#you got their vibes perfectly

[demaparbat-hp]

For your Dandadan AU. Are we in a "Modern Setting" (e.i. No bending)? Or you are having their "supernatural powers" be homages to their bending powers?

Something tells me that Aang is going to get the Jiji role. Only Aang to be that goofy, and do the thing that will happen in Season 2.

Are you also having Kanna as the stand-in for Seiko?

Hi, and thanks for asking!

I'll be leaving this over here and the rest of the lore under the cut.

The Dandadan AU takes place in a modern setting, much like the anime/manga does. There are legends about people who could control the elements in ancient times, but those are just tales—humans can't bend.

Spirits and Yokai, however, are a different story.

Each character's supernatural abilities reflect their original bending prowess! Zuko is a bit of an exception, since I'm leaning towards the shadow and stealth aspect of the Blue Spirit. Fire is still there, just in a different form.

Katara has natural bloodbending powers which the Painted Lady enhances. Whenever Katara taps into the yokai's curse on her, she becomes able to control water as well. Azula (in Aira's role!) will get lightning, illusion, and deception powers from a Kemurikage yokai.

Seiko's role gets passed on to Hama and Iroh. They're both part of the White Lotus, a society of mediums and yokai hunters from all nations.

Hama is Katara's Gran Gran, a stern and rather intense old woman who has made several deals with the Gods of the Land. She delivers corrupted souls to them in exchange for strength, protection, and an emergency tap into the bloodbending powers that she wouldn't be able to harness otherwise.

Meanwhile, Iroh becomes spiritually enlightened after his son's death. He's a beacon for corrupted spirits and bloodthirsty yokai—mostly because of his unnatural ability to rehabilitate said beings. The Painted Lady is one such yokai, and isn't it ironic that Iroh's own nephew is now one of his patients?

Hama sends most of the yokai she hunts down to Iroh due to his ability for dealing with them. If Iroh can't help a yokai move on peacefully, she finishes the job. Not because he can't do it, but Hama is the one who does what she considers to be "the fucking bulk of the iceberg" and Iroh can't take all the credit for it, damn it.

As for Aang...

The Avatar State is terrifying, which makes it the perfect stand in for the thing. Aang has such an outstanding amount of spiritual energy that he's a beacon for all spirits and yokai out there. Which...isn't good. Especially when one of the most ancient and powerful spirits out there wants to possess him.

Which leads us to the Avatar State.

I made the choice to remove his power over the four elements to focus instead on something much more interesting and fitting for this AU: energybending.

The Avatar is able to manipulate all vital and spiritual energy around him, as well as give or take everyone else's powers at will. This makes him pretty much the most dangerous being to ever exist, since he can make everyone powerless by simply willing it so.

As for the Avatar's motivation? He's a protective yet ruthless spirit that has laid dormant for thousands of years, but a certain event woke him up to a world in disarray. His purpose has always been to keep balance in the world, but the concept itself of balance can be easily corrupted.

The Avatar comes from a world that doesn't exist anymore—a far better place that he wishes to recreate and bring to life once more. Even if he must destroy this version of earth to birth it anew.

[dragonwysper]

Seeing all these other pwASPD talk about how they hate socializing because they don't care about people's drama and they think it's all stupid is so interesting to me. I also dislike socializing, but like I DO wanna hear the drama. It has to be interesting, but I like sitting back and listening to these crazy-ass stories. It's entertaining as hell, and also saves me from the agony of trying to come up with a non-canned response for small talk.

[allastoredeer]

Aren't you guys kinda over feminizing Alastor a little bit????? like I get it that we want him to sub/bottom, but aren't you guys doing the same thing you hate that people do with Lucifer???? Like Alastor to me would never wear a dress? unless like he's joking or something??

....Alastor wore a nun outfit....out of the two, he's canonically worn a dress.

If you're going just by the show--no headcanons, no fanon, no tropes, no fan-art--Alastor has exhibited more fem-like qualities, has acted more feminine, than Lucifer ever has. I'd go as far to say that Lucifer is actually pretty masculine in the show, he just happens to have a pretty face.

And I mean, we don't know if Lucifer would wear a dress either. He's only ever worn pants, shirt, and a jacket, we have no evidence that he would wear a dress. But people like to put him in them anyway because of ✨vibes✨ - which I totally get. Vibes are important. It's not like I don't think Lucifer wouldn't wear a dress. I totally think he would and he'd rock it.

As for Alastor only ever wearing a dress for a joke, I definitely agree, but I think that guy would do anything for the bit. He'll do whatever it takes to get the last laugh. He trolls for the sake of trolling. He's a menace. But it's not like he wore the nun outfit as a joke, it was more of a manipulation tactic when you think about it. He's as faithful as a nun 🙏 see how faithful he is, Charlie? He'll never lead you astray.

I love Alastor's masculine and feminine sides. He does both so well. If I have been leaning more into feminine Alastor recently, well, it could be on account that I haven't come across a lot of content of him being feminine, and make the content you wanna see, right?

But thing is, I don't think we have been over-feminizing Alastor, at least not to the extent that Lucifer has been feminized, in my opinion. I mean, Lucifer has been feminized to the point that he's--in some cases, not in all cases--unrecognizable from the show. Whereas with Alastor, at most, I've been posting gifs from the show of him being his girlypop self. Something's not mathing, because it's not adding up. These two things feel very different.

Tell me if I'm wrong, cuz I very well might be, but I'm getting the vibes that this is going back to Alastor's ego being the reason he wouldn't wear or act in a specific way.

I just don't see how his ego would stop him from wearing a dress. It's not like he has anything against feminine clothes or attributes, nor do we have any evidence at all that he would be against it. If anything, I get the vibes that he appreciates and respects femininity more than masculinity. I don't see why he would be against being in a dress, or appearing feminine, when he's done both in the show.

It smells of misogyny. My boy is many things, but a misogynist he ain't.

[cementcornfield]

Ugh I can’t stand how chiefs fans are making fun of jamarr and calling him a diva (among other names) when Travis literally screamed in his coach’s face during the Super Bowl and has been ejected from a game before for disrespecting the ref.

tbh i don't mind chiefs fans shit talking ja'marr, they have every reason to hate him. he's embarrassed their team plenty and has done more than his share of shit talking. let them have their fun (although i agree it's def hypocritical after that travis moment that i guess no one ever wants to talk about!)

what upsets me SO much though is seeing our own fans turn on him. calling him selfish for the hold-in, blaming him for the contract debacle, saying he's overrated, saying we should trade him and keep tee (when they were all saying the exact opposite when tee requested a trade TWICE a few months ago 🙄). and i do understand that ja'marr was in the wrong for this penalty, but getting ridiculous penalties against the chiefs is kind of just what he does! like it cannot be emphasized enough how much that man hates the chiefs lmao.

ja'marr has been STRUGGLING these past few months and it's obvious how much of a toll this has taken on him. i'm not at all surprised things boiled over to a tipping point when he thought he was tackled in a particularly dangerous way (whether he was right or wrong, he DID believe it). right now he's taking a huge risk being out on the field at all without any real guarantees for the future. that shit is scary, it's scary betting on yourself even when you do believe in yourself 100%. people play better when they feel secure, when they feel valued, and the front office did everything they could this offseason to make him feel the opposite.

i'm really hoping he can have a big game this monday. supposedly the commanders defense is Not Good, so that should help us! (i just hope it isn't a trap game for us. but the fact that we're 0-2 i think will make the guys take it seriously.) winning helps cure all ails for competitors like ja'marr, and i believe we've got a lot of that ahead of us!

[arotheosis]

I need someone to cosplay vampire/robot/ president of the United States, Dave Balt/Slater Hancock.

[jemmo]

i didnt watch unknown as it was airing bc i knew it would consume me so i decided to binge it all today. i was correct. it has consumed me.

[waraxarcana]

An incredible piece I commissioned from @namaeekaki for my absolute rarepair of a ship!!! The pose was heavily inspired by The Phantom of the Opera and oh man the vibes are so perfect for their dynamic as my unhinged mind has imagined them!

Hawkins trying to seduce Ikkaku away from her captain, and while the pretty words and attention do tempt her, she's a Heart Pirate first and foremost so she'll never give in. But it doesn't hurt to have a little fun and play his game for a bit to get intel, right? The cards might not be in either of their favor...

[thedreadvampy]

I tried listening to Olivia Rodrigo and I'm sure this is really good for its target audience of Teen Girls Going Through A Breakup but has she actually ever put out a song that isn't about a guy cheating, breaking up with her and moving on to someone else?

like babe he's not coming back it's been 2 years you gotta find something else in your life

[httpiastri]

Hii, I hope you're doing well!!!

I saw that you're writing inspired in "the way I loved you" and I also saw an anon talking abt "we can't be friends" and I would recommend "champagne problems" by taylor swift!! It's such a complexe and beautiful song about being in a comfortable position but not being able to chill just bc you're actually naturally fucked up in the head... so good!!! every time I listen to it a movie goes through my mind

this is so 🫶🫶 you're SO right omg. it describes the complexity of the situation so well... so much of what could've been but isn't 💔

"she would've made such a lovely bride, what a shame she's fucked in the head, they said" – the criticism she's getting from other people... and also the way she criticizes herself for not knowing what she's feeling or what's right for her

"you had a speech, you're speechless; love slipped beyond your reaches, and i couldn't give a reason" – firstly, yn's and ollie's struggles with communication make everything so much harder than it should be. it's like neither knows what to do or say. and this leads to their (ollie's?) love just slipping through their (his) fingers.... there's no one there to catch it and bring it back.... and she can't find a reason to why she's doing all of this instead of just enjoying her relationship

"your heart was glass, i dropped it" – :(( ollie put his heart of glass in her hands and she can't take proper care of it....

and just the nostalgia of like things she misses but knows she'll never have back... and things she knows she didn't enjoy properly because she was not thinking straight..... 🥲

[invinciblerodent]

I'm sure this has been said before, but I have to write it down before it takes too much of a root in my brain: despite my religiously avoiding all Veilguard content in fear of spoilers (36 more goddamn days ffs!!!!!), I've a vague theory about the background blurbs, and tbh, I think there's a decently good chance that I'm right.

so far, in both Mass Effect and Dragon Age, there have been quests that were only accessible to characters of specific backgrounds. Just like how in Origins different characters have different stakes in the story, Spacer Shepard was the only one who met Zabaleta, Trevelyan was the only one to have to deal with Ostwick in any capacity, etc etc- That first choice has always altered the story. Only enough to be felt and add replayability, but not enough to give one a marked advantage over the other.

But it's never been super specific to one character's family, not since Hawke.

Stating out right in the backstory blurb that the Shadow Dragon Rook is a foundling is a pretty curious detail that sticks out from the non-specificity of the rest of the blurbs, both in this game and the ones that came before.

I'm pretty sure that this means Rook, beyond their faction being acknowledged more, is also going to have some kind of a "personal quest" (one that's maybe a bit more involved this time around), and I'm pretty sure that Mercar's might just be related to their parents- blood, or adoptive.

Maybe they're supposed to be secretly related to some big player in the game. Maybe their adoptive parents are going to show up or get mentioned by name (why else would they need a way to specify that the fully customizable protagonist is not related to them by blood?), or, be far more important than they were initially given credit.

Maybe Mercar's personal quest is about finding out that they aren't who they thought they were their entire lives. They could have been kidnapped as a baby, their blood parents may have abandoned them for a reason, but no matter what it is, that wording detail just cannot be coincidental.

(I may be stretching the definition of "foundling" for my first, Shadow Dragon Rook by headcanoning that she lost her parents as a kid instead of as a baby and remembers them well, but even if the quest results in some sort of proof that her parents are actually alive, that would still mean that they were willing to lose her, so in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't change all that much in her thinking of them as dead.)

(It might alter her mindset because the circumstances of her losing her parents were a major part in her decision to fight for the abolition of slavery in Tevinter and join the Shadow Dragons, but I quite like the thought of having her worldview get upended, reexamined, and her nevertheless coming out the other side of it believing pretty much the same thing as before: that the way things are in Tevinter right now is wrong, and that she needs to do something about it.)

[stick-by-me]

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New follower sticker for: @enterprisearboretum!

[lcpmon]

i need to practise walk cycles so i can animate the whole kälher family but that will take patience. something i dont have 😔

[amazingbananabread]

I made this lazy of a horrible masterpiece and you will suffer with me too.

Haha, funni voice alike

Bruh i just noticed that Jimmy look almost the same in the two pics i draw, he look dead inside-

[daz4i]

dude dub akutagawa is a whole different guy. not in a bad way but like he is 100% a different character to me

[purplewhiteandgold]

I take psychic damage every time I listen to the end credits Dearly Beloved from UX and I would have it no other way

[rescuefield-arch1]

people might disagree with this but... claire is actually the introverted sibling between her & chris. before RC he was known to be a prankster and generally an easygoing person, meanwhile claire has that awkward vibe following her wherever she goes - the one that makes her cope with stuff throwing around silly puns or making her act in ways that some would call ~cringe~ (🙄). she doesn't do well in places with lots of people unless it's her loved ones, and every time she's in a crowd she always looks uncomfortable only to light up whenever a familiar face approaches her - and sure some of these traits have become part of her due to trauma, but then again even back in RC we have instances of claire being completely alone and thriving ( paralleled to how leon was left alone 10min and already wanted to off himself ). i think that her ability to put people at ease and feel seen and good about themselves, as mentioned in the email from piers, mostly comes from the fact she treats people the way she would like to be treated; kindness is her weapon always ( unless you cross her, then she's gonna get pissed off fr fr ) probably because growing up she was a lonely kid - i can see her wanting so bad to fit in but never really being like her peers for various reasons. and this discrepancy only goes farther after 1998, where as far as we know she's in no contact with her college mates or anyone in her life before. either by choice or because she doesn't have much choice, her closest friends are legit her brother, his close friends, a guy she just met and a 12yo