#willow rambles

[willowshimmer]

Jesus Christ...

I had a theory that Vaggie was an exterminator but the fact how her eye got gouged out and destroyed is just brutal....

AND THEY DID JUST FOR THE FACT SHE DIDN'T KILL A KID! A CHILD! FUCKING HELL! HEAVEN IS BRUTAL!

Angel and Husk caring for Nifty is adorable. You can't hate it.

ALASTOR'S DEMON FORM IS BADASS! LIKE HOLY SHIT! ALSO HIS STAFF IS IN HIS HAND!

#willow shitposts #willow rambles #hazbin angel dust #hazbin hotel angel dust #alastor hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #husker hazbin hotel #hazbin husker #huskerdust #niffty #hazbin niffty #niffty hazbin hotel #vaggie #hazbin vaggie #vaggie hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vaggie #hazbin hotel

[whumpwillow]

obsessed with characters who are so consumed with guilt over their past actions that they actively push themselves toward more suffering because they feel they don’t deserve anything good or pleasant or kind 😌

#reading an ebook called ‘the scarred mage of roseward’ and the main male character is So Fucked in the head #im in love #whump #whump tropes #willow rambles

[thestarbornpilgrim]

What if I just showed you guys like one pixel or something of the next page of my comic to tease it. :)

#lol #Willow rambles

[willows-arts]

Something of a continuation of this design style, the “Red Wolf” is this Metal’s nickname. He’s vicious and intentionally cruel, serving as both an attack dog for Wily and an aggressive pack leader to the DWNs, often snapping at them and frequently harming them to keep them in line. He’s more involved in Wilybot affairs than my interpretation for his Megamix counterpart, much to the detriment of his unfortunate associates.

Rather than being a long ranged fighter with a sawblade theme like his canon counterparts, this Metal (verse name pending) has more of a switchblade appearance, and prefers close combat to long distance. He moves fast and runs hot, leading to the many vents that appear all over his body. The crack in his gem is from an old fight against his Blues, though Blues did not get away unscathed either. He still seeks to repay the damage.

A terrifyingly efficient hunter with a sadistic streak, Metal is known for stretching out pursuits and toying with his prey. To say that having his gaze turned upon you is a death sentence is an understatement.

#Willow Arts #megaman #mega man #rockman #metal man #metalman #Willow Rambles #mm hcs #i need a name for this au aaaa

[wiliowtreemarch]

ok can somebody write a fic where madam loathing succeeds in using the key on the fix because in a season with mind control as a major plot point I am SO sad we didn’t get any proper pc on pc violence

#willow rambles #mentopolis #dimension 20 #the fix #LISTEN MAN IM A SUCKER FOR “I KNOW YOURE IN THERE SOMEWHERE” FIGHTS #and while all the npc mind control scenes were devastating #I just feel like a pc one would’ve Hit Different yknow. my enrichment… #anyway I still have like 30 mins left to watch in the finale so maybe it does happen #but I highly doubt it #ANYWAY #fic writers I am begging u

[everlastiingiimmortals]

In Exalting Sanctum and its connecting delves, one can often find a lone cat wandering around the stalls and streets. This cat, though it has a red collar and a golden bell, doesn't seem to be claimed by anyone in particular, but it's loved and fed by everyone in the area. Locals have taken to nicknaming this cat "the General," due to its big, white, fluffy body, large appetite, friendly demeanor, and kind face. Funnily enough, no one has ever seen the General and General Jing Yuan in the same spot together... rumors already fly around that he is capable of shapeshifting into a lion, so perhaps...?

(What people don't know is that the General is a frequent visitor to Jing Yuan's home and is as well loved by him as it is by anyone else; he, in fact, was the one to put a collar on it.)

#//about; (DIVINE FORESIGHT) #Willow Rambles #putting this tag so i can find it easier #anyway this is my argument for making jing nyan a reality bc i think it'd be cute #i also think jy could successfully keep his interactions with the cat secret from yq #this is to say that yes the cat is open for interaction and i might also invade inboxes with the cat

[ssilentwillow]

Dude I’m so insane because Laudna is a better person than Percy ever was. Percy’s friends brought him back to life and forgave him and offered him redemption even after he had done horrible things to innocents on his quest for vengeance. What has laudna done? Nothing. Laudna was a victim in every circumstance. She did nothing to deserve what she got, and yet she still manages to be kind. I wonder how Percy’s gonna feel talking to this woman (who he indirectly killed on his quest for vengeance!) and realizing that he denied her what he got from his own friends despite her being more deserving of it

It’s like. Percy chose to made that deal with Orthax, he chose to continue his quest for vengeance. But his friends acknowledged his potential for redemption and gave him that chance to come back from it. Laudna chose nothing that happened to her; she didn’t choose to be hung, she didn’t choose to come back, she didn’t choose to have Delilah in her head. And yet, Percy is denying her the same kindness he got. I feel insane. Percy de rolo you massive hypocrite (affectionate)

#critical role #cr spoilers #c3e36 #percy de rolo #laudna #willow rambles #idk if this makes sense but I’m rotating both of them around in my brain

[willows-rambles]

dunking on elec man is so intrinsically funny

#Willow Rambles #megaman #elec man dunk saga

[yearningsaphic]

If they don’t want to recreate Will Graham and Hannibal’s relationship, I don’t want it

#hannibal #hannibal and will #hannigram #will graham #will graham cracker #hannibal lecter #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #hannibal crack #hannibal shitpost #hanniblogging #willow talks #willow tag #willow rambles #willow.txt #misc.txt

[willowbelle]

ok guys i had a wet dream ab zoro last night so im working on a fic about him (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

i can’t believe im writing for someone other than law… wow. i feel like im cheating.

big steps!

#one piece #roronoa zoro #one piece fanfiction #willow rambles

[willowshimmer]

Alastor without his staticy voice is something I never knew I would hear and kind of love...

AAAAAAAA CHARLIE MARRY ME! YOU LOOK GORGEOUS!

Lucifer really needs to talk with Charlie more to understand swearing. FOR THIS NOT TO HAPPEN!

Oh shit he actually looks like Alex Brightman (His VA)

YEAAAAAH YOU GO NIFTY KILL THAT MF!

OMG I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT! HE WAS GOING TO DIE BY SACRIFICING HIMSELF! I'm gonna go and cry in a corner...

I really hope Lute returns and I hope season 2 will be just as AMAZING as this season!

#willow shitposts #willow rambles #hazbin hotel #adam hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel adam #alastor #alastor the radio demon #hazbin hotel alastor #sir pentious #hazbin hotel sir pentious #hazbin sir pentious #hazbin vaggie #vaggie hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lute #hazbin lute #lucifer hazbin hotel #hazbin lucifer #charlie morningstar #hazbin charlie #charlie hazbin hotel #nifty hazbin hotel #hazbin niffty #this is amazing #can't wait!

[whumpwillow]

petition to replace the word “squicks” with “nope tropes”

#i just think it would be cool #its fun to say #willow rambles #not whump #whump community #nope tropes

[thestarbornpilgrim]

7 Years today my pa passed on, sky has been a place of peace and healing for me as I struggled through the loss.

I feel stronger this year then I have in a long time.

So I took a moment to go the memorial and leave a note for my father. It’s nice to write about my dad in a game that healed me over the last few years. Sky you amazing and beautiful thing.

My dad taught me how to draw and tell stories. I think my dad would been amazed and proud of the friends I have made and the people who follow me. He would have adopted you all! He was that kind of dad. All my friends were his kids.

#may delete later #willow rambles #sky memorial

[willows-arts]

birf

#Willow Rambles #it's me birf today

[wiliowtreemarch]

putting qcellbit in a jar with qjaiden and shaking them around. I need you to talk so bad. for my enrichment

#willow rambles #qsmp #cellbit #jaiden animations

[everlastiingiimmortals]

Theory: History of the Laurel Wreath Galaxy

Fair warning that I went nuts with this one and am absolutely reaching in some cases. Also, this will contain leaks about the upcoming Sigonia relic set lore, so please keep that in mind!

I established in a prior HC post that Ratio, as far as I'm concerned, is from the Laurel Wreath Galaxy. However, it was while thinking about this that I realized I missed something crucial from a Memory Bubble in the game: Rationality's Fall was a direct consequence of the Mechanical Emperor's War (referred to hereafter as MEW).

We learn from this bubble that the Philosopher's Union was overrun by robots after they massacred all of the philosophers, as well as destroyed most of the planets in the galaxy, before sentencing the Philosopher King Aurelius to his death by the Union's own laws and demanding he drink poison. We also learn that he does in fact do this, and this part of the war is what is known as Rationality's Fall, supposedly.

We also learn from Fu Xuan through Glimpses Into the Beyond that it was in fact Aha's followers who infected the robots with a virus called the "Philosopher's Poison," overthrowing the mechanical army in the Union with irony and a taste of their own medicine.

Naturally, this sent me down a long and spiraling rabbit hole, trying to place the time of this event.

My conclusion: Fucking Ancient.

You see, we know from Baiheng's journal that Screwllum is at least 800 years old in the Star Calendar, as Planet Screwllum had already been established during her travels. Do we know how many Amber Eras (AE) that is? No. Is there any sort of means of comparison or consistency for AE? No. Do we know how long the Star Calendar (SC) years are? No. But it's different from the Trailblaze Calendar, which is the closest to the Gregorian Calendar, and I guess we can assume that based on the Xianzhou's inspirations, the Star Calendar would be more similar to the Lunar Calendar. Regardless! This doesn't help us with the Amber Eras, but it's a nice point of reference all the same given that the MEW had been happening since before 3287 SC. The year now is around 8100 SC. Furthermore, we can't really tell whether Screwllum established Planet Screwllum while Rubert I was still alive or not, but it is implied to have been after Rubert's death, given the Anti-Organic Equation still infects machine life to this day and Screwllum isn't... exactly sure of the circumstances of Rubert's death. We do know that it happened many years ago, as it was "countless Amber Eras" ago. I'm going to choose a nice round number, overestimate how long the war lasted, and say maybe 5000-ish SC. That gives us 3000 years to the modern year.

So Rationality's Fall happens some time in this era, long before 5000 SC, and much of the Laurel Wreath Galaxy is destroyed as a result. What happened to the survivors?

This is where the theory gets wack.

We know that the people of the Laurel Wreath Galaxy were a space-faring people, as they were able to travel to the center of the Galaxy to engage in the Philosopher's Union with the King. Those that could escape likely did, traveling to other planets to seek refuge. I don't think it is too far of a stretch to suggest that Sigonia may have been one of those places.

Situated near the convergence of three major star clusters, Sigonia-IV has long been subjected to stellar winds from multiple stars, earning its reputation as the "eye of the storm" throughout the Cosmos. The planet's surface environment is extremely harsh, leading many civilizations to either migrate to other celestial bodies or succumb to natural disasters.

Such a harsh environment would not necessarily lead to widely available resources for space-faring -- we see this as it is with Belobog, a perfect in game example. Nor is it exactly an optimal location to settle in either, but when faced with the alternative of certain death, who wouldn't consider it? They were desperate. Is it not possible to consider, then, that perhaps the Laurelian escapees sought refuge on Sigonia, only for many of them to find they were unable to adapt to the environment and thus move on, while others attempted to survive? I posit this theory for a few reasons:

Ratio and Aventurine obviously share similar eyes, and yet only Aventurine's are commented on as being Sigonian (yes, I know this could be because of Ratio's dumb headpiece, but he also doesn't make any sort of indication towards the similarities himself, so hush).

We know from the Sigonia relic lore that the Avgin genocide was relatively recent, happening in modern history as Aventurine was just a boy when it occurred. This gives plenty of time for the Laurelian settlers to undergo genetic divergence and ultimately evolution to adapt to Sigonia's environment (under high evolutionary pressure, adaptation can happen fairly quickly as well, so at least 3000 years ish of extreme evolutionary pressure is admittedly nothing to sneeze at).

This is admittedly something I believe is more of a funny coincidence than anything, but I love to chew on regardless due to my fascination with the evolution of language, is that αυγή (avgí) in Greek means dawn. If you know, you know.

So by the modern year, the Sigonians and the Laurelians are genetically distinct enough to not be recognized as similar people, but the Sigonians could, theoretically, trace their lineage back to the ancient Laurelians.

To give a general recap of the Laurel Wreath Galaxy with this context:

The Philosopher's Union has expanded throughout the entire galaxy, championing as one of the most profound galaxies for critical thought and where countless philosophers flock to vie for a seat in the Union.

The MEW occurs, taking with it much of the galaxy, destroying the Union, and killing the last Philosopher King, Aurelius (who, by the way, was named after the Roman Emperor). This is the incident known as Rationality's Fall.

The survivors who could flee did so, some of them eventually settling on Sigonia. Those who survive evolve and adapt to the harsh environment, or perhaps remain stranded on Sigonia and must make do.

Aha's followers introduce the Philosopher's Poison into the robots in the Union and overthrow them.

Eventually, life in the Laurel Wreath Galaxy recovers and stabilizes, now with robots joining their ranks, though the Union remains a vacant amphitheater -- more an ancient monument than anything else. Nobody takes up the throne of the Philosopher King.

The IPC encounter Sigonia and try to profit, as they do.

Fast forward to the modern era, where Ratio and Aventurine are born.

...and the rest is history, if you know your lore and your leaks.

Admittedly, I do have a bone to pick with this theory, outside of the blatant overreaching, and that is Rationality's Fall. From the Curio it's my understanding that Rationality's Fall was a civil war wrought by the folly of man, and yet every other source I see, like the Memory Bubble, implies an invasion of the Union by Rubert's followers. I see two possible explanations here, one of which is more heavily likely than the other:

There were two Rationality's Falls: one by the robots invading and another after that WAS the civil war, which was man and machine alike. This is unlikely, weird, doesn't make sense, and thus I don't think this is the case.

The robots were in fact native to the galaxy and revolted after being subjected to the Anti-Organic Equation. This is more likely and a method Rubert used for converting machines to its cause, and thus it makes sense. It's possible the robots of the Laurel Wreath Galaxy didn't have sentience until the MEW, so there's little conflict here.

I had a hard time admitting to the second possibility because it meant needing to adjust my prior headcanon somewhat and it still doesn't sit right with me given the initial description of civil war, but I'll address that here:

I maintain that Ratio was from the Laurel Wreath Galaxy, and perhaps a warmongering trait still remains within his blood, but maybe it is because of this trait of his people that the Laurel Wreath Galaxy was so focused on by Rubert during the MEW in the first place. We know Rubert accused organic life of being flawed in calculation, leading to their own end and destruction, and thus needing to be eradicated. Does this not sound familiar? Rationality's Fall, the collapse of mankind, which prides itself on the ability to think and reason -- that is rationality, not calculation and probability -- and thus the world's impurities, in this case, is not referring to arrogance nor ignorance, the original philosophy of the Union, but to rationality itself, to mankind as a whole.

So, fast forward once again to the modern era. Where does this leave Ratio? A descendant of survivors who managed to stay on what few habitable planets of the Laurel Wreath Galaxy remained. Someone with personal ties and reason to care so much about the Philosopher's Union and its history. Someone who, inflamed by curiosity and with an insatiable hunger for knowledge, ends up chasing the very same philosophy that the Union, which no longer exists, prided itself on. If the previous era of the Philosopher's Union were the Roman Empire, with all of its Ancient Greek associations as well, then Ratio's era -- Ratio himself -- is the Italian Renaissance, the revival of ancient Greco-Roman culture, and thus one could argue the inheritor of the Philosopher King's legacy.

#Willow Rambles #//about; (DOCTOR OF TRUTH) #hsr leaks #shout out to starry for the ανγή thing she found it first #i'm still miffed on the rationality's fall thing but it's like w/e #this is fine as is. i'm happy with this take all the same #i mentioned this to ventium also but as a tidbit like #re: all the latin in ratio's kit and everything i imagine it to be the equivalent to how it was during the renaissance #where latin was like the 'learned' language that showed you were educated #ratio grew up speaking whatever greek equivalent (and maybe the italian equivalent too) and learned latin from his mother and in school #holy shit how many words is this.... 1.6k WOWIE!! not my longest but still a chonker #anyway it's past 3 am here HAHA i'm going to pass out