#thsi au just happened

[poliffwoog]

school scribblies: goober edition

[hlxtn]

Im alive lmao heres a sketch i will finish after the first patch of comms

Also ty all who messaged me about ur breakup stories. I will reply in a few days, still trying to get my emotions into check but just know i appreciate yall🤪🤪🤪 mwah

[pinayelf-archive]

NO WAIT LET ME ACTUALLY SMOOTHIE BLEND MY FIXATIONS

MIGUEL WOULD BE A GREY WARDEN

A HESITANT ONE

taking a bit from his comics backstory and mostly from astv:

he'd have a rough past - one that renders him cold and selfish. he makes bad choices. choices that leads to a big mistake, one with serious consequences

the only way out is conscription - a warden takes pity on him. he doesn't want to, but he has no choice. he learns what happens in the joining and hopes the darkspawn blood kills him. it doesn't

he's a grey warden

he doesn't want this responsibility but he takes it. he's not the best warden. he's rough around the edges. he's aloof. he doesn't easily befriend the others. people he saves thank him but he just nods

his warden commander doesn't know how to get him to open up. but he's intelligent. he's strong. he's quick and skilled. he's saved entire teams of people in the dark roads because of his quick reflexes

miguel can't do anything about any of this. he knows the calling is inevitable one day. he hates when he thinks he hears it. but every person he saves, every wrong he makes right...maybe there is something there. something worth it

he'll keep doing the right thing, not just because he has no choice, but now because he wants to. he'll be better. he chooses now, he'll WILL be better

[cyndraws]

Kaishin secret santa 2023

This is a Kaishin roleswap au for @blueamphibians! I hope you enjoy this art + my ramblings on the au underneath. Because of course, I couldn't just leave it as one piece of art haha (ehem please buckle in for preparation)

Many thanks to @dcmkkaishinevents / Mack for hosting this event, it was super fun participating and interacting with the community <3 <3 As a side note, I would absolutely recommend it to others who are considering signing up next year. Everyone is very friendly!

(Hey Blue, I had more art planned but unfortunately many things came up. But I hope you enjoy this anyways! I might draw some more for you later ^-^ Thanks so much for this prompt <3 <3)

Edit: I have decided that now you will receive a completed arts + ramblings + some WIPs behind the scene hahahaha https://www.tumblr.com/cyndraws/737208478471487488/kaishin-secret-santa-2023-extras-basically-wips?source=share

AU ramblings under the cut (ngl it's a lot):

Random details and notes that don't really fit anywhere. Mostly about the fanart:

Kaito is 1 year older than Shin and is taller than him

This scene is set over the Haido City hotel. In the distance you can see Shiriyomi Trust Hotel (can't full recognise it behind Kaito but I assure you I drew it lol), Tokyo tower (easy to spot) and Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (Just behind Shin on the right, the one with the lights in a --u-- shape) Main reference: https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Haido_City_Hotel

I was also screaming at the Kaishin pic in ED70 throughout this LMAO.

Kaito breaks through Shinichi's mysterious KID persona in this drawing and Shinichi shyly reveals his face behind the mask. Kaito then produces a blue flower, claiming it matches Shinichi's beautiful eyes (he's also the one who bred it)

Kaito has extra pockets sewn into his uniform to carry more tricks. This wasn't really necessary in canon, but here, Kaito has to be prepared to investigate at any moment.

Lmao help me render hair *stares at Kaito's* Cool effect but not quite right. I need to go experiment later.

Kaito/Shin getting shrunk (aka Conan situation) never happens in this au. But Haibara and the other victims are still around. Haibara still lives at the professor's.

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Background:

Yusaku was much more entangled and involved with Toichi and his fight with the Black Org. Side note but in this au, Snake is from a division of the Black Org

As a result, they both end up being killed during the fateful accident. Yes, both Shinichi and Kaito are there for it. They were going to be introduced to each other on that day, but well,,, we can see the way it ended.

It wasn't well known that the Kuroba and Kudo family were close at all. Extra vigilance was taken after the funerals to ensure their safety. Their families parted ways for the better or worse after thsi event.

Yusaku's and Toichi's friendship/rivalry included collaborating for some heists, having a second secret base in the Kudo mansion, and Yusaku donning the Night Baron costume... even if he was just hidden in a car and sending information to Toichi via an earpiece lol.

After their husbands' deaths, Yukiko and Chikage meet up occasionally and travel together in secret.

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Shinichi:

Shinichi never became a famous detective. The years after Yusaku died in the tragic accident, Yukiko and him tried their best to move on with varying success. Shinichi's dream to become a famous detective never came to fruition.

This was because for various reasons including not having Yusaku's guiding hand to develop Shin's detective skills, was only being taken to crime scenes for a year, and of course the trauma.

After avoiding detective work as much as he could (well considering that he's still a corpse magnet), Shinichi finally starts to dig through his memories. From then, he uncovered a strange inconsistency with the logic of his father's death and starts to obsess over the idea that it was a murder.

Shin painstakingly and slowly investigates in the shadows with his *ehem* admittedly rusty detective skills and chases after the very little crumbs left by the organisation. What he uncovers is that the accident wasn't one at all, but premeditated murder by an encompassing third party.

Shinichi finally finds a lead to,,, Jii Konosuke. This takes quite a few years, and Shinichi is 15 when he confronts Jii.

Jii reveals everything after Shinichi's deduction and also mistaking him for Kaito. And such Shinichi is brought into the fold. Shinichi also makes up his mind to take on the KID mantle, greatly sympathising with the fellow teen whose father was also involved.

The years after Shinichi uncovers the truth, he learns many skills such as disguise, acting and magic from Jii and Chikage. However, his magic skills will never be on par with Kaito's.

Shinichi in this au has more acting and disguise skills from living with his mother. She passed this skills onto him, and they bonded over it to recover from their grief.

When Shinichi is 17, he officially takes on the role of KID. Chikage permanently locked the KID cave in the Kuroba house, and the KID cave settled in its new home in the Kudo mansion. Inside the second base previously used by Toichi and Yusaku.

Shinichi as KID:

Well, he's just as dramatic as Kaito in canon, but it's a different kind of dramatic. Shin is more of a mysterious and cryptic phantom thief and wears a menacing Night Baron mask. He overall speaks less, and when he does, he says a lot of dramatic lines. Like in theatre almost, with plenty of double meanings.

He takes on a lot of aspects from the Phantom Lady and Jii's interpretation of KID.

And also, I was inspired by the Black Knight, Shiragami in canon, and AngelicSentinel's fantastic fic, Heart of Eternity. I guess you could describe it as more theatrely, cool and princely. He's still very athletic (laughing at Shinichi being Tarzan as Shiragami)

Unlike Kaito, Shin's notices often involve cryptic riddles. It satisfies Shinichi's puzzle loving side and adds to his mysterious reputation.

It's funny to me how Akako's 'Demon of Light' moniker is still accurate haha

Shinichi investigates a little in the shadows and is overall a touch more hot-headed than Kaito KID

He uses a lot more gadgets to cover for his lesser magic skills. He's still learning though! A lot of them are references to Conan's and KID's in canon. Between Jii and Agasa, he gets a lot of them haha. This includes:

Mask/monocle -> voice changer, mask to cover for poker face, zoom and night vision, tracker, microphone and radio, gas mask.

Transmitter/microphone -> button stickers, bugs in general, cufflinks. In some cases, a camera but it must be asked for first. Shin uses these to cover for Kaito's doves in canon.

Wristwatch -> Clock of course for his heist times, tranquilliser, emergency flashbomb (KID has one in canon too)

Shoes -> jet powered rollerskates (equivalent to skateboard). Of course, Shin still kicks things but it looks more to take down the occasional criminal, trigger emergency traps, and more. He doesn't kick often because it doesn't really suit the image of KID + it's a unique skill to have.

+ other usual KID gadgets -> smoke, flash, sleeping bombs, grapple gun, hang glider, etc.

~

Kaito:

He's still an aspiring magician

Since there's a rising amount of cases in Beika, Kaito gets recommended by Nakamori because of his magic skills. The idea is that his knowledge of magic tricks will help uncover the criminals' tricks... Well this includes basically all cases lol. It works though! And the news of Meitantei Kaito starts to spread.

Kaito falls in love with the dramatics and triumphs of figuring out a criminal's trick. He starts to get called into Beika every time a case is discovered. One different to Shin is that Kai gets called to the cases instead of the cases coming to him.

His detective persona is like KID's in canon - flirty, dramatic, confident, charming, a bit of a pervert, and a classic showman's personality. Aoko is sick of it hahaha.

Kai's deduction show is very dramatic. He uses flashy magic tricks to reveal evidence and tricks, and uses his magic to take down criminals.

This includes his acrobatics, trusty card gun and traps he set beforehand. I like to headcanon that Kaito invented his cardgun first before integrating into KID. Kaito's cardgun includes the normal sharp cards (Kaito uses it to pin down criminals with their clothes, cut ropes, etc), tranquilliser laced cards, smoke and flash bombs. And also sleeping bombs but he uses it vary sparingly because even that toes the law a little too much... Megure is exasperated but the criminals are taken down quickly without much harm so he lets it slide

Kaito also follows in the spirit of dubious investigation. He changes his voice, uses his doves to spy on others, uses disguises (very very rarely), and is noisy overall.

Kaito and Hakuba:

Has a detective rivalry with Hakuba.

Hakuba still thinks, even in this au, that Kaito is KID. After all, Shin's profile is very similar to Kaito's. Kaito vehemently denies it but acts like a KID fan around Hakuba to annoy him. He isn't really though, citing KID's magic to be third rate, but he is still intrigued.

Hakuba offhandedly slips in wording and insinuations to Kaito's huge annoyance. You can imagine them bickering at a crime scene while Megure is just Too Used to this.

Much later on, when Kaito learns Shinichi's identity, Kaito tells Shinichi's about Hakuba's warnings. So Kaito is kinda a messenger between the two. Despite Hakuba being annoying, Kaito knows he can trust him.

~ Other character interactions:

Shinichi and Kaito:

Shinichi is still a corpse magnet. So he encounters a case, calls the police, and escapes as fast as he can after giving a witness statement. This is partly to avoid the awkwardness of meeting Megure and the police officers (he hasn't met them since his father died), as well as his new night job.

This results in the most frustrating yet amusing situation where Shin and Kaito miss meeting each other for quite a few years. Shinichi is busy hurrying off while Kaito is called to the scene and busy listening to the details.

Quick sketch I may/may not fully finish in the future:

Description: Set in suburban Beika. Shinichi is at the foreground, looking at his watch and worrying about meeting Jii on time. Meanwhile, next to a police car, Megure merrily discusses case details to Kaito. Kaito is glancing over to Shinichi in curiosity while keeping an ear open. He has his hands in his pockets. Behind Megure, the scene has police tape barring entrance.

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Kaito thinks KID is a third rate magician but can appreciate the dramatics and mysteriousness. He is Intrigued. This leads to a meeting later on. Kaito uses his connection to Nakamori.

Shinichi is of course startled by Kaito's namedrop.

... Sorry no more details/plan about their meeting. It's definitely a dramatic face off though.

Regarding Shinichi's identity reveal, I was playing around with the idea that Snake is there, threatening the two at gunpoint and sneering over the '"lovely family reunion between father and son". It would definitely spur Kaito to grill Shin for more details

~

Shinichi and Hattori:

Hattori hears about the "Meitantei of the East" and goes off to meet him and challenge him to a deduction battle. He doesn't know how to contact him, so he goes with the strat of wandering around Beika until he runs into a case. He figured that with the high rate of cases being reported, he's eventually run into Kuroba ,,, yeah hahahaha Thats his entire plan

Luckily for Hattori, his detective luck exponentially multiplies with Shin's and a scream runs out. As Shinichi is reporting the crime and tried to head off, Hattori slings an arm around his shoulders to stop him from sneaking off.

Hattori loudly greets him as Kuroba despite Shinichi's insistence that "No, I am NOT Kuroba, please get your arm off me". Insert much scepticism from Hattori.

Even after they part ways, this isn't the last they see of each other. Hattori keeps wandering around Beika while running into Shinichi. They eventually become friends huhu.

Shinichi and the Detective Boys:

The Detective Boys admire Kaito a lot. Obviously they've watched the news reports on TV. So when they see him at the park playing soccer, they glomp him HAHAH Poor Shinichi

At this point I think people mistaking Shinichi as Kaito can be a running gag. The Detective Boys keep annoying Shinichi and even attempt breaking into the 'Edo house' to see the ghosts... Shinichi is still not happy. And also, when they visit Haibara, they're basically next doors so Shinichi's never going to get them out of his life.

Despite the annoyance, he eventually becomes fond of them and takes on the big brother sort of role.

When Kaito and Shinichi get acquainted, they take the DB on outings a lot. The DB is very fond of Kaito-nii-san and Shinichi-nii-san.

[quitealotofsodapop]

If that were to come to pass, then I believe that it would be in Century Egg Au. For one, Jade Emperor and Queen Mother are for more involved with Wukong and his family in that au, therefore there'd be more opportunities for them to discover the truth. For another, Guanyin is their daughter's reincarnation, they know this and they know she adopted Wukong, but that mad him her ward not her son in their eyes. But even so, while midwifing it is entirely possible that Queen Mother may have noticed soemthing about Wukong's soul, some never before noticed connection to her own and to Guanyin, and whilst he was in a comatose state she may have wanted to do her own research.

It's possible, if she were to loon through Guanyin's bloodlines and reincarnations, she may discover that amongst those 31+ reincarnations before she reached enlightenment Guanyin, or rather Sonzi, had a short stint as a monkey demon. A Stone Monkey demon, whom the now know form Wukong, is capable of producing a stone egg that could potentially remain dormant for many centuries before hatching. They also know that if the pregnancy of a stone monkey has a high mortality rate, courtesy of the very monkey, she just barely saved from Diyu with her daughter's help. So if she were to look for the cause of death for this particular life of Sonzi...

Death by Egg Incubation.

Sonzi's life had ended in this reincarnation while trying to do the very same thing Wukong had just barely succeeded in. And if she were to look into the egg, well... that was quite the surprise for her and JD when she brought the news to him. It's not every day you unknowingly midwife for your own firstborn grandson. What they'll do with thsi information is still up to debate, afterall Wukong is most certainly too fragile right now to hand that sort of revelation without incident and the last thing they want is another rampaging monkey who would likely end up hurting himself in the process.

It would def be the Century Egg Au that finds it out first, especially since it's the closest Wukong has been with the royal family beyond his Orchard attendant days.

After the Monkey King managed to be stabilized after nearly dying bringing his child into the world, the Empress that midwived for him felt a creeping suspcion whenever she saw Guanyin - the reincarnation of her eldest daughter - fret over the resting demon. As if she were looking at a torn painting.

The Queen Mother asks for permission from King Yama to see her deceased children's Scrolls in order to see if any of them happened to produce offspring in their different incarnations.

Second-born Yin Wuming was obvious; she bore three dutiful sons all allied with Heaven, despite the tragedies caused by her youngest child. No other children noted.

Zhinu's scroll does not give a clear answer. She and her mortal love and their children are in a state beyond simple life or death.

But then the Queen Mother comes across the Scroll of her eldest daughter. Once her the Jade Emperor's firstborn Princess Songzi, now the Bodhisattva Guanyin - the Scroll is very thick with records of her intermitting lives. And feeling a hunch she unrolls it to take a look.

She drops the scroll to the ground at the words and image that reveals itself to her. A creature she once thought as no more than a beast smiling back at her as her dear daughter once had, her fur and hair a familiar warm orange-gold like the sunset.

"Shí Nǚ Zúzhǎng - Shíhuā - Last Matriarch of the Stone Monkey Troop of Flower Fruit Mountain

Cause of Death: Sacrificed Dao to create Stone Egg"

The section of the scroll that would normally explain any issue or surviving bloodline had been redacted - as if someone happened to have removed their name elsewhere among the Books of the Dead.

The Queen Mother collapses as the revelation kicks in.

The creature that had nearly torn Heaven asunder to ensure the safe birth of his child - had been born from her daughter's second life, a life ended by the same means to ensure the next generation.

She had just delivered her own great-grandchild and hadn't even realised it.

She runs to her husband first - her eyes inflamed with tears, joyous and guilty. The Jade Emperor can only hold his wife as she wails. How could she have been so blind!? The flames that should have killed the Monkey King could not do so, as it was her own Samadhi Fire that fueled the Furnace. The power that rained destruction upon Heaven, as terrible as it was beautiful, was her own.

The Jade Emperor is completely silent. He simply has no words.

The royal pair peak into the room where Sun Wukong rests, his mate and his cub at his side. Liu'er Mihou is haggard with worry as he sacrifices every bit of sleep and warmth to keep their child sated, the King himself resting as if he hadn't just preformed a miracle. The baby, the couples "little Heaven", blissingfully unaware of how many lives they enriched.

The demon family looking as they themselves once did when they welcomed Songzi into the world.

Even the Emperor cannot hold back the tears.

When the royal pair attempt to gain their bearings, they realise that the daugher that they had exiled so long ago for marrying a demon, had spent the last 500 years ensuring that the King's island stayed safe and undisturbed as he incubated his child. Did Tieshan know? Had she sensed a connection between them? Had Nezha - whom the monkey has always treated as a little brother?

For the first time in thousands of years, the gods feel humbled.

[anosrepasi]

10 Character/10 Fandoms/10 Tags

Tagged by the wonderful @aeide :)

Nil (Horizon Dawn Zero/Forbidden West) - My current obsession I'm rotating around in my mind. What's not to love he's charming in the sense that his most common AU occupation is "Serial Killer." Will he kill you? Depends! Only if you suck, and he promises to never stab you in the back, he wants to look you in the eye if he tries to kill you. But actually, I find him utterly fascinating and in the context of HZD he's just. so nuanced it destroys me. This man has decades of c-ptsd and asks the question of what happens when someone drenched in violence is suddenly expected to stop fighting- the answer is, it takes a lot! I adore him.

Kassandra (AC:Odyssey) - Look the more I think about Kassandra and like the canon quests in that game the more I'm like. They did you wrong, girl. They did you so dirty. SHE JUST WANTS TO GO HOME. IT TAKES DECADES. HER STORY IS A FUSION OF THE ODYSSEY AND THE ILIAD. YOU CAN APPLY THEMES FROM BOTHA ND IT DRIVES ME INSANE. And. And then they say, all thsi you worked so hard for? Well. We have other things we need from you. I am going to chew through my arm.

Mizu (Blue Eye Samurai) - Look. I could link thousand upon thousands words of meta about Mizu and her/they're relationship to gender and existence as a mixed race individual in isolationist Japan. And it still wouldn't capture it all. And past that it's hot person brutally murdering people in absolutely fantastically animated fight scenes.

Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII) - Look. He's my original blorbo. I saw 10 minutes of screen time of him in Advent Children and have been insane ever since. I bought and played through Dirge of Cerberus for him. Something about him apparently just imprinted on me as a child, I've been a lost cause ever since.

Xaden Riorson (Fourth Wing/Iron Flame) - These books are still relatively new so I'll hold my tongue since a lot of what I am obsessed with re: him is spoilers but oh my god. oh. my. god. buddy.

Axel (Kingdom Hearts) - Also an original blorbo from childhood, imprinted on him like a baby duck. His death in KH2 made me bawl. His entire storyline makes me sob, he's the reason why every single aspect of Roxas' story was a gut punch cause like. The best way to make people care about characters is give them someone who loves them then make it sad.

Charles Milton Porter (Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den) - Look. This dude's DLC made me cry. big cry. I still kinda get choked up when i think about it for a while. it's about the grief.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits - I can't choose a characters from this, so I just advise everyone to play this game. It's so good. You're going to be emotionally devastated. It's also about grief. Every character in this game is so so good and you will feel things.

Joe Miller (The Expanse) - He was not the first but he was my defining love of shitty noir space detectives. I loved him from when he was introduced to when he left the series and my love was rewarded so much. Holden and Amos were the runner up characters for this fandom.

Death (The Book Thief) - I read the book thief for the first time in 7th grade I think? Every day of my life since them on my commute to work or when on break I look at the sky and think about how Death would describe the taste of the colors. This book irrecoverably changed me from the day I read it and firmly cemented this Death as the death i hope is there at the end of everything, i love this version of it so much. This death is like. look. go read the book if you haven't had the opportunity.

Tagging for anyone who wants to do it: @ongreenergrasses @lobstermatriarch @airmidcelt @tirsynni @aevallare @duesternis @salsedine @avelera @thehoundkeeper @green-nbean

[starsnores]

jus wondering how do you view ancestors and descendants? for thsi au and in general? i know for the au ghb is basically gamzees dad (btw how did he figure out that gam is his descendent?) and in general the fandom sees them as the equivalent of human parents or siblings (beforus), but you seem to have an alternative take to this (i hpoe this isnt rude im genuinely curious)

your not being rude! but if you mean the prisoner au he's not really gamzee's dad? I'm sorry if you got that impression, their relationship is much weirder and more possessive then that. and for how they met I think the clown pope going through new recruits might happen to notice someone with his same sign, and idk how common repeats of the same sign are but it might be unique enough he wants to meet him just to see.

But anyway, I don't head canon trolls as understanding familial relationships at all. that's not really something that their ant/bee colony reproductive system has or something their culture facilitates, any child rearing is pushed off on one caste and no one else seems to care. That's probably more of alternian culture being cruel and cut throat, but idk even past that to how their reproduction seems to work it just doesn't seem to me that they would understand "family" very well. Ancestors/descendants are of the same Kind, and are connected in that way, but they're not literally family to me. I think if living ancestors met their descendants killing them wouldn't be uncommon? it's what the empress does after all. if they take them under their wing as a mentor (or especially into their quadrants) that's seen as form of narcissism, which is more what their relationship in the au is or how it's seen by other people. And I think it's similar on beforus, just with fefs awful patronage system instead of the constant murder.

That's part of what makes the soleil twins so odd, they are the only two trolls who come close to having that familial relationship and i think them being twins born of the same egg and psychically connected other trolls see them more as "the same person, split in half" rather then two separate people who are human siblings. I think that would give them religious significance in the clown church where duality is a huge deal (that's part of why their designs for that au are less militarized then the other clowns).

and that's also sort of what makes karkat special? i feminize him for fun and horny mostly but it's not like there's no thought that goes into it beyond that lmao. he's more "human" in a lot of physical ways (to tie into how he helped create them) but being able to have his own children is one of them, creating these close familial relationships in a culture that just doesn't have it, sort of like how he has 11 friends in a culture where friendship is a ~disease~.

And idk I think aus and stuff where people create family units out of groups of the same sign or human aus where they do that are fun (in my human aus I like to make ghb gamzee's rich great uncle). But in general if I'm exploring ideas with alternia, as it's presented it seems to me while ancestors/descendants are genetically similar they don't conceptualize "family" in any way.

[hollowknightinsanity]

i threw thsi out into a yt comment section and its actually decently written so lemme copy-paste it here WEEE

reign of light is the process and aftermath of the radiance fusing with the hollow knight to escape the black egg.

hollow (who is nicknamed “moon” in this au, the radiance being “sun” or radi as usual) spent 11 years sealed in the egg with radi, and throughout that time, she was trying to convince them to fuse with her to become a new god powerful enough to break the seals. they agreed on the condition that she leave them and their family alone after they separate, and they metaphorically shook on it.

BUT. radi lied! she wasnt gonna let them go, or leave hallownest, or anything they agreed on. she was gonna hold full control over their fused form (named eclipse) and use their combined power to kill the pale royals and take her place on the throne.

the main story consists mostly of how her rule affected hallownest and moon’s mental health (and just their health in general). ghost comes back and kills her at some point bc i hate bad endings, but that doesnt happen for a WHILE.

twins of void, on the other hand, is much more fluffy! it’s based on the what-if scenario of if hollow saved ghost instead of leaving them behind on the climb out of the abyss.

in this au, ghost is the one named the pure vessel, and they’re usually called “purity” or “sibling” by their twin. since hollow isnt the hollow knight, they actually get a name (diligence) given to them by their mother, who actually genuinely loves them.

when the twins are 13 and hornet is 3, diligence freaks out about the vessel plan and ends up running away with purity and hornet. after a while they end up in pharloom, meeting the self-insert character i STILL havent designed, and decide to settle there.

later on they move AGAIN and end up in bugaria, the place where bug fables takes place. then it’s all fluff and comfort and gay shit from there.

purity/ghost become the shade lord in both aus, but they only kill radi in rol. she gets her kingdom in tov, since the royal family is in bugaria and won’t be dealing with her anymore.

designs coming up soon maybe :3c

[hewmitcwaft]

Look i have like nothing concrete about it right, but in cases like this i always like to imagine what would happen if these people were to meet eachother. Like whether they go backwards or forwards, whether pixl is even involved in the time traveling, hearing about that guy they know who has those funny copper marks too except his are blue (hey he even looks like the king, what a coincidence) gotta cause some Concern right? Especially if they do meet him (wow how is this dude alive). God forbid pix + whoever (fwhip? +other people?) do the back in time thing bc everyone else probably recognises inlays and what they aren't supposed to look like even *outside* of pixandria (and inside pixandria that'd be 15x worse). Archeologist Pix would probably be too enchanted by the living breathing history to worry about it either way, but everyone else (including his past self)? I'm rotating it in my mind.

THIS au idea is driving me up a wall. anon i am kissing you over thsi its showstopping. all the scenerios in my brain now are running amok youve infected me !!!

i personally liek the concept of s2 going back in time but like u said either works great! itd also have a ton of fun moral questions of "i know that everything will be Blown Up due to historical documents. do I tell these people or leave them to die as history dictates?" which is always Super Fun !!

AND YEAH archeologist pix would be so caught up in finally getting real info on the ancient kingdoms From the Source that he wouldnt care about the weird glances and whispering that follows him. curous how hed react if he did see the copper king tho LMAO . he forgor that was him. maybe hed remember maybe hed just find it strange.

and with other members there that could be MEGA interesting. im biased towards joel specifically bc of the whole lore thing he did in s2!!! but ofc we cant leave me fail whip out of an au!! this is the gunpodwer boys zone!!!! maybe something could be done if they saw that their s1 counterparts were technically enemies (even though they work together frequently and i have a Lot to say on that as well lmao)

its just so. ARHGRRGRGGAGAFSHAGACBDGAGAVA A AA SGGDBSHAVA AAGGDGRGRGGAGAGAVACAA A A SHAGAGSGGRGRGRGEVEGEVRGAGAGACSGVDHFNCNNVMVMV SJUENGHWGAGRGGSVA A F A D T64:# HF

y'know?

[iron234]

hello bfdi heads . i had a dream where a new season of bfdi happened and it was like. high school or college au thing and it was strange and everyone had clothes and i think it was also 3d for some reason and i remember one long shot where it was just like . first person camera going through a crowd of people outside and for some reason firey was in a dress . thsis what he kinda looked like

[joshriku]

hi!! I saw a rec list of yours where you were like, "i actually have more but some of them are just the real popular ones so im like. Yeah youve read it." -- but I HAVENT!! I'm brand new to cherik and looking for those ultimate recs, those smash hits. could you rec some ultimate cherik fic, if you have the time? i'm not big on fluff but anything too cutesy but otherwise I'm totally open!!! thank you in advance!

hiii :D i would absolutely recommend you to also browse the tag filtering it by kudos because i tend to filter out some things and i also tend to be picky with stuff so there's probably Smashing Hits(tm) i overlooked bc i was like 'nahh im not in the mood today' and my god there are so many good authors and fics that probs go undiscovered by ME. so do make sure you don't miss out on Those Hits

that being said i went through my bookmarks and i'm grabbing those ones with thousands of kudos (bc to me A Lot of Kudos are anything over 100 but i know some cherik fics have liek 5k or more so. i rec going thru the tag fr) so if i repeat myself from the other recs im very sorry but teehee here you go!!!!

these are all like. well. they don't have major trigger warnings or bad endings so enjoy

two lonely souls in a fish bowl by blarfkey: this is really more centered around pietro and erik but the cherik in it is mmmmmwah and also it's jsut so fucking good if you need to scratch that itch of 'damn i wish pietro had told erik he was his dad' like the rest of us. it's so so so good and IT'S A WHOLE SERIES SO CHECK THAT OUT THEY'RE ALL SO GOOOOD.

been there, done that by asyouwish: time loop fic! fucking love that. erik gets stuck in a timeloop before the cuba thing happens. i love seeing littl emen suffer trapped in time

i don't want to wake up on my own anymore by pocky_slash: my bookmark tag here says 'something about erik sleeping' so i reread it and i was like oghggoghg erik sleeping....so YEAH.

orphans of forgetting by pocky_slash: AHGP okay this one's fucking good listen to me. i like men going through emotional trials that fucks them up but gives them an emotionally fulfilling result. this fics good

the pretender by clocks: au where erik fake proposes to charles to get free food. they're still mutants. apparently i bookmarked this one saying 'im going to cry' and now i remember i was jsut really emotional that day and there was no reason to cry as it is a very good and funny fic. help

the whole world wants what we're on by waketosleep: and there was only one bed!

mi casa, su casa by zairaA: i love this one. it's so fun to read. charles moves into his new apartment only to find out erik already lived there. i love this fic.

shalom malakh by zairaa: ive read this oen so many times and only now ive connected the dots that it's the same author. david haller is in this fic. 10/10 showstoppin gi love MY BOYYYYYY !!!!!! but other than that it's so fucking good. what's better than coming back from the dead to haunt ur loved ones AM I RIGHT..

still life with cookies by ren: this one's cute. like a romcom. the pining on this one is so good and enjoyable i liked it so much

a nice boy (the family matters edition) by pocky_slash: IVE RECCED THIS BEFORE. BUT LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO I REREAD IT AND I CRIED SO LIKE HERE IT GOES AGAIN

x marks the spot by the hoyden: i fuckign lvoe this fic. every time i reread it i blink and it's over even though its like 20k words but it's jsut THAT good!!!!

the courtship by danveresque: what's better than canon characters cherik. REINCARNATIPON FICS . fuck my life thsi fic stresse dme out so bad but it was so good. i love it.

never too late to be who you might have been by acetamide: charles and erik wake up in the future (the 2000s timeline movies) and only remember up until what they know before the cuban missile crisis. chaos but also sweet shit :)

tessellation by nekosmuse: i feel like ive mentioned this one before. no MATTER. it's GOOD. IT FUCKS ME UP SO BAD. it does messes with comic canon and also the xmen animated series so it's PERFECT FOR ME and i really do feel it's a classic. liek. 3k kudos should attest for a classic yeah. magneto is a charles xavier enjoyer. they meet. fall in love. Shit Happens. but like it's my favorite.

i think those are all the fics i have that are over 1k kudos long weeps.. again i SUPER encourage you to filter it by kudos when you go the charles/erik tag bc there are SO many fics with SO much content so please enjoy! i accidentally opened the tag and filtered it on august 2021 and i keep going through it. 2 years later yeah. i'm in like page 157 of it. we all make mistakes. but thank you for the ask and i hope you enjoy! :)

[theytistic]

DE! Kagami Tsurugi

Well… What can I say about her without too much spoiler, even though you've found out that she's going to be a miraculous holder. She switched roles with Marinette Dupain-Cheng, and due to an event ended up giving up fencing and is looking for a vocation that makes her happy; And in the meantime, she casually streams and posts her art online, despite her mother's disapproval.

We definitely won't have Feligami, because even though she's bisexual, I don't think Felix shows up, or if it happen, it would be something so fast that it wouldn't have time for romance. I'm still on the fence about who she'll end up with, or if she'll end up alone (since she doesn't need a romance to be happy), and for sure, we won't have a love square between her and her partner (the other miraculous holder).

In this one, if I really focus on making each character with a more unique color palette, I would say that dark red would be their color (this disregarding the other composition colors), although in this drawing it was more brown and pastel.

Let's start with the basics, first I'm still a beginner in painting, mostly with a single color, I'll probably do everything in grayscale, just testing, maybe colorful, who knows. I ended up testing a lot of type of painting, spray, stippling, blended, I really need to improve my painting techniques more, but I hope you like this simple drawing. So, sorry It's so simple, but I kinda like the final product. And I change my drawing app, so still learning how to use, and I have to remake the trend (because the format doesn't work on thsi app), but It's almost done.

Any questions about her or au, I'd be excited to answer, as I'm loving creating and organizing it.

[imalwayskidding]

FOOTBALL AU!

Check the plot!!!

Basic info

He mostly plays attack/centre. Usually the one to lead charges to score and break the other players ankles when they steal the ball.

He has a habit for getting carried away (despite his efforts for self-control) and slams too hard into enemy players. This has earned him a lot of rivalries with other teams and even some red card violations.

During practice or friendly games they sometimes put him as a goalkeeper. He's quite good at it and they don't have a fixed goalkeeper at the moment. It also gets him away from the field if he's too worked up.

It's cold so he wears a polo leotard under the team uniform. He chose the number 1 because that's how he seems himself, it makes him feel good and confident.

He "needs full movement of his legs" so the shorts stay as they are, ofcourse.

He naps before important matches to gather his energy and strength.

The plot.

He has been playing football his whole life. He considers it part of who he is.

The team is doing well locally, and they're trying really hard to get a place in the National Championship coming soon. Their goalkeeper quit so they're having difficulties.

Itachi wants to get noticed by an official team so he is internally panicking about their prospects. He might leave the team and join elsewhere if he sees they don't have chances of making it.

Their team dynamic

Itachi isn't interested in anything that doesn't concern the team. He's quite strict and lectures them on their mistakes.

However, he knows team dynamics are important (unfortunately) so he actually tries to be friendly.

He comments on good plays, gives advice and even offers joint training + exercise sessions(and the others do join in when they can).

The others also dream of playing football as their career. They are very dedicated to this goal and take the team seriously.

It pleases Itachi that they share his determination to succeed.

He still does not join in unrelated group activities. He doesn't like people, even though these ones are... tolerable.

They earnestly listen to his criticisms and discuss his own areas of improvement.

Their passion makes him feel like they're in this together, that they're almost a famil-

No.

The... issue

The team hates it when he's aggressive on the field. It always creates a horrible tension between them. They've talked to him about it multiple times and although he, begrudgingly, agreed to work on it he still gets caught up in the moment sometimes.

He hates it when his emotions take over in the field. He hates it when he messes up. Again.

Itachi has been with this team for a long time and scores a lot of their goals. They would never kick him out, but his increasing attitude problem is making him harder to handle during matches. They also have a dream to think of and he could become a disadvantage if he continues.

Itachi is not handling the stress about the upcoming National Championship well. They are behind without a good goalkeeper and they're running out of time.

His restlessness has resulted in more incidents that, despite not causing trouble so far, throw off the rest of the team.

The now

Today's match ended 15 minutes ago. Another win, but that's not enough.

Right now, no one else cares. They won.

They changed clothes. They're going home.

He's wearing a hoodie and sweatpants, with his bag slung over his right shoulder. No time for any training, this was a late match and the sun has already set.

A quick word with the team, to tell them what they did right, and all they could still fix. It's late. They're tired but they smile along and nod to every word.

A quick goodbye. They all wave at him with whatever energy they have left as they walk off together to the nearest coffeeshop. They call back an invitation -as they always do. He turns it down -as he always does- and begins the walk home in the opposite direction.

He does not smile. But- but it feels good. Peaceful. He's ready to head off to bed and sleep.

[lovelyirony]

listen i fucking know there’s at least ONE civilian who knows a superhero/villain’s actual identity and doesn’t say shit about it because they’re either terrified or they think it’s not their business 

[patxhwrk]

Ong helo again, i want to req reverse streamer au w childe when the reader acc dies at the golden house where the traveller aka childe fight them amdjjsjsjs, i kinda wanna see how his reaction is. (Lets just say the liyue harbor osial attack was done by another hsrbinger)

Just this and if yoi dont write for angst or you dont wanna write this feel free to delete thsi req. (I got the request idea when j was reading your latest work, it was really good 🤸‍♂���)

Yeah give me that angst baybee im a sucker for sadness

I may be a bit bad at writing angst tho, its not my strongest in writing

Also i know you cant see in game bruises/scratches but lets just pretend they exist even out of cutscene

Lets pretend Y/n's little sibling in game is also named Teucer

-ˋˏ✄— Fallen Harbinger

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ Tartaglia x Reader [ Reversed + Streamer AU ! ]

Pronouns: they/them

"Farewell, Fallen Harbinger."

CW: Angst! Death! Mentions of blood!

.navigation. // .genshin impact masterlist.

'Go to the Golden House,' the quest read.

It had just been another regular day for Childe. Wake up, do his morning chores, then do his regular, messily scheduled streaming.

And, as per usual, he had been streaming Genshin Impact, a well known game in the streaming community.

"The Golden House? Uh, okay then..."

He stole a glance at his chat, who were telling each other to shut up, while some only asked what would happen in confusion. Spoilers were probably deleted by his mods.

"Chat, you're scaring me, chat. What the hell is going to happen? No, no, don't tell me, I don't think I want to know yet."

Something in his head screamd at him, as a cutscene played. His chosen traveller looked around the Golden House before stepping closer to the Exurvia of the former Geo Archon.

And then, in stepped familiar h/c hair, their e/c eyes devoid of light despite the golden mora shining within the Golden House.

"Hey! The lil skrunkly!" He whispered, low enough to not desturb the cutscene.

They conversed for a bit, before the cutscene ended and a battle began.

"Surreder is a valid option, I promise I'll be gentle."

Childe swallowed his saliva, laughing quietly to himself.

"Oh I am going to have fun. Maybe."

─𖠄࿐

The fight ended, and Childe was shaking in his seat. He had barely finished phase 3, getting disracted many times.

Another cutscene played, revealing a tired, worn out traveller. But Y/n was no better, not even on his level.

Standing across the traveller, now out of their Foul Legacy form, was same old Y/n, shaking in their place as scratches and bruises littered their skin.

"Hah, you've bested me. How... intriguing. You truely are...as strong as they say."

Childe, having a chill run up his spine, stared intelty at his screen, deathly quiet.

"La Signora has even praised you for your strength, even if she had not faught you herself, yet. Hah, to get a Harbinger's attention and praise... You sure are a special one, huh?"

─𖠄࿐

Having none of their energy remaining, Y/n collapsed to the floor, on their knees. They could see the traveller hesitate to approach them, but they spoke before he could move.

"Well? What are you waiting for? I may have overused Foul Legacy, and it wont be too long."

They spared a glance at the traveller, and even in their weakest moment, a competetive and mischievous glint shone in their once dull eyes.

"Go on. Aren't you going to kill me?"

The traveller's breath hitched, before they chuckled once again.

"Haha, only joking... Unless you're up to it, of course. I'm not quite a fan of dying to Foul Legacy, but after a fight with the oh so great traveller? It was a fight worth dying for, I guess."

Coughing, blood trickled down their chin, and they wiped it off with the back of their hand.

"May I be able to hope to see you again? To have another battle? Perhaps in the far future, perhaps never again at all..."

Taking a step forward, the traveller ceased his motion as the Harbinger raised a hand.

"No need. Whatever healing you might try to do would not work. Foul Legacy takes my energy, decreasing my life span. Perhaps I wasn't meant to live long, perhaps my only purpose was to serve the Tsaritsa."

A chuckle, breathy and tired and solemn and...happy.

Happy to have someone to pass one last message for them.

"Before you leave," they spoke. "You'll probably be able to find one or two of the Harbingers here. One of them would be summoning a god banished to the depths below. You cannot stop them. Or maybe you can. But, before you leave."

They looked up, and despite the scratches and blood on their face, their half lidded eyes shined a thousand times brighter than all the mora in the Golden House.

"My siblings... My mother, my father... Everyone..."

They smiled, brighter than their eyes. It was soft and kind and solemn and genuine and sad.

A million words spoke through that smile. A million messages, a million apologies, a million grateful thank yous. Directed to their family, their parents, their siblings.

A million farewells. Directed to everyone.

Directed to the traveller. To Childe.

"Give them one last goodbye for me, will you? A hug, for everyone. A kiss on the cheek, for mum and dad."

A smile, solemn and bright. But never remorseful, never faux.

"Tell Teucer I'm sorry."

Falling to their side, they collapsed on the ground with a thud, and the Golden House was deathly quiet.

─𖠄࿐

Childe stared at the screen. Eyes wide, mouth agape. If you looked close enough, you could see his shaking form as the cutscene ended.

Another quest popped up.

'Bid Y/n L/n a final goodbye.'

And he wailed in his seat.

Tears streamed down his cheeks, and he made it seem more dramatic to make people assume he wasn't really badly affected by their death.

"I— what— NO! My skrunkly! My little meow meow!"

He moved his character to stand in front of Y/n, an interact button popping up.

'Bid your farewells.'

He did so, seeing his character change to the traveller, who kneeled down beside Y/n. Paimon floated down to the ground, placing a hand on their head.

"...We promise you, Y/n. Your family will be alright."

Taking a flower, a Cecilia from Mondstadt, the traveller gingerly placed it atop their head.

"...We'll be going now, Y/n." He said, and stood up.

Childe had been quiet the whole time, and he could see his chat going wild on the corner of his eyes, all screaming 'NO' or 'o7' or anything alike.

"What the fuck!?" He exclaimed, not touching the game. Rolling his chair backwards a bit, he turned his head to chat, hands intertwined in front of his face, covering his mouth.

He wiped his teary eyes and wet cheeks, trying to find his voice.

"That was too early! I thought I could ignore the death flags until further!!" He exclaimed, staring directly at his face cam. Running a hand through his hair, he dramatically slouched on his chair, groaning loudly.

"Nooo! I would have protected them!"

Suddenly springing up from his seat, he wailed even louder.

"THEIR FAMILY!! THEY'RE GOING TO BE FUCKING DEVASTATED! And— and— their siblings! TEUCER!" He exclaimed.

"I'm sueing Mihoyo Hoyoverse what the fuck."

─𖠄࿐

@Tartaglia Tweeted!

WHAT THE FUCK WHAT WHY I— NOOOO

@ScaryMouche Tweeted!

@Tartaglia do u know how loud u are wailing up there??

@Tartaglia Tweeted!

THEY KILLED THEM SCARA THEY KILLED Y/N

@ScaryMouche Tweeted!

WE KNOW YOUVE BEEN FUKIN CRYING ABOUT IT FOR THE PAST HOUR

@ScaryMouche Tweeted!

Honestly if u didnt pay most of the rent Dottore probably would have kicked u out before you lasted an hour in this house

@Tartaglia Tweeted!

Guys who wants to come with me lets make a personal shrine for Y/n in our backyard

@IlDottore Tweeted!

@Tartaglia Do that and I will burn you and the shrine.

—PATCHWRK !

[lemonsbakery]

like.

"Sometimes you can see our dreams while we are sleeping." "Its not healthy to keep things bottled up. Except potions and fairies." "You should get to bed. What's that? Hey, I am NOT a hypocrite!" "You dont have to be so noble all of the time. Let loose every once and a while!" "You can't please everyone. Just be yourself, that's the best you can do!" "When all eyes are on me, I freeze up like an ice cube. Worst. Feeling. Ever." "The little things make me the most happy. Kittens are little, for instance." "Sometimes I remember something funny and burst out laughing in public." "Nothing lasts forever, except for love. I heard fries stay good a long time, too" "I wonder if I could be a skosh more open minded... Nah, bet not!" " I wonder if I have a look-alike in YOUR world, and how similar we are." "I wonder if the happiest time of my life is now but I just don't know it yet." "I wonder if tomorrow I will be more like the person I really want to be..." "I wonder what I'll be doing 10 years from now. I bet something awesome." "I wonder what sort of mysteries await just beyond the horizon..." "I still torture myself about embarrassing things that happened ages ago." "I never have to fake a laugh around you. ---'s look-alike." "I shine like a supernova when I'm in front of a big crowd!" "I promised myself I'd get to bed at a decent hour tonight. Yet here I am..." "What happens to us when the save data is erased?" (The original version of my rogue.ai au was based off of this quote :3) "Do you think it would be better if humanity came to an end?" (this quote was in an older version of the game :(( ) "I guess that's it." "I'm fading away!" "please..don’t..delete me" THSI IS JUST A PORTION OF MY COLLECTION.

going insane over tomodachi life quotes again