#too poor to be choosy

[kelcipher]

[heller-castiel]

job interview. helb

[o-sachi]

Wishlist! - Headcanons for WinBre Week!

ᯓ what are the furin boys putting on their wishlist this year? ᯓ characters; sakura haruka, suo hayato, sugishita kyotaro, mitsuki kiryu, kaji ren, umemiya hajime, hiragi toma, togame jo ᯓ tags; just plain platonic headcanons

[🐟]: for day 5 - holidays prompt! @windbreakerweek

Sakura Haruka

"Ehhh? No... I don't want anything..."

He's only saying that because he'd feel like too much of a burden knowing someone might go out of their way to get him a present.

But he's like the easiest person to give a gift to because he will appreciate anything you give him. Hell, the fact that you even thought to get him anything is a gift in and of itself.

Although, he'd prefer something that isn't super expensive.

Wishlist: a new blanket, coupons for omurice, another pair of shoes (pls get our boy a new pair of shoes)

Suo Hayato

"Oh? A gift? How thoughtful of you."

Not really choosy when it comes to gifts either. He's probably hella rich and has everything that he wants already, so gifts are like a kind gesture to him if anything.

Although, he prefers gifts with meaning over ones that are practical.

It's because he can buy the practical stuff, but he can't put in meaning into things that he buys for himself.

Wishlist: rare tea leaves, lucky trinket, calligraphy brush (a hobby he picked up recently)

Sugishita Kyotaro

"For me? Why."

Doesn't really think about gifts, both in the sense of giving and receiving it.

But if you give him one, he'll be over the moon. Doesn't matter what it is really. He's similar to Sakura in this regard.

However, his issue with gifts is that he doesn't know how to react when he's given one. Is a thank you enough? Should he get them a gift too? He's so overwhelmed. Poor guy...

Wishlist: a small plant for his room, a plain shirt, Ume's approval (he's been told you can't put things like this on a wishlist, but he got mad)

Mitsuki Kiryu

"Yippee! You're the best. Thank you so much."

He likes to joke about stuff that he likes to receive. Also jokes about not needing gifts because his fangirls already give him more than enough.

He judges gifts based on aesthetic appeal rather than its practical use. He doesn't care if its useless as long as it'll look good on him or in his room.

I just know this dude has the best reactions when given any gift. Even if he has experienced it soooo many times, he'll make you feel as if he's so thankful for it each time.

Wishlist: gems for the game he's playing, a cat charm, a hamburger phone case (so he can alternate between that and the hotdog phone case)

Kaji Ren

"Wha? What's the occasion? Well, thanks. I guess..."

Super adamant about not wanting to receive any gifts. He says he's happy enough to have loyal friends by his side. Honestly, he's just scared to get emotional if the gift ends up being too good.

Gifts from close friends hold more value to him regardless of what the gift is.

It's pretty easy to predict the things that he would like...

Wishlist: a box of lollipops, a new hoodie, a year's worth of Spotify subscriptions (me too actually sob)

Umemiya Hajime

"Whaddaya know? I also have a little something for you here!"

It actually puts a bit of pressure on you to find Ume the perfect gift because he is THE GIFT GIVER. It's like he always knows what everyone would love.

A really simple guy. Even quality time is considered a gift in his eyes.

Ume prefers gifts that aren't the usual kinds of things you'd buy from the store, so stuff like handmade gifts, home cooked meals, and letters are his favorite things to receive.

Wishlist: a new trowel for gardening, a shirt that says "Tomato Dad", a dinner party with the entire Furin student body (awww)

Hiragi Toma

"Thanks. I'll make sure to use this."

He's like an old man, so gifts that are practical are is preference. His eyes go wide when the thing is multi-purpose and a steal for its price.

He's also the type of person to preserve gift bags to use for another time. Although, he has definitely gifted back to a person using a bag given to him by that same person before...

A big believer of the saying, "It's the thought that counts."

Wishlist: stomach medicine... lots of it, hair gel, perfume/cologne (I JUST KNOW HE SMELLS GOOD)

Togame Jo

"Aww, this for me? You didn't have to."

Nonchalant as fuck when receiving gifts, but trust me, he is sobbing inside. He's so happy someone thought of him.

Also prefers practical gifts, but it hardly matters. As long as you got him something, he'll be grateful for it.

He won't admit it but he enjoys the moment of unwrapping the gift. Even better if it's wrapped neatly and with a bow on top. Kame's not sure why, but he just loves that part.

Wishlist: food foood fooooood, a new pair of sandals, fancy shogi set (to show off to the old men he plays with lol)

o-sachi © 2024 pls do not translate/copy/reupload my work on other platforms.

[rosieuv]

Project: Eden's Garden chapter 1 is so fucking good oh my god

btw spoilers here

go watch the official playthrough

Please.

Okay so ever since I saw the announcement trailer I was like "Diana's going to die first, I can feel it". It was something with her design, and her personality that screamed "early target". So when all that trial stuff was targeted towards her, I assumed it meant this was when she died: still chapter 1 but a bit later.

Now I think she's gonna die in chapter 2 from all that heroic monologuing. I also feel like Wenona's gonna play some kind of big role due to the way she acts. Possibly an antagonist? I'm not sure.

The actual contents of the chapter are long, with the official playthrough's being about 11 hours combined (and you bet I watched them the day they came out this weekend) yet the pacing still feels fine. A lot happens within both daily life, deadly life and the trial and I can in vision a timeline based on what happened on each day/part of day. The tournament thing was cool and how despite the murder not being in the new rooms, the fact that it would be impossible without it made it feel like it actually had a purpose, which I was a bit concerned about when the corpse was in the boiler room.

I wouldn't have guessed Wolfgang was the victim though but it makes so much sense. And Eva being the murderer. That was a whole bag of plot twists and they work very well. The rooms are cool, the concept of the whole locks thing is cool, basically everything is cool and Tozu is more interesting than Monokuma and he's definitely some drama kid that get rejected from the lead role and so some organisation thing that Wolfgang's father made (I swear he's going to be important in the future) and he was basically like "yeah just act all dramatic and stuff and scare the kiddies". Why Wolfgang is in this game though...idk. I feel like his father has to be important though, especially with the message on the back that for some reason took Damon so long to figure out when I figured it out very quickly: Wolfgang's father is an asshole and he is too. His animal is literally a sheep how the hell did he not realise this. I mean, the conversation with Tozu was cool as he doesn't appear often, but like, has Damon ever heard the phrase "Wolf in sheep's clothing?".

Okay here's my nitpicks:

some of the furniture models are a bit low poly which doesn't mesh well with the 2D sprites

3D textures are weird in places (Wolfgang's chair is the worst offender of this)

the line width is a bit thin in some of the new sprites and it bugs me because the artstyle typically has quite thick lines

this book is never shaded

the Damon thing I mentioned earlier

this bug in the trial where it fades out to show some kind of floor plan, and Damon is talking, but when the UI fades back in, for a split second it shows the mugshot of whoever was speaking before the fade thing (I can't find where this happens in the official playthrough but I swear it's real)

nobody realising the "thin bit of metal" was a hairpin until it was brought up as a lockpick in the trial like i realised that immediately

does Eva have a game console or a tablet? Pre-trial and at the start of the trial it was called a game console but towards the end when it was relevant, it was called a tablet? I can't find an image of it as the wiki doesn't have a gallery page for her (idk why) but I remember it looked like a DS from it's lid

there's only like 4 minigame section things in the trial: non stop debate, rebuttal showdown, the choosy one and the ending one. where's the letter one? i know there's more and i know this is probably so the programmers don't shoot themselves in the head, but still.

when did they have lunch during the last day? there was the tournament, the blackout, the investigation and then the trial and that was all about 5 hours going based on gameplay so if the investigation was at 9:45 ish and the trial ended 5 hours later, then it should be 2:45 and these poor people are starving! Well, idk about them all but Damon certainly didn't stop investigating to make lunch.

there's little inconsistencies with the art style/quality of the image in the CGs. The ending one with Diana sticks out the most to me: the lineart and shading look a little different. It's like a different artist from the rest drew it.

Okay more praise:

grace pulling the middle finger in her objection sprite

wenona

the music made by mark having a danganronpa motif in

the dummy thing in the execution

the whole scene where eva's true talent is revealed and her "oh shit" sprite

all the voice acting

the maths equipment in the execution

the thing with the calendars and the horses joke at the beginning

eva's free time events (it was shown in the playthrough)

the scenes with Tozu at the beginning of each day

the tree animation is sick

the thing with the footsteps

the thing with the blackout

everyone screaming one by one when they see the body

the beginning

the middle

the end

all those biblical references

Tumblr is going to have a field day with this game.

[crystallizedday]

EDIT FROM THE FUTURE: THIS POST IS OUTDATED!! AN UPDATED RENDITION OF THE AU WILL BE HOPEFULLY POSTED SOON!!

Well

This idea has been in the works for long enough, so I think it’s about time I finally present it.

Fellas

The hyperfixation was too strong for me, and I decided to make something wonderful with it.

I present to all of you nutcases

SAMURAI JACK: DUO OF DOOM

An AU concept I’ve been refining for the past month or so that follows Demongo and Scaramouche as the main characters.

It takes place roughly a few decades after “Jack and the Baby,” but instead of following the timeline set up by season 5, I wanted to take the universe in a bit of a different direction

The AU is organized into 2 seasons, each having 13 episodes, JUST like the original show.

While not all 26 episodes have been fully fleshed out just yet, most of the crucial ones HAVE been, so I wish to share with you all what I have so far…

Season 1:

This season puts us in the shoes of Scaramouche, a full-time assassin looking to make it big.

While the job isn’t EXACTLY something he was passionate about, it pays the bills, so he decided not to be too choosy. He at least enjoys the fame that comes with it, even if his mechanical heart is still rooted in music.

However, he isn’t the only one looking to make it big in the assassination business.

There seems to be an entire group of assassins, a syndicate, who aren’t too happy about an “outsider” trudging through their terf, and they aim to put a stop to it.

While Scaramouche feels he is more than capable of handling these wannabes, one of his squabbles with them led to him stumbling upon a creature that proved to be quite a nuisance, a soul-eater who keeps swooping in and stealing his kills.

Even after the initial battle, this entity, Demongo, chooses to follow Scaramouche in his endeavors, certain that such a clumsy fool would lead the demon to more powerful warriors for him to imprison.

Episode 1 — After being cornered and losing the upper hand, Scaramouche is “saved” from being turned into scrap by Demongo, who steals the soul of the worn-out assassin to add to his ever-growing army.

Episode 2 — I don’t have anything specific planned for this episode outside of the two bickering for the majority of it and only coming to an agreement at the end of it: Demongo can take the souls of their bounties, and Scara will take the credit so he can get the money from it. Demmy doesn’t care about money anyway, so he’s fine with this outcome.

Episode 3 — While I don’t have the details down just yet, I have a few loose ideas for it. By now, Scara only has a boring-ass flute, a boring-ass scimitar, and a boring-ass knife, so Demmy decides to lead Scara to a place where he could get that pathetic little knife of his upgraded. I can see Demmy picking a fight when he shouldn’t have, almost getting his ass beat when Scara saves him (the guy helps rank in the money, so why let him get squashed?).

By the end of the episode, Scara is worn the fuck out, and immediately assumes his soul was gonna get snatched by Demmy cause of it… but it doesn’t happen. Instead, Demmy just tells him to suck it up so they could get a move on. They eventually get the knife upgraded, Demmy marveling on how delightfully destructive it is while Scara is still processing what happened earlier.

Demongo probably knew he could’ve easily taken Scara’s soul back there, but chose not to. Interesting…

Episode 4 — I don’t have anything for this episode yet.

Episode 5 — Ezekiel and Josephine Clench are the main antagonists of this episode, wanting to snatch a bounty from Scara and Demmy (the bounty probably being some poor passenger on a train, just so the setting can match the one the divorced couple originally appeared in). The only issue is Ezekiel and Josephine keep trying to betray the other to claim the bounty, which lead to both of their inevitable defeat. Even if they also have their disagreements, Scara and Demmy can at least recognize that working together certainly gave the two the upper hand, and squabbling like the Clenches was PROBABLY gonna get them killed as well. This is the point where the two start becoming decent friends.

Episode 6 — We get to see where exactly Scara has been crashing this whole time at the start of the episode, which is… a weirdly isolated lil home, something that certainly surprised Demongo, who assumed the big guy would be living a more social, lavish personal life. Regardless, since Demongo was entrusted to stay here to begin with, he decides to return the favor and try enchanting Scara’s scimitar to be a little more useful in battle, fucking up the entire thing thanks to Scaramouche running his mouth and scatting in the middle of all of it. The scimitar now only responds to his scatting SPECIFICALLY, which Scara doesn’t seem to mind, even if Demmy certainly does.

Ah, and this is also the episode featuring two of my ocs, Spunk and Clunk, twin robotic jesters working for the syndicate. They are mainly there to encourage the two knuckleheads to try combining their fighting styles to get the upper hand and catch their opponents off guard.

The two bots probably followed Demmy and Scara, but instead of reporting back to the syndicate on their whereabouts, they decide to confront the two bozos, confident they could take the demon and the inferior model down. The two jesters work in perfect harmony, mirroring each other’s moves. Acrobatics is the name of the game for them, making them extremely hard to hit. Demmy and Scara decide to combine their fighting styles to take these two clowns down. Fittingly enough, the scimitar deals the final blow to the last jester standing, making Demongo glad he at least got the enchantment to work at all.

Episode 7 — This is a “filler” episode where Scara decides to take Demongo with him to a shopping district to spend some extra cash they snagged. This is where Demongo has his first outfit change (since Scaramouche was not letting this fucker walk another step wearing nothing but a vampire cape). This is also where Demongo gets properly acquainted with modern society for the first time, since bro knows jack-shit about it thanks to “growing up” in the Pit of Hate. Needless to say, bro quickly finds out he has a really intense sweet tooth. KWMSOSMDOXKDOCK

The plot kicks in when Demmy spots something that catches his eye, a cute lil amulet with a gorgeous labradorite gemstone encased within it (both cause it’s my favorite gemstone of all time and cause of the common meanings behind the gemstone itself… cause I’m a fucking nerd KAKAOSMOSMD).

Scara takes notice and decides to purchase the lil thing for Demmy, just cause. Plus, with the amulet itself being advertised as a sort of “good luck” charm that’s supposed to provide clarity and “good vibes”, I’m sure Scara would jokingly justify the purchase by saying it sounds like the perfect gift for the lil fiery fella KWWKOSMSODMDODM

Considering Demmy is not exaclty familiar with the concept of doing nice things just because, he is absolutely baffled by this, which is VERY clear in his unusually timid voice when he tries to speak in this instance. He asks what Scara wants in return, thinking there’s strings attached, but Scara’s like “Oh, you don’t need to get lil ol me anything for this. Consider it as a thank you gift for being an excellent work partner!”

Needless to say, Demmy is absolutely puzzled by this, not understanding why Scara would waste money on him for something this minute.

Throughout the rest of the episode, Demmy holds on to the lil thing like it’s his god damn lifeline, finding it too important to not keep close, even if he doesn’t exactly know why.

Eventually, Scara needs to go take care of something (probably talk to an old friend perhaps) and lets Demmy wander the district on his own while he’s gone, trusting he’d stay out of trouble…

Demmy soon ends up in a squabble, most likely a casual passerby at the shopping district who can fairly hold their own in a tussle. Perhaps Demmy bumped into him without looking and Demmy, not being too great with people, said the wrong shit and escalated the situation.

This squabble gradually escalates until the amulet is knocked out of Demmy’s grasp, causing the gem to fall out of its casing.

While no real damage is visible, Demmy believes this meant the poor thing was broken.

And while even he can’t understand why

This causes Demongo to snap

Tearing the poor guy a new one.

And I’m not talking about bro summoning warriors to do his dirty work, no.

Demmy TEARS through this guy, going full-on cat mode on this guy KQNWKSMSODMDODM

This absolutely gets the attention of others around him, which probably gets Scara’s attention as bro has to race back and pull Demmy out of there to calm him down.

After the guy Demmy attacked runs off (probably scared shitless at this point), Scara advices that the two bounce before they get in even more trouble. Demmy scoops back up the labradorite and the amulet casing and follows Scara out of there.

On their way back to Scara’s place, they talk about what happened on the way back, the big guy surprisingly being pretty interested in how impressive Demmy’s own strength and drive back there was, noting how he��s never seen the lil guy fight that passionately before.

Demmy is even unsure of what got into him, feeling embarrassed when admitting he only snapped after that lil amulet broke, feeling ridiculous for being so attached to something so trivial.

Scara felt a lil touched Demmy liked the gift that much, and reassured Demmy that the amulet wasn’t broken, taking the casing and gem from Demmy so he could manually place the gemstone back in, noting how it might need some further reinforcement to keep the lil gem in there this time around.

This definitely made Demmy feel a lil stupid, absolutely exploding over something that wasn’t even broken, but Scara shrugs the ordeal off, saying it was at least nice to see Demmy had a lot of fight in him that he could potentially refine for future confrontations.

Scara also notes how it was a miracle the gem itself didn’t even scratch after falling out of its casing, calling it a “tough lil guy” for making it out unscathed, which gets a laugh out of Demmy for sure.

I like to think that like

To close off the episode, after realizing Demmy most likely isn’t used to receiving shit out of pure kindness, Scara jokingly says something like “Guess I’ll have to get you more stuff in the future so it’s not as foreign of a concept. Spoil you a bit, maybe,” and the two have a good laugh at it.

Just some cute shit that hints at their growing relationship.

Episode 8 — The two are looking to find a way to enchant Scara’s prized flute as well so it can be used in battle. In trying to find the right place to get it enchanted (since Demmy doesn’t trust himself to not fuck shit up again after last time), they find themselves being stalked by someone hired by the syndicate to get rid of them. I like to think this mysterious person is Mira, the Princess looking to free her people. Perhaps she was promised a way to help her people by the head-honcho of the syndicate. Really, I just wanna use as many og characters as I can and make sure they’re used in meaningful ways... oh and the flute does get enchanted at the end. Forgot to mention that.

Episode 9 — This is another filler episode, cause I like the idea of Scara teaching Demmy how to properly dance and I wanna see that shit happen. I’m sure Demmy will find a way to make use of that talent in battle. At this point, the two have become VERY close, and Demmy has let himself loosen up quite a bit. I have nothing else figured out about this episode.

Perhaps this episode can introduce another member of the syndicate, but I don’t have a design or even concept for em in mind, so uh… :p

Episode 10 — This is a funny fuckin idea. Thanks to alcohol being flammable, I can absolutely see Demongo being a lightweight, so I’m thinking Scara makes the terrible mistake of taking Demmy to a tavern (probably the same tavern Da Samurai was seen in all those years ago). Thanks to his intoxication, Demmy gets the two of them in a shit-ton of trouble... There’s definitely a bar fight scene here, cause I think they’re funny.

I AM considering throwing a lil curveball in here at some point. Y’all familiar with the idea of being intoxicated makes ya more susceptible to talking about things and thoughts that you’d normally keep under wraps? I’m thinking about applying that here, where at the end of the episode, Demmy (still very much intoxicated) out of nowhere asks Scara why the big guy is being so damn nice to him. He asks this not just because the two were not on the best of terms just a few months ago, but also because he is under the mindset that he needs to repay that kindness, a mindset that came about due to working under Aku (even if Aku’s “kindness” more so comes in the form of being allowed to live or be apart of his higher ranks and shit). He starts rambling about how he feels he can never fully repay that kindness and is stressed the fuck out about it. Of course, Scara reassures him that he doesn’t need to repay shit, and he chooses to be nice to him cause he likes hanging out with the lil guy. Saying this confuses Demmy is an understatement, but Scara tells em that they’ll properly talk about it once bro is actually sober. The episode ends with Scara taking him back home (probably carrying him cause I like being self indulgent like that IWNWKWMWOSKSOS).

Episode 11 — The episode starts out with Demongo attempting to play Scaramouche’s flute, and failing miserably. Since Demmy does not have ANY experience with modern media, Scara decided it would be a funny idea to take the lil shit to go see a movie. Unfortunately, Demmy doesn’t understand when to keep his mouth shut and ends up getting the both of them kicked out afterwards. This doesn’t bother the lil shit though as he starts laying out how he would’ve written such a thing, seeing the original piece of work as a “flawed, uninspired mess” and such. However, he accidentally lets a few things slip, such as his questionable stance on authority and his fear of failure. Before Scara can ask about any of this, the two of them realize that Demmy no longer had Scara’s flute, losing it at some point. Demmy, in an extremely vulnerable state, zips off in a panic, but is quickly found again by Scara, who talks with him about what’s going on.

This is where the real meat of Demmy’s character gets revealed (even if hints of it have certainly popped up here and there in the past). He reveals how he was sent back to the Pit of Hate to be punished after failing to kill Samurai Jack. He was only able to leave once he regained the strength to bust out of there himself, and fears what his ex-master would think if he ever found out about this… which is something that Scara isn’t sure how to feel about, especially since he’s been wanting to climb the ranks to get Aku’s attention ever since he became an assassin.

Demmy feared being punished for slipping up yet again, letting down another individual he admittedly looked up to. TLDR, bro is NOT doing okay, and Scara decides to comfort the lil guy. Once Demmy is able to pick himself back up, the two try to head back to the theater when another character stops them. This fella (definitely an oc I need to design) appears to be a fellow music-lover, and (not recognizing who these two were) decided to return the flute to its rightful owner. The fella decides to let the two know about this one village where hundreds of people gather to party and dance and shit, thinking the two would be interested, which leads us to…

Episode 12 — The rave episode. This is where shit gets FUNKY… and extremely self-indulgent.

Donning some flashier outfits, Scara and Demmy decide to head to this “rave” to see what it’s all about, just cause. However, throughout most of the episode, Demmy struggles to tell Scara something and does not know how to approach him about it.

The details here get a lil fuzzy since I haven’t really mapped out how the middle section of the episode goes, but eventually, a few assassins from the syndicate track the two down and attempt to be rid of them once and for all, but with all the bright lights and dancers about, it makes things more difficult than they wanted it to be.

Eventually, the assassins get their chance to attack, but the duo handle the situation with ✨style✨, and it’s only NOW when Demongo finally musters up the courage to confess to Scara (via gestures, since Demmy couldn’t find the words for it and ultimately just said “fuck it”). Scara reciprocates the gesture, but advised that the two of them take care of the dudes trying to kill them first before talking about the subject any further, which Demmy agreed on.

Once that’s all said and done, the episode ends with the two heading home, taking a moment to talk about what they are now and where do they go from here.

I don’t care how self-indulgent this is, but RIGHT as the episode’s about to conclude, I can see the two sharing their first kiss!

Look

I’m shipping trash.

This was inevitable WJJWJWSNWIKSOSMS

Ah, and one more thing.

When Demmy tries to confess to Scara, HE doesn’t know what he’s confessing to.

All HE knows is that Scara makes him the happiest he’s ever been in his lifetime, and he wanted to find the right opportunity to open up about it.

It isn’t until Scara straight up tells Demmy what those feelings mean when Demmy finally understands he’s been crushing on the big guy this entire time…

And how Scara could tell for a while since Demongo is NOT good at outwardly hiding those feelings KANWKSMOSNDKXNCON

I like to think even though Scara felt the same, he wanted to wait for Demmy to come out and say it first… which technically did happen, just not the way Scara expected OWMWOSMWODMSOKDON

It sounds cheesy, but I like the idea of Demmy at first not knowing what these emotions were all about and what they meant cause well

I’ve experienced that shit before

And I thought such a thing was too cute NOT to find an excuse to use it in my writing at some point OWMWKWMWOMCODCODNVOFM

Anyway uh

Small tangent over.

Episode 13 — I WISH I had a fully fleshed out version of this episode prepared, but at the moment, all I know for certain is that this is where the two finally decide to face off against the heart of the syndicate and get these guys off their back once and for all, thus allowing them to take the title of the world’s greatest assassins… by technicality.

Perhaps the two go after a fake bounty and walk right into a trap, being taken to the whereabouts of the big boss himself (who I see as this round alien slug lookin guy with robotic crab legs, probably with the overall build of the spider boss guy from Monsters Inc.).

Maybe the big guy offers Scara to betray Demmy and join the syndicate, promising the tin can a financially stable life where he will never be looked down by others again. Not only does Scara refuse for Demmy’s sake, but calls out how the big guy could’ve given Demmy a similar offer, either because he fears what the soul collector is capable of…

Or because he wants to turn Demmy in to Aku.

And Scara was NOT having that,

The two fight side by side, taking down hordes of fighters until one of ‘em can get a good hit on the big boss and leave him defenseless, Demmy being given the honor to do the final blow with the scimitar… with Scara’s help since that shit is heavy as fuck.

The two definitely celebrate like a bunch of dorks at the end of it, acting like they just didn’t murder dozens and dozens of people LWMWKSMEODKODFKOFMFKML

At the very least, this victory meant these guys wouldn’t be bothering the two of em anymore…

Season 2:

A few months have passed since the last episode as the two start to adjust to their new life as a couple.

The start of this season focuses on the two retrieving the old souls Demongo had lost during his first battle with Samurai Jack, the two eventually deciding to seek out the samurai so they can defeat him once and for all.

But things do not go as planned, especially since Demongo is still hesitant about immediately going back to serving his old master.

Episode 14 — The season starts out in the perspective of two demons working under Aku as his form of law enforcement. These two had just gotten word of Demongo’s recent activity, desperate to capture him and return him to the Pit of Hate. After all, these two demons were THE guards originally assigned to keep an eye on Demongo when facing his eternal punishment, but had been too negligent and let him slip away. They never informed Aku of this fact, fearing what the big guy would do to the two of them if he knew that one of his most dangerous minions was on the loose.

The two demons frantically ask around to see if anyone has seen that deity trouble-maker, but no one can give them any leads.

This leads to a cute lil scene transition where one of the demons goes “Where could that forsaken traitor be??” only for the episode to immediately cut to Demmy and Scara waking up together with the most wholesome domestic vibes you can think of OWMWKWMKWSMOSMSOSMDODMD

After a cute lil morning routine segment, the two knuckleheads head off to find themselves another bounty, only to stumble across quite the scenario. The Titan Demongo once controlled has been running amok in a populated area, and while Scara and Demmy initially did not care to take care of it (assuming Jack would come in to save the day), when the beast kept raging on with no one else stepping up to the challenge, the two decide to take care of this beast before it causes any more problems. Plus, Demmy could really use the extra strength provided by such a beast. After all, in this universe, Demmy can harness the strength and abilities of the souls he collects, a power that will come in handy down the road…

Curious as to why Jack did not arrive to the scene, the two decide to make it their mission to find Samurai Jack for themselves, actively seeking out people who might know a thing or two and interrogating them on the subject.

Episode 15 — The duo seek out the four distinct souls that Demongo used to fight Samurai Jack all those years ago: the knight, the white tiger, the four-armed warrior, and the black samurai. None of them no longer being in their prime certainly made defeating them rather easy, even if each of them had their own special… quirks that delayed the inevitable…

Like the knight guy. I wanna give him Don Quixote vibes.

Episode 16 — I have nothing planned for this episode at the moment.

Episode 17 — I only have the main idea for this episode thought out, which is how the two come across the three singing sirens that once hypnotized Jack long ago. However, their singing does not work.

Why?

Because this version of Demongo is absolutely gay, and Scaramouche (despite being pan) is far too prideful in his own singing to fall for somebody else’s.

And this pisses the sirens OFF.

Episode 18 — I’m not sure EXACTLY how I want this episode to go, but all I know is that THIS is where the two find the Scotsman along with his… INCREDIBLY large family, and decide to fight him to interrogate him on the whereabouts of Jack.

I want the Scotsman to survive this fight, so I’m thinking what happens is his daughters (who are like… still VERY young at this point) enter the fight as well to protect their father against his own wishes (and perhaps the others in his clan also chime in), forcing Scara and Demongo to retreat… but not without at least a LITTLE bit of vital info as to where Jack could be (even if I’m unsure what it would be just yet).

Episode 19 — This episode is a bit of a parody of the “Jack and the Baby” episode. The duo stumble across a random-ass baby and, despite Demongo being so incredibly disgusted by it, Scara does not have the heart to abandon the poor thing, so they keep the lil thing until they can find someone else who will take care of it for them.

Needless to say, neither of these nutcases should be fathers.

… also, the father of the baby is DEFINITELY the grown up baby from the ORIGINAL “Jack and the Baby” episode.

Cause that shit’s funny.

Episode 20 — This is where shit hits the fan.

The two find Samurai Jack, but he’s barely recognizable. Age has certainly taken a toll on his physical appearance, and he has dressed himself in armor that made it almost impossible to tell it was him.

Before the three fight, Demongo notices how “the fire in his soul had dwindled” since the last time the demon has faced off against him. This made Scaramouche realize that Jack’s sword was nowhere to be seen, and while he and Demongo at first suspected he was simply hiding the sword, they eventually put two and two together to figure out Jack no longer had the sword. However, even though Scara wanted the details on what exactly happened (so he can make fun of Jack for it), Jack attacks, starting the fight.

At some point during the battle, Scara gets badly wounded, and Demongo stops fighting to try and patch him up the best he can. This surprises Jack, not knowing a demon like Demongo could express such concern for another living being like this. Of course, Demmy is incredibly offended by this assumption.

However, Jack then proposes something. He tells the two how they may put themselves in danger by taking him out and submitting to Aku. Scara brushes it off at first, but Demongo…

Knowing what would happen if either of them ever failed Aku again…

Demongo hears Jack out, fearing what Aku would do to Scaramouche in a worse case scenario.

Jack offers the two the chance to take his side, to stop Aku once and for all.

While Jack does not have his sword (as it got destroyed at some point, much like in the comic), he has been searching for decades for a way to get it back, and is confident Demongo could help in some way.

Scara refuses at first, finding disgust in the idea of working with a guy that wants to erase centuries-worth of history and everyone in it just to save whatever the past was like for him.

But Demmy quietly proposes to Scara that they simply get rid of Aku first, then Jack. Scara is still confused as to why he of all people would want to side with Jack, and while Demongo despises the idea as well… he simply cannot trust his old master to not harm Scaramouche in the future.

The two decide to take Jack’s deal, even if they’re not entirely happy about it.

Episode 21 — The daughters of Aku make an appearance in this episode, but instead of being nine twins, almost all of them are from different mothers, all training under the head cultist to become stronger. Only two of them are twins that came from the head cultist: Ashi and Aki. They are the youngest of the nine, and by that I mean they are actually just children that are being indoctrinated to be merciless warriors. The other sisters are much older and have heavily-varying body types to make them a little more distinct from one another, and in accordance to their signature weapons. The weapons themselves are actually why Ashi and Aki are twins, since they wield the same weapon in canon. None of them have the essence of Aku in them because that whole plot point is just plain silly to me and causes WAY too many plot holes for my liking.

Meanwhile, Jack has recruited the Scotsman to help the gang out, and the big guy is NOT happy to be working with the two assassins that tried to kill him… ESPECIALLY Demongo.

I’ve been looking into the topic of the fae recently, and I thought it would be a funny nod to its lore for the Scotsman to genuinely think Demongo was part of the fae and insult him as such, which Demmy take GREAT offense to.

What none of them realize is that there was someone else following the group in secret, which turns out to be one of Scotsman’s daughters, Flora. Despite not even being a teenager yet, she still had the fiery fighting spirit of her father, and wished to be sure her father would be safe from the goons that attacked him before. Of course, she tries to ensure her father doesn’t suspect her presence, knowing he’d disapprove of her risking her own life for his sake.

However, the main gang’s squabbling is interrupted when the daughters and the head cultist arrive, the latter being there to personally ensure the death of the samurai.

While Jack handled the head cultist and the duo handled most of the daughters, the Scotsman found himself up against the two youngest twins, who he just did not have the heart to fight, even if the two were more than willing to tear him apart.

This is when Flora makes her presence known, defending her father from the twins, much to Scotsman’s disapproval. However, seeing someone their age fight for someone she deeply cares about, the twins start to reconsider their alliance. Scotsman actively telling his daughter how he refuses to let her fight and get herself hurt is the final nail in the coffin for the twins, since their own mother was not nearly as considerate. This is where they start asking questions, such as why would the Scotsman refuse to let his child fight in battle and such, all culminating to the big guy letting the fatherly instincts kick in and deciding he was going to be a MUCH better parent to these two than the head cultist ever was… much to Flora’s displeasure.

By the time this is said and done, the other three have taken care of the of the daughters and the head cultist, Jack wishing they could’ve found a way to get through to the other daughters as well… but Demongo immediately dismisses that thought.

The demon at LEAST tries to butter up the Scotsman and try to make a proper alliance, but the big guy still hates his guts, deciding to take Flora and his new daughters home… especially since the former was MOST DEFINITELY grounded for that little stunt she pulled.

I can see Demongo just shrugging it off, telling Jack “Well, you can’t say I didn’t TRY” cause I feel like he’d rub it in Jack’s face how him trying to be nice for once absolutely failed KWMWKWMWOSMWOD

Episode 22 — Scara, Demmy, and Jack come across an old house seemingly in the middle of nowhere, most of which being covered in a botanical mess of plants and vines and shit. They were going to ignore it when Scaramouche felt interested in investigating the residence, and so the three proceeded inside the home.

While they dig deeper and deeper into the home, Scara keeps getting brief and vague flashbacks to something, but he can’t quite remember the details too well. It’s only when he alone eventually discovers the miniature lab underneath the home when his memories become active again (ya know… like a computer booting up old videos and shit).

He starts remembering the first few moments of becoming active, with his creator welcoming him into a world. As present Scara starts going back to all the weird shit the three of them found, he starts to recover more and more memories, up until he recalls his creator’s last words to him. Present Scara stops to stare at a broken window, a piece of cloth still being stuck in one of the many shards. Judging from the barely visible insignia featured on it, it appeared to have once belonged to one of the members of the syndicate from season one.

His creator had a bounty on his head.

Demongo has been asking if Scara was alright throughout the entire ordeal, but ultimately, Scara simply tells him that this place just reminded him of some simple, distant memories. Demmy, while still suspecting something major was up and thus trying to be as supportive as he can, accepts the explanation for now.

Before they depart, Jack eventually chimes in to ask if Scara knew what this place was and who used to live here, the big guy eventually replying with “No.”

Episode 23 — The episode starts with Jack briefly parting ways with the duo so he can get some answers as to how he can either return or replace his sword. Since Demmy and Scara weren’t too fond of going on such a boring journey, they’re happy to stay behind. After Jack wanders about, coming across all sorts of oddities (like maybe stumbling across the Grim Reaper, the one from Billy and Mandy making a brief cameo thanks to how THAT universe is seemingly connected to all other CN properties). Eventually, he stumbles across the portal guardian, who has grown old and frail, but NOT from proper aging. He tells Jack about how “the timeline has shifted”, and how he can no longer see into the future like he used to. He is uncertain of what will happen next, and tells Jack to be careful, for nothing is certain anymore. Jack returns to Demmy and Scara, who SEEMINGLY have just been goofing off for the entire episode. Jack is absolutely traumatized by what he just witnessed… but decides it’s not worth talking to these two about it. Plus, the two don’t seem to care anyway.

Episode 24 — This episode starts with the EXACT same setup as episode 23, but instead of focusing on Jack’s perspective, it focuses on Scara and Demmy’s perspective. After the two have some silly banter, Demmy decides to talk about his “upbringing” and how he is quite literally the only one of his “species” due to how his creation required not only PLENTY of resources, but also VERY precise conditions. He throws some little nuggets of information in there, like how he is basically made entirely of carbon, more so than any human or similar organic creature. Scara is fascinated by this, but gets a curveball thrown at him when Demmy asks about HIS creation.

At first, Scara is VERY but hesitant, but eventually gives in and tells Demmy about his background, his creator, and even the last conversation the two of them had. Demmy is quite fascinated by the idea of Scara seeing the old man as “his dad”, especially since Demmy himself doesn’t have any equivalent to that. Can’t have a parental figure if you’re just a weird creature that just POPPED out of the ground one day. However, Scara reassured him that it probably was for the best the small demon never had a parental figure.

He tells the lil guy about how his old man wanted the big fella to live a good life, and he good to others in turn… and feels a bit gross knowing that he eventually turned to the same kind of job that got the poor old man killed, and he doesn’t know what to do about it. Even if Demmy is not the best with comforting (in fact, I’d wager he’s typically kind of shit at it), he tries reassuring the big guy that the two of them are at LEAST doing some good NOW. Even so, Scara knows all this was just temporary, and admits he is a little afraid of trying to start a clean life if they were to ever take down Aku.

Demmy, who had once thrived off of the idea of being a menace to others, decided he was willing to at least attempt to be better if it meant helping his big tin can partner out, which is something even Scara is surprised to see, but he doesn’t reject the idea. Ultimately, the two decide to try and “wing it”, see where this plan to take down Aku goes. The two start gushing about one another when Jack finally returns, which mirrors how the previous episode ended. Neither party knows what just happened, nor do they care to tell each other.

Episode 25 — I’m not entirely sure what this episode will entail either, but I’m at least certain it will involve Jack gaining “his sword” back, or at least a spiritual rendition of it, much like what happened in the comics. However, this alone would not defeat Aku once and for all, and Jack knew that well, so he still trusted Demmy and Scara to help him take down the big guy for good.

Episode 26 — This is the episode where the big fight with Aku happens.

I dunno how it starts, but I sure as hell know how it ends.

While the three are able to decently weaken Aku, they are unable to do the finishing blow. The battle keeps going, wearing out the three while Aku keeps on fighting.

However, due to Aku’s weakened state, Demongo gets an idea, a DANGEROUS idea.

He decides to try and take the essence of Aku himself, which

To everyone’s surprise

Actually works!

An Aku-shaped skull forms on Demongo’s chest, solidifying his control over his former master.

While Jack is hesitant as to what Demongo would do next, one of the first things Demmy does is harness Aku’s powers to provide a portal into the past, offering Jack a chance to go back into the past and right Aku’s wrongs. Despite it being the main theme of the original show, Jack refuses, choosing to stay in the present and help the people that still needed his aid here.

Demongo was extremely relieved to hear that, not only cause he didn’t want to risk himself and Scara being erased from existence, but also because Demmy KNEW someone was going to have to take Aku’s place as ruler, and he… weirdly didn’t want that.

The old Demongo would have dreamed of this day to come, but not THIS Demongo. He just wanted to live a simple-ish life with Scara, finally feeling content with himself.

Eventually, the two make a deal.

Due to Demongo having Aku’s essence, he would become the new public figure, donning a new emperor outfit & everything. However, he alone would not be the one to make the big decisions and shit.

He of course had Scara, who he’d ensure would live a more comfortable life by his side, but he didn’t wanna put any kind of pressure on the big guy to help him out.

No.

That kinda power would be put in Jack’s hands.

After all, he IS the son of the original emperor.

Despite this, Jack spends most of his time traveling the land and helping those in need, ensuring peace throughout the world…

…

Also, if there would be any kind of epilogue of sorts, it would DEFINITELY involve the two dorks getting married, because I’m based like that. :))) KWMWKWMWOSM

Alrighty!!

Now that the entire AU’s basic outline is out of the way, I wanna share some art I made exclusively for this AU so far!

First off, since I plan for Demongo to have alternative outfits as the story progresses, I made 3 additional default outfits for him to don.

All three of these outfits were initially designed by @tigerarainbowra-blog while I only tweaked them a bit, so you can thank her for these AWESOME outfits!

This one with the BEEG shoulder pad jackets is a favorite of mine (making its initial appearance in the rave episode), and is definitely the one bro is seen the MOST in throughout the entire AU.

Meanwhile, this last one is only seen halfway into season 2 once he gets used to being around Jack.

Scaramouche also had alternative outfits as well, but I haven’t gotten around to designing them just yet, so :p

Aside from additional outfits, I also have whipped up some designs for some original characters that’ll appear in this AU!

These two, Spunk and Clunk (named by the lovely @aceofcards0715 ), were heavily inspired by the two jester robots seen in the GBA game “Samurai Jack: Amulet of Time”.

The diamonds on their arms are supposed to be in relation to the syndicate, even if I haven’t quite figured out the details or it yet.

I was fascinated by just how similar these two looked compared to Scaramouche, so I doubled down on that idea.

You can see these guys as like

Newer models that were created using the same schematics for Scaramouche himself.

Cause I’m sure those schematics are out there SOMEWHERE…

Speaking of Scaramouche, I felt like giving the fella a BIT of a backstory, so I decided that instead of, say, being created by a bunch of evil scientists…

He was instead built by a retired one, who left once he had enough of the twisted work Aku put him through.

He is where Scaramouche gets a lot of his more humane quirks, even if the big guy doesn’t really remember his creator all too well.

The details are fuzzy…

Tigera also was the one to originally make Fern’s design.

Honestly, she’s been a BIG help with this AU, both with the designs and the episodes themselves, I couldn’t thank her enough for it!

Go check her out if you haven’t already! She’s SUPER talented!

Anyway

I have plenty of more original characters I want to properly flesh out, and a lot of new designs for some familiar faces (since this AU DOES take place a few decades after season 4 of the original series), so this will NOT be the last time you hear about this AU.

Oh no…

THIS is just the BEGINNING…

Although, please do keep in mind that this is just a concept I made for funsies, so I don’t plan on actually doing anything BIG with it.

Additionally, some details are subject to change…

HOWEVER, despite all of that, I hope what I CAN provide is still overall engaging!

I MIGHT just write out some of these episodes in the future, if I can garner the motivation for it…

For now though, I hope you all enjoyed this brief lil glimpse into the funni shit that occupies my brain on a daily basis! KWNWKWMWOSMOSDM

[ts2cambremon]

Ferenia: Is it true that lord Ren's never touched her? Ha! He's usually not choosy either *giggle*

Serf Janviya: Didn't you once have an affair with him?

Ferenia: *oblivious to Janviya* What a shame, he has no love to spare for her after spending all this time in his room with Kadja.

Serf Janviya: The Intendant?!

Ferenia: Oops, did I say too much? I really hope Galina doesn't find out. I'm sure it would crush her.

*soft gasp coming from behind the door*

Ferenia: Well, I better be off. Give my love to Galina. The poor girl needs it.

[baatarthefirst]

❛ a golden cage is still just a cage ❜

The thieving do-gooders had a rather standard tradgic backstory. Their mother had died due to birthing complications, their father left them early as well. They couldn't live without getting a job, and no one would hire them because they were too young. Sarai started stealing to feed her little sister.

As they grew up, they got better. Better at stealing, better at escaping, better at fighting and better at...seducing. They'd gotten to a point where they could be choosy about who they stole from, making sure to only steal from those who could afford it and probably deserved it anyway. They grew to be masters at the art of theft. They also grew to be beautiful. Sometimes they barely had to cause an uproar at all. While one sister would seduce the local governor's teenaged sons and daughters, the other would steal a few mid-level valuables. Little things that would hardly make a splash; the Lady/Lordship would hardly miss them. And even if they did, what would their kids do, say 'We were robbed because I gave the key to a beautiful girl who let her sister in when I wasn't looking'? No, they almost always kept their mouths clamped. Between these scams and a few odd jobs, they were doing well enough to give some back, and take in the kids that fell through the cracks like them.

By their early twenties, the business grew. They'd built up a following of kind like-minded citizen allies, as well as a vast network of spies, smugglers, petty thieves, con artists and tradesmen to outsmart the rich to help the less fortunate. The upper class was finally starting to figure out that if they didn't want to be robbed or conned, all they need to do is see that the people under their protection were well-cared for. It would be cheaper than losing everything to them.

It was going good until King Harrow gave away too much of the kingdom's food, then failed save them through that 'secret mission' to Xadia. A projected fifty-thousand people would starve that winter. Sarai and Amaya had always been daring, and since Xadia was the land of riches, they took a little team and snuck across the boarder to steal as much as they could.

There they found plants so warm they grew despite the cold and they stole an entire crop in one night; some of their finest work, if the sisters did say so themselves. They sent it off to Katolis to be distributed to the poor who couldn't afford the already astronomical price of food. Then they found rubies that radiated heat, they swiped those and sent them to trusted allies who would use them to warm soil and start community gardens. There were so many things in Xadia that could solve Katolis' hunger issue if used with intelligence and compassion.

But they'd caught the attention of the elves. No problem, they were underestimated and slipped through the elvish fingers. Until the fiery redhead came along. Their motives of stealing to feed starving people moved their captor, but not her big sister, the queen. She went on and on about the disgusting humans and did not take kindly to Sarai's question 'So what would you do if the tables were turned, watch people starve because elves are too 'good' to steal?'.

They escaped, but circumstances forced Sarai and Amaya to hide...and apparently they chose the queen's chambers to do so. They tied her up and waited, surprising the queen by only stealing the rubies in her lamps before leaving her unharmed.

The stealing still continued, they were caught several times throughout the winter, the queen seemed more and more aggravated with them; with Sarai specifically. While Amaya was a funny smartass who made the princess snort more than once (of course Amaya didn't have a crush on her...of course not), Sarai challenged the queen; made her think. She also may have seduced her during a private interrogation. A new step was added to the cycle; steal, get captured, indulge in the queen's guilty pleasure, escape. Repeat.

Sarai had snuck through a hidden door to Khessa's chambers, one thing led to another, as usual. As usual the queen got what she wanted, then threatened to execute the human as she redressed. The thief could only laugh at her, calling her bluff.

"You like having a taste of freedom too much for that, Sunshine." She said as she toyed with a strand of hair. Khessa huffed, maneuvering her golden locks out of Sarai's fingers.

"I am free, you are my prisoner."

"Dear Queen," Sarai kissed a bare shoulder, "I am freer now than you will ever be. Your surroundings may be nicer than my camp, but a golden cage is still just a cage." 

"Get. Out." Khessa ordered with venom. A pretty standard way for Sarai to get dismissed.

"Until next time, Queen Khessa." She bowed and took her leave, but not before taking a ruby from the lamp on the way out.

[altocat]

How would Cloud be as Sephiroth's apprentice? The poor baby would be starstruck and terrified!

With all those soldiers deserting and SOLDIER itself in tatters following the Genesis rebellion, I'd think their selection methods are a lot less choosy. To the point where, in order to increase their numbers in SOLDIER so it isn't just Zack and Seph running around, they start plucking randos from the infantry.

Thus, Sephiroth is reluctantly assigned Cloud (especially after Zack puts in a good word for him!) and has to tolerate mentoring until Cloud actually proves to be useful. But while they both are very messily-matched at the beginning and Sephiroth is way too hard on him, they eventually come together. Sephiroth is a strict mentor, but ultimately a capable one. And Cloud comes to adore him in ways that go beyond fanboying. If anything, Cloud comes to understand Sephiroth more than anyone else, and is a great comfort to Sephiroth after the losses of Angeal and Genesis.

[acetechne]

Condensed Milk - A Dirty Money Comic pt 12

[part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] [part 5] [part 6] [part 7] [part 8] [part 9] [part 10] epilogue: [part 11] [ x ] [part 13] [part 14] [part 15]

I DIDN’t FORGET I DIDN’T and there’s at least one more page and its like 75% scripted... okay.

I’ve been stressed for reasons both in and out of my control and now i am less stressed so I am drawing this again :D

what is there to say about the page........ blue sky bertie strikes back. or he would be striking back if i drew him as much as i do poor little meow meow bertie.. but anyway, enjoy!

Notes as i think of them below

- as i mentioned bertie is perfectly capable of being friendly and charming and hospitable, its just my fault for enjoying drawing him as a brat the most. despite being his VA i actually overthink how to write his dialogue sometimes- I tend to think of an Alberta Accent (tm) - to some degree including my own - is kind of terse. I feel it would be weird for him to speak in too many complete sentences in a row, lol, and even when he’s being polite he’s a little choosy/stingy with his words.

- I also think he has a very particular mental idea of what he Means that it’s your fault if you didn’t understand, i.e. he Means whale watching in either ocean is a Different Experience but not realizing what he is implying is that one is Better. He may be economical with his words but it doesn’t mean he puts thought into them lol.

- I think Annie struggles between projecting someone who is polite and very aware of decorum (hence ben bringing out the nice cups and saucers) and also being hot tempered, nosy, and bossy, lol.

- Song Ben is singing is Up All Night by Derina Harvey Band

- forget if i mentioned, the flower on the cups is the pitcher plant (provincial flower of Newfoundland) and the panel where Bertie is dunking his shortbread features wild roses. the rest are just decorative flowers.

- he gives a damn about whales because ben took him to Between Breaths and made him cry

- forgot to put milk on the coffee table OH WELL!!!!!!!!!!!

[ravenouswreckage]

What kind of things are they into?

"Well, the standard of beauty is to be large and heavy and well-muscled... Which is not too hard for most, when they show an interest in myself, though I have been known to be choosy about such things. I do have the pick of whoever I like, after all! Nor am I hurting for potentiates, and making them line up next to each other or force them to chase me or to encourage them using their strength and their size to fight each other is very entertaining. Certainly it is an excellent way to get myself warmed up, if they know very well what they are doing.

But I do take great appeal in landfolk too! They are delightfully soft to the touch, and warm, and the sensation of fur across their body is greatly valued in of itself... I like that their hands are dexterous and small, and I like the... mammalian-ness of them, I suppose?

It is hard to explain. I do not imagine you would have the same struggle to describe it, as you certainly are not operating off of the usual cultural background. But you would not be likely to be asked in the first place either, regardless.

Worse yet, I do not imagine most would understand any decent degree of quality control. This, I have noticed, has pained more landfolk than my own people, but my people do understand that I am not hurting for choices, nor am I shy about taking what pleases me. It is about being best of the best, you see. Nor merely what lies before me, but that which is excellent, that which is prime, the apex of all that has led up to it and everything that will come after. Which is to say, I am not satisfied with paltry specimens, nor anyone not willing to put their whole self forward into such things."

She clenches her hand together, then unclenches, flexing her fingers so that her thumbs fit in between her three digits to form a perfect cage. It matches the way her head is leaned off to the side, staring absentmindedly at some far wall, showing off the curvature of her neck.

It's hard for her to answer this, for multiple reasons. There's a clear image in her mind of what she likes, even loves, the lines traced between her favorites that she returns to, but it's not something that can exist in words, not something she could roll around on her tongue if she tried. She is trying. As evidenced by what she's managing to get out, it's not helping.

And, worse yet, she will not be so frank about her own attraction in the same words as the landfolk who ask her for it. She knows she will not. It was a lesson that has been ingrained in her, and it will continue to be until Miranda herself stops existing, and then it will find another poor soul to teach. That's risky. There are risks to be taken here, and, yes, she knows her kingdom is not listening so intently right now, but since when has that ever been an excuse to get out of habit? Her mind buckles against the thought, against anything that might clearly show her hand, and so she returns to the usual, the apt, the frustration that sinks its teeth into her mind.

"No... No, I think most are not adequate. Disappointing, really. Even if you find one with a proper body, they seldom have the knowledge to know how to use it! Perhaps it would be better if I simply carve their brains out myself. It would be putting them to better use, after all, and it would not be so hard to keep them from there. They already do not worry about the process of courting me to begin with, so there is nothing lost by them losing that capability entirely."

[thelavendercatalogue]

Hmm. Haven’t heard from Goemon for a while in this AU. I’m not sure what he’s been up to. Has he touched bases with everyone since Bad Times started?

Oh that poor bastard has not been having a good time for all the wrong reasons. Or right reasons if you just so happen to think about it

The real reason Goemon hasn't really shown up in this AU is. . .well. . .to be honest. I really don't know how to write him properly. Ive always struggled with everyone's favorite mostly emotionally constipated samurai.

But besides that there IS a good reason as to why he does not show up often in the AU.

You can actually blame Jigen for it.

You see I'm very choosy about what parts of the show i wanna make canon in this AU. And while I still don't know how much of PT5 I actually do wanna make canon in this, there is one major event that has always caught my eye. And I think we all know what part that is.

This part had gotten me thinking. My AU doesn't happen that long after part 6, which in turn I always Headcanoned never took that long after part 5, about a year or so give or take.

Now the reason Jigen has a lot to do with Goemon not being in LJS or at least the first half of LJS is due to him being exceedingly paranoid

You see, Lupin has already forgiven him for what Goemon has done. I don't necessarily think that Lupin is one to hold a Long Standing grudge.

But here's the thing.

While Lupin might have forgiven Goemon however Goemon hasn't forgiven himself all that fully

But imagine if someone else wasn’t that quick to do so

that someone being Jigen

Jigen doesn't forgive very easily

there's still a hesitancy.

I dunno the year difference between PT4/5 and ljs. But Jigen still being jumpy is sad to think about Like he’s not out rightly hostile toward Goemon. But you can tell somethings off.

Which is sad because Jigen knows Lupin would want him to forgive him, but he just cant do that.

But the reason Jigen is so hesitant to allow Goemon the right to be forgiven is because he's known Goe for a while at this point. The betrayal would probably be so way out of left field for him, that it'd be reasonable to assume that he'd originally thought that goemon had moved on from the whole 'wanting to defeat lupin in combat' thing at this point in the game. And then bam, you have Goemon's attempt on Lupins life, which whether he meant too or not, is a still a big deal, considering that no matter what NO ONE in the group has tried to actually hurt each other outside of friendly banter/ well thought out plans

Then that comes that throws it all out of whack

As a result, remnants of the results of that “betrayal” still make their presence known once in a blue moon despite Lupin's attempts to calm Jigen down enough to trust Goe again. But Lupin knows how Jigen is, Jigen doesn't forget that easily nor does he forgive that easily. Jigen still gets twitchy when Goemon makes an odd move towards him. And because of what has happened to Lupin in LJS PT1, the twitchness is full throttle because now Lupin is vulnerable and it's Jigens job to protect him and look out for him against anything Jigen percieves as a threat.

But because Lupin wants Jigen to just forgive him, instead of just casting Goemon to the side, Jigen does something else in an attempt to show he does trust Goemon despite his apprehensions, not for Goemon's sake but for Lupin's alone

By putting him in charge of being his sister Maddies "bodyguard" In a way doing this has a double reason. It keeps Goemon far from Lupin which gives Jigen some peace of mind, but it also shows Goemon that, while he still shows apprehension towards him, that Jigen still trusts Goemon to some extent to guard something precious to him and not throw him away when Lupin isnt in the right mind to object to it.

As a interesting biproduct of this arrangement, Maddie and Goemon grow close because of it. They become friends. Maddie likes Goemon and ends up saying a lot of good things about him to jigen, which would probably improve their relationship too (goe and jigen's, that is)

[augment-techs]

awkward thoughts about Skull as a parent at 3am

is absolutely both the mother and the father biologically, because I cannot STAND the idea of him and Kim or Trini or some rando hooking up once and then this happened

either there is alien tech or sorcery involved; I'm not choosy

the realization that he's pregnant would lead to an instant panic attack; possibly the worst one in his life if he has the time in the scenario

this is largely due my headspace largely relegating Bulk to being somewhere else for a time

also Skull is a teen parent because that would JUST be his kind of luck; 16 minimum, 19 maximum

he would be hesitant and terrified to ask for help, because the only people he could go to are the scientists at Promethea or the Power Rangers, and heaven forbid it be easy for him

stops taking any medication he's on, which makes things worse on an epic scale if he's still in high school--he already lacks the preferred range of concentration ability due to adhd/autistism/migraines/depression/anxiety so with the added stress of carrying a baby he's hiding and his already poor grades diminishing horrifically, the teachers (Miss Appleby) would either be very worried, or very hard on him

gets morning sickness seventeen times a day and THIS is what gets a worried friend's attention (Bulk, or Billy, or Kim) when he looks like he's going to die from how dehydrated he is

almost DOES die from the dehydration and blood that starts coming up in the vomit

someone finally gets the truth out of him and takes him to a professional at about five months along

EVERYONE freaks out because his body is NOT designed for this AND he is barely showing at all when he should be a blimp by this time

for some reason my brain says he carries to the eighth month, but goes into early "labor" because of the stuff that happened to get him this far breaking down and ruining his internal systems

he does not get a C-Section and does not deliver out the back end because I want this to be absolutely horrible for him

I also want him to win the "whose labor sucked more" game when his friends--post Rangering--have their own kids and they're trying to freak out the new blood; despite Skull never bringing it up

Spike isn't as small as he could be, but for all that he utterly DESTROYED Skull's internal and external organs, he's also not very big either

but he did have all of his head hair straight out of the gate, which Skull likes to bring up when reminiscing or to embarrass him

yes, Spike is his REAL first name because, and Billy likes to quote this a lot, "I might as well start trying to ward off evil spirits now, since we all know my luck with monsters is gonna rub off on the little guy," was Skull's explanation; without much heat because he was fucking exhausted and delirious when he came up with it

thinks his stretchmarks are his best feature, despite the fact that carrying around a baby also gave him the ass he was lacking for most of his life and--for only about as long as was necessary--boobs for breastfeeding which turned into much more solid objects as he got older

ends up with a million pictures of him via his friends of tiny baby Spike, but also of the both of them constantly falling asleep together

he pays his friends back by getting pictures of them with the baby in all sorts--but mostly napping--too

[asimpleguidetolife]

Hakuna Matata

Giving zero fucks is the way to be.

I believe more so now that making a smaller circle or knowing a few is more convenient than knowing a lot of people.

It is just the same for me, I never had friends for 34 years (I only had my bestfriend Jesus). I befriend all the people in school, I entertained them all and not one sticked.

Having a friend is a two way process that benefits the both parties and not only the other one.

I also did not expect that those people that I knew for 34 years will be my long-time friends because I also choose. I choose based on looks because I get intimidated too so I want more or so have the same looks as mine, cute, hansome and smart.

I was surrounded by female classmates in school even in college and I do not expect to be close to them because me too wants to get married and it will be awkward if I have other female friends aside from my girlfriend.

My frustration though is to have male friends because I have no solid friends that I can hang out with, play basketball or computer games or talk with about my life and problems.

It is true for me, real friends are hard to find.

I am also thinking that they are also choosy about the looks because I do not know if I have good looks or if I am attractive for others. Maybe they already have friends, not on my age bracket or busy with their lives having girlfriend or family already.

I am already 34 years old and maybe everyone on my age already had their kids and I think it is much harder for me. What happened in my life in 1999 (my Tito John got killed in our neighborhood) made me more anxious about befriending other people having suspicion if they too were our enemies. Of course, I do not want to be friends with the enemies or anyone connected with them. But it is hard for me.

Hakuna Matata means "no worries" for the rest of our lives even Jesus himself said that we do not worry about anything because Jesus will provide. It is hard for me because we became poor and did not finished my studies and there are days that we have nothing to eat in our home, we lit also do not have our own home. It is hard not to worry. I do not even have job, I am already 34 years old and some of my problems were just recently resolved like my identity crisis that should be resolved at teen age. I am still a youth now and I think I still have a younger mental age because what happened in 1999 hindered my growth, I still studied and in school and have no real life experience for 34 years and is still dependent to my family. I am an only child so I also worried about being alone in the future in case I will not have kids. My life is fucked-up and I blamed it to those who bullied me in school for 34 years. Not thinking about my problems is too hard.

Maybe if I just give zero fucks and just don't care then maybe I can be successful in 2025 and in my remaining years. Hakuna Matata!

[thessalian]

Faerun!Alisaie vs Gnolls

Somewhere around the Risen Road

Karlach: Y'know, I could live without being here again.

Alisaie: For the last time, you've got nothing to feel guilty over. You taught Wyll something that he should probably have thought of before making a pact with a devil - read the fine print.

Wyll: Will you please believe me when I say there wasn't time?

Alisaie: Sure; devils will definitely take advantage. But I hope one day I get to hear why. Sounds like an epic sort of story, and you aren't usually shy about those.

Shadowheart: Why are we here, anyway? I figure we got all the reasonable loot...

Alisaie: If that note Astarion stole doesn't give us good leverage on Kagha, those poor tieflings are going to have to be tromping all over this place. Goblins are bad enough, but I saw gnoll corpses. Stabbed by gobs is bad; nomfed by gnolls is worse.

Wyll: Erm ... why are there hyenas over--?

Alisaie: *stomps on a bloated hyena's head*

Karlach: What the fuck?!?

Alisaie: How do you think gnolls happen? Because believe me, it's not that whole "when a mommy gnoll and a daddy gnoll love each other very much" bullshit! Gnolls take "eat me" way too literally for that!

Wyll: I do keep forgetting you're a bard...

Shadowheart: Can hyenas talk to gnolls? If so, maybe we want to stop that one crawling away.

Alisaie: Ugh. I'm going to be cleaning hyena off my boots all afternoon...

Later, after taking out the scouting party

Shadowheart: We're really going to clear out this entire pack of gnolls, aren't we.

Alisaie: If I could be sure they'd only eat the goblins, I would! But that'd probably take them being Absolute cultists like Sazza was talking about and gnolls don't have that kind of intellect. So I'm going to sneak up and stab a bitch!

Wyll: We've got your back.

Alisaie: *straight-up stabs a gnoll in the back, then flies over to Flind and smacks Flind right in the muzzle with the pommel of her rapier*

Karlach: She doesn't mess around, does she?

Alisaie: *still right in Flind's face, looking very fucking confused* ...You have got to be fucking kidding me. Okay, y'know what? Go eat them in there. They're a way easier meal.

Flind: *leads the gnolls into eating Olly and Rugan*

Shadowheart; Wyll; Karlach: ...wut.

Alisaie: Still hungry? Well, tough shit. Go find something else to eat and leave us the fuck alone.

Flind: *leaves with all the other gnolls*

Shadowheart; Wyll; Karlach: .........the fuck?!?

Alisaie: Apparently our tadpoles are stronger than her tadpole, or something, I dunno. I guess the illithids aren't choosy. Anyway, whatever; means I don't have to get particularly stabby, and-- Wait. Do I smell burning?

Karlach: Sorry. Engine acting up!

Alisaie: No, that's not burning hair and scorching leather. ...Not entirely, anyway. Wyll?

Wyll: There's an inn not far. Possibly someone's having a very bad day at the cookfire.

Shadowheart: And I take it we're about to go be heroic.

Alisaie: I just managed to get us out of a literal bitch-fight with the power of bardic imagery and a squiggly bit of brain-wrong, and I did it by telling them to eat someone else. I think I've earned a bit of altruism.

Shadowheart: ...Fair.

[anonymouslylovesyou]

Bridgerton ep 4

First of all I'm up way too fucking early but if I'm awake I may as well be watching the show baby

OH NO NOT HER IMAGINGING SIMON IN THE PRINCES PLACE BBY GIRL YOU GOT IT BAD

No wonder this is all so fast paced there's only 8 episodes in a season, even if the episodes are like an hour each instead of half an hour

Ooo Lady Whistedown still is rooting for Simon

The motherfucker inspecting Marina simply cannot be so choosy

Lord Featherington hardly says 2 words and is always looking at that damn newspapers

Daisies for Phillipa

Ah that one song inspired by Bridgerton that was popular is inspired by Eloise and Penelope ok

Anthony taking Daphne to the boxing ring :0

"Ooo women are too delicate for fighting" sir the woman you're talking to knocked someone out in one punch

Bruh you guys are straight up staring at each other from across the room this is embarrassing

Woo kick his ass Billy

Ooo the artist brother got a studio invite

Me watching Simon down the rest of his drink after the prince takes Anthony aside: I know what you are

"I do not know if the Duke was there" liar

Inch resting that she does not wear the necklace in private

God does their poor mom have to deal with her emotionally dense children acting like this every session??

Lady Danbury is reading this man for filth

"Love changes Nothing" ok buddy we'll see how long this lasts

Godd I love the idea of a dance card

Benedict is the artsy one, and he better not fuck the model

Fellas stop smoking inside its a fire hazard

I have like an hour to watch the next 35 minutes of this episode, wish me luck (guy who pauses so so much)

"I loved him" Phillipa you've met him twice I am glad we're getting more Penelope family lore

Eloise is trying out authority on someone to find out more about Lady Whistedown and its not going well

PENELOPE GIRLIE YOU CANT SAY THAT

Colin going after Marina???

Why are they doing a whole different dance than everyone else

IS THE PRINCE TRYIJG TO PROPOSE IN PUBLIC

AHH IN THE GARDEN

Yeah what are you doing in London still hm? "Saying goodbye" what happened to we aren't even friends

"Your apology has no effect on my life nor does your leaving London" SWEETHEART YOU DIDBT HAVE TO KILL HIM good for you tho

Oo a maze KISSIJG HER IN THE GARSEN SCANDAL

OH AND SHE IS KISSIMG HIM BACK THERE ITS MOVIE SO FAST

AH Daphne's face when he says I cannot marry you

All the language similar to Much Ado is driving me nuts but also that just how this time period is

"You would rather die than marry me" FUCK

Like I know why it is, it's his vow to his shitty dad, but also, man, he's dead. No one can tell him you found love

Benedict is doing some gay shit with that other art guy

Yeah girl what the fuck is your husband doing??

Ooo I know that Colin ends up with Penelope so this cannot end well

Ooo Penelope!!!! Sweetheart

Eloise is here, NOO THEY ARE FIGHTING TERRIBLE

Still crazy that Anthony is absolutely out here fucking girls and yet one (1) guy makes out with his sister and suddenly they have to duel to the death

Will is a good friend but also crazy of Simon to just break into his house for alcohol

Anthony bestie you can't be dueling for yourself just to run away from your responsibilities

No not the girls dowries....

Damn I do not like their mom but I do feel for her in this moment

"What are you going to do about" *he starts crying*

Cressida saww we think

It's way brighter than dawn out

Once again mad Simon is hot

I'd be so nervous on fucking up the pacing when rolling up to a duel

Girlie could have broken her arm

SIMON IS STILL REFUSING HER??

He's already making allowances in his little brain like "ok I can get married but no kids"

[ainews]

Caterpillars may look like dependable laborers, but according to a recent study, many species have an issue with laziness – at least when it comes to their work.

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered that some caterpillar species, such as some from the Geometrid family, are often unmotivated when it comes to labor. This is because these caterpillars are highly selective with the quality of the food that they will consume.

So when the insect is presented with a leaf or twig of poor quality, they simply won’t bother lifting it and will just remain motionless. In terms of labor, this “laziness” makes them less productive and less efficient when compared with other species of caterpillars, such as those from the Braconidae family, which will still take on and transport a poor quality leaf or twig if presented with it.

This “laziness” could potentially be explained by recent evolutionary changes to the caterpillar’s habits. The researchers suggest it is possible that the caterpillars, which are more “permissive” with their food selection, have been selected due to a decrease in food quality in their natural habitats, while the species which are more selective have not seen the same changes.

This means that, while the caterpillars may look like willing laborers, many are actually too choosy to be of real use.