#this was something else entirely originally but it just kinda turned into Rain

[tw0ism]

ita rainin’,

its pourin’,

but i aint complainin’

‘cause i love the rain

[nonsense-with-jelly]

Hi!... can I request hcs for lupin and the gang falling in love with a cop reader or something like that 🙏 ( if you can't do it or don't want to that's okay! sorry for bothering)

Oh shit, I didn't see this

Lupin III × Cop!Reader

Headcanons

(Adding a cut cause GOD DAMN THIS IS A LONG ONE)

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General (Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko)

Imagine the whole god damn gang falling in love with you cause you're doing your damn job.

Pull them over for speeding and they all just look at you with the hunch that the universe sent the hottest cop in the city to catch them for speeding

Once they are caught as a group of criminals though, they SCATTER.

I can guarentee they were all talking about you when they got to the hotel.

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Lupin

You were just writing up a parking ticket... for his car...

He wanted to yell, but at the same time, was he? He just watched you do it.

You were barely doin' squat aside from writing a ticket and he already had his mind in the gutter (but that's normal Lupin behavior)

He does walk up to you before you could walk away, and despite YOU JUST WROTE HIM A PARKING TICKET, he asked you out to dinner...

If you say no, he just goes back to the hotel and sulks cause he lost the person of his dreams he didn't even know about... and he has a parking ticket.

If you say yes, he takes you to the BEST restaurant in the city and tells you to order whatever you'd like. He's gonna spoil you SO MUCH.

Don't even TRY to order something relatively cheap or else he's just gonna pick for you, after all, it's hard work being a cop that is also a good person, he says you deserve a night out.

He is such a gentleman the entire time, he makes a few flirty jokes, and a couple risqué remarks here and there.

He also orders desert for the both of you to share if there is a desert you are able to eat. He will feed you a bite then take a bite himself

He's REALLY laying it on thick for you... which, originally, this was all to ask if he REALLY had to pay the parking ticket, but then again, he was starting to grow feelings for you.

After dinner, he takes you to a nice hotel and tries to push the night a little further, but you tell him you've got work in the morning and he just pouts

But then, you turn around and give him your phone number... chances are, he's not gonna call again cause by tomorrow, Jigen is probably calling him a nutcase for going on a date with a cop when THEY'RE ALL CRIMINALS... then again... maybe he'll call?

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Jigen

While Jigen isn't much of a fan of cops, while he was undercover as a cop, he met you.

You were one of those cops who'd go out of their way to make someone's day a bit better. Like the ones who are called for a noise complaint on children playing and drawing with chalk on the sidewalk in the middle of the day and they play with them because screw those guys.

In this case, you were called because some kids had put up a lemonade stand. You dragged Jigen along with you cause you thought he was a coworker.

The car ride is awkward for Jigen, cause if he blows his cover in a cop car, THAT would be embarrassing.

Once you guys get there, these kids are no older than 7 or 8, in other words, why the hell would a grown adult want to rain on some child's day and WHY did the station think you of all people would shut it down?

You walk up to the stand, the kids are already a bit nervous cause not all cops are good cops.

You lean down, look at the price, and say "2 cups of lemonade please" then turn to Jigen with a smirk and ask "what about you, buddy?"

Jigen passes at first, but a while later, he changes his mind... thankfully, you bought 2, you didn't even know he'd do that, but something inside of you told you that he would do something like that.

Later, the two of you are chilling in the park during your lunch break, Jigen is SEVERELY laye for a heist, but he kinda liked hanging out with you that day... even though he was on edge the entire time.

"You know I'm single, right?" You say to him misinterpreting his anxiety as a small crush.

He just gets a but red in the face and looks away, but at the same time... you don't seem all that bad. A date sounds ok... so the two of you go on a date the next day. It's a very simple date. Just a talk at the cafe, a trip to the movies, and a stroll in the park at sunset.

You invite him to stay the night, but Jigen knows he has to leave the country tomorrow with the rest of the gang, so he gives you his phone number and tells you "maybe another day, but not tonight."

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Goemon

He didn't realize you were a cop at first cause he first met you on your day off.

He was at a grocery store, buying stuff for his own dinner sing Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko were going out to eat at a place he didn't really like.

Just as he was checking out, that was a bad time to realize he had forgot his money at the hotel. He almost considered just stealing it, when your arm reaches past him as you use your debit card to pay for his groceries.

He looks at you as though you are crazy, but his expression softens and he thanks you... he sort of expected you to tell him something like "you owe me" but you didn't... And it messed with him for half the day.

He ran into you again, this time he had money on him and he offered to take you somewhere nice. After all, his groceries weren't cheap.

You were flattered that he was willing to take you somewhere, but you could practically hear his stomach growling.

"You know, you can save money and just invite me over to your place for dinner" you tell him, assuming he didn't really have much money... but then he took you to the nice hotel he's staying at

You help him cook and before you know it, the two of you are enjoying a candle lit dinner.

You would've stayed the night if you could, but between Goemon telling you that his friends would be back soon and that you telling him that you have work in the morning, you just couldn't stay

Before you left he asked where you work, totally not because he wanted to check in on you to see if you wanted to do something after work because he feels as though he hasn't properly returned the favor, when you told him you were a cop, he got a bit tense, but you assured him that your not the same kind that's going out of their way to make someone's day worse.

While that was assuring, now he wasn't sure if it was gonna work out between the two of you... but something about you... he can't stop thinking about you. He knows you may very well turn him in if you find out he's a criminal... but I guess that's half the thrill, the other half being trying to repay you for your selfless act.

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Fujiko

Her ride was pulled over and charged with a dui. Without a ride and the fact that the hotel she's staying at is on the other side of the city, she was desperate and asked you to take her back to the hotel after dropping the drunk taxi driver off at the police station.

Of course you weren't going to leave a beautiful woman in high heels and an outfit like her's to walk to the other side of the city at this hour, so you agreed.

Ater dropping off the Taxi driver, the two of you made casual conversation... which evolved into Fujiko asking if you're dating anyone, which causes your face to feel like it's burning.

You knew where this was going, and you were still on the clock, so was it really right to flirt with the woman your helping? Probably not... however, she did flirt first, and her words are like that of a siren's song, plucking at your heart, finding what you desire and use it against you as a lure.

Eventually you cave and give her your number and tell her to text whenever you feel like talking again.

Af course, Fujiko had other things in mind. Because whenever she'd text you, it was always something flirty and provocative. Some instances make you regret opening your inbox in public.

Eventually, the two of you do start going out to have fancy dinners and romantic evenings, and you've grown used to it... but all good things come to an end as she informs you she's "moving" out of the country.

The relationship keeps going on as a long distant one of course, but you always look forward to when she'd visit your city again...

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Author's Note

I feel as though I suck at romantic writing, that's always one thing I had trouble doing in my high school creative writing class... then again, I've aged, hopefully my writing skills also aged???

[wanderingaroundwithmysoul]

hc + 💔 for a headcanon about a sad experience

hc + 🤥 for a lie-themed headcanon

hc + 😶 for a headcanon about a secret they know of / keep

hc + 😴 for a sleep-themed headcanon

Below the cut 'cause I kinda went ham

💔 for a HC about a sad experience

Despite her attempts to suck it up, seventeen-year-old Rain does cry in her room when Tasha, her girlfriend at the time, moves away and doesn't speak to her again. It turns out Tasha's parents found out about the relationship and cut them off from each other, but Rain doesn't know, so she's upset and kinda angry that the one person she decided to let in (outside of her family) during her school years seems to instantly start ignoring her.

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The first time Bad Rain sees one of her comrades die (a Kaplan), she's genuinely upset about it. It's the only time she gets to feel sad about something like that, though, as her attempt to save him involved her ignoring orders from Red Queen. She's promptly taken in for a reprogramming session to repair her "defects".

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When Good Rain nearly hits Suburban Alice and Becky with her Prius, she's trying to get back home to grab her three dogs. When she finally makes it there sometime after the car crash, she can't find them and doesn't figure out what happened to them.

🤥 for a lie-themed HC

The lies Rain tells most frequently are about how she feels. She's not that injured, she doesn't have a soft spot for that person, she's fine, it's not a big deal, etc... Also, one time she got really hammered and puked in Spence's shoes, then said it wasn't her.

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Due to her programming, it's an actual challenge for Bad Rain to tell lies. If she tries to say anything greater than some little white lie, it's like there's a block in her throat that doesn't let anything but the truth pass.

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Good Rain is a terrible liar. Her tone of voice is entirely unconvincing and almost always gives her away.

😶 for a HC about a secret they know of / keep

The sexuality of her best friend, J.D. This is really only tied to my portrayal of him (though I guess if anyone else writes MLM J.D., it'd be cool to incorporate something like this into his and Rain's dynamic?) Anyway, the first time J.D. ever tried to be intimate with another dude, Rain accidentally barged in on it, and that was how she found out he's bi. He's not out and she promised not to tell anybody, confiding in him that she's not straight either.

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It's not... technically a secret, but Bad Rain thinks it is. She's aware that aside from her superior, Jill, everybody around her is a clone. The truth is, all of the clone soldiers are aware that they're surrounded by clones. However, they're not allowed to discuss that amongst themselves, nor are they aware of their own true nature. They all think they're the original.

😴 for a sleep-themed HC

Rain doesn't like sleeping with the covers on. She'll let them cover her feet and nothing else.

Before the whole apocalypse thing happens, she never sleeps with a shirt on. Just sweats or her boxers.

She has a tendency to drool a lil' bit. And snore.

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Bad Rain usually sleeps sorta like a plank of wood. Just... flat on her back, legs straight out, arms crossed or just one hand resting on her stomach.

Before her programming breaks, she's never able to remember her dreams.

She's a fairly light sleeper. When she wakes up, her eyes will almost always snap open... I don't know why I always want to make the late-apocalypse era clone soldiers weirdly robotic.

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Good Rain loves getting up way before the sun just because. Maybe she'll go on an early jog, maybe she'll simply watch TV or something.

One of her three dogs is usually cuddling with her while she sleeps. Sometimes they all try to fit on her bed, but they're big and there's not enough room.

If the weather's decent enough, she will have the window cracked.

[infinitethree]

OOC::

This is gonna be a bunch of links to the Sanctuary builds, which are also linked in the doc of docs & taglist/links page on the sidebar.

I'll be adding some images I want to say something about. Also, just know that I frequently have gone back and tweaked or even completely redid parts of it.

Builds; Old-> New, save for Updates which is new-> old to show any new stuff easier.

Overall has over a thousand pics spanning from January 11th 2022 to a week or so ago. I've been working on this 1.16.5 creative world for what my launcher tells me is over 14 days of time spent entirely in-game.

There are over 150 mods used, ranging from itty bity ones ("No Potion Shift" at 3KB & "Shut Up Experimental Settings" at 5KB) to almost comically large ones ("Caves & Cliffs Backport" at 50,313 KB & "Modern XL" at 37,090 KB).

I run it on a laptop, but I do have to turn pretty much everything else off. I usually switch to my phone for music/podcasts + Discord and have just the game running. Also, I got this model specifically to handle Minecraft and for having ample space for my music. I have all of it stored on my computer and played through MusicBee, because I don't want a million ads.

You might notice that it takes a looooong time for most of the buildings to get roofs. This is because I didn't understand how those blocks worked. And also I just don't like doing them much; they're boring compared to the character detail stuff.

-Overall

-Updates (New-> Old)

-Day + Theo + Lee & Temp Refugees

-Dee + Orph + Perce & Forge

-Atlas + Quizzy & Adamantium

-KinderSofter!Crew [Perce’s friends] -Poison Farm

-Aster

-Daz + Raine

-Aleph + Khons

-Council of the Star Headquarters It's not in the actual album (since the dates don't align, because it was just a screengrab to share with Noodley vs a proper screenshot), but these were the original blocks I planned on using for the three main Summer Hills houses:

The mod with the tiles and logs got removed early on, so I had to pick something else to use. I like the end result way better, though; each house has a more distinct flavor while still being fairly cohesive.

If I had to pick a specific detail as my favorite, it'd have to be the creeper plushies. At some point, Lee decides that creepers are protectors; thus, anyone he cares about needs to have a plush version. Sentiments on the look of them are...mixed.

Theo thinks they're creepy as hell but his baby brother gave those to him-- thus, they're above his gear as an 'intimidation tactic'; Day is, uh, not super keen on waking up from a nightmare to the sight of creepers, so he has them out of his line of sight; Perce's friends think it's almost tooth-rottingly sweet but in a /pos way, etc.

It all spawned off of seeing the creepers in the "Modern XL" mod, and realized those are EXACTLY the sort weird, kinda unnerving thing a kid would latch onto.

Day, Theo

Dee, Orph, Atlas

Perce, Lee (there are just barely 5 in the shot and that's not even all of them!)

Quizzy

Oisin, Agni [Perce's friends]

Damon, Oxylos [Perce's friends

Aster, Khons + Aleph

Daz, Raine

And here's a few pics of things specifically referenced in prose:

Sibling Acceptance Rituals, chapter 1 (where they're standing near Theo's room)

Sibling Acceptance Rituals, chapter 2 (very start of the chapter)

any scene in the den of the main house

Progress is Relative, chapter 3 (referenced; Dee's lamps that "look like honey but do NOT taste like it")

Polaris Shines Above; Aster's temporary room

Polaris Shines Above, chapter 9 ([redacted], obviously VERY in progress)

Uhhh and it looks like I ran out of space. Hmm. I...will shuffle the Piccrew/Art to its own post, lmao.

I'm absolutely willing to answer questions about things anyone is curious about!! I love explaining myself, and more importantly, explaining things about my silly little blorbos. Or even just what mods I used.

[naughtygirl286]

This week Everything was set, all who were going were ready and so we went to see Evil Dead Rise and boy were those Dead Evil lol

Now in all seriousness I personally am not a big fan of the Evil Dead franchise I have seen the original trilogy and have it on DVD. We went to see the 2013 remake, I read some of the comics and watched the first season of the TV show (I plan to watch the rest at some point) but anyway with all that its not really one of my favorite things. Its more of a "friends" thing like I know ppl who think its the greatest thing and I take part in it becasue they like it. I kinda see it like Zombie stuff I'm not a huge fan of Zombies and it takes alot for me to get interested in that but I'll watch Zombie stuff to make certain friends happy. So with that I wasn't really super interested in going to see this but I went anyway. and it was an alright movie I can say it was very wet and gooey and plenty of sticky bloody messes everywhere lol there was plenty of gore and and grossness but it was so over the top at times that it felt kinda silly in away

As for the story you kinda start at the end of the movie first like the opening sequence is kind of like an epilogue in the grand scheme of the entire story but after that it does a "the day before" type of thing so the entire movie takes place all in one night. It follows a Mother and her 3 kids as they are packing up and getting ready to move becasue the apartment building where they live s being torn down at the end of the month. During the night a storm is raining heavy as the Mother's Sister shows up for a visit. During this the Mother sends the kids out to get a Pizza and on their way back an earthquake happens which opens a hole in the parking garage to a hidden chamber where one of the kids goes in and finds a book "Bound in Human Flesh and penned in Blood" and of course does the stupid thing and takes it home along with some old vinyl records and then while home they are messing with it and open it and release the "Evil" turning their Mom into a Deadite and then she goes on to infect others turning them into one too and it is up to the the Aunt and the kids to stop it if they can..

Now I have to say The visuals and practical make-up and all that were all excellently done the production design on this was pretty amazing. The ripping of the girls scalp off around the first was kinda cool. and the weird monster things where all the Deadites merged into on creature was interesting also and that whole thing with the wood chipper was something.. lol and all the crazy stuff they had Alyssa Sutherland who plays the Mother Ellie do was pretty good but yeah It was all pretty crazy tho

Now I can say it wasn't really scary I didn't feel that it was I didn't jump at anything or feel scared at all it was all I just feel that it was all pretty wild and over the top. I did feel it was a little weird at times and like I said it was all very gooey and blood soaked I do feel that the acting was good and very intense and like I said Alyssa Sutherland who plays the Mother Ellie as soon as she get possessed she totally steals the show!! and everyone else did a great job too I think while filming this they probably had alot of laughs

but other then that it was an alright movie they did do some references to the original movies this one is suppose to have no ties to the originals but they do use some familiar lines and a chainsaw is involved lol but yeah like I said it was alright. If you like the Evil Dead series/franchise you might like this one.

[noxturnallyevermore]

Tw: (Nonexplicit, Implied) Major Character Death. Implied Mass Genocide.

Word count: 1,291 words

A writing I did, kinda a vent piece. It's also an original work, you don't know the characters (neither do I).

Two forces stood at the edge of a cliff. The chilled wind howled harshly around them, yet went ignored in all but necessity to plant feet into long dead grass or be kidnapped by the North Wind.

"What happened to you? I thought you were good now, I thought you changed!" The Hero yelled into the face of their friend, close enough to where it wasn't needed, even over the wind. Standing toe-to-toe, anger on their face evidence of internal unease twisted into ugliness.

The friend, once a villain, stared back at the Hero, known only as the paragon of good. Villain's gaze held no contempt, only confusion and hurt. They've no clue what brought this about, had they really not changed? No, they have. They are no longer that person anymore. The one who hurts others for no reason except so that they don't get hurt themselves, the one who destroys to prevent their own destruction. The Once Villain allows themself to get hurt now. Suppose this will be an addition to the growing list. Will it continue to grow more after this?

"I have changed. I didn't know you did too. I guess one of us can be wrong." Villain whispers in turn, barely audible above the weather. Resignation at the hands of a turn of events so cruel, did this come about due to a misunderstanding?

Winds blow harsher and the two forces grab each other for support, The Hero grabbing Villain's shirt and Villain grabbing hold of The Hero's shoulders. A hand immediately shifts to The Hero's face, cupping a cheek so tenderly it's impossible to mistake it for anything malicious. The Hero knows those hands could level cities in a snap, anyone like that holding something so preciously could never wish to destroy it. And yet. The Hero believes those Villain's hands will never be clean of those misdeeds.

"Of course I've changed, Villain. One doesn't just go through what we have and not come out changed." Rage softens into fondness in the Hero's eyes for just a moment, that intoxicating understanding Villain loves so much, craves with their entire being. "But that's the issue, isn't it? I change and it's imperceivable, nobody cares. But you change and you haven't really, you will always have blood on your hands." Strong hands tightens into fists, twisting into Villain's shirt, their face shifting once again into one of a rage that only further confuses the villain. The hold was as necessary as it was equal to signify their anger.

"I don't understand. What have I done to cause this? Tell me what I've done. Why do you bring up my past?" Villain drops their touch like it burns, despite the freezing wind shaking the world around them. A bitterness rises within their aching heart, sorrowed tears coming to the corners of their eyes, not yet ready to fall and chilled by the air. Pushing away from the Hero's hold, Villain takes a step back towards the edge of the cliff.

"As if you don't know." Scoffing, the Hero drops their death grip with ease to let Villain back away, only to grab Villain's hands crushingly in one of their own and pull them back, away from the treacherous edge. The Hero gestures out to the town below said cliff, a sight of destruction and carnage. It's not the first time Villain is seeing this since they've got here, they watched it happen, and that's what this entire thing is about?

The wind turns to rain, nearly hail, not quite snow. The dirt beneath their soles turns to mud, the view of the town grows opaque. Bitterness turns to anger with the growing obscurity of the town behind sheets of heavy precipitation.

"You think I did that." It is but a simple murmur into the space between them, a statement of fact. Ice in their eyes so cold it burns, their anger was always the quiet kind.

"I know you did, it has your signature on it, I would know it in my sleep. Who else but you, Villain?" The Hero exasperates, their free hand gesturing to the carnage of the town now dragging down their features, marring their flawless features into something scrunched and ugly, even The Paragon of Good has imperfections. Villain would've thought it cute under other circumstances. The Hero's other hand still grasps tight around Villain's wrist.

"I don't know, a copycat? You aren't the only person on this planet who knows my M.O." Villain deadpans. "You catch them all the time."

"It's been years since something like this has happened. Copycats have never even attempted something as wide scale as this, only you would've." The Hero's expression softens in an inkling of nostalgia, their grip going lax once again. "Only you Villain, I-"

"Don't call me Villain! As you just said, it's been years, Hero! Is that all I am to you? Is that all I'll ever be? It's been years and I haven't spilled blood once, not committed a single crime once and yet I am still the one you turn to with nothing but blame!" Villain finally snaps, their quiet rage coming alive like a raging inferno.

It's the Hero's turn to look confused, a shaking finger pointed at their face, just barely brushing their nose. The rain soaks through their clothes now, dousing the fires of the town below but it won't undo the carnage. For a moment, the wind has ceased.

"What do you-" Starts the Hero, only to be cut off once again.

"No! You will let me speak. Did it never occur to you that the one you cast me aside for may very well be the one behind all this? Not even the most paramount of paragons can redeem every villain and yet you seem inclined to try!" Their rage goes quiet once more, firm, even their exclamations are back to barely above a whisper. No need to yell when the storm is breaking, if only for a moment. Villain backs out of the Hero's personal space, gesticulating wildly along their words, as they've always done while trying to make a point. Some habits will always stay the same.

"Villain, will you just-" The Hero tries one more time, worry now crossing their features, reaching for Villain's hand once again.

"Don't call me Villain when you know my name." Their tone drops by the octave, yanking further away from the Hero's reach.

Temperature dropping even further, the winds pick up harshly once more, could now rival a blizzard's. Breaths come in visible puffs. Chests heaving in tandem in the charged pause, quiet if not for the screaming gusts of air slicing the space between them. Heavy snow kisses their dripping hair and freezes their drenched clothes. Mud beneath their feet now proving to be as difficult an adversary as they used to be to each other.

An explosion shakes the ground, the Hero looking away from Villain to see the aforementioned Replacement step out of a cloud of smoke with a vile grin and arms spread wide; an almost manic look to their eye, trained only on the Hero.

"I knew I would find you here. But what's strange is that you are alone. Oh well, do you like what I've done for you? It was all for you! All for you." But the words fall on unhearing ears, the Hero looking back to the empty space where Villain once stood. At the edge of the cliff.

The Hero scrambles to the edge, locking eyes with a plummeting Villain. A hoarse, broken scream of the Villain's name into the storm and Villain mouths one phrase, closing their eyes, the tears finally falling.

"I told you so."

[believeinyourotp]

List of Ships

Adaraverse

DylAra (childhood friends to lovers, plus royals)

ArroCy (childhood friends)

Adventure Time

Fiona x Marshall Lee (idk honestly)

Agi.oc’s Butterfly Saga

Jew’hea

Jel’hea

Ris’EL

Blise

Agi.oc’s Rise Storyline (+crossovers)

Tise (OTP)

Jew’hea

Ros’hea

Tigel

Blise

Ris’EL

Agi.oc’s Snow White and Black Pearl

Suthea (Mild, I’m not to crazy about it, but I think they’d make cute pair, even though I’m sure they won’t become canon)

AriSia

Akeelah and the Bee

Dylan x Akeelah (rivals to lovers)

Avatar the Last Airbender

Yue x Sokka (tragic destined lovers, other than that, idk)

Big Hero 6

Tomadashi (friends to lovers)

BPRs and Other Sim stories

Splash of Color

BubbLace (OTP, online friends to lovers, troubled lovers to meant to be)

MerFairy (idk, they could have worked things out)

OliBer (OTP)

Until My Color Fades Away

RoyalBerry (OTP)

Lost in Wonderland

P’Alice (Peter x Alice)

Trust (was taken down already, but this is just from memory)

River (reddish brown hair) x MC (maybe Rain, forgot already, she had black hair in a low ponytail, sported a greyish black hoodie)

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Nabrina

Calbrina

Cursed Princess Club

Lance x Gwen (mostly because I think Lance is the most handsomest out of the Plaid Princes, but also I know how iffy people might be because of the 3-2 year age gap, so maybe an AU where they’re older, and Gwen is not interested in his brother)

Suzanna x Lorena (you can view them how you want, but I feel that they kinda view each other as their precious friend, so it’s a good foundation for something more

Descendants

Chevie (Chad x Evie, manipulative jerk turned to honest and kinder lover)

BAudrey (Ben x Audrey, original couple working things out)

Ever After High

Dexven

Dapple (Daring x Apple, arranged marriage childhood friends to lovers)

Darlase

Ginger x Darling (minor)

Bunstair

Huntlyn (specifically that one genderbent au with a normie guy and cool girl)

Fairytail

NaLi (OTP)

GrayLu (OTP)

Simon x Erza (truth be told this is one of the reasons why I don’t have an OTP for Erza, because I’m a multishipper)

NatZa (sometimes a friendly way, sometimes slightly romantic)

Jerza (It gets really confusing with all the Jellal lookalikes to be honest, because I’m just really confused when I read and watched it, like it cute but you also have to figure out what is going on along with Erza)

Gray x Natsu (Occasionally ship them, but sometimes I’m like they’re like friends, I guess, not really sure, kinda having an internal debate on how I view them, like are they found family or what, ugh…)

MiraFreed (I just did during that one arc, also don’t really ship her with anyone else, not even Laxus)

RenCherry (This is really minor, I did think they were cute)

Lyvia (OTP, If she wasn’t obsessed with Gray, and noticed a certain ice mage who would give her just as much affection if not more, they’d be so cute)

Carla and Lily (I think I was just bored with the main ships and was like might as well ship them)

GajEvy (like I don’t mind them being past enemies, but it would have been cool to see a traumatized Levy more, then she slowly begins to realize that Gajeel is a nice person after a LONG or DECENT period of trying to gain her trust, and when they fall in love, it a complete surprise for the audience and the ship, but it’s done so well that the audience is like oh well let them be together)

ChEndy because if I had to choose someone for Wendy, I rather it be someone who didn’t know her before the timeskip and not just some guy of the opposite sex.

Elfgreen (they’re funny and cute)

Firebreather

Isabel x Duncan

Frozen

Hansanna: A ship that if Disney actually let become can or even semi-canon, would finally be a ship that they did differently, a lovers to enemies then back to lovers (OTP)

Girls’ of Wilds

Goseul x Jaegu

Moon Young x Hi Gyeong

Gangrok x Yeojung

GOL Universe

Game of Love

Adriel x Isabella (everyone keeps thinking that the entire Halyston is all related to each other, it’s hilarious but also kinda irritating. Adriel and Isabella aren’t blood related, but they are kinda related in family history but not really legally, it’s complicated I guess)

Rodrigue x Isabella (they’re ok, I think Rodrigue is really traumatized and doesn’t want to depend on anyone to stop his nightmares from taking over his life, and he’s afraid if he loves Isabella, she will die, I predict that he will do whatever he can to keep her alive, once he opens up and fall in love with her)

Ariana x Akito (can’t tell if the author is trying to develop a possible relationship between them, which is kinda exciting, but I love them a lot, enemies to lovers vibes)

Shanth x Scarlet (Charming boy x Prissy mean girl villain, the author is probably not gonna do much with them, but I want to see her reaction every time she meets him)

Game of Life

Kaena x Hailey (love me myself a secondary/possible subtle couple)

Sykephen x Anah (Crazy ML x a caring and soft non-main lead)

Harry Potter

Harmione (Friends to Lovers)

Dramione (Enemies to Lovers)

Harry x OC

Hooky

Mark x Dani (slightly older crush x headstrong girl)

Monica (childhood friends to lovers)

I’m the Queen in This Life

Ariadne x Alfonso (one sided enemies to lovers)

I Love Yoo

Dieter x Shin Ae (rejected aquaintance to lovers)

Kousuke x Meg (possible avoidant x obsessed (in a good way because they care too much) to reversed roles)

Kingdom Hearts

SoRiKai (childhood friends trio)

Rikai (the ML’s love rival x ML’s crush)

Marvel Cinematic Universe and Shows

Lincoln x Daisy (OTP)

Deke x Daisy

Ben x Daisy (that one guy she met in the lighthouse in space)

BioAstronaut

CaraWard (minor

MayDrew (OTP)

Gordon x Raina

Hunter x Morse (minor)

Alex x Ruby (minor)

CousAlind

Steve x Peggy x Sousa (do poly couples cowards)

Tony x Pepper

Scott x Hope

Miraculous Ladybug

Nathanette ships (OTP)

AliRose (OTP)

AdriGami

ChloDrien

Liladrien

Lukadrien

Marikim

Felinette

JuLila (inspo @gowonielovely )

Felix x Bridgette

Ninonette (minor)

Missions of Love

Hisame x Mami (OTP)

Monster High

Heath x Draculaura (maybe I just like jerks with hopeless romantic potential)

Monster Prom

Oz x Vicky

My Hero Academia

Izumei (this a hint, if I had nickel or dime for every time I shipped Deku with a crazy girl, I’d have two which is not a lot, it’s cool it happened twice)

Dekulissa (minor, kinda watched clips from a movie and thought they had adorable kids in that one Kacchako AU)

TogaDeku (OTP)

TogaChako (Toga made Ochako a better hero)

Kacchako (not sure if I like ship it, but they’re funny in that one AU)

My Little Pony Universe

Flash x Twilight (OTP)

Timber x Sci!Twi

Ouran High School Host Club

KyoHaru

Nekozawa x Renge (minor)

Persona 5

Shiho x Joker ships

PPG’s Winx NG

CrysAngel (pretty guy x handsome girl)

Sera x Reed (OTP)

Bellavon

Henry x Levi

Drake x Elsa x Kenneth

Riverdale

Main 4 polycule

Bughead

Romantic Killer

Junta x Anzu

Riri/Rio x Anzu

Romeo and Juliet

Paris x Juliet

Romeo x Rosaline

Anime

Romeo x Juliet

RWBY

Elderburn

Thunder thighs (OTP, Mercury x Nora)

Tauradonna (OTP, Lovers to Enemies to Lovers)

Neiss (OTP)

Ironwitch (OTP)

Rich Data Farms (OT3, Whitley x Penny x Oscar)

CinnaBun

Rose Lotus (OTP)

NeoRen

Weiss x Pilot

Rich Farmers

Data Farms

White Lotus

Frostbite

Black Rose Lotus

Sunflowyr

Shokugeki no Soma

Soumegu (OTP, friends to lovers)

EriSako (OTP, childhood friends to lovers)

Star Vs. the Forces of Evil

Jarco (OTP, aquaintances to friends to lovers)

Tomstar (OTP, childhood friends to lovers)

Stranger Things

Stancy (right person, wrong time)

Super Secret

Victor x Emma (OTP, forbidden love(?))

The Owl House

Edric x Luz

Lunter (AU where they’re not part of some found family like implied)

The Vampire Diaries Universe

TVD

Damon x Elena

The Originals

Hayley x Elijah

Davina x Tim

Legacies

HoLarke

Sebastian x Lizzie (AU)

Penelope x Josie

Total Drama Island

The Main Cast

Courtney x Justin

Owen x Izzy

Pakitew

Sky x Dave

Wednesday

Tyler x Wednesday (OTP)

Bianca x Wednesday

Enid x Ajax

Winx

Fate

Sam x Musa

Stella x Sky

Series

Jared x Musa (OTP)

Diaspro x Sky

Yandere Sim

Ayano x Taro (OTP)

Budo x Puresu

Budo x Osana

Budo x Raibaru

Ayano x Male Rivals

Yugioh (still haven’t gotten through the main series)

Season 0

Bakura x Miho (OTP)

Kaiba x Miho

[tigerkirby215]

5e Vex, the Gloomiest build (League of Legends)

(Artwork by Horace “Hozure” Hsu. Made for Riot Games.)

Writing this build in a dark room late at night, super tired and stuff... Stuck inside cause of this dumb virus... AFKing in TFT for a Prestige skin like a tryhard... It’s kinda aesthetic, ya know?

GOALS

Another person to kill... Shadow? Can you handle it? - You don’t need best friends: you’ve got your Shadow. He’s the only cool one, because he’s basically you.

Ugh. Can we get some rain clouds in here? - No one likes a debbie downer, but everyone loves a good scare!

Man, walking suuuucks - Nowadays even the anti-dash champion needs a resetting dash. “Do the thing, Shadow.”

RACE

I could make Vex a Harengon to justify her rabbit ears, but she doesn’t really do much “jumping.” That, and I didn’t buy Wild Beyond the Witchlight. So Halfling still works good enough for a yordle. Your Dexterity increases by 2, and while your movement speed goes down to 25 you have Halfling Nimbleness to move through people who are bigger than you. You’re also “Brave” for advantage against fears (when you hang around the Shadow Isles stuff really isn’t that scary) and of course have good ol’ yordle Lucky to reroll Nat 1s.

Halflings are normally pretty cheerful but Ghostwise Halflings are perfectly dark. You’d normally increase your Wisdom by 1 but I’d recommend increasing your Constitution instead. But I mean, it’s not a big deal if you take Wisdom instead. It is only +1. You also get Silent Speech to keep to team chat with 30 foot telepathy. I mean, they have to understand your languages but at least you don’t have to tell everyone what you’re talking about. And oh yeah you obviously speak Common and Halfling.

ABILITY SCORES

15; CHARISMA - Turns out when you don’t release any new yordles for (wait it’s been 5 years since Kled was released? Holy shit) people end up wanting them.

14; DEXTERITY - Just because you don’t like walking doesn’t mean you’re slow.

13; CONSTITUTION - Imagine dying like a normie.

12; WISDOM - Vex isn’t sad because she’s pessimistic. She’s just realistic.

10; INTELLIGENCE - You’re too cool for school. (And I needed everything else more.)

8; STRENGTH - Ughhh I don’t wanna lift heavy stuff! I’m tired...

BACKGROUND

I guess you’re technically a Haunted One, even if the black mist is the best thing that ever happened to you. You get proficiency in Arcana and Survival as well as two language of your choice to talk to your "allies.��� (I guess one of them has to be exotic or whatever.) (I’d personally pick Sylvan as the language of yordles and whatever language the majority of your party knows as your second choice, but that’s just me.)

The thing that sucks about having a Heart of Darkness is that everyone keeps trying to help you, thinking that your sadness (and the living shadow on your back) is something to be fixed. I mean, at least you can get the NPC normies to help you, as long as you don’t spook ‘em. “No doctors! I told you: being sad makes me happy.”

(Artwork by @ToggleD0wnFall on Twitter.)

THE BUILD

or whatever...

LEVEL 1 - SORCERER 1

Starting as a Sorcerer for saving throws and stuff. Also proficiency in Intimidation and... Persuasion, I guess? Look, persuading people that you’re fine “no really” is a skill too.

I wonder what Sorcerous Origin we’ll pick... If only there was one based entirely on shadows and darkness... Oh hey Shadow Magic. As a Shadow Sorcerer you get Eyes of the Dark for 120 feet of Darkvision to see with your dumb Halfling eyes, and Strength of the Grave which will let Shadow take a hit for you. (As long as you make a good Charisma save.)

But of course the main appeal of a Sorcerer is the Spellcasting. You can learn 4 cantrips from the Sorcerer list and two level spells: For cantrips Mage Hand will let Shadow pick things up for you, Mind Sliver and Sword Burst will keep loud people off you both up close and from afar, and Prestidigitation will let you do all sorts of normie yordle magic. As for leveled spells Shield and Mage Armor are both kinda mandatory for some Personal Space.

LEVEL 2 - WARLOCK 1

What? Did you really think we wouldn’t get at least some support from adults? Work for that cool gloomy dude Viego and make a pack with The Undead. That’s because Undead are super dark and morbid and have a Form of Dread: as a bonus action you can turn on your Doom and Gloom for 1 minute. You get some temporary hit points, fear people when you hit them, and are immune to fears yourself. You can transform a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus and regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

You also get Pact Magic, which is different from normie Spellcasting because you get the cool stuff done with just a Short Rest. Anyways you can learn two cantrips from the Warlock list like Minor Illusion to have Shadow trick some normies and Eldritch Blast to Eldritch while you Blast. You can also grab some first level Warlock spells like Hex to mark people you don’t like, and Arms of Hadar if you really need your Personal Space.

LEVEL 3 - WARLOCK 2

Second level Warlocks get their Eldritch Invocations for extra stuff that you don’t have to put effort into. While Armor of Shadows does exist it’s honestly better for you to cast Mage Armor with a spell slot, so with that being said take Agonizing Blast to agonize while you blast and Eldritch Mind so you can keep your concentration around annoying people.

You can also learn another spell like Hellish Rebuke, because people just keep barging into your Personal Space!

LEVEL 4 - SORCERER 2

Now that you can agonize your blasts it’s time to go back to Sorcerer. Second level Sorcerers get a Font of Magic for Sorcery Points which currently don’t do much other than give you more spell slots. You can turn your Warlock slots into Sorcery points though, which is good because they come back on a Short Rest but the rest of your magic does not.

You can also cast another spell like Earth Tremor, to slow people down with Looming Darkness and sunder the land with your edginess.

LEVEL 5 - SORCERER 3

Third level Sorcerers finally get Metamagic! Empowered Spell will allow you to maximize your damage and retain your role as an artillery mage. Alternatively if you want to guarantee fears in your foes take Heightened Spell to give them disadvantage to resist Shadow’s influence.

If you want Shadow to stick around then Dust Devil will swirl around for quite awhile. Alternatively Shadow (Magic) also teaches you Darkness for free, and you can cast it with 2 Sorcery Points to see through it! Your friends can’t see through it, but you can team up with Shadow for some powerful combos when you can see them but they can’t see you!

(Artwork by @jpdiasarts on Twitter.)

LEVEL 6 - SORCERER 4

4th level Sorcerers get the first of many Ability Score Improvements, but I can’t take Fey Touched every time for Flash. That, and we won’t give into basic yordle society. So let’s get value out of our Halfling race with the Second Chance feat. Along with +1 to your Charisma you can also use your reaction to make an enemy you can see attacking you reroll their attack roll, potentially making them miss.

Don’t use this against an attack that you can Shield against, but if someone gets a really good roll you can use this to get your Personal Space back! You can only use this once per combat though (it comes back when you roll for initiative!) so make sure to use it when it matters to keep your spell slots in check.

Oh and you can also learn another spell, and another cantrip! For your cantrip Shocking Grasp will help you push people away if they get too close (folk tend to react poorly when zapped by a tazer!) As for leveled spells Web will keep foes from dashing around, and is also pretty flammable. Huhn; wonder if that’ll be useful.

LEVEL 7 - SORCERER 5

5th level Sorcerers get gifts from the Ruined Queen Tasha in the form of Magical Guidance. You can use a Sorcery point to reroll a d20 if needed, potentially squeezing a success out. Don’t use this all the time (even if Warlock slots means you’ll have plenty of Sorcery points to spare) but this can be very useful in an emergency!

You can also learn third level spells and hey: Fireball may be a normie spell, but it’s still pretty effective. It’s maybe a bit too flashy to be Looming Darkness but it’s a good source of AoE damage which isn’t as loud and annoying as Shatter.

LEVEL 8 - SORCERER 6

All this time being a Shadow Sorcerer and Shadow hasn’t even done anything for us! Well how about you go out there and get some work done, Shadow? For 3 Sorcery points you can summon a Hound of Ill Omen to target a foe within 120 feet of you.

Shadow is basically a Dire Wolf except he’s Medium, has temp HP equal to half your Sorcerer level, can move through stuff (but takes damage if he ends his turn in stuff), and automatically chases whoever you told him to go for. Shadow will appear 30 feet away from the person you told him to get, and will chase after him like I said. All he’ll really do is attack the target you told him to though; he won’t even opportunity attack unless it’s the person you told him to chase. But if Shadow’s near someone they have disadvantage on their saving throws, which is pretty cool. (Unfortunately it’s only against spells, not your Form of Dread.)

Speaking of saving throws: Slow is a really great way to keep normies from running around doing annoying stuff. And you don’t have to hit Shadow with it which is pretty cool.

(Artwork by @Lauriquess on Twitter.)

LEVEL 9 - WARLOCK 3

Third level Warlocks get to choose their Pact Boon: if you want a really small Shadow go for Pact of the Chain, and if you want your cool necklace go for Pact of the Talisman, but we’ll be going for Pact of the Tome because you’re mostly a spellcaster really. (And we definitely don’t have enough cantrips.)

You get a Book of Shadows (See? Books can be cool!) with three cantrips: take Thaumaturgy to be extra spooky, Vicious Mockery for some sick teenage burns, and Sapping Sting to make normies fall over when you fear them. Some might say that 10 total cantrips by level 9 is a bit overkill but look on the dark side: you’ve now got a cantrip for basically every type of saving throw in case you can’t hit with Eldritch Blast!

Honestly none of the Pact Boons are particularly important for Vex so I picked the one that made the most sense. Feel free to take something more practical since 10 cantrips is admittedly overkill.

Oh and you can learn more Warlock spells, so now it’s time to finally take Misty Step. For Flash!

LEVEL 10 - WARLOCK 4

4th level Warlocks get another Ability Score Improvement: getting more Charisma for better spellcasting is probably a good idea.

You can also learn another spell, and hey look another cantrip. For your cantrip even if more damage options are kinda overkill by this point Chill Touch inflicts Grievous Wounds, which might be useful. You can also grab another second level spell and Blindness / Deafness (which is on the Undead list) is far more useful than any of the other normie options you’d have at this level anyways.

LEVEL 11 - WARLOCK 5

5th level Warlocks get another Eldritch Invocation, and even if you’ve got a resetting dash you’re still a squishy mage. So grab Tomb of Levistus for Zhonya's Hourglass.

You can also grab third level Warlock spells now! Remember how I took Fireball and complained that it wasn’t a good replica of Looming Darkness? Well Hunger of Hadar takes your Concentration but it’s a lot edgier!

LEVEL 12 - WARLOCK 6

6th level Undead Warlocks have become Grave Touched by the mist, and can make mist of their own! Along with being able survive without eating, drinking, or breathing you can turn any of your damage into necrotic damage. If you’re in your Form of Dread however you can add one extra damage die to whatever you’re using to get people to buzz off, adding to that morbid and macabre aesthetic.

You can also add another spell and if you’re bored with Shadow being a wolf how about you make them a Summon Shadowspawn? Weaponize your Fury, Despair, or Fear (I’d honestly recommend Fury since it has good synergy with your Dreadful Aspect) and work together with Shadow to deal with all your annoying foes! I’d also suggest replacing Hellish Rebuke with Counterspell, because even if the former fits better the latter is way more useful.

(Artwork by Jennifer Wuestling. Made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 13 - WARLOCK 7

7th level Warlocks can finally activate Shadow Surge. Relentless Hex lets you mark a foe with Hex and then dash to them. And technically you can move Hex around after the fact to reset your dashes! And while you’re at it you may as well grab Dimension Door for Summoner Teleport.

You could also upgrade Summon Shadowspawn to Summon Aberration if you so desire, but Summon Shadowspawn is more than strong enough and far more fun and thematic.

LEVEL 14 - WARLOCK 8

Another Ability Score Improvement. Yay. Cap off your Charisma for the best spellcasting you can get out of Shadow. You can also learn another spell, but we’re going to wait for...

LEVEL 15 - WARLOCK 9

9th level Warlocks get another Eldritch Invocation: even if it’s kinda ineffective Ascendant Step is still pretty useful to have Shadow carry you around. I mean yeah it’s slow but not that much slower than walking for you, and Shadow can lift you up in the air. “Shadow; carry me...”

You can also learn 5th level spells. If one guy’s being particularly annoying Negative Energy Flood can get them to shut up and work for you. Alternatively if you want more Personal Space Antilife Shell is on the Undead List and will make sure normies keep faaaaar away.

LEVEL 16 - WARLOCK 10

Are you ever so sick of everything that you just want to explode? Necrotic Husk has two benefits: for one you’re resistant to Necrotic damage, and immune while in your Form of Dread because being around Viego for so long means you’re used to his work.

But additionally when you are reduced to 0 hit points you can use your reaction to drop to 1 hit point instead and cause your body to explode! Each creature of your choice within 30 feet of you takes 2d10 + your warlock level in Necrotic damage. You do gain 1 level of exhaustion after using this, and after using it once you can’t do so again until you finish 1d4 long rests. So I’d perhaps use Strength of the Grave first unless you really need to lash out.

I hope you weren’t expecting more spells because you aren’t getting them from Warlock: just a cantrip. By this point we’ve honestly got far too many cantrips so I dunno maybe just grab Prestidigitation again and swap it out from Sorcerer when you get the chance.

(Artwork by @DukkoArt on Twitter.)

LEVEL 17 - SORCERER 7

Finally back to our yordle roots: 7th level Sorcerers get 4th level spells like Storm Sphere for a sphere of darkness and angst. But I mean the real benefit is that you get more Sorcery points let’s be real.

Oh and you can swap out Prestidigitation for Gust I guess. Spooky winds and stuff. Either this level or next level depending on your DM.

LEVEL 18 - SORCERER 8

Your last Ability Score Improvement... You’re gonna have to ask: what’s more important to me? More Metamagic, or more Eldritch Invocations? If Metamagic is to your liking take Metamagic Adept for Careful Spell and Distant Spell along with two more Sorcery points to use on them. If you like Eldritch Invocations though Eldritch Adept has a ton of options as a level 10 Warlock. I won’t tell you what invocation to take (they’re all great boosts but none of them shout out at me as something you should prioritize) as there are plenty of options to make your own Vex now that they’re all grown up.

I can at least tell you what spell to take: none of them! Wait until next level!

Oh and you can swap out Prestidigitation for Gust I guess.

LEVEL 19 - SORCERER 9

9th level Sorcerers can learn 5th level spells which means you’ve finally caught up to your Warlock slots. And look at that: the good wish Tasha gave you one last way to weaponize Shadow. Bigby’s Hand does a bunch of cool stuff and is pretty much the ultimate way to make Shadow crush some normies. (Most literally.) Alternatively if you want to borrow from Viego Enervation will let you heal from the mist and also do some damage. Great if you’re stuck in a corner with a bunch of annoying normies.

LEVEL 20 - SORCERER 10

Our final level is the 10th level of Sorcerer for one last spell, one last cantrip, and one last metamagic option! For your metamagic it’s honestly about time you take Quickened Spell to up your DPS. For your cantrip take Mold Earth to dig holes in the sand and brood. And as for your leveled spell? Honestly I just like Synaptic Static, and there isn’t much else I want anyways.

FINAL BUILD

PROS

We’re all doomed. But you’re more doomed - 5th level spells pack more than enough punch, and you’ve got plenty of them. Warlock slots will always be at your fingertips, and Sorcery points give you plenty of flexibility too!

I can feel it: someone’s happy over there! - Along with giving you a temporary hitpoint shield Form of Dread puts a nice bit of CC on all your abilities. Keep enemies scared and sad with tons of Doom and Gloom!

Ugh. Stop copying me Shadow! - Hounds of Ill Omen are cool. Summon Shadowspawn is also cool. Bigby’s Hand is especially cool. And hey: even your lower level Concentration spells like Hex? They’re pretty cool too.

CONS

Ughhhhhhhhhh this is gonna take foreeeever! - You’ve got limited fumes, even for a coffeelock. Form of Dread has limited uses and there’s only so much spell slot melting you can do to get your magic back.

I’m dancing... Happy? - You’ve got a really boring set of really normie skills... and if you’re playing Vex the way she’s meant to be played you’re probably not going to use any of them except for Intimidation.

Yup; the glass is half empty - Half your levels are Sorcerer levels, meaning you’re squishy. You’ve also got Mage Armor on which guess what: also means you’re squishy. People who hit teenagers sure are lame but it’s really not hard to Power Word Kill you.

But I guess you’re pretty cool overall. Shadow’s an alright partner and you can spread Ruination even without Viego. Trudge around and get people to frown for once. There’s nothing wrong with being sad, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting the world to be sad. But do try to at least be happy out of character, because we play games to have fun. I mean, who’d play a video game that just makes you depressed and angry?

(Artwork by @AzzylumArt on Twitter.)

[nelovka]

power smp domestic rambles :]

- philza has weak ankles because he barely uses them, he never initially thought much about it but during caving trips he always sprains and twists his ankles and because ranboo worried he might break them he forced phil to wear ankle supporters. - wilbur swaps from being translucent to being illuminecent and reflective during solar and lunar eclipses. he has to hide himself from the others because he could burn their eyes out. - niki can imitate dolphins really well, in fact it’s her mother’s tongue and she considers herself fluent. - ranboo and tubbo can talk to eachother in ender since they’re both descendants from the end. niki likes to imitate the language but isn’t entirely sure what she’s saying half the time, and neither are the ender realm boys. - fragrenceman can’t actually smell for shit, in fact all his senses are scuffed. except for touch. this kind of means he’s really sensitive to air disturbance. wilburs tried to scare him countless times but fragranceman always turns and stares at the empty space he had previously been which he finds it extremely fucking creepy. - blazifold and ranboo don’t regularly talk much, but a few times they’ve ranted to eachother about how much they hate water. (niki finds it very funny). - tubbo’s armour isn’t magically more protective, he has shulker shells built into his skin which absorb shock and knock back. wilbur once tried to jumpscare him but tubbo didn’t even move forward when he hit the turtle kinner. he atleast expected him to startle and form a cube or something.. - tommy can chirp. he can- he can chirp. no one knew he could but wilbur pulled one out of him by jumping out a wall. now it’s a traditional thing to make fun of him for it. - leading into this, niki imitates his chirps and tommy hates it. he says it’s scarily accurate and sometimes he can’t tell if he’s just subconsciously doing it or if it’s niki. - jack has an overwhelmingly high internal temperature, to the point where he burns the insoles of his shoes and when he walks through the flower forrest he leaves charred foot prints. - tubbo, phil and ranboo have all tried chorus fruit and very much hate it. infact when one of the others mentions it (usually to piss off eveyone else by starting the inevitable rant) all 3 of them will pop up from seemingly no where and voice very strong opinions on why that shit was the worst and how much better food in the overworld is. - philza every morning (because he’s an early riser) will fly up into the air and check around the sky for weather signs, he’s really good at it and because of the elytrian origin he can detect the earths magnetic field (kinda for migration. like a bird) so he’s really good at weather broadcasting to keep his found family safe. (stuff like theorising when it’s going to rain to keep ranboo and Jack safe, and so wilbur and niki can plan ahead of time for their annual flower picking). - slimecicle is at a risk of melting if the suns too hot but they’re not sure at what temperature, it was just knowledge passed down from his family with no other information on it. (this has given slimecicle and incredible sun phobia to the point where he carries around a water bucket and frequently hydrates himself by jumping into water)

[gallpall]

canaan bubble redux as a womb for story/character arcs

I’m sure most of this has been posted about before but: ever since my initial read I’ve been obsessed with the gross bodily/gorey stuff in the Canaan redux and I wanted to organize some of my constant+chaotic thoughts!!

TM has said that a lot of the motifs/events in the bubbles are actually “Silent Hill stand-ins” for story elements and she hopes we pick up on stuff, so here’s my Attempt!

At the same time that Harrow’s mind is being made a tomb for Gideon Nav Wake’s subconscious is pulled in to act as a womb for certain plot elements right alongside it. The chronology/time period of HtN mimics a full nine-month gestation. There’s a lot of very literal imagery here (which is below the cut), but I also think we’re meant to see it as metaphorical: we’re able to glean some things about character arcs based on how everything in the bubble goes down.

I’m particularly interested right now in those ‘side’ characters in the bubble who aren’t actually dead, who barely appear in the bubble at all except to get summarily offed, all in very distinctive ways. Judith, Camilla, Palamedes, and Coronabeth.

(cw below cut for some pregnancy/insemination imagery, canonical body horror and gruesome bubble deaths rehashed)

First of all just some quotes showing some of the imagery that I’ve attributed to being Wake manifesting pregnancy trauma stuff (there’s possibly some of Harrow’s conception trauma here, too) seeping through, for the purposes of this line of speculation. 

This isn’t nearly all of it, but some things that stood out to me as possibly comparing Canaan House 2.0 to a functioning reproductive system:

(ch. 21) a “collection of large, rusted pipette needles” -- turkey basters?

(ch. 35) “great, slithering, pulsing tubes” which contain “whitish-pearl bubbled globules”-- this perhaps recalls ovaries/fallopian tubes, with the ‘globules’ being follicles produced by superovulation for insemination, or corpus luteum that supply progesterone to maintain a pregnancy.

(ch. 45) “stretched webs of organ [...] like nets of sticky venous spiderweb” --uterine walls, maybe; it’s all over the windows, totally encasing them in Canaan’s rooms, and arguably even contracting like a uterus would: “every so often they would tremble uncertainly and erupt in floods of bloody, foamy water.”

in the next pgh we get some more of the tools Wake would have used to conceive/upkeep the pregnancy: “pipettes, broken glass-fronted containers filled with dark fluid,” skeletons sitting atop piles of “capsules or pills” perhaps hormones/supplements. (also holding Drearburh tools, the way Wake’s skelly would have been doomed to do)

(ch. 43) “from that hole emerged a clattering pile of plex scope slides, the type you would preserve a cell sample between“ -- Wake would’ve had to carry out the IVF process for implantation, this also seems like apparatus for that

(ch. 47) there’s the “libation” Abigail uses to summon Wake which is... well. It’s a “thin, milky, whitish liquid pooled at the base, sluggish in the cold,” and the summoning involves a bunch of ‘come’ commands, which I think might be Muir making a very elaborate jizz-adjacent “silly buggers with the emissions” joke. 

Just a note, cause I’m hopeless about Pyrrwake: the Seconds’ quarters are almost completely preserved from the leaky body horror (though it’s still cold in there)--as if they represented a sanctuary in Wake’s subconscious. There are also letters in the nonagonal coffin room which spell out an anagram of “PYRRHA” (ch. 47).

So with all that in mind, I’d posit that the fake-ghost deaths are all metaphorical “rebirths” of various characters arcs for ATN. I haven’t delved into what this imagery might mean for Harrow or Gideon specifically because I know there’s a LOT and it’s probably above my theoretical paygrade (I would love for someone to tack on with that though!!) but I can talk about ‘side’ chars on a very big-picture level.

Judith’s simulacrum gets knocked off first (ch. 18); shot through the heart (both atria) while she and Marta’s ghost are trying to complete the winnowing trial. The Sleeper shoots her 7 more times after that, I guess partly just ‘cause she can, but Ortus notes that it seems like there was an element of "Anger” to it. It’s possible Wake wasn’t pleased to have someone messing around with Pyrrha’s lyctoral trial, infuriated that anyone would be attempting to replicate G1d/Pyr’s original downfall. She then ignores Marta entirely and climbs back in the coffin (now with the sword) once Judith’s out of the way.

[Marta’s] scarlet necktie looked redder too—by the time they’d gotten hold of Judith Deuteros the blood had dried hers nearly black.

Cohort red-and-whites being stained black with blood, like a certain high-collared BOE uniform... could be another little clue to Judith’s "heart” for the Emperor (and for Marta, and pretty much everything else she knew) being lost and her realigning--though not willingly, at least at first--with the other side.

Cam and Pal’s simulacrums are plainly executed (ch. 21), they have their “faces obliterated” each by a single gunshot, and it’s as if they just stood there and let it happen. In the bubble, “Harrow had never seen Sextus or Hect except from afar.” These simulacrums totally avoid having their features revealed to Harrow. I’m willing to bet their faces being obscured and then exploded is one of the clues we get to their eyes being swapped around the next time we see them in the epilogue and in ATN.

Regarding the twins: They are essentially non-extant in the bubble. Ianthe never appears because she’s still kicking and, in her own words, “doesn’t live alternate histories” (GtN ch. 15).

Coronabeth’s simulacrum scene (ch. 37) is SO vivid and cryptic. It fascinates me because it definitely is, in part, trying to tell us something poignant about the initiation of Corona’s “worse twin” arc in ATN.

[Corona] was turned away from Harrow, and her riot of hair—half-caught in a fillet, half-escaping—was soaking wet, a dark and crinkling amber in the rain. She was not fighting or arguing. She was still as a statue, and ready and waiting as a dog.

Sounds like the fake ghost preparing for that major shift in allegiance. Silas is the one to ‘dismiss’ her, with his “may the blood of your blood suffer,” which perhaps is a really Templar-y way of saying ‘now go wreck ianthe’s SHIT.’ When Harrow accuses him of sending Corona to her death, Silas asks “Death?”--as if he sees that what’s really just happened, at least metaphorically, is (re)Birth.

[Harrow] thought she saw, absurdly, a sudden gush of watery blood, as though the fog itself had been knifed; but it was gone almost as soon as she had seen it.

Sounds a bit like amniotic fluid/water breaking? Coronabeth doesn’t ever seem to hit the ocean (bodies of water=necromancy and that’s not her deal), she instead just kinda poofs, and Silas says she would have ended up “on her feet.” Coronabeth is ditching her family ties and is out for blood, and I think her charisma, willpower, and sheer desire for revenge will move her a long way in the ranks of Eden--probably even to the point of echoing Commander Wake’s ambitions and actions. I could delve into that damn portrait mirroring Ianthe’s obsession w/ Cyrus’ paintings on the Mithraeum... but that is a whole other post!

So all of these are fairly baseline observations and I think there’s a LOT more to be expounded on, if y’all wanna reply/reblog/DM with additions I would freaking love that, every time I open a page of this book I find something I missed before and it’s such a delight. Thanks for reading if you got this far!!

[egelantier]

Tian Guan Ci Fu

where is it and what is it

it’s a chinese webnovel by mxtx, the same author who did untamed; it exists as a webnovel, finished and kindly translated here, the manhwa, the donghua (animated adaptation) happening right now, and there’s a live action adaptation in plans, directed by the same guy who did untamed. the donghua is gorgeous, the adaptation i’m unsure about but prepared to be hopeful, the manhwa seems to be very pretty. but all the adaptations only cover the very beginning of the novel for now, so i went ahead and read the novel, and i have no regrets. it helps that the translation is very good - not without awkward translatorese, but it has consistent and engaging flow and style, and it’s also pretty good at conveying mxtx’s humor without awkwardness. it reads pretty well.

what’s it about?

the world is split into two parts: mortals and various ghosts and demons and entities share the land, while ‘heaven officials’, aka gods, live in the heavenly kingdom in the sky. pretty much anybody can become a god if they do something really heroic or memorable and/or cultivate (meditation, training, virtuous behavior) really hard. when above, the gods rule their domains and fulfill their believers’ wishes; they work sort of like pratchettian gods, dependent on their followers’ beliefs and getting influenced by them. heavens are strictly hierarchical, with their own economy and pecking order, and the gods aren’t particularly sinless or benevolent; mostly it’s a question of scale.

our hero, xie lian, is a prince of a prosperous kingdom who’s been on a fast track to ascension for most of his very short life; he’s talented, he’s virtuous, he’s kind, he’s strong, and his only peculiar flaw is (somehow naive, but well-meaning) obsession with equality and value of human lives and so on. he becomes a god, unexpectedly, at seventeen, after slaying one especially dangerous god, and rises in heaven at the peak of his faith, influence and happiness.

…and then he finds out about drought and incipient trouble in his own kingdom, and, being a young and righteous god too close to his mortality, eschews heavens and returns to save everybody. it, to put it lightly, does not go well. at all. in fact, it goes catastrophically wrong, and, having lost everything, xie lian ascends again, only to get into a fight with the heavenly emperor, and get banished again, this time for good. he roams the mortal lands for next eight hundred of very lonely, luckless and hard years, technically immortal but not invincible, with his powers and his luck stripped away, and leans to make do, eking out a living as a scrap collector. his temples are desecrated, his name is forgotten, his kingdom is long gone, and - well. so it goes.

so it goes! until one day, to everybody’s great surprise, he ascends once again: a humble, gentle, immune to embarrassment, unflappable man, an embarrassment to heavens, a 'laughingstock of three realms’ who just wants to be left well enough alone. he’s Tired.

instead of rest, he gets sent to investigate a dangerous ghost stealing brides who pass through its mountain, and there, during the course of the interrogation, has his first (he thinks) meeting with a terrifying, old-powerful and vengeful ghost king named hua cheng, who likes to terrorize heavens from time to time. but said ghost king seems to be very benevolent and very interested in helping xie lian, and xie lian is pretty instantly smitten… with knowing what’s the cause of such interest.

…and meanwhile, in the beginning, there'was an unlucky boy, born under the worst stars, whom xie lian saved from falling once, while still mortal, and promptly lost track of. a lot of things happened to this boy, who wanted to be the most devoted worshipper to xie lian the god of the sword and the flower. as one does, you know.

that’s the beginning! from there on: investigations, heavenly secrets, old friends and enemies and acquaintances, thematic parallels, old tragedies, more pining than you can shake a stick at, grand acts of love.

is it good?

it’s very, very good. it’s the first fantasy cnovel i read (aside from the hilarious one about a guy traveling back in his own timeline and becoming a sugar baby to a mafia boss, which was in a very different league), so i don’t know which things are baseline and which things are unique, but it had a very solid foundation: ambitious multilevel, multi-timeline plot coming together in the end both events- and emotions-wise, beautifully iddy main relationship, maybe multifaceted characters who change and grow and clash together in fun ways, a clear and heartfelt understanding of its own core themes.

it’s also, unexpectedly, very funny, in this visual, slapsticky, begs-to-be-adapted way - i found myself laughing out loud over it a lot of times, and it possesses this gift of swerve between understated but earnest emotions and all-out jokes that i associate with… a bit of prattchett and a bit of gintama, honestly. take it as you will.

(oh my god the mecha. i will laugh over this one until i die.)

it also made me cry several times; granted, it’s not like it’s this time, but those were very heartfelt tears.

and the main duo?

first let me say that xie lian was lifted out, wholesale, out of my deepest character preferences. he fell really, really far, and did some bad things, and some very horrible things were done to him, and by the time we meet him he went through everything and achieved this effortless kind of traumatized, humble, accepting, wryly self-deprecating, utterly competent chill that makes a character incredibly appealing to me. he’s kind, and he’s sweet, and he’s gotten any possible embarrassment at least a couple of centuries ago, and he kinda made peace with himself and kinda didn’t. i love him.

and, thankfully for me, hua cheng, the ghost king, loves him a whole damn lot, a ridiculous amount, an epic, over-the-lifetimes, life-shattering amount, and he’s a terrifying presence to everybody else and a shy, protective, sweet dork to xie lian, and every time they’re together on page my entire heart is just. it’s AMAZING. he’s a great combination of playing the obsessive protective yandere stalker-lover trope straight and putting it on its head, by making hua cheng not just revere but respect xie lian, in all his good and bad decisions.

they are just so - good for each other, holy shit. they get each other so well. they’re the best ever power team. i love them.

(the rest of canon is various character reenacting “really? in front of my salad?” meme at them. it’s hysterical, and it’s the best. everybody teams up to tell xie lian that his boyfriend is Problematic way, way before xie lian clues into the fact that he does have a boyfriend, and he’s having none of it. i love it.)

and the themes?

okay, so. roughly half of this novel is ridiculous iddy pining, and a fourth of it is various tropes (off the top of my head: soulbond, sex pollen, body switch, de-age, various shades of identity porn… crossdressing…) played very shamelessly. but it also really benefits from having an overarching set of ethical questions, and while it deals with them a bit shounen-style, it still deals with them, and it makes the whole text fresh, and sweet, and bold.

is it possible to save everybody? should you try to save everybody? if you lack the powers to back your convictions, does it make you complicit? when is it possible to stop the cycle of suffering, what can you do if you want to but can’t? if you tried and people you failed turned on you, whose fault it is, where does the blame stop?

Detailed spoilers begin from here, and i would REALLY advise to stay unspoiled, because the domino reveals are very fun

i loved the various ways the novel sets all those pieces up and then overturns them and then returns to them. xie lian wanted to save everybody and it was arrogant naivete of an untried, untested, privileged young man who never had a real challenge before; his presence made things escalate quicker, and yet everybody around him pretended it was his attempt to make things better that ruined everything, and not a combination of factors outside of his control. and yet he accepts the blame, because it dovetails with his shame at not having enough powers to back his intent up; and yet his triumph over bai wuxian is that he doesn’t, after all, renege on his initial drive to help people.

my most favorite part of this novel is that its turning point, the lynchpin of the whole novel, the moment that keeps xie lian’s soul and safety intact, is not his personal purity and drive; it’s not even hua cheng’s devotion and sacrificial love. it’s just a moment of little, grudging, human kindness from a little, petty, rude man whom the history will sweep away soon. the bamboo hat in the rain. the rest of the plot keeps twisting and turning and coming back to itself, but this? this was unquestionably, beautifully clear, and i loved it. it’s never about the gods, it’s all down to - fallen human is human, ascended human is human, and human is not some state, virtuous or sinful, you get stuck with - it’s a multitude of choices, and there’s never a final one.

and incoherent spoilery screaming for people who read it already

oh my god i had SO MUCH FUN. i’ve been flailing on meme for days, because somebody just finished reading there too, and i’m still bursting with ALL THE FEELS. ruoye origins oh my god! that hat! jin wu’s backstory and ultimate end! e-ming’s praise kink! pei ming’s little shippery 'hoho’! hua cheng’s horribly handwritten stick and poke tattoo of xie lian’s name! the lanteeeeeeeeeeeeerns. feng xin and mu qing on the bridge, making up with each other and with xie lian! hua cheng trying to explain to xie lian that his habit of using himself as bait and pincushion at any given moment is deeply emotionally upsetting to him, and succeeding! banyue’s learning from xie lian to be a truly horrible cook! the entire deal with shi qingxuan and he xuan and the wind fan in the end. THE CAVE. THE GIANT MECHA. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and aaaaaaaaaaaaa and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and i am beset, beset by feelings. come scream with me.

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

icl, i kinda miss Alanza. i know it’s an unpopular opinion but honestly i don’t mind her. she was in one of the assignments in the new year 7 chapter and it was nice to see her again even if it wasn’t in the main story. it’s almost like she doesn’t even exist outside astronomy lessons most of the time like i’ve literally seen a few ppl saying they forgot she even existed and honestly i can’t entirely blame them at this point. i don’t know why they even added Alanza in the first place, i like her enough but she doesn’t really do anything anymore. they never bothered to explain why she was staying an extra year either. maybe they originally had bigger plans for her but Alanza didn’t turn out to be as popular as they hoped so they changed their minds or something.

Y'know, I am convinced more than ever that there was some sort of alternative plan for Alanza's character, whatever it might have been, that was ultimately scrapped for whatever reason. Like you said, it's not at all clear why they added her to begin with, and while they may have just kept her around for mechanical reasons or to appease fans...they conspicuously never gave a reason for why she stayed. All it would have taken is one throwaway line.

There's something more. I've been leveling Alanza up recently. (Looking forward to donning those kickass robes.) and one of the questions that I constantly roll when I'm having butterbeer with her is "Who's necklace did I give you?" The correct answer being, her Grandmother's. There's just one problem with that. Alanza has never given MC a necklace. Not her grandma's or anyone else's. Maybe there's just some quest that I missed or haven't unlocked yet, maybe it's a quest in the code that never got released. (Think of Jae's cooking quest, it was in limbo for ages.) But if there is, I've not heard about it. And even if the quest exists, the fact is, my file has never completed it. So this bit of trivia doesn't make any sense. At the rate the game is going, I don't see us getting a necklace from Alanza either, outside of maybe in a TLSQ.

I haven't forgotten Alanza existed, but I frankly have no idea how to work her into my canon. Her arrival in Year 6 is something that I find difficult to describe as anything but filler. I don't want to think of it as filler, but similar to Victor, her character just hasn't really contributed to the plot much at all. I guess she recruited the Weird Sisters? But MC already knew them, Alanza wasn't necessary. I guess she told MC that Rakepick smelled like cinnamon? As if that ended up mattering, or did anything apart from raise more questions. I've said it a million times, but the story grinded to a halt to introduce Alanza, and then the universe seemed to conspire to ensure she found out about The Circle of Khanna...only...then she didn't join.

Am I alone in thinking that Alanza presented herself differently in Y6CH22 then she did for...the rest of the game, pretty much? In her initial appearance, she gave the impression of being the adventurous type. For crying out loud, she got lost in the jungle for a week. She lived on ants and rain! And then, after the player is forced to let her in on the secret organization that she was so curious about...she doesn't want to get involved? I know first impressions aren't everything, and any character can have their own cases of early installment weirdness, but...I'm not the only one who's noticed this, right? Alanza became significantly calmer and less inclined toward danger after her initial introduction. To the point that I noticed it, again and again.

Then there's her affinity for creatures, which they make such a big deal about, that I assume it has to be a Checkov's Wand. The scene where she sits in Rowan's seat, obliviously. Just a harsh moment for MC, or...is it supposed to mean something more? I'd suspect it might, except...Alanza has hardly done anything in Year 7, and I'm just left wondering...what exactly is her home situation like. I mean, she'll be seventeen by this point, so her parents can't make her come home, but...why wouldn't she want to? Doesn't she miss them? Did something happen there? I want to know, gosh dangit.

EDIT: I was wrong about the necklace, she does technically give us one, but it's still a huge error.

[dialovers-translations]

Diabolik Lovers Zero Vol. 12 Azusa Mukami [Track 1]

Original title: 串刺しの蝶たち

Source: Diabolik Lovers Zero Vol. 12 Azusa Mukami [CD not owned by me]

Audio: Here

Seiyuu: Kishio Daisuke

Translator’s note: The second to last Zero CD I have to translate before completing the entire series, wooh~! I know Azusa isn’t a very popular character within the fandom, but I actually have a huge soft spot for him after translating his Eternal Blood CD. ;w; He is just such a cutie at times, it warms my heart. Hearing his ‘clone’ talk regularly completely threw me off though! He sounds so different, but in a good way! I kind of wish Azusa would start talking a little faster himself but I suppose that’s part of the charm of his character?

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Track 1: Pinned Butterflies

*Creaaaaak*

*THUD*

The two of you step inside the museum.

“It’s really...pouring outside, huh?”

You nod.

“I’m glad we just so happened...to pass by a place where we can take shelter from the rain...If not, we might have ended up...wandering through the forest while sopping wet...However, if we return home late...Ruki and the others will...get worried. I wonder if we should have just...headed straight home after finishing our errand?”

You frown. 

“It has been a while since we visited the Demon World...So we just wanted to make a little detour, right...?”

*CRASH*

You flinch at the thunder.

“...Oh. It struck closeby...With the weather like this...It seems smart to stay here...until the rain lifts...”

You agree.

“We’ll end up returning home late but...Let’s stay here just a little longer? Then after we’re back...We can apologize to everyone. I’m sure they’ll understand...If we explain.”

You nod.

“Mmh. I suppose we can kill some time...inside this building?”

Azusa starts looking around.

“Hm...But...I didn’t expect to find a museum around here...Seems like we are the only visitors though...Furthermore...Oh. What an impressive amount of portraits...Several people are portrayed...Seeing them all lined up next to each other like this...makes me a little anxious.”

You tell him it’s a little creepy.

“Mmh. I’m sure they would have made for nice paintings...if only their expressions were a little more bright...But they all seem to be suffering. ...That large canvas over there...The man on it looks sad, don’t you think? I wonder if he...went through a painful experience? ...This museum is kinda...weird.”

*CRASH*

“Ah...! ...Ah, are you okay? ...The thunder is a little scary here, don’t you think? It said on the guide map that there’s a basement floor as well...So should we move there?”

*TIMESKIP*

You have arrived in the basement.

“Just as I thought...We can’t hear the thunder down here...It’s less illuminated than the earlier floor but...It seems comfortable to stay at.”

Azusa comes to a halt.

“Oh. A door. I wonder what room this is...?”

He opens the door.

*Creaaaak*

“Woah...It’s so spacious...There’s a bunch of glass cases...Are they exhibiting something, perhaps...? ...Oh! There’s a lot of...insects. They all look like...specimen.”

You get scared, hiding behind Azusa.

*Rustle*

“Oh? What’s wrong...? No need to hide...They can’t move, so it’s fine...”

You still seem worried.

“Hm...There’s a lot of species from the Demon World but...I can spot some insects which exist in the human world as well...Ah! This! These are the bugs which devastated Yuma’s garden in the past...They ate the vegetables Yuma had been carefully growing...It was quite the fiasco...Me and Kou had to help him get rid of the bugs as well...Fufu~ Brings back memories...”

The two of you continue looking around.

“...Oh. Now that I got a better look, they’re displayed all over the walls as well. I wonder if that...large insect the size of a cushion is...real?”

You get scared again.

“...Oh. Ah...Huh? Your complexion looks...pale?”

You explain. 

“Ah...I’m sorry. I guess these are scary to you...even if they can’t move? Yet I failed to notice...Shall we leave this room now?”

You try and act tough. 

“You don’t look okay...No need to push yourself...Okay?”

*Rustle*

“Your body is...shaking. Hey, come here.”

Azusa pulls you close.

*Rustle rustle*

“I’m sure you’ll calm down in my embrace...In no time...”

He starts stroking your head.

“There, there...Everything will be okay...I’m with you...after all...”

You smile. 

“Mmh. I’m glad you seem a little more...relaxed. Ah...But you’re still a little tense...I wonder if we should touch each other more...?”

He cups your cheek.

“Whenever you do this to me...I always feel really relieved...So I figured you might feel the same...How is it?”

You tell him it feels nice.

“Fufu~ I’m glad...Then, next up...Mmh.”

*Smooch*

You get flustered.

“Hehe~ You twitched just now...Hm. Seems like you’re gradually relaxing...Also the scent of your blood...has grown sweeter. Does it feel...good, perhaps? Oh. Right. If you feel good, you’ll no longer be bothered by the specimen, right...?”

*Rustle*

“Say...I’ll suck your blood. If I do that, you don’t have to worry about a thing...”

You seem a little worried. 

“Don’t worry...Leave it to me. Mmh...”

Azusa bites you.

*Gulp*

*Sluuuurp*

“Haah...Mmh...Your blood is...extremely delicious. Say, do you feel good now?”

You don’t respond.

“What’s the matter? Was this...simply not enough? Hm...Hehe. However, you’re enraptured. Your cheeks are flushed and...you’ve got that dreamy look in your eyes. Haah...I wonder why you are this cute?”

You quickly cover your face with both hands.

“Oh...Why would you hide your face? I want to...see it.”

You explain.

“It’s...embarrassing? Hm...There’s really no reason to conceal it though. But...If you don’t want to, I won’t force you...You can keep your hands there, okay? I’ll suck your blood from here...”

He bites you again.

*Sluuuuurp*

“...Haah...Such sweet noises...Even though you said it’s embarrassing...You actually wanted me to do this...right? Hehe. I’ll bite other places too...”

*Sluuuuurp*

*Gulp gulp*

“Mmh...Hah...Haah...Oh. You no longer...need to hide your face? Has your mind...gone blank?”

You nod.

“Fufu~ I’m glad that’s the case. ...Your body has...stopped shivering as well, it seems...I wanted to do this for your sake but...I ended up getting a little too into it as well. Hm...The wounds aren’t deep so I’m sure the bleeding has stopped already...”

Azusa takes a deep breath.

“The whole room’s filled with the scent of blood now, huh...? It might be good that there’s...no other Vampires here. If someone else was around, it might have lead to trouーー”

A sudden gust of wind can be heard.

“O-Oh...? Ah...What was that just now...? The sound of the wind...? It kind of sounded like someone...crying?”

You tell Azusa you don’t like being here.

“...M-Mmh...Guess we should take our leave soon...? It might have...stopped raining by now. Let’s head back up.”

*TIMESKIP*

*Creaaaak*

“Ugh...Oh? Huh? We ended up in a...different room? Did we take...a wrong turn?”

Azusa steps into the room.

“It’s better lit than the other rooms...There’s a canvas and art supplies...Everything’s all over the place. ...Seems like this isn’t an exhibition room. There’s no specimen either, so don’t worry. Say...This might be a working space? Oh...If that’s the case...We might get scolded for entering without permission, right? Let’s quickly leave. It’d be troublesome if...we were to stain something important...”

He bumps into something while turning around.

*Thud*

*Flip*

“...Aah! Oh...I dropped them...S-Sorry...!”

Azusa kneels down to pick up the papers and so do you.

“Ah...Thank you for helping me...”

The two of you pick up the drawings.

“I guess we’ve got them all now...?”

*Flip*

“Oh...These were drawn with...pencil, I suppose? What a beautiful person...It’s the same woman portrayed on all of them. I’m sure she was...someone very important.”

T/N: From this point onwards, I will be putting fake Azusa’s dialogue between ( ) and changing the font to bolded italics. This CD has both the real and the fake Azusa interacting with you and each other, so hopefully that will make it a bit easier to tell them apart.

( Exactly. She was important. )

“...E-Eh?”

( To me, she was irreplaceable.... )

“...!? W-Who are you...? Where are you...!?”

( Right here. Look at the wall. )

“Oh? ...Huh? My...portrait? Are you the one...who talked just now?”

( That’s right. Nice to meet you, dear visitors. Ah. I suppose it would be rude to introduce myself from within the canvas. )

The fake Azusa steps out of the frame.

( ...Uhm, let me greet you one more time. Nice to meet you, dear visitors. Welcome to the museum. )

ーー TO BE CONTINUED ーー

[happy-whumper]

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Guess who finally wrote something actually whumpy!! It's me :) And honestly, this chapter was really fun to write xD Although I am neglecting Theo a bit...oops

CW: manhandling, whipping, dehumanisation, forced to kneel, swearing (kinda?? i mean with Olivia there is usually some swearing involved), scar mention, knife tracing (i didn't know what else to call it xD), slapping, hair pulling, creepy whumper (if i forgot anything, please let me know!)

A loud banging sound echoed through the basement, causing Rain to immediately spring awake with a jolt. The sudden movement caused him to lose his balance, leading to him falling off the side of the bed and landing on the stone floor. He turned his head in confusion, looking around the cell. This didn’t look right. In a sudden rush the memories of the day before came flooding back over him, immediately causing his breathing to pick up again.

He was still there, in the cold room, locked up with the two others. It hadn't been a dream. This was his new reality.

He turned his head and noticed Olivia looking at him with raised eyebrows.

“What are you doing on the floor?”.

He felt his cheeks heating up from embarrassment and turned his eyes away.

“I uhm...I fell from the bed.”

“I see.”

There was an amused undertone in her voice, but not as though she was mocking him.

Before anyone could say anything else, they heard footsteps coming from the direction of the stairs. They weren’t particularly slow but also didn’t sound like there was any rush. A few moments later Nick appeared in the hallway. He was wearing a white collared shirt and a pair of black trousers, looking well rested. Rain couldn’t exactly say the same about himself.

His whole body was aching, presumably from the uncomfortable sleeping position and the hard material of the bed. Nick let his eyes wander over all of them, an unsettling grin at the corner of his mouth. “Good morning. I hope you had a good sleep.” His voice was sweet and it was almost convincing. If there wasn’t the malicious glint in his eyes.

When none of them said anything in response, he just shrugged, leaning against the wall behind him. It seemed casual, as if he was talking to some friends and not his...to people he was holding there against their will. “Oh come on, why the long faces, hm?” From the corner of his eye he could see Olivia rolling her eyes in annoyance and glaring at the man, ready to throw an insult at him. But she stayed quiet. For now.

Nick didn’t seem bothered in the slightest, still smirking at them, “I think this is exciting. Really, I was thinking I would simply get one new pet but three?” He chuckled darkly, “That is a lot more interesting.”

There was an annoyed groan, causing everyone's attention to shift towards Olivia. She didn’t seem bothered by that in the slightest. “Let me guess, now comes your little speech about how, what, we’re just some worthless pets that should be grateful for you?” Her voice was sharp, spitting the words out as if they were poisoned.

Nick smiled. “I am glad to see you already have that in your mind, Olivia.” She narrowed her eyes, clenching her jaw. There had been a small flinch, it had barely been noticeable but definitely there. “How original. It’s almost funny how you are all the same, really. All the same kind of sick bastards with some very obvious issues. Wouldn’t it be easier for everyone to just go to therapy?”

There was a slight change in his posture, but Rain suddenly felt that the energy in the room shifted. Theo seemed to notice it too, he shifted in his position, his expression hardening. If Olivia had noticed as well, she didn’t seem to care. “What’s next, you’re going to explain your rules? To make yourself feel all powerful?”.

The smile didn’t fade, but now there was something else on his face. Anger? Annoyance? Rain wasn’t sure what it was, but it most likely didn’t mean anything good. “Yes. I have some rules and you know what? I think you’re a great example to what will happen to disobedient pets that don’t follow them.” He stepped away from the wall, moving to a closet on the side of the room.

He had his back turned to them, his body blocking any sight on what was inside it. Rain turned his head, noticing that Theo had gotten up and stepped to the bars separating their cells. His expression seemed almost a bit concerned, but he wasn’t quite sure. Couldn’t really place it.

His heart was racing in his chest, his hands nervously fidgeting with his shirt. He shot a glance over to Olivia but she seemed...calm. The only thing that made him doubt this was her breathing, which was a bit too fast for someone relaxed. Rain knew that rules were important. If everyone followed the rules, no one would get hurt. Right? He just had to follow the rules and it would be okay. It had to be.

Now Nick turned around again, holding something in his hand. It took him a second to see what it was but when he did he felt his blood go cold. He was holding a whip. Something that Rain wasn’t...unfamiliar with. Seeing it in the man's hand brought back memories of dark rooms and pained screams. It had happened to him only once before but it had been enough to burn the feeling of his back being torn open over and over again inside his mind.

Olivia shot a glance at it and shifted slightly in her position. She didn’t look scared exactly but there was something that seemed as though she wasn’t as unbothered anymore. “Wow how original. Do you people all go to the same torture store or something?” While her tone was still snappy, there was a slight shake in her voice, making it unsteady.

The tall man just stepped towards the cell, slowly and calmly, taking all the time he wanted. The closer he got the more uncomfortable Olivia seemed to get, her eyes fixated on him, studying every move. When he unlocked the door and pushed it open, there was a creaking sound, causing Rain to flinch. It seemed so loud in contrast to the previous silence. As if it didn’t fit in.

Now he was standing in front of the girl, looking down with a smug grin on his face, towering over her. She glared right at him, not willing to let any fear come through, “What, you just-”, he interrupted her by grabbing her arm, pulling her from the bed and pushing her in the middle of the room.

She crossed her arms in front of her. “You know what, I’m feeling nice today.” Olivia raised an eyebrow, not buying that for one second. When she didn’t say anything, Nick just kept talking, his tone oddly sweet. It felt...wrong. “If you beg for me, I won’t punish you.”. Rain's heart felt like it skipped a beat. He would never have expected this man to be so generous. Back at the academy begging had always only made it worse, no way to escape a punishment. He turned his head towards Olivia, his eyes wide. He was sure she was going to do it, begging was way better than whipping! But she stayed silent. He was confused, it didn’t make any sense. Turning his head to Theo now, he noticed that he looked tense. Why was he worried? Surely no one was going to get hurt now. “Forget it, asshole.”

The younger boy stared at her, utter horror written on his face. Why...why would she do that? Behind him he heard an exasperated groan, but he was too occupied by the scene taking place in front of him. Nick just shrugged at her answer, as if he hadn’t expected anything else.

Rain didn’t understand. It didn’t make sense, nothing made sense.

“Alright, your choice.”. He took another step towards her, causing her to immediately take a step back. Instinctively stepping away from the man, away from danger. From pain.

“Turn around and get on your knees.” he paused when she didn’t react, his eyes narrowing, “Now.”. She hesitated for another moment, before slowly turning her back to him. Since Nick was already impatient, he took another step forward, pushing her to the ground easily. Her knees hit the cold floor and she almost fell forward.

It reminded Rain of the auction, back then she hadn’t wanted to kneel either. He wondered what the reason behind that could be.

Now the dark haired man stepped back, turning his head towards the other two. When his eyes turned to Rain, he immediately scrambled backwards, his eyes glued to the ground in front of him. He heard a dark chuckle. “With your history this really shouldn’t be surprising. Though I thought you had learned at least something.” He was talking to Olivia but he was still looking in Rain's direction. He could feel his gaze on him. It caused a shiver to run through his entire body.

“Oh I did learn”, there was a bitter smile on her face, “I learned that you bastards are all the same. Whole lot of talking, clearly some kind of ego problem. I am not scared of you. Or men like you.”

When Nick laughed now, Rain flinched. The laugh was cold. As if he was trying to cover up the anger lying underneath. He slowly lifted his head again, to his relief the man's attention had gone away from him and back to Olivia again. “A tough one huh? Well let me tell you this.” He stepped around her, so that he was standing in front of her. “A lot of pets start out like you. Thinking they are so strong, so brave and nothing will ever break them.”

He crouched down, a wicked grin at the corner of his mouth. “In the end they all beg for mercy. Like good, obedient, worthless pets.” For a moment there was silence. The girl looked like she was trying to kill Nick with her stare alone and then-

She spat in his face.

Rain felt his heart drop, suddenly the room seemed to be spinning around him. There was no way she was going to be okay now.

For a moment it was as if everything had frozen in place. Then Nick lifted his hand, slowly wiping the spit off his face.

His anger was very clearly visible now. Clenched jaw, a hard expression in his eyes. In a quick motion, he slapped Olivia, so hard that her head flew to the side, hair falling over her eyes.

Her breathing had picked up, it took her a moment to recover from the hit. Nick didn’t give her that time. Instead, he grabbed a handful of her hair, pulling her head back. There was a pained hiss coming from her and even though there was still the same look of defiance on her face there was something else as well. Something she desperately tried to keep hidden.

When he spoke again Nick’s voice was quieter, barely audible but not any less intense. “So that’s how you want to play huh?”

In a quick motion he pulled a knife from his pocket, while still grabbing her hair with the other.

When she saw it her eyes grew slightly wider, struggling against his grip in an attempt to get away. He seemed to notice that, a small grin returning again. With an evil glint in his eyes, he brought the knife close to her face, putting it under her chin, the unspoken threat of cutting her throat looming over her.

Her eyes kept flicking between him and the knife nervously. The last time she had a knife near her face...it hadn’t ended well. When he took the knife away, she felt a sudden moment of relief, before she felt the cold metal tracing the long scar on her cheek. Her breath stopped for a moment, before starting at double the pace again. She could feel her face burning, her heart racing in her chest.

It was as if she was frozen, as though a part of her was convinced that if she moved she would end up with another cut in her face. “What a nice little scar...would be a shame if i had to add another.” His tone spoke a whole other language than his tone.

There were a hundred things she would have loved to throw at his face in that moment but the apparent threat of the cold blade stopped her.

After what felt like an eternity he finally put the knife away again and took a step back. “Now, I think you still need to learn your lesson.”

Rain's eyes went wide. He knew what happened at this kind of disobedience. As Nick stepped back around, the whip in his hand again, he felt like he couldn’t breath. He wanted to say something, something to make him not hurt her but he didn’t know what.

There was an ominous crack as the whip hit the floor. “Now. As I said before being so rudely interrupted”, with an almost casual motion he swung the whip, causing it to hit Olivia's back with an ugly sound, “There are some simple rules.”

Rain almost couldn’t focus on his words, his eyes focused on the kneeling girl. Besides a slight shift on her face there were no signs of the amount of pain she was probably in.

Again, he couldn’t help but be impressed. He would never be able to stay calm like that. “If you follow the rules”, another lash hit her back, the same spot, causing the skin to split open and a red stripe to appear on the fabric of her shirt, “You won’t get punished.”

Rain shot a quick glance towards Nick and his expression made him feel sick. There wasn’t even a hint of regret or discomfort. If anything it was the exact opposite.

“Let’s start with the simplest, you will not speak unless you are spoken to. I am guessing that will be harder for some of you than for others.” He was looking at Olivia, who looked like she was too occupied with the pain on her back to even pay attention. Two more lashes, quickly followed after another. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to keep her breathing steady. Now everytime the whip hit the skin the sound was almost...wet. Caused by the blood coming from the ruthless injuries.

“Secondly, you will show respect to your Master.” At that Olivia scoffed, causing Nick to raise an eyebrow. “You got an opinion on that you would like to share?” “Oh well a few actually-”, before she could finish speaking the whip hit her back again, causing her sentence to end abruptly in a pained yelp.

Watching the scene, Rain felt his whole body shaking, wrapping his arms tightly around himself. He didn’t want to watch, didn’t want to hear the awful sound the weapon made when it hit the skin but it was as if something was forcing him to keep watching. As if something awful would happen if he didn’t pay close attention.

It took Olivia a moment to steady herself again and she turned her head slightly in Nick's direction. “Looks like someone can’t take criticism.”

Rain shot a quick glance towards him, just to see that there was anger on his face now. Not just anger...frustration? He wasn’t sure, couldn’t quite place it. Instead of replying to the comment, he just brought the whip to use again. Again and again and again.

But no matter how much pain she had to be in, Olivia didn’t make any sound. Even though the shirt was drenched in blood and her breath was getting unsteadier with every hit, she didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of showing her pain.

After what felt like forever, he finally put the whip down, a sick smile on his face. At this point Olivia looked like she was about to pass out, barely able to keep herself up. Her eyes were half lidded, looking as if she would collapse any second now. A thick layer of sweat coated her forehead, making strands of her hair stick to it too.

Nick turned his head again, looking over to the other two. “Now, take this-”, he kicked Oliva in the side, causing her to groan and lean forward slightly in an attempt to keep her balance, “-as an example of what happens if you decide to not listen to me. And believe me”, he smiled cruelly, “It can be much worse than this.”

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[kaaytea]

Can i request some cute reader!manager x Koushu headcanons? With reader being Miyuki's younger sister, who is one of the managers and in first year? Who is close with Koushu as they're each others crush?? Buuuuutts he invites him over for dinner at her place one day (probably during summer break so Miyuki can be there to? XD)

Buuuut like reader is quite insecure about her cookings cause she knows Koushu comes from a wealthy family?

Im sorry if this is to complicated ;;

Bsjdndkdnd an Okumura request! I have been waiting for this day 🤧 I'm sorry this took awhile to get out, I hope you enjoy!

Pt. 2 to this post

Okumura and Miyuki's sister

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When Okumura has a crush he literally doesn't know what to do with himself

He's not really a 'people person' so having a crush is uncharted territory for him

The only reason he befriended you was because you usually join the first year boys for dinner to work on homework

You noticed that Asada and Okumura were always the last to leave so you took it upon yourself to keep them company

Okumura wasn't really bothered by you, normally you just made friendly conversation with Asada but eventually you were able to coax him into your little conversations

Kinda feel like he wouldn't know you're Miyuki's little sister bc you introduced yourself using your given name rather than your sir name

(Having two Miyuki's on the team could get a little confusing so you just avoided the whole thing and used your given name)

So as far as Koushuu knows you're just a really nice manager who he seems to mesh well with

He would be sO intrigued by you if you drop all the knowledge you had on baseball, especially if it's about the Catchers position

And when he asks you where you learned all that you just

"My brother? Who else would have taught me..." 🤨🧐

It doesn't click and he's just like "Your brother seems very knowledgeable about the sport" 😭

Someone help him because when he learns who exactly this super smart brother is he kinda mentally shuts down

He's chilling on his bunk and you just come into the dorm and say, "Ni-san, can you help me with this math problem?"

AND THEN MIYUKI TURNS TO YOU AND IS LIKE YEAH SURE?!

LIKE WHAT?

The brother you were referring to is Miyuki?! Miyuki Kazuya? The one person at Seidou that aggravates Okumura the most?

Literally didn't see this coming at all. Lord help him when he finally realizes he has a crush on you, any time he interacts with Miyuki is even more of a dumpster fire than it originally was

Kinda soft but bc Koushuu has no idea how to handle crushes he goes to Seto to rant about not knowing what he's doing

Seto hasn't seen Koushuu act this awkward around him in a LONG time so he is vastly amused by these rants

"well she's seen you be hostile around her brother -AND that time you yelled at Sawamura-senpai, if she hasn't left by now things can't really get worse, right?"

".....You're not making me feel any better, Taku"

Seto's trying his best.....Mura is just a very prickly boy

Please he's like blunt and awkward but so incredibly precious 🤧

There was a day it was raining and he just shoved his jacket in your face

It's even funnier bc you had one of those mini umbrellas in your bag but here you are with his jacket draped over your shoulders bc you literally couldn't tell him no

You had asked Okumura if he wanted to meet up during break bc you were going to be bored out of your mind at home

He agreed bc hey, that's quality time he gets to spend with you which is hard to come by at a boarding school

It was hard to tell but Okumura was actually pretty excited to see you

Which kinda made him forget that there was a high chance he'd run into Miyuki

It dawned on him like halfway into his train ride.....let's just say his aura was showing a bit

He brightened up when he met up with you at the station near your house. You had this big smile and you were wearing a blouse that made your eyes pop

Mura felt like he was gonna melt from your happy smile and the cute sparkle in your eyes, there was just something about you that made his heart all fluttery

For most of the day the pair of you walked around the square near your house, dipping in and out of little shops

Okumura was just kinda following your lead but you wanted him to have fun too so you dragged him back to your home where you grabbed the two mitts you'd use to play catch with Kazuya

You could say you accomplished your mission in making sure he had fun as that was the first time you ever saw Okumura laugh

Well it was more of a mix between a huff and a laugh but it was cute none the less :))

You were honestly a bit worried about the dinner situation

Your cooking style was a bit more...humble compared to your brothers. Kazuya liked experimenting with spices and ingredients while you usually stuck to simpler recipes

Not to mention Mura didn't naturally have that big of an appetite

So you were kinda panicking because you wanted him to like the food but also not pressure him into eating it if he wasn't comfortable

And to top everything off Kazuya plopped himself down at the kitchen table claiming he was there to supervise

(He was actually there to make sure Okumura wasn't being handsy with you. Yes Mura was, for the most part, a good kid but Miyuki's older brother instincts were going haywire)

Poor Koushuu kept offering to help you, he was really just trying to not sit across from Miyuki the entire time

Normally Koushuu is able to stand his ground but this time he felt like a fish out of water. Miyuki was watching him and his interactions with you very carefully

You were honestly just trying to cook as fast as you could so you could give Kazuya food and then shove him out of the kitchen to get him away from Mura

The food was done and Kazuya was promptly kicked out of the kitchen by you

Now your last hurdle was Okumura and his weird eating habits

You gave him a smaller portion size than what's usually served at Seidou and he was SO grateful for that

He didn't want to offend you so he made sure to eat all the food (not that it would have been an issue bc he honestly really liked your cooking)

For the first since you met him Okumura actually looked happy while eating (which was a HUGE relief for you)

Mura is literally so sweet, he helped you clean the kitchen after you both finished eating🥺

[lazy-sixteen]

whyman theory?

You know, I wonder if the Whyman isn’t a type of “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Situation” with an accidentally created evil A.I. like AM that super hates humanity? Like breaking it down...

1. Whyman = Inhuman

 The introduction of our super creepy villain friend had them communicating in morse codes beeps instead of a voice (that someone might be able to tell was synthetic) and they are drawn as a terrifying double-toothed skull face that hits uncanny valley super hard (thxs for the nightmares Boichi!).

When we hear from them again after treasure island, they speak by copying someone else’s voice, and Ukyo specifically compares them to a vocaloid.

Finally, we know from the spin-off manga that advanced A.I are a thing in this setting (and in fact, Rei could be considered the most sci-fi thing about the a story that usually tries to be realistic, besides the Medusa itself).

Also there’s just the fact that they’ve been active for 3700+ yrs, and we know they can’t have been asleep/petrified the ENTIRE time bc they sent Medusas raining down on treasure island hundreds of yrs before Senku and co. woke up.

2. Hatred as Motivator

Okay, so this seems kinda clear cut at first, but there could have been other motives to petrifying humanity. Like maybe a well-intentioned extremist that was worried about climate change, or it could have been an accident, or maybe trying to protect squishy humanity from some future disaster.

But nope! The story makes it very clear that the Whyman HATES humans.

First, we have the Whyman’s refusal to engage in any sort of communication (you’de think if they where friendly they’de try to explain themselves).

next we have them using a survivor (senku’s) voice to try to remote activate the petri-beam, which seems like a move designed to turn the survivors against each other and/or scare them. Like presumably they can activate the device themselves, given that they petrified humanity before, but even if they had to use a synthesized voice they could have altered it enough to not sound so much like Senku that magic ears!Ukyo had to point it out it was synthesized.

Next off we have the treasure island arc, where not!Ginro points out that whoever sent the medusas could have activated them and then thrown them, but instead gave humans weapons of mass destruction with the specific intent of watching them tear each other apart for the power!

Finally, we get to South America and the point of origin of the petri-beam, it’s specifically described as a glittering pile of malice, which is basically the Inigaki going like yep, Whyman are not fans of humanity (and possibly swallows).

3. Story Themes

Alright, So Dr. Stone’s core theme (besides science is cool!) is basically the all humans are valuable for the different skills we can bring to the table and that our core privilege as humans is the ability to come together, create amazing things, and pass down what we learned so that future generations can do even better. That’s Senku’s core philosophy, and its something every villain they’ve faced till now has tried to refute in a way.

Tsukasa and Hyogua thought that only certain types of humans where worthy of life, and both viewed human achievement (science!) as something that could only bring about death and destruction. Ibara monopolized technology and information (basically refusing to pass along the achievements of the past, best shown thematically when he tried to murder baby). Xeno thinks that intelligence is the most important human trait, and that he should therefore be able to rule over anyone less intelligence, and has completely discarded any ideas of ethics or morality (which are also subjects humans have developed and refined over generations).

Therefore, I think it makes sense that the penultimate villain the Whyman would a complete opposite world view to Senku and have a similar backstory and motivation to AM. Basically a machine that was created by human achievement (presenting human progress/science! as the worst thing our species has done) and that instead of valuing all humans want them either dead or in ultimate despair.