#throwing ideas into the void

[e17omm]

So ever since HoO appeared in game I have been thinking of how it could have otherwise gone down.

Not just for Mei, but for Bronya too.

Because HoO feels like it would have fit in with the end of the Elysian Realm instead of randomly in the middle of Project Stigma.

Which got me thinking.

Should the Herrscher transformations been spread out more? Im not talking chapter 15 HoTr Bronya, and there would have to be extensions to the story. I just have some off the top of my head ideas.

So, Bronya and True Herrscher of Reason / Herrscher of Truth. I would have put this probably in the Herrscher of Dominance Arc. Which would have been extended. Chapter 23 focused on Seele and Bronya at the start. We follow Seele and Bronya gets her powers stolen.

Now before this arc I would have put a bit more focus on Bronya. All her fights are barely victories, even with the core. She doesnt defeat Tlaloc, she just incapacitates it or stuns it and barely gets away. I get that Cyberangel is a hype moment, but this is just hypotheticals. I would have her lose something else too, probably against the Herrscher of Sentience, and I mean really lose. She gets mindtricked and stomped basically.

And I would keep giving her moments where she feels/complains that, even with the help of the Core of Reason, she doesnt feel like she can reach her full potentional.

So back to the HoDom arc. I would extend it to 6 chapters. Which is *a lot*. But the chapter 23 would focus on Seele and Seele, and Bronya losing her powers trying to fight the puppets. Chapters 24 and 25 would focus on Bronya regaining her powers, similar to how Mei did it chapter 17 in regards of accepting her Herrscher self of her own will, by becoming the True Herrscher of Reason. This would also give her the finalé of defeating all the 1,000 puppets.

Because in-game where we kill all the puppets halfway through chapter 24, its like defeating the final boss halfway through the second movie in a trilogy. It just doesnt work.

So we trick the players with another 3 chapter arc with Bronya in the spotlight. Except we leave enough uncleared as to whether or not we actually defeated HoDom for good. Something like, we only found evidence the puppets can work in small groups, yet they seemed to be overseen by something to work well on a larger scale. But its not made clear either way.

This chapter 26 would start with some downtime. Bronya and Welt chatting about Bronya's new Reason powers. Some Kiana in there because she still has to deal with HoV. She has those Sirin dreams and asks around. Theyre all still on the lookout for HoDom so they havent fully celebrated yet since they arent sure, so when the puppets return for round 2 its not out of nowhere. This chapter would also have us follow Mei and the WS crew as they research the puppet cores, and they slowly uncover that the puppets were connected to a central figure, and this is where the puppets return.

Now we have Kiana being taken to the Theater. Maybe go through the Second Eruption and post-K-423 rescue events in slightly more detail? But for the rest, Bronya and Mei reenter the Theater, but we also follow Seele and the twins because the puppets are figting two fronts, one in reality where they are attacking and one in the Theater where they are defending. Vice-versa for our protagonists. They have to break through in the Theater before the puppets can win on Earth. Just for some extra tension and scenes for chapter 27. Chapter 28 happens pretty much the same but Im unsure for Everlasting Flames. I want HoTr Bronya there - Flamescion still takes center stage - but Bronya's past victory did kinda get undermined by the puppets not staying dead, so I want her fighting side by side with Kiana so Bronya can also get a true victory. Im just not sure how that would go down, and again, Flamescion would still take center stage.

Kolosten would basically be unchanged in events. Its Otto's finalé.

Elysian Realm and Elysium Everlasting. Oh boy. I wont dwell on this.

Less focus on Elysia. More focus on Mei. More focus on all the Flame Chaser as a united group in terms of how much Mei gets to know them. Some explaination as to what Origin actually means.

This can still end with a fight against HoC, but it is Mei who fight it. The Flame Chasers helping her along through all the signets Mei has collected (since *all* of them would have been deleted at this point). They can appear as ghosts to help out, doesnt matter. During the final parts of what would be chapter 34 (HoDom 23-28, Kolosten 29-31, EE 32-34) all the Flame Chasers induvidually gives Mei their full signets. Not Elysia narrating it all, we hear all the Flame Chasers, but yes it still ends with Elysia giving Mei the signet of the Herrscher of Origin and Mei defeats HoC, either through her new powers or through deleting the Realm.

And now, the part 1 finale is cleared up for Project Stigma and Kiana becoming the Herrscher of the End. Hopefully without this sudden change in the Project since in this theoretical timeline it would have actually been set up beforehand.

Because showing 3 new Herrscher battlesuits into 1 chapter each along with reexplaining and reintroducing a brand new Project Stigma in the finale of the story does not work as well as the writers wish it did.

This ultimately got longer and more off the top of my head than I originally planned for it.

Ultimately I just needed to vent a bit. Dont take any as I said as 100% set in stone this is what I would have done... But the HoO powerup really would have fit so much better at the end of the Elysian Realm arc imo.

[jmgangel]

Little thing I wrote based off of this post of mine. I’m never finishing it so if anyone wanted to take the fic idea I do not mind.

[kacievvbbbb]

I just know Crocodile brought on Mihawk because he thought he would be sensible, calm and collected, low maintenance. He thought it was going to be them against the idiocy that is buggy. And it is to a degree.

What he failed to calculate is that Mihawk is just as bad as buggy.

Worse even because at least Buggy can be bullied into doing paperwork. I just know everyday Crocodile is astonished by the absolute commitment Mihawk has to his aesthetic. Walks into his tent just to find that he has somehow converted this circus ass tent into a mid century gothic castle. Somehow carpeted the whole thing end to end is burning more that a 100 candles for “mood lighting”, has a fully open fire pit and a sewing machine in the corner.

Like Crocodiles essentially a mafioso he can appreciate the wanting nice things. Still won’t prepare him for the day Mihawk’s brings him a wine budget, a tailoring budget and an embroidery budget all painstakingly itemized.

Won’t prepare him for having to replace every single wine glass because buggy drank out of one and he can’t break up a set but refuses to use a cup that buggy’s put his mouth on.

He’s starting to think that the real reason the Warlords were disbanded was because they simply could not afford to pay for Mihawk’s upkeep anymore and decided they’d rather pay in cadet lives than see one more wine budget.

He is essentially being held hostage, in his own guild, by the whims of a bored middle aged vampire, and a fucking clown.

[electrozeistyking]

I forgot to post this. Here's some silly art based on my friend @l-borden's playthrough of Voices of the Void. :3

[autumn-foxfire]

Professional Violinist Shinichi who is also tired of dead bodies always interrupting his concerts so he solves the murders on a side and gets a reputation as a detective as well. He is hired to perform at a place where KID's next heist will be taking place and because of his rep, he is invited to help prevent the heist from happening.

He is able to successfully track down KID and they have a similar encounter on the roof top as they usually do in canon and Shinichi leaves the heist interested in KID while KID enjoyed the challenge and feels the same way.

Kaito, however, unexpectedly meets Shinichi outside of a heist where he is hired to perform magic at a party and Shinichi is hired to provide the music. While at first he's worried about his identity being exposed, he develops a kinship with Shinichi other their like for performing arts.

[jewishcissiekj]

Local Prequels girlie thinks about Anidala for more than two seconds and proceeds to eat drywall

[ratbaby15]

It is currently 3 in the morning and I can't sleep because I keep thinking about how ahsoka tano was absolutely going to go back to the jedi, she needed to figure out who she was outside of the jedi order first but she was going to go back.

At the end of the day she was always a jedi and she thought she had all the time in the world to make her way back to her people, she just didn't know that the option was going to be forcefully ripped from her, that she would never be able to go back because they would no longer be there to welcome her.

The grief and the guilt she must have felt after, never again feeling like she could call herself one of them because she didn't fall alongside them.

Anyways, I was watching order 66 edits cause I love pain and that's what made me think of this fyi, bye love u.

[buqbite]

ok this color palette kinda fucks. i came up with it by getting so irrationally angry at my failed attempts that i discovered this one by accident

[bitchofdarkness]

Opposites attract, they say.

[iersei]

all the things left unsaid

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alternate caption: hello i just caught up to dndads and

WHAT THE FUCK

[ohhcinnybuns]

Okay, guys. I’ve been thinking… that SKK will be okay. They’ll be fine… but just in case, I’m putting down a prayer thought out there to manifest date night skk after the mersault prison break out.

Chuuya and Dazai will go out on a date because their flight to Yokohama has been canceled due to the everlasting terrorism at Yokohama’s airport (let's be real—we don't want them in Yokohama right now).

SKK will enjoy France’s countryside for a bit, brainstorming what to do when they return to Yokohama while walking its streets. They’ll buy new clothes, view a castle, or sit down and eat at a cozy winery because they can’t save Yokohama on an empty stomach. The scenery is too beautiful to ignore, too.

Dazai might complain about the cost of his meal while Chuuya butters him up by hand-feeding him his dessert, knowing full well he’ll pay for all of it.

Maybe they’ll star gaze that evening and remind each other that they’ve got each other’s backs - no matter what happens. They’ve been through too much shit together for either one to die at whatever anomaly has made an appearance in Yokohama.

They’ll cuddle for a night, embracing the quiet and peacefulness of a fleeting world. A world they’ll fight for as long as they have trust and each other.

[tangledstarlight]

let the cold come in (you'll chase it away)

clarke learns she hates the cold the hard way, bellamy keeps showing up to keep her warm. aka 5 times bellamy gives clarke something to keep her warm and the 1 time clarke gives something to bellamy. “Bellamy, seriously what—?” is all she manages before he’s letting out a small sound of success and is standing up and closing the distance between them in two quick strides. All her questions and annoyances die on her tongue as, carefully, slowly, gently, he reaches out to tug a soft hat over her head, tucking hair behind her ears and making sure it’s tugged securely over them, his fingers are chilly where they brush against her skin, calluses rough and she’ll blame the snow that’s started falling in earnest for the way she shivers and has to squeeze her eyes shut. “There,” he says softly, fingers lingering on her cheeks for a heartbeat before they’re gone. She suddenly feels colder than she was before.

bellarke | word count: 11,287 | complete | ao3

[jmgangel]

When Futaba realizes she has a crush on Sumire she asks Akiren for relationship advice. Then she does the opposite of whatever he suggests cause she’s seen Shuake and she’s trying to avoid that.

[kacievvbbbb]

You know what? the best supernatural spin off would have nothing to do with the Winchesters and instead would be about Samuel motherfucking Colt because dude absolutely had something going on. And was tripping absolute balls all the fucking time

Dude not only builds a literal kills almost all gun (that no one knows how it works exactly), he also built a fucking devil’s gate and the series of railroad tracks that formed a giant devils trap in the middle of fucking nowhere Wyoming that was somehow also a great fucking hotspot to talk with Lucifer in the cage. Why the fuck would he build a devil’s gate and then the devil trap protecting it? Why could this dude not be normal? Not to mention He also fought a Phoenix!!! A Phoenix! The only Phoenix that has ever been reported to exist and whose ashes are the only thing that can kill the literal mother of all monsters. Which he somehow mails to Sam and Dean in the future using a phone from several years in the future that he literally just got earlier that afternoon.

Dude was on some serious shit. Man was definitely receiving the most violently random prophetic visions from god. Dude literally went, it came to me in a dream and built a weapon that’s literally still confounding people generations later and would function as a key to a fucking devils gate that would literally be the first step in so much shit going down in so little time generations later . Wouldn’t have even surprised me if they also said he was responsible for Ruby’s knife.

He also, most importantly, is from the wild wild fucking west!!! How cool would a show about that be? A fucking genius inventor hunts monsters in the Wild West while some being he knows nothing about but deeply suspects is giving him blueprints for big, wild things and weapons for how to stop them, or at least slow them down.

[chimerahyperfix]

isat everyone loops au but it’s very much a horror thing and it’s in like a conga line type formation. Based on the concept of saving the game lol. Only one person is looping and the LAST person looping is ‘Loop’ [aka they take their roles, its referred 2 as redacting in mmy notes as it basically removes them from the world entirely.] The timeloop goes through everyone, one at a time, all in a row, over and over. If your redacted you remember, until the next save happens and THEY redact and you aren’t anymore and you forget. Yeah the plot’s still 90% the same. Yeah the world kinda forms around the empty hole whoever is redacted has left. Loop is the only one who remembers everything and interacts with whoever is redacted and like…. is tthe reason the save stars exist? which makes them, technically, a secondary antagonist. Sorgy loop :[

oh to be in a cycle of love and hate and life and death and you! can’t escape! no one can! And you loop, and everyone loops, and it’s ssuffering all the way down!!!!!!!! rahhhh rahhhhhh

bonus redacted sif as an example. Haiiiii

[wynandcore]

Anyone who’s ever thought of Repurposed Beck stuff, I want you all to take Cyrus into account. Because let’s say he lives long enough to see a repurposed Beck. He knows practically everything about Beck. He’s the only one. And what does he do with that info when he sees a repurposed Beck, who doesn’t know who he is anymore? Does he keep it to himself, try to befriend Beck to show him just how similar they are, now that Beck is programmed to kill? Does he string him along with the knowledge he has on him? Does he do a rare kind thing and try to help him get his memories back because “if I’m gonna kill him, he better know it’s me”?