#yep totally AAAAAAAA

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JAWDROP

SPINNING

EATING THE WALLS

HOWLING TO THE MOON

GO CRAZY AAA GO STUPID

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YOUR FIRST FIC WAS SO CUTE AAAAAAAA!!!!!

if you wouldn't mind another request, I would love to see ler!gwen and lee!pavitr!!! their dynamic is a missed opportunity in general, but also, there's barely any gwen tk content unless it's a buncha people ganging up on one personnnnn!!!!!

ANYWAYS, I think gwen going after pavitr because he's overworking himself w/school and spider stuff to force him to take a break would be neat. or just any concept where she's trying to get him to do/say something!!!

uhHhh, if you want specific spots, I hc pav to have chin and lower back melt spots and his underarms as a death spot!!! but with your lovely writing, you could probably use anything, and I'd agree wholeheartedly

sorry for the essay!!!! blows kisses /p

Thank you so much, thats so nice of you to say all that! Also I 100% agree I do not see enough gwen content in general and she definitely deserves some!

Blows kisses back !! /p

Taking Breaks

856 words

Lee!Pavitr

Ler!Gwen

CW: minimal swearing

It was a pretty slow day at the spider society. As usual, there was some new Peter, some old Prowler, and some everyday disasters. Nothing they'd need their "small elite strike force" for, though. Starving, Gwen made her way over to the cafeteria to find some spider-themed delicacy to wolf down.

"Spider-donuts, spider-cupcakes, spider-popsicles... hm. I feel like that one might be a little offensive." Mumbling to herself, she grabbed a few spider-sandwhiches and started inhaling her first one.

BUZZZZZZZ!!!

There goes the 11:30AM alarm. Miguel likes to keep things orderly, so he has bells every 30 minutes to keep track of time in a "neat" way, as he describes it. Gwen's hair messed itself up as she snapped her head to look at the clock. "Shit!" she whisper-yelled, she was supposed to meet up for Pavitr's lunch break 15 minutes ago!

In a split second, she was travelling to his dimension, sandwhiches in hand. "He doesn't even LIKE tomatoes..." Grumbling as she tossed the sandwhich abominations into the void, she prayed that he wouldn't mind her tardiness. Despite his occasional sarcasm, he was still a pretty forgiving guy.

Out of breath, she finally reached his school roof, their unofficial "meeting place". There was a surprising quietness in the air, meaning there was no way Pav could even be in Mumbattan, let alone school. The dude has pretty chaotic energy, okay?

Gwen doesn't have to look around to know this. While she thought it was odd that he'd be even more late than her, she found it in herself to wait. After what felt like an eternity, he finally bursted through a portal, still wearing his spidersuit.

"Woah, Gwen! I am SO sorry you had to wait for me, I had some spider stuff to take care of and on top of that I have, like, 4 papers due and-"

"No, no, no! I totally understand, dude. Besides, I just got here too." She didn't mind lying just this once, it was for Pav's sake after all. "You sound exhausted though... you alright?"

"Yep! Totally alright over here! Don't worry, Gwenny. I know how to manage my duties!" His totally-not-stressed tone might've fooled her, if he didn't have that weird grin on his face. Gwen knew, whenever Pavitr Prabhakar pulled out that fake smile that didn't even show all his teeth, something was up.

"Pav, are you sure? You know you can talk to me about this sort of thing, right? You really don't have to overwork yourself with all this, especially since you're still in school. I don't have anything on my plate, let me handle the spider stuff for you, it's the least I could do"

"Bro, I swear! I don't need to take a break from anything. I love what I do, it's almost too easy! Besides, even if I was overworking myself, there isn't much you can do to- EEK!"

Alright, she had been provoked. Gwen started clawing at his belly, pinning him to the hard, concrete roof with her free hand. Pavitr's loud, airy laugh filled the city's sky.

"Gwhhehehehen!!" Out came his smile. The dorky smile that showed all his teeth and truthfully, looked kind of stupid. But that smile was his, and he wore it proudly.

"Pavvvv!" Gwen whined, mockingly. "But seriously, dude. You gotta relax for once. The first step is realizing that's what you need!" Sensing this wasn't going anywhere as is, she quickly flipped him over and started tracing his lower back.

Pavitr almost turned into jelly at this. Even though he quieted down a little, his attempt at a backwards fetal position spoke volumes.

"Plehahaeeseeee?" Barely being able to form words at this point, he tried his best to look up at the Spiderwoman and make a sort of frowny face. Gwen snorted at this. "Puppy eyes aren't gonna work on me, pal! All you have to do is let me take over for you for a little bit."

Wanting a little more of a reaction, she gently flipped him back over and tried scratching at his underarms. Nothing could have prepared her for the borderline HELLISH shriek that came out of that boy's mouth.

"HEHEHEHELPPPP!!!! GWHEHEHEEENNNN I'LL DO ANYTHIHIHIHING!!" This was a lie, and Gwen knew it, obviously. If he really meant it, he would've told her to stop by now. Staying at his armpits, the Ghost-Spider switched techniques to vibrating softly. If before's screams were considered hellish, she wouldn't even know what to call these ones.

"EEEEEEEKKKKK!!!" Feeling bad for the guy, she moved her hands upwards to the little spot under his chin. Going back to melt-mode, Pav tried his best to get his words out. "Fihihihihineee!! I'll let you tahahahake overrrr!"

Pulling her hands back, Gwen helped him get up. She was glad he could finally relax, now that she'd be replacing him for the time being.

Pavitr's break ended with him and Gwen, drinking tea and spending time in eachothers presence. They didn't talk, and they didn't need to. Because they knew that no words needed to be exchanged for them to be as close as they were.

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Waterslides are the best! Haha, yep, Dracula pose all the way! I can't wait for vacation to go on water slides.

That anon message made me smile and blush 😳, thank you, anon 😊 and thank you, Snail! Love you both! ❤️❤️

P.S. Okay, I am now totally making Physics of One Piece blog. I already have a header/pfp idea for the blog, too. Omg, my graphic design part of the brain is YELLING and thriving.

Sending love to you all, and get that serotonin, Snail, and sending a hello to chef-husband and to Little Snail!

- physics anon

I love seeing the Anons all coming together and flirting with each other in the ask box 🥹. Enjoy the blush, you deserve it for all the hard calculations you've been doing for the OP universe 😤👌.

And art too???? AAAAAAAA. I can't wait to see what you come up with!!! So excited!!!!

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AAAAAAAA THE SILLIES I LIVE LAUGH LOVE CODEBREAKERS SO MUCH ‼️‼️‼️ phil thinking etoiles is mad at him when really he was just super close to getting his balance on perching and wanted to get it right aaaaaa and phil being light bc hollow bones omgggggg after etoiles does his regular friendly punches to phil whenever they see each other again, if the convo stays in once place while around others, phil goes straight to perching like yep its all strategic he just wants to be taller to see all vantage points yep yep not bc he wants to hang out with the bestie nope def not - 💿

THE SILLIES!!! I LOVE THE SILLIES SO MUCH

At the beginning they weren’t as close yet so Phil isn‘t fully able at reading Etoiles‘ body language, intent, etc. yet so he thinks Etoiles is mad at him, when he isn‘t! And it‘s just a part of the silly beginning of a friendship meant for a lifetime for sure

You are also so true for Phil totally only starting to perch on Etoiles for vantage points, yep. He needs to be on alert all the time, needs to oversee everything and make sure everything is safe. Phil is totally not chiming in to the conversation Etoiles is having or messing around with Etoiles every chance he gets, wdym?

Just ignore the occasional laughter and wheezing or the mischievous glint in his eyes, he‘s just looking out for his friends :D JAJAJA

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@spocksbedsidemanner and I came up with some great headcannons about the dark!Lu Ten verse, and I thought they were too good not to share. With her permission, below I have transcribed our conversation, because I am too lazy to rewrite it into a cohesive narrative. I'm E, and she is S.

E: I've got this headcannon that in Fire Nation culture children are seen as extensions of their parents. Parents get the praise of their children's accomplishments, and children pay the price of parent's mistakes.

S: Yes, yes, yes, I think that makes total sense for them, given their characterization they seem very about their legacy and lineage, esp Ozai w/ usurping the throne, and when he declares himself the phoenix king w/ Azula as just an extension of himself as firelord. He doesn't really think of her as her own person. Probs didn't think of Lu Ten as more than a solid claim for Iroh for the throne.

E: Exactly! When Lu Ten died, a piece of Iroh died, making him "weaker" and "less worthy."

S: Children of the royal family? Having their own drive and humanity separate of their parents' legacy? In MY Fire Nation? It's more likely than you think 👀

Yesss exactly, I think that's why the fire nation was so readily accepting of Ozai's story that Azulon toootally revoked Iroh's title and bestowed it on Ozai, before kicking the bucket. Definitely totally happened exactly like that, don't question it, it's not like he had a son or a wife for his legacy anymore, shhhh… Like, it can't all just be fear of Ozai right? It must have made sense to the people somehow.

E: Pretty much. The line must continue. Iroh lost his son and the siege. Ozai has two children. It makes just enough sense to quiet dissenters. I imagine there's a famous play in the Fire Nation about a man who commits treason and his entire family is killed, even his newborn baby. Zuko tells the GAang about the play to explain why Iroh won't have a choice but to kill him.

S: Oooh yes, that'd make sense too. It's just the logical next step, it's a natural consequence of his father's treason being brought to justice, of course his uncle must eliminate him if he finds him, it's how it has to be. He would feel bad for his sister i bet, even if she did shoot him with lightning in that 'what if' you posted Poor Zuko 💜💜

E: "Yeah. Once the war is over my uncle will have to execute me publicly. It's tradition." *Shrug.* "Who wants tea?"

S: Omg lol. Yep. So straightforward.

Well, since it's inevitable, why spend unnecessary time struggling with it? Let's go train, he needs to give the Avatar as much time training in firebending as he can before they go defeat Ozai and his own execution afterwards. It was nice spending as much time as he gets with them in their group 💛

E: Katara: Thank you fellow members of Operation: Save Zuko From His Horrible Family. Today we'll be going over a few options.

Sokka: Option one, take him to the South Pole and keep him forever.

Toph: Option two, take him to the Earth Kingdom where it isn't so COLD and keep him forever.

Aang: Option three, keep him on Appa forever.

Katara: We have many good options.

S: What excellent options i am sure kidnapping Zuko to protect him will go entirely smoothly and have zero mishaps. I'm personally voting for Appa, the Goodest Boy. If he just lives on Appa forever he can get closer to the SUN which is a thing that he needs, isn't that wonderful?

E: Literally that's Aang's argument to him.

"But honor demands I be executed!"

"Fuck. Your. Honor."

"Did Aang just... curse?"

S: Aaaaaaaa yesssss!! I feel for the gaang, it'd take a lot to get him to not feel that he MUST be executed for justice to be served, he's so ready to blame himself as a failure already bc of Ozai's abuse >_<

E: Now I'm imagining them actually smuggling him to the South Pole after the battle before Iroh can arrive to apologize to/reassure him. Maybe they tell Iroh he died to keep him safe. Zuko goes hunting with Sokka, bending practice with Katara, penguin sledding with Aang. It's so fun and wholesome. Eventually the truth gets out and Iroh feels SO MUCH relief & guilt. He wonders whether it's better for Zuko to go find him and apologize or let him go so he can feel safe. 😭😭

S: Yes! They have no way of knowing that Iroh would never hurt Zuko, just Zuko's word on how things are in the Fire Nation, so it's just safer to somehow get information to Iroh that Zuko died in the battle. Wholesome found family hijinks ensue 💜💜

Either way once Iroh finds out i bet he would want to see him, if only from a distance, just to see him alive and happy playing in the snow with his friends! Could be the catalyst for some progressive new policies, and protections put in place to protect the lives of children and families of criminals. Never let there be a kid like Zuko again, thinking that they have to die bc of their terrible dad.

E: 🥺🥺 Now I'm imagining Iroh standing on top of a snow hill, just watching the village. Zuko is sitting with Katara and Sokka's family (Gran-Gran forgave him immediately) eating some octocaribou he helped kill. Aang is munching on the vegetarian sides while telling a story that's making Zuko laugh. His cheeks are rosy and full. He looks so comfortable and at peace.

Iroh remembers how tense Zuko was in Ba Sing Se, how his shoulders were always hunched up to his ears. Iroh's eyes fill with tears. His guilt chokes him.

He goes home and immediately starts drafting new laws. He also commissions a talented playwright to create a new version of that stupid play that pushes the moral of mercy and kindness.

S: YES 💜💜💜 *cries*

Aang being the Avatar, i bet they'd have to see each other at some official world peace functions or whatever at some point. Iroh doesn't want to outright say anything in case Zuko hears of it and feels obligated to come back if he doesn't actually want to (if he could ever forgive Iroh...), but he makes some comment to Aang about ~if~ Zuko were still alive, he would wish to tell him how much he loves him and wanted him to be happy, however that happiness would look for him, with Iroh in it or without…

E: *Gif of the tenth Doctor getting all melodramatic about radiation poisoning captioned as "I'm in a glass case of emotion!"* Iroh is in the Earth Kingdom for FL business when he's invited to dine with the prestigious Beifong family. While there he talks to Toph about his nephew. He gives a passionate speech about what a good person Zuko was, how honorable, how kind, ect… He talks about the new laws he passed to protect kids like Zuko. He gets really emotional at one point and starts crying. He feels a hand on his shoulder and looks up to see Zuko. At first he can't believe Zuko is really there. Then he pulls him into a hug and starts sobbing. He begs for forgiveness. Zuko starts crying too. This isn't what he expected. He says he loves his uncle and never blamed him. They hug and cry while the GAang watches.

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Boots reads Homestuck Epilogue(s) Part 5 - Meat Page 7

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Okay, time for Rose and Dirk to talk delicious politics or something.

Heh, customary show-end riots.

Rose, stop causing all of us undue alarm.

Ascending? Is she going to fade out into a concept or something???

Oh shit, Dirk’s doing something similar.  Some sort of inevitability once God-Tier is reached or some such.

Dirk has a solution to the problem in the works.  That’s... well, Rose already cautioned that that could be ominous.  I hope it doesn’t involve decapitation.  Or robot bodies, or turning her into an omniscient cueball or something.

==>

Okay, stage play time.  I can see a weird-seeming text color choice for Caliborn down below, hm.  Time to read down to there...

Ah, the classic finale-callback thumbs down.  Nice.

...yeah, reinforcing the point he was trying to make a little less explicitly with his earlier finale of Homestuck that Lord English had really just, sort of, trapped them in this narrative that their ultimate reward would be to escape, realizing it never really mattered too much compared to their own long lives and happiness or something.

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Epilogue TWO??????  D:

Okay now it’s, like, Andrew commenting isn’t it.

Oh shit, it DOES suck them up and trap them? Huh. That explains how Jade was dealt with, I’d forgotten. Also because it was one of the huge goddamn unanswered fucking hugepoints that made it seem like a slap in the face when we were told it didn’t matter and-- yeah okay let me just keep reading.

Huh, broken glasses.

And, phew; the ages it takes is from an OUTSIDE perspective.  Let’s see what it is from an inside perspective...

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Jaaaane!!! :D

Okay let’s read about Janey.

Mhmm, that’s not that surprising... Dirk knew that Karkat was going to run against Jane, but Jane didn’t, even though Dirk was ostensibly “working” for her.  There’s definitely a plan here.  Maybe it involves Jane and Karkat smooching publicly at the end.  ...No, that’s just my wishful imagination talking, isn’t it.

Oh my god she’s screaming into a pillow at hearing she has competition.  That’s adorable.

YES, JANE.  UNDERESTIMATE KARKAT.  YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE (though probably platonically).  It does upset me that they’ve taken this long to really get acquainted, though; I’ve argued for years that their personalities are naturally compatible as the straight men for all their friends’ bullshit.

In fact, Jane is pretty sure that Karkat Vantas would probably literally burst into flame if too many people happened to look at him at the same time, like a vampire walking out into the sun.

Yes, but he’d get over it.  And be a flaming president or something.

In fact, Jane cannot remember a single conversation she’s ever had with him that wasn’t about the economy. She thinks back to one time at John’s eighteenth birthday when Dave engaged her in a rigorous and rather one-sided debate about deregulation and the failure of “neoliberal austerity measures” until Karkat had to come over and put his hands over his roommate’s mouth to make him stop talking.

Oh my FUCKING god, it’s true.  Dave’s appropriately liberal in the modern, Krugman-esque, statistically grounded way.  Karkat has my vote already.

She’d be happy to accept a graceful, temporary defeat and let Karkat play president for a couple of years. After all, unlike her, he was not immortal.

Hey fuck you.  Also, why the FUCK haven’t they used one of the myriad likely ways to extend Karkat’s lifespan basically indefinitely yet???  Heck, JANE could probably do it with Life powers if she crawled back out of her own butt!  We already know the Condesce could extend other trolls’ lifespans with weird troll powers so Life powers are almost certainly enough to suffice.  >:(

Ohhh, so maybe Jane is just, like... slightly traumatized by trolls? And thus a little tiny bit predisposed against trusting them cause of the Condesce? :(

Interesting how she views her past reliance on / pursuance of Jake as something that made her “weak” specifically.

Okay, I’m getting a slightly uncomfortable vibe that Jane is willing to almost play at seduction with Jake falsely to get his endorsement on--

And she’s willing to do more than that, too.

Okay FUCK, JANE.  GET YOURSELF UNDER CONTROL.  I’m starting to believe the shittalking the others have given about you!  You’d better shape up by the end of this epilogue or what have you.

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Okay, trapped John can hear the other three through the walls of their prison or something.

Conversation and musings, conversation and musings.....

Wait, Jade LIVES with Dave and Karkat in that SAME HOUSE and they didn’t even mention it??!??  What is even up with their thing.

Heh, John’s thinking he really could have used a nice kismesis riling him up to better himself.  That’s what they’re for, really.

There there, John.

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Oh my fucking GOD, Jane rolls with supply side economics???  TAKE.  HER.  DOWN.

And Jade is just... here?  Huh.

Yeah they DEFS weren’t listening.

JADE: especially when JADE: there are much better things we could all be doing with our mouths.....

HOLY SHIT.  HOLY SHIT.  JADE IS SO INTO EITHER OF THEM THAT THEY CAN’T TAKE IT, CAN THEY.  THAT’S FUCKING AMAZING OH MY GOD

Her tail swishes from side to side

SINCE WHEN DOES SHE HAVE A FUCKING TAIL HOW IS THAT SUDDENLY CANON

I’M NOT MAD IM JUST SURPRISED

Wasn’t that something that the ask-responses from Andrew said she canonically DIDN’T have or what the fuck

Since I guess it wasn’t confirmed IN CANON he just decided he liked it enough to offer it here or???? I DON’T KNOW????

Wow why am I all worked up by this all of a sudden.  It’s just transferring from her earlier line isn’t it.

three of her bras

Okay no nevermind Andrew’s just fucking with us.

...Even though this can probably still be considered canon.  Which only makes how he’s fucking with us work even better, really.  I mean, why WOULDN’T he lob this at us on the ten year anniversary and watch us squirm, really.  There’s no incentive not to.

--oh wait wait never mind reading further these are just bras from different days she threw over the couch.  PHEW.  I thought for a second that we were dealing with dog anatomy stuff that would REQUIRE multiple bras on her.  Jesus.  I wonder if Andrew intentionally phrased things so some people would think that for a minute.

JADE: also you know trolls dont actually have two dicks dave thats an offensive stereotype

Pffffff

Wait, is it that Dave and Karkat’s relationship isn’t quite full-hearts sexual and Jade is incessantly shipping them?? :O

because that’d be hilarious too??  --*reads*

YESSSS JADE BEING SUPER STAT WHIZ WITH HER SUPER PARTOMNIDOG SPACE BRAIN YES

The thing about Jade Harley is that she’s not as good at personal things as she is at other things. Like science, or mastering fraymotifs, or kissing, the last of which she has definitely put a lot of levels into over the past few years because, well, what else are you supposed to do with immortal godhood once you hit the age where the dog hormones start kicking into overdrive? 

f uck

dog hormones

i’m wheezing

Alright, Jade’s springing a thorough relationship talk on them.  That’s cool.  Also she’s throwing statistics in there and I LOVE that now that Jade is older we’re reinforcing just how scary science smart she is, I can’t wait to see other people roleplaying her properly because of it too.

...Yeah Jade would definitely date a chess couple

Jade sighs and crawls closer. She takes one of Karkat’s hands in hers.

JADE: i think wed all work good together

AAAAAAAA :D :D :D

JADE: and i think weve been dancing around that for years now JADE: i wanna try dating for real KARKAT: HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED KARKAT: SORRY IF WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SAY TOTALLY BLOWS YOUR MIND KARKAT: DATING A SINGLE PERSON, FOR MORE THAN HALF A SWEEP, FOR REASONS OTHER THAN INITIATING THE CONCUPISCENT EXCHANGE OF FLUIDS?

PFFFFFFFFFFFFF OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS PERFECT

Jade being

literally the thirstiest person in this ENTIRE CAST OF CHARACTERS

to the point that everyone’s calling her out on it

in something that’s virtually goddamn canon

holy fucking shit I love everything.  I love life.  Living in a universe where this hilarious shit happens is fun.

....pFFFF JADE DIDN’T KNOW OBAMA WAS REAL THIS IS AMAZING

Ooh, dueling god-tier powers for petty reasons.

OH NO DICK DRAWINGS ARE LIKELY IMMINENT

THAT OR A CHART

OR BOTH

...yeah her hair would get everywhere, wouldn’t it.

yes make fun of ship names some more

What Jade leaves in her wake is not quite the emotional scorched-earth situation that she was going for, but a few of her needles have definitely gotten under some skin. Dave and Karkat both stare after her, silently caught in their own private rationalization spirals.

So this whole time Jade’s been all “JUST KISS ALREADY” and they’ve been all “what no” and now she’s just laid it all out in the open and left them to it.  Yeah that sounds about like what would’ve happened.

Aaaand of course, since this is Dave and Karkat, they just choose to stall some more and play video games.  Jade really DOES complete this relationship with her pushing them to accept reality and stop downplaying their own feelings and self-esteem and all.  But that’s what I thought would happen BEFORE I even read any epilogue stuff so I’m biased.

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Pff, Vriska time.

You’ve now got two bitches of either gender at your side

Vriska, shame!  Don’t use that kind of language!!

Yep, this version of her didn’t learn her lesson and is still pretty much completely delusional.

Alright, Real Terezi™ is still flying out in the abyss trying to scoop Vriska out of this jam, cool, cool.

Flailing and spinning, screaming, not being able to see the final event or whatever-- someone save her already we know it’s gonna happen!

JOHN: Emerge from the juju.

Oh.  Well, that’s uncomfortably in line with earlier presumably-discredited theories.  About John saving Vriska from the black hole the Green Sun left in its wake and all.  :|

Yawns too wide and snaps in half?  The moment he was dreaming about?

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Oh hai Jake.  This really IS the perfect time to get to see some attempted-exploitative discomfort between Jane and you.  I mean that!  The narrative timing is pretty hilarious.

The sunset has turned the head offices of Crockercorp into a shimmering glass monolith—a beacon, if you will, of the future, visible for miles in every direction.

Jane probably likes to think about it that way at least.

Wow, Jane REALLY sounds like she needs to be knocked down a peg or seven.

The whole place is candlelit, and Jane is reclining on her desk, sprawled out like a lounge singer on a grand piano.

OH MY FUCKING GOD JANE STOP BEING A SLIMEBAG!!!! D: D: D:

Thank you, Jake, for coming through and tanking this.

This is not really the kind of conversation you initiate if you’re looking to extract a sexual deal out of someone. It is, however, the kind of conversation that you might have with a childhood friend who has become somewhat emotionally estranged from you.

THANK FUCKING GOD.  Jane has been saved from herself for the moment.

Okay I see a whole bunch of paragraphs of black text down below just as these two are likely coming together for a kiss.  Uh oh.

...Yep, kiss there.  And, uh...

Okay whew, most of it is Jake privately soliloquy-ing to the narrative about the circumstances leading up to this. I can deal with that.

...Oh my god he keeps thinking of Dirk while getting in close to Jane.  This is gonna blow up in his face isn’t it.

Reading on....

--Ah, yeah, he just realizes he’s more into Dirk I guess.  Ouch.  Ouch, Jane.

DIRK: Were you nice to him? JANE: Well, I... DIRK: I told you, you can’t be nice to Jake. JANE: ...

PPFffffffffff

DIRK: Why don’t you leave Jake to me?

Now ain’t that telling?

Ooh, getting down to plot business with Rose.

==>

Back to John.  I see a bit that says “Listen” there, is he going to hear Vriska screaming? Or is Terezi going to pick her up? Since, like, I mean she has the jetpack and has been searching for her longer and stuff.

Yep, big ol’ LE tantrum.  Though alt!Calliope seems at least as much at fault for the end of the universe as him, if not moreso.

Ah, right, Andrew wanted us to THINK he’d hear Vriska screaming just so he could troll us like that.  Makes more sense, anyway.

Huh, the Juju just pops away.

OW.  Down a spare Rose, just like that, huh?  Probably part of why main Rose knew what the plan was supposed to be for all this.

Ah right, can’t use your Green Sun powers here, Jade.

OW.  Another quasi-doomed side-character death.

Yep, you have to make a tough, leaderly decision and let go.  :C  --Oh crap, you saved her body.  Are you gonna put the ring there or what, I’m not sure where that’s going plotways.

Pff, the whole fight going south just due to John losing his glasses... that’s pretty funny from a perspective.

Oh huh, real ghost Tavros gets nuked.

Oh shit, Meenah’s going in!  Don’t die, I actually care about this version of you!!

--Ah, thrown out and fate unclear, that’s a bit better than clear death.

Hm, Davepeta vs English round two?  I wonder what the purpose of all of this really is, anyway, beyond just a sense that some only implied-wrapped-up things are being actually wrapped up?  This whole Meat arc?  Is Candy going to be ultimately more important to everyone, as was part of the point, or?  Huhhm.

Final Round!!

Hammer buffet!

Slight obligatory feelings allusion via hammer!

Oh no! VORE!!! D:

DAVEPETASPRITE^2: B33 < wrow you almost got vored to death

Phew, avoided

Ow, another decapitation.  There’s a killing blow and being trapped forever in a black hole for LE to look forward to, though.  Weren’t there theories about him being trapped forever at the center of that black hole or whatever?  Huh.  I mean there WAS the garbage disposal that his metaphorical Jigsaw-head gets stuck in early in the comic after all.

Alright, Davepeta sticks him in there?  Cool.

Yeah, you just had to remind us that he’s going to be plunging into his dead sister’s gaping hole, didn’t you? >:|

Davepeta. How they were so unfettered and brave. How they sacrificed themselves by flying right into the black hole like...

Like a fucking piece of garbage, you can almost hear Dave saying. May God rest his soul.

Yup.  Closing another callback.  Why is it silent, though?  Did the black hole stop sucking now that it’s gotten almost everything but John, or is it just his blackout?  I mean, is the end of everything just a thing that “happens” (which is still pretty fine, Paradox Space had a pretty good run), or did it just stop, or is it yet to be resolved or re-John-creates-Paradox-Space’s-beginning-because-hes-the-only-thing-left-constituted if he inexplicably doesn’t die from his heroic wounds or?  And Terezi definitely didn’t go flying around Paradox Space’s dying remains just to get sucked in too, right?  I definitely haven’t seen the whole picture yet I guess.

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Alright, back to Rose... actually this post’s getting long so I’ll cut here and keep going in another post.

[kin-the-muffin]

THE TIME HAS ARRIVED

my thoughts are under the cut vvv

thank you for that voiceover of king, i really needed that *starts crying*

THE HUG THE HUG THE HUG THE HUG

LUZ HAD A CAT!! ITS IN A PICTURE FRAME IN THE BATHROOM!!! THEIR NAME IS PROBABLY SOMETHING ADORABLE LIKE BROMHILDA

i know i said it before but REALLY, hunter, youre not helping. at all.

(imma be honest, i dont remember what ive already covered in the six minutes so screw it)

‘youre all safe here’ FAMOUS LAST WORDS

why did gus put a life ring around his neck???

why is vee’s alarm set to 9:05

LUZ’S DAD LUZ’S DAD LUZ’S DAD LUZ’S DAD

montage, babyyyyyyyyy

frick ‘luzity’ lumity is where its at

i appreciate gus’s help with luz coming out

i like amity’s outfit the best but THAT IS MABEL’S SHOOTING STAR SO WILLOW WINS

i love vee’s little transition, it was so cute and smooth

something tells me that this whole shopping scene was supposed to be a part of a longer episode where camila helped them shop for new clothes :(

WHERE DID HUNTER GET THE BOOK???? I NEED TO KNOOOOOOOOW

and who taped their toothbrush upside-down? adorable detail but i would like to know

willow looks so cute in her pjs

but lets be real, gus and amity were the REAL fashion icons this episode

i think the sludge monster was gonna be another full episode :((((

THE RAIN SCENE WE WERE ROBBED!!!! (and hunter in his arthur-do)

THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER THEYRE SO IN LOVE THEYRE ADORABLE

ok now we get to the new stuff YESSSSSSSS

THEYRE LEARNING TO SPEAK SPANISH THATS SO SWEET

amity, i love you, but that was a tad bit unnecessary

ok so flapjack KNEW that the rebus was there, he has been to the human realm before

DO NOT QUESTION HOOTY, CAMILA

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THE DUOLINGO CAMEO (especially the demonic side)

hunter tried so hard, good job, baby

CAMILA CONSIDERS THEM HER KIDS OMIGOOOOOOOOOOSH

SIESTAAAAAAA

excuse me, MUSTARD RAVIOLI???? GUS, I LOVE YOU, BUT THAT BELONGS ONLY IN THE IMAGINATIONS OF THE CRUELEST PEOPLE, NOT THE LIVING WORLD

did…willow just have that pot of carniverous plants ready?

amity, i see your logic, but the thing is, humans are known in the boiling isles, no one has ever seen one but they know they exist. humans have NO such belief in witches, i am sad to say. not to mention that demons are used to wackos, everyone is weird in a way. humans are a lot more judgmental and they might arrest you for asking what corn is

GUS AND AMITY HAVE NO RIGHT TO SLAY SO HARD IN THOSE OUTFITS

that looked like it hurt :/

the dramatic lighting when she found the rebus tho

‘she already feels responsible for our failed attempts’ pardon, she what

BUFF BRAINS (and hunter’s blush)

luz in this whole scene: PROJECTILE TRAUMA, COMIN IN HOT

why is no one stopping her from having a breakdown while standing on a desk

HER LOCKER IS SO CUTE AAAAAAAA

‘ANOTHER’ CRAZY COSTUME??? DANA WHERES MY ART I WANNA SEE HER PREVIOUS HALLOWEENS

camila: *almost runs into a ranger because she was asking if her teenage daughter’s found family drinks blood*

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

hunter please look at what youre doing before you- yep, there it is

no joke, that shirt looks awesome, i would wear that

‘MYSTICAL BEASTS’ HUNTER MY BOY YOURE SO PRECIOUS

me thinks he DOESNT wanna go back…

thank you for that comment gus, it was totally necessary and calmed my concern for you kids immensely

oh hi, there, star trek

‘humans like spreading their junk everywhere’ PFFT WOW THANKS FOR CALLING US OUT GUS, but rly who wouldnt want to go to space? /j

CAMILA YOURE SUCH A NERD <3

WHY IS THAT STICKER THERE

WHO PUT IT THERE

I WILL KILL THEM

‘apple butcher’, eh? do i want to know what the art of apple-butchering entails?

i love kid luz so much

I AM SO GLAD THEY ADDED THIS SEQUENCE (i mean, big bummer for camila for her nightmare but) I WAS REALLY MAD AT HER FOR THINKING THE SUMMER CAMP WOULD BE GOOD FOR LUZ, IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT SHE SUPPORTED HER LITTLE ENDEAVORS

camila was bullied???? D:}

screw that principal

THIS GIRL NEED SOME THERAPY

SHE KEPT THE SNAKE SKIN THATS SO SWEET

oop and there goes the sweet mood

how was hunter planning on hiding his ears?

i love that theyre slandering 2008

willow protecting hunter’s fashion choices

IM SO HAPPY THAT HES GETTING MORE CONFIDE-

what the crap

GHOSTS WILL HAUNT SHOPLIFTERS

willow giving her a snail XD

yeah, no, gus definitely knows that hunter is a grimwalker already

AMITY, UGH, YOU NERD, I LOVE YOU, HAS LUZ TAUGHT YOU ANYTHING/???

the giraffe scene was pure art

aww, vee, youre so brave!! <3<3

omigoodness the manicure 💛🤍🖤💜

JUST THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF FACES PFFFT

VEE’S BLUSH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

you and me both, vee, i would never have gotten to that conclusion

UGH THE SCRAPBOOK IS SO CUTE!!!!

oh no, i dont like where this is going

WELL HELLO THERE HOP POP, NICE OF YOU TO DROP IN

why was one of those pictures of the goose with the bell palisman?

hunter, please chill, flapjack didnt do anything, and WHY IN A CAGE, THAT IS NOT OK

HE PUT ON HIS GOLDEN GUARD VOICE OH MY GOSH

there is so much to talk about for the masks but im sure someone else already has soooooooooooooo im not gonna get into it

so youre telling me that these kids have used this house as a clubhouse for months and are only now finding a secret door, that somehow is supplied with electricity?

HUNTER NOCEDA SUPREMACYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

AWWWWWWWWWW HUNTEEERRRRRRRR

why did they do that with the shadow

does the car joke make no sense or am i not funny?

camila, youre a nerd, we get it, and we love you for it, stop being awkward

im surprised there is a movie

SCREW THAT STICKER, DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

not the stickers on her laptop tho, i love those

MOONFARM VALLEY HOLLER KNIGHT HADES?????/? AA, DANA YOURE TOO MUCH

luz please stop being so cryptic, please, please, please

THEY LOOK SO CUTE I LOVE THEIR COSTUMES AAAAAAAA

*evil laughter* hunter: lets go towards it!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

THERES A GIRL DRESSED AS FRENCH FRIES HAHAHAHAHAHAA

why are you not run out of town yet?

oh crud

so philip and caleb werent originally from gravesfield

SHE LOOKS LIKE EDA OMIGOSH

WE HAVE A NAME FOR CALEB’S WITCH, I REPEAT, WE HAVE A NAME

why is flapjack in evelyn’s hand?

WHY IS FLAPJACK IN EVELYN’S HAND???

wait, ‘a secret code’? what does that mean?????

i hate that i-forget-their-name is actually right

*more evil laughter* hunter: LUZ, LETS BOTH GO: the sequel

luz please stop making hunter doubt himself and just TRUST HIM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NO NONONONONONONONONONONONNOONONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

the moon’s blue

THATS THE WEEK HER DAD DIED, OH LUZ, BABY

HE GAVE HER AZURA?????

camila bought luz a real sword at a convention

luz is a disney princess, confirmed

THE SPIDER

D:

luz no

thats not gonna help anyone

OH FUDGE NUGGETS, HES BLEEDING BELOS-GOO, HIS EYES ARE BLUE, NOTHING IS OKAY

so is he seeing things or is it actually belos..?

SHES SO CLEVER, LUZ YOURE AMAZING

i love how she still carries glyphs on her

IS THAT JACK FRICKEN SKELLINGTON ON THE BACK OF VEE’S PHONE???????

IT FRICKEN IS

‘privacy schmivacy’ HA

spooky scene

ICE GLYYYYYYPH

WHY WASNT SHE CONFUSED AT THE RIPPED UP REBUS

OH FRICK OH FRICK OH FRICK

OH FRICK OH FRICK OH FRICK OH FRICK OH FRICK

WHY IS THE CORK AN OWL???????

OH SHOOT THE REVEAL

OMIGOSH THE ANIMATION YES YES YES YES

FIGHT SCENE FIGHT SCENE FIGHT SCENE

VEE TRYING TO HELP

LUZ USING FLAPJACK

HUMAN-REALM ABOMINATIONS????

OMIGOSH

NO

FLAPJACK

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HUNTER FIX THIS I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT

HE WANTS TO CARVE PALISMEN!!!!!!! EDA COME GET YOUR SON HES WAITING

CAMILA TO THE RESCUUUUUUUUUUUE

does hunter not know how to swim? orrrrr?

OH MY GOSH HE CALLED HIM CALEB

yes, thats the belos theyve been fighting

FLAPJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

I AM NEVER LIVING THIS DOWN

HIS EYES

HIS EYES ARE BROWN

WHY ARE HIS EYES BROWN

OK A THEORY IS FORMING BUT IT CAN WAIT

bby, its not your fault, i promise

HUNTER LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE CALEB IM GONNA-

oh fudge

‘we’ll be back after we get some revenge’ HAHAHAH

THE PARALLEL, AMITY, THE PARALLEL

VEE IS SO BRAVE, SHES SUCH A GOOD GIRL

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO CAMILA SUPPORTING HER DAUGHTER

i hope vee got the car keys sorted out

OK THEORY TIME

THIS IS A STRETCH BUT I DONT CARE

FLAPJACK WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO HUNTER, AS SOON AS HE SAW HIM

FLAPJACK SUGGESTED THE NAME CALEB

FLAPJACK KNEW THE REBUS WAS UNDER THE FLOOR

HE GOT SCARED WHEN HUNTER’S EYES FLASHED BLUE

HE ATTACKED BELOS’S HORNS

HE LET HIMSELF BE ABSORBED INTO HUNTER

THEN HUNTER’S EYES WERE BROWN

NOW WE KNOW THAT A GRIMMWALKER’S EYES ARE PINK

SO WHAT IF, THROUGH FLAPJACK’S SACRIFICE, HUNTER BECAME A NORMAL WITCH????????

BUT THATS JUST PART ONE AND PART TWO IS EVEN MORE BIZARRE

GUYS

WHAT IF

FLAPJACK

IS

CALEB

DONT COME AT ME WITH PITCHFORKS AND KNIVES

HE KNEW WHERE THE REBUS WAS AND WAS DRAWN TO HUNTER

IN THE S2 FINALE, BELOS CALLED SOMEONE CALEB WHEN HE NOTICED FLAPJACK

IT WAS NEVER SPECIFIED THAT HE WAS CALLING HUNTER CALEB

WHAT IF SOME WIERD CURSE GOT BETWEEN CALEB AND PHILIP’S KNIFE???? AND HE WAS TURNED INTO HIS PALISMAN???????

OK WE’VE ALL SEEN THE COMICS WHERE HUNTER STARTS SEEING THE PAST REINCARNATIONS OF CALEB

WHAT IF THAT STARTS HAPPENING NOW

WHAT IF CALEB AND HUNTER ARE ONE AND THE SAME NOW

either that or flapjack is evelyn, which would also work, especially cuz belos said ‘good-bye, evelyn’

but what do i know, im just a fan

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OK I CANT GIVE MY OPINIONS YET BC IM BUSY AND CANT REWATCH THE EPISODE BTU I JUST WANNA SAY

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[jaywani-blog]

YOU PROBABLY SAW IT ALREADY BUT YOU WERE ON MAX'S INSTA STORY AAAAAAAA

AAAA YEP I SAW IT AND I TOTALLY FREAKED OUT!!! THIS IS SO COOL!!! And many people on Tumblr sent me a msg about it so it was grateful! That you guys recognized my art and things!!! Thank you all! I’m literally in the best fandom!!!

[arrancxr]

Okay that pet!Wonderweiss you wrote hit me straight through the heart because believe it or not I actually have a dog, a German Shepard, that's mentally challenged.

My dad and I found him unconscious on the side of the road, we thought he was dead but my dad saw that he was still breathing so we loaded him in his truck and rushed him to a vet. He had to stay there for quite a while to recover, but eventually though he was able to heal up nicely.

The vet though told us that he seemed to have have some sort of mental disability, seeming to behave like a newborn puppy instead of a more mature dog at his age and when they tried to teach him some things just to check, nothing stuck, and that he was most likely a dog born from the breeding of two dogs from the same family. They said he was lucky not to be born with some kind of deformity, but his mental capabilities sure did take a shot as a result of the breeding.

My dad ultimately decided to take him in to live with us, neither of us wanted to just leave him when he's like that. It was kind of a bumpy road with him living with us but eventually it became to routine when interacting with us he became very comfortable and happy with us. We do a lot of stuff for him since he's stuck having a puppy mentality, and it's a lot of work, but my family and I are so, so happy with him in our lives and I'm positive I feels the same with us. We named him Hero.

If I could meet pet!Wonderweiss I would love and care for him in a heartbeat like I do with Hero.

Again, old ask, but aaaaaAAA omg! D: This is SO SAD but also so sweet!!! I’m glad you gave your dog a good home! Totally reminds me of Pet Au!Wonderweiss though. And yep, the poor baby VERY MUCH needs love and care. He’s... had a rough time. 

[jumpchain-drop]

Chapter 2.1: 0.0 Years

“….aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-”

CRASH!

I landed in a face-down belly flop. It hurt, but somehow I don’t think I was injured. Still took a minute to get up.

“Where…?”

I seemed to be on a beach, in a faint indent in the wet part where the water washes over the sand regardless of tide, far fainter than the speed it felt I was falling at would suggest. Rocky outcroppings all around me. Aside from seagull cries and the swish of the waves, it’s pretty quiet.

I felt a lot smaller than before. Did I get turned into a little kid again? Going through puberty a second time wasn’t fun at all, I’ll tell you that-

why do I have Sandshrew hands

and arms

why am I a Sandshrew

what did the asshole voice do this time

he already took me from two lives, why the fuck-

I must have fainted, because next I knew, a voice was trying to coax me awake.

“Hey! What happened? Are you OK? Wake up!”

Everything started to come back to me. It was perhaps a couple hours later. The sky was pink with sunset, and the air seemed to be filled with… soap bubbles?

And in front of me was a Turtwig. Who, given the sudden lower vantage point in my perspective, was probably the right size.

I got up again, instinctively brushing the beach sand off off me as I did so. I never liked the beach that much; too cold and too many places for sand to stick to and annoy you to death. Deserts were superior in that regard.

“Great! You’re awake!” the Turtwig said. “You weren’t moving. You had me really worried back there.” It was then that I noticed the voice’s feminine tones, so this was probably a female.

I cleared my throat. “Yeah, sorry about that.”

“Nothing to be sorry about! You’re the one that looked to be in trouble. How did you wind up unconscious out here?”

“The best I can tell, I fell from the sky.” I probably should’ve said something that didn’t sound completely ridiculous, but the reason I passed out was coming back to me and I was starting to feel done with this.

“From the sky…? But you don’t look hurt at all.”

“Funny how that works out.”

She seemed to decide to switch topics. “Anyways, I’m Terra. Glad to meet you!”

That’s when realization dawned over me.

“So who might you be-?”

“Terra?!” I exclaimed.

“Y-Yes, that is my name… Or is that also your name? That’d be confusing.”

“No, Terra, it’s me!” I pleaded. “Robert, your trainer!”

“Trainer…? But I’m not… Wait...” I saw the realization dawn in her eyes. “...M-Master?!”

“Yes!”

“Master, you turned into a Sandshrew!”

“I know!”

“How did that happen?!”

“Remember how I told you about the jerk that just dropped me into your world?”

“Yes.”

“They did it again. Only this time they decided to turn me into a Sandshrew. I mean, I like Sandshrew, but...”

“I… can think of why they’d do that, Master.”

I tried to raise an eyebrow at her, but I think I just ended up looking stupid. “What do you think?”

“I seem to have two sets of memories,” she said. “I remember being found and nursed to health by you in Orre, and spending ten years as your partner and evolving into a Torterra. But I also remember being born and raised in that town up around the shore there, Treasure Town, and wanting to join the Wigglytuff Exploration Guild my entire life, but never getting up the nerve. Heck, five minutes ago I ran away after being started by a voice when I tried to go in.”

“Hmm...” I pondered this for a bit. “You’re not entirely my partner, but you’re not an entirely different Pokémon either… It’s like the voice just merged the two souls together into one being or something. Which is not a thing I would put past that jerk.”

“Well from your accounts, at least you falling from the sky is more understandable now.”

“Yeah.” What else could I say to that? “So, if part of you is resident of this world, could you tell me anything about what’s going on here?”

“Let me think...” She pondered. “Hmm… Well, more and more bad Pokémon have been turning up recently. A lot of Pokémon have started being aggressive lately-”

But that was when I heard a sound that had me on immediate edge – one that haunted me for ten years.

The rapidly approaching sounds of a Zubat.

I saw it out of the corner of my eye. “Behind you!” Then I grabbed her and dived us aside, just in time to avoid the Zubat’s swoop.

“What?!” the Zubat screeched. “How did-?!”

“We’ve been spotted!” shouting a Koffing next to it.

I quickly got us both to my feet. “I thought after ten years, I’d finally been rid of…!” I reached for my belt, whether for my Poké Balls or my billy club, only to be reminded I didn’t have a belt.

“Hey, I don’t know you, punk!” the Zubat barked. “Don’t act like you know me!”

“Hey, the treasure!” the Koffing said.

I turned to where he was looking. A chunk of rock that wasn’t there before, with some intricate detail carved on the largest flat side. It looked like it had fallen off Terra’s person, er, Pokémon when we hit the ground. I looked back to find they started flying over us to get to it.

“No you don’t!” I shouted as I tried to leap up and swipe at the Zubat repeatedly, but he just flew higher than I could jump. “Terra, try using Bite on the Zubat!” I called to her as they started to come down on the other side, as she was closer.

But she didn’t move.

“Terra-!”

My voice cut out when I saw the fear in her eyes.

In the old world, Terra was as loyal as they come and never hesitated in the face of a command, but the Terra she had been joined to was a coward that ran away from a doorbell. And faced with two Posion-types, one of which was also half-Flying and had tormented her even when she was a Toterra, that cowardice took full hold.

The Zubat grabbed the treasure with its spindly legs. “This is ours now!”

“Whoa-ho-ho!” the Koffing laughed. “Not going to make a move-?”

My rapid slashing interrupted his taunting.

“Ow-ow-ow-ow!”

“Give that back before I start getting serious!” I yelled, standing defensively in front of her.

“By Arceus, he’s crazy!” the Zubat cried. “Let’s get out of here!”

Unfortunately, they were faster than me, so they escaped into a nearby sea cave before I could hit them again.

I punched the sand and cursed under my breath, then started trying to calm myself.

“I-I’m so sorry, Master…!” Terra sputtered as she hurried back to my side. “I-I don’t know what came over me!”

“It’s OK, Terra,” I said, giving her a light hug. “It wasn’t your fault.”

After a moment, she nuzzled my torso.

I broke the hug. “I take it you’re attached to that treasure?” I asked.

She nodded. “That’s my personal treasure. It means everything to me. If I lose that...”

“We’re not going to lose it,” I told her before she started crying. “We’ve survived dozens of Zubat attacks where there was more than one Zubat. Once we get going, that flying rat isn’t going to know what hit it.”

“And what about the Koffing?”

“How is that worse than an implacable swarm of Zubat?”

“I… I see your point, Master.”

“Come on, let’s go.”

And so we headed into the cave.

Even though I could now find myself understanding Pokémon speech, the Water Pokémon that inhabited Beach Cave (as I later learned the place was named) were not in a talking mood. I had to admit I felt pretty frightened, being a Ground-type surrounded by water, but I had a Grass-type at my side.

Surprisingly, Terra’s moveset didn’t regress with her; she had Bite and Earth Power still. I myself found my claws didn’t do too much damage on each individual strike, but I could hit multiple times in succession, so I think that’s Fury Swipes. I also had Defense Curl, and I think I stacked Rollout on top of it. We still need to experiment, but I’ve picked up on being a Pokémon really well all things considered.

When we finally caught up with those two in the deepest part of the cave, Terra had her old confidence building back up and we trounced them flat. Not even keeping off the ground could keep me from rolling all over them.

“B-Blast it...” Koffing muttered. “How did we get wiped out by wimps like them…?”

“Consider knowing your opponent first,” I spat at them as I ripped the treasure back from the Zubat. “Now scram.”

“Grr… D-Don’t think you’re so awesome…” he replied back as he got just enough hover back to not scrape the ground. “T-This victory was a total fluke…!”

“Y-Yeah, you just remember that…!” the Zubat added, its right wing looking a little limp where Terra had bitten it.

After they left, Terra hopped around in celebration. “We did it!”

“Yep,” I replied, putting the treasure down on the ground between us.

“And thank Arceus, my Relic Fragment is safe!” she added. “That’s, uh, that’s what I call my personal treasure.”

“Is what I figured,” he replied. “The term seems familiar.”

“Hmm...” she pondered a bit. “Master, you told us that you came from a world where my world was just a video game. Maybe this world was also a video game in your world.”

“Yeah, that sounds about right,” I said. “But it’s not one I played before. Not very far, at least.”

Terra picked up the Fragment and tucked it away… somewhere, I have no idea. “Let’s get back to the beach.”

“Yeah, good idea. All this water has me a little on edge.”

The sunset hadn’t fallen too far by the time we got back out, so we sat on the beach, looking out over the waves.

“So… thank you,” she said. “For helping me out.”

“No problem. I’m your trainer, after all. Or at least I was.”

“I know, but… the new me’s cowardice… It seems to go away when I’m with you. As long as we’re together, I feel like we can stand up to anything.”

“Good to know I’m an inspiration.”

She chuckled. It was nice being able to understand her like this. Her voice was very pleasant on the ears.

We sat quietly for awhile until she started talking again. “This is an age of exploration,” she said. “I’ve always liked legends and lore… in this world, at least… I always get excited by tales from the past. Hidden troves filled with treasure and strange relics… uncharted territories veiled in darkness… and new lands just waiting to be discovered. Such places must be full of gold and treasure. And history! Wouldn’t it be amazing to make historic discoveries? I always dream about that. It’s always exciting to me.”

I couldn’t help but chuckle. “Ain’t that just the fantasy.”

“Hmm?”

“My home world has been completely explored already. There’s not one island that someone hasn’t laid claim to. When I left, if we were going to expand our horizons, it would have to be to outer space.”

“But this world is nothing like the human world!” she declared. “Treasure Town is the only dot of civilization on, like, the entire continent! Adventure is as close as your front door!” She gestured her head over to the cave entrance we had just been in. “We made a great team together in there.”

“We’ve always been a great team, remember. It was just a little different this time. Still… I can’t say treasure hunting doesn’t have its appeal. If I wasn’t so concerned with just surviving back then, maybe I would’ve done some.”

“Hmm… Master?”

“What is it, Terra?”

“You don’t know anything about this world, right? That’s why you were asking all those questions.”

“Yeah… Like before, no background information, no memories about this world, nothing.”

“Then you don’t have anyplace to go, do you?”

“...No, I guess I don’t. With how often I had to sleep on the back of my motorcycle, though, it doesn’t matter that much. I can probably rough it even more like this.”

“We should form an exploration team, Master!”

I turned to look at her. “Wait, what?”

“If we register with the Wigglytuff Guild as apprentices, we’ll have a place to eat and sleep, and we’ll probably be able to find where exactly my Relic Fragment came from, and we’ll probably find loads of treasure! It’ll be great! There probably isn’t a better way to spend the next ten years!”

“Eh, I dunno… Ten years as apprentices?”

“Well we’ll probably graduate long before that. Once we’re a full-fledged exploration team, we’ll be able to do anything! It beats sitting around waiting for time to start screwing up.”

“...Wait, what? Time screwing up?”

“Yeah, that’s why there’s so many bad Pokémon around,” she said. “The flow of time in some areas is going out of wack. Slowing down, speeding up, stopping altogether… Between that and the reemergence of mystery dungeons, like the cave we were just in, a lot of Pokémon are getting messed up.”

The idea of time freezing sparked something within me. “Alrighty then, joining the guild it is,” I declared. “We’ll see if there’s something we can eventually do about that. After that… well, since this world might as well cease to exist in ten years, we just might as well save as much treasure from it as we can. Make that warehouse a little less empty.”

“Hooray!” Terra cheered. “We can do this, Master! Together!”

“Please,” I said. “We’re effectively equals like this, and ‘Master’ is just going to look weird. Call me Robert, OK?”

“...OK. Robert.”

For my first time since arriving here, I smiled.

We started our way down the beach, when Terra pointed something out. A small crate – almost tiny by crate standards – had washed ashore. Painted on its side was the icon that made up the keychain on my warehouse key. I pulled it onto the beach and pried it open with my claws.

Inside was the notebook and the mechanical pencil. I took it and opened it.

Layer 2:

You have 10 years in this world.

Despite my best efforts, you are not a drop-in; the one you’ve become is a human-turned-Pokémon that have lost their memories.

You will receive your other items at the guild.

You will have a VERY busy first year.

None of your team members except your partner will go with you, but your perks and items will.

Entertain me.

“...”

“I can’t read human writing, Robert,” Terra said. “What does it say?”

“...” I snapped it shut. “Nothing of importance. Come on, let’s get to the guild before it gets too dark.”

And so we joined the Wigglytuff Guild as apprentices, registered as Team Firma; Terra had left the name to me and I couldn’t help but draw myself to our eventual double Ground-typing. True to what the notebook said, we received a starting kit. It had a Treasure Bag, an Orange and a Green Aura Ribbon, a Persim Band, and two Explorer Badges. Chatot, the guild’s second-in-command explained there was usually a Wonder Map with each starting package, but there’s been a shortage and until they can get one for us we’ll have to get another team’s help to know where places are.

Luckily my memory seems to be as flawless as it was the last ten years. I was certain once we got to a place before, I’d easily be able to get back there again.

(Also, they didn’t bat an eye at my name. Apparently using “human” names that survived myth was the hip new thing? Whatever saved me the trouble of having to come up with a new name.)

I decided to keep the notebook in the Treasure Bag. I recall there being a chance of losing items, and secretly I relish the possibility of getting rid of the damn thing.

The most bizarre thing was when I recalled not seeing the Relic Fragment for awhile and I asked Terra where it was. She said she was keeping it on her. I asked where, and she pulled it out. I tried mimicking her motions and pulled out the key from the warehouse. The keychain made it instantly identifiable.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t try it out, since the closest thing this place had to a locked door was a portcullis-like gate over the guild hall’s entrance. So, unless I invested in inventing locks (and I’m like half-certain I don’t have the engineering knowhow to do so), I was pretty much without any of my things from the other Pokémon world. Of course.

At least we could wear the ribbons without it messing with that. I took the orange and she took the green; she put it around her neck, while I opted for more like an armband. It looks good on her, and she told me the same about mine.

So far, in the face of nothing mattering, Terra was the only constant. It’ll have to do.

[nataliejean2412]

Thoughts during the Nintendo Switch presentation 01/12/17

While waiting to watch the presentation, I realized I really wanted to write down what I was thinking. So, here are my thoughts during the presentation. I haven’t really done anything like this before, so it may seem a bit odd. Note: Every one of these reactions were real. A few of these were typed while the video was paused, which I think worked out better than typing while watching. Either way, these are best read alongside watching the video, linked here.

Enjoy!

Pre-Start: Was this 30-mins of store-brand chillstep necessary? 33:33 - AAAAAAAHH! It's releasing too soon! My body is not ready! Help me, Reggie! Where are you? 35:42 - Nice, I actually expected a $400 price tag 36:13 - inb4 paid subscription 36:40 - Called It 37:14 - Hopefully Nintendo can help reverse the trend they started with region locking. I like the occasional imported game. 37:36 - Please tell me they aren't going to repeatedly snap for the next hour... 37:53 - Lol we think our audience doesn't know the term "Design Philosophy" 39:02 - Wait, where's the "DNA" of the Virtual Boy? Did it not get invited to the Switch orgy? I wanted VR gaming that would burn my eyes out within 10 minutes! 41:27 - 41:36 - I swear, Nintendo loves repeating themselv... WTF!? That is a shit battery life!!! 41:44 - Ok, it has a USB standard. I'm ok with the battery if I can get an external for it. (I'm calling it now, Charger bags for the switch are going to be a thing.) 42:10 - Nintendo sure wants its' demographic to leave the house. 43:33 - I can't get over these Joy-Con things. What are these, controllers for ants!? 44:35 - "Whoops, we forgot to program in our new sharing features. We'll put it in later." 44:52 - "Now you can shimmy shimmy shimmy with your new Nintendo Switch!" 45:10 - Yep, those shoulder buttons totally won't get broken being in the connector piece. 45:40 - "They fit in the palm of your hand" if you're a small child, yeah. Which, that's a good thing to bring up. They are not targeting kids in this at all. Everything i've seen is targeting the young adult crowd. 45:53 - See, this is what i'm talking about. "You can release the tension from your shoulders, and relax while you play." They're targeting the working crowd, not kids. ...well, I hope they're not targeting the working kids demographic... Also at 45:53 - "Mario Paint me like one of your French girls" 46:14 - What is this... 46:24 - Oh, look, the magic of hype marketing! 46:45 - Now you can shimmy shimmy shimmy without throwing your controller. 47:24 - Careful, Nintendo, Don't say the C-word. It's a trigger word for the Orwellians in the audience. 47:40 - ... 48:20 - I don't know why, but this whole part is making me uncomfortable. 48:36 - Nintendo seems to have a hard-on for galaxy-looking stuff nowadays. 48:51 - Yeah, this snapping thing is going to go on forever. 50:45 - Ok, now what the hell am I watching? 52:36 - Nintendo sure wants its' demographic to socialize. 52:55 - "4: Spend half an hour arguing over what to play. 5: Lament that Smash Bros isn't on the Switch. 6: Regret your early purchase." 53:54 - Oooo, some kind of fighting game, that would be interesting. They /did/ say it would be challenging. 54:00 - Office worker fighting a middle-school girl. This ought to turn out well. 54:34 - wat 54:45 - wat 55:20 - ...what am I watching? 56:08 - Arms? ARMS? Why would you name it that? They don't /have/ arms! 57:20 - Hmm, those are interesting controls. 59:20 - Arms: Because having a new idea ALWAYS means you should make it. 59:40 - Yep, wildly flailing your hands = Strategy and tactfulness, and they recommend carrying the game into public to wildly flail your hands at other people doing the same. Real social booster, Nintendo. You know your demographic well. 59:50 - Ah, Splatoon, it's so good to know Nintendo still has a hard-on for their new money maker. They totally won't repeat the mistake of letting other things fall apart from focusing on you too much. 1:01:50 - I would like to take this time to give a shout-out to whoever the English translator is in this presentation. He has just completely given up on trying to convey the emotional nuances in the presenters' speech, and it's making this much more enjoyable to watch. 1:03:07 - Oh good, now I can hurl my entire console across the room when I lose a game. It's what i've always wanted. 1:03:51 - Oh. My gods. I just saw that. That pose was actually a thing. Wait wait wait, i'mma rewind it. 1:04:25 - Well, no need. He did it again. 11/10 best dab 1:04:52 - [after that lame pan, I got up, went out for a cigarette, and contemplated life.] 1:05:05 - Ooo, another Jet Set Radio-style game? I'm down for that. 1:05:20 - wat 1:05:30 - wat 1:05:40 - Okay, so a Mario game in an urban setting? Eh, seems like a cool idea... 1:05:50 - or not 01:06:07 - Well, at least the graphics are really niDAMMIT!!! What is this low-poly nonsense? 1:06:26 - Ah, jump-roping. My favorite of classic Mario gameplay. 1:06:33 - All jokes aside, these landscapes are freaking beautiful! 1:06:50 - Ah, hat tossing. My favorite of classic Mario gameplay. Seriously though, that does add an interesting idea to the classic platform formula. 1:07:01 - 'Bowser & Peach: A Royal Wedding'. Wow. I wonder what that that kid would look like. I know Bowser Jr. turned out not to be her kid. Dammit, now I have the image of Bowser with long flowing blonde hair. 1:07:05 - Oh no, he crushed the hat. Good thing it isn't alive. 1:07:06 - Wow, Bowser Jr. and gang are looking a little white-washed. 1:07:25 - Well, Super Mario Odyssey looks pretty good. Pretty epic gameplay. 1:07:33 - AAAAAAAA! THAT THING HAS EYES! IT'S ALIVE! Mario: "Yeah!" 1:07:37 - AAAAAAAA! NOW IT HAS EYES ON THE LOGO TOO! 1:07:41 - AAAAAAAA! OH GODS NOW IT'S REAL! 1:08:32 - YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I NOTICED THEM! 1:09:28 - They're launching without a Mario title. Have they not learned their lesson yet? 1:09:50 - Oh good, another Xenoblade. [skips forward in the video] 1:10:06 - [stops skipping] Wow, the graphics actually don't look half bad. That framerate looks atrocious though. 1:12:07 - Oh look, another Fire Emblem trailer that tells me nothing [massages forehead] 1:12:35 - Oh boy, it's time for the yearly Third-Party Garbage Fire! 1:12:44 - Funny, I didn't know Unity and Autodesk made their own games. It's almost like Nintendo wanted to fill this image with whatever they could scrape up. 1:13:21 - Meanwhile, at Square-Enix headquarters: "Crap, we don't have anything to put on the Switch yet. Let's just port a few games over to it for now." 1:13:41 - Oh, an Atlus game. I'm actually excited! Maybe we're getting a new Shin Megami Tensei! 1:15:00 - ... Right, moving along. 1:15:44 - Ok, this actually looks really good. Mental note: keep an eye out for Octopath Traveller. Maybe this won't be the garbage fire i'm predicting. 1:16:36 - This snapping thing... I swear. 1:17:00 - This translator is so done. I can't stop laughing. 1:17:40 - Oh good, Bethesda can now pat their own back on Nintendo Switch. Seriously, I actually don't like that they remastered Skyrim. They could have put that effort into a new game. 1:18:50 - Ok, I feel bad for this guy. That was awkward as shit, and you can tell he immediately realized it. 1:18:54 to 1:19:05 - Ok, the translator literally stopped talking. You can actually hear him scoff at 1:19:01. This is the best part of the show. 1:20:00 - And here we see the garbage fire I was predicting. This presenter looks like he just got shoved out on stage at the last second, and has no idea what he's trying to say. Even the translator is having trouble understanding him. 1:21:18 - Thank the gods that's over. Moving on. 1:21:29 - Oh dear sweet zebra, it's EA. Hold on, I wanna guess this one. Some sports game, no footage, and we'll get to the end somehow having lost knowledge along the way. 1:24:37 - And nailed it. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have reached the end of the ride. Thank you for attending the 15th Annual Third Party Garbage Fire. Please keep all hands, feet, and accessories inside the vehicle until the vehicle comes to a full stop. Please exit through the Gift Shop on the right, and have a wonderful day! 1:25:05 - Ok, there's the montage. It's the standard signal that it's almost over. ...wait, where's LoZ? 1:28:28 - I like how they're talking about how it's going to have a version with colored controllers like it's a game-changer. 1:29:00 - Yay, let's jump to Nintendo Europe, where they get to hear about how they are getting no information yet! 1:30:15 - Oh gods, I was just kidding before. They really did get nothing. 1:30:27 - Oh, Reggie! I'm so glad you're here. I need help! My body isn't ready! 1:30:48 - Is that Miyamoto just chillin in the background? I think he may be stuck in the US now. He's been showing up on US television a lot lately. 1:31:55 - "If you listen carefully, you can hear it floating in the air. Yep, there it is. I'm high as fuck." 1:32:22 - Yep, it was Miyamoto. Why did I recognize him from the back of his head? 1:32:32 - They are talking to each other in their own languages. This is great. 1:32:44 - AAAAAAA! Why the hell are you just jumping out of a hiding spot like that? Don't you know that's like taking the express lane to gettin’ hit? 1:32:57 - "When are we releasing Loz?" "Idk, ask him." "Oh, idk either. Ask someone in another country." 1:34:29 - Yay, finally! LoZ! Time to find out if it's a launch title! 1:35:40 - Neat, full voice acting! 1:37:55 - Woo! Launch Title! Aaand that's the end of it. That was a bucket of fun, and every bit the train wreck I thought it would be. I personally think they are rushing the release of this console, and it looks like I can count on one hand how many games there will be at launch. Like I said at the beginning, this was the first time i’ve done something like this, and it was much more fun than I anticipated. I may do a video saying this over the presentation later on, i’m on the fence about it. I may just shelve the idea until another video.  Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed it!