#yas vs fam

[joanthangroff]

My sister and I are meeting up with our half-sister this weekend because we can count on one hand how often we’ve met her in our lives and we thinks it’s sad. And as if that isn’t already a fucked up situation my half-sister created a groupchat called „[last name] girls“ which only shows how little she knows me because even the people I am not out to know that I would rather bite off my own foot than be referred to as a girl

[pinksdoodles1]

some sad grigori boys for a friend. bael and his kiddo, alma (lovingly nicknamed soul soul guy by me). bael is a full drow while alma is a half-drow, and also dead. the poor boy kinda got fucked over hard by his grandpa (ol' sullyman solomon grigori, bastard supreme) and had the unpleasantness of being turned into an undead servant tasked with hunting the rest of his family (to retrieve special demonic weapons called the goetia arms), which meant that for a good few decades his father had no body to bury and no idea what happened to it, while some of his siblings were being actively hunted by the reanimated corpse of his son.

if i think about it too hard it makes me want to cry. sad dilfs just kinda get me.

anyways, this is my first time drawing either of them (i drew alma a second time but it turns out my idea of a 'slender muscular' body type may be a bit too close to a guilty gear fan's idea of a twink - by which i mean a guy who looks like he takes whey protein with every meal), and honestly the main reason i wanted to know what they looked like was so i could finally draw them next to some lyrics.

which i haven't done yet, so i'm not posting that.

[suffarustuffaru]

actually here’s an interesting question that’s been in my head for a hot minute now: what do you think a crusch if/other faction if would look like?

one of my favorite characters has always been crusch (probably my favorite aside from julius?), and interestingly it was the moment after the battle of the white whale that sold her for me- her convo with subaru was so genuine and full of respect and it since then has stood out amongst my favorites since it’s one of the first times subaru outside of the emilia camp was recognized for his decisions ^_^

it also piqued my interest because there’s definitely implications/said somewhere that if subaru met crusch first he’d choose her, which makes me think about how that dynamic would play out, ya know? like we haven’t really gotten a huge expansion on crusch herself as we have with anastasia/pricilla and soon felt

also a crusch: if would toootally have different relationships defining wilhelm & felix too and basically everyone else lol

love ur analyses keep up da good work fam!!!!!!!

YO its cool seeing a crusch fan around :DD !! also thank you very much for liking my analysis posts pfft. also whew….. ive been writing my answer for this ask on and off for a while hah its super long oops wkdndnsn

but ok its super interesting to hear what drew you to crusch in the first place - crusch is a character im definitely interested in (i would LOVE to see her finally expanded upon!!) and shes such a respectable person for sure <3 and you definitely have a point that its one of the first time subaru outside of the emilia camp was recognized!! though i didnt know that there were implications that if subaru met crusch first he'd choose her - i suppose that makes sense in that subaru really respects and likes crusch, and hes such a moldable character - for lack of a better term - bc its sooo easy for him to go in all sorts of different directions. a crusch if is an interesting possibility and im sure it absolutely wouldve happened in some form in some other universe :O !!

alright. as for a crusch if - yeah youre right, thered be such a different dynamic between subaru, the crusch camp, and everyone around them. :o im not Entirely sure how a crusch if would go but i certainly have ideas!!! though im not sure if im entirely an expert on them given i still havent finished the wilhelm-centric ex novels or read many crusch camp stories, but i did read ex 1 and 4 and enjoyed them quite a lot <3 along with you know, the main route. but i do really like the crusch camp and i hope theyre expanded upon eventually.

gonna put More thoughts under the cut (note that i have a Lot of opinions on the crusch camp hah):

ok first of all. i think that the crusch camp Does have a little wasted potential in canon and i think that crusch if is the perfect opportunity to explore Everything with crusch camp. just in the sense that you know, crusch hasnt been expanded upon just yet. not that felt has been expanded upon much either but at least we get a lot of details about her and her whole backstory with being a member of the royal family + her relationship with rom opens itself up to a lot of possibilities (theres a lot of History going around in the felt camp regarding felt, reinhard, carol and grimm, rom, etc being in the same camp given their family connections, demihuman war history, etc).

and not that we Dont get details about crusch of course, but i feel that even in her Own centric content, shes a little overshadowed by Everyone else sometimes. like i WANT to focus more on crusch as a person!! she gets cool moments yeah, but as much as i enjoyed reading ex1 im forever gonna be salty that her plot in ex1 was like about people having problems with her gender expression (ill go into this again later bc i know its connected to that plot point of crusch as a noble leader vs crusch as. a woman.) for more than half the runtime and everyone around her was discussing about what to do with her. and then in main route shes put through the RINGER between being cut down by gluttony, having her memories erased, and the dragon blood in arc 5 - and yet it STILL feels like the story doesnt focus enough on HER own pain. how is SHE feeling about this????? shes getting her shit rocked left and right and her sense of identity is being shaken along with it (see: her becoming more shy and withdrawn after her memories are gone) and yet i feel like we STILL dont hear about her Directly enough T^T

and also i Dont like that in the main route, the crusch camps connections to the royal family (with wilhelm being assigned to aid the royal family and bc of that heinkel was assigned to the white whale and so theresia went in heinkels stead + ferris and crusch's relationships with fourier) ARENT that explored. esp when like felt comes into play publically in arc 3 and the crusch camp BARELY REACTS. YOU THINK THEY WOULD REACT MORE TO FELT BEING HERE AND REINHARD SPONSORING FELT. its especially kind of painful after you read ex1 and its like ?? so why didnt they react more to felt being there??? related to + looking exactly like crusch and ferris's dead boyfriend, nonetheless, esp when their goal is to kill the dragon bc the royal family all died as far as they knew and NOW theres someone in the royal family that actually lived???? whos a rival for the throne now??? also i feel like the potential of like. ferris and wilhelms dynamic isnt explored either. like i have to wonder how they seem like theyre on decent/good terms in canon when ferris is friends with reinhard, wilhelms role in the demihuman war, and also wilhelm fucking up his family (with ferris being Aware of a lot of reinhards family situation, of course). and also of course wilhelm has Things going on with rom and carol and grimm bc demihuman war... ex novel things...

so like i think that inherently the crusch and felt camps ARE kind of sort of intertwined in this way bc of ALL these reasons. so i think if youre exploring crusch camp content all of this SHOULD be acknowledged. or maybe thats the felt camp fan in me talking but i DO GENUINELY THINK THE CRUSCH AND FELT CAMPS ARE CONNECTED A LOT ☝️☝️☝️

and so ok back to crusch if things!!!! i have no idea how the Exact plot goes but like i think this is all very dependent on how the crusch if divergence even starts. which Makes sense but yeah :o i mean i feel like i can only see it happening right from the get go in arc 1. and also this goes with what you said - if subaru met them first he'd probs choose to join them. but tbh i also kinda sort of like the possibility that maybe at least Some of arc 1 still happened in another font so subaru can be like "yeah lol this blond girl with red eyes was there along with this giant dude and t -" and crusch and ferris are thinking "OK IT COULD BE ANY RANDOM GIRL WITH BLOND HAIR AND RED EYES THATS NOT A COMPLETE GUARANTEE ITS SOMEONE FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY RIGHT??" and also wilhelms gonna vaguely go "hey whats this giants name again....." anyway yeah gotta plant those seeds for future plot things???? yes. also its a good segue into subaru learning more crusch camp related history yes. maybe that (subarus arc 1 info) is what allows him to join crusch camp too????? yeah im having trouble brainstorming ideas on how he even joins the camp but im guessing its a “subaru accidentally stumbles across stuff and crusch camp is like well i guess we just Kinda have to let you in……. like taking pity on a stray kitten…… maybe youll be useful… and also we do pity you a bit yeah you seem very lost” thing. 👍👍👍

(or alternatively you could have subaru branch off into crusch camp at arc 3 or smth given hes like actually physically at their place and away from emilia camp now but at the same time i doubt that could even happen given the position he was in arc 3???? like post-royal selection drama?? yeah i dont really see it happening imo HAH)

anyway. yeah so its like. inevitably subaru is gonna figure out you know the history behind all of the others in the crusch camp. like whether thats by doing his own research - especially bc you know wilhelm, crusch, ferris are all very well known by this point and have all kinds of rumors and info on them flying around - and also like. by getting closer with everyone. i think that if subaru joined crusch camp early, either he knows hes got rbd bc of arc 1 and manages to avoid it for a while, is my guess, given crusch camp doesnt get involved in life threatening things until. the white whale.

but until then i think subarus probably not gonna die. and i think hes probs gonna be in Fear of that happening again, maybe he blocks out a bit of arc 1 some more bc ahhaah i havent died or anything in so long so surely that never happened. maybe he tries to tell crusch once he gets closer with her or maybe he doesnt try at all bc hahaha did that even happen???? or maybe he asks her about her dp and if its Only about truths from that persons pov rather than Fact and shes like "yeah no its personal truths only, so even if someone is completely wrong about a fact but Believes it wholeheartedly its still gonna register as the truth" and hes like FUCK ok. smth like that?? yes. gotta give him inner turmoil even when hes not actively in danger. bc he Would have that yes. but either way i think he’d be curious and wanna know the specifics of her dp anyway!!!

yeah so anyway the white whale happens and subarus whole shit gets wrecked oops.... and my guess is that you know hes gonna loop a whole shit ton of times and its gonna be complete and utter hell for him. but also this is kind of a little bit dependent on how exactly the royal selection goes for him - but i HIGHLY doubt itd go the same as canon. i doubt he’d even make a scene, tbh—i mean assuming subaru joins crusch camp very early somehow, between crusch and ferris and wilhelm the three of them are gonna Really whip him into shape. metaphorically beat his s1 flaws out of him. bc like—i mean in canon subaru Did learn and grow yes, but he didnt Have to learn everything so harshly (ok but canon subaru Did have to get beat in the duel though or he wouldve died skcbsnd but i still think that subaru can still learn the same lessons more Gently whenever possible. hes a normal teenage boy trying his best!!). i think crusch camp would be good for him in this way, i mean crusch is a very duty-focused person and ferris and wilhelm are blunt people. ferris especially is not gonna take any bullshit wkdndnd (ESPECIALLY when subaru could humiliate crusch and the entire camp) and wilhelm sees himself in subaru and is gonna go “ah…….. you should. not act like that. let me train you.” and ALSO im a firm believer and enjoyer in the reinhard-ferris-julius friendship and i think that reinhard ESPECIALLY must have communicated with crusch camp about felt before arc 3, otherwise crusch camp wouldve had a stronger reaction to felts grand entrance into the royal selection. also if subarus getting closer to crusch camp then of course he figures out stuff like the reinhard-ferris-julius friendship.

again not entirely sure about specific plot beats but depending on how things go emilia camp may or may not get royally fucked (as an emilia camp enjoyer im very saddened by this 😔) but i DO feel like subaru would still be sympathetic towards them in a crusch if. and also theres Definitely gonna be at least one loop during arc 3 where the white whale Does erase crusch and wilhelm and ferris goes insane (like how they end up in pride if. yeah.) so subaru gets to see the consequences if they lose to the white whale. but i DO think that the final loop should still have the consequences of crusch being targeted by gluttony and losing her memories. its interesting to explore!!! especially if subaru himself still becomes a victim of gluttony in some way—maybe they both become victims of gluttony there?? or it happens to subaru later?? and i feel like arc 5 is Definitely another opportunity for some crazy looping. for sure.

also roswaal may want to try some shit bc Why is subaru in another camp this is not according to plan. so more opportunities to torture subaru 👍👍👍 and also crusch camp in canon keeps taking one L after another so you know. familiar territory in terms of how subaru and co are doing 😭😭😭😭

but anyway. i think a crusch camp and felt camp alliance (or Almost alliance?) is in order bc. well we know subaru he tries to fix things. hes nosy. he learns eventually All the crusch camp history and is like ok so why arent we allies with felt camp at least for rn??? like urging wilhelm to make it up with reinhard and such, etc etc. and crusch and felt are the candidates that are both Very deeply unsatisfied with the current system of lugunica and want to remake everything to be better!! and also like. how does ferris even feel about wilhelm. i lowkey want crusch if to have a plot beat where ferris-crusch-subaru metaphorically beat up wilhelm for being Terrible. actually scratch lowkey i want highkey. and i think crusch is just like yeah sorry i do respect you in a lot of ways wilhelm and youre a very key member in our camp and i appreciate it but also fighting against demihumans in the demihuman war + being awful to your family was definitely. 😬 ESPECIALLY since she grew up with ferris too okay. she and her dad literally took in ferris after being stuck in a basement for the first nine years of his life. and while ferris and reinhards family situations are Very Different, the common thread is generational trauma and Passed Down abilities/traits that also relate to the trauma so. i feel like ferris at Least has some secret strong feelings about wilhelm ok i dont care what tappei has to say on this (actually i do care but i will care less if tappei has a bad take on this bc ferris and reinhard are FRIENDS + WILHELM WAS WRONG FOR THE DEMIHUMAN WAR ok ferris was horribly abused also bc of fantasy racism).

and alright ok im gonna talk about some more crusch-ferris-subaru dynamics bc subaru and wilhelm are most likely gonna fall into their weird grandson-grandfather dynamic again. especially now that subarus in crusch camp.

so—gender expression. the way crusch-ferris-subaru dress and their relationships with this part of their identities. personally i hc all three of them as nonbinary but of course u can have different hcs/opinions than me :o either way though, gender expression is Very important to all three of them and its given focus in the plot multiple times so im gonna try to examine how its handled in canon a bit!! theres this one bit from the arc 5 wn that i think about a lot:

so you know, subaru has his internalized issues, toxic masculinity for one, so hes struggling with like. being a man but also like he genuinely enjoys crossdressing but also hes been judged for it in the past and he has?? complicated feelings on it. hes struggling with his identity and who he is in many many different ways and gender is one key aspect of it. and then he comes along and crusch and ferris BASICALLY challenge him and his internalized ideas on it—crusch being a woman who dresses more masculine and ferris being a man who dresses more feminine. they challenge even the fantasy world’s society too—crusch more so, bc shes a woman and in the public eye due to her family and shes expected to dress and behave the way a noblewoman should. more feminine. but she refuses which is a point of contention in ex1 of course…

ferris seems to get less scrutiny from the public on this (at least for This exact reason, we only see subaru iirc judge him for it on screen) but my guess is bc he 1. can easily pass as a girl and 2. he has other more Noticeable traits to the public (having the Blue title and being demihuman for example). but also theres another aspect to ferris and its that he also dresses femininely to represent “the feminine side crusch lacks” iirc…. which. to be quite frank thats. that feels a little odd to me but anyway im gonna choose to look into it a bit regardless bc i think it could potentially be interesting maybe?? but also the fourier-crusch duel in ex1 already felt off to me wkfndnd it was such a fun scene but like??? why are we policing what crusch wants to wear??? but. anyway.

so about ferris being “the feminine side crusch lacks”……. ferris and crusch's gender expression are completely opposite, ferris being feminine of course and crusch being masculine. ferris and crusch are very much like each others equal halves in canon - you dont find one without the other, theyre basically a pair (especially given they fit together into this perfect trio with fourier and now fouriers gone :(( ). ferris and crusch balance each other out in a lot of ways, especially given ferris's mischevious yet perceptive personality and crusch being more serious but a bit airheaded with emotional matters. and also both of them being more blunt honest people. so like their gender expression balances each other out bc theyre opposites. ferris wants to keep balancing out crusch, whos so focused on duty that her needs and her desires and emotions sometimes go by the wayside (id personally attribute at least a tiny bit of her airheadedness with emotions to this too - when you have so much responsibilities to attend to, your emotions often take a backseat. especially when you take into account people judging crusch for how she expresses herself....).

but also ferris does note that "because crusch-sama said this suits ferris, what i am, i am, and this most suits the radiance of ferris' soul. crusch-samas words, ferris will repay with everything that i am". im gonna interpret this as crusch recognizing that ferris truly likes to express his appearance in a feminine way and providing ferris with the means and support to do so, especially since crusch herself growing up also prefers to express herself as opposite to her biological sex and also bc crusch and her family took in ferris so they grew up together. which i think is very sweet <3

and also more regarding crusch, in canon she expresses herself more femininely after getting her memories wiped by gluttony........... i think there might (emphasis on Might) be vaguely a kind of "feminine=weak and masculine=strong thats why crusch goes back to being feminine after memories gone" undertone if you choose to see it that way but im Electing to ignore it. i think crusch's change in expression post-gluttony though like emphasizes how her identity gets shaken after her memories are erased. she was a confident person before and now shes more timid and withdrawn bc she isnt sure of herself or her abilities anymore :(( which is definitely smth that should be explored in Any crusch camp centric content, i think.

anyway. yeah also i def think the ferris-crusch-subaru gender things should be explored. its already briefly touched on in canon with stuff like that arc 5 wn snippet i shared, but i do think subaru being friends with ferris and crusch will help him with confidence regarding how he likes to express himself as well. which i think would be very sweet to explore <3 (sorry this briefly derailed into a ferris-crusch-subaru gender expression analysis but this part of their characters is important i feel aljdlfjsldfj and its SUCH good parallel between them)

as for general dynamics stuff between the three of them. i think ferris is on the fence about subaru at first and goes from "hes an idiot..." to "hes an idiot <3" i have no specific thoughts on this at the moment thats just the vibe thats probably happening. maybe a bit of the same with crusch but yes im sure crusch and ferris of course grow to respect subaru, and im sure they notice pretty quick that subaru wears his emotions on his sleeve. hes an honest person in almost all things, or at least he tries to be, unless hes being held at gunpoint to keep things secret bc rbd lajdlfjl. and we Know subaru is a very respectable person whos Really good at heart, he just had all these hurdles to get through. and also - subaru is a tiny bit similar to fourier in terms of like Loud, Passionate, Determined, kind of an idiot in a few ways but a Lovable one, that sort of thing. of course ferris and crusch are VERY MUCH not going to be replacing fourier. absolutely not they would never in a million years. but fourier like Really fit in with ferris and crusch bc of the three of them having different personality traits, so i think subaru would fit well with ferris and crusch for similar reasons. if that makes sense. the energies just match up. ferris and subaru particularly bring a lot of fun and lightheartedness and ease weight on crusch’s shoulders, crusch supports them both, and all three of them reel each other in in different ways <3

ok also regarding any romance............ personally i dont see the appeal of crusch x subaru but thats just me lajsdlfjls and also my heart got stolen by fourier x ferris x crusch oops. plus i do enjoy the ferris and subaru + subaru and crusch friendship possibilities. but if anyones reading this and is a fan of crusch x subaru feel free to send me propaganda for it bc im very curious as to what makes you really like the ship <3

yeah so anyway. this has been my extremely long explanation as to how crusch if could maybe go and also all sorts of stuff id love to see explored when it comes to crusch if or crusch camp centered content in general <3 its hard to tell how a crusch if would go further down the line bc you know, the more that changes from main route the more things go Different, but i think its fascinating to think about. hope this kind of answered your question op? :O :D !!

ok but as for other camps. i have absolutely no clue how itd go but ana camp would Definitely have to involve subaru trying to invent things that carry on from earth and such and felt camp Absolutely involves more trying to solve more astrea drama. no specific thoughts on this yet (ALSO I STILL HAVENT CAUGHT UP ON ANA CAMP SIDE STORIES... ONE DAY. I SWEAR.) but you know, lots of interesting possibilities here!! :O

[waitmyturtles]

This is VERY UNLIKE ME, but here's some incredibly fast, EXTREMELY late-night meta on two dramas (Dangerous Romance and I Feel You Linger in the Air) from this TIRED mama, all before Only Friends later today!

(Y'all. I've missed being around this week! Moving and unpacking... I'll tell ya. It gets harder as I get older. Mostly because I/we have more stuff, and the BRAINS I need to figure out where this stuff should go is like, as mentally draining as it is physically draining to open boxes, unpack 'em, go up and down stairs -- damn. I have been COLLAPSING at night. Friends have been sending me meta to read -- @ranchthoughts, I see you, boo! <3 <3 The little peeks and breaks I've been getting have been giving me energy. I'm a little back on my bullshit now, and I can't wait to give Only Friends the full treatment tomorrow. But for now, quick notes!)

1) Dangerous Romance, episode 4: Listen, the friends covered a lot (here, here, and here -- @neuroticbookworm, @lurkingshan, @wen-kexing-apologist, all clowning correctly). WKA also notes that this show was written by Pratchaya Thavornthummarut and Bee Pongsate, two of the three writers of some of the best BLs ever -- Bad Buddy, My School President, Dark Blue Kiss, etc. When Bee and Pratchaya write WITHOUT Au Kornprom, as they did in BBS, MSP, and DBK -- things go a touch awry (cc @chickenstrangers, as we've talked about this before). Bee and Pratchaya, for instance, wrote Vice Versa, which I haven't watched, but I know the fam is mid on. (Remember when Aof Noppharnach had to come in to save 2gether by making Still 2gether? 2gether was written by Bee and Pratchaya -- Aof and Au joined in on the Still 2gether correction.)

ANYWAY, ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY that I should have been smarter about this show when I started in on it. It's directed in part by Lit Phadung, formerly of SOTUS, which is a fine show by nostalgia's standards! But like, not the height of drahmah.

So there's a lot of mid kinda swirling around here, and god, honestly, I'm kicking myself, because I should have been more sus. I should have been more sus!

Perth and Chimon are too good for this show. Not that I hate it! I don't hate the show, per se. It's just -- the first episode was so intense, so very issues-based, as all the dear friends noted, that to swerve towards a SUCH a gloopy romance plot was just... man, even SOTUS was WAY more clear in its plot than DR. (Dudes, I was chatting with @neuroticbookworm while I was watching this, and I was like, LOVE SICK HAD A MORE CONVINCING ROMANCE PACE THAN THIS. LOVE SICK!!!) DR is moving WAY too quickly towards the cheesiest of tropes, without the beef to back it up.

Anyway, from the energy vibes that Perth and Chimon are giving off, they should either 1) be making out by now, and/or 2) doing it by now, because like, WHOA, lots of staring, boys! LOTS of staring. And lemme tell ya, someone's staring at me like that, like in the clurb or something, and I'm like, yep, make-out time, right?! RIGHT?!

I am now officially watching this show, as I noted to @neuroticbookworm, literally to watch all the dear GMMTV celebs in here try to avoid a dumpster fire. (Where the hell is June?!) (At least Marc and Pawin are funny for like, the 10 seconds we see them.)

OH, ALSO?! What's the difference in Sailom becoming a sex worker vs. being bought out as a live-in tutor? Were we supposed to judge Sailom becoming an escort? Are we intentionally ignoring bias in socioeconomic gaps, writers? TOO MUCH TO ASK, TEAM! Too. much. to. ask.

I luv you, Perth and Chimon, I LUV YOU, BUT WHY. ANYWAY. MOVING ON.

2) I haven't written anything about I Feel You Linger in the Air yet because of LIFE (see above), and I was very wibbly about it when I started it, because you, your mother, MY mother, and MY MOTHER'S MOTHER all know about how sus I am on Tee Bundit (but I finally watched Lovely Writer and LOVED IT, so I am a touch less sus).

ANYWAY, thanks to the convincing of @lurkingshan and @neuroticbookworm to look past the slow pace of the first episode as accurate for a historical drama, I kept at it with IFYLITA. And I'm glad I did.

Now this? THIS IS A BL, BABY!

We got sexy typewriter scenes! Drawings of cutie widdle pigwets! Drunk falls! Red cheeks! Reading out loud! POETRY! FLOWERS! ENEMIES AND INTRIGUE! (I'm not happy about the marital rape, but unfortunately, I am thinking that is accurate for the time being portrayed.)

Admittedly -- god, Tee, the episodes are still a little long, my homey. A little long. BUT.

This show, as so many have noted, is just beyond gorgeous. The plumerias. I LOVE Ming and Maey. I LOVE THAT WE MAY HAVE A SAPPHIC SUB-PLOT.

But I also appreciate that only four episodes in, we haven't forgotten that this is a time travel show, in the midst of the budding romance. My thinking on that out-of-body experience on Jom's part was Jom flirting with consciousness after the present-day car crash. But who knows.

I like that Jom is making the connections with those drawings he found in that chest -- and that, lol, he was asking Prik questions about the architecture. Even though Yai's dad seems like a bad dude, I have faith that Tee Bundit is going to keep Nu Surasak going as a good BL dad/dude -- fingers crossed.

I am just -- I am loving where this show is going to go. The house is worried about Yai. I like the way the scent about Yai's preferences is a lot more muted in 1920s Thailand than it would be as set in the present-day. I just think that's totally accurate for what I would call an "old-fashioned" Asian perspective now. I'm very intrigued to see how a historical drama like this will wrestle with homophobia, as this is my first period BL, and -- I'm just excited to see where it'll go.

The acting is GREAT, the pace of the romance is GREAT, the pace of the filming is still slow, but I can't believe I'm saying this -- I'll continue to forgive it for now. Tee, please, PLEASE don't fail us, because you have something GREAT going on here. Yai, head over HEEEELLLLSSS for Jom, is just -- it's a wonder to see, and I am fully on this roller coaster palanquin ride.

(Also, hey, TWO DRAMAS where dudes were PAID to live with their crushes. K!)

(Oh, also, definitely, next time I'm at a clurb, in like, 20 years, I am definitely ordering an URN of liquor with a ladle. Like a baijiu urn. Fuck yeah. What a LOOK.)

(Okay, that's it, good night, see you for Only Friends!)

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

Another Kirby themed ask (not drawing req):

How would the gang (CG + the other Hollow Head Brothers + Royal Trio [King, Purple and Gold]) react to Kirby and Second's friendship + maybe the rest of the Star Allies? And if they met the Star Allies, who would they befriend?

Just curious because the Kirby brairot hit me like a Truck™ (if you know the ref I'm gonna give ya cookies)

Brainrot hurting you harder than Kirby hit Fecto. Anyway—

I’m assuming based on the “royal trio” you mean my good start au so I’m gonna be basing off of that first. In my good start au: first thing happening is a fam v fam spar. Dream Team vs the Hollow Sibs. There is NO way Chosen and Dark are seeing how strong they are together and letting them leave without a fight. I also think Firstborn would enjoy Bandana Dee’s company a lot, since they both lack powers and have to rely on tools and weapons.

And for the Star Allies… Daroach and Dark Lord easy. Dark Lord doesn’t understand the style thing, but they would be fun partners in crime. Susie would fucking hate the Dark Lord despite his knowledge in technology, purely because of his habit of making malware and viruses for fun even if they are harmless. Chosen One would like King Dedede and Meta Knight, both are extremely strong and fun to fight with.

Second would get along with most characters I feel, but especially Adeleine. He’d take her to the desktop so fast and show her Adobe Animate. They’d spend hours drawing together with Kirby scribbling in the corner.

I feel like a lot of the Star Allies would be surprised about how nonchalant Red is about possession, especially when finding out that the dude who possessed him twice is his teacher now. Green would gravitate towards Magolor, they would toss around various concepts and plans for mega builds, Yellow would talk code and technology would Susie and would have so much fun introducing her to the staff and command blocks. Red would adore Elfilin and the animal friends. And Blue would introduce nether wart to Kirby and have SO much fun cooking for him

As for Second and Kirby’s friendship, I feel like nobody would be surprised bkhfkdhdkd

I also just want to add: Susie and canon victim would be a crazy duo

[sevdambeyzamaait]

Düsünceler

Ya Beyzo, Allah askina versetz dich mal in meine Lage. Ich kann doch nicht direkt gehen. Ich muss doch erst sehen, dass alles klappt, dass es meiner Mutter gut geht usw. Hemen annem evlendikten sonra tamam tschüss mi söylim, müslüman olarak bunu nasil yapiyim. Wie soll ich da von Anfang an direkt gehen… Ich dachte du hast hierfür Verständnis. Ich kann doch nichts dafür.

Sen o cevabi yazdiktan sonra bu olayi cok düsündüm. Sözümü veririm, dass wir wirklich umziehen werden. Vielleicht ist das dir nicht genug, aber wie soll ich es dir sonst versichern? Sözümü birakmam. Tüm sözlerimi tutarim. Außer vllt eine Ausnahme mit dem Nisan Foto 👀. Und du machst dir sicherlich Sorgen, dass meine Fam dagegen kommen wird. Aber ich würde auch vorher mit denen Absprache halten, so dass es im Nachhinein zu keinen Problemen kommt. Yani inan gercekten, ich würde wirklich. Seit dem du geschrieben hast, habe ich mich paar Stunden in das Thema reingehockt. Ortadaki sehir, sirf orta olsun diye, gelisi güzel bir sehir olamaz. Ben baktim, ve bence en ideal sehir, dünde dedigim Sehir - Frankfurt. Belki tam orta degil, Mapse göre 6h sana, 3:30h bana. Ama (burda büyük bir amasi var) das ist zu normalen Verkehrszeiten innerhalb der Woche. Wenn wir zu Zeiten gehen, wo kein Arbeitsverkehr und Co. ist (bspw. Samstag Früh), dann dauert es laut Maps 5h. Burda yine büyük bir ama var, 5h ist nach normalen Fahrtempo. Gaz verirsen buda azalir. Ich hab meine schlechte Mathematik genutzt. 550km Entfernung sind das. 30km Ein-/Ausfahrt von den beiden Städten söyliyelim, was sagen wir mal insg. 30min nimmt. Der Rest ist Autobahn. Wenn wir eine Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit von sagen wir mal 130kmh haben, dann dauert es 4h (520km/130kmh). 4h + 30min = 4:30h. Und ganz ehrlich, wahrscheinlich können wir mehr als nur 30min einsparen, aber böyle konservativ testen ettim. 8de yola ciksak 12:30 Linzde oluruz. Saat 20ye kadar orda Girls-Abend yapsan, 00:30 evde oluruz - ki aksam dahada az trafik vs. olur. Neden Frankfurt peki? Stuttgart daha orta mesela. Ama Frankfurt bir Türk olarak daha güzel. Ortam daha iyi, mekanlar lokantalar (ve bu cok önemli bizim icin) vs. daha iyi bizim icin. Ayni zamanda Almanyanin ortasi, her yere ulasabiliriz bir sekil. Das ist bei Stuttgart nicht so einfach. Frankfurtda güzel yani, Almanyanin Manhattan söyleniyor. Wohnunglara bile baktim und die gehen voll klar preislich, daha pahali sandim. Ich dachte hierran wirds scheitern. Und ein sehr wichtiger Faktor ist auch, en azindan Kölne yani Merkeze iki saatlik bir mesaafe var, oraya bazen gidebiliriz. Bizim icin Teskilat büyük bir rol oynuyordu, ve Stuttgart gibi yerlerde ist sogut wie tote Hose. Burda yine teskilata yakinlik (Ruhr-A kadar olmasada) olur. Baban Merkeze gittiginde belki bizde kalabilir, wobei das schon wahrscheinlich zu weit weg ist. Evet, benim icin daha az mesaafe ama bende yinede herseyimi böylelikle birakiyorum. Bende ozaman kolayca ailemi ziyaret edemiyorum, arkadaslarimla bulusamiyorum, bölgemi ve ortami kaybediyorum. Mir wird es auch weh tun. Aber dann hätte ich wenigstens dich. Beraber tek basimiza kaliriz. En iyi orta yol bu…

[missingn000]

holyyy shit that new chapter. fucking higuruma picking a guy up from a dumpster and going 'oh shit am i...do i have the hots for this sad nearly dead man???' also the choso v yuki fight, god u finally gave me an actually satisfying yuki fight, shes so unhinged but like, in a fun found fam way. also god i really didnt want to get invested in pfpk but. damn them watching Kenjaku's Bullshit sure was a whole mood. kashimo do be out here being like 'get me off this fucking ride'

YOOOO I'M SO HAPPY YA LIKED IT!! higuruma is literally so fucking funny, i actually cackled writing his little "one man's trash is another man's...uh-oh." gay ass. and hell yeah, choso vs yuki was epic, i agree! she's literally so metal, i'm so in love with her. AND YESSS JOIN THE CULT OF PFPK >:) i'm so invested in them too, join the club. someone PLEASE help kashimo. it's so funny bc they're actually insane too but they look normal in comparison to everyone else

[kevinscryptids]

STRANGE CONNECTIONS: The Vegas Alien Encounter Vs. Hopkinsville Goblins

check one two check one two this it the K-Boss calling all squatch watchers, I know it's been awhile since I've rapped at ya but let's talk.

Look I already know what your thinking... Dr. K you usually stay in the range of terrestrial cryptids.. what's the deal with this alien shit all of the sudden.

CAN'T A MAN CHANGE?!?!? Back off Squatch Nation Daddy K has been through a lot lately.

Now that, that's outta the way we can chop shop about a modern day landing that mirrors a goblin attack from back in 50's.

Here is a low-down on the most recent Alien visitation from the man himself, Geroge Knapp.

Here is where shit drops down the jackalope hole.... in 1955 outside of Kelly Kentucky a family experienced the very same type of encounter.

The story goes like this.... Early one sweltering August evening Billy Ray Taylor, who was living with 10 others all present at the time, stepped outside for a break from the heat and a long drink of water when he spotted a bright light drop down into the valley behind the farmhouse.

Terrified Billy ran in to inform the other members of the family. No one believed him, as was the fashion at the time. Until the family dog started freaking our prompting Billy Ray and Lucky Sutton to step outside only to be confronted with a small glowing creature that was approaching them with it's arms raised. Billy did the only rational thing a man could do, blasted the little fucker with his shotgun.

After that the little goblins launched an assault on the house cause all sorts of gremlin mischief.... one can imagine it was much like this scene from Germlins:

At around midnight fed up with the goblin bullshit the fam packed up and headed to the police department. Soon their farm was flooded with investigators from the US Air Force's project blue book. To this day the encounter remains one of the few the project blue book investigators did not have an explanation for. Chew on that little squatchers cause it's time for photo evidence!!!!

Read em and weep the NEWS paper tells no lies...

The boys talking bout how they shot those lil gobs

sketch of the gob in question....

Eyes on the sky,

-Kev

The squatch watcher

[reallycool12345]

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[joanthangroff]

MY BROTHER IS SPENDING THE NIGHT AT HIS NEW APARTMENT WERE GETTING SO CLOSE TO HIM BEING GONE

[random-fandom-ramble]

Actually this has already been shown in how the humans of the past have described Aaravos, vs how Elves and dragons have; and this divide can also be felt in how the dragon gang is talking about him compared to Claudia.

When humans talked about Aaravos in the past, it was as a great one, like Ziard…

…or as a shining star, a savior, like in the poem.

Meanwhile in Xadia, Aaravos is so despised by those who knew him that they sought to erase his name from history and deny his entire existence for as long as possible, going as far as cursing his name so that all scriptures with his name on it get stained and tainted when someone tries to read them.

Not to mention that they imprisoned Aaravos.

So the human kingdoms referring to the brightest star as a guiding star has likely lots to do with their history with, and interpretation of, Aaravos.

Likewise, Xadia NOT calling it a guiding star, but instead naming it “Leola’s last wish”, Leola being the unicorn who made primal stones and might’ve given them to humans, probably has to do with Xadians not wanting to honor the traitor Aaravos, but one of the victims of dark magic, a unicorn. (I’ll ask @beautifulterriblequeen for more info on Leola, since she’s apparently mentioned in the game Tales of Xadia)

(For those who don’t know, unicorns were nearly poached to extinction by dark mages. They also were likely (one of) the ones who first made primal stones)

——-

Btw, thank you to @legend-of-the-fandoms for providing me these screenshots! Love ya fam 😘

obsessed with the idea of star constellations being seen completely differently by xadia and the human kingdoms and how this translates to xadia and humans also seeing a certain fallen star completely differently excuse me while I scream in the woods

[catsinapot]

Cadentia by @iscabell011 I hope ya like it!!!❤️❤️ Sorry it looks bad:(

[racingliners]

No matter who y'all are supporting, I'm sending you all hugs that we at least survive this shootout

[dyketectivecomics]

I’ve worked it out that I def have the time+motivation to write after work, now I just need someone to aim me at smthn, so let’s turn to a poll:

And the tags:

Batcavers - a No Capes AU where the Waynes never died and Bruce got really into Cave & Bat conservation. The batfam (mostly) get summer jobs at his cave & hijinks ensue

Bookworm Rivals - A BabsRae, no powers/capes, rivals-to-lovers au. Babs is a Librarian, Rae is a bookshop keeper, can I make it anymore obvious?

Magic Fam - Constantine & Zatanna Adopt Raven & things go about as well as you should expect. These kind of AUs involving Constantine esp seemed to have blown up, but god do I still love mine

Night Forge - College Setting, no powers, the Night Force play DnD :)

Rook!Steph - me n Tee fucked around with the timeline a bit and now Helena n Renee have adopted Steph & are bringing her up as a vigilante 👏

Sirens Derby - exactly what it implies, no powers/capes, Sirens vs Birds roller derby

Zombie Robins - I’m working mostly off of iZombie science here, some of our Robins only return if they have a hunger for brains as well (main focuses are Steph, Jason n Damian for obvious reasons)

And hey if you’ve read this far, I’ll take a leap and link my ao3 here for ya too.

[jade-the-entertainer]

So a few years back I got an idea for an SBI extended family fic but I’m poor at writing and never got past the outline. But I think the outline is very good so here you go.

What’s a family reunion without a little bloodsport?

Ch1: big happy family (at each other’s throats)

- Phil’s cabin in the woods

- Technoblade comes first, Phil goes inside to make tea

- Ranboo Tubbo Michel tommy show next, Tommy tries to ta tackle techno but he stands there like a wall, Technoblade +Michel fluff, tommy try’s to attack- ranboo and Tubbo hold him back

A few hours into their work, Phil went inside to make up some tea, “Everyone else should be arriving right around now so keep an eye out on that hill.”

“Will do”, Techno replied, turning his back to the hill.

Just a few minutes later, a trio of teenagers and a toddler crest the hill, and immediately start sprinting down. The one in the lead charges straight for Techno, intending to knock him to the ground while the others struggle to keep up with him. But as he reached the undaunted pig and went in for the kill, Techno stood there like a brick wall as the kid ran right into his side so hard he bounced off.

“Heh! Still no match for me and my totally not cement filled shoes ‘ey Tommy?”

“F*** you” Tommy said from the ground. By then the other members of Tommy’s party managed to reach the bottom of the hill.

“Tommy why do you keep trying that when you know it doesn’t work?” The lankier teen set the toddler down and stood over Tommy.

“Oh shut up Ranboo!”

“He’s got a point Toms,” the other teen joined in.

“Come on Tubbo! You’re just agreeing with him ‘cuz you’re married!”

- Wilber and fundy appear, Wilber makes a show of showing off the fam “tada!” *shows off ranboo and Tubbo holding back Tommy from techno holding Michel while Phil stands in background holding tea*, “yes they’re always like this”

- Grian Iskall Mumbo robokids, Grian explains that he’s pretty estranged from the family and this is his first family reunion in a long time, Mumbo and Iskall are there for support, Iskall freeks out “this is your family?!”, tommy drops everything to simp over Mumbo

- Time skip to evening, fam playing Uno, Tommy wants to physicaly fight ranboo

- Wilber tubbo techno chant “fight club!”, Mumbo Iskall fundy don’t understand, ranboo cool

Ch2: no one talks about fight club

- On walk out to Clearing, Tommy Tubbo Wilber still chanting fight club

- Several people are carrying spears, Phil caries folding chair

- Mumbo Iskall fundy trying to get answers, nothing is clear

- Techno answers all questions with grunts

- Grian sings “bloodsport”

- Iskall and fundy silently freek out

- Tubbo “it’s not a family reunion without a little bloodsport”

- Mumbo “I like hurting and killing things as much as the next guy, but I think I might be seriously outclassed here”

- Phil explains that they’re just wrestling and it’s just a fun family tradition

- Mumbo asks about folding chair, Phil says he’s sitting this one out, tommy makes fun of him for being old

- Phil hits Tommy across the back of the head with the folding chair

Ch3

- Set up circle and explain rules

- Crows start showing up, “aren’t crows an omen of death?” “No they’re an omen of Phil”

- Techno beats everyone who tries to fight him, strength pot in question

- Phil leaves to get water and tea, leaves techno in charge

- Tommy vs Iskall, Iskall wins

- Tommy vs tubbo, tubbo wins

- Phil comes back to Tommy getting pinned, “are ya winning son?”

- Tommy is annoyed, challenges fundy, “all right, come here furry boi!”

- Fundy is frightened, jumps out of ring before Tommy can get a proper hit

- Children want to fight, adults give pointers

- Michel vs Tubbo

- Grumbot vs Grian

- Jrumbot vs Iskall

- Jrumbot vs grum

- Jrumbot vs Michel

Ch. 4:

- Grian vs Wilber

- Mumbo stimming excitedly

- Grian vs ranboo, (Grian getting picked up repeatedly in rematch)

- Mumbo vs ranboo

- Iskall vs Wilber

- Iskall vs fundy

- 2v2 tommy and Mumbo vs wil and techno, Tommy tries to tackle wil and immediately gets pinned, techno and wil grab Mumbo by arms and legs and toss him out of the ring

- Michel wants to fight an adult, techno assists

- Crows everywhere

- Techno vs Michel “I feel like Goliath.”, Michel clings to his leg the whole time

- Everyone vs techno

- Sundown Everyone hikes back to cabin thoroughly dirty, tired, and with big smiles

[hemoglobiniseverywhere]

Reaction no. 266: Sleeping with your love.