#you can tell when we got tired i think

[hidden-1n-the-sand]

I wanna hear your evil idea 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

YIPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

(not color coded bc too tired to do so but it’s still me tho)

ok so(why do we always start with ok so. idk but anyways)

before the evil idea is explained i think maybe we should. give a brief summary of the lore and the characters. so that it. makes sense

(name may change bc the acronym really sucks) Shadows Of Doubt is a story about 5 unfortunate souls that get trapped in the literal in-between of space, time and all of that bc they apparently broke the inter-dimensional travel rules idk how to explain that we’ll get back to that later and in order to avoid being turned into wandering stars(aka basically turned into an empty shell of themselves that is trapped in the Inbetween for the rest of eternity, wandering all alone with no sense of who they are, until perhaps hopefully one day one of the higher beings will take the wandering soul and merge it with others to create a [name redacted bc mystery :3 also bc we havent fleshed out this part of the plot :3].) they must play along with the games that the higher being in charge of the dimension they’re trapped in, Naiche, comes up with :3 and also they get (even more) traumatized and slowly driven insane for Naiche’s entertainment and bc of other plot related reason anyways onto important characters

“Gather ‘round, creatures and gods from all dimensions, witness these measly mortal beings [tear each other apart?] in order to avoid punishment for the crimea in the debut of our new show, Interdimensional Normopathy!”

-Show’s announcement played every episode of Interdimentional Normopathy’s first season, roughly translated. The Competitors:

Leto(He/It): human(supposedly). captain of the saturnXV7, sorta the reason why they’re all stuck in this living hell. should really not have this job, only got it bc. nepotism? blackmail but technically nepotism. wanted to explore the stars ever since it was a kid, suffered mild memory loss after the incident that trapped his crew in this. dimension thing. does not remember what happened, cannot recall what the original mission of the crew is, im not going to get into personality and descriptions for now so. all you need to know is that its sanity was hanging ok by a thread by the time the events of the story happened, but dw it gets better. well he gets worse before getting better and that is if it wins the show. idk how to be vague. 19, gender is yes so is orientation and all

Sam(She/Space): [unknown, remembers literally nothing about life on earth, does not recognize crew and neither do they recognize her, but space has a JHintergalactic(company the crew works for, we did not bother with names until this point and it shows tbh) mark on her wrists, so that must mean she’s part of the company right? also fire powers. possibly human? perhaps one of the subjects of the early mutation experiments supposedly ran by the company a few years ago, who knows. silly chaotic creature, despises Leto, has survived out of sheer luck honestly, fascinated by Naiche and the Inbetween itself, trying to desperately put the pieces together to remember, is not aware of the fire stuff btw. also space’s the only one who trusts Naiche to an extent, and actually sorta befriends it? everything about the Inbetween is vaguely familiar to space tbh. 22. lesbiam .gender is there and it exists and wait no nvm she lost it gender is gone

Isaac(They/He): [information not found!] :3 very vague about this. not quite human, not quite an individual, not quite anything at all, taken as a prisoner of sorts by the the crew alongside Dawn, existential crisis that will not lead to any impactful decisions :3 age unknown, yes.

Alek(Zi/Hir): human(for now). suffered little to no memory loss, yet when asked claims that zi does not remember anything pre-incident. knows exactly what the mission was, does not tell anyone tho. role in the ship is unknown. made a deal with Naiche :3 does start to get along with Isaac and Dawn, everything will definitely end well for hir btw :3 20, genderqueer, lesbian :D

Dawn(collectively They/Ve): where do i even start. favorite oc btw. system. btw. bodily 18, not human, taken as a prisoner alongside Isaac. WHERE DO I EVEN START AFTER ALL

Dawn is our oldest oc btw. and we definitely didnt project everything back when we first made them. anyways. system of 3(for now for now for now for now)

Atlas(host): They/Them, does not talk at all when they front, does not remember anything before the incident. second least hostile towards Naiche, feels like they know it from somewhere. does not trust Alek, literally the only one who is friendly to Leto, is actually sorta a ray of sunshine(for now).

Noah(anger holder, memory holder): Ae/Aer. the one who remembers. hates everyone. knows exactly who Naiche is, despises the memories that just the mere sight of it brings back. an angsty teenager basically honestly. trapped in the past and refuses to leave.

Vi(?): Ey/Em. is it a role to be the. the power holder? bc Dawn’s not human. what are they? that will be explained. in another post. this is getting too long. sorta a creature. chaos but not evil but not good ig? does not trust anyone, sorta worships Naiche.

Fun fact: Dawn’s freckels turn different shapes depending on who’s fronting. if it’s Atlas, it’ll be a star on the right side of their face. if it’s Noah, it’ll be a tear shape on the left side of their face. Vi. cross shape sorta? if unknown(:D), question mark, if co front, spiral. idk how to explain but powers be explained today: shadows. shadows. Dawn is a shadow creature a creature from an extinct dimension, they sorta look human but not descriptions for another post.

evil idea(not evil just smth. we have thought about for a while): you know how. how ppl often talk about the “core” in a system? like “the original” and they usually say that about hosts which is bullshit bc there is no original and hosts are just the ones who front the most. there’s nothing that makes us special, just that we front more. idk i’ve been listening to be born(chonny jash) too much and the song makes sense honestly anyways Atlas is a fusion, a fusion that breaks after the stress is far too much and they un-fuse(and also try to kill the body but that’s not important). this will be explained later actually i’ve had to rewrite and delete stuff from this post multiple times idk if im explaining this well we love exploring systemhood with characters and idk idk

[merlins-strawberriesandroses]

The thing no one ever considers while writing up character analyses about Merlin is that. he must have been sooooooo sleepy.

[maria-ruta]

I'm having a bad mood today

Would you draw my blorbo for me please?

[olivewormz]

ELLO!!!! GUESS WHO REDID HIS METAL SLUG DESIGNS!!!! i guess you could call it that uuhm

but YEA!! i've been thinking a lot about metal slug lately and i just... couldnt resist redrawing my versions, hopefully i do more in the future for more characters n all, i really want to post more metal slug stuff, i love LOVE these silly guys

im not writing anything at the moment cause i really didnt change my headcanons and im kind of tired to write proper paragraphs (i should stop staying up until 3 am to finish drawings? maybe).

[unordinaries]

presented without comment

(chapters 280 + 344)

[ismyteadoneyet]

bro getting myself an audhd assessment for the sole reason of making the rest of my family realize that THE HAVE IT THEMSELVES is getting more and more tempting by the fkn day I SWEAR TO GOD

[bunnyboy-juice]

spent the first hour and change at work deleting some old files and am having a grand ol time laughing at myself for not realizing i was a lesbian sooner

[introspectivememories]

everybody gets on shouto's case for being arrogant before the sports festival but like was he wrong to be arrogant???? if i was trained since 5 and then i enrolled in a school for hero hopefuls who have just started training their quirk, their body, and their minds for the job, god i'd be so fucking arrogant too. everything his peers are learning, shouto already knows!! flying spin kick? boo, boring!! he learned that at six. incorporating your quirk into your fighting? lame, yawn! he's been doing that his whole life. fighting quirkless? his father may be a piece of shit but endeavor is nothing if not thorough.

[ndostairlyrium]

Right back at you! >:D

How did Ankh take the news "Hi the gods you believed in are taking a walk up North and leaving Blight in their wake"? (also some snippets of her and Ellie-bimbo-bellissimo please?)

Oh nooo, toccherà rispondere! Ma che seccatura :C (GRASIE <33)

Long boi ahead :'D will cut it after a couple of paragraphs, no worries!

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She's pissed off and mad about it.

Mainly for the same reason as Aisling's. Everyone would blame it on the elves and after all the work she's done to secure a place for them at the table, that's a débâcle.

The most infuriating part is that she knows she's part of the problem, as in: she was the Inquisitor, one of the most influential players in southern Thedas for a while, a dangerous rival to queens, religious leaders and emperors, even the ones who she contributed to put in a position of power.

Since the first weeks in Haven, she's known that every mistake she'd make could endanger her people further, because no matter how much good she would bring to the world, for those in power she's just a knife-ear, and every single one of her moves is going to be twisted in favor of political convenience.

And now she's partially responsible for what's going on because she sheltered the guy who allowed the gods, her gods, to roam free and unleash chaos. And that does not only fall onto her shoulders, it falls onto her people's, as if they aren't suffering enough as it is.

Her first thought when she meets with the other leaders of the south after the Blight starts is "We'll never win. We'll never survive in this world, no matter how hard we try"

She tried to reason with Solas, she left messages begging him to consider the impact that his actions would have on their people, to honor their friendship by giving her the benefit of the doubt, but did he listen?

She promised to reedem him but when she sees the Blight, she second guesses herself. What's redeemable then? Not only did he fail, he doomed the world. How does one begin to fix *gestures wildly* the woman has four arms, man. FOUR. And the power of the plague. Ankh has one hand left, a degree (del CEPU) in engineering, and politics. No fucking chance she can win this.

Again, she's left with Solas' failures to clean up and, again, she has to sacrifice part of her soul to cope. Redemption for Solas at this point seems childish, and fucking disrespectul for those he hurt, herself included.

In this, she's trying so hard to respect Varric's last wish to trust Rook, but she doesn't know the kid, even if he has Harding's endorsement - she's family, her husband's maid of honor.

But the moment she reaches for Ellie, to reassure him that the south is in good hands so that he can focus on the important tasks ahead, she gets blamed for the "mess" she's made. By another elf. One that should know how precarious her position is.

I haven't got to define the logistics yet, but I think she just stops Harding mid sentence when she begins to defend her, and reads Ellie to filth. "That's cute. Harding, let us discuss the situation. The boy can wait outside." lol

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Now, for the religious aspect. She's disappointed but not surprised about the gods' identity; she's fucking livid that she can't be on the first lines to kick their ass flat.

Her mystical crisis started in the Arbor Wilds (she's still processing the "pools of blood" thing) and now all those suspicions that she carried upon her gods being frauds are confirmed.

The moment she felt the most empowered in her adolescence, dealing with abandonment, was to entrust herself, her soul, to a god that she was absolutely certain wouldn't abandon his people willingly. She felt a connection with him, and she felt like she needed to take on his duties and be this kind of follower: a guide in life (a hunter) and death (a carrier of last words). Kind and compassionate as him, who loved his people altruistically, so much that he accompanied them wherever he knew they would get lost.

...and then, 20 years later, one of her best friends goes "guy's a tyrant" Ankh: "can you elaborate?" Solas: "can it wait for a bit? I'm in the middle of some chiaroscuro"

Left alone with more questions than answers, she researches Falon'Din, then the others, until she speaks with Mythal and oh boy, she sucks. Hard. The holier than thou attitude? Nope. Let's keep everything we could salvage from the ye olde days and just ditch the worshipping. Maybe Solas was right.

Anyway she starts comparing notes with Shaan and all the Keepers she can find about lore and legends. The sum she makes of all the parts she could gather is that there's a 90% chance that her gods are some crazy egocentric power-hungry assholes, identical to those people in power she despises but she has to deal with on a daily. And they marked their people like cattle - Mythal included.

I do have the thing written so I'll just sum it up briefly: when she finds out that Solas can remove her Vallaslin, she fully goes for it. Doing so, she entrusts another big shot with her faith in a very fragile moment. Ironic, I would say, but she doesn't regret her decision.

Sometimes her face itches, as if something was gently pulling her skin where her Vallaslin were.

Anyway! Back to the hic et nunc:

When Ankh finds out about the gods' escape, they have to physically keep her from jumping through Morrigan's eluvian as she wants to take the matter onto her hands. Especially after Harding (hurt during the ritual) sends in the first reports.

She manages to calm down when all the allies that she managed to gather during the events of Inquisition turn to her for advice. Realizing that she's needed the most in the south (and that she's acting not so logical), she decides to trust Harding's judgment and focus on what matters the most.

Thank goodness Falon'Din isn't involved. That would have broken her for good :'D nobody would stop her if he was the one causing havoc.

And also, she can give it to Ghilan'nain because yeah, she's deranged, but she doesn't need a mask or excuses to doing whatever the fuck she's doing. She asks Harding to relay this message to Solas.

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I um, don't think she's reacting very well to the situation.

[echo-s-land]

It's insane how most of the time I don't get how ppl interact and I also Don't Fucking Care

[vergilmayhoard]

sometimes i hate everyone and my life and sometimes i think it would be better if i just died at this point

[immortalsins]

not to keep muaythaiblogging but im so proud of myself i could cry

[sadgirlautumn]

I’m currently very upset about the American healthcare system. Like I hope they know that they are making people actively sicker 🫶

[beesorcery]

google how do i tell my dad that the reason i keep bringing up elon musk's transphobia isn't that i've got gen z political tunnel vision that makes me blind to his "innovation" in electric cars but because i am desperately crying out for you as the father of a trans child to feel just as outraged and angry as i am that that man has so much power

[cyeayt]

Back on my bullshit answer my questions

while doing some rudimentary research for this poll it has come to my attention that pins and needles are a feeling felt while the limb is asleep, not the period of intense sensation/tingling/sensitivity experienced while it comes back online. or maybe it's both? the stuff i read referred to it as tingling that happens while the limb is pinned/under pressure/numb. i cannot find anything that references what i have come to think of as "the agony" but ive referred to it as the pins and needles in the options for this poll anyway.

Mild: limb has muted sensation but can be moved and used carefully, pins and needles begin almost immediately after limb is moved from whatever position caused it to fall asleep. Pins and needles not painful and do not appear painful, and last a few seconds, person affected is capable of speech and moving other parts of their body during pins and needles, which last a few seconds.

Middle intensity: limb is numb or partially numb and can twitch but not be moved precisely. Pins and needles begin a few seconds after limb is unpinned or when it is moved. Pins and needles not painful but intense and appear uncomfortable, taking a lot of the affected person's attention/capacity. they last between 5 and 7 seconds.

Intense: limb is numb and cannot move/be used, pins and needles begin 5-7 seconds after the limb is unpinned. pins and needles are intense and may be painful or not painful but 'unbearable', causing the affected person to cry out, grimace, or otherwise appear to be in pain. Person cannot speak or move their other limbs during pins and needles, which last 10 or more seconds (without shaking) and have residual tingling for a few seconds after limb regains movement/becomes bearable to move

obviously this all depends on how long the limb was pinned but just answer whichever is the most common for you, and if you want you can put in the tags what positions make your limbs go numb/how you deal.

[jewishbuckley]

"was there a reason you didn't cancel this" honestly I thought I had so no there wasn't a reason but also if clients are going to have Your personal number and reach out to You about canceling (when they Should be reaching out via email per our cancelation policy) then You should be canceling the appt anyway imo. all the other trainers cancel their appointments AND add their appointments to the system 🤪