#which imma assume is a bug

[aheathen-conceivably]

Loaded into the save to find the babes like this and…I have questions guys 👀

[cultofdixon]

Pumpkin

Daryl Dixon [PLATONIC] • She/Her Pronouns • Never did Daryl expect to also be adopting a kid during the Savior’s War like Aaron. But here you are • ANGST/SFW • TW: Canon Violence / Separation Anxiety / Scars / Injuries / PTSD / Nightmares

Requested by: Anon

“You hear that?” Daryl asks Rick if he was hearing the sound he was hearing but the retired sheriff shook his head giving him a confused look while he held this baby they found. “Imma find it”

“Daryl we can’t stay long”

“Whatever! Won’t take me long” Never doubt the hunter with the best tracking skills out of their entire group.

The archer did one last sweep of the area they were in where they found the baby. Daryl checked the nursery once more before it clicked. The closed door which he only assumed was a closet, had the sounds of something sobbing. He opened the door to reveal the little girl crying while covering her head as he was fixated on the fact that she looked hurt. She looked as bad as he did when he escaped the Sanctuary. When she heard the door open she looked up at him with tears as she retracted into the small space when Daryl knelt to her level.

“…Uh…I’m Daryl, it’s not safe to stay here anymore” He didn’t really know what to say to her. “I can take yea somewhere safe”

The small child looked at him once more with that questioning look filled with doubt as Daryl extended a hand toward her.

“I just want you safe, pumpkin” and those words led to her hesitation but eventual acceptance of the extended hand.

A few months passed and Alexandria was thriving once again after its hyper focus on the rebuild. The communities were now working together to help each other thrive and still have a few things floating around regarding the Sanctuary in terms of someone should watch it now. But in the moment, that didn’t matter.

The archer was enjoying the peaceful morning of sleeping in…nothing was asked of him, yet, and he was just enjoying a good sleep without any interruption.

Until an interruption managed to get the door to his room open with the help of a milk crate to get the handle. Daryl heard the creak of the door opening and opened one eye to see what it was, only to hide his face in his pillow as the small child he saved approached the side of the bed tossing her stuffed animal onto the bed.

As she struggled to get onto the bed by herself, she noticed him hiding his face knowing at this point he would’ve helped her.

“Daddyyyy…” She whined, knowing he’s listening to her as she stopped trying to climb into the bed and went to grab her stuffed animal but it was quickly swiped by the archer. “Daddy!”

“Ok ok, Y/N, I’ve gotcha” Daryl lifts his head and upper half a bit, enough to lean over the side of the bed helping her up. “Sorry pumpkin” he gave her space to lay in the bed with him while returning her plush.

“Why are you still sleepy?” Y/N asks as she hugged her stuffed animal, a dog, before laying down.

“Cuz I have a ball of energy for a daughter to deal with at night” Daryl smiles as she gasps with a smile of her own even if she was blamed jokingly. “Why are you up? You usually sleep in longer than me, bug”

“The possum is back” Y/N refers to the pesky creature that rummages through the bushes outside of her window at the most random times of the day or night. Today just having to be in the morning. Her only knowing it was a possum because of it catching Daryl off guard one night when he didn’t have his crossbow.

“I’ll take care of it, sweetheart” He reassures her that he’ll take care of it so she’d be able to continue sleeping next time. “Still sleepy or should we start our day already?”

“Can we visit Aunt Carol?”

“For breakfast? Won’t be breakfast time no more when we get to her” Daryl sat up in the bed watching his kid roll off it with a harsh thud making him quickly look over to check but she was already getting up like nothing happened.

“Can we go anyway?”

“Is there a reason to want to see Aunt Carol?”

“Can’t Aunt Carol be a reason?” Y/N smiles warmly up at Daryl as he couldn’t say no to her.

“I’ll make yea breakfast, and we’ll have lunch with her. Okay?” Daryl smiles watching her excitement write itself on her face as she quickly ran out to go get dressed for the day while he picked up his radio to get on the channel with Carol’s.

________

“Daryl what?”

“Has a kid” Rick tells Carol after they were leaving the field where the Saviors met their end as she was shocked to hear this news. “Like. He found a kid when we also found Gracie. The one Aaron’s taking into his care. The little one wouldn’t leave him alone once she was brought to the Hilltop”

“So he unintentionally adopted a kid?”

“I mean yea. What other way is there to put it?”

“Is he okay? Is the kid okay?”

“The kid was pretty banged up when he found her. He didn’t say much to me when I first saw him with her but the way the two kinda…held onto the other…they were attached”

“Well I’m heading to the hilltop and should see for myself. As for you, you should clean up your mess” Carol refers to the Negan mess of keeping him alive while separating from him to head toward the Hilltop.

Once it became night and those who were opposed to Rick’s decision on Negan’s meeting adjourned…Carol followed Daryl after such to find him picking up a sleeping child from the couch about to head to an unoccupied trailer when his friend stopped him.

“Who is that” She whispered and Daryl glared at her only for stopping him causing him to jerk and the little one almost waking to such. “Sorry”

“Just. Come on” He whispers back heading toward a trailer for them to talk but also for him to get the kid comfortable.

As Daryl got situated on the bed with the kid fast asleep, head in his lap and he was readjusting the blanket on her sleeping form. He gave Carol a look to ask what she wants to ask but also keep quiet.

“Are you adopting her?”

“Yeah”

“Just like that? Are you ready for that after all that—-“

“You should’ve seen her before I patched her up. Poor thing must’ve been going through somethin’ at the Savior’s outpost that obviously got overlooked”

“Daryl don’t dodge—-“

“I’m gonna care for her regardless of your worry about me. Kids change people. It happens. Not that I was looking for that exactly but it just. Fell into my hands…” Daryl frowns looking at the child thinking to way before the outbreak. YEARS before. “When I saw her. It just. Clicked somehow. That I needed to do this.”

“Well—-“

“Carol if yer gonna—-“

“Shush!” She silently exclaims when she noticed the child stir in her sleep making them both go quiet until they relaxed. “If you’re going to do this. Be her dad and all. I’m going to help you whether you like it or not. Just until you can handle it yourself”

“Fair…that’s fair” He whispers softly rubbing circles on her small back. “Her name’s Y/N. She had told me when I took her here…she cried when I told her I had to go a moment. But I promised her I’d come back and when I did…she just cried again and held onto me for a while. But it wasn’t out of fear or anything”

“You promised her, and kept it D.” Carol smiles at the two for a moment. “You’re already making her feel safe”

________

Y/N sat at the bottom of the stairs slipping her boots on with the goofiest smile on her face. Excited to see her aunt and a few others that make her day.

“Need help tying them, pumpkin?” Daryl asks coming down the stairs behind her as she looks up at him followed with a nod. “Alright. I’ll help with one and yea do the other”

The archer brought himself to kneel before his kid taking one foot to rest on his knee. He started to tie it seeing her attention fixated on the laces for a moment before drawing it to the knock on the door.

“Any guesses on who that might be?”

“Pick”

“Rick. With an R”

“Rick” Y/N smiles struggling to tie her own shoe as her relaxed expression went to hyper focus with a little tongue poke. Daryl laughs a bit to himself as she finally got it when he went to open the door. “Uncle Pick!”

“Rick—-“ Daryl corrects. “Whatcha need?”

“Heard through the grapevine yall are headed to the Kingdom. I gotta talk to the King was wondering if I can tag along” Rick asks with a bit of a smirk knowing Daryl can’t tell him ‘no’ out of annoyance because of his kid. His overwhelmingly nice kid. Who would argue in her own way with his decisions.

“Fine. But yea talk anythin’ I ain’t comfortable with, I’m kicking you out” Daryl made clear before remembering to get his kid’s coat knowing she would forget it.

The second he left, Y/N locked eyes with Rick gripping her shirt nervously as she took a few steps back debating on following her dad or trying to keep her ground.

“How are you, sweet pea?”

“good…” She mumbles as Rick kneels in front of her with a worried expression on his face.

“Your daddy knows I didn’t mean to scare yea the other night. I just…hope yea understand” He frowns watching her step back once more, standing up when he heard Daryl clear his throat only to be met with a glare. “Y’know I’m sorry”

“Yeah but don’t try and force one out of my daughter” Daryl frowns for only a second as it fades when he looks at Y/N seeing her smile return. “Arms up, pumpkin” he states watching her do so as he helps her get her coat on. “Alright. Come on”

The small child went sprinting out the door once Daryl opened it as he chuckles slightly before stepping out with Rick behind. Y/N knew to go to the cars by the gate as she was greeted by Eugene who she gave a more positive greeting back.

“Hello little miss Dixon. Where is your daddy?”

“Coming…” Y/N smiles looking up at the man with a head tilt as Eugene opens his mouth to say something but then had an epiphany before revealing the book from behind his back. “Doggos!”

“Yeah thought yea get a kick out of the different pups” Eugene smiles watching her flip through the pages knowing she’s going to read it in more ‘depth’ on the ride over to the kingdom.

“What do yea say, pumpkin?” Daryl gave her a look while approaching the car with Rick and as he opened the trunk for them to load up goods for the kingdom, Y/N hugged Eugene tightly when he knelt down in response to her grabby hands.

“Thank u uncle gene”

“Anythin’ for you kid”

________

“Stay here, Imma get some stuff from some friends to make yea more comfortable” Daryl frowns telling Y/N who still hasn’t spoken a word since the war ended about a week ago. But she nodded, thankfully she still communicated some way. “Okay. I’ll be right back, okay? Okay pumpkin?” he had such a gloom to him that matched his kid and his worry was overwhelming for himself. He didn’t want this kid to implode or for him to wreak havoc on the remaining saviors in hopes it makes up for all the pain she endured before he saved her.

The moment Daryl steps away to get what they’ll need, Y/N watched him leave and felt the tears come on.

“You Y/N?”

The voice startled the poor kid as Eugene took a step back holding his hands up defensively.

“Sorry sorry. I mean no harm.” He states watching her semi relax but the tears kept going. “Just thought I’d come make sure you were okay.”

“H-He…he’s not coming back?” Y/N frowns feeling the tears come on even faster. “He just left me…l-like them”

“Oh hun, no. The man that saved yea is never gonna leave.”

“But he…”

“He’ll come back. He always does” Eugene reassures and the moment he said that, Daryl made his way back and Y/N instantly lifted herself from her seated position crying even harder when she hugged his leg.

The archer was about to glare at the man but immediately dropped his pack and kneeling down to lift Y/N up and in his arms. She held onto him tightly continuing to sob.

“You came back”

Daryl squeezed her in his embrace when she said such.

________

“Aunt Carol!” Y/N screams out of excitement the second she stepped out of the car with her new book in hand.

Carol quickly matched her pace bringing her into her arms hugging her tight. “I’m so happy you came over” she smiles happily, setting her down and bringing herself to her level when Y/N started to go on about the dogs she’s been reading about.

Daryl could never hold up his front that he has with most when watching his kid be happy and all. He tuned out Rick when he took out his things from the trunk and told one of the guards about the supplies they brought, and brushed passed him knowing he came more to talk with him than anything Kingdom related. Rick watches his brother approach the two and Carol straightens up noticing his gaze causing him to turn away and help unload the rest.

“You know he’s still beating himself up right?”

“Right.” Daryl didn’t say anything more on the matter even if Carol’s worry radiated a bit from her. “Cmon. We didn’t drive here to stand around”

“Yes I know! You brought my best friend over for lunch and we are going to talk about the dogs in her new book that Uncle Gene gave her” Carol smiles watching Y/N look up at her with a beaming smile. “Come on. I made stew”

“But—-“

“And a PB&J with what’s left of our supply for Y/N” She’s a mother, she’s dealt with a picky eater before.

A couple of hours have passed and many of it was spent listening to Y/N talk about a Belgian Malwah. It’s Belgian Malinois, but she couldn’t pronounce the second word. She ate lunch with Carol and Daryl who cut apple slices for her with his knife, he got scowled by Carol once when he offered a slice on the end of it. Y/N got to help Ezekiel collect the chickens into the coop and Daryl was gifted a Polaroid by Jerry so he got a photo of his kid carrying a chicken…and another of her getting smacked by a chicken. But she’s tough, she’s tough now. Y/N got tuckered out after helping around the Kingdom, mainly carrying a third of what Daryl carried for people around the place. But Daryl didn’t want to drive her back home if she was exhausted so Carol happily had them stay in her little place at the kingdom.

The retired sheriff also had to spend the night, but he didn’t mind it. He knocked on the door leading to the room the Dixons were staying in and Daryl quietly opened it as Rick noticed him holding a sleeping Y/N.

“Sorry I thought—-“

“You didn’t wake her. Just come in, man” Daryl moved out of his way carrying the kid in his arms sitting on one side of the window bench as Rick took the other once he closed the door. “If you’re gonna apologize again I—-“

“I’m not. I’ve said it enough, you get the idea…I just. I feel bad. I shouldn’t have yelled at yea the day you moved her into Alexandria. Should’ve been supportive like how everybody else has been.”

“We were all stressed, Rick” Daryl frowns feeling her shift in his arms as he adjusted to make her comfortable. “But I stepped up. I stepped up for her. She deserves a parent and I’m happy to be that…give her what I’ve always wanted.”

“Can I just say, Y/N won the lottery. Not just with a dad. But also a family” Rick smiles receiving one back from the archer.

Once Rick left, Daryl carefully laid Y/N in the only bed in the room covering her up with the blanket. He picked up the plush dog that Maggie gifted her a week back, thank god he packed it knowing his kid forgot it. In her tired state she hugged the plush close while Daryl tucked her in.

“I love you, daddy” She gave a tired smile, followed with a yawn and her eyes fluttering shut.

The archer enjoyed the warmth he felt in his chest hearing such as he gives her a goodnight kiss on her forehead.

“I love you too, pumpkin…” He whispers getting up from her bed and before he left the room, he checked on her once more. “Thank you for coming into my life”

And as the door shuts on his way out. Y/N smiles in her sleep curling up comfortably.

Finally safe.

[catboybiologist]

Imma make an observation that literally is just an observation for its own sake, but it's gonna def be borderline toxic and self deprecating. I genuinely only want the observation part about it, and I'm really not being hard on myself or the community here, but if that distinguishment is gonna be hard for you just be warned.

Cool? Cool. Unfocused ramble under the cut.

Now that I've face revealed, I'm kinda curious observing from the sidelines the reactions that people aren't saying. Obvs I'm not a popular enough person to be like "WOAGH SISJDJDJ OMG ITS A FACE REVEAL" but I'm more talking about the general psychology of passing itself now that I show my full face vs when I hid it.

With that tiny scrap of markup covering my nose, chin, and mouth, I had people ENDLESSLY telling me that there's NO WAY I don't pass. OBVIOUSLY whatever I was hiding was the absolute PINNACLE of femininity. My ask box was literally fucking filled with those comments to the point it was obnoxious- "why do you hide your face you're so pretty" or something like it, DMed and anoned to me over. And over. And over again.

I've really only shown my face in "perfect angle" pictures now, and even then it's obvious that I don't pass. Likely, my face looks nothing like what most people imagined. I got this from a lot of people I showed my face to in discord as well- you'd be hard pressed to say that I fully pass now. Best you could do is probably "yeah you look femme but def clocky to the right eye", and I get a lot of "pretty but clocky" type "compliments" from people.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't a "woe is me I'll never pass I'm horrific" post. Now this is Tumblr, and the core group of trans people that I love interacting with largely don't care, or even find the clockiness hot. I'm also gaining confidence in the twinkhon vibes myself, while also knowing that I still have a LONG way to go on HRT, and whatever my face looks like now, it'll be way different in the years and months to come. In the end, passing or not, I don't care. And obviously, that's not a binary thing, blah blah, insert all the passing discourse here. That's not what this post is about.

What it IS about is how far the perception of my face drifted from people's actual assessment of it when I face revealed. When I had the clockiest features of my face hidden, there was an intrinsic assumption that they were more femme than they actually were.

I've also gotten slightly less interaction on my selfies in general (aside from the initial face reveal) but that could just be a byproduct of my reduced activity on Tumblr overall from road tripping. I'll have to see what it's like in the future, but I highly suspect that a large number of lower interaction people now view me as less attractive. I'm not saying they're avoiding me in disgust, I'm saying that when their was a gap in their perception, their brains autofilled a more attractive image than actually existed. This doesn't apply to my core group of moots that are high interaction and comment n stuff (love y'all) but the large scores of people who leave simple tags or reblog and like in passing- I think I just got less attractive in people's minds.

What does all of this say? Honestly it's hard to say. This is more observation than anything else. It might be linked to beauty standards, or just a bias of "unga bunga skinny white woman with conventionally attractive body must have conventionally attractive face" which turned out not to be true, or whatever.

Again, just a weird ramble. Bug summary is that people, on average, assumed I passed before I showed my full face, and now, far less do.

Oh yeah, and inb4 "and omg you actually pass though"- this post isn't for you. There's lots of people who see me and think that I don't, including in Tumblr. Passing varies on a person to person basis, and what I'm saying here is that face revealing flicked a switch in many, but not all, people's brains from passing to non-passing.

[bluedeedeedoop]

My Thoughts on Tales of the Empire; mostly Barriss (spoilers ahead!)

Ah hello all, i have had some days or so to think since watching the show and to say it has completely wiped me of my life force would be... pretty accurate tbh. BUT I HAVE FINALLY DECIDED TO POST MY THOUGHTS. will this cover my entire though process that im sTill working through? PROBABLY NOT! my thoughts are very unorganized and very unstable! ANYWAAAAYS.

Now I just gotta say overall, the show itself definitely passed the test. To be completely honest, i wasn't really paying attention to the Morgan parts as i was the Barriss parts, since it was literally what I was looking forward to this entire time.

Though I will say that the first Morgan episode was pretty neat! it was crazy seeing that perspective of the Nightsisters again and god did they make Grievous fucking terrifying. Honestly, bravo to them, it was amazing. I diiiiid end up just.. kinda spacing out the rest of it tho unfortunately cuz i just wanted to see barriss..

Visuals 10000/10. stunning, amazing, phenomenal, gahdamn. the animation was so smooth and fluid and uGHH it was amazing throughout the entire show. Acting amazing as always. BUT GOD I CANT GET OVER HOW AMAZING THE ANIMATION WAS.

NOW.

In my opinion, they got her character pretty on the dot. I am SO glad they did. I was rlly rlly worried they were totally butcher her character and make her unrecognizable to all of us but oml they didn't completely disappoint us, she has her morals, SHES STILL A HEALER! Im so happy from that.

Now although i did enjoy it, i do have my own little complaints.

Now okay one i noticed since the trailer and has REALLY been bugging me; where are her hand tattoos??? idk i guess i just wasn't expecting them to just be gone?? they couldn't have just forgotten them.. right? I dunno, but unless someone has a genuine answer for that, imma just keep drawing them on her in the future.

??????

Alright another thing i've been seeing ppl post about is how come she looked so old at the end? I am also confused on that and i've seen multiple theories. She should only be like 30-35 max right?? Because i'm assuming the last episode took place a the time in Rebels where the inquisitors were after the force sensitive children, and Ahsoka was around that age a the time, so why is Barriss any different?

I suppose the one i think makes the most sense is the force healing? I guess it could take a toll on her over the years causing her to look more aged, but still, i'd really prefer an explanation. Also what happened to her hair coverings?? Is that not her culture?? I dunno, again, i really need an explanation. I suppose that maybe her perspective has changed since trying to come to terms with her new life, and her ditching the coverings is a way to free herself from her past? Honestly i have no clue but i just need a lot of things answered.

That's mostly my complaints on it! I just felt things weren't explained enough but to be fair, they only gave her like 3 15-ish min episodes?? I really think they got some explaining to do. Which brings me to my next points.

I'm like... 98% sure that the "old friend" is Ahsoka that she was talking about. Who else would it be?? Like cmon. And if it is Ahsoka, why did we not get to see anything about the moment of confrontation? or at least more of a mention? I guess they wouldn't rlly wanna rush that scene, and tbh, im glad they didn't. It's not some "we talk for 5 min and everything is fine" type of situation. it'll take time. time to rebuild that trust. time to discuss. YEAH. I've heard many people state how it would be more likely and realistic to see a novelization of that and i agree. I would want it to take time, showing the build of the relationship over time, going on further into the story as we watch their strong bond mend from the trauma it's faced. I'm not saying this as a crazed Barrissoka shipper, i mean it that I would genuinely want to see how that confrontation is handled, as do many others and not just as a ship!! It's been a decade! the fans wanna know!

And my last point.

I.believe.Barriss.is.alive.

The more i rewatch it, the more i believe it. the first time around i had my doubts, but something tells me they are NOT done with her character. At least before the stabbing scene anyway. There's too much stuff that's left unanswered for it to just end that way! I dunno man, but Lyn's "i'm going to get you out of here" sounded way too determined for a "im going to move your body out of here" type of thing yk? maybe she could sense she was still alive, just barely hanging in there? I don't think they are done with Barriss Offee, and I wont think so unless we see her corpse being fucking BURIED. Not to mention the UNGODLY amount of parallels of that scene along with them exiting the cave. I've already seen so many point it out. Post-Vader and Ahsoka fight on Malachor?? Back when we all thought Ahsoka may or may not be dead?? sounds familiar hello?? Also a parallel from earlier in the show itself when Barriss saves that unnamed jedi! she HEALS them when they were going to be left there. Something tells me the same fate may happen to Barriss. Idk call me crazy but i will say it again, i don't think they are done with her story.

Thank you for reading my very unorganized thoughts! this has taken me longer to write than expected because i did not predict this to make me have to step away from making SEVERAL times- but yeah! lmk what yall think! and yes you can be expecting some art here and there! i know i've been slacking- Also lmk if u want me to post my crazed Barrissoka thoughts! because aHa i have them. i have them a lot. send help.

ALSO KEVIN KINER I GOT MY EYE ON YOU. BRO NEEDS TO RELEASE THE SOUNDTRACK BEFORE I DIE.

[diagonal-queen]

THIS IS OBSCURE but may you write hcs for jouno, ranpo and/or chuuya with a s/o (gn prefered but) that. just randomly meows to get their attention?? LMAO. idk i always do this to my partner or friends so 💀💀

Them with an S/O who meows

♡ pairing: Saigiku Jouno, Ranpo Edogawa, Chuuya Nakahara x gn!Reader

♡ synopsis: These boys with an S/O who meows like a cat to get their attention. What do they think about it?

♡ cw: Swearing.

note:

Sorry that this is shorter than normal Anon, I tried really hard but I couldn't think of much for this prompt o(TヘTo) my day was long and imma be real it was pretty shitty, but I REFUSE to let anybody down ever, and thus this list of headcanons was born. Apologies for my absence and lack of answering reqs, apologies for errors, and I hope you enjoy x

Jouno:

God help him he's so utterly confused at first. He hears cat but all his other senses indicate human and he really just bugs out for a second

If you tell him it was you he's like 'Okay...but why?' and when you tell him it's just kind of a thing you do he's no less confused

Pretty quickly though it kind of becomes instinctual to him to immediately acknowledge meows as you wanting his attention. Even sometimes if he knows it's not you and is actually a stray cat or something he'd still turn around to check

Absolutely refuses to acknowledge any questions anybody has for him about it, mostly because he doesn't have any of the answers

Not that that stops anyone from asking (by 'anyone' I mean literally only the other Hunting Dogs)

He never really says anything about it to you following his first line of questioning because he actually doesn't know if he wants to know. But let it be known he's not judging you at all. At least you're not drinking soy coffee right

Jouno might actually grow to like the habit a little bit but he would NEVER EVER admit it lol

Ranpo:

Actually thinks it's cute (and you also get Fukuzawa's stamp of approval)

Might tease you about it a little, not in a mean way but he'd start calling you 'kitten' and stuff like that. Soon enough he might start doing it unironically

Would absolutely bring Atsushi into this. He would ruin your guys lives (lovingly) and you two might become closer due to this (which, plot twist, was actually his secret plan all along muhahaha)

He might actually start doing it too out of habit (again, Fukuzawa's cool with it but like everyone else, Atsushi included, is like 'fuck now there's two of them')

Like the opposite of Jouno he will actually hear a cat meow at him and assume it's you. And then he'll be shocked when it's not you (he is always thrown off whenever Fukuzawa's phone pings)

So basically he's very much onboard with this habit. He really just likes all of your characteristics that make you...you

Chuuya:

Finds it off-putting, I won't lie. Would probably prefer if you barked instead (I'M JOKING kinda)

He would definitely take some time to get used to it, but after a while would find it adorable

Also at first might get a little flustered if you did it in public and people heard, but soon he'd grow to lowkey snap at anybody who questioned you about it lol

What really gets Chuuya is that other than the meowing you don't really have any other...cat traits? Like you don't have a cat-based ability or anything like that, and he's so curious as to why you began doing it

He might ask if you can actually communicate with cats to mess with you (he's soft and silly on the inside guys)

He especially loves when you do it when you're sleepy because he thinks it's the cutest thing ever actually

Overall. He is definitely a dog person but shiiii you might just change that

taglist~ ♡ @gettinshiggywithit, @fedyushka, @flower-of-darkness, @bejeweledgirl

[cloudyswritings]

Gender norms?? In MY Hallownest??

this is basically just some headcanons about gender and society in Hallownest at it’s prime.

So first things first, I think that the gender stereotypes that we’ve got going on Irl are reversed in Hallownest. This has a lot to do with how some bugs in real life work. In a lot of spiders for example males are smaller, shorter lived, and have very flashy colors to attract mates. Female spiders often are larger and duller. This also applies to many other types of bugs including trilobite beetles, mantises, and some beetles(they’ve got their own shit going on with horns tho, we’ll get there don’t worry), and a bunch of others. To this effect the bugs we see in canon who are female tend to be larger than the males. I mean look at the White lady and her tiny ass, shiny ass husband. Neither are bugs but it seems likely the king took the form he did to appeal to the sensibilities of other bugs. So what’s that all mean then? I imagine in Hallownest, larger bugs with duller colors would be assumed to be ladies (or fem presenting) and smaller bugs with bright or striking shell patterns or clothing would be assumed to be guys(or masc presenting). There’s some evidence supporting this in canon too? Like Salubra calls little ghost handsome and striking and while Sly isn’t colorful he is small. Additionally almost all of the bugs we know who are fem presenting are noticeably taller than other bugs we bump into(Dryya, White Lady, Mantis lords, Herrah, Salubra, Iselda, Radi herself, Vespa, even midwife is pretty large compared to other bugs we see). Now obviously this rule isn’t ironclad or anything but it does seem like a quick and dirty guide of what gender norms might have looked like. Masc bugs would be wearing bright clothing or otherwise going out of the way to show off(Charms anyone?) and fem bugs would be the opposite, but also would generally be the ones with more power to pick and choose their partners and infinitely more power to do something about it if they picked wrong. Of course they may all be trickle down from how whipped the White lady has her husband(you go root!). Interestingly this would mean that most bugs would generally assume Hollow is fem presenting, which simply isn’t true(they’re just themself) and try to approach them with that in mind. Of course Hallownest is fallen and even if it wasn’t Hollow had no idea about this back when they lived in the kingdom.

There are only two big exceptions to this rule I could find/remember and they’re all either beetles or Bardoon. So imma start with the beetles instead of dealing with Bardoon and his giant ass. So the thing about beetles is, there’s a shit ton of them, and they’ve kinda done everything. That said a significant number of species have males with huge horns and bright colors, and dull females. The opposite of my above idea. I think this really has more to do with the broadness of beetle groups than anything else. That said in Hallownest I think that any-bug who was trying to seduce a bug with large horns who they knew to be a beetle would assume they were male instead of the general rule(Look at all of the nail masters and the Old Stag, they’re all large, horned, masculine beetles. And Myla who is a small, female, dull colored probably-beetle, also Bretta ig) .This also works nicely because horns seem to be a thing in Hallownest tied mostly to beetles so it’s an easy way of switching rulesets. Ig this means Hollow actually gives off mixed vibes cause nobody knows their species(including them let’s be real), which is probably a massive gender win for them.

Anyway rant over, I’ll probably look at this with horror in the morning and then try to untangle it and make it more coherent. Hope y’all enjoyed!

[confusedgoldenflower]

Due to another wave of touch starvation/want for love and the inherent fluffy-cuddliness of omegaverse, I am, once again, bullying (<3) this part of the internet.

DISCLAIMER: This is according to what I’ve been able to understand of research and this is intellectualizing a fantastical idea. Also, I’m not “writing the rules” of omegaverse. I just have thoughts I wanna share. (Relevant screenshots at bottom.)

To begin, humans are animals. We are. We ain’t special except for the fact that we’re the surviving homosapiens (but not without any mixing, good job you horny fuckos) and we’re the shittiest sniffers outta the primate (and wider animal kingdom) lot. Even bugs communicate with scent/pheromones. Even plants communicate with chemicals (also sometimes known as smells). So chill.

We all already communicate on some level with pheromones—the research of which is pretty neat, I encourage y’all to take a looksy—because, again, animals. But as mentioned above, our sense of smell is shit. Pretty obvious if you know anything about dogs, at the very least. About half of our dna instructions for smell are turned off—that’s like a huge handicap for the whole “wild living”—and have decreased/turned off, like, four times faster than other primates.

How we spread scent, what imma call pheromone scent glands, coincides with areas of hair i.e. genitals, under arm, etc (idk how and haven’t found shit on how “social status” is conferred but okay, also it’s omegaverse, so it’s par for the course). Someone makes a joke about smelling someone’s hand after they scratch their testicals? That’s the info (smell) that’s being shared. “Stink kink?” Probably just basic body order and pheromones that naturally go with it considering Big Perfume.

So in omegaverse, I propose that the human nose is still dying at that rate because… like the science-person hypothesis says, close quarters equals big, obnoxious stink! [Third screencap.] Also, that the pheromone glands won’t be on hands because we’re touching everything all the time (people seem to base their omegaverse anatomy on canids (scent via paws) because, well, watch the YouTube doc on how omegaverse started if you don’t know by now. Suffice it to say, werewolves with a twist). Possibly something in feet since humanity likes covering those.

Areas of scent glands: anogenital and suprapubic. The first means the genital region (vulva/penis down to anus; the human anus already having a bunch of smaller glands just within the sphincter already (ergo how shitting marks territory (also can just grind as a way to mark))). These seem to be primarily in the perineum area, usually on each “side” if you drew a center line. Animals we’re more familiar with having anal glands are other mammals (your vet asking if your cat or dog needs their glands expressed) which are beside the anus and have been historically used in perfumes (musk) [the way humans went “hm, our natural odors and milk aren’t cool enough, let’s take from other species!” is so wild to me, but, sure, let’s freak out over adult nursing relationships and vegan (somehow) icecream parlors whilst drinking our moo-cow chocy milky. Humans and our silly, quirky standards, amiright (I’ve been down so many rabbit holes now)]. The suprapubic area is above the pubic bone and beneath the naval. I couldn’t find any examples so I don’t know the exact location?? I can only assume it’d be along the mons pubis-“happy trail,” if you will, line?

(New gland just dropped! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.1092350411. Also, humans don’t have true urinary glands (prostate is a gland tho), and the vulvar region has a lot of glands (all named after men, whoo….). I don’t know about intersex and I sorta doubt there’s sufficient science that “deep” yet, fuck y’all human spectrum deniers. You want another rabbit hole? Anogenital mammary glands. Yeah, it’s as wild as it sounds. Last thing: men can and HAVE been lactating. They have all the tissue, generically speaking, it’s just the “usual” changes didn’t happen during puberty to make it obvious. It’s been recorded in historic records of instances (i.e. partum loss of wife).)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.1092350411

I allot “beard line” scent glands or head-crown glands because nuzzling is cute, let’s be real. (Primates don’t seem to have facial/head glands, at least not that I’ve found.) Muntjak deer have very obvious glands on their faces and we all know cats have cheek glands, so there’s also that. Again, I find nuzzling cute so eh (but the gland itself might be unsightly, see muntjak and lemur glands). Lemurs (a type of primate) have wrist and elbow glands with spikes for the purpose of marking, I’d say that’d be evolutionarily lost to omegaverse humans because modern age… unless you want some possibly dangerous vestigial traits.

Some primates also have sternum glands and marking. It’s a bit more of an author’s choice as some primates don’t even have glands, and so don’t do the behaviors (like macaques and real life humans). These glands sorta range from being obvious to “wait, there’s a gland there?”

Also the abcc11 (less stinky arm axilla) would likely still be a thing. Don’t forget, fic writers of eastern characters! (Lmao white people enter chat and the locals are just “why do these rude strangers wanna fight so bad?”)

As far as neck “mate” marking… pheromone scent glands (as opposed to the regular sweat glands) are specialised, so it’s not entirely unreasonable (scientifically) for certain glands to have more specialised purposes. Perhaps matching one in the mouth to coat the teeth (does partner smear spit over teeth with tongue? I’m putting too much thought into this) prior to bite/marking.

Omegaverse would maybe-probably have other/more hormones especially considering the inherent intersexuality of (mainly) the omegas, but I’m TIRED of the fucking air freshener “natural human scents.” Testosterone is musky and sweet. Estrogen is��� there really aren’t a lot of studies on it but it’s levels affect vaginal scents (fucking duh) which has been described as “most feminine” during follicular phase. Vaginal canal is slightly acidic so it’s gonna smell like it, remember that. Simple explanations but mainly referring to bacterial causality: https://www.healthline.com/health/womens-health/vagina-smells. The hormone levels: https://neurosciencenews.com/female-hormone-smell-9856/.

Period control irl changes the scent, so how might “scent blockers” and “heat medication” do that? Patches or pill or insert or injection? (How might these things also affect discharge?) As do menstrual phase, life phase (i.e. prepubescence and menopausal) food and activities.

We already subconsciously communicate emotions via chemical cues, however, whether or not any animal can CHOOSE/CONSCIOUSLY generate these is unclear (see: “he pumped out calming pheromones to calm his omega/pup”)—I’d say sans calming oneself down or even angering oneself etc.

So history wise, as humanity develops ideas of couthe, they might erect things like the Shigir Idol with which to mark territory to avoid messying of territory via pissing and shitting everywhere because that’s also problematic hygiene wise (other animals understand this, btw), or because any handy landmark like a tree isn’t where it’d be ideal. Yup, I’m roping in how history can be factored into this shit, fite this nerd.

If I could choose, there’d be no “alpha voice,” ew, where’d that even come from and don’t say Dune. And no “primes,” whatever the fuck that even means. The elevated misogyny, too, would be burning in the dumpster courtesy of a mal o tov cocktail. Seriously, people, self reflect and also have more fun.

[I get angry] Heat, aka estrus, is when a female animal is receptive to mating and can conceive, it is NOT menstruation. It does NOT hurt the animal (or omega, in this case) although there may be blood smears in the mucus generation. STOP making it extra horny periods, you fucking ignorant weirdoes. It’s main signs are vulvar swelling, heightened mucosal creation/more vaginal discharge, decreased feeding, humping/mounting others around, and increased restlessness. Why the fuck would the smooth muscles be cramping during this? Hm? What’s being expelled? Do you even understand the fundamental purpose of a period? (*Takes the shit education system out back and-*)

Now, estrus and menstruation COULD coexist as periods are the body NOT re-absorbing that material (fuckin’ dumb move, mate, why do we exist) after not conceiving—which means it’s AFTER the human version of estrus—and also that entire grouping of organs begging for an end to existence. So the estrus cycle would be included in menstrual cycle as humans would be experiencing typical estrus as well. Also, I find the mindlessness fucking dumb—like brain fog/massive brain space taken up by the horniness, okay, but a fugue-like state of horniness is weird and dumb. In my opinion.

I’d add a lot more [allo]grooming—not THAT kind of grooming—to these aus too, since it’s an important social/wellbeing interaction in any sort of animal social groups, and we also do it naturally already, see: petting animals and head pats. Edit: also the “let’s take a baaAAAaath, I’ll wash your baaAAAaak!” No, I’m not trying to encourage more fluff in order to have imaginary people to live vicariously through because I’m lonely, what are you talking about.

Calling any babies pups/kits/kittens/cubs I think is stupid cute, so no notes, besides… let’s switch it up sometimes?

Last and reblog-added screencaps will be examples of how you can choose your omegas (female substitute) and alphas (male substitute) to scent mark and at what frequency. Toss a coin for your betas and gammas and deltas, I guess.

[muppetyluv]

Fire, Grass, Electric, Fairy, and Bonus for whichever ship you want! :] (Sorry if thats a lot ^^;)

It's fine lol. More than fine rlly /srs. imma do these all for Naughty because ofc I will 😔

[Fire]: Who’s the better chef between you and your f/o? Do you ever cook together? If so, what’s your favorite dish to make?

I have no idea honestly but I'm gonna go withhhh myself. Me. But not by a lot probably. I'd invite him to cook with me every once in a while but regret it immediately. He'd prob keep trying to eat the ingredients 💔. Irl I like making pies, I don't do em very often though. iirc there's a line in-game about cakes being Naughty's favorite thing sooo,,, I woulg make cakes for him... even tho I hate decorating...

[Grass]: You’re going on a picnic with your f/o! What are you packing for the trip and what does the scenery look like?

I'd personally bring sandwiches, chips, a whole jar of pickles, cheese & crackers, and chocolate. Naughty would bring a whole raw fish 💔. We'd either be having the picnic in the privacy of the glade around Naughty's home or out near the beachside of Perf. Island real early in the morning.

[Electric]: When did you realize that you were in love with your f/o? When did they realize that they were in love with you?

I think Tusky(s/i) and Naughty would both slowly gain feelings for eachother but lack the experience to tell that THATS what it is. Naughty would get the feels first and he would be the first out of the two to figure out what the feeling is exactly. (With a little help from a certain disembodied voice... coughcoughNarratorcoughcough) Tusky would notice slight changes in his friend's behavior which FEEL like flirting but he'd assume he was over-thinking it. I'm not sure how yet but Naughty would eventually get the point across and Tusky would be like "OOHHHH ok everything makes sense now. I like you strange man."

[Fairy]: What kinds of AUs do you imagine you and your f/o in? Are any inspired by classic fairytales?

Errmmm I'm a bit embarrassed about this one but I have one in mind I haven't developed at all yet... A fantasy AU based off the fact I put these fuckers in M.iito.pia. Another one that exists as a vague concept in my mind is an AU based on the second NB game where Tusky never moved Perf. Island. There's more details than that but I cannot form a coherent thought about it rn.

[Bonus]: Construct a Pokemon team for you and construct one for your f/o (if they don't already have one!)

First one is for my self insert. Second one is for thee F/O. I know there are a bunch of other pokemon that would probably fit Naughty better but,,, I'm not looking through all that and I didn't want to just put bear pokemon. Somewhat picked Naughty's based off creatures on the island(Birds, bugs, and unicorn adjacent thing). I don't think he'd actually have a ponyta but he'd want one! I tried not to just give him a shit ton of birds.

The ask game

[deerdeardarling]

Hello, welcome back to my fucked up world. lets see if i can get this in one post hvygbun

(TW blood, body horror?) Mmm was thinking about how Fiona's "fleshing out" would go

A brief of what "fleshing out" is: essentially it's the process of going from 100% human to chosen (demigod?? idk-) there's no set order to it, some get headaches some get body pain/shakes - it's like having a really bad cold but always within the process a chosen's body has to "let go" of some of its human self. Mostly happens by the chosen throwing up their 'normal' blood until their 'chosen' blood regenerates in them. Chosen blood has strands of Ichor in it (gold/'blood of the gods')

I already have Hop's planned out, imma give Malik a pass cause he already went through something similar except with poison, so it's Fiona's turn.

I imaged she'd be at wyndon stadium along with the other gym leaders; probably for expedition matches/star tournament. Fiona's just about to take a sip of her water bottle but before she can even take one she starts hacking up something, Marnie and Bea gently tease her yaknow like "gezz mate slow down-" something or other, but Fiona keeps coughing- coughing bad. So Bea gives her a wack on the back, both unaware of her strength but also poor timing as immediately after that Fiona hurls a torrent, a waterfall of blood onto her shoes. (not giving a carrie moment to Bea & Marns-)

obviously Bea and Marnie are freaked the fuck out (cue that one OHMYGOD- tiktok sound out of Marnie) getting everyone's attention (if i wasn't already on that side of the room already-) Bea however is on it she's already booking it out the locker(?) room to get aid/medics while Fiona stands in place both ill and internally freaking out. She feels another wave so she grabs the wall (with a bloodied hand) and makes it to the closest trash can.

Luckily Leon was already on his way to go announce the start of the tournament but Bea stops him, standing pin straight as she blurs out "Fiona threw up blood" with Leon promptly responding "-what-" before he's rushing back with Bea to the locker room. When they get there they see Piers and Bede trying to keep Marnie calm, Bede looks pale himself, Rai's already telling the league staff to stall things and calling the paramedics, Gordie and Milo come up to Leon to explain that Nessa is currently in the bathroom with Fiona who's still hurling. and there's a track of Fiona's bloodied shoe print through the locker room as she unknowingly stepped in it trying to run to the bathroom.

so while all that chaos is happening, Sonia, Fiona's mum and Wick'Bros mum are up in the stands on a girls trip out, yay! Obviously Sonia along with everyone is wondering what's taking so long as it's been about 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start time, Fiona's mum is a little worried. Luckily the three decided to go grab snacks while they waited just as Leon calls Sonia; Sonia puts him on speaker and was about to ask what was up until Leon flatly tells her to take him off speaker- no, actually to Bring Fiona's mum down to the locker rooms. they give each other a pale look before they all scurry down

Leon calmly explains what happened and has to ask her mum if Fiona was allergic to anything or if she had any illnesses or complications, to which she says no other than seasonal allergies before she can go run off to meet with Fiona. Sonia's bug eyed as all of this happens until she looks at Leon as he's turned around watching after Fio's mum went. Sonia can see his phone gripped in his hand, assuming why, she quickly reassures him before saying she needed to go call Magnolia.

Sonia goes off to a quieter hallway and bites her nail as her phone rings, praying He'll(Hop) pick up just this once. But the call shuts off, and her rotom gives a sad, apologetic look before it recites the "this number has been blocked, redial the number and try again later…" before it shuts off, leaving Sonia with her hand to her forehead in that really quite hallway. So. coincidentally Hop just had his fleshing out earlier that morning, and it wasn't until aroung the time that Fiona had hers that he understood that this happens to all chosens. So, once his throat is feeling up to it (-Yaknow after. also throwing up blood) he. very nervously, very guiltily, sends Fiona a short voice memo through text. His voice is soar and scratchy and he coughs through it but he gives her a, honestly rather vague "I'm so sorry im not there- i should be but im not- i think i know what you're going through- or maybe i don't and ill just sound insane-". But as Fiona listens to it in her hospital bed, she silently cries, thinking she knows exactly what he's talking about- it's kinda hard to tell with her woozy head, but. she can feel it in her. in her heart and soul. and just hearing his voice again is gonna give her more than enough strength to get through this, and to hopefully go find him after.

[seven-thewanderer]

Okay so since idk how much of today I'll be able to spend as a "final day before I'm gone for 2 whole months (and then return for just a week & disappear again" imma do some stuff I wanted to do later today

but instead early today

So firsty, since this is a very important part, I love all of you!!! Of course platonically, but I still love you all!! I feel like you guys have been there for me plenty while I was here, and all the friends I made I'm happy to have made them!! Sure, I lost some friends (kinda), and I'm sad about that, but I just hope those friends are having amazing times still!!! But still, to the friends I still have, and also to the followers (since I feel like I don't type it enough but it's still true:), I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!

And then the second thing (which isn't as important but I still wanna list it):

Since I'll be gone, if there's peeps who still wanna see my stuff, but there won't be an update to my blog since I'll be gone, here are some main tags that I use:

Random Post This tag is for when I just say stuff that's random, like this for example. So kinda little rambles from me, but they don't often have art with it

My Art This tag's more main than the Random Post tag (idk why I didn't do this one first), but it has all of my art, even from my first(?) ever post!! Though you could go all the way back, you don't really have to, as it has things like when I drew Sun & Moon as pokemon, my first ever drawings of my Sun & Moon Bug AU (which to me it did not look that good back then), my FNAF(SB) Parts & Service ocs (Known as Pax & Simon) who I never drew again (I will at some point trust me-), some old Sun & Moon designs, and even my old intro!! So it's kinda like a memory lane if you think about it, buuut it's a long lane so you don't have to XD

Random Reblog + Random Art Reblog These are my reblog tags!! One is mainly just for random reblogs, and the other is just for art reblogs, which can include drawings, paintings, music, and I'm pretty sure photography (i don't remember exactly what I reblogged but I'm pretty sure I reblogged photography at least once w/ the random art reblog tag). Again, these would be long scrolls, so you wouldn't have to go through all of em

Important Reblog + Important These tags are for important things, and things that either I find as helpful for others to know, things that I believe are important, things that aren't important but I've listed as important (which I think I've done that at least 3 times and I'm sorry), and things that others say are important so I just list em as important. That last one's the most common. Most of the time I'll tag things with both tags, but sometimes I tag things just with the important tag, and less commonly I'll reblog it with just the important reblog tag.

Now not as main tags:

Tag Game This one i don't know if I tag tag games as that oftenly, so if I do, then this tag'll lead to those I did tag as such.

Asks (+ Ask Game) This is for when I get asks (that's the asks tag), and also for when I see an ask game & hope to get asks for that (both the asks tag & ask game tag). However, I don't always get asks, or at least I don't get them as often as I see/assume others do, but there's 4 invisible ones in my inbox that I'm still sorry about not being able to see... (also I know I can just change what I said, but imma leave the last part & add that I actually have more asks than I thought I did, I just never looked at them all collectively before, so thanks to all of you that sent asks!! <3)

Sun & Moon AUs (+ that one SAMS AU) This tag is mainly for the Sun & Moon related AUs I have (one of which being a Sun and Moon Show AU if I'm not mistaken), but it includes ones like my Bug! AU (which was once just tagged as Bug AU), Slime! AU, Pastry! AU, Celestial Bard! AU, Lost! AU, Witch! AU, Celestial Inn! AU, Toyshop! AU, Celestial Tasks! AU (also called RPG! AU), Fortune Teller! AU, Unisatyr! AU, and specifically for the SAMS AU tag, Different! AU (which we do not talk about Different! AU cus I honestly forgot I even made it until just now XD)

Treats! AU This tag, which sadly didn't get too much stuff made for it, is a tag for a QSMP Au I randomly was doing, where everyone was a form of treat/snack. I wish I got more time on it, but for now there is a little bit of ideas sitting there for it

Clowns This tag should be avoided if you have a fear of clowns, but this is the tag for my clown ocs from a little circus I made up known as Bunzy's circus!! Of course Bunzy's the ring master, but there's more characters (who do not have names yet), who are a Clown Rat, a Clown Dog, a Clown Cat, a Clown Bear (who is a teddy bear), and a Clown Spider

My Ocs This tag is for ocs of mine. There's not really much to it, it's just my ocs.

Sona/Sonas These tags are for my different Sonas, like Seven (the main Sona of this blog), Silly, Tabby (who currently has been listed as dead), Chromey, Swii, Phon, and that Pirahna Plant sona I never got the chance to draw again (they never got a tag specific to them but they're known as Berry). There's technically another Sona, but they never got a tag on this blog, as they're the sona for my side blog, which I'll bring up later

rant this is a tag I prefer to forget, but it is a tag, so I will not ignore it. This is for the chance that I rant about something, which I don't like to rant about stuff that happens for me. So this could be a tag to avoid if yall want (there's only like... 4 posts? But still)

💖/<3 These tags are hard to follow, but these are tags for when I heart something a lot. It's like a show of affection. The <3 tag was more of a backup when I couldn't put the sparkle heart emojis, but now they both coexist. There's mainly more than one, but sometimes there's just 1 (idk how to work this one, so I guess just try & slightly up the amount of hearts to find other tags? idk sorry...)

Extra tags:

I'm not gonna link these ones, but these are tags that I've drawn stuff for, but aren't really special tags of mine, and this includes tags like:

FNAF (Five Night's at Freddy's)

AAF (Andy's Apple Farm)

Fandroid/Fandroid the Musical Robot

QSMP

TWOMP (The World of Mr Plant)

Gen Loss (Generation Loss)

Diep.Io

Rainworld

SAMS (Sun and Moon Show)

Deltarune

Undertale

Roblox T2D/Roblox T2D DCO (Roblox Try to Die/Roblox Try to Die DCO)

Cookie Run

Sussy Schoolgrounds

Pokemon (+ Fakemon)

Now some of these I only did once (TWOMP, Diep.Io, Rainworld, Undertale, Roblox T2D, and Fakemon), but some got at least 2 or more (Fandroid, Deltarune, Pokemon, and Sussy Schoolgrounds got just 2 I think)

But yeah, I think that gets the tags outta the way now

Now as an extra thing to bring up, I do have a side blog, which is specifically for a lil thing I made/am working on...

...and it's about a little furry(?) species I made called Floserds!!

however

Please don't just go & follow the blog because it's my side blog, I mainly just want that blog to be followed if it's because someone's actually interested in that species idea I made.

But as a summary, it's a species of flower (and herb) cows called Floserds (Flos is latin for Flower, if im not mistaken, and the -erds part is just the word herds without the h), and most of the info I've worked on/am working on is on that blog

That blog's also run by my fursona, Chamomile, who is a Floserd!!

But yeah that blog's known as @floserd-theflowercows, and you could technically follow it, but only if you're actually interested in the concept, not just due to association

But yeah I guess this might be it, and if I get the chance to say goodbye before I have to go, then I'll say goodbye, let you guys know that I love you (which I do) (platonically), and then either link back to this post, or just copy + paste the important stuff

But yeah in case this post is really my goodbye (for now), then I love you all, I'll miss you, and I'll (assumably) see you guys again in November!!!!!

💖

[saphushia]

i'm sure u meant most of this as retorical but imma use it to infodump anyways

ALRIGHT SO digimon are technically creatures that exist in a kind of cyberspace (or in some series a different dimension that is accessed through cyberspace), but for simplicity's sake you can understand them basically as creatures that exist in another dimension that is closely tied to the 'real' world. the vast majority are fully sentient and capable of human speech (mostly it's just the baby digimon that can't talk, but there are some other cases where they're more animal-like in behavior. but in general it's safe to assume any digimon is sentient and can talk no matter how much they just look like some animal)

most digimon just kinda. live their lives. some wander the forest and hunt other digimon and others live in communities and villages that they build and maintain themselves with 0 human influence. typically when they evolve it's a one and done deal and they're now forever that evolution (like with pokemon) (until/unless they evolve again. there's USUALLY 6 evolution stages but most digimon don't reach the final stages unless partnered with a human)

SOME digimon though become partners to humans (usually it's a one digimon per human kind of thing), typically either thru fate/destiny (technically it's more complicated than that but it varies by series and explaining it fully will only be more confusing) matching them with a human partner they'll be able to resonate and form a bond with, or by naturally meeting a human that they just hit it off with and decide to stay with. through having a bond with a human, and (usually) a device called a digivice (in the fate/destiny scenario this comes as a package deal with getting a digimon partner) they're able to temporarily evolve to further stages, and then de-evolve back to their previous stage (typically they stay in the 3rd stage most of the time, with the first 2 being baby stages).

so it's not really a 'capture a human woman and use them to fight animals' situation, but rather a 'befriend a sapient animal and then through the power of friendship it turns into a super strong human woman to beat up other animals to protect you' type deal.

on the evolution side of things- digimon evolutions are often less straightforward than pokemon evolutions. some of them DO have pretty straightforward progression, like agumon-

but then some of them are also wierd as hell like tailmon

they also have branching evolutions, unlike (most) pokemon, so 2 digimon of the same species might evolve into 2 different digimon. by which i mean... well, here's a tiny selection of other evolution paths for tailmon

usually they don't change their evolution even after de-evolving. so like, if your cat evolves into a woman it's not going to be a bug or a different woman next time you evolve it (it's different in some of the games for y'know. gameplay reasons. but i'm mostly referring to the lore of the various tv series here)

it's also generally implied that how they're raised impacts their evolution path. this can mean that if someone is cruel to their digimon partner it will evolve into a bloodthirsty monster (though typically this is reversible and if they de-evolve and you start raising them with care they'll evolve differently next time)

theres a lot more lore thats very confusing out of context (what the thing i'm nebulously referring to fate/destiny here ACTUALLY is, fusion and armor evolution, crests, hybrids, reincarnation, etc...) but like that's the basic gist of how digimon work

so you get isekai'd and get a government assigned talking monster friend who turns into a bigger monster or sometimes a human person to fight off other monsters and monster-humans trying to kill you for whatever personal reason they have to try to kill you. simple

I love digimon cause u can say shit like 'the gun digimon' or 'the bondage digimon' and it's like yeah man there's at least 5 of those. which one

[sally-mun]

Okay I know this isn’t exactly what you asked me but I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do one of those “IMMA RATE THIS SHIT” posts, and TODAY IS APPARENTLY MY DAY! Just as well, because I have a lot to say and I haven’t done a big Sally post in quite a while~

Ratings under the cut because, in a twist that will surprise no one, I went a little overboard.

Proto Sally v1

Where else to start but at the very beginning? I don’t know how many of you guys know this, but the very early concepts for SatAM were fucking WILD, and these designs are a fair yardstick for just how differently the show could have turned out. I know there’s not much I can glean from just two little doodles, but I do have to say they don’t really convey the essence of Sally as we know her. This character looks a lot more like a bored figurehead whom the other characters report in to, rather than an active part of the team.

HOWEVER, what these images DO explain is how Sally would come to have both blonde and red hair, as well as a stint with pink fur. That’s gotta be worth something, right? We also see her with blue clothes, including the boots!

Score: 3/10, one point for everything it explains but one deducted for v bad essence.

 Proto Sally v2

So we’re getting a lot closer to Sally as we know her here – general shape of the face, the poof of the bangs, the overall poise – but we still have a ways to go. I honestly think this design explains way more about CHILD Sally, between the outfit and the length of the hair. Like above there’s only so much I can gather from one sketch, but I’d say this is probably closer to her personality insofar as she strikes me as more of a leader; that said, the design also makes me doubt she’s very active with the actual missions because damn that outfit looks like it’d be a huge inhibitor.

Score: 4/10

 Scrapped Sally

This is technically also a proto-Sally, but considering that this design made it far enough to actually appear in promotional images, I’d say this one stands apart. Interestingly enough I can see influences from both of the previous concepts, but also in a weird way she strikes me as being more like a Warner Bros character?? Maybe it’s the Bugs Bunny feet.

ANYWAY, I like this Sally’s attitude. She seems a lot snarkier (which we did get out of early depictions of Sally) and much more ready to take action. Her clothes are a lot less troublesome, so I imagine this is the point where she was finally intended to be more involved with the team, so yay! I definitely have to give this design points for doing better on essence, but the abundance of red really throws me off. I’m honestly not sure where that came from, since the blue was present in the earlier drafts?? Maybe it’s just color psychology, but it causes her to come across to me as less… soft, I guess? Like I feel like this Sally should be in Ratchet and Clank, not Sonic the Hedgehog.

Score: 3/10, not a bad design but not well-suited to our needs.

 Neon Sally

I know a lot of people wonder wtf was up with this version of Sally, but now that we’ve seen that first concept picture, she honestly doesn’t feel as out of nowhere anymore. This version of Sally only appeared in a couple of places in total (issue #0 of the original mini-series and like, one story book, I’ll find it for you later), but she’s significant for being the first to get us to the core elements of Sally’s design! They’ve finally scrapped the idea of trying to hamfist in a standard-girl-character outfit and went with a much simpler design, which is not only easier on the artists but allows her to fit in more cleanly with the rest of the cast.

This is the point where Sally becomes an active part of the team and is finally recognizable AS Sally, so she gets BIG points for that! Unfortunately, though, that color combination really hurts my eyes. I can only assume this was the case for others as well, because as noted earlier this color scheme went away very quickly.

Score: 4/10. Don’t worry girl, we all had our horribly awkward phases during puberty.

 Pink Sally

Ahhh, now we’re really cookin’~ This is Sally as I first imprinted on her, so this design will always be sentimental for me. She’s essentially the same as the neon design above, but quite literally easier on the eyes. What I really like is that the comic actually played around with the changed color scheme and made it canon that she dyes her hair, which comes up at least two times that I can think of. It would’ve been a lot easier to ignore it (especially this early in the series) but they went for it, and I think that’s great, especially since they framed it as something she’d prefer to keep a secret and thus made it something that gets under her skin.

Unfortunately, Pink Sally is most likely pink at all because, well, Girl Characters That Are For Girls tended to be pink at the time that this came out (and unfortunately that’s still a thing a lot today). I normally tolerate that in kind of an “eh” way, but in this case her pinkness REALLY makes her stand out from the other characters in a bad way. Most of them have either natural color schemes (like Bunnie or Antoine) or they take like, one step to the left with it (like Rotor); Sonic is of course wildly different from a real hedgehog, but he’s able to get away with this by being the protagonist, which makes it more reasonable for him to stand out. This leaves Pink Sally looking a lot more of odd alongside the rest of her otherwise mostly-natural team.

In addition, Sonic being blue and Sally being pink goes even further with the “THIS ONE’S FOR BOYS AND THIS ONE’S FOR GIRLS” vibe, which bugs me way more now than it used to as a kid... But, Pink Sally has actually shown up in official animation twice, once in the SatAM pilot and again in the Christmas special. That earns her enough clout to balance out some of her design issues.

Score: I’ve been waffling between a 5/10 and a 6/10, so let’s call a truce and say it’s 5.5/10.

 SatAM Sally

Now THIS is the Sally we all tend to think of when the character comes up! There’s very little that I don’t love about this design. I like her warm color scheme, I like that the brightness of her eyes balances with her boots and encourages your eye to move around, I like her proportions (particularly the fact that she DOES NOT HAVE TIDDIES), I like the way she holds/carries herself, and I like that she gives off a friendly first impression. She strikes me as someone I could approach, but also someone I should respect.

And then, of course, there’s her variant design when the vest is added:

All of the same qualities as before but even more balance by adding a third blue. This also allowed for her eyes to have a black pupil instead of just being solid blue, so it’s more of an accent in this instance. I’ve always praised the vest too because it’s an addition that makes sense for her character. It adds utility without getting in the way.

Score: This will always and forever be my primary go-to design when I think of Sally. 10/10 without question.

 Child Sally

I already mentioned this earlier, but that second proto design really seems to have had an influence here, so at least those ideas weren’t a total waste. Since she’s a kid I feel like the cumbersome clothing is a little more fitting because she’s not exactly going on dangerous missions at this point in her life, plus she’s actually living the stuffy life of a princess here, and that tends to come with a lot of pageantry. I really dislike this design’s proportions, though; yes, I recognize that Sonic characters in general tend to have large heads and that with children that’s even more exaggerated, but seriously look at her. That head is WAY TOO EFFIN’ BIG.

Score: 3/10, they could’ve done better and they lose extra points for ripping off Princess Jasmine.

 90’s Merchandise Sally

What can I say, man, she’s the embodiment of everything the 90’s considered cool. I feel like this is one piece of Sally history that a lot of later fans missed out on, because I know a common anti-Sally complaint is that she’s cold/aloof/a killjoy. It makes me giggle because I think of shit like this where they just kind of randomly stuck her on wave runners and skis, like I should be grabbing my old pogs and going “UM EXCUSE ME COULD A BORING CHARACTER DO THIS?”

Also snaps to this artist for actually putting her headphones ON HER EARS, since even Sega messes that up to this day.

Score: 7/10, totally rad man.

 Fleetway Sally

So even though we’ve been referring back to those proto-designs ad nauseum so far, this Sally is actually also incredibly accurate to its source, just in a different vein. Most of you guys probably already know that part of Sally’s inspiration came from one of the rescuable animals in the original Sonic the Hedgehog, which was a squirrel named Ricky.

The resemblance is obvious, so much so that even someone as long-winded as me doesn’t need to belabor the point. The only thing I hate about this Sally’s design is that damn ribbon in her hair, because you KNOW it was only added because of the old “well we have to make sure people know she’s a girl!!” philosophy. I miss the 90’s but I definitely don’t miss that mentality permeating everything.

Score: 6/10, excellent work but I’m pre-programmed to be annoyed by that ribbon.

 Dark Ages Archie Sally

Okay this will probably be an unpopular opinion, but I hate Sally with long hair. Her short hair was something that always made her stand out for me when I was growing up, because she didn’t play into that message I was getting from like literally every other kids’ media at the time saying that girls have to look [x]-way to be pretty, which typically included long and flowy hair. By this point in the comics I had already ended my subscription, so years later when I glanced back at them again and saw that her design had been changed in this way, I was really upset. Yes, I realize that changing her hair doesn’t change who she is, but this entire list is about my personal preferences so fuck it. (Also an argument could be made that in this case the long hair DID change who she was because holy shit was she out of character during this time. That’s why we call it the Dark Ages, man.)

Score: 2/10, gtfo of here with that shit I don’t know who this character is.

 Queen Sally

OH LUCKY ME, IT’S THE LAST DESIGN BUT WORSE. This design makes me recoil to this day, because it just feels so, so off the mark from who Sally is and how she operates. Being a royal family member doesn’t mean she’s dolled up in grand regalia ALL THE TIME, no more than Elias is when he’s king later on in the story. SALLY IS LITERALLY DRESSING THIS WAY AT THE FUCKING POOL, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE BACKGROUND. But again, this was the Dark Ages, so it’s not wholly surprising.

Also I’m aware of another Queen Sally design from another point in the series, but I’m not sure if this is supposed to be the same incarnation?

I know they’re both from future timelines but I don’t know if it’s meant to be the SAME timeline?? Whether they’re the same or not, I prefer this iteration but still don’t really like it overall. This is more or less a dialed-down version of the other one; her hair’s not SO overly-done and her clothes aren’t SO excessive and impossible to live in from day to day, but it’s still not congruent with how I read Sally as a character. This is how she presents herself when there’s an occasion that specifically demands she do so. All of her character profiles when I was a kid were very pointed about Sally being a tomboy, and that was important to me because I was never really girly myself. I liked that a character I admired was also like me in ways that other female characters weren’t. So yeah, this is still a deal-breaker for me.

Score: 1/10 for the first one, 3/10 for the second.

 Reboot Sally

Now I’ve already stated just how much of a stan (am I using that word correctly?) I am for Sally’s original SatAM design, and it’s true that that will always be the “real” Sally design as far as I’m concerned. However, I also recognize that her character design needs to keep up with the times, and this is probably about as perfect of a job as I could ever hope for in terms of keeping her current while also maintaining her essence.

This is still Sally, through and through. It meets everyone in the middle in so many ways: It makes her fit in with the rest of the franchise by giving her gloves, but with a bit of blue to maintain her aesthetic; it addresses the fact that most Sonic characters now don’t really have ‘hair’ by giving her that absolutely glorious stripe down her back, to kind of argue that her hair is just part of that fur; it gives her more clothes because the series weirdly feels the need to cover the female characters but not the males, but it adds them in a way that works with what was already there and maintains her iconic vest and boots.

And yeah, I know a lot of Sally fans got REALLY salty about those extra clothes, but come on, on top of still looking completely badass, have you SEEN her when she takes the vest off??

She now has the ability to do that “NOW it’s serious” wardrobe change, like when DBZ chars take off their weights or an action star takes off their sunglasses. And even that aside, AGAIN, SHE JUST PLAIN LOOKS AWESOME. It’s not adding clothes the way the series kept fumbling with prior to this, where they’d give her these big, bulky outfits that just completely ruin her ability to do much of anything. They added sports clothes, garb that not only won’t get in her way but will help her do it more efficiently. It’s just so fucking smart, I love it.

Score: 10/10, that’s still my girl and I love her SO MUCH.

 Roboticized Sally v1

Alright, as someone that followed the Sonic comics from almost the very beginning (I started with original mini-series #3), I was there when this design hit the shelves, and holy shit is it an understatement to say it was a disappointment – especially when you consider that the cover looked like this.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, ONE OF THESE DESIGNS WAS INTIMIDATING AND ONE OF THEM WAS DECIDEDLY NOT. I had a friend at the time that also read the Sonic comics, but who wasn’t as deep of a fan as I was, so there were a lot of times I felt like I had to defend it even when I myself didn’t really like it. This was definitely one of those times, and I would just like to extend a very belated apology to Andy Bowman for trying to argue that the contents of this book weren’t as bad as he said. They absolutely were, I was just 10 years old and unable to admit it yet.

Like, seriously, these two designs aren’t even comparable. Roboticization is meant to be terrifying, and the robots it produces are supposed to be frightening as well. Even if they don’t look overtly intimidating, they still have that uncomfortable automaton feeling, where it’s something not quite alive but has the behaviors of a living being (especially when you’re aware that it WAS a living being at one time). I’m not saying Sally’s roboticized design had to be as complicated as the one on the cover, as Spaz IS a hard act to follow, but what we ended up with just plain looks stupid. This especially falls flat when you consider that by this time, WE HAD ALREADY ACTUALLY SEEN SALLY GET ROBOTICIZED BEFORE IN SONIC’S NIGHTMARE.

Is the robot she turns into in this episode as badass as the one on the cover? No. Is it still frightening? Hell fucking yes it is. The one we got inside of the comic, on the other hand, does not have anywhere near the same vibe as either of the other two. It feels more like the robots we got at the end of Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.

Score: 1/10 for the one within the comic, that was a complete fart in an elevator. 8/10 for Sally on the cover, definitely conveyed the horror but just a tad too busy of a design. And a bonus 7/10 for Sally from Sonic’s dream in SatAM, too, because it loses a bit of her specific identity (it could’ve been any roboticized chipmunk, really) but it still scared the fork out of me as a kid.

 Roboticized Sally v2

Now this is what a roboticized version of Sally is supposed to look like. She is an absolutely terrifying presence, and yet we can still clearly tell who she is at a glance. THIS is what we were expecting from the last time the idea came up, and I’m glad we did get to see a fully realized version of robo-Sally, even if it took years to get it. To be honest she kind of gives me a Terminator vibe, in the sense that I have no doubt this robot could eviscerate me in an instant and the idea that she’s looking right at me gives me the impulse to run for cover.

Of course, this design didn’t last long before she got a redesign when Robotnik weaponized her:

While I don’t dislike this design by any means, I do feel like it loses a little bit of the Sally essence. Juuust a bit. That isn’t to say that’s necessarily a fault of the design, though; making her feel more like the robot clone series was part of Robotnik’s overall goal, so making her look less like herself isn’t a flaw on the comic’s part. But in terms of being a Sally design, I do feel like it’s a little bit weaker. Still very cool, just not as purely Sally.

Score: 10/10 for her initial roboticized design, but a slight ding in the redesign, so 9/10 for the latter.

 Evil Sally v1

So this is clearly a very poor attempt at designing an evil Sally, but I’ll throw the comic one (1) bone here: This was still so early in the comic that the philosophy was still “it’s just for kids, it doesn’t need to be that good deep,” so they literally just slapped some leather on her. To be honest the evil ‘formula’ during this era was “[normal character] but in leather,” in general, so, that may have just been the comic following, and I use this phrase very loosely, “best practices” of the time. I’ll at least give the colorist for this issue some credit for making the highlights blue instead of white, since that helps maintain a liiiiittle of Sally’s design aesthetic.

Also, fun fact: This panel is one of those moments I mentioned earlier where the comic references Sally dying her hair~

Score: 2/10. I gave it one bonus point because I like the idea of punching her resulting in a “doink” sound effect.

 Evil Sally v2

Now this design, on the other hand, really shows how you can convey that this isn’t the same character you already know with more than just clothing. Yes, the outfit tells us a lot, but so do things like her posture and the lack of attention to her hair. Although side note, I do genuinely dig that uniform she’s wearing. It feels very official to me, like this is the sort of thing our normal Sally might be wearing if she was ‘princess-ing’ full time but wanted to skip the fluffy regalia.

Also, I have to compliment the fact that it’s actually THIS Sally, the evil Sally, that still wears normal boots. For whatever reason Sally’s boots got a weird… thingy… on them once the comics got out of the Dark Ages, and I always hated that. Credit where credit’s due to the evil incarnation here for having better taste in footwear.

Score: 8/10, very good but honestly I’d love to see her pushed even further!

 Bedtime Sally v1

As a kid all I could think about was how uncomfortable that nightgown looks, but now with my Adult Eyes I mostly see the resurgence of “PUT HER IN PINK AND RUFFLES AND A BOW IT’S A GIRL CHARACTER MAKE SURE THEY CAN TELL IT’S A GIRL.” I guess this nightgown isn’t bad exactly, it just doesn’t look like it’s hers. What IS it with so many of these old designs trying to bog Sally down with really cumbersome clothes?! Maybe this was just something the FFs scavenged and Sally decided to use it because in SatAM resources are really scarce, who knows. Either way that thing looks outrageously uncomfortable and I don’t know why she’s wearing it.

Score: 2/10, stop doing this shit to my girl.

 Bedtime Sally v2

Okay, two things here: 1) This looks significantly easier to sleep in because it doesn’t look anywhere near as pinchy, and 2) oh my god the acorn pattern on the fabric I love it. I’m not a nightgown kind of girl myself, but if I saw that thing in a store I would SO buy it. Also speaking of the fabric, I can’t explain why but this one just reads as nicer fabric to me?? The first nightgown strikes me as much harsher and less breathable, but for some reason this one gives me the vibe of being soft and stretchy and not roasting you to death with your own body heat.

Score: 6/10, there’s still better things she could sleep in but I can’t fault her for wearing something I want myself.

 Wedding Sally v1

So if my trivia is correct, this is from when she’s being forced to marry ‘Antoine’ (aka Patch, evil!Antoine) at her father’s behest. If that’s the case, then I really hope he’s forcing her to wear that dress too, because I’m honestly not a fan. It’s not ugly or anything, but it feels like it’s swallowing her whole, and holy shit that shawl or whatever it is around her elbows is REALLY unnecessary.

What’s funny is that the comics actually did play around with a wedding story very early on in the series, but as with most other things at the time, it was a lot more simple:

Interestingly enough it’s actually not that far from what we get during the Patch wedding, right down to the flowers in her hair. I know in this instance it wasn’t a real wedding, but I still find this to be the more realistic dress, because as I keep saying like a broken record, Sally’s style aesthetic favors simplicity. She doesn’t need to be overdone to be elegant.

Score: 3/10 for the Patch wedding, since it’s not a terrible dress, it’s just terrible on her. 7/10 for the pretend wedding dress, though, it’s very cute.

  Wedding Sally v2

What’s funny to me is that Sally’s actually just part of the bridal party here, but even so I feel like this would be a perfect wedding dress for her own ceremony some day. It honestly reinforces what I’ve been saying in most of these other posts about how a simpler design is better, plus it allows for the notion that she can totally get more gussied up when an appropriate occasion calls for it. This isn’t something she’s expected to wear every day, it’s for A WEDDING, so the outfit being a little extra makes sense. It’s a look that requires a little work to manage (as dresses like that typically pose a challenge to walk in), but it’s not at all over-designed and looks genuinely nice on her. Also I’m living for those beads in her hair, they look amazing.

It’s just so nice to see an example that gets this RIGHT after so many attempts have gotten it so wrong. This is the right amount of floof, in the right circumstances, while still maintaining Sally’s aesthetic. It’s the sort of moment that reminds us that Sally DOES have range and isn’t just a one-note character. She can go formal, she just wants to do it on her terms – y’know, like everyone else gets to do.

Score: 10/10, absolutely superb job, couldn’t ask for better.

 Dark Gaia Sally

Even though this wasn’t really happening in reality, I still wanted to include it because damn that’s a good design. I’m very much one of those people that gets frustrated when female monsters are still expected to be beautiful, so imagine my reaction when I saw this Sally ACTUALLY being depicted as monstrous! It’s so good it makes me sad that this was just a hallucination on Sonic’s part, because I’m super curious what Sally would be like as a full-fledged Dark Gaia beast.

In addition, I’d like to acknowledge how good the slightly-less-monstrous version is as well:

At this point you can just plain forget the Dark Gaia concept all together as far as I’m concerned, I just plain like this design. It’s still 100% Sally but it’s also a rougher and less dainty Sally. I absolutely ADORE getting to see those claws and fangs, and the fact that she’s kind of scruffy all around gives the impression that she’s just as strong in a physical sense as she is intellectually. She doesn’t even need to be a monster for these elements to work, they just plain look great on her period.

Score: 10/10 for Gaia beast mode, and frickin’ 11/10 for those little fangs. LET SALLY HAVE FANGS.

 Super Hero Sally

I have no idea wtf is going on here, I just know the next movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks great and I’d like to reserve my ticket. Also that brown hair oddly kind of works for her?? I wouldn’t have guessed it would against her fur tone, but for some reason it does.

Score: 6/10, I’m interested in her superhero backstory but she’s making no effort at all to protect her identity. Unless she’s like Tony Stark I guess, then she can have a 7/10.

 Sally Moon

This design makes me ashamed for being both a Sally Acorn fan and a Sailor Moon fan. NOT ALL GOOD THINGS MIX TOGETHER WELL. GO HOME, COMIC, YOU’RE DRUNK.

Anyway yeah, I hate that this ever existed and I pretty much live my life pretending that it never did. There’s just… nothing about this that I like. At all.

Score: 0/10. Go away.

 Sally McAcorn

LOL THIS DESIGN CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF AS WELL. If I had to give Sally Moon one compliment, it would be that it’s at least riffing on something the audience of the comic – y’know, CHILDREN – were likely to be familiar with. WHO IN THE FUCK THOUGHT THE KIDDIES WOULD BE INTO A PARODY OF FUCKING ALLY MCBEAL??

In addition to the utterly horrifying art style, they couldn’t even do a GOOD parody of the thing that no kid reading the comic was familiar with, because they cocked up her name. Forget “McAcorn,” it should’ve just plain been Sally McBeal. This is even worse than missing the opportunity to use “Knuxedo Mask” in the Sally Moon comic. It literally misses the mark on EVERY LEVEL. Just. No. Just no. Go away and never return.

Score: -18/10 and whoever greenlit this needs to be shot.

 ??? Prostitute Sally???

Before y’all flood my inbox, yes I am aware she’s not actually a hooker. (Or IS SHE?) As memory serves, this is from one of the comics that was so bad it was a major factor in me deciding not to subscribe anymore.

I’ll at least say that the concept here isn’t completely terrible – I’ve seen plenty of fanart of Sally dolled up in swanky clothes before – but this is probably the worst execution they could’ve possibly given it. All anatomy problems aside, the stupid dress doesn’t even FIT. And those stockings really should’ve been thigh-high instead of mid-shin; she looks about as bad as I did when I was in 2nd grade and I would pull my white school socks up as high as they could go while wearing shorts.

Score: 1/10. I decided to be nice and give her one point for at least being attractive to that bug-eyed guy on her left.

 Sallactor

Okay ngl I’d never seen or heard of this incarnation prior to writing this reply, I just sort of tripped over it while I was looking for a picture of a different Sally. All I know is that she’s apparently a villain in one of the other zones and I’m?? So into this?? I am SUPER down for an AU where Sally is the bad guy, if just to change things up a bit. I know I’m supposed to be commenting on the character design here, and yeah this really isn’t a great super villain get-up, but honestly I don’t care. That helmet thing can be given a redesign and I can still pretend I’m her evil lackey.

Wait WHAT IF SHE WAS THE VILLAIN IN THAT SALLY MCU MOVIE FROM BEFORE?? OH SHIT THAT’D BE AWESOME, MAYBE THEY’RE SISTERS OR SOMETHING AND HAVE CHOSEN OPPOSING SIDES OF BATTLE AND—

No yeah sorry I’m supposed to be talking about the design. Like I said the helmet’s dumb, but I kinda dig the cape and gloves. Definitely lose the dangly shit from those two spikes on the sides, that’d get distracting fast.

Score: 6/10, give her a round of edits and get back to me.

 Derp Sally

Absolutely flawless, nothing to review here.

Score: 10/10, surprised you’d even have to ask.

 Sally with Goggles

Welp, I felt it only proper that I end on this note, because this is definitely my favorite incarnation of Sally when weighed on all factors. She has the overall design that I love from SatAM, but the goggles add a little extra touch that I really think enhances how the character is interpreted at a glance. It’s an early indicator of some of her skills and conveys an added level of preparedness that no other version has been able to achieve.

No joke, this is honestly my favorite picture of Sally ever. Veterans of the comic know that this was originally the last time we saw Sally as herself in Archie before she was roboticized for the second time, and I loved the design so much that I edited it in photoshop to make the image more neutral so I could look at it without instantly feeling sad. The fact that I feel it’s so innately Sally is why I then also used it as the icon for her ask blog back in the day. If you want the essence of Sally, this is it. This is where stumbling around and learning from all the other designs will lead you. It’s just. Her.

Score: 100/10, no contest. Everyone else go home, we’re done here.

[dis-easedfairy]

Noxious Pt.5

Chapter 5: The Bicker Buffet

Warnings!: 18+ | Swearing/Strong Language | Suggestive/Dirty Jokes | Childish Arguing 

Pairings: Park Jimin x  Female Reader | Kim Taehyung x Female Reader

Genre: Angst, Fluff, Best Friend!au, College!au, Eventual Poly!au, Eventual Smut

Word Count: 6,022 (roughly 22 minutes of average reading time)

Summary: Jimin, Taehyung and F/n are all childhood friends. Taehyung moved away some years ago and left Jimin to take care of F/n. F/n falls for Jimin as they get older and gives up everything to fit into his life, until one night Jimin gets drunk and tells her what he really thinks of her.

A/N: Listen, listen.... I know I'm not the most consistent writer. I say ‘here’s a chapter imma go by y’all milk brb’ and just don’t come back for 3 months this is why I got a taglist! Feel free to send an ask or comment to let me know if you want to be added! I also didn't tag my teaser right because i forget I'm in networks now (and i probs tagged this wrong too because iM NEW TO THIS) 🤡

As I took my seat between my two childhood friends it was very apparent who was more aggressive. Before I could even greet Taehyung my seat was pulled closer to Jimin’s side. My seat was at the end of the table, facing in.

As I was about to say something to Jimin about his rude behavior, Taehyung’s voice broke through in my other ear, “Hello, Yakgwa. How has your day been?”

I looked over to tell him the robotic “Good.” but before I could, my mouth went dry.

Taehyung was dressed differently than what I saw him in before.

His hair wasn’t curly, or just there like the last time I saw him. It was slightly wavy and messy. His dark hair and eyebrows drew me to his warm eyes. The last time I had seen him, he was in a white shirt, multicolored cardigan, brown loose-fitting pants, and white shoes of a brand I didn’t notice.

I assumed it was because he was pulled away from whatever he was doing by his mom.

Today, his outfit mirrored mine.

I was wearing a white button-up shirt, black ripped jeans, and white shoes. His shirt wasn’t button-up, and his jeans weren’t ripped. He had a light jean jacket draped over the back of his chair with these rounded, orange-tinted sunglasses slotted into the front chest pocket. His shoes looked like dark dress shoes and somehow the look tied together perfectly and made me feel a little flustered.

Maybe because this time he put more effort into the way he looked than ‘ugh my mom won’t stop bugging me’. Or maybe it was because his outfit mirrored mine, which is something couples did a lot.

Upon noticing my look a smile broke out onto Taehyung’s face, “Nice style.” He kidded.

“Noona, I’m sorry, I didn’t invite him. I would’ve warned you ahead of time.” Jeongguk frowned.

“Then who invited him?” Jimin’s glare shifted immediately to Yoongi as he asked the question.

Yoongi was completely unbothered as he looked over the menu.

Hoseok got Taehyung’s cup as he sat beside him and began to fill it with the roasted barley tea that was provided over water, “I invited him.”

All our heads but Taehyung’s snapped to look at him.

“He said it would just be him and I, he had heard about me and wanted to meet.” Taehyung clarified.

“We were fished!” I complained, sitting back feeling the treachery sink in.

“…Top 10 Anime Betrayals,” Jeongguk muttered as he picked up his menu.

“You should apologize to Yoongi-hyung.” Hoseok lightly scolded Jimin.

Jimin looked insulted, “Why should I apologize? I didn’t accuse him!” He defended while pointing at himself.

Hoseok gave him a look. A look that was somehow so powerful that it made all of us at the table want to apologize FOR Jimin.

Jimin rolled his eyes and sighed, “I’m sorry for accusing you of dishonesty when it was Hoseok, Yoongi-hyung. It was him who manipulated everyone, not you.”

Yoongi pressed his lips together trying not to laugh as Jeongguk, Taehyung and I held our breaths.

Jimin now is not the time to cause shit. To ‘spill tea’.

“Now, Jimin, let’s not be dramatic. I wanted our friends to meet Taehyung as well so we can judge for ourselves if he’s the asshole who you paint him out to be.” Hoseok’s voice was so polite for metaphorically throwing a whole scolding hot pot of tea at Jimin.

Jeongguk and I grabbed our tea and scooted back in sync. Preparing for a fight.

“You think I’m an asshole?” Taehyung questioned dejectedly.

“I acknowledge that meeting him was a reasonable choice, I just hoped you had been solicitous enough to inform us ahead of time to equip ourselves.” I could see the vein in Jimin’s neck become more visible.

Jeongguk and I sipped our tea, “They’re getting dressy.” Jeongguk whispered to Taehyung, afraid they would hear and turn on him next.

“How am I the asshole?” Taehyung muttered to himself, a frown fixed onto his features.

“I considered you wouldn’t appear if you had been made aware that Taehyung would be accompanying us at supper. Lord knows how much you want our cherished, F/n to stay distant from him.” Hoseok had a bright smile on his face that was nowhere near reaching his eyes.

Hoseok even leaned back in a relaxed way with his face looking like it was waiting for Jimin to defy him.

“You don’t want F/n to see me? Why?” Taehyung’s head had lifted upon hearing my name.

Jimin ignored him, “I most likely would’ve attended this feast to accompany F/n. I wouldn’t like to leave her isolated in an uncomfortable environment that you have formulated.”

Yoongi threw his menu down on the table with a look of irritation, “Someone please say fuck.” Yoongi fussed.

“It’s a ye-old stand-off.” Jeongguk whisper yelled.

“Hoseok now is not the time to show off your limited literature knowledge. Jimin, just relax, we’re all here to have a nice time, not personally offend you.” Yoongi mediated.

“The only thing offending me is clip-on earrings,” Jimin taunted with a scoff.

And Hoseok took that personally.

His eyes widened and he sat up, no longer feeling like he had the upper hand.

“Quick! Someone play the Sponge-Bob music, you know the one, this is gonna get heated.” Jeongguk told in a hushed tone, waving at Taehyung and me.

Hoseok slammed one hand on the table, making us all jump, he pointed a finger at Jimin,“Don’t put down my earrings because you wanted swiss-cheese ears!” Hoseok shot.

Taehyung slowly lifted up his tea to sip, leaning a little bit away from Hoseok.

“Jeongguk has more than me!” Jimin turned.

Jeongguk’s eyes widened. 

( O J O )

The poor boy was a deer in headlights.

“Yoongi said real men get piercings!” I threw in a lie to divert off of Jeongguk.

Now Yoongi looked so confused, “When did I ever–?”

“He was always the type to say such things.” Taehyung played along, shaking his head in mock disappointment.

“I would never say something like–” I cut Yoongi off.

“Wow, Yoongi-oppa, I’ve only seen you a few times and THIS is what you reveal to me?” I egged on.

“Yoongi, why would you say that?” Hoseok asked with a frown.

“I didn’t!” Yoongi retained.

“You think I’m a real man, Hyung?” Jeongguk smirked.

“WE SHOULD ORDER!” Yoongi deflected, “The faster we order, the faster we can end Jimin’s moodiness!”

Before Jimin could argue we started to do the usual, fish in our pockets for cash.

We would all pitch in for the meat that came with noodles and sides. We would fill up mostly on noodles. Our diets were ruined completely but it filled us up and we had fun.

We wouldn’t really get drinks. We would just sip on the tea that was provided.

Taehyung looked around at us, confused as we laid bills on the table.

“F/n? You still haven’t got a part-time job?” Jeongguk asked, face sympathetic.

I let out a large sigh, “No. Most of the places hiring want 5 or more years of experience even though it’s an ‘entry job’ into the field.” I explained with a bitter tone.

“There are a couple of cafes who are willing to hire! We’ll check them out together!” Jeongguk encouraged.

“Don’t worry about it for now! I got you covered!” Hoseok beamed, digging a few more bills out of his pocket.

“…So how much am I paying?” Taehyung asked, turning to look in his jacket pockets.

“Nothing. We invited you.” Yoongi said plainly.

“Exactly, you’re our guest. You don’t pay.” Hoseok stated.

As I scooted my chair back up to the table as a wad of bills was placed on the table with a honey-toned hand.

“I’ll cover myself and F/n! Don’t treat me any different! We’re going to be friends, right?” His smile was like he didn’t just drop enough money to pay for all of us.

It was innocent and child-like.

It was purely TaeTae.

I couldn’t help but mirror his smile, it warmed my heart.

“…Okay, so I hate to be the downer in this situation but that’s more than what we usually drop.” Jimin frowned.

Taehyung shrugged, “I have more than enough. We can have a nice night!”

“We can have a nice night without a lot of cash,” Jimin muttered, his rough Busan dialect breaking through from his clear irritation.

“Yah, if he wants to treat himself and us then he can. You do the same when you get a bonus or your mom sends you extra cash.” Jeongguk mirrored the accent.

I only shook my head.

“You two are children,” Yoongi muttered, his Daegu dialect making us all snap our heads to look at him.

“Hyung, they just need to get used to me.” Taehyung mirrored Yoongi.

“Enough dialect! Time to order! MA’AM! We’re going to start with sides and marinated short rib!” I called out, raising my hand so they knew which table.

“And three bottles of soju!” Jimin tacked on.

“Four, please! My friends are alcoholics!” Hoseok added.

Sure enough, as soon as the bottles hit the table, Jeongguk snatched one, Yoongi grabbed one and Jimin grasped the other. Hoseok thanked the older woman and took the last bottle. Another woman placed coals and a rack into the center of the table and said she’d be back with everything else soon.

“F/n-ie? Want a little?” Jimin offered softly after opening his bottle.

I only nodded, I took the bottle from him and filled his small glass.

“You drink?” Taehyung asked me.

“Occasionally. I don’t like to get really drunk.” I explained.

Jimin burst out into laughter, he then took the bottle from me giggling, “Remember your first time drunk?” He had to put his hand over his mouth to stop himself from laughing harder.

“Diminie! I want to eat ice cream with Kookie!” Hoseok teased.

A large smile spread across Taehyung’s face.

“Kookie let's watch anime! We can cuddle because Diminie is mean!” Jeongguk jumped in.

I pouted at the sudden reminder, “You could’ve just cuddled with me and gave me ice cream.” I muttered.

“Ice cream and alcohol make you sick!” Hoseok grinned.

Jimin began to fill my glass, “You were so cute.” He cooed successfully making my cheeks warm.

Before I could really argue with him the meat and side dishes arrived at our table. As if my brain connected with Taehyung’s, we both shot up to help the older woman.

Taehyung got the meat and I made quick work setting the side dishes on the table. The older woman began to set down individual bowls of cold noodles. We both bowed and thanked the woman before turning to our group.

“Wah, such manners.” Hoseok praised.

Taehyung pressed his lips together as he began to place the meat down on the grill and I began to place the side dishes where I knew they would be the most appreciated.

“I can take care of the meat,” Yoongi reassured Taehyung.

“Oh! Great! I’m going to go get us greens for wraps!” Taehyung replied before rushing off to do so.

“He’s well mannered,” Yoongi commented then shot Jeongguk a look.

“I would’ve helped if they didn’t have it under control!” Jeongguk defended.

I moved between Jeongguk and Jimin to put down the spicier kimchi near Jeongguk, knowing he’d get it more when I felt a hand on my lower back.

I whipped to the side to face Jimin in surprise. His warm hand sent tingles up my spine and heat up to my cheeks.

“Thank you, Yakgwa. You always take care of us.” Jimin’s looked up at me, his candied voice and soft eyes making a certain part of my heart giddy.

Jeongguk scanned the table and looked over, once he saw where Jimin’s hand was, he spoke up, “AH! Noona? I think we’re forgetting something…” Jeongguk came to my aid.

“Ah, do we need raw garlic?” I played along with a slightly embarrassed giggle, swatting Jimin’s hand away.

Hobi looked at us quizzically, “We have garlic.”

“NO! We need more!” Jeongguk insisted, giving Hoseok a hard look.

“We do need more!” I agreed, quickly walking off to the bar where they had the fill-ups.

Taehyung was there picking out the right lettuce wraps. He had this look on his face of full focus that it was hard to hold in a giggle.

When I let a giggle slip past my lips Taehyung turned to look over at me, his mouth was parted yet tilted to a slight frown and his eyes were widened. He looked so cute.

Before I could stop myself my hand reached out to caress his face with the back of my hand. Before it could connect with his face I quickly dropped it, coming to my senses how inappropriate that would be if I were to go through with that act of affection.

As soon as my hand dropped I began to speak, hoping to get out of the awkward situation I put myself in, “Did you get all the wraps? Any good side dishes?” I asked, turning more towards the table in front of me.

Taehyung’s face flashed with a certain emotion that I tried not to let get to me. I wasn’t sure if it was disgust or disappointment. Either way, I hated it and wanted to avoid it all cost.

He seemed to quickly recover before speaking, thankfully allowing me to let me get away with it just this once, “Uhhh, there’s eggplant. Spinach?” I could tell he was guessing.

I only gave him a smile. I reached out, getting the small amount of japchae and braised potatoes for us to share. The smile I got in return showed me I chose right.

“Let's go back to the table?” I suggested.

He nodded and we made our way back. The closer we got we could see them all leaned forward, talking to each other in angry murmurs. Taehyung stopped a little ways away from the table, I wasn’t sure if he was being respectful or if he wanted to listen in. I, however, wasn’t as considerate.

I power walked forward, pretty much slamming the two bowls down on the table with a fake smile, causing them all to immediately silence and jump back. I pulled out Tae’s chair and moved the sides I just got closer to his placement.

“What are you all buzzing about?” I taunted.

“Nothing! Come sit down, the meat is almost ready.” Jimin quickly ushered me, leading me to believe he was the one who started the whispering.

I just glared. I wanted to know what was so interesting that they had to say it when I left. What was such a damn secret that I couldn’t be around to hear it?

Jimin held my gaze, only his was soft, almost begging. He wanted me to drop it.

Taehyung placed the greens on the table and walked behind me. He pulled out my chair and offered his hand, “We have cold noodles! We can eat as fast as we want!”

His eyes were warm pools of comfort looking into mine, how could I deny him. I took his hand without a thought, I let him guide me onto my chair, and he pushed my chair in. A small feeling of emptiness washed over me as his heated hand left mine, I tried to reason with myself that he had to get comfortable with me again. That I had to know boundaries. Yet it was hard to do when I could only feel a tingling feeling in the pit on my stomach.

A feeling flowing through me that I wasn’t quite used to. The feeling of attention. Someone to read my emotions and act out accordingly for MY sake.

As he moved back to his seat the sun shined in like it was taunting me. Light bouncing off the color of his eyes, the highlights of the top of his hair illuminating like he just revealed his hidden halo.

It was like my brain was trying to fight itself, trying to make me think rationally but fogging over at the same time. As the light danced along with his features his eyes met mine, catching me staring. His eyes lit up even more, turning into crescents as his lips lifted to flash me his heart-shattering boxy smile that I couldn’t help but heat up when I saw.

Any anger or irritation I had prior washed away as I got lost in his proud and joyous expression. I couldn’t have fought the smile that mirrored his even if I tried.

The fog was broken when I could feel an almost headed weight on the side of my face. It was hard to describe the feeling that pushed against me. It was uncomfortable and was too strong to be ignored.

I broke my gaze from Taehyung to look in the direction I got the feeling from only to be met with eyes.

Everyone at the table was staring with various expressions.

Most were different types of amusement, almost teasing. All but Jimin’s. His expression was one similar to anger, but what made it different was the heat in his gaze that made a tingling heat pool in my lower abdomen.

“Someone is in love.” Hoseok teased as he reached for Jeongguk’s bowl of noodles.

Jimin let out a bitter scoff, “It’s not love. She just hasn’t seen him in a while,” Jimin leaned back in his chair, a somewhat smug look was on his face.

“We were just teasing.” Hoseok rolled his eyes as he cut Jeongguk’s noodles before reaching for Yoongi’s to do the same.

Taehyung looked over at Hoseok, and once he saw what he was doing he sat down and seemed to watch his movements. Maybe he was waiting his turn.

“There was no reason to get jealous.” Jeongguk chuckled.

Once Hoseok finished Yoongi’s noodles and his own, Taehyung quietly got the scissors from Hoseok as Jimin began to speak, “I know it was teasing, but maybe find better jokes.”

Before Hoseok could retort they all went quiet as Taehyung slid my bowl over to him. He mimicked Hoseok’s movements of cutting up the noodles then slid the bowl back to me, “You want chili paste?” He asked me softly.

“Yes please,” I smiled, reaching for the scissors and his noodles.

Taehyung spooned some paste and dolloped it in the center of my bowl with precision then began to look around, “There are sesame seeds around here somewhere.”

As he was searching I took the small bowl of chili paste from him, “You want paste?” I asked, mixing it.

“Yes please, Yakgwa.” He responded, reaching for the shaker with sesame seeds.

I placed a bit of it in the middle of his bowl and took the shaker from him when he finished. We both mixed the bowls up and slid them back to each other. Yoongi began to cut up the meat and Hoseok began to flip the pieces.

As I got lost in thought of how well Yoongi and Hoseok were working in sync, a braised potato was placed on top of my noodles. I looked over at Tae a little surprised which seemed to be the trend of this dinner.

Taehuyng only gave me a quick smile and moved to get one for himself. Before I could comment on his actions, a piece of meat was placed beside the potato.

I looked over, Jimin gave me a soft smile before getting a piece of meat for Jeongguk.

It was at this moment I realized I was being more than unfair to Jimin.

Yes, I wanted to get closer to Tae, but Jimin was still here too. He worried about me being around Taehyung. I knew I was making him upset, and instead of reassuring him, I was making him more upset.

I looked around the table, Hobi and Yoongi were saying something amongst themselves, Jeongguk and Tae seemed to be discussing something as well as Jimin continued to eat his noodles in silence.

I took a deep breath and before I could overthink it I scooted slightly back to look under the table and playfully nudged Jimin’s foot, trying to seem like I was interested in what Tae and Jeongguk were talking about.

Out of my peripheral vision, I could see Jimin lift his head to look at me. I tried to remain completely stoic as I playfully tapped the side of his shoe.

Jimin looked under the table, his eyes lighting up with playfulness. He looked back at me then pushed my foot away.

I pushed his back. Once I saw the smile glow onto his features I finally turned to face him. He lifted his eyebrows humorously once my eyes met his. Jimin’s foot kicked mine, a silent challenge written on his impish expression.

Oh, it was on.

Soon we were kicking and pushing at each other's legs and feet just wanting the other to surrender. What started as a discrete moment to uplift his spirit, turned into an obvious childish game. Soon we no longer cared about if anyone else noticed. We only cared about winning.

“Ah! Cheater!” Jimin tried to speak in between his grunts of effort.

“You cheated! You went for the shin!” I accused, trying to pin his more dominant leg down.

Despite the small argument, we were full-on smiling, giggles leaving our lips once one of us managed to get a good move in. Soon we started to scoot down in our chairs to get more range on each other. This is where Yoongi drew the line.

“Yah! There are people around!” Yoongi fussed.

“Your food will get cold.” Hoseok shook his head with a smile.

“Yeah, F/n, your food is getting cold act like an adult!” Jimin taunted, still trying to twist my legs with his as a way to get me to surrender.

“Just give up!” I tried to hold in my laugh.

“…Do they always do this?” I could hear Taehyung’s voice question.

“Not as of recently.” Jeongguk sighed.

It was all fun and games until one particular hit caused Jimin’s face to scrunch up in pain, making me halt all my movements.

“Chim? are you okay?” I asked, sitting up straight, silence falling over the table.

“Ow!” His signature whine finally came out after a moment of silence.

The others began to laugh as I began to coo, “Aww, Jiminie, I’m sorry!” I apologized, getting up from my chair, and quickly embraced him as a form of repenting.

I had hugged Jimin from the side so naturally, the side of his face was pressed into my chest. His arms quickly wrapped around me to keep me close. I didn’t for once think of the position we were in until Jimin began to nuzzle his face more into my chest.

A tingle shot down my spine at the sensation and heat erupted in my face as u began to realize what was going on.

I quickly pulled away, causing Jimin to whine, “F/n~! I want to hug more.” Jimin sounded almost innocent.

It was like he was cutely complaining, which I would've normally taken it as, but the fact that his hands were dangerously close to my ass and his face was in my breasts made me lose it.

“UM, how about…. how about we hug as much as you want after we eat?” I tried to play it off like I wasn’t acting like a hormonal teenager.

Jimin gave me a pout but nodded in agreement.

“Thank god that’s over,” Jeongguk commented.

Jimin gave him a pointed look, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“We all know you just like being babied by F/n from time to time.” Yoongi dismissed as he began to give meat to Hobi.

I frowned, “I don’t baby him.”

“It looks like you do.” Taehyung gave me a warm smile.

“She'll baby you too if you stick around long enough.” Jimin’s voice sliced through, venom dripped from his words.

I looked over at him with a judging look, before I could even get a word in Taehyung was already responding, “I’m not leaving. She’s my friend I won’t leave her.”

Jimin scoffed, “Sure you won’t.

Hoseok let out a groan, “Can’t we just eat?”

“Yes! Let’s eat!” I quickly stated as I reached over to grab kimchi.

Even though we talked during dinner the table still felt awkward.

Skipping next to Taehyung as we exited the restaurant was probably the best way for me to get weird looks.

Hoseok, Yoongi, and Jeongguk somehow led the way as they had a heated debate on the best beer type while Taehyung and I trailed behind them.

“Is it always this lively?” Taehyung asked, his face read nothing but amusement.

“You should see when Namjoon and Seokjin join. They’re older friends. They’re on their last year, Namjoon is taking a mentorship in Damyang, he’s a writer. Seokjin is currently at an acting ‘camp’ of sorts. He should be back around the same time as Namjoon.” Taehyung nodded, looking ahead at the other three.

“Jeongukk seems really fun.”

I smiled, “He is! Hobi is too!”

Taehyung let out a large sigh, “I should get to know your friends more.”

“Well, they’re Yoongi and Jimin’s friends too. Friends of friends.” I frowned a little.

I suddenly felt warmth envelope my hand causing me to look down.

“Well, I don’t talk to my friend’s friends sometimes,” His fingers began to weave with mine, “But if that friend is special, I will.”

My breath caught in my throat, and what seemed like a theme of the night, Taehyung gave me an earth rattling smile then let go of my hand to hurry to the others before I could respond.

COULD PEOPLE LET ME RESPOND FOR ONCE!?

I let out a huff as I began to look around. They were leading us on our usual route to a convenience store. The most unusual sight you could see is Jimin trailing behind everyone, eyes purely on his phone. I let out a sigh and stopped walking. There was no way I could just let him walk alone.

“Jimin, you can’t do that, you’ll walk into something.” I grimaced.

His attention lifted from his phone and his eyes met mine, “I’ll be okay.”

I rolled my eyes and held out my hand for him. He stopped walking when he got close enough but looked at my hand in confusion. Without a word I reached out and grabbed onto one of his hands and began to walk towards the others. His hand pulled away from mine.

“Don’t you want to hold hands with Taehyung?” The tone in his voice made me stop to look at him.

He looked irritated and tired. It was obvious that Taehyung’s presence wasn’t welcome with Jimin.

“Why would that matter? I want to hold hands with you now.” I made another reach for his hand but he moved back away from my touch.

“I’m not your second choice, F/n.” His voice was expectantly cold.

I let out a groan as I looked up at the sky, “Jimin, seriously not now.” I complained.

He ignored my comment, “You can’t just have a nice moment with me then jump on Taehyung when you get the chance. That’s fucked up.”

“Jimin! He just came into my life again! Of course, I'm going to want to be around him! I want to get to know him.” I reasoned with my irritation building.

“So what? You’re going to leave me every time a shiny new toy comes into your view?”

“Where is this coming from!? It’s just a friends’ night out, Jimin!”

“You’re not my friend! We both know you aren’t! It’s different, F/n!” Jimin almost pleaded.

I could feel the stares we were getting but I knew I had to set the record straight. I just HAD to be right for some reason.

“What is your sudden obsession with wanting to be more than friends!? It was never a problem before!”

“Because I didn’t almost lose you before!”

“Just stop trying to make a relationship out of this! That’s not what I want from you!”

“I don’t want a relationship either! I just want you to stay!”

The feeling of disenchantment finally sunk in. Like dirt settling after conflict. He never changed. He never understood. I didn’t want him to love me anymore. I didn’t want his pity dates. I didn’t want him to only act affectionate because he felt like he had to.

It was worse than the relationship we had before.

It wasn’t love it was obligation.

I didn’t think it was possible to feel hot and cold at the same time. I wanted to scream at him but I wanted to just cry and hide. A large mixture of emotions that just had me frozen in place.

“I’m not your charity case, Jimin.” I managed, my voice wavering.

“And I’m not your Taehyung place-holder.”

I scoffed. I didn’t respond besides that. I was thinking over my options. I just wanted to go home but a part of me wanted to go back to the others and have a decent time. Even if I knew that was no longer possible.

Jimin ran his hand through his hair and took a deep breath, “You said you didn’t want a relationship, then what DO you want from me F/n? I keep trying to make it right and you just push me away.”

I wanted to be left alone now.

“I want you to explain to our friends, how much of a dick you are while I go home.” I snapped and began to turn in the direction of the school.

Jimin grabbed my wrist and turned me to face him, his face was no longer angry. It looked sad and there was a twinge of fear in his eyes that I tried to ignore.

“I’m sorry. This is childish! I was…” The words seemed to die in his mouth for a moment, “I was stupid, let’s just go to the others, okay? You can ignore me for the rest of the night if it helps.”

Now I felt like the dick.

What more did I want? He apologized. He admitted he was wrong.

If I was supposed to be satisfied why did I still feel anger? Why did my brain still say ‘leave’?

Jimin’s hand slid from my wrist to my hand, “Please? I don’t think that I have to date you to keep you around. That was wrong to say. I’ll stop pushing it. Let’s just go back to the guys. Okay?”

“I’m just going to go home,” I stated. I didn’t feel like eating ice cream and drinking with everyone after that.

Jimin looked visibly upset, “There’s no changing your mind, is there?”

“No.”

Jimin let out a sigh, “Make sure to get back safe. I know you don’t want me walking you back. ” His hand slowly let go of mine.

As soon as his hand was out of reach I left without a word.

And that’s how I ended up at a random park too far from the school to my liking, eating snacks that I went to a different convenience store to buy.

Like an asshole.

I needed to work on not exploding and storming of dramatically. It was making even me irritated.

As I strolled around the park I couldn’t help but wonder if I was in the wrong.

He apologized and he admitted he was wrong.

Was that not what I wanted? If not then what DID I want? I felt like a stubborn child who wasn’t getting their way so they had a tantrum and had an attitude until they forgot about it.

I plopped down on one of the picnic tables and tried to do some ‘ soul searching’.

I tried to think of why I would react the way I did. I promised Hobi I would at least try to see it from Jimin’s perspective.

Maybe I needed to have another talk with him?

I began to eat my chips and decided to just enjoy the scenery around me.

It seemed like only minutes passed but the chips were long gone and the park had emptied. Before I knew it I would see a man with a white plastic bag turn the corner onto the street I could see straight down. The thing that gave away this person was the outfit. Once he saw me, he beamed and began to run over to me.

“I knew I could find you!” Taehyung’s genuine excitement made that tingling feeling reappear.

“I didn’t know you were looking for me. You could’ve texted me.” I frowned, feeling a little guilty.

“What’s the fun in that?” He plopped down across from me and began to pull snacks out of his plastic bag.

“You could’ve found me faster?”

Taehyung placed a melon soda in front of me and began to fidget with the bag of chips in front of him, “I just had a feeling you wanted to be alone. I wanted you to have time for yourself before I came.”

I let out a sigh, looking down at my soda as I tapped the sides of it anxiously, “I ruined friends night because I was dramatic, huh?”

Taehyung’s eyes when from honeyed to steel, “Who told you that you were being dramatic?”

“Myself.”

“Well, that’s not true. YOU didn’t ruin anything.”

“So they still made it to the river?”

“You all go to the river?”

Fear dumped onto my like iced water, “So they didn’t make it!?”

Taehyung jumped but held one hand up, “No, no, I didn’t say that! They left without me!”

“They WHAT!?”

Taehyung let out a giggle that made warmth bloom in my cheeks, “When Jimin came back, he told everyone you two got into an argument. They tried to get me to stay and if it weren’t for Jeongguk I would be at the river.”

My heart.

“Aww, Kookie helped you?”

Taehyung nodded, “I guess he saw how uncomfortable I was. He pulled me behind the rest of the group and told me I could go once they started to scold Jimin.”

“Oh… I guess I fed Jimin to the wolves.” Wow, I was the asshole.

Before I could even dwell on the fact that Jimin could be getting yelled at because I left instead of sticking it out, a warm hand was placed on mine.

“Stop.” That was all Taehyung said.

I let out a guilty giggle, “Stop what? I was just thinking about my class tomorrow.”

Taehyung shot me a look. His eyes stabbed into my form and seemed to strip my soul bare. I felt vulnerable and exposed.

I let out a groan, “Fine! I feel bad! I was supposed to see from his point of view and I fucked it. I bent it over, with no foreplay, and fucked it!” I whined.

Taehyung let out a laugh, “Cute!” He cooed and moved his hands to cup my face.

My eyes widened and his warm hands only made my face heat up more. His eyes were crescents, his cooing made my heart jump, I could smell his cologne better from his wrists so close to my face. It smelled so comforting that I pretty much melted into his touch. His thumbs began to softly rub my cheeks. The world dissipated around us. I never wanted it to end. Any worries I had, any doubts I had vanished.

“I got a hotel for the night, do you want to stay with me?” His voice was warm velvet, his tone was pure serotonin.

“Yes, please,” I responded in a small voice, afraid that if my voice was too loud it would break apart the moment.

“Let me put away the snacks, we’ll take them back to the room, I’ll put on a movie, make some tea, and we’ll lay in bed until we fall asleep. sound nice?”

How could I ever say no?

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[itswrenly]

“And if they ever hear my name, Will they know I walked alone? Around these dusty streets, my tired old home. And will they ever stop to think, “what was hear before?” No, they won’t remember when I’m gone.”           -Die Anywhere Else, Night In The Woods

Hallowed Hopes stuff Part of my wants to restart my fic and work on it again now they I’ve developed my AU a ton more and the other part of my is like, Ew, words. So uh imma just infodump about Grimmchild and how they work instead while I search for motivation :))) (Apologies for me not being able to decide between “Grimmchilds” and “Grimmchildren,” they don’t teach you how to grammar your nightmare god vessels in school.)

- The Grimmchild is a semi-sentient vessel for Grimm and the Nightmare Heart (or Nightmar Heart if you know my blog lore, which, if you do, no you don’t). There is only ever one Grimmchild in existence at any given time. They are created through magic, and aren’t Grimm’s “child” in any conventional way.

- Grimmchilds (Grimmchildren?) experience emotions and have complete thoughts, but not quite to a human (bug?) level. They can have conflicting emotions and think independently and logically, but still tend to act on primarily instinct similarly to how an animal would.

- A Grimmchild will usually bond to the Troupe’s summoner similarly to how a dog would to their owner.

- Grimmchildren can technically grow in a conventional way, but only to an extent. Their growth will eventually be stunted without the Flames being collected.

- The Grimmchild’s conscience is separate from Grimm’s, though they are connected. While they exist independently, Grimm can get a very general read on the child’s emotions assuming they are in a certain radius.

- I kinda wanna talk about what happens when Grimm’s conscience transfers to new vessel, but I think I’m gonna save that for a potential one-shot from his perspective. Hint hint, it isn’t particularly fun for either of them.

[matrixwhore]

this tit for tat lmao 😂 😂

dan: you the most dangerous man in the world (interesting that the two men assumed were a billionaire and a leader who incited a war)

lou: well you’re old and you don’t remember me

dan: well if i did write about you they gonna think it’s bullshit

lou: i see your sick. Parkinson’s?

dan: yeah and you the secret sickness of the world you over-rich bastard. shouldn’t you be in a coffin?

lou: imma over-rich bastard remember 🤑.

like damnnnnn y’all good?? 😅 the way it’s all in polite conversation too. too fucking funny. they not good tho louis bit danny (presumed) and left a mark like a kiss. 💋😔

interesting the way that moment he attacks dan is framed at the start where louis found him disrespectful and daniel counters he was high and at first its like yeah what did you expect louis?? but then when we get deeper into it (more nuance) we find out that daniel asked to be turned after hearing about the train scene with claudia and lestat (i’ll confirm when we get there) with like zero empathy at all (which he still kinda approaches her story with even sober so that says a lot). so it really was disrespectful. yeah he was high and louis didn’t that really have a grasp on the story he was telling, but if danny heard that situation with claudia and was like turn me bc you’re wasting your vampiric power thats sooo….then he goes “maybe your story wasn’t worth telling” keeping in mind they were on that bit about claudia…hmmm daniel, daniel, daniel.

love that louis calling danny out on his bullshit, about whether the story is worth telling (given his earlier question about why get closer to the bug? what is worth the risk?) and that he [daniel] doesn’t do puff portraiture, by asking danny why he’s here gets him to admit that his demeanor is a response to knowing he’s in the recording but having no memory of it. which is a sensitive thing for older people as they age and face mortality. one of the things that goes is memory and a life after heavy drug use he probably feels strongly about his ability to remember. he’s probably angry about why he doesn’t remember the interview, was it the drugs, the trauma or did they fuck with his mind and cover up attacking him? he came in on the defensive with good reason. plus it gets him to admit that no he wasn’t worthy of the story then because he wasn’t ready.

that opens danny to the truth about himself then in the same way he does louis in ep 7 and throughout the interview.

louis: i too find the tapes lacking [yeah i too find the previous entries into this world lacking, looking at you 94’ film. idc idc.]

Armand obviously has a hand in the way this is playing out. i think less brainwashing theory more controlling the narrative as much as possible in order to protect more than anything. that’s where i stand on that theory in case you wanted to know. Like he becomes increasingly more annoyed as things veer from what he pre-approved. I like to think that little bloodletting exhibitionist scene was a little treat for him taking all this on so well. he’s being wound up tho i can’t wait to see to what end tho. i can’t wait to see what goes through his mind when he is excused or he excuses himself. i swear he’s back their counting to ten while killing a random staff.

Daniel: I’m an old man with all the triggers that come with it

turns out so is Louis. in fact he is an even older man practically made up of triggers.

Daniel: So Mr. Du Lac. How long have you been dead

imma keep it a buck Danny it don’t seem like he knows for sure….

iwtv ep 1 rewatch thoughts

[i am eating Popeyes right now and i promise didn’t plan it this way, but seeds were planted so here we are.]

first things first we [the viewers] are introduced to our two time Pulitzer Prize winning professor Daniel Malloy. We all come to this course with a variety of understandings of the topic just like in any other course. Right off the bat he’s telling us of his expertise in a pervious recording and at the same time we witness his visible skepticism of his own claims in the more nuanced present setting. if you think he’s the only reliable character it’s very much being challenged in the first few moments, which i’m sure has been pointed out many, many times.

he flips the channel there’s a war happening (clue about where we’re at in terms of timeline?? idk. i’ve only engaged with AMCverse so maybe?) and flips it again and the fantastical is going to become a reality. he just has to put the pieces he doesn’t have together so he sits down to do a puzzle (a devils minion easter egg apparently) and he’ll get those pieces by accepting the extended invitation sent to him by none other than Louis de Pointe du Lac, which picks up from his mail box after trying to fit missing pieces together. very solid intro.

Daniel: Why get any closer to the bug than i need to?

he says before he gets on an international flight and exposes himself to countless risks. It’s what he does tho right? i’ve seen a couple sc of the books where he describes Armand as looking like an insect. he is not put off by getting close to perceived bugs. Its funny tho as he’s asking the question, he’s unboxing the answer—louis’ handwritten invitation—as to what would be worth risking your life for right above the devils minion easter egg.

-bc the bug has been following your career (like the way armand followed him yes?) and you like that

-bc the bug wants you and has invited you and you are a risk taker in the ways an investigative journalist has to be to get to the story/truth. in a way a man who refused to face his mortality chooses to be as pointed out by the lovely tumblr user blueiight here (hope it’s okay that i linked you. lmk)

Louis definitely clinging to threads of the past. in 2020 he’s sending hand written letters (on papers with Lestat’s initials) instead of emails and original cassette recordings instead of digital recordings. A lot if not all of his threads to humanity are threads to the past (“in my day” old headass) since right now he seemingly doesn’t really have any connection to humanity in the modern time. being an out of touch billionaire will do that to you, on top of being a century old vampire.

I think thats another evil that gets overlooked when some of y’all are looking for “he’s just as bad” reasons to pin on him. Instead of the imaginary he bit claudia before bringing her to Lestat…like…in addition to his pimping he’s literally a billionaire. like its right there. that encapsulates the worst ways to exist in this world. he the manpire of humanity as well like…

which i guess is goes into the many faces of violence that fade to the background and don’t get called out enough. violence isn’t alway brutality and i noticed just this past couple of days people only see violence when it’s in tandem with brutality, but im not about to sit here and lecture y’all cause that’s not at all fun. and thats why im doing this. bc its fun. i just think this show does a wonderful job of showing the spectrum of violence and evil and i think you do a great disservice to what they have done here if you’re only seeing those things from one angle. and i think thats one of the reasons why so many people struggle with Lestat and don’t appreciate how masterfully (no pun intended) he’s been crafted bc you don’t recognize those things [violence and evil] anywhere else in the story as being as bad.

if thats Daniels box of the past he doesn’t have much kids stuff, just a pink stuffed animal and a bike helmet, so i wonder how much of his kids lives he’s really missed. Like it doesn’t even seem like there was a joint custody situation where they spent a great deal of time at his home as well. idk maybe he has things in storage. but i’m curious about that and how that parallels with how louis let his own child down as has been pointed out.

ngl he look tf good while he listening back to this tape 😩😅 someone zoomed in on his muscle flexing when he pressed play and i just want to say to you i agree wholeheartedly with you whoever you are.

he mad tho. snatched that letter up quick after pausing the tape. 😂

He dives into the (possible) eternal sunset on a highway that looks like water.

If this is a way to get Lestat’s attention, which I think it can be said is a part of why this second interview is happening given the papers Louis chose to write the invitation on, I think its very pointed that Louis is introducing himself as a keeper of knowledge considering one of his (possible*) final moments with lestat as pointed out here.

one of the last things Lestat ever did before he was poisoned, had his neck sliced, and was dumped in a garbage yard to feed on rats, was humiliate Louis about his love of books and claim the role of the knowledge keeper in their family. I think its a very pointed message that this is a book (especially with all the mediums available in 2020), of course Louis loves books, but also Lestat has beef with books lol (Between Gabrielle and Louis). If there’s anyway to get a rise out him (hehe) its a book where Louis is identified as the knowledge keeper of the immortal life Lestat gave to him. and it’s written by a savory inferior as well. louis could have written the book himself. God knows he has the skill, time and the access to do it so that was intentional. Lestat gone drop through the ceiling of the dubai penthouse in a rage.

*possible final moments bc we don’t know yet if Louis has seen Lestat since Paris etc. etc. which i think he will see him in paris bc of Rolins “can’t burn him twice” comment, but i’m open to being wrong.

i haven’t pointed out anything that hasn’t been discussed extensively, but this is a verrryy solid opening introduction to the show. right off jump they established this to be a well crafted episode.

i need yall to know right now that as we go forward in this episode i cannot be held accountable for who i become when faced with brown eyed louis’ fine self. you’ve seen it yourselves please don’t hold this against me!!!! i am not god’s strongest soldier! i am weak at the knees! i will buckle! i will fold!

[16woodsequ]

Can I have some more Steve headcannons please?

Okay! *rubs hands together* Today is a kind of ‘meh’ day for me, so Imma hype myself up with some headcanons ^^

Previous headcanon post, and second one.

TW: discussion of PTSD and panic attacks, and just general angst

Alright *checks notes* first headcanon:

Steve knew about the bugs that SHIELD had in his apartment before Fury told him.

I really like this headcanon, and I put it everywhere. But basically, I think that Steve is smart and observant enough to have found the bugs that SHIELD put into his apartment. 

So why would he leave them there? That feeds into another headcanon that I sort of mentioned before, that Steve likes to underestimated. Obviously, SHIELD thought that he either wouldn’t suspect them to bug his home, or he wouldn’t be tech-savvy enough to find the devices. I think Steve wanted to keep it that way. If he removed the bugs, then SHIELD would know he found them, and would react accordingly.

I think Steve would decide it was better to know where the bugs are, rather than remove them and risk having SHIELD put more in that he can’t find. Also, if SHIELD thinks that he doesn’t suspect anything, then they will think whatever they get from his apartment is genuine.

Usually in my mind, SHIELD only implants audio bugs, instead of visual, and they leave his bathroom without bugs.

This is important cuz, for extra angst, now we get to imagine Steve trying to manage his PTSD in an apartment that he knows is bugged. 

As you might know with my ‘SHIELD’s A+ Parenting’ headcanon, I fully think Hydra was willing to let Steve struggle with his PTSD, and I doubt they would have done anything if/when they learned about it... but Steve doesn’t know that. So now we have Steve trying to cover for his PTSD in his own home, and the only respite his has is maybe the bathroom.

With audio feeds only at least, he only has to worry about not making a lot of noise during his flashbacks/nightmares etc, but that is still a lot of pressure. (And don’t imagine Steve curled up and panicking on the floor of his bathroom, cuz that’ll just make you sad).

More SHIELD A+ Parenting/ Hydra is terrible

Going along with Hydra-being-inside-SHIELD-didn’t-help-Steve’s-PTSD: If SHIELD gave Steve some kind of counsellor or psychologist after he woke up from the ice, then I headcanon it was a Hydra agent.

That is terrible for several reasons. For one, Steve’s first experience with modern psychology would be with someone - unbeknownst to him - who did not actually want the best for his wellbeing.

Second, and going along with that, if his Hydra-therapist were to be less helpful than would be ideal, Steve wouldn’t know the difference really, and the people at SHIELD would not suspect that there was a problem. They would think he was getting psychological help, when in reality, he was getting anything but.

This would explain why SHIELD dropped the ball so hard with Steve.

Third, after SHIELD, I imagine Steve would be reluctant to get actual help. At some point he is going to have to learn what actual therapy is like. And, maybe, when Natasha puts all of SHIELD’s records onto the internet, he finally learns the his original psychologist was Hydra. That would be extremely violating, and I imagine it would take him a long time afterwards to trust going to a therapist at all— even with encouragement from Sam.  

Final headcanon for the day, and going along with the terrible Hydra psychologist: Hydra and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Cabin

This one gets my blood boiling because it is actually canon that SHIELD (/Hydra), sent Steve to “The Retreat” at some point after he woke up from the ice. (This is mentioned in Agents of SHIELD, not in the movies.)

What is The Retreat you asks? Here is the wiki on it, here is the gist:

This safe house retreat is a log cabin that is lined with the same vibranium alloy that is used in "The Cage" on the Bus. The S.H.I.E.L.D. battering ram took a long time to penetrate the door, even though it took very short for them to penetrate the highly armored SUV of Nick Fury. The kitchen was fully equipped with a fridge, sink, and microwave. The living room has a few couches, however, they are very uncomfortable. There is a computer in one corner. A laser fence also lines the perimeter of the property, keeping everything inside contained. Security cameras show everything that happens along the area.

 So. A cabin in the middle of nowhere, with security cameras everywhere, and a laser fence around the perimeter.

In other words. A very fancy cell.

*unidentifiable sounds of rage*

Okay. *breathes*. So. We don’t know when, or how long Steve stayed at the cabin (Coulson said ‘after he was defrosted’ and ‘a few weeks’), but, as you can imagine, I have headcanons about those.

Usually I headcanon that Steve is at the cabin for about two weeks, and that SHIELD/Hydra sold it to him as ‘a quiet place were he can catch up on what he missed’. Meaning that they left him there with all the files of the history he missed and told him he could leave once he was finished going through them.

I imagine his (hydra) therapist told him that in order to pass his psych exam for SHIELD, he would need to go to The Retreat. Which is wonderfully manipulative, because it would force Steve to go through all those (probably traumatic) files all by himself if he wants to a) leave the cabin, and b) work for SHIELD (and you can bet that his hydra-therapist made it seem unlikely that he would be able to manage working anywhere else in the 21st century.)

Now, headcanons as to when he did this. I have two separate versions that live side-by-side in my head:

One: SHIELD did this to him before the Battle of New York. 

This is just sad because it would mean that Steve spent two+ weeks isolated and alone, reading up on everything he missed, but not really being able to learn about and experience the world he woke up in, before suddenly having to fight aliens and meet his dead-friend’s son (who is 15 years older than him) shortly after finally getting out. 

If you want a reason for Steve being high-strung in Avengers, and doing his utmost not to show his PTSD because then he might get sent back to the cabin? Then there you go.

Two: SHIELD sent him to the cabin after the Battle of New York. 

I don’t know why, but unlike a lot of people, at the end of Avengers, I didn’t assume that Steve was driving off on his motorcycle to ‘see the world’ or whatever. I instinctively interpreted it as him just driving back to his apartment.

So, if we decide that Steve decides he wants to join SHIELD at the end of Avengers, then that is when SHIELD/Hydra might decide to send him to the cabin.

Which is just great cuz I’m sure fighting aliens and watching people die only a short while after waking up from the ice was just great for Steve and he didn’t need any support or anything during that time. Nah. Isolate him alone in a cabin. Should be fine. 

If you want a reason for Steve distrusting therapists and never wanting to admit having problems because he thinks that basically institutionalizing people is still a legitimate technique? There you go.

One day I will write a fic about this bloody cabin, but I haven’t yet.  

So yeah. SHIELD/Hydra sucks. And Steve suffered for it.

Apparently we got really angsty headcanons today, but they were fun to share! I hope you enjoyed, and if you want more headcanons let me know! 

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