#thunderstorm ask

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

As per usual, it’s DP crossover with (probably) DC, although you could probably adjust it for other fandoms

ANYWAYS

A little kid and his mother are trick or treating in another city, perhaps at some kind of event rather than knocking on doors, and the kid is dressed as Phantom. It’s very adorable, with his little ghost-shaped bucket and clearly homemade and already stained costume—listen, white only works if you can just fly over street grime or phase it out of your clothes—and his slightly I’ll fitting wig. The kid is SO happy to be out and about dressed as his favorite, and maybe even showed it off to Phantom back in Amity Park before his family left.

The hero, insert whoever you wish here, is probably in civvies and just enjoying the event. The kid, meanwhile, is so glad when people ask who he is so he can explain, and so- the hero gets to hear ALL ABOUT the local town hero who is probably pretty small time despite the kid’s clearly exaggerated stories. The hero certainly never heard of him, but the kid’s mom confirms that Phantom really was the town hero, despite some mixed reviews of the poor guy.

“Did you manage to show him your costume?” the hero asks.

“Yeah! We went down to the cemetery to leave flowers and I got to show him my costume.”

Wait. Cemetery? Maybe it was part of theme, because Phantom had to be named that for a reason, but… it sounded like…

The kid ignores the suddenly VERY still hero and instead turns to his mom. “Momma, do you think we should bring him candy? He doesn’t get to trick or treat like we do, and I can work super hard to get him a bunch!”

The kid’s mom just smiles. “We could, but maybe we should bring him something homemade. I bet he’d like something more filling, teen boys like him have a hollow leg.”

The kid wrinkles his nose. “Like Vernie with the pizza bagels?”

“Like your cousin, yes. We can make some cinnamon rolls and take them to his memorial, maybe bring some of the apples from your grandpa’s garden…”

The hero is pretty much forgotten as the two-part family wanders off, not quite intentionally forgetting the hero is there so much as the hero somewhat accidentally ended the conversation when they just froze and didn’t ask anything further.

Not that the hero didn’t want to. But they’d learn something very serious.

One—there was a small town hero they’d never heard of. Two—that hero was apparently a teen. Third—most pressingly, the teen hero was both beloved enough to have kids dressing up as him and dead enough to have a grave.

This… might require some phone calls.

[ask-the-pioneer]

it's alright ♫

[achromatophoric]

Enid + Wednesday + Thunderstorm =

Pre-Wenclair. Wednesday enters the room to find Enid anxiously searching for something.

Enid: No-no-no-no… shit! Shit! Where IS it?

Wednesday: I suspect you’ll find your missing dignity buried alongside whatever radioactive waste you pulled your outfit from.

Enid: I’m not in the mood, Wednesday. Have you seen my headphones?

Wednesday: Which? The offensively pink pair with the ridiculous cat ears?

Enid: No, my special noise cancelling ones. I can’t find them anywhere.

Wednesday: Why do you require them?

Enid: *clenches hair and whines* There’s supposed to be like a humongo thunderstorm tonight, so I NEED them.

Wednesday: Because the sound of thunder reduces Nevermore’s fiercest wolf to little more than a mewling pup.

Enid: *exasperated sigh* Wednesday, I said I’m not in the mood right now. Can you please just help me find them?

Wednesday: That would be a waste of my precious time. You will manage, with or without that device.

Enid: *glares* You can just say no. You don’t have to be a bitch about it. Could you at least pretend to care?

Wednesday: *furrows brow* I do not need to pretend.

Enid: *throws hands up* Gawd! Of course you don’t.

Wednesday: *tilts head*

Enid: Look— *walks to the door* —I’m gonna check if maybe Yoko has them. She also needs help finding her favorite boots, so I’ll be out for like an hour.

Enid: *glances back at Wednesday* Please just text me if you see my headphones.

With that, Enid storms off and leaves Wednesday alone the room, until the sudden arrival of—

Thing: *lands on Wednesday’s shoulder*

Wednesday: Took you long enough. Is the pentagram in place?

Thing: *bobs in a nod and gestures*

Wednesday: Of course the headphones are secured. What of the other sacrifices? Thorpe’s sketchbook? The gorgon’s pipe?

Thing: *points towards the balcony*

Wednesday: Excellent. We have time to complete the ritual before she returns. Let’s begin. *strides towards the balcony*

Thing: ☝️❓

Wednesday: *scoffs* Please. It’s merely a greater weather ritual. The blood price is worth not having to listen to her whine all night.

Thing: 🫵 ⁉️

Wednesday: *glares back* It’s not my favorite switchblade. Insinuate further at your own peril.

Thing: *annoyed slump*

Wednesday: Now cease your prattle— *steps onto balcony* —we have a storm to nullify.

Thing: 👍❗️

[dipperscavern]

your comment abt ice being 6 FUCKING feet and cregan casually has it strapped to his back 😀 hi yes so unfortunately i need him in my soul!! all of him even though i know i can't take all of that. he's so big and burly and fucking divine masculine. is all of the ice in the north melting or am i just wet asf rn 🤨 cregan cregan cregannnn we need to unpack this fact and the size of this fucking man

IS THE ICE IN THE NORTH MELTING. OR ARW YOU JUST 😭😭 IM CRYING

okay but i’m so serious. when i had that ice thought last night… lord. it took me an extra hour to fall asleep because i kept FUCKING THINKING ARGH. walk with me, anon. and then the entire council is following us LMFAO OK ANYWYAS

ice is, in fact, six feet long. it’s “as wide across a man’s hand”, taller than (an adolescent) robb stark, and almost as tall as ser ilyn pane. ilyn panes exact height is unknown, but since ice is nearly as tall, and ice is 6ft, i’d say ilyn is around 6’2. ice is also valyrian steel, so it’s not heavy heavy, just awkward. but even if it’s not the heaviest thing ever seen, the fact that cregan has that mf strapped across his BACK. is INSANE.

(i enhanced the pictures so they look a bit strange) it’s positioned to come above his head and looks like it ends at around calf level? i think? also, that’s just tom’s natural height.. not cregans. cregans exact height is (i think) unknown (everyone says over 6ft though), so what that means is we get to decide. SUMMON THE COUNCIL.

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

Hai me again!! Sooo, the fairy au!!

When there's a hurricane or tornado, cause I'm sure they've come across one at some point, do they just treat it as any other storm.. or take more extreme measures? Does Moon happen to get a bit afraid during those storms due to how strong they are?

They seek shelter and sit out the storm! Making sure to stock up on things like food in case things get severe.

Moon used to be very afraid of storms when he was still a freshly spawned fairy. The thunder frightened him terribly, but Sun always comforted him through it. Now he can sleep through most storms like a baby!

[ruegarding]

hi, quick question, how did you feel about Beryl Grace's character and how she was written?

hi! overall, beryl is another character that falls into the "interesting concept, not elaborated on in canon" category. in pjo, she's not particularly developed bc of her distance to the main character and narrative. in hoo, where she's directly related to a main character, she's flat, zeus is flat, hera is flat, thalia is barely relevant, and jason's entire character suffers from hoo being inconsistent and poorly written, which means anything that, arguably, should be done well doesn't hold up.

in pjo, beryl’s character isn’t very fleshed out, but she’s a side character to a side character, so it's understandable. she's also dead, but when she was introduced the majority of parents we knew abt were alive, so it wasn't too big a deal (this changes drastically w hoo, where there are more dead parents than living ones).

her existence answers a few questions: why doesn't every mortal parents know who their child's godly parent is? bc some of them cannot handle it. why did thalia run away? bc her mother coped w her mental instability by turning to alcoholism. why does thalia want to join the hunters? bc she wants stability. why can't thalia return home? bc her mother's dead. a lazy way out, maybe, but, again, beryl is a side character to a side character. the implied depth of beryl's character, that thalia cared enough to not only check on beryl's well-being after being revived but also feels enough guilt abt leaving that it's used against her soh, does a lot of the heavy lifting.

in hoo, we learn very little abt beryl's character, despite the fact that she is now connected to a main character. in fact, beryl's inclusion in hoo doesn't do much.

is beryl given depth now that she's closer to the narrative? not really. thalia had to raise jason bc beryl was always self-absorbed, so she and jason don't really have a relationship, therefore nothing to explore. and also the implied depth from pjo is removed bc actually thalia stayed bc of jason and doesn't care abt beryl. so, if zeus went back to beryl, had two children w beryl, that would imply that he loves her, right? no. bc why would we take this opportunity to imply that zeus cares abt other ppl and make him a multi-dimensional character. what does it mean that beryl unites two pantheons by having a greek child and a roman child? don't know. rick never explores it. why was jason sold to one direction? bc hera sucks and beryl's self-absorbed. how was jason able to recognize thalia's face despite last seeing her when he was two (or three??)? did hera tell jason abt thalia as he was growing up? was it all part of hera's big plan? don't know. probably. is jason and thalia's relationship an important focus of the series? no. do we explore the ramifications of beryl being a celebrity w children? no. where does jason's idea of what a mother should be ("caring, loving, selflessly protective") come from? not established. probably thalia...? was it necessary that jason's mother was beryl and not literally any other absent parent? no. was jason and hera's relationship explored in hoo, at least? if u settle for "kinda."

i can not overstate how little beryl shows up in hoo.

there's also a separate issue in how her disabilities are handled. like i say often, this is a series abt disability and therefore these things matter. she explicitly has an addiction and is coded w bpd and she and zeus are villainized for both of these things.

compare it w may. may can't give luke what he needs bc of her disability and it's approached w empathy and portrayed as a tragedy. similarly, hermes loves her and helps her how he thinks is best. and despite this, the audience can still empathize w luke's anger bc none of this changes the fact that he did not get what he needed as a child. that's how u write a complex relationship fitting for a main character of a series abt disability.

instead, beryl is written as incredibly shallow and repeatedly described as "unstable." she likes zeus bc he's powerful and he gives her attention. she caught his attention for shallow reasons and she wanted to keep it for shallow reasons. zeus is written like the villain for leaving, bc obviously he's also shallow and only there bc she gives him attention. this entire situation would be a tragedy if it were written w a modicum of care. it was a no-win scenario. he could have stayed forever, he could have made her immortal, and she would still be unstable, be unsatisfied. she put her entire well-being in his hands, and there is no way he can make her happy forever. it's sad! the love could've been there and it wouldn't've fixed anything!

boo sort of tries to add depth to her character and relationship w jason, but, again, it doesn't hold up bc jason doesn't have a relationship w her. for the two (or three??) years he lived w her, she doesn't even raise him. thalia does. jason doesn't see multiple sides of beryl. almost everything he (and the audience) knows abt beryl, he learned from thalia's crash course on why their mother sucked. the only exception is this promise beryl made, that she'd come back for him, except jason's already come to terms w the fact it's a broken promise, that beryl was never coming back for him, before the story begins. rick never establishes any redeeming quality of beryl's, or beryl's influence on jason, so jason's rejection of her doesn't pack any emotional punch bc...what exactly is there to reject? to let go of? why would the audience be attached to her? why would jason be afraid of becoming like her when there's nothing in the narrative to suggest they're similar?

it's not tragic. it's not triumphant. it's lackluster.

[tapuhauko]

@aelirus // Closed starter ;

When Hau comes to fully, he's not sure where he is. His vision's blurry for a moment as he tries to scan the surroundings. It's dark in here, anyway. On the way to wherever this was, he saw some scenery and heard some voices. They were fleeting moments, though. The Ex-Kahuna groans. His head is pounding. His ears are still ringing. He's... not feeling too good. Hau tries to move his hands to his head, but they don't reach. "..."

Fucker tied his hands and feet together. Yeah, he now remembers what happened.

Ugh. This sucks. At least his mom managed to call gramps. They'd come for him... All he needs is time.

If only he could move his hands, he could try and heal his injuries... It'd tire him out, but it'd be better than nothing. Then it hits him. He's not alone in here. Cyrus is observing him, it seems. Good thing he didn't attempt to move yet. Might be better to keep some tricks up his sleeve. Besides, moving would kinda suck right now anyway. "Where did you take me?" Right to the point. Dear Tapu he's sweating bullets right now. He's shivering. Something feels off inside of him.

[birchbow]

Verato: Sssssolicit

There's all kinds of shit you want from her--but all you can think, sudden and terrible, is how your horns ache, how long it's been since you thought to run a tangleripper through your hair or polish your horns or even clean up your motherfucking paint. How motherfucking shameful good it would feel, to have her hands back on your horns, or gripping your hair to kiss you like she did before she pulled you in your room.

It's entirely motherfucking unwise, to let someone you know of so little take you apart for putting back together. But. You're so downright double-damned exhausted with being wise about shit. And she's tall and strong and slick like a motherfucker, and you only ever got hornt the fuck up for a motherfucker you thought you could fix, not. This.

And it's been so very motherfucking much, is all. Pupation, trying to find yourself ground in a ship your ancestor's staked out on a hundred invisible lines. Your whole messy situation with...brother Makara, and then his vanishing-away to yet another vicious pan-fuck.

You weren't there to give an eye for him, this time. You swing back and forward again on glad you couldn't and hating yourself for the thought. You should have been there to sacrifice for him again. You should have noticed the heretic flavor of Hanati's disrespect. You should have never caught diamonds for a troll who had a moirail, and you shouldn't be fucking thinking on him, now. Not now. You want Chayal so bad, and if you think too ungrateful you know you'll deserve when she's taken from you.

"Shit's been...hard, a minute or two," you admit, and it's an admission that wouldn't be not hardly anything for a shameless motherfucker like Gamzee--don't think on him, one-two-three--but it's all the bolder of a flirt you've got in you. She must know that, too, because when you look up her eyes are on you even harder somehow, dark and bright like a meowbeast stalking.

That look takes you dry in the mouth. Shivers you, sends you twisting a little under her hunting look to see some old and ancient prey drive tense your claws and the set of her shoulders, like she might set on you with her fangs if you break for it. Drives out the words, "...Any shit you could do. To ease me--it. Just for the day..."

You manage to spark surprise in her at that, startle and interest. "I took you to move slower," she says. Not like a judgement, just...amending at herself. "But you throw yourself to your convictions, don't you, brother?"

"Here for a good time, not a long time?" you offer, hopeful to amuse, and she grants you a soft laugh and then goes "Hmm," to herself. And then smiles, bright and terrible.

"Then trade me a secret," she says. "And we'll make sure that time is very good."

Verato: Tell her a secret...

==> ...about who you know ==>...about what you want ==> ...about who you were

[START OVER]

[vaguely-concerned]

btw my headcanon for sophia amell in veilguard is that she has been 'oh no... I think your letter got lost on its way to me first warden... too bad, I'll just stay here in amaranthine until I hear from you, then.... is this a letter I see before me...... a tragedy. I can't read all of a sudden. my eyes. you sent a messenger? my messenger now I'm adopting them. no message received sadly try again'-ed all summons to go to weisshaupt, so she's in denerim with alistair when stuff starts to go to shit and at least they spend the impromptu superblight together. they may both be right on the edge of the calling (? we just don't know!) and ferelden might be about to fall, but at least they're king arthur and merlin-ing (erotic and romantic connotations) it up together at the end of the world and kissing and holding hands about it. and what more could I hope for for them. that's what beating the odds looks like for wardens I think.

there's a particular incident where she saves his life through the power of spirit healing and. maybe the guiding hand of Something that seems to still reside in the petals of the rose he gave her that she's worn in a little glass vial around her neck and that have not withered all these long years, and it inspires actual myths and romantic literary traditions and folk ballads and all sorts of nonsense that outlast them both. neither of them care tho they're just. hugging right now. drenched in darkspawn blood like the old days. resting their foreheads together. taking every moment they may have left just to be together. whatever you do don't go without me. wherever you go let me go too. and with you let me be buried, and where you go after that let me go with you then as well. (of course. of course. after all of this, where would I ever go without you. the one good thing about the blight is that it brings people together. the one good thing is that it brought me to you.)

[the-mew-crew]

So now that THAT whole thing is over with, um, anybody wanna check up on girr and hound?

[toctua]

here have more

I JUST GOT BACK HOME AND WHAT??? OH MY GOD IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS OUR SHARED PANDORA BOX NOW???

SHE'S SUCH A SWEET KITTEN, YOU'RE SPOOLIN' US ALL!!!

Now we have to name the little one… Frances? Dahlia? Clementine? Gwendolyn? Selma?

I'm pretty sure Tom would have picked the most "magical" name for her. Noctua isn't that picky, she'd have let him pick whatever name Tom liked.

(I can't get Tom and his baby fever out of my head… Noctua gets pregnant for the second time and gets his curse: twin boys that test his patience 😂)

[shimmershy]

Your art is already so Amasing and Then I Find Your Writing?!?!!

Oh my gods I love it soso much (I’d eat it it’s so good)

Ah wow thank you so much!! I saw you had reblogged those two Undertale fics I have on here and was really happy to see your comments; I'm glad people are still finding them and reading them because they still mean a lot to me. :)

[ultim8gymnast]

You’re scared of thunderstorms?

Wha-?!

how the hell did you know that?! I-I mean, I’m not!

[tapuhauko]

@skullkxd asked:

[ TEXT ] hey. Whnrvr ur free can you stop by shady house. [ TEXT ] I got by smthn important to ask u

[ TEXT > Ree ] I'll be there in like five minutes!

And that's all the time it took for Hau to arrive at Shady House all the way from Melemele. He shakes off some static electricity (he had zipped through the air), before entering and making his way to their room.

He has... a bad feeling, somehow. "Ree? You in there? May I enter?"

[raleigh-edward]

did you read seven brothers, the missing or te amo i haven't seen your posting about these would love to hear what you thought

No anon I didn't even start 7B since I'm not particularly interested in the high school/college freshmen settings. I rarely like coming of age stories, it's just a personal preference.

Similarly the plot and LIs of the missing and te amo didn't interest me either, so I didn't pick them up and do not plan on doing so until something convinces me to lol.

I couldn't get myself to like Parallel Universe Bureau or Advent either btw so dropped those too. I think The Thunderstorms Saga or Shakespeare's Code were the last releases that I found very interesting and continued to read but that's just me haha.

I also think that LIs from newer stories are very ugly, they look plasticky like Choices LIs, it could be just me but I definitely witnessed a shift in the art style, not a good one at that, it's perhaps because of the use of AI but it looks ugly regardless.

[eclipsxntice]

books and reading all day long

books and reading all day long

books and reading all day long

books and reading all day long

books and reading all day long