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set me on fire (so i can rise)

so fpx has been doing ridiculously well and deokdam beat ruler for the first time in his career and i sat down and vomited thirteen hundred words of brainrot onto the page. i had originally intended it for tumblr so i'm posting it here but it's theoretically long enough for me to post it as an actual fic so like. if anyone wants that let me know. no previous knowledge really needed and i'm too lazy to link stuff so just. here you go have fun

title is from fpx's phoenix because come on it was too perfect of a situation

(deokdam and viper are both aphelios, ruler is xayah, life is tahm kench, missing is thresh, flandre is graves, milkyway is kindred, none of the others really matter)

canon-typical violence under the cut but nothing graphic!

also don't yell at me about the moon formatting i already know i can't fix it ok

Deokdam has never beaten Ruler. He’s faced him more times than plenty of other AD carries, but each of their twelve matches has stayed in his head for longer than he’d like to admit. Maybe it’s that he’s the first world champion Deokdam ever faced. It’s hard to forget the feeling of barely even being able to stand in his presence, let alone put up a proper fight. But as the years went on, Deokdam’s losses to the other AD carry only got more and more depressing, and…well. He guesses it’s sort of a Thing by now. 

And so, even though he and his team have been doing far better than anyone expected, even beating TES and JackeyLove, Deokdam can’t help but feel apprehensive about their upcoming match. But…they’ve come this far by trusting each other. And so, as they start their warmups before the match, Deokdam taps Life on the shoulder. “You were his support for years,” he says quietly. “What’s his weakness?”

A sly smirk spreads across Life’s face, and he responds just as quietly. “He has a habit of overstepping. He’s overconfident. And it happens more often than you might think, especially now that he doesn’t have me anymore…”

Deokdam hesitantly returns his smile. “Thanks. I think I have an idea.”

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As Deokdam exchanges bows with Ruler, he keeps his eyes trained on the other AD carry, watching his every move. He steps forward first, just as Life predicted, and Deokdam can’t help but smile. Something feels different this time as he takes a step back, dodging Ruler’s first attack and beginning the dance back-and-forth, and Deokdam thinks he knows why. 

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“I think I’ve figured it out,” Viper says, his voice of moonlight so similar to Deokdam’s and yet nothing alike as he offers his hand to Deokdam, who takes it gratefully, allowing Viper to pull Deokdam to his feet.

“What, how to beat me? Because I’m pretty sure you figured that out a while ago,” Deokdam says, trying to pass it off as a joke, but his magical voice betrays his frustration. He’d accepted Viper’s request to spar over the offseason without a second thought, eager to practise both with his friend and someone with far more skill than him, but after the third day, Deokdam is just exhausted, and Viper absolutely destroying him every round isn’t exactly making him feel much better. 

“No, not that,” Viper says, sighing. “Let’s sit down. We should get water anyway.” Well, he’s right about one thing, at least. Even though it doesn’t do anything to put out the fire in his throat, Deokdam’s definitely dehydrated by now, and just the act of drinking it is refreshing. It also means he can avoid asking what Viper did mean for a bit, but eventually, his curiosity gets the better of him, and he asks Viper just that.

“Oh, right. Well, I think I figured out your problem. Fighting,” he quickly adds, evidently seeing Deokdam’s face and how he was about to say he has far more than one problem to worry about. “You think too much about yourself.”

The words hit him harder than any dose of noctum. Great. He already feels awful for drowning himself in self-pity practically all of last spring and half of summer, but it hurts even more coming from his friend. 

Viper frowns. “Wait, no, not—” He sighs. “I don’t mean that you’re selfish, Deokdam. Just that you get too much in your own head. You’re so focused on what you should do that you’re not paying enough attention to your opponent, so when I do something unexpected, you get caught completely off-guard.”

Oh. The tension eases from Deokdam’s shoulders somewhat. That…makes a lot more sense. 

“I used to have the opposite problem, actually,” Viper continues. “I was always so focused on what the enemy was doing that I forgot my teammates were there too. I didn’t trust them, and our coordination would always be slightly…off. I never really fixed it until…well. You’re a lot better at it than I am. You’ve always had much better synergy with your teams. So you don’t need to worry about that. What I do want you to worry about is your opponent.” He stands up with a smile. “One last round?”

Deokdam can’t help but return it, standing up and following him back to the sparring ring. “Sure.”

“Okay. I want you to keep your focus on me. Your instincts are good enough by now, but you trip yourself up. Don’t think about what you’re doing at all. Just trust yourself, and try to defeat me.”

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Just trust yourself. Your instincts are good enough. It’s not that Deokdam would ever say Viper was wrong in saying that, per se, but for the first time, Deokdam thinks he might have been right as he fires a shot at Ruler, clipping him in the shoulder and dodging away from the chains that Missing sends flying at him. 

Smoke begins to swirl around the battlefield, meaning Flandre must have taken out Xiaolaohu in his pocket realm, and if Showmaker hadn’t complained about it being completely unfair every other week in 2022, Deokdam would be realising just how annoying it is right about now. Thanks to Kellin, though, Deokdam has plenty of practice of fighting with irritating gases everywhere, and he can just barely make out the silhouette of Missing’s body right before he throws his hook at Deokdam, and he sidesteps it on instinct. Something grazes his side—one of Ruler’s razor-sharp feathers—but Deokdam hardly feels it thanks to the fire already burning in his veins. All it does is reveal Ruler’s position, and Deokdam fires another shot in his direction.

Ruler lets out a grunt of pain, but he must still think he has the advantage, what with the smoke everywhere, because he takes another step forward, obviously confident. Too confident, because now he’s close enough that Deokdam can see his figure through the smoke. He fires a shot at Ruler’s leg, trying to knock him off balance, and Ruler predictably launches himself into the air, flinging an array of feathers at Deokdam. But with his wings flapping to keep himself in the air, he’s blowing the smoke away, and Deokdam switches weapons, launching a gravity orb at Ruler and clenching his fist, pulling him down to earth. He thinks his legs are bleeding, but it doesn’t matter, not when he switches back to his first weapon, shooting Ruler right in the chest and eliminating him, a faint red mark glowing where his Guild’s magic protected him. 

With their AD carry gone, Deokdam and his teammates are able to make quick work of what remains of JD Guild, especially thanks to Milkyway’s arrows that Deokdam swears have homing magic on them. The rest of the match is a bit of a blur, but the ceremony afterwards stays clear in his mind. Flandre is just as good-natured as Deokdam remembers, and Yagao has a quiet smile even in defeat, but when Deokdam shakes Ruler’s hand, the other AD carry murmurs in Korean, “Well fought.” 

As he walks away, Deokdam catches a glimpse of himself, and if his heart weren’t already pounding out of his chest from the adrenaline rush, it would be now from the shock. Ruler’s glow given by the Rift might be powerful, but right now, Deokdam shines with a light far more important, moonlight gleaming brightly in an aura all around him. It doesn’t go away, even as Milkyway heals his wounds, and when they leave, Deokdam chances a look up at the sky. There, peeking through the stormy clouds, Deokdam can see Her light shining down from above for the first time since he came to China, and he can’t help but smile. 

Thank you, he thinks. I’ll use your gift even better than before.

#ANOTHER BANGER BY ARYASAGE #showmaker mention i approve

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RISE—a debatable "analysis"

so, league of legends and the word alive just recently released rise (redux) as a celebration of the original rise, and it made me realise just how many versions of rise have been released over the years. and then, i thought, well. why shouldn't i go over all of them? it's not like anyone's stopping me :]

so, enjoy my thoughts on every version of rise that i could find! supposedly there was a nightcore version at some point but i couldn't find anything official so it will have to stay off the list for now. also jackeylove has some opinions to share from when each of these came out.

his text looks like this

my actual thoughts look like this

don't blame me for tumblr formatting options they all suck ok

RISE (2018)

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next year it’s gonna be me in the music video just you wait we’re gonna destroy this thing

nostalgia-wise, this isn’t my favorite worlds song. definitely not my favourite mv, but production-wise, i can’t imagine any worlds song that could top this one. although mako has worked on every worlds song since at least 2017 (i think 2016 too, but i can’t easily verify that) except for 2̷̨̫̫͓͕̀̓0̷̡̠̹̭͉́2̶̳͕̟̜̄̓̀͗́2̶̠͉͆̍, he absolutely popped off with this one in particular. the gravelly effect added to his vocals helps demonstrate the weight of the lyrics, and then when it’s taken off for telle’s RISE, it feels even clearer, like they’re breaking through all the barriers to go higher, to literally rise above it all. the bpm (177!) can be felt right at the start, a frantic pace demonstrating just how quickly you could lose everything, how fast you need to move, and the bridge has some of my favourite lyrics in all of riot’s songs. i love nearly all of the worlds songs, but the storytelling in this one is wonderful even without the mv.

RISE - Remix (2018)

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better than the original version no competition 

rookie looked over my shoulder while i was writing this and laughed at me because he says the rap sucks. well FUCK YOU i’m writing all this in voidtongue from now on how about YOU suck fucking music snob asshole why are you so good at singing

on a lyrical level yeah sure rookie’s right; half of it is product placement. however. sometimes noise is good. i usually don’t like remixes, but here it works, because more going on doesn’t take away from the song; just makes it more hype. i don’t follow bobby or ikon much but his flow here is really clean and it’s just a vibe. i think recently i’ve listened to this version much more than the original just because of how much more energy it has, and while it doesn’t have the same feel, i still really like it

RISE - Live (2018)

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honestly don’t even care it was that bad. we got to laugh about it and then we won so if anything it was just a good luck charm

good thing we weren’t in view at the start of the performance though i think rookie was crying although from laughter or just how bad it was i’m not sure

okay yeah. mako completely threw this one i have no idea what he was on

HOWEVER. telle did great. and yk what once bobby came on mako sounded fine.

it’s still obviously. not good. but it could have been worse. my main problem with it isn’t even the performance it’s the fact that riot turned the mics way down for opening ceremonies after 2018 which is a CRIME LET THEM SING LIVE (it was a bit better for rise 2023 but the other songs were still very loud on the backtracks. i get that some singers aren’t great at the whole projecting thing but come on you can’t tell if you can’t even hear them over the backtrack.)

RISE - UNSECRET Cover (2021)

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yeah i can vibe to this right about now

i like this version a lot but out of all the official releases i think i have to put it fourth through no fault of its own but just because it feels like there’s something missing. it’s gritty and it’s definitely a vibe but there aren’t the layers of production that you don’t notice until they’re missing, especially with how flat the RISE feels. of course, this makes sense—it’s riot forge, and production is all attributed to UNSECRET, but it’s a shame that by any other standards it’d be an absolute banger but here it falls just short. fun fact though, this was the version i put on my playlist for when i was writing nmftg (and no i haven't forgotten about the behind the scenes stuff i promised. it's coming soon i swear)

RISE - Demo

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hm. so maybe he can sing

there’s a reason i heap so much praise on mako. these are demo vocals and just the layers here give me chills, not to mention how much of a sucker i am for strings. i would pay so much for a full album of a full version of all of his silly little string arrangements for all the worlds (and other riot songs, let’s be real) songs he worked on. you have no idea. can’t judge it as a full song but if it were it would be very high on my list

RISE - Live (2023)

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0/10 should have been ME at the top of the rift i would have kicked gumayusi’s ASS

look, i’m biased. but seeing mako’s redemption was everything (and if you haven’t seen the clip he posted, absolutely check it out) and the orchestral instrumental slowing it down instead of the more frantic opening and hard beat gave it a more serious weight that felt especially appropriate for the revival of the song and the ongoing themes of 2023 worlds, with the Glory and the previous winners looking for redemption (even though wbg were complete frauds). it’s a perfect rendition for that ceremony and honestly like. thanks for not doing a season start cinematic riot the rise redemption was a banger you can tell just how much being able to do that performance meant to them and the emotions brought me to tears watching it live

i am glad they brought back season start song for this year though :)

also mako’s jacket was really really cool look

Rise (Redux) (2024)

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this is my personal anthem no i will not elaborate

telle’s vocals on this track are just so full of emotion that i can’t not love it. add to that my soft spot for rock and you get just a beautiful song. i can’t say whether or not it’s my favourite, just due to how new it is, but it’s undoubtedly great, and you should listen to it :)

anyway, i hope at least someone enjoyed my somewhat random thoughts! i love talking about music, especially riot's, and ranting about worlds anthems is what got me writing ppau in the first place, so it holds a special place in my heart. if people are interested, maybe i'll do something else talking about the worlds anthems! or maybe no one cares and this is going into the void. oh well. it was fun to write, especially with jackeylove's little comments. love him.

if you saw a typo no you didn't this is a thousand words of pure brainrot and nothing else

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(hears a song lyric) this would make a great all-lower case fanfiction title

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no mercy for the guilty

it's heeeere! jackeylove suffering part one is finally available to read! i have so much fun writing the best adc (his words. or maybe mine too. you can't prove anything) and i hope you all will enjoy reading about him :)

content warning for self-harm. there are places you can skip to listed in the beginning notes and there is a summary in the end notes.

link here gogogogo

#ppau #ppau writing #ppau jackeylove #ppau viper #ppau rookie #ppau ruination station #ANOTHER BANGER BY ARYASAGE

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Since T1 won, do you have any idea what their championship wishes would be? I know it's pretty soon, but I'm already curious

short answer: no...

i want t1's wishes to be perfect. well i want wishes to be perfect in general. so i must think. and thinking is hard for my pea brain.

also, i tend to take inspiration from the players' skins, and obviously for t1 those aren't even close to out yet. see: canyon's nidalee skin and her water effects leading to canyon's wish being water manipulation, ig wing details leading to ning's flying wish, faker's bazillion skins letting him use champion select, ghost's wish having a side effect of letting him turn his gun into a guitar... yknow?

i will admit, i did have some ideas. but they were goofy ones. here's a quick rundown of what i've thought about so far...

zeus: i considered something related to lightning, but i don't want to make his wish too close to nuguri's. so then i thought about yone, since that's technically a candidate for his skin choice and a pretty signature champion of his and oh shit i have an idea

oner: man idk

faker: 99% chance his wish is just restoring bengi's soul and power, but if i think of something cool enough... yknow...

gumayusi: also dunno.

keria: i thought about "haha so keria wanted a lux skin. but he didn't play lux. yknow lux has an elementalist skin. yknow how keria already controls water. haha what if he controlled the other elements. avatar keria hAAHAHAHA" ok yknow what my reasoning is starting to sound actually decent. fuck its kinda funny... the issue is ofc that if he's just the Avatar it's like... not even close to him being nautilus like he's supposed to be

#ppau #ppau other #ppau t1 #ppau zeus #ppau faker #ppau keria #elementalist lux keria or what???

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Updating this one as I am still bored

Akshan: Lourlo

Amumu: Moham

Annie: Cryin

Ashe: Crownie

Blitzcrank: ON

Brand: IgNar

Braum: Treatz

Corki: LaMiaZeaLoT

Dr. Mundo: Lilballz

Evelynn: Selfmade

Fizz: Fisher

Gragas: Shushei

Graves: Flandre

Hecarim: Santorin

Heimerdinger: Wadid

Jax: Impact

Katarina: faker, temporarily

Kled: Finn

Lissandra: Care

Lucian: Johnsun

Lux: Biofrost

Malphite: Doinb

Malzahar: Caedrel

Nami: Wolf

Nunu: Mistake

Poppy: Junjia

Quinn: Alphari

Rell: Shenyi

Riven: Broken Blade

Rumble: Huni

Sett: Hoon

Soraka: Trymbi

Taliyah: Crown

Taric: Prismal

Teemo: Hai

Urgot: Evi

Varus: LP

Vex: Xiaohu

Vi: Sheo

Volibear: Razork

Wukong: Wei

Yuumi: Meiko

Zac: Blank

Ziggs: APA

Zilean: Bjergsen

Zyra: PoohManDu

daily fun but useless ppau fact #4

pretend i didn't miss yesterday. I'll do 2 today

there are 51 champions represented by only one Summoner (for now):

Akshan - Lourlo

Annie - Cryin

Ashe - Crownie

Brand - IgNar

Corki - LaMiaZeaLot

Darius - Adam

Evelynn - Selfmade

Gangplank - GimGoon

Hecarim - Santorin

Heimerdinger - Wadid

Janna - Mellisan

Jax - Impact

Jinx - Comp

Karthus - xPeke

Kayn - Spica

Kennen - Nuguri

Kled - Finn

Lissandra - Care

Lucian - Johnsun

Lulu - Zven*

Lux - Biofrost

Malphite - Doinb

Malzahar - Caedrel

Nilah - Patrik

Nunu & Willump - Mistake

Olaf - Bengi

Poppy - JunJia

Quinn - Alphari

Rell - Shenyi

Renata Glasc - Kellin

Riven - BrokenBlade

Rumble - Huni

Senna - Photic**

Skarner - Zanzarah

Soraka - Trymbi

Tahm Kench - Vulcan

Taliyah - Crown

Taric - Prismal

Teemo - Hai***

Trundle - Tarzan

Twitch - imp

Urgot - Evi

Vex - Xiaohu

Viktor - Ablazeolive

Volibear - Razork

Yasuo - Perkz****

Yuumi - Meiko

Zac - Blank

Zed - Faker

Zilean - Bjergsen

Zyra - PoohManDu

*- he's also Ezreal when acting as ADC

**- won't be the only Senna for much longer

***- Viper has a slight Teemo reference (he can blind enemies)

****- he's also Xayah when acting as ADC

yes, a lot of these are signature champions/meme picks. I am a simple creature.

#ppau fun facts #ppau other #ppau

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update because I'm procrastinating

Amumu: KDF Moham

Aurelion Sol: TL Haeri and GG huhi

Blitzcrank: BLG ON

Braum: IMT Treatz

Fizz: EDG Fisher

K'Sante: JDG 333—sorry i mean 369 and C9 Fudge

Katarina: Faker, temporarily

Ornn: VIT Photon

Sejuani: KT Cuzz and XL Xerxe

Sivir: Rekkles

Varus: RNG LP

Vi: BDS Sheo

Wukong: RNG Wei

Ziggs: TL APA

which now leaves...

Anivia

Bel'Veth

Briar

Cassiopeia

Cho'Gath

Fiddlesticks

Galio

Garen

Illaoi

Ivern

Kassadin

Kha'Zix

Kog'Maw

Lillia

Master Yi

Milio

Miss Fortune

Mordekaiser

Morgana

Naafiri

Nasus

Neeko

Pantheon

Rammus

Rek'Sai

Shaco

Shyvana

Sion

Sona

Swain

Tryndamere

Udyr

Veigar

Vel'Koz

Vladimir

Warwick

Xerath

Yorick

that's... 38? i keep losing count halfway

daily fun but useless ppau fact #2

there are 50 champions that don't have a specific Summoner representing them in ppau-verse (...for now):

Amumu

Anivia

Aurelion Sol

Bel'Veth*

Blitzcrank

Braum

Cassiopeia

Cho'Gath*

Fiddlesticks

Fizz

Galio

Garen

Gragas**

Illaoi

Ivern

K'Sante

Kassadin

Katarina

Kha'Zix*

Kog'Maw*

Lillia

Master Yi

Miss Fortune

Mordekaiser

Morgana

Nasus

Neeko

Ornn

Pantheon

Rammus

Rek'Sai*

Sejuani

Shaco

Shyvana

Sion

Sivir

Sona

Swain

Tryndamere

Udyr

Varus

Veigar

Vel'Koz*

Vi

Vladimir

Warwick

Wukong

Xerath

Yorick

Ziggs

*- this is a Void champion, so they're not assigned to Summoners. Some of them have made appearances at some point or another, and most of them have Void creatures based off them.

**-I won't be writing a Gragas-based Summoner any time soon, since his entire concept is just "fat drunk guy" and there's way too many issues with that for me to be able to respectfully translate him into this universe.

There are also a bunch of champions with only one Summoner representing them. Some of them will only ever have one Summoner, while some of them just aren't the right fit for anyone but that one person.

Thanks for reading the daily useless fun fact :D

#ppau #ppau fun facts #ppau other #ppau rambling

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straining to reach the light

in which i finally got around to finishing that deokdam angst

gooooo read it here (or yk click the big words with the title that works too)

this one's been sitting around for uh. well actually i don't wanna talk about it. life happened. i'm back now. for how long? no idea. we'll see. comments feed my ego and motivation though so if you want me to write more feel free to leave me one (or don't. you can make me cry too that's fine)

ruination might be over but the pain sure isn't :)

#ppau #ppau writing #ppau strtl #ppau deokdam #ppau kellin #ppau canyon #ppau showmaker #ppau ghost #ppau dk #ppau ruination station #ANOTHER BANGER BY ARYASAGE

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MAN.

#non ppau #DK FUCKING LOST NOOOO #AND CANYON AND SHOWMAKERS CONTRACTS EXPIRE THIS YEAR #ITS GRIM ITS GRIM ITS GRIM #IM GONNA FUCKING CRY IF THEY END UP ON DIFFERENT TEAMS #YOU CANT DO THAT TO EM #PLEASE GOD PLEASE LET THEM STAY TOGETHER #ok im calm

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my teacher: ok for this assignment you can paint whatever you want

me: ok liv. don't do ppau. don't do ppau. don't do— *does ppau*

i guess it hardly comes as a surprise that i drew showmaker... i've had the sketch for a WHILE so i figured i might as well see it through to the end. shoutout to me from 5 months ago for the sketch.

funny story, this damn file was 200 mb. my ipad would actually stutter loading it. i've never had that happen since i got this ipad so that was WILD.

and yes the cards did make me regret my life choices thanks for asking

maybe i color sometime

#ppau #ppau art #ppau showmaker #in my defense i really did try to not do ppau #ok no i didnt #i did draw like 6 really rough t1 splash thumbnails though #so at least i attempted to draw someone other than showmaker

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sooo today is ppau's 1 year anniversary! normally i would have a fic or SOMETHING ready to drop but unfortunately i just don't have time right now.

thank you so much to anyone who has so much as Clicked on one of my fics. i couldn't have done all of this without you. you're all amazing and i appreciate you very much <3

on another note my irl friends found my fics 💀

#ppau other

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well you heard it here first folks

i made ai of myself and this shit happened

#idk if this counts as ppau or not

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i made ai of myself and this shit happened

#non ppau

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08.19.23

MAD Lions knock XL down into the lower-bracket and are qualified for Worlds 2023

*inhales* LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO

THIS ROSTER I’M SO HAPPY FOR THEM

Hyli kept his promise xd

Context:

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very late ruination station post

this is gonna be a bunch of ruination station thoughts and explanations and easter eggs and such. with no particular system of organization or anything. i will link the entire ruination station here to make up for previously mentioned lack of organization. all chaotic thoughts will be under the break

now I'll never be the same

look the fall in the eyes

where the hunters get hunted

now you're coming at the king

fire in our blood (but we're still cold-hearted)

the ones that are voiceless

(don't) fear what you don't know

take to the skies

the sinful and the saviors

also check out there's a part of myself i'm missing by aryasage. that is all.

spoilers below (obviously)

I had a thing going with the idea of your greatest weakness being your greatest weapon, as Meiko alludes to in the first chapter of the finale. For Viper, that obviously refers to his noctum, while Viego's is love. Or whatever he thinks love is. For the Sentinels, love can also be their greatest weakness and weapon, since there are multiple times when someone sacrifices themselves to protect someone they love.

Viego is kind of aware of his weakness being love, which is why he orders JackeyLove not to confront Rookie. Generally, expressions of love are what (temporarily) break Viego's control, and so he tries to avoid that.

Another one of Viego's weaknesses is his pride. He considers the Summoners beneath him, which kind of comes back to bite him, since Keria just has to flatter him a bit to get him to leave the rest of T1 alone. He also makes Chovy keep his mouth shut in the finale, assuming whatever he wants to say isn't worth listening to. Chovy was going to inform him that Rookie and Keria had switched places, so that's another mistake by Viego.

DK have a variety of code names, including Crocodile-Polar Bear-Showmaker-Alpaca-Bird (they sometimes call SM Chihuahua, which he doesn’t appreciate) and Kim 1-4.

The "because Faker" joke I always pull out when Faker does something vaguely impossible/dramatic has an in-universe explanation, as revealed in (don't) fear what you don't know: his wish to be unkillable. See? All planned. Everything Faker does is planned. Mmmm yes.

I fucked around with chess piece metaphors on occasion, like when Chovy sees himself as a knight on Viego's magic chess map despite being a pawn, or how the king is the deciding piece of the game despite the queen being more powerful, Viper telling the shadows he won't be their pawn, Viego using the white pieces to represent himself because he thinks he's the good guy and because he moves first (also because he's pasty af), Rookie telling JackeyLove he's just one of Viego's pawns, and Bel'Veth using pawns to create a queen. That's why Keria says "checkmate" after the Dramatic Reveal.

Danny says he "chose" to push himself past his limits, since the truth about Danny and EG hadn't come out at the time. Maybe in this universe, he was gaslit into thinking it was his fault. I wouldn't put it past... certain people. (EG management. I'm looking at you.)

The emergency self-destruct feature on Canyon’s spear Riptide isn’t meant to keep Riptide from falling into the wrong hands, since Canyon is able to call it back to him. It serves as a way to deal a devastating blow to a large monster, or a way to save Canyon from a fate worse than death.

There's a reference to Showmaker's streaming shirt in (don't) fear what you don't know.

Braiding Canyon’s mane is both therapeutic in the moment and very helpful later when Showmaker holds onto the braids in order to ride on his back.

The most consistent thing in this universe is that Flandre snores loudly.

Sarcasm counts towards Rookie’s lying quota, which is why he’s a sarcastic little rat most of the time.

Ning and TheShy weren't supposed to go with Rookie, but I couldn't resist the temptation of the Squad Reunion. (Except, you know, no Duke.)

Viper isn’t the most selfless person in ppau. That’s not to say that he’s selfish, by the way. Anyway, when he sees Showmaker try to sacrifice for Canyon, he starts to understand, and offers to fight dragon Meiko himself in order to protect them, believing Showmaker to be a better person than him because of his attempted self-sacrifice.

For JackeyLove reasons, he reacts much more to his real name, so when Rookie calls him Wenbo, he snaps out of his possession enough to order the Void monsters to leave him alone. JackeyLove isn’t a healer, so he can’t do anything but apologize to Rookie and keep him from being torn to pieces.

Don't ask me about the political implications of the Shadow Isles turning back into Taiwan.

#ppau #ppau writing #ppau other #ppau ruination station #ppau rambling

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I hate it. anyway here's chovy stealth outfit

oh also go read what are you willing to lose for some stupid crack involving 5 korean mid laners... and some angst in later chapters because TONAL DISSONANCE BABYYY

-> delay finishing up a fic chapter because i want to do a little silly fun doodle for it! and maybe i will do the main characters or something for each chapter!

-> make the most god awful terrible atrocious drawing known to man after like 4 hours of grinding til my hand hurts

-> remember at 1am that oh yeah the fic

-> open the drawing file because i forgot what it looked like

-> instant regret

#ppau #ppau writing #ppau art #ppau showmaker #ppau chovy #ppau zeka #ppau faker #ppau scout #ppau waywtl #interesting waywtl reminds me of wayward and let me tell ya that man was willing to lose everything for free—ahem anyway