#will add more eventually. maybe

[wherearedagrapes]

Really like how Sonic Drone Home continues Sonic 2’s theme of Sonic experiencing everything Tom was going through in the first movie

Help him

[alicornze7]

Silly guys goin' on silly adventures:]

@rorydrawsandwrites's puppeteer au but the only difference is that jax gives consent

My contribution to this wonderful au has been long overdue:')

Rambling in tags ehe (cw: ribbun:p)

Well maybe it's not the only difference

[swamp-teeth]

*starts collecting them like marbles*

[ohgreat-moretapes]

Tim I noticed a lot of indigenous patches on your jacket, are you Native?

Idk what my dad was 'cause I never knew him, but yeah my mom is (or... Was.. I guess..) Muscogee, the tribe native to the part of Alabama I'm in.

If I remember correctly she came to Alabama from Oklahoma (where a lot of Natives were displaced to in the 1800s) to "get back to her roots."

But yknow, I was separated from her in childhood (which tbh is upsettingly common for Native families) and I was raised in a very white very Catholic asylum so I'm not as connected to the culture as I'd like to be.

-Tim

[marinsawakening]

LOZ Fic Recs

Deciding to use my hobby of autistically crawling through AO3 tags for good. I'm prioritizing fics with less than 50 kudos. None of these are ship fics, most don't have any romance. All of these are completed one shots, most under 10k words.

Skies, Surfaces, and the Hero Chef That Can't Actually Cook by greatduwangs

Summary: Link's cooking sidequest in Skyward Sword, which goes about as well as you'd expect. Or, the missing ingredient was a home all along, or whatever.

Why I recommend it: 4.5k of Link eating things he shouldn't. Very funny and very cute!

Big Dark by phlyarologist

Summary: Character study of Mido as the events of Ocarina of Time change him, worldbuilding the Kokiri and examining what it means to grow up.

Why I recommend it: Contender for the best LOZ fic I've ever read. Brilliant worldbuilding and characterization, and a fantastic understanding of childhood and its nuances that you rarely see outside of fiction aimed at children.

loop - synonyms: coil, noose, ring, circle by MidnightBunnyy

Summary: Fi gets stuck in a timeloop and is very... well, Fi about it.

Why I recommend it: Excellent Fi characterization that leads to a very funny take on a time loop scenario while still being a serious story.

Notes: Restricted work, only available to AO3 users.

A Legacy Cast in Stone by sagittamoth

Summary: Pre-Skyward Sword Sheikah worldbuilding following an OC who works with the robots and timeshift stones in the last days before the war.

Why I recommend it: Does a great job with worldbuilding, creating a vibrant world that slots neatly into the greater Skyward Sword canon.

missing by fandomsandshit

Summary: Drabble exploring Zelda's time in the dungeon.

Why I recommend it: Does a brilliant job painting fear and an oppressive atmosphere, with stellar Zelda characterization.

Growth by herohelio

Summary: Two connected snippets of Malon in the adult timeline, meeting Link again.

Why I recommend it: Adorable Link and Malon friendship and great Malon characterization, with very effective hints at what living under Ingo had been like.

Because each time we live by grainjew

Summary: Follows Link through ALTTP, written through the lens of the reincarnation theory with a focus on connection to the wider LOZ series.

Why I recommend it: Author described it as a 'mood piece', which it absolutely is and is very good at. I like the surreal and blurry way reincarnation is portrayed in this fic, and it has a great take on the maidens.

Blind and the Bunny by justAPassingThought

Summary: A character study of Blind the Thief through his defeat in the Thieves’ Hideout Dungeon.

Why I recommend it: Excellent exploration of the Dark World and the way its transformations work, and I really like Blind's view on Link's Dark World form.

Litany of Betrayal by RawLiverAndCigarettes

Summary: A foreign warlord swears fielty to the king of Hyrule. Impa knows what the stranger truly wants. She has seen it before. She can still taste the ash.

Why I recommend it: Fantastic character study of Ganondorf and Impa in Ocarina of Time. Everyone is horrible and I'm thriving. Incorporates Hylia into the OOT canon in a way I find actually interesting. Fascinating worldbuilding in general.

Notes: Prequel to a novel-length fic I have not read (I'm terrible at reading long fics rip).

that gentle hubris by cassiopeian

Summary: Zelda bares her soul at the Spring of Wisdom, but the answers she seeks do not come from a goddess.

Why I recommend it: Mipha and Zelda friendship, a fun take on Zora mythology and I always love mortals forging their own paths in worlds where gods are objectively real.

Hunger by Anonymous

Summary: Sequel to Grace, where Zelda struggles to reckon with perceptions out of her control. Link is there to help point out what she's missed. Can be read as standalone.

Why I recommend it: Autistic Zelda, queerplatonic zelink, and a great portrayal of the hunger that comes with trauma.

Notes: Sequel to a fic that is also very good.

As Above, So Below by Mothlight_Witch

Summary: An exploration of the Depths and Hyrule's cosmology.

Why I recommend it: The other contender for 'best LOZ fic I've read'. Astounding atmosphere and worldbuilding, incredibly unique and all-around breathtaking. Lives in my head rent free.

What is your wish? by AdeptArcanist

Summary: Character study of Vaati connecting him to Link's Awakening and Majora's Mask.

Why I recommend it: Very weird and unique take on LOZ lore and I'm so incredibly here for that.

Linner (Link Dinner) by waterglider

Summary: An adaptation of one of Zelda's diary entries set after the "Blades of the Yiga" memory. After a very irritating person saves her life, Zelda has developed a theory-- one she plans to test.

Why I recommend it: Zelda is kinda mean and Link is a monarchist bootlicker. I adore this take on pre-Calamity Link, he's genuinely insufferable and I love that. If I ever end up writing pre-Calamity Link I'm so stealing this characterization.

Notes: Sequel to another stellar fic, prequel to an in progress novel-length fanfic that I have not read (again, terrible at reading longer fic).

[nikolas-ghostbusters-fixation]

Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is how everyone thought Egon had gone insane. What Happened that made them think that. They've fought a gigantic Stay Puft Marshmellow Man TWICE (counting the 2009 video game because iirc it's canon? Correct me if I'm wrong), fought an interdimensional god, fought a blood thirsty ruler that killed thousands and was hated by all that was trapped in a painting (and managed to get in to beat him by making THE STATUE OF LIBERTY start walking down the street with slime that reacted purely based on vibes), found an underground abandoned transit system full of the moodslime, had a bathtub try to eat Dana and her baby, fought a giant murderous black widow lady, fought the fisherman ghost who turned an entire hotel floor into the bottom of a ocean, and that's not even mentioning them getting trapped on an island that randomly raised up from underwater that had been abandoned for decades created by Ivor Shandor who worshipped Gozer. So what did he do or say that made everyone else think he'd gone insane?? All I can think is maybe he was acting strange / eratic before, but he's always been like that to some degree.

I don't know. It's something that I've been thinking about. The correct answer is 'it's not that deep and they needed a reason that the others weren't together anymore and weren't aware of Egons death or know what was going on,' but also. What Was He Saying that prompted everyone, including Ray, to think he lost his mind when he'd been right almost every time before that.

I'm genuinely so curious as to what he was up to before this. What was he doing. What insane idea was working on prior to this or was he even working on anything at all??

Also want to clarify this post isn't negative 😭 I really love the newer movies and their lore / the newer storyline / characters, I just like thinking about small stupid things like this. Gives me something to think about / speculate about / figure out an answer to.

[byanyan]

okay. okay. it is done.

lmk if you see anything weird or think something should be written better!! also blanket content warning on the bio bc there's a lot of heavy fuckin stuff in there, though it is all marked (i think. hmu if i missed smth). same goes for the timeline but that's all written more matter-of-fact and less detailed so i just slapped a cw at the very top of the page

[fyngrot]

ever wanted to know what guardians of ga'hoole character you most connect with? ever been extremely into this series and bothered that most of the existing quizzes only have the band as results and not [insert minor character of choice]? well boy did i make a quiz for you

[pclarcld]

──   (  nico higara. twenty4. nonbinary. they/he.  ) thank god you’re here, man - have you seen OSMOND ‘OZZY’ AVERSESCU anywhere? i totally lost them after their rendition of man! i feel like a woman by shania twain last night. no? they’re like, aye - high and go to PALLADIAN - i think they’re a SENIOR level studying ARCHITECTURE? but who knows, these days. all i know is that they’re AVOIDANT & HARMONIOUS and a LIBRA . last night they kept going on and on about how they won BEST PERSON TO SURVIVE ON A STRANDED ISLAND WITH last year, which is cool and whatever, but i just wouldn’t expect it out of them, considering they’re so, like, INDECISIVE & DIPLOMATIC, you know? anyways - i’m going to check down by the inner garden, i think that’s where they like to hang. text me if you see them, okay? bye! / as penned by parker.  twenty7.  they/he.  est.

BIO PINTREST MUSINGS VISUALS WC INSPO THREADS

STATS

full name: osmond "ozzy" aversecu

birthdate: september 29th, 2001

family: maria & gerald (parents) / devon & nathan (2 adoptive siblings)

gender: non-binary

pronouns: they/he

sexuality: queer

languages: english, japanese

height: 5'8"

hair color: brown

eye color: brown

tattoos/piercings: n/a

PERSONALITY

+traits: amiable, diplomatic, harmonious, optimist, affectionate.

- traits: avoidant, overwrought, indecisive, boisterous, perfectionist.

labels: the insouciant, the obsequious

aesthetics: a field of poppies, killing with kindness, bedsheets perfectly tucked, sending handwritten notes, freshly fallen snow, moss covered rocks., cheesy romantic comedies, tea with honey.

character inspo: charles bingley (pride & prejudice) lana lang (smallville) blaine anderson (glee) peeta mellark (thg)

fears: rejection, being unwanted, imperfection

hobbies: drawing, running, crochet, guitar

myers-briggs: ENFJ-T protagonist

hogwarts house: hufflepuff

temperament: sanguine

moral alignment: lawful good

HEADCANNONS

peeps over at devons bio and clears throat (disclaimer mack overrides me whatever they say GOES you got it... if i misspeak... no i didnt...)

from the start there were high expectations in the household. and ozzy? they were ready to rise to it! soccer practice, got it! ace all your tests, easy! follow a specific routine to a t, whatever makes it easier for everyone else.

they went thru childhood being told what to do and they just... listened...like fr. there was never a rebel phase. there were no tantrums. ozzy just... wanted to do their best wanted his parents to be proud? :(

they just like??? wanna see the best in everyone. homelife kinda was and is and probably always will be wonky and he just wants 2 make other people feel loved and appreciated for more than just their achievements

theyd never admit it but they def used palladian as an excuse to get the FUCK away.. theyve found themselves a lot thru college. he grew up as quite the push over and he sometimes still kinda is but ? has more of a backbone now like they wont compromise their morals to make someone happy but like back in the day it was constantly trying to do ANYTHING to be on everyones good side

other people can fail !! theyll be a shoulder for you to cry on and tell you all about your amazing qualities... but if they fuck up?? god just the worst person ever... how dare they..

ozzy isnt one to judge like tell him your worst secrets and he'll take it to the GRAVE !!! only thing that gets 'em going really is if you fuck for the people he cares about. they have a big heart. so much love to give. so theyre also a bit protective of his lil circle like he just wants everyone happy like they deserve

insanely picky eater like. probably eats the same 3 foods every week.

v affectionate and in tune w their options. theyll tell u they love u as soon as they do and it'll probably be day 1. a type to smooch their friend on the lips as good luck before their big show or whateva

they arent perfect like... they wanna be and try to be but... theyre flawed since, y'know, human. but they hate conflict so theyll do WHATEVER to not deal. big run-away from my problems kind of person... like... lemme just go to school in a different country and that'll solve everything...right? right....

WANTED CONNECTIONS

everything :( please :(

[danketsuround]

First name basis - regarding Kuwana's one-sided relationship with Mitsuru through a cultural and linguistic lens

I haven't seen anyone else point this out so I wanted to mention it because I think it provides some insight to Kuwana and Mitsuru's relationship to each other despite them never having the opportunity to interact in game.

Has anyone else noticed that Kuwana refers to all of his former students by their last names? (Yui) Mamiya, (Yasushi) Akaike, (Shinya) Kawai, (Yoko) Sawa - then, Mitsuru (Kusumoto).

It could be argued that Kuwana refers to Mitsuru by his first name in order for players to be able to immediately distinguish between "Kusumoto" (Reiko) and "Kusumoto" (Mitsuru), but I also read it as how Kitakata unintentionally ostracized Mitsuru from his peers: how, in turn, Kuwana treats Mitsuru more preciously than others.

Tellingly, Kuwana refers to Mamiya and Sawa with the -kun honorific. Most people who have a rudimentary understanding of Japanese know that -kun is often used for young(er) boys. However, using -kun for adult women is more of a formality. In Sawa's case, I believe -kun is used for her out of mutual respect. -kun can also be used by male teachers to refer to their female students.

Despite never seeing Kitakata interact with any of his students in the past, we can infer from the above information that his way of addressing his former students, at least, has not changed.

Kuwana does not refer to Kawai with any honorifics because he is dead and they clearly do not have a close relationship. He uses -san with Akaike or none at all.

However, Kuwana also occasionally uses -kun with Mitsuru - not out of formality like Mamiya, or respect like Sawa, but rather, because Kuwana still views Mitsuru-kun as a child, or the schoolboy he knew long ago.

**** It's worth noting that Kuwana sometimes does not use honorifics with Mitsuru at all. Similar to Akaike, this is more closely related to how Kuwana used to be his teacher (you may drop honorifics of those who are socially inferior, like teachers with students) and not how Reiko NEVER uses honorifics with Mitsuru because they are family members.

To me, this is why -kun popping up occasionally is rather important. It demonstrates that Kuwana believes in a close relationship or kinship with Mitsuru that he never had.

This presents itself in other ways. Firstly, I'd like to note how he speaks to Kusumoto Reiko. Reiko is the only person Kuwana uses honorific language with (です・ます specifically, keigo, but not full seppuku zarei 許してください type of keigo, just a more formal/distant way of speaking, she mostly returns the formality - Kuwana seems to lower himself when speaking to her. Literally and figuratively, lol).

He also uses the fairly distant-yet-respectful sounding 「あなた」 with her. It's no question that he respects her undyingly ("virtuous and capable"!), yet I believe it is very interesting he refers to Mitsuru using -kun when speaking to her as well! He speaks about Mitsuru with her as if they all know each other well.

Take this line from the finale, while speaking to Reiko on the phone after Ehara's trial ended:

"Enough is enough. You and your son have been through enough hell. I want to protect Mitsuru-kun too. Almost as much as his mother."

(This is my favorite line. It's darling.)

Here, Kuwana is recognizing Reiko's struggles while veeeeeery preciously reminding her that he deeply cares for Mitsuru-kun - comparing himself, almost (and boldly so) to that of a maternal/parental figure.

While I don't think that Kuwana actually views himself as a parental figure to Mitsuru, it is important to note that Mitsuru is quite literally the figurehead and motivation to Kuwana's vigilantism:

"If it means I can prevent another Mitsuru Kusumoto, yes, I will keep killing." (Chapter 10)

"Mitsuru and all those kids... For them to have justice, this is what I had to become!" (Chapter 11)

"The day Mitsuru leapt from the roof, I vowed to atone for the rest of my life." (Chapter 11)

"Do you have any idea what [Mitsuru] was like thirteen years ago? Then you have no right to speak to me that way!" (Chapter 11)

This might be a good place to note that Kitakata's name change is referential to the date Mitsuru attempted suicide (September 17th): Kuwana, Ku (9) + wa (1) + na (7) - it's goroawase! Plus 仁 (Jin) meaning humanity, virtue, goodness.

I'd like to use all of this to talk about a much broader and darker theme. As I wrote in the beginning of this post, I believe Kitakata referring to Mitsuru by his first name - unlike the rest of his classmates - had unforeseen consequences. Being called by your first name by teachers is the choice of that teacher, and it is a very deliberate choice in high school. Kitakata "othered" Mitsuru, unintentionally showing him that he was not deserving of the same respect as his classmates.

Kuwana mentions that he thought he was well-liked by his students, even going as far as to not believe that that level of violence, abuse, and bullying could be happening right under his nose. While I don't believe Kitakata ever willingly participated in bullying Mitsuru, Mitsuru still remained outcasted in his own homeroom until the day he fell into a coma. In part, thanks to the way Kitakata singled him out.

By taking this to heart, Kuwana developed this idea that he and Mitsuru are foiled - that his selfish vigilantism is all for "Mitsuru's sake". In Chapter 11, Kuwana says "Mitsuru and all those kids..." - this shows an inability to recognize Mitsuru as anything other than a victim and a child. Mitsuru is not "Kusumoto-kun" or "Mitsuru-san", he is: Mitsuru-kun. An innocent young boy.

Kitakata may have unintentionally put a target on Mitsuru in class, but Kuwana singles Mitsuru out intentionally - by feeling so indebted to him that Kuwana, frankly, develops a parasocial relationship to Mitsuru's tragedy. And in a way, Mitsuru had become his unintended victim twice.

Moreover, the child he failed to protect, and the one he hurt the most.

[shooks-stupid-stuff]

very, VERY late, but i present to you:

a collection of quite possibly the worst valentines ever

[icehearts]

EXPERIMENTS.

The wooden door settles into its frame, iron lock clicking as the mechanism slides into place. Esca’s shoulders slump as she leans against the closed door, sighing. Gods, she’s tired. Relieved.

Confused.

Not once has she ever encountered a hired blade — no, anyone who would so stubbornly refuse extra gil. As if her coin were tainted somehow. Or was his loyalty already bought by whoever hired the Brass Blades — an informant, spying on her perhaps? No, that didn’t seem likely. Perplexing as it may be, Osric’s sincerity was, at least, undeniable.

So could it be that he truly meant what he said? But that would run counter to everything Esca has ever known about conducting business in Ul’dah. Not even offering to buy the silence of a hireling is considered impolite. Insulting, even, as it implies they don’t have any worthwhile connections within the city. It’s more than mere courtesy — it’s simply another cost of doing business. Especially if that business involves seizing property from Brass Blades.

Not that it was theirs to begin with.

She turns her attention to the earthy-smelling crate sitting on the countertop across the room. Its contents are uncomplicated: various botanical ingredients along with some simple medicinal concoctions meant for the refugees settled outside the city gates. Esca’s father understood that many of those displaced were slow to trust unfamiliar medicines offered by strangers, though they could still fashion their own curatives from the proper components. Ensuring that the most vulnerable could still care for themselves in their own ways was important to him. To think that someone would want to exploit that desire to help as a means to punish him—

Anger, blinding and numbing, was too much like a venom, and there's work to do. She can't afford to dwell on that for now.

Fetching and donning a pair of work gloves from a supply drawer, Esca rifles through the contents of the crate, organizing and separating each item by its intended application. Gnarled roots still dusted with soil, plant cuttings and twisted vines, vials of dried leaves, clinking bottles filled with translucent liquids and sticky oils, cork-stoppered jars of rock salt, bags of various elemental crystal shards. Too easily did this array of ingredients rearrange itself in her mind. Plants and reagents reduced to powders and alchemical compounds, recipes and ratios, dosages that could divide a cure from a casualty. For all his genius, that was the sort of thing Esca’s father wouldn’t understand. Or perhaps he chose not to understand. Refused to think of his life’s work as a potential weapon. Esca scoffs. Another frustratingly honest man.

Perhaps it’s her own reasoning that’s to blame. But if it was honesty — her father’s own refusal to be bought — that caused this mess, then perhaps dishonesty was needed to clean it up.

So there, she announces to an invisible audience, hands balled into defiant fists on her hips. Esca would stand by her decision, even if Osric took offense to it. He was right about at least one other thing, though. Esca has been in this city too long. But she can’t leave. Not yet. Not while the refugees are still at risk of whatever scheme is at play, not while her mother’s would-be assassin goes unmasked. The two must be connected somehow. They have to be. And if she could only find out how, then maybe the pain her father was feeling — maybe Esca’s pain, too — would transmute into something smaller. Something more manageable.

[ featuring @osric-giroux-ffxiv as a mention! ]

[quinn-pop]

shoutout to that one mtdd confession comic i drew last year that i never posted because uhh

it was unscripted so the ideas were pretty disjointed and it showed a lot. anyway:

[horseymorsey]

I’m adding color to it WHY AM I DOING THIS

[greetingsfromuranus]

Shrine is going to be EPIC!!!

Still need to add friends to the friend section (where the yellow paper is)

All the art (excluding the random paper cutouts) is by @raveneesimo !! Thank you very much!!!

[beeholyshit]

I never properly said how they met so...