#those scallywags

[tttrashmouth]

just saw a comment of on someone buying a physical dvd that was like “[show] online free” NO. straight up, no. in an age where things are being deleted and erased from history because no one bothered to keep them, it is more important than ever to own physical media. buy (burn WHO SAID THAT) dvds and cds, if you can afford them. the convenience of having online media is cool but soulless corporations will not be afraid to erase your favorite media off the face of the earth, BEGGING you guys to buy physical media

[fraugwinska]

Could you write Alastor with a reader who likes to act bratty towards him playfully?

I wanted to go to bed early, but I just have too much fun! :> Here you go, dear Anon! (Since you didn't specify if it was sfw/nsfw, I went for sfw/fluff - do message me if I should write another one with a little more... spice)

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

(Un)Holy Terror

The library was usually a very nice and quiet retreat from the busy chaos that was the hotel. Alastor would often indulge in pleasurable silence, browsing the vast masses of old books and tombs in the pricesses collection – it was once accumulated by Lucifer and Lillith themselfs, afterall.

When you and him started to get closer, he often invited you to join him. Evenings and sometimes even nights were spent in blissfull togetherness. Alastor loved to have another sinner on the premises that didn't snub a good read, and you had proven to have not only eccellent taste in literature, but also to be pleasant, quiet company to have. Most of the time.

Sometimes, completely unpredictably, you had phases where you seemed to try to get out of his good graces, testing his limits and being deliberately irritating. Alastor didn't miss the hidden smirks and surpressed snickers when you vexxed him, and if it was any other resident, he would've drawn a strict - clear - line, right away.

But with you – he didn't know why he had such a soft spot for you.

Today was one of these trying days. You had brought this infernal device of yours – a bluetooth speaker – with you to the library, and instead of the calming serenity that was soundlessness, you had put on one of those rocksongs you loved – and Alastor despised. To him, it was just blunt noise, and not the kind he liked. It sounded unnerving, harsh and unrefined to him. After reading the same sentence the third time, he sighed, eyelid twitching.

„Dear, could you please turn this... music down?“, he said, watching you turn the page on Bram Strokers 'Dracula'.

„It's not even loud, Al.“

He closed his eyes. What did he do to be tested like this?

„I can't even concentrate on my reading with all this noise.“

You didn't even look up from your page, but Alastor saw the corners of your mouth twitch traiterously. „Must be a boring book then.“

He clapped the pages shut with an annoyed huff, staring daggers at you. Stubborn thing.

„Turn it down, darling.“

With your eyes still fixated on your book, your hand slowly hovered to the device, pressing down – on the little button marked '+', increasing the volume slightly. Alastor was on the edge of smashing the small, rectangle machine when you burst into laughter and pressed another button, shutting the music off entirely. He shook his head, sighing in exasperation as you bliked at him with a glimmer of mischief in your big, round eyes.

„You really can be a scallywag, dear.“

Your soft smile made his tense shoulders relax again. „If I wasn't sometimes, I wouldn't be as fun, Al.“

He decided then that it was that sweet smile of yours that allowed this soft spot to exist afterall.

[engie-ivy]

@wolfstarmicrofic 11th: Sweater

470 words

But Why That Sweater?

James closes his eyes with a sigh as he lets the taste of fried eggs with melted cheddar wash over him.

Last night started in the pub and ended in the club, and in between were many, many beers. As per Marauder tradition, a night of heavy partying is always followed by Sunday Hangover Brunch at Scallywag’s. Well, for James, Sirius and Peter it is. Remus needs to keep a minimum of 5 meters distance between himself and food of any type until at least 4 p.m. after a night of drinking, so he had excused himself from this particular tradition.

“What do you make of that?” Peter nods over to where Sirius is making his way over to the barista to get another coffee after having drained his first cup.

“Make of what?” James asks, reaching for the hollandaise sauce.

“Well,” Peter says. “He's obviously wearing the same trousers he wore last night-” It's easy to notice, as they're Sirius’ infamous ‘Make my Arse look Devine’-Jeans, which he only wears when he really wants to impress, and which have, according to him, never failed to deliver. “But he's wearing them with that sweater. So what does that mean?”

James arches an eyebrow. “That even Sirius Black knows a skintight, see-through t-shirt is highly inappropriate for Sunday brunch?”

Peter shakes his head. “No, I mean, showing up at brunch wearing last night's trousers and doing a very poor job at hiding those hickeys in his neck, normally it'd be a no-brainer what that means.” He rolls his eyes. “Sirius pulled a bird last night and did not sleep in his own bed. But that sweater is clearly Moony’s, so what does that mean?”

James finishes chewing his toast, calmly puts down his cutlery, daps his mouth with his napkin and places it back next to his plate, before folding his hands under his head, leaning on the table looking at Peter. “What do you think that means?” He asks gently, and it reminds Peter of the way his teachers used to look at him when he asked a question about the material, but they were certain that if he thought about it just a bit harder, he'll figure it out on his own.

Peter frowns as he thinks it through, then his eyes widen and he gasps. “Oh my god.” He leans in closer and lowers his voice. “Do you think Sirius wore those trousers on purpose and faked the hickeys to make us think he hooked up with some girl, while he actually just crashed at Remus’?”

The look of disappointment on James’ face is one Peter also knows very well from his previous teachers. He gives Peter a pitying smile as he reaches out to pat his hand. “Keep trying, Pete. I'm sure you'll get there eventually.”

[forwomenbiwomen]

You fucking dumb terf can you please stfu?

Trans women are more oppressed than cus ones because society doesn't allows us to exist peacefully because we are disrupting gender norms.

I bet you are jealous of us women because you hate it when trans women look better on mascara and clothes.

Those people were right abot femnazi like you. You are a fat feminist and a misandrist.

You fool. You buffoon. You scallywag. Radfems want to disrupt gender norms that's our whole deal. If you're oppressed for it so are we bro. I am not jealous of you for wearing mascara and... clothes? Have fun getting irritated eyes ig, more power to ya. And yes I am a misandrist, especially to men like you! 🤸‍♀️

[murfeelee]

IWTV 2022 INSP - QotD Pt1a: Wake Up

When I opened my eyes I had an idea. It came full blown to me, and it immediately obsessed me so that I was scarcely conscious of the thirst I felt, of the sting in my veins. "Vanity, " I whispered. But it had an alluring beauty to it, the idea. No, forget about it. Marius said to stay away from the sanctuary, and besides he will be back at midnight and then you can present the idea to him. And he can...what? Sadly shake his head...? I felt sorrowful and miserable. And then there was the idea. Not to do it in his presence, but silently and secretly so that I did not feel foolish, to go all alone. No. Don't do it. After all, it won't do any good. Nothing will happen when you do it. But if that's the case, why not do it? Why not do it now?.... I knew that hundreds of others before me must have had such ideas. And how well he had described the pride he felt when he thought he could rouse them. That he might make them move. No. I just want to do it, even if nothing happens, which is exactly how it will go. I just want to go down there alone and do it.... And I stopped just inside the chapel, and I looked at their faces.... ....And in the manner of all statues or painted figures who stare directly forward, they appeared to be looking at me. I was confused. If they were not Osiris and Isis, who were they meant to be? Of what old truth were they the symbols, and why the imperative in that old phrase. Those Who Must Be Kept....

-- The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice

MY THOUGHTS & CC CREDITS

MY THOUGHTS

The Brat Prince, ladies & gentlemen. This blonde scallywag never behaves himself, istg. U_U Marius told him to STFU about TWMBK, and Lestat STILL ran his mouth to Louis & Claudia in S1, AND Louis & Armand in S2, like WTF?

But what better place to keep a hidden lair from Lestat's illiterate arse than behind a secret bookcase, amirite! XD

CC CREDITS (WIP cuz laziness)

-- Lestat's ATS3 headphones, top & bottom by EA; long hair at TSR, TSM outfit/boots | short hair in gamma by me

-- Enkil & Akasha are sims that I used Nraas' Debug Enabler to Sculpturify, btw.

-- Enkil hair IDER (x x x), outfit/bling

-- Akasha hair | outfit & crown in beta by me

[mysteryshoptls]

SSR Ortho Shroud - Playful Gear Vignette

"That's super rare and amazing"

[Playful Land – Stage]

Ortho: Heheh, I got to sing and dance with everyone from Night Raven College, as well as all the other guests…

Ortho: That was the best stage show ever. I'm super glad I got to come to Playful Land!

Ortho: Now then. Time for me to check out some more places.

Ortho: I was at the game corner with Vil's group earlier, so maybe I'll get on some rides in a different area.

Lilia: Well then, how about you join us, then?

Ortho: Oh, Lilia Vanrouge-san, and Trey Clover-san!

Ortho: Thanks for inviting me to go with you. Where are you two heading now?

Trey: We're heading to the Undersea Walk area. Apparently, they make it look like you're actually at the bottom of the ocean there.

Trey: Really makes you feel like we're in a theme park, huh. Just walking through that will probably be fun.

Lilia: And of course, we're gonna find stuff to ride, as well. The one I'm looking forward to ride is the 'Whirl Bottle"!

Ortho: "Whirl Bottle"… That's one of those trackless rides. According to the park guide map…

Ortho: "This is a thrilling attraction where carriages shaped like glass bottles spin around on a revolving floor."

Ortho: "Once you climb on board, all that's left to do is to leave your fate to the ocean's tides! Careful not to become too dizzy."

Lilia: Yup. Doesn't it sound like a swell old time?

Trey: So basically, it's a teacup ride.

Trey: Back home… At the amusement park in the Queendom of Roses, just like the name says, the ride is with teacups.

Ortho: I bet that's 'cause the people in the Queendom drink tea basically every day. It's fascinating to see the differences just based on the region.

Ortho: Since the Playful Land's attractions are all based on the Wish Upon a Star story…

Ortho: Whirl Bottle must be modeled after the scene where the Wooden Puppet's teacher braved the stormy seas by using a bottle as his ship, right?

Trey: Aah… That makes sense. Now that you say it that way, I can see it now.

Lilia: I can't wait to see it in person. So let's hurry and get on to check it out ourselves!

Ortho: YEAH!

[Playful Land – Bazaar]

Lilia: ALRIGHT YOU SCALLYWAGS, TURN THE WHEEL, TURN THE WHEEL～～～

Ortho: AYE AYE SIR!! LET'S GOOO～～～!!

Trey: Both of you don't go so hard…! Urgh, I'm starting to get dizzy…

Trey: …That was a much harder ride than I was expecting. My head is still going in circles.

Ortho: Trey-san, are you alright? Did you get motion sickness from all of our spinning?

Lilia: I'm perfectly alright, but… Guess I just trained my inner ear better.

Lilia: Here ya go, I brought you water. You should take a rest on that bench yonder.

Trey: Thanks, Lilia. Once I feel a bit better, I'll go see how Ace's group is getting on and take a stroll around the park a little.

Trey: So you two go on ahead and have some fun. Go and enjoy Playful Land.

Ortho: Oh… Alright. Then we'll head on out.

Trey: Yeah, go on. Take care, have fun.

Lilia/Ortho: Yeh! / Okay!

Ortho: Trey-san said he'd be alright so we just left him there, but… Was that really okay?

Lilia: Kufufu, no need to worry about him. He said it himself, didn't he? It was just a slight bit of motion sickness.

Lilia: He's the Vice Housewarden of Heartslabyul. There's no way he's that weak of a person.

Ortho: I don't think being the Vice Housewarden of Heartslabyul really matters… But I do agree that he's not weak.

Ortho: But that ride just now…

Ortho: …Honestly, it wasn't too wild, right?

Lilia: RIGHT!? I was just thinking that it wasn't thrilling enough.

Lilia: Just as you surmised, the Whirl Bottle ride was based on the scene of the Wooden Puppet's teacher floating on the stormy seas.

Lilia: So don't you think that they should have had water splashing us, or a giant seagull attacking us during the ride?

Ortho: Absolutely! And instead of just spinning around and around, I would have loved being shaken all up and down, left and right too.

Lilia: Mhm. That would've been a great idea. There's not many rides out there that can give you the feeling of roughing it in a storm.

Ortho: But if we want to implement more random movements, we'd have to completely redesign the attraction's structure…

Ortho: Ah, but if we just adjust the program, maybe the movement and spinning could become even more random.

Ortho: It would be much more exciting to not be able to predict which way it'll move next, don't you think?

Lilia: Mhm. That's because it's just as thrilling whenever you face a foe that doesn't showcase their next move, after all.

Lilia: ...AH! ORTHO, CHECK THAT OUT!

Ortho: EH!?

[Playful Land – Bazaar]

Lilia: ...AH! ORTHO, CHECK THAT OUT!

Ortho: EH!?

Ortho: THAT!? …WAIT, WHAT THING!?

Lilia: When I say that, I of course, mean that. The ever exciting…

Lilia: GIFT SHOP!!!

Ortho: A gift shop…? Ah, I see it. They have a lot of character merchandise and sweets on display.

Ortho: It's probably a little too early to even think about going home yet… But are you thinking of looking at souvenirs already?

Lilia: Mhm. So actually, last night I tried to invite Silver and Sebek here too, but…

Lilia: Neither of them had the slightest interest in skipping school.

Lilia: Malleus had gone off somewhere on his own again, so I couldn’t find him. I wasn't able to invite him at all.

Lilia: That's why I thought I'd at least bring home some souvenirs from Playful Land for them.

Ortho: I'm sure if you got them special Playful Land merch, it'll be just like they came here with you.

Ortho: In general, the souvenir shops get crowded near closing time, so…

Ortho: The risk of the item you wanted selling out, or rushing and forgetting to buy something you wanted may increase.

Ortho: I've decided! I'll shop for souvenirs with you, Lilia-san.

Lilia: Good. Then, let's go on a little treasure hunt!

Ortho: They have chocolate crunch, cookies, and candy… They have the whole array of standard theme park fare.

Lilia: These are marshmallows, hm. I'm not really a fan, but the package is so cute that I'm seriously considering it.

Ortho: Ah! This pasta snack is made into the shapes of the Friendly Fox and Gentle Cat.

Ortho: This looks easy to eat even while gaming… I think I'll get this for my brother.

Fellow: Well, well, what a discerning eye you have, young scholar! That pasta snack is the third most popular gift here.

Gidel: … [nods]

Ortho: Fellow-san, and Gidel-san! You surprised me showing up out of the blue.

Lilia: It's usually my forte to catch others unawares, but… Looks like you've won this time.

Ortho: You said the pasta snack is the third most popular, right? So then…

Ortho: The assortment tin that had plain cookies in the shape of the Friendly Fox and cocoa cookies in the shape of the Gentle Cat must be the second popular!

Ortho: And the chocolate crunch with 12 different kinds of little charms randomly thrown in must be the first popular!

Ortho: …Is my calculated prediction, how did I do?

Fellow: Amazing deduction, young scholar, what keen insight! However… Mmm～ You're just a little off!

Fellow: You're correct about the second popular. However, the first popular is something else entirely…

Ortho: Ehhh～ I was wrong? I chose those based on the rankings of other theme parks in general, though.

Lilia: Kufufu… How naïve of you, Ortho. I knew at a single glance, you know.

Ortho: Eh, really?

Lilia: Mhm. The number one popular souvenir for Playful Land is…

Lilia: WITHOUT QUESTION, THE WHALE FIGURINE!!

Ortho: EEH!?

Lilia: Those raging waves, the violent sprays of water, and the lone figure of the fiercesome whale that opens its mouth widely to swallow everything it can!

Lilia: I'm surprised an amusement park has something of this quality. Isn't this more of a work of art?

Ortho: Hmmm… I do think it's really well made, but… Isn't think too big to even fit in one of the park's lockers?

Ortho: It looks heavy, too, and I don't think it'd be a great souvenir to want to haul home after a long and tiring day at the park.

Ortho: Besides, the scene depicted here is one of the scariest scenes in the Wish Upon a Star story.

Ortho: I can't expect this to be anywhere close to the top of the popularity rankings.

Fellow: Well now, how astounding that this figure caught your eye. You certainly know your stuff!

Fellow: This figure was made as a souvenir for those who have ridden the Expedition Whale ride.

Fellow: The whale's teeth, the waves, and the spray of the water… Everything is so meticulously added down to the smallest detail!

Lilia: As I thought. Come now, Fellow, tell us. Where on the popularity scale does this figure fall!?

Fellow: The rank of this figurine is…

Lilia/Ortho: Is…?

Fellow: Dead last.

Gidel: …

Lilia: DEAD LAST…!?

Fellow: Indeed. Rather, ever since this park opened, never has a guest actually chosen to buy this item.

Fellow: Ortho-kun hit on every possible reason. It's heavy, unwieldly, and above all, terrifying!

Fellow: It seems our pursuit of quality was our downfall. Ahh, how disastrous!

Ortho: That's what I thought… So then, what's the number one popular item?

[Playful Land – Bazaar]

Fellow: Playful Land's number one popular souvenir is… The "apple core" flavored candy.

Ortho: Apple core flavored candy! You mentioned those to us earlier.

Lilia: An apple core flavor is rather unusual. I wonder if it has its own specific tang.

Ortho: Vil-san said that the apple core flavored popcorn just tasted like regular apples…

Ortho: But if you're interested, we can go to Candy Road after this.

Lilia: Mhm. But first, I have to find proper souvenirs to bring home here.

Lilia: Oho, here's a hat that looks like the head of the Friendly Fox! And they have one of the Gentle Cat as well. I need to get both.

Lilia: I'll give these to Silver and Sebek, and for Malleus… I think the goldfish hat would be cute.

Lilia: Oh but wait, would he even be able to wear this with his horns…?

Fellow: Come now, Ortho-kun, you should also pick out something you want. Please take as much as you want home.

Ortho: Thank you! Although, both my carrying capacity and the space available in my room is limited, so I'll have to be more selective in my choices.

Ortho: My brother doesn't really tend to use stationary… Ah, but these might be good!

Fellow: This? Ah, our postcards. They're light, thin, and easy to carry around, so it's perfect.

Ortho: There's a ton of different designs, and there's even some that have a pop-up. I bet my brother would love something like this.

Ortho: It says here that we can drop them off in the mailbox in Gentle Square, but…

Ortho: If I write the address and drop it in the mailbox, will it really reach Night Raven College?

Fellow: Why, yes. It should reach your school in a few days. In addition, it'll come with a special stamp.

Ortho: A special Playful Land stamp! That's super rare and amazing.

Ortho: It'll be a nice little surprise for it to show up in a few days… I think I'll send a postcard to my brother.

Fellow: You sure are rather thoughtful towards your brother, Ortho-kun. Now, what sort of card design are you thinking to choose?

Ortho: There's so many good scenes in Wish Upon a Star, it's hard to decide.

Ortho: This one shows when the Wooden Puppet met the Friendly Fox and the Gentle Cat. Heheh, they're all smiles.

Ortho: It's always great to make new friends. But I think my brother would be more scared that bright and cheerful strangers are coming up to talk to him…

Ortho: This scene of the Old Toymaker and the Wooden Puppet dancing looks really fun too…

Ortho: The card with the scene where they're searching for a whale at the bottom of the ocean is really interesting with these little moving fish and shells.

Ortho: And this hologrammed card is… The scene of the miracle of when the Wooden Puppet became a real boy.

Ortho: Hrrrrm… There's so many that it's hard to choose, but…

Ortho: If I have to pick one to send to my brother, then it has to be this one!

Fellow: Have you made your decision? If so, then please, use our counter available for you in the back to write your message.

Ortho: Thank you! I picked out the card, alright, but now what about the message?

Ortho: If I write about how I had fun hanging with Vil-san and Lilia-san, that may go into too much detail and may hamper his ability to read everything.

Fellow: Oh my, is there that much you wish to write about? I'm so honored that you have enjoyed Playful Land so dearly.

Fellow: Sure hope your postcard actually arrives where you need it to safely～

Gidel: … [nods with smirk]

Ortho: Yeah! …Oh right, I'll write down about the Playful Stage performance.

Ortho: With all that singing and dancing… I had such a great time!

[Ignihyde Dorm - Idia's Room]

Ortho: Nii-saaan, you have a package. It's that thing you mail ordered, and… Ah, this is…

Ortho: As I thought! It's the post card I sent out from Playful Land!

Ortho: All of my souvenirs were left with the amusement park, so I had completely given up hope that this card would ever show up…

Ortho: What a surprise that it actually arrived here safely!

Ortho: I wonder if Fellow-san sent it for me? That must mean they made it safely to some other town.

Ortho: …That was really an ordeal, but I guess it still made for a good memory.

Ortho: I sure hope my brother likes the postcard I chose.

Ortho: Similar to how the Wooden Puppet and the Old Toymaker used their wisdom and courage to escape the belly of the whale like in this postcard art...

Ortho: As long as me and my brother join forces, we can take on quests of any difficulty.

Ortho: That's why next time, I really hope we'll be able to go to an amusement park together!

[chez-cinnamon]

Time is meaningless, so just Good. How are you.

I know all the puppets' personalities are essentially the same, but they clearly don't act like children's characters anymore (like wallys fuck you to fionn in that one ask;I know it was a joke but still)

When wally watches old wh reruns, or when any of the others see any, I feel like they'd get reeeallly embarrassed. And like, identity-crisissy seeing how they were before they gained sentience

Sally (on tv): I just LOVE watching MOVIES with my FRIENDS!!! What's YOUR favorite movie???

(awkwardly long pause)

That's MY favorite, too!!!!

Regular Sally: 😐😑 what the fuck

Just some thoughts to rotate in your brain. Have a Day

Abgbgfnghf I mean you're not wrong - they keep their original personalities but as the days go on they realise they've actually changed a lot from who they were before they gained sentience...

Wally, still the friendliest neighbour you could meet and still a lover of the arts, but everything he went through changed him from a once calm and silly puppet to a tired, traumatised puppet who feels responsible for their predicament, and suffers from the betrayal of his own Home.

Barnaby still loves to tell jokes and act the sly, silly scallywag he is, but inside is an unshakeable paranoia, that he might lose his neighbours and best friend for real this time, and he doesn't want that to happen. He's already lost his mama technically, and that's bad enough!

Still joyful and playful, Julie feels skittish and restricted however, in a world that sees adults as those who have to be serious, hard money making machines, where fun is looked down upon. On top of that she has technically lost her siblings.

Frank remains knowledgable and stoic, his love for butterflies never dying, but inside he hates the sudden change. He didn't want to leave Home, he didn't want it to go; thus he is prone to meltdowns every now and then.

Eddie's heart is still of gold, still clumsy as can be yet forever well meaning, but after seeing Home's carnage, he feels kind of lost. His dear post office was ripped away from him, and his dearest Frank was nearly taken too, so he will never let Frank out of his sight, no matter how overbearing he seems.

Friendly clerk Howdy remains the fast talking, smiley caterpillar he always was, and even gets a chance to let loose in the human world, but like Eddie, he so dearly misses his little bodega, even if it nearly hurt him. He now feels responsible for Frank and Eddie's behaviour, trying to keep them in check, and oh how can dealing with Fionn grind his sanity.

Once a performer, always a performer: Sally always likes to make little plays to keep everyone happy, and will make all the foolproof plans in the world to keep them safe from any dangerous humans. However even the most skilled actress can tucker herself out with people pleasing through acting, and like Howdy, arguing with Fionn puts a toll on you.

Poppy is definitely the most careful neighbour, always looking out for her friends and being there for them always. But after travelling to a whole new world, wouldn't your nerves and worries increase tenfold? Hers certainly did, bumbling and whimpering at anything bad that might happen, feeling like a burden due to her cautious nature.

Watching their old shows brings back a sad mix of hopelessness, longing and nostalgia - they may not be able to go back, it seems, but at least they can still experience their old lives one way or another, even with the occasional embarrassment at their quirks in episodes!

[butterfrogmantis]

"And I just wanted to see your face one more time"

Those sneaky little sirens are a pirates worst enemy

I hate how much of this was inspired by that one ice age 4 scene /lh

Archie (c) The Smurfs

Swashbuckler is mine

Scallywag (c) @tanunigans

[ctheathy]

Yandere Sails Headcanons

Sails x Reader

Yandere Headcanons

Important information that this takes place after Knuckles the Dread got his hands on the prism shard. His insanity gets confused with Sails’ obsession and it causes the crew to fall apart.

Sails/Reader [Romantic//Platonic]

[Gender-neutral Darling|Female Darling|Male Darling]

Potential ⚠️TWs⚠️ :

Possessiveness • Overprotective behaviour • Implied death • Violence • Attempted drowning • Isolation • Abduction • Jealousy • Assault • Forced affection • Clinginess • Threats • Greed • Demise of important character role

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Sails is somebody who already grew up in a habitat surrounding both adventurous and tricky situations to begin with. He isn’t one to shy away from taking risks and seems to be in constant search for another case he could deem as exciting. The fox can also be seen as quite the daredevil, not backing down from any challenge being put in his way. But aside from all that, he remains to be a good soul. He holds the kindness in his heart his original counterpart has, looking out and caring for his crew while helping in any way possible. He prioritzes the safety of his team, whom he quite literally views as his one and only family and would do a lot to ensure their welfare.

But ... There has seemingly been one weakness stated during his appearances in the show. One that cannot be healed by any method or through other means, not with his doomed fate among No Place atleast. His gruesome despise towards living the same thing over and over again. One that might be the exact little push he needs to create a brief change in the personality of the sweet fox we all grew accustomed to. And which makes him a lot more vulnerable to the idea of him living in a loop. It feels like a curse to him, traumatizing even. He just has his little need for constant new opportunities and adventure, otherwise life would get rather ... Boring to him, an empty and draining feeling eating away at the fox, unable to be cured no matter how much those around him try to cheer him up for it. Which may even be the start of where the now familiar unhealthy mindset and coping mechanisms start to become noticeable in the first place.

Even just meeting him right from the start is going to end up as one hell of a rollercoaster. Him and his crew aren’t prone to trusting those who they just met right off the bat. But in a way, Sails is going to be feeling intrigued by you. He’s never seen anything such as yourself before. You’re... A new experience. The beginning of everything seemed so innocent at first ... Sails allowed you onto the crew’s ship as he practically kept looking for whatever excuse he could get his grabby hands on to prevent you from just being eliminated on the spot. He promised his cooperation on the Captain’s desires, who was currently obsessing over the shard, and that he’d take immediate responsibility for this new scallywag. And him technically being the brains of the team, both Batten and Black didn’t have much to argue against, assuming the decision to be beneficial for all of them.

Oh, were they wrong ...

Right at the start of your temporary stay, you’d be spending most of your time with Sails around the crow’s nest. And for being a mere stranger, he was sincerely ... A curious one to say the least, and he certainly seemed on the excited side as well. He would constantly bombard you with questions for the time being, some really personal ones too ... The mobian seemed rather at ease and shameless when it came to being touchy with you. It had almost been as if personal space and private information was practically meant to be nonexistent in this universe. It made you uneasy. You may have been let onto the ship, but enough strict rules were attached to it that could have easily made it a regrettable decision. Despite figuring if you should just dip and jump off the ship or not, your thoughts were quickly interrupted by the request to meet ... Their captain. But the fox mobian you grew acquainted with in the meantime seemed strangely unhappy and dissatisfied about the fact you were going to have a proper introduction. He’d noticeably cling to your side for the entire meeting, feeling unusually possessive over you. The conduct leaving the rest of the crew to ponder whenever they made a mistake.

Taking a look at his yandere behaviour, it’s important to keep in mind any of the realistic aspects on real pirates and the traits whom they may hold; unmerciful and ruthless ... Stopping at nothing to gain whatever caught the eye. Being a pirate, he’s naturally going to feel lured in by things that could be deemed as shining, and his attraction only goes so far. Unknowingly even having turned into a predatory and power-hungry mobian over time, a part of him who he would have wished to avoid in modern times. But atlas, his greed would noticeably start to grow recklessly, to where at some point he is literally close to unrecognisable.

It’s horrifying to even witness for anyone around, to realise what affects selfishness can have on a once charming and adventurous soul. Even his crew would have no idea what to do with him, as while the growth of his violence and these new boosts of aggressiveness can certainly help during any considerable fights; he grows more and more inattentive torwards them too, finding them to be insignificant. Over time, he starts operating more on his own instead of that with his crew. His selfish and unbeneficial actions speaking for themselves as he slowly grows more distant.

He also deems the others to be delusional whenever they mention his change in literal identity. You could easily notice him growing more confrontational when the topic is brought up, leaving the crew to slowly... Lose hope on him. And the worst part is that the team considers Dread having been preoccupied by the light of the prism shard as reason behind why Sails is behaving the way he is, being the influence behind his sudden changes in behaviour. While realistically, these reasonings are far from connected with one another. But despite this;

That won’t change the fact that a life was lost that day after the abandonment .

As for harm’s sake, he is surprisingly one of the most brutal. Living amongst the ocean limits a ton of the punishments for his doings and it sure has brought in a lot of confidence in getting away with what he does. Something that he had started realising aswell is how it also wouldn’t really require much to keep any of his nemesis in their place. As he takes care of the threat, usually resulting in either just dumping the said problem overboard, leaving the sharks to deal with the defenseless mobian on their own or by simply pushing the razor sharp tip of his cutlass at their throats, being left at his mercy. But he won’t be hesitant to take a darker turn when it includes your sake either.

There’s one of the many, many events you had remembered in particular, one that had gone so unimaginably bad. One that resulted in the use of some more brutal lengths to defeat the said ‘thief’ attempt. The poor creature was being held remorselessly by the calf with Sails’ mechanical hand, an obvious way too tight grip on the leg as they were being left to dangle above the deep oceans. They were being swung around which could have easily caused the breakage of the said limb, all while they were continuously being dunked into the waters with no sign of mercy or regret being visible in the act. Every time they were forced to stay put underwater for longer ... And longer. All while you could do nothing but watch fromout the border of the Angel’s Voyage. You could clearly see the glint in his eyes. There had been a terrifying gleam of insanity in Sails’ once gentle blue eyes. One of pure joy all while he was attempting to drown the victim who was now desperately trying to free themselves from his grasp. It hadn’t been until you yelled at him on the top of your lungs that he quit the torturous deed. But that memory. That horrifying imagery of him yet continues to live on in the back of your mind.

He would likely reach a point where he’d most certainly consider you his treasure ... Making him a whole lot more possessive than his other counterparts. He deems you to be a helpless being in need of his guidance in order to survive the current circumstances you’re in. He knows you’re stuck here and quite frankly have nowhere to go to. And now with the lack of hope and distrust considering the rest of the crew and the absence of a proper captain, he makes sure going to them for help isn’t even an option for you anymore. As you were looking down upon the water’s waves below from the top of the crow’s nest, you knew.

He wasn’t gonna let you go.

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[clearwillow]

"Have you heard the tale of the Unseen Island, Miss Higurashi? It's said that you need a special key to gain entry. Any pirate worth his salt has tried to see what lies beyond the stone walls - and every one that's survived the harsh waters met with a worse fate."

"What say you?" Kagome frowned, crossing her arms over her chest defiantly. "Are you not strong enough, or are you lying?"

The pirate leaned back in his chair with a cocky smirk. "Not lying, Miss. I was once a young scallywag like those men out there. I served under another captain. I've been through hell to get there."

"Then how are you still here?"

"I was one of the few ordered to stay behind on the ship," Koga whispered, his eyes unfocused, recalling the memory. "I watched as the darkness consumed my captain and most of the crew. But...they did not have this little gem," he added, holding up the lilac-colored pearl.

A pirate AU Koga for @nikkxb's birthday. Happy birthday! 💚

[rockmiyabideusexmachina]

2024 Megaman Summer Fanart Contest - Category 2 Results!

Once again, to see the Cat. 1 Talent entries if you've missed them, head to this post.

Are ye scurvy scallywags ready to find out if (Megaman) X marks the spot and which swashbucklers will plunder all of the booty in this category?

Set sail beyond the crashing waves below to find out after the break....

CATEGORY 2 (Humor): Pirates of the Alohahabean

For this category, entrants were tasked with drawing a comical scene where the Mega Man character(s) of their choice, who are pirates or were dressed/acted as pirates, were hunting for treasure. And in turn, ruined a nice day on the beach/in the water for other characters.

For the full gallery of pics, click here. Links to each individual full size image is after each entrant's name as well. All winners will be contacted soon.

1.) @megagundamman [Pic] *$175 USD Prize Winner!

Literally every member of the Mega pirates multiverse is here to battle the sand Octoper OA in this ambitious piece. Time to send him back to Davy Joe's locker! Through the chaos that lifeguard Akane can't control, laughed at the other pirate thieves like Marino and Teisel trying to get away with some beach treasures, the flailing Summer Penguin and Servbot, and poor Ashe as the mermaid figurehead on the Met ship's front.

2.) @pstart [Pic] *$100 USD Prize Winner!

Volnutt may have been originally pranked by Roll pretending to be a sharky Firushudot, but that ominous pirate vessel, the Balcon Gelede, has him spooked even more! Big froggies are scary. Tron and her Servbot look adorable in their actual pirate getups!

3.) Kamicciolo [Pic] $75 USD Prize Winner!

Wily losing his temper with Bass (while Bass gives no F...ortes) will never not illicit a chuckle. But even more amusing is buff Dr. Light wearing a Donald Duck sailor hat. I am mentally hearing his MM8 Elmer Fudd voice replaced by Kingdom Hearts Donald! "When we fin' dat Wiwy, I'll summon dat meteaaw, Sowa!" ______________________________________

And the rest of our humorous entries, in alphabetical order by alias:

AbilityField [Pic]

Meggers claws give him the ability to dig up the sand so fast that Geo's friends have become sand sculptures themselves! Their expressions, while keeping some recognizable features of their design, are amusing!

ArtisIan [Pic]

Dr. Light is not amused that his family grilling time has been interrupted! Pirate Man better watch out for the hot tongs. Had a good laugh at Fliptop getting his top a little flipped and all those beach items/condiments flying out. Along with poor Beat buried upside-down.

@DWN-059 [Pic]

A continuation of sorts from Beebs' contest entry two years ago. Dive Man's urgent rush to take care of the troublesome pirates is making waves! Which is not good news for Sword Man's torso. Love the feel of movement, not just from Dive in the background, but the Kaizock pulling up the beach towel in the foreground as well!

@duskblogsthings [Pic]

The treasure will all be pirate Roll's, because there's not much Rock can do, being all buried himself there. Cute and playful beach scene!

VCampan [Pic]

Tron finally won, and got Volnutt and Roll to join her pirate crew! I guess mechanics need lots of zenny for stuff too. Like adapting a Megabuster to shoot out cannonballs, most likely. Despite being a veteran air pirate, guess Bola can't handle the motion of the ocean, though...

Thank you once more to everyone for your hard work and participation this year! All the art was fantastic!

[jerktournament]

ROUND ONE - Vriska (Homestuck) VS Eridan (Homestuck)

!!! PROPAGANDA BELOW !!!

VRISKA: "she did NOTHING wrong (killed thousands of children, mind controlled a friend to jump off a cliff which paralyzed him, mind controlled another friend to kill a different friend, mind controlled paralyzed friend to make another friends parent make her blind herself, bullied paralyzed friend for being paralyzed & forcefully kissed him & later killed him)"

ERIDAN: "while it may get washed out in redemptive fanon, CANON eridan ampora is a complete, terrible, whole-ass little prick. at the horrible little age of (equivalently) 13 human years, and with the vocabulary of a guy who memorizes word-of-the-day calendars, eridan ampora will flaunt his superior color palette and insult your "dirty stinkin' lineage" like his life depends on it. any semblance of niceties this boy can procure gets COMPLETELY washed away by his utter incapability to keep his foot out of his mouth and his lacking ability to relate to the lower class. this boy has only smiled Once, and that was in an off-shoot timeline. his role in the story is to destroy others hopes. the writers of official post-story content didn't even want to give his moments a proper fleshed out respect to his character because he's that insufferable to those he does not interest. eridan ampora is my treacherous fuckin scallywag of a little guy, and i am putting images of him on my fridge <;3"

[badchoicesworld]

Helloo! Would you be willing to write a Hobie x Spider!reader, gender neutral? Maybe there's a big fight or something, and Hobie just adoringly watches his s/o take down villains before joining in? Up to you, just spewing the thought! Feel free to ignore this, have a nice rest of your day!

hobie admires your fighting spirit

RAAHH thank you, hope your day is going well too :] hope this met your standards !

established relationship ❤️‍🔥

warnings: none

hobie brown x gn!reader

requests: open ! pleasepleasepleaseplea

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so this can be interpreted however you like, maybe miguel sent you two out on a mission or you two are just out doing spidey-things when you come across some baddies that need a beat down

doesn’t matter how you got there, you and hobie are now choreographing a smack down with a bunch of scallywags

he’ll take the ones on that side, you’ll take the ones over there- easy peasy lemon squeezy, yeah ?

anyway, bing bang boom commences and despite being a little distance apart now, you’re still calling out to each other and probably discussing dinner over each wallop

i imagine hobie has the throatiest laughs for no damn reason so you’re occasionally hearing that from a distance whenever someone cracks a zinger or smthn

Hobie finishes his little dance w the baddies first and now his guitar needs retuning, but it means he gets front row seats to your own fight (tried so hard to think of a better word for fight that i haven’t already used)

mans is so enthralled by you when he swings over

can either be found sitting on the top of a car a short distance away or leaning on some kind of surface while he lets you go ape on these guys

is hiding the most snarky grin but loving eyes behind that mask

watching you swing from place to place, forcing your fist down on someone’s skull before using your enhanced agility to drive your elbow into the next guy- he’d never say it out loud but he’s absolutely entranced by all this

seeing you being all independent and protecting yourself, fighting so well and in such a fluent way, spider-people don’t feel real sometimes with what they can achieve

he’s so smitten by you. watching to be funny turns into this silent adoration while he watches you in your element

labels are restricting but there’s also no other way for him to put into words how he feels about you, so he’s just fucking glad he can call you his partner

if you catch him just watching by the sidelines and ask/demand for his help, it’ll snap him out of his trance

he’ll insist you’ve got it

lifts those lanky ass hands up all defensively and is like “Nah, love, you’ve got it!” you can hear his grin.

his body kinda drapes over whatever his been leaning on the whole time while watching you, he’s just so chill

keeps watching for just a liittle bit longer before swinging in to save the day, he’d never actually deprive his partner of his support

is absolutely cheeky abt it though, saying things like “ay, what can i say? i’m just that good.” “you really can’t live without me,” “no worries love, i’ve got you.”

2vswhatever-the-fuck seems about fair, so you finish the job a lot quicker together, but you did a number on the guys you did take out

if you’re feeling a little insecure by needing his help, hobie’s on it

“nah. you did good, love.” while slinging an arm over your shoulder and pulling you into one of those side hugs

probably nudging where his lips would be under his mask against the top of your head before swinging off, proposing a race while he has a head start

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ug so sorry this is kinda short

[thankyouforthev3n0m]

he stole my plushies the little scallywag

he deserves those plushies he is king

[physalian]

Theme Through Refrain

I’ve written about theme before but something I think that helps in far more concise words is having a refrain that keeps popping up.

The example I always use when talking about theme is POTC, and the notion of, “Can someone be both a pirate and a good man?” A line, in multiple variations and abstractness, that pops up continuously across the script of Curse of the Black Pearl in as many scenes and with as many characters as possible. Will, Jack, Norrington, and Elizabeth all answer this question in its more abstract form: Can someone still be a “good” person if they’ve done “bad” things? Rock solid script.

Don’t be afraid to have characters literally say what the theme is. Not by looking at the camera and holding the audience’s hand, but by repeating a refrain, whether in dialogue or through action, either consciously or subconsciously, peppered throughout your story.

Eternal Night’s refrain is “We’re alive and they’re not” with a less prevalent refrain being “what makes a monster?”.

“We’re alive and they’re not” happened kind of by accident. In its first iteration, it’s simply the mantra of the protagonist’s clan, barely surviving on the brink of starvation, who’ve conditioned themselves against mourning their dead. Sing for the living, but the dead can’t hear it. “We’re alive and they’re not” and that’s all that matters.

It pops up a few times throughout the story, evolving the “they’re” to mean vampires, the protagonist’s reason (of many) to keep hating vampires. It evolves further still later, threading through the core of the book to keep everything neat and tidy.

In the sequel (yes, already working on it) the refrain is “vampires don’t change” which is, to put it lightly, a hot button issue for the heroes in multiple forms.

Yours can be anything you want it to be. Double points if, to different characters, the refrain means something different to them—as in the case of POTC.

Jack—(as per the deleted scenes of AWE) did one good deed, freeing slaves, and it branded him a pirate. “One good deed cannot redeem a man from a life of wickedness//Though it seems enough to condemn him.”

Will—starts the story very black and white, ends up both a pirate and a good man because he learns that nuance exists. “My father was a good man//Lad, he was a pirate, a scallywag.”

Elizabeth—sheds her “good girl” facade with her corset to embrace her free-spirited pirate nerd fantasy “He is a blacksmith//No, he’s a pirate.”

Norrington—a devoutly “good man” whose strict moral code costs him Elizabeth. “When the right course of action demands piracy, piracy can then be the right course of action.”

*Don’t quote me I don’t actually have the entire script memorized.

It only becomes beating a dead horse when the instances of it are out of place and shoehorned in because the writers don’t trust the audience’s intelligence. COBP is not one of those movies.

[mjrtaurus]

When Garp woke up that morning he had expected his day to go the same way all the others had.

He’d clear out the buffet, kick pirate ass, avoid his paperwork like he owed it rent, a completely normal day in the life of the Hero of the Marines!

And it had! He had stopped a mildly notorious pirate ship and was in the middle of leaving his crew to seizing their goods so he could get in his mid-afternoon nap when a wrinkle in the form of a literal document stopped his perfect plan.

These reprehensible scallywags of the sea had a woman in their cargo hold they intended to sell off into slavery.

After giving them another thrashing (and getting the key to their prisoner's cuff) he made his way down.

Each step he took squeaked and groaned, the old wood threatening to snap under his weight yet unnaturally it held.

He looked around the room, boxes and barrels as far as the eye could see. If he hadn’t been using his Observation Haki he probably wouldn’t have even noticed she was there.

She sat in the corner with her forehead resting on her knees. Her hair was long and unbound, spilling over her shoulders and hiding her almost completely from view. If he could see the slight rise and fall of her back, he would’ve thought she was dead.

Her hand and feet were bound with seastone but judging from the fresh and fading bruises on her abductors it didn’t do much to stop her. Garp couldn’t help but grin, he liked her already.

He took a quick look at the half filled out slave auction form. Date of birth unknown, age late teens to early twenties..

“Birthplace of origin: The Sky Islands?”

He had only murmured it but it was clearly enough to get the hostage's attention, if the slight rattling of her chains meant anything.

A single gleaming eye stared back at from behind a curtain of hair. Garp had assumed this woman was a no more than a victim, but the fire in her eye threatened to burn the ship to the ground, him along with it. She was not cowering in a corner, she was lying in wait.

He wordlessly showed her the key and pointed at her feet before walking over and unbinding them. Before he could react the woman shot up to her feet and stuck out her hands.

“Ha! You’re a fast one! Must’ve been itching to move.”

The only response he got was her sticking out her shackled hands. So he strained up and unlocked them.

“So, those bastard pirates are in custody, they won’t see another sunrise as free men again.”

She nodded and he could feel a wave of satisfaction roll over her.

“As for you..I’m not sure. Protocol doesn’t have anything for wayward sky islanders or whatever the name is..Skypieans or something?”

Garp had just barely gotten the last syllable out when a right hook straight out of hell hit him at point blank range.

He flew straight in the wall, cracks splintering in the wall as sunlight flowed in the room.

The woman? Force of nature? He wasn’t sure which one anymore had tucked her hair back and fixed him with a proper full force glare.

“You are to never call me that again. I am a Shandian. As for where I’m headed, you will be taking me to Elbaf.”

Oh.

Oh.

Maybe it was the blunt force trauma talking but..

She’s really pretty.

He’d always heard those stories about love at first sight and all that nonsense… this wasn’t that. No, no, this was love at first punch!

He extricated himself from the splintered crater that was left of the wall, and brushed the dust off his shoulders with a hearty, good-natured laugh.

“Well Hell, hard to argue with that!”

Urpi was… intrigued.