#they both enable each other’s insanity 100%

[smthaboutuss]

I like to think that Vox planned out like a million different ways on how to kill Alastor and Valentino has to listen to all of them but he’s kinda into it lol

[yakarmi]

I’m going to indulge my delulu and put together a list of reasons why I think Clive and Jason could work well together. I’ll add more later, feel free to add your own reasons:

1. Jason gets Clive to step out of his comfort zone. Without someone to encourage him to go out, he absolutely will sit in an office and research all day (see: when Jason first arrived, when Jason died, when Jason left… again). But he does enjoy adventuring, just needs someone to drag him out and enjoy it with.

2. Clive can ground Jason. All his friends can, tbh, but we see this directly when Jason is killing that messenger. Clive manages to get him to stop torturing her and just put an end to it when even Shade struggled.

3. They’re both insane, but in complementary ways. Jason = arrogant maniac. Clive = mad scientist. Jason needs a mad scientist to keep his crazy adventures functional and feasible and Clive needs someone to help enable his bad behaviors (I 100% believe that if they were left alone, Jason would help Clive break into the magic society)

4. Jason will absolutely demand attention. When thinking of Clive in a relationship, one of the biggest issues I see is that he would have a tendency to ignore his spouse for his research. Jason simply would not let him. He demands attention too much.

5. They’re both astral magic specialists. Clive wants someone to talk about his research with in bed before going to sleep. Jason can. Will Jason? Probably, if you get him going. He enjoys learning about astral magic. He won’t allow it all the time but a bit of moderation is good for Clive as well.

6. Jason will force Clive to take a break. See 1. Clive will research all day every day. Whether it’s to adventure or just to eat some food, he needs a break. Even if it’s just a cup of tea on the roof of the cloud house.

7. Jason is astral magic. Clive might have a tendency to use Jason as an experiment BUT he cares enough about Jason to be careful not to go too far and Jason is assertive enough to tell him his boundaries. Plus, Jason is motivated and smart enough to help him with his research (his instinctual insights help too).

8. Jason is less reckless than he used to be and is willing to defer to Clive’s rules on astral magic and research (and experimentation). This is essentially just referencing Clive saying what he wants in Book 11. Jason might think it exciting to blow up trams, but he’s more than willing to do things Clive’s way.

9. They can stand each other for long periods of time. Look. It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it is. Jason and Clive spend HOW much time together researching astral magic? Probably mostly alone. And I imagine they’re productive.

10. Jason likes to show off. And Clive would absolutely let him. Jason is astral magic after all, he can show off to his spouse all the time and I believe Clive would enjoy it.

11. Jason respects Clive’s background and family. Probably gets along GREAT with them as well. Them returning to Greenstone basically for Neil and Clive’s families? Amazing. Also Jason takes the time to learn about eel cooking from Clive.

[nochd]

I wish tumblr would let you reblog two separate posts and kind of merge them, because I've seen two posts that I want to respond to together. They're both fairly reasonable but their points are in tension with each other. They're both about the niceties of the consent ethic and they're both relevant to naturism, and I feel they need a response.

So I'm going to copypaste them both here, and then later I'll come back and reblog this post with what I have to say about them.

Post #1 is from @homunculus-argument:

I come from a culture that has no nudity taboo - nudity is not considered inherently sexual, or somehow traumatising to witness. What that means in practice is that there is a clearly drawn line between sexual and non-sexual nudity. There is nothing wrong or inappropriate about nudity in a sexual context, and nothing wrong or inappropriate about nudity in a non-sexual context. However, it is 100% inappropriate to be nude in a situation where it is not obvious from context whether this is sexual or not. I've seen random kids who briefly escaped from their parents bolt across a public park buck-ass naked after they were playing in the water fountain and their parents were in the middle of changing their kid from wet clothes to dry clothes when the small nudist escaped. Changing your small kid's clothes right there in public is ok because there is obviously nothing sexual about a child whose clothes got wet. But although people will have baby pictures of their kids in the bath or just running around the house like that because sometimes little apes hate clothes for some reason, it's considered common sense to not share those pictures on facebook mom groups and such, because you have no way of knowing who's seeing them, and that blurs the line of context. It all boils down to the clearly defined context. Bathing nude in the same sauna with five of your co-workers at the office christmas party? Clearly nonsexual, therefore completely fine. Your friend-with-benefits inviting you to come over and opening the door in nothing but a doggy collar and the most porn-scented perfume? Clearly sexual, therefore completely fine. A woman checking her breasts for lumps in the gym lockers just before or after a shower? Clearly non-sexual, therefore completely fine. But if you went to the bank today and there's some guy who walks in and immediately strips naked, doing his banking business wearing nothing but a deep smile and being clearly very content with this situation, you have no way of telling whether he's getting kicks out of this or not. There is no contextual reason for him to be nude. Therefore, that is inappropriate. Then you go home and post on tumblr - as one does - going like "there was some dude completely fucking buck-ass naked in the bank today. That was fucking weird and I wish he had not done that." And someone immediately swoops into inform you that actually nudity is not inherently sexual or inappropriate, and there are cultures out there that have no nudity taboo. It's not fair to call somebody a freak for something like that, maybe that guy was just finnish.

Post #2 comes from @unconventiononthelawofthesea:

like, okay, consent does literally just mean agree. which is what enables this little rhetorical trick. because there's all this cultural emphasis on sexual consent, which is just expressed as consent, a lot of phrases whose intended meanings are "rape is bad" can be taken literally to mean "i should get to agree to everything that happens in my vicinity." for an example, "i didn't agree to seeing you wear that shirt" is straightforwardly a fucking insane thing for someone to say, but people regularly make use of this trick to make the (functionally identical) statement "i didn't consent to seeing that"

And @fucktoyfelix reblogged and said

Strongly recommend that people familiarize themselves with the white supremacist concept of "right to comfort" because of how scarily that concept aligns with this behavior THIS is where the logic comes from that drives misogynistic control of what women wear, how fat people exist in public, how disabled people exist in public, miscontrues kink-related fashion as the same as sex itself, and prevents people breastfeeding their children in clean environments. Its interesting what demographics are effected most negatively by this huh

[jessicamdawn]

Perfect 10 Liners, ep 17:

“studying at our faculty is tough.” Is it? “half of the students flunk out each year.” Do They?

Help, Wine is so cute.

I love those plushies.

Yotha is so bad at socializing

“Can I go to the party?” “Why not?” “It’s a bar. I thought you might be worried.” “I trust you.” Thank you.

Faifah is full of Lines.

Jesus Christ, Faifah.

Update: I still hate Arc.

IT’S PONDSAND!

Pond is going to build them a house?!

God I hope they don’t have class in the morning. It’s FOUR IN THE MORNING

Faifah is unhinged, but that’s okay. We been knowing that.

Perfect 10 Liners, ep 18:

Wine only has 5 instagram posts! XD

God I hope the fart excuse doesn’t spread around campus.

Photos of 10 people and remember their names? That’s asking a lot, ma’am.

So Mark is not a good fake crier.

Yotha is very drunkenly putting two puzzle pieces together.

I like that Faifah has his hands in his pockets, but he also shouldn’t be letting the kiss happen.

The youtube search bar thing! XD XD XD XD

Girl. When you realized Jay didn’t know, you don’t out Wine.

I like this ‘don’t hang up until you see my face’ and asking if he’s physically hurt first and ‘you don’t have to tell me right now.’

Why are we kissing?

Perfect 10 Liners, ep 19:

“I’m sorry I kissed you when I was drunk.” He just kissed you sober, so…

Faifah having to give his great speech again because Wine was too drunk the first time.

Faifah is insane but I love him

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you this about myself.” “Save that for when you tell me you’re in the last stage of cancer.” XD Good friend, Jay.

Wine is having Feels from Faifah’s Lines and, you know what, valid.

“Send me someone too” and POOF, there’s Wine.

Faifah turned the air up so Wine wouldn’t be cold~ <3

 That “broken” sticky note is going in a memory box. I’m calling it.

You want to move from your own condo to live with your…dad? Or do you mean, like, figuratively, cause you'd be married?

“Crow Mouth means Sharpie. Learn your English.” In what world does anyone call “sharpies” “crow mouths”?

Do not force someone to run. I would hate you, not love you.

“You’re special to me.” “You’re special to me too.” THAT’S A CONFESSION. WTF.

Klao, you enabler XD

“Stupid. Eat some veggies.” XD

 “Don’t joke. What if I really catch feelings?” says the man who flirts constantly.

So making out without actually starting to date is gonna be their Thing, huh? Okay.

 Perfect 10 Liners, ep 20:

I love this relationship between Faifah, Yotha, and Gun

Wine is the only one keeping Faifah alive. Stop consuming things you're allergic too, boy.

So Faifah and Wine’s story is that they both are pretending to follow the Book even while repeatedly saying they like each other because, somehow, if the Book is not involved, they have to stop?

So MDL and the subtitles say ‘Faifa’ but Wine’s phone definitely says ‘Faifah’ so I have changed all of mine to 'Faifah.'

I love Yotha running in to save Faifah.

Faifah and Phuri using random English is great.

These two are great at talking around an answer.

Faifah is great People Pleaser rep because 100% yes, someone else do the rejecting for me.

They’ve only confessed to each other like 5 times, but who’s counting?

Perfect 10 Liners, ep 21:

NO ONE TOLD FAIFAH! 80

I love Wine immediately clocking that Faifah doesn’t want to smile and giving him permission not to.

Sand / Arm friendship yeaahhhh

Mom friggin sucks

Seriously, Faifah and Wine are working through their stuff together with no one’s help. There are two different stories happening here.

These damn drunks.

“If anything happens, don’t call me.” I CACKLED

Another confession. I really wish I’d been keeping count.

Perfect 10 Liners, ep 22:

 Y’all are having romance right in front of everyone’s salads.

Your boyfriend is an introvert, maybe don’t post all of those photos.

Stop drinking the dairy, Faifah.

Awkward convo with absent mother. But I love that Wine immediately hugged Faifah as soon as mom was gone.

Here we have two men who are already dating but won’t admit it.

Newton and Yacht are like ‘am I dying? Klao isn’t drinking.’

Newton and Yacht will date eventually.

“Did you bring my cup? Cool. Bye.”

Wine did NOT say ‘make a loud declaration to ask someone to date.’ He is an INTROVERT.

Are you holding hands, you mthrfkrs

Wine knows what Faifah’s about.

Faifah’s ready to step aside and let someone else have what he wants, like he always does.

I love that Wine immediately recognizes that something is wrong.

Ooohhhh Wine wanting to be near Faifah the whole time and using the notebook as an excuse~ I like that. That is was never about Tor.

FAIFAH THAT’S NOT ‘Let’s date.’ THAT’S A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE!

Perfect 10 Liners, ep 23:

 Being in the same bed in the morning does not prove shit. Y’all slept in the same bed anyway.

Faifah and Wine aren’t dating. They’re married.

Faifah is so ridiculous. He should probably chill out or his introvert boyfriend might get overwhelmed.

Po was dating someone? Date Warm and Cop!

“Does anyone know that P’Fah is still not okay?”

This is very heavy talk for a casual dinner.

“I don’t love you any less than anyone else.” You could’ve said that in his apartment a week ago.

Married.

“Your mom won’t be back for a month.” Oh wow. A month. You’re gonna wither away by then. >.>

“I can totally travel alone!” This is a man trying to convince himself more than others.

Of course, Faifah showed up. But ‘lonely and plaintive’ Wine was cute.

Pond and Sand are opening a campsite? That’s cute.

Yotha and Gun were meant to come to this music festival too, weren’t they? What happened to that?

Exchanging rings—I mean, bracelets. They’re married.

“Oh. They’re staying the night? They’re gonna have sex in the tent.” And I was right.

Perfect 10 Liners, ep 24:

 I love that they still have the festival bands on.

I like this bag’s design.

“Ugh, you guys are so possessive of your boyfriends---Hey! Boyfriend! Possessive-Possessive-Possessive” XD

“Don’t tease people. It’s not nice. Let me do it for you.” XD

Wow. They’re planning this whole Thing for Wa and Klao and Yotha and Gun just got engaged in ten seconds in their PJs.

Why is Arm packing Arc’s bag? Arc’s an adult. He can pack his own bag, not just sit there and watch.

Peaceful Property reference~

I really dislike the ‘no, my boyfriend can’t do work, let me do everything while you just sit around.’ shtick. Let them do stuff. They're not made of glass.

This proposal is going exactly how a thing planned by friends would go.

Went from proposal to marriage vows.

The passing of the crown was funny

Ey POOOOO! XD

“Please excuse us.” They’re going to go have sex in a tent. “Where are you going?” “......Please excuse us.” They’re definitely going to have sex in a tent.

AU where Faifah can actually fix chipped hearts when

Omg this is a 'Me and You and Your Friend Steve' situation with Pond, Sand, and Po.

When did Gun get these earrings???

So, how many couples do we think are having sex in tents tonight?

Everyone in their colors except Arc. You ain’t no brown boy, red rascal.

Who is, um, Wine? Talking to in the last scene in the voice over?

Someone save Po.

So Yotha and Gun are engaged, Wa and Klao are engaged, and Wine and Faifah have been married for months. Pond and Sand dedicated themselves to each other a full year ago, and Arc and Arm are (bleh) going to get engaged someday (wheh).

Faifah and Wine are my favorite couple of the three mains, with Yotha and Gun close behind, and Arc and Arm not even in the race.

I do wish Yotha and Faifah hadn't been quite so clingy post-getting together, but their boyfriends didn't mind, so it's whatever. And I wish Po had had a happy ending. But, all in all, mostly a fun watch with mostly good people.

[i-sveikata]

hii!

I’ve been a semi-silent reader since graveyards was first published but I cannot be silent any longer! I absolutely love this fic and I don’t have enough words to describe what a pleasure it has been to read it. According to ao3 I’ve visited it 59 times already (I’m on my 4th official re-read and frequently go back to chapters when I randomly think back on a specific scene).

I’m currently on the scene where Vegas briefly wonders what it would be like to raise children with Pete and I have to ask, are we going to get Venice at any point? And what would Vegas be like as a father? I think Pete would be a good parent because of how practical he is, that and his patience with Macau and how he makes sure to consider his feelings when communicating with him. Vegas on the other hand, I think he could be a good parent especially if he was doing it with Pete but maybe his perception of himself being evil and destructive would get in the way of that?

p.s. after reading the first chapter of graveyards I went back and read all your other fics and all I have to say is chef’s kiss. The barbarian sterek and the one where Stiles thrifts Dereks clothes are two of my favourites.

Hey anon!! Thanks for coming to say hello!! Wow omg that’s so many times to visit a fic I hope you enjoy the fourth reread!!

I’ve actually answered this one a few times before but this fic is based off the show- I’ve never read the novel. So while I do know of Venice vaguely from what other people have mentioned in the fandom he’s not going to appear in this fic.

Tbh I think they would both make very good parents- they both already have clear examples of what kind of upbringing did not work for them so it would be them both trying to walk down a new path together. That wouldn’t make it impossible for them to recreate trauma in new ways of course but I do think they’d both be very good at pulling each other up on things if they thought one of them went too far or if they disagreed with how the parenting was being done. I think the environment would work against them a little- being in a mafia family and constantly in danger would make things feel a little less secure and they’d both be insanely protective of their kid but I do see them making the necessary sacrifices to enable their kid to live a moderately stress free life- I.e stepping away from high stakes/ chaotic situations or not pissing off people enough that they’re making lots of enemies to deal with etc.

I think if things ever got too bad they’d take off together for a fresh start somewhere else in Thailand and find new jobs that wouldn’t bring as much attention on them just to keep their kid safe. Their kid would easily come first before the family empire no question. But meanwhile you could 100% guarantee they’d be teaching their kid how to fight and use weapons and protect themselves as they grown up. Like as soon as their kid was old enough theyd be a little bit more dangerous (would be hard to avoid with those two as parents)

I think Pete is helping a lot in reshaping Vegas’ understanding of himself so by the time they did get around to talking about/deciding if they wanted kids Vegas would feel much more settled in himself and have a stronger foundation for his self esteem than he does currently. And they’ll both be better equipped by then to reassure one another’s doubts/uncertainties so while I do see them occasionally butting heads/ struggling, they’re the types who find their footing very quickly. And when they’re together the other person wouldn’t let them lose their footing for very long if that makes sense. How they started as a couple has forced them to figure out how to communicate properly and establish good boundaries and mutual respect so those would be some of the biggest factors working in their favour for when/ if they did have a kid.

Omg thank you so much for saying so that’s really sweet! Im so happy to hear that you liked them. Lmao yes that was my biggest fandom for years I’ve written so much sterek (and still have many open wips for them haha) thank you 💛

[sunshine-in-a-bottle]

hello, suds :D

i come with six ships for the shipping bingo card (pick and choose which ones you want to do): c!dreamnoblade, c!dreamza, c!awesamdrunz, c!aswesamdream, c!awesampunz, c!drunz (for the first two you can also use the bingo card from here (https://www.tumblr.com/sunshine-in-a-bottle/764332055865835520)

I am frothing at the mouth. God you are being so nice to me right now and letting me be insane. I appreciate you so much.

DNB^. I did both because of course I did. I love your template I Needed To Use It.

DNB obviously got a lot more for the second bingo than the first because they are objectively the healthiest possible pairing you can get here. Look at them. Theyre perfect for each other. Theyre narrative foils, theyre parallels going in opposite directions but forever side by side in their path. It would have to be a very specific universe for them to even BEGIN to be able to make each other worse.

I know because of the way things worked it couldn't be called something canon, but in a world where the DSMP was made in a different medium, DNB would have been an excellent endgame for both of their characters. It maximizes their healing. They both get to be understood at a fundamental level, and seek comfort that they just wouldn't be able to get from other people.

Techno gets to take care of someone who really needs that care, someone who laughs at his jokes and finds him funny, someone who is rewarding to try and make laugh, because god knows Dream tries so hard to be insurmountable. Dream gets that personal attention he so desperately needs without being enabled or placated, or shut down for expressing clear boundaries. Literally my only gripe with the pairing is that its so healthy that I can't go batshit insane about problematic behavior like I like to do.

But honestly the yearning can be so intense that it makes up for anything else. My god can these two yearn, quietly but intently.

Dreamza^. By god this is the greatest crack rarepair to have ever existed in the history of ever.

Its so incredibly unlikely to happen just because of how canon went, but they have so much hidden potential as both a character study and for Shenanigans. They're both admins. They meet for the first time because Philza broke into Dream's server. Philza's son has made Dream's life miserable. Dream is like a younger version of Philza in all the confidence and control and burgeoning power that leaves Philza with both a sense of deja vu but also makes him feel like he's back in the old days, when things were a little less complicated. Dream is reckless and has no self preservation, but even if he has the skill to back it up, Philza still can't help but want to watch his back. Dream's trust is fragile and intense and hard-earned, and doesn't it feel good to earn it? To see this silly young man who endures the world feel safe to reach out a hand to Philza and let Philza take it?

Also the AU concept of Dream being an insane coder with no training VS Philza who actually knows what he's doing and is fascinated and horrified by how Dream runs the server is funny, okay?

Also Kristen can watch them fuck, no notes.

^Awesamdrunz. Listen. Listen. I experience mental illness. I'm going directly to super hell. There's so many things wrong with them, and with anyone else this would go terribly but somehow they make it work. This is somehow the healthiest relationship they could achieve. They can make each other so much worse in some ways (excusing each others crimes) but they could also make each other so much better in others (Dream heals, Sam is redeemed, Punz feels less alone.) I read 100 fics about them and they were all my own. I too want to be an evil necromancer who is consistently loafed on and gets self care.

I didn't mark "I wish more people would ship them" because honestly I'm pretty content with the amount of people who do ship them already. This ship is one part porn, one part crack, one part angst, and three parts kidnapping, I'm not expecting everyone in the fandom to turn around and go THERE IT IS. THE SHIP OF ALL TIME when its such a specific flavor of insanity and doesn't have a ton of canon merit. I like being able to bother my friends about it, and everyone who wants to sit with me on tumblr and ao3 and rotate it with me is nice and good. This feels comfortable.

^Awesamdream. I had to take a break from writing this and came back wondering "why didn't I put that they were perfect for each other." maybe it was for Torture in Prison reasons??? Maybe I was thinking about how they aren't a ship that is perfect in a healthy sort of way, theyre both so mentally ill about each other from prison after all, and Sam's control issues don't naturally blend with Dream's control issues.

But I kind of don't mind that they aren't perfect for each other? I don't think they need to fit like a glove, weaving in and out of each other and completely complimenting the other. Their hands don't fit perfectly- if its post prison, especially, since Dream's lacking a couple fingers- and Dream steps on Sam's feet when they dance. But it feels good to write them a little messy, a little fucked up, but still able to Be Good to each other, Sam towards Dream especially. Not healthy, but happy.

(admittedly, I had to write them like that myself for the most part when I first joined the fandom. Most of what Awesamdream was at the time was torture porn and angst, because YKnow, Prison, but I really wanted to explore them Being Happy and wasn't sure where to start. I'm really grateful for the dreblr discord server for giving me a place to write a lot of my early fics for them.)

^SamPunz. Do you understand how delightful these two are? Do you understand The Vibes that they give when they're together. Listen I'm rapidly running out of braincells but I love to imagine just. In the CKAU the way that Punz fundamentally changes Sam for the better by forcibly instilling boundaries that Dream can't instill on his own.

The way that Punz is so misanthropic, so distrusting of people and so angry at the world and at Sam for what he did. Punz isn't sure they want to believe Sam's capable of change, because in their mind it would be so much easier to kill him and be done with it.

But Dream wants and hopes that Sam can be better if they just try, so Punz is forced to Not Kill As A First Solution. Punz is forced to deal with the an absolute travesty of a creeper. Punz goes from "humanity can't be saved lets kill the server and everything on it and becomes gods" to "actually people might be able to change and become better. I don't like having feelings about this. I don't like having to reckon with my own humanity. Goddamn it Sam."

Listen I'm just rotating Punz pushing Sam against the wall, holding the Communication Knife to his throat, and threatening him. Sam is trying very hard not to find this extremely attractive. He is failing.

I need them to fuck.

[voesneroeiz]

so a couple people (2) asked me to elaborate on this post so i guess i may as well make a fool out of myself (/joking) and share my thoughts. this is my yiik crackship essay (not really). keep in mind that most of it is based around tales from the borderlands as that’s what the au these stem from is based on (alongside yiik) but there is one i don’t think people will see coming. peep it under the cut

alex/rhys (tales from the borderlands)

You’ve probably seen @333near ‘s really delightful art of this pairing in the YIIK tag if you go there regularly. If not, go look at it now. It’s cutes. My biggest reason for this pairing is the fact that I think they are very similar. They’re both all swagger, no substance. (Taking this straight from TFTBL but it very much applies to Alex too.) They're both very privileged people who don't really realize that at first and they both are very selfish dickheads that can get better as time goes on. I think they enable each other in this selfishness sometimes (kinda like that meme where it's like “me calling the worst person i know to tell me that what i just did wasn’t horrible”) but I also think seeing that kind of behavior in each other brings them to a realization and helps them start knocking it off.

I think they do clash sometimes because Rhys loves being a little worker bee and Alex likes doing fuckall but I think it’d be REALLY really funny if it evolved into like a businessman/housewife situation. Ideal situation for them both I think. Kind of on a different note I also think kind of in the same way Vella, Sammy, and Essentia 2K share a soul, Rhys is also part of that, which brings him and Alex closer together. My justification for the whole soul thing is that Essentia is very largely tied to mechanical stuff and so is Rhys (prosthetic arm/eye/the whole Hyperion thing) which would make him a very likely candidate to be an alternate self. (I know factually the soul thing isn’t true but shh. Let me reach.)

claudio/vaughn (tales from the borderlands)

So this one is a little less solid and more headcanon-y but I think these guys would looooove nerding out together. Claudio also has a specific way with people (as stated in-game by Chondra) that I think Vaughn would be drawn to, especially since he can be pretty awkward. I don’t think Vaughn really had time for any nerdy stuff like anime (if they even have it) back on Helios so when Claudio starts talking about anime he gets VERY interested and I bet you he’d think that shit is the coolest ever. Vaughn is probably one of the first people Claudio’s met in real life (this is the 90’s after all) that shares the same level of his passion for anime and I think he’d really appreciate that. Vaughn, as an accountant, would think it’s soooo hot that Claudio runs a franchise. Don’t ask me how I know, I just know it.

I don’t think Vaughn would really know what to say in regards to Aaron (if he didn’t think Claudio’s obsession was kinda creepy) but I DO 100% think he’d help him try to take his mind off of it, or at the very least hear him out, especially on days when it gets bad. I don’t think Claudio would let something like that go unnoticed. I also think they have, like, gay little ocs (Vaughn’s is a bandit and Claudio’s is a ronin) that they larp as. It gets kind of (very) homoerotic.

rory/herb cookie (cookie run) (this one is insane but hear me out)

“Ned, are you shipping this blond boy with a baked good?” Yes. I think the idea is really funny and I like it a lot. Don’t know how it would work while keeping it canon-compliant to both series. But, in the AU that Max and I have crafted, Herb Cookie is a human named Harvey that’s known Rory (and Carrie) for a long time and is probably the only other person outside of Rory’s immediate family that cares that she’s gone. I won’t go too far into it though because that’s not the point here.

As a general rule, though, I think Herb’s sort of calm cheerfulness provides a really cute, interesting contrast to Rory’s depressive, irritable nature. They’re both pacifists (as we can infer from Herb’s general nature and his status as a healer, not a fighter in Kingdom) and they would both definitely share the same concerns about the Earth. (Again, inferring this based off of Herb’s personality and his whole thing going on. It’s arguable how much Rory genuinely cares/knows about stuff like that based off of some of his Protest lines but for the sake of argument I’m assuming it’s a “he’s a little confused but he’s got the spirit” kind of situation.) Herb is definitely the kind of guy to be like “okay buddy let’s go out and touch some grass :)” which is definitely something I think Rory needs. Definitely a lot of giving on Herb’s end but I think after so long, Rory would start giving back as well– After all, he’s not a dick to the people he really cares about, if how much he loved Carrie is any indication at all. I really think having a positive force in his life would do him good and Herb fits the bill pretty perfectly.

yar those are basically my thoughts. hopefully the justification is enough to tide people over but i don’t mind answering questions if people have them. so much of this has also been thought out with @333near (my beautiful wife) so shout-outs to him also. i have other pairings in mind (namely ones with chondra and vella) but i have to flesh them out a little more before i feel good about posting them. if you made it this far god bless you

[nono-bunny]

Underrated aspect of NPMD that really captured me is the kids and the relationships they have with their parents

We already knew Mayor Solomon Lauter was a bad dad from Abstinence Camp, so his behavior here was nothing per se, but... Wow, he really truly doesn't care at all for Steph, huh? "Damn you soul to five eldritch abominations, I'm not messing with them again!" he basically says to his teen daughter before getting demolished by a ghost. Again? Never did I think I wanted to learn more about that nasty man before, but... Now I am intrigued.

Grace's parents make me so fucking uncomfortable the way they speak to each other tbh, but also in terms of their relationship to her? Yeah I fucking see where she's coming from now, her parents are so controlling and stifling that it's no wonder she gets a little bit of power and goes insane!

Pete and Ted's dad sells ladies shoes and? I think that's all we ever get about their parents iirc, but we do know that they were both sent to Camp Idontwannabang and despite both of them being weird, they also seem to me like they might just have the overall most loving and normal parents. We know Ted's personality changed over time, and he and Pete seem to have an overall positive relationship as far as I could tell, but it's not like? Foster's level of caring for one another in their parents stead and the fact that we never hear anything BAD about their parents make me think that they just aren't very remarkable, so like? Good for them honestly

Ruth??? Oh my god Ruth is so lonely and starved for love and affection I cannot imagine a world in which she has loving parents, she mentions talking to fucking telemarketers all the time but never once talks about her family and honestly??? That kinda says it all for me, Ruth seems to be in a very unloving home and I'm so sad for her- her focus on broken families in The Barbecue Monolgues feels like it's also indicative of her personal life tbh, poor girl!! I'm glad she has Richie and Pete, she's weird af but so are they and they make it work!

Richie says nothing about his family either so I'm just gonna. Headcanon him having like, a normal family who thinks he's a bit weird but loves him all the same and doesn't like, try and stop him from living his life because that's the kinda environment his very open love of anime seems to imply to me

And finally... Oh my god, Max... Yeah his dad is 100% abusive. Him being afraid of going back home even when he's frightened of ghosts and skeletons, the way he loiters around public places after school looking to take out his own frustration on others... His bullying and abuse seems like learned behavior and I actually feel so bad for him, he's a complete dick but he's also not wrong about the way literally nobody cares about him once he dies. Is it weird that I feel like the school is seriously failing him by brushing off his behavior rather than checking on his life situation of trying to find where it's coming from? Like, I get it, he's the star quarterback, they don't wanna mess with him or something (I'm not gonna even pretend to know how American high schools seem to work, the whole school environment before he dies is completely foreign to me) but??? Surely letting him just run wild like that would raise SOME alarm bells in someone's head that there's something wrong in his life???? Personally I headcanon the timeline where Miss Holiday becomes the guidance counselor to also be the one where he gets help from her and/or Duke. I don't know that there something inherently supernatural about him but SURELY Duke also works with normal families, right? Anyway in other life I hope he actually gets help because he seems to be in a really shitty situation and the school is just enabling his behavior which also naturally majorly sucks for everyone around him. The guy needs therapy fr

I actually really loved all six of them, and even though Max is awful, I kinda wanna see a story where they all team up and become friends because I kinda feel like they'd be unstoppable lol (also the symmetry of five Lords In Black and one Webby????)

[queen-lich-dumb-bitch]

Needed a breather from full length stories. Also, kinda blocked on how I wanna write Ascella’s arc. So imma do this instead. Keep in mind: at this point in their stories, they are all teammates, not exactly lovers or partners so for all intents and purposes, all of these people are single. @ebevkisk

How Marasenna feels about her teammates:

Petra Naverrian

Senna and Petra have a respect for each other. They have lived long lives despite still being so young, so they trust each other implicitly. Petra is also the only non-dragon to beat Senna in a straight-up fight, so Senna feels close to her in that regard.

Lyria Peregrine

They have a symbiotic relationship. Senna LOVES food and Lyria loves making food. Lyria is also kinda the group mom, so Senna vents a lot to her about things. Senna also is very good at bringing Lyria out of her shell, so it works out.

Emily Cordalith

An example of opposites attract. Senna is a wild child and Emily is a very centered and focused individual. Somehow, this makes them a very unique pairing that works well together.

Aerin Curridan

Senna admires Aerin’s peaceful and stoic energy. She knows Aerin follows a war patron, but Senna has never met anyone who was literally like a warm cup of chai tea on a snowy snowy evening like Aerin is.

Verity Xanderia

Something unsettles Senna about Verity. Verity carries an aura of confusion and power that Senna does not understand, but it feels very old and very dangerous and as such, Senna keeps her distance.

Haley

Madness incarnate. Senna is Haley’s enabler. Senna encourages so much creativity and chaos out of them that it’s insane what shenanigans they can get up to when they spend too much time together.

Ascella Ylteryn

Surprisingly, these two are very close friends. Ascella finds herself around Senna more often than not. Even if they aren’t talking, they find comfort in each other’s presence.

Teyra Fellspark

If anyone in the hold could give Senna butterflies, its 100% Teyra. These two have the most wholesome relationship. Teyra is the soft spoken and loving softie to Marasenna’s wild instigator and Teyra has an ability to calm Senna down that no one else has mastered. Also, both tend to turn beet red when around each other, but they haven’t figured that out yet.

[nekinsanblog]

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[knarme-art]

I'm being driven fully insane by Kxasi and Nantangven thoughts!! 😬🥴

They're climbing the vines to the Floating Mountains for training purposes, and Kxasi falls, gets severely bruised and scared etc.

Nantangven rescues them and holds them while both stand on this narrow ledge and Kxasi is 110% panicking and delirious. The commander has had to calm people down in danger a lot so he has full on training on what to do.

He holds Kxasi tightly by his shoulders and head and looks close into his eyes, commanding them to look at themselves. Then they instruct Kxasi to take deep breaths and aknowledge the positions of their feet etc. to get grounded in reality again and gain their control of their body back so they can stand firmly etc.

(I was snorkeling once and the instructor had to do this to me to prevent me from panicking and drowning lmao, so I could stay calm and keep swimming!)

After becoming grounded again, Kxasi realizes he's tightly clutching to Nantangven with his arms around the former's torso and that Nantangven is holding them reassuringly, and... Nantangven's touch is so soft and calming. It's like being held by an angel and being told by your deeper instincts that you're fully safe now.

Kxasi is still bruised and fucked-up and it's Nantangven's responsibility to take care of them. So they head to a Mountains village nearby where the rest of the training squad is also stopping by.

Nantangven can't leave Kxasi unchecked and untreated in this trip where the squad is already like several days' travel away from home, and there is a busy schelude for this training event. Kxasi is first instructed to stay at the village, leaving him for needing to miss out a part of the training so he can get first aid.

Kxasi demands to know if there is any way he can still continue and Nantangven agrees to personally check him up for his condition and to treat him... (This is risky as it is a really personal and intimate situation to be in, but.. well yeah lol)

The two get to use a bathing hut that is warmed by crystals that gather warmth from the sun in daytime (how the Mountains culture has made hot baths since ancient times), Kxasi gets fully undressed as to be properly cleansed etc. Nantangven undresses as well, not wasting a much needed bath either. So they get into the water to do the basic cleaning activities themselves.

When done with the latter, Nantangven embraces Kxasi's head and cheek with their hand to comfort them and warns that the wounds/bruises treatment can hurt a bit. Kxasi is basically melting and horny and a lot more excited than they should be... (Nantangven, the sly wolf, is too and he wouldn't do this personally himself if he wasn't, but the excuses and optics are good enough especially now that he ordered the rest of the training squad to get their own baths as well!)

So then... Nantangven helps Kxasi apply the healing herbs/roots paste to all the wounds, which hurts a lot and isn't easy for Kxasi to do himself. Nantangven does it with a great level of affection, often holding Kxasi's face close and whispering comforting words into his ear as he applies the medicine (which burns painfully at first). Their faces are so close they could easily kiss and feel each others' breaths on their lips for a lot of the time...

Kxasi thanks for the ughh amazing care, removes Nantangven's hand from his hair and presses their lips onto the commander's palm almost worshippingly. The warrior trainee then proclaims they feel like they can't quite leave and go to sleep peacefully just yet, smirking a bit devilishly at Nantangven, just boldly suggesting breaking some of the most basic rules and social etiquette...

Nantangven would've 100% had the self-restraint to just quit here and go to bed like this was nothing, but they feel a little bad that they enabled Kxasi to get fully fucking horny for their amusement like this, and to just leave poor Kxasi in that state alone... So they feel quite responsible for what they started now.

So, endeared by and pulled in by Kxasi's boldness and fiery honesty, Nantangven figures... He too wants an escape, something for himself finally in the midst of all the work. Nothing has quite FELT like anything for the longest of time, but Kxasi is like a burning hot spark of an anomaly in the fabric of their reality, so... They indulge.

CW; headcanon gets smutty at this point

Coughs they make out and Kxasi has Nantangven press their tongue onto their nipple and eat their pussy fucking finally oof and they also scissor and bcs both of them have been through some masculinizing endorcinal body modification, especially Nantangven is well equipped to slide inside between Kxasi's pretty soft pussy lips. They sure as hell FUCK and it remains as a secret 100% to the rest of the squad. (:

Turns out Kxasi is fine enough to continue the training event with the others, also, yay!

[inmyheaddd]

Can you make headcanons about grayson being a girl dad?

grayson hawthorne girl dad hcs

this was so fun to write, thankyou for the request!! it took ages, sorry 😭

wc: 715

grayson was born to be a girl dad 100%

when your daughter was a new born, she was so small she could rest her head on his arm like it was a pillow.

he’d be buying new clothes practically every week for her. 

he took the outfits VERY seriously. 

“i think this onesie would match the headband better, no?” 

he’d ask you to wake him up when your daughter wakes you up in the middle of the night, he doesn’t want to miss any of the moments, he doesn’t want to be uninvolved, and he wants you to rest.

he’d research for hours before buying any types of food for the baby and would tell you something new he learned.

one time you were using his phone and you saw “interesting facts about mothers” “childbirth facts” “facts about mothers and child relationship” “dangers of apple sauce” all in his search history.

grayson is funny but never shows it, but now with you, you best believe he’s cracking dad jokes all around the house because he’s a dad now (tell anyone this and he’ll deny it like crazy; he’s too serious for that).

since he loves photography, every corner of your house has pictures he took hung up.

during the newborn period, he’d literally take pictures of her every single day. 

he’d also take pictures of you two together, he wanted to cherish every moment because it goes by so fast.

ever since your daughter learned how to speak or ask for stuff, he’d get literally anything she wanted.

new dolls? of course.

a pony? paperwork done within the hour. 

new princess crown? on the way - yes it’s real.

he’d spend hours building her new dollhouses or whatever toys required it.

he’d be building the toys with his sleeves cuffed and his hair slightly messy, and unwavering focus. (dying at the thought of this)

he’d play princesses with your daughter whenever she asked, he’d literally drop anything for her.

one time you came into his office expecting to see him behind his desk and working. but you saw him sitting on the floor with his eyes closed and your daughter standing besides him, applying eyeshadow on him to the best of her 5 year old abilities.

he peeped one eye open to look at you and started smiling, to which your daughter said “dad! close your eyes!” 

“sorry,”he says with a small chuckle, and closes his eyes. “i just wanted to look at your beautiful mother,” and he opens one eye again.

“mommy!” you daughter was too focused on practicing her MUA skills on grayson she didn’t notice you walk in. 

she ran to you and hugged your legs, and you picked her up. she talked on and on about the makeup and ‘how the sparkles makes dad's eyes look shinier’

grayson was watching the whole interaction between you two with the most love-filled eyes in the world. 

he stood up and walked to you two, resting his hand on your back while you held your daughter.

you smiled at each other, and in that moment, he was thinking, “would 3 more kids be so bad?”

“how are my girls doing?” 

“i miss my favorite girls, how are you?” 

whenever he says something like that, it drives you sooo insane, in a good way obviously. it makes you want to have 3 more kids with him too. 

he spoils both of you like crazy, he literally cannot say no to your daughter.

that doesn’t mean he’s a bad parent though, he doesn’t enable bad behavior, and he rewards good behavior, and makes it known it's appreciated. he makes sure your daughter knows she’s loved every day. 

it’s his worst nightmare thinking the possibility that his daughter would grow up the same way he did, always feeling like you had to be perfect & never having anyone to confide to. he strives to be the parent he never had.

he’s like the most present father there could ever be, even on top of work.

on your daughter's 7th halloween, grayson agreed to dress up as prince charming while your daughter was cinderella. 

on her 8th, he dressed up as the big bad wolf and she was little red riding hood.

jameson and xander made fun of him for that one, but deep down they were so happy for him—happy that he’s happy.

grayson would leave work to go to all of your daughters school productions. 

nothing beat the way her face would light up when she spotted you two in the audience. 

well, maybe one thing.

when grayson watched you two with each other, just mother and daughter, love bouncing off of one another. he was watching the two halves of his heart.

grayson hawthorne the man that u are 😭😭😭 anyway, lmk if you enjoyed and leave requestss 🤍

[bemusedlybespectacled]

so I just read iron widow and tl;dr: it's like a pacific rim/hunger games crossover, but with a protagonist who will absolutely cut a bitch without remorse and also canon bisexuality and polyamory.

y'all I do not know how to explain that when I say iron widow has canon bisexuality and polyamory I do not mean "oh they both, like, look at each other longingly a lot and love each other ~as friends~" I mean they say with their actual mouths "we should totally all date each other because we're all bisexual and into each other" and then kiss, also with their actual mouths.

also, to be clear, I am not joking about the hunger games thing. like, the shit gets dark a lot. you know how the hunger games starts with the premise of murdering children for entertainment and then by the end you find out the sinister government is also torturing people into insanity and pimping out former tributes? yeah. like, start there, and then keep going. the protagonist is disabled because her feet are bound (and her needing mobility aids to walk and exactly how fucked up her feet are is made explicit). everyone's parents are abusive in some way, overtly or not. the sinister government is willing to exploit literally anything to get you to do what it wants, up to and including an addiction they enable.

BUT ALSO. but also. the female protagonist straight-up murders a guy less than a hundred pages in and keeps going. she will stab a patriarchal asshat in the neck and then walk over his corpse to the next patriarchal asshat. the two dudes in the relationship are a sweetie softboy nerd (whose dad is basically Harvey Weinstein?) who's just 100% here for his very sexy murder wife and murder husband, and the actual murder husband, who is a 6'5" both-physically-and-mentally-tortured soul who also wears fucking coke-bottle thick glasses (because this man is ALSO a nerd! TWO NERDS! TWO! NERDS!), and, I cannot stress this enough, A COLLAR AND A LEASH. LIKE LITERALLY ALL THE TIME.

Y'ALL. THIS BOOK. IT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WANTED. I AM SOBBING. THE TRIANGLE IS THE STRONGEST SHAPE.

[twstgameplay]

Portfest Cards Analysis

Hello~! There was a request for all the Portfest cards, hence this post. Some cards lack stats because we haven't seen it online nor have we leveled up our cards. If you have Port Ruggie and Rook at Lv.60, please send their stats. And if you want to see a card getting an analysis, please send in a request via ask. ~ 🐙

Portfest Jack

Type: Balanced

Max Stats at Lv.80 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP 9,395 ATK 4,444

With all 3 approximately: HP 14,092 ATK 5,332

Max Stats at Lv.100 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP 10991 ATK 5199

With all 3 approximately: HP 16,486 ATK 6,238

Magic Levels [Lv.10]

Fire: One strong hit with a Medium ATK UP for 3 turns

Water: Two strong hits that becomes three if duo with Rook is activated

Buddies

Rook [HP M]

Idia [ATK S]

Lilia [HP S]

Port Jack is a Fire/Water Balanced card with a 3-turn ATK UP M on his first magic. This makes him best suited for Fire Basic.

Port Jack is similar to FG Leona in the sense that he could end up insanely powerful with a certain card on team. Halloween Rook (Water/Flora) has an ATK UP M on his first magic that not only applies to himself but also to the selected ally. There is a more detailed rundown of the calculations in this post, but in summary, Jack’s duo with that buff from Rook on top of activating all his other ATK buffs enables his duo to deal at least 30k damage at Lv.80 and 35k damage at Lv.100. This makes Jack's duo potentially the strongest in the game so far. Even without Halloween Rook, however, his duo can still deal at least 24k damage at Lv.80 and at least 28k damage at Lv.100, which is still powerful.

Aside from Halloween Rook, other cards that you can use to activate Jack’s duo are Birthday Rook (Cosmic/Water) and Dorm Rook (Flora/Fire). Birthday Rook is for the Water duo, Dorm Rook is for having more opportunity to add more duos in your team since he and Dorm Epel duo with each other. Take care though that should you choose the latter, you will have to use Rook’s Flora magic. Robe Rook (Fire/Water) is also a good substitute if you have none of those SSRs.

To boost Jack’s ATK, you can add in Dorm Idia (Fire/Cosmic) or Lab Idia (Water/Water). Bringing Dorm Idia allows you to have an additional duo, and it's especially if you bring in Dorm Ortho, another great card for this test. If you want to bring in any Lilia to boost Jack's HP further, bring in Birthday Lilia (Fire/Water), as he also has Rook as his duo partner.

In summary, Port Jack is an excellent card for Fire Basic for his power. His buddies also have cards that are useful in this test and would also add more duos in the team.

Other Portfest cards under the cut

Portfest Ruggie

Type: Defense

Max Stats at Lv.60 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP ATK

With all 2 approximately: HP ATK

Max Stats at Lv.80 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP 11,053 ATK 3,239

With all 2 approximately: HP 13,263 ATK 4,372

Magic Levels [Lv.10]

Water: One strong hit with a Small ATK DOWN on single opponent for 3 turns

Flora: Two weak hits

Buddies

Cater [ATK M]

Floyd [HP S]

Port Ruggie is a Water/Flora Defense card with a debuff on his first magic. His HP is on the higher side among Defense SRs, and along with his elements and debuff, he is most optimal for Water Defense.

On SSR cards that have good synergy with him, Halloween Riddle (Flora/Water) may be the best. They both share the same elements, and Riddle has his own debuff as well. Ruggie also boosts Riddle's HP and acts as his duo partner, so both of them can do a lot in dealing enough damage to kill the opponent by turn 5.

Paying attention to Ruggie's buddies, you can bring in Robe Floyd (Flora/Water) to boost his HP and Halloween Cater (Flora/Flora) or Lab Cater (Water/Flora) to boost his ATK. Putting in those two cards gives you room to put in two SSRs that work really well in this test, New Year Kalim (Water/Flora), a healer who boosts Floyd's HP, and Dorm Trey (Water/Flora), who gets HP boost from Cater.

Overall, Port Ruggie is a decent card to use for Water Defense, and he has buddies with good cards for it. However, he isn't highly recommended except if you lack in Flora cards that work in this test.

Portfest Rook

Type: Defense

Max Stats at Lv.60 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP 9308 ATK 2370

With all 2 approximately: HP 11,169 ATK 3,199

Max Stats at Lv.80 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP 11,367 ATK 2,837

With all 2 approximately: HP 13,640 ATK 3,829

Magic Levels [Lv.10]

Fire: One strong hit with a Small ATK DOWN on single opponent for 3 turns

Water: Two weak hits with Small Continuous Heal for 3 turns

Buddies

Jack [ATK M]

Azul [HP S]

Port Rook is a Fire/Water Defense SR with a debuff on his first magic and a small continuous heal on his second magic. If at groovy and Lv.80 with maxed spell, Rook heals 2273 HP per turn, bringing the total to approximately 6819 HP. This makes him the fourth highest in terms of amount of HP he can recover. Among all the SRs, Port Rook has the lowest ATK stat. However, this doesn't mean he has the most HP, as he has the 8th highest HP value among the SRs. Based on this info, Port Rook is perfect for Fire Defense.

Focusing on SSRs that have good synergy with Rook, it's useful to pair Rook with Dorm Epel (Water/Fire), as Epel has him as his duo partner, and both of them are fellow healers with the same elements. Rook would also boost Epel's HP stat. Birthday Lilia (Fire/Water) also has Rook as his duo partner and shares the same elements as him. Like Epel, Lilia's HP gets boosted by Rook.

Focusing on cards that boost Rook's stats, you can bring in either Dorm Azul (Water/Water) or Birthday Azul (Water/Fire) into the test to boost his HP. Either card works well in Fire Defense, the former for the double Water and heal, the latter for the debuff and, should you choose to bring in Dorm Epel, a boost in HP. If you want to boost his ATK for more damage, you can bring in either Union Jack (Water/Fire) or Halloween Jack (Water/Cosmic).

In summary, Port Rook works really well for Fire Defense due to his heal and his debuff. He also has great synergy with his buddies and with SSRs that duo with him in this test, making him a good card to invest on.

Portfest Floyd

Type: Attack

Max Stats at Lv.40 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP 3,552 ATK 3,433

With 1 approximately: HP 4,617 ATK 3,433

Max Stats at Lv.60 [GROOVY]

Without buddies: HP 4,526 ATK 4,506

With 1 approximately: HP 5,883 ATK 4,506

Magic Levels [Lv.10]

Fire: One strong hit with a Small ATK DOWN on single opponent for 1 turn

Flora: Two weak hits with Tiny DMG UP for 1 turn

Buddies

Ruggie [HP M]

Port Floyd is a Fire/Flora Attack card with a debuff on his first magic and a buff on his second. Among Attack R cards, Floyd has the seventh highest ATK stat. As such, he can be utilized in Flora Basic, especially if you need a Floyd card and/or don't have Dorm Floyd.

Focusing on SSRs that work well with him, it would be great to pair him with Dorm Jade (Water/Fire) to activate Jade's duo. You may also pair him with Tsum Leona (Flora/Fire) in either Flora Basic or Defense, as Floyd has the debuff that works well enough for a Defense test, but he boosts Leona's ATK. Birthday Idia (Fire/Flora) may also be good to pair with Floyd. Though his duo may be a Flora element, he is an Attack card, and he can deal a good amount of damage. You may also use Port Floyd together with Camp Ruggie (Water/Flora) in Water Basic and activate Ruggie's duo. Ruggie also boosts Floyd's HP as a bonus.

There are many Floyd cards that can still be used aside from Port Floyd, but the amount of cards that can duo with him makes Port Floyd useful in his own way. He's also a much cheaper investment since his magic levels only make use of items. If you're seeking for a Floyd card that works well enough for Flora tests, and you don't have Dorm Floyd or even PE Floyd, Port Floyd may be helpful.

[crossguild]

I'm loving the sudden attention maxpler is getting and my ideal dynamic for them, platonic or otherwise, is literally language mapping cause language mapping, condensed to its major plot beats, is just...

kepler: doctor maxwell you're soooooo smart and talented and ambitious, i wanna work with you soooo bad

maxwell: i know, but I'm WAY too cool to work for you, nerd

kepler: maybe so. maybe so, but consider that it would be my goal in life to enable you to do whatever insane and unethical thing you want to, and make sure you have all the resources you could ever need. also, look at all the awesome stuff we have!

maxwell: you make a very compelling point

kepler: can i get you something to eat or drink while you consider my proposal? 🥺

maxwell: yeah i definitely need a drink right now

like. listen. listen. maxwell has the upper hand here and always. maxwell being assertive, smart, and audacious is 100% of the things that kepler likes about her, and they're both self assured enough to not be threatened by someone else's competence. she can and would destroy him, and vice versa, but they choose to trust and rely on each other instead. these are two characters who are overflowing with confidence and idealism beneath a pragmatism that they were forced to learn... they own every choice they make with a self awareness that's shared by lovelace and hilbert, four characters who operate centrally on the strength of their conviction.

maxwell has immense technical skill, and kepler is much more focused on managing people and logistics, but there are clear signs that they've picked up skills and ways of relating to others from each other. they're characters who make each other better, who change and improve themselves as well because of what they see in someone they like and respect, and that's probably my favorite kind of dynamic in fiction

it's good fucken food!

anyway tl:dr maxwell tops

[west-tokyo-incidents]

Just me babbling about Annihilation's full team. Making up most of this on the spot. 100% open to suggestions and totally subject to change.

Whiskey is one of his handlers, a Fusataro instance taken from a timeline where Rage went rogue. She's particularly nasty personality-wise and mean as hell, but she's also insanely good at getting Annihilation to refocus on a target if he gets side-tracked.

Absinthe is the second of his handlers, a Michel taken from a timeline where Paresse had gone rogue and snapped off his limiters insanely early following an injury to Michel. Selectively mute to everyone but his own team, he's the only one, second to Anaari, who can approach Annihilation when he's having an episode. Really useful given that Anaari cannot go on missions with them. Usually.

Sake is the third handler, a Kei instance from the Edo period in a timeline infected by the Wandering Infection. While uninfected himself, his experience with it makes him very sensitive to minute changes, allowing him to predict the nearly unpredictable trifusion. He's the captain of their team, the trauma of the Wandering Infection in his timeline making his personality nigh unrecognizable from the original emperor.

Kori and Echo are two Regula instances, both in charge of communications between members across large distances. Echo stays near the handlers and Annihilation and is much more modified for potential conflict, while Kori stays with the rest of the team in the Compound. They use their Engrave as a way of communicating with each other messages back and forth between the two teams.

Monarch is a Pardonner/Rage fusion instance who acts as a medic, his speed enabling him to move quickly in and out of danger to retrieve injured team members and heal as quick as possible in the absolute chaos of Annihilation's attacks. Absolute harmacist.

Typically they team up with whichever reconnaissance team has been assigned to the timeline they're eliminating from, letting them be in charge of gathering new information acting as scouts for them as the mission progresses. This is pretty typical of elimination teams in general, but because Annihilation is used with the most dangerous timelines, they often team up with the higher profile recon teams as well, Dryo's team included.