#they’re actually kind of nice to each other and they died together

[starscream-is-my-wife]

The Decepticon book club gets a new member

(Who came prepared with illegally downloaded yaoi)

[hayatheauthor]

Can you post something about different kinds of soulmates? The name on the wrist or red strings are nice but a little overused, maybe. Idk. Do you have anything different?

50 Types of Soulmates in Literature

The soulmate trope might feel pretty cliche to most but I love exploring them (great short story material, esp if you want to twist it into horror/thriller/non romance). Thanks for the ask! I hope this list is what you were looking for: 

Fate-Driven Soulmates

1. Shared Dreams – They meet in their dreams every night/[idea] after they turn [age].

2. Reincarnation– They reincarnate in every era and are destined to meet each time.

3. Aura Bonds – Their auras [change] when they’re near each other.

4. Mirror Messages – They see the other’s face in the mirror when they turn [age].

5. Starbound – Their soulmate’s birth constellation forms on them after their first meeting.

6. Heartbeat Match – Their pulses sync when they meet and get more uneven when they’re apart after that.

7. Shared Memories – They have flashbacks of past lives together.

8. The First Words – Their first spoken words to each other are tattooed on their skin.

9. Fragrance – They recognise each other by a unique scent only one’s soulmate carries (i.e. in the world you can only smell roses on your soulmate).

10. Scars – They have matching scars in the same place since their birth.

11. Colour - They only start seeing colour after meeting their soulmate. Can be changed to sound, touch, smell, etc.

Cultural Soulmates

12. Mehndi Marks - In Indian/Middle Eastern cultures, your soulmate’s name appears in your mehndi/henna.

13. Karmic Threads - In Buddhist traditions, invisible karmic bonds pull them toward one another.

14. Feng Shui Alignment – Their energies perfectly balance according to the Feng Shui elements.

15. Ancestor's Blessing – Their names are revealed through a ritual that summons past ancestors.

16. Name in Flames – In some folk traditions, a fire ceremony reveals their soulmate’s initials in the embers.

17. Feather Match – They exchange feathers that later glow when their soulmate is near.

18. Shared Songlines – In Aboriginal traditions, their paths align on the same Songline.

19. Palm Reading Prophecy – Their soulmate’s features or initials are foretold in their palm lines.

20. Dance of Fate – In certain cultures, a soulmate is revealed during a traditional dance when they naturally pair up.

21. Persian Tea Leaves – Their names appear during tea-reading rituals.

Object-Based Soulmates

22. Lock and Key – Everyone is born with a keyhole shape. When you turn [age] you’re blessed with a key that only fits into your soulmate.

23. Shared Journal – They write in the same journal without knowing how.

24. Twin Trinkets – When born, each person receives a magical [trinket]. Your soulmate has its twin. 

25. Compass of Love – A compass always points them toward their soulmate.

26. Two Halves – They carry two halves of the same [object].

27. Enchanted Maps – A map updates itself with their location when they’re near.

28. Eternal Rings – Rings burn hot or glow when their soulmate is close.

29. Song – When they turn [age] they hear a song sung in their soulmate’s voice. (Interesting: in this world, MC hears nothing. They think they don’t have one, rly their soulmate is just mute). 

Connection Through Nature

30. Tree of Life – Their world has a special garden you go to when you’re [age]. In the garden, a tree starts to grow when two soulmates are near. Note: if they ‘break up’ or one dies, the tree wilts and dies too.  

31. Blooming Flowers – When your soulmate is born, you get a flower bud [different for each]. When you meet the first time, this bud goes into full bloom. If you pass without meeting, it dies. This continues till you actually meet, and the flowers finally [fall off?]

32. Animal Guides – At birth you’re assigned a spirit animal who leads you to your soulmate when the time is right. (Ooh maybe your spirit animals are soulmates too OR hmo: they’re enemies! You haven’t met your soulmate yet because your spirit animals are doing everything to keep you [and themselves] apart). 

33. Shifting Shadows – Their shadows always reach toward the other. When you sleep, your shadows break away and meet each other. 

34. Bound by Seasons – They only meet during a specific season each year. Kind of like a Divergent ‘born into a season’ thing. (But what if a Summer and Winter end up being fated? But they can’t survive in each other’s seasons. [omg Tinkerbell] lol). 

35. Ocean Whispers – It’s said if you go to the ocean’s shore and say something there your soulmate will hear it when they go to the shore. (MC’s soulmate hates the ocean. They’ve never been. One day they finally go, and sit for hours as they listen to messages from their soulmate, who apparently lives by the ocean and has been calling to them every night). 

36. Star-Written Names – When you turn [age] only you see a name written in the stars. That’s your soulmate’s name.

Unconventional Soulmate Tropes

37. Memory Keepers – One soulmate is bound to forget each other in each new life, and the other is fated to remember and find them. The other only remembers if and when they meet. 

38. Parallel Lives – They exist in parallel universes but see glimpses of each other via [plot].

39. Shared Illness – They feel each other’s pain, sickness, and recovery.

40. Shared Mortality – They can only die when they’re together.

41. The Final Wish – When you turn [age] you get to make a wish and your soulmate has to fulfil it in order for you to meet.

42. The Sacrificial Lamb – One is destined to save the other through ultimate sacrifice.

43. The Time Loop – They’re stuck in a loop, meeting repeatedly until they get it right.

44. Dual Souls – They share one soul in two bodies, feeling incomplete without the other.

45. The Undying and the Mortal – One reincarnates endlessly, always finding their soulmate, if they fail to find them, their soulmate will not reincarnate and die forever. Except, you don’t know who’s the immortal one. 

46. Time Stopper: Time stops when you’re with your soulmate. It starts again when you’re apart. 

Sense-Based Soulmates

47. Sight: When you close your eyes you can see what they’re seeing. 

48. Warmth: You feel physically cold everytime you’re without your soulmate. Your heart turns colder every year, till when you’re [age] you both die if you haven’t met.  

49. Colour: You can’t see your soulmate’s eye/hair colour till your first meeting. The issue: they don’t know the colour, so often overlook this change. (Many resort to checking a colour chart every day till they see a new colour). 

50. Touch: You can’t feel anything till your soulmate touches you for the first time. Everything simply feels like its weight, not texture. 

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[danveration]

Sleep well, amour.

Parings: Alastor x reader

Summary: You’ve been very intrested in Alastor ever since you met him. He invites you to see his recording studio, which you accept. Then you ask if you can stay and listen to him host! While listening, you fall asleep. How does he react?

Word count: 2844

Warnings: Ummm not really much? Alastor being Alastor! One mention of not being able to sleep sometimes, mention of seeing people in hell doing dr*gs, k*lling eachother, and fighting, mention of reader having bad social skills (?)

part two

A/N: UM!! this is my first time writing for alastor, so apologies if it isn’t the best. Please give me any feedback you want, I’d love to hear it! Also sorry for any spelling mistakes. I hope you enjoy :’)

Alastor the radio demon. You know of the things he’s done, you know that people are quite literally terrified of him. But for some reason... you feel a certain way towards him that you can’t describe, but it’s surely not fear.

You’ve had a some-what odd admiration of him since you landed in hell, only a few months ago. You got spotted by Charlie when you first got to hell. She noticed you looking around nervously and lost, and put two and two together that you must be new. She very kindly introduced herself which was refreshing because.. well.. it’s hell. Everywhere you looked people were fighting, doing drugs, and even killing each other. You were glad there were kind people even down here.

“Hi, you! Uh, you lost?” Charlie smiled you and waved.

“Um yeah! I’m guessing this is hell, huh?” You awkwardly chuckle. Social skills weren’t ever your thing, it seems they haven’t got better after you died, either.

“Yep! This is hell! You must be new? I’m Charlie! Charlie Morningstar. It’s so nice to meet you.” She smiled and stuck out her hand for you to shake.

“Nice to meet you, Charlie! My names Y/n.” You politely smiled back and shook her hand.

After that meeting, Charlie showed you to the hotel in which you eagerly accepted to stay at, her being the only sane thing you’ve seen down here. It was a pretty nice place, no 5 star hotel like back on earth, but it was something you’re very grateful for. Who knows what would’ve happened to you if you haven’t met her.

While she was showing you around, someone caught your eye. He was a tall man, very polite and respectful looking. He was dressed head to toe in old fashioned attire, with a cane to suit his charming look. He was smiling in a way that made you look at him like he was something you wanted to inspect under a magnifying glass.

He glanced at you and smiled larger, stepping over to you and Charlie.

“My, my! What do we have here? Charlie! You didn’t tell me that we’ve got more guests? It’s a pleasure to meet you, my dear! The names Alastor!” He spoke politely.

His voice was sort of.. Radio-like? You found it soothing.

“Haha yeah! I found them wandering around on the street this morning! They’re a newcomer, their name is Y/n.” She spoke back, excited to introduce you.

“Y/n! Well, my, my. That’s quite a lovely name!” He said. “Say.. do you listen to radio? I host a brilliant radio broadcast that’ll give you some real insight on this place!” He said enthusiastically.

“Oh.. haha thank you” You smile. “I do actually! I love radio shows.” You immediately feel drawn towads him. You cant tell if it’s just the new scenery or what.. but you want to just sit and chat with him for hours.

Alastor perks up at that. “Oh you do, do you?” He smiled more.

“Yeah! Back when I was.. uhm.. alive, I actually had a whole playlist of them! What do you do your show about?” You ask.

Alastor is delighted to have you take interest in his show. “Well, dear, I do all sorts of things on there! Yes, yes, you think of it and I’ve most probably done it! Most commonly known is the souls I entrap and prison, as I broadcast their screams of horror all over this horrible place and people get to hear the noises of their never-ending torture and demise. But! I also just made a wonderful segment on my mother’s Jambalaya recipe!” He stated.

While part of those sentences gave you chills, you still seemed to take interest in him.

“Well,” you chuckle. “I will certainly check it out!” You smile.

“Ah! Wonderful news, my dear.” He said while he twirled his cane.

Charlie was watching you interact with him and noticed how you looked at him, as if admiring. She smile and said, “well! We better finish the tour.”

She motions for you to follow her and you do, waving Alastor goodbye.

He waves back and yells, “goodbye, sweetheart! Lovely to have met you.”

After that, you wanted absolutely everything to do with him. You’ve also got to know the other people staying at the hotel. Angel, Vaggie, Husk, Niffty, and Sir Pentious. They were overall kind people. Husk found your interest in Alastor to be no good.

“Yeah, no. That, whatever thing you have created in your mind about him, isn’t true. He’s vile, Y/n. Trust me on that.” He grunts.

Angel thought you had some kind of kink towards “scary, creepy men.” Which wasn’t true because you didn’t even find him scary. You found him charming.

“Ah.. Alastor? Fucking sexy weirdo if I do say so myself. He’s got some reaaal problems but hey, if you’re into that-“ You cut him off by saying it wasn’t like that & that you don’t think anything sexual towards him.

One day, you were talking to Sir Pentious about his “crush” on Cherry Bomb. He completely denied it but you could tell from his blush and his nervous demeanour that he was very interested in her.

You were caught off guard when you heard that radio voice coming up from behind you.

“Y/n, my dear! I have a question for you.” Alastor came and stood beside you, looking down from where you’re sitting.

“Al! Hey, what’s up?” You ask, containing your excitement.

Sir Pentious excused himself quickly, seeing one of his “egg boys” were being played with by Niffty. She isn’t one to be gentle.

“So, I know how you’ve been listening to my radio show as of late, and I was wondering if you’d like to see where the magic happens!” He states.

“R-really? I’d be honoured!” You say, smiling.

“Ah! Lovely. Come now, this way.”

You get up and he locks arms with you and chats about his new microphone that he got.

Once you guys arrive, you’re shocked. It looks very professional and comfortable. It suits him heavily. There’s a big open window, a desk, some chairs and sofas, a bunch of technical stuff on the desk along with his new mic that you recognize from his descriptions, and a deer coat hanger?

“Wow, Alastor. This place is so actually so sick. I love it. And the new microphone suits you!” You say. “Thank you for showing me, really.”

Typically, Alastor would never show someone something personal of his, including his studio, but you are an exception. He isn’t sure what it is about you but he doesn’t seem to hate you as much as he does with anyone else. At first he was weirded out, but now he just embraces it. He also feels protective of you. He doesn’t know exactly why you’re even down here. For as far is he can tell, you’re an angel. Always being kind even to those who aren’t kind to you, always saying “please” and “thank you,” all that jazz. Jazz! You even like jazz music, his favourite. He told you that he lived on earth the time jazz music was popular. The 20’s and 30’s. That explains his vocabulary and how he dresses. You just find it more interesting and take time to ask questions about what it was like in that time.

“Why of course, my dear! If I’d want to show anyone here, it would be you.” He says, giving you his iconic smile.

You have a thought. “Hey, Al? Would it be alright if the next time you do a show, I could stay and listen?”

You hope he doesn’t think this is odd.

Alastor raises a brow. “Why would you want to do that?” He asks.

You panic, thinking you went too far by asking and now he’s going to cut you off or something.

“Ha! Kidding, sweetheart! Of course you can. I love when my broadcast is wanted to be listened to. Though I love it as well when they don’t want to.” He says.

You’re relieved, a bit scared, but still relieved.

“Say!” He says. “I was going to make one tonight talking about this silly technology box that thinks he is better than me! You know, expose all his lies and secrets to my listeners, and unwilling listeners. Maybe broadcast it all throughout hell!” He starts laughing manically. Then calms down and stares at you.

“Would you want to stay and listen, hm? I can do it now! I didn’t have any plans today going forward and well, getting it out sooner is better than later, I always say.” He asks.

You know he’s talking about Vox when he mentioned the technology box. Him and Vox have a sort of rivalry going on. Though Alastor seems to not care much about him, Vox is sure obsessed. He’s even gone so far as to making posters about him. Which areee.. not much of a resemblance.

This offer strikes you and you immediately perk up. “Yes! I’d love to.” You say.

You don’t think Alastor knows this but whenever you’re struggling to sleep, you put on his radio show and his voice comforts you to sleep. You’re sure if you told him, he would find it weird.

Little did you know, Alastor already knew. He walked past your room one night and heard static sounds coming from your quarters. He immediately was intrigued and put his ear close to your door to hear his voice. He was surprised, but not weirded out. He found it delightful that you found comfort in his voice. It’s not everyday someone does. Usually it invokes terror and anxiety on anyone who hears. This was new, and he didn’t hate it.

“Lovely! Let me get all set up. You can sit wherever you feel the most comfortable!” He says, adjusting his mic and pressing a buttons on his table.

You find a spot and sit down. Feeling honored to even be in the same room as him, let alone HIS room.

“Ahem! Welcome ladies and gentlemen-“ He goes off into his introduction, before winking at you and starting.

After about 20 minutes, you begin to feel tired and put your head on the side of the wall, still listening but with your eyes closed.

Alastor immediately notices and smirks, knowing how his voice effects you. He continues on and after about another 20 minutes, he finishes up. You’re asleep, slightly smiling.

He walks over to you and looks down.

“My, my. You really are an interesting one, aren’t you?” He whispers. He smiles more softly than he usually does and looks around to find a purple blanket hanging on his deer coat hanger, and gently places it on you.

He feels his heart fluttering while looking down at you and he immediately shrugs it off.

“Mm well, my dear.. I guess you can stay here. I’ll just be over there, transferring my broadcast to the other radios around town.” He says and points to his table.

“Sleep well, amour.” He speaks softly.

[lonepantheress]

♡ txt binge-watching shows w/ their s/o

pairing: ot5!txt x reader

genre: LOL CRACK? fluff i guess

warnings: unserious-ness

a/n: my first try at headcanons......

Yeonjun

like Gossip Girl or PLL or something.

he seems like the kind of person to be really pissed at moments with shitty writing and you’d have to remind him that he eats it up every time.

omg, and he’d start arguments with you about hypotheticals HE MADE based on the show.

like, “y/n, what if me and you met again after 15 years and had kids but we were both single and eligible and hot. what would you do?” “yeonjun, i have no idea. it depends.” “oh, okay. you hate me then?”

he’d be so flip-floppy too. just agreeing with you to agree with you.

“omg.. she’s such a bitch. I hate her.” “I actually really like her character.” “no, yeah, me too. she’s so cool, i love her.”

then when you guys are having real-life drama, he’d get all frustrated about whatever's going on and be like, “this is just like when serena and blair had to fight with georgina.” and you’re like “yes, exactly!”

he’s sweet though, he’d side with whoever YOU’RE siding with just so you guys could have a bonding moment LOL. your faves are his faves (as far as you know..)

Soobin

ok so it is established that he is a weeb

I feel like he would turn on those animes that are like 700 eps and mostly filler and be like, “this is one of my faves!”

and then you can’t complain because he just said it’s one of his faves…

he would try to meet in the middle though and find some that you might also be into

keyword: try

he’d pull out the most obscure show on the most sketchy website with the most incorrect subtitles and be like, “no, y/n, i swear it’s super good.”

and then you give it a chance, and you ask him to explain it.

and he explains it pretty well, but when you ask again he’s getting all emotional about SOMETHING that’s going on and you’re like “???? why…”

you guys will find your fave though and it’s so sweet bc it’s something you guys really look forward to.

you won’t look at spoilers or watch ahead or anything like that. HE TAKES IT LIKE SUPER SERIOUSLY.

and then you guys will get all emotion together and it’s super cute. 

Beomgyu

RuPaul's Drag Race

or like Love Island or the Bachelor or something.

would get super invested in the drama and take sides and everything.

I feel like if you liked someone he didn’t, he would take it personally and be like “BUT WHY???”

he’d fancy himself a prediction god and try to make bets on who will win and who will end up with who.

his real talent is consistently being wrong.

like “WATCH - this time i’m right!”

and then they’re out by, like, the third episode.

or when someone has a really funny or flirty conversation, he’d point to the screen and be like, “Us,” “Omg, that’s so us…” “Why is this lowkey us?”

he’d be DEVASTATED when his faves do not succeed. 

it was clear they’d lose their challenge or whatever but he’s like “WTF????”

but would laugh in your FACE if your faves got eliminated

Taehyun

a show that really takes dedication to watch.

like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead or Breaking Bad, or something

he would lowkey be pissed off if you watched an episode or two without him, or read spoilers online. 

but then he would accidentally spoil stuff for you and watch episodes without you so…

I could sort of see this going two different ways

he’s like super invested in it and is dead silent throughout the episode, barely looking away from the screen

or he’s watching and he’s like, “oh, she’s for sure gonna die.” and you’re like, “what? no!” and then she dies five mins later.

then he treats the end of the episode like a podcast and talks to you for like an hour about why the characters did what they did, and what you guys think is gonna happen next. 

kind of sweet cuz he would act uninterested at first and then become the most invested.

Kai

those cooking shows, but the ones where they’re really nice to each other.

like the Great British Baking Show, that show is so low pressure….

the contestants would be casually describing some incredibly complex dessert they’re making and he would go, “babe, we could definitely do that.”

no, you definitely could not!

you guys would confidently suck at making predictions, but you suck together! how cute!

“omg those are the cutest cakes ever! She has to come on top this episode!” “no, for sure. she’s been so consistently good!”

and then judging time comes and the cakes are bland, falling apart, undercooked, and burned at the same time. 

and you two are like, “oh…”

he would also suddenly turn into a baking expert, like when someone is doing their thing he would yell at the screen.

“oh my god. too much salt! NOOOO, TOO MUCH SALT!” and you need to tell him to calm tf down.

[modernday-orpheus]

Okay, hear me out. If Tim idolized Batman instead of Robin, Bruce would be dead.

Disclaimer: I am not perfect and don't know everything there is to know about comics! Some shit here may be accidentally based on fanon rather than canon! Please be nice!

Tim, of course, respects and looks up to Batman. Bruce is his mentor and his father, so it's safe to assume he loves him as well. But his Hero™ is and always has been Robin, Dick at first but especially Jason judging by the timeline. Most people in Gotham view Robin as an addendum, an extra, nothing more than a kid sidekick. They’re disappointed if her shows up without Batman, and question his abilities. Tim’s hero worship combined with his knowledge of their identities, in this case, allows him to see things as they truly are. For Tim, Robin is a light in the dark, a balancing act with Batman, not his sidekick but his partner. He’s a necessary part of the Dynamic Duo because while Batman represents Justice, Robin represents this Hope for a better future. Sure, he’s just a kid; by all accounts he shouldn’t even be out there fighting, but maybe, if he is, no other kids won’t have to fight as hard just to survive. He represents the soul of Gotham, underneath the criminality and corruption; a city full of people, tough-as-nails, saying “No, fuck you, this is our city” despite the constant danger. He represents the people who come together in times of crisis, who help out their neighbors when each new disaster strikes. He’s trained in martial arts, of course, and he’s a skilled fighter, but Robin’s primary job is always the safety of civilians. He’s the one that gets scared little kids out of a burning building while Batman keeps the villain of the week busy, the one who stays behind with SA victims walks them home because Batman is too much for those things. He uses fear where Robin uses kindness, compassion, and love.

Tim sees this. So, when Robin dies and Batman is getting rougher, more violent, more careless, he notices. He notices that Bruce is picking bigger fights than he can handle, taking hits he could dodge, breaking four ribs instead of two, barely making it back to the manor each night. If he idolized Bruce, at this point, he would trust him the way the rest of Gotham does. He would assume it was a rough patch, and Bruce would recover, and that Batman would always save the day. He would see a solitary hero, the way Batman wants to be seen. He wouldn’t think it necessary to reach out to Dick for help, and even if he did he would think Nightwing would be enough help. He wouldn’t understand the importance of the Robin mantle, the specific role that needs to be filled. Nightwing can represent a lot of things; fluidity, positive change, and freedom come to mind immediately, but there's no world where Nightwing represents Gotham and Hope the same way Robin does. He can’t serve the same purpose anymore, not in that uniform. Bruce would die at Two-Face’s hands in that very first arc, I have not a single doubt in my mind.

Then, as Tim comes back to Gotham post-training and actually starts to help out, it’s common for him to be the conscience. He falls easily into the role of Robin, the role that makes him protector of the innocent. He’s not like Jason, raised by these streets in a very different way, though I wouldn’t say either is better or worse. Where Jason struggled and had to fight, out there each night pre-Bruce out of necessity rather than choice. He knows all the best hiding spots and back-alleys because it kept him alive. He chooses to be Robin because he needed a hero and wants to be that for other people. Tim chose those streets, and he chose them for Robin. He knows the best hiding spots because they put him closer to the action, because he raised himself on all those cold nights alone on rooftops with his camera. He knows the back-alleys because they made him faster, made it so his little kid legs could keep up with his hero so he wouldn’t miss a moment. He lives for Gotham nights, for the thrill of seeing everything, getting to know everything. He chooses to be Robin because where his parents failed to teach him how to be a good person, Robin stepped up. He bases his morals off of watching Robin help people, and because he’s a kid he assumes that it’s normal to behave with altruistic intentions and prioritize others.

There’s a point to be made here, briefly, about how this lends itself to Tim’s self-worth issues and insecurities. If his job is to assist, supplement, guide, and fill in the blanks when Batman fails, he doesn’t have the option of failure. He expects that how he does his job, as long as the job gets done, doesn’t matter because he doesn’t view himself as the hero. He never views himself as a main character in his own story; he truly thinks he’s doing what anyone else in his position would gladly do. This is why he overworks himself, why he’s known for living, for lack of a better term “like a goddamn ninja turtle”. It’s why he’s always Robin or Red Robin or even his public persona Timothy Drake-Wayne but rarely Just Tim. Very few people get to see Just Tim, normal Tim, because if they’re seeing that then he’s not doing his job.

All of these factors lead to Tim’s conclusion that if no one else can get Batman out of this state, least of all Batman himself, of course the next logical conclusion is that it’s his responsibility to step up and do the job. Furthermore, it’s only because he idolized Robin that he can fill the role properly because his relationship to Bruce, especially in the beginning, is nothing like Dick and Jason’s relationships with Bruce. He’s not his kid, doesn’t bring Robin’s joy and hope home, so instead he has to work twice as hard in the field to keep Bruce away from the edge. He’s the first of the Robins to view himself as Batman’s protector rather than the other way around, and he’s the only one who Bruce acknowledges when he tries to fill that role. Bruce accepts it when Tim manages him, reorganizes his files, forces him into the medbay, even when he very occasionally goes as far as to outright scold him rather than just pressure him to make the right choices. He’s given an inch and takes a mile, because he believes (rightfully, in my opinion) that if he doesn't then all hope is lost. And Bruce allows him to help, to guide, as much as he’s willing to because he’s not his kid first. He’s Robin first.

This mentality carries over to the Red Robin arc, where Tim spends an entire year chasing after Bruce to save him. He does it alone, and although he asks for help he doesn’t actually expect it. Furthermore, because his morals are based off of Robin in his infinite altruism rather than Batman with his rigid rules, he doesn’t mind working with Ra’s al Ghul. He doesn’t mind betraying Ra’s by killing his men, by blowing up his bases. He doesn’t tell Bruce about it to protect Bruce from having another murderer under his roof, and because he doesn’t think it matters enough. Bruce isn’t surprised when Tim is the one to save him. I believe he would have been if any other Robin had shown up. He and Dick have had a strained relationship for years, he and Jason aren’t even on speaking terms, Stephanie was so often full of rage at him throughout her run as Robin and is dead at the time, and he doesn’t even really have a relationship with Damian. Aside from all of that, he’s assumed dead. He can’t assume the Justice League will spend their time saving a dead man. And yet, despite all of that, he isn’t surprised when Tim is the one to pull him out of the time stream. He’s disoriented, sure, and a little surprised it was possible for him to be saved at all, and he even wants to hear about how he figured it out, but his doubt is never placed on the fact that Tim would be the one to understand and tear the world apart to bring him home.

I believe this also helps to explain Tim’s struggle with letting go of the Robin mantle, outside of the fact that he was the first to have the choice to move on taken away from him. If he’s always been Robin first, always felt the weight of that on his shoulders, what is he supposed to do when his very identity is stripped away right as he loses everyone who got to really know him as Just Tim? How is he supposed to cope with having to reconstruct his own idea of who he is with no one around to remind him? Humans are social creatures. We learn and grow with and because of each other. He’s encouraged by Dick to grow quickly out of Robin to fill a new role, which is a nice sentiment from Dick’s own point of view, but he’s lacking a sturdy foundation. Not because it’s not actually there, or because he lacks personality or morals, but because he truly views himself and all of his good decisions as just what anybody would do and what Robin is supposed to do. He doesn’t consider that following these morals makes them his, makes them the building blocks for wherever he goes next, he considers them to be traits of a character he no longer plays; a purpose he no longer serves.

(This is the second time I've posted this, so if you see another version that's why!)

[gimme-tea-bitch]

The Kiss and All Their Growth

Holy shit what a day it has been, the bees kiss has left me rambling like a madman and spending half my shift in a stupor.

But, a friend of mine let me ramble in her DM’s about this scene and now I wanted to do a rough run down of the ways their confession hit on so many major points of trauma for the both of them, so get ready for a run down!

Starting with the way that Yang asks Blake if she’s okay, Yang in just as much danger, just as stuck and checking in with Blake, and Blake on the other hand “I’ll feel a lot better, when we’re together on that platform.” which just is such a perfect example of exactly the things that they’re about to say to each other. Yang being brave, caring, Blake knowing what she wants, Yang.

And then Yang, not getting anywhere, defaults to supporting Blake. Trusting that Blake will figure out the puzzle here, because she’s smart, which Yang says in her trusty dorky humor, lightening the mood on top of lifting up Blake.

And then Yang with that loud ass “You have cat ears” and the doofy smile, and holy shit I only just noticed but one of Blake’s ears literally flicks toward Yang after that line. But then Yang much gentler saying “I think your cat ears are cute.” Because she’s not trying to lighten the mood this time, this one’s real.

And then when Blake figures out what it is, saying thing’s they’ve never said, Yang defers to her, she doesn’t do the expected thing of saying a silly line, she gives Blake the room so to speak. Immediately trusting Blake’s judgement here and maybe more importantly, letting Blake set the bar for just how deep this would be.

And this is where it starts fucking me up, Blake’s start is an immediate shot through the heart. “I think you’re an extraordinary person.” We see Yang’s face go from her usual playful smirk to genuine surprise. And it reminds me so much of Yang’s answer to Oobleck back in Volume 2. Yang heard what her team’s goals were and she found herself lacking. Ruby wanted to be the hero who saved people, Weiss wanted to bring back the honor of her family, Blake wanted to help her people, and Yang, Yang wasn’t any of that, she didn’t have a noble goal, she was, just Yang. For Blake, someone that Yang has admired and loved for so long to say that she’s extraordinary. It runs so counter to how she’s always seen herself.

And Blake keeps going, “always the first to lighten a situation, you act bravely when you’re afraid.” Two more huge points. Because this is who Yang has always been. The jokes and the bravado, it’s a nice mask to hide behind but these traits Blake points out, is possibly the first time anyone in Yang’s life has ever actually seen her. When Summer died, when Raven left, when Tai fell apart. It was just her and Ruby, and what did Yang do? She put on a brave face, she made jokes and played games, and filled Ruby’s life with as many moments of joy as she could. Because Ruby deserved a happy childhood. Because Yang is above all else, brave and kind. And then Blake finished with “you do what you say.” and this one is personal to her especially. Blake who’s been manipulated and deceived so many times, for some many years by someone she thought she could trust. And this time, Yang is what Blake thought Adam might be at the start. All those ideals and manipulations he used to make himself look better than he was. Yang just is all of those things.

And then, as others have pointed out, Blake’s “Try to keep up!” doing for Yang what Yang always does for others. Lightening Yang’s load this time.

Yang’s response “I like that you’ve never been intimidated by me.” Yang who’s always been too, who obscures piece of herself almost instinctively. Who’s had so much anger in her that it feels like too much. Not with Blake, never with Blake. Blake who’s seen Yang truly get angry, and still trusts her, isn’t afraid because she knows Yang. Even in the emerald forest. And then Yang bringing up how Blake doesn’t give up. Blake who spent so much time hating herself for running, being a coward. And Yang who even at the beginning said things like “you’re not one to back down from a challenge.” Because even when Blake was still so scarred by her trauma, Yang saw who she really was, someone who doesn’t give up. “You know what matters to you.” and god just, the way that Yang is so spot on but so blind, that she doesn’t see how what matters most to Blake now, is her.

And it’s insane to me because Yang has spent her whole life putting herself last. Always putting those around her in front because they’re all incredible and she’s just Yang. She never saw that Blake picked her in the Emerald Forest, that Blake carried her through the ruins of Beacon, that Blake was so sorry that Yang got injured. She didn’t see what a broken down mess Blake became after.

And then they stare at each other so lovingly, so tenderly, god it makes me insane. And Yang is so scared. Yang’s so used to acting when she’s scared, but that’s always been in times of danger, not with her emotions. She’s spent her whole life bottling those up and locking them away so no one can see the deepest parts of her.

And then the way that CRWBY so perfectly gave Blake the initiative, but had Blake use to nudge Yang to finally say what she feels, for Yang to finally let her wants and hopes be spoken, to not have to hide herself anymore. And Yang still so terrified “I think i’m in love with you.” Saying it like she’s giving Blake an out, like she can back out of these feelings or something. And it’s crazy cuz it’s Yang saying what she feels but not pushing, never pushing. Blake who’s spent so many years being pushed around and controlled and told what to do. And Yang who has never ever pushed her, never forced her to do things she doesn’t want to or be someone she doesn’t want to be, even now, even when all Yang wants is Blake, she still refuses to push any of it on Blake. And Blake, fuck, Blake knowing, knowing how terrified Yang is, how even now Yang is still so patient, so held back, saying “I love you too” almost before Yang’s even finished. Because she doesn’t want to give Yang even a second, not even a fraction of a moment to think that Blake might not love her back.

Yang’s stunned because how could this be real. Yang who’s spent her whole life being left behind, finally finding someone who wants her just as badly and she wants them. They lean in and you can see on Yang’s face how she’s still so stunned, but every motion makes it more and more real and then they’re kissing, and they’re so close together and Yang pulls her closer because it’s not close enough and GOD I’M INSANE ABOUT THEM!

But yeah, that’s all I got, i’m sure there’s plenty of things i’m forgetting that also apply in this scene, but just, so many parts of this confession and kiss reminded me of their past and how much they’ve grown since then and I couldn’t help but point them out. Thank you for reading!

[rom-e-o]

Proposal to work Emmerich and Belisma into the modern Scroogeverses:

The Twins and Emmerich went to university together and were roommates. While they were in business and finance, he was in mortuary sciences, but they all got on quite well together. (Side detail: Twins also worked for Fezziwig through uni.)

Fast forward a few decades, they all meet up again at a class reunion, each bringing their prospective wifeys. The Twins are successful, billionaire businessmen, Emmerich is a well-known professor of mortuary science at a prestigious school. (He also has a side-hobby of studying the prospect of the supernatural: ghosts, spirits, etc.). Cue them all seated at a table, all the girls chatting animatedly, getting on famously, and all these distinguished silver-foxes just... exchange besotted and fascinated looks. Imagine: all three of them finding love later in life with equally lovely, wonderful, and vibrant women. (Probably all foreign? For some reason, I imagine Belisma probably wouldn't be English?) Apparently, good things really do come to those who wait. (And endure traumatic spiritual time travel to save their souls.😅)

OH MY GOSH. 🥹

This is so cute and honestly incredibly perfect for them! And it lines up with timelines, and the details in their backstories, perfectly.

Emmrich is canonically in his early fifties (51-55) so he and the twins would all be in college around the same time, especially for their more advanced degrees.

All of them were also poor growing up (Emmrich before AND after was orphaned when parents died in a building collapse) so I can see them bonding from that as well, surrounded by all these trust-fund kids in their prestigious classes. They share drinks and complain about it.

Life pulls them apart, and time passes.

Him being a professor is perfect, but with a heavy side-hustle studying spirits and ghosts. (Oh, he would LOVE to hear about the Twins experience - he’d actually believe them without any hesitation or judgement! Many intrigued questions await.)

They meet up again decades later, and I imagine they’re all pleasantly surprised that each of them has found love. The only past paramour Emmrich will reveal in-game is a woman who left him because (it’s heavily implied) that she didn’t want to commit. And we know what happened to the Twins too. 🥲

So when they all show up with ladies on their arm? Fascinating, indeed!

“My goodness, you two have changed. Smiles, and pleasant company on your arms? I thought I’d seen it all.”

“You’re looking pretty chipper yourself, professor.”

Belisma would not be English, you’re correct, haha. It’s funny you should mention nationality, haha.

She and Emmrich are technically both from the in-game country of Nevarra, but BioWare/EA could never decide on a canon accent, so everyone sounds completely different, lmao. In the Character Creator, Belisma uses the upper-pitch “American Female” (Erika Ishii) voice option.

Belisma was also orphaned as a baby (the game gave her that backstory, I promise I’m not making all my OCs orphans on purpose lmaooo) so she was found in Nevarra, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s where she’s from.

In the modernverse, I’d say she’s actually from the U.S. (LA) since that’s the accent her voice has. Connie and Orin have New Yorkers as voice claims, after all, lmao.

So, another Yankee. These poor men, lmao. 😂

Belisma would get along with the girls splendidly! They can reminisce about life back home. She is a bookish woman, and definitely introverted. She’s not a social butterfly and comes across as a little over-eager and awkward with a morbid sense of humor sometimes, but she genuinely warms up easily when she sees Connie and Bess are kind and supportive. Also, they all have (ahem) similar tastes in men~

“Do you ladies like thrifting by any chance?”

“You know, um … My other friends made such a fuss about the 20-year gap between Emmrich and I. They’re supportive, but I can tell they don’t fully understand it. It’s nice to be with people who do and aren’t judgmental.”

“Oh my gosh, those blooms are gorgeous! Bess, would you ever consider offering gardening lessons? My husband adores flowers, but everything I touch just seems to die. I know I’m doing something wrong.”

“So, Connie, your family is into philanthropy too, yes? For unhoused children and families? That’s … nice to hear. I’m glad more resources are being created.”

“So, both your husbands are the CEOs of S&C? I’m dreadful with numbers and business sense, so I have no clue if this is helpful, but I’m working with the university to create more internship options for students who want to learn mortuary sciences, physics, chemistry and biology. I’m sure we could provide some financial aid if you have any programs in the works.”

[aurora-daily]

AURORA at Glastonbury 2024 on her Bring Me The Horizon collab and Wembley plans

An interview with AURORA by Andrew Trendell for NME (June 30th, 2024)

The Norwegian art-pop star told us how she and Oli Sykes "bonded over Palestine", and feeling love all around at Glasto

Shortly before she took to the stage for a blissed-out performance at The Park, the Norwegian art-pop star spoke to us backstage to share what it was like to lend her vocals to BMTH’s ‘Limousine’ from new album ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘.

When asked about the collab earlier this month, Bring Me frontman Oli Sykes told NME: “I know what I wanted on that song and that was someone to bring something that could level it up – someone like a really ethereal, haunting, beautiful, voice,” he told NME. “I wanted someone to elevate it and take it somewhere else. The song itself is very Deftones-influenced, almost to a point of parody! For this whole record, we’re happy to admit that the songs all are very nostalgic homages to loads of bands, but it’s also felt very important that we do something where we were pushing it as well to make it our own, put our own stamp on it.

He added: “AURORA for me is what a pop star should be,  what the next wave of pop stars should look like; someone that has the songs, but is a real person who dares to speak what they believe in, who gives a shit about the world.”

NME: Hello again AURORA. Welcome back to Glastonbury.

AURORA: “It’s really nice to be back. I love this festival. It’s overwhelming. So I feel kind of glonky, you know, but I’m so excited to play. I love to be outside again. Festival season is the best.”

Glastonbury’s sense of peace, love and like reconnecting with each other seems to like tie into the themes of your new album ‘What Happened To The Heart?’. Discuss.

“Yes, discus…ting! But yes, it’s true. It feels like the the main purpose of these festivals. We need to go outside, touch the grass and feel the air and just be in touch with each other. It’s super nice to see how people are so cohesive. They even sway the same way without knowing. When the bass is high enough, you know that people’s heartbeats will beat the same ≠ you can feel it, the connection. It’s very needed. I’m very grateful.”

We just spotted a Chemical Brother backstage. They’re friends and collaborators of yours. Could they be surprise guests for your set?

“Oh, no. We work as friends now. So he’s here for emotional support. I don’t know how to do this without Tom [Rowlands].”

Since we last spoke, you collaborated with Bring Me The Horizon on ‘Limousine’. What did it mean to have that come together?

“Well, I’m a very big metal fan. I heard Bring Me The Horizon when I was a teenager. They were with me for some time. I was introduced to them by a lover. My first lover who actually died. It is sad. But it’s beautiful as well. Because now when I listen to them, and now when I made a song with him, I know that he would be just – it felt very full circle in the journey of grief.”

We heard know Oli slipped into your DMs and you kinda were like, “Fuck, yeah!”

“We bonded over Palestine. Because I was like, ‘We need to stick up for them’, and he was like, ‘Yeah, we do. It’s true’. Then he was like, “Do you want to make a song?” I was like, ‘Yes!’

Is it a sign of things to come? There are some gnarly songs on your album too. Could you go make a metal record?

“I think so. My heart won’t be complete without it so yeah, definitely. I really want to do it because I just love it so much. It’s such a force. Like a wave, a deadly wave coming at you, which is so cool. So I will, I have to for my Norwegian ancestors. Until now I’ve been purely a disappointment to them. Finally I will make them proud.”

Next year you’re playing a show at Wembley Arena. What do you have in store for that?

“I forget about that all the time. It’s huge, isn’t it? It’s crazy business. I’ll put the big guns out, metaphorically.

What are you going to do straight after your Glastonbury set?

“Drink beer. I’m immensely excited.I am terrified of this festival. It’s so fuckin’ huge. Maybe if I have a beer and I become a bit braver, I can try to see some things but I am quite terrified!”

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Simple question- which couple is your favorite?

Propaganda for one of my first ever queer ships Solangelo:"

"THEY’RE SO!!!!!!! READ THE SUN AND THE STAR THEY MAKE ME INSANE (nico gay and will bisexual and they’re both trans (trans part is my personal headcanon but the sexualities are canon)"

"They first kind of actually got to know each other in the middle of a battle, and became friends and then started dating sometime after that. Will is a healer mostly and Nico tends to do more actual questing throughout the books, but they do both fight (both in friendly stuff like a scavenger hunt thing in a labyrinth and in legit battles like against a colossus, hunting after troglodytes, and going through Tartarus together on a quest). They also have a lot of more shipping-y moments- for example, Nico got a fake doctor’s note from Will to let them sit together during meals against camp rules, Nico calls Will his significant annoyance, etc."

Propaganda for the girlbosses Beauyasha: "They’re literally so cool, they could both snap someone’s neck in a second, but then they’d settle down for some nice tea {:"

"their first date involved fighting ninja dogs <;3"

[caitiewantstobeavadakedavrad]

for the ship thing: Harry/ each of the Weasley children (individually or in groups, go nuts)

Damn anon you’re crazy. I love it. Sorry this took a bit. I had to do some thinking

Harry/Ginny: I love them. I just think they’re great idk. They’re such little shits individually and it’s so fun seeing that come together. They’re one of my favorite canon/het ships and I don’t think that will ever change, they’re just such a comfort pairing and I think they balance each other out really nicely. Overall rating: 10/10

Harry/Ron: Best friends to lovers excellence. They remind me of prongsfoot but? In a much? Softer way? I love the idea of Ron slowly showing Harry what it feels like to truly be loved and that it’s okay to want to be taken care of. I can definitely picture them in a poly situation with hermione, like with Ron dating both of them and it’s just a lot of co-parenting loveliness. Overall rating: 9.5/10. I love them but I do prefer each of them with other people

Harry/Fred: Sure. It’s fun and cute but I don’t really think much of it? I like Harry with both of the twins but for some reason him just dating Fred has never really done much for me? I literally have no clue why, it just doesn’t stand out to me. Although I do like the idea of them pretending to date just to torture Ron. Overall rating: 5/10

Harry/George: I actually fucking love this ship and I have no clue where all the love came from. I like to imagine them getting together during gof or post-Hogwarts. I love the idea of Harry being there for George after fred dies and kind of becoming an anchor for him. He helps out around the shop and makes sure George is taking care of himself but he doesn’t let himself be used. I love them your honor. Overall rating: 10/10

Harry/Percy: I’m intrigued by this pairing. I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen it before but??? Now I want content for it??? So if you have any percy/Harry content please hit me up cuz the angst potential is delicious. Overall rating: 7/10. Percy turning against Harry when Voldemort is back? Sign me up.

Harry/Charlie: No. It just doesn’t really do anything for me. I don’t really spend much time thinking about Charlie and when I do, I usually think of him as aroace so. Overall rating: 2/10

Harry/Bill: Listen I love Bill so I’m gonna support all of his ships, but they have the potential to be really sweet (and hot). Maybe they end up sleeping together when the golden trio is staying at the cottage and from then on they’re just filled with dread from not knowing if the other is even still alive. It’s just…idk I really like this pair and I want more content. Overall rating: 8/10

[cgarttrailsandtails]

🌅~Tsams/Tlaes Human au!~🌌

(yes it includes Teaps)

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Ships: NatureGator, Lumini, TreasureBox, Possibly some funny crackships.

This will be interactive, you can also suggest stuff for it! Askbox will be answered in a timely manner.

Anyways, LORE:

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The Celestials:

This family consists of Sun, Moon, Earth, Lunar (adopted), Dazzle (adopted by Sun), and the animals (Cleo, Muffin, Daisy).

They are kind of middle class and have a lot of trouble come their way.

The celestials are a close knit family, and are friendly to anyone new. Well, most of them are (looking at moon). They have all disowned their father, and their mother isn’t alive any longer. She died because of complications when Earth was born. Luckily, Earth survived the ordeal. They were the kind of family that kept going until they got a girl. And then stuff happened anyway. But they all love each other (excluding mr Sven over there, their father) and share many things, sometimes including friends! They live happily in the town of BoltBrook, and they’re all doing well.

The Shadows:

This family consists of Kyle (nicknamed “Killcode”. Father of the family.), Eclipse, Bloodmoon, Lunar (formerly), Solar, and Jack (Solar’s son, adopted into the family at birth).

They are upper middle class, but Kc (the C stands for caine, his actual last name- he took his wife’s.) came from a rich family.

Kyle ran away from his home when he was about 16 because of smothering from his mother and father. He spent a while struggling to live on his own, when he met Mrs. Shadow. She got him back on his feet and they kinda just… happened. Fast forward like 15 years and they were getting married and starting their family. They have three boys, Eclipse (the oldest) Bloodmoon (the middle, that’s not his real name just what he’s preferably called) and Solar (the youngest, and also the most picked on in the family). Kyle and Mrs. Shadow both were also overjoyed 8 years ago when Solar adopted Jack into the family, and all of them get along okay. For the most part.

The Astrals:

This family consists of, you guessed it, the astrals.

They are upper class, a very old, wealthy family that’s been around for generations.

The astrals are by far the biggest family, and both parents are at work almost all the time. Libra acted as the parental figure for many of her younger siblings, yet made sure they knew she was only their older sister. Everyone has different relationships inside the family, but most of the time they all get along well enough.

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Now that you’ve read about the three main families, it’s time to talk about people outside of those.

Sven (our dimension): His family disowned him after years of his abuse, mainly mentally. He has not bothered them in years, but who knows if that will last?

Ryan (Ruin): Everybody just calls him Ruin, even though his real name is Ryan. He’s a friend of Solar’s, and doesn’t really know the celestial family well. He’s clumsy, definitely gay, and of course, an actor. He has no known family as he’s kinda well known in their area, so he keeps his family (and friends, as best he can) out of the media.

Puppet: She’s trans fem, and is a family friend of the celestials. She’s hardworking, yet still tries to be there for her friends. (And partner!)

Foxy (Carter): A friend of Monty’s and boyfriend of Puppet, Foxy surprisingly doesn’t know the celestials well. He’s trying to get to know them, but he works long hours at a few different jobs to provide for his girlfriend (Puppet) and his son, FC. (In this au, “FC” stands for Felix Carter)

Monty Evergreen: Monty is Earth’s bf, and comes from a well-off family. He’s very snarky and rude at times, but he can be really sweet-hearted too! He’s also Moon’s best friend, and business partner. (The two own a small coffee shop together)

Nebula: She is NOT an astral, but she works for them. She’s a servant, and while mostly she’s treated nicely, there are a few of the astrals that are just assholes to her (ahem, L e o). She works hard and takes her job seriously, and for that Libra makes sure she’s paid well at least. Though some days are hard, she stays at it and refuses to give up or ask for help on anything. She’s very stubborn in that regard.

Ballora, Lefty, and Sunshine/Moonlight are also in this au, under different names.

Bella (Ballora) is a pretty rich, spoiled, girl. She’s stuck up, and doesn’t really care about many people. She’s a dancer (not to be rude, but duh) and she has a crush on Eclipse. He actually barely notices her, but she’s determined to get with him.

Liliana (Lefty, a girl in this au) is a sweet girl who works at the coffee shop mentioned earlier. She’s good friends with Monty, and knows her way around construction too. She’s a designer in her free time, decorating rooms for a little extra cash to get by comfortably.

Sol & Luna (eaps sun and moon) are faternal twins. Sol is very anxious, and works at the daycare Sun manages. He is doing his best to overcome his jumpiness day by day, but y’know, it gets hard sometimes. Luna works as a game developer in her spare time, but her main job is at an auto repair shop. She gets really cynical at times, and thinks a lot of people are stupid. (Can ya tell she’s an introvert yet? No?) When she’s home at their shared apartment, she’s usually in her room working on her games. (How about now?) The two’s relationship is kinda scattered, but they’re getting along okay overall.

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Okay, time for individual characters! (This took a long ass time, so sadly, no close up pictures)

Sun Celest: The oldest, and most likely to have a panic attack, of the celestials. He runs a daycare, and is a complete neat-freak. He’s always ready to run away, and almost never actually takes a break. However, he loves his family and he’s there for them when he’s needed. They return the favor!

Moon Celest: Second oldest, and most sassy. He co-owns a coffee shop with Monty and is decently smart. He’s one of the best mechanics in town. He’s quick to jump to conclusions, and very short tempered, but his family loves him anyways. And though he’ll never say it, they all know he’d protect them at all costs.

Lunar Celest: Second youngest, his temper is as short as he is. He works at a law firm, and in his spare time he likes to draw. He scares easily, but denies that he got scared just as often as he eats Nutella. (Aka all the time) He makes sure his family knows he loves them, and he always gets it back.

Earth Celest: Youngest, and also the calmest, of the siblings. She works as a baker, and does a few odd jobs too, like babysitting. She’s very extroverted, but also trusts too much. She shows her love to everyone, her family gets the most of it though. She receives as much as she gives out, and is generally well liked for her kindness.

Dazzle Celest: The youngest in the entire family, and the most innocent. She’s Sun’s adopted daughter, after her biological parents were killed in a fire. She loves to make everyone laugh, and holds her friends close and her family even closer. She doesn’t understand many things, but that’s okay because her dad will always be there to explain it to her. The rest of the celestials too.

Eclipse Shadow: Oldest, besides Kc. First son, and very sarcastic. He’s rude to almost everyone, and puts up with his siblings on a day to day basis because he has to. He works at an auto shop with a girl named Luna, who he actually likes. He would never say it out loud, but even though he’s generally an ass to everyone around him, he loves his family.

Bloodmoon Shadow: Second oldest sibling, he’s the only one who’s been to jail before. He has a bit of a split personality disorder, and has been in and out of the mental hospital as well as ending up in jail once for shoplifting. He’s a troublemaker. He also teases his younger brother at every chance, as a way of showing he cares. The only reason he doesn’t do it to Eclipse is because the last time he did, he got smacked in the face with a wooden chair.

Solar Shadow: Youngest of these three siblings, and the most picked on in the family. He works as a mechanic, at the same shop Eclipse works at. He and Jack are the only ones in the shadow family who are friends with the celestials. He’s much nicer than both his siblings put together, but holds long grudges if you cross him. Overall a chill dude, but he is also hardheaded like the rest of his family, and was raised to not take any shit from anybody. In other words, he’s easy to make friends with, but it’s also kinda easy to piss him off.

Jack Shadow: Solar’s son, he was adopted at birth, because his mother wasn’t allowed to keep him and his biological father just wasn’t in the picture. Solar adopted him, and raised him since he was born. He is excitable, curious, and doesn’t really have any self preservation in mind when he does things. Solar freaks out whenever he does anything adventurous because of this, but is lenient on stuff he can or can’t do. Jack is friends with Dazzle, and she’s about the only kid he hangs out with. He loves his father with all his heart, and would protect Dazzle from anything. (He already has in one instance!)

Castor Calypso Astral (yes ima put the astrals middle names): Soft spoken and very shy, Castor is one of the youngest in the astral family. He’s very timid, and doesn’t like talking to new people, but once he gets used to someone, his determination shows. He’s smarter than half of his siblings, and he stays calm in situations that one would normally freak out in. He has a condition, literally called “Emotional numbness”, that makes it hard for him to feel and express as many emotions as other people. It was caused by some complications in his health when he was little, as he needed a special medication for a while that left it as a side effect. He’s been picked on repeatedly by a few of his siblings for this.

Pollux Petunia Astral: She is the outgoing, extroverted twin out of her and Castor. She’s nearly impossible to get rid of once she decides to be your friend, and she usually brings Castor along (sometimes much to his dismay). The two are a package deal, and while Castor has trouble with emotions, she makes sure to show hers enough to make up for his lack of expression. She’s easy to befriend and very trusting. She also gets into trouble A LOT. Her brother’s the most important thing to her, and he shares the same sentiment (even through his troubles with emotion).

Taurus Ben Astral: Taurus hates his middle name so much, anyone who calls him it gets yeeted like a football. He’s big built, and works hard to maintain his strength. He’s able to keep his cool in many situations, but in others he snaps easily. He likes messing with people, though not as much as Leo. Speaking of, that’s who he’s closest with in the family. He deems himself a protecter, and has definitely done some in the past. Both verbally and physically.

Leo Prince Astral: He’s as snotty as his middle name. A snarky bastard and a troublemaker, Leo wreaks havoc anywhere he can. He loves to mess with his siblings, and is essentially just a menace to himself and others. He can be serious and caring however, and one main redeeming trait is his compassion for those he cares about. However those are usually the people he picks on the most. He is also a huge fan of rock and metal music, but also somehow likes pop such as katy perry.

Libra Aurora Astral: The main voice of reason in the household, Libra is about the only one able to keep the peace. Everyone listens to her, as she’s the oldest. She took care of everyone while their parents were at work everyday, their mother working as a big time pop star and their father working as a brain surgeon. She is fair to everyone and almost never has any bias. The only one she has any amount of bias for is Castor, because of the issues in his health when he was younger. Other than that, she loves every one of her siblings, and makes sure to let them know so. She also ensures they know that their parents don’t hate them, they are just busy. Overall, she’s a good, hard worker, and a very strong woman.

(I won’t put the rest of the astrals for the sake of my time, and yours!)

And there you have it, the rundown of my human au’s background information.

Hope you enjoy the au!!

(It’s called the MMau (Mortal Masterpiece au), and if you have any questions or want to see someone’s design, just ask!)

[onepiece-polls]

One Piece Shipping War - Round 1 Side D

Propaganda under the cut.

Propaganda for Katakuri x Luffy:

Katakuri tryna woo Luffy while pretending he ain't got a crush? People thinking Kata's the wild one but Luffy, truly, is feral.

Katakuri deserves a nice bf

Propaganda for Nami x Vivi:

Yes, Nami has a new girlfriend on every island, but her heart belongs to Vivi. Vivi in turn refuses to marry, because her heart belongs with a pirate ❤

THEY’RE LESBIANS! IN LOVE! another point: my friends who are watching OP for the first time came to me and asked “so Nami and Vivi… they’re gay right?” So it’s pretty apparent to even newcomers

I just think they’re neat! And in love. Nami gave up money for Vivi that’s True Love

Anyone who saw them can just tell they’re gay. Like Nami gave up money for her

They're one of the rare lesbian ships in op, they care for each other so much !!

Lesbians

Lesbians

They were so gay that Luffy offered to share food to cheer Nami up when they were separated.

i dare you to read Baroque Works through Alabasta without shipping them. the way Vivi and Nami are so affectionate with each other, and Vivi putting saving her nation on hold to get Nami healthy again ???

Lesbians

Let’s go lesbians!!!!! Ok but actually, I think Nami saw a lot of herself in Vivi (ha) especially when Igaram “died” and then throughout their journey together Nami really encouraged her to open up to the crew. Nami showed Vivi it was ok to ask for help just like Luffy showed her.

Vivi was Nami's gay awakening and you cant change my mind. Nami was in love with Vivi and Vivi def had some kind of feeling for Nami. They were so close and they were more then just 'gal pals'

Lesbian Pirate Supremacy! they clearly care a lot about each other and considering when nami meets vivi she is probably one of the first close female friends she gets to have.

[amethystblack]

This seems a bit silly but I’m on my first playthrough and have just beaten hardy and before I’m going to Calcenon again I just wanted to tell you how fundamentally inlove I am with this game.

Rarely have I played a story that had me so hooked, especially on the characters. I know you’ve said here before that it was kind ot difficult to do and kind of just strung characters that didn’t have much to do with each other together but honestly you did an awesome job at it, you make them feel like people.

I also like the lgbtq rep in this game. I don’t have much to add here but it’s so nice seeing characters be freely queer and nobody batting an eye. (Except maybe that one mf in the library but no one cares about this man.) Especially because I’m not out of the closet myself yet and will probably not have a reality like this for a while. So it’s really comforting to see it exist somewhere, even if it’s just a video game.

On that note, it’s been 4 days since Taka died in my game. I was not prepared. I did not think it would happen. I still have not even begun recovering.

At this point, every single one of my friends has heard my grief for this character. It somehow convinced 2 more to download and play the game😭

OH AND DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON CAIN- I HAVE NOT EVEN PROCESSED THAT.

…

Anyway.

Moving on, I’ve looked through this blog a bit, mainly because I like knowing the extra details and your opinions and it genuinely surprised me to see so many people complaining about the puzzles. I personally liked them a lot. They’re challenging but also rewarding enough. And honestly, if one gets too annoying there’s always the good ol’ google.

Speaking of difficult, I think the way the difficulty in this game is balanced is awesome. Many other games make themselves more difficult by not providing a lot of quality of life stuff. And sure, Reborn does that too. But Reborn doesn’t do it by taking just these away, it takes a majority of the resources away in the beginning. And that’s what makes early game fairly challenging. Because you have to somehow get by with the few things you can get. And it even rewards you more for exploring longer. And eventually, the game progresses and we start getting access to those resources. And in return, the fights get harder. Especially with gyms now having perfect natures and evs.

My point is, it keeps the balance fairly well. Making you actually have to work for a win sometimes. But also not to a point where it nears impossible.

Especially because at the end of the day, every player gets to customise their own difficulty level in the game, thanks to the various passwords and stuff available.

Lastly, I just wanted to mention how much of a banger the music in this game is. Like- Holy shit I had goosebumps once or twice. I normally always mute the game I’m playing in favour of my own playlist but for reborn I could NEVER. It sets the theme so perfectly.

I think this is it for my -idfk what to call this- Reborn appreciation rant? Idfk. But thanks for making this incredible game and letting us experience it 🫶

awh, thank you so so much, i'm glad you're enjoying the game so much~ i hope you finish strong!!!

also yeah puzzles are definitely, like, if you're the type of person who likes puzzles in game i think it's great. i grew up on Golden Sun and it probably shows. but a lot of people just wanna play some good old fashioned pokamans without having to stop and wash their brain every few hours, so like, i get it. different strokes and all that. but friendly reminder that as of 19.5 if you're in the group that doesn't care for them, we now have a 'nopuzzles' password...

anyway, the message is much appreciated, you're amazing. keep it up!!

[shes-an-oddbird]

911 Lone Star Tag Game: Endings

(1) Which 911 Lone Star season finale is your favorite?

I’m just now realizing that season finales are pretty consistently favorite episodes for me when it comes to this show. They’re all actually really good and tend to do the best job of utilizing as many characters as possible. I think maybe the season 2 finale might just beat out the others by a little bit for me. I like how it starts with everyone getting split up, I think the dust storm is really intense which is always good for a season finale but I also really love the last scene where they are cleaning up the firehouse together. The show really is at its best when as much of the cast is together as possible.

Also, a good cliffhanger (and not the kind where you are waiting to find out if someone died).

(2) What was your favorite moment from the season 4 finale?

Definitely the wedding. Its so beautiful, the location and the ceremony and I love when an already pretty cast gets to dress up extra pretty for a little while. My favorite favorite moment is just at the reception, when you can see everyone having fun in the background (the characters and the cast who was clearly having a blast). All the little conversations wrapping up storylines from the season and setting up the ones for season five were great too.

(3) Are there any storylines that you would like to see brought back for a more satisfying conclusion?

There are so many things that they never have the chance to elaborate on. I think they implied pretty clearly in the crossover episode that Judd was in one of those troubled youth groups like the one they saved from the wildfire but its never mentioned it again. They mention that Nancy is very close to her sister and its emphasized in a way that makes you think there must be some important reason why but we still don’t know what that is. They’ve been so inconsistent with Mateo’s backstory that it would probably be difficult to sort any of it out at this point but it would be nice for them to maybe try.

This is sort of a stretch because it wasn’t really ever a story before but I always expected them to do a little more with Izzy and Evie. One of things I looked forward to, if we had gotten more seasons, would have been them becoming teenagers. I was hoping to see them bond with Nancy and TK and maybe even go to them to talk, especially if they were nervous about talking to their mom.

(4) Pick one character and tell us where you hope to see them at the end of season 5.

Just one? Knowing what we know now I think one thing I would really like to see by the end of the season is for Tommy to be happy and healthy. She and the girls have been through enough!

(5) What is one thing you really want to see before the show ends?

for the executives to change their minds and renew the show for five more seasons

I’d really like for the characters and especially some of the relationships to each get a little more development and, just as a treat, to learn something new about each of them before the show ends. Some more than others. Could be big things or little things.

I'm leaving this here and kind of vague because it would be pages long if I get started (There is no way I can choose just one)

Thank you for tagging me @lemonlyman-dotcom and @lonestar-s5countdown

[isadollie]

Hello so I saw your doing matchup so I thought that I’d do it for fun. (Also please ignore any spelling mistakes English is not my first language)

So I was hoping this could be for Tokyo Revengers and blue lock ( if you could only do one then you can just do Tokyo Revengers)

Name: Kyo (not my actual name just a nickname because of social media sorry)

Pronoun: she/her

Sexuality: bisexual and to me either one works but I have a preference for boys

Likes: I enjoy listening to music, especially when I’m doing housework or homework. I enjoy reading. I guess playing videogames, like genshin. I also like baking

Dislikes: thunder or a big storm, idk why but it scares me. I also hate when people tell me a spoiler, I don’t really mind them but If my friend tells me my favorite character dies, I kinda lose interest in that thing.

Free time: playing games and baking.

Aesthetic: I honestly don’t know. I guess acubi/ old money style. More towards acubi

Appearance: 5’11, brown hair with money pieces, brown eyes, very small scar on skin due to my dogs

Personality: I guess like quiet and closed off. Like I don’t talk to people unless I have to or they’re close to me. I’m also like really shy.

Mbti: INTJ

Dream present: idk, I’m not that picky but like something that would come with a lot of thought behind it. Like a necklace with a picture in it. Those kinds of things

Love language: acts of service and quality time.

Also I’m a Capricorn

That’s pretty much it, again sorry if something is spelt wrong. And please take your time with this, I don’t have any rush. 🩷

— matchup —

if you'd like a matchup too, read this! link

i match you with...

Mitsuya Takashi!

★ Mitsuya, as we all know is really into fashion. i think he'd love both acubi and old money styles! they seem so elegant, and i think he's a fan of elegant, in a way

★ he doesn't mind that you're shy! he's a gentleman, he knows what to say/do. he'll try to make you comfortable always!

★ he wants to know all about your interests and will likely engage in them too. lend him your favourite book, show him some recipes, explain the plot of the game, he'll remember it all and do his own additional research too!

★ Mitsuya would give the best gifts, believe me! All of his presents are well thought of, he knows what you like and dislike very well. every gift is super special and one of a kind. probably handmade too

★ i think he genuinely likes doing house chores, and would love if you asked for his help with cleaning etc. (when you don't live together)

i match you with...

Chigiri Hyoma!

★ he's also a capricorn and that makes me think you two would get along well!

★ i have a feeling he'll totally love acubi style, Chigiri himself has a good sense of fashion

★ i see Chigiri as one of the.. calmer ones in Blue Lock. that's why i believe you could feel comfortable around him; he wouldn't want to pressure you to talk to others when you don't feel like it. he understands it

★ he loves your quality time! just the two of you, somewhere calm with nobody to disturb, nice music and some peace away from others. preferably doing skin care together, that would be his favourite lol

★ if there's a storm, he'll always comfort you. he won't ask any questions, nor will he judge. just comfort. and when you two are away from each other when the storm starts, he always calls you to ask if you're okay and if possible, he'll come over so that you don't have to be alone:3

hello, here is your matchup, i hope you like it<3 thank you for requesting!

[thunder-jolt]

Which oc do you want me to draw next? I wanna do a couple this time so if you have any two (or more if they’re in a poly) ocs that you ship together that would be great

Well, funnily enough. I have two different sets, no, THREE different sets of cookies.

Here are Dark Star Cookie and Starshine Cream Cookie. These two, before being reincarnated as star cookies, were once queens of a kingdom now forgotten to time. Dark Star Cookie was formerly named Dark Brownie Cookie (Fudge Brownie, to be specific) and Starshine Cream Cookie was formerly Butterscotch Cream Cookie (originally named Butterbeer Cream Cookie but decided to change because... Well, reasons.) How they died is at the hands of Elder Custard Cookie who murdered them both for reasons I can't come up with. Dark Star Cookie had it worse as her body was "vandalized" by Elder Custard after murdering her. (I say vandalized because what he really did to her body would get me in MASSIVE TROUBLE.)

So, they, Dark Brownie and Butterscotch Cream Cookie, both get reincarnated as Dark Star and Starshine Cream Cookie respectively. Starshine keeps her job as a potion and spell maker, while Dark Star is a dream-hopper, trying to get her revenge against Elder Custard Cookie, even as a dream spirit. Kind of like Freddy Krueger but VASTLY different.

But even as star cookies, separate in their duties, Dark Star and Starshine Cream still yearn for each other and promise, by Moonlight's will, they will be together once more.

Both of them are as tragic as can be, I made these two when Milky Way Cookie and Moonlight Cookie were released in CRK, and when the whole dreams thing was going around in CRK, also.

On the left is Dark Star Cookie and on the right is Starshine Cream Cookie.

Aside from those two, lemme bring two cookies that are more comedy than tragedy.

Bitter Ube Cookie and Beatboxer Cookie (also named Condensed Milk Cookie) To explain their relationship, let me explain each of the characters' lore.

Bitter Ube Cookie is the sister to Purple Yam Cookie, who, much like Purple Yam Cookie, was baked repeatedly, but suffered no aggression (as if she liked the flames of the oven when she was baked) Her unique ability was to grow to extreme sizes and shrink back to her normal height.

Other than that, she is also immortal, and how she became immortal through dark magic, and drinking the jam of cookies to obtain such immortality. Her relationship with her brother, Purple Yam Cookie, is also not nice, as Purple Yam Cookie not only hates her but is also very afraid of her, due to bad memories surrounding Bitter Ube Cookie.

She also has a liking towards anyone with Milk as their ingredient but knows Milk Cookie is out of her league, and that's where Beatboxer/Condensed Milk Cookie comes in. Beatboxer Cookie is once a famous beatboxer who once held many contests surrounding beatboxing but had to shut it down because the newest contestants actually didn't know how to beatbox, leading to a lack of interest and lack of funds. In her time of loss, she was comforted by her cousins, Milk Cookie and Bard/Evaporated Milk Cookie, who encouraged her to continue life and enjoy the little things within it.

As for how she met Bitter Ube Cookie, it's an interesting story, as Bitter Ube Cookie was just around when Beatboxer Cookie shut down her contests. Thus, that's how their relationship began, because Beatboxer thought Bitter Ube was badass and also very pretty, beautiful even.

I made these two as a sort of parallel/opposite to MilkYam (Milk x Purple Yam) as it was one of the many popular ships I was familiar with in the fandom. So I thought, how about I make up a prompt and fucking roll with it? So, I came up with "Same/similar ingredients, different character" as a character/ship prompt.

And this is it.

Here are Bitter Ube Cookie and Beatboxer/Condensed Milk Cookie. And yes, Beatboxer has two different sets of sprites with and without her shades.

Fun fact about Bitter Ube Cookie: Her color palette is mainly driven by Purple Yam's color scheme, and is, perhaps, other than Rocky Wolf Cookie, Hannya Cookie, Hellspawn Cookie, and later Pink Perfume Cookie, my first time using black in a design, more specifically on the outline of Bitter Ube's outfit.

Now, time for three cookies who are in a polyamorous relationship. Well, kind of, considering the two were established boyfriends while the other had a crush on both of them.

So here is Mercury, Cobalt, and Sulfur Cookie.

I came up with these cookies, along with Arsenic Cookie and Sodium Cookie, because of the idea of making cookies with ingredients from the periodic table. A friend of mine on CS (Comic Studio) made a cookie whose main ingredient is Neon, so yeah.

This post is already long so I'm just gonna not tell you their lore, all I can tell you is that they both live in a cyberpunk city called "Cocktail Lime City", where cookies, such as Mercury for example, live in a life of crime. Mercury is a deadly cookie who is feared by many because of his mercuric powers, however, the more he uses his powers, the more scarred his body becomes, leaving grey blotches on his dough. Cobalt is not as feared as Mercury as he is welcoming, as he is not even from Cocktail Lime City but decided to stay there because why not? Cobalt not being from Cocktail Lime City is also how he met Sulfur Cookie, who is from a volcanic area before moving to CLC by exile.

There's a lot to unpack so I'm not gonna drop all of that, so there you go. What do you think? Which cookies are your favorite?