#this is like the only meme i've ever stuck with so it makes sense that its chenford

[theoscouts-sideblog]

Murder Drones episode 8 spoilers

I've been told to treat this like a thesis, or at least a plan for one! :D

So... nothing really gets explained?

Who was the solver? Why was it so hellbent on killing everyone? Why did it want to kill all the drones? Why did it kill all the humans? The character development that it had an edgy reason for killing humans thanks to being mistreated by them, so does it just kill for no reason? What happened to Cyn? She shouldn't have just melted away because her heart was torn out, I was hoping they'd pick her up and study her or something. Who were the witches anyway? What did Nori do that Alice said was a betrayal? How did V figure out that "Tessa" was Cyn? Why was J knowingly following the orders of Cyn? No emotional conflict about betraying Tessa? Why was Cyn evil anyway? Was she evil before she came back from the dead?

Yeva doesn't show up? What happened to her? Why was the solver eating hearts?

And... no character development for J? Or Tessa? Or Doll? Or Khan? Or Thad? Or anyone really?

What was up with that one raptor who swapped sides to the drones? It really looked at V kill like 50 of them and went 'hm yeah, I'll join them lol'

Why didn't it help Alice? Or the other disassembly drones that came before the main three (excluding Flesha)? Why did it only activate to save V? What made it special from the other raptors? How did V know that it would try to protect her? And why does it appear sapient enough to play chess and wear a hat, but attack Lizzy for no reason?

Who made the cross thing capable of destroying the Solver?

I get the feeling a lot of things were scrapped.

Years ago, Liam said that 'we mightn't like what we find' when questioning the drones origins, implying that the drones had a nasty backstory. The murder drones series is over and we still don't have answers other than 'they're industrial drones to mine planets'. I was thinking they would be made from former humans or something? Or that the absolute solver was shattered into pieces to form their consciousnesses, and she was killing them to get those parts of her back, and that the murder drones needed to consume other drones because they were designed to collect more power for her.

J hesitated and seemed confused or hurt that Flesha told her to guard the ship, like she didn't know it was Cyn she was following. Also, J's an inconsistant character, she said she would follow the Solver because it's good to be on the winning side, but during the gala when it was clear that Cyn had the upper hand, she didn't betray Tessa, and even fought Cyn with a sword!

What happened with the experiments in cabinet 9? Who were the rest of the test subjects? What happened with Nori? Yeva was teased a lot but she didn't make an appearance.

The last episode had a few cool fight scenes, and the visuals were cool, but that's around all the positive things I can say for it. I'm glad that the solver is dead though. While... N and V stay in the colony and continue to murder people because they feel like it? Do they ever get rid of their need to drink oil, or stay out of the sun?

Also, what's Cyn going to do now that she's possessing Uzi's tail? She doesn't seem that upset about it at all, Uzi seemed more upset about Doll being the prom queen in memorial than the fact her would-be-murderer who's done significantly worse things is now stuck to her.

???

Why'd they have to disrespect Doll even more in this episode than they did in the last... it's a meme but story wise it doesn't really make sense imho

Animation and fight scenes and music were cool though

[faejilly]

20 questions for fic writers

tagged by @shadoedseptmbr ages and ages ago

tagging uh... i have no fucking clue. anyone who writes! no pressure! please blame me! @fancytrinkets @la-muerta @leahazel @jadesabre301 & ?!?!?

1: How many works do you have on AO3?

178 fics, since this is a fic writer meme.

2: What's your total AO3 wordcount?

1,193,590, with the caveat that that includes a collab fic of 190,409 words of which I was primarily writing only one of three POV characters. (And also one other shorter collab and the minimal amount of words required to describe the podfic/fanmixes.)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Shadowhunters (TV) atm, a lot of BioWare Games (especially Dragon Age 2) and then a truly random smattering of smaller games and tiny!fandom prompts back when askbox games were more common here plus Yuletide/Fic Exchange Matches On Unexpected Things. (I think I've broken 20 fandoms on AO3, depending on how one counts the various DA sub-fandoms.)

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

These are all Shadowhunters and Malec fics. The first three are complete, the last two are WIPs.

two are halves of one

My only posted 5+1 fic, a series of outsider perspectives on Alec & Magnus & their very long day of denied cuddles/alone time. 😅

i cannot touch because they are too near

Parabatai Feels & Magic Lore! I wrote this for a Season 3B countdown event, and it's Magnus Being A Nerd and trying to figure out how this parabatai thing works. I snuck Jace and Michael Wayland feels in there kind of sideways too. I do think it's one of the most self-indulgent things I've ever written (epistolary! melancholy comfort! No Plot!) with many thanks to @rutherinahobbit because she helped me land the ending.

with an if in its soul

So I killed Alec off-screen right before the fic starts, and proceeded to keep poor Magnus very upset about it for the following 22k words. (It gets better! I promise! No one stays dead!) I got many angry and wailing comments, I have never been so proud. (This one suffered from very dramatic scope creep while I was trying to write it, which amused tumblr a lot, and this time I have to thank @poemsfromthealley for helping to make it work. And also the blurb, because I just could not figure out how to post it for ages.)

i am for you

Epistolary!Fluff Fic that was supposed to be a bit of a missed connection thing for @pameluke but Alec instead proposed to Magnus on first sight and I just kind of went with that instead. /I am not in charge of the voices in my head

It is the first fic I ever had really break containment and get a lot of engagement/comments/subs/etc. It has been out-kudosed now, obviously as it's #4 on this list, but that's only because I killed the momentum and never finished it. 😅😅😅 ISTFG I am going to finish it some day though!

if broken hearts were whole

From a soulmates/massage combined prompt meme thing ALSO for @pameluke. I got stuck on this one largely because I had three different prequel/s1 retellings in my head at the same time and I kind of tangled them all up too much to get any of them done. I will eventually figure this one out too, but I may have to finish one of the other things to sort of clean my brain out, and I haven't managed that either.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

In theory? I got hung up on a comment from an FTH bidder the year I failed to finish my FTH fic, and didn't want to reply to their comment 'til I wrote their fic?

which doesn't make much sense, but brains are weird, so there we are

someday I'll answer the backlong. it's only like two or three years at this point? 😅😭🤣

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

so about uh... five years ago? there was a really popular gifset format from an Elizabeth Hewer poem called in one timeline and I haven't the faintest idea how to gifset so I wrote a fic for Malec instead. [ao3]

I have written other things which Have Angst, but for me I tend to ease the ending... this is one of the few where I didn't.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Everything Else! (Almost)

I think, as an exercise in the true form of Happily Ever After, I'd have to go with Fine Feathers, which is an epilogue to a Georgette Heyer Regency Romance novel I did for Yuletide 2016.

8. Do you get hate on your fic?

Not usually. I don't even get people yelling at me to update on my WIPs, which may be hateful but isn't the same thing 😅

/and I'm certainly not complaining about either of these things, but I wish I knew how I avoided The Discourse™️so I could do it on purpose

9. Do you write smut?

I used to pretty regularly. I was even known as a smut!fic writer when Dragon Age Fandom and I were mutually more active together. Not so much (on either the writing quantity or the requests for more smut) for Shadowhunters.

10. Do you write crossovers?

Mostly no? I did two very short ficlets for Bingo Squares. I do still believe that Leverage is the Fix-It Fandom that fits everywhere and thus only kind-of counts as a crossover, plus I wrote a Shadowhunters / Inception bit with Ariadne as a Warlock.

I do also enjoy a good fusion fic, aka using a different canon as an AU setting, rather than combining characters from two settings.

For example: Shadowhunters Characters as BAU Agents from Criminal Minds!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of? I've seen it happen to co-authors though, and other friends

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! I am still stunned and amazed and delighted by this!

Batty_Blue translated several of my Shadowhunters fics into Russian:

a flower of always i cannot touch because they are too near trust your heart ashes of angels / ashes of roses

And Pomyluna translated 'First Choice' into Polish

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

Yes!

Only once successfully (aka one and done and finished and posted), and that was entirely thanks to my co-author Raph. 😅 (Against All Odds for @galedekarios back when I knew her as Chignon on an actual forum prior to tumblr. She's who got me onto tumblr, so if you met me here? That's her fault. 🥰)

I have started things with people a few times that never got posted, and there's a massive Mass Effect retelling on potentially permanent hiatus, though all three of us do hold out hope that someday our lives will align again. (Persephone Rising)

14. What‘s your all-time favourite ship?

Me & Sleep

(Sorry, can't do it, can't choose. Beware My Armada. With a couple ancient ship leviathans which can raise themselves from the deep with the slightest provocation.)

15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Every thing I have ever posted (except for 12 Moons) is something that I do in fact hold out hope I will eventually finish.

Things I have not started posting are too numerous to count and/or list. Sometimes they come back. Sometimes they are fertilizer for other things that will be written later.

16. What’s your writing strengths?

Dialogue and hopeful melancholy? I get a lot of compliments on emotion/mood, and I do feel like I am usually pleased with the, idk, vibes of most of what I write.

17. What’s your writing weaknesses?

Plot & structure! What is? How do? What do you mean I have to have things happen rather than just reacting all the time?!?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I have done it with mixed success and there are definitely ways to do it more accessibly than I did. It can add a lot, but you do have to think about the execution.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Uh. I think Lois & Clark back when I was a teen!jilly. Either that or Sailormoon when I was a slightly older teen!jilly?

In terms of posting in public, it was Bioware something, either Mass Effect or Dragon Age: Origins back around when Thing 2 was born. And he's 14 now, so... 😅

Orion's Belt, I think? I didn't originally post it on AO3, and then I deleted myself off the internet for awhile, and then I re-uploaded everything, and I'm bad at time in the best of circumstances, which that clearly was not, so it might not have been that one specifically but it was close.

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

I CAN'T CHOSE JUST ONE WTF

As a formative event/process, I have a certain enduring fondness for Lost for Words, which was like the first fic I really wrote while in fandom... I was social about it and posted while I was writing and finished (eventually) and it is still the longest single story I have ever written. (Tho I am for you will beat it out when I finish that.)

It's not particuarly good from the perspective of who I am as a writer some dozen years later, but it's sincerely meant cotton candy, at least. 🤣

[claudiajcregg]

Tell Other People About Your WIPs

make a list of all your WIPs with a brief description of each and then people can ask you questions about them and then tag other people.

Tagged by both @onekisstotakewithme and @miabicicletta 💜💜💜 Thank you, guys <3 I don't know who to tag that hasn't been tagged already. Interested? Tag, you're it! :) (Please do know that there are no set sections. Pick whatever you want. I went the deranged route.)

I have an outdated WIP list, and many others unaccounted for. This is just a selection of stuff I could see myself posting or editing/retooling to write something new. I love talking about my WIPs, about as much as I hate being perceived because they are not remotely interesting. (I also love knowing which ones people are interested in! I have an incentive to work on them!) (Instead of snippets, part of my feedback loop is sending actual rough drafts to get a sense of whether it's worth working on more.)

Multichapters, different levels of completion.

S5 Pregnancy AU. My main WIP. Can you believe I’ve had this idea for a year… almost to the day? I’ve been stuck since November bc I don’t know how I want this one to end, beyond a birth. (As I’ve mentioned in the past, I feel like this has legs to become a fluffy universe. I have ideas! Timelines!) Gist of it: CJ gets pregnant circa Zooey's kidnapping. How does it change S5? It's less angsty than you think.

Campaign bars, aka campaign conversations sometimes happened at bars in the 1998 campaign. Fun stuff. I need to pick it right back.

What Once Was Ours or the IM AU (2021), aka IM ends with a breakup. Not a WIP. Not a UFO. A secret third thing. (“Finished” but not edited, and I’m doubtful people would be interested. Probably bc of some bittersweet ~memories~ attached to it. I mean, I shared a third of it to discord and people couldn’t care less, at least after a while. Now, better IM AUs are being posted these days; I'm not in a rush.) 33 chapters. 150k words. I do reread it every once in a while, and I cannot put it down. But its 'age' takes me aback. If things had been different, I'd have posted this in H2 2021/Q1 2022 (or even the planned Q2-3 2021). But alas.

The “Almost Ready, question mark” Category

Another SVD prompt meme claim: what if CJ has the crush first. The thing is, I tend to write her as having a relatively obvious crush on him at first until something makes her wise up. So this is just some ridiculous, post-first-meeting thoughts. Most of it was written in one sitting! It kinda fits with something in the campaign bars fic, too.

Post birth, hospital story: A couple of hours after their bb girl is born. Pure fluff. Recently reworked it to make it less wordy. Still failed, but it’s better focused now.

Many ficlets – the few I did post on Tumblr that haven’t been posted to the story I’m collecting them in, plus a couple more. I'm thinking the ice skating one, Jan 22, a few post-eps I wrote last year, etc.

Ambitious Projects I don't think are happening right away (or ever), but probably have a detailed outline somewhere

(I put this up instead of last, because the next category has faves, but it's also a long one.)

Danny is back a bit earlier on s7. Toby leaks (or tries to leak? I always wavered) the shuttle to him, as he and CJ are getting closer.

Simon lives. How does his relationship with CJ evolve post-honeymoon phase? What is it like when Danny returns?

You’ve got mail AU. This outline had two ways the climax could go. I had fun.

Epistolary collab (?) fic. Probably an X + 1 fic. The only one with nothing written; don’t rule out writing it individually at some point.

And because this is so long already (but not as long as it could be)… A few more under the cut – more "I just want to make sure I like them" and "this meme reminded me I meant to pick those back up." And they are still not all. (How do you summarize seven years of writing?? I've only posted 20-something of them, lol.)

“Almost Ready (but I feel like I want to make changes to them) (might just redo them altogether)”

Haunted by the Notion, 2007 edition. My beta Ruth suggested this when she edited the other story, and I wrote it around then. It’s another Christmas dinner at Filomena, and, eight years later, things are different. I feel like it hits expected beats, and is just missing some oomph. Maybe. (As much as I do like it, half tempted to make it 2009. Or later.)

Heaven’s here…: A interrupted proposal. I’ve written many proposals over the years, and I love toying with different ideas and setups. Danny takes the lead here, but I’ve been intrigued by the idea of having CJ do the final twist.

5 to 6 am 'me' time. Another story inspired by last year’s rewatch that I wrote right at the start of it (so Jan 2023?). It has five short parts with five different years of what CJ describes in the pilot as her “me time.” This is one when I think one per year would be fun, but I don’t want to repeat myself.

One bed, “sexy” edition. An AU to a sort of AU (one of the drabbles from this summer) and… it's what it says on the tin. The world does not need to read my attempts at smut. If I didn’t put it in the previous category, it’s because I am not sure that I want to post it. (All the previous attempts are locked somewhere; unfortunately, someone loves this one and noticed when I tried to do that, lol.)

First baby kick: I remember writing this while in grad school (so, late 2017? First half of 2018) but I lost it, along other fic, when my laptop had to be reset because I used Bear to write back then, but didn’t have sync across devices. I rewrote it, and I feel like it's not the same, but still. It's sweet! Includes: Danny talking to the baby, domestic fluff, and… baby kicks!

“This meme reminded me they exist and I love them, so don't be surprised if they are posted before anything in a previous category”

(Lbr, if I added something about them in this post at all, it’s because they sparked some memory.)

Mosaic broken hearts: CJ, circa S4, jealousy. Prompted by a former fandom friend, back in my productive era (first half of 2021; before that friend just ghosted me.)

I can’t believe I captured your heart (pancake breakfast, three words and eight letters). For a while there, I edited it so much but then I fell off. iirc, it was part of some morning-related prompts I saw around that I tried to fulfill in 2018? 2019? And they had like internal progression. But this one was the best of the 3-4, and I kept tweaking it.

Green light of forgiveness (IM-ish) — there are many other IM/IM-Tomorrow snippets I’ve written over the years. I’m not sure if this one makes much sense, but I liked it enough.

Distance — I recall liking this one! Might have to bump it up. CJ is in Africa, Danny is at the Farm and sulking because they left off on some sort of argument. There is some Danny-Abbey friendship goodness here. I even have a second file that is “Distance - shorter version (it’s not)”

Danny writes fiction, shows it to CJ during her pregnancy and she’s into it. Technically written. I would probably try to take another stab at it. Third time might be the charm?

San Andreo phone call/fallout from ID. I just had the idea of CJ reaching out once things calm down. This is one of those fics I’ve written a version of every year or so, but I think there was one I liked quite a bit.

Terrible taste in men — a run-in with an OC ex of CJ. It was so dumb.

Fka Impatience - actually beta’d three years ago (by that fandom friend I've mentioned twice before… actually, three times) and “done”. I just think I’d change so much about it these days. It started being something else but ended up being a CJ-Toby friendship story in which they have lunch and catch up. But I would want to rewrite most of it now, and not just because it’s from like… 2019 (but finished in 2021).

I forgot this one initially! he's passing by, rare as the comet in my sky - 2? 3? times CJ thinks she sees Danny somewhere, and one time she does. (Which tried to work in the 'I remember shunning you' line.) I even wrote some sort of sequel later! Probably useless.

I said I would post a lightning round with fics that are either also done but not ready for me to mention them, or just… not done at all. The length of this post and how much I've spent on it is embarrassing. To give a general overview: in line with the nonsense I've been mentioning, includes phone calls at the end of S7, also a few friendship-focused fics around that time, too; present-day stuff; anniversaries; Hollis fundraisers; weddings; many ficlets, introspective thoughts, a “yes day” fic that's super sweet but needs better dares, the third memoir idea (the original one!!!!) that I had three years ago… And those are mostly the ones I had preselected, lol.

If you're interested, I can screenshoot this part in the notes app if you message me!

Anyway, this is embarrassing, and the worst part is that it's not all. fml.

[oldfritz]

for character ask meme: without any guns, what about Karl? The narrative haunter? Hes so special.

oh karl. i'm sorry for what i've done to you posthumously. but think of it like those mushrooms that take over dead bodies or zombie cicadas! ...ah perhaps i should shut up now

favorite thing about them: the inherent tragedy of being so fucking old, truly an ancient being, and yet you're stuck in a child's body. the state you represent is strange. stronger when the sum of its parts are combined, but you yourself lack that imposing might. a mind so beautiful and active and yet it lacks the body to match. i...i get that

least favorite thing about them: i need a sitdown chat with the minds at funimation for why they decided the poor little german boy has to talk like 'it's-a me! karl-io!'

favorite line: i don't think i have one. is it him or young germany in the brothers grimm strips? i liked those. he was cute in them, pathetic, clearly dying

brOTP: per, i'm with you. i don't think this guy has ever had friends. true friends, people who don't want anything from him or see him as an avenue for their ambitions (whether by his/its destruction or through that nonsense that medieval austrians pulled)

OTP: i think by default it's feli but yeah also with you. it's never made much sense to me besides 'omg gerita star-crossed lovers twin flames my babies will find each other in every life.' which has never compelled me. but i like it well enough when i'm slogging through chibitalia sections again

nOTP: fuck, the guys only got one ship. should i make some up? yeah i really fucking hate the sickos that ship karl with matthew. see them all the time on this site and ao3. there, an answer!

random headcanon: i wrote this in my head but neglected to touch the keyboard. classic mistake. anways, i just imagine he's lonely. almost unbearably so. who can understand him? who has his burdens, his struggles, his pains? a holy child bogged down with the sins of this earth. poor guy needs a friend :(

unpopular headcanon: that him being the vessel for ludwig's soul or whatever is not a good thing. it's not sweet or anything. it's grim, man. it's fucking grim. and it's something i hope hima never canonizes. for this kind of stuff, i think our theories and speculation are better/more fun than what hima can come up with (and, to be fair to the man, i wouldn't be surprised if he knows that too)

song I associate with them: young lion by vampire weekend. it's a haunting song, one that's always made me think of death. only lyrics are 'you took your time, young lion' and it's just....yeah. yeah he did

favorite picture of them: again, the real answer is fanart. take something silly instead (because i gotta go marinate some lamb and can't devote myself to hetarchives time)

[novantinuum]

For the emoji ask, let's do.... 🥺 ⛔ 💖

Thanks for sending some bois in!

(Fanfic writer ask meme- I am still taking these!)

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🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

When it comes to my SU works, I've always been a real big fan of exploring that good ol' mental illness related hurt/comfort.

Like... in the sense of Character A (lets be real, it's basically always Steven) is having a really hard time, and Character B is just there for them... to listen and spend time and be a support.

I enjoy exploring this dynamic because it offers me a catharsis I don't usually get to receive at any point in my actual offline life. Writing is therapeutic for me.

⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

Kiiiinda Hollowed Moon? (The Spinel and Stevonnie fic that kinda blew up after the movie.) To be honest, I have in fact cleaned up my notes for that one and moved them to my current writer's app of choice- which means it's not a Complete no on me working on that again- but it's not any sort of promise.

Gosh, I would kinda like to finish it just for finishing's sake though, because I feel really awful leaving such a popular fic incomplete. There's way too many incomplete fics up there in the top kudos and bookmarks for the fandom, I don't really want to contribute to that.

In any case though, if I ever do post an update to this one it's only going to be if I FINISH it. Like, pre-write every single chapter and release from there. And it's only going to be if I get hit with divine inspiration for it, too.

💖 What made you start writing?

I honestly have no clue what the specific inspiration was, beyond just exposure to literature and stories as a kid in general. All I know is that I always used to make little "books" out of shitty folded hunks of paper that I taped together.

But yeah, it's always been in my nature to just... make stories. And especially stories that are transformative in some way. I was out there writing out fanfiction for various video games and books I liked in my dream journal before I even knew what fanfiction was.

The moment I started writing FOR REAL was after I discovered Doctor Who fanfiction online, though. After that moment, I suddenly went "ohhh people LIKE this sort of stuff?" and went wild coming up with ideas I could write about with these characters. I found it very relaxing and a good way to process emotions, so it became a hobby that stuck.

[veetyuh]

More random trauma dumping / finding similarities between antis & conservative Christians & random bullies from childhood.

I think my brain gets perturbed when I see young people acting so stupid, cruel, and callous with gen z humour, partly because I've been on the receiving end of it so frequently in high school.

Despite shaving my face often, I'd still get some stubble by day's end. My "moustache" was a meme — hell, one time, I think junior year, I'd received a valentine's day card as a joke, and it was a print out of that can I pet your squirrel scene from iCarly. Despite identifying as more masc/neutral now, I still shave daily and whenever I feel even slight stubble on my face, I want to tear my skin off. Idk how many times I've cut myself from pressing the blade down too hard, trying to get the closest shave possible. God forbid I get depressed and go a few days without shaving — I get noticeable whiskers and feel like a disgusting abomination. Facial hair is fine on others, of course, but there's a compulsion to avoid it, myself. Even after all this time.

And at the time, having that insecurity, and the culmination of societal and religious pressure, condensed into a meme and presented to you as a joke at your expense? I remember feeling numb about it at the time but fuck me if it didn't stick in my brain.

There's something so insidious about seeing my own sense of humour weaponized against people for things they can't control, or for things that are harmless. Because I know how stupid little memes can stick to you and have long-lasting effects when, by all accounts, they really shouldn't. But like. I see antis dogpile twitter users with the most vile sentiments + memes and it makes me want to vomit. I wonder which of those is going to stick in that victim's brain. Which of those is going to press on the right button and make their trauma worse. At least one of them will. God knows that's what antis want, too.

And that makes antis worse than the random bullies in high school. I think that card I got was supposed to be good fun for others — they'd probably feel bad about it in adulthood, especially if they knew how long that insecurity has stuck with me. But that's the stated goal of antis when they bully people. They want you to hurt, to hate your own interests, to feel like an abomination, and kill yourself. They openly celebrate your pain. That makes them worse than any casual schoolyard bully I've ever personally experienced.

It makes them more cult-like, actually. Because that's how Christianity was. They need you to hurt and hate yourself, and believe that they hold the only cure. If you stand your ground and insist you're not broken, then they want you to off yourself. What use are you, living a worldly life without suffering for it? Look at the atheist, who hates life and is angry at everyone and God. Look at the queer, the transgender teen who kills themself — look how terrible it is, to stray from the path of god.

If you're not under their control, they want you dead. And I'll be damned if antis don't behave the same way.

[luna-melon]

For the ask game lol

Peter

Nebula

Mantis

Phos

Toko

Aoi

Sakura

Papyrus

Sans

Ayyyy thanks for the ask. Been a while since I've filled out one of these memes <3

Answers below.

Peter OTP: Peter/Nebula, of course. If the 100k+ words of fanfiction I've written about them is anything to go by, they are my OTP of all time. <3 I want Peter to move on and find happiness with someone new after vol. 3 and the movie planted the seeds for these two ending up together in the future really well I think. BrOTP: This was the hardest to decide because I love Peter's friendships with all the other Guardians. Gonna go with Mantis here though because I love how she looks out for her bro and tries to steer him in the right direction. Wish we'd gotten to see more of them being siblings after the holiday special 'cause the confirmation that she was Peter's sister made me so happy! TuT OT3: Shipping Peter with Nebula and Gamora at the same time would be really weird so instead I'm gonna go with Nebula/Peter/Thor in like, a V shaped polycule where Peter is dating them both but Nebula and Thor aren't into each other. NOTP: Ro/quill. I don't think I need to explain myself with this one, but shipping the raccoon with the humanoid characters is weird and gross to me.

Nebula OTP: Same as above, I think her implied feelings for Peter in vol. 3 make all the sense in the world. I mean, why wouldn't Nebula fall for the same person as Gamora? That's just how her life is. I think these two being together would fit their arcs well. Nebula learns to accept that she doesn't have to always be competing with Gamora in order to be worthy of love, and Peter gets his shit together enough to see how Nebula stuck by and cared for him and how Gamora was right about how the person he fell for "sounds more like her." BrOTP: I love her friendship with Rocket so much! Two sad cyborgs goin' on adventures together for five years, I'd kill to see more of that. OT3: Same as above as well I guess, but I don't see Nebula being poly. NOTP: I'm fine with all the big Nebula ships really even if I don't consume their content.

Mantis OTP: I used to ship Mantis/Nebula back in the day and I think that's still my fave Mantis ship even if I no longer go there. I also like the idea of her having a crush on Gamora. BrOTP: Mantis and Drax are my favorite duo ever. Just a couple of strange goofballs pranking each other and causing chaos. OT3: Can't think of anything for this one. NOTP: I don't hate Mantis and Drax as a romantic pairing but them just being weird best friends means so much to me. We need more platonic M/F relationships like them.

Phos OTP: I like all the Phos ships but can't deny that Phos/Cinnabar is my favorite. I know you haven't read the manga yet but I reread this one part of it earlier in the week that makes me wanna throw Phos in the trash because we could have had it all!! xD BrOTP: I really enjoyed Phos and Cairngorm's dynamic. OT3: Phos/Cinnabar/Antarc. Idk how it'd work out but all I know is that I want all three of these rocks to be happy. NOTP: I'm not picky with HNK ships but I'm sure some people ship Phos with Aechmea so no thanks to that.

Toko OTP: Toko/Komaru! These two mean the world to me. Seeing Toko end up with an amazing girlfriend who supports and loves her after everything she's been through and the development she underwent in Ultra Despair Girls damn made me cry. BrOTP: I love the interactions between her and Makoto in her Free Time events. The Naegis are the only ones who can tame this girl. OT3: I like the Toko/Sayaka ship so I can imagine an AU where she survives and throuples up with Tokomaru. NOTP: Byakuya. These two are the worst for each other and no one can change my mind.

Aoi OTP: I very much enjoy her and Sakura together. BrOTP: Yuta Asahina deserved better and in my personal headcanon, he survives UDG and gets to see his sis again. OT3: I think Sakura had a boyfriend so sandwich Hina in between them. NOTP: Got no strong negative feelings for any Hina ships.

Sakura OTP: Same as above. Love me a big buff sporty girlfriend and her smol buff sporty girlfriend. BroTP: I really enjoyed her Free Times with Makoto, too. OT3: Same as above. NOTP: Also same as above. It's hard to go wrong with Sakura ships.

Papyrus OTP: I don't ship Papyrus with anyone but I remember liking Papyrus/Mettaton when I was younger. BrOTP: I fucking LOVE his friendship with Undyne. Anyone who doesn't call Papyrus and Undyne in every room in the game to see what weird shit they say is missing out. OT3: I got nothin'. NOTP: Font/cest. Don't understand why this is such a big thing.

Sans OTP: These days I like the idea of Sans being aroace but I remember having a very brief phase of shipping Sans/Asgore xD BrOTP: Him and Papyrus ofc, but I also like him seeing Frisk as a little sibling, too. OT3: Sans/Fries/Ketchup NOTP: Fr/ans. That is a child...

[marley-manson]

TrapHawk and/or HawkMarg for the shippy ask meme :3

Thank you 💖

Hawkeye/Trapper

Ship It

What made you ship it?

lol SO. Back in uni I started watching MASH after seeing an old website with an extensive (but, I now realize, nowhere near exhaustive) list of slashy quotes from the show. I enjoyed the homeroticism between Hawk and Trap but only casually, I was into it as a sitcom rather than in a fandomy way. The moment I started actually shipping it and went to find some fic was Trapper's proxy kiss in Welcome to Korea and Hawkeye's race to the airport lol, which is probably the worst time to start shipping them because after that there was no more Trapper and the homoeroticism decreased significantly. I only made it to the end of season 6 before losing steam, so when I watched in 2021 I started from season 7 and wrapped back around.

The second time around I shipped Hawkeye/Trap from the start, and they came as a welcome relief after being underwhelmed by Hawkeye/BJ.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

Their chemistry! They always feel like they're genuinely having fun together, and really adore each other, like they're both just charmed by each other. I also like that they could've easily met pre-war (and did briefly in the book/movie) and they feel like they would've been friends no matter when or where they met. The fwb vibe is also great, I'm incapable of watching the show without wholeheartedly believing they're fucking between scenes. They're a perfect established relationship kinda ship.

And since Hawkeye is my fave a big reason I like them is because I think Trapper is a good, supportive and caring partner to him - they're both great to each other, but in Hawkeye's other friendships on the show he's mainly stuck in the supportive and caring role without receiving much support back, whereas with HawkTrap it's more even imo.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

idk if it's the most popular take on them but I've seen this take floating around tumblr a lot and I disagree with it: I don't think Trapper is more supportive of Hawkeye than vice versa, or that Trapper supported Hawkeye and then Hawkeye is inspired by or grows from that in order to support BJ, like a baton passing. I think they're both just supportive people and they equally support each other, or would if Trapper got as many emotional plots as Hawkeye does. But on the occasions when he does need emotional support, Hawkeye is right there beside him as a shoulder to lean on.

Hawkeye/Margaret

Don’t Ship It

Why don’t you ship it?

I've never shipped male sitcom protag/token female cast member in my life, and I can't imagine starting here lol. I absolutely love their platonic friendship and adding romance would kill everything that makes their relationship unique and enjoyable to me.

I also would never ever ship Hawkeye of all characters in het. I'm watching the gay Hawkeye show, it'd just be a waste of 300 gay jokes.

And finally, they're not compatible people at all to me. They barely ever even have fun together as friends, Hawkeye needs a double act and Margaret could never keep up comedy wise, and they have very opposing ideological values and there's no indication that ever changes (a lot of people seem to think that Margaret gets disillusioned with the army as the show goes on, but I don't see that at all and I'm not sure where it comes from honestly? And in the finale she doesn't quit the army, she just takes an assignment in the US rather than abroad.)

Plus there's an episode all about them being incompatible romantically and deciding to be friends, which made complete sense to me character-wise, and I adore that that's the direction the show went, thank you Mash <3

What would have made you like it?

If Margaret was a man I could definitely see myself being into it in a frenemies hooking up kinda way, assuming Hawkeye hit on him just as much as he does in canon, which seems like a safe assumption lol.

But otherwise nothing's gonna make me interested in rote sitcom het, and genderbending Hawkeye into a woman wouldn't work for me because like 90% of what I like about his character is his subversion of masculinity.

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

Like I said, I love their friendship a lot, love when they support each other, love the occasions that Margaret is the tough guy to Hawkeye's damsel, and I do often enjoy their flirting on the show despite not shipping it, because a lot of it leans into the aforementioned subversion of masculinity, which is fun. Carry on Hawkeye is one of my favourite episodes. I don't want them to fuck, definitely don't want them to get together romantically, but I do really enjoy the d/s and pegging jokes.

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[nerice]

Oddly specific q but what is the situation with belle & the tracker in her? Does Faye install it to be able to track her down? Did Jumie install it (into every child) so Belle never gets lost? Can Faye control Belle with it?

Red Hurting Sun & Dream Game sound like such painful but also intense(good) chapters! And Faye seems like the most complex and evil character while also being hurt and having her reasons if that makes sense????? Anyway ily your shadowblogging bye <3

GOOD EVENING ANON DEAREST I CAN FINALLY ANSWER THIS !!!!!!! PRAY THAT MY WRIST HOLDS OUT

uh so. the tracker is important. the tracker is like /the most important/ as far as central plot mechanics are concerned and the last time i did a comprehensive writeup on it this happened.....

(with the other writing linked in that document full length is closer to 35k. rip) SO THIS ANSWER WILL BE ABRIDGED for all our sakes.

the tracker is what pulls every single book together, even if it features in some more prominently (nerice, dream game) than the others. by the time it concerns belle, it has long ceased its original function. the first time it turns up is back on nerice, where eliada helps the warlords build a tracker for reina bc he himself is also sulking that she keeps refusing 2 talk to him. bitch behavior <3 tldr is that the swords of a tracker (the person, that eliada is) are the only thing able to pierce a true ruler's skin (a/s mechanics, dw abt it) and so thru him they're able to engenieer a mechanical dragonfly that upon contact, burrows under the skin of reina's wrist (if you ever wondered where her scar comes from... :^)) this is also what, ultimately, causes her to split her soul in an attempt to get rid of it, which causes the moons to break and kickstarts the entire fucking verse saga. with the end of her world, the tracker becomes inert but reina keeps it for unwise sentimentality reasons (hands u meme abt it) w

in old plot, eliada petitioned to get his hands on it during one of their roa deals (bonus points bc jumie wld be around for that trade, even if eliada n reina only euphemistically talk abt it as 'the dragonfly' and she'd only see a small box change hands) but lately i've been more inclined to move that event into lhnh where reina, from her end, volunteers the tracker to make eliada talk abt the soulless (gray) bc it makes slightly more sense thematically for her to refuse all his trades until then. either way, the tracker is back in eliada's hands by the end of the azra war era.

bc the tracker was not simply tracking reina. eliada's entire quest is abt understanding the precise workings of true rulers, so, given the opportunity, he made the tracker also collect,, not quite her blood? smth more vague and metaphysical, refined through an inner process into something more, something more essential. [true ruler essence] for the sake of meta terminology. he cannot actually do anything with it in his current position but plans on analyzing it and comparing it to true rulers of a/s once he returns home. which is the entire problem bc he is stuck as long as the verse is broken [PLAYED URSELF. <3] which brings us to. him & faye thinking long and hard forever abt how to fix the moons so they can both go home. yippee

which is ofc how we get to belle. how we get to the entire daughter con situation (skipping over many messy timelines that preceded arriving at this final, working solution) which, in tldr terms, is this:

a vessel whose soul is the tracker. whose very existence is linked the essence of reina before the split, before the fall, an essence from before the moon core broke. an artificial child, created for the sole purpose of burning this essence back into the moon core and thereby repair it. so you have belle, who thinks herself a descendant, but really is just a dead dragonfly with true ruler dna walking. faye connects her to the moon core by forcing her to swallow the eternal souls (chess's eyes that gray so generously removed once upon a time. <3 wld say the only good deed he has ever done but this shit was part of what broke the entire machine in the first place, it just happens to conveniently hand faye a way to also put it back together) and really all that is left to do then is set belle on fire via angel theory & fuse her existence into the moon core. make her the conduit through which the entire machinery can begin to work as intended again. just that 7000/10 times belle breaks under the strain, the weight of the universe, leaving faye to do it all over again bc the theory is solid. it's the daughter that's wrong :^)

[apatheticcrossovers]

Could you write biltzo x monika fic with fluff and little bit of angst?

(I hope this ship isn't in crack ship category)

Of course! And don't worry, when I say in my pinned that I won't do "Joke Ships" I mean like, ships that are overly memed on and stuff, and only done for laughs and stuff (I hope that makes sense, I'm not too good at explaining). I have some ships that would probably dip into crack ship territory tbh. - Mod Apathetic

All for You

Fandoms: Doki Doki Liturature Club, Helluva Boss Ship: Blitzo (Helluva Boss)/Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club) Characters: Blitzo (Helluva Boss), Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club) Tw: none Summary: Whenever Blitzo was in the human world on a job to kill someone, he'd occasionally get distracted whenever he saw a human game he was interested in. It wasn't easy to find human games in hell. Luckily, I seemed to have found one from the human world he could get in hell, and it was for free too! He didn't think he'd get this emotional playing it though...

"So, you're really just, stuck in there?" Blitzo looked at the computer screen, raising an eyebrow slightly. He had found this game called 'Doki Doki Literature Club' on his last trip to the human world. He's always down for some hot anime girls, so was excited when he found out he could get it for free in hell too. Then violent stuff started happening, and he got really excited. But now he was at the final act, with the antagonist character, Monika, who he's just now finding out is actually alive and sentient, and not just programmed to do bad things.

"I'm sorry Blitzo, but, there's not much I can do to get to your world..." She had a sad look on her face as her voice came out of the speaker to his old box computer. "Especially with this old hunk of junk you downloaded the game on!" She let out a small laugh, crossing her arms. Blitzo laughed as well, but still took offense to that.

"Hey, it's not my fault! Imps get no respect down here, it's easier for us to just die out than actually try and make a living!" Blitzo let out another loud laugh, but stopped when he realized that Monika, wasn't laugh, in fact, she didn't seem to find it funny at all. Her face was contorted into a frown as she looked at Blitzo through the screen, resting her arms on her desk.

"Blitzo, you don't... actually think that, do you?" She sounded concerned. Monika didn't really know anything about hell, she didn't have much of a concept of an afterlife for herself, sense she didn't even have a soul, but were Imps really treated that poorly down there? "You know Blitzo, You shouldn't talk like that..."

"What's wrong, I'm just speaking the truth, Imps are treated like nothing but a burden, the scum of hell, the lowest of the low." He was getting angry as he spoke, which only caused Monika to get more concerned. She may have not known Blitzo for long, but she did know she cared about him, that's for sure. "Besides, why do you even care?"

"I care because I love you Blitzo!" Monika leaned forward slightly, though it didn't bring her any closer to him physically, she still felt as if it would help. Blitzo stared for a moment, almost silent. No, no she couldn't love him, how could she ever someone like him?

"No, no you don't mean that Monika..." Blitzo said, leaning away from the computer slightly. Monika so desperately wanted to reach out to him, let him know that she did truly care, that everything would be ok.

"Blitzo... why else do you think I did all of this?" Monika was deadpan as she spoke, resting in her seat again as she looked out at Blitzo. "I destroyed my game, I hurt my friends and the people I care about because... I wanted to be with you Blitzo..." Monika felt guilty as she spoke. She had regretted everything she had done, to her friends, to her game, everything. "I hate myself for everything I've done, but... I had no other option, the game wouldn't give me a route so... I made my own.."

Bitzo was silent as he stared at the screen, trying to find the words to say what he was thinking. He had completely forgotten that everything in the game was her doing, and he hadn't even realized that she did it all in order to be with him. No one had ever really done something so drastic before, it was hard to believe that she was willing to practically ruin her 'life' just for him.

"You, really ruined your life, for me?" Blitzo's voice was quite and nervous, as if still cautious about Monika's true intentions with him. He could actually have a relationship with her, right? He technically wasn't real, and they couldn't actually show affection to each other outside of maybe verbal affection, which Blitzo still wasn't entirely used to. "You, you didn't have to do that you know... I mean, you barely even know me..."

"But, I did Blitzo... I couldn't risk losing you... you mean so much to me..." Monika sounded sad as she spoke, she even looked like she was holding back tears, sucking in a breath as she tried to keep her composure. "I know enough about you to know that I love you, so... please..."

Blitzo was silent for another moment, feeling his heart skip a beat as he looked at Monika. Is this what true, unconditional love was like? It felt, wonderful, fantastic even. Blitzo finally smiled at Monika, reached his hand to the screen, and caressed it slightly, as if trying to why away her tears. "Thanks, Monika... really..." His voice was softer now, letting out a soft sigh as he did. Monika smiled, feeling ever so slightly comforted by his attempt as wiping away her tears. "I promise, I'll find a way to get you out of there, even if it's the last thing I do..."

Monika could help but smile at his words, her face softening as she looked at him. "Thank you, Blitzo... I really do love you..."

"I..." Blitzo hesitated slightly, he had never said the words before, swallowing slightly before finally speaking. "I love you too, Monika..."

[traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors]

TW: Stalking, social anxiety, social media pressure.

Seeking advice and suggestions about what to do.

To give some background info, social media wasn't huge while I was in high school. FB was really the only big site people around me used, but I didn't have too many friends during high school and I just wasn't that interested in it. Then, I got IG, which I really enjoyed for about 1 year. But thanks to IG I did run into some stalking situations and had a nervous breakdown, and even though I was an adult by the time I had it, my mom was upset and felt like it was something I did behind her back (she never explicitly said "No social media" but just assumed I'd never get IG because of me never being into it before).

It took me a long time to stop being anxious about social media but fast-forward to this year and now my current friends are using it, so I joined in, but I'm not really using it "with" them even though I've added them, it's not mutual.

When I added one of my friends they told me in advance that she doesn't always see people show up in her feed, which I understand, but I still thought she would've added me back after I told her my username?

I also have some friends who I added a long time ago but who never added me back, maybe because they didn't know me well enough back then, but I see them interacting with everyone else?

And then finally I have a friend who seems kind of similar to me (generally doesn't seem like a huge social media person but still likes some of the cute pictures and memes that end up on there; she's also my closest friend out of my current group). But I remember her getting stuck on the sign-up page (you know, the "Are you a human?" drag and drop tests), got annoyed, and gave up on trying to join since she said it was too hard for her to figure out. So I get where she was coming from but at the same time I felt a little upset because I think having her on there with me could've given me a confidence boost and maybe if our other friends saw me interacting with her, they'd add me back and include me in stuff, too.

I feel like it's kind of a silly thing to even think about. I'm not hugely into social media and at the end of the day I feel like my friends are my friends because we still do other activities together and get along. But I still get a sense of being on the outside looking in when I see them making inside jokes to each other and tagging each other in cute friendship memes and stuff. Plus because of my bad experiences with social media before, it actually did take me a lot of effort to finally pull out myself out of the severe anxiety and trauma I felt towards it and give it another shot.

I don't want to be one of those pushy people who's like "Hey, you need to add me!" especially since I have tried to like... "gently nudge" people into adding me before, and they haven't shown an interest back. I don't want to be "annoying" about it but it does make me feel left out sometimes, and then I blame myself for not knowing how to act on these sites, and what comes off as normal vs. annoying.

Hi anon,

I’m so sorry to hear of your social media experiences, especially in regards to stalking, and I’m so glad you’re safe.

Social media can be such a tricky thing - on multiple levels, and I can definitely relate to needing to learn how to navigate it a bit as an adult (since I come from a similar background in that it wasn’t huge while I was in high school either) - especially when it came to digital boundaries, including but not limited to, deciding who gets access to me, my privacy, and how we define “friendships.”

On one hand, social media allows us to be more connected than ever, with people we very likely might never have met in any other way (international friendships, niche interests, online groups, etc).  On the other hand, many people feel more alone than ever, and I truly believe in some instances it has to do with needing to ask ourselves, and be willing to share, what we want out of social media - and then explore a bit to see who else might share the same goals.

For example: 

How do you define the word friend?  Acquaintance?  Mutual?

Is there a certain amount of interaction you’re looking for?  Weekly?  Monthly?  

Do you have various levels of what you would consider intimate, vs casual?  Say, do you like the idea of sharing your birthday online, and getting multiple messages that day?  Would you prefer a digital card DM’d to you?  

Do you have any special interests, where you could join some online groups?  Sometimes finding that common interest can help get the conversations flowing and get to know people a bit easier as you dive deeper into exploring friendships.

These might seem like simple questions, but depending on someone’s boundaries and privacy they might have very different ideas than you on what they’re comfortable with.  And just like you should have the freedom and space to share what your hopes are as you explore these new relationships, so should they with you - maybe you’ll find overlaps, maybe you’ll realize it’s not the best fit, but that doesn’t mean it’s an automatic red flag, or says anything about you or the other person.

I do hear you on that fear of perception, of wanting to be cautious about how you try to engage, but I feel like you could do everything “right” and still be viewed as “annoying” by someone.  I feel it might be more about how you communicate your wants and needs early on so both parties can feel secure moving forward as they build a foundation of friendship.  And if you have these conversations, and you realize it’s not the relationship for you?  Then worst case scenario, you spare yourselves a bit of a heartache down the line, and make room for people who do share your similar interests.

Regardless of what you learn, and decide for yourself as you explore online friendships more, I hope you cultivate relationships in safe and mutual spaces, that add some joy and laughter to your day.

- Mod Kat

[legendaryprofessorwisteria]

I'm Jason Halken of Mr.Robot repairs. Ok the big shocker is that I am legend licensed. Why? Because I have a Arceus! Yeah before you ask. It was dropped on my lap.

I work as a freelance tech repairman in Sinnoh. I got this call from a old man at the jubelife outskirts. You know the one with the old buildings that been since the exploration days hundreds of years ago?

Well he decided to join the rest of us in the 21st century and got a rotomphone and given his grandchildren were at school at the time he needed help figuring out how to use it.

Well after 3 hours of what could be considered a lecture on the last 30 years of technology and how to kindly treat your rotomphone and use them, he was thankful for my help.

He was short on payment so he decided to give me a antique of his. This old PokeBall from the 1800's! I am a fan of old stuff still in fact I got a v1 Pokedex I restored sitting on the shelf. So I accepted that as payment and went home.

I decided to do a restore job on it. I know it's more valuable with the original flaws and fade but it I want to make it look nice for the shelf.

After some painting and polishing I found out the latch was seriously rusted shut so after some WD-40 and a gentle pry the latch came open and... That PokeBall was not empty!

Out of it popped this huge golden quadraped pokemon! She introduced herself as Jenova the fragment of Arceus. A reward for a hero for the one Arceus brought into the past to save Hisui.

She was pretty ticked to see that I was not her trainer. I just looked into the pokeball and scratched on the inside was the words. "Do the meme. Dab for her and she's yours!"

Out of panic I did. She then knelt down before me. "Thou hast done the sacred motion. For now I shalt serve you, what be this strange time?"

I went on to explain the past 222 years she has missed and she was in shock. I didn't know a god like being could get future shock so now she sticks with me as my companion and her guide to the modern world.

I have not done a pokemon journey since I was 10! So I'm no trainer but I couldn't let her end up in the wrong hands so I worked to get a legend license so I can keep her with me.

I went to speak to the old man but he unfortunately passed on and the family already took his possessions I tried speaking to them but they are pokephobic and wanted nothing to do with anyone handles pokemon.

So now I am stuck with her and that's fine but do you have any useful tips on taking care of a Arceus? Because the only pokemon I raised were electric types and Porygons. Please help thank you!

Jason. E-fucking-xcuse me. WHAT. I'm going to be real this is a rollercoaster and the most insane story I've ever heard, I spilled coffee on myself when I read the ask. I think you're the luckiest Trainer on the planet. No, actually, you are. PLEASE tell me I am not the first person you're telling this to, this is global news on a scale I can barely explain. I mean, I'm gonna try below a cut, but holy SHIT Jason. You told me exactly how you ended up in this situation and I still don't understand it. Uhhh more below the cut.

So I'm a little bit...scattered to actually just address the many, MANY things happening in this ask in order so first I'm gonna say that you gave one of my favorite wacko conspiracy theories (that Rei and/or Akari and possibly other Hisuian-era Trainers were time travelers) SO MUCH ammo because the dab is so ridiculously anachronistic that if you're telling the truth about that it might even be a smoking gun for answering why that period of Hisuian history makes no fucking sense.

But even aside from that, what exactly happened to the Shard of Arceus possessed by Akari/Rei/both (unclear) is...a huge mystery. That you've just solved by doing tech support for an old man and receiving a nice antique as payment. That's huge, seriously huge, in terms of sheer discovery - and a living Hisuian-era Pokemon itself is a massive discovery! Jason, your discovery is staggeringly huge.

For context on your Pokemon itself, you are one of two living humans that we know of to have direct contact with Arceus, and yours may be the first Shard in history not to be in constant connection with the Original.

As for actual advice on what to do...man, I admit, I'm no expert in Arceus, nobody is. But here's what I would do if I ended up in your situation.

Make some phone calls and send some emails. Professors, historians, reporters, Leagues, EVERYONE is going to want to know about that and you might want to get ahead of the game! Especially if you want any peace in the next five years or so. Contact Cynthia, Sinnoh Champion, ASAP. She's the only other person who knows how to contact an Arceus, she'll be your best source of information in the coming times and figuring out how Jenova got here will likely require input from the Original.

Even if you have to break down their door, tell that family what you got from them! They're also going to be hounded very soon and they'll hopefully appreciate the warning. Also, try to figure out where that Pokeball came from. It's not every day that an artifact like anything belonging to a famous Hisuian pops up, and that ball - even aside from the contents - probably has an incredible story.

You don't need a Legendary License for Jenova. In fact, as long as you have her approval, you won't need one if you decide to catch one of every Legendary on the planet and run a zoo. I am not exaggerating in any way. The implicit trust you have gained with her approval cannot be overstated.

Cynthia has journals out on the care needs of Arceus, but I'll summarize...

Speak to her like you would anyone you respect. Over-formality or over-familiarity will both make things weird.

Unless she differs from other Arceus Shards in more ways than just not knowing what they know, she shouldn't technically need food or sleep. That doesn't mean she won't appreciate and enjoy it.

Arceus are BIG, and their girdles are BIG, and Jenova will need space to maneuver. Don't let her out in small indoor spaces unless you want a Tauros-in-a-china-shop situation.

She has short, fine, waterproof fur. Needs minimal grooming, but depending on your relationship, may enjoy it. Don't be afraid to ask, but do give her time to adjust first.

She's incredibly smart, capable of communicating, capable of reading and writing, and ridiculously powerful. Respect and communication are key. Don't treat her like you would an average Pokemon. Porygon often can communicate, so if yours could, you probably know how a Pokemon that can talk to you differs from one who can't.

PLEASE keep me updated Jason. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard happen and I almost got my hand cut off by a Pokemon from thousands of years in the future the other day and there's another one from the distant past sleeping on the floor in my office.

[redemptioninterlude]

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love languages meme ( accepting ) + @sunxsin // ling send 🛁 to shower or bathe with my muse

rue ALWAYS LIKED baths.

good moments, and bad ones happen in places like this for her. how it was her sacred place sometimes, the only spot in the house where she could be alone, unseen, the full weight of life able to hang from her neck, there. she'd sink beneath the warmth of the water, and feel it soaking into her skull, her bones. she CRAVED THAT feeling of being swallowed up whole, even if sometimes it also felt like the full force of her loneliness, her isolation, her failures, all of it ; balanced and weighed, finding her wanting.

she took a lot of them, when ling was gone. soaking for hours, falling asleep. sleeping just about everywhere, really. it used to be easier, when she'd go without feeding this long, she'd had her roommate help her out. but like, she'd moved out how long ago now? it'd left her wondering if it meant that it was time to go back, to admit that things had CRASHED AND BURNED. instead she stayed, instead she waited - and for that she supposes that she's rewarded, ling's heart in her hands within the safety of that bell jar, and soon housed and made a home again within his chest, ah -

he takes baths with her again now that he's BACK.

arms ring around her from behind, back pressed into his chest. there's that feeling that came, a dopey high, that she clings to in these moments. that he was so comfortable helped, the both of them sinking within that deep tub, the luxuries of his space. "yanno, i've never EVER seen a bathroom like yours until i saw this place. i kinda used to think this shit was only real in movies." her hand passed idly over his, fingers moving to lace together. squeezing. she liked that.

"but then i guess it kinda make sense. we both want to BE in them. so you're just, yanno, fast tracking the lifestyle part. i dunno why i said all that, but really the point is that you have such a nice fucking bathroom." a knee splashes to the surface from below. fingers twist, tickle, she's laughing as she shifts within the water, squirming free. "babe!" delight twists within her voice, splashing him right back. her train of thought was interrupted, having to trap and capture his hand against her own to keep him from leaving her spilling water over the edge of the tub. what a difference it was for him to be home. "see, this is why you're invites to my bath are like, limited as fuck, you menace." grinning, she's already claiming a kiss, and making sure the message is stuck with a lesson in another. "you're the worst."

[zeon-twilight]

Finding Motivation...?

It occurs to me how rarely I have used this platform to express my own thoughts. The ease of the reblog, a world of attention grabbing things to share. It's amusing to look back and see so much talk and so little said. Memes are still fun though I suppose. Can one use Tumblr to blog? Suppose it comes with the usual horrors of being known. Once it's on the internet it's there forever right? :P Ah well, I've long tried to make it my policy to not say anything I was unwilling to discuss further, so I'm going to use my personal blog for writing some thoughts, and you dear reader, can filter out at whatever point feels right for you as I ramble on about things you're unlikely to care to much about. Sound good? Good. So I'm an emotionally semi-numb 35 year old trans relationship anarchist at the moment in 2024, what a long strange trip it's been so far. Getting older I suppose, but the core of me hasn't really changed all that much save for a growing sense of discernment. I have had many difficult lessons in the ways in which I could've done better both for others, and for done better for myself. Spent a lot of time wondering about the waves of stress which run over the friends I have loved, and how those stressors have fractured and even broken many friendships that once felt so very important. Suppose it comes down to the old mindset debate, abundance and scarcity and how it messes with the mind. I can see how the pressures brought me low of my best self, then compounded into a depression which led to even less of being at my best. Spent a lot of time gritting my teeth and just working through it, because what else are you going to do right? All things in this life are choices and you're stuck with whatever ones you've made and many you didn't. The only thing we have control over is us, and sometimes even that's somewhat uncertain. Hanger is real dawg. I've been pulling up a bit from the depression feeling recently, though every day brings it's own struggles, but also joys. A little bit of everything all of the time as they say. I've found at least I've found some motivation (I want to avoid homelessness you see) to keep at the many gigs I have to work to be able to pay rent. Groceries were too expensive today, and that's just kind of how it is now. Eternal hustle of gig work for keeping my head just above water, but I suppose that's pretty good when others are drowning right? I miss the folks I used to roll with. It's funny how common a story that is huh? Maybe it's one of those red car kinda things, you know, you get a red car then your brain is wired to spot them everywhere. Maybe because I miss my old gang I'm hyper aware to other folks going through that kinda trauma. Been doing a lot of cleaning gigs. I have found a certain appreciation for them as an opportunity to listen in to a podcast and just hyperfocusing on scrubbing. Wish my creative energies weren't so subject to my internal mood much of the time though. it's a time of fear and anxiety and I can't really blame anyone looking to protect themselves. I'm just saddened by how isolating it feels these days. I'm working hard and trying to keep the ship afloat, wishing I had taken better care of my connections, and hoping they are well, life is too short for grudges. Trying to nurture the bridges that haven't burned. Dealing with it day by day. Good to put the words somewhere I guess. Feels like a lot of media makes me think of the past lately, feels sometimes like there's a Game master with a surly disposition calling for some rough moments to key up the drama a couple notches, but that's probably overly dramatic. I guess Tumblr really isn't this kind of site, or maybe it is? I figure it's my blog and if I want to ramble somewhat vaguely about my life in a semi-private but also perceivable manner, I'm allowed to. Maybe it'll resonate. Wishing you well, Who/what/where/when-ever you are, ZT

[cryingyetcourageous]

If Raivis isn't his own type that begs the question: What is his type?

hahaAAA not anything he's about to admit to himself, that's for sure!

But for the details he'd be comfortable accepting his interest in... Someone more adventurous than himself to get him out of his shell, especially an extrovert. A sense of humor is welcomed, since he can be funny, but needs the right person to open up that side of himself. Other than that... patient and understanding? Also would appreciate someone who can talk science (esp. ecology and chemistry) with him.

I've brought this up before, but Raivis doesn't see dating as a viable option for him, and not just because of self-esteem "wehh who would ever want to date me" stuff.

He is stuck at about 15-16 years old. Probably. Maybe. It's hard to be sure, but it's close enough. He should be in his 20-30s like all the other over-1000-year-old nations, and he sees himself as an adult who, as such, is attracted to other adults. Thing is, he's 100% aware of the issues with that. He would have trouble trusting someone who is attracted to anyone who looks like him. The very basis of a relationship is, in itself, a red flag.

You know those memes about anime characters where "this character looks 13 but she's a 5000-year-old goddess so it's okay"? That, except Raivis is self-aware, aware of the implications it has regarding others, and has plenty of time in his own head to debate the morals surrounding any relationship dynamic he could possibly be in.

His only realistic option would probably be other immortal teen-but-not-teens, and that's reeeeally slim pickings so he's already accepted it as being impossible. He makes do with daydreams and romance novels.

[ladyuzume]

@LADYUZUME’S RULES

I do not own the Mortal Kombat Franchise nor Uzume's faceclaim. Mortal Kombat belongs to Netherrealm Studios and Uzume's faceclaim, Kirio Hikifune, belongs to Tite Kubo's Bleach. Uzume is 100% my OC, however, and is heavily inspired by the Shinto Goddess, Ame-No-Uzume.

I am a bit tired of callouts nowadays. About the only times you'll honestly see me reblog a callout is if/when I genuinely find the person incredibly problematic — especially if I've fallen victim from them firsthand. Otherwise it's going to be a hit or miss. Any callout posts I reblog will be tagged as CALLOUT TW and DRAMA TW for ease of mind. Now if the person makes a public apology and acknowledges their mistakes then I'll be more than happy to talk to them again depending on what all they've done.

I refuse to interact with problematic muns. If you are racist, ableist, sexist, LGBT-phobic, and a Nazi bootlicker then I want nothing to do with you. However, the same is equally true if you refuse to acknowledge how problematic many character (such as The Joker) are then I also want nothing to do with you. The reason for this is because fiction is the only real way for people to learn just how problematic people truly are in the real world.

Please do not follow me if you interact with any of the following people: Ziro. I’m a pretty forgiving person but if problematic people tend to play the victim, refuse to acknowledge they’ve messed up, refuse to apologize, and refuse to learn from their mistakes then I want nothing to do with them. All I want is for those who have messed up to just apologize and learn from their mistakes. That’s all. I’m here to sit down, relax, and have fun. Nothing more, nothing less.

I’m iffy on duplicates right now. I'm going to be brutally honest and say that about the only way I'll follow another Joker RPer is if we speak prior to everything and/or are close friends. This is due to my incredibly low self-esteem and being rather self-conscious about my work. It's nothing against any other Joker RPer, rest assured.

I’m stuck using BETA TEXT EDITOR + XKIT REWRITTEN. I can’t use LEGACY TEXT EDITOR at all because I made this blog after November 26th, 2022. I know this might sound a bit brash but I'd greatly appreciate it if you used BTE with me otherwise I'm probably not going to interact with you until everyone’s forced to use BTE.

I only interact with mutuals who are 18+. Though I am perfectly fine with non-mutuals sending headcanon asks, anonymous asks, and chatting with me OOC. Otherwise, I’m only going to interact with mutuals IC. It just makes my dash cleaner and easier to deal with.

Memes, unprompted asks, open starters, and dash commentaries are the best way to interact with me. I’ve come to learn that I get bored / lose motivation quite easily and rather quickly when doing starter calls. So I prefer sending / receiving unprompted asks, memes, and making open starters as well as replying to them. Now if we plan on doing a specific thread or something then that’s one thing. So I will very seldom if ever be making starter calls and / or like my mutuals’ starter calls because of how easily bored and uninterested I get with them early on.

I do practice mains & exclusives. Though I am extremely picky with whom I become mains or exclusives with due to bad experiences in the past. The number of dupes I will have of one character is up in the air right now so I'll stick with two to three mains per character for the time being.

Call me Shin! My pronouns are she/they. I’m 21+ years of age (30 to be exact) and am demi-bi. I suffer from severe GAD (with frequent paranoia episodes) and mild MDD. Not only that but I'm also in the process of getting tested for BPD. So please be patient with me and my random mood swings and bouts of negativity.

The fact that we have to remind everyone of this is problematic in and of itself. It ought to be common sense that none of us are our muses. Will we share similar traits and have common interests? sure. are there things that fascinate us with our muses? Most definitely. Do we condone everything that our muses do? Absolutely not.

Do not take Uzume lightly. She is an incredibly powerful Goddess and is capable of fending for herself physically and verbally. She is capable of fighting in hand-to-hand combat, weaponry, and many more.

I do not practice reblog karma. I’m perfectly fine with you reblogging musings, fanart, gifs, memes, music, PSAs, promos, and callouts from me. In fact, I encourage it. Just don’t reblog my ooc posts, headcanons, and threads without permission. You can like them all you want, just don’t reblog them.

This blog is strictly singleship for the time being. Now while she is in a relationship with Raiden, I'm willing to explore relationships with her even to the point of her getting in a relationship. But it's really not a requirement all things considered tbh. This is especially true since Uzume is based heavily around my fanfics for Raiden.

I have several verses to choose from. Okay … technically I don't because they're still very much under construction. I will state, however, that my main one will be 〈| verse |〉 keeper of time.

I can and will be updating these rules from time to time. But rest assured that I'll always be letting my followers know when I update them. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns then feel free to message me for I’ll 100% answer them to the best of my ability!