#v: the world will know

[whatsbehindthefacade]

@betterto-die-thanto-crawl | continued

For almost as long as he can remember, Splasher's always been a bit scared of the Delancey brothers. They're considerably bigger than him after all, and way stronger, and in his experience they don't usually pull their punches too much and aren't afraid to throw them either. More often than not, Splasher has kept himself tucked back behind one of the older boys, avoiding them as much as humanly possible.

But this...well Morris is still way bigger than him, but right now he don't seem so scary. Maybe he's gotten a lease of courage. Arm cradled in his lap, knees grazed and bloody and a bruise forming on his cheek, Splasher looks a little sheepish. "Some boys from the factory took one of my papes, and when I tried to get it back they started pushing mes around..."

[mecachrome]

oscar + progressively showing more excitement during challenges than when he won a sprint race in qatar

[edorazzi]

Page 30 of my Miraculous Mentor AU comic A Matter of Trust! In which Bri decides to reach out to the two weirdest guys in her life (and I get to adapt my all-time favourite PV scene)! ❄️❤️

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[whatsbehindthefacade]

"That's why ya gotta roll 'em up first." Splasher's tone was incredibly matter-of-fact, as if this was an entirely obvious precaution to taken in such a hypothetical scenario. Blue eyes curiously watched the world around them as they moved, arms still holding on tight around Morris' shoulders, holding himself up. "They's good brothers. But sometimes when we's sleepin', Henry ends up kickin' me in his sleep. And Albert snores real loud sometimes too and we gotta push him out of his bed to shut him up."

Morris gave an undignified snort. "Y-yeah, I guess... B-b-betcha I'd get my trousers all wet, th-though..." But the idea was amusing. He grinned to himself as he carried the little kid on his back - the kid didn't habe to know he was smiling. "W-well, sometimes, s-sometimes brothers, th-they ain't 'xactly a-all they's cracked up t-ta be..." Oscar was obnoxious. And scary... sometimes... and treated him like a kid... but - he shut himself up for a moment, thinking about the newsies. "R-reckon ya got g-good brothers, t-too..." They seemed like they'd be real good brothers. Morris was only a little jealous.... right?

[spacebubblehomebase]

"Say My Name."

Tumblr "Poll Results" for my #HHStargazersAU are out and so I'm releasing ALL the currently available titles of my future posts for this story!!! Though to not completely spoil the plot for everyone, I redacted some parts on the list. Just know that, while I DO have plans, they could always change and not everything is complete. But if you're still willing to be patient with me, here's a taste of my writing and art! Nothing serious. Just to see if it's to your liking. I won't always stick to such style, but there WILL be consistent world building as it's my favorite part of starting any AU! And if you like Chaggie or queerplatonic Radioapple centric stories then you're in luck because that's EVERYTHING I'm here for! It'll take a lot of effort, but GOD will it also be a LOT of fun! XD Still a show is nothing without an audience and according to my list, it's time for an INTEREST CHECK, so what say you? 👀✨️ -Bubbly💙

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[ree-draws]

don't you ever just want to give your favs a mullet

[harbingersecho]

READY AIM FIRE

[whatsbehindthefacade]

Spot comes back to her, and Smalls curls weakly into her side, grasping at her with what little strength she can muster. Seeing Lucky like that has shaken her, and she needs that comfort from her big to give her a little reassurance. She's hurting and weak and scared, and she just wants it all to be over. She doesn't want to feel like this anymore, wants everything to just go back to normal.

Her big eases her upright, and the movement makes her cough again, more a spluttered wheezing without the proper energy behind it. She's tired, so tired, and she turns her face into Spot's shoulder with a thin whine and a lethargic shake of her head. "No...don't wanna..."

Spot soothes Lucky the best she can. She knows the younger girl just wants Mac- their relationship mirroring that of Spot and Smalls in this moment. The 10-year-old is hurting, and there's barely anything they can do. Spot doesn't know what they're going to do if they lose either one of them. The grief would consume their house in a way that she doesn't know if any of them would ever recover from.

Blessedly, Mac returns upstairs with tea for both Lucky and Smalls, and she's back at her little's bedside. "Baby, I'm going to sit you back up again, okay?" she says slowly, sitting the tea on the table next to the bunk. "I want you to drink some more. There's honey in there to help with your cough and breathe a little better."

[vintrage]

nothing but respect for MY aegon

[whatsbehindthefacade]

@loudnclearspot | continued

"No soaking, well, not 'less you count scuffling with Morris on Tuesday but that ain't anything special." Getting into a fight with one of the Delanceys was practically a tradition at this point and far from new. 'Sides, he'd walked away from it with just a bruise or two this time, so by all means he's pretty sure he can say that he won that one, if nothing else. He's actually been remarkably well-behaved, all things considered.

Except right now, he just feels downright lousy. He'd had to drag himself out of bed, but he'd just put it down to being tired and hadn't questioned it. Now though he feels vaguely like someone's run him over with a trolley. It's certainly not the most pleasant of feelings, he's gotta say. He's always hated getting sick. "Feelin' kinda woozy. Maybe...might sit down a bit..."

[zxal]

he ain't heavy, he's my brother [dimensionswap au]

[whatsbehindthefacade]

Animals have always been Stray's great love, and it's rare to see her without any at all. Often it's one of the stray dogs or cats, but there are other animals too, some of the birds that flock around the park, a squirrel or too, even the rats that scurry around the garbage seem to see her as friend. Half her food usually ends up going to feeding the small army of animals that she likes to look after. Admittedly though, the dogs and cats do hold a certain fondness in her eyes.

"Six..." Six whole puppies. It sounds like a dream come true in her mind. Playing with puppies is one of the best things ever, and undoubtedly it will do a good job of tiring her out as well. "He's gonna find 'em good homes, right?" Stray never likes it when people just dump animals, or give them to people who aren't going to look after them proper.

Specs can't help but smile as his little sister gets so excited over the proposition of puppies. Some things never change after all. When he'd first heard her newsie name was Stray, he wasn't surprised at all. She always loved playing with the dogs and cats in the alley when they were in Queens, and loved even more the small cat that had lived with them at their parents' flat all those years ago.

"Uh huh," he says, continuing to smile as they walk. "Six of them. They still need names too." He has no idea if Mr. Smith will let them help name the puppies, but Stray is convincing enough to anyone in his eyes. "Let's see if we can catch him and play with them for a bit."

[shakingparadigm]

what is the theory that ivan manipulated the event where till and mizi met the wagyein?

It's not a theory, actually! It's confirmed that Ivan orchestrated the whole event. The true reason as to why however is still unknown. The information provides more context to this scene, though:

During the earlier times of ALNST the most rational explanation for this scene was that Till ran after a flower crown (presumably Mizi's) and Ivan followed him in out of curiosity. Now we know that Ivan was conveniently just standing there because he was waiting.

Side note, I find it heartbreaking (and maybe a little funny, sorry) that Till most likely didn't notice Ivan in this scene. That's just like him, isn't it. Always too busy running after Mizi while Ivan trails behind, an ever-present shadow.

I'm not sure how Ivan manipulated the circumstances for both of them to end up there, but it is confirmed that everything was intentional. What strikes me most is how they describe this particular scene:

I can't copy down what they said word-for-word (Patreon info), but they described Ivan watching "creepily" as Till and Mizi are faced with danger. We know that Ivan was familiar with the Cerberus wagyein beforehand, enough to touch its teeth and even to rest himself inside its maw. To Ivan, the wagyein is not dangerous, but to Till and Mizi, it could be. Ivan prepared the wagyein, led them there, and watched "creepily" from afar as Till fell on his knees, seemingly injured.

The closest I can get to making sense of Ivan's "scheme" is that he wanted to see how other children would react in a dangerous situation. Ivan's always been an observer, after all, and he's learned to survive by copying the more "normal" behaviors of his peers. This situation occured when Ivan was still young and had not yet developed his more charming mask, so perhaps he staged this encounter to study a situational response, to learn and mimic the emotion of fear. And what better subjects for the experiment than two of the most expressive and reactive humans of their batch? It helps that he was already fixated on Till beforehand, too. I think Ivan became irreversibly obssessed after this incident, especially since it's framed as a turning point in Ivan's life, comparing Till to the stars.

This is just my attempt at an interpretation, though. It could very well be for another reason. He most likely chose Till and Mizi specifically for personal reasons, not just for reaction. I'm still not sure on the purpose behind the whole thing.

The team wanted to capture Ivan's "dark emotions" through the shot of his stalking, which could relate to his more sinister intentions. His gaze can be read in a few different ways, though. Curiosity, interest, fear, etc. Maybe that's why they decided to redraw the shot in ROUND 6.

I think this better sells the feeling they were trying to convey.

[pennumbra]

So does anyone remember Storm Hawks

[whatsbehindthefacade]

@loudnclearspot | continued

"Well, exactly! I'm betta now, so I's ain't gonna get sick again, duh!" Race's tone is bright, and certainly a hell of a lot better than it had been sounding over the past week. While he's still got the slightest hint of a sniffle, the cough and the fever and most of the sneezes have thankfully disappeared again, and he's been a lot more chipper to be able to get back out and sell, as well as bug his friends.

As such, he's already shrugged out of the jacket that Jack had wrestled him into this morning, slinging it around Spot's shoulders. She needs it more than he does right now, and he can tell she's feeling pretty lousy, especially given that was him just a few days ago. "I's'll be fine! I's got two shirts on anyhows."

[whatsbehindthefacade]

"Splasher used to be a nightmare, but he's got this spot just behind his ear that if you rub it, he drops right off." It had been quite the blessing when they'd figured that out and suddenly removed so many arguments from their night time routine. Unfortunately the other kids don't have quite the same off button as their youngest.

"Eh, I'll just sic Albert on them. He'll rough house with 'em enough to tire 'em out, an' they always like seein' how many of 'em he can carry." It's quite a funny trick to watch, in truth, and a common source of entertainment.

race·:

“Someone’s gotta tire ‘em out before bedtime. Tryin’ to get them all to sleep is a task an’ a half sometimes.” That’s one way of putting it anyway. As it currently stands, they’ve got six kids under the age of ten that sleep in the lodging house, and a handful more who are just over that age and slowly working their way into the slightly more grown groups. The middles aren’t too bad for getting themselves to bed, but the littles like to put up a struggle.

“Tire em out enough, then Finch’ll tell them some story and they drop right off. Works like a charm.” And if it doesn’t, then Albert will threaten to sit on them if they get up, which also usually works pretty well from experience, though thankfully it hasn’t been needed too much.

“Yeah, I get that. I mean…it’s hard enough getting Les to go to sleep,” Davey replies with a smile, thinking of all the long nights they’d spend doing exactly THAT. And multiply that by six? Oof. He finishes cleaning the wound before dressing it, pulling back with a smile. “All done, you should recover just fine.”

“Though I suggest you lay low with activities that tire the kids out for at least one or two days. Maybe you can make them play some games instead, and be the referee?”