#theyre actually CRUEL for taking them away from us

[quigzahhutt]

if only you knew I only smile like this when I'm with you

Alex version (sorta) of this post

[the-s1lly-corner]

Uhh i request you

<-forgot everything about creepypasta after stopping reading fanfics

Uhhhhhhh

Um

...slenderman uhhhhm meeting reader who is the same.. species? Found family????? Reader being chipper and welcoming?? Artistic and calming?? Basically um. I dunno. They also live in the woods and collect poor souls, helping them cope and detach from this world??????

I am.. stoopid.

Slenderman x slender-person!artistic!reader ! (found family)

dusts out my slenderman hcs as well as my au ideas on him aheehee ahoo speed running this since i just put my first round of macarons into the oven and im too impatient to wait until theyre done baking for me to write this NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT

okay but im getting this idea out of the way before i forget. imagine the reader, instead of doing paintings and stuff for the "artist" thing they make little structures and statues and stuff and have them around in your area. of course theyre all made with forest material; mud, sticks, pinecones, ect ect i dont know, i just love the nature aesthetic with this idea and rrrraaaaaAAAAH

for some reason or another, you make your home in the same woods THE slenderman lives in; or perhaps it was the otherway around? regardless, it doesnt take long for you to become aware of one another....

okay but how funny would it be if you guys bonded over your annoyances over people collecting your stuff. people taking his pages, and people taking your art projects (at least the ones that are portable). like!

though i cannot think of any lore reasons for slendermans pages in my au.... i will one day i promise, i feel like thats too much of an iconic thing to just cut out

it DOES take a long while for slenderman to get used to you, much less foster a friendship with you... but a family bond? i mean yeah sure, hes very reclusive... but thats not just with humans. he doesnt like interacting with other creatures, either

pats your shoulder

my moot

my dear moot, allow me to go on a tangent about my take on slenderman

basic summary is that he and all other demon/most nonhuman creepypasta characters were made by zalgo in my funky au; basically to bring disorder and that kind of shit. but like in a "this is just a part of this universe's nature" way. thus making slenderman himself in my take the be a simple fact of life... thinks.. and he resents his own existence, i think. i mean how cruel is it that he was made to cause issues, in fact he cant live without it (eats people) but he was granted the ability to be able to grasp the complexity of morals and emotion. like thats fucked

i love it

anyways, theres that and him just naturally being reclusive! hell even his supposed "brothers" (splendor and trender, i refuse to touch the third one) hes still.. distant

basically what i mean to say is that you guys probably arent going to be.. outwardly close... if that makes sense. like hes not going to be very affectionate; so dont expect many familial... things... and its not often that he would seek conversation out... though

as i write that, if i recall correctly i did give him the vague craving of connection, and while i usually save that for traditional x reader stuff, i think this would still apply to found family stuff! so actually, i think he WOULD eventually start seeking your company out, just for the fact of having someone else to talk to who doesnt resent his existence the same way he resents his own

sits

given my silly hc i do think he would have some understanding with your relationship with humans/lost souls. would he do it himself? i think it really depends on the situation... like if hes not actively hunting he usually just drives people out of the woods, no sense in wasting.... things... you know?

sits

im all jumbled all over the place my apolocheese im just excited to write for slenderman again

will get annoyed if you snatch away his "meal" since AGAIN, he was cursed to feed on people . like he understands why you did it, and he has mixed feelings around eating human (like not in a "im distressed and i hate it" way more so "its not totally desirable but i cant survive without doing this" way)

sits

i think

im gonna toy around with my slenderman hcs... this ended up being more of a hc dump than a x reader, my apologies

its also that as im typing this i realize how similar my takes on eyeless jack and slenderman are... which is funny because they live in the same woods in my au but they fucking HATE each other

territorial stuff you know

[idiotwhowritesshipstuff]

Hmmm can I get Mukuro and Mikan (seperate) with a male S/O that's actually aware that said girl is a yandere and is Into it but they're unaware that he's aware of their true nature and ends up finding out when he walks in on her after she's killed someone and actually helps her get rid of the evidence surprising her.

Alright you picked some good ones as they would react similarly but I get to highlight the differences between them.

I don't mind being asked to change a gendered request to have a different gender.

Btw unless the request explicitly wants it, Mukuro scenarios will usually have her never reuniting with Junko after running away or Junko ate shit and died. Yandere scenarios will never have Junko as anything other than backstory because she would 1000% kill reader to make Mukuro despair (Unless the scenario is like Yandere Mukuro kills Junko after she tries to kill reader).

Mod Monaca

TW: Yandere, Murder, Medical Malpractice for Mikan, mentions of crippling people (though how theyre crippled isn't specified), child abuse mentions for Mikan and it is mentioned that Mikan tortures people but no detail of the torture she inflicts is mentioned it simply states that she tortures.

Mukuro Ikusaba and Mikan Tsumiki with a male s/o hiding evidence of their crimes out of love for them

When Mukuro finds out you hid evidence out of love for her, her first thought is to kick herself for inconveniencing you. She's a trained killer who shouldn't have made such a rookie mistake and left evidence that you needed to clean up for her.

It never really clicks to Mukuro that you loving her in spite of her being a yandere is odd. She knows she doesn't show love the way most people do but her actions are all for you so the thing that shocks her the most about this situation is that you actually like her in general. Mukuro didn't ever need you to reciprocate her feelings, all she needed was for you to be in her life whether you knew it or not so for you to actually like her personality and care about her enough to dirty your hands is beyond her wildest dreams.

She's never been one to flaunt the things in life like her sister used to but with you two now as boyfriend and girlfriend following her botched coverup, she becomes more bold in the sense that she'll show you affection in public so long as you aren't against it, she's more open to showing how jealous she gets when you spend time with other people but she'll never become the clingy girlfriend, she prefers to be the quiet and intimidating girlfriend who's protective of people oogling at her boyfriend.

Mukuro's not the type of yandere to kidnap you, she'll only ever do it if she felt your life was actually being threatened or if you were someone who had many many admirers but with you two dating and her knowing that you actually like her, she'll only ever keep you locked away if someone threatened your life.

If Mukuro finds herself killing someone again to "protect you" or simply entertain you if you like the act of her committing murder, she'll make extra sure to cover up the crime so that you won't ever have to be inconvenienced by her sloppiness. Honestly bringing up that case will make her extremely flustered which would normally come across as cruel and sadistic considering her actions, to you who loves her willingness to kill others for you, it probably just elevates her attractiveness.

When Mikan discovers what you did and how you feel, she cries. Mikan knows how disgusting her actions are, she hoped you would never know about the fact she either cripples or kills people who take you away from her by getting too close and removing precious time you two get to spend together. She thought you finding out about her actions and true nature would cause her to have a breakdown over you hating her but instead she's having a meltdown from love and adoration over the fact you still forgive her even after knowing she's a killer and a sloppy one at that.

Mikan wants nothing more than to be forgiven for her actions and existence, she hid her actions from you out of fear she would lose the person who forgave her existence so for you to still be able to look in her the eye and say you love her despite knowing how depraved her thoughts can be, it stops her behavior from escalating even further than it already has.

Unlike Mukuro who doesn't want to be the clingy girlfriend, Mikan is more than happy to be the clingy girlfriend who is always by your side. She doesn't care how much she gets mocked for it as all she needs is you by her side to shower her with attention. Having you by her side lets her feel any sort of confidence, normally when people outside of her try to flirt with you she would simply plan to cripple or kill them depending on the person but since she now actually has you as her boyfriend who wholeheartedly supports her possessiveness and jealousy, she may actually be confident enough to get them to back off without resorting to violence though she will resort to it if they either refuse to back down or if you simply want her to.

So long as you two don't break up, Mikan won't ever kidnap you. If you had found out about her crime and rejected her, she would've kidnapped you and left you in a state where you're not suffering in agony per say but you will need to be nursed for the rest of your life but since you didn't hate her for what she did and actually started dating her, she would see no need for such drastic measures.

If Mikan kills again out of jealousy, she would ask if you want to join her or at the very least be able to watch. Mikan has a morbid fascination with torture and gore and with her medical knowledge and abusive childhood, she's quite adept at torture so if you would like to see her do it in person or in video, she is happy to let you see.

[daenystheedreamer]

what are your thoughts on the seven? Like, what are we to make of them as deities?

just reread the series, and on first pass (tho i plan to go back searching for this) it seems like the seven come off as... less Tangible than the Old Gods/R'hllor. like melisandre births shadow assassins. bloodraven Exists. clearly there's something to these gods. maybe not what their worshipper's think, but like. a Power, for sure.

By contrast, the seven seem to exist solely in the minds of those who believe in them. Trials by combat seem to be 50/50. Tyrion win's Lysa's but loses Cersei's. the faith of the seven are notoriously corrupt, and after the sparrow's takeover, is going full-tilt crazy fundamentalist.

Yet these gods bring a great deal of comfort to the characters who believe in them. And I can't help but think about Septon Meribald, wandering the war-torn riverlands barefoot to give out oranges and flour and alms to those in need. That kind of religious-charity seems to be exclusive to the seven.

So given all this... idk, what's their deal? Are they "gods as a reflection of humanity"? "gods as a reflection of society"? I feel like "they were always 100% fake and anyone who ever prayed to them was praying to nothing" is a little too grimdark for grrm, but idk!

Sorry for the long ask jfjsjjd

i am not a good meta poster or essayist so my apologies for what will surely be a poor answer 😭 so introduction. grrm is lapsed catholic and the seven is like soo barely removed from catholicism. also rhllor/old gods doing things in text doesnt necessarily make them, the gods, real. the magic is certainly real but that doesnt mean the gods themselves are real. and so that goes into the whole Do the gods of planetos actually exist at all. so the faith isnt actually alone in having the Are the gods real? question

the faith is based on faith right, belief without necessarily having proof. it's pretty unique actually for that. the old gods have weirwoods and dreams, rhllor has shadowbinding, but the faith doesnt even have martyrdom/saints/incorruptibility/miracles/etc. its purely a social function; hierarchy, laws, morality and life-after-death existentialism.

i think this is what grrm is exploring, another brick in the wall of Society. like how is religion used as a hammer for hierarchy and how does it interact with power, with patriarchy, with classism. yes, the faith descends into fundamentalism but its also one of the only ways the peasant class can organise and attack the establishment. its social mobility in a way they cant otherwise access.

so i guess in all my rambling, i'd agree with the assessment that its 'gods as a reflection of society/humanity'. i dont think the fact that theyre 100% fake is bleak, really. i think all religions are fake irl but that doesnt take away from the beauty and love and joy they can bring to people. for every cruel septa/on, there's a meribald who brings peace and forgiveness.

idk again i am not a good meta poster i cant pull out quotes for shit 😭 but i remember the moments of jaime earnestly praying. and you look at melisandre who uses her faith in rhllor as a desperate attempt to justify her own sense of self, her suffering, her actions. its similar in a way to the faith. melisandre's total belief in rhllor, no matter how delusional, is just as important as if rhllor himself actually existed.

so to summarise, the meaning we gain from metaphysical concepts can be just as important as the perceived power of the metaphysical concept itself. idk im sure im making a mess of the philosphical idealism vs materialism plus i am making no sense and making no actual points but i hope this communicates my personal interpretation of the faith of the seven!

[musubiki]

i'd love to learn more about coco and lime's dynamic... the art you've made of them give me annoying bickering siblings energy (compared to mochi and taffy's more softer sibling energy) and i love it so much LMAOO

ITS TRUE in my mind mochi/taffy give off the "siblings who have to have each others back because the world is cruel and cold" dynamic whereas lime and coco have the "asshole siblings fist fighting to sit in the front seat" dynamic LOL!!!!

but their friendship is honestly very funny (if it can be called that). coco straight up thinks theyre cool. shes like "Oh yeah hes my bro" and throws up a peace sign, meanwhile lime cringes in the distance. between her and oscar, coco is WAY more likely to meddle in limochi moments and lime HATES IT !!!!! he just wants some mochi time, and coco is the one thats usually interrupting and/or stealing mochi away for some girl time. HOWEVER coco also then has the Inside Scoop on mochi, so he has no choice but to consult her. as a result, coco is one of the only two people (the other being oscar) that lime actually talks to about mochi (his options are garbage. 50/50 chance that oscar will use the newly acquired information to fuck with you, and coco uses it as blackmail)

i think lime would get along with her more if she didnt meddle in the mochi affairs so much. shes the one thats more likely to try and play matchmaker, and lime wants to kill her every other episode. he just wants Something To Develop(tm) with mochi naturally and casually without coco over there kicking his shin every time mochi mentions shes going to buy snacks or something. "First of all," he aggressively and quietly whispers, "I was gonna buy her snacks anyway, and second you don't have to kick me every fucking time mochi does something!"

as a result, from mochis pov, she'll be talking about something and all of a sudden lime and coco start fucking fighting in the middle of the classroom. coco kicks him and he throws fruit juice on her and it starts a whole thing. mochi doesnt actually even know what triggers it. (she DOES hang out with stray cats a lot, so she figures they just fight randomly sometimes like the cats do LOL)

another thing is coco is notoriously unhelpful when it comes to mochi. she only gives very obvious and straightforward advice that lime is too much of a coward to do. its like "Easy, just tell her you like her." and lime walks away like "Oh great idea, I cant believe I never thought of that. Thanks for nothing."

also during their high school years, as class president she very much sees him as a money-generating asset. "You see, if we hold a school dance and set up a booth where you pay 10 dollars to dance with Lime, then all the girls will come and pay the entrance fee AND pay the dance fee, and since all the girls will be there all the guys will come too so summing up all of that we have--" and she just rambles off not even paying attention to lime yelling that she cant just sell off his body like that without even asking him (he eventually gets roped into doing it against his will)

and the love-hate friendship is also because shes so annoying, but she does things sometimes which lime is actually greatful, like when she convinced mochi to start wearing the short skirt to school. catch them afterwards with coco being like "Hey hey you see that? What do you think? Where's my thank you? I take cash or card for tip." and lime is head in hands, a mix of extreme gratitude and irritation

(also worth mentioning that from cocos pov, lime is excessively selfish with mochi. shes like "Dude, you walk with her to school everyday. You see her after school EVERY DAY. You SLEEP with her EVERY NIGHT. I can't have ONE AFTERNOON for us to get ice cream??" and lime goes "No. I was gonna take her to do that.")

an equally funny dynamic thrown in: oscar the opportunist ripping the rug out from both of them while theyre fighting all the time. goes and gets mochi ice cream while theyre hashing it out. this actually happens more than once, no one really figured out yet why oscar keeps doing this, but i think its because it serves the dual purpose of 1) fucking with lime and/or coco, and 2) doing something nice for mochi, since he knows shes always stressed out. the main time this little thing of his shows up is when mochi off-handedly mentions that no one asked her to prom/winter ball/some dance. immediately coco kicks lime and they start fighting again, and oscar the opportunist (after giving it a few seconds) goes "Why not go with me?"

(when lime (pissed) asks him what the fuck later on, he goes "Well you were taking too long to ask her, plus half chance you actually gather up the guts to do it. This is our last school dance, and I don't want Mochi to miss out just because you didn't get your shit together fast enough. You'll still see her at the dance, I don't see the big deal.") (oscar is good at forcing limes hand)

[littlefirefly42]

Ok well enlighten me. How do you communicate the fact Mr Beast is a bad person to a 6 y.o child? How do you explain his abuse of staff to a kid? How do you explain asbestos to a 6 y.o? Or are you one a' thems "6 year olds can consent if theyre mature enough" people. I do not see a world where your reblog makes sense

I know this person is just being a troll, but considering the insane backlash I got for that reblog from people who simply don’t understand what I mean, I will actually explain for educational purposes.

A big part of explaining difficult issues to children is recognizing time and place. In OP’s original post, it is assumed that they were in an on-the-spot situation with a child that wasn’t their own. Taking these circumstances into consideration, it’s understandable that one might have difficulty finding a way to explain something so complex and heavy to that child, and would instead find it easier to just lie. However, it is better, in a situation such as this, to lightly summarize a small part of the problem in a child-freindly way.

“He’s not very nice to people who work for him.”

Or

“Some of the things he does are dangerous and he pretends they’re safe.”

Are both perfectly acceptable answers. You can then walk away or redirect the child to something else and congratulations, you have now successfully explained a complex topic to a young child in a way that they can understand without lying to them.

Now, if you have more time and you know this child a little better, you can also choose to sit them down and explain the situation in more depth. You can still do it in a child-friendly way, you just need to consider beforehand how much you want to explain and how to best explain it. Use language that the child can understand and circumstances they can relate too. For example, to an adult you might say:

"The conditions that contestants on 'Beast Games' were subjected too were cruel and inhumane. Contestants were often denied food, and when they were fed it was very little. Many of them were also denied medications they need, putting their health at risk."

But to a kid, you should say:

"You know how Mr. Beast likes to do big contests with a lot of people? Well he isn't very caring to the people in the contests. Sometimes he doesn't give people food when they're hungry, or he only gives them a little snack when they're hungry for a whole meal. And then they'll be hungry for a very long time. And you know how sometimes you need to take medicine when you're sick, to make you feel better? Well, some people have to take medicine every single day, or else they can get really, really, sick. Mr. Beast doesn't let some of the people in his videos have the medicine they need to keep them healthy, and that is dangerous for them."

Now, both of these paragraphs have roughly the same information in them. But one is written in a way that is much easier for a young child to swallow. You can use the same explanation method for pretty much anything Mr. Beast has done, or any topic at all really. Most adults would probabaly opt to leave out the sexual abuse allegations (though I do encourage parents to teach their children about 'safe' and 'unsafe' touch for safety reasons), but even that can be explained with something like:

"He wasn't being appropriate to one of his staff and she felt uncomfortable."

Or

"He touched one of his staff in a way she didn't like."

Most children have have a vague understanding of what is and isn't 'appropriate' ("don't say that, it's inappropriate") and most kids have been touched in ways they don't like (hitting, hair-pulling, biting) so they can empathize without having a complete understanding of what happened.

And that's the point.

The child doesn't need a perfect understanding of every single thing Mr. Beast has done. It's okay if they don't know just how harsh the reality actually is. Because they now understand the basic true facts, instead of a lie made up to subdue their curiosity. And, now they have real empathy for real people in a real situation. That may seem insignificant to most adults, but parents and childcare workers know that any oppurtunity to exercise a child's empathy is an oppurtunity that should be seized.

Now, obviously, it won't be a terrible tragedy if a child thinks something untrue about Mr. Beast. While I still don't think OP should've lied, this whole Mr. Beast thing has really just become more of an example of a heavy topic that can be explained to children. But this whole "lie to you're kid because they wouldn't understand the truth" philosophy that so many people hold can be seriously harmful. Your kid is living in the same real world that you are in. Most six-year-olds are already in school, and there are some confusing/heavy things they're likely going to encounter there, such as (but defitely not limited too):

Racism, sexism, classism, nuerodivergency, disability, contrasting religious beliefs, teasing/bullying, possibly even sexual assault.

Now I'm not saying you have to go give your child the full run-down of everything terrible in the world, but I am saying that teaching your kid about how "some people's brains work differently and they have different needs" can prevent them from alienating or bullying the autistic kid in their class. And talking about what kind of touching is "unsafe" can help teach your child to know when to speak up if they're being abused so that you can protect them.

Bottom line: Don't shelter children with lies. Answer their questions sensitively but honestly. If you're not sure where to begin with a certain topic, shows like Seseame Street and Bluey do a great job covering complex topics for kids. And since reading is nourishment, there's a children's book for just about everything.

[imlivinginyourtrashcan]

Request granted,tell me everything you have time to tell me about

Ok!!!! So the one thats been on my mind lately thars not exchanged, is a lab/scientist au.

Naven Nuknuk is the lead scientist and he uses his speech therapy program to trick Molly, Feenie and Trixie into becoming his test dummies. Hes successful and mashes the girls into a horrifying amalgamation; like this!

Yoomtah and Zora are his assistance, with Yoomtah being very NOT okay with what he's doing. Zoras indifferent cuz shes getting paid (in this au the events of the Museam arc didnt happen)

Lorelai (who actually cares about her sister in this au!!! WHAT?!?! OMG ITS UNHEARD OF!!!) starts getting the feeling somethings wrong and takes matters into her own hands, searching for the three girls until finding Giovanni (in this au theyre friends) and shes like "yo gio help me out" and hes like "bet, trix is my cousin don't want her getting hurt at all"

Then they go to thw police n are all "yo help us out" and theyre like "mehhh" cuz they dont think theyre serious (Yoomtah has been sending Lorelai clues and tidbits about where they are) but Percy takes it seriously n is like "ok bet gotchu" n sends a search party

Meanwhile Naven is testing on the poor girls and keeps em in a room with Rick (whos his test tube baby and essentially a human fish with sentience)

After a lot of gaps in plot; this happens:

Lorelai runs up to the door, banging on its metalic surface hard enough to injure herself. She pulls it back, shaking it aggressively,

"You okay???" Giovanni asks, peering over her shoulder in order to get a better look at her hand

"No!" Lorelai replies with the obvious, sucking her teeth in. "The doors bolted shut!"

She takes out her phone, pulling up the number that 'The Zinger' had been texting her with, scrambling to type with one hand

LORELAI:We r here ope door

LORELAI:*were

LORELAI:*open

LORELAI:Sort wridt hurts tryib to type wigh one hand

THE ZINGER: LMFAOOO did u try punching the door??

LORELAI: do n luagh at m

The Zinger sends a gif of a smug looking cat

THE ZINGER: Dokayyyyyyy

THE ZINGER: Sadly, naynay kept the outside door non elecy, so ur gonna hafta figure that out urself 😗😗✌️✌️

"Shit!" Lorelai half screamed

"What?" Giovanni asks

"The doors not electrical! Woulda been nice to know that EARLIER, Zinger!"

"Awh come on!"

Giovanni takes out his CRUEL CRIME CROWBAR, walking up to the door. He sets one foot in it, hooking the crowbar beneath the doors handles. Once hes locked it, he yanks it until the door loosens.

"Good thing I had this!" He says, giving the door a light kick as pay back for giving them trouble. He gestures for Lorelai to follow him inside, and they enter in together to see..

Naven..

He turns to face them, with a phone in his hands. Yoomtahs.

"My my my, how persistant the two of you are!" He sets the phone on the table, setting his hands firmly behind his back as he inches closer. "Its almost..."

He stops when he's face to face with Lorelai, creaking open his eyes. The smile on his face laced with hatred and mal-intent.

"Infuritating..."

He lifts his lanky body back from her gaze, his eyes falling closed. He turns away from them

"I'm afraid youre too late, however"

"Woah wah woah woah woah what- what do you mean??" Giovanni asks, his shoulders tensing. Naven lets out a small chuckle in response,

"Would you care to see?"

He begins to walk off, drawing in the uneasy curiosiry of Lorelai and Giovanni.

They stop outside of a room, which Naven opens with the keycard. Giovanni and Lorelai hear strained, pained moans from inside. Naven enters the room, the other two scuttling behind him like scared crabs. Theyre brought to a stop at what they see, a large mushed glue monster of what was once was a person. The faces of Molly, Feenie and Trixie sticking out, all wailing painfully.

Lorelai covers her mouth, eyes wider than saucers. Giovanni can barely speak, even though his mouth was opens.

Navens stands in front of the abomination.

"This is what I had been up to all this time, Isn't she beautiful?"

Lorelais shock morphed into rage, hands forming into fists. "What. Did you do?!"

"Something glorious..." he extends his arms, his pink eyes shooting open for the first time. His smile unhinged and manic, pupils the size of grapes. "ARENT YOU PROUD OF WHAT I'VE DONE?! ARENT YOU PROUD OF MY WORK! LOOK AT HER! GAZE INTO HER MANY EYES AND REVEL AT MY OWN CREATION!"

...

I may or may not have been inspo'd by ur pfp

[quidfree]

Weird question: In both Papenathy and Todobaku, who would notice first if their partner got replaced/possessed by an imposter (presumably with malicious intentions) and how?

this is sooooo fun as a q actually but i could go on abt it forever bc IT DEPENDS ON CONTEXT. so im trying to be very restrained here and just go w the overall most likely outcomes. but know that i am so into this hypothetical mwah

papenathy:

this took me some vacillating bc we get several canon bits where richard thinks he has everything figured out and then francis yanks the rug out from under him / turns out to have a better read on richard than richard has on him. BUT because richard is marginally less self involved i think he has to take the win here bc francis literally didn’t even notice his being shot while in the same room as him.

HOW richard would figure it out is actually the difficult bit here. bc francis can be sneaky / cruel / manipulative as setting demands so none of that would be ooc per se. i think either the ominous impostor just overdoes it personality wise (à la fanon francis lol) and is like, too flirty or too clingy or too whatever and richard gets hives, or it’s one of those minute detail things. like the impostor actually is a very studied copycat and there’s nothing overt, and every mistake just feels like normal human weirdness, but then in some intensely specific situation fake francis does something like use a shoehorn when francis always slips his shoes on with a finger to the heel, or henry goes on one of his grammatical monologues and instead of shooting richard a speaking look from across the room francis isn’t even listening and richard just gets this sudden screaming alarm bell ringing in the back of his head. his way of testing the theory is by having someone call francis and see if he lunges for the phone or not.

if this is in established couple territory itd be easier bc theyre more in tune. lots of more little things to pick up. especially the uglies theyve gotten used to working around. fake francis doesn’t cover his abused wrists enough or doesn’t steal richard’s well-worn hampden shirt for bedclothes sometimes or doesn’t press down on the well-healed bullet scar with gentle cruelty.

also if francis is the one who clocks an impostor i feel like it’d be comically fast for a really petty reason. like fake richard being too normal. or actually straight! “oh i could tell it wasn’t you right away he was entirely unattracted to me”

todobaku:

this is tougher on who would notice first bc they both very well could. i guess again it depends on how good the impostor is at acting like them. bc i feel like katsuki would be the underrated victor at detecting shouto acting just a fraction off, but if the impostor is really good then probably fake shouto would be harder to read and so shouto would call it on fake katsuki first.

how they figure it out depends on if the impostor is good, again. in their case i assume it’s a villain w a quirk type situation (doesn’t toga literally shapeshift) so if it’s a sloppy impression i expect they catch on within like five minutes of entering a room and waste no time in attacking the impostor as everyone else there protests in shock. afterwards when people ask how they knew so fast theyre just like… “todoroki would NEVER coordinate his shirt and his shoes that well.” or “i smiled at bakugou when i walked in and he smiled back. it was like a nightmare.” PR tries to run with a heartwarming friendship narrative despite these quotes.

if the villain is better than that, as above, the noticing is in the subtleties, and bc theyre both ptsd-laden hypervigilant professional superheroes who have been fighting together since long before they were friends i think maybe it’d be out in the field that they’d catch on. shouto stands next to a bakugou who doesn’t roll his shoulders just-so before locking into his gauntlets and immediately goes silently hyperfocused, just waiting for the next slip-up to confirm his gut feeling. katsuki watches a todoroki pull a combo move starting from the wrong side and does the same.

[upsidedowngrass]

Charlotte post NOW (/j only if u want!!)

AHHH charlotte jumpscare!!!!!!!

im not sure what SPECIFICALLY to post abt her bc this ask is a little vague, BUT i do think abt her a lot!!! tho i DO gotta think about her more, she is a WONDERFUL character

bc idk what specifically, my interpretation of her post canon and WHY (also under a readmore because WOW!! i had apparently a lot to say abt her):

i think!!! she is a LOT more mellow after she gets home. like in one 16 after shes respawned its like. she seems to be friendlier? which. i think has to do w like... i dont think she was a bad person really, and i dont think shed been acting Maliciously, but when it came to having friends i think it was really easier for her to genuinely take things as worst as they could be. we dont actually get much of her backstory, so its up to interpretation as to WHY, but i think she genuinely struggled with being distrustful of those close to her. she likes them, that much is clear, but trusting people is a whole other thing

but i think she really DID view her friends as pitying her. as not respecting her, even when they werent Being cruel. they were concerned for her safety, and how her recklessness was affecting her. and i think that can end up walking a line between pity and not wanting your friends to do things that are pretty unambiguously dangerous, and what was very standard friendship ended up feeling a lot MORE like they didnt respect her or her choices

and i think what changes this is that. she DID die. and i think that contextualized for her that her friends werent concerned because they thought she couldnt handle herself, but because they just Generally care abt her yknow? as fucked up as her dying is, i think it did ultimately make her realize that THIS is what her friends were worried about. they didnt want THIS to happen to her, and i think in an odd way? it kinda made her. idk understand? trust? the people around her more. like in a 'oh, people around me dont only care about me for selfish reasons, or cruel reasons. they care because they CARE' way

and i think that, and the fact that she says that shed been thinking about this a lot? i feel like it kinda all forced her to slow down and WANT to talk to the people around her. because shed been pushing them all away because what was the point in talking to them? and i think once she REALLY noticed how amelia was doing, after thinking so much about all this, it kinda MADE her want to amend things. or at the very least, to talk to people more. shes isolated herself long enough, and its now more than ever that she realizes how much others meant to her in the first place.

(i think in some aspects, amelias method of coping also bothered her. amelias coping mechanisms werent necessarily BAD, theyre not good by real-world standards, but given the situation shes in, it was just... once of the few ways she COULD cope. but i think the flaws in this method of coping really came through once airy came back, because in forgetting everything about who she used to be, earth became a very daunting place, but now that airys back, any amount of feeling like home the plane may have unfortunately gained was completely undone. and i think charlotte actually SEES that, and its not the exact same as her own struggles, but i think she WANTS to help amelia, because she of all people knows how the feeling of being isolated, either on purpose or accident, can feel Extremely Awful. that, and she knew amelia before things on the plane got REALLY bad, and she SAW (since ive seen people note that she!!! was watching amelia do yoga w the others) amelia gradually give up, become comfortable, and then LOSE all of that

and i think, at least right before bryce showed up, it felt fucked up that charlotte WAS the only other person from the same world as amelia and theyd!!! never even spoken about it??? (like how she comments that they NEVER told each other their names. which only applies to her and amelia. that statement was intended very specifically towards amelia) and its like. i think it mightve made her a bit 'no WONDER shes not doing well. even if shes trying to act like she is' (which i dont even think amelia is doing to deflect so much as an attempt at 'if i pretend its ok it WILL be ok right?'))

and!!! once getting home i think this would all really lead her to be a bit more patient with others. i dont think the distrust would STOP being an issue, but i think such a terrible experience causing her to completely recontextualize the actions of those around her would actually help, at least a little . i dont actually know if i think shed stay friends w parker and that friend group, but i think theyd at the least keep in touch. parker clearly, even when they were arguing, STILL cared about her, and i think seeing her disappear probably was. a bit haunting, and so i think at the very least hed like to know shes Okay

also whenever people have the characters live together post canon, they only ever include bryce liam and amelia, and i GET why!!! charlotte didnt really interact w them for a looong time. but after charlotte is revived i actually see her as talking with them yknow? i dont think shed stop talking to them again, and i think her talking with amelia was a genuine attempt to help!! so i think theyd stick together. i dont imagine liam actually gets closer with any of the contestants while hes trying to send them home (tho i dont think it worsens substantially either. i think it just sorta. stays where it is? and if he did have notable interactions with any of them, itd PROBABLY be mainly w amelia and bryce, tho i dont think he DOESNT talk to charlotte too! he just has a diff sort of connection w those to, based on the experiences he Shared w them) so i think he isnt SUPER close w charlotte, but i think the others may become WAY closer w her!!! so i think if they all moved in together? that WOULD include charlotte!!! (that, and i think charlotte would also develop a sort of respect for liam . because he kinda DOES display exactly the type of traits she didnt really see people as having!!! going to EXTREME lengths to help people, including HER! so i think shed generally have many thoughts on him)

anyway !!! thats it the point is that as much as one would fuck charlotte up in her own way, i think, similar to how bryce tried to get his life together after he was first eliminated, shed similarly end up having a better ability to navigate social stuff in not such a pessimistic way as before!!!!!

[dooodle-bug]

Deltarune chapter 1 headcanons bc im losing my mind over it

General

-there is an imbalance of card suit characters due to the fact that overtime, some cards just Went Missing somehow.

-the same goes to many other pieces as well. There are no Full or completed sets of anything

-lucky for them though, the number of creatures is not finite. They can multiply and duplicate asexually 

-many and most of the subjects were hoods, hats, head coverings, etc. Not only is it very fashionable and seen as respectable, but it also allows for protection and shade against the elements. Like the hats they wore in the medieval days.

-also for some reason the sky is always dark. the darkness is like their own sun. their own universal comfort.

-Patience is one of the greatest values of the card kingdom. They are games that require patient thinking, after all 

-these guys also tend to be playful! They're also kinda thoughtful in a way. but they're also kinda silly. They were games used in a classroom for like, 3rd graders

-out of the four suits, spades are actually the strongest

-Each suit has the power to summon their respective symbols and use them as a weapon. It's done by Magic stored in their bodies, which can become exhausting if overused

-not all cards or pieces work directly for the kings, some are ordinary civilians. But if you Do work for the kings you get special privileges like living in the castle

-much of the kingdom's vast and beautiful land is uninhabited, civilians living sparsely or in small communities somewhat close to the castle. 

-beneath the card kings are several more minor rulers/feudal lords such as the black and white chess kings

-the kingdom's setting is most like some time in the medieval times where they do stuff like farm and have dungeons and also elevators for some reason?

-the four kings were to provide balance of power among themselves and to usually rule over their suits (in harmony. They're supposed to work together) they would act as their own sort of court and make decisions together

-the kings were well liked by all, until they fell in despair as the lighters suddenly abandoned them. At a loss of purpose, they could not decide among themselves what to do for their kingdom. 

-As we know, Spade King chose to take total control of the monarchy. First, people didn't like it. But then they liked it when they realized his plan was to save them all from despair. Then they didn't like him again bc he became cruel and blinded by his desire and rage, especially now that the other kings were gone.

-but it wasnt like the other kings were that great of people either (but at least they could balance each other)

-oh btw. The classroom was abandoned due to a teacher and a few students moving away at the end of the year, the school deciding to ditch the classroom the reduce maintenance (even though it's a very small school)

-these game creatures can live for a very, very long time. Perhaps even hundreds of years in the right conditions

Diamonds

-Rudinns are snake-like creatures, with scaly bodies and eyes that glisten and almost sparkle in light.

-theyre the most plentiful of cards

-their role under the kings is basic servants and foot soldiers. They're not as valued as other cards

-Rudinn rangers on the other hand are higher ranking soldiers who work more closely with the kings

Hearts

-They're a bit higher in ranking to the rudinns, acting as supports and leadership positions. They're also less plentiful

-head hathys of course are higher ranking than normal hathys, they monitor and command larger groups

-Hathys speak in their own sort of language, and can only be understood from others by body language and expression

-Hathys are also much more compassionate than others

Clubs 

-there are likely more clovers out there, but they are very sparse

-Clovers, due to their massive size, are usually guardians or protectors. Funny enough though they tend to be very docile creatures

-the three heads are all considered separate entities with their own will and conscious, and they spend much of their life learning to become coordinated in controlling the body. And being able to work with each other 

Spades

-Spades actually hold the highest positions in card kingdom. The king was the one to monitor the rulings of the other kings and act as a median

-As mentioned before Spades are also the most powerful of the cards and honestly it's not that surprising the Spade King could overthrow everyone else

-actually the spade king used to be more chill and just, however after being abandoned and meeting the knight, he drastically changed

-the king does feel guilt for his actions, however he still remains somewhat resentful 

-lancer is almost an exact copy of the king, just Smaller and Cuter. His weird stomach mouth will probably develop later in life. that mouth doesn't really do much, except for as a cool and faster way to eat stuff

-a lot of folks view lancer as this self absorbed bratty kid but honestly. hes just lonely. and doesnt really understand stuff that well

Other Guys

-idk if this was canon or not but Rouxls was only put in such a high position because he was such a suck up to the king and everyone else got thrown in jail

-despite not having any apparent summoning abilities, Rouxls is secretly very very powerful. Because nobody can argue with the rules. Not even Rouxls knows this though. He's extremely pathetic

-Jevil does not belong to any suits, and therefore can use all symbols. Also this nonconformity of his partly helped him in becoming rogue so easily 

-the jigsawrys tend to be civilians, usually entertainers or merchants of sorts. They're usually very peaceful and easygoing

-Mr. Society and Elegance are probably the only chess pieces aside from the ponmen. Some kids just Took the cool pieces or something idk

-the ponmen are also a part of their own special division on the board. They're very obedient to their superiors. Also sleepy

-seam is actually like. Huge. Bc unlike the other game creatures, Seam is a stuffed animal, with unhinged power. In fact they probably could've been able to take down the king themselves if they really wanted to

-those rabbicks literally reproduce like rabbits. Nobody knows how they got there but one day those mfs just showed up and multiplied

-In their youth, Seam was actually quite mischievous and playful. While still being pessimistic and reserved, seam liked to play jokes and pranks with their magic. They had a good sense of humor. Seam was still a little sad and depressed tho

-Seam also liked to play jokes and games and play fight and stuff with jevil. They were extremely close. Also they both matched in strength, both physical and mental.

-they were also sorta outcasts due to being slightly unsettling and mischievous with others. But they were kinda nice folks if you met them

[vazelbeak]

When I think about it the Cherubs episode was such a missed opportunity to work off research and world build.

Like stay with me here but imagine if when sent to Lyle it wasn't because he was going to commit suicide (partially because i find it a rather tone deaf handling of the topic) but because Lyle is on deaths doorstep after a full life and IMP and CHERUB respectively are tasked with making sure he ends up in heaven or hell.

CHERUB being angels are nice but in a rude way. Blitzø, Millie, and Moxxie are respectively told in sing song voices "go for a walk and don't let the door hit you on the way out". The thing is as angels Cherubs can't be openly rude and risk getting in trouble so their work around is saying mean things cloaked in nice language. The idea would be mimicking that of plenty religious people who say cruel things but cloak it in kindness.

However demons don't need that. They can be as rude as they want which means Blitzø has no problem shoving past them even if Moxxie and Millie feel bad. Blitzø may also be aware that The kindness Cherubs use is an act.

Lyle doesn't have long so there's only a handful of things they can do to get him damned to hell fast.

They go threw various shenanigans of Cherub trying to show all the great things he'd be able to do in heaven while the IMPs argue what they can't do until they get to the mention of not being able to swear and Cleetus is mad. So mad we get introduced to how Cherubs are a form of Cherubim. Meaning Cleetus doesn't normally look like this 24/7 he looks like a rough approximation of your typical depictions as in text there appears to be a lack of direct ones.

Minus the skin.

As Blitzø is grabbed (maybe throw in a cartoony squeak for exaggeration) by Cleetus who yells in his face "Listen here you disgusting mangy fucking rat!" They hear a groan and both turn to see Lyle died of a heart attack from the sight of Cleetus's actual form. The other 4 demons and cherubs were right next to him with shocked looks on their faces as one of them (probably Colin but Keenie who finishes because he can't even finish thr sentence) says "he said he'd rather be in a field of fire than caged in divinity."

His sin was therefore denouncing god. Which hey, Blitzø will take that.

As Cleetus goes back to his Cherub form he starts shaking Lyle and tries to do chest compressions before a portal to heaven appears. Because Cleetus had an outburst and killed a person he tried to argue it was IMP's fault, but because theyre viewed so lowly nobody believes him

"you couldnt handle three little imps? Hells weakest demons? Honestly Cleetus we expected more of you. Looks like you need another anger management class."

And as he's dragged away he yells "Not anger managment! Anything but that! Please! It comes out of my paycheck!"

Once he's gone Colin and Keenie are sent to a sensitivity training class to avoid talking any chances of Cleetus as a bad influence. They insist they were gonna be taking time off this upcoming week but its ignored.

Once it closes Blitzø, Millie, and Moxxie intend to go home but at they do Moxxie asks Millie "Do you think that guy had a point in what he said. That its better to live a life free and in misery, than in one of comfort with the price of subjugation?"

Millie thinks for a moment before responding. "Mox if Blitzø and those little angels were telling the truth about anything they were saying, my mom always told me that if you ever try to buy a horse and the rancher shows you two with different issues. Chances are he has a third he doesn't want you to know about."

What does that mean? I think at some point Moxxie should question why he stays with IMP and doesn't go anywhere else to work. He and Millie deserve episodes exploring why they work here out of all other options.

[pettyprocrastination]

if youre up for it!! would you spare some head canons of your yeehaw lady?

heheheh >:)

i should thank @frannyzooey first so making her oc gracie so goddamn adorable and sensual that it drove me bonkers to the point of making said yeehaw lady so that I can push them together like two barbie dolls before we begin to- love you kelli and as usual you are a-fucking-mazing <3

she used to smoke constantly when she was younger. She stopped a few years back but because of it she has a permanent rasp on her voice a nasty cough whenever she has to run a great distance (this is why she perfers chases on horseback)

has zero issue with killing a bounty and taking the paycut. partially due to the reason above and the classic "im too goddamn old for this" so she has no issue with telling a fidgety bounty that "i'll gladly blow your brains out now and take the paycut. They said dead or alive, you make that decision for yourself"

actually enjoys a swim now and then. Obviously doesn't do it often because shes always on guard and a bit paranoid but if she can find the time and a secluded location to strip down and enjoy a dip in some cold river she'll be in a better mood for it.

will sing to herself when travelling long distances alone. Nothing louder than a soft mumble but something to keep her busy and help the time pass. Songs about crows and skeletons carrying revenge in their ribs. Yknow. cowboy stuff!

actually pretty good with kids? and by that I mean she isn't cruel to children lmao. If a bounty has a family she tries to catch them when theyre away from them so not to scar the kids but if they want to play the hard way she will have no issue dragging them out in front of their wife and children and shooting them at point blank range.

once had a kid chatter to her endlessly at a saloon and rather than wave them off, she sat there and entertained the conversation until their parent came by and scooted them away with a worried glance.

"my mama said you're a reaper! is that true?"

"sure am. But I only take naughty girls and boys who stay out past bed time and dont listen to their folks."

touch starved as heeeeellllll. won't let anybody know but if she lets her guard down around somebody enough to fall asleep near them (gracie) she will unconciously reach out for them in her sleep. just blindly grumbling and slapping at the mattress until she touches them and then she'll settle. don't bring it up after though she will deny it all.

doesnt take compliments about her physical appearance easily so somebody would have to hold her face in their hands and go 'hey. you. i find you very sexy. i think you are beautiful and nothing will stop be from saying it." and even then she'll push them away and grumble about them being full of shit

pussy eating queen. end of sentence.

[mlb-a-rewrite]

There is a difference between a Bad Character and a Badly Written Character.

I have actively and fervently disliked many Bad Characters, but they never ruin the viewing experience for me. Why? Because they aren't Badly Written, they are just Bad.

Their role in the story is to be mean and cruel and unlikeable, but not unreasonably so. They aren't overly cruel and if they are it is built up to and makes sense. They don't get away with everything and their Badness is clever and smart and painful.

I have stopped watching plenty of shows because of Badly Written Characters. I don't get angry or annoyed because of the characters, but rather because of how the characters are depicted. Unfortunately, it seems like most villains/antagonists experience this treatment the most and people try to dismiss their evil, mary sue energy by saying, "bUt ThEyRe SuPpOsEd To Be DiSlIkEd." Sure, but they are also supposed to be realistic.

If an antagonist is not treated by the writers the same as the protagonist than when/if the protagonist succeeds over them it doesn't feel earned. The antagonist was never a formidable foe because they were exempt to rules so the writers can just do what they want to move the plot forward rather than actually take the time to make it a hard earned victory. Even if they do put in the effort to make the victory something that is struggled for, it doesn't feel that way because the antagonist was never subjected to established rules.

Obvious examples of Badly Written Characters in MLB are everyone Chloe and Lila, but I think Zoe is an interesting, less explored instance.

Zoe was an unnecessary addition to the story. Zoe was added as a replacement for Chloe. She wasn't added to bring depth to any of the characters or to expand the plot or anything, no she was added to replace a role in the story previously occupied by Chloe (the bee holder primarily).

So from the start, Zoe character was doomed, or at least, to make her an interesting and compelling character would have taken serious work.

I don't hate Zoe like I hate Lila (don't get me FUCKING STARTED on Lila holy shit) because of all the Badly Written Characters in the show, Zoe is the one of the less egregious cases. This is probably due to the fact that she plays a very minimal role in the story, only having, like, 2 episodes about her and otherwise just falling into the background with the rest of the classmates.

To improve Zoe's character she needs more screen time. In the story, she could serve as a great foil to Chloe and the pieces are already in place for this to happen. Show us how similar Chloe's and Zoe's childhoods were. Let us see how they could've been the same person and show us what happened so they aren't. This could be a key event that happens to both of them, a key event that only happened to one of them, a role model in one or both of their lives.

Also push Chloe and Zoe into more situations where they butt heads. Have them face the same problems and come up with different solutions. Create situations where they can be easily compared. This will show how different they are from one another and how "evil" Chloe is in comparison. They both had the same(ish) childhoods, have both face similar struggles, but Zoe was able to rise above this, to be compassionate and kind while Chloe succumbed to cruelty and bullying. This will bring more depth to both of their characters and, more importantly, bring a purpose to Zoe's existence outside of replacing some of Chloe's roles.

What ultimately needs to happen is for the writers and Atruc to get their shit together and actually decide what is going to happen with the show. They need to decide what characters are going to be "bad" and which "good", which characters will grow/change and which will remain stagnant. But if this show has done one thing consistently it's showing us that it can't figure out what is going to happen to any of the characters so MLB will always reside as a great example of what not to do when writing any kind of story.

They're absolutely right...

...It's the writers that deserve the lion's share of the backlash, for poor, innocent, boring-as-hell Zoe is merely a tool of the oppressor, aka Mr Astruc. What's being oppressed, you may well ask? Well, interesting storylines, proper continuity, two-dimensional personalities... I could go on. Everything that makes a show compulsive and rewarding viewing that Miraculous Ladybug conspicuously and utterly lacks in every department due to his increasingly destructive machinations, basically.

This pink-streaked plot device masquerading as a serious character can (along with another equally pointless individual called 'Soquerline' who was so unmemorable I almost forgot she was ever a thing) exists for one reason and one reason only: to diminish Chloe's relevance and role in the show to the sum of precisely nothing. Well after S5, job done I guess guys. Well done. Well done indeed. (Although apparently not... they're bringing Miss Bourgeois back for more torture in the London 'special'. Guess Tommy Boy just can't keep away from his favorite punching bag, can he?)

The irony is though, having such a super-sweet but dull-as-ditchwater Mary Sue to replace a well-established and multi-layered person such as Chloe actually sends out a seriously awful message. Why? Because if I was a bad kid and saw S1-3 Chloe, I'd think 'what a fascinating redemption arc, I can inspired by that and do better.' But after seeing S4-5 Chloe and what an arguable downgrade as a replacement the incredibly tedious Zoe is, I'd be more like 'well, obviously there's no point in trying to be good, because you'll probably turn into a psychopath overnight with no explanation in the middle of your genuine efforts to improve. And if what the show is presenting to me as the ideal for a teenage girl to be is the waste-of-blank-space that Zoe clearly is... then a life of deliquency sounds more tempting with every passing minute! Now, where did I put my spray can?'

The most shameless aspect to this whole argument though, is by those trying to paint the hapless Zoe as some kind of lesbian icon. Pardon? She got a plot-mandated crush on Marinette in one episode and somehow that makes her insipid and needless presence an asset for the gay community? Somehow a few people have got it into their heads if you 'dare' to make someone non-straight in cartoons these days you deserve a big pat on the back for that 'risk' alone. WRONG. They should also be fleshed-out, complex, necessary characters whose sexuality isn't just define them or deflect from deserved criticism as to what the hell they are doing there if they turn up in the middle of proceedings with no prior explanation. See: The Owl House for how it's done.

And that's all Zoe being gay is... an irrelevant trait Mr Astruc can point to cynically and say ' you're a bigot for disliking her whatever your reasons are, so I'm not listening to you' instead of engaging with the actual argument which is SHE IS NOT AND WAS NEVER NEEDED IN THE SHOW. Everything you required to make Chloe the brilliant character she could've been was RIGHT THERE in the script but you CHOSE to rub it all out and scrawl some hastily scribbled doodle with no personality other than being 'very nice' in her place. A tragedy. The worst case of self-vandalism I've ever seen. No wonder Jeremy Zag wants to start from scratch with his rebooted movies. More power to him, IMHO.

Needless to say, nearly all the above in the quoted post about her father loving her (we haven't met him yet, it's DEFINITELY not Andre Bourgeois, his name ends in 'Lee' for a start) her supposed growth (the only 'growth' she's had is when she turned into that giant golden Chloe after being akumatized) her alleged pansexuality (all in the desperate mind of the OP) her 'abusive' family (I think you'll find Chloe had it FAR WORSE over the course of the show in that regard, so why not idolise her?) is complete bunkum. and to be frank I couldn't compose a much delusional post if I tried. Sometimes I wonder: what planet are some people on to reach such implausible conclusions? I don't understand it, I'll never understand it and quite frankly I feel quite sorry for the arbiters of such risibly deluded takes.

Last but not least though, we have...

Now this I ALSO agree with 1000%. And I know just the place to 'flush' her... ;)

[blazesartbloglmao]

im so sorry (2023 REDRAW)

heyo

if any of you happened to have checked out my youtube channel and scrolled back like 7 years ago, you'd have noticed that 1) ive got a lot of shitty art lmao and 2) i drew this same image all those years ago! ive included the original below the cut, as a way of showing how far ive come in making art since then.

its honestly insane to me that its been 7 years since the initial drawing and not only has the artwork evolved, but so has the story. ive been kind of working on a comic in the background for awhile now, periodically. my books still take precedent and im very much more of a writer than i am a cartoonist, but id love to make this story a reality at some point, even if it'll take a long time.

ill also feature some context under the cut, but for now, i leave you with a link to the speedpaint. said speedpaint took forever to edit and i actually had to loop one of the songs to make it work

anyways, back into the void i go

lucifer (cream cat to the left) and bloodfang (ginger cat to the right) left the city they once called home with a group of other cats, all seeking to escape the cruel cult that reigned supreme, in a post-apocalyptic world where humans died out long enough ago that they've never seen them, but their elders can remember them well enough.

upon reaching this new land, lucifer, who had once been somewhat in a position of power, finds he feels incredibly insecure about what theyre doing now. this new place doesn't value what he's good at (mostly violence and committing atrocities), nor does it hold his belief that only the strong should live. he takes out his aggression on tuft (brown cat in the background), who is doing his best to intergrate himself with the new group of cats that live there.

bloodfang, who was lucifers best friend up until this point, used to share a similar mindset until he went through a few things and learned everything he'd ever thought true was a lie. he attacks lucifer to draw him away from tuft (who is comparatively weaker than those two) and eventually manages to kill him, but not before lucifer brands him in the face with an impressive scar of his own. and, in the eyes of this new group, as a merciless cat killer, capable of turning on anyone at any time.

pictured in the background from left to right are timberheart, dovemist, tuft, rat, ebony and jinx. some of them need design upgrades tbh lmao

and here is the aforementioned original drawing! from 2016 lmao. makes me feel old. anyways, hope you enjoyed!

[beaniebabs]

Heyy here to tell yous abt my sunflora gijinka:3

To start off with. Sanii as a young kid was incredibly weak and because of that he learned at an early age, that if you weren't strong enough to fend off for yourself you would be killed. But all he could rly do in those moments was run away or hide, getting to a point where he couldn't FIND the will or reason to keep going. He was just tired and knowing day after day he'd just have to exhaust himself trying to avoid danger, he didn't want to keep living like that so death sounded like a much easier option.

It got worse when he stumbled upon the activities of team plasma, and not wanting their secrets to get out, they started tracking the kid down. If it weren't for someone stepping in and saving him he would have just given up and let himself be killed in hopes maybe the next life things would turn out better for him.

After he was saved there was a period in his life where he was able to relax a bit, he hadn't healed quite yet but he was finally able to live a life that wasn't just running until you got exhausted. Unfortunately it wouldn't last forever because realizing this person who saved him was actually becoming important to him, his fears once again returned- that something would come for him and this time he would be putting someone else in danger. So without a word he left that night in hopes this would at least keep that person safe.

From them on he had a new goal, not motivated by any real desire to live, but out of pure spite towards the world and how it betrayed him, seemingly going out of it's way to make him miserable at every turn. Throughout his life he'd dedicate his being to enacting his revenge on this cruel world, hurting others as if it could ever take away even a fraction of the pain he felt. He never got stronger bc he wanted to, but bc he grew up in a world that seemed to despise him and forced him to adapt to it's cruelties, becoming just as cold and uncaring </33

When he traveled with his team at first he still held a strong distrust,, he'd only ever used other ppl for his own needs and goals and never putting any real faith in them, then leaving after he'd got what he wanted. Initially he thought this time would be no different, but eventually he does grow to trust and care for the rest of the team- learning that maybe there is more to life than hatred and chasing after revenge.

It seems he learned this too late though, as his years of betrayal finally caught up to him and an old enemy comes back to haunt him. Knowing once again that this time, he'll be putting those he cares about in danger- he runs away so the others won't suffer the consequences of his mistakes. Luckily it doesn't work this time when the people he's running away from in order to protect drags him back. One lady in particular being VERY very insistent that he should stay and that it would be worth fighting off anyone if it meant they could be together and that he'd be happy. Really normal bestie things (Theyr in love) anyways that's all for now I'll explain more some other time.....so be prepared 😈

YIPPEE SANII LORE JOIN THE SANII GANG OR ELSE ‼️‼️‼️‼️ He Is Not A Villain He Is Just So Scared And Hurt And Angry And Confused . Little Meow Meow Prrr Mrrp . the 🥺💖

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I dont know if you take requests for Genshin Impact, but i'm gonna shoot my shot anyway so here goes

Post imposter!au when everyone finds out that the "imposter" wqs actually the real creator and theyre asking for forgiveness. Reader tells them not to hunt down any "imposters" they find from that point forward. However later reader find out that Venti, Ei, and Zhongli are still killing any "imposter" they come across regardless of whether or not they actually claimed to be the creator. Reader decides to punish them by taking away their powers avatar the last airbender style (weapons, visions, EVERYTHING) and cursing them to walk the earth until they earn the right to have their powers again

What do you think?

ack sorry this took so long!! but i really like this idea and i really wanted to write something up for it so here it is!!!

thanks for the request ;))

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You trusted them.

It was foolish, really. After being hunted relentlessly for longer than you could remember, your blood was finally spilt, and the world begged for forgiveness.

Like a fool, you gave it to them. The ones who persecuted you mercilessly and relentlessly until you collapsed from fatigue and exhaustion. You accepted, in that moment, that this was the end for you. Your efforts were for naught. The sleepless nights and blurry days only served as false hope. There was nothing left for you. Not anymore.

Not even as you sat upon your throne in the finest silks, adorned with the rarest of stones, fed the most meticulously prepared dishes. The robes were as itchy as rough canvas. The jewellery was as heavy as prison chains. The food was as bland as paper.

Your first act as the newly crowned Creator was to forbid the abuse of any future 'imposters'. Ever the merciful protector, they wailed, ever the glorious Creator. You prayed that your words would hold merit, now that you had the power and influence you needed. You knew first-hand how cruel this world's people are. They desperately needed guidance. Would they be willing to grow?

Your answer became obvious sooner than you would have liked.

The breeze happily caressed your face as you wandered down one of Liyue's many beaches. The sand snuggled into your bare feet and the waves sang you the calmest of melodies. For once, you were alone and at peace, free from the obsessive crowds.

Blood. A deep vermillion stained the beach in front of you. It oozed from a crumpled figure, lifelessly still and pitiful.

It was you. Your empty eyes stared blankly back at you. Your lips began to blue and your limbs had stiffened up. Your hair was matted with blood, your skin was bruised and lashed beyond repair.

No, you realised. It wasn't you. The corpse's build was lankier than your own, just barely. Its eyes lacked the flakes of colour that you used to take so much pride in, back when you were a normal person in a modern world. It didn't have that birthmark you had grown up with.

It was almost you. Someone murdered someone who was almost you. Something you had forbade the moment your blood revealed your identity.

Elemental traced laced the body. Electro, Geo, and Anemo. It was no coincidence, you fumed. Your most loyal acolytes. The three individuals that had cried and begged for forgiveness at your calloused feet. So self-important. They never bothered to think about others before acting. Perhaps your forgiveness had inflated their egos. You forgave them before, you would forgive them again, right?

Right?

Anger flared from the deepest corners of your body. Furious flames licked at your nerves. Hazy smoke blinded your mind and suffocated your heart. The audacity of them. Their impertinence would not be overlooked. They dared go against the one thing you asked of them.

After everything you'd done for them. After everything you had given them. Months of grinding and dedication, for what? For them to use it against the people they were supposed to protect? To use it against you?

In a moment of indignation and vulnerability, you took it all away. They didn't deserve anything. They would never hurt anyone ever again. They would never hurt you ever again.

Five-star weapons. Five-star artifacts. Talent and ascension materials. Visions. You would bestow them upon those who truly earned your favour. The humble and the kind would gain these gifts in their stead.

Elemental power crashed over you in a tsunami of emotion. A cacophony of swirling and crystallising electro manifested in your veins. It was painful. It was cathartic.

They had everything you could give them.

Now they had nothing.