#wonder if this fanart will appear in the tags now :)

[coefore]

Twitch learns more family-related words

[ryllen]

"Bran is practically my brother's cat" - is what i would like to think

[psylunari]

He knew it.

He knew it.

Kunikida could tell.

He figured it out on his own. Kunikida was the second person to deduce it, the first one being Ranpo back in LN1, two years prior.

Kunikida even said it twice in that occasion.

It was Dazai who decided to keep on lying about it. Twice that day as well.

And promised he wouldn't lie when it came to that. lmao typical

Even if highly suspicious and with an excellent guess, a guess that he shared with the ADA members, Kunikida chose to believe it. He gave Dazai the benefit of the doubt.

Kunikida decided to believe him regardless.

Up to when Dazai couldn't hide it anymore.

“I told everyone (likely with all of them in the same room), but had to tell it to you more directly.”

How much does that say about both of them?

“I don't care what you seem to be. It doesn't matter, I see the good in you anyway. After some point, I always did. I'll hang out with you, take care of you, work by your side. I'll trust you with my life, and I know you'll trust me with yours. I'll ignore, on purpose, the bad vibes I get from your past, and believe your word even if it doesn't ring very true.”

Versus

“I don't want you to judge me for what I were, or seem to be. I know I don't seem like a good person, or capable of becoming one. If I were actually made to do evil, doing evil wouldn't make me miserable. But I don't know what I want. I don't know what I can do and be. I want you to watch me become better. Am I still the same to you after you learned what you did? Do you still want me, or tolerate me, near you?”

Excuse me, I need a moment. A long, long moment.

No but--

That scene when Dazai tells Kunikida about being a former Port Mafia executive. Kunikida was “the only one who didn't know it”. His usual working duo, and perhaps the closest people in the ADA. Kunikida should know, but doesn't, up to that point. I was thinking, why is that, exactly? I don't think Kunikida is just oblivious.

What if Dazai thought “such a morally upright guy couldn't ever see me in another light if I introduced myself from my past, not my present”? What if Dazai didn't want Kunikida to think poorly of him, and hid it on purpose?

Dazai was once “a person with a reputation”, and a frightening one. Odasaku dared to approach him despite that, also despite the hierarchy imbalance. Ignoring/reconsidering first impressions isn't something many people are willing to do.

What if he started fresh without any reputation this time?

Everyone knew that already. Dazai didn't care much about “what they'll think of me”. It “doesn't matter”.

Except for one specific person.

[lambouillet]

𓃔 Fiore - they/them - 18 - Lesbian nb aro 𓃔 I draw and I make mods sometimes! I follow and interact from @fiomeras

🖍️ gallery - ✏️ Doodles

LAMBS OF GOD ( AU/Fangame Mockup/Worldbuilding )

NEVER WONDER ( "Deserter" Story )

📭Asks are always welcomed! I like to take my time crafting a response though so I may not respond as quick as others. Sorry!

⚠️ DISCLAIMER/BYF: unfortunately I cannot realistically tag all of my posts with trigger warnings but the ones that'll appear frequently are: blood, decapitation, gore, child death, animal death and nonsexual nudity; drawn or written, everything under the sun.

I have a very spiritual, folk catholic, faith healer background so I may come to talk about that at times! It's a main turning gear for all of my work that I hope to exemplify and sympathise.

Pr0sh1p/T3rfs DNI. And anyone neutral to it.

Extra FAQ under the read more ↓ Profile illustration by my friend MTSODIE

FAQ:

Asks & dms

📫 ASKBOX RULES

As mentioned above, all is welcomed, HOWEVER, I'd appreciate if you extend some of your courtesy to me and do not send me anything that's along the lines of being sexually charged. Suggestive jokes are fine, I am an adult! but that does not warrant that i'll be over the moon with descriptive asks about wanting to fuck my guys nasty. Alright? mind yourself.

Don't send me personal discourse. If you have a problem with another user It should be dealt with privately. In no way am I ever going to be in a position where I can give you an answer for this. Remember, I am just a random guy, on the web!

related but slightly unrelated, I will block people freely, whether you've done the above or not, that's just how I like to curate what I see and I do it very often. Please don't take it personally.

Otherwise, everything else is free reign (unless i say so) go nuts, insane even.

📨DMS

Anyone can dm! askbox rules still apply. Cant guarantee that I'll reply back if the conversation starts with just a "Hi" or "How are you" though. I'd really only prefer you message me if theres something to tell or I've done something to elicit you to do so.

ART RELATED

🎁Can I make Fanart/Fanfics of your au/ocs?

Yes! Ofcourse! Only thing I'll ask of you is for you to tag me in them so i can see it... These will always guarantee a smile on my face.

🎭can I use your art as a pfp/post it to Pinterest?

I'd rather you not use my art for anything unless you've had my permission or its art I made for you! Definitely don't post it around other places without my knowledge. I don't have any other active socials besides here and probably bluesky under Fiomeras ( that i ought to post more on, weh )

🎨🖌️Program and brushes

I use Clip studio paint for most of my art and Aseprite every once in a while.

my traditional brush info you can find on my main pinned.

Digitally I change what I use very sporadically so I cant really give you a proper concise answer but my frequent ones are:

Shockgrunge Marker and Pencil

Kasuy MK sploon

Tacodemuerte Mrsplotchy

Scribbly Dark

Jarijari

Bathylychnops Brushes

Intoxicate set

Thats all for now, will update when necessary! Muahhh

Curiousity rewards the brave! Take this ugly thing. As a gift

"Whats with the wording" i like doing bits

[hermitadaymay]

I deleted the ask pretty much as soon as I got it, but now I kinda wish I hadn't, so:

Dear anon who sent an ask wondering if I was going to reblog their Skizz art, because they posted it on time but the Stress daily post had already gone through and I hadn't reblogged it yet:

Hi! I'm Luna. I run this blog, and I'm one person. There are over 3,000 posts on this blog (almost half of them from this year, already, and we're on day 10), and the vast majority of those are fanart with individualized tag commentary. I do not get paid to do any of this. Some dear friends helped me with the funds to cover the minimum prices I contracted with Spider, Belmarzi, and Rae, but any extra from that, plus a fair few of my own dollars, will be going into the fundraiser itself when we near the end of the month.

Thursday nights are game nights with my friends. They all know why I'm on my phone whenever it's not actively my turn during the month of May and they support me, but believe it or not, I like being able to talk to them when I get to see them, so yeah, I was pushing the Skizz reblogs a little late.

But the Stress daily post posted at 12 sharp, and I reblogged the last Skizz post at 12:14. I had started doing my no-commentary fast final reblogs for the day several minutes before the Stress daily post! So were you, what, refreshing the blog waiting to see your art, not caring what else popped up, and then immediately going to the inbox to complain as soon as the new daily post went up and you hadn't seen yours? If so, then I'm not sure you understand what this event is for. This is not "free art exposure: the blog." This thing that I've put hundreds of hours of my life into at this point, and that yes, sometimes I'm a little behind with (but I am one person), this is for celebrating of the Hermits and the community of artists of all kinds that has sprung up around them. If you don't care about that, then I'd ask that you either reevaluate your priorities or stop wasting my time by posting to the tag.

Any further complaints sent on anon will be disregarded entirely.

-Mod Luna

P.S. Unrelated, but it'll be going into the rules next year: traced art will not be tolerated. If you are discovered to be reposting or tracing others' art, your pieces will be removed from the blog and any further submissions ignored.

Edit: the anon wrote back; I appear to have starkly misinterpreted their intentions. I am leaving this post up as accountability, but in hindsight I recognize that my response was equally out of line with the goals of the event as I assumed their interests were.

[lindseybots]

Welcome to The Wind’s Track AU!

A lot of people have been stopping by to check this AU out, so I thought now was a good time to make a pinned post for this.

What is this AU?

This is a Legend of Zelda AU in which Link, the Hero of Winds from Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass (nicknamed Wind in this AU), sticks around New Hyrule as a spirit after his life has reached its conclusion.

During his wanderings as a spirit one day, he went to check on his old pal Niko to find that Niko had taken in a baby named Link (nicknamed Spirit in this AU) whom he found washed ashore. This baby will eventually grow up to be the Hero of Spirits from Spirit Tracks. Wind is surprised at the matching name and almost identical appearance, but even more surprising than all of that is that this kid has the ability to see and hear him.

Basically, the ghost of the Hero of Winds helps raise the Hero of Spirits.

Don’t know where to start with exploring the AU? Try this, or try exploring some of the tags!

Important Links / Tags

Tags:

#The Wind’s Track AU

#The Wind’s Track

# WT AU

#WT Fanart

#WT Comic

#WT reference sheet

#Lindseybot answers

#WT Wind

#WT Spirit

(if you want to type these in manually, do it lowercased. Tumblr sometimes gets weird with the tags if you capitalize them.)

Links:

WT AU Collaborative Spotify Playlist (A Spotify playlist for the AU made with y’all’s help.)

Some WT AU Questions and Answers (under the break)

Q: Is this associated with Linked Universe?

A: No. While Linked Universe is a wonderful AU, the Wind’s Track is its own, separate AU. The events of Linked Universe DO NOT and NEVER WILL HAPPEN in the “canon” of this AU. If you would like to see a little more of my thoughts on that, please view this post.

Q: Can I post fanart, fanfics, etc. of this AU?

A: Absolutely! If you do, all I ask is that you credit me for the AU. (Also, please tag me so I can see it. 🤭) While on the subject, feel free to check out the tag #WT reference sheet if you’d like to see references of the characters within the context of the AU.

Q: Is there an official fic for this AU?

A: Unfortunately, no. I am not a confident writer. I have an Ao3 account (Lindseybot), but I never post fics on it. I, instead, use it to subscribe, leave kudos, leave comments, etc. I occasionally post little comics of the AU here on Tumblr, however.

Q: Will there be a full comic then?

A: As of now, I do not have any plans to do that. Not only is this AU still very early in development, but that would take a LONG time. With my current schedule being the way it is, it just wouldn't be feasible. Still, never say never. You never know what the future may hold. As of now, I plan to just occasionally post mini comics and art pieces that take place at any random point in the timeline of the AU.

Q: Can I use your art as an icon, banner, etc.

A: Sure!! I’m honored that you like my art enough to want to use it for that! Please just make sure to credit me!

Q: Can I send you asks? / Can I send you a lot of asks? / Can I send you suggestions?

A: PLEASE DO! Hearing from y'all makes me very happy. Anons are welcome too! If you decide to ask anonymously, I will give you an anon name. If you ask about a character’s shoes or something (as a silly example) I might dub you "Shoe Anon." Whether or not you use the name is up to you, but if you want to send another ask later and make it known to me that you are the same anon as from a previous ask you can be like: "Hey! It's Shoe Anon again! I have another question!"

Q: Why does Wind look young? Did he die young?

A: Nope! Don’t let his looks fool you. He may look no older than during the days of his adventures, but he actually lived a long, happy life. His adventures were the most impactful part of his life. As such, his appearance as a spirit is simply a reflection of that.

Q: What ships are in this AU?

A: ST Zelda x ST Link. If you want to see more of my thoughts on that, check out this post.

Q: What games will this AU cover content from?

A: This AU will contain spoilers for the following games:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Other games within the Legend of Zelda series are subject to be mentioned, but they are a lot less likely.

Q: The Spotify Playlist collaborator link isn’t working, but I want to be a collaborator. What do I do?

A: Not to worry! Spotify’s collaborator link always expires after seven days. We are forced to put up with that feature. Send me an ask about it. I’ll renew the link! :)

Q: I want to add a song to the playlist, but I don’t want anyone to know I was the one who added it. Is there still a way for me to add it?

A: That’s perfectly fine! Send me the song name and artist name through an anon ask. I’ll add it for you!

[ilovedthestars]

Ghosts of the Pressy

Look for the green arrows, lovingly maintained. Follow them to the emergency locker, where its supplies are still neatly packed. From our hands to yours, down the generations, our proof against the future's trouble is still as functional, as ready as the hour we put it aside for you. —the past is no forgotten promise by lunaTactics

Short image description: [ID: Two drawings with the same layout and base layers, but different overlays. Both drawings are very tall, about a 1:4 ratio. At the bottom is Murderbot in a corridor of the Pressy, reaching for a life-tender in an emergency cabinet. The background fades up to a black, starry sky. The first version of the drawing has an overlay of blue text bubbles representing the feed, containing dialogue from Fugitive Telemetry with Aylen, Ratthi and Gurathin. The second version of the drawing is overlaid with a transparent layer of misty, otherworldly blue, affecting everything but Murderbot and the life-tender. Tahe upper part of the drawing is filled with a chain of transparent and glowing blue figures, representing the ghosts of the Pressy. Each ghost has their hands on the shoulders of the one who comes after them, and the final one in the chain hands the life-tender to Murderbot. At the very top of the drawing are the words “It is hope like yours that is our future,” a line from Verso’s fic. /End short ID]

Longer, more detailed image descriptions below the cut!

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Sometimes you read a fic that you can’t get out of your head and you just have to make art about it.

the past is no forgotten promise by the wonderful Verso aka lunaTactics aka @grammarpedant gives me so many emotions, and of course the best thing to do with emotions is to make more stuff out of them! It’s been an entire year since I made this art and shared it on discord, but I’ve never put it up anywhere else! So here is my labor of love, the first Murderbot fanart I ever made and probably still the most ambitious that I’ve completed so far.

In addition to Tumblr, this artwork is now posted to Ao3, with a second chapter that contains some thoughts & musings about why I made this and the choices that went into creating it. You can find it here:

Below the cut is a full image description of all the detail you’d notice from looking closely at the artworks, as well as translations of the Preservation language (written in Aurebesh script) that appears in the background.

Long image descriptions:

Canon version:

From the top down, the background fades smoothly from starry black to the yellowish walls of the Pressy, which are scuffed and textured. Murderbot stands in front of a gray emergency supplies cabinet built into the wall, facing away from the viewer. It has medium brown skin and dark brown, slightly scruffy hair. It’s wearing a dark blue hoodie with the hood down, leaving some inorganic parts at the back of its neck visible. It reaches up towards the life-tender on the shelf.

The emergency cabinet has a glowing green sign above it, with text in aurebesh (an abstract sci-fi script, not readable to English speakers, although the text will be translated below) and arrows pointing down. The life-tender sits on the top shelf. It has a metal frame with a large bulge of folded material, and is labeled with a red tag in aurebesh. Other items sit on the shelf below, including medkits with the red plus symbol. The open door of the cabinet has a sign with a large green warning triangle and some text represented with black lines. The door is slightly scuffed and three lines of aurebesh text are graffitied on it in messy blue ink.

On the wall to the left of Murderbot and the cabinet is a large green arrow pointing to the emergency supplies cabinet, as well as a shiny metal plaque with aurebesh text. To the right of the sign, a sheet of transparent material bolted to the wall covers more blue aurebesh graffiti.

Overlaying the drawing and filling in the negative space in the top 2/3 are numerous text bubbles representing feed conversations. These contain dialogue from Fugitive Telemetry, transcribed below with notes on the visual appearance.(Slightly glowy light blue text, grouped into speech bubble or text message-like rounded rectangles, filled with transparent blue) SecUnit: I’m almost there. Just give me a fucking minute. Aylen: You know, swearing during operations doesn’t meet the professional conduct standards of Station Security. SecUnit: Because Senior Indah has never told anybody to fuck off. Aylen: You have me there. SecUnit: I’m going offline now. Aylen: Understood. Good luck. Disconnected.

(A gap, followed by a different style of text bubble which cuts across the entire width of the drawing. The top outline is formed by a horizontal green line that starts with a waveform representing a short burst of static or noise, and the bottom outline is the same but with the waveform at the end. The waveforms interrupt the first and last lines of text, showing the transmission being started and cut off abruptly. The bubble is filled with green static that bleeds outside the lines. The text inside the bubble is also glowy green.)

[caps] This emergency device alerts the port authority notification network and the transponder will send your location to [end caps]

(Another gap, followed by more blue feed bubbles with a new conversation)

Connection Established. SecUnit: I need help. Ratthi: SecUnit, what’s wrong? SecUnit: Which one of these things is most like an EVAC suit? Ratthi: Uh, are you up on the Pressy? The closest thing I see to an EVAC suit in there is a life-tender. But (overlapping the previous bubble to cut off the sentence) Gurathin: There, third shelf down, with the red tags.

(A gap in the feed bubbles which is filled with the main contents of the drawing, including Murderbot, as described above. The final bubbles are tucked into the lower left corner, behind Murderbot.)

Gurathin: Wait, why do you need it? What are you doing? SecUnit: It’s a Station Security thing, I’ll tell you later. Disconnected.

End ID of canon version.

Fic version:

All the elements from the previous drawing remain, except for the feed bubble overlays, which are gone. Instead, the corridor of the Pressy is overlaid with a ghostly blue mist, giving it a much more otherworldly atmosphere. Murderbot and the life-tender are the only things unaffected by the blue overlay, appearing more solid than their surroundings.

A chain of ghostly blue human figures fill the negative space above Murderbot. The last ghost in the chain is holding out her arms so that, although the cabinet shelf is still visible through the translucent overlay, she appears to be holding the life-tender and handing it to Murderbot. She is looking down at Murderbot and smiling gently. The figure behind her rests their hands on her shoulders. Each ghost in the chain smiles down at their successor with a hand or arm around their shoulder. Their appearances vary, and wear different styles of loose-fitting clothing. At the start of the chain of figures is Captain Makeba, looking down at the other ghosts and at Murderbot. She has short hair and wears a loose robe, and her arms are spread wide in welcome. There is a four-pointed star shining in the center of her chest.

Above the ghosts, in the black and starry part of the background, is a centered column of text with one word on each line. It reads, “It is hope like yours that is our future.” (A direct quote from the past is no forgotten promise.)

End long image descriptions.

Aurebesh translations: The glowing green text above the cabinet says “Emergency.” The metal plaque on the wall says “Station Historical & Environmental Management Preserved Site.” The label on the life-tender says “life-tender.” The graffiti on the wall covered with a clear protective sheet says “Here, you are loved,” a line from the past is no forgotten promise. The graffiti on the inside of the door is three names: RoundedLoaf, lunaTactics, lovedthestars.

(A note on Aurebesh: This is a script from Star Wars, which I was not previously familiar with. It was suggested to me by Sparrow on the Murderbot discord when I asked for ideas on how to portray the old Preservation language that Murderbot didn’t have a translation for. I wanted something that looked like a language, but wasn’t immediately readable by someone looking at the art. Aurebesh is a 1:1 substitution for the characters of the English alphabet, which had the added bonus of letting me hide some messages in plain sight.)

[inanimate-reboots]

HI HI HI!!! i have a question about suitcase (can directly or not!! or maybe both if it isnt clear enough /nf)

i wonder… she does have visions of the og suitcase but… in her visions/dreams, does she have any non direct interactions with her? If so, would she hallucinate about talking with her? And does the og suitcase try to tell her something important or would she be like a night terror to the rebooted suitcase?

also may i please ask how is clover doing. does she have trauma,, 😈 /silly

LAST THING PLEASE TELL PAINTBRUSH AND MARSHMALLOW STILL FRIENDS. BATS EYES /silly /nf

(btw i did the drawing for fun but. can i post it on my main blog?? /gen)

OUGHHHHHHH

YOUR ART IS SO PRETTY!!!!! AGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Yes you may post it on your main blog! No need to ask, it looks so NICEEEEEEEE

If you can, maybe tag it Inanimate Reboots Fanart? So i could always come back to it :D Getting fanart of my work just makes me very aghhhh /POS

As for your question, Reboot Suitcase doesn't have many audible hallucinations, but there could be rare moments where she does. She isn't the most comforted by the presence of the og Suitcase hallucination at all... so she probably tries avoiding it whenever it appears. As for if she tries talking to it.. maybe!!!

And now for the other questions!

Clover likely will be a three leafed Clover for her reboot. Meaning her luck is removed. Whether she's happy with it we'll see >:]

Also, yes, Paintbrush n Marshmallow are still friends.

[flightfoot]

hello! i dunno if you were accepting fanfic recs asks but - might you have any fanfic recs about chat noir angst with the rest of the superhero team?

Yeah sure! I'm not entirely sure what you mean about having the rest of the superhero team, but I'm assuming it involves them having at least some sort of role in the story? Anyway I'll do the best I can.

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Dr. Walker & Kitty Hyde series by @pearl484-blog

Summary of the first fic, Rain Falls, Everybody Lies:

Chat Noir loves the rain. He loves the danger. He loves the excitement, and he especially loves how much Catwalker hates it. 

Jekyll and Hyde AU

Adrien AUGreste Entry 3: Rain

So like the summary says, and the title indicates, this series is inspired by the popular conception of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - not how the book actually goes, but how it’s portrayed in popular media, with Jekyll splitting himself in two, with a “good” side and a “bad” side. 

During Kuro Neko, instead of just changing his appearance through changing his mindset, Adrien took more extreme measures, sealing off his “undesirable” characteristics, his anger and sadness and all his sharp edges, into the ring so he could assume a more placid, genial persona that’d be more accepted - Cat Walker. 

But Chat Noir’s still there, taking over whenever Adrien gets too testy, and desperately trying not to be pressed out of existence entirely. With embodying Adrien’s sealed anger and snappishness and rebelliousness, he’s not too kind to the other heroes - he already felt looked down upon and ignored before this, and seeing them accept Cat Walker while he’s fighting for his life doesn’t endear them to him either.

The series isn’t unfair to them - this isn’t a case where one party is entirely in the wrong and another’s entirely in the right. Marinette, Zoe, Nino, and all the others - they did wonder about what was going on with Chat, but he wasn’t in a position where he could see it, and he did have legitimate questions about how much Ladybug would budge on things, if he’d told her what he was going through. It’s a series that emphasizes characters hurting and lashing out in some terrible ways, but that hurt still being respected, and working things out, trying to get everything to a better place.

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drowning (in plain sight) by @buggachat

Everybody had expected Monarch's defeat to be a moment of triumph. Nobody had expected Gabriel Agreste, unmasked and mind frayed from continual abuse of the miraculous, crying out to all who would listen and making Paris certain of one thing:

His son, Adrien Agreste, is one of his sentimonsters.

And now he's missing.

Nobody can find him— not even the superheroes, and not even his closest friends. But Marinette, Nino, and Alya aren't ones to give up so easily. They'll find him, no matter what it takes.

(But, geez, would it kill Chat Noir to lend a hand?)

I’m sure everyone saw this one coming. If there’s one thing buggachat’s good at, storywise, it’s capturing raw, tumultuous emotions, frantic breakdowns as the characters desperately try to navigate bad situations. This was a real treat to read, as I’m betting most people reading this will agree, given just how popular the fic has been. It also has a ton of fanart, both by buggachat and by random fans, if you go looking for it (there’s a drowning in plain sight tag which I’d advise perusing). 

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one does not love breathing by @wackus-bonkus-maximus

All of Paris watched as Hawkmoth murdered Chat Noir, taking the Black Cat Miraculous for himself. Ladybug swears revenge, but her enemy—and every miraculous in his possession—disappear without a trace.

Six years later, a new team of villains launches an attack for the last remaining Miraculous: Volpina, armed with new powers; Queen Bee, with questionable loyalty; Argos, the new holder of the Peacock Miraculous; and Cat Walker, who Ladybug hates the most.

Takes place after S4 - Strike Back.

This is a simply phenomenal fic. You get to explore a lot of different perspectives, like Felix, Kagami, Marinette, and Adrien’s, just to name a few, and see their different thought processes and plans and priorities, and how it can cause their plans to collide with each other, even when they all ultimately are aiming for a good outcome for everyone. The characters are pretty complex and can mess up at times, even when they’re doing things (or not doing things, looking at you Luka) with the best of intentions. It was a joy to read and a real nail-biter the whole time, I actually wrote a fic for it halfway through just to resolve some of the tension for myself, One Does Not Love Shadows.

It also features the version of Luka I’ve connected best with to date, as he feels like Luka, but also is a lot more fleshed out, and can make some major errors while simply trying to avoid missteps. It’s helped me get a better handle on a character who I’ve generally had a lot of problems with really understanding.

It is an M-rated fic, though I think Wackus is being overly cautious on that front. There’s no sexual content and I wouldn’t put the violence or gore above a T-rating, so I wouldn’t let the rating scare you off.

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Chat Walker’s Trial by @pearl484-blog

Instead of Catwalker showing up to serve as her new Chat Noir, Ladybug is stunned to find that Chat Noir has returned to her, having “improved” himself by repressing his emotions, memories, and willfulness. Deciding that this will not stand, she organizes her teammates to convince Chat Noir that giving those traits up and becoming the perfect partner was not the right move, but how can she argue against perfection?

Adrien Augreste 2022 entry for the day 23-24 prompt: Swap

This is a really intriguing fic. Instead of becoming Cat Walker in Kuro Neko, Adrien instead runs across a mage who helpfully provides some spells to make him into the “perfect” partner for Ladybug, magically suppressing his emotions and urge to rebel, as well as his memories of being Chat Noir, in order to make sure he doesn’t love her anymore. Ladybug, naturally, is distraught about this, but since Chat did all of this of his own free will, she needs to actually persuade him it was a bad move, which isn’t as easy as it sounds. It’s exquisitely painful at times with the amount of self-hatred Chat has for his previous self, and how the Miracuteam is divided on how bad these changes actually are, since he does seem more focused now - though the holdouts are a lot less on board when they think of someone who’s closer to them going through this process.

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I hope that these scratch your itch!

[hisui555]

Okay. I've had it.

Folks, I think I need a bit of help here.

It appears I have been shadowbanned by Tumblr since now 3 days, reported it to Tumblr 2 days ago and they sent me a ticket in the following hours.

I've already sent a formula detailing the problem but I can repeat it here - it affects my two blogs entirely, as they don't show up in any tags at all no matter what I write as tags (and all those tags are SFW content).

My main one is hisui555 (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/hisui555), which I use for posting my art (#hisuionyx art), reposting things I deem interesting, and reblogging kickstarters and donation fundraisers for people in need (currently Palestine, it was Ukraine before), under the appropriate tags (#donations #fundraiser #help gaza #help palestine #free palestine, etc).

My secondary one is TPOH-VF (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/tpoh-vf) which I use for posting the French translation of a British webcomic called The Property of Hate, with full consent of the author, and among the classic popular tags (#the property of hate, #tpoh) it has unique tags (#la nature de la haine #lndh #lndh rgb #lndh héros #lndh sokett # lndh clic #lndh mélodie #lndh julienne, etc) that usually show up in wide-pages posts when researched, yet for some reasons don't exist anymore when I go visit them by clicking on said tags (while up to Wednesday 23/10 they worked just fine) and whatever post I make under the popular tags cited previously doesn't show up in the tag search pages at all, recent or not. 

Both blogs have been running since at least July 2024 (TPOH-VF, the other is more than 10 years old), so not recent, their visibility settings toggled on the right way, and no post has been set to private either. All filters are correct and in order. 

Both blogs being currently invisible to outside people diminishes visibility for the ones I reblog fundraisers for, being in dire need of it and the author I wish to support by expanding their fandom through translating their work. (Also I would like people to give feedback on my art and get that beautiful interactions and fun comments serotonin, dangit ><)

What could have gone wrong : 

The algorithm might have taken me for a spam-bot, as I reblogged a lot of fundraisers in a short amount of time, and usually I post 19 pages of translated content on the sideblog (1 chapter a week) all at once, modifying them to include links as I go. 

I just also got the recent surprise of finding out one of my drawings was classified as "explicit sexual content" when actually it was an 8 years-old fanart depicting a fight (Alex Mercer from Prototype VS a Deathclaw from Fallout New Vegas, if you're curious). That one got solved in two hours as I made my case and obtained clearance, the pic is now unblocked. This might have wrongly tipped the algorithm into thinking my content counts as risky, when it's not. 

(Like, THIS is the pic.)

(Wonder how weird you have to be to think a fully clothed man fighting a beast are getting it on. It's mild gore at best, and the black&white tones it down. Plus anyone knowing about Fallout and Prototype knows both game have worse content, like, say, a man literally absorbing people in a gory mess to replenish fleshmass, and as for Fallout (New Vegas) I just need to say the words "Sierra Madre" and "Beyond the Beef" - anyone finding this too disturbing for them shouldn't have been interacting with those games in the first place.)

Or, simply enough, it's a glitch. 

Tumblr's guidelines have been, er, meh at best for help, so if you have any advice, shoot, because right now this is driving me up the wall.

It's not just a specific tag problem, it's affecting my whole account : the sole 2 blogs I have became invisible for people that aren't mutuals, any new post I make doesn't appear in the research no matter what I tag (I reblogged and posted as tests) since Thursday 24/10, and while I can interact through asks and messages with not-mutuals, it docks visibility from those I reblog, and those that would like to know my content.

Thanks for your help in advance

-HisuiOnyx

[rabbitdeerart]

Welcome Home Spoilers/Theory - Sped up Record

I’m posting this in in my art blog because I don’t want notifications to pile up in my casual Tumblr blog and I was planning on making more fanart for Welcome Home when I get time off from my new job. Recently, I looked at the WH site update with some of my friends. One of my friends, @isafoxfire made a very interesting discovery! I would like to thank her for her permission in posting this. I will probably tagged @theneighborhoodwatch, as they are a wonderful source of information when Welcome Home started blowing up this year.

NOTE: I'm having trouble uploading the audio right now, but I will talk about it in "Under Read More." will post the audio in a separate post if Tumblr decides to work with me

EDIT: I added in the audio.

My friend Isafoxfire owned a record player before and she noticed that the record player video on the WH site was not playing at the right speed. I have not owned a record player before, but apparently records are to be played at a certain speed depending what size they are. So she took the audio from that video and sped it up and cleaned up the static from it.

I saw someone else on a discord I was in sped up the audio but they did not clean up the static much so here is the audio courtesy of Isafoxfire.

It appears to be an audio of (Julie?) singing about a song for birds and then a narrator saying “Alice found herself falling to Home…. Down, down.” And then an exclamation from Julie again can be heard.

This may or not be related to old concept art from Clown depicted Julie at the edge of the black void that could be found under Home.

[ars-matron]

The Tarot Sequence Reread

Nothing has given me brain rot in a long while like the Tarot Sequence by K D Edwards has. And since I just finished reading all the supplemental stuff right when my hold for The Last Sun came back up I thought I would do something I have only done once before-and in a much less flattering way for a book I hated-and live blog my reread.

There's just so much in this series I need to pay closer attention to. And usually I would go on here and read some metas, but there is literally nothing!! The only things in the tags for this series is people wishing there were more people reading it, a handful of very wonderful fanarts, and an account of the decline of a discord that evidently used to exist for it. So, maybe this will encourage some people to read the books too.

Because there are some heavy topics in this series anytime I talk about such topics I will tag for them, but if they don't come up in the chapters I'm reviewing, I won't. So if you have certain things back listed you might not see all my posts on it. Anyone who is reading along and is curious about it can DM me.

NOW! Predictions and things I want to pay attention to under the cut for spoiler reasons.

The Tower. At the end of the prologue of the first book my thoughts were, " So we trust NO ONE!!" Except Queenie, because why would Rune and Brand live with her if she was evil? Then the children showed up and I had to trust them, they were too young to be part of the, whole thing, plus they are so cute. You have to trust them. And then Addam came along, and of course we trust him, he's an Addam, he's a giant dancing teddy bear and I love him! So I read the whole series (that's out so far) expecting we would find out the Tower was an evil guy, that he had had something to do with the fall of the Sun Throne. Honestly by the end of the third book I didn't think that any longer, and I was starting to before that after finding out he was also Qunn's godfather because!!! There is no way Qunn wouldn't have seen if the Tower revealed he had been a part of all that. (I'm still asking myself HOW exactly he or Mayan wouldn't have noticed an astral projection listening device being installed in Rune's room at their freaking tower that is super locked down! But then it happened for two other locations that were supposed to be super warded and protected my other companions too. So maybe it isn't his fault. I do think he might blame himself, I do think that some of his stand-offishness might also be guilt for not being able to stop the attack on the Sun Throne to start with. We will see...) I'm going to go into this read through with the assumption he is just lonely and sad and not a bad guy.

QUEENIE!!!! Because, WHO THE FUCK IS QUEENIE!? I was already suspicious because every time someone asks Rune and Brand where she came from, or how long she's been with them, they say "She's been with us forever." Every time! It reeks of mind fuckery. Then Eidolon and the epilogue that wasn't came along. Current theory is that she is the Empress, and also that she's probably Rune's mother. I would be willing to bet she was the woman at the end of the third book who spoke up to the river after everyone else. Edwards did a good job of making her disappear in the background, but I'm gonna be hunting for every mention of her and how she acts around everyone.

Ciaran, just because I love him and at first also suspected him of evil deeds. But he's just your gay vodka uncle and he loves all his adopted family so much and I just want to keep a closer on him at the start of the series.

Kellum. We only see him once in the second book, but he's mentioned in Eidolon by the Fool (Or Queenie pretending to be the Fool, again I'm not sure, there's Queenie interference for sure) And he was in one of the supplemental novellas. I think he will be making a bigger appearance in the next book.

Quinn's prophecies. I'll probably make a list of those for a separate master post.

Tallas. The Atlantean soul mates. This is a MAJOR spoiler. Rune says that Brand and he formed a talla bond the night of the attack. That it was what brought Brand out of the geas and got them to safety. The bond was gone when he woke up in the hospital and he's spent this whole time thinking he's somehow broken their talla bond. Something definitely happened between him and Addam in the Westlands, and I don't think Addam was wrong in assuming it was the budding of a talla bond. Because something sort of bond-like is also there now after the Hourglass Throne, after he used his bond with Brand to get him and Addam back to their time. My theory here is that they might be each other tallas, all three of them. Together. We know that it doesn't have to be a sexual relationship, though I don't think Addam would mind that one bit. Everything is pointing to the three of them being tied together somehow, and my theory is mostly that, before they were together together, no one talla bond could form and take precedence over the other. Now that they are together all the time, going on missions, living together, they have more opportunities for a bond to fully form and take hold. Assuming it involves all three of them.

And with that, I'm going to go read!

[gonzague-if]

Hi hope all is well, I'm a new fan currently reading your IF and I was just wondering about character descriptions? There's a few flirt/romance choices and I just want to know more about the characters before selecting my choices? Like a mini character description that other IF's have about their personality and appearance? I came on your tumblr page to find any information about the characters, but it seems the category is crossed out? Sorry if this is a bother, just need a bit of clarification

Hi, sorry for this very belated response lol. I don't know if it'll still be useful, but indeed I have yet to make a characters page mostly because I wanted to do some art for a couple more characters before I design the page.

I don't think I have extensive descriptions of the character's personality on the blog, but I have some artwork for a few of them that you can find throught the offical art tag with a short description of each of them to go along.

You can also learn more about the characters through questions that have been asked about them. Each of them have their own tag. I have a list of tags on this post.

As for fanart, I've been blessed with a few of both MC and the other characters, you can find them with the gonzague fanart tag.

Lastly, I would like to add that early flirt options won't be the only way to start a romance with the characters (although if you want to experience the disaster that is Nevers' romance you'll have to get on that pretty early on in the game). There'll be other opportunities later on, so if you feel like you don't know the characters well enough to choose now, you can absolutely skip those and wait for later ones.

[darkfictionjude]

Etymology nonnie here!

Well, not a nonnie anymore. See, I've been debating this for a while now. But I don't see the point on remaining anonymous, at least, not for the majority of the asks I write. So, after posting the fanart I made of my WWC (Indiana) and Imre, I thought better to just use stop being on anon. I'm glad you liked my art, by the way. I'm not sure if I captured the classic art beauty Crowny is supposed to have, but I tried. The same with Imre, I'm unsure if I captured his irresistible yet dangerous charm.

In any case, I think I may still use the etymology nonnie greeting. Simply because it's easier for you to tag. And because it's fun. Even if it's inaccurate now.

Also, congratulations for the blog first anniversary!

Now, a question: In EC you said there are two routes. One is the Mafia boss route. And the other is FBI collaboration. And, honestly, I have many questions on the subject.

For one: I assume the collaboration happens due to Luce's relation with the Mafia. But, does it mean we are betraying the family? I doubt so, since Lazlo is not only an RO, but it would mean alienating all the family Luce has ever known, as well as putting their head on the line. Then, a similar things happens with the Grecos. The collaboration cannot involve telling info on them, right?

Then again, maybe it does. Depending on how willing the collaboration is with the FBI. Maybe a Luce who is forced just does it because they have no choice.

Yet, even if it wasn't about Luce's own family or the Grecos, and it was another family (even a rival one)... Luce does not seem the ideal informant. Not only they aren't that involved (if anything, they are openly excluded from the crime world by Antonio), but also are way too high on their family hierarchy to be a good spy.

So my conclusion would be that Luce's collaboration cannot be tied, strongly at least, to the Mafia. At least, not fully. But then, what's the motive of the collaboration?

I know you probably can't or won't say exactly what it involves. Yet, I do wonder how any alliance with the FBI will interact with the RO's. Like... Could they trust Luce if they're helping the FBI? How would they be able to tell that Luce won't betray them?

Then again, Antonio must be on the know. If not from Luce, then from Charlie, right? After all, Charlie is his employee. She must report to him. Which means that either Antonio is on board with whatever Luce is doing, or Antonio actively wants to happen. And if that's the case, then it must mean that Luce is not betraying the family. Or, if they are, Antonio is seeing how far is Luce willing to go. Of course, it could be that Charlie is keeping the secret, and that may be part of the conflict she is going trough: love (assuming Charlie also keeps the secret if not romanced, although it could be an interesting branch to have, I guess) or duty?

Maybe I just have to wait for more pieces of the puzzle to appear before making theories. Yet, I can't stop myself from wondering how an collaboration with the FBI will go and how it will affect the relationships with the RO's...

Like, especially as a Lazlo romancer... It seems that both branches may cause a big conflict with him specifically. After all, the Mafia boss branch also involves taking Lazlo place as heir (I assume). And it does sadden me, because Lazlo has already lost so much, and to be one who takes more from him? Even if Lazlo doesn't want to be the boss, is just... Complicated, let's say. But the FBI collaboration also creates conflict. Especially if Lazlo assumes the role of boss during the narrative.

Well, that's to say. I'm really waiting for chapter 1. If it wasn't obvious. I'm desperate for answers.

I have not forgotten OYHS, is just that I don't know what to ask about it yet. The Prologue didn't give much information, and I think I understand the RO's less than I do with EC or WWC to actually have anything to say. I'm still unsure if I want to romance Greer or Jack. While with EC I'm certain I'll go for Lazlo now. And with WWC I'm still devoted to Imre (and would play a Lorcan romance as a secondary option). But for OYHS? I don't think I can decide. I need to interact with them first. So I'm also waiting for that (patiently so, by the way, don't overexert yourself, and remember to drink water).

All I can say is that the fbi informant route is betrayal of the family, betrayal of the grecos, a betrayal of it all since any collaboration, however small goes against the mafias code of not being a snitch. The families fight between themselves all the time but to work with the fbi? That’s the ultimate sin. Antonio would rather face prison and death then have to know his child is working for the people who have actively tried to ruin everything he’s been fighting for

[sketch-guardian]

finally presenting one of the babies: Azure! :D

She's 7 and a very energetic kid

She was born albino with blue eyes and a single yellow lock (from her mother) that nows change with her emotions

Definitely a daddy's little princess, her start with Azul was rough tho, she definitely lashed at him during the first days or week because she saw how the witches killed her mother and having to move with someone you just met that says is your father wasn't easy, it took time but she became VERY attached to Azul and is scare of him leaving her alone so she clings to him, play or paints with him (daddy's little artist)

The first time she used her demon form was the night she lost her mother, her uncontrolled powers and emotions ended in her killing a good amount of them before Solomon came, tho she doesn't know she killed them because she was under some kind of trance thanks to the hate emotion (black), Solomon does know, and he told Azul what happened

She changes color the same way as Azul with some differences, for example the lock on her head, she also has tattoos or more exactly, marks that started to appear when she was 5 as some sort of "burn marks" later discovered to be her tattoos, it hasn't stopped appearing yet so new marks are discovered everyday, her clothes are sorta translucent so it shines when she changes color

Sometimes emotions are hard to process so she enters in a "numb mode" Wich is an side effect from her mother's controlled demeanor, so she can go from not being able to control her emotions to not being able to feel them at all, this happen mostly late at night when she suffers from nightmares and she stays still looking at nothing, something very different from her energetic normal form, she unconsciously seek for her father in this form because she doesn't know what else to do, tho she seems like a ghost walking like that

thanks to Azul's and Domnra's close friendship her best friend is definitely Nikolai, and since he's the shy one she takes the role of protective friend, it's normal for them to run and play around so their fathers found them more than once asleep on top of eachother with Mobim in there too

Overall a very sweet and energetic ghost butterfly demon child.

OMG! 😳I'm crying with emotion right now😭✨people please look at this beautiful fanart of Azul's fankid "Azure" from Obey Me Prophecy AU by @shainaloveuwu !💖 (I don't know why Tumblr doesn't let me tag you correctly😥)

It's wonderful, I love it!💜Thank you for finding the will and time to carefully draw the sketch and write the description and backstory🙈I'm already fond of Azure✨I really appreciate your effort and I'm sure that in the future, when all the AU fankids will be finished, I'll do my best to draw them too☺Thank you so much again for the great surprise💕

(Obey Me Prophecy AU and the fankids belong to @shainaloveuwu )

(while the RAD classmates and the new exchange students to me)

[pumpkinspice-prouvaire]

Hello!!! I just finished your zombie apocalypse fic a while ago, Crack of Dawn, All is Gone? Needless to say it was spectacular, the ending is just so good. I was wondering if you could describe the physical appearances of the 4 of them a bit in detail? I really want to draw fanart hehe.

You're an amazing author! All of your fics are so good :D

omg hiiii!!! Thank u so much for this and for all of your lovely comments on my fics. I've been having kind of a challenging few weeks and seeing a barrage of new comments from you was always a lil bright spot in the middle of The HorrorsTM, so thank you for that 🥹🥹🥹 I can't promise my physical descriptions will be any good, but they're here anyway!

Enjolras, I actually have a clear faceclaim for for this fic, which is the model Michael Lockley! So yah, tall and thin, big dark eyes, very very pretty

Given that they're twins in this fic, as long as Cosette looks kind of similar to Enjolras, you're good! I think the main difference is that her hair is a darker blond than Enjolras', and that she wears it in long braids instead of natural.

Appearance-wise, my Grantaire is always similar to George Blagden. I was here since 2012 you can't ask me to change my ways now. I think the main difference is that he's short and stocky, with big broad shoulders and chest. Also he has a big thick black beard, good for him.

Marius I picture as being tall and gangly, like a baby giraffe who doesn't quite know how to manage all its limbs in unison yet. He's pale, freckly, and has lots of red hair and big brown eyes with not a single thought behind them. Also dimples. Because I can.

Given it's a zombie apocolypse fic, they'll all be fairly scrunkly and messy, like realistically all the guys are gonna have a good amount of facial hair, not just Grantaire! Up to you if you wanna include that though, I certainly didn't when I was picturing them lmao

Thank u again for the ask, tag me if you ever do end up posting fanart I would absolutely love to see it <3 <3 <3