What was unusual was that it was E████ of all people who had requested my presence.

When we met up just outside the break room, I had asked them what they were doing here – why they were not back at their lab like usual.

To that they had just a simple response. 

–

“Whenever there’s something I need to tell you, or anyone else that works here at the station, I usually send S████ out to deliver the message for me. But since now S████ has something she must say to you, but is… scared to, I figured I’d play fair and do the honors for kit.”

–

I understood their words quite well, but I was a bit surprised to hear that S████ would be scared to tell me something. 

I had a feeling it had something to do with the ‘Cat HRT’ thing, but she does know that I wouldn’t be mad at her if things fell through just this once… right?

Well, if not, then I should set the record straight and make it clear that she’s okay – that’s what I figured at the time.

So I asked E████ outright if S████ had failed to obtain the ‘Cat HRT’.

She had.

Apparently, the doctor that gives that stuff out over in Hyper City is a strict one, making the people who come to him to jump through so many hoops just to start treatment that it makes us look like a free-for-all. The current supporting claim for this is that ‘Animal HRT’ is still experimental, so it’s ‘best practice’ to limit the amount of people who can have it.

What a load of bullshit, whatever happened to unleashing a substance into a small town to roam free so you can see what happens?

> Hah.

<33

But anyways, once I had that explanation from E████, I made my way inside the break room where S████, as well as A████ and B████, were waiting for me.

A████ stood at the front of the group, confidently holding his souvenir – a branded pen from the Hyper City Municipal Zoo.

B████ stood just off to the side of A████, looking a bit less confident in my presence. In his hands he held a printed photograph of himself, A████ and S████ in the streets of Hyper City. 

Clever boy, that one.

And then there was poor S████, cowering behind the other two as she refused to look me in the eyes. Within their shaking hands, I could just barely make out a snow globe, containing within it a miniature model of the city – one that lined up very well with what B████’s photo depicted.

After looking at each of the souvenirs, I handed them all back to their respective owners and thanked them on a job well done. 

A████ and B████ looked delighted to have my approval, but S████ was instead confused. She asked me why I wasn’t upset at her. 

After all, it had not done as I asked. They did bring a souvenir, yes, but it was not the one I instructed kit to get.

I informed her that I was very much aware of the fact that they had indeed tried to get a hold of a ‘Cat HRT’ prescription, but the plans fell through. And so I had said to her;

–

“Why would I be mad at you for trying?”

–

That did seem to make her feel better, though not entirely. So I went for another swing;

–

“And besides, you’ll have some to show off in about 48 months right? That’s a pretty short amount of time in the grand scheme of what we’re promised.”

–

But that one was unfortunately a miss.

As it turns out, S████ was not in fact just put on the waiting list for getting her desired ‘Animal HRT’. 

She had been outright rejected.

She had explained - tearfully - that no real reason had been given to it, just some vague bullshitting about a “sketchy result in a background check”.

I remember seeing red then, and I still do now as I write this down.

I knew right then and there that I would have to face this doctor himself. Doctor Erian is his name, apparently.

But whoever he is, I’m going to make him fess up to the real reason he denied S████ treatment. 

> May I accompany you?

You? Asking to do something? That’s new.

But yeah. I was already planning on it.

> Of course you were, gayass.

BITCH???

So mean to me, for no reason at all. </3

But anyways.

My memory of what happened next begins to become a bit fuzzy at this point, but I know I took off from the break room and wordlessly made my way to Mr. D████’s office. I knew I’d need to get another bit of approval to go to Hyper City myself. That certainty was the only thing in my mind at the time outside of the all-consuming rage I had felt.

Once I entered his office, however, that one driving thought had faded. I had gotten where I needed to in order to get what I wanted, so all that was left was my anger. 

It’s at that point where my memory cuts out completely for a bit.

We pick back up some time later, with me still sitting in the office, and Mr. D████ walking in on me being there.

Understandably, he asked what I was doing in there – which snapped me out of my daze.

I had been seated in a chair placed right in front of his desk, gripping on a teddy bear that had been placed on his desk, ████, I think his name is, with such force that it could probably kill if the guy was still human. 

After recollecting myself, I had managed to explain what had happened with S████, and gave out my request to go to Hyper City on my own to confront Doctor Erian. 

I was approved for February 9th. “Don’t kill the guy”, I was told.

No promises.

–

The following is an email correspondence between Doctor Theodore H. Erian and Doctor Mirai Fortune.

To: Dr. Mirai Fortune

From: Dr. Theodore H. Erian

Subject: Follow Up on “Notes on Animal HRT”

Good afternoon Doctor Fortune. 

Or whatever time of day it is for you where you are. 

I have finally gotten around to reading through the PDF file you sent to me, and I must say, first and foremost, that I apologize for brushing off both our face-to-face meeting in my office some months ago and your first few emails as baseless fear mongering. It seems I have no reason to regret turning Miss Holmes away after all.

That is, I assume the person described as seeking Cat HRT in these notes is her, right?

I ask because while I am not sure if you are aware of this, parts of the file are redacted. Specifically, all names mentioned in the text aside from my own. 

I personally find this quite troubling, as I believe that having as much information on this group of people is priority here, especially when it seems that the writer of the notes, who I only know currently as “L” due to the redactions, threatens to harm me.

Dr. T. H. Erian

To: Doctor Theodore H. Erian

From: Doctor Mirai Fortune

Subject: PDF Error

Hello, Doctor Erian.

The redaction on some parts of the PDF I sent you is not intended, and the fact that it is there is something that deeply troubles me. I apologize for whatever confusion it may have caused. I really thought my assistant had successfully decrypted the encryption put on the document.

You see, Doctor Erian, the people that we are dealing with are very committed to their secrecy. 

But the two of us will continue to work on this matter, and will send you the decrypted files as soon as we can.

Thank you for informing me of this matter.

And by the way, yes. The apparent “S” mentioned in the files is Serena Holmes. I appreciate you taking my advice to refuse her treatment.

I understand you may see it as cruel to deny a patient on such grounds, but I promise you that she is not nearly as innocent as she seems.

None of these people are.

Again, thank you for working with us to ensure the safety and sanctity of humanity across the dimensions.

Mirai 

To: Doctor Mirai Fortune

From: Doctor Theodore H. Erian

Subject: Response To: “PDF Error”

Good morning Doctor Fortune,

I understand that the redactions were made in error, but can I at the very least have the name of the person who wrote these notes? Again, it seems that they intend to hurt me, and I would like to have the necessary information to keep them out of my office. 

By the way, shortly after you left that picture of Miss Holmes at my desk, I tried asking a friend of mine that is more familiar with other dimensions and supernatural things about that symbol that was on the back of the photo. Unfortunately, the two of us got a bit… distracted talking about something else that was going on at the time, so I was not able to get an answer from her. 

Could you tell me what it is? Thank you in advance.

Dr. T. H. Erian

To: Doctor Theodore H. Erian

From: Doctor Mirai Fortune

Subject: Names and Symbols

Hello Doctor Erian.

The symbol on the back of the photo is the emblem of the organization Serena is a part of. Refuse service to all that wear it.

You will find that the name of these note’s author will be easy to find. Fortunately, it seems the title of the document itself was successfully decrypted by my assistant in the copy you have. 

What is the name of this “friend” you speak of? Is she an assistant of yours? 

Mirai

To: Doctor Mirai Fortune

From: Doctor Theodore H. Erian

Subject: Assistant

Good evening, Doctor Fortune,

The name of my friend is Iris – she calls herself “Iris the Dark Witch”. I suppose you could call her an “assistant” in a sense, as she is the one I worked with to develop Animal HRT (Humanity Removal Therapy), in the first place. 

I’ll forward her this email chain to see if I can get her opinion on all this. 

Aside from that, I must admit I am not fond of your vagueness when it comes to the author’s name. Again, I ask, what is their name?

Dr. T. H. Erian

To: Doctor Theodore H. Erian

From: Doctor Mirai Fortune

Subject: [N/A]

Hello Doctor Erian.

If it does not come to you now, then it will when he shows up in your office.

I trust you to act accordingly.

If he asks to have you view anything on his computer, refuse immediately.

Mirai 

[talonabraxas]

"Throughout all the reaches of the cosmos, Weaves the real being of each individual; In the quintessential human being, the mirror image of the world holds sway. The 'I' unites both And so realizes, The true meaning of existence." ~Rudolph Steiner

Sirians Talon Abraxas This is The Sirians! This is a message for the channelling platform “lettersfromsirius.com”. This transmission will continue to build on all the introductory sessions we have had so far on this platform about the various beings that reside on various planets around Sirius A. You might have seen the word Ashkeru being mentioned in prior transmissions. The word Ashkeru describes all humanoid beings that live on and associate with the planets around Sirius A. It encompasses the Blue Sirians, the Reptilian Sirians, the Aquatic Sirians, the Feline Sirians, all the Hybrids and some other races that have made the Sirius A planets their home and we want to honour them by including them as well.

There are twelve planets around Sirius A. In this transmission we will be expanding on the planet that we, The Sirians, the Guides of this channel and the Providers of this transmission primarily align with. This is the planet of the Blue Sirians, the planet of the Blue Ashkeru beings, planet I-A-EE. Planet I-A-EE exists in multiple dimensions. The physical beings align with the fifth-dimensional resonance of the planet whereas the collectives and the Light Beings like us align with the higher dimensional aspects of the planet. The planet is approximately 12 to 15 times bigger than your Earth and is located in an ideal position relative to Sirius A; close enough to absorb a lot of its energy but far enough to be safe from the power of its radiation. The planet has water, the planet has soil, arctic environments on the poles and some more destitute territories and it is organised a bit differently to your planet Earth. It is organised according to function, not according to identity for the identity of our society is already unified therefore we do not need separation amongst us, we do not need borders, we do not need other frameworks.

We are, and by “we” we mean the Ashkeru beings for we speak on behalf of the Ashkeru beings, a space-faring species. We evolved enough to have physical, light and non-physical expressions of our consciousness. We exist on our planets just like we exist on our motherships. Planet I-A-EE has been around for many millions of years. It was a desolate piece of floating mass of soil and stone, but we saw the energetic potential. There was already a civilisation on it. When our ancestors fled from the wars ravaging Lyra and Orion, they settled there and many more followed.

The planet I-A-EE has been lovingly adapted and geo-formed to fit our ever-increasing consciousness, our ever-increasing capability in the areas of spirituality, self-awareness, technology, scientific endeavours and our contributions to the Galactic Federation have been a compass as to how we carry out our administration and the management of our planet. We have five to seven Moons as you call them; their number depends on how you count and how they are utilised in each moment. These Moons are not natural; these are artificial planets that we call auxiliary planets. We have placed them there so that they can play the role of research, of fabrications, of manufacturing, of scientific endeavours. Our soil is rich in Silica and another compound that is unknown to you. The Blue Sirians, that primarily live on I-A-EE, and their Hybrid offspring are very tall by your standards. The planet is on a different scale to your Earth. Everything is bigger compared to your Earth, compared to your awareness of size and scale. We do not necessarily have what you call cities although we have organised areas that we call settlements, where several activities take place.

The receiving and sending of Motherships, of space crafts, is very fundamental to us and our civilisation at this point in our evolution. So, we have really dedicated areas on our planets, close to the poles, for that is easier access and also safer access, where we keep our bases. We want to use the word spaceport, consider it an equivalent to your airport. Some aspects of the spaceports are on the surface, so are terrestrial, but the majority of the spaceport facilities are underground for that is a lot safer. The spaceports are a very important part of our planet, and they are allocated in very strategic locations.

We do have a lot of forests; we do have a lot of nature and a lot of wild nature that we left unencumbered. We respected it and gave space for it because the nature that grows natively on I-A-EE is a natural energetic expression of the Sirius A star and the planetary being herself. We use the female article to designate the energy of our planet. We perceive her as a female-oriented planetary being, but we have been working on integrating all aspects of ourselves for many years, many cycles of our evolution.

There are settlements on the surface and below the ground and what you need to also realise is that not all planets share the same, shall we say, architecture as your planet. You have a surface, and you have your dwellings on the surface and then there is an uneven sea-level; certain countries of your Earth-plane are below the sea-level, certain are much higher than the sea level. All of you use the sea level as your reference. We do not have the same reference on I-A-EE. Our planet and our settlements are layered, very layered. We have forests that exist on an upper layer of the planet and settlements that exist many layers down. We do have what we call an inner core below which you get too close to the central crystal of the planet, but our civilisation and our settlements are built upon layers. Close your eyes and visualise. As a result, when we relate to space, we relate to it in a much more spherical manner. You relate to your space in a much more horizontal manner. You use the sea as a reference point, and you navigate yourselves primarily along your planet’s surface. We do not use our bodies of water as a reference, we use the inner core and the coordinates of altitude and longitude to define our location on the planet. Considering the size of the planet and the multiple layers you can see how complex the environment can be when you compare it to your own perception of Earth.

In the last few years, there has been a very popular entertainment movie show on your planet with certain blue beings. We are not going to name the show for you all know what we are referring to- that was loosely based on planet I-A-EE and Sirian civilisations. Use the magnificent trees that were depicted there as your starting point to begin to visualise the forests on our planet.

Physical Blue Sirians and Blue Hybrids co-exist peacefully with the animal life forms, the plant life forms and all the other beings that are travelling in and out of our planet that are of other species, of other star societies. We have certain areas, certain settlements that are dedicated to certain purposes. Physical beings like to live communally. We have evolved to a certain point where there is not a lot of value for the physical beings on I-A-EE to live in isolation by themselves. We are a consciousness of service. We are a civilisation of service. Therefore, we like to exist and co-exist and work with others. Settlements exist in various localities around the planet in various altitudes and longitudes and communities organise themselves according to purpose.

There are certain communities dedicated to the advancement of technology, certain communities dedicated to the raising of our offspring, certain communities dedicated to the taking care of our genetic material and indeed the procreation of our species. Physical beings on I-A-EE do not need to eat food. We have transcended the need for food. We can maintain our bodies by directly transmuting the light energy and by ingesting certain fluids to maintain our alkaline composition. Therefore, we do not need to cultivate food on a grand scale like you do, like many other races need to. That frees a lot of time, space and effort so we can use the resources of our planet for other purposes.

[chaotic-creator]

The Expanded Pantheon of Discord!

So I'm a massive Doctor Who fan and I've been watching the new series. Gotta admit, it's been a weird run but I enjoyed it overall. During "The Legend of Ruby Sunday", we got the confirmation that The Toymaker's Pantheon is the same as The Pantheon of Discord that The Trickster belongs to.

We also got a list of other deities in The Pantheon and that got me thinking of other Whoniverse villains who could fit into The Pantheon along with a couple of OCs. So sit back and enjoy, my version of The Pantheon of Discord!

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The Toymaker: The God of Games- A canon member of The Pantheon from the main show. The master of games and Lord of Play, a crazy madman obsessed with his games and an opponent to The First, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors

Hecuba: The Goddess of Fate- A canon member of The Pantheon from an audio story called The Queen of Time. She's the sister of The Toymaker and aunt to Maestro. She's capable of trapping The TARDIS and is the mistress of her own pocket dimension. I feel like Goddess of Fate works for her

Trickster: The God of Traps- A canon member of The Pantheon and the first one to officially be called part of The Pantheon of Discord back in the Sarah Jane Adventures episode The Wedding of Sarah Jane Part 2. He creates chaos by making deals with people close to death, changing timelines and the resulting chaos feeds him, this chaos is typically world ending in some way. Each of his deals is a trap, as to undo his actions the person who made the deal has to take their agreement back and die.

Maestro: The God of Music- A canon member of The Pantheon, parent of The Harbinger and the child of The Toymaker. Their goal is to keep their dominion over music and lock it away inside of them, depriving humanity of one of our most precious sources of comfort, empathy and expression. A brief (but memorable) enemy of The Fifteenth Doctor

Reprobate: The God of Spite- An as yet unseen deity, though I have my theories. I believe this is another name for Fendahl, a classic Doctor Who villain who fed on souls, as classic Who described Fendahl as the same species as The Mara, another member of The Pantheon. A being that is cruel enough to feed on your very life essence? Seems pretty spiteful to me

The Mara: The God of Beasts- A canon member of The Pantheon and an enemy to The Fifth Doctor. Representing a massive snake and called a psychevore originally, Mara is a shapeshifter, having "many forms and none" that feeds on raw emotion and requires a host to form in the real world

Lucifer: The God of Despair- This one isn't canonical but I love the idea of The Beast from The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit being a member of The Pantheon. Every pantheon needs their horned deity and The Beast fits perfectly. Not to mention he was voiced by Gabriel Woolf the voice of Sutekh. I made him The God of Despair here because in his episodes he was referred to as The Prince of Despair and Lucifer was also a name attributed to him. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Abaddon: The God of Hunger- This is the child of The Beast, featuring in the Torchwood episode "End of Days". Described as The Great Devourer who eats at life itself, he was eventually defeated by trying to devour Captain Jack's immortality. As I made his dad a member of The Pantheon, I thought Abaddon would also work and his "Great Devourer" title makes him the perfect candidate for a god of hunger. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Fenric: The God of Pestilence- A classic Who villain and enemy of The Seventh Doctor, described as "an evil force from the dawn of time". As he was able to infect the minds of an entire Viking clan and their descendants, altering their destiny, Pestilence seems like a good domain for him. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Jester: The God of Fear- An enemy from The Sarah Jane Adventures, an insane shapeshifter who caused and fed on fear. Throughout time he has appeared as The Pied Piper and fed on the fear of The Plague of Rats and later on the fear genrated when he took away Hamelin's children. Later he took the identity of Odd Bob the Clown and kidnapped children, feeding on the fear that these kidnappings caused. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Krampus: The God of Trickery- A canon member of The Pantheon, from the comic story Imaginary Enemies. He tried to remove Amy Pond, Rory Williams and Mels Zucker/River Song from time in the 1990's by tricking their classmate Veronica Stackmore into wishing them away. He gives his victims disguised gifts that grant him manipulative power over them.

Harbinger: The God of Chance- Yes I'm making Harbinger a God and also just one being. They're now a shapeshifter and the child of Maestro. They serve as a lesser deity and lie in wait, at moments in time, where there is a chance to break the barrier between the outer plane where The Pantheon lives and the mortal universe. Harbinger is now master of The Not Things and released them from the edge of the Universe when The Fourteenth Doctor and Donna crashed there, causing 14 to "invoke a superstition at the edge of the Universe". This one slight nudge to chance warped reality and let Harbinger's fellow gods loose.

Moloch: The God of Chaos- The brother of Fenric and a canonical God of Chaos, since I made Fenric a member of The Pantheon, it seemed fitting to make him part of it too, especially since it's a Pantheon of Discord and he's a god of Chaos. Seems very fitting that The Pantheon would have a deity whose domain is the name of their whole group. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Incensor: The God of Disaster- A canon member of The Pantheon and mother of Doubt and Dread. Having read about Fenric and Moloch, I thought I could tie in Incensor by making her, another name of "Mi'en Kalarash", a legend from before Galifrey itself who is described as The Blue Fire and a being that inhabits "the wasteland between realities". That felt too perfect to not be the realm of The God of Disaster, so I made the two beings one.

Light: The God of Endings- Another classic Who villain and another being described as "an evil older than time itself" by The Seventh Doctor. He was obsessed with cataloguing everything in The Universe and became enraged whenever anything changed. He could teleport, move at "the speed of thought", had telekinesis and telepathy along with electrical abilities. As he detested change so much, bringing a permanent end to all change seems like it would fit him. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Akhaten: The God of Plagues- The villain from The Rings of Akhaten, described by The Eleventh Doctor as "a parasitic deity" who fed on the hopes, dreams and souls of the people of Akhaten. As 11 called him a plague on the people singing to him and the people themselves called him "An Old God" I wanted to include him as a God of The Pantheon and I think a domain of Plagues suits him. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Midnight: The God of Shadow- This is my take on what The Creature from the planet and episode Midnight was. An immortal being so old and powerful, so evil and dangerous that it could only be imprisoned on a planet where the sun ate away at any form of biological matter, to stop it gaining a host. It's jailers named the planet Midnight as a warning of The Deity it imprisoned but over time this meaning was lost. Now Midnight, roams his prison planet, driven insane and wanting nothing but escape. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Kronos: The God of Time- A classic Who villain and enemy of The Third Doctor, from the story The Time Monster, Kronos was worshipped but feared as an evil god, a destroyer, child slayer and destructive force of evil. Captured in Greek mythology as The Titan of Time and Father of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera and Demeter. With how often this being is symbolized as evil in both Doctor Who and media in general, Kronos Lord of Time fits in well here. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Void: The God of Darkness- This deity is partly OC and partly based on some stuff from canon. This is the physical embodiment of The Void, the space between dimensions that contains "No light, nothing. Only darkness" according to The Tenth Doctor. Responsible for The Darkness of The Mind, where the worst ideas of sentient life come from, Void's power bleeds through dimensions and realities to infect every living thing with its power. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Sutekh: The God of Death- A canon member and apparently the leader of The Pantheon, described as "the mother, father and other of all" and "the god of gods". Sutekh faced The Fourth Doctor in "The Pyramids of Mars" and later The Fifteenth Doctor in "Empire of Death". A creature obsessed with death and ending all life in The Universe as he sees life as a perversion, Sutekh stands on high as the Master of The Pantheon

Huitzilin: The God of Panic- Another of the same species as The Mara in the Classic Who novel, The Left Handed Hummingbird. Like how Mara feasted on emotion and Fendahl who fed on souls, Huitzilin feasted on fear and panic, as he's the same race as Mara and Fendahl in Classic Who, I thought making him a member of The Pantheon worked and a god of panic fits with the other gods. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

The Doctor: The God of Life- Surprise! I am basing this on a theory I have. The Doctor was found as a child by Tecteun on Galifrey before The Time Lords formed as a race. But why was he beneath the monolith as a child? What if he was a banished God? The God of Life and antithesis to Sutekh. This would explain his seemingly infinite regenerations.

A lost immortal god, banished as a youngling, would definitely make him "The Timeless Child". This would also explain his desire to save everyone and everything, he is literally driven to preserve his domain as much as he can. It could also explain how The Fifteenth Doctor brought the butterfly back to life in Space Babies

He was taken in by The Time Lords but when they invented time travel he became a danger, A God unbound from time itself, a non linear deity. When his fellow deities saw this, they formed a plan to wipe his mind and bind him into the mortal plane. The Trickster trapped The Doctor by making a deal with Tecteun.

The Trickster granted Tecteun the last bit of knowledge she needed to steal The Doctor's power over regeneration and life and work it into The Time Lord's DNA and descendants. However in return, Trickster trapped The Doctor to Galifrey, they became A Galifreyan biologically, Tecteun rewrote The Doctor's biology to trap him with Galifrey and her people. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

Precursor: The God of The Unknown and Secrets- The only one who's a complete OC deity. This deity hides in the background of their fellow gods actions, ensnaring victims with the knowledge they desperately want, forcing them into deals that Precursor binds them to. They then grant their victim the knowledge but immediately destroy it and feast on the disappointment and rage that their victim feels, leaving the victim a husk. Precursor can also rework reality like their fellow gods, trapping the truth in The Unknown Realm while making a new perceived truth, tricking everyone and keeping the true secret, the real knowledge unknown. Not a canon member of The Pantheon

I hope over the next few weeks, to be able to write and publish short stories for each and everyone of these deities! Hope you enjoyed this expanded Pantheon of Discord

[technicianuprisingau]

Cast Introduction: Susie

"Effective from today, all we can do is hope the best for the future! Tiring, yes... but chop chop, let's get to work - the company would not just simply rebuild by itself~!"

Basic Info

Name: Susanna Patrya Haltmann Age: 18 [by the end of Planet Robobot - vague due to Another Dimension clause] Gender: Female | she/her Orientation: Straight Birth Date: March 3, 2995 Place of Birth: [unknown] Hometown: [unknown] (does not recall) Species: Nullarian Job: President of Haltmann Works Company, unofficial Nullarian ambassador Other names/titles: President Susie, Mrs. Haltmann, (My) Dearest Sanna [Haltmann, pre-insanity], Sus [Magolor], Daddy's Lil' Girl [Marx], Alignment: Lawful Neutral Affiliation: Haltmann Works Company, Nullarians

Personality

Susie was initially the jovial, affably threatening girl of the Haltmann Works Company. And to this day, she is still sort of one. An ambitious lady with a strong taste in things, fair-hearted and caring about her employees’ wellbeing, honest regarding her methods and able to take responsibility for any risk she takes… sounds like a perfect CEO, right? Towards her allies and workers she tries to be somewhat encouraging, if not a bit optimistic. Some say that disregarding her lavish and stylish ‘personality’, she isn't all that bad, and treats everyone with the respect they deserve. But when she is all alone, or with the people she trusted the most, it feels as if all the colors in her are drained away… as if she is a shell of her former self. In actuality, Susie is constantly tired. Tired of being the only sane one. Tired of being the only responsible person able to do things. Tired of being this miserable woman. But she is determined to make sure that there won’t be a second case like her father again, so she keeps working anyway, despite her struggles to get up from her current predicament - it really shows that she is trying in earnest, even asking help from those she never thought she would really ask. These experiences clearly had humbled her down. Apparently, perhaps the sweet, everloving Susie is still down there, but she’s not letting that out as much, just around the public… and not too much, either. But she’s trying. Always. That’s just how it goes.

Relationships

Kirby

Status: acquintances It’s a bit hard to really describe Susie, in Kirby’s perspective. They never met face-to-face until the time Kirby learned Meta Knight was brainwashed… and she had a play in it. It wasn’t great. And then the time he and his team learned Dedede got cloned for some reason. And then finally, just before confronting Haltmann. Kirby suspected there is something more to this, just like Taranza before her, and what do you know, he is absolutely correct… There is a bit of mutual interest. Susie sees Kirby, this ‘Pinky’, as a very interesting individual. His charisma and charm was able to lead the team and keep them from falling apart, after all, not to mention his surprising feats of defying the odds. Deep down she admits she envies the boy for being so able to shrug off things very easily. Kirby on the other hand sees Susie as someone who also needs help, like Taranza. Especially after the stunt she pulled before Star Dream’s awakening. So he’s planning to figure that out… later, when he feels more stable. Looks like there is a budding relationship to settle, but we’ll see how this one goes… though knowing Kirby, it’ll lead to a bond one way or another.

Bandana Dee

Status: friends To the surprise of EVERYONE, Susie's first friend in Team Starstruck is Bandana. Yep, not Kirby mind you, Bandana. The guy who beat her the first time around, the guy who has a bit of hatred and vitriol from the start to the Haltmann Works Company, the guy who was a bit more skeptic in general. She didn't expect that coming either, but well… here we are.  Bandee was the guy who initially broke Susie's walls by defeating her as a lowly ‘worker’, and points out how the little ones can too make changes. And this lesson stuck to her throughout the course of the war. In fact, arguably, Bandee's actions became a catalyst for her redemption. Susie honestly thinks he's a great worker himself - any company would probably pay high for his personality and hard work, but it seems like Bandee's content with being with Team Starstruck and staying at Dedede's Castle, so she won't bother him on that. Don't want to mess this up after all. The two kept in touch once Susie started rebuilding the place. Mainly, Bandee was just in the sidelines - he had other things to deal with - but it's fine. They’re cool now.

Robobot Armor

Status: acquaintances You'd think Robobot Armor would hate Susie. Or at least, dislike her - like, no sh•t, she was the top brass of the company. Well, you'd be surprised to hear that, uh, no, actually, they are fine! They are just… neutral with her. It helps that they don't interact much directly - it's Bandee who has the most interaction with her. Maybe Robobot dislikes Susie a little, but not enough to throw hands on sight entirely. To Robobot, Susie is just another person in the HWC back then - they didn't care, they only fought her because she and her kind wanted Kirby dead. That's it. Nothing more nothing less, and now that they are chill it's… whatever, I guess, can't bother. And the feeling is mutual. While Susie does have intrigue towards the way Robobot is now, she doesn't bother too much about it. Probably because of the Adaptor Chip experiments not going well and they were one of the only recorded successful results. One less failure is better than nothing, considering everything else the company did… Are they both interested in developing a strong bond? Uh… not now, admittedly, but maybe someday. They are too occupied with a lot of sh•t right now.

Meta Knight

Status: acquaintances Susie is actually very interested in Meta Knight - despite not being the one who directly installed all the mechanization into him, she did have a hand in it by designing the concept. And looking back… there is a regret she can’t really express or expel. And Meta Knight isn’t the biggest fan of Susie either - the only reason they ‘cooperate’ was because the two made a deal during the war which did influence Team Starstruck’s revolution later, not to mention he now has to watch over her per GSA orders. Well, clearly, their relations are… awkward! They merely keep things professional for the most part, and that’s about it really! There might be just a tiny admiration from Susie’s part regarding Meta’s expertise - and later work ethic upon watching him and his crew interact - but otherwise, it was a lukewarm connection. There is no love, no hate, just business, and for the sake of the world’s wellbeing. Nothing more than that, really, and they both understand if the other wants to f^ck off as soon as business’s over. Yeah.

Max Profitt Haltmann/President Haltmann

Status: family, ex-employer (...it's complicated) Right… her father. It’s a touchy subject, this is, but really, it’s inevitable. There are people who still judge her over her father’s actions after all - positively, negatively, actively, passively, extremely, it doesn’t matter. Susie is still stuck under her father’s shadow to those that only knew of his crimes, and that’s a fact she strives to change. But despite all the things her father has done in the late stages of her life, Susie still has some love for him, or at least the man she saw back when she was very young. Haltmann was the best father ever, according to her, during his sane days. He’s the type who would do anything for his family, even coddling Susie back when she was small, letting her to accompany him at work doing just really small things under his supervision. That’s honestly something she still holds fondly. And yet, she loathed the man her father has become: a man who would sacrifice everyone and everything for a fleeting goal. In spite of all the sins he had brought to her and the company, or the abandonment that he does even though that is Star Dream’s fault… in the end, she had to accept that there is nothing she can really do, but grit through. Still, that feeling remains…

Battle Data

Basics

Magic: [none] Weapon: Personalized blaster and plasma blade Other Equipments: "Rereinver" (a personal mechanical suit - named after an animation series protagonist) Copy Ability Classification: Spark + Ranger + Sword

Battle Style Analysis

Contrary to popular belief, Susie actually prefers fighting out of her mechanical suit. She usually prefers using the suit when heavy combat necessitates it, or for intimidation factor. She's pretty good at piloting it, it's an all-rounder machine, with both ranged and melee properties Susie utilizes a lot of gunplay. Yes, she has a sword, but she doesn't use it often - she mainly uses her sword to just cut down opponents in short range like a knife. Her style is ruthless and efficient, usually just leaving her opponent full of holes the moment she gets the chance to draw. Unfortunately, Susie usually prefers staying still for most of her moves when out of suit. Why? To maintain that efficiency, she doesn't have to strain her energy as often. Problem is, when faced with opponents with fast speeds, well… I think you can guess how Bandee's fight went once she was forced to fight on foot. Strengths: has expert piloting skills, good reflexes, cautious with stamina Weaknesses: doesn't move too much, easily overwhelmed without her mechanical suit

Backstory

Susie’s memories in the Haltmann Works Company, before the incident, was a strange enigma. Most of them were spent with her father - she barely remembers her mother, honestly, but she knows she was very kind too, that’s about it. But really, those days had always been the best, days where she spent her time with her family and had tons of fun. All the best food, drinks, and entertainment money can buy… her father permits all of that, for his beloved little daughter. And it’s always so sweet. Why does she barely remember her mother, you may ask? Simple: she disappeared mysteriously when she was still too little to recall. Again, most of her life she clings on to her father, the happy-go-lucky man who wants to make sure that she’s well taken care of. Despite not having her mother, she always thinks that the two were enough to be a big happy family. Even when they moved into the Access Ark, it was still mostly very… personal. Until one day, an eight-year-old Susie woke up and attempted to find her father. She was woken up by the sounds of some loud, ripping noises stirring everywhere - there were countless rifts everywhere, she recalled. But unfortunately, before she knew it, while running and trying to figure out what was happening,  Susie was sucked in without warning, calling out for her father… and the rest was history. She found herself being tossed into Another Dimension, alongside some other people also sucked in by the incident too. This small group is the reason why Susie managed to survive the harsh environment there, and she learned from them as well. Eventually, they managed to get back to their beloved company, but by that time… it was all too late. The times had changed. The ways of the company went from just simple economical nomads doing trades into forceful hostile takeovers with a capitalistic veil. But most importantly, Max Profitt Haltmann, everyone’s favorite president, was a completely different person. He had seemingly forgotten everything - the entire group, including Susie, was treated as strangers who trespassed into the company. All of them were captured and tossed into separate cells. Susie didn’t know what happened to her fellow group, but all she knew was that she was the last to be freed. How? Why? No clue. But then she came to a realization: Haltmann felt a strange familiarity with her. When she tried to jog the man’s memory, he didn’t seem to remember much, and instead decided to command the new higher-ups, strangers she didn’t know, to train her as an intern. She wanted to protest, but then she remembered her old group, and when she tried to ask… all she got was silent glares. So she assumed the worst, and had to keep quiet. And it only got worse from there, from what she recalled. Her talents and skills, despite her young age, were so indispensable that she was easily promoted to being one of the top secretaries, answering directly to Haltmann. And eventually, she became his private secretary herself! During these years, as her responsibilities piled on, she tried her best to really figure out what had really happened with her father - why is he being so violent? What’s with his temper? How is he so cruel to some of the people she knew? And most importantly, why did he forget her? Of course, the truth stings her more and more, torturing her with each new clue and discovery… It was all related to the Mother Computer, which was also the cause of the rift incident that took her and her group away…

The next thing she knew, she was now spearheading the invasions, trying to get more materials for the project to bring her back. Except Haltmann had forgotten what the project was, simply justifying it as something along the lines of “for our prosperity”, while Susie was right there, standing near her father, struggling to do something. But not many cared, or knew regarding any of this, and thus, Susie trudged on, keeping a mask of an affable secretary loyal to the man’s demands, whilst dying a little bit more inside, again, and again, and again. The old, jovial and young Susie, stashed away for the sake of survival. The years passed, but it felt like centuries… until the Technological War started in Popstar. She was still hiding under that mask around this time, as if she had become one with it, whilst trapped within its corrupt societal pillars that Haltmann and the Mother Computer built. All while Team Starstruck rebels against the company in their own ways. She was used to dealing with threats by herself… but one of the members, Bandana, proved to beat her for the first time in a long time. And the lesson he imparted to Susie echoed deep within her mind so harshly, that she began to come to her senses a bit… Long story short, the mask broke by sheer persistence, and Susie is forced to face the true reality. She eventually hatched her own plan - teaming up with Meta Knight, the person who she had designed a specified mechanization look for from all people, keeping her eye more on her employees and making sure they will be much safer, and eventually creating her own team that would be vital in the quest to take over the Mother Computer, so they can cut the influence it had on her father. But things didn’t go 100% to plan, and the Mother Computer’s final solution was executed: a mass eradication of all organic beings. Susie was forced to flee, with many escaping out alongside her. And the war ended upon the Mother Computer’s own destruction. She took a bit of wandering, hoping to get fresh air, only to be stopped by the Galactic Soldier Army finally sending their troops after being blocked off for so long. She was once again thrown into a cell, before she was forced to testify for her innocence… or at least, what’s left of it. Her team did help, though, so that’s a good thing… Eventually, her final judgment came to a punishment that the Popstarians and the GSA both agreed upon - to stay in a small part of Popstar, near Dreamland, which unfortunately did not manage to have its mechanization fully purged by the war’s end. In addition to that, upon stabilizing, the GSA will ask the company to help support supplying or even terraforming the past planets they had taken over. The only reason their punishment wasn’t so ‘harsh’ was due to Susie’s young age, common sense that a full race eradication is a bad idea to apply in this case, as well as the fact that there are a lot of complications thanks to the company’s past histories. And that’s how she ended up here. Now the president of the Haltmann Works Company, the face of the Nullarians as a whole, and most importantly, an atoner of various war crimes. And to this day, she has been trying to keep rebuilding what is left from this sh^tshow. And she swore to herself that she’ll do it for not just the sake of her kind, but for her late father too… the old man she remembers fondly, that is, not the insane man who would do crimes for the sake of money.

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The theory behind the mechasms explained.

‼️ SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 ‼️

LEAVE AT THE WARNING IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN EPISODES 9 AND 10.

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This theory begins with Qilby.

Because of his story, we were able to learn that Lokus is in fact a mechasm.

As soon as he gains the eliatrope dofus, he decides to bail the group to observe Lokus. He talks to Shinonome and tells her that they should decide to make a new Eliacube by calling this one “Eliasphere”.

We learn through this interaction that Orgonax, the first mechasm mentioned by Qilby in Season 2, was not only the youngest but he was also the one whose heart wasn’t fully developed like the others.

This is why the Eliacube was in the shape of a cube rather than a sphere like his other counterparts. It wasn’t at its full power. So the Eliasphere, compared to the Eliacube, is much stronger.

We have to remember that Qilby’s story in Season 2 was filled with lies and deception which means it’s up to us to fill in the blanks.

Here is what I proposed truly happened :

Many eons ago, Qilby was a part of the Eliatrope council but grew incredibly tired and numb to the cycle he and his siblings kept going through. Every single one of his lives felt empty and unoriginal which made him become quite nihilistic about life. He just wished there was something, anything new to discover on this boring planet he calls home. As if the krosmoz listened to his wish, there came another race on the eliatropes’ planet. They were named the mechasms and were a mechanical race that travelled around the krosmoz.

For the first time since his first life, Qilby felt curious and amazed again. He wanted to learn everything about these mechasms, what they are, and how they are. When no one was looking, he sneaked around Orgonax, the youngest of them, and decided to extract his heart to study it. At that moment, he learned that the mechasms were able to live without their hearts since they were only used as power sources for them. Orgonax had his heart stolen and knew who the culprit was. He warned the other mechasms and the war between the eliatropes started. Since the mechasms weren’t a race capable of speaking directly like the eliatropes, the eliatropes weren’t able to understand why the mechasms attacked them and that Qilby had been the one to start the war.

The eliatropes had to leave their planet to find a new one and to distance themselves from the mechasms. Qilby proposes that they use a new invention he made called the Eliacube to leave the planet much more quickly. The council accepts the idea, given how they have no other choices in mind, and leave the planet with their people. While the journey was a long one, Qilby was enjoying himself and looked full of life again. He loved the fact that he could once again experience the unknown and study new species he gets to receive from Yugo and Adamaï on the planets they keep coming to. He had also been using this time to properly get to learn more about the Eliacube.

It took years to find what the eliatropes were looking for until they finally found a planet filled with wakfu which was later going to be called the World of Twelve.

The eliatropes were having fun again and took it easy. For once, Qilby was not pleased by this discovery. He did not want to be cooped up on a planet again when he had just been having fun. That’s why he decided to bring Orgonax by alerting his location through the Eliacube. Orgonax came much more quickly. And with the other mechasms, they destroyed the planet that the eliatropes have taken refuge in, making Yugo learn that Qilby was the one who alerted Orgonax so he fights him and throws him in the White Dimension.

Since Qilby had used the youngest mechasm’s heart at the time, he must’ve wondered what would happen if he went for a full-powered mechasm instead.

When Qilby listens to his curiosity once more, he attempts to touch Lokus’ heart but that’s when we see a series of events flashing through Qilby’s mind.

At first glance, even when we pause frame by frame, we do not understand what we’re looking at. But some people were able to piece things out.

What you’re seeing, is in actuality the council of the seven mechasms.

(if you start on the left side, you can see Lokus in the first place and then Orgonax in the third)

These flashes where they’re seen in the world have been theorized by some people to be flashbacks of what was once the second great Eliatrope war when the eliatropes have been found once again by the mechasms and destroyed the planet that will become the World of Twelve.

Either that, or these flashing scenes represent the total opposite: they’re all future reveals which would mean the mechasms would be partially the ones responsible for ruining the world. It’s clear to see that the mechasms haven’t been fully wiped out. Lokus is a reminder of that. They seem to now be watchers of the krosmoz which is why they’re only standing around not specifically doing anything unless they are forced to react.

So what are the mechasms supposed to be?

They are a sentient mechanical race who might have a council leading on top just like the Eliatropes.

The Mechasms are travellers and watchers of the krosmoz. They are usually pacifiers when they feel the need to be. They do not specifically interact through speech and can live without their hearts but they choose to keep it at all times since it harbours extreme power energy. Just the youngest heart alone was able to create a whole dimension.

Even the dofus, which can make an individual more powerful than the gods, cannot beat them. It takes a certain person to be able to be worthy of a mechasm’s heart. No one knows why that is a thing they do but they can choose someone no matter who they are.

[Note]: Also if you’re wondering where the Eliacube went after Oropo’s dimension, a tweet from Tot answering a user, said that the Eliacube is somewhere in the World of Twelve.

User: “The Eliacube came back in the World of Twelve just like the six eliatrope dofus. Knowing where it is and who has it is the real question.”

Tot: “The dofus and the Eliacube cannot be destroyed…The dofus always come back to their original locations… As for the Eliacube, that’s another story. But it is somewhere.”

[kasarawolf]

More character designs, along with some species info!

I originally created Laven to be an adoptable, but they resembled my species of Kai too closely, so I ended up modifying their design and keeping them XD I really love them. They are a background character, so they do not have much information about them, so instead, I will be talking more about this race!

This is Laven! Laven is an attendant to Ebon and half way through the accession process to one day rule. Like most of their kind, Laven is pretty stone faced and serious. They are not easy to read one bit haha. Laven is only in a few chapters, hence why there is not more info on them. ^^;

- Their naming system is based on colors. The only other characters in my story from this race that are mentioned by name are Kobalt and Ebon.

- Unlike other Kai's/Core People/Glind, they are strict to the they/them pronouns.

- They age like normal humans, but once they hit their twenties, the physical aspect of the aging progression slows, almost to a complete stop. They will die still looking relatively young, despite easily being in their hundreds.

- They are one of Phanes first creations, because of this, they are very loyal to him and still to this day, see him as the "True" God.

- They are the caretakers of Phanes Tokitoki/God birds.

- They do not associate themselves with other races and tend to keep to themselves, living on a lone planet somewhere within the Other World's dimension. Supreme Kai of Time for the past millennia, has been trying to form an alliance with them beyond being the caretaker to the God Bird, but to no avail.

- They pride themselves in their ears. They tend to adorn their ears with jewelry of all kinds. The more jewelry on ones ears, the higher in the hierarchy they most likely are. Any cuts or notches or missing an ear entirely is seen as bad and is a way of ostracizing one in their society. You most likely did something unforgivable to have your ear ending up looking like that.

- There is not any noticeable sexual dimorphism in their race, so big boobs, curves or super muscly? Not happening haha. Their body types are going to generally all look pretty similar.

- They all bear markings on their bodies, some look natural like Laven's cat stripe look, while some look like tattoo's and are more angular/unnatural. Those not born with markings can get tattooed if needed, but its not a very common.

- They are not much for fighting and tend to be a rather peaceful race, but do tend to admire those who are strong and who are willing to fight to protect the things they care about.

[disneydude94]

What if it doesn't have to be this way forever? From my point of view, here are my top 10 key pieces for Sonic Universe!

1. - Like from both games and comic book series, the Freedom Fighters exists in Sonic's world. In that version when Sonic first encountered with Badniks he shattered and rescue most critters from the capsule, but what he didn't expect when he freed Princess Sally, who leads the Freedom Fighters with Antoine and Bunnie. Along the way, they became friends after Sonic joins the club to foil Dr. Robotnik's scheme from conquering Mobius.

2. - Most characters were wiped out from the Genesis Wave (due to Pender's legal issue), however in alternate universe where most families still exists including Sonic and Tails families. Meanwhile, Prince Elias and Queen Alicia survive the crash and adapt to survive. As for Locke, Knuckles' father who was guarding the Master Emerald until he vanished without a trace, leaving Knuckles the last of his kind. Or so he thought.

3. - The Warp Ring (or Ring Portal) can fully access to any locations from Mobius or any dimensions like Earth and other worlds that I don't need to mentioned.

4. - Based off from Sonic X and Sonic Films, both Mobius and Earth were separate worlds in different galaxies. In 1960's, Guardian of Unit Nation was formed after the U.S. project launch into space to set their foot on moon and then later the Space Colony Ark was built by Professor Gerald Robotnik in exchange for funding Project: SHADOW in order to find a cure for his granddaughter, Maria until the government fear that Shadow was far too dangerous. When Maria risk her life to save Shadow, but what he didn't noticed that one of G.U.N. Agent was mind control by none other than a Black Alien parasite to make him think that humans did this.

5. - Based off from Sonic Archie, the Echidna Clan were formed into different group. Some other tribe, the Knuckles Clan have vanished by Chaos after disrupting peace to obtain the Master Emerald while the Owl Clan had managed to sealed away with Tikal sealed herself and Chaos in order to protect the world from destruction. Most of the clan survived, but a technocratic organization, the Dark Legion formed by Dimitri's son, Menniker after the echidnas' society on Angel Island renounced technology.

6. - Like every origin, we don't know how Sonic and Tails were orphans when they first met. In that version, Sonic was born with chaos energy before he lost his parents and was taken in by Longclaw, the last of her kind for protection. Unfortunately, Longclaw sacrifice herself to save Sonic from the Echidna Clan while gave him the warp ring to jump through the portal. As the years passed, Sonic first met Tails, then rescuing Amy, first match with Knuckles, and many friends and foes along the way until a shocking discovery that his real family is still alive!

7. - Unlike any versions, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik was born from Earth where he was bullied by some kids, treating him like an outcast, and then he graduated from collage as a brilliant scientists. Some people believe that the multiverse is impossible to exist, but Eggman on the other hand when he studies and theorized that the multiverse exists. So, he invented the portal to prove the world that it exist, but that is when the science project has gone horribly wrong and he went vanish through the portal. That is how he ended up in planet Mobius, but with a great cost when he slowly becoming evil with corruption with greed for power by turning his victims into his slave to build the Eggman Empire!

8. - While most of us knew that the dinosaurs went extinct, but some others theorized that the aliens abduct the dinosaurs from Earth. From that version, the alien race known as the Bem first came to Earth to study prehistoric species. When the meteor crash landed to Earth, the Bem has managed to save any species by capturing and relocate them to a different planet. Or two in case for Sonic's world and the other for Dinosaur Planet.

9. - Back on Mobius, a lot of race like anthropomorphic animals are evolving for over thousands of years just as humans do. They built their homes into cities, travel by cars or planes, crop their plants or cooking meal (made of out tofu), and even forming the alliance to unite with each other to maintain peace from war.

10 - Finally, some locations exist in Sonic's world where Nicole, an A.I. that reprogrammed the nanites to built the New Mobotropolis and protect the citizens from any threats like the Eggman Empire. Therefore, the Knothole Village was rebuilt with the help of the Resistance and forming the alliance to stop Eggman from conquering the world.

And that's a wrap folks! What do you think? Is it too much or is it just way beyond the multiverse? Please comment respectfully and let me know how this version fits for my headcanon of Sonic the Hedgehog!

Connects to "My Own Universe".

Meme credits goes to @4xEyes1987

[altraviolet]

Could I ask for your thoughts on Last Bot Standing's ending? That tidbit intrigued when reading your post.

hahahaha. you wish to invoke my ire? my rage? *eyes clock* I wonder if I have enough time to do this before I have to leave for work

let's get the disclaimer out of the way: LBS is not for me. that's the proper thing you're supposed to say in this situation. my criticism is all extremely personal taste related. the story is cogently written, it's cogently drawn. it's An End to Transformers - that was its goal - and it fulfilled it.

so with that out of the way, I'll put my personal taste related ire beneath the cut. let's be honest, here. anger is entertaining, but it's not all that inspirational.

Second Disclaimer: I'm going completely off memory and I'm not going to cite my sources because I don't have time, but you all know where the tf wiki is. You can read the plot yourself and try to find the tweet I mention

First, a quick note on WHEN it came out, since that's important: IDW2 was coming to an end (they were losing or not renewing their TF license, whichever it was). Nick Roche wrote and drew LBS, and it was one of the very last things coming out from IDW. he described it as, per my memory of one of his tweets, the equivalent of "carrying your screaming kids out of the restaurant." Although this was done during IDW2, he specifically drew Rodimus (the main TF character) in his MTMTE form (from IDW1). Roche said that the story was meant to be "an" end to TFs, not "the" end. Meaning, yeah sure it's canon, but there are soooo manyyyyy dimensions out there. This doesn't have to be the end of MTMTE Rodimus.

but oh boy was it implied.

the story was 4 comics long and it went something like this: we're introduced to an alien girl on an alien planet towards the heat death of the universe (so, really far future). it's a Western style world. girl has a wagon, brothers, and conflict with the town she lives in. the planet has energon, which the natives find. this attracts the last living group of Cybertronians. surprise: the wagon is Rodimus. he wakes up and slaughters them all. he basically says Cybertronians have no fate but to fight: they are inherently violent and destroy everything they come across. so he's been killing them. he killed his own crew of friends when they landed on that planet. at the end of the story, when every single other Cybertronian in the entire universe is dead, he shoots himself up into orbit around the alien planet so he can slowly starve to death

that summary really doesn't do the emotional impact much justice, so, idk, read it if you want

when I finished the story, I sat back and thought, "wow, if I hated Transformers, this is what I would've written. but the guy who wrote this doesn't hate them. Nick Roche, who hurt you?"

and I had an immediate hypothesis. the 1986 movie. the movie slaughtered many beloved characters, and Roche was passing on that childhood hurt

lol. I mean, maybe. that's something we'll never know, but that was the first explanation I thought of

ok so why hate this?

it's fundamentally hopeless. there is nothing but slaughter and death. no recourse. no discussion, no chance for people to change. no further exploration of any other possible options. just slaughter and death. I, personally, hate that

any particular iteration of Rodimus you find- this isn't how he acts. MTMTE Rodimus ended LL uniting his crew into spectacular action by saying how they might not be good, but they're good enough

the portrayal of the entire species as inherently harmful bothers me

this was like, the LAST THING WE GOT FROM IDW. THIS WAS THE CROWNING, FINISHING ACT. LOL. what??? the fuck???????? to me it read as "well, we don't have them anymore, so no one else can have them. we'll destroy them."

now in an attempt to stymie anyone coming into replies and arguing with my opinions, remember: this is my opinion. I put it behind a cut after clearly labeling it. this is not a discussion. I don't want to have a discussion.

LBS is what I would've written if I hated Transformers and wanted them to suffer and die in the most personal, horrible ways possible. but I don't hate TFs. I really really like them. I love giving them stories. so LBS encapsulating the worst ending for them possible, yeah, I'm gonna hate that

[idkyourleastfavoriteartist]

HAPPY (late) NEW YEAR🎉

Okk sooo I know it's not tdp related but we don't need to mention it 🤫🤫🤫

Also if you don't like reading just skip this because it's alot..... (sorry for any grammar and spelling mistakes these are not planned)

Also idk how to draw anymore (jk) like my art style has been changing too muchhh (also not all of the art pieces are done illustrations some are just sketches) if you prefer a certain art style then tell me if you want.

Anywaysss these are characters (most of the drawings are the main characters but two of them side characters but the thing is that the dream idea is for it to be a game so you choose more on who you would talk to. (PLEASE DON'T TAKE THAT LITERALLY I'M NOT MAKING A GAME IT'S A FUN IDEA BUT I'LL JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AS A TUMBLR THINGY I RARELY POST ABOUT). The og name was cringe so it's changed to forgotten chamber. I don't post about my own stuff because I'm lazy + I'm not a writer so I don't believe it's good enough to post about 😭😭😭 but it's funnn so maybe I will post about more idkkk.

Main plot and some world buliding, extra info(this can change and there are some smaller side plots that are not gonna get mentioned because that's way to long).

Basically the key info before knowing the the main plot is that humans have taken over everything even other planets and universe where different species (humans call them monsters) happily used to live and they took their resources to make earth more powerful and advanced. They killed old generations and enslaved younger ones for military or hard labour. That was until the great rebellion where some monsters tried to fight back but failed so all monsters were sent to a very small pocket dimension as punishment. Our main character is the human girl with space buns (her name's Anita). Her father is in charge of the keys to said pocket dimension (it's a one way portal where the portal is split into two one to go in and one to go out he made it like that so if there was even a chance of one escaping which due to the old magic used on it being near impossible to learn how to break since it's the same portal it's uses the same key) it also give him and his crew (which are just guards he has power over) would in theory have more time to kill them if escaped. Anita she from royalty despite that she's very playful and acts like a normal annoying (jk she's lovely just a bit sassy and stupid) kid. Her father and mother is gone for a meeting and he never let's her go under the castle but curiousty gets the better of her and steals the keys and Anita finds out unless she wants to stay there forever she needs to go to the other side of pocket dimension (it's called the lock up in general but the dimension has very different areas with different names) to the second portal and with that go on a adventure and learn about the lost history of the monsters and much more.

Wow that was alot and I haven't even talked about the interactions the characters have and skipped alot of key events😭😂 (I doubt anyone will read this far but if so thanks alot)

This storys themes are based on community, oppression, social injustice, connection/disconnection we feel within our own communities, the negative impacts conformity (like having to change yourself for a higher authority or just to be socially accepted).

The main two inspirations are undertale and xmen 97 (the 2024 remake)

If you guys want I can talk about it more (doubt but surprise me I guess) just ask stuff you want to know in the ask box or comment idk if I will reply to all but definitely most (I feel like). It can be like character dynamics or more world building or just more art idk have fun if you care as long as it not crazy asks (like inappropriate or unreasonable) and you're not rude then 9/10 I will reply :)

Edit: It's sounds darks but it's not I promise 😭😭

[quadrantadvisor]

Was desperate enough to use the search function to find posts about The Host by Stephenie Meyer and I just wanted to say, I love your takes and I agree with everything.

The love square never made sense. Jared and Melanie were impossible to root for because the sole basis of their love was that Melanie felt safe with him and Melanie was the last woman on Earth to Jared, and then neither of those things turn out to be true so all they have is intense sexual chemistry. And especially in contrast to Ian and Wanda, how and why am I supposed to care about them? And there is no reason for Wanda to love Jared. I get her falling in love with him through Melanie’s memory of him, but the reality ought to have shattered that illusion for both of them IMO. Especially for Melanie, because he’d rather scream at and hit her body rather than even entertain the hope she might be in there. Sure, he protects it from other humans, but then he abuses it, so that’s not in fact protection; it’s possession.

The gender bioessentialism never made sense. Sure, Wanda’s in a female body and can make the choice to reproduce, which is super cool. But given that her sense of gender hinges on that ability to reproduce and given that that ability is super rare, why would other Souls gender themselves? I think being agender or someone who just didn’t give a damn about pedantic human gender roles would have been super interesting for Wanda’s character and I think it would have added more dimension to her and Ian’s relationship. He barely had to struggle with the fact that the body she was in belonged to an attractive cisgender girl and he was a cishet man, in spite of Meyer’s weak attempts to call that into question. The gender question might have thrown him for more of a loop.

Contrast that to Jared’s very comphet interpretation of his relationship with Melanie, and ooh baby, we’ve got a stew!

Also would have liked more exploration on ethics in general. Why do the Souls care about the well-being of the organisms on the Fire Eater planet but not on Earth? Instead of stopping from eating them, do they steal their bodies too? And the humans killing other humans in an attempt to save them: Is it okay to murder them if they’re the ones doing the murdering, like before?

Sorry for the long ask. I just have a lot of thoughts. Please feel free to block and ignore if this is too weird. Genuinely no intention to bother or offend and I’m sorry if I have.

Oh man I'm always ready to rant about The Host with people!

Yeah I feel like Meyer thought she was saying something really deep about human nature and the way that our instincts drive us? And there is something there, like, your body having a reaction to another person and that affecting your behavior is interesting! In my opinion she just went WAY too far with it, and it makes the characters seem unrealistic and childish. The ways that both Melanie and Wanderer act around Jared are bizarre (this may partially be my ace spectrum talking but like, c'mon.) Jared just kinda sucks, also. The whole idea that there's this inherent magnetism between MEN and WOMEN and that that physical attraction is the most important thing in the world is so heteronormative and amatonormative and uncomfortable

And the book was SO CLOSE to having an interesting take on gender! Examing the genders and/or lack thereof of a body-snatching alien species could be so fun! There's even the mention of the alien species with three genders, and talking about their family structures. You would think that something like that would indicate a more expansive view on gender, but really it's just an extrapolation of more bioessentialism. Because that species has those biological sexes, their families MUST be steucturedin this way, because that's what's natural for them. There's no room for variability or different sorts of feelings. She completely equates gender with biology, even when that biology is being coopted by a hitchhiker.

You're so right about Ian and Wanderer, I would love more examinations of how different she is from humans, including in a gender sense, and them having to deal with that as a part of their relationship. Setting up Jared as someone very entrenched in social norms and Ian as a foil to him in that way sounds really interesting!

Soul society and ethics are SO fascinating. I do sincerely think that Meyer is an compelling fantasy and sci fi world builder, if nothing else.

It's late and I feel like I'm a little incoherent but I love getting to chat about this book, it's so infuriating but so fun, now I want to read it again.

[typingdyslexiaisathing]

Angels, Demons, Cryptids and Starfallen (Trigun AU) fanfiction part 1

content: A century has passed since the Starfallen arrived on Gunsmoke. A new species of chaos and mystery that became just another legend amongst many. With Vash the Stampede befriending one individual that proves herself to be much more than she already appeared. Trigun AU verse. Mention of violence and trauma. Mention of death and other not fun topics.

Cryptids. That was the closest comparison anyone had. To those many dozens of individuals from falling stars that turned out to be so much more. Some just comets of various mystery substances of metal. Many were sleeping cryo pod sections of forgotten ships. While many were rumored to have come from another galaxy or even another dimension of reality. All that was known by the populace of Gunsmoke was that something major had happened that fateful night when stars fell like fabled raindrops. Then the sightings were reported hours later. Of creatures of unknown description. Or people that were no longer people. Chaos and hysteria in settlements close to where craters had been made by the falling stars.

To the humans on this desert planet, they named whatever or whoever had come from such mysterious origins as "Starfallen." Be such whispered in terror or uttered in manic reverence. Many a small settlement became tourist traps after the marshals and military had spent months patrolling and investigating. Some communities turned to worship the craters or the creatures that came from the wreckage that no longer appeared as just human. With two cities managing to erect huge research facilities to document and safeguard any and every situation. So many creatures and mutated souls left in the care of scientists and scholars. With one entire SEEDS ship choosing to gather more intel and observe what became of the few "Starfallen" that were known to the public.

But for two Independent Plants, there was so much more to the stories and the Starfallen. Millions Knives went out of his way to gather these mysterious yet possibly useful cryptids to see if they might further his own agenda. Adding to his arsenal of deadly individuals who might help with the cleansing of humanity off this already deadly planet. Subjected to experimentation and dissection to further the purge of the human race.

Then there was Vash the Stampede. The one who protected the people in his sight. The forefront defender for every individual. Witness to many atrocities and savior of the innocent bystanders. The blonde gunman spending the next century and a half surviving the desert wastelands and human survivors mingling with these remnants of outer stars and galaxies. Perhaps even finding beings from entirely different realities in the cracks of this desolate sandy world baked by unforgiving suns.

A clash had been bound to transpire between the twins over what had been brewing beneath the shadows. Traces of Starfallen being brought to Julia or other large facilities under the control of Millions Knives. Be they public or completely hidden away from all. Vash had half found, half fallen into a laboratory full of various Starfallen. The many decades since that night having turned memory into fairy tail and rumor. So Vash had been quite shocked to find so many subjects held within one facility. Most being cadavers frozen for study and experimentation in various forms. Only a half dozen live subjects were known to still be within the holding cells. Five of them looked more beast than human. Three were massive eggs being warmed and guarded by high levels of security. The only human looking subject locked behind a glass door. The various scientists and researchers scowling as two security robots shoved the subject back into the cell.

Vash lingered by the prison cell to listen with rapt attention. Learning that this subject was once human. A sleeper in a long ago SEEDS ship that had landed in a remote location of Gunsmoke. Where their sister facility had deemed to conduct human experimentation with various technologies and Starfallen. Hundreds of human civilians put to the knife and chemical alterations for study and possibly weaponizing willing minions. The details of some of the details making his stomach twist. Yet this one subject had been one of the few to retain their sense of sentience and control over their mind despite the biological and mechanical augmentations. They called this subject "Cryptid November Eighty-Five" and noted the subject might have some form of multiple personality disorder. One of the scientists snickering to mock the subject for being a 'temperamental woman with too much attitude' before walking off. The other scientist grumbling before he set a tray of food down to slide it under the glass door for the subject. His words kind and patient to tell the subject that they should only listen to those who show kindness and compassion to others. Then the scientist left.

The Humanoid Typhoon waited before making his move. Sneaking himself past the security guards and sliding a keycard over the door panel for the glass door to open. Jumping into the room for the door to swish and lock shut. Leaving him with just this tortured person and whatever else might happen. His eyes adjusting to the dimmer light for him to freeze. It was obvious that this Starfallen was once a human woman. Yet she was covered in deep grey and brown scales. A kind of metal framework fused to her spine for there to be the sound of skittering. Which Vash realized a second too late was the forming of a nanomachine appendage that whisked him off his feet and into the air. But the drawing in for the woman to actually see him felt more careful and cautious. So Vash had the time to really take in who this was and what he had just walked into.

She looked to be around twenty two years of age. Pale skin from lack of sunlight prominent where the scales did not shine. Hair that was dull and looked to have whitened from malnourishment and trauma hung all the way to the ground. She was five foot seven by his estimations and also severely starved. Sage green eyes staring into his face for the dim lighting to make them look almost grey white. Scars from surgeries and torture apparent from her toes all the way up to her face by the looks of it. Some of her left ear was missing when she tilted her head to the side to keep staring at him. Calculation in those depths of green as Vash finally realized something else that left him shocked. For there were Plant markings all over her body and in her eyes. Washing over her frame with a spark of rich blue before that appendage lessened it's hold. A deep understanding soon in those sage green eyes for the woman to shiver from head to toe. A hoarse sound escaping her throat before that appendage set Vash back onto his feet. Words washing from cracking lips for blood to well and patter onto the floor. "Seems that Yeshuah did decide to send me an angel... You eaten recently?"

Vash felt the question register after a second to shake his head. A sheepish smile creeping over his lips as he gave a nervous laugh. "Been a day since I last had a meal, actually. Plenty of water when I found this facility a few hours ago." The woman gave a low rumbling growl that reminded Vash of an unhappy cat that risked losing the bird it finally caught and killed. Yet she sighed for that appendage to shrink in size and soon be more like a third arm and hand. The metal shimmering as it moved and reformed to hold the tray out to him in offering as she spoke. "Then take this. It's the actual good food for a change and not just cryptid variant carcass meat." Vash felt his stomach roil at the very idea of such as being the regular menu. But he did get a better look at the food on the tray to frown. Since it was a bowl of egg noodle soup with vegetables. A half sandwich with steak and sauce also there for the drink to be some kind of mixed fruit drink with actual fruit in it.

Vash felt his inside rumble out his hunger for him to look back at the woman and ask with pure emotion, "Shouldn't you be eating this?" The woman shook her head to then cast her gaze to where there was a metal grate in the floor. Her disgust evident as she admitted, "Already ate a few things. Namely a couple of escaped cryptid rodents that were being chased by the security snakes. Thankfully, the security snakes are decent enough mutated meat to wash the rodent taste out." Vash blanched to then hold up the drink and look very unhappy. "Then you need this more than I do. At least have half of it so we both know you had actual food and not... Well..." The woman paused to then give Vash a half smile in acceptance. Taking the drink to then move so she sat behind him. Watching the glass door as Vash started eating. The food tasted heavenly after he'd been living off travel rations for days on end. Yet he did pause in chewing to then swallow and ask a question. "What is your actual name? Or don't you remember anymore?"

The woman rubbed her hands a moment. A kind of numb longing laced into every word. "My full name is Retha Gwendolen Heise. I was forty-nine when they put me into cryo sleep. They said my ship got invaded by something for half of the cryo sleep pods to fall into the Plant section of the ship. The Plants apparently did something to salvage as many sleepers as possible. But I haven't met anyone else that was on the ship. The scientists here got me out of the wreckage and put me into a different pod of some kind. Did tons of stuff and never got around to explaining details. Hence the nanomachines unfused into me and acting like spider silk limbs whenever I want to flex my abilities. So I can put down raging cryptids and or problematic prisoners they want dealt with."

Vash pauses to look absolutely horrified at this news. But this woman just shook her head to sigh. "Better that than getting to live long enough to experience their own autopsy. Not many other choices in here to work with. But now is the time to focus on getting you out of here with a few extra things. Namely the files this facility has on record and the other facility locations." The woman finished her half of the drink to then hold it over her shoulder for Vash to take. His fingertips brushing against hers for sparks to alight. A few thoughts and feelings shared between them for Vash to take such in. Then he gulped down the drink to then dust the crumbs off his pants. Getting onto his feet to then place his red coat over the woman before rubbing her arms in a comforting gesture. "Right. Then you will be pleased to hear there's a waiting escape vehicle. One I believe is meant to be for you. The programming in it is what led me to your location and told me what they had planned for you." The woman looked up to raise an eyebrow. "Lemme guess. Assassination missions and espionage levels of infiltrating Plant facilities for a certain Independent Plant?"

The blonde man gave a huff to nod his head in confirmation. "Wow. I guess you've been the one hacking their network on and off? Very impressive when they keep tripling down on their firewalls." The woman gave Vash a snicker to then lean into his frame. Making Vash give her a half hug as she spoke up. "I had help from the lead programmer that was here until this afternoon. There was a very nasty Starfallen beast that escaped containment and nearly killed his entire department. But I threw myself against it and got it to attack me instead of the staff. So he and the staff owed me a few things." Vash took a moment to let that soak in before he swiped the key card over the door. The lock clicking for him to smile. "Right. So we'll just head for our new travel Jeep pod as it does the full download slash erasing of all the files here. Then we escape to the nearest place where we might hide for a while."

[summersmithlatinxgyatt]

There's likely a part 2 to my Rick Parasite theory coming. Thank you to anyone who reblogged it, but I am hoping it still explodes. This is something I removed from the theory originally to make into its own post

Season 4, Episode 1 shows other dimensions have become fascist seemingly without an explanation. These are the dimensions that have Operation Phoenix set up. Rick had no back-up clones due to killing them all in 'Big Trouble in Little Sanchez'. The fact he goes into other dimensions for this means that the other Ricks must have known about him, but each of them comes in confused and ready to kill. So what's going on here?

Rick had escaped the clutches of The Citadel and cosmic prison. He would go out of his way to destroy it, leaving it in physical shattered remains. In Season 3, Episode 1, we see that Rick changes bodies with other Ricks in a similar way. However, that's because his mind was still intact - it was the body that was being cut-off forcibly. He dies in an accident in Season 4, causing the chain of events of his holograms and clones. I think this is an attempt from The Citadel to rebuild and catch Rick. What's the proof?

The Ricklantis Mixup shows blatantly (mainly through its cold opening) that not everyone hates The Citadel and wants it gone. The fact there's politicians at all means there are people who genuinely care for The Citadel. That means it can splinter off properly - again, this is evident through the existence of political parties. Other Ricks would create their OWN Citadel. Even if they're small compared to the scope of The Citadel, they're still the smartest man in their own dimension. This would allow them to create a government in their dimension that serves as a mini-Citadel that controls the entire planet

As the Wiki points out, there seems to be no racial hierarchy in the first fascist government we see. I don't know if this applies to any other government we see because they're based on species - we don't know if they coexist or all species are divided

However, the system of fascism in the first one mentions sterilizing China. Rick would obviously be able to pull this off, but it seems that each politician Rick went out of their way to set up their own government in their dimension, as I hinted at. This allows total control and means private Citadel-esque systems control each dimension personally rather than having a watchful eye over each dimension

Fascist Morty might seem like an anomaly, but there's a great explanation for this

He says this Rick was 'too political', meaning he must have been focused on his new role as a dictator. When he mentions missing old adventures, this is something that can explain why they did this in the first place

This is sort of a chicken and egg situation on which came first, so bear with me. But I think when The Citadel was destroyed, Ricks in their dimension were distraught and wanted to bring it back in some way. They must have also heard that Rick C-137 was on the loose, causing there to be a perfect solution. If Rick ever dies, they can cause the rerouted Operation Phoenix vats to bring C-137 to them. With these fascist Citadel-esque governments in place, they keep their ideologies going and kill C-137 right in their own dimension. In a way, they brought the Citadel home and to Rick

The thing about adventures though - they KILL

The idea of a Meeseeks Box still existing is interesting, even Kirkland versions of them. This IS an autocracy, meaning that Rick can literally spawn in Meeseeks to do whatever he wants. It's perfect! That means no soldiers can turn on him, they're temporary servants that can only do one thing and do it right

In the situation of an 'adventure', even if Rick can leave for a while by using a Meeseeks or two (or relying on other figures like the president), it's still dangerous. If he dies, the vat is used as Rick reincarnates. They CANNOT allow that to happen. Considering Operation Phoenix carries a limited number of bodies (and Rick seems to have had the most growing), it's risky because they'd be wasting one on the fascist Rick while waiting for C-137 to come

Wasp Rick doesn't seem to be an outlier, though

Notice how Fascist Morty took control quickly of the situation and seems to follow these political ideaologies as well. He just wants to have a stable mix of a controlled government and adventuring Wasp Rick also mentions that Wasp Morty has been looking at alt-right forums after berating C-137 for using up a vat. Sound familiar?

However, Wasp Rick goes on about how his species is already brutal. So here's the final part of this theory before a recap

The dimensions that Rick's vat can reroute to seem to be on the perpetual state of having a body available to use. Considering the hatred that a Morty might have against Rick (already being shown), the death of The Citadel means that they resent Rick-centered governments AND the Rick who also caused adventures to slow down! That means Wasp Morty was likely looking at anti-Rick forums that explore a DIFFERENT kind of political ideology. I mentioned that there are different parties already, so maybe Morty was looking at a forum that introduces Morties to hating their Rick

This episode LITERALLY has Morty already going against C-137 Rick's wishes so...this theme is still continuing

Wasp Rick is angry because his Operation Phoenix vat system is being restricted to catch C-137. Rick is also aware that Wasp Morty is looking at these forums, so this is clearly an ongoing issue where other dimensions' fascist Ricks try to introduce this ideology. Wasp Rick has his vats being restricted right now as a result through what I'll call a phantom Citadel - the conceptual Citadel still trying to control each Rick and the orders that'll usually be sent out to follow

RECAP: The Citadel is trying to reform through Ricks that are angry and they decide to set up their own fascist Citadels they can run. During this, they realize that C-137 is still out there, but they decide to bide their time. In the event he dies, they'll have Operation Phoenix vats monitored and restricted. If adventuring is banned, it would also give these Ricks excuses to stay in their dimension and rule as well, creating either angry or prepared Ricks that are all branching off a similar fascist ideology - even if the political systems seem to be different across each dimension

I'd suggest leaving a comment if you'd like to see more Rick and Morty theories. These do not do well on my page sadly, and this acts sort of as Rick Parasite Theory 1.5. Part 2 might come out as well so...let me know if you want that. Or I should make this all into a YouTube video...

[goobie-goo]

okay so i mentioned the multiverse with dallas and The Family many times but i wanted to expand on that:

tw: unreality, depersonalization/derealization -> idk how bad w these but its. it can be triggering probably.

not exactly what im thinking of but meh.

-> what im going for

the line at the top (of my drawing) is like a separate plane. its like how there a spiritual dimension in some fandoms? where you can be but not interact w the physical world? its sorta similar to that but only in the way that its above all universes that exist EVER.

its where The Family reside. its not a whole other universe because The Family has no origin universe— aji IS the origin. when aji selected someone, who then became a Chosen and then Ascended after death, he created this dimensional space.

anyways, more on the multiverse. its similar to space and galaxies set-up, obviously. each universe is just a bundle of stardust and life— look into it closely and you can See whats going on inside it.

its like a garden, too. as mentioned once before, the Eyes can manipulate how they look, thus their height. in the mulitverse garden (idk what else to call it), the universes normally can fit in their palms. (“like,, to compare,. a planet would be anywhere from the size of a marble to a baseball in their hands (sometimes even full universes can fit in their hands & bc shapeshifting)”). again, roaming in a garden or wading through water.

i have described the multiverse as a spiderweb but it’s only when Guides* are HOLDING universes in their hands… like string. ->

* a name for The Family. easier than calling them The Eyes or The Family n all that.

this but more spiderweb-looking… and with more strings, this is puny.

and The Core? The Core is centered right at the middle of the Garden. The Core is OUR world. our universe that has several galaxies and solar systems and the Milky Way and Earth. every multiverse branches off from The Core, even if things from The Core doesn’t exist in its universe. it still is descended from The Core because a Core eyeless made up that universe.

im breaking my brain thinking about this—

however non-Core universes? ones that arent associated with The Core? they still exist yeah. but really, most things have elements from Core cultures and species and nature and science and all that. (undeveloped bc i literally cannot grasp this concept. everything i make is connected to my humanity, which is Core. my experience on earth is dripping from my hands and it stains all my creations with a brush of a thought and the tips of my fingers.)

i got side-tracked.

The Core is the oldest universe. aji came into existence with a sea of nothing and then centuries later, so did The Core.

this doesn’t mean every other universe is only a few million years old. time is irrelevant. time is both now and then. the future is the past and the past is the future. the big bang happened when the gun went off into abraham lincoln’s skull. the sun exploded when it also came into existence. the baby laughs and at the same time, it dies of old age. i sit on my death bed and i am also ten years old. it is not linear. let me repeat that: time is not linear.

this doesn’t even include the conservation of matter. that matter cannot be created or destroyed. the grass that fed the rabbit is the same as the rabbit eating the grass. the molecules that make up fire are the same as the tree that feeds it. the ashes of a parent also make up the smile of a spouse. i am me but i am also you. we are everything that has ever existed and more. we are repurposed and made into something new. are we ever truly new? the flesh of my skin has been something else before. it will be something again.

The Core may be the oldest universe in the Garden, but inside itself, it is still young. universes can be born already hundreds of millions of years old inside of themselves, yet in the Garden they are only a blink in time compared to the existence of The Core.

besides, new universes come into existence quickly. a blink of an eye and hundreds may appear. blink again and theres hundreds of thousands more. theres no Core measurement that can even describe this.

and the Guides? they don’t have to physically be in a world to See. They don’t need to hold a universe gently in their palms and open the stardust curtains to reveal the stage of life and death, to See the actors do their part in the play they didn’t know existed.

no, most Family members stay in the dimensional plane thats above the Garden. They simply open Their Eyes and focus on a universe, then watch. honestly, its like spectator mode in minecraft— a bit different but its still similar.

some Family members, however, prefer to guide by entering the universe itself. not many do this: dallas is one of the few. its takes a toll and each of the Guide-walkers has their own reason for doing so.

there really is no way to describe all of this… have you held the multiverse in your hands? did the universes overflow and drip from your palms? did you hold the dark sludge of shadows too? or was it only the brightness of the universes being so close in your hands? are there even shadows if there is no sun? is there light if the only source comes from the trillions of universes themselves? are they bright enough to show you the way?

are you floating in the Garden, the void, where there is nothing under you? there is nothing above you. what is a floor if it does not exist? will you have to relearn how to walk if all you do is hover in the nothing-that-is-somehow-everything?

what do you breathe? do you even breathe? what is breathing? have you forgotten?

did you forget how to be alive? did you forget how to push blood through your veins? did you forget how to turn food into nutrients? did you forget how to blink? what about inflating and deflating your lungs? and what of the heart? the valves and chambers and blood and what it looks like and how does it beat?

how long have you been in the Garden? time is tangled, anyway.

dude holy fucking shit im actually insane over this

the way you write?????? i cant even describe it but ITS SO GOOD its like addictive…

“my experience on earth is dripping from my hands and it stains all my creations with a brush of a thought and the tips of my fingers.” <- IM OBSESSEDDDDD WITH THIS

the inherent humanity of a story no matter how far it tries to distance itself from our world… gee whiz

CRAZY OVER THIS OMG i love the way you describe basically the experience of a god and how utterly massive and incomprehensible it is to us… ough…

tgis is so good dude

[owl-house-6-3]

There are 2 things about the Owl House i don’t like and kind off want to see what everyone’s else opinion is about that.

1. To much open world building

The idea of an intere world of magic is great. A new culture and new species are expected. Even open question are part of a magic system. But they overdid it in the end.

We have multiple Titan Skeletts with possible billions of different species out there. Even the question of what else exist on the planet is open ( the Titans should have been able to eat something, have homes etc. )

Than we have multiple Dimensions or at least the inbetween, which is the afterlive as well?

Than we have the Cosmic entity’s, who did attack the titans and trapped the owl beast. There is no answer for what they did after the Titan death or where they are now. Further how was the cult around them created? The Titan trappers should have some explanation for existing.

Saying that, we also miss a lot of History. Starting from the Collectors and Titan war. To Belos history and Portal creation.

The Think is a lot of points where unnecessary and could have been erased to make room for more details on other ends. Like ditch the Collector and Titan war and put Belos backstory in there. The Collector was not the Villain in the end or was important for Belos defeat. so i think letting the Titan die a normal death and have Belos figure out the draining spell on his own, with some stop in there so Luz can end it instead of the Collector, works as well.

2. Timelines and Personality’s shifting

Having Belos spent 300 years doing nothing ( he had the collector, the glyphs, the portal and the draining spell already, so he spent all his other time on the covens? ) is one think, but making him a genius who is on screen connected to the titan hearth and at the same time stupid enough to not realize it for century’s, is another.

Is King 1000 years old in his egg before he even hatches?

Did nobody talk to the Collector, even when there exist a shrine in the Titan skull for him?

That doesn’t even mention the shift in personality’s from evil collector to innocent kid. From the loyal coven to 50% planning to revolt. From constantly mixing the view the citizens have of the emperor and his rule, being happy and content to scared and angry and back to happy, etc. Even in one episode the people go from hating Ed’s or not caring about such a criminal, than to beg for her release since they love her, to ignoring her again later. Different people can have different opinions or change their view. But there should not be a constant shift in how society views someone based on what is best for the plot. Eather Eda is seen as an outcast and criminal who disrupts the peace the covens bring or as a heroic troublemaker who fights against the unnecessary covens. She is constantly treated as the first so why is there always a shift in the crowd when she needs it?

Since we are on the Thema of society view, what exactly is the overall perspective or rules for that matter? Their exist a puppeteer who was about to eat Luz and was eaten by eda and he gets no criminal record. But someone who reads fanfiction goes to prison? Did Belos really create that or are his people that incompitant that they just lock people up at random and miss the true criminals? I know i have to choose a coven and get a job where i could become a coven head one day. But how? can i change my coven later? When do i have to choose a coven? What is my Job exactly as coven head? There are some easy questions i want to know so i can understand why the people hate or love the government.