#we're gonna be waiting a while

[leonvarcas]

thinking about how Faust is so aloof and distant with everyone, and wields a big fuck-off zweihander, but nearly all of her IDs and EGOs are supportive in nature (with the notable exception of L corp remnant), providing debuffs or sanity healing as opposed to direct damage. is it a facade and she actually cares? or are the supportive abilities more like a representation of her strategic genius? (the latter feels much more applicable to Grip faust than the former) i don’t know, but i find it interesting nonetheless

[secretly-a-trekkie]

what they deserved

[aihaloos]

Tempted to write a replaced au twst fic where Yuu (or alternatively, I'll use my Yuu, Riyuu, who is basically who I'm writing this for) used to be the cutest girl around, the cheery one who's always around everyone, the one you can't seem to dislike even if your crush falls for her because she earnestly says sorry (even though it's not her fault) and will always help you out if you need her back in her old school. But one day, a new girl comes around and her whole reputation got destroyed. She helps the new girl adjust, tells her all the rumours and introduces her to all the popular kids. But the girl ends up backstabbing her, telling the popular girls rumours about how she intentionally plays up the act to steal their crushes to her, and lies to the boys, telling them she's just playing with their hearts and that she's a horrible person.

Yuu ends up alone and excluded, being seen as "annoying" and only having a few close friends who doesn't really interact with her in public in fear of their reputation being ruined. She ends up miserable at school, and wishes to not go anymore. But one day comes a saving grace, she gets whisked by a mysterious black carriage into Twisted Wonderland, or more specifically, Night Raven College. She doesn't mind working if it meant she doesn't have to deal with her old school, there was still 1 and a half years left of school and she doesn't want to deal with all ghe group projects to be assigned that will inevitably end with everyone not wanting to team up with her. Plus, as annoying Grim is, he's like the animal friend all of the anime and storybook protagonists she knows has, and she doesn't mind him too much.

Some things did change after she and Grim got officially enrolled, but she had no problem adapting to the social expectations of the world, part time jobs with Sam -- and occasionally the canteen -- paid enough to get her tools for cooking basic but delicious food, and new friends without the weight of her past helped her get settled comfortably.

The existence of Overblots stunned her for a bit, but a peek into Riddle and Leona's memories helped her understand the concept, even if just a little. However, things began to change eerily simlarly to her old school when a new girl comes, also in a similar position to her, getting transported to a new, unfamilliar world, and seemingly hailing from a similar world to the Earth she knows. She warmly welcomes her, eager to finally befriend another girl, but it seems that the girl does not share the same enthusiasm.

The girl only barely responds to Yuu's attempts at forming a friendship, and always seems to talk her in a condescending way, and often dismisses her, and especially so whenever there are any boys around.

Yuu will not deny any statements claiming she's an attention seeker or that she plays up her sweet innocent girl act, but she knows to never, ever sacrifice a bystander for it. But if someone insists on war with her... well that's another, different story. She's learnt her lesson of being overly optimistic, and she will not make the same mistake twice. She will not let her make her life a living hell more than it already is with Crowley's irresponsibleness.

Aaand thus begins the story. Or well, however you wanna continue it. I'm honestly in favour of most Housewardens (Kalim, Vil, and Idia in particular. I'll put my reasoning in a few paragraphs down) Adeuce, Tweels, and Ortho for team Yuu. Why?

Well, first of all, Adeuce. This is mostly because the duo is like. with Yuu since Day 1, as much of a bitch as Ace is, I think those two are the most likely to trust and know Yuu well enough to not believe the lies R (< Replacer) tells. Especially Deuce, he doesn't want to betray a friend he knew for quite a while, that would not be very honor student-like of him!! And she helped him out in a lot of situations too! He doesn't want to hurt you after all the trouble you go through to help him, and also knowing how horrible your living conditions are. Ace would most likely give in to peer pressure if the student body is overwhelmingly in favour of R, but as of now, he maybe enjoys your company just a bit more than R. Just a bit, promise.

Tweels I feel like is self-explanatory. Those two are perceptive as fuck istg it scares me. Jade especially. I feel like the two would just toy with R for a bit despite her facade and lies before dropping her after she bothers them for attention and favours one too many times.

(Ortho ties in with Idia so I'll explain him in Idia's paragraph)

Kalim is actually very emotionally intelligent. He can come off annoying and stupid, but from all the scenes I see of him, he's actually really good at dealing with people. Have you seen how he deals with the Scarabia residents after Jamil's OB??? The way he phrases his sentences?? He didn't force or even plead with them to forgive Jamil, he simply asks them to wait before making permanent judgements, and I think he's gonna be uncomfy with how condescendingly R talks to Yuu, and even if he's used to people going after him for money, I feel like R mostly eyeing him for money and how she "secretly" sighs in annoyance everytime she goes out of the party for a "bathroom break" will only solidify his dislike/discomfort, even if he doesn't show it.

Vil is also kind of self-explanatory if you read into his character and not just the shell the official English localization makes for him. (I could rant for hours about how the official tl portrays his character istg. He's hardworking and he actually didn't attempt to poison Neige out of pure jealousy, he did it because he felt like all his efforts to be beautiful will never be able to surpass Neige, who, in his eyes, always seemed to be innocent and naturally beautiful. He feels like the villain in Neige's story. He feels like he is reduced to what he often plays as, a snobbish, overconfident villain obsessed with overthrowing the hero. And because of it, it became a twisted self-fulfilling prophecy, pushing him to, in a fit of despair, be that same villain everyone sees him as.) I really don't think he will take well to R's condescension to Yuu, who genuinely wants to befriend R. (I actually have a whole thing in my head where Yuu and Vil occasionally have sleepovers where they do skincare together after the whole VDC thing happened. I feel like this is also a "vent sesh" of sorts for the both of them, just to air out their grievances without much seriousness, and I think Yuu would admit to wanting a fellow girl in the school that she could befriend, since no matter what, being the only girl can be exhausting.) Ik Vil's not a girl but he is such a girls' girl istg.

Idia... this mostly ties into Ortho and The STYX Incident, but like,, I think we can all agree on this one,, Idia is smart and capital V Very pessimistic. Would you rather trust the girl you've known for a while, who saw your memories, who helped you in awkward social situations when she can and is besties with your brother or some random new girl who trash talks said girl behind her back? The former, right? Plus, even if Yuu did only hang out with him and his brother because she likes to secretly laugh at him behind his back, there's mo guarantee R wouldn't do the same, given his experience. And he would rather have someone who actively helps him and his brother out than someone who wouldn't.

I didn't put Malleus in because of how canon him actually treats Yuu. I feel like the fandom kind of put on rose-tinted glasses on with his character, and kind of ignored some things like, idk... him just leaving them to fend for themselves homeless during Octavinelle... maybe he thought Crowley would offer them a place to stay but like... I'm still bothered by how didn't atleast offer a spare room in Diasomnia. He's a housewarden goddamnit. He's not as distant or scary as the rumours say but like. still rubbed me the wrong way.

Anyways I don't think my attention span will let me write it to completion so if anyone likes this and wants to write it feel free. Pls tag me if you do tho. I would love to read it :3

[wildflowercryptid]

i think that this redraw trend is freaking hilarious so i had to do my own version with some of my recent blorbos. i really do just collect othered kids who have dealt with the horrors™, huh?

[xxplastic-cubexx]

chat i think im gonna be sick

(Powers of X #6)

[abirddogmoment]

It's been a minute since I posted any training videos but here's where we're at with steadiness training!

We're coming really close to meeting my goals for steadiness training! I'm now able to throw things while Rory stays in heel position without too much trouble. She's able to maintain this outdoors in most environments so I'm really really happy with where we're at!

I do a lot of practice heeling around distractions, but I just realized this was the first time I heeled towards the thing she wants and pulled a u-turn. As a result, she's a little slow on that turn and lacks the enthusiasm on the actual retrieve. Nbd, I'll practice it a little more with easier retrieves to build the enthusiasm in the next session.

I'm most proud of how she connected the cue "ready" with looking out towards the ite. (rather than looking up at me). I don't do directional casting (when you put your arm out to direct the dog) on simple retrieves so it's just the cue plus that little hand next to her head. It makes me happy every time she locks up in the correct direction and gets ready.

I'm also super happy with her understanding of the release! I can pet her or touch her and she won't break the stay until I release her with the "okay!" or "get it" cues. I don't think I pet her in this video but I've been practicing that too so I'm thrilled it's sticking!

It's hard to believe she's only a year old when we're doing training sessions like these! I'm so excited to see how she grows up, she's gonna be so cool 🥺💜

[sulky-cabbage]

The sukugo fight can't get animated any sooner I'm craving sukugo tiktok edits

[itsbeenliketenyearsitsprettywild]

I just came to a terrifying realization: only the characters confirmed to use smartphones have been hearing voices.

Are.. are the characters who’d have access to internet hearing us, the internet audience, talk about them?

[notcryingtoday]

the opening ceremony for the jo ??? FRANCE YOU DID IT

i honestly didn't believed my country could pull something decent and damn we killed it

we had assassin's creed, we had gojira singing the revolution, we had a ménage à trois in reference to french litterature, we had aya nakamura dancing with la garde républicaine, we had CÉLINE DION SINGING TOO, the knight, THE KNIGHT AND HIS METALLIC HORSE ON LA SEINE, the reference to quasimodo, and also damn the dress axelle saint-cirel wore was stunning too

oh my god that's incredible

we're so fucking arrogant

[vynnyal]

Btw I'm basically speedrunning now

[holly-batali]

Dorym nation really be out here winning right now, so please accept this offering of a playlist for our favorite boys until I can finish this fic I'm writing.

(Also please excuse the meme cover art, I am not artistically inclined and I don't want to use someone's art or edit without permission haha)

(Playlist LINK in case the one above doesn't redirect)

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

alright im gonna need 5-6 business days to Absorb all of that and the maybe-implications

[savage-rhi]

Fuchsia 💙

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

18. "…as encouragement." with Ren/BigB/Martyn iyw??? [alt: your fav BigB ship if you don't want to write polyam!!] /nf

oh man i love polyam let’s goooo. decided to place this at an ambiguous future MCC cause why not. we're manifesting ren in another MCC together.

(send me a ship and a number and i'll write some kissing)

The atmosphere in the dodgebolt arena is electric. It's Ren's first time back in MCC in quite a while, and the fact that he's made it to this point would be more surprising if not for his teammates- False, Cleo, and Cub- who he can't help but feel a little bit carried by. Sure, he's has his fair share of great performances, but the game has changed so much since he last stepped foot in it, and they're far more familiar with it's new intricacies. It's weighing on him especially now, waiting for the final round of a dodgebolt he's been... struggling in, to say the least.

As the previous round of dodgebolt ends and the waiting period for the next starts, the arena comes alive with spectators and other competitors alike swarming their friends, giving them tips or encouragement or praise for their performance. Ren is quickly swept into the crowd, people chattering on all sides. The sound is so much that Ren only barely hears someone calling his name, and only really registers it when he feels someone tugging on his sleeve.

Ren turns to see Martyn, with Bigb trailing close behind him. Ren lights up instantly, and lets himself be pulled into a quick and tight hug.

"Hey, that was a great round!" Martyn says, shouting slightly over the din of the crowd. "I think you guys have this!"

"Yeah, Falsie got some great kills off that round," Ren says, unable to hold back his smile as he remembers False's impressive 2v1.

"Hey, don't forget your own contributions," Bigb says, pushing him lightly. "You did some impressive dodging that round, and you got your own kill, you're doing great!"

Ren chuckles, only barely holding himself back from reminding Bigb that he also walked straight off the platform in round one, so perhaps those two things even out.

Above their heads, a tone plays out, letting the players know the next round is about to start and they should get moving to their places. Ren turns to go, but Bigb stops him with a hand on his arm.

"Before you go-" Bigb leans forward and presses a quick kiss to Ren's lips. "For luck!"

Before Ren can do much more than smile at him, he's passed in Martyn's direction to receive another short kiss.

"Alright, now go get 'em," Martyn smiles, gently pushing Ren in the direction of his teammates.

Ren smiles widely at the pair of them, waving as he's ushered off. Hopefully the next time he sees the both of them, he'll be up on the winner's podium. Ren's sure they'll both like seeing him in the crown again.

[bylertruther]

baby byler / miwi headcanons of mine:

whenever they wanted something and knew that karen would say no, they'd always have will be the one to go up to her with his big ole kawaii anime doe eyes n sweet wittle face and ask, because even though it didn't always work & karen definitely knew what they were up to lol, they still thought they were being sneaky masterminds and it did get them a few extended play dates and extra desserts, etc, so technically... they Are sneaky masterminds tbh

conversely, whenever something happened or she heard a crash somewhere, karen always singled out will to tell her the truth, because even if he did try to lie to her and cover the party's butts sometimes, his little side-to-side sway n hand clasping tells immediately tip her off every time & she'd always turn to mike after, narrow her eyes, and go "Michael." in the most mom the-jig-is-up-so-you-better-tell-me-what-happened-right-now voice you've ever heard in ur Life

[clpfanfics27]

Me waiting for my lover (AO3) to return from war (getting ddos attacked) and not knowing if they'll ever come back (it's been a day) because my letters go unanswered (they haven't updated since last night)