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russellsppttemplates · 1 year ago
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Max convincing you to have a second child because he has major baby fever🫠
Cw: small allusion to sex
"I'm just saying we could think about it", Max continued, "Finn was a calm baby, we got the hang of it pretty quickly, so we would just be rolling to the next step", he smiled, "imagine a little mini you running around the house", he tried.
"There's no way my genetics is competing with yours, I feel like my uterus is going to be a printer of your clones: any Verstappen baby to come out of me is going to be a clone of you", you offered. You had been thinking about it, if you were being honest, but you were also enjoying his tactics to convince you.
"Didn't your heart go all fluttery when you saw the kids playing in the paddock? And Finn was really gentle when he was playing with Amélie - even Charles' wife pointed it out", Max argued, remembering your son lightly kissing the baby's cheek.
"She is really cute and Finn was nice to her", you reasoned.
"And you looked so good with another baby on your arms", he admitted, "as soon as Charles handed little Amélie to you, I knew it was it", he said, "you're already the best mama to Finn, liefje".
"Your baby fever really is though the roof, hm?", you mused, squeezing Max's thigh.
"It's not my fault everyone around us seems to be having a baby or that you look like a goddess when you hold a baby in your arms, and I miss that - the baby making sex, the baby bump, all the scans, the little kicks, the newborn smell - I can already imagine Finn holding his little brother or sister and rubbing the chubby cheek", Max groaned, "put us both out of our misery, woman, you and I both know you don't need much convincing either", he kissed your shoulder.
(Thank you for sending this in ✨️)
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iamverynormalaboutsge · 6 months ago
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Those screenshots are for context as to why I decided to lay out my view on Aric and Japeth there and to also avoid repeating myself.
Now back to the grind! (I will put a 'read more' because this WILL be long, be warned)
Topics: Aric and Japeth's origins, the context of their surroundings, the perfect isolation and the communal influence
@liketwoswansinbalance take a cup of tea or an espresso shot, this is gonna be a while
I will lay out a few of my takes on these two characters before I move forth and talk about their relationship because I feel that if I don't some details will not be understood or they will lack, what I call, flavour!
First, let us start with Aric who I am more experienced with because, well what do you know? He's interesting to think about.
Of course, we have to begin with his origins. That means Lady Lesso and his unknown father who for whatever reason the fandom wiki assumes is deceased but we have no confirmation of that. Perhaps it's because after the 'We can't imagine anyone who would miss him' his father didn't appear yet again Nevers have a very different way of 'loving' their children. Aka it's practically medieval times royalty but without the money, make the baby 'pure' for the bloodline, and move on. In our case make a baby for your lineage(with a willing or unwilling participant or with a sacrificial goat to a demon to clone yourself like it happened in Hester's case) and then we see where the rest goes. Now there is no doubt in my mind Lady Lesso loved Aric and she still most certainly held motherly love for him when they reunited despite him wanting to murk at her and managing to do so in the end. She admitted she was never afraid of him and more so afraid of what he could do to the people she cared about. But she WAS afraid of him when she realised that he was not HER son anymore.
We know that Lady Lesso was afraid of Aric's father. Perhaps the whole 'let's make an heir for our bloodline' was mutual but something happened and Lesso wanted to keep her son and avoid her husband(?)/father of the child. It is funny to me how people assume Ares, the God of War, is his father and honestly? I could see it. Lady Lesso has this aura of power around her and I wouldn't exactly be shocked if the woman who deemed Sophie as truly evil despite all of her flaws would only be swooned off her feet by a literal God, similar to how Sophie was very eager with the prospect of a powerful lover and having therefore a power of position. However, Lady Lesso perhaps sought out more than just power. I believe Aric's dad simply wanted to take Aric for who knows what reasons and Lady Lesso, one of the most powerful sorceresses that we know of(because come on. She managed to make the powerful protecting shield Rafal did at his full strength. That takes something) was AFRAID to confront a 'simple' man.
Now how does this all play in Aric's story if he didn't even know his father? Well, genetics count. Dovey recognised Aric's father from her memories after meeting Aric who had a similar outlook on him. Therefore Aric being very eager for war, battle, and savage violence in general despite maintaining a certain level of discipline which IS needed to win a war regardless of how brutal, would justify the Ares theory.
We know Gods can be charming or persuasive, we saw the air of confidence and undoubtedly strength Lady Lesso carries herself, and we see it in Aric how he has no issue getting where he wants, how he wants it, and deceiving everyone along the way. Despite supposedly having no interactions with girls whatsoever, given that the timeline only mentions that Aric's interaction with a girl ever before ending in the Arbed House was with the daughter of the family that rescued him that he nearly killed(not to mention that I remember that he DID murk their family dog. Perhaps the fact that the family's daughter was 'so weak' paired with his recent trauma of being abandoned by his mother who he most likely loved the most led to his whole 'women are weak, frail and pathetic' beliefs).
Therefore, how does Aric go on to 'seduce' Sophie and Hester? Although he didn't exactly go somewhere with either of the plans he had in mind with Rafal punishing him for going near Sophie and Hester not faltering for the guy he got stabbed by(even if the stab was meant for Agatha), we still see he has some maddening skills in being a charming devil and effortlessly so. Let's not forget that he ended up captain of the boys against any better judgement from Tedros. Sure he broke through the magic shield and we see Tedros question it even if he never gets an answer from Aric on it. A completely strange boy showed up on his doorstep and he just- let him in despite the clear threat he possessed simply because he claimed to(and didn't lie) that he was there as well because like everyone else he had something in this 'game' to go after. We see Tedros acting aggressively to Aric when he loses his patience in regards to the whole 'start a war already' situation, being threatened to be kicked out, but THAT was after Aric already become Captain of the boys. Aric must have proved himself in a different way than just breaking the shield. I mean sure he managed to gather up some henchmen between the time he left the Albert House to the moment he got to the schools, and we know that Aric didn't exactly have any friends. He was persuasive enough to get some other aggressive individuals to follow him and potentially even make them obedient to him. We never know what happens to them after book 2 but most likely just like the other princes and boys they are thrown out/leave because they are no longer needed therefore Aric doesn't keep them around.
Where does this play in the whole Aric-Japeth relationship? It does. Sure, Aric is very conscious about what he does and what effect he has on people but he had to learn he could have such an influence on others, and who was his first 'victim'? I believe that to be Japeth. Now I doubt Aric was aware of what he was doing. He was just a boy, no older than six who had been abandoned and turned spiteful against the cold harsh world. We know NOBODY liked Aric. Rhian and Kei surely didn't yet Japeth did. And I think the reason Rhian and Kei didn't like Aric is for the same reason that Japeth did.
Aric's natural charm worked on Japeth as they grew up together and 'explored'. While Japeth's acts of violence until then were to terrify both his twin and mother to the point Evelyn Sader who was very determined to raise Rafal's children(and who she also carried willingly despite being abandoned) turned to leave them in the exact spot where hearts so evil that they would ruin the endless woods if they were to be properly trained in the School for Evil were hidden (another screenshot y'all).
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Aric wasn't sent there by HIS blood nor guardian but rather by a family mortified by exactly this, a heart truly evil. He ended up there as an external factor who heavily influenced Japeth's perspective and views to the ones they were already being taught in the Albert House. That school's purpose is to redeem evil hearts like redeeming sinners in the Hazbin Hotel. However, the Arbes House had a far bigger success than we see happen with the demons from hell(weird parallel I know but you can't tell me it's entirely wrong given that Japan didn't do far more malicious war crimes than the characters we are presented in that indie animation). Anyway, as previously stated I believe that just as Aric's genetics made him charming, persuasive and manipulative, effortlessly with little to no struggle if I may, Japeth's genetics made him psychotic, prone to delusion as well as overly blinded sighted by his goal to account for all the details that may go wrong. These characteristics we seen in both Rafal and Evelyn.
We know that Evelyn was supposed to raise the boys and with the Mistral, sisters to help make them into what they are supposed to be. Japeth knew of his true nature while Rhian didn't and I don't think that it was Evelyn or Rafal to reveal that to him but rather the Mistral sisters AFTER Evelyn effectively abandoned the boys. I say abandoned because it wasn't until Evelyn saw how truly awful Japeth was that she was willing to truly drop this entire grand master plan despite carrying it so far. House Arbed specialises in hiding these evil souls from the schoolmaster himself therefore as far as Rafal was concerned in the context that he didn't exactly send monthly letters to his sisters, his sons were gone. Therefore even if Evelyn was still delusional enough to think he could be near Rafal, he rewarded her for helping bring him back or better said punished her for getting rid of his bloodline. It would make sense for Rafal to have noticed the impossibility of tracking down his sons the moment they stepped into the Arbed House which wouldn't exactly lead him to believe that there could be any magic more powerful than his to shorten his vision, because why would he? He never even considered that the students who loathed him could secretly work to overthrow him, or at least he didn't believe he'd get far so clearly while this is certainly a far stretch with the whole believing Japeth and Rhian are dead, it isn't entirely deniable. It would also make sense that after knowing of Aric, despite forcing the whole 'abandon your child or your career Lesso' he went off the radar when he got to the Arbed House just like it happened to Japeth and Rhian. Aric was evil just enough for Rafal to make him a DEAN on the SPOT despite having 0 experience whatsoever(outside the whole 'captain of boys)' and went as far as to give him the title of LORD.
I got a bit sidetracked but the point is Aric and Japeth were perfectly isolated and unbothered by any external factors in the Arbed House(perhaps the mistral sister keeping an eye on Japeth but not a lot more than that in the case of which Japeth and Rhian BOTH came in contact with the three only AFTER they left the Arbed House once they 'graduated' which could have been around the same time Rafal kicked the bucket, and Japeth was given more information than Rhian because the mistral sisters saw that unlike Japeth, Rhian's evil nature as little as it was ended up being stomped on and only Japeth was left with more authentic evil purity).
Japeth had violent tendencies but not out of any specific hatred or anger, but simply how he truly was we do not know whatsoever that Aric had such tendencies until after he was abandoned which would explain how compared to Evelyn who was mortified Japeth and willingly abandoned him and Rhian(perhaps Rhian too in the fear he could at any time turn like Japeth), Lesso had NO reason whatsoever to feel such genuine deep fear towards his son despite everything he did, despite the magic he inherited from her and the strength/mentality he might have taken from his father like Evelyn did. Lesso was afraid of Aric's father but loved Aric genuinely while Evelyn was supposedly madly in love with Rafal but FEARED Japeth. See the contrast?
Now that we have this cleared out we can finally begin the TRUE Aric-Japeth analysis as a WHOLE.
Japeth was corrupted by Aric. Yes, you heard me, Aric who undeniably is less evil than Japeth, is the one to have corrupted Aric and not the other way around. As I mentioned everyone saw it as troubling that Aric and Japeth interact with each other and given that it was Aric who ended up going to extreme lengths and being kicked out, rightfully so to think of it. Aric and Japeth only had each other as friends. Japeth was wicked by nature and birth, and Aric was wicked by his surroundings. While Japeth was relatively kept tame, that most likely changed the moment Aric came along. Aric who despite not being as horrible could NOT be contained(Just like Lady Lesso outright acted on betraying Rafal in the favour of the balance instead of just Evil).
Aric was also the first one to do an actual proper kill and not just torture or frighten as Japeth did to his brother and mother. Aric was the one to go the extra mile the moment he was pushed while Japeth despite all his wickedness never did such a thing or considered it even UNTIL Aric came into view and did as far as nearly killing Rhian. I mean a stab to the head-? Rhian had a hell of a skull not to die from it. A parallel to the False Rafal/OG Rhian on how HE had no issue with Hook eliminating competition but he wasn't able to do so himself until he was corrupted by external factors and did it himself at the end of the prequels by killing Rafal.
Likewise, Aric had an unconscious influence on Japeth. Aric had this natural attraction to get his way through. He got Tedros to place him as the Captain of the boys when Chaddick failed Tedros. He got Rafal to make him the new Dean/Lord of New Evil. He could have easily persuaded Sophie if Rafal didn't catch him in time and I dare say that even Hester was more than likely stunned enough by Aric's shenanigans for his action to still count as effective in playing with the victim's mind. However, while Aric was in conscious control of all of this, he never realised how he influenced Japeth. He was just growing, exploring who he was as a person and Japeth was the first-hand witness to that. Aric is more in the spotlight. He is in the shadows enough to not be noticed until it's too late but in the light enough for people to know to keep clear of him even when it is unclear the full extent of his power. Japeth is more of a shadow villain. He has no desire to step into the light, no need to put himself on display or hurt people just for the sake of it like Aric does, instead he does so by his simple nature, unconsciously.
And when growing up, a child takes from what they see around them including other children. Aric's naturally charming and suave behaviour put a spotlight on him from Japeth's perspective. One bright enough so that to him everything else becomes irrelevant as long as it's not related to Aric. If Aric didn't die I highly doubt Japeth would have helped Rhian with everything because he wouldn't have a reason to. Rhian wouldn't have what to bribe him with, even if Rhian didn't know he was beating Japeth out with the promise/idea of bringing back a person who most certainly everyone in the Arbed House despised. (Also the fact that Aric tried to kill Rhian and Japeth was dead serious on seeing Rhian choosing his safety over Japeth's happiness as a betrayal when he decided that Aric is to be kicked out. I mean I doubt it was Rhian's entire choice but that is the way Japeth saw it. Rhian chose himself over him so why should Japeth ever do otherwise for Rhian?).
Now that we established who wore the pants in the 'relationship' and as to HOW and WHY this is, let us define the status of it.
Japeth loved Aric. No doubt. I mean, having a magic space where you scribble your initials EVERYWHERE? I believe Japeth IS aware of how B+C scribbled on anything is usually a sign of romance or at least a very deep feeling. We see Rhian saying that Japeth considered Aric more of a brother than him, however, we then see Japeth ask decoy Aric for a kiss as a trap. Japeth was aware of his feelings towards Aric and so was Aric. However, Aric rejected that part of Japeth. In this regard, Japeth took after Evelyn's delusion that someone who didn't love him the way HE wanted it to, could ever, and also took after both Rafal and Evelyn, with Japeth believing that if he were to bring Aric back he could make him love him. (Rafal who thought he could make Sophie genuinely love him outside of desperation. Also, Evelyn who had thought that being of service to Rafal would gain her anything in her favour).
Japeth is the more powerful one in any aspect but mentally, whereas Aric in contrast naturally shines in through with his 'good' genetics. Japeth doesn't even think of stepping over Aric's authority over him, he lacks that rebellious spirit that Aric shines in. Aric dominates because he wants to. Japeth ended up dominating others because that was what was needed to get the one person he ever loved back. Japeth obeys Aric in his wishes, but during the scene where Tedros pretends to be Aric, we see that Japeth, from the demanding and cold snake, turns into a pleading puppy desperate for affection. He was right there and then ready to accept everything decoy Aric said if he didn't, to his credit and cunningness, test to see if this was even HIS Aric that he is so desperate about. Once he saw it wasn't his Aric, Japeth's delusion settled back in.
I highly doubt that the interaction would have gone any differently. Tedros didn't truly know Aric but he knew how he acted enough to realistically impersonate him for somebody who knew Aric on a far deeper level. Although he certainly must have had a flaw if Japeth decided to test out if this was Aric or not(outside of the fact that Aric was dead because we did later see Arthur talk to Tedros in the plane of dreams/magic so it's not wrong to think Japeth might have truly considered that decoy Aric was indeed Aric talking to him from the realm of the dead).
Now we established the relationship from Japeth's point of view + the view of everyone else but what about Aric? Now we know the romantic side of love was one-sided. We do know that Aric would send letters to Japeth, begging to come to him because he felt off without him, but I doubt that this was because of romantic feelings. Japeth states Aric was ashamed of their love, but this could be his perspective and rather Aric was ashamed of Japeth loving him like that or doing something to make him believe he could ever do that because loving someone also means hoping the feeling is mutual(unless you are that one sexuality where apparently to love people but you don't want them to love you back-??? Don't ask, I saw it once and that was enough for me to decide that the expertise of sexuality beyond bodily and mental psychology is no place for me to study). Aric was disgusted that Japeth who knew him best could ever think Aric could have such awful thoughts. Sure Aric hates women and he may have influenced Japeth in that aspect too because it's not like anybody else told him that women are pathetic creatures outside of Aric, which might result in a healthy young growing boy's hormones turning their attention to the same gender.(Reminder that places such as the military or conservative schools with only one of the gender present raises homosexuality because, in the age of teenhood where hormones flare up, they won't stop just because the opposite gender isn't present. Aric had contact with the opposite gender and saw examples of heterosexual couples, for example, the family who took him in, compared to Japeth who didn't exactly see Rafal around Evelyn I doubt that in the Arbed House, their biggest concern was making the boys good Christian boys and rather just oppress the evil as much as possible so that they can pass by as good. I mean Tedros is supposedly good and he deadpan chose the 'a villain will burn the world for you' route for Agatha so-).
I believe Aric missed Japeth because Japeth completed Aric. These two were the yin-yang of evil. The spiteful, fiery, rebellious part, and the calmer, colder, tamer part. Evil nonetheless but still, there is a very clear contrast between why these two are evil. It's a spectrum at this point.
Aric missed Japeth because Japeth was secure, Japeth was Aric's safe space. Japeth was the only other soul in this world Aric could share his dark thoughts and desires with, without being judged. Humans are still social animals even if some prefer solidarity, even our beloved introverts feel the need for a pet or some sort of emotional connection. Aric needed that connection. His status of power made it to be out of reach from others. His power build on terror and fear. He wouldn't trust those who loath him most to share his most intimate thoughts with.
Aric effectively isolated himself with his title, just as Rafal had. Aric needed someone wicked enough to understand him yet loyal enough to not choose their selfish reasons over his. Rafal had Sophie for that, however, he underestimated Sophie's external factors, the need for validation from a familiar person(Agatha/Tedros). For Aric though, this would have worked perfectly for Japeth. Japeth had no external factors to care for, not Rhian, not Evelyn, or anybody else. Japeth and Aric were only with each other. No other boys or girls between them. No other friendships or relationships. The only one who could have those was Aric and he effectively couldn't have them. Aric and Japeth wouldn't have been as deadly of a duo as people think. Yes if we take them from a standpoint of view in power and personality sure, but that's where they come and neutralise each other. While I believe that Aric most certainly expressed his feelings of wanting to kill Lady Lesso without hesitation and wanting to hurt Rhian for getting into his friendship with Japeth, he had no other specific targets. Sure Aric killed a dog, terrified a whole family and had an attempt on their lives, but you don't expect a rescue animal, abused, abandoned or traumatised to trust anyone right away. That unfortunate family wasn't the one Aric needed to cool down and recover from the essential meltdown he had for being abandoned and struggling severely in a highly dangerous forest with not just animals to worry about but magical/fantastic creatures who were ten times more deadly and could appear there as well. The Albert House was Aric's anchoring point back to reality and sanity but he had no one to coordinate his evil thoughts constructively like Lady Lesso does with her students because the Albert House works to OPPRESS these tendencies and that didn't sit with Aric's rebellious behaviour. If Aric wouldn't influence Japeth I believe his evilness could have been oppressed to an acceptable extent. Instead, we got the mastermind and his loyal henchmen. While Aric most certainly viewed Japeth as an equal and a person he desired to be around because he could feel human and natural around with, he didn't need him the way Japeth did because Aric experienced genuine unconditional love before Japeth, making him able to depict certain patterns and behaviours unconsciously.
Were Aric and Japeth friends? Yes. If these two weren't bothered would have half of the series happened? No. Were Aric and Japeth lovers? Not really. Did Aric love Japeth? Sure. Did Aric love Japeth? No. Did Japeth love Aric? Yes. Did Japeth love Aric? Yes. Did Aric see Japeth the way Japeth saw him? Not. Did Aric see him as an equal and or counterpart? Yes.
These two were most certainly each other's safe space, however, they viewed one another entirely differently.
Take this as you will.
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bet-on-me-13 · 2 years ago
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Ellie worked undercover at Cadmus
So, Ellie has grown up and become an Adult living on her own by now.
She is doing her best to make the most out of her life. She went to school, graduated from College, and even got a Job.
She grew up in a Lab, and learned quite a bit about Genetic Engineering over the course of her life both before and after escaping (Both from Vlad, and from Danny during that Point in time where they were trying to permanently stabilize her).
So, when she gets an offer to join a new start-up Company called Cadmus, she jumped at the opportunity to use her Knowledge to help others. (She was told it was a Research Company that used Genetic Engineering to make medicines)
It wasn't until she had already signed the NDA that she figured out that this was an Illegal Cloning Lab.
Thankfully, she was immune to the Mind Control that they had tried to use on all of the Scientists to make them okay with all of the illegal shit, but she still had to play the part so she could help the poor clones who would be created in this project.
She went Undercover for years. Any time a Clone was deemed a "Failure", she would try her best to save them. She did manage to save a few, sending them to Danny so he could help them find a home, but unfortunately she couldn't save them all.
After a few years, the other scientists began to stress out. The K-Series had been a total failure so far, and none of the Clones had even come close to being Viable. Even the most successful one, identified as Match, couldn't come close to being called an actual success.
So, they went a different route. If Kryptonian DNA didn't want to be Cloned, then maybe they could splice it with some other DNA and force it to work with them?
The Scientists began splicing Human DNA into the Genome, running trials to see if it would be Viable at all before even attempting to create a Full Clone. And they did find some success, preliminary tests showed that Human DNA was uniquely adaptable when it came to splicing, and theoretically it could be used to make a Fully Viable Clone!
When Luthor heard of this, he deemed that nobody aside from himself was worthy of being the "Father", and gave his own DNA to the Scientists to use for the Experiment.
Ellie was put in charge of transporting the DNA to the Lab, but in a random accident (we both know it wasn't, Clockwork), she ends up dropping the Sample. In a rush, she just puts some of her own Blood into the Vial and gives it to the Scientists working on the Gene Splicing Project. (She was panicking, ok?! Nobody would be able to work in a lab like this without getting a little bit of anxiety, and she hadn't gotten a wink of sleep in days at that point!)
They are thrilled! They don't know why, but Mr Luthor's DNA was so much better at Splicing than any other Human DNA they had ever tested before. He was certainly right about his own DNA being the beat suited for the Job!
Ellie meanwhile is having a bit of a meltdown. She can't believe she just gave them some of her DNA! And they already used it to make a Fetus! She's a mother now! She never wanted to be a Mom!
But she guesses that none of that matters anymore. She's has a son now, and she needs to get him out of there. But how to do it? As the only successful K-Series Clone, he was under the most heavily guarded security imaginable, so there was absolutely no way she would ever be able to sneak him out of there. Even if she used her powers, the Security was primed to scan for any and all foreign energy signatures, even Ecto Energy.
So for now, she was stuck. She couldn't break him out, and she also couldn't just leave the Company and let them abuse all those poor clones like that! She just needed to wait for the right opportunity to get her son out of there, even if it meant that she would have to stay behind.
It wasn't until a team of errant Sidekicks broke into the Lab a few years later, that she had a way out for her son.
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gynmeda · 4 months ago
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A word about Beta
These are completely random thoughts I wanted to share for no reason... As I play again, I'm just so moved by this character, even more than the first time. She's not the "best" written (well, but not best) in my opinion to be honest (I mean, Kotallo .!.), but her story & actions remains impressive to me.
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She is amazing Not to mention that she's actually a genius (Maths,Physics, and so on...) ; Can we talk about the fact that she grew up for about 20 years ALONE, without any form of love (interactions with Tilda don't count. Even if that might have helped her a little at the time, Tilda's motive with her was totally unhealthy as she only saw a remplacement for Liz, and she created a trauma when she cut her off after realizing that she was NOT Liz - to me, she never had her safety in mind, she was just as selfish as the others), and was used as a mere tool everytime she had contact with actual people, probably without ever seeing the outside world, even once on Earth... I see her as a deeply depressed and lonely character, AND YET : She cares for the World and other people, she found the courage to leave the Zeniths and tried to do what was right, she even stayed with Aloy despite being terrified after discovering that Aloy knew nothing about them, and she found courage again to do whatever she could to help .... How is that even possible ? How pure is her heart ??? That Girl is incredible ! SHE DESERVES TO BE LOVED !
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She deserves a better name ! I talked about that with another fan and we agreed on a better name for her, for she's clearly worth more than being a "Beta". Something that is not like "a version" of Elisabeth, but keeps a part of her -for what she incarnates- and we came up with : Beth. She totally deserves her own name that does not identify her as a mere clone, which she's NOT, but validate her own life & identity.
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I fear for her destiny in Horizon 3 Elisabeth sacrificed herself in the end. We are reminded of it ALL THE TIME. So since the very beginning of Horizon, I keep telling myself : don't love your character too much, Aloy's probably going to do the same and die, and I was rather ok with the idea (let's be clear, I don't like it when my character dies in a game, but I can totally understand depending on the scenario & rp). 'Alone' until the very end.. Or so I thought until I played Forbidden West. Now with Beth in, who shares the same genetic ability as Aloy and become her "sister" (♥), and Aloy bonding with people who are ready to die for her (something that Liz did not have actually), a small voice keeps telling me "Beth might be the one to be sacrificed, or both of them with Aloy", and I do worry... I'm starting to really really wish that none of them die in the end (PLZ), 'cause I love them both too much. I don't know what the plan is for them, but I really hope they'll have a happy ending. As for the rest of the gang, I beg Guerrilla to let them live and be happy too (please, killing Varl -especially like this- was already too hard T.T). Actually, just don't kill anyone please, my heart is fragile.
Well... that's all for now. I just wanted to share it. Damn, I love that serie and its characters... I want more like this.
And I want more Kotallo, so I'll go back to post about him soon, of course. But first, I'll try to sleep a bit x') See ya
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bamber344 · 3 months ago
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Cat And Mouse
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the heirs of the two de Vygon families make their first plays of the game. Vivienne does her best. enjoy <3
(can you tell i'm exhausted rn lol)
CWs: references to past abuse, unintentional drug use
Cat And Mouse
Ashley cracked his knuckles, trying to work off his nerves on the bus to the DA’s office. So much had happened in the past few days, it was hard to keep track of it all. Jordyn was a clone. It made so much sense that he was honestly surprised he hadn’t figured it out sooner. If de Vygon’s goal was what they assumed – that he wanted to break into the Godling’s prison for a wish – then of course he’d need someone with a power to do the dirty work. He had control over the police, and with it, the coroner’s office. Rosalyn’s death would have been the perfect opportunity to extract whatever genetic material he needed from her without arousing suspicion. Every piece of this horrible puzzle was finally coming into place. Ashley needed to stop him.
Thankfully, with Jordyn safely hidden away, de Vygon would have no way to make a wish, even if he did come and break into the prison. For now, they were at a stalemate, but Ashley held all the cards. He just needed to get the information out there and in the right hands. De Vygon needed to be locked away where he couldn’t hurt anyone ever again. Ashley needed to convince the DA, or it would all be for nought. 
That little file Steve had retrieved netted them a bit of interest, but only enough for the DA to ask a few innocuous questions about what was going on down in the facility, which hadn’t led anywhere yet. It just didn’t have enough credibility, only making it even that far thanks to Ashley’s reputation as leader of the Union. With Jordyn’s explicit testimony as to her treatment, and the obvious fact that she was a clone, they could really make some headway. 
The legal battle was no doubt going to be long and difficult with all the power behind de Vygon, but Ashley was determined to see it through. Jordyn deserved to get to live a normal life without a bastard like him controlling her.
Ashley couldn’t fight monsters on the front line like the rest of them. But he could do this. Perhaps this was just fighting monsters of a different kind.
He got off the bus at the DA’s office and made his way inside, informing the receptionist that he had an appointment with one of the attorneys. He waited in the lobby for about half an hour before finally being let through into assistant district attorney Harriet Morgan’s office.
“Ashley, good to see you!” Harriet said, getting up and stepping around her desk to shake his hand.
“Likewise,” Ashley replied. They’d been friends in high school, and had maintained a decent, if distant relationship ever since. He was sure glad for that connection now.
She moved back around and took a seat behind her desk. Ashley sat down across from her.
“So, you said there’s been an update in the de Vygon DV case?”
Her wording threw him for a loop for a second. They really had just believed it was a case of domestic violence back at the start, hadn’t they? He nodded. 
“Do you remember those research notes I brought you a few months ago, that you thought were probably fake?”
“Of course,” she said.
Ashley swallowed. “Well, not only do we know for certain that they were real, they barely even scratch the surface of what de Vygon has been doing below precinct 23.”
Harriet frowned. “What do you mean? How?” 
“Jordyn showed her face to us for the first time a few days ago. She… She’s a clone. Of Rosalyn Garcia-Holmes. And she’s not the only one, either.”
Harriet’s face twitched in surprise for a moment before she pulled herself back. “I’m sure you won’t blame me if I find that hard to believe.”
Ashley had expected this, so he came prepared. He pulled out his phone and opened a picture of Jordyn he’d taken that night, before showing it to Harriet. “This is Jordyn. I took this picture two days ago.” He then pulled up a picture of Rosalyn that he’d saved. “This is Rosalyn. Take the time to compare if you need to.” He slid the phone over to her.
Harriet analysed the pictures with wide eyes, gnawing on her bottom lip. She very slowly let out a breath. Ashley could practically feel her rising tension. 
She looked back up, sliding the phone over. “Okay, I’ll concede that they look pretty much the same, but cloning? That’s pretty far-fetched. How do we know Rosalyn didn’t fake her death or something?”
“For starters, I had multiple heroes on the field with her when Rosalyn died, who all saw it happen,” Ashley replied, putting his phone away. “It would’ve been incredibly difficult to fake, with little to no discernable motive; considering that by all accounts, Rosalyn was happy with her life. Secondly, Jordyn confirmed that she’s not the only one, and Vivienne Matthews can corroborate that. They both met number five; one of the ones that was omitted from the research notes.”
He chose not to mention the fact that Jordyn and Vivienne dug up Rosalyn’s grave. That wasn’t something everyone needed to know about.
Harriet took her glasses off and rubbed the bridge of her nose. “You’re telling me that Andreas de Vygon has a fucking human cloning program set up under the precinct and no one’s noticed?”
It did sound a little far-fetched. But it was the truth. “Yes. We believe that in that facility, he’s creating clones of Rosalyn and training them to be heroes using brutal and abusive techniques. Multiple members of the Union can testify that they’ve seen extensive evidence of the abuse Jordyn suffered under his care. Scars, bruises, the things she says. Permanent injury, even.”
“But… why? I don’t understand why.”
“We believe his ultimate goal is to free the Godling and have a wish granted. As for what wish, we don’t know, but obviously we can’t let him achieve that.”
Harriet leaned back. “Oh god. Yes, that… that is bad. So, I assume Jordyn would have been the one to actually release the Godling and make the wish in his stead, right? Where is she now?”
“We’ve got her in a safe place, where de Vygon won’t be able to reach her.”
Harriet nodded. “Okay, good. Um, yes, I think this warrants a full investigation.” She searched around her desk for a moment, pulling out a notepad and writing things down. Apparently, the realisation of de Vygon’s motive had frazzled her a bit. Ashley didn’t blame her; it was a little terrifying. No one had ever done anything like this before. It was completely unprecedented. “I’ll let the DA know and we’ll move forward with taking statements. We’ll want testimony from Jordyn and anyone that can corroborate, and also this other clone if you can find her. Once that’s done, we’ll see if we can’t get a warrant to search the facility, and launch the investigation publically.”
Ashley smiled and breathed out. That was a weight off his chest. “Thank you so much, Harriet.”
“Don’t thank me yet. This’ll take time to set up, and I have zero doubts that de Vygon will be prepared for this. You need to keep Jordyn safe from him until the time comes when we can make our move.”
“I’ve got it covered.”
She nodded. “I need to get started with this. Was there anything else?”
He shook his head. “No thanks. I’ll leave you to it.”
Ashley stood up and left Harriet’s office, thrumming with satisfaction at his victory. As he was stepping out onto the street and making his way back to the bus stop, his phone started buzzing in his pocket. Steve was calling. That was probably a bad sign. Ashley had given him a job as the Union’s security officer, to keep him active and feeling useful, and he’d been informed of the whole situation. He definitely wasn’t ringing just for a chat.
“Hello?”
“Ashley, you need to get back right away. Andreas just arrived with a SWAT team and a warrant. They’re gonna bust down the doors if you don’t show up to let them in. I’m watching them through the surveillance system right now.”
 Ashley swore under his breath, flagging down a taxi instead. “I just left the DA’s office. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”
“You’d better hurry. I told them you were coming through the intercom, but I doubt his patience will last forever.”
“What the hell are you doing, Andreas?”
Ashley walked down the last bit of sidewalk, shouldering his way through the crowd of heavily armoured SWAT officers until he reached the front door of the Union building, where Andreas de Vygon was waiting. He was leaning against a wall with his arms crossed when Ashley arrived, but straightened himself out at Ashley’s approach. 
“Mr. Min, I have a warrant here to search the property of the Union headquarters. You will let us in, or you’ll be arrested for obstruction of justice.”
“What for?” Ashley asked.
De Vygon’s eyes narrowed slightly. “My daughter has gone missing. I have reason to believe that she’s being held here.”
Ashley resisted the urge to clench his fists. This bastard. “Well, she’s not here today, I can tell you that much. Besides, she lives here. How could we be holding her?”
Andreas raised an eyebrow. “Well, we’ll need to look through the place regardless. Despite her skills, Jordyn is a very sensitive girl, as I’m sure you know. All I want is to know that she’s safe.”
Ashley held fast against the tide of violent urges that statement brought forth. He very nearly strangled de Vygon on the spot..
He grit his teeth. “Well, I can’t exactly stop you, now can I?”
Ashley shoved past him and put his hand up to the scanner that unlocked the door. Usually he kept it unlocked, but in the wake of everything going on, he thought it prudent to be a bit more careful with it. Clearly, his instincts were correct.
The scanner beeped and the bulletproof glass doors to the lobby slid open. Andreas made some gestures, and his assembled team of dickheads all charged in like they were on the shores of Normandy, and not just raiding what was ultimately the living space of a few college students, disabled people, and Ashley himself.
Brianna, at the very least, was in class today, so that was one less person to worry about. Steve and his mother would no doubt be subject to whatever the hell constituted a search to these people, though. Hopefully, Steve would know to keep her safe.
The SWAT team crashed through the building like an avalanche, and Ashley winced at the near-constant sound of things being knocked over and smashing. “Be careful! There’s a lot of expensive equipment in here!”
Andreas stayed behind with him in the lobby. Ashley watched out of the corner of his eye as Andreas turned to face him.
“Where is my daughter, Ashley?”
His voice was so empty that Ashley couldn’t help but shiver. “I don’t know, Andreas. Like I said, she’s not spending the day here today. I don’t keep track of what my heroes do in their free time.” He resisted the urge to add on an ‘unlike some people’ at the end.
“Are you sure that’s the answer you want to go with?”
Oh, the nerve of this guy. “Are you threatening me?”
Andreas huffed a laugh and stepped back slightly. “Of course not. Simply asking a question. In a similar vein, you wouldn’t happen to know where Madeline Holmes and Vivienne Matthews are, would you? Neither came to their door this morning, either.”
Oh god, he was targeting them, too. It was a damn good thing they all went to that cabin together. 
“Have you checked the shopping centres yet? Maybe all three of them are having a girls’ day out.”
A muffled electronic voice came from somewhere. De Vygon put a finger up to his ear for a moment before dropping it and turning to Ashley again. “What about Brianna Moore? I know she and Jordyn are close.”
“She’s at her social work class. I walked her to the bus stop myself.”
De Vygon’s lips pulled into a thin line. “Hm.”
They faced off in stony silence for the rest of the SWAT team’s search. When they finally reported back that they found nothing, Andreas’ face twisted. He stepped up close to Ashley, to the point where he was forced to take a step back.
“If I find out that you lied to me today, there will be consequences, Min. I hope for your sake that you’ve been telling the truth.”
With that, he turned and left, his SWAT team following along after him like a pack of well-trained dogs. Fucking asshole.
Ashley seriously doubted that would be the end of things, but for now, it seemed they were safe. He let out a breath. He needed to go check on the state of things.
Sure enough, wandering through the Union, he found the place a wreck. The officers had destroyed potted plants, smashed picture frames, thrown over furniture, broken in a few doors, and tracked dirt all over the carpet. What could possibly be the point of all of this wanton destruction?
Probably just de Vygon’s way of showing his power, now that Ashley thought about it. He worried about the implication that de Vygon would be targeting Maddie, Viv, and Brianna now, too. Mads and Viv were thankfully holed up far away with Jordyn, but Ashley would consider making Brea take her classes online from now on, just to be safe. Ashley was caught out in public, but he dreaded to think what Andreas might have done had he gotten his hands on one of them with no prying eyes about.
He made a point of checking on the door to the Godling’s prison, but found no signs of tampering at a glance. Granted, he didn’t exactly get very close to it. Something about the old rusty thing gave him the creeps, and the less time he spent down this awful dark hallway, the better.
After that, Ashley headed to the security room, where Steve and his mother would no-doubt be waiting. Thankfully, when he put in the code at the door and entered, they both seemed to be no worse for wear. Steve stood up at Ashley’s appearance, leaning on his crutches, but Ashley held up a hand and he sat back down.
“Are you guys alright?”
“We’re fine, Ashley,” his mother answered. “They didn’t touch us.”
“Yeah, they mostly just backed off after I said they’d be liable for a lawsuit if they broke any of the equipment here,” Steve said.
Ashley let out a relieved breath. “Good. With the way de Vygon was acting, I was a little worried he’d go all ‘enhanced interrogation’ on you or something.”
“With what I saw down in that facility, I wouldn’t put it past him for a second,” Steve grumbled.
“My cousin has some very grand aspirations,” Siobhan said. “I could sense them from all the way up here. If Jordyn is the key to unlocking them, he will stop at nothing to get her back.”
“Thank god we have someone who can teleport…” Ashley mumbled.
Speaking of which, it was probably about time to check in with Vivienne at the cabin. Thanks to the burner phones she’d purchased, they could communicate without any worry of the calls being traced. This whole situation had put him on edge; hearing that everyone was fine would be a sorely-needed balm for that, and he was sure she’d appreciate hearing what happened, too.
He made his way up to his room – which was thankfully mostly unharmed – and called Vivienne. It took a few rings to go through, but eventually, she picked up.
“Hey Ash, everything alright?”
“Yeah, mostly. De Vygon just raided the Union with a SWAT team, but he didn’t get anything. Be on your guard if you’re ever back in the city, though. He’s looking out for you and Madeline.”
“Shit, alright. Thanks for letting me know.”
“How are things over there? You sound a little stressed.”
There was a sigh over the phone. “It’s nothing, it’s just… Maddie left her edibles out and Jordyn didn’t know what they were so she ate like half the packet.”
“Is she alright?”
“She’s been lying on the floor motionless for the past half-hour, but we’re keeping her company. How’re you feeling, Jordyn?”
Ashley vaguely heard Jordyn mumble something that sounded like “My body is schwibbly.” He resisted the urge to chuckle at her misfortune.
“There you go.”
“At least you’re all having fun.”
“Yeah, I guess so. Uh, if there wasn’t anything else, I might hang up now. I’ve gotta get dinner started.”
“No worries, Viv. Stay safe, okay?”
“You too, man.”
There was a click, and the line went dead. Ashley sighed.
He missed when things were simple.
Vivienne was… tired.
Maddie woke up early this morning, screaming Rosie’s name loud enough that it echoed through the whole cabin. Vivienne couldn’t get back to sleep after that. She made everyone breakfast and did the dishes with Jordyn, and then she busied herself with tidying the place up, before retreating to her room to decompress and nap for a while. 
That didn’t last long, though. Not after Jordyn’s little edible incident.
She wasn’t that hard to look after, mostly just vegetating, but it was still stressful worrying about if she might set something on fire or break something with her shadows. It turned out fine, but the damage to Viv’s psyche was done, regardless.
Now, it was evening. The fire was crackling in the fireplace, and all three of them were sitting on the couch, trying to relax after the news that confirmed Andreas was hunting for them. Jordyn was still coming down, curled up in Vivienne’s lap with her head against her chest. Apparently, she was a bit of a snugglebug when she was high.
Those… feelings were still there, lingering at the back of Vivienne’s mind like an itch that refused to go away, and much more noticeable with Jordyn in her lap like this. If she closed her eyes and forgot about everything that happened between their kiss and now, she could imagine that this was a normal relationship, and they were just two regular girlfriends cuddling. But that wasn’t the truth, and Vivienne couldn’t delude herself for long. It was dangerous to think like that. A relationship wasn’t what Jordyn needed right now, and it probably wouldn’t be good for either of them. As much as she yearned for it – yearned for Jordyn – Vivienne needed to just put her feelings aside. Jordyn’s safety and health was more important than a silly little crush. Even if that crush might’ve been developing into something more intense.
At least for now, she could enjoy holding Jordyn close. It didn’t need to mean anything. Having her in her arms would have to be enough.
Madeline was on the other end of the couch, playing on her Switch. The sound effects emanating from the device kept making Jordyn twitch. She poked her head up, looking over.
“What’re you doing?”
“Playing a game,” Maddie answered, not looking away from the screen.
“What game?”
“Metroid. You play as a bounty hunter in space, and you’ve gotta explore places to find upgrades so you can reach new places to complete your mission.”
Her curiosity apparently piqued, Jordyn wiggled out of Vivienne’s arms and crawled across the couch, resting her head on Maddie’s shoulder and looking at the screen. Maddie paused, looking at her for a moment, before continuing on with a slight smile on her face.
It was like someone ripped a hole through Vivienne’s body. Something hot and ugly bubbled up in her chest, and she resisted the urge to drag Jordyn back to her. She felt cold without Jordyn’s warmth weighing her down. Fuck. It wasn’t supposed to be this hard.
“I’m going to bed,” she said, getting up and walking to her room. Both of them called out a ‘goodnight,’ but Vivienne had no more energy to respond with. She crawled under the covers and curled up, letting that artificial warmth surround her instead. It was lonely now, but at least here, no one would see her cry.
The pillow muffled the sound of her quiet sobbing, until eventually she ran out of energy even for that, and finally fell into a dark, empty sleep.
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(also not me forcing my current fandom interests into my stories once again. Welcome back Direwolf Metal Gear reference)
hope you all enjoyed. leave a comment and let me know what you thought! I could use the pick-me-up right now haha
stay tuned for the next chapter. it's gonna be a big one <3 (i have been planning for many many months)
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thewertsearch · 1 year ago
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GG: aaaaa please dont tell anyone i told you about him! […] CA: settle dowwn jade youre radically underestimatin the amount of shit i dont givve about this […] CA: i got bigger ships to sink and soon wwhen im good and ready me and my luminous fuckin science stick havve got a date wwith jack noir
Seems like Eridan's planning to join Vriska.
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Correction - he's planning to rejoin Vriska.
If he's trying to restart their kismesissitude, he's going to be sorely disappointed. Vriska is out of his league, and not just as a romantic partner. She's a god, and he's an angry kid with a wand who represents no threat whatsoever to Noir.
CA: wwhys this matter so hush hush anywway GG: he didnt want me to tell my friends who he really was […] GG: he was so nice, and it really did feel like i was talking to family, so i really dont think he was making it up
I think your intuition is correct, but that doesn't mean he's specifically your grandson. After all, 'family' is a term which can encompass all sorts of relationships.
GG: i couldnt help but try to imagine his parents… GG: and more interestingly……. GG: his grandfather :O
Even if he is your grandson, that doesn't necessarily mean he has a grandfather. As far as I can tell, there's no reason why the Veil's DNA-mixing machine couldn't merge the genes of two women.
For all we know, Pen-Pal could have four biological grandmothers!
CA: that gun i just gavve you is somethin of a hatchright to the kid CA: happy i could play a role in your dirty stinkin lineage GG: like an heirloom? i guess it could be GG: do you even have those? if you dont have parents how could you? CA: no wwe dont knoww our direct forebears and im pretty sure any attempt to seek out or evven inquire about the supplier of your genes wwould be a fine wway to get yourself killed
I didn't think a troll's genes had an individual supplier.
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Based on the fact that their genetic material is combined in the Mother Grub, I've been assuming that each troll is created from a large number of 'parents', whose DNA is mixed in the Mother's stomach.
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Obviously, our Sgrub trolls are going to be an exception to this rule, since the game presumably cloned them from twelve Guardians - but Eridan seems to be implying that all trolls have an individual parent.
This doesn't align at all with what we know about troll reproduction. There also seems to be a certain amount of secrecy surrounding this process, since Eridan thinks you'd be killed for looking into it. Is there some sort of conspiracy at play?
CA: but wwevve got our lore and it says wwe all got indivvidual ancestors wwho contribute to most of our genes abovve and beyond wwhat the grubs slurry does
Alright, that makes a little more sense. So trolls are derived from a large mixture of DNA, but they have one true 'parent' who contributes the lion's share of genetic data.
Maybe an embryonic troll starts off as a clone of this parent, and other trolls' genes are slowly spliced into it as it develops.
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Again, for the Sgrub trolls, things are a little different. We have reason to believe they were cloned in sets of three, implying that each of them has three genetic donors. Perhaps, then, they each inherited the majority of their DNA from one of these trolls - their 'ancestor' - and only share a small number of genes with the other two.
These ancestors have been mentioned before - quite a while ago, now - and I think they may be the key to solving a major mystery of the Hivebent arc.
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Namely, Aradia mentioned her ancestors, and seemed to believe she was following their orders. When Scratch's plans started to reveal themselves, I assumed that he was the one directing Aradia, and was only pretending to be these unseen forebears.
With this new revelation, however, I'm forced to reconsider my stance. What if the Voices were those of the ancestors?
What if Aradia was being instructed by the troll Guardians all along?
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vodika-vibes · 2 years ago
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Omggg I was melting from flirtatious Seventeen, I love him being a shameless flirt 😫 Could you please do one where reader is very self conscious and just doesn’t see what 17 sees so she thinks he’s just messing with her when he says suggestive things? Maybe reader has an obvious crush on him so she assumes that because 17 knows he just flirts with her to embarrass her or try to get with her. Sorry if this is really long and specific😅, we all love everything you do btw! Thanks!
For Them
Summary: Alpha-17 has been driving you insane for ages now, and that mixed with the stress of your current responsibility is just too much.
Pairing: Alpha-17 x Reader
Word Count: 1358
Warnings: Kaminoans are assholes who experiment on babies
Tagging: @trixie2023 @n0vqni
A/N: So...I kind of went a little off the rails on this one. I had a plan, and then I started writing, and I got distracted by clone babies. Sorry.
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Sometimes you hate the fact that you’re so easy to read. If you were just a little better at hiding your emotions, you wouldn���t be in this situation. Well, you hope you wouldn’t be in this situation.
After all, if your crush on Alpha wasn’t so obvious, he wouldn’t have any reason to tease you so much, right?
Because there’s absolutely no way that he means what he says when he flirts with you, or makes those suggestive comments to you.
Best case scenario he’s just trying to get into your bed for a bit of quick fun. Worst case scenario, he’s trying to humiliate you. And if you didn’t need this job so badly, you would have transferred out to somewhere else.
Tragically, this job is the best one for you at the moment, and you can’t just leave the cadets-
You purse your lips as you focus your attention back on your datapad and the information on the screen. You need to focus, you can’t afford to be distracted by Alpha right now. The Kaminoans decided to play with the genetic makeup of some of the tubies, and it’s a whole thing.
Three of them are albino, which comes with its own host of health issues that need to be mitigated. Two were born totally blind, and another three are going to be blind unless you figure out a way to keep their immune system from attacking their eyes (honestly cybernetics for all five of them will probably be the easiest option, after all no one’s figured out how to keep human’s immune systems from attacking their eyes), and one was born without the ability to use his legs.
Honestly, the urge to take all 9 of them and flee Kamino is getting stronger with every passing day, but as of right now, there’s no way for you to get them off Kamino without drawing the ire of several very dangerous men, Alpha at the top of the list.
You push your fingers through your hair as you scan the medical data coming from CT-238-765’s (his name is Grim and you’re pretty sure you love him) cradle and you scowl. He’s never going to be able to walk. Maybe with surgery-
“If you keep scrunching your face up like that, you’re going to get wrinkles,” A deep voice says from the door, and you yelp and your datapad tumbles out of your hands.
You whip around, your eyes wide, and then you press your hand over your heart, “Don’t do that!”
Alpha-17 grins at you, “Did I spook you, mesh’la?”
You scowl at him and duck down to scoop the tablet back into your hands, turning the screen away from the larger man so he can’t see just how bad these tubies are, “Did you need something?”
He drags his gaze down your body, and you fold the datapad over your chest as you fight the urge to shift uncomfortably. His grin broadens, “Yeah, I can think of a thing or two that only you can help me with.”
Your face burns, “There are babies in the room,” You hiss at him.
“They’re too young to understand what I’m saying, sweetheart,” Alpha replies as he enters the room properly, and peers into one of the cradles, “Honestly, I could probably bend you over in here and none of them would even know it.”
You sputter, “You…you don’t know-that’s totally inappropriate-”
He laughs, and moves to peer into Grim’s cradle, and you immediately move to put yourself between Alpha and the infant, without thinking about it. “You’re not allowed to handle him. Technically, you’re not allowed to handle any of the babies. Remember?”
Alpha rolls his eyes and lightly nudges you to the side, “The rule was only enforced when the Prime was alive, which he’s not.” You move to the side as he nudges you, curse you for being so weak in his presence.
“Only because everyone else is afraid of you,”
“You’re not.” He grins at you, “You want to fuck me.”
Your face burns, and you glare up at him, “There. Are. Children. Present.” You hiss at him.
“Yeah, yeah. So you’ve said.” He regards Grim silently for a moment, “Also, that wasn’t a denial, gorgeous. Why isn’t he moving his legs?”
“He’s fine. And I’m not going to sleep with you just so you win whatever twisted game you're playing with me,” You snap, though you keep your voice quiet, “And don’t touch-” You sigh when Alpha reaches into the cradle and pokes the infant’s foot, and he doesn’t react.
“The fact that you think I’m  playing a game with you is hurtful, gorgeous.” Alpha replies, a frown crossing his scarred face as he looks down at the infant, “He can’t feel his legs.”
“He’s fine.” You say, your voice pitching a little higher in sudden panic, “They’re all fine. You can’t tell the longnecks. You can’t. They’ll decommission them.”
“Wait, wait. Hold on,” Alpha looks at you, suddenly no longer interested in teasing you based on the look on his face, “What…there’s something wrong with all of these tubies?”
“Winter, Snow, and Cin-” You motion to the three at the end, “Are all albino. The five in the middle are either blind, or are going blind, and then Grim here-”
Alpha holds up his hand, “What happened?”
“The Kaminoans were playing with their genes.” You say bitterly, “And now these kids are the ones who will suffer for it.” You carefully remove the monitors from Grim’s legs, and attach them to a different baby's legs, altering the data just enough.
Alpha stops you, “How long has this been happening?”
You shrug, “You know that CF-99 exists,” You point out, “They’re not the most popular because they’re assholes, but-”
“We’re all genetically predisposed to be assholes,” Alpha says dryly. His gaze lingers on the babies for a moment, “So, what’s the plan?”
“What?”
“For the tubies.”
You stare at him, “Um…so for the five that are blind, or going blind, I’m planning on making arrangements for them to get cybernetic eyes. As for Grim…I’m working on it-”
Alpha hums thoughtfully, “I have a better idea.”
“You do?”
“Yeah. How do you feel about taking the Tubies and leaving?”
You sputter, “I can’t raise 9 babies on my own without a job-”
“You won’t be raising them alone,” Alpha replies with a roll of his eyes, “I’ll be going with you.”
“...what.”
He looms over you, and you’re very glad that you’ve never been intimidated by Alpha, for all that he flusters you to high heaven. “You think I’m playing with you. That I don’t mean every word that I say to you. Maybe you have cause for that, I’m not going to judge. But I do mean every word, and if I have to run away with you and these kids to make you believe me, then so be it.”
“But…what about your other brothers?”
“They’ll be just fine without me.”
“But-”
“Yes or no, cyar’ika?” Alpha interrupts, “Do you want to ensure that these kids, kids that you named, have a proper life? Or do you want to run the risk of your manipulations getting exposed? And that’s not me threatening you. That’s me pointing out that you’re not going to be able to hide your lies forever.”
Your hands shake, “Of course I want them to grow up happy and healthy, but this is…”
Alpha stares at you and you squeeze your eyes shut for a moment, thinking hard.
“Okay. Okay, but we have to be quick about it. If we get caught-”
“Don’t worry, cyar’ika. I can make sure that we don’t get caught.” He ducks down and brushes his lips against your temple, “Just be ready. We’re leaving tonight.”
And then Alpha is gone, leaving you alone with the 9 babies that you’re about to risk everything for. You sigh and turn to Grim, who looks up at you through big brown eyes, “You’re lucky I love you, kiddo.”
He flashes a toothless grin and grabs your finger, and you melt a little bit. You suppose it’s worth it.
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dingodad · 1 year ago
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why can their only be one mother grub
okay there actually isn't that much to this one it's just that the comic pretty explicitly only ever refers to her as "THE mother grub" and the reasons i tend to hear for why there should or could be more than one are always based on shaky logic.
first and foremost that it "doesn't make sense" or "isn't practical" for all trolls to be born from a single cave when i think it's pretty clear that the strangeness and impracticality of one mother grub is basically the point. what we know about troll reproduction is that it is by its very nature incestuous, and that despite being in control of an empire spanning across a galaxy, once their home planet was gone the whole race was fucked. reproductive strategy - as demonstrated by Sburb, the reproductive strategy of universes themselves - is a key theme in Homestuck, and in that respect the reproductive strategy of the troll race a) starkly contrasts the reproductive strategy of humans on earth and b) fits in perfectly with Lord English's strategy for rising to power. almost all humans are capable of creating their own young (with some help) and therefore live independently from the colony, and in the same way, a widespread beta release of Sburb allowed humans lots of chances to recreate their race anew after the Earth's destruction. but English is the god of the inevitable, and of putting - in this case very literally! - all of his eggs in one basket. trolls all come from the one place, bred for one purpose, so they can play one single session of Sgrub and ensure Lord English's one, singular favoured outcome.
to that effect, by having a single brooding mother the trolls' life cycle reflects their social structure. the Alternian empire is an insect colony who, despite having spread across an entire galaxy, have only one queen; and while it is true that in the troll culture the roles of brooding mother and ruling queen are split across two individuals, that there is only one of the latter clearly demonstrates the methods of consolidation and control at play. while it would be more practical for the condesce not to slaughter the members of her bloodline who could be put to better use helping her control such a vast empire, one empress means only one voice to listen to. and when you're trying to keep a clean gene pool like the trolls are, having only one source of offspring to keep an eye on is just commonsense. this is another thing clearly indicated at in Act 6; when the condesce took control of earth she decided that it would suit her purposes better for humans to all donate their genetic material to a central cloning lab rather than be allowed to reproduce freely.
another suggestion i used to see a lot but i guess not so much anymore is that the trolls could, or perhaps would even need to, establish reproduction on the planets they've colonised, which I think stems from a misunderstanding of the whole reason adult trolls are sent into space. it seems to me like some labour under the presumption that, prior to the summoner's revolt, there were no trolls in space, and that the reason the adults were all sent away was to conquer a new frontier. but this isn't the case: we know that when the Signless was alive - which was many centuries before the Summoner could even have been born - he was part of a war "across the planet and throughout the galaxy." so when the condesce "fully decentralized the race from the homeworld [by scattering] all but the children throughout the galaxy", the purpose can only have been to separate adults from children, specifically. if there are more troll children being born on other planets in the empire then not only are the adults and the children no longer separated, but Alternia stops being a planet of any significance at all. it's just one planet where some trolls are born. we should also keep in mind that, as above, the relationship between parent and child holds thematic significance in Homestuck. the separation of progenitor from progeny should always be thought of as a more important motivator than simply expanding Alternia's empire - which, it should be noted, isn't even a goal that furthers English's plans for the trolls! turning the young into emotionless killing machines, on the other hand, does further those plans.
and in the same vein as the clown thing, am i really just the only one who finds the idea of Alternia's subterranean regions being wholly dominated by this one huge overgrown bug - of a scale no living troll could ever comprehend in its entirety, pumping out offspring on a galactic magnitude - really cool. like why do you think trolls talk about this thing like it's a god. why do you think there needs to be a highly specialised and deeply secretive coven of vampire nuns looking after it 24/7
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teecupangel · 10 months ago
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Now onto the million dollar question, Desmond is Honkai Star Rail
Full disclosure, as an HSR player, I:
1) … have named the MC ‘Desmond’ XD
2) … am absolutely bias towards the Stellaron Hunters (like, they’re the only characters I plan to ever pull for their signature lightcones hahahaha)
Because of those two points, I actually had a small idea of the Trailblazer being named Desmond.
The idea came to me while I was playing the Loufu storyline (the main one with Dan Heng, not the Wardance one later on) with Kafka’s companion quest.
In that quest, Kafka lets the MC ask 2 questions, Kafka must answer 1 truthfully and the other she must lie about.
So my idea is that Desmond asks Kafka “Who am I?” and Kafka would tell him
“You are a clone of Desmond Miles. Elio created your body using what remains of Sample 17 but modified your body so you could host a Stellaron. Before the time comes that you must take the Stellaron at Herta Space Station as you are destined to, I was responsible with protecting you, as well as teaching you general knowledge, common sense and combat skills. You don’t remember who I am because of the Stellaron inside you.”
And Desmond’s second question was
“Am I the real Desmond Miles?”
Kafka answers with a smile, “No.”
And now comes the two possible scenarios.
The Trailblazer Desmond is the real Desmond Miles:
Kafka’s first answer is the truth with sprinkles of lies added for it to be considered as the ‘lie’ of the two answers. His body was not made using Sample 17, that’s long been destroyed. Desmond’s body isn’t a clone, it was created using the genetic memory of a descendant of Desmond Miles from his son Elijah.
That descendant?
The mysterious leader of the Stellaron Hunter going by the name of Elio.
The Trailblazer Desmond isn’t the real Desmond:
So this one is an idea of mind that started to pop out around the end of Penacony.
I ship Firefly and the Trailblazer but I don’t really see Desmond as a romantic partner for Firefly so this idea is that the Trailblazer is a clone of Desmond Miles created using what remains of Sample 17 by Elio. Elio himself is a ‘codename’ and the black cat that appears at times is an actual cat that Elio can connect with.
Elio’s real name is Desmond Miles and his moniker as ‘Destiny’s Slave’ is actually an insult to remind him how his death had been predetermined just like everything about his life as Desmond Miles. He’s actually using a half-biological half-mechanical body that houses his ‘consciousness’ as both Desmond Miles and as the Reader.
The Stellaron Hunters are the current iteration of the Brotherhood, more focused on recovering Stellarons because Desmond wants to change the past and the Stellarons have the energy needed to do that.
His predictions are made using his connection to the Calculations and he treats the Stellaron Hunters more like his children (except Kafka who is more like a sister to him, Blade though… he absolutely sees Blade as his emo oldest son)
The reason why he created the Trailblazer is because the Stellaron in Herta’s Space Station is the core needed for him to complete his desire for a device that can change the past. But to complete the device, he needed the Stellaron to develop a desire to protect living beings thus…
He had what pretty much is his child be part of the Astral Express so they could experience what the infinite cosmos could offer.
(Imma be honest, if Desmond was an actual character, I know it makes sense that he would follow the Hunt path but we already have Moze being the One target Assassin so I kinda like the idea that Desmond follows the path of Destruction and, as a reference to his connection with the Trailblazer, his normal attack is single target but his skill is a blast attack. His ultimate would be him whistling and ghost Assassins would air assassinate every enemy in the field, similar to Altaïr’s summoning of ghost Assassins in AC Revelations. His element would most probably be Imaginary but that puts him in competition with DHIL so maybe something like Quantum or Physical instead?)
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daytheweirdwriter · 4 months ago
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WRITING MULTIPLES (from a triplet's pov)
HEY THERE! Is your oc a multiple? By that, I mean part of a multiple birth--twins, triplets, quads etc. If so, you're in luck! I'm in an interesting situation: I am a fraternal triplet, born to my mom… an identical twin. Needless to say, I've seen my fair share of 'good' and 'bad' multiple portrayal, and I'm here to help you develop believable and realistic multiple relationships.
IDENTICAL MULTIPLES
An IDENTICAL multiple has one or more sibling that shares a majority of their DNA, hence they look the same. This is probably what you think of when you think of twins--two identical people wearing the same clothes with either the exact same personality or polar opposites. In reality, it's not so black and white.
My mom and aunt, for example, have many similar interests--make-up and fashion come to mind--but they have many differing interests as well. My mom loves cooking and baking and while my aunt is capable of it, she doesn't get the same fulfilment that my mom does. The same goes for their personalities: though they share some qualities, my mom is more quiet and less confrontational than my aunt. Although it is possible for your multiples to be complete opposites, try avoid making them exactly the same. Try differing their fashion senses, style and characteristics and play around with them as individuals.
Something to note is that identical multiples will nearly always be the same sex and a set of multiples can have identical and fraternal siblings, for example a set of identical twins and a fraternal sibling in a set of triplets. There are many different multiple 'combinations' (for lack of a better word), and if you'd like more information on that I urge you to research the topic.
FRATERNAL MULTIPLES
Meanwhile a FRATERNAL multiple has one or more sibling that shares (on average) 50% of their DNA with each other. Genetically, they differ from one another the same amount that your average siblings would. This means that you can have multiple sexes, for example a set of boy-girl twins. Like identical multiples, don't make them exactly the same either.
The main point I want to highlight in this post is that the experience of being a multiple isn't about how similar or different we are from one another--it's about growing up together. Having a best friend (or worst enemy) from birth and the pros and cons that come with it. Do your multiples get compared to one another? How does that affect their self-image? Do they enjoy each others company, or do they prefer to be alone?
The best tip I can give you is to write multiples as separate characters, just as you would with normal siblings. Don't make them clones of one another: I promise you, we don't talk in sync or read each others minds. The thing that will connect your multiples are the experiences they've shared, but the thing that will separate them are the way they each perceive those experiences as well as the ones they've been through alone.
I'm considering posting some stories about my experience growing up as a triplet, so let me know if that would be helpful to anyone! And I'd appreciate it if you reblog if this helps!
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epraim1992 · 1 month ago
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Rising Star
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I have a theory that Imu will replace Ju Peter with York.
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I think there have been hints. Oda chose to focus in on a nervous looking Ju Peter when the Gorosei found out Saturn had been replaced with Garling.
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The Tenryubito wanted the person in charge of food put to death due to the foot shortage on Mary Geoise caused by the Revolutionary Army blockade.
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That seems like that is Ju Peter who is Godhead of Agriculture.
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It seems very likely the Gorosei are based on the Gobosei, the Japanese pentagram, which relates to Wuxing. They use a 5 star magic circle to travel.
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And are named after the five classical planets which is used in Wuxing. This also includes the Sun and moon. Garling seemingly represents the moon do to his hair and beard resembling a crescent moon.
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York is supposed to be elevated to a Celestial Dragon meaning she will be eligible to become a Gorosei.
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York will be creating the Mother Flame for the World Government. Which is why I think she will represent the Sun.
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Lilith did call creating the Mother Flame like created their own sun.
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It seems like being replaced in the Gorosei is a death sentence but I think Ju Peter will survive.
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I think he will survive through his Devil Fruit. Besides Brook's Yomi Yomi no Mi we know other Devil Fruits can let users survive death. There is Hawkins' straw-straw powers.
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Orochi's zoan powers allowed him to survive multiple deaths.
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I thing Ju Peter will survive as a ego memory in one of his family members due to being a sandworm which is from "Dune".
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Genetic memory has been introduced through cloning which is also a major in theme in Dune.
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We have an example of Imu possessing Gunko. So there is sort of precedent.
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I think that family member is Inbi. I think there will be more to his character since Kaido's crew is playing card theme and Inbi is One which is the Ace the highest and most valued card.
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I think Inbi will turn out to be Ju Peter's son and will be an inverse of Ace. We know many thought he would take up his father's mantle and lead the next generation of pirates.
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Ace was believed to be the son of the devil but was in reality a candidate to being the messiah of the One Piece World. While Inbi is the son of a god Ju Peter who is actually a demon and Inbi looks like Satan.
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This is probably grabbing at straws but Ace even carries a cross on his back.
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Ju Peter is interesting because he is Christian themed but serves the One Piece devil. The reason why I think he is inbi's father is that Inbi is the abbreviation for Jesus, King of Jews that was carved on Jesus' cross. Ju Peter has the character for the Christian cross on his name.
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Also Sommers a relative of Ju Peter has the Thorn-Thorn power which I think connects to the Crown of Thorns.
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I think he also fit in the mode of the Shepherd family being Christian themed but being devilish. Sommers has a technique called Crimson Lotus Hell.
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I think another hint at Inbi's connection to Ju Peter is that he wears long boots which seem like part of the uniform of the Gods Knights.
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stealingpotatoes · 2 years ago
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you know what time of the day it is!
good mornin its askposting yay!!!! feat: last 4 jedi au, jedi survivor, and fix it au!!
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@just-prime LMAO THAT'D BE SO FUNNY i love hcs abt things the skywalkers can and can't do bc they're genetically part force. BUT THATS SO FUNNY EVERYONE DISCOVERING IT they thought it was bad finding out vader was his dad now they find out he's A QUARTER THE LEGIT FORCE??
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@sirathurheit GOOD FOR HIM!!!! thank u for the info!!
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aww thank u!! and said in that post yesterday!! its a custom version of sergey kolesov's eliptical 45 brush!!
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@quynhorlose the problem is if it's an average imperial prison, they're literally all Ken
if it's a new republic prison they'd actually be a mix (luke is barbie) and if it was inquisitorius then good luck getting any of them to stay still for the picture
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Rex definitely gets his job back but it's gonna be a bit shortlived bc no war! now they don't need most the clones!! and anakin and a group of jedi and senators are now going to smack anyone who says these guys don't get human rights
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@frontierghost THAT'D BE SO FUNNY LMAOOOO just dropping that on poor soka
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@gettingcomfyinyourwalls i'm fairly sure you don't get to choose the colour (unless you're playing the Jedi games) and you can only get red if you corrupt the kyber ): but it'd be really funny if luke got his green and kept trying to find out how to change it to blue like his old one
------ MILD JEDI SURVIVOR SPOILS BELOW !!!
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@imperial-spy imp-- ahh!! im suspicious of your username now!! ok being fr I AM LOVING IT SO MUCH!!!! the only spoiler i knew was that merrical kiss and i THINK get together. oh yeah and i found out through several asks n stuff that cal got a gun and i have now both seen the merrical kiss AND gotten cal's gun (which is so useful. i'm a gunsaber truther now)!!
i'm about 13 hours in now!!! just finished jedha part 2 and got merrin back (i hope we kiss again. tho if she wants to share a bed, all cal has is a shitty cot) excited to see what happens next!!!!!! and praying nothing too traumatic happens to my boy bc if anyone on the mantis dies or even gets hurt too bad i'm going fucking darkside
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hugmekenobi · 7 months ago
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Update:
Alright, I'm doing what I can do get through this block and after writing everything I want to do out on paper, I'm pulling an UNO reverse and I'm going to focus on the first prequel Hunter x reader oneshots
I'm hoping my clear vision for those will aid in getting back into the wedding one. In the meantime, here's a lil snippet from said wedding oneshot:
The sound of your comm chirping woke you up from your peaceful slumber.
“Morning.”
“Good morning.” You teased as you heard the pained rasp in his voice.
“No, it’s not.” Hunter grumbled.
“You sound like a ball of energy.” You quipped and the only reply you got was a disgruntled huff and it made you smile to yourself. “Sooo, how was your night?”
“I haven’t celebrated like that since our days as a fresh squad during the war. I don’t know how we did it.” Hunter responded with a weary sigh.
“And here I thought you were trying to be sensible.” You taunted.
“Somewhere between Tech insisting that he could make Crosshair a hand and trying to steal Echo’s to prove it whilst Wrecker kept trying to get the bar tender to give us free drinks by challenging him to an arm wrestle and Shep lamenting over what’ll happen when Lyana gets married, I gave up.” Hunter through a groan.
You laughed, “Kinda wish I’d been there to see that. But how are your senses holding up? Your headache isn’t too painful, is it?” You asked with more genuine concern.
“I’m fine, this is nothing too overwhelming, I’ll be okay in a few hours.” Hunter reassured you.
“Promise?”
“I promise. I knew what I was doing last night.”
“Okay, good. And you had fun?” You double checked.
“Yes, I did.” Hunter admitted.
“Omega will be delighted by that. I think she enjoyed this part of the wedding planning quite a bit.”
“Your night was good too then?”
“It was a nice time! We just chatted and ate good food- it was all very calm and fun. We all turned in at a reasonable hour. Oh, and Omega finally got permission from Lyra to see my dress, so she was very excited by that.”
“Sure, Omega’s allowed to see it.” Hunter grumbled with light-hearted seriousness. “Remind me why we let this tradition slide through?”
“Because the argument about an ex-Jedi marrying a genetically enhanced clone being about as untraditional as we could get was hard to dispute so we’re making up for it where we can and keeping the reveal until the day of falls into that category according to Omega.”
“Right,” Hunter griped, “I should’ve fought harder.”
“You have one more 24 hour wait.” You reminded him with a loving but exasperated sigh.
“It’s not been as easy as it sounds. You’ve been overly secretive and non-informative about it for weeks now. Having the answer to my curiosity tucked away in our closet and being banned by every single person from seeing it has been a challenge; you do realise that?”
“Yes, because I live to torture you.” You said, playing into his dramatics.
“I can feel your eyes rolling.”
“Look, in all fairness, Lyra only finally decided she was finished with it a week ago. And of all the wedding traditions we’re doing, this is one I kinda like keeping. Besides, you’re getting your first dance tradition which is the one part of this whole thing I’m dreading.” You said lightly.
“Hmm, that’s true. And I hear marriage is all about compromise.” Hunter said playfully.
“Exactly. This is just good practice.” You replied jokingly.
Hunter chuckled softly over the comm, “Well, I can hear the pained groans of the others so they’re waking up now, so I better go. I love you.”
“I love you too. Safe flight back.” You signed off and breathed deeply as you realised that after today, the day you’d been waiting for was almost here.
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connecting-the-stars · 1 year ago
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OKAY-Okay-okay….
That did hurt. I am hurt. WHY does the season 2 end like THAT!?
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As someone who’s in a late crowd, I would be so seething in anger at the amount of time that’d I’d have to wait for all the shit to be solved in the next season. It really leaves such a dreadful note and kinda definitely depressing.
I’m over here like - yeah I know My Main Man Tech is gonna “kick the bucket” but I’ll be fine - I AM NOT FINE!
Bruh him sacrificing himself, Wrecker refusing to let him go, Omega being injured to have to remember his fall all over again, everyone is Big Sad and then Omega refuses to follow orders and tries to save Hunter and Wrecker to then have her be taken anyway! And Crosshair just lying unresponsive! It’s 28 minutes… My life was ruined in that span.
It’s definitely giving fighting a losing battle. Man, that was not an easy watch, everything just crumbles around them just as hunter has decided to go through with the plan to retire at Pabu too! It’s defeating in every sense of the word, but Star Wars is about hope persevering - (S3 please give me hope in the end!)
Seeing Cid have this regret about herself and I’m like “shut it! SHUT IT!” I guess it’s fine to show characters have remorse but she’s pouting as if the situation isn’t entirely her fault.
Seeing Wrecker in that neck brace and on his knees surrounded by the soldiers - my heart like sunk. The writers went after the character thats always been shown to overcome overwhelming amounts of soldiers and this time he can’t.
- I’ve seen some perspectives that point out that going on this mission to place a tracker on Hemlock’s ship was mute, like it was an excuse to give Tech his Hero Moment and kill him. But I don’t want to believe that the writers who put so much emphasis on his growth this season would make this his end. In the end, his actions prove Omega’s initial misassumptions wrong. “Doesn’t act like he cares.” He down write was the one to double check if crosshair was actually a prisoner, he fully supported the plan of getting his brother out. He reminds Hunter that Crosshair is still their brother, he has shown his care for Omega, and his growing connection to Phee - improving in places where his wealth of knowledge does not support him. I know the mission failed, that hemlock’s ship was never tracked and Crosshair is still very much a prisoner, but I don’t think it’s in vain. At least to me, his death almost certainly feels not permanent.
- Hemlock looks for Tech’s body and retrieves his shattered goggles, uses them as a tool to force Hunter to bend his knee. Use this emotional leverage to make hunter doubt himself and increase the fear of losing another brother. This ploy turns my head because hemlock has been shown to be quite determined and unshakable in his quest for completing his project for palpatine, of course he wants to capture Omega at any means, but he is also working with his unsightly experiments. The adult sized green tubes that held all sorts of people when Omega found Crosshair. I don’t find it hard to believe that he knew exactly how to pressure the bad batch in order to get them to surrender and he took a gravely injured Tech as his latest project. The head scientist in charge of this doomsday-esc lab facility on the planet that can’t be found, the scientist that brought back the Zillo Beast. He’s the one who seems to eventually be able to create clones with enough M-count for the emperor. If he got his hands on a member of a genetically enhanced clone group, it’s like a holiday present, of course he’d take them as another tool in his arsenal to ensure his mission and impose his control over the clones.
#Techisalivetruther
Also it was uncalled for when they played “when do we ever follow orders” his last words to open the recap of season 2 for season 3. (This literally made me have some inhuman miserable noise escape me)
(Many have pin pointed this behavior and I agree) But this also give me pause because the bad batch DOESNT follow orders! Who else doesnt follow orders well? >:D
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the-fiction-witch · 1 year ago
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Cloning Machine
Media - Nanny McPhee Character - Simon Brown Couple - Simon X Reader Reader - Y/n Brown Rating - Sweet Word Count - 383
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I yawned as I sat in my rocking chair with little Lucas in my arms as he had his feeding, as the children ran around the gardens.
"Morning Y/n," Evangeline smiled as she came down and sat on the porch with me, she and Simon's father were here visiting us, as they do every few months they travel up to see their grandchildren and us of course,
"Morning," I smiled, "How'd you sleep?"
"Perfectly, don't worry about us." She smiled, "How's Lucas doing?"
"Better, he's getting over his fever now and he's happily drinking again,"
"Good, we were all worried about the little guy,"
"I know, Simon sat up at his bedside for a week,"
"He's such a good boy," She laughed as we watched the children play and of course, Simon being the best daddy ever playing with them, "Never use to be,"
"I know, I've heard so many stories about that nanny not sure who I believe,"
"I don't either, still... she made their good sides come through,"
"and I thank her for that, whoever she was," I smiled, "Ohh there we go," I cooed as Lucas was finished so I cleaned up and fixed my dress before putting him in the Moses basket to sleep, 
"You know... so many of them look like him?"
"Hummm?"
"The children,"
I chuckled, "I used to say it was the luck of the genetic lottery, how all our children got his blonde hair, his brown eyes, used to think it was an insane coincidence that all our children look like Simon,"
"But?"
"But... now... I am starting to wonder if I'm just a cloning machine," 
she laughed, "How so?"
"I've had nine children, girls and boys doesn't matter all of them blonde with brown eyes and Simon's little nose."
"That is a little odd,"
"I am convinced I am just a cloning machine," I chuckled, "Just making little simons," 
"You'll have a whole army soon,"
"If Simon has anything to say about it we will,"
"Is he still?" She asked, "After nine?"
"I am pregnant again," I chuckled, "with number ten,"
"My goodness," She laughed, "well congratulations,"
"Thank you," I laughed, "I'm sure ten will be a nice round number to end on," I smiled, " But still we will have to see if this one is a clone of Simon too,"
"I admit I'd be putting money on it," she laughed, 
"Unfortunately... I think I will too." 
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onethverse · 9 months ago
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OC-Tober catch-up! days 2-5
Prev: Day 1 | #loz oc
oops all LoZ ocs.
2: NEW OC
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Oneth (wunth) ([wʌnθ])
Oneth is dying of memory. A spirit whose power flourishes in darkness, it was weakened as Hyrule left the Calamity behind and entered a new era of peace and enlightenment. Although every mouth that utters its name brings it closer to its death, Oneth still revealed itself to Sabel, and the two formed a pact. To erase the burden of memory from the world, easing Sabel's suffering and grief while saving his mysterious friend's life. It cannot be seen. Oneth is a small, slight creature that glows with a faint light, much like a fairy; absent is the cheery tinkling of fairy bells. It is nearly a foot in height and has wings and long, tangled appendages. Its fish-like gaze betrays a desire to see all swallowed by the abyss. Its domain is oblivion and the lightless abyssal depths of the sea.
how recently did you make them?
Last November probably. So I do have newer ocs. But they needs images :( regarding its design:
i had the idea of an anti-fairy with fish attributes for a little while, but it clicked into place after playing some Ico recently. I had to draw the thing at the intersection of Yorda, Seath the scaleless, and rabbit fish (chimaera monstrosa.) One of my other inspirations for this character was Jenna Moran's oeuvre of RPGs like Nobilis and Glitch. Never even played them I just follow people on tumblr who post about them nonstop
3: OLD OC
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now this is crazy. via: maples.im
how long ago did you make them?
Seyches began as my MapleStory character when I started playing around 2005.
Sorry, I've had to reread that sentence about a dozen times now. It's been how long?
In his first iteration, he was an exiled prince with eyes that changed colors based on emotion, in a love triangle with two or more demon boyfriends, and eternally escaping some dungeon or being caged somewhere.
Also, he was called into duty as a silly pirate's first mate and pyrotechnics expert; such are the demands of irc rp.
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Seyches (I already have his IPA right here, so I'll drop it: [sɛʃ]) is a lonely 30-year-old dude. He has a job as a scrivener, but moonlights as a forger. In his spare time, he’s writing a historical play about Gerudo kings. He likes coffee and cats. He is a trans man, born female and living as a man; a move regarded by some as “not Gerudo-like.” Irrelevant.
He's a former "business partner" of Domri, who pretends not to know Seyches despite being well acquainted. He has an ability to suss out people's secrets, so after meeting Sabel and Ark he becomes aware of both their bizarre obsession with each other and the potential doom they intend to bring upon the world. Well, he's neither a user of powerful magic nor a ninja swordsman, so the best he can do is play mind games with them.
⭐ 4: UNDER-APPRECIATED OC
an oc you feel like you don't talk about enough, or you haven't fleshed out as much as you would like
Anika, whose name I misspelled in my previous post, and who I fridged...Um, if there's anything I'd like to say to women, it's this: I'm sorry women.
Here's what we know: she was a girl who liked to sing, chase boys, and privately harbor grandiose dreams. After the birth of her only child, he became her primary obsession. Btw, the father is unknown, but according to genetic testing on the only chromosome he didn't inherit from her (wait, I count 47 here?) we have narrowed down the most likely candidates to Jareth the Goblin King and aliens from ufos. So anyway, Anika and her parthenogenetic clone were able to comfortably get by once the child started talking to fairies, who would lead him to places where caches of treasure had been hidden long ago by people who hoped to retrieve it after the apocalypse.
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This is just another picture of Sabel but they're almost identical to each other. Sabel is taller and has smaller tits I guess
At least Anika has tumblr posts I can associate w/ her even if it's 1. an x-files gifset: “But the baby’s father is an alien?” / “No, no, I didn’t say he was an alien, I said he was from another planet. His name is Luke Skywalker. He’s what’s known as a Jedi Knight.” 2. "splish splash, hobbit overboard"
5: RE-DESIGNED OC
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an oc who has changed a lot (what changed about them?) or, if you haven't redesigned an oc: is there anything you might want to change about an existing oc?
Ark has been around about as long as Seyches, originating as a doodle based on the main character of Pokemon Trozei, which I read about in Nintendo Power and have never played. Regrettably it was drawn on the back of my state standardized test so I could never have it back.
He was a ponytail girl with a blue beret. and a blonde. He became a copium ranger/repressed ninja. For my own satisfaction, I thought I could make a strongly ftm-coded cis male character, but something else happened.
He's a man but he's a child. He's in love with his murderer. He knows he's being manipulated and he can see through Sabel’s lies. He's a puppet he's a doll. He's sick and full of twisted grief. And he's your next president/owner of the Triforce of wisdom. Wisdom?! I wish I’d been born a… The wanter.
if i redesigned an oc now it would be oneth bc if i had to draw that thing repeatedly i would simply replace it with a fish head with wings
Thanks for reading :3
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