#this got away from me LOL

[atrueneutral]

On a scale from 0-100, how Down Bad™️ is Raphael for Tav?

He did it to himself. HWBASK!Raphael Down Badness™️ under the cut.

Chapter 1: As entertained as I am by the mouse, she’s a tool, nothing more. She will get me what she wants she- she did what? How dare she! I will make her suffer, I will make her break…

Chapter 2: Poor thing - all alone, so defenseless as she sleeps. And without her stolen goods to keep her comfort, tsk tsk. I could kill her now… were that I one to debase myself in senseless murder... Bah, where would the fun in that be? What I have planned is far more interesting…

Chapter 3: She’s here! How I’ve waited for and dreamed of this day (for a year she’s cursed my thoughts)! Everything is going as planned and will go as planned! She will suffer, she will break!

Chapter 5: Oh… the mouse looks tantalizing in this bed she made. Shame we’re going to be late. Mm, she’s trying to get a reaction out of me and-- damn her. Rhys or his Collection will not taste her before I have! There! I have marked her! And she will not be anyone else's!

Damn it all! I am a fool for going against my plan, but I need to remind Rhys that my the mouse is not to be killed…

I want more of her…

Chapter 6: It's a weakness to admit I don't like seeing her injured, however it's only because the harm wasn’t inflicted by my hand. I’ll whisk her off to the boudoir where I can watch her bathe before teasing her with an element of the next act.

What is it with this soiled blanket? Ah, it was theirs. Now I am being inundated with thoughts of them…

Begone, spawn...

Chapter 7: Mm, I do like seeing her naked. And I like conversing with her - she amuses me, nothing more. I'll mark her again to assert myself and my role in her life - I have defined it by the terms: the mark is to stay for the entirety of our time together! Which is eternity! Her soul will be mine... Chapter 8: She continues to amuse me with these threats. She'll break my toes? Ha! I won't go to her, though I know she wishes to see me... I wish to see her... but this distance I'm putting between us is necessary. I fear what she could do to me... She forces my hand by throwing Others in my face! By removing MY mark! I will not be removed! Ah, of course she's put together my involvement with the vampire spawn. And she thinks to threaten me with this blade? Foolish woman. A mere bluff - she wouldn't. I can tell she is aware of it, too... this... this thing between us... this tension that the barest touch of her knife would cut...

She's being a coward...

Allow me to be the knife.

We will both give in to this need.

Afterwards, I will continue on this path to destroy her...

For she's destroying me.

My little mouse...

Chapter 9: She's spending too much time dancing with the Ravengard boy... It's fine - I will have (all of) her attention soon. In the meantime, I will help myself to her body (a gift I crave more and more these days), and my touch will remind her that though she's in the Ravengard boy's arms, I am there. Hm... she will forsake her ribbon and show my claim on her if I resist my urges? Very well. This concession of mine will be but a sample of the more formal and physical declaration that she. is. mine.

I suffer to be in the same room as her - she's intoxicating. I wish to touch her... but there is business to be done... I can't help myself - my control wavers whenever she is near. I must taste her.

What has she done?

Chapter 10: I'm not in love with her. She'll suffer. She'll break...

Chapter 11: She's in love with me? She's in love with me. She's mine!

Chapter 12: She hates me but she loves me. I will ensure that we will be together! For eternity! But to Hells with this accursed hope in my chest that she will choose to be with me...

Should she make the wrong choice, I will make the correct one for her. I will not be without what I now know I can have.

Chapter 13: Stubborn and foolish woman! Damn you, Tav! For making me... no, I cannot, will not admit to it... Let this prove it to you.

I...

Chapter 14: I detest her. She's gone, leaving me with this insufferable ache... I can't do anything but think of her. She's gone and marred my existence with her existence.

What could have been...

Yes, I detest her.

I will give her a gift... aside from my mark on her neck...

Daggers in shades of green - a color that will remind her of the soul she'd lost and the soul I'd returned, and a color that will forever remind me of our dance.

I wish to consume her as she's consumed me.

I wish-

Tav?

She's made her choice...

And...

She's mine.

[ptsdangeldust]

honestly i think alastor is the best canon aroace character i've seen in media so far. like yeah canonically aro and/or ace characters have been around and certainly implied acespec characters have always been a thing. but he's the one i really look at and i'm like this guy is the acest aroest motherfucker in all of hell and it is so central to his character and i love him so much. and it's not just like "... and this character is aroace by the way" or it doesn't come up or it's easy to say "well they're like acespec obviously but not clear cut 100% everything-repulsed aroace" but no alastor is like you are NOT fucking me i am NOT dating you. not unless it's funny. but even then i'm not into it for that i just want to see you flail around thinking i give a shit when i don't.

guy who gets to intimidate people for tearing off a tiny piece of his coat. guy who gets to repeatedly turn down sexual advances. guy who loves fucking with some guy who clearly wants him so fucking bad when it's never going to happen. i've said before but he also is like way more physically affectionate in the pilot vs the actual show as far as i personally noticed and it goes a long way. like it's so clear that this is not something he's down for in any way. get the fuck away from me. stay in your goddamn lane or i'll kill you. that energy LOL

but at the same time he's not remotely emotionless. yes, he has a constant cheshire grin, but you can tell when he's annoyed or angry or observant or sarcastic or actually happy. he does seem very very in control of his outward emotions and appearance, so even if he had a reason to be sad, i doubt he'd ever show it. and that's really important to me. he is aroace, but he's also his own person. being aroace is clearly a big part of him. and he's also loudly aroace in the goddamn 1000 fuck words a second horny as fuck edgy demon show. it's great. i love him.

[billfarrah]

i was wondering, when marcus says to simon “so nothing happened between you two?” does he mean between ep4 and 6. or like pre s2?

also if he knew something happened at the ball, why did he text simon to hangout the next day? or did it just click for him later ..

Marcus knows something went down between Wille and Simon pre-s2; he knows about the video and that Wille “fucked over” Simon. He was referring to between episodes 4-6. I think Marcus suspected something may have happened between them, but he didn’t actually see anything. When Simon didn’t end up spending the night, and then ghosted him for several days afterward, his suspicions were essentially confirmed. Little did he know they didn’t just kiss at the ball but Simon had literally just come from having sex with Wille to break up with him 💀. The savagery.

That being said, despite what Marcus thinks, Simon did not break things off with him because of Wille. I believe him when he says, “this isn’t about Wille,” because ultimately it isn’t. Is he in love with Wille? Yes, and that’s part of the reason why things couldn’t work out between them, but at this point, Simon didn’t even know if he would get the chance to be with Wille after he went to the police. He broke up with Marcus because he didn’t want to be with him, but Marcus couldn’t accept that because in his mind he was being shafted in favour of “the prince,” so of course Simon must be some kind of clout chaser instead of having a genuine connection with Wille. I also don’t think Simon wanted to share the details of his relationship with Wille to Marcus, because, as Simon said to Wille about him hanging out with Marcus being none of Wille’s business, Simon’s relationship with Wille is none of Marcus’ business. They were never in an exclusive relationship and were casually dating/hanging out at most, so Simon can do whatever the hell he wants, and doesn’t owe Marcus an explanation beyond just not wanting to be with him, but Marcus barely lets him get a word in and instead pushes his own narrative of why the break up is happening, further emphasizing how little he listens to Simon and cares for his opinion. Notably, when the status of their relationship is up in the air, Wille gives Simon the time and space to figure things out, and when Simon comes to him, Wille barely says a word and allows Simon to speak his full truth, once again showing why he’s the better partner for Simon, beyond Simon simply liking him more - he actually listens to Simon and respects his opinions.

[mylols16]

ok i got to series 11 episode 4 and this might be the only doctor who ep i can’t watch wdym there’s giant spiders like i’m starting to think i might have an actual phobia lol

[theindependenttrentcrimm]

What is Love aka queerplatonic buddie

It’s after dinner at his place, Maddie sitting at the table nursing a glass of wine while he cleans up. Chimney’s at home with Jee-yun so the Buckleys can have their weekly sibling gossip session - Maddie refuses to call it that.

“Wait,” she says as Buck is loading their plates into the dish washer. “Would you marry Eddie?” Buck shrugs, not entirely sure how they got to this point. He’d been talking about Eddie and Christopher but he always did that.

“Maybe? For the benefits,” he replies, closing the dishwasher and turning back towards her.

“For the benefits,” she repeats, deadpan. He thinks it through as he makes his way back to the table and pours himself another glass of wine.

“Yeah, you know, like if he dies I’d have legal claim to Christopher.”

“I thought he already put you in his will as Christopher’s guardian.”

“Ah,” Buck says, raising one eyebrow and pointing a finger at Maddie, “but you see, I was researching that-“

“of course you were.”

“-and I don’t actually have any claim to Christopher. It’s more of like… a suggestion than a contract.” He swirls the wine around in his glass. “If Eddie died, his parents would be much more likely to get Christopher and I know he doesn’t want that.”

“Okay,” Maddie says but he gets the feeling she’s just humoring him. “What else?” Buck brings the glass to his lips and takes a long, slow sip.

“It’d be nice to have someone to share life with and I mean we already spend so much of our time together,” he trails off as he realizes Maddie is giggling into her glass. She looks up at his silence and attempts to sober her expression.

“Sorry, sorry, it’s just that’s usually why you get into a relationship with someone.”

“Yeah, we’ve seen how well that works out for me,” he mutters darkly.”

“Fair point,” Maddie responds but there’s something more sympathetic to her expression. She pauses, her own fingers playing with the stem of the wine glass. “Hey, do you think-“ she trails off, pulling her bottom lip between her teeth. She starts again. “Maybe, hmm how do I want to ask this?”

“Do I want to fuck him?” Buck asks, mimicking her deadpan from earlier. Maddie lets out a surprised laugh. “I was going to ask if you were in love with him.” Buck thinks about Eddie, his smile, his laugh, his quick cutting remarks, and his over exaggerated facial expressions. The way they move in the same space like they had been doing it their whole lives. Something warm blooms in his chest but it doesn’t feel like the passionate, all consuming love that he had been told it would feel like his entire life. It feels like comfort and home and being settled.

“I don’t think so,” he says and then, quieter, “I don’t know if I’ve ever been in love with anyone.” “Oh, Buck,” Maddie smiles softly at him, reaching a hand out. Buck takes it. “I just know that whatever my future looks like, I want Eddie in it.”

[yellobb]

Adding to this as someone who loved coding so much I got a job doing it:

Scratch is super user friendly and great for any age. I’ve seen elementary schoolers using it to learn how to code, though you can definitely use it as an adult too. It’s definitely the least intimidating of the bunch

I owe my eternal soul to Codecademy lol. It’s a lot more in-depth (though still not into any of the advanced stuff). It has you do a bunch of very small exercises (sometimes just retyping a line) to work you up to being able to do it on your own. It’s also great at breaking down what each line does and why each part of it is important. I heavily recommend this one!

Neocities I haven’t used yet, but fish is underselling how awesome it is. I found out about it last week and got so excited. Usually “make your own website” things bring to mind very corporate-esque uses. Neocities is literally just modern Geocities. It highly encourages people to embrace the charm and chaos of internet 1.0, and I felt so happy going through some of the other users’ sites. I’d recommend at least visiting the link to see what other people have done with it, even if you don’t want to make a website.

Other tools I’d recommend:

Godot is great for learning how to code and make video games. From what I’ve seen, it’s a more advanced and powerful Scratch. If you need something a little easier, you can use GameMaker. If you want to sink your nails into an advanced game engine but don’t really know where to start, I highly recommend the Unity tutorials they have on their website. The first time I ever coded something was following the Roll a Ball tutorial I linked, so it has a special place in my heart.

Leetcode is great if you want to brush up on your skills or find some fun challenges. A lot of people also use it to practice for coding interviews.

CSSBattle looks super cute. It’s a multiplayer game that teaches CSS. CSS is a big one in fandom spaces because that’s the language used for work and site skins on AO3. You can do some amazing stuff with it :)

I’ve also seen The Odin Project mentioned a lot. It’s definitely a much more in-depth look into coding languages, but it’s free and open source.

Or honestly you could just go ham and find a tutorial on YouTube to follow. There’s so much cool stuff you can do with coding and it’s a great skill to have for both professional and personal uses. It can be intimidating, but you won’t know how you feel about it until you give it a try :)

Side note: if you’re struggling and not enjoying learning a specific language, try something else. I personally have a blood feud with C but am in love with C#. They all have different practical applications, but they also feel very different to work with, so don’t give up if one language is just not working for you ❤️

please learn how to code

like, if you're bored today, and not doing anything,

learn a little bit of coding please

[not-neverland06]

Could you write Yandere Karl Heisenberg headcanons? 👉👈

Karl Heisenberg & GN!reader A/N: This is my interpretation of Yandere. Which in and of itself is already dark, toxic, and not healthy. So, prepare yourself for something that’s not going to make you feel warm and fluffy inside 👍 (Thanks for the ask, love) CW: This is DARK, proceed with caution. Body horror, possessive behaviors, mention of abuse, toxic “relationship” dynamic, suicide, death In no way am I romanticizing this type of behavior, or condoning it. I’m just being realistic on how someone like him would be with this twisted sort of mindset, personally, I would never take this level of disrespect, I recommend you don’t either. DDDNE

Proper characterization is important to me, let me know if you think I got anything wrong, I welcome criticism ♥️

Karl Heisenberg Yandere HC’s:

First of all, with normal Karl, you’re going to need a lot of patience and compassion to deal with his grungy ass

With Yandere Karl, may the father, son, and the Holy Spirit save you because you’re effed up the wazoo

You could meet him a few different ways, but the most likely is you’re a villager. You’d probably been on your way to pay homage to the Lady Dimitrescu, and he’d just so happened to be heading to the Duke at the same time. 

Talk about bad luck. 

You think he’s charming, in a gruff sort of way. 

He’s blunt with his words in a way you can appreciate. You tire of having to filter yourself because of the way you are demanded to act in the village. He provides an outlet where you can finally be unfiltered. Unfortunately, you don’t seem to notice how much he loves you talking shit with him. 

He’s so used to the people in the village running from him or being meek and timid around him. It pisses him off and does nothing to excite him. 

You, however, are very very intriguing to him.

You’ve got a fiery spirit, he’d love to known how far he can push you before you ignite or extinguish.

You grow to like him, maybe even a little infatuated, and you think the other villagers were being unnecessarily cruel. 

You don’t realize they had good reasons for hiding their young and locking their doors when he’d deign to come down from his factory. 

You catch subtle quirks in his behavior. 

Growing a little tense or being abruptly rude to someone if you were talking to them instead of him. 

Doesn’t matter if they were a child or an elder, they’ll walk away crying once he’s done. 

And you want to admonish him, really, you do. But he has this strange look in his eyes that makes your tongue feel like dead weight in your mouth. Your jaw snaps shut and he’ll give you a tight smile before grabbing you by the wrist and dragging you off somwhere. 

Maybe you start to distance yourself from him. Finally start to notice the way no one in the village will even look at you anymore. How everyone sends a prayer to the Mother when you pass by, like an omen of death. 

Too. Fucking. Late. 

He’s locked on you, you’ve peaked his interest. And he’s had such little entertainment, he’s been so bored for so long. 

He’s helping you, anyway. He’ll tell you as he straps a cuff around your ankle. No one in the village would ever want you. You’d be a pariah for the rest of your life. You need him. 

His main goal in life is to overthrow Miranda

Nothing, I mean nothing gets between that. If you were to try and intervene you’d be severely punished, possibly even killed. Doling out death like that isn’t foreign to him. Look at what he does to the villagers of the town when he’s making his soldats. 

The effects of your death would only sink after the choice was made:

“Hey, buttercup!” Karl glanced up from his newest invention and frowned. By now you’d figured out to come the first time he called. He should already hear your footsteps trailing across the metal. “Kid!” He glanced over his shoulder, irritation brewing in his gut. His fists clenched, the tools in his hand bending slightly as he slammed them against his desk. You had about five fucking seconds before he got the chair back out for you. He was sure you would hate being strapped to that, again. 

He felt more disappointment than anything. He really thought you guys had gotten to a better place. One where you understood where your place in the world was. At his feet, obedient and willing. 

He went ahead and dragged the chair out of the closet, dusting flakes of blood off the arms and undoing the leather straps. He was sure the sight of it would be enough to whip you back into shape, but he had a lot more fun being hands on. “Now!” He shouted, voice echoing throughout the factory, and, still, you didn’t come. He didn’t worry anymore about you trying to leave, lycans and chains stopped that from happening. He wondered where you found the audacity to try and be even a little bit rebellious. 

Maybe it was the bottle of whiskey he downed last night. Or the fact that he hadn’t gotten any sleep for the last four nights that made him forget what happened only a few days ago. How you’d argued with him against pursuing Miranda. Stupidly tried to convince him to just leave the village with you, leave it all behind and be happy somewhere else. 

He’d been blinded by rage. So goddamn furious that you wouldn’t just shut the fuck up and listen to what he was trying to tell you. That no matter what, without Miranda dead, he would never be free. He’d lashed out with his powers, he’d only meant to send the gears on his desk flying at you. Rattle you up a bit. He’d completely forgotten about the metal collar strapped around your neck. 

Heisenberg reached out, powers trailing up the stairs and latching onto the familiar shape and feel of your collar. There was a loud thud as your body slipped from the bed and he frowned at the noise. Were you still asleep? He glanced at the chair, maybe he should give you a break. But… He wanted to have some fun, needed a release. He wouldn’t be too harsh on you this time. 

Slowly, you thud, thud, thudded  your way down the stairs. Heisenberg pulled and heard something like cloth dragging on concrete as you rounded the corner. His eyes widened and he felt the cold grip of realization latch onto him. Your body lay motionless on the ground. Hands curled up in rigid claws, eyes flattened and grey. Your skin was a completely different shade, no color at all left in your lips. Your skull was still split from where you’d slammed into the wall when he’d accidentally sent you flying. 

He’d just forgotten about it.

Assumed it was a nightmare and moved on. 

He sank down in his chair and stared unseeing at your corpse. 

You’d be buried, a spot Karl would always be able to see from his workstation. Your death would somehow be blamed on Miranda and you’d just be more motivation for his suicide mission. I’d like to say he would be negatively affected by it. But he’s good at compartmentalizing, a few days of mourning, and then he’d be back to his mission. Your name a distant memory always tickling the back of his skull. 

I imagine there’s a lot of underlying issues revolving around bodily autonomy given how Miranda took it away from him when he was infected with the cadou. And given how, sadly, more often than not, the victim perpetuates the cycle, that would be projected on you. 

If he managed enough self control around you not to kill you while he’s throwing a temper tantrum, you can bet your ass he’s keeping you alive longer than you want to be. 

In his mind, he’s been screwed and fucked over so often, that he’s not letting you hurt him too. He takes it as a personal offense that you age and get sick, because he doesn’t. Cadou took care of that. He’s got a long miserable life ahead of him. 

Well, congratulations! So do you!

You’ll wake up one morning, a strange feeling in your arm and feel disoriented:

You try to say his name, but your tongue is fuzzy and you can’t seem to string together a coherent thought. 

You blink slowly, vision fuzzing in and out of focus. “Hey,” you vaguely recognize his voice as he walks towards you. His hands are gentle, suspiciously so, as he cradles you. Slowly, like he’s afraid to hurt you, he props you up. You’re distantly bothered by the fact that you can’t really feel your right arm very well. 

But Karl rarely ever treats you so gently, so you’ll soak it up as much as you can now. Your head lolls slightly to the left and you give him  a groggy smile. Whatever he dosed you with was slowly losing its grasp on your consciousness and you could start to feel yourself becoming more cognizant. 

“Hungry?”

You shook your head, stomach turning as you smacked your lips. Your mouth felt like he’d vacuumed the moisture out of it. He chuckled, the kind sound rushing over you like a warm blanket. He disappeared for a moment before reappearing with a cup in his hands. You tilted your head back as he dribbled the water between your parted lips. 

He leaned forward and pressed chapped lips against your forehead and it’s only then that you started to feel uncomfortable. Why was he being so nice? What the fuck did he do to you while you were passed out? 

You could feel the telltale signs of a panic attack, the drugs doing little to subdue it now. Karl picked up on your rapid breathing, the way your pulse jumped under the loose hand he had around your neck. It’s only then you noticed the lack of collar. You reached up, hands feeling foreign against that patch of skin.

His head dropped and he landed a kiss against your lips this time. “Had to take it off, was getting in the way. Don’t worry, buttercup. You’ll like the upgrade.”

Tears streaked down your cheeks as your hands slid across your clavicle, the cold feeling of metal greeting you where skin was meant to be. You couldn’t help but sob when you traced the spot your arm used to be. A metal replacement in its spot instead. 

“And, had to fix that knee of yours up too. Don’t worry, no more popping.” He laughed, like it was all one big joke, and ripped the blanket off of you. If you hadn’t already let your mind slip away from reality, from the situation, you would have screamed when he showed you the metal limbs where warm flesh and bone should have been. 

You nearly threw up when you saw the cruel line of cauterization and blood where he’d fused metal and skin.

He’s quick to get pissed off and touchy about anything he’s passionate about

I don’t recommend criticizing anything to do with his plans on Mother Miranda, regardless of how much he cares for you, he will lash out. He’s cunning and extremely intelligent, he knows how to strike where it hurts. 

Were this normal Karl, not one completely hyped up on the powers of the cadou, eventually he would find his own backwards way to apologize. A well timed compliment, a metal flower inspired by your favorite bloom, a trip to the Duke’s. 

Yandere Karl will never see the error of his ways. In his mind, everything he does for you, to you, is for your own good. No one else is going to take care of you like he can. He can’t ever risk you leaving him. He’s got it embedded in his brain that if he lets you out of the factory Miranda will find you and she will steal you from him. 

You’ve slowly become less of a human and more of a coveted toy the longer he has you. 

Imagine the little kid on the playground that takes his ball home so no one else can play anymore. 

That’s him (you’re the ball)

No one will remember you existed. 

If you were a tourist, your ID, your wallet, anything that can be used to identify you is found on a corpse that burned up in a “car wreck.” The body was burnt beyond recognition, it had to just be assumed it was you, it was your car after all. And no one had ever found you…

If you live in the village, your family, your friends, anyone who ever looked at you with a lick of interest is dead. He kills your family because he doesn’t think they properly took care of you. I mean, for fuck’s sake, he got his hands on you. What else did they let others get away with?

No. No one who disregarded his “love” like that gets to live. 

The others are self explanatory. He’s possessive beyond a fault. Even normal, he doesn’t do sharing. No one else gets to enjoy the bright light of your personality. 

It’s for him and him alone. 

And, no, he doesn’t notice when that light dims. He doesn’t notice the lights go out behind your eyes and the vacant look you carry half the time. He just thinks you finally got used to your life here. 

There’s no reasoning with him. No trying to explain how you’re drowning in despair and one more goddamn minute in these shackles is going to make you end it all. 

You love being with him. You need him. Without him you would be dead in a ditch somewhere. 

We all know, without him, you’d be living your best damn life. 

But he doesn’t. 

He thinks, despite the torture and the training, you are happy. You’re safe. He’s providing for you, and showing you just how the world can be so you know that he’s the only one who will ever love you. Who else is going to put up with you?

Everyone comes to a breaking point, when you get to yours, you need to either be fast or the next weeks of your life are going to be the worst you’ve ever head. 

You successfully get away with a quick slit of a razor, or a noose made of bed sheets, congratulations (not). 

You don’t…

At first he doesn’t even know what to do. 

No one, fucking no one gets to take you away from him. 

Not even you.

It takes a few days to plan something, and the anticipation alone is enough to break you. He’s clever, cunning, and worst of all, really fucking creative. Your mind can’t even conjure up whatever horror he’s got planned for you. 

To your surprise, it’s not anything physical. 

He’s your only source of human contact, despite everything at this point you do need him to remain marginally sane. He knows that, he uses that.

You’re locked in a room, food given to you without a schedule so you lose track of time.

No windows, a leaky drip coming intermittently from the ceiling. He doesn’t speak, you just hear the scrape of metal and dart forward to scarf down your meal. A tasteless gruel that doesn’t do anything but sustain you. 

If Heisenberg hadn’t “updated” you, the drafty air and mildew would probably have finished you off a week ago. 

As it is, you can’t get sick anymore, you just lay there in your own filth and the filth that was there before you. 

Your mind slips and you’re practically feral by the time he lets you out. 

He’ll remold your thoughts, your brain, how you think, around him. Protect you from yourself, he says. 

No one gets to hurt you, not even you. 

It’s ironic how he’ll never realize the only person whose ever hurt you has been him. 

He’s not the type to hurt those who hurt you and keep you safely locked away in an ivory tower all warm and cozy.

He’ll break you and keep going, long past your shattering point. He keeps bending, twisting, and breaking you down until you’re nothing but dust under his boot and a barely there echo of who you used to be. 

end. — I do not own the characters or the game Resident Evil Village, but this writing is my own all rights reserved © not-neverland06 2024. do not copy, repost, translate & recommend elsewhere.

[kelpio]

Fordtober Day 14: Weirdmageddon

Prompts

[reineydraws]

i regularly think about mishanks immediately post luffy becoming pirate king and this is one of the fluffier ideas haha

also kind of the spiritual successor to my very first mishanks post :'))

[rubyof-thesea]

oh my god right??? i clocked this immediately (i live on a dirt road & wear a lot of long flowy skirts so i’m. familiar with this particular annoyance lmao) & im kinda obsessed with it.

it’s like a perfect extension of the bad driving visual gag, for one, but it’s also really interesting to think about how this is the first time we see her- these are some of the first establishing details we’re given about esther as a character!

i saw an interview the other day & i can’t remember whether it was neil gaiman saying this or steve yockey but they were talking about how in comics, the panel that introduces a character is a whole Moment- like you can look at that one panel & immediately kind of get what this character is about - & how they wanted to emulate that in the first episode to really establish who these characters are & kinda stamp them in your mind

imo esther kinda has two of those moments- the one that came to my mind immediately hearing that is when she surprises crystal & we get that shot of her leaning against the fence post serving absolute cunt- & of course the first time we actually see her

like it’s kinda brilliant that they were able to infuse so much character just into her leaving her house, getting in her car, & driving away. in like 30 seconds of footage, we can already tell so much about her!!

she’s sexy. she’s stylish. she’s Messy. she’s confident. she’s powerful. dangerous. reckless. just looking at her you can tell she smells like tobacco & fancy perfume, & underneath it all a faint whiff of something just a little bit rotten, a little bit metallic. she shuts her expensive coat in her car door and doesn’t notice.

anyone else noticed the way Esther's coat got trapped in the door of her car when she was driving to the post office? and then she just drove off (terribly, I might add) in her usual unbothered fashion. I thought it was a mistake at first but you could clearly see it throughout the scenes so no one had fixed it—and someone must have noticed, right? so now I'm just wondering if there is a reason for it or if it just happened and they thought it was funny and left it.

[scaryarcade]

nobody in the fucking world is obligated to go to therapy. "not going to therapy" is never a moral failure. the only thing you're obligated to do is to treat other people with respect. the idea that therapy is the only path to being a person who's safe to be around is so fucking warped and rotten i can't believe how deeply ingrained it is in our society that even well-meaning people parrot it without thinking

[mugwot]

someone

[all-made-of-stardust]

i firmly choose to believe that the reason there weren't any cats in that house when Bells Hells bamfed in was because both Essek and Caleb are responsible cat parents and they both realized that their usual hierarchy of in-home catsitters (Beau & Yasha -> Jester & Fjord -> Veth, Yeza & Luc -> Caduceus) was depleted because they were all gonna busy with the liveshow shenanigans.

You know who wasn't busy? Kingsley.

You know who was next in that hierarchy? Definitely not Kingsley! (It was probably Dairon, but Dairon was busy running around the Cobalt Soul frantically)

So I love to imagine that the world is going to hell and there's at LEAST four cats in their house that need proper care and nobody is available to do it, so in a last ditch effort (because Mittens needs a special wet food diet and Krumel needs some medication and the others are simply too social to be left alone for too long) Essek phones up Kingsley and asks him.

Only for then, four days later, Essek stops into the house briefly to grab supplies and pauses halfway up the hall when he realizes that the cats are nowhere to be seen.

"Kingsley?" he Sends, trusting of his friend but not entirely sure of his character. "Where are the cats?"

"Oh, I had to go deal with a new trade deal by Port Damali!" Kingsley replies cheerfully. "Don't worry, the cats are with me!"

Essek pauses. Inhales deeply. This was the man he helped save, this was the man he mourned before a literal miracle of the gods brought him back.

"Kingsley," he Sends again, already bitter about the extra spell slot usage. "Are you at sea? Are you on a boat?"

"Yup!" comes the unadulterated happy reply. "The Captain's cabin is nice and roomy, and Krumel loves chasing down mice! Surprisingly helpful on a boat, cats! I might keep 'em!"

Essek physically restrains himself from wasting another spell slot on the tiefling. Instead, he touches the stone held in his palm.

"Caleb," he sighs. "I believe our cats were catnapped by Kingsley."

All he hears on the other end is a fit of laughter.

[buried-l0cket]

On the job 🏃‍♀️

[acrobattack]

Like, YEAH, girlfriend!

[rileyclaw]

thinking about them . ..