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every so often i still get emails from ao3 about someone leaving kudos on some old vent fanfic one shots i wrote and posted when i was like 16 and sooo mentally ill, traumatized, closeted etc and idk but somehow every single time it’s still just like. oh wow.. the world really does keep turning huh?
#i’m 23 now. i still think about going back and updating those one shots sometimes#when i see people interact with them#it makes me wanna be like ‘hey! it can get better actually! and i mean then it gets worse. but then better again.#bc thats life c’est la vie or whatever !!’#actually though it’s such a weird feeling#ugh i want to post fanfiction again… i miss it and tbh i think it would be soo good for me to get back to that actually#silas speaks#ao3#ao3 writer#(former) (ahaha unless…??)#fanfic writing
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Just a reminder that unless your amputee character lost their limb less than a month ago, their stumps don't need to be bandaged.
#ive been seeing a lot of people's chatacters on artfight who have bandaged stumps so i thought it worth a quick reminder#this goes for you too Dragonage Fandom - your inquisitor doesnt need a bandage on their arm when you draw them interacting with Rook lol#there are exceptions of course but there are very few reasons for your oc who lost their arm 10 years ago to still be bandageing it#i have a longer post about this if you want to know more - its one of the first posts on this account#amputee#amputee representation#disability representation#disability in media#amputee character
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"If you're hurt by finding out that a person you admired did something bad or are worried about the idea they might, it shows you need to not form attachments to people you don't personally know."
I have bad news for you about how literally the entirety of human socialization and the human mind work. You can say "here's a stick from off the ground. his name is Stanley and he has a loving family" and then break the stick and people will feel hurt because they formed a positive connection to Stanley. Humans project attachment onto everything. Asking people not to feel connections to other humans is not feasible. It's not possible and, if it were, it sure as hell wouldn't be healthy.
You didn't do anything wrong if you feel hurt that someone you didn't personally know did something wrong. You're not parasitic or obsessive for wanting people you don't personally know to be good people. Being devastated that someone you liked did something horrible isn't a sign you liked them too much, it's a sign you have the basic human ability to form emotional and social connections. Your responsibility is being aware of those connections and behaving in ways that are healthy, respectful, and keep you and others safe.
Trying to just not admire people or not feel a connection to other humans won't work. Focus instead on being aware of what your relationships to other people are, what actions on your part are acceptable given that level of relationship, what actions are acceptable on their part, and what level of relationship it's realistic or healthy to project. And be ready, as with all things in life, to change your views on something or someone when presented with new information, even if you have very strong emotional connections to the subject. For example: "I'd love to get a cup of coffee with the celebrity I don't know and talk with them about a film they're in. I imagine that would be nice." <- normal human emotion "I will go to this celebrity I don't know and ask them, apropos of nothing, to get a coffee with me/I expect this celebrity I've never met WILL go to coffee with me" <- Unrealistic level of projected relationship. Crosses boundaries of normal human interactions between strangers.
"I'm devastated this actor I liked was an abuser" <- normal human emotion
"I won't believe that this actor was an abuser because I like him and therefore can tell he wouldn't do that" <- Unrealistic and unhealthy level of projected relationship. Unsafe for you and others.
You can't just "not admire" people, yes, even people you don't know personally. Instead, be careful to make sure your admiration of someone doesn't affect your ability to make judgements about them.
#i don't know#I see a lot of posts that are clearly well meaning and the idea of maintaining a realistic view of your connections to strangers is solid#but they always seem to rely on this underlying shame#and this idea that it's on you to never form positive feelings because what if they're wrong#it's not sustainable and frankly it's very easy to exploit#because if your philosophy boils down to 'don't ever have parasocial relationships'#(which is impossible to begin with#since humans feel connections with everyone all the time#and any "many-to-one' relationship of performer to audience is technically 'parasocial')#it means all someone has to do to circumvent it is convince you you're more than a fan and have a closer relationship than that#which is already where the danger is#be aware of the behaviors of everyone you interact with#and ready to adjust your behavior and your views on people when you need to especially when you don't know them well#you're just going to be fighting a losing battle trying to just not care about celebrities#it's on them for doing something horrible not on you for daring to form connections with other people
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wanderer's adventures in sumeru
THANK YOU FOR 70 FOLLOWERS BY THE WAY!! some news, i made an offical art twitter account! 🥳 its @/marsunshi and i linked it, right now im focused on genshin there and will be a lot more active, but im still going to try and post mcsm content here because i have Many wips ^^ i also have my ao3 linked there and i have a few drafts of mcsm works that i might post at some point..who knows
#i love the idea of scara learning to allow himself to do things without thinking twice#picking flowers for nahida and asking tighnaris advice#actually conversating#sword dancing with nilou#he doesnt have anything to be defensive about anymore so he learns to just Be#his healing process is directly tied to sumeru and i want to see more of how he interacts with it's people#when hes not fighting them or launching them across field (ahem ahem interdarshan championship)#genshin#genshin impact#wanderer#scaramouche#kaveh#nilou#dehya#tighnari#doodle#scara in the first one can either be feeling guilty about shocking tnri in the AQ or wishing he could do it again in that moment#its up for interpretation
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Duke Thomas Being Rude and A Hater
Role Call (Batman & The Signal TPB)
We Are Robin #1 & 2
Robin War (yes he's speaking to Damian in that bottom panel. The brothers of all time)
Batman (2011) #47
Batman & the Outsiders (2019)
#duke thomas#the signal#batman#almost all of these being people he cares about#being rude is his love language#if duke isn't being rude and honest to a fault and yelling at bruce for being selfish is he really duke at all#also how duke's blunt honesty is a direct and deliberate contrast to dick's constant performance#think about it. their first interaction is duke being like 'what's your name' and dick dodging the question#but then duke's like 'i knew all along dick' - and it's this act of seeing through dick's performance that makes dick select him as robin#okay derailing once again because of dick and duke... when will dc see my vision and let them interact!!
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micro comic with no real point or punchline i just have conversations i wanna draw out sometimes
#a doodley#1. throuple lives in a mobile home esque situation on the kaye farm... they can see#al's parents' house from there! they do laundry there weekly even#so of course it wld be much nicer to spend some time there#2. talon doesn't want to meet al's parents bc he doesnt wanna meet more people LMAO#but honestly truly i think he'd die if he had 2 more people caring about him. because al's parents are SO caring#he already has Issues with his ''boyfriends'' treating him in a way he perceives as Parent/Child#having actual parents tacked on would fry his brain in every direction#so he hides#they know about him they've seen him but they've never interacted with him one on one#its SO painful for them because they wanna get to know him soooo bad they want to spoil him#AND ALSO i dont think the racecar bed was actually given away#i added that bc i needed Something there at the end ykwim#i think the racecar bed is tucked to the side of al's childhood room. with a bunch of stuff on it#in furryverse i like to think nyalon naps there#al's old room is on the second floor but it has an entrace from the outside (outside stairs‚ like#a fire escape) so i think talon (furry or human) would go there sometimes#if he needed space away from al and smunker#its their compromise when talon REALLY freaks out#like please dont skip town. there's a huge chance he'll convince himself to never come back if he does#and being out in the woods is scary what if something Happens. use my old room instead youll be safe and alone
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#squidgamegif#squidgameedit#squid game#seong gi hun#cho sang woo#kang sae byeok#ji yeong#characterization#once again a CLEAR leader#they should use this scene in management training to show 'boss' vs 'leader' tbh#sang woo is stern and gives orders and he thinks that means he's the one in charge but when people are looking to someone for guidance they#look to gihun because he is a natural leader and what's wild is that neither one of them really realizes it#sae byeok can see it tho god i love the way she just glares at sang woo like oh you thought i was gonna care what you 'told me' to do?#i could write a dissertation on the psychology and interactions between the final three like i could talk about it for days#balgif
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"Jason was the happy robin" this, "jason was the angry robin" that. Let's all be fully honest here Jason was the lonely robin
#It gets worse the more i think about it aiguaoughhh#they pretty much retconned the people he was close to before the crisis. he only interacts with dick like once or twice#ive never seen him with barbara#he had no team#in terms of school he had rena(?) and then 3 friends that show up in an annual and never again#and obviously with the whole secret identity it hardly can be a close friendship. esp with how little theyre shown#in terms of super friends he had Danny and Kid Devil. which. one is mentioned off hand and theyre never seen together#and the other is from a short story and never brought up again#alfred has his praises sung but we never really see him connect with jay#all he had was BRUCE. and the only way to ever be with bruce is to be robin#is it really any wonder he chased after his mother? is it any wonder who chose to trust someone he hardly knew?#dc liveblog#jason todd#i feel so bad for him all the time for forever#ive just started reading comics after his death but before his resurrection. the hallucination jason era#and its seems to be shaping up to be with him written as the angry robin who never listened#which i Know is because of the writers. but in universe? it just feels like jason wasnt understood or known at all#doylist vs watsonian moment as they say#dc comics#batman comics#and he became a symbol of failure to batman So Quickly. not a memory but a reminder#and every trophy from his time as robin was taken out of the batcave. and every moment as jason was removed from (at least) bruces room#he was on call/on a list as a backup titan if they needed help but he wasnt With them. they teamed up twice#i cant remember if he meant it towards blood specifically or in general rn but he fully admitted to not being good/experienced enough#they didn't really know him and he didn't really know them#wait fuck was rena all pre-crisis. devastating. he stopped going on patrols n being robin for awhile when she was his gf#of course by then he was already A Hero who cant fully ignore how he can help so he eventually was like yeah we should stop a little#obviously there was that catwoman arc going on and i feel writers just liked keeping him away alot. but ough. he was so quick to stop when#there was someone There. and robin didn't have ti feel like all he had#anyway crisis got rid of her im sure. like harvey. when does 'pre and post crisis' actually start bc its not at the crisis its issues after
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havent decided how i want the introduction to go yet but i imagine it would roughly be one of these two
#null havoc damage#cult of the lamb#i just havent decided what baal and ayms relation to narinder is. i like both main ideas for them#like its very fun and sweet to imagine that he sees them as his sons. but it makes more sense to me that he was more distant#i just dont see narinder as a father. i think he would take care of them but i dont think he would be affectionate at all#like genuinely. 'guardian' is the best term you could give him. they are his apprentices#he taught them magic and combat and they probably guided souls in his stead. but they arent family. to me#i think its possible in this au that once they all got free THEN they started bonding more#like baal and aym would have spent a long time with their mother but given their immortality from having some of the crowns powers#they would eventually return out of a sense of duty that they were raised with. which would lead to more genuine interaction#i think narinder could have a habit of taking in strays but i dont think he would be their dad. just someone to feed and protect them#until theyre old enough to leave. yknow#but i LIKE the idea of him being nice. because i am a sap. i think its sweet when people draw them getting along
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Ride 808: The jerseys competing for the lead!!

Pag 1
2: Onoda-san, now the lead have all left and entered the downhill towards the sea!!
3: Yeah!!
6: Do your best!!
Naruko-kun!! Imaizumi-kun!!


Pag 2 / 3
1: The men who are staring at the Inter High's first day's victory!!
(Congratulations!! 17 whole years of publication!!)

Pag 4
1: We're all here!!
Five teams, ten people!! These are
4: the jerseys

Pag 5
5: that are aiming
7: for the Inter High's first day's finish line!!

Pag 6
1: Let's go, Ninoshima!!
2: But be careful!!
Don't worry, Higashimura-san!! Downhills require courage and will-power!!
3: Don't leave any space!!
Those people are skilled!! The opposite lane
6: of the road, that we don't normally use and was closed for this race.....
7: Don't worry!!

Pag 7
1: They're using every inch of the inner side of the opposite lane!!
Ah!! There's only a small gap between them and the guardrail!!

Pag 8
2: I was bravely thinking of running as close to the guardrail as possible, yet in that tiny space on the inner side they....!?
I even moved before them exploiting the moment when Kyofushi and Gunam were talking... and yet!!
5: Downhills are all about “choosing a line” and “weight”, yon

Pag 9
1: Gunmaa!!
Yon
While taking the curve.... he gave me advice!!
2: Calm down, Ninoshima!! Just cling to them!! Follow me now!!
Dammit, and what was that about “choosing a pine” and “fruit juice”, Higashimura!!
…. no, he said “weight”*
(*NdT.: the words for 'weight' and 'fruit juice' sound the same in Japanese)
3: Ah, really
4: If in road racing downhills are all about choosing a line and weight, then it's easy!!

Pag 10
1: Sonomoto-chan
2: In MTB, on downhills there are so many bumps and trees' roots
3: Tires lose their grip, and you're busy trying to get traction and grip
4: In road racing, though, the tires are always on the ground!!
5: It's too easy, road racing
It even makes me

Pag 11
1: want to “play” a little!!

Pag 12
1: Uh-oh
4: What the hell was that just now!? Did their rear wheels slip!?
Did they let them slip!?
5: Huh...
7: Don't make such sudden grip turns
Sorry, since it's you I thought you'd get it
I did get it, but still (haha)
8: Kakaka, a friendly performance right before the Inter High's finish line!? You sure are confident, Gunma.san!!
9: Puku, what was that, so cool....
Puku

Pag 13
1: Are those the skills you cultivated through MTB? You originally raced in MTB, so you're showing off what you can do
Showing off how freely you can control your bike
So cool, will you
2: teach me too?
3: Teach me....
4: Teach
5: Number 41 is clinging to him!! He's getting too close
There's a left curve soon, get back....!!

Pag 14
1: me
me
me
2: Me me me me
3: We're in a curve, it's dangerous, so could you please back down a little?
4: Me me me me
5: Why won't you teach me that cool thing? Are you keeping it a secret from me?
6: Well, it's just that

Pag 15
1: I can't feel any impetus at all in your words, yon
2: You got me

Pag 16
1: They're taking the curve while his head is on his shoulder!! What incredible balance they have, Gunma's number 181 and Kyofushi's number 41!!
3: Even though the speed going downhill is frightening!!
4: But now, I
5: understand you a little, yon
Puku? Me? You understand me?

Pag 17
1: It seems like your impetus to win is fierce, yon
2: You too, you're not just a fancy small-fry
Not a small fry!!

Pag 18
2: Not bad
Yeah!!
3: Except for Hiroshima, who unexpectedly attacked earlier than usual, this lead is just what I had imagined
4: Kyofushi and Gunma too, even while arguing are still showing restraint
5: And Hakogaku too is carefully waiting

Pag 19
1: The real movement still hasn't happened
Get ready. If they move, we step on right away!!
Got it!!
2: 8km left until the finish line!!
3: There's no one else who'll join the final race for the finish line!!

Pag 20
2: Kakaka, what's wrong, Hotshot
Did you drop the energy bar in your pocket!?
3: No.... it's nothing, I just misheard
4: Sometimes, when I concentrate too much, I hear strange sounds
Ah, that's it!!

Pag 21
1: Kuaaaa
3: I hear...? A voice... and besides

Pag 22
1: I know it!!
2: No, that's impossible!!
He has probably fallen behind a lot with his team on the mountain!!
3: Moreover... there's no way with this “lead”...!!
4: No indeed, there's no way
I'm concentrating too hard, I'm even dreaming about the buddies training camp
6: Ah, there's one person catching up, yon
Yeah, the guy who was working so hard to cling to us
7: when we left the pack

Pag 23
1: I don't even know his name... the guy from the selected team

Pag 24
1: Kuaaaaaagh
2: That's the target!! That's the target we set!!

Pag 25
1: I'll catch up!! I will!! To the lead!!
2: Sugi.... moto!!
5: Now it's... eleven people!?
6: Insect....
#yowamushi pedal#yowapeda#yowamushi pedal translations#yowapeda manga#yowamushi pedal manga#yowamushi pedal spoilers#ride 808#17 years!!! i was only 13 when yowapeda's first chapter came out ;^;#oh that makes me so emotional#it's such a long time i feel so grateful that its lasting so long#everyone say thank you watanabe we love you#anyway on another note#midosuji and kiji's interactions are the funniest thing ever i adora them asdhgasdkg#but the moST IMPORTAN THING#SUGIMOTO MY BOY YOU DID IT OH MY GOOOOOD#imaizumi hearing him approaching??? and thinking hes imagining it???? hello???#i always thought sugimoto didnt stand a chance with his love for imaizumi but man maybe im wrong!#ohhh i cant wait to see how this plays out!!#also i love how hiroshima is there panicking bc they didnt expect so many people lmao#im sure higashimura is thinking that perhas miya and urakubo might have been right in their strategies lmao#btw midosuji's face on page 12 asdghkasfg watanabe def has a lot of fun drawing him and it shows
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Sketch page! Margaritabille au by @kerink with Bill making a caesar, Ford in the outfit I'm living in rn, a joke post I've already posted of where Ford loses a bet, and an interaction that been lodged in my frontal lobe for ages and was gonna make a proper comic for and then didn't



#hugin scribbles#gravity falls fanart#gravity falls#bill cipher#bill cipher fanart#billford#stanford pines fanart#stanford pines#billford fanart#margaritabille au#also was gonna make a proper comic about bill eating a cat but then i was like... no. ill probably draw it eventually#inspired by the time i opened a door and flicked the light on and was suddenly making eye contact with our gecko that slowly was eating her#own shedded skin and seeing people interact with their dogs#also I feel like Bill would indiscriminately eat things. the bloodier the better#he'd be a great house cat. i feel like Bill would find enjoyment in eating the rats that come inside/hang out outside the shack too. his#and the others are like... okay... but stans like well it keeps the rats down and they just let him#but hed DEFINITELY also go for other larger things. oh theyd definitely find him also mid swallowing one of the gnomes and he gets into a#fight with Ford because of ford's previous gnome treatments#anyways... also yes ive been living out if gumboots for the last month and a half okay. fieldwork and living on my rez in which i have to#take a boat up a river too means u need gumboots. and doesnt make sense to bring anything else#also definitely not the best to pack big chunky sweaters but also... big chunky sweaters... how can one not???#but then one day was like WAIT i could see ford wearing this (overalls n gumboots n chunky sweater and carhart jacket)#should draw him in more of my outfits because when im in the city I do usually wear trenchcoats and big sweaters...#also gotta say look. trenchcoats are great. i love them. they make u look fancy and keep you warm and are glorified blankets the best of#both worlds. BUT kinda shit to do hikes in especially if you do a lot of looking at things cause everytime u kneel down your trenchcoat#drags against the ground and if it's damp it gets muddy.#so like. not ideal ford ive been there and its not ideal. get a shorter jacket for that#damn. who let me ramble in the tags
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underrated relationship in legacy of the force is between boba and hayca mekket, the grouchy doctor/veterinarian who administers his cancer treatment. they have one scene together and they spend the entire time verbally roasting each other in a squabble that culminates in her threatening to stab him in the dick with a large-bore needle
and then next book, we learn that he thinks she's hilarious and is actively looking forward to seeing her again LOL
#i feel like boba has gone so much of his life having people fear and cower before him#that when he meets someone who responds to his abrasiveness with completely fearless shit-talk‚ he's actually kind of delighted lol#i think it's so funny though that this is a person with whom the ONLY interaction we ever see is them just sniping and name-calling#and internally boba is like ''☺️😀''#reminds me of trash-talking jaheira for her age in BG3 and just seeing that little ''jaheira approves'' in the corner LOL#boba fett#legacy of the force#hayca mekket
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ngl if you don't respect non-sharers. Please don't interact with me. If you wanna be a bitch about people putting their own mental health first then BLOCK MEEEE YOU AREN'T WELCOME HEREEEE!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 /gen /srs
#Honestly w/ some f/os I'm close to being nonsharing but I'm a funny case which is why I label myself as selective!! :3#I can see others w/ my f/os but other people I can't. And I think that's okay. If it ever changes: I'll update it.#I also don't mind doubles interacting but part of me also wants them to aknowledge I don't need to interact w/ them /nm#I also have become like besties w/ the block button. I don't get why people always say that your a baby if you use it tbh.#like OOO NOOO it effects you so badly when I hit one button and cultivate my own internet space.#⌞❦ wyrmsom rambles ❦ ⌝
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Something I think is cute is that - y’know how Raph’s eyes are more on the yellow side?
Well, you know who also has slightly yellowed eyes? Donnie.
While Raph’s are more yellow, I think it’s cute that this is something that they share and I don’t see it pointed out too often?
It’s also something they both share with Draxum and Splinter’s current form (though again, these two have much more yellow sclera than the boys do.)
But yeah, I like that there’s this little detail that ties Raph and Donnie together, even if it’s small.
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt raph#rottmnt donnie#rise donnie#rise raph#there are a few screenshots that look like Donnie’s eyes were colored more white like Leo and Mikey#but the vast majority has his eyes and teeth yellowed a little#not quite to Raph’s level but enough to be noticeable especially when you contrast it to Mikey Leo and April#I see a lot of art on here not giving Donnie his yellowed sclera and it makes me sad a little#bc Mikey and Leo have soooo many things tying them together design wise (mainly their shells)-#so its nice to keep the things tying Raph and Donnie together as well (their sclera + how THEIR shells are both basically just green)#(+ how even when Donnie makes his battleshells he keeps them one color - just like Raph’s shell)#I’m looking too hard into this but Brains and Brawn is a Good Duo#you could also - considering the show’s theme of giving the less ‘human’ characters more yellowed sclera- consider this design decision-#-a way to show that Mikey and Leo are species of turtles more acclimated to humans since their breeds are very often pets (esp Leo)#whereas Raph and Donnie are species that are more commonly just left in the wild#idk I just think it’s an interesting design decision tbh#esp considering you can see this human acclimation from the very start with the boys as well#with how readily Mikey and Leo interact with Splinter#whereas Raph bites and Donnie is completely disinterested#i like when their species has an effect on their characters tbh#like how Leo being the Face Man makes perfect sense since Red Eared Sliders are the most popular pet turtle BECAUSE they’re pretty-#-and better with people than most other species#Mikey too being so gung-ho about people makes sense for these same reasons#as ornate box turtles as well are very popular pet turtles#idk they’re just fun I love these guys#also- I love when people give Raph a huge tail it’s so cute
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learning abt friendship decay and "not reaching out to your friends for months at a time unprompted is not neurotypical behaviour" has me feeling a certain way
#experiencing some BIG FEELINGS OVER THIS REVELATION#listen i have never ever been bothered abt not seeing someone in a while or making time to talk to them bc in my mind its like not thst muc#time has passed. i mean it with every fibre of my being that when im like 'oh its ok even though we havent talked in a while and have our#own things going on it doesnt mean we're not friends anymore since we left things on a good note 8 months ago' i sincerely believe that#and for the longest time i just thought everybody makes peace with it at some point and not automatically assuming the other person doesnt#wanna talk to me anymore or smth. my longest lasting friendships are with ppl who work the same way i just thouhght that was normal#whatever organ everybody has that makes them reach out to their friends and plan hang outs i probably dont have it#i was already hesitant to ask out Alex bc i spend almost every waking hour doing smth that isnt talking to ppl unless they happen to be in#the vicinity. and at first it was bc i planned on making sure i had everything set up so i dont get stressed out and do it one at a time#but then i find out theres a friendship decay mechanic? and after dating and marrying someone you lose -10 friendship points for every#day u dont talk to them?? actually ive probably been losing friendship points this whole time without knowing bc of this?????#and i notice a lot of my own habits are also reflected in how i play bc ive been avoiding getting close to pierre and marnie since its more#of a professional relationship. like i know theyre npcs but im approaching it the way i would in real life its fucking nuts#i think its a little relieving im playing /as/ a character than myself bc as im playing im just making up little interactions in my head#than approaching things the way i would myself so it takes a bit of the stress off trying to put myself in there as a spectator. but well#being in a relationship demands a certain amount of energy even more so when theyre things that already take up energy on its own#like making time to talk to your partner and make sure they know theyre loved. i dont always have energy to put all my mental focus into it#and this is true for real life so im not really bothered by not dating anyone. but when its a game and i want my character to be with someo#and i know its fully optional and i know i could just apply the same logic to this i dont /want/ to. sometimes i want to experience#the same things other people do at least to a certain degree without the same emotional andmental stakes#no offense krobus#yapping#stardew#stardew valley#puppy plays sdv#sdv#this game has me by the ankles man
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I am absolutely loving your Danyal Al Ghul au. While I have a soft spot for the whole plotline of Danny becoming his canon personality almost right after breaking away from the LOA all because of Jazz, I'm just as much for your take in which he goes through the same character development as Damian.
Now I'm curious. You already tackled his relationship with Dani, will you eventually take a stab at when he, Sam, and Tucker meet Gregor? Given that it's one of my hated episodes as I couldn't stand Sam's infuriatingly hypocritical attitude to Danny's suspicions of him, I'd kill to see your spin on it.
Aw, thank you! Danyal Al Ghul aus are what got me into DPDC first, so I have a major soft spot for them. That being said, uh, its exactly that soft spot that causes me to have Many Opinions about the trope you just mentioned. Like the trope is all fine and dandy, i don't blindly hate it, my main issue with it is that most aus i've seen treat his backstory as an ex-assassin more like a pretty cosmetic accessory rather than something that actually should have had an impact on him. Especially if he remembers being in the league.
Like i cannot stress enough the fact that being in an ecofascist assassin cult (regardless of his standing in it) should've left him, in some way or another, screwed up morally and psychologically because that's just how development works. Nature vs. Nurture is like a game of tug-o-war that never ends, where they are constantly fighting against each other and one side usually has the upper hand or greater influence. Children model the behaviors of the adults around them (ex: bobo the clown doll experiment), and what impacts them in childhood can stick with them permanently.
Like how my psychology professor put it: a baby's brain is like wet cement; if you slap your hand on it, it leaves an imprint, and the cement dries that way. The same rings true for small children.
I could go on, but I frankly have so many thoughts on that alone that I would end up completely derailing from the second half of your ask, and I don't want to be more critical than I already have. Especially since you just mentioned you have a soft spot for the trope.
[Okay, hold onto your hats because this is long. Naturally lmao.]
Gregor! Man, I'll admit I last watched the show back in middle school on a dodgy illegal website (it had surprisingly good audio and visual graphics, and full episodes. But really annoying porn ads.) but I only made it to like season 1 before my hyperfixation faded and I lost interest. So I never actually saw the Gregor episode.
But... it is relatively easy to find free websites that stream Danny Phantom :), so finding the episode took me like. Thirty seconds. Plus the Tv.Tropes recap page because my damn earbuds just died and im out in public as of rn.
I'm not sure if I'll write something for the gregor episode like I did with Dani, since Dani's a bit of a special case in that she's a clone and tends to be a reoccurring presence in DPDC, and I thought the new dynamic with Danyal would be interesting.
Plus, I'm not a big amethyst ocean shipper for the pure reason of I'm just not all that interested in it; its kinda bland to me. I'll admit I've entertained the thought in this au due to the whole balcony scene i wrote, but I would've entertained the thought anyways if it was Tucker in that position instead. Big multishipper, me.
But, if I had to make it official? Danyal is not interested romantically in Sam when the Gregor episode happens, regardless of his relationship with Valerie. Who, speaking of I'm trying to think about how that would go, and I'm torn between including him almost-dating Valerie or not.
Because on one hand it helps point out Sam's hypocrisy (and i love her but i am always happy to point out her flaws and address them in au) in this episode in terms of Danny spying on them, but on the other hand I'll want to include a lot of set up in order to make Gray Ghost work in this au and wow will that take a while.
Especially with the Flirting with Disaster episode because it happens due to Technus' meddling, and Danny is, well, the son of the Batman? A trained assassin? An ex-assassin nonetheless, but still an assassin? A prodigy child in this au? He might not have needed to use most of his skills in the last few years, but like... there's just a bunch of 'what if' and 'well technically...' and 'would he? he could, but would he?' things that is getting in the way of my thought process and making my head spin.
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Mmm. Okay. Flirting with Disaster occurs relatively the same as canon with a few exceptions; like Danyal noticing the strange coincidences, and he might take the idea into proper consideration because Sam has a point it is strange, especially out of nowhere.
However,,, he really enjoys Valerie's company, and he does really like her. He's been adjusting to civilian life for the last four years and while he's made a lot of progress, he's still. an ex-assassin child living like a wolf amongst sheep. This is normal, typical teenager stuff, and usually his friends like to encourage him doing normal teenager stuff.
So he's stubbornly holding out on the thought that this is normal, that ghost stuff isn't interfering here. He's a little hurt that his friends are discouraging this, he's not bothered by the fact that Valerie is a ghost hunter and he a ghost -- his mother is an assassin, and his father is Batman, and they still had a relationship. (Granted, he's not gonna tell them that)
If anything, being diametrically opposed to each other but still being in love is part of the family! Granted, usually both parties are aware of said opposition to each other, but he'll make a special exception this time around.
(And man now that i'm thinking about gray ghost, im now thinking about various like. scenes i could write between the two of them. maybe in a reblog.)
Anyways uhhh things relatively go the same as canon. Yeah. I think Sam still has a crush on Danny and still spies out of jealousy with Tucker.
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Now, the Gregor episode! With that out of the way; the TVTropes recap for this episode isn't the best because it doesn't go into detail about the entire episode like it does with Flirting With Disaster and Shades of Gray.
(which i looked at earlier because I made a section of this post talking briefly about what changes I'd make to the Shades of Gray episode to help set up Gray Ghost, but ended up deleting because it was kinda irrelevant for the matter at hand.)
So I'm taking in bits of the episode clips at a time, I'll try not to get too nitpicky about how each scene goes because then it's gonna take me a longer time to write this.
But! First thing's first; since Danny is not romantically interested in Sam, he is also not jealous of Gregor. He is however, a bit eyebrow-raisey at him in their first introduction, but that's because Gregor is coming off as obnoxious.
Danny thinks he's kinda annoying, and it doesn't take a genius to see that Gregor is trying to impress Sam. But since they've only known him for five minutes he takes the good faith assumption and assumes that Gregor is genuinely trying to show interest in Sam's interests too because he likes her, so he keeps mum. The fake hungarian accent is weird, but it's overall harmless, so he doesn't point it out.
He does do the spying thing when he starts suspecting that Gregor might be working for the GIW. The episode only has this happen twice, but for the au this happens a handful of more times over the course of the week, with Danyal's suspicion steadily rising more and more each time.
Hah, when he brings up wanting to spy on Sam and Gregor because of this reason, Tucker still does his "woah! you wanna spy on Sam?" thing.
Danny immediately turns to him, completely unimpressed, and crosses his arms. "Tucker," he says, deadpan, "you and Sam spied on me and Valerie."
He uses a combination of his ghost powers and his regular stealth ability to spy on them. He's hiding in a tree when they're skipping rocks, close enough that he can use his powers to hear them talk but far enough away that he has a good view of their surroundings.
He's invisible in the cinema, but doesn't accidentally get in front of the projector. He checks the inside of the room for the GIW, and then waits outside the actual room itself, keeping an eye on the area and occasionally flying in to watch the movie out of boredom. It reminds him of being back on a recon mission with the League, but it doesn't end with him orchestrating someone's death.
Then when they're at the mall he stays in human form, blending in with the crowd. He runs into the GIW there, but realizes that they're not there because of Gregor; they're just shopping. They didn't show up at either of the last two locations, and he follows them to make sure they're not also trying to blend in. But they're literally just there for shopping.
Danny is rather pleased with this turnout; so far Gregor isn't a spy, he's just annoying. The next day at lunch he asks Sam how her date with Gregor went, and that's how she figures out he spied on them, because well, she didn't tell him that.
"Have you been spying on me?"
Danny messes with his food a little bit, and Tucker is sinking into his seat with embarrassment. He frowns, "Only last night. Those incompetent government dodos--"
His lip curls up; he gets all 'Shakespeare-y' (as Sam and Tucker put it) when he's insulting someone, "--kept appearing whenever Gregor did. I followed you and him last night to make sure he wasn't a spy."
A roundabout way of saying, "I was worried".
Sam is, as canon, furious. Danny understands why, he knows generally speaking that people don't like being spied on. But he's confused on just how angry she is, and is a little irritated by it.
"Why would you do that!" She exclaims, "That's way out of line, Danny."
"How? You spied on me when I was going on dates with Valerie." He narrows his eyes, and points his fork at her, "I'm not blind, I noticed."
"That's different, we told you why we were suspicious. And we don't have ghost powers like you do."
"I don't need ghost powers to sneak around, Sam, you've seen this firsthand. And I just told you why I followed you, I thought he was working with the guys in white--"
"So you think someone can only be interested in me if they're after you?" (this is a paraphrased quote, folks ;D)
"No! If that was the case I would have voiced my concern the moment I thought it. I don't get why you're so angry, you spied too."
Iiits.... a mess. Sam storms off with Gregor, Tucker tags along because okay, yeah, maybe Gregor isn't with the GIW, or maybe last night was a fluke. Either way he ends up tagging along. Danny overhears that conversation between the GIW and Mr. Lancer, and maybe he's right, maybe he's wrong; but something is up.
I've gotten to that scene in the locker room where Gregor tells Danny that he knows he doesn't like him, and I've paused at Danny's reply to say this: Danyal doesn't even bother trying to deny it.
"I know you do not like me."
"You're right; I don't."
"Ah, let me finish. I know you do not like me because you want to protect your friend, Sam, and I respect that."
"...That's correct."
"Good! Because I am going to ask her out."
"I had a feeling you'd say that," he stands up, claps his hand tight on Gregor's shoulder, and leans close to him with a threatening smile, "so you understand me when i say; if you break my best friend's heart, you're as good as dead, right?"
"Ah,, yes. I am so glad we got that cleared out of the way, and now I hope after we can.. how you Americans put it, hang out?"
In the episode he hugs Danny and gives him a la bise (which is that french greeting where you kiss someone on the cheek two or more times) after they end their conversation. But here, when he goes to do that to Danyal, Danny leans away, points an accusatory finger at him, and says; "Absolutely not; we are not close."
The next scene after that is like, end of day. Sam, Tucker, and Gregor walking away. Sam looks over her shoulder to glare at Danny, then gets forlorn. Tucker looks back and just looks forlorn.
(When did I start narrating each scene?? Eh, I'm writing this in brief spurts of time throughout the day. Don't fix what's not broke)
After that there's this whole scene with the two GIW agents that have been chasing Phantom all episode. They're there because they have Tucker's PDA that Skulker took, and it's got the information of their purple backed gorilla assignment on it. They've been going around seeing who Tucker associates with in hopes of catching Phantom.
Uhh ahaha and that is where this gets a little interesting imo, and also allows me to mention that im retconning Danyal's (already) redesigned ghost form. Which I've wanted to retcon even before this moment bc it was just too busy. I'll get to that in a moment.
The GIW suspect Gregor for being the Phantom because of his white hair and green eyes, which is all fine and dandy until you remember: Danyal (and by extension Phantom) has that very noticeable, rather identifiable facial scar that goes across the middle of his fucking face. The GIW could easily suspect that Phantom hides his scar with makeup if he's in disguise, but if they meet a kid with a seemingly identical facial scar and similar disposition? Hoo boy.
Solution? I've got two: Gregor is canonically a kid from Michigan who faked everything to impress Sam. Considering he knows she's gothic and knows that she's ultra-recyclo vegetarian? He probably watched her from afar or got information on her somehow. His hair is dyed, his eyes might just naturally be green, but if he notices that she's got a crush on either Danyal or Phantom? A little sfx makeup could help him recreate a similar looking scar.
My second solution that's gonna happen anyways bc its that suit redesign; Danyal does hide his face as Phantom. Ghosts are emotional creatures and its a popular headcanon that their interests, ambitions, etc, influence the way they look as a ghost, not just their death. A big reoccurring theme of my au is that Danyal did not leave the League unscathed, and that being an assassin is an important part of his identity.
So i'm discarding the hazmat suit look entirely and leaning into the 'assassin' thing. But the general (stylized) feel is like, white ribbon/cloth vambraces that he has used as a garrote at some point, a hood, a gaiter scarf-type thing. I'm keeping the cape. I did a doodle a few days back that's not the official redesign, but a redesign for Phantom. I may reblog this post with that attached because it's got the general feel down. There's very little white involved, but the inside of his cape flares out and looks like the night sky.
Now, the hood and gaiter scarf gets rid of most of the problem, but Danny's hood doesn't stay on all the time, so the GIW have likely seen the upper half of the scar. :] Gregor's own drawn-on scar doesn't have to be 1:1, but it looks close enough, right? A small scar cutting through the edge of his brow and ends right below the corner of his eye. A 'cool, badass' one opposed to Danny's 'garish' scar.
But! Back to the episode scene. Canon Danny gets written off as being 'too prepubescent' to be Phantom, and honestly it'd be hilarious if Danyal was written off for the same reason (he's calling them idiots in his head if they do). But instead -- leaning into the GIW's incompetence here -- he gets written off as being too mature or too talkative. Or something equally as absurd.
Sam breaks up with Gregor for canon reasons, but when Gregor does his "i really like you, but, come on-!" and gestures to tucker, he adds on "and that scary friend of yours too, seriously!"
Things go relatively the same as canon after that. Danny does end up apologizing for spying, however. Sam does it first. Sorrows, prayers, all that.
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Things usually end up changed or different when I actually write it down, so I'd likely add more or adjust different scenes according to the flow of the oneshot. This is just like, a general vibe of how things would go, and where some of the more obvious changes would be if I did write this oneshot.
Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for the ask :]
#dp x dc#dpxdc#dpxdc crossover#danyal al ghul au#danyal al ghul#i dont even mind the trope that danny becomes like his canon self i just want *some* kind of impact on him. but as it stands most aus i've#seen lowkey treat his assassin background as an accessory. like dyeing your hair or piercing your ears. that being said its also a silly#au where they're brothers and are related to each other and thus doesn't have to be that deep at all! im just bored of seeing the same thin#all the time. especially considering danny is usually depicted as the paler/whiter passing twin and being the 'kinder. more compassionate'#one between the two of them. give me danny who suffered crises of morality! danny whose morally darker than a cloud#morally orange and blue danny who sooner understands 'dont litter' than 'dont murder'. arrogant danny! he dotes on the people he loves but#is an utter bitch to everyone else and thus has to learn to be kinder. danny discovering himself outside being an assassin#his brother remembers a kind and compassionate older brother because thats how danny interacted with him. But danny had no qualms turning#around and slicing the tendons of one of the other assassins because of smth they did that displeased him.#he can still be like his canon self but shouldn't there be something that stays behind? Lingering like a blast shadow?#danny who carries weapons on him always even though he knows he doesn't need it but it makes him feel safer.#danny who spits out the oddest. most foreboding shit sometimes and his friends just stare at him and go 'bro what the fuck??'#idk if i can share the website where i found the episodes bc of risk of copyright. but just search up#'where can i watch danny phantom for free' and look for a reddit post with that question. the comments give website options.#i keep thinking about gray ghost now. valerie finds herself becoming a member of the 'danny fenton protection squad' with sam and tucker#danny takes a page from his beloved mother's book and calls his partners 'beloved' and equally sappy pet names.#he also throws the BIGGEST shitstorm of the century when he finds out about what Axion Labs did to the dogs. hoo boy.
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