#10/10 whoever makes those are my hero

[artbyblastweave]

It's so funny how Cap just COINCIDENTALLY seems to be physically unable to go through a SINGLE Republican presidency without having a crisis of faith that causes him to not be Cap anymore. Nomad with Nixon. USAgent with Reagan. Death and Buckycap with Bush, then HydraCap with Trump. I like to think him dying was the universe's way of identifying "...well he doesn't seem to be changing yet. Better balance this out real quick"

This is true, and moreover this ask dovetails nicely with another Cappost I've been thinking about making. Given the sliding timeline, who should we assume was in charge of the Secret Empire?

Loose, possibly at-least-partially misremembered background for those who weren't aware of this batshit plot point- In the early seventies, concurrent with Watergate, Captain America shut down a scheme by a neofascist group called the Secret Empire to, I dunno, hold the country hostage with a mutant-powered nuke or something, the specifics aren't important, what's important is that Cap cornered the leader of the group in the Oval Office, where he killed himself to avoid capture, and you never get to see the guy's face but it was all but directly stated that the Leader was Richard Nixon attempting a Coup D'état (possibly to get out of being prosecuted for Watergate?). This shakes Cap up pretty badly and he temporarily retired the Cap identity in order to operate as Nomad, The Man Without A Country, it was a whole crisis of conscience situation. Anyway, the whole situation is still vaguely implicitly canon, they refer to the Secret Empire, and there have been successor heroes who've taken up the Nomad identity after Cap got out of the funk. But It also can't have been Nixon who killed himself in front of Cap due to the sliding time scale- the rule of thumb for Marvel is that it's generally only been about 15-20 years at most since the Fantastic Four did their thing, which does hilarious things to the worldbuilding. My understanding is that you're supposed to assume that if the president is depicted in a marvel story you need to just mentally "swap in whoever would have been president 10-15 years before the present day, but given the specificity of this situation that quickly gets insane. Did Bush kill himself in front of Captain America to escape the consequences of the 2008 recession? Did Obama?! Was it just not a president at all at this point- in which case, why did Cap react badly enough to quit and become Nomad? And so on, and so forth. They basically gotta memory hole it, but I will not let them forget! Cap saw a U.S. President off themselves! But to tie this back to Civilwarposting- what I think about a lot is that from a worldbuilding perspective the actual political moment that generated Civil War is perpetually in flux. This is true of every Marvel comic but it's especially notable here because of the extent to which the comic itself is emphasizing the political moment and what created it. It's a Bush-era comic, a reaction to the politics and the rhetoric of the War on Terror and the post-9/11 years, Bush actually personally appears in it. But if it hasn't already, eventually it's going to have implicitly been pushed through Congress during the Obama Administration, and then during the Trump Admin, and then during the Biden Admin, and so on and so forth, and like. setting aside that there's already an entire swath of the marvel timeline that's very blatantly trump-admin-coded, produced in reaction to that atmosphere, The situations and arguments and rhetoric and battle lines that would have gotten that bill through each of those admins looks very different each time! And I'm not gonna say it's interesting to see how they'll resolve this, because they won't resolve it, they don't need to, they're politely asking everyone to let this one go and that's not the biggest ask these comics make of me, so fine. Whatever. But it's very very funny

#thoughts #meta #marvel comics #ask #asks

[some-of-us-watch-the-sunset-too]

Can you do hcs of a very strong SO picking the guys up? I just feel like they would have either hilarious or sweet reactions

(Especially for Steve, I love him the most)

A/N: This is so bad omg. I kinda went a bit off topic here, it’s still a strong S/O, i just didn’t include them picking the boys up for a few of them. Also i realise now that i made them out to be really weak? let’s be honest they’re not, but it makes it more fun to write!

The Outsiders x Strong S/O

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Darry

Dar’s strong too so the first thing that came into my mind was competitions to see who was the strongest. like- a big wooden board, then you have Pony and Soda sit on it, whoever struggles the least is the winner

If you beat him in an arm wrestle or one of those strength tests? i hate to break it to ya, but it’s gonna upset him a little bit, he likes to prove how strong he is and likes being the strong one

On the other hand, you two would be unstoppable in a rumble. you’d take on the biggest guys there and let’s be honest you’d probably have some combo move or something.

He gets you to help move furniture all the time, i dunno why, he just does.

Ponyboy

Let’s be honest, the guys weak as fuck. it doesn’t take much to be stronger than him.

He loves it if you give him a piggyback or something, why walk when you have a helpful S/O to carry you everywhere? it makes him feel important.

He asks you to carry stuff for him. He’d probably start whining that his arms are tired or something. He does it for a joke but if it actually upsets you he’d cut it out.

He asks you to help him build up some muscle, given his tactic in rumbles is to just jump on someone’s shoulders and pull their hair while someone else does the actual punching/kicking

Sodapop

He is forever in awe of your strength, he asks you on the regular to help him get a bit stronger but gives up after about 10 minutes because he’s tired

if you picked him up? this boy would be on top of the world. Bonus points if you’re tall too. he’d probably stand on your shoulders or something and literally shout “I’m on top of the world! Bow down to me!”

If he needs to carry a bag of coal or a sack of potatoes in or out of the DX you’re the first person he calls, then he’d call you his hero and pretend to faint into your arms while saying how tiring it was to carry the stuff himself.

He will try to pick you up or beat you in strength in some way, but he’s just not strong enough :(

Dallas

Honestly? I think it would intimidate him if his S/O was stronger than him. he’s the strong one, there’s no room for another strong person

If you picked him up he’d throw a hissy fit like a toddler, he’d probably secretly enjoy it, but he’d never admit it.

Rumbles are amazing with you two. You beat the guy up a little and then pass him off to Dally to finish the job. it just helps his ego alright?

The one advantage to having a strong S/O in his eyes? if he’s in a fight and he’s having a bit of trouble you can give him a hand, maybe sometimes even scare off the other guy become a punch is even thrown.

Steve

He challenges you to at least two arm wrestles a day, he’s pretty strong so he does put up a fight. in the end you always win though.

You two also have combo moves reserved for rumbles, you’re both fighting your own guys then you swap or something since you’re bored of beating the shit out of the one guy.

He’d never ask you too, it’d hurt his ego to ask. but if you offered to help out with stuff in the DX? just simple things like carrying tyres around or something like that, he’d fall even more in love with you <3

You two work out together every morning and help to keep each other motivated when you really don’t want to keep going.

Two-Bit

I honestly think that Two is pretty strong but i also think he’d pretend to be weak just because he loves the attention it gets him 🤷‍♂️

You’re his bodyguard. if you’re together when you meet a new hood somewhere and he feels intimidated, he’ll just say something like “Oh yeah? Well i got a secret weapon!” and push you out in front of him.

He loves your hugs. Big bear hugs that if you squeezed him for much longer than you do he thinks he’d probably suffocate. Something about them are just so comforting for him.

Same thing as Pony, he loves when you pick him up, makes him feel special.

Johnny

I’m gonna be honest i’m a bit stumped when it comes to johnny? I think he’d basically be like ponyboy?

He might ask you to help him move old car seats into the vacant lot to make it a bit more comfy from time to time.

If you pick him up he’d just be kinda like “ok this is my life now” yk? he wouldn’t really pass any remarks on it.

#the outsiders #the outsiders x strong s/o #ponyboy curtis #dallas winston #darry curtis #sodapop curtis #johnny cade #steve randle #two-bit mathews #dallas winston x reader #ponyboy x reader #sodapop x reader #darry x reader #johnny cade x reader #steve x reader #two bit x reader #the outsiders x reader #the outsiders x yn #is this too many tags?

[thefiery-phoenix]

YANDERE SHOTO TODOROKI HEADCANONS

1. The first time Shoto Todoroki saw you, he thought you were just a distraction to him but he didn't realize how WRONG he was

2. He started falling for you slowly and he LOVED and adored the way you were always kind to others and he admired your tough and strong personality, but a part of him hated the fact that you were becoming a hero since HE wanted to be YOUR hero. He wanted to be the type of guy to protect you from dangers and all that 

3. He gets livid and angry when you smile and laugh at other people. He thinks that they don't deserve your precious smile and your beautiful melodious laughter. Those sickos didn't deserve to even BREATHE at your direction 

4. Slowly, he starts getting OBSESSED with you like HELL and then, he decides to kidnap you so you'll be ''safe'' and where no one can steal you away from him

5. He is discreet when it comes to stalking you. He does it without raising any sort of suspicion and even YOU don't get the feeling that he's stalking you. And if you see him at whatever place you turn up at, you think it's just a coincidence and brush off your feelings and that's EXACTLY how Todoroki wants you to think 

6. He's more of the manipulative and kind of delusional type of yandere. He's going to literally MURDER whoever takes even a second glance at you, or if he feels that they are getting too close to you 

7. He isn't the type of yandere who will imprison you in a basement. Nah, he'll keep you chained to a BED instead. He'll make you wear all sorts of beautiful, expensive dresses and basically, you look like his little princess 

8. Because of his abusive dad, he doesn't want to hit you and hurt you, but if you try something like escaping from him.... I PRAY for you my friend..... he'll mildly freeze and burn you and THEN keep you chained in a basement. Gaining back his trust will be VERY time consuming since he'll be suspicious for a VERY long time and you'll have to work VERY hard to gain back his trust 

9. Sometimes, he'll make you feel bad by spilling out his bad rotten past to you and you'll end up comforting him in the end. This boi SURE does know how to pull an UNO Manipulation card

10. He isn't that aggressive, just clingy and possessive and overall, he treats you fairly well and gives you whatever you want

''Oh baby, don't cry.... I can imagine our beautiful future together.... just you and ME~''

#yandere bnha #yandere bnha x reader #yandere shoto todoroki #yandere shoto todoroki x reader #yandere shoto todoroki scenarios #yandere shoto todoroki oneshots #yandere shoto todoroki imagines #yandere shoto todoroki headcanons

[squgs]

HOTD and Ambiguity

So given that House of the dragon covers nearly 20 years of history (30 if you count the prologue), and a shit ton of characters in ten hours of television there's a lot of events that we don't see and ambiguities around characters. Characters rarely state their motivations and there are reasons to doubt them when they do. It is very easy to make wildly different claims about characters which, while incompatible with each other, can't really be disproved by the show so far. For example Daemon can be a pedo groomer abuser who just wants the throne, or a feminist malewife who will do anything for his queen. Neither of those are explicitly disproven by what we see on screen, though that is not to say that they're equally reasonable readings (I think that the 2nd is pretty ridiculous to be honest).

These different readings of scenes and characters and lines have contributed to the pretty ugly fandom discourse since there is enough evidence for mutually exclusive claims to argue extensively. Whoever your favorite character is you can twist the shown events in order to make them seem like a hero and for everyone who opposes them to be terrible. However I don't have anything worthwhile to say on that, so I want to talk about the writing on its own instead.

Now having uncertain motives can be interesting writing wise (show don't tell and all that), but I think that as House of the Dragon's first season continued it ran into more and more problems around this, especially with the time jumps and actor changes. When character's motives and wants are unclear after the time jumps first impressions are what will decide how most people view them. So when we first see Rhaenyra giving birth, and we first see Alicent trying to separate a newborn from her mother, and we first see Criston calling Rhaenyra a slur and we first see Harwin being a protective father and we first see Aegon bullying his brother, it adds up. Those first impressions are then applied forward and backwards leading to the idea that Alicent and Criston have been abusing Rhaenyra for ten years, and that in the training yard Criston the incel fucked around with Harwin and then found out (my read is that Criston the step-dad took advantage of Harwin being an entitled ass to get him fired).

(Side note about Criston: While the exact thinking behind his downward spiral in episode 5 is ambiguous, the scene between him and Rhaenyra in episode 4 is unambiguously rape given that he tells her to stop and she doesn't.)

In that way the show encourages very one sided readings of complicated and ambiguous scenes, leading to people either being annoyed that the show ignores all the terrible things that the greens are doing, or that it's unfairly biased against them. That's a problem, but things don't completely fall apart until episodes 9 and 10 when people start going to war. For all of the characters we still have no idea what they are fighting for. If we ask why Alicent crowns Aegon we have a bunch of possible answers:

Because she thinks Viserys told her to. This is stupid and I hate it.

Because she fears for her children's lives. This is a good reason, but it has not been brought up since episode 6 despite episodes 7 and 8 both featuring moments that would certainly validate that fear.

Internalized misogyny. This one makes no sense to me, and I haven't seen any convincing evidence for Alicent specifically having more internalized misogyny than any of the other women on the show. However it could be interesting if it was actually seen beforehand.

Ambition and pride. This isn't really seen in the show, but it certainly seems like an understandable feeling for Alicent to have after suffering through an abusive marriage for 20 years and being denied the two things that women are promised through marriage (her husband's protection of her and her children, and the inheritance of her son)

Now if we ask why Rhaenyra wants the crown enough to go to war for it (she agrees to lay siege to king's landing before Luke dies so I'm ignoring that) we have a similarly confusing list of possibilities:

Her dad told her to. This is the reason that I think fits best, but it isn't really delved into. I think there would be a lot of rich interesting stuff with Rhaenyra evaluating her father's legacy and whether she wants to continue it, but Rhaenyra never seems to acknowledge how much bad shit her father has done.

So she can fulfill the prophecy. This is stupid.

Ambition and pride. Also aren't really seen, but certainly understandable and believable.

She fears for her children. This also isn't really shown at all, but you could argue that she fears her children will be killed either to protect Aegon's claim or to put an actual Valeryon on the throne of Driftmark. However we don't really know Rhaenyra's view of the political situation.

To destroy the patriarchy. This would be interesting, but we don't really see her wanting to do that. We do see her usurp Baela's claim to Driftmark in episode 8 though.

These issues get even worse with the more minor characters, the worst example being Rhaenys for whom all her possible motivations contradict her previous actions and opinions:

To protect/honor her grand daughters: if this is what she wants why doesn't she take Alicent's offer of Driftmark, giving her granddaughters an inheritance and keeping them out of the war?

To protect Luke and Jace: she never shows them any affection except maybe in the background of the eye gouging aftermath.

Feminism: if she is willing to go to war in order to have a queen on the iron throne why didn't she fight for her own claim?

Because she wants peace: then why didn't she accept Alicent's offer which was made in the name of peace? Literally as soon as she and Corlys put their support behind Rhaenyra, Rhaenyra stops considering making peace.

Because she trusts Rhaenyra more than the greens: Why? She thinks that Rhaenyra and Daemon killed at least one of her children, she saw Daemon murder her brother in law and we have no reason to think she knows of any misdeeds done by the greens.

All these unclear motivations make the themes of the stories non-existent. The dance could have all sorts of different thematic meanings, all built around what is being fought for and against. It would be fascinating if Alicent and Rhaenyra were both fighting for ambition, making the show about how women are pitted against each other by patriarchy or if they were both fighting for their children and the show is about the cruelty of the system that doesn't allow power to be shared and forces branches of families to fight until one side is wiped out. However, for any meaning to be clear the writers have to know what it is and they have to write their characters with that meaning in mind. Hopefully the show can be more clear going forward, but I don't exactly expect that, and I think that without a coherent set up it's not going to mean much when bodies start dropping next season.

#house of the dragon #alicent hightower #rhaenyra targaryen #criston cole #rhaenys targaryen #hotd critical #pro team green

[nonsensical-pixels]

THE LINDASIMS2 RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION: PART ONE

No idea how to really make one of these posts. Most Sundays I'd wake up and post my own CC. But not this Sunday.

DISCLAIMER: This is not really a callout post. This is a warning to anyone who intends to download Lindasim's stuff. And a genuine one. I have nothing personal against Linda, this is only what I've found from my own deep dive into Linda's files. I have no proof that what I've found is stuff that Linda herself did, but the stuff does exist. And it's terrible.

WARNING: Some of these images contain racial slurs that may make you uncomfortable.

You can find the nails file I use for my 'research' post here. It's part of the reuploaded March 2021 set and from what I can see that entire set is a giant mess.

Credits go to @dystopianam and aga on @acottonsock's server for providing the links to the files I needed to inspect.

Continue to read if you really want to know what you download when you download Linda's files.

OPENING THE FILE

Obviously, step 1 to any research regarding Sims 2 CC is... opening the file. And at first glance, this may seem completely normal to a CC newbie. It's from 'Base cc #333', 'LS_ACC_TF_AF_nail_M1_4swatches', 'LS_ACC_AF_nail_1v290321_mesh'.

I mean, it looks like any normal Sims 2 file, right? It's a mesh!

Until you open one of DeeDee's own accessory files.

Yeah... notice how there's a TON of stuff that isn't present in the other two?

Now, at first, I gave this the benefit of the doubt. Maybe, I thought, this was just another sign of my lack of knowledge regarding Sims 2 CC. It's been awhile since I've done my own accessories. But let's move on to the next part of my research...

THE 3DID REFERENCING FILES

There are 57 3DID Referencing Files in this nails mesh files. And maybe I'm ignorant, but I'm pretty sure sims don't have 57 fingers.

I didn't have time to actually see where they're pointing to... but... why the heck are they in a mesh file?

THE AGE DATA

This was what originally stood out to me the most. Why the heck is there AGE DATA in a nail accessory?

THE BHAVS

In @dystopianam's post, they mentioned the game reading some of Linda's files as mods. Well, I found the reason why.

There are... BHAVs? In a mesh file? For those who don't know, BHAVs literally alter the game's code or add new code. From what I can guess these BHAVs probably have something to do with the sim embedded in this file?

THE CATALOG DESCRIPTION

This was the icky part. And why I was hesitant to make this post.

Yep, turns out that whoever made this file is a big fat racist. Also fatphobic. Also probably aware that catalog descriptions shouldn't be in accessory files. Most of the ones I've seen were for objects or... sims. But this one isn't.

THE GMDC AND ASSOCIATED MESH ELEMENTS

Okay, through all of this, I was under the impression that the GMDC, GMND, CRES, and SHPE would be the most boring elements to inspect. I... was wrong.

Yep, the sim has a face. No clue what their name is but they are more present in this file than I expected.

THE JPG IMAGES

It's the hero you've all been waiting for... LIGHTNING MCQUEEN himself!!

Yep, he's here too! He's real! And he doesn't just accompany hairs, I can tell you that much, because these are nails!

Apparently these were based on Bruno's files? (From MTS), since there's a Bruno JPG slipped in there.

THE MATERIAL DEFINITIONS

There are 38 random material definitions. IDK why they're here. They're just... vibing.

THE OBJD (OBJECT DATA)

I was baffled to see this here. Why's there an object in here, I wondered. Until I realised the game sees this as a person. So, yep. That's the moment I realised there's an actual sim in here.

There's a bit more stuff in this file (most notably the Texture Overlay XML) that wouldn't fit in this post because of the 10 images limit... but fun fact, our secret sim has grey eyes! Wow!

THE CONCLUSION

Phew, that was a rollercoaster!

I didn't dare actually loading the game with these files (mostly out of fear that secret sim will haunt my dreams forever...) but as you can see in this post, the reuploaded files from Linda are completely fucked. No way around it. These aren't nail files, they're probably nail files merged with a whole-ass sim.

I'm not too knowledgeable on the subject of sims or BHAVs, but this is what Part 1 of my research has yielded and it's made me pretty fucking terrified. How long have people been downloading this 'leaked' stuff only for it to corrupt their game? It makes me wonder how many neighborhoods were lost to 'corruption' that was actually reuploaded Lindasims2 files...

For now, if you have thought about sailing the seven seas to get Linda's Sims 2 CC, I would recommend reevaluating that idea. Unless you want your game to be destroyed like @dystiopianam's and several others.

aga was kind enough to link me to some pre-2020 files of Linda's and they seem OK (so far...) but I would also not recommend supporting Linda on Patreon until we have proof that these files weren't corrupted by her, but by whoever reuploaded them to SimFileShare.

Also, it's not just the mesh file that's corrupted, in case you thought that. Nope, the recolor files have also been given the hidden sim treatment.

I can't really get my thoughts straight right now and really wanted to make this post before I forgot or the hidden sims came to murder me in bed, but for now, cheerio. I'll be back with more 'what the heck is in these files' ASAP!

#lindasims2 #s2cc #sims 2 cc #ts2 cc #important info #the lindasims research and experimentation #how do u tag these sorts of posts #sims 2 research #sims 2 alert

[luimagines]

That Dragon au Part 4

@cafecourage Dis is for buddy!

Everybody buckle in. It’s about to get wild. XD

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Chapter 4: Cia Attacks

“Soooo how much can I get away with here? Like on a scale of 1 - 10.”Enno leans on Warrior’s arm, tracing small patterns on it. “I don’t want you to get in trouble but I also want to deck someone.”

Warrior hums. "Maybe 8. Zelda is pissed as well and Lana is exasperated. I also plan on doing some damage should it become necessary...."

He tails off, his grip on their hand tightening. "Are you sure you want to come with me? It could get a bit messy. She's only gone this far once before."

“Don’t worry too much. What’s the worst that can happen?” Enno teased, not really wanting to know the answer. “But I get to be a menace, so I don’t mind. I do have to care if she starts yelling again but at this point-“ They shrug. “It’s just a vibe you know? I’ll just make her uncomfortable with my crying, I guess.”

Warrior's hand tightens around theirs exponentially.

There’s sudden yelling just beyond them, behind closed doors and down the hall.

Warrior pauses and then looks at Enno. "Let me go in first, ok? And then when this calms down a bit, you can come in."

His thumb runs over their knuckles and he starts walking again. "Just listen at first and then make the call. I don't want you to be in any danger and it wouldn't be wise to simply drag you with me."

Enno chose to ignore him. “I’m coming in. I want to know what’s up. The Queen did call for me too. So it’s not like we are skipping steps here.”

Warrior makes a non comical sound and keeps on walking forward.

The screeching continues and they hear something made of glass being shattered.

Warrior shifts into his half dragon and wraps his wing around Enno. He doesn't look anywhere but ahead and his face has gone cold and stoic. 

They both reach a door and Warrior turns the handle. When it opens, a whirlwind of sound is unleashed and Cia is in the middle of it.

"Do you not understand how serious this is?" She yells. "They need to leave now!"

"You don't have the right!" Zelda yells. She is also in her half dragon form.

Enno froze, blinking and going into their pouch. They take out a small project that they and Legend were working on. Ear coverings! 

“Jeez, someone is overreacting.” Enno hissed, putting the ear coverings over their ears like those athletic earbuds without the bud part. It was just a cushion. They weren’t perfect but it dampened the sound.

Lana tries to hold Cia back but she's on a rampage.

"I have every right" Cia screams. "Have you forgotten who I am? What was my purpose? My job?"

"Link can choose whoever he wants to be with!" Zelda yells back. "No matter what era he's from!"

Warrior guides Enno in quietly. 

Cia yells and throws her staff around. "That little harlot with the Hero of Time is one thing, but for that two bit faced-"

Warrior clears his throat.

Cia brightens instantaneously before she notices Warrior’s company. Her gaze twists and darkens. "You."

“Wassup?” Enno popped the P and had the casual attitude of a college student ready to die, “I didn’t get to say this before but I am glad to see you're still alive and kicking.”

Cia goes red in the face before she begins to stalk toward them.

Warrior steps in front, intent on meeting her halfway. He also looks pissed.

"Link, get out of my way."

"No."

She falters. "I don't want to hurt you."

"I'm not afraid to fight you." He replies easily. "I did it before I can do it again."

She looks taken aback by his words, if a bit hurt by them. Warrior isn't going to back down from crocodile tears though.

Zelda stomps over to Cia and pulls her away. Lana looks shaken and desperate.

"Listen here. You have no control over any of them. You cannot force them to do what they don't want to do."

Cia growls, pointing the staff in Enno’s (and consequently Warrior’s direction as well) "But they-"

"Don't talk about them." Warrior says firmly.

Cia spins to him. "Have they clouded your mind so much already?"

Warrior growls, deep and threatening. "They did no such thing."

Now that Enno can actually hear her at a normal level I’m enjoying this a lot more. “Please Sis, I’m the one in the choke hold here. This guy is the one that stole my brain cell and I don’t know what to do about it but just let it happen. But again, nice to see you again.” 

Enno popped up from behind Warrior with figure guns, still with that nonchalant attitude. “I’m disappointed that we can’t get along. I wanted to ask you a ton of questions. Mostly about history but let me live. Books can only get so far man.”

They grinned,  knowing full well that they were not particularly participating in the conversation nor adding anything to it. They wondered how far they can get with being eerily knowledgeable about Cia herself. “Though honestly I wanted to know why you were looking into the timeline…. Timelines? When your original job was to look after the balance of the triforce.”

Enno put a hand on their cheek, smiling. 

“Read that one in a book.” They lied. “Also what’s your story? What’s your background? Can you just like, please tell me things because I am genuinely curious about these things. You’re like someone who shows up out of nowhere and you’ve been there the whole time! Since when? The beginning? When the Avocado name Demise came out of the fisher? Or was it like further back with the golden goddess making the world. Bestie, please, I need to know.” 

Enno was rambling. As they kept speaking the tension began to shatter. They were riding a giddiness high. This is not where this whole conversation was supposed to go. Their plan was basically making Cia get a taste of her own medicine so she can realize how Link felt when he first met her. 

“I mean come on- I know there are like… What? 10? 11? Of these guys and they're super cool, I understand trust me. I can tell you a lot about each of them. But there are so many other people in this broken as hell timeline that are soooo much more interesting, like yourself!… Oh are you immortal or have you like- been vibing in another location this whole time.”

Cia was fuming by the time they're done.

She had gone completely red in the face with steam coming out of her ears. She was breathing heavily by the time Enno finished and pointed her staff at them once more.

"Take it off."

"Cia-" Zelda tries to intervene.

"That's not yours." She spits, venom palpable with every word. "You can't have that."

“My shirt?” Enno tilted their head, confused. 

“I mean I don’t mind but why do you want to see that? We are right in front of the Queen so I don’t think it’s a good idea to do so now.” Enno said, confused. “My marks are the same on my chest. Nothing special. Don’t even know why I have them tbh.” 

Yes, they actually say the letters tbh.

"Take off the scarf!" She screeches. "That's not yours, it's his!"

"Cia, they can wear it. I let them." Warrior crosses his arms.

"But what will the people think?" She huffs and stomps her foot. 

"And what will they think?" He challenges her, his eyes sharpening as he loses himself to his dragon form. He doesn't transform all the way, but he no longer resembles a human.

Cia, to her credit, holds her ground. "They'll think you're together. And you can't be! Not with them! You're not supposed to!"

Enno stood up and was slightly stunned, overly curious about Warrior’s dragon form but there was a mission they needed to do. "I mean. As of last night I would have hoped we were together." 

They reach out and give Warriors a reassuring pet. "Also I don’t get the 'you're not supposed to' part. If I was from this Era and from Hyrule would you say the same? I don't know what problem you have with me personally. Like I know you were jealous in the beginning and everything, and honestly I thought you would have gotten over that." 

Enno kept rambling, trying to get to their point. "Link isn't his spirit. He is just a guy. A guy that can wave around a special sword but a guy nonetheless. Cia can you even distinguish one unique distinguishing trait about each of them that wouldn't noticeable unless you look for it?"

Warrior turns to look at Enno after their first sentence. His tail swung back and forth happily.

Cia looks ready to start frothing at the mouth. "You aren't supposed to be with him! It doesn't matter if you're from Hyrule or not!"

She takes a step closer and Warrior goes full dragon, blocking her way. Her gaze still zero ins on Enno, eyes glaring daggers in their direction. "Of course I can! Time has a scar on the inside of left pinky from when he tried to fix a fence post for the first time. Twilight is afraid of lizards. Wild hugs people in his sleep and still hums his mother's lullaby despite not remembering her. Wind didn't learn to swim until he was nine years old because his sister fell into a pond too deep for her to stand up in. Legend still has his uncle's favorite hat, he likes to hold it in his sleep on his worst nights. Hyrule can see farther in the dark than any of them and he has more power at his disposal than he's willing to recognize. Sky doesn't like to eat carrots and Four doesn't like green peppers. And Link...."

Her voice softens. "And Link is the bravest and kindhearted of all of them. Did he mention, then, what happened to his family?"

"CIA!" Flame crosses over, pouring from Warrior's mouth. "THAT'S ENOUGH!"

"Ok first- rude you forgot the first hero. You know, the guy who made the spirit in the first place? 10K… I know nothing about him. Hero of Spirits is the goodest train bean and are we counting Ravio? .... No. No. We aren't." Enno pointed out, still trying to poke away from Warriors. "Also the way you said that really makes you sound like someone who read about them. Not someone that found out while trying to get to know them personally. Just because you know something doesn’t mean you need to tell them you know about it sweetie.  Boundaries are a thing." 

They deconstructed her words. "I would never want to know something Link doesn't want to say yet. Even if I start suspecting something, I wouldn't say anything until he is ready to tell me. Knowledge is a power but shouldn't be flaunted."

"Cia, maybe it's time to just let go." Lana tries again, putting a hand on her shoulder.

Cia shakes her off, spinning to her other half. "YOU DON'T GET TO SAY ANYTHING."

Warrior blocks Enno with his body, growling up a storm. Smoke is coming off him in waves. Not enough to be bothersome but enough to be noticeable.

"Link, please." Zelda hisses. "Calm yourself down."

Warrior does not in fact, calm himself down. But he stops growling as loud as he was prior.

"Cia." Lana frowns. "Enough."

"No!" She shouts. She's facing away from them and they don't see her face but her voice cracks. "It's not fair!"

Lana steps toward her, her patience infinite. "It's not about whether it's fair or not. We don't get to choose."

"No... No, no, no, no!" Cia blasts magic up into the air.

Warrior is quick to move his body and covers Enno with his wings. He takes the brunt of the hit from the magical rain. 

It's quiet for a moment.

"You may leave now." Zelda says.

"Thank you." Warrior grunts, shifting down into his half form.

“For what it’s worth I don’t actually blame you. Cia is just as much suffering with stuff mentally. While it’s not an excuse, you needed a bit of therapy. I wish you all the best and I really do hope we can actually get along. I wasn’t joking about that part.” Enno sighed then spun around following Warriors. 

He was storming a bit ahead of them. They went to grab his hand. With a sudden flash of light and a magical flare, Enno then felt a searing pain, landing on the floor.

Warrior hurries to pick them up and dashes out of the room. He uses what little he can to fly down the hallways and enter back into his room.

"Where are you hurt?" He hisses, placing them on the bed. He freezes and gulps.

"Uhh... hmm... This is new."

He sits on the bed just beside them and fluffs the pillows around them, trying to make it as comfortable as possible. "Talk to me Enno, what's wrong?"

Enno groaned as the pain was feeling more like a burn. Their eyes were screwed shut as they buried their face into the blankets. "I think I know what a guardian Laser feels like now!"

Warrior didn't know what to do. His wing was killing him, but everything in his body was telling him to make sure that Enno was ok first.

He soothes their shoulder and takes their hand. It feels scaly.... but not in the way they had thought. It's almost like he's running fingers over scales... Hold the phone. Why do they have scales now?

Enno sits up.

"Hey..." Warrior seems shaken. "It's going to be ok."

He leans in to take a strand of their hair. He pulls it forward and they can see that it's curled. Warrior doesn't know what to think of it.

Enno felt their anxiety ride up as things slowly started to click. And with their climbing anxiety comes the mounting horror. Not knowing why, they started crying, out of confusion? Fear? Both? Who knows truly. 

"I-'' There isn't much they could say, but they were shaking because they were afraid of what this was going to mean for the two of them. They didn’t know whether or not Warrior would still want to be around them when they’re like this. Then they notice his wing. 

"You’re hurt." They sobbed. That, out of all things, broke them. "I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry." 

So many apologies started to pour out.

"No, no, no... don't be." Warrior moves in to scoop them up into his lap. "I didn't protect you in time."

He runs his hands over their back and wings, rocking them back and forth as much as his injury allows him to do so. "I'll get Lana and Zelda to look at it later. I just needed you to be away from her."

Warrior gulps, a few of his own tears falling into your hair. "You're going to be ok. I promise."

They tried to stop Warrior from moving, but he was too stubborn despite his injury. 

"You’re hurt. Stop." They sniffled, not really wanting to look at what they had turned into.  "Here I was wanting to see your full form again. It was adorable." 

They couldn't even begin to say that without hiccups. they let out shaky breaths and small sobs.

Warrior shakes his head, holding them close. 

"Enno... I'm a beast. I'm not adorable." He says through a watery voice. "Are you still in pain? Is there anything I can do?"

"I think what I’m feeling is suddenly growing wings and a tail." Enno whined. It still hurts but it's sore. 

"It's not that bad... It's fading but it's super sore. Like I pulled a muscle." They try breathing in his scent, now noticing it. It relaxes them slowly. "You're an adorable beast."

Warrior sighs and transforms fully, surrendering to their request. "You'd be the first to tell me that."

He begins to purr to calm them and nuzzles as gently as he can. "You're part dragon, my sweet. That would probably explain why you're sore."

He wraps his tail around them and whispers against them shyly. "For what it's worth, your looks carried over. You're gorgeous."

"A shining pearl among swine." He adds a bit bitterly, a mocking laugh at the end. "Honestly Darling, we'll get this sorted out in the end. Hero's honor."

"I will repeat it until my dying breath." Enno pushed forward to splay out on him, giving him a hug. As much as they tried though, they couldn’t really wrap their arms around him. "Thank you... I should get a clear look at myself though. It seems like I look like how I do in my world. Which will be a cause for concern."

Warrior's purr is cut short by their words. "Wait, why? Why is it cause for concern?"

He begins to sniff the air and push gently against them.

There's still the vanity in his room. It's the only mirror.

They don't really want to look… However,  "I have some medical issues that didn't translate over here for some reason. One is just an allergy to gluten, but the other is what we call type 1 Diabetes. Basically an organ in my body doesn't produce a chemical I need to convert food into energy." 

They tried to explain the bare minimum so that he would understand the main problem. They look at their hands. Claws? Just fidgeting.

Warrior takes a step over to them, rubbing himself against them much like a cat would. His purring resumes. "I'm sorry to hear that, Love. If things start feeling weird, we'll get you help. But for now, I should get Lana and see if she can undo what Cia did... whatever she did..."

He sighs and once again wraps his tail around them. His head pushes into their side, nearly toppling them over. They put a hand down to balance themselves. 

“I will… I’m sorry for dumping all of this on you…” They said, still feeling emotional. “You don’t deserve any of this.” 

They reached down to pet him, trying and failing, to get their emotions under control. “You’re such a sweet person. More so than I originally thought when I first met you. I’m really happy to get to see more sides of you and could spend this time together.”

"Please don't make it sound like you're dying." He whines. "I just found you."

His purring increases. "When I chose you, I would have followed you anywhere. I knew I would have done anything for you. I would never have been able to leave you by yourself. I can help. We're a team. You said so."

"I'm not dying." They shower his face with kisses, still crying, "I just- I need you to know. That I didn't know much about you. It was really when we were traveling and I saw the small things you do for others, that I actually started to like you. You're amazing and sweet. I am happy to learn so much about you. You're something else. But… I don’t want to add on to the things for you to worry about. I already went too far before. And now-”

Warrior leans up, kissing their tears away as gently as he can manage.

"Relax sweetheart, you're not in trouble. We'll work it out. I liked you because of your wit and sass and you weren't afraid to challenge me." He purrs against their chest, sending the vibration into their very core. "Things will be ok."

They purr back automatically, trying to follow his breathing trying to calm myself. Letting go of him, they finally pull back to see his full dragon form. 

“Whoa….” They stare in awe of him. They reached out to hold his face, stroking his head lightly. “I didn’t… get a good look at you. You’re gorgeous.” Then they notice his wing. “But let's get that wing looked at.”

Warrior shakes himself and simply rests against them. His tail whips around and tugs on a chord by the wall. It ends up ringing a bell.

"I haven't had the need to use that but I don't feel like moving." He mutters, avoiding the little possessions he has as his tail sways back and forth.

They noticed that it appeared as if the wing had had acid spilled on it. The wound appears to be already cauterized and is black and irritated.

The red of the currently scabbing blood contrasts against black of his charred scales and the green and purple colors of his healthy, non damaged scales.

"Lana will be here soon." Warrior closes his eyes and rests. "The bell was put there in case Cia got in when all the mess started but I never had to use it."

“I need to apologize for this morning again.” Enno whispered with a sigh, cuddling into him in a way that hid them so they wouldn’t be seen right away by the door. They almost felt weird like this. “We need that wing to be cleared up first. It doesn’t look healthy.”

Warrior shook his head, looking away. This was a problem that he wasn’t prepared to handle, but he was going to do it. He had to.

For their sake.

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu warriors #lu warrior #linked universe x oc #except not really

[aftermathfanfic]

D&Ducks

So, I was originally going to make this post for when I hit 300 followers, but I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon, and I’ve been thinking about this for way too long, so fuck it. I’m just gonna post this now and see what happens.

In case it wasn’t obvious from the hints I’ve scattered through Aftermath, I am a huge D&D nerd. I love playing the game, I love running the game, I love the monsters, everything. And what I particularly love doing is building characters and monsters for the game. I use a lot of custom monsters for the games that I run, even though I don’t end up using all of them, and what I’ve done in the past is that I created character sheets and stat blocks for some of our favourite anthropomorphic ducks. In fact, on my main blog, I documented a solo adventure that I ran by myself, for myself, in story format as I put these duck characters through a premade advennture! (I eventually stopped, because playing a D&D game by yourself is as dull as it sounds)

So today, I’m going to revisit those roots and lay out how I would build the Ducktales characters as tabletop RPG player characters! This is something I’ve given way too much thought to, so be warned – this is going to be quite long-winded, with little to nothing to do with Aftermath itself, and of interest to only a small subset of people.

Let’s begin!

The Basics

I want to preface this whole thing by mentioning that while I’m going to try and describe these characters in a way that can be transposed onto any RPG system, I’m going to be using the Pathfinder RPG (1st edition) as a basis for these characters, just because it’s what I’m most familiar with at the moment. The basics are the same – roll a 20-sided dice, add a number and hope to get a big enough total – but there are more nitty-gritty rules and it's way easier to kill off your characters.

Another thing to keep in mind is that I’ll be inserting these characters into a D&D setting of my own creation, rather than any pre-existing settings. I don’t have a name for it, but essentially this setting is an undisciplined mix-and-match of characters from different IPs that interest me. The McDucks, in this setting, live as a powerful noble family in a kingdom of united beast-folk families.

Final thing is that even though these guys are anthropomorphic ducks, they’re going to have the racial traits of humans to make things simpler on me. I’ll also be giving them a swim speed of 15 feet in addition to those traits.

Dewey

This spry duck stands with the cockiness of an ambitious hero, a sword in each hand. A bright blue tabard, tattered from numerous skirmishes, flows down his chest to cover steel armour of haphazard construction.

Age: 16 Alignment: Chaotic Good Class/Level: Fighter 3/Bard 1 Ability Scores: STR 16, DEX 16, CON 14, INT 10, WIS 8, CHA 14

In this world, the triplets were raised by their uncle Donald in a quiet fishing village on the outskirts of the city of Duckland, in the providence of Calisota. They never got so much as a hint of their caretaker’s history as an adventurer, not until they found their uncle’s old adventuring gear, stowed away in the attic of their house. Among this gear was two finely made swords, both of which Dewey snatched up and started swinging around – resulting in the destruction of several family items and the near decapitation of Huey. Donald was forced to tell the triplets of his past as an adventurer, and the revelation shook them to the core. To make up for it, he decided to teach them how to adventure properly, in the hopes that if they wouldn’t be persuaded out of their trouble-making instincts, he could at least teach them to be safe while doing it.

Dewey remains the chief chaos-monger of the triplets. Ambitious and eager to live up to his family name, Dewey often throws himself into danger without hesitation, giving no thought to possible traps, uneven terrain, or indeed, the strength of whoever he’s fighting against compared to his own. He makes up for his recklessness by being virtually untouchable in a fight, deflecting swords, claws and spells with his twin swords. The longer blade, named Helios, was once wielded by his Uncle Donald. The shorter blade, Asteria, was his mother’s.

Against intelligent foes, Dewey never fights to kill – a trait unique to the McDuck adventurers – but rather, he tries to disarm and trip his foes, intimidating them into surrender. He’s remarkably acrobatic, and his fights are often performative in nature – hence his level in Bard. The sheer bravado he displays in combat inspires his family to fight even more fiercely and distracts his foes long enough for him to knock the wind out of them.

Huey

This anxious duck wears a heavy breastplate and a red cap, a collapsible spear slung around his back. He holds a large, heavy book bound in red leather with the letters ‘WJW’ imprinted upon it.

Age: 16 Alignment: Neutral Good Class/Level: Cleric 2/Wizard 2 Ability Scores: STR 14, DEX 10, CON 12, INT 16, WIS 15, CHA 13

Though regarded as a do-gooder by his brothers, Huey Duck is just as brave, ambitious and adventurous as the other McDucks. He took the role of the older brother quickly, seeing himself as a caretaker of his brothers and, prior to moving into Manor McDuck, the fixer-upper of torn clothes, broken furniture, and the like. With a resourcefulness and intellect beyond his years, Huey takes the role as both the primary healer of the party and – when the occasion calls for it – the firepower.

Huey originally had his heart set on joining the Woodchuck rangers, a group of survivalists and wilderness protectors on the outskirts of the world. While there, he met clerics and priests of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, with whom he made a rapport with. He even began to learn the ways of these wilder clerics, learning magic that could heal, magic that could wound, and magic that let him shape the natural world around him. In the end, however, he was rejected by the rangers, for while his survival skills were impeccable, his fighting prowess left much to be desired. Disheartened, but determined to make use of what he’d learned, he continued his studies of the ways of Artemis, delving deeply into his survival skills and the art of restorative magic.

At some point during his escapades with his uncle, Lord Scrooge McDuck, Huey became enamoured with the other side of magic – that of the arcane. He poured over arcane tomes, taking on wizardly studies in addition to his clerical practices. He has recently begun leaning more heavily towards wizardry, for while he’s grateful to Artemis for his abilities, he considers the goddess to be more of a tutor than an idol to be worshipped. He’ll never be the strongest of Artemis’s faithful, and he’s made peace with that – wizards get more exciting spells, anyway.

Louie

This youthful duck leans against the alley wall, his head concealed by a dark green hood. He smirks at you, absent-mindedly flipping a coin up and down in the air.

Age: 16 Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Class/Level: Rogue 3/Sorcerer 1 Ability Scores: STR 9, DEX 15, CON 12, INT 12, WIS 13, CHA 18

Thief. Charlatan. Snake. Louie Duck has been called many things, and he’s never let any of it stick. He’s out for himself and his family first, and what he’s out for is treasure. Coins, gems, jewellery – he doesn’t care. He loves it all. He’ll do the right thing for his family (though not without a fair share of grumbling), but he always makes sure he gets something out of it, and he isn’t above guilting or threatening the other party into upping his eventual reward.

Louie is a rogue. Obviously. He specializes in deceit, coercion, lock- and trap-picking, and even forging documents, if the opportunity is ripe. He tries to avoid combat if he can help it, but when he’s eventually forced into it, he relies on being able to feint against his opponents to catch them off-guard. When this doesn’t work, his alternative strategy is to bamboozle his foe, trying to convince them that he’s on their side, or that there’s a bugbear behind him, or that they don’t really want to hurt him. And when that fails, he panics, runs away, and then takes potshots from afar with his crossbow.

During one of the family’s adventures, Louie came really close to death. A screeching owlbear had ambushed the party and cornered Louie alone. Disarmed, wounded, and terrified, Louie tapped into something dormant deep inside him and – with a pop – vanished. He re-appeared a mere five seconds later, but that five seconds was all his family needed to redirect the beast’s attention and save his life. Since then, Louie has continued to delve into his hereto unknown sorcerous powers, learning more and more about them each time he calls upon them.

Webby

This wild-looking duck girl wears a loose-fitting pink blouse and a purple skirt, with a matching pink tie in her headfeathers. She gets into a battle stance, grinning eagerly.

Age: 15 Alignment: Chaotic Good Class/Level: Ninja 4 Ability Scores: STR 14, DEX 17, CON 14, INT 13, WIS 12, CHA 12

Webby is as wild, excitable and knowledgeable as she is in canon, raised in the manor of Lord McDuck and trained by her grandmother to be a silent and deadly assassin of House McDuck. To Lady Beakley’s disappointment, while Webby has proven to have mastered the arts of stealth and disguise, she's really squeamish about killing people for some reason.

Webby takes after her granny as a highly skilled ninja – a class somewhere between the monk and the rogue. A master of stealth, disguise, martial arts and more, Webby may not seem like it, but she’s one of the most accomplished spies Lady Beakley has ever had the privilege of training. Moreover, her training allows her to access a limited well of mystical energy that allows her to perform impossible acts. Her preferred method of attack is to overwhelm her foes with quick, rapid strikes before retreating into the shadows and hiding before they realise what happened.

Aside from being an incredible warrioress, Webby also fancies herself as an amateur historian and lorekeeper – particularly when it comes to the McDuck family history. The arcane and the occult may be guesswork to her, but ask her to name an ancestor of Clan McDuck, and she’ll give you the entire genealogical tree. She knows about every single historical event that happened in Duckland, and she can name all the native monsters in the area, right down to their weaknesses, habitats, diets, and the best method to befriend them (just in case).

Scrooge McDuck

This elderly duck stands with the pride and confidence of an experienced adventurer. His cane, cloak, top hat and bright red plate armour all combine to make an imposing figure out of this old duck.

Age: ??? Alignment: Neutral Good Class/Level: Fighter 6/Rogue 4/Duellist 10 Ability Scores: STR 11, DEX 10, CON 8, INT 15, WIS 15, CHA 16

Ruling from McDuck Manor, Scrooge is the Lord of Duckland, and one of the most powerful and influential figures in Calisota. With a manor full of artifacts, treasures and magical items, he is known throughout the land as the Richest Duck in the World, and you’d be hard-pressed to deny it. This Scrooge is mostly unchanged from the one we all know and love from canon, except this Scrooge has an army of trained soldiers, a cabal of ingenious wizards, and a small cabinet of assassins who have one loyalty and one alone – House McDuck.

You may not have heard of the Duellist class if you’ve only come in from D&D 5th edition. Honestly, you might not have heard of it even if you haven’t. The Duellist is a prestige class, one you can only take levels in if you meet the specific prerequisites, whose abilities allow Scrooge to fight with a flourish. He fights like the heroic swordsmen of old, parrying aside the blades of his foes and deftly moving around them before they can even pinpoint where he is. He fights not with a traditional blade, but with a sword concealed within his cane – a gift, from the late Ludwig Von Drake.

Other D&D aficionados may also notice that Scrooge’s physical abilities are a bit low – that, unfortunately, is due to his venerable age. In Pathfinder, your physical abilities reduce with age, while your mental abilities improve. In his prime, Scrooge’s ability scores were STR 17, DEX 16, CON 14, INT 12, WIS 12 and CHA 13, but the days of his prime are long behind him. For this reason, before going into battle, he typically equips himself with a Belt of Physical Perfection, restoring his physical prowess to what it was as a young lad. I know canon Scrooge doesn’t like to use magic (and he still doesn’t here), but that’s… really not an option in a fantasy RPG like this.

Donald Duck

With an incoherent squawking sound, this sailor rushes into the fray, swinging his fists wildly and leaping onto his foes.

Age: 42 Alignment: Neutral Good Class/Level: Barbarian 12 Ability Scores: STR 15, DEX 11, CON 13, INT 10, WIS 15, CHA 13

This good-natured, short-tempered, and risk-averse fisherman may not seem like much at first glance, but he was, in fact, once an adventurer. And as far as the rest of his family are concerned, he still is. Once a sailor for the House McDuck navy, Donald retired from his adventuring life after his twin sister, Della, was lost to the Astral Plane in an impromptu expedition gone wrong. Though he was pulled back into the adventuring life by his triplet nephews, he has never lost his cautious edge, and he remains as the most responsible member of the McDuck family.

Donald fights as he does in canon – by flying into a rage and launching himself at his opponent. He punches, kicks, bites, trips, and attacks every part he can get a hold of. In the old days, he used to use an enchanted sword, though it has been so long since he picked up the blade that much of its magic has disappeared. Nowadays, he relies on a pair of enchanted cestuses, which are essentially medieval boxing gloves with metal plates and rivets.

Mrs. Beakley

This enormous, bulky woman looms over you, her cold gaze peering into your soul. Despite her housekeeper attire, she stands tall and rigid like a soldier, and the sheathed sword on her belt does not escape your attention.

Age: Late 70s/early 80s Alignment: Lawful Neutral Class/Level: Ninja 16 Ability Scores: STR 14, DEX 8, CON 8, INT 15, WIS 17, CHA 11

Mrs. Bentina Beakley, unmarried, is the silent right hand of Lord McDuck. On the surface, she is merely the housekeeper of the manor. Beneath that, however, Beakley becomes a terrifyingly effective spymaster who has her eyes everywhere throughout the realm. Though her days as an assassin are over, she remains a cold, clever, yet surprisingly empathetic figure – so much so that she was willing to give up her career to raise a young Webby Vanderquack.

Like Scrooge, Bentina has suffered from reductions to her physical abilities from her old age, in exchange for bonuses to her mental ability scores. Her abilities in her prime were STR 20, DEX 14, CON 14, INT 12, WIS 14, CHA 8. Unlike Scrooge, she does not have any magic that can improve her abilities, but she also doesn’t see the need to. She fancies herself more of a ‘behind-the-scenes’ person these days, managing an intricate network of spies and blades for hire, gathering blackmail and intelligence for use against the enemies of House McDuck.

Launchpad

The friendly airship pilot waves at you from the cockpit, oblivious to the fact that he’s flying you directly into a mountain.

Age: 31 Alignment: Lawful Good Class/Level: Commoner 5 Ability Scores: STR 12, DEX 11, CON 17, INT 8, WIS 11, CHA 13

Launchpad remains the happy-go-lucky guy he is in canon, save that he now pilots an airship instead of an airplane. And rest assured, he is just as unqualified to fly it as ever.

#ducktales 2017 #ducktales d&d #dt17 #huey duck #dewey duck #louie duck #webby vanderquack #scrooge mcduck #donald duck #mrs beakley #launchpad mcquack #pathfinder #d&d #I even made a map for the D&D world this is set in #never finished it though #I also made character sheets in case anyone wants a look

[popculturebuffet]

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Retrospective Chapter 10: The Invader of Fort Duckburg "It'll Be a Dark Day When I Give in To a Mere Superpower"

And we're back. For those of you newer around here a few years ago in the middle of my ducktales fevor, I started a retrospective of one of my favorite comic books of all time: The 12 part epic the Life and Times of Scrooge Mcduck, covering Scrooge's rise from a shoeshine in glasgow barely scraping by to the Richest Duck in the World and what he gained and lost along the way. I had a ton of fun covering this one but sadly.. I eventually gave up. I felt the years had piled up too much and i'd never get back to finishing it.

Enter Kev, who out of nowhere asked if he could comission the final three chapters. I happily agreed as not only can I finally finish one of the biggest works of my reviewing career, but it opens me up to do all the suplimental chapters at some point, paticuarlly "dream of a lifetime".

For now though, we're celebrating President's Day with chapter 10, my faviorite of the series and Don Rosa's too. It's largely for the same reasons: the story is tightly paced, covering only two days compared to most chapters pile of years, funny, furious, and for me at least has more of hortense, who I love dearly and who finds the love she deserves this chapter.. via a lot of shouting of course as is the McDuck/Duck Family way. Unless your these two.

Chapter 10 is the rare chapter that picks up almost exactly where we left off, with a much shorter time skip of a few weeks, skipping our heroes travels from Scotland to the US and focusing on Scrooge and his sisters as they set up his empire , here in Duckburg. What follows is a farce, a romantic comedy, an action set piece, and one of the most badass panels ever put to ink, which for this series is saying a lot.

If you'd like to catch up on the previous 9 chapters, I just complied all of them into one handy dandy post.

So go check that out if you fancy then come back here as we get scrooge vs the United States of America itself.

We open the issue with a quick recap before we pan to our heroes, puttering along their Duckburg. Part of what makes this chapter neat is seeing the town before Scrooge made it into a thriving city: here it's just a few buildings and a small farm.

As scrooge puts it "a town as big as it is wide". Our heroes are riding what could charitably be considered a car, which Scrooge got cheap and didn't read was a piece of scrap as his eyes are entirley shot at this point after the Yukon. I do like that while his eyesight fading is partially herditary, Rosa provides an explination for why it went down hill so fast: 6 years in the yukon with all that snow was hell on them. He leads his sisters up his new property with the help of a local farmer.... then back down his newly aquiried Killmule Hill

I love this gag and I applaud Don Rosa's art here. He makes a mean impact siloutte. I also didn't notice till writing this review but you also see Matilda and Scrooge's hats over the corn. Hortense would join in the gag but she hasn't got a hat bope a dope a dope dope.

The Farmer renames the hill "Killmotor Hill", for the auto age... I love that detail too. Of course it wouldn't of always been killmotor hill. Though whoever was running mules so hard up that hill they were killing them needs a swift kick.

The lady of the farm offers to rent Scrooge a shed, seeing as she owns most of the land around here and reveals herself as Elvira Duck,knee coot, sister of Casey, the man who sold Scrooge the hill in the first place and she soon introduces her family.

Yup this is Donald's family including Grandma McDuck, the character I most regret not making it into ducktales in time. Grandma McDuck is donald's sweet country grandma who reminds me of my own sweet country grandma, who spends her days working hard and yelling at donald's cousin gus to actually do some work for a change. He never does.

Humperdink is Donald's grandpa, passed int he preset, while Daphne and Eider are his aunt and uncle, all grabbed from various barks ephimera or the offical family tree he made. Daphne has golden hair, supernatural luck and the misfortune of having birthed Gladstone, while Eider is naturally Fethry's dad, who Rosa reluctnatly included in some versions of the tree as Fethry wasn't a barks creation. Me.. I don't see any harm in Fethry being included. Barks isn't the be all end all of the universe... he is damn awesome though and I respect that. case in point the names were curbed from various non barks grandma duck stories.

You might notice though I didn't mention Donald's dad. Well he was just running behind and has the calm, measured response to the accident you'd expect from Donald's father.

Yup: this folks.. is how Donald's parents met. And it's one of the best scene's in the series, especially what happens right after.

It's comedy gold, fits him perfectly , and once again seems to be the mcduck way... unless your these two

I mean does it count if it only started with ONE of them shouting? Riddle for the ages.

As for why the Woodchucks are involved they've taken old fort duckburg atop the hill as their headquarters. He shouts get off my land and they do.. but naturally an old man shouting at them isn't enough to convince these children of land ownership so worried he might be a crook, they call for help in the only way the nation knew how at the time

Yes folks there's a reason this was a president's day specail as the phone tag gets so bad THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF gets informed a "scottish billionare has taken over a military installation on the coast", a great gag. Incensed Teddy reactivates the rough riders and prepares to deal with this personally fist to face. h back when presidents could legally punch corrupt billionaires in the face. If only Biden would pass that legislation. or any legislation.

It takes a week for him to get moblized as our heroes have spent it taking the barrels up river, as Scrooge begins his lousy streak of taking advantage of his family. This will only get worse from here and is never as funny as Don Rosa thinks.

Anywho, Scrooge knocks on a homesteader's door but they refuse to answer or be helpful. Turns out it's the beagle boys, lead by the future grandpa beagle. Rosa admits making him the same character makes him 165 by the time of "A Little Something Special" but honestly this universe is JUST weird enough for that to be plausible. Not 2017 DuckTales levels of madness

But still pretty nutty. So as scrooge takes a money bath to Hortense's exasperation some guests arrive at the fort. Who is it?

Yeah the Beagles quickly kidnap hortense, having gone after Scrooge for revenge for putting them in stir back in chapter 2. THey also lock scrooge in one of his own barrels. Beofre he can break it through sheer force of pissed off, a shell breaks it... and the beagles and scrooge both have bigger problems

Scrooge's response is naturally "Get off my lawn you damn united state's navy!" which gets him blasted at. The Beagles are thankfully too busy begging scrooge to give up so they can live, leaving Scrooge to do what he does best: be badass in the most insane way possible

By godfrey I love this stupid gag.

Teddy, being the only entiity nearly as badass as scrooge , responds in kind leading to a clash for the ages

I love every part of this scene from the sheer badassery of scroog'es one liner to that final charge. And of course best of all hortense taking on an ENTIRE CALVARY and WINNING before some traditional duck flirting as is the way.. except maybe also for these two

At any rate the conflict is over: Teddy takes out the trash and one of Scrooge's greatest headaches begins in earnest

WE cut to 6 months later. So I guess it's three days but semantics. Scrooge has built his money bin and plans to fill it and while Matilda is doubtful scrooge is joyful, even giving the Woodchucks a doorknob as their calling in Teddy stopped the beagle boys. As we end the chapter we get the full sight of the greatest structure in all of duckburg and one of the most iconic locations in all of disney.

And thus we end this chapter.. and it's a laugh riot with tons of gorgeously drawn action, well done punchlines and bunches of lore stuffed in. IT's everything great about this series compacted into a tight smaller scale story... granted it's a smaller scale story that involved the entire navy and marines, but for Scrooge that's small.

Character wise since this is only maybe a week after the previous one Scrooge hasn't changed much.. but like last time you can see the cracks in his personality here and there, the darker parts that are about to consume him: He uses his sisters as free labor, yells at just about everyone and his response to every conflict is to shout at it. Granted it usually worked, but i'ts clear the more vicious sides of scrooge that never completely go away are creeping more and more into him and overshadowing the noble man he once was. they haven't completely consumed him yet.. but well that's for next time, sometime this spring or early summer.

Rather than leave on that ominous note i'd like to talk Hortense and Quackmore some more. I love them and while their chemistry's simple, they yell until they bang hard, simple, they are genuinely adorable and it's easy to see where a lot of donald comes from just watching the two: Hortense's obession with dating "a real cowboy" before meeting quackmore and sorta zoning out mid rage both have traces of Donald's own hyperfixations and tendency to leap without thinking. It's nice to sneak those subtle bits in and I applaud rosa for it.

One last thing related to the two: turns out this causeda BIG stir in italy and some other parts of europe. Rosa was suprised as , due to the family tree I mentioned, the names of donald's parents weren't a bit secret. He also took another shot at the duck comics not being big in the us, the usual Don Rosa Yells at Cloud Stuff. Point is he was shocked by it.. but me .. I get it. It's the same thing that happened when Della showed up in Ducktales. Yes a comic had given an explination and her name had been seen, and we'll see her breifly in chapter 11 of this very comic.. but we didn't really KNOW her and most things she's in are either obscure , said comic wasn't reprinted here far as I can tell, or simply a mentoin. We knew OF her bu tdidn't know her as a person.

That was the same with Hortense and Quackmore before this story: We knew of them and despite Rosa keeping it vauge for readers less familliar with the family tree, it's pretty obvious from the moment we see her grown up that Hortense is Donald's mom. Here we get to see her as a young person herself, her eccentrcities, her rage, and who she really is. We also get to see Quackmore who.. okay he's just perpetually pissed off but it's still something. There's a diffrence between a name on some suplimentary material and a character and Don Rosa created a fantastic one in hortense, to the point i'm still disapointed we never met her in the series.

Next Time: The darkest day of Scrooge's life, some attempts to recocnile na old racist story, and the hardest chapter of this comic to read. Thanks for reading.. and welcome back.

#scrooge mcduck #ducktales #don rosa #hortense mcduck #matilda mcduck #teddy roosevelt #presiden'ts day #the beagle boys #quackmore duck #the life and times of scrooge mcduck

[sapphyreopal5]

My Experience at SPNNC 2023 Con

Hello, my name is Ellie. If you're not already familiar with my blog, I write a lot about things like my divination with tarot and a pendulum, the show Supernatural and the former cast, deities, various experiences of my own, dreams, etc. I went to the SPNNC 2023 aka CE Charcon 2023 as some here on Tumblr call it. I still don't know what the deal with the spatulas is at this con, I guess I wasn't one of the cool kids who was in the know about this "trend" per the usual ha ha.

Friday, Aug 18- Didn't go

Saturday, Aug 19

I arrived around 10:15am because I thought the line to register would be long and that it'd take ages to park. Nope, it took a couple minutes for me to find parking and the line to register empty. Someone told me however that on Saturday the line was over an hour long Friday. I guess that what they mean by priority registration for Thursday and Friday is that only people with weekend packages could register for the first hour and a half or so of registration on those 2 days, so they don't wait in line as long. I guess my not being able to make it on Friday was for good reason ha ha. In-between panels and photo-ops I went exploring the hotel, talked to some other people at the con, looked at the vendors tables, sometimes observed the actors and actresses interacting with each other or other fans.

11:30- Drake Rodger Photo-Op

I walked into this photo op and curiously my mind went quiet. For those who read my posts or know me personally, you know this NEVER happens. I almost always have many trains of thought happening at one time. A couple days before I went to this convention I was told by one of my guides Loki to buy a photo op ticket for Drake. I thought this was rather interesting but I decided okay let's do it. I saw Drake do the so called "Teletubby hole violation" when in line. I believe there were 3 people in line before me when I saw that. Pretty cooI stuff I got to see it in person, not gonna lie. I thought it was totally perfect ha ha. I'm afraid I didn't make the cut in that IG video as I didn't do a crazy pose. I will say however that as crazy as this might sound, I swear I thought he was going to pull me in closer but felt himself stop O.O When the photo was taken and therefore my photo op was done, he said "Thank you" in his soft spoken voice. Meg Donnelly his girlfriend was in the room and smiled at me as I walked off, which I thought was interesting to say the least. I walked out of this photo op a fan of his.

2:30- Cosplay Costume Contest

I chose to dress as Hela from Thor: Ragnarok the Norse Goddess of Death for my costume. The winners were chosen based on whoever got the loudest cheers when the host stood behind them. I can see why not that many people chose to participate in this contest. A lot of the contestants wore the Castiel trench coat (not photographed here). The winner was "Pudding Dean" who got $150 and a certificate. Donna and Gabriel were the runner ups. I believe they got $75 and $25 along with the certificates. The rest of us got a red Supernatural lanyard for participating. Even though I did not win this contest, I am glad I was able to go onstage and not get stage fright while being asked my name and who I'm dressing up as let alone panic standing in front of that crowd. It shows to me I've grown a lot over the years and am overcoming some anxiety issues I have at times. Also, the fact I got plenty of compliments on my costume and even someone wanting a selfie with me because they loved my outfit so much made it all worth it even more in my opinion. By the way, I totally think Hela should've been a Supernatural character and could've made a GREAT villain or an anti hero, just saying...

4:50- Rich Speight Jr Photo-Op

Okay, being dressed as Hela from Thor: Ragnarok and taking a photo with Loki from Supernatural was at this point a given. I was nudged to buy a ticket while at the convention at this point. Naturally, a Loki nudge which totally makes sense ha ha. The Jared photo ops were running 20 min or so behind naturally, so therefore this photo op was running behind too. I ended up waiting by an empty security desk to charge my phone while waiting for the photo op to come up. I talked to a couple people while waiting but also where I was happened to be by where Meg, Drake and Jojo's autograph tables were set up (couldn't really see Jojo so much as his table was across the hall and not in a good line of sight where I was).

I ended up watching them over the course of most of my waiting time. Drake seemed pleasant while waiting around for autographs and such talking to the person he was sitting with. Jojo at one point threw a pen at him and Drake had to get up to get it off the floor. Meg barely spoke to the person she was with. At one point she started to tap her pen while looking around and not talking. When someone came up to her to say something she had that "friendly" voice she uses on stage and talking to fans. Talk about an awkward silence mostly between her and the person she was sitting with. I felt bad for Jojo and Drake because they clearly were hoping for more autographs and getting bored sitting there. After seeing Meg behave the way she did and having a tense tone with the person she was sitting with for the short bit they did talk, I did not feel so bad for her.

As for Rich, he seems like a really cool guy. I told him "yes" at first when he asked me if I made my costume and said he loves it. I ended up saying I'm just kidding I bought it online but "I thought you'd be happy to see me". He said "I am very happy to see you", dunno if he caught this Thor: Ragnarok reference or not when Hela said "I thought you'd be happy to see me" before she defeated the Asgardian Army. I certainly walked out of my photo op with him a fan of his.

9:00- Concert (Or should I say more like 9:30)

Nothing much to discuss here. I was aware many people were speculating that Jensen would sing on this night. Something kept telling me however that he was not going to sing but couldn't explain it. Mark Sheppard did show up to play the drums for apparently the first time since 2010 when he last played drums onstage. This is curious because it was his higher self who set me up coming to this convention to begin with. When Mark showed up, something told me "Jensen is not showing up to this concert because people were criticizing his looks online like crazy". A friend of mine had some similar feelings while this concert was going on. Of course, people must've been mindblown he didn't show up with how many were expecting him to show up but didn't ha ha. The microphones were very loud here, I walked out a little after 11pm when the concert was done with a headache.

Before Gold Panel/Before I went back to Convention

The same friend of mine who had the same feelings I did about why Jensen didn't show up to the concert dreamwalked to the very same room Jensen and Jared were in. Virtually EVERYTHING they talked about when she dreamwalked (mind you, for the first time ever!) to them manifested in the Gold Panel. I didn't get to go to this panel because I only had the copper package. Jensen said things to Jared like [I'm only paraphrasing in this section mind you] "do people actually want to meet me or do they only care about my looks?", mentioned how upset he was people were making fun of his mustache this weekend, and Jared at one point said "no matter what people are saying about you, you're an awesome person. I want you to know that". Jared even made a strange remark about how "Gen asked me to babysit the kids a couple weeks ago". Around 10:20am before I left for the convention, I picked up my pendulum and said to Hermes "Is there any truth to this dream my friend had?" and he said "Yes, LOTS of it".

Turns out, in this particular panel someone asked them if they ever experienced bullying and their children (around the 6:05 mark). Around 14:10, Jensen also brought up how his daughter said "it's not babysitting" when Jensen is with his kids. "She's just mom and he's just dad". Hmmm, were Poseidon and Hermes telling them both the night before or so what kinds of things they will be asked during the panels? Very interesting dreamwalking experience, let alone the fact everything she heard ended up manifesting the next day at the Gold Panel (and that Hermes said there's lots of truth to her dream with me curiously asking him this 10 or so min before the panel was scheduled to start at 10:30).

Sun, Aug 20

I came back to the convention around 11:15 or so. I mostly hung around the vendors area and explored the hotel and talked to some people before I went to the Mark Sheppard panel.

1:15- Mark Sheppard Panel

Mark's panel was an absolute joy for me to be in the room for. He said things like "if you have a panic attack this is the safest place you can be", "who wants to be king of a country", and asking someone "is that the best you can do" when they started to ask him "if you could be any animal [what would it be and why]?" and cut them off saying "oh Jesus". It was 100% worth going to this convention to sit in this panel. Mark's authentic, sarcastic, and speaks his mind but also has a very caring heart despite having a tough love approach at times. I enjoyed his walking around the theater for his panel instead of sitting up there like others do. At one point he was walking through the row 3 rows in front of mine when he was looking at someone's Moose doll, which I thought was pretty cool. Very close!

J2 Main Panel

No, I didn't get to go to the Gold Panel because I only had a copper package. It's interesting because I felt my lie detector alarm go off many times when Jensen was speaking in this panel. It was hard to hear some of what was being said at times during this panel because I wasn't exactly front row and did tune out some here and there. Jensen I believe is trying very hard to keep up with a happy family life at home. His passive aggressive tone speaking about Danneel was very apparent at least to me. The car story? Jensen please hun, you should've just driven with her. I know you were aggravated about the car problems but that doesn't mean behave this way. It does show a very concerning mindset that Hermes spoke of that he's in right now. Those who are not seeing it at this point do not have their eyes or hearts open to receiving this information...

I found his answer about reading a book he'd like to revisit to be very off putting. I myself had reading struggles as a kid and essentially taught myself how to read when I was going to enter 5th grade (long story here). He did an absolutely terrible job talking about his dislike of reading here. Don't like to read? Fine but the way he used a book his wife reads a lot, come on! You never read 1 book in your life Jensen? Sheesh...Someone was kind enough to point out to me that when Jensen was speaking of the book Danneel reads that's by her when she sleeps, she says "HER bed" not "THE bed" around the 40:35 mark (put some earbuds or headphones in and you'll hear it). Jared was a great pleasure to be in the same room as. I feel that Jensen also would've been more pleasant if he was not on the downward spiral he seems to be very much on lately.

I've spoken a lot about Jensen and Jared and others in past posts regarding divination and deities and other topics. Poseidon and Hermes both used Jared and Jensen to speak through them. Just about everything that was said in this panel they have talked about many times to me recently. I expected many of the things that were discussed to be discussed, very few surprises. Heck, even the ridiculous questions that made it through weren't totally surprising on a divine blueprints level. Jensen very much needs guidance, as Hermes has told me plenty of times before and I could see it in his eyes.

Some of the things I knew about them I discussed with only a few via PM and even they were surprised at some of the things that came about in this panel vs what I told them. I will say this, I was not surprised by the house purchase Jensen made in CT based on things I do know, nor was I surprised at Jared talking about how as he gets older he is becoming less able to tolerate 100 plus degree weather for a month at a time. Him talking about liking the mountains, NC even and Asheville and such was interesting and mentioning Idaho (when Gen made a trip there with their kids no more than a couple weeks beforehand).

I went home after this panel was done. There was at one point a golden sticker on someone's chair behind another sticker and the prize was apparently a gold ticket to another con. Of course... the winner was in a gold seat NATURALLY. Quite annoying but I know enough about Creation Entertainment to know this was 100% to be expected. Would I go again? Absolutely. It was a joy being in the room for all these panels, meeting the actors and fans I did, and being able to say I actually went to one of these things.

#spnnc 2023 #j2 #mark sheppard #ce charcon 2023 #drake rodger #richard speight jr #cosplay contest #anti danneel #anti jenneel #supernatural #spn family #jared padalecki #jensen ackles #hela thor ragnarok #Youtube #Instagram #dreamwalking #psychic #divination

[sapphic-agent]

Really not sure what could be added here. But ok will try.

I kind hate when people say "Shig is the protagonist" bc...he really isnt. I would argue he is not really a character anymore. But a plot device.

Bk is the real mc in Hori's eyes.

But I want to talk about smth: ofa transfering vs afo tranfering.

(It may be dumb but is not dumber than canon)

Not sure if is true thanks to the pacing of the story, but assuming Shig was in the tank for 10 months to get a quirk he...frankly never needed. (What was the selling point here? "Shig going get more power" as if decay wasnt enough) while Izu trained for 10 months.

Shig was in a tube like a dead fish for 10 months.

Izu exercise himself for 10 months to be able to use the quirk.

How afo was transfer to Shig? Via soul?

Afo was shared by 8 people (before Izu enters) and had no real "parasite" effect. But afo does bc...????

We know nothing about afo the quirk or the person.

We know nothing about ofa the quirk and the person.

When afo wanted to steal Shig's body? Bc look I may be wrong but ...since the movies are canon, many others villains, had a small afo quirk and didnt endure "will steal your body" why Shig?

(Bc otherwise how Izu would saved him)

Not sure if I'm making sense. Its just those 2 quirks are so different and so similar...but at the same time we know nothing about it.

Also the inage I shared has the "completation in 70%" so...is afo being injected into his body? In his veins? FOR 10 MONTHS?

Again what was the selling point here? Yes, it does feel like Shig cheat (well he got his comeuppance here) but sorry nothing of this makes sense.

I guess I just want to vent a little bc those quirks are so central to the plot but at the same time we know nothing about. We know shit about yoichi and afo. It's all made up on the spot.

Thanks for the patience (I do like the contrast, in theory. Izu worked hard to gain his quirk as a good hero. Shig as a villain cheated but its Hori so...is all about bk)

Indeed, this whole thing was all over the place.

My assumption was that Garaki wasn't merely transferring AFO into Shigaraki's body, he was also physically and genetically modifying his body to be able to handle not only AFO (the quirk), but also host AFO (the potato). You're right to question how he's transferring the potato, however, because that really isn't explained. I assume that it's the ability of one of the potato's quirks, maybe a combination of a few, that allow them to do this. Or maybe it's because AFO is so connected and attached to his quirk (he's had it for like 200 years) that him and his quirk are one in the same at this point.

(The dreamscape thing is odd. Izuku only has access to it because it's part of his quirk. The potato having access to it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Unless he counts as a pass holder since it was his stockpiling quirk that was given to Yoichi and helped form OFA, but then whoever he stole it from would have been there too. Maybe this is the only way he can access the quirk since it's so unique? But that shouldn't be possible since OFA can't be stolen. And why was he only able to access it when he was inhabiting Shigaraki?)

I do think that the difference between OFA and AFO is that OFA at its course is the ability to be bestowed and inherited. Both the predecessor and successor are given a choice (presumably, if the user's DNA can't pass it down without their intention, then I reckon it can't be inherited unless the inheritor wants to inherit it). The potato can take any quirk form anyone and force it onto someone else. I think that's why it's more parasitic, a lack of consent.

I completely agree that Shigaraki didn't need AFO. He had just come into his own power and took control of an extremist organization with a ton of powerful quirk users at his disposal. Him wanting AFO when he had just done all that was counterintuitive.

I loved what him (and the entire LOV) were doing in Deika. They made season 5 for me (because the Endeavor Agency arc was shit), but you're right that he's just a plot device now. AFO taking him in and raising him to be independent as his own villain with his own allies was completely undermined by him trying to hijack Shigaraki's body

#mha critical #bnha critical #shigaraki deserves better #shigaraki critical #ask

[novelmonger]

7 & 9 for Sharon, 2 & 10 for Sam Wilson, and 4 & 5 for Vin (Mistborn), please?

8D Have I told you that I love you?

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

Literally anything the fandom does with Sharon that's not bashing her? ^^' Anything that has to do with pairing her up with Steve because they're one of my top OTPs? I also just like it when she gets to be friends with any of the other characters - Natasha, Sam, whoever. She was horribly underutilized in the MCU, so I always appreciate it when fans bring out some of that wasted potential in fics and art.

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

Absolutely. Maybe it's just because of her age in relation to me or something, but Emily VanCamp always feels like a big sister, and thus so does Sharon. (Which is funny, because we never hear about any siblings in canon and in my headcanon she's actually the younger of two sisters XD) But yeah, she just feels like the kind of person I would warm up to quickly and soon be able to just talk about anything with. And I would also feel so incredibly safe to have someone so skilled and accomplished living with me :)

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

Oh my gosh, how do I pick? Sam is so cool! He's brave, he's smart, he's loyal, great sense of humor, but also amazingly strong and skilled, but also so perceptive.... I think maybe my favorite thing about him is how good he is at making friends. At any given moment, he's like, "I know a guy," and can call somebody up to help them out, whether it's to repair a boat or to fight the other Avengers. And that's so in keeping with the way he almost instantly accepts and befriends Steve, too. He's the kind of guy I think you could describe as "never met a stranger." He even acts that way towards Karli! I love him.

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

YES PLEASE I WANNA BE SAM'S FRIEND ;^; He would be such a good friend! So warm and friendly and inviting - he would make anyone feel welcome, like they belong. Would we have much in common? Uhhhh...maybe not? But his experience as a counselor, and just his personality to begin with, is such that he seems good at getting other people to talk. I think he'd be good at finding a topic of conversation we could both carry on pretty naturally. Also, just look at those arms. Sam would give the best hugs.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

MOVIE MOVIE MOVIE I WANT A MISTBORN MOVIE

...oh wait, is this supposed to be like a crossover thing? Hmmm...I mean, Vin would make a pretty awesome Jedi, don't you think? She kind of already is - Pushing and Pulling on metals is like a more limited form of Jedi telekinesis, Rioting and Soothing is kinda like Jedi using the Force on weaker minds, and the Force almost works like atium in a way. Besides, Jedi can use the Force to enhance things like their senses and their body's natural healing.

So she basically already is a Jedi, but you know what she lacks? A LIGHTSABER >:D I think her lightsaber would be blue, but that might just be because the Allomantic lines connecting to metal are blue....

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

"Prophecy of Worlds to Fall" by Xandria

This one mostly fits her in Hero of Ages, but...Mistborn is just such a metal story, it requires an epic symphonic metal song like this one, I think.

Character Ask Game

#ask and you shall receive #valiantarcher #ask games #(psst i wanted to address you by name but then got hung up on what to call you because i already have someone else i call 'val' ^^') #mcu #sharon carter #sam wilson #mistborn #vin

[charkyzombicorn]

I had a considerably worse idea than dad Fujitora, kinda but not really dad Akainu.

he saw 10 year old Luffy beat the shit out of a wannabe pirate and decided then and there that he was getting an apprentice.

Luffy wouldn't believe in absolute justice but like, he's getting the job done one way or another. Not to mention Dragon suffering in the background :D

Luffy: I don't wanna be a hero! A hero shares their meat and I don't wanna share!

Akainu: No, a hero finds whoever's hogging their meat and kills them. A hero doesn't need to share, a hero just needs to make other people share.

Luffy: Ooooh

--

Luffy, after training for four hours (he's six): I don't want to do this anymore!

Akainu: Fine. *starts walking away*

Luffy: Wait! Where are you going?!

Akainu: I don't care for those who won't get stronger.

Luffy: Wait! I'll train more! Don't leave!

Akainu: Don't order your commanding officer. Get stronger and I might find a reason to stay.

--

Luffy, frowning at some kids playing together: Why won't anyone be friends with me?

Akainu: they see no use in you.

Luffy:

Luffy: Are you my friend?

Akainu: I see some use in you.

Luffy: :D

--

Luffy, over a map: I can't figure this out!

Akainu: You don't need to. Be strong, and all the wise will hide behind you or run from you.

Luffy: Ooooh

--

Basically replace everything Shanks taught Luffy with a more cut-throat and consistent version of what Garp was going for lol

#one piece #Marine Dads AU #Dog dad au

[autism-purgatory]

Thanks for the tag @illarian-rambling!

Wip Questionnaire (Grayguard Edition!)

Rules: answer as few or as many as you'd like!

1. What was the first part of your wip that you created?

The earliest concept in Grayguard is probably the Hellenistic kingdom of Cloria and its Oracle Queen, also the elemental mineral Oriche. Those two have been recycled through at least three scrapped stories before I put it in Grayguard.

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?

The story is set into four acts, sooo

Act 1: Hollow Knight from the Hollow Knight OST

Act 2: Blue Desire (from Blazblue Chronophantasma)

Act 3: Iconoclast by KOTOKO

Act 4: Kuroi Uta from Drakengard 3

3. Who are your favourite characters you've made? Why?

Not to be too spoilery (since Grayguard will be on AO3 at some point) But other than Emil and Lisa, a certain shapeshifter that appears in act 2 and an antagonist of Act 3, one is an absolute blast to write, the other is the best villain I’ve written in my opinion.

4. What other pieces of media do you think would share a fan base for your story?

Probably Aurora fans and Zelda: BOTW/TOTK fans.

5. What has been your biggest struggle with your wip?

Honestly I’ve been mashing some plotlines together to make it run smoother because I CANNOT cram that many plot lines into a single act.

6. Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!

Chaos creatures aplenty, including Dragons, Watchers (eldritch Gorgons), Chimera (a result of creatures fusing their Chaos energy to melt into one being) also plenty of plain animals except really big with a few weird details (Deers with crystal horns, Bears with rock spikes all over their body, etc) there’s also giant sea serpents that are sort of like traditional Chinese dragons.

7. How do your characters get around? (ex: trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.)

Walking, so much fucking walking. If they have a horse that doesn’t die from an ambush (which happens all the time) It sort of helps the journey. Though they get on a giant robot homunculus with a whole city on it at one point so that speeds the journey up for a few weeks.

8. What part of your wip are you working on rn?

Currently editing the hell out of Act 1, I have a few chapters of Act 2 but it’s not free from my wrath either.

9. What aspects (tropes, maybe?) of your wip do you think will draw people in?

In terms of tropes, fallen heroes, found family, chosen one (who’s avoiding it at every turn) fallen civilizations, and magic robots.

Other than that, I hope it’s the characters that draw people in. It’s very character driven even if the worldbuilding and magic is thoroughly detailed. They’re fun as hell to write about and I love mixing and matching their dynamics to see who loves or hates each other.

10. What are your hopes for your wip?

that people like it lol, that’s about it.

I’ll tag @deanwax and whoever else wants to join!

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[epickiya722]

Bkdk for the ship ask please

Sorry this took a while to answer, Anon!

I didn't see it until now... 🥲

Who’s the cuddler?

Izuku would be. He is a cuddle bug. But, he's not as cuddly as everyone would think he is. He isn't so touchy with anyone. He really has to be in the mood for cuddles and when he is, Katsuki is quick to give in since "oh, what? Scared of a hug and a blanket?"

Who makes the bed?

They both do, Katsuki's bed making skills is just a little better.

Who wakes up first?

Izuku does. Katsuki may go to sleep earlier, but Izuku is practically built to wake up earlier. He likes having morning runs, wants to have all the time he can to do everything he plans to do that day.

Who has the weird taste in music?

They both do. In Katsuki's case, what makes it weird is the music is something people don't expect for him to listen to. For Izuku, he listens to just about everything. He even got Katsuki hooked on some music.

Who is more protective?

Oh, the better question is who isn't protective? You and I both know these two are very protective to the point villains wouldn't want to touch either of them.

Izuku hates seeing the people he cares about get hurt, Katsuki is no expectation. He's an active protective. He gets very feral and goes to take you out.

Katsuki, though, he hovers. He watches for potential threats. He's the one that worries when they go out on dates.

Who sings in the shower?

Neither of them do. Both like quiet showers and if they get too relaxed, they're prone to sleep before the urge to sing hits them.

Who cries during movies?

Now we all know Izuku would. However, it actually takes a lot of him to cry at movies. He's gotta really feel the emotions to cry and it doesn't actually happen very often. Especially since most of the time he doesn't watch movies that would make him tear up.

Who spends the most while out shopping?

They both would. Katsuki more so because he likes quality stuff and Izuku because he can't resist a bit of hero merch. They're terrible, I tell you, terrible.

Who kisses more roughly?

Both, but on different circumstances. Izuku starts off as a rough kisser because he didn't have experience, same for Katsuki. Later on in the relationship, Izuku is a rough kisser whenever Katsuki is. Other than that, he's really soft and gentle. As for Katsuki, he is aggressively affectionate.

Who is more dominant?

Both are. In fact, they don't even think about it. With Izuku shaping up with being more confident with himself, taking on leader roles and Katsuki being a natural born leader but letting himself be more open about his feelings, it's more so going with the flow. They're a "Whatever happens, happens" kind of pair.

They learn that words do help and they do communicate verbally, but they're comfortable with just actions.

So deciding who is the dominant one, they don't care for it. They just let whoever is dominant be that one when the time calls for it.

My rating of the ship from 1-10.

Okay, okay. A 10. Look, it's just one of those ships that when you start to understand the characters a little more, you can't help but go "ooooh, now I get it".

SHIP ASK

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[foreverrandomwritings]

This might be my last one…for now at least! 😂 How about “I.. don’t know how I got here.” (3) and “you’re the only thing that matters.” (2) with Rhett Abbott. Sorry the new Lew Lew content has me feral! 💙❤️

Confessions Left Unconfessed  

Summary: 2 writing prompts for my mini celebration with Rhett Abbott.

Pairing: Rhett Abbott x afab/Reader

Warnings:Swearing, alcohol, soft Rhett, little bit of angst if you squint and unspoken feelings. 

Word Count:1670

The first thing you noticed when you woke up was the pounding in your head. The second thing was how the sheets didn’t feel like your sheets. The third was that the room didn’t smell like yours. You assumed you were in your brother's room as that was the last place you remember being. However when you opened your eyes you were certain that it was not your brother's room. The worst part was that you had no clue who’s bedroom you were in. Looking around you saw trophies, ribbons, a couple stetsons, a hamper of dirty clothes with a plaid shirt hanging out, a dark wood dresser and posters of bull riding hung on the walls. 

None of those clues helped you figure out who’s room you were in because it could’ve been any guy living in Wabang. Swinging your legs to the side of the bed you looked at the bedside table next to you and noticed a bottle of tylenol and a bottle of water. You were thankful to whoever put those there and would have to thank them once you figured out who they were. Taking two pills from the bottle you took a swig of the water to swallow them. You checked your pockets for your phone but came up empty handed. Then you were making your way to the door. Opening it you realized stupidly that it was a closet and you turned around and headed for the only other door in the room. 

Once you opened the door and made your way downstairs you heard people talking. Following the voices you found the last people you expected to see. The Abbotts. You stood there staring at them blankly while they all stopped their conversation to look at you. “Good to see you up and moving Tillerson! We were starting to think you were a goner.” Royals deep gravelly voice exclaimed. Cecilia and Amy were sat next to him and both were giving you sweet smiles. Perry was on the opposite side of the table with his typical anxious look and Rhett was leaning against the counter staring at you. 

“I… don’t know how I got here.” You said slowly blinking at them. They all shared a glance between themselves before Rhett was pushing off the counter and heading straight to you. Once he was about 2 feet from you he nodded towards the door behind you. You turned around and made your way out the door. Noticing the sun was beginning to set as you walked out. Which was strange to you because you clearly remembered it barely being 10 am when you were in your brother’s room with him. Rhett motioned for you to sit down on the edge of the porch as he did the same. You looked at him wearily but still sat down with him. You hadn’t talked to Rhett in a few years so there was an awkward blanket over you two. There had never been any conflict between the two of you. You were close in age and thought it silly that your families were feuding. The both of you would often sneak off and meet in the woods near the connecting points of your ranches and would spend hours exploring together. That’s when your crush had developed for the young cowboy with dreams of being a rodeo hero just like his Pa was. 

As you both got older you realized that he was desperately in love with Maria Olivaries and you couldn't keep putting yourself through the pain of seeing the attention you wanted so badly be given to someone else. So you had slowly started to pull away from him. What you didn’t know was that the only reason he was so vocal about his feelings for Maria was because he had been in love with you for years. He was just complete shit at expressing his feelings so he decided to act like they didn’t even exist. He also never in a million years thought you would go for someone like him. Especially with the way your families behaved with one another. 

There hadn’t been any words spoken between the two of you in almost 5 years. Neither of you knew what to say to each other and both sat there in silence for what felt like hours just staring out at the barn and the acres of land you could see. It was peaceful until Rhett cleared his throat. You turned your head to face him with an arched eyebrow. 

“What did you mean by you don’t know how you got here?” He asked you.

“The last thing I remember is being in Billy’s room with him opening up a bottle of Scotch. Then I woke up and I was in what I'm assuming is your bed.” you replied to him queitly unsure of what had happened between then and now. The events of this morning playing through your head in pieces. He just nodded his head seemingly trying to think about what to say to you next. Then he was taking a deep breath and running a hand through his hair. 

“Pa and I were out at the barn stacking hay in the attic when we saw you and your horse come up from the pasture. You were slumped over the horn of your saddle. Once we got close enough we could smell the alcohol radiating off of you. We spent a couple minutes trying to wake you up but you weren’t budging. We got you down and brought you inside once we realized you were passed out cold. Perry put your horse away in one of our empty stalls in the barn. Luke called around here about an hour ago asking if we had seen you, told us you and your horse were missing and that you had left your phone behind. But we didn’t know what had happened at home so we told him no.” You sat there staring at him as a blush worked its way up from your chest to your face. To say you were embarrassed was an understatement. You couldn’t believe that that had happened. 

“I am so so so sorry. I don’t even remember getting on Baraba Jean.” then the thought occurred to you. The whole reason you had even started drinking this morning. The rodeo, which was definitely tonight which meant that Rhett was defiently missing it as it had certainly already started. You looked at Rhett with horror and shame on your face. “Oh my god, Rhett the rodeo.” you practically screamed at him with wide eyes making him flinch a little. After the initial shock of your outburst wore off he gave you the goofiest grin you’ve ever seen him sport. 

“Darlin, you're the only thing that matters.” He told you like he had said it a million times before with a slight shrug of his shoulders like it was no big deal. The only problem being he had never said those words to you. If your face was red from embarrassment earlier it was without a doubt a tomato now. “Why don’t you tell me what had you drinking so early this morning?” he spoke again as the silence between you two after his confession was making anxiety creep into his body. 

“I had a fight with my Pa this morning. I wanted to go to the rodeo with Billy but he refused to let me go. He told me he was sick of me trying to whore myself out to the cowboys down there when I need to have higher standards than some cowboy that has hit his head one too many times.” your fingers found one of your hoodie strings as you spoke to him, eyes looking at the ground. You didn’t want to see the look of pity on his face.

“I’m sorry your Pa talked to you like that.” the words came out softly wanting you to know he was truly sorry. He had known you had always had it rougher than your brothers growing up. Your father had always been very vocal about the fact that he never wanted a daughter. Rhett just wished he hadn’t let you become distant all those years ago. He could’ve done better to ease some of the pain your father had caused you over the years if he had just bucked up and told you how he felt. But he knew that now wouldn’t be the time for that. You were obviously not in a place for a love confession to be spilled on you. So he kept his mouth shut and decided he would tell you some other day. 

“Thank you for helping me Rhett. You didn’t have to help me but you did and I am very grateful for it.” you mumbled to him quietly turning to look at him again. You wished that you had never pulled away from him all those years ago. You missed the way his eyes seemed to light up a little when he looked at you. The low drawl of his voice and the quirk of his lip when he didn’t want to fully smile. You thought about telling him about the feelings you've had for him all these years but decided against it knowing you were definitely not in a place for a love confession tonight. 

So the two of you sat on his front porch until you decided to head home so your brothers would stop worrying about you. You knew Luke and Trevor would call in a whole army if they had to. You also knew that Billy wouldn’t shut up until they did. As you rode off on your horse you looked back at Rhett who had his hands in the pockets of his jeans and was rocking back and forth in his boots. You both shared the same thought at that moment. There was no way you were going 5 years without talking to each other again.

A/N:I really like the way this ended up. I’m just hoping you all like it as well. Lew Lew also has me feral. 

#m mini celebration #rhett abbot x reader #rhett abbott imagine #Soft Rhett Abbott *swoon* #thank you for the ask t

[haus-der-mysterionmusen]

What Tarot Card Are You?

Wheel of Fortune

Examine the luck, good or bad, that you have experienced over the past 6 months. I don’t speak of the luck of the world, or of others, but of your own. Would you like it to change? The question won’t affect the change, but it must be asked regardless. If you passed a crumpled 20 dollar note on the street, would you pick it up? If you passed a small child? If you passed a 10 cent coin? Throw the coin into the ocean and make a wish. Would you like some change?

"Lächerlich! Luck is for those idiots without skill, my success comes down to my skill and training in other words I make my own luck!"

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The Empress

You are only independent insofar as you have others to care for. This makes you dependent in your independence. They want your knowledge, your skills, your talents, your affection. What can they give in return? “Teeth” is not an acceptable answer, nor is “keeping the shadows to the corners”, nor is “glory”, nor is “love”. There is no acceptable answer, no gift of a magnitude which can match the thing you know, which is that they are taking from you. They are stealing from you. You should stop them from doing that, darling. You only have so much to give. You are not infinite, and when they have taken their last they will remind you of that. My advice is this: give enough to keep them at bay, but be careful. Their teeth can turn on you too. There is no easier way to make an animal dangerous than by feeding it.

"It's not like I'm playing the hero for them. I don't need praise for love from others. I've just have to keep fighting because it's what I do."

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The Lovers

Your lover’s back does not look quite the same this morning. No one else would notice the difference, if there even is a difference, but you could swear they have more vertebrae than usual. Something in the breathing, as you stare at them in the morning light. The light in the kitchen is just as warm as it always is, the coffee just as hot, but you cannot meet your lover’s eyes. They kiss you on the forehead, go off to work, shake their keys on the way out as they always do. Did they eat anything this morning? Did they speak? Of course they did. You’re probably losing your mind. You would call your friends to ask, if you had any friends left. You don’t, of course, haven’t for months. You only need each other. You only need them. You haven’t spoken to anyone in months. You count the notches on their back. You watch them breathe. You pray they don’t turn around.

"You make me sound like some battered wife ha ha ha. If you really think about it it's Shuichi whose the wife in our relationship."

Stolen from @onlyheartaches

tagging: @daughterofdiya @uc-aces @lone-prayer @countlessrealities and whoever else wants a go.

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