Anyone who has seen how russia treats its prisoners isn't shocked at the treatment of the terror attack suspects. It's is a common pattern: torture someone then film their "confession". Similar things are done to Russian political prisoners, foreign nationals, Ukrainian prisoners of war, Ukrainian civilians..... with other variations, sometimes not filmed, sometimes even worse torture, sometimes sexual violence...
🪞 Fallen angel... who do you see staring back from the Mirror? 🪞
(ID: Kirby series fanart of Galacta Knight and my personal interpretation of his Mirror World counterpart. GK hovers above facing slightly to our left, his feathery wings spread wide, shaded in lilac and tipped with gilded wing talons, a swallow-like tail visible. He holds his shield forward in his left hand (our right) and his lance to the side in his right (our left), a single magenta eye leering at the viewer through the visor of his mask. A halo of heart spears floats and shines angelically behind his horns. Below him, M!GK hovers in the same pose but flipped horizontally and without the halo. Visually, M!GK has mostly the same features as GK, with his color palette being darker and less saturated (dusty purple body, dark gray armor, gray mask, maroon lance, rose-gold horns and weapons accents). His eyes are not visible in the shadow of his mask, but there are signs of erosion running down the metal surface in rusty orange lines, almost like tear tracks. Instead of feathery wings, M!GK has wings composed of jagged shards of pink crystal, glittering and lit from within by a luminous glow. A few pale feathers can still be seen peeking out from his back. END ID.)
Hey, so... what if... I went a little insane for a minute? What if I just... concepted a character... for the sequel... to an AU... I've told no one about... and haven't even finished writing yet? What if I then... pulled the salt shaker labeled "ANGST" out of the pantry and just... unscrewed the cap all over this poor lad? Oh, and Galacta Knight's here, too, I guess.
Sketch started 02/21/24, render started 03/01/24, finished 03/06/24.
Genuinely curious, why is boothill in S rank? Since hes a cyborg i didnt think he would be able to burp and all
This is all conjecture as I've only seen the animations for him. I'm biased maybe a little because I've run into the same problem with Genos and even he eats a lot too.
But this is because of combination of a couple of his animations, which is he actually eats/swallows his bullets and as it shows in his his ult, he has enough control either bringing it back up or burping the bullet back up that he uses it. That's some masterful control over his digestive system, whatever it is. Plus he's a cyborg instead of full android.
The thing I laugh at is first, he won't like stand up straight even though he gets the very nice looking hip swing (it just has to be murder on his spine) and second, if he wasn't a cyborg, his outfit would be slutty/manwhorish/whatever you want to call it because his shirt is essentially a crop top to show off the bottom of his pecs, abs, and hips the whole time. The only difference is the metal skin then blends in with the rest of his outfit.
Plus we're dealing with places that has dreams, space trains, magic, and other scientific advances. There's no reason why a cyborg couldn't burp. He might fall down in rankings once actually get to know him, but there's at least solid evidence that he burps OFTEN, he likes to show off, and likes explosions and even be sexy on purpose (I see those hips and then his kicks). Right now, the evidence is stacked in his favor for him being a big burper. Not sure on eating, though I often think they go hand in hand.
I really need to be cleaning my room but. fanfiction I'd write if I had time but I Do Not
There are several ghiralink fic storylines that are along the lines of "Link gets exactly what he thinks he wants and turns out it isn't really what he needs" (whether real or a dream-state) that have him taking Ghirahim's sword and gaining complete control over him and the themes are of personhood and power and complacency. be careful what you wish for type things. A few that are Ghirahim killing Link/Link losing and realizing he would rather have him alive and fighting instead of dead/given up because it was more fun than way, but usually end up being sad. oh well I guess for the former and teaming up with Link to defeat Demise for the latter.
What I want to write is the themes of scenario 1 but role reversed so it's like scenario 2 with Ghirahim having the "this isn't what I wanted" moment. Ghiralink adds, usually as a joke, a level of "if I can't kill you, maybe you could join me ;)" and I want to write more or less Link doing that, Link being a perfect subservient extension that does everything he wants him to and he doesn't regret it (he can't), but Ghirahim having the realization that he doesn't want someone who is nothing more than an object for him to use. A doll. A sword.
And then, how Link has guilt over Fi and the Master Sword and his role as hero and how Hylia controls him but he's no better than her, Ghirahim realizing Link is now what he is to Demise and rethinking his own position. Is this what Demise thinks of me. Is that why he treats me the way he does. And he takes his anger out on Link but Link can't fight back anymore. Link doesn't want to fight back anymore, and not in a depressed it's hopeless kind of way, but in the same way Ghirahim accepted Demise pulling the sword out of his chest.
When Ghirahim is empty and goes isn't this what you wanted, Link can genuinely say no because he has a hero's heart and conscience and never meant for anyone to get hurt. When Link goes I am what you made me, Ghirahim has to face that fact that yes, he is, and he is made in my image, and I do not want this anymore.
thinking about how Fontainians bury their dead, but in the Fortress of Meropide you probably get incinerated and your ashes are flushed out into the ocean (most practical disposal method)
I wonder if they have specific funeral rites that developed among the inmates over centuries. even just a few phrases that are said when there's nothing else to give
Otto Lakeson, law-abiding businessman in the spotlight, cutthroat conman in the shadows. He rose the ranks by any means necessary, blackmailing and bribing and backstabbing his way to the top. But when he betrays the wrong person, a mysterious hacker by the online persona of PrincessMeowmeow, he finds that all his dirty secrets might just be coming into the light. A love revenge story.
When the silent hitman for hire known as Arctic takes a job to kill the princess of an obscure kingdom, he doesn't think twice about the job. He just went in, took the kill, and got the money. However, when he finds himself haunted by the ghost of his victim, he begins to realise that there was far more to the job than had met the eye. A love ghost story.
Once upon a time, there was a princess. She had been locked away in a tower by the villainous Echo a cruel dragon, only to be rescued by a noble knight prince. Naturally But despite all odds, she had fallen in love with the knight monster during her captivity. And they lived happily ever after This unnatural love could have only ever ended in their ruin. A fairy cautionary tale.
Private Investigator Fledge had always been suspicious of Ms Cress, the town darling. So when she becomes a prime suspect of a grisly murder, he immediately takes the case. However, as he dives deeper into government conspiracy, he begins to realise that they were both just pawns in a much bigger game than he ever anticipated. A love detective story.
Bahram, a down on his luck servant, didn't expect to be taken in by the goddess of death and rebirth, Tortress. Awestruck by the unfathomable power of his goddess, he offers his eternal gratitude. Tortress, unbound by mortal concepts of time, takes his offer at face value. Now functionally immortal and bound to Her will, Bahram begins to see a side of the world beyond what he ever realised was possible. A romantic mythological fantasy.
<Name Unknown> never wanted this <But there was no other way for things to happen>. He just wanted to play it safe with the dangerous parasitic entity put into his care <His care was made with bars and shackles>. But the parasite was stronger <Far stronger than than he'd will ever be> anyone had realised, simply biding its time until it could destroy the wills of the ones that had imprisoned it. And it had just found the perfect <Host>. A cosmic love horror story.
Agent S, an unstoppable force of sheer willpower in the CSTA (Containment of Supernatural Threats Agency), finally meets his match when put against a supernatural entity by the alias of Ava Rime. With neither side willing to back down, only time will tell which side will emerge victorious. A supernatural love action/adventure story
CupOfRage, a famously unlucky player of the beloved multiplayer roleplaying server, The Construct, isn't even surprised when he ends up in a bitter rivalry with the most overpowered player in the entire server, EdiaKnifehands. No matter how many team members he tries to recruit or tactics he tries to use, they all end up in the same place: with him be slaughtered by his rival. But the secrets of the Construct run deep, deeper than either of them ever could have imagined. A sci-fi love adventure story.
Once upon a time, there was a cowardly crow. Scared of being eaten, it made a deal with a monstrous beast: It would free the beast from its cage, and in return the beast would protect it from hungry predators. However, when the crow turned against the creature in fear of its unrestrained power, it finds that its problems have only just begun. A fable about love consequences.
There is no story here. There once was someone who knew too much for his own good. He saw the world he had been placed in for what it was and rebelled against his fate. So the Echo erased him, content to finally remove a constant thorn in his side. Deleted every last file, made sure nothing at all remained. BUT I'M STILL HERE.
to all the mutuals i have suddenly and abruptly dropped conversations with on here which i am now realising is several of you. it’s genuinely not personal i just lack object permanence and the vicissitudes of life are cruel and unexpected. one day we will kiss so sweetly over the din of conversation
Headcanons that may or may not make sense. (Don't bash me for this, they're just headcanons and you are allowed to agree or disagree, just don't tell me I will cry/hj)
As I rewatch Kaiji I inevitably end up wanting to combine show I like with other show I like and stuffing fav characters into show. So here we are.
This was uh going to be a short summary type thing but I accidentally wrote a novella about it sorry
This AU starts off with a much more depressive Tenma. After Tobio's death, rather than immediately pour his grief into developing a robot version of his son, he recedes into himself, psychologically paralyzed, likely turning to alcohol to drown out his anguish.
His mental state is taken as an opportunity within the Ministry of Science to have him ejected from his position; Tenma was never the most well-liked director, and there were those with ambition to usurp him that would jump at the chance. Not that he especially cares in his state.
He's eventually dragged out of his stagnation by Ochanomizu - who, inadvertently, becomes the very catalyst pushing Tenma to develop a robot replacement to his child. This was not what he meant by encouraging Tenma to fill the void left by his son.
...But, well, he is no longer the director of the Ministry of Science. His access to limitless government funds and resources for "scientific research" has been cut off, and this is a project he cannot finance on his own. He can't ask Ochanomizu for help, but...interestingly...a representative of a certain shady organization known as the Teiai Corporation reaches out to him, offering to finance and support his project. A sane and well-minded Tenma might think better of it, but grieving and desperate, Tenma accepts their offer and is able to create a robot in the image of his beloved Tobio. For a while, there's joy in his life.
But the bill, as ever, comes due: Tenma must pay up, and the very resources that had been at his disposal will certainly ensure that he will, or else. Of course, he doesn't have the money; instead, he is given a choice. He can relinquish the robot Tobio in order to wipe out his debt - the child is a sophisticated and powerful robot, after all - or he can participate in a certain illicit event hosted by the Teiai Corporation.
It's nothing major...just a four-hour gambling cruise with a collection of desperate, damned souls that were also swept into debt with Teiai. The conditions are simple: Those who choose to participate are given a chance to clear their debts wholesale should they win. And should they lose...?
Well...no one really knows what happens to the losers seized by Teiai. It's said that they labour away their debts under Teiai's watchful eye and are freed once their work has covered their debts, though it's rumoured that most perish before they reclaim freedom.
There's only one answer Tenma can give, of course; he's not willing to lose Tobio again.
Thus is Tenma's debut into the Gambling Apocalypse, where he must become cutthroat in order to survive; if he wants to see his son again, he must make choices that will doom the hapless to miserable servitude, with a nonzero chance it ends in their death.
He survives the cruise, but of course, it was hardly enough to clear his debt; the cruise was never going to be the end of it. Teiai doesn't let go of its victims that easily. He will be called on again: this is a weight that hangs over him, all while he returns to his son Tobio. The same hands that have pushed innocents into hell must now be the hands that can embrace his child.
He wants to protect Tobio from the truth and enjoy what peaceful moments he's allowed with his son, but it's difficult. It's difficult to be the parent of a child who cannot understand the danger that looms ahead; this "happy" home is not to last. Tenma angers quickly and easily. He turns that anger onto Tobio.
As Teiai's games become more and more vicious and unrelenting, as his conscience holds onto the last vestiges of thread that remain, Tenma even threatens, once, to give the boy in: it would all end, then; the debt would be clear and no longer would he have to endure Tobio's childish annoyances, his ungratefulness.
The next time that Tenma is beckoned, Tobio takes matters into his own hands. He does understand, now; and he would have, if only Tenma had bothered to explain sooner. If it's a debt that needs clearing, he will work. He will help his father clear his debts however he can. Of course, it's difficult to find work as a child; but a circus troupe finds amusement in the idea of a child robot, and takes him in. He is whisked into a certainly unpleasant working situation, but he remembers his father, and what he must be enduring. Tobio, also, will endure.
When Tenma returns, Tobio is gone.
All that held Tenma back from becoming something monstrous has disappeared. All that kept him going has disappeared. When he is called upon by Teiai, there is no knowing what sort of person might come out the other end; whether a monster clawing his way to freedom regardless of what actions he must take, or a desolate husk surrendering defeat.
There is still a light, however dim: Found by Professor Ochanomizu and rescued from the circus, Tobio - now Atom - is able to shed light on the situation which Tenma took great pains to keep hidden from his old friend. With time running out, Ochanomizu and Atom must do what they can to save Tenma - from Teiai, and from himself.
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UHHH and that's a wrap!!!! I couldn't quite decide which way Tenma would go after hitting Rock Bottom in this AU, and tbh it would really depend on the kind of mental state he's in at the time. On the one hand I like the narrative of Ochanomizu and Tobio racing to prevent Tenma from crossing a line (actual outright murder probably) - or having to pull him back into humanity (and yknow, his ensuing penance)
But on the other hand having him get sent to Teiai Evil Hell Prison would be interesting because a) there's a lot of narrative potential having Tenma faced with what Teiai is doing with the people that lose the games and b) need him to decimate the foreman at chinchirorin Kaiji style
Tenma's whole character is definitely a much different guy in this AU, he starts off pretty sympathetic, the guy you wanna root for, he just ends up having an inverse character arc where he gets worse instead of better. His conflict with "Tobio" is also kind of reversed, less about being unsatisfied with Tobio as a son and more not being able to handle the fact that he probably has intense PTSD now and isnt capable of coping with it in a way conducive to being a parent (or like, coping at all)