#I need my boy to be happy okay

[the-witchhunter]

You know those video games where the character has to complete puzzles and work through their trauma to escape/wake up/something? Obstacles getting in their way and being tied to their past as they delve more into their trauma and have to learn/heal from it before they can progress?

Danny has been around a loooong time. He's old, he's powerful, and has a space in the ghost zone that he controls much like a god. The ghosts have long since started leaving him alone, the ones he's friends with have their own affaires to deal with, and in his ever shifting labyrinthian layer he's too powerful, and even outside of it he can still kick their asses.

and he's without a purpose

His friends had long since passed on after leading long and wonderful lives with him, not even leaving a ghost behind. His Family as well. Jazz had never had children, and try as he and Sam might have, half dead as he was he couldn't have children. He had no one left and nothing to do, and all of eternity to do it in.

Thinking of Jazz is what made him do it the first time

She loved helping people with her psychology, and Danny decided to do it in his own way. It hadn't been pretty, and it hadn't been easy, but he had found his method. Some took to it better than others, and many had different theories about his lair and his motives, but he helped people move past their trauma. Some believed his lair was some kind of purgatory, and... they weren't totally off

So, when Danny moved on to the timeline of the DC multiverse, he had some experience under his belt

He just underestimated how much trauma superheroes can have

#danny phantom #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #dpxdc #Danny pulling a silent hill and making superheroes work through their trauma #he even gives them puzzles! #Maybe he does this to villains/former villains too #like the harley quinn show and going into her mind #half kidnapping half cognitive behavioral therapy #I just think this could be angsty and kind of cathartic #Just jason having to address his rage #it was never the pits #and maybe not letting it go but at least redirecting it #I need my boy to be happy okay #and if that takes dragging him and his family through a psychological horror game that's fine #might be more interesting as alternating vignettes

[blackkatdraws2]

There are more things in the Parable than Stanley knows about. [Blank Scripts AU]

#hoh boy i was going to make a comic to introduce these monsters but #i couldnt help myself and made an animation instead #because i just think they're so neat and cool okay #listen i cant for the life of me just infofump about my AU and OCs #because i just think that making actual content about my lore and stuff will not only raise the chances of people being interested #but also it will also raise my motivation to actually produce more content other than the same old recycled front-facing-profile drawings #i need to get creative with my stuff or I'll also loose interest and I DONT want that #in order to be happy with what i have i cant just think about it and expect to be given something new NOOOO i need to MAKE it ughh #i cant believe in order to get more content out of my own au i would need to draw it and feed myself ugh ugh ugh unbelievable (kidding) #but also #i wanna make a little music video or animation again for youtube #its been a hot while since ive uploaded anything in there at all #maybe an animation reel will do for now? #i hope so :( #because ive been working on expanding the Black Scripts AU #and honestly i dont regret it #i had a lot of fun making up scenarios and comics for Stanley and the Narrator (Black) #but yeah! #apart from this little video #you wont be getting an explanation on what these things are supposed to be #and why theyre there #actually i was originally gonna make this into a full fledge animation with sound effect/music/frame-by-frame movement/etc. #but i got lazy HAHA #tsp blank scripts au #tsp au #the stanley parable #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tsp

[mx-giraffe]

Okay okay wait so a fic where Luffy is like in a gang (modern au obviously) and ofc it’d be like the Strawhat Gang you know and so he meets Law at some point and he’s like “wow this guy is super cool” and “I gotta protect him” and so he’s like doing all this stuff to protect Law from all the shit he gets into and then at some point something happens and he finds out that the whole time Law has been the leader of like an equally powerful gang and Luffy’s like “HUH??? WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME?!” And Law just smiles slyly like this man has been totally waiting for this moment because he thinks he’s hilarious and he just shrugs and says “you never asked”

#lawlu #trafalgar law #monkey d. luffy #okay it could probably also go the other way except Luffy wouldn’t smile slyly hed just say what? you never asked? and be totally clueless #one piece #guys I’m tired #i’m tired #I have exam block next week #but it’s okay because I have Lofi beats to study and relax to #WHERE DID LOFI GIRL GO?? #probably out with Lofi Boy #but what I wanna know is why she took her cat with her? #not that I wouldn’t take my cat with me #it’s just if she’s going out to the city #will her cat really be happy there? #anyway I need to go to sleep #I’m tired as hell #and you should go to sleep too

[thatstarwarsbitch]

imagine being crosshair and the asshole who completely ruined your life and treated you like a weapon FINALLY got his karma and you think maybe just maybe things will start to look up.

and then Barton IV happens.

and then Tantiss happens.

and then miraculously the light of your life, your new baby sister, comes and gets you both out. and you reunite with your family and its not perfect but it’s better than it was and its almost good if it wasn’t for your past reminding you what good and whole actually looks and feels like.

and then the empire comes. and not only does it take the light of your life, but YOU lost her.

and now you have to subject yourself to rampart again.

and now, even though its the last place you ever wanted to see again, you have to return to tantiss. you thought you escaped, but really it was only temporary, and now theres a very real chance you go in and never come out again. just like last time.

#i am UNWELL #my poor sweet boy #i love him #i need him to be happy #i need him to be okay #crosshair #the bad batch #star wars #tbb #the bad batch season 3 #tbb crosshair #tbb spoilers #tbb omega #admiral rampart #fuck that guy

[beanghostprincess]

TW // Food , EDs

Something about Usopp getting sent to an island where delicious food is used as bait and he has to actively fight to eat (thus probably ending up just straight-up not eating some days and relating food to negative experiences) and Sanji constantly using food to serve and make others enjoy but barely eating himself because it isn't as rewarding and he doesn't really care about his well-being because he is used to starving (both physically and emotionally).

Like-- Usopp not really refusing to eat but kind of having a defense mechanism/odd quirks around it (eating too fast, keeping food for later, feeling safer if he straight up doesn't eat, or directly not being hungry at all) and Sanji actively just forgetting to feed himself and when he tries to do so he isn't... Full? At all? or satisfied? It just leaves him emptier. He likes giving food to others, that's what completes him. Eating just because just feels wrong for him.

So you have this guy with strong defense mechanisms against food who treats it as a necessity to live instead of enjoyment and another who treats food as an enjoyment but ONLY for other people and never himself.

And I like to think Usopp, after spending so much time getting used to storing food just in case he can't go hunting for more, still does the same when he's back with the crew. But he doesn't even know why he does it exactly. He is eating. He doesn't need to do this. But then he realizes he always thinks about Sanji whenever he keeps food. Usopp notices Sanji barely eats if the food is something he gives to himself, but gladly enjoys it when it's somebody else's doing. So Usopp just waits until everybody is out of the kitchen to approach Sanji and go "Hey, um, would you like to share the leftovers with me?" and something like that. And Sanji does end up eating more than usual which is, you know, an average meal.

On the other hand, Sanji stays with Usopp while he eats and speaks to him. Makes him feel safe so he doesn't have to make everything quick and running. Make him see that he is alright and he can take his time to enjoy the food without any worries. At the end of the day, they end up eating together after the whole crew has gone away, but that's more than fine with them.

#they mean the world to me okay #as somebody who struggles with food these two characters are my beloveds i would do anything to see them happy and full and eating #usopp getting sent to an island full of food that probably will end up killing you is something that can be so sanuso coded and also #so fucked up. my boy :( we don't talk enough about this #i mean. we do talk a lot about this i've seen people doing it but we need to talk MORE #one day i'll talk about how sanji goes to an island where he finds himself running away from himself and he's afraid and anxious 24/7 #it's like they swapped places and i find that perfect #anyway the food thing-- i think they get better with time being together #after wci it gets... worse. but it's alright they work on it together #one piece #black leg sanji #usopp #sanuso #tw food #tw eating issues

[aeoris4lovers]

GOD this was supposed to be a victory for orym. or at least some kind of justice or revenge, to put an end to the woman who took his family away from him once and for all. that fight, that death, was the whole reason he was in this in the first place, and there should’ve been some sense of satisfaction or relief or closure in it for him. but instead, it was another loss. she just had to take one more person from him on her way out. she took him down (another failure, in his mind, that he couldn’t finish the fight himself) and when he came to, his friend was already in pieces. it’s just heartbreak after heartbreak, to the very end.

#if he doesn’t get a happy ending at the end of this campaign i will riot #i need nothing but happiness for my boy okay #(​do you hear me dorian? do you fucking hear me? come get your man he’s going THROUGH IT) #c3 spoilers #cr spoilers #orym of the air ashari #fresh cut grass #otohan thull #c3 #bells hells #critical role

[loopyarts]

Bus au comic gift for @drawbauchery it takes until night-time for Hajime to finally have time to give Teruteru his one hour hand holding time, he fell asleep. Here you are Teruhina fans your fill. :3

#teruteru #teruteru hanamura #hajime hinata #danganronpa #dr bus au #bus au #fanart #Teruhina #Gift for drawbauchery #How could I’d not draw these boys being cute and holding to point I made a mini comic on them. #I hope you don’t mind drawbauchery me drawing an idea scenario of when they holds hands. :> #mini comic #danganropa 2 #I’m happy with how it turn out but I also feeling I need to practice on arms >.<‘ and the colouring okay but I need to get better at shadin #God sorry for the rambles my inner art perfectionist is showing again ovo’

[hivemindscape]

saw that super wholesome video of a girl reuniting with her brothers and thought   ✨✨  Hug Refs  ✨✨  leaving the context of this up to you, i wonder what you cook up :'D

#HAPPY NEW YEAR!! #wanted to give you positivity :> #been a hard year #im having a Hard time drwaing #i dont want to draw and it SUCKS i feel my soul rotting bro #but it'll pass #remember that everything bad will either go away or become easier to bear #You're strong enough to overcome it #let loved ones be by you too #i talk like i do that - nah not really #not with emotional struggles #its hard to put them into words #its hard to talk in general for me #so i draw #well. used to draw #thats why i need it back so badly #imprompty venting session to let yall know whats up with me #im alive ill be okay And so will you #Hugging you all #Happy new year boys #let this one be Better #let good things come #and most importantly #do crime #tommyinit fanart #technofanart #technoblade fanart #technoblade #wilbur soot fanart #wilbur soot

[zaphodbeeblebroxssecondhead]

queerplatonic johnlock is so important to me i don't think you understand

#like #it's what they have don't deny it #sure i like when they're romantic/sexual a lot #but i have issues and i just need them to be happy and let holmes be aroace #idk man i'm tired #sorry this doesn't make sense #but do you get it? #i want you to get it #i need to have more connection to sherlock holmes than i already do as well y'know #because i don't understand romantic/sexual relationships at all and i want him to be like that as well #idk i should just write fanfic instead of ranting in the tags #they're my boys okay #will protect them until the end of time #sherlock holmes #john watson #johnlock #acd holmes #queerplatonic

[simply-a-lad]

I miss Grant Wilson every day I wake up and miss Grant Wilson

#grant wilson #dndads #i Open the Grant tag and BOOM Grant hate i can’t take this I love my boy so much you don’t understand I need him to be okay #I need him and link to make up and be happy and move forward in life content pleasepleasepeleszlsl

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 736: The night of the training camp

Pag 1

2: Who is it? Someone is there....

3: …. rain

At the training camp.....

4: An umbrella....

Pag 2

1: Yo, Onoda

3: …. Te

…. ah..... Te

Pag 3

1: Teshima-san!!

Have you been well?

It's been a while, we haven't seen each other since my graduation

Pag 4

1: Waa- Teshi- Teshima-san! Di you come here on puropose to see ho-how things are going!?

Have you- have you been woll too, Teshima-san!?

Yeah, as usual – woll? (haha)

2: So-sorry this is so sudden and I'm so surprised! Co-come in!!

You do seem very surprised

3: You can put your shoes here, and your umbrealla here

Yeah, I know. I've had the training camp here for three years, too, after all

4: Ahh... but, it started to rain so suddenly

Good thing I had a spare umbrella in the car

5: Sorry I came here so suddenly

Pag 5

1: I thought you guys would have “prepared” if I had contacted you beforehand

2: Training camp is busy, you can't waste even one minute of these four days. I know how busy you are

When a senpai comes in the middle of that, it makes you waste too much time

3: … Teshima-san

4: Bu.... but, it's not a waste

Uhm- ah- we really owe you so much, Teshima-san! 5: And alos, at last year's Inter High.... uhm

6: I think we could win thanks to you, Teshima-san!!

Pag 6

1: Thank you

When you say it with such earnest eyes, I'm happy to think you really mean it

2: No no, I mean, it's true!! On the mountain during the first day... and of course the mountain stage on the third day...

Ahh, I did win that

Yeah well, it's beacause of that....

3: Ah- uhm, dammit I forgot to offer you some tea.... is the tea from the vending machine okay?

Ehi ehi, it's okay. You choose

Huh!?

4: I came all the way here, let me be your senpai

Pag 7

2: Teshima.... san

3: Than-

4: yo-

Waa- Onoda!!

5: My- my bad

So- sorry, this kind of things....

You're really not good at them... I forgot....

Pag 8

1: I see, so Danchiku.... and Sugimoto, too....

2: Yes

3: Well, you have no choice but to watch over them

Yes

6: That's what I intend to do!!

Pag 9

1: You got the “face of a third year”, Onoda

You change like that, when others count on you as a “third year”, your face....

2: Taking good care of the others isn't the only role of a third year

Sometimes, turning them down, or turning your back to them is also important

Just like Makishima-san once did

3: with you

6: Even so, you chased Makishima-san's back and admired him

Pag 10

1: Kohai watch their senpai's back and grow!!

2: If you slack off, they slack off

3: If you work hard, they imitate you

Pag 11

1: If you smile, they smile

2: Who's that guy, teh

He's talking with senpai.... here in the back

How can I know!!

But, he's smirking and has long hair, he's suspicious

4: Earlier, you said that last year's Inter High was thanks to me- what about this year's Inter High?

Thanks to whom will they work hard this year?

6: You

Pag 12

1: This time, it's your turn to become the object of their admiration

Pag 13

1: Onoda

3: That's what brings Sohoku together!!

4: That guy his Onoda-san!!

Do you think we should go there and help him, teh!?

No, wait, now he's stroking his neck!?

5: Honestly, choosing the members is hard

You trouble yourself, pace around, and still you'll have no answer

Ah-

6: But the important thing isn't how it was decided but “who you decided”

Pag 14

1: If you find the answer to “who” after worrying about it a lot, everyone will accept it and move forward

2: …. Teshima-san....

3: Uhm... how did you know that that's what I was worrying about....

I'm the former captain, am I not? Also, it's written on your face

Ah-

4: He wants to strangle him ike that!? That guy with shaggy hair!!

Ahh- this is bad, teh, we have to protect Back-gate-slope-san!!

5: Let's go!! Don't hesitate, Rokudai!!

Yeah, teh....!!

6: Eh!?

Huh?

Pag 15

2: Huh!?

Senpai, let's get away

3: Who are you!? Back-gate-slope-sa.... What do you want to do to Onoda-san!!

Pag 16

5: In the confusion I called him by his real name, “Onoda-san”, teh!! Sorry!!

6: Unathorized people shouldn't be able to enter, it's reserved!!

Right!! Shaggy-hair!!

Rokudai-kun!? Kinaka-kun!?

7:  N-no, you two got it wrong-

8: Onoda....

Pag 17

1: You're really protecting your team members with all your strength

2: Eh-

3: Since you're protecting them, they're protecting you, too

4: What's your name

Yessir, my name is Rokudai Renta- no wait, that's not right!!

5: Huh

6: Since I'm protecting them.... with all my strength.....!!

Pag 18

2: Rokudai, if

Huh!? What

If you clear this training camp and get chosen as a member for the Inter High

Huh!?

3:  Protect Onoda like this with all your strength

Pag 19

1: Huh

…. yes

2: Idiot, Rokudai, don't let your guard down just because of those sweet words!!

Ah!! That's right, teh!!

I'll introduce you: this is Teshima Junta-san

You have some goos first years!

He graduated last year and is now an university student, but

3: He's the former Sohoku captain

4: Cap....

I was nominated captain by Teshima-san

5: ta....in?

Pag 20

1: We- we- we're so sorry!!

It's nothing

2: We did that, teh....!!

To- to such an important senpai!!

3: Ah.... uh... thank you for your work!! What brings such an important senpai like you here?

He came to encourage us

4: Ah also, I brought

6: some new pedals for Onoda!!

#yowamushi pedal #yowapeda #yowamushi pedal manga #yowapeda manga #yowamushi pedal spoilers #yowamushi pedal translations #ride 736 #THIS IS THE BEST CHAPTER EVER OH MY GOD ASDSDHFJKADSGJDGF #I'M!!!! ASDDFHSDGFK I SWEAR IVE BEEN YELLING SINCE YESTERDAY WHEN I FIRST READ IT #THANK YOU WATANABE FOR MY LIFE AND MY HAPPINESS #first: Junta my boy my love IVE MISSED HIM SO MUCH i needed him back so bad and this chapter healed me okay #the way he says right away something that diminishes his important and onoda is ready to tell him that NO YOURE IMPORTANT ITS #ITS NOT A WASTE OF TIME DEDICATING TIME TO YOU WE LOVE YOU TESHIMA-SAN YOURE AMAZING #yes onoda you tell him #i love how junta appears just right when onoda needs him and i love that we finally have junta giving him advice as captain #and the whole talk he gives onoda is so :') #i love the kind of team sohoku is #the whole ' you have to turn your back to your kohai sometimes so they can follow your back' is so ;^; #junta my wise boy #and then AND THEN #KINAKA AND ROKUDAI MY DUMB IDIOT SPECIAL BABIES DSAGHFKHGasf #how is it that the first thing they think about is that junta wants to harm onoda saAFSDAFSD like WHY #they're so RIDICULOUS #the way the jump up and rokudai puts himself between onoda and junta #and theyre both ready to fight for onoda #PLEASE THAT THE MOST WHOLESOME THING EVER AND ALSO THE MOST RIDICULOUS I LOVE THEM SO MUCH #onoda is so mortified lmap #and junta is just like 'yeah clearly youre doing well they love you and would die for you'LMAO #also at this point roku-chan IH member confirmed #(i mean it was obvious already for me but at this point is sure af)

[h0estar]

HE LOOKS SO HAPPY I'M SO

#HE CALLED YUKINE DOGGY I'M NOT OKAY #THAT IS THE MOST ADORABLE THING EVER #HE IS THE CUTEST!!!!!!!!!!!! #he is baby boy!!! baby boy indeed!! #THE WAY HE JUS LOOKS SO HAPPY I'M GONNA CRY WE NEEDED THIS FR #he looks so cute aaahhhh #i want to keep him in my pocket :( #THANK U ADATCHITOKA #THE WAY HE IS HOLDING SEKKI W A VERY EXCITED LOOK ON HIS FACE BRB LET ME JUST #*WAILS* #baby yato n wolfkine carried the chapter fr #and ofc our best dilf daikoku 🫶 #noragami #noragami spoilers #noragami 105 #BABY YATO IS LITERALLY THE 😃 EMOJI HELP

[starlitangels]

I continue to be absolutely livid (affectionate) at the fact that Sunshine and Elliott were together for a year and a half before Brachium reached out to ask for help and we barely got anything of them just being happy during that time in-between

#Elliott is barely below Avior on my favorites list okay?! #I need the good boi to be happy #Redacted ASMR #Redacted Audio #Redacted Elliott #Redacted Sunshine #when your three favorites are Avior Elliott and Geordi you really have a hell of a time on this channel #like everyone whose favorite is Davey gets to enjoy all the happy engagement stuff #meanwhile i'm over here watching all three of my Best Bois get Tortured in various forms #it's. not. fair.

[eldrichthingy]

SJHSJJAOJSKWOSKSSOSJS THE ENDING WITH ASCENDED ASTARION????????? I can't breathe I love him I adore his evil laughter at the end I adore him calling Tav his love I adore it- AND THE MOST POWERFUL COUPLE IN THE WORLD??? he said it????????? I fucking love them. And the way he talks about them having bloody future together- gods, I wish I could kiss him in the end but It'd completely destroy me

#OKAY BUT IMAGINE DARK URGE AND ASTARION EITHER RUILING BALDUR'S GATE TOGETHER (I chose travelling but anyways-) #oh I love that couple #and I loved seeing dark urge finally free from their father's will I always go bhaal's chosen route and don't mind it but this ending... #my opinion on ascended astarion really changes every second skjjsj BUT NOW I SAW THE ENDING #and I loved it #I fucking can't get enough of him and also the dialog before the fight?? where he said that they'd need to do secret tunnels underneath #the city- #I love him I swear I'd do anything for him #MY BOY OH GOD #he's sharing eternity with his lover!! they're travelling together or ruling together or doing both #GOD THEY HAVE THE ETERNITY TOGETHER AAHHHHHHH #this makes me so happy idk I just- yes yes yes!! #also the way he looks at tav in the ending scene.. #I didn't expect to be this happy with the ending considering my mixed feelings during playthrough- #BUT I LOVE IT OH GOD #I just want to happily rant about it I'm so sorry #also I LOVE the new scenes they added in the ending!!! larian THANK YOU that was finally worth it!! now at least good ending feels great #bg3 spoilers #nonsims #delete later #olya's rambles

[dark-twist-fairytales]

Ahh, Lego Ninjago Water Dragon my beloved <3

#I GOT PAID FOR WORKING YESTERDAY ON MY CARD AND I GOT THE FUCKING SETTTT #listen i really wanted a bit dragon again. and i didnt have enough for an enemy dragon #BUT IT HAS NYA AND ZANE #ZANES THE LAST NEW CHARACTER I NEEDED TO FUCKING W I N BOYS #jays sparks #the ocean protector #<- as you can see: neither of us should be able to access adult money. and yet we do. #we still got like over 20 bucks on our card (+ like.. 3 dollars more in savings?) #ans plenty in cash. so. we can spoil ourselves a little. #although this is gonna stop because of the holidays #ALSO I JUST WANT SOMW FUCKING CLOTHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS- I ONLY HAVE THREE PAIRS OF JEANS LEFT #okay- ill stop. #im happy i got this set though :3 #(nearly got a jay set as well. went against it)

[tmae3114]

*skids into the room and slams a folder down on the table*

SINCE I AM HAVING TIMELINE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AGAIN, I WANNA ELABORATE ON A THING FROM MY DIAGRAM OF THE MQ/DF/RESET SITUATION BECAUSE IT IS BOUNCING AROUND MY HEAD AND I WANNA INFODUMP ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ELEMENT OF THIS ABSOLUTE MESS OF A TIMELINE SITUATION (AFFECTIONATE)

SO

I specified in my diagram that “before the Reset is inaccessible by standard means of time travel”. I wanna elaborate on that because I have EXAMPLES. I hope you’re ready to learn precisely how we know that for certain.

1. Clarification of Terms

Okay, so, to be entirely and fully clear here, when I say “before the Reset is inaccessible”, I am referring to intra-timeline time travel. Meaning, from within a Dragonfable timeline, it is impossible to access the Mechquest timeline which became that Dragonfable.

I say “a” because the Artix Entertainment multiverse is A Mess and we know that there are a ton of different versions of all of these timelines. Not only does The Inn At The Edge Of Time tell as much in-game in Dragonfable but AdventureQuestWorlds (relevant here bc we are discussing multiverse) is canonically a result of DF, AQ, and MQ timelines getting merged into one and we know that those timelines all still exist outwith AQW’s existence. For every version of the DF timeline that exists, there is a MQ that preceded it.

However, for sake of clarity, I’ll be using “the” to refer to the DF timeline for the rest of this post, because even if these factors almost certainly apply to all the timelines in terms of mechanics, I am specifically working with The Actual Timeline We Have Experienced (i.e. canon Dragonfable)

The effects of the Reset are, to use a term that @cyraen-ae reminded me exists, retrocausal. If you were to, say, travel back in time five thousand and one years from A Hero Is Born, you would not find yourself in MQ a year before the Reset happened, you would find yourself five thousand and one years in the past of DF. Thus, “before the Reset is inaccessible via intra-timeline time travel in a DF timeline”. (That is too many uses of time related terms right next to each other. I’m going to just say “intra-timeline travel” after this.)

Hopefully that’s clear because I am now moving on to THE EXAMPLES.

We have three specific quests which I will be pointing to today. They are Yulgar’s First Date, Frostval 2014 - A Tale of Two Timelines, and CyseRedux.

2. Intra-Timeline Travel Cannot Access Pre-Reset

We know this because we see it happen.

Hello, Yulgar’s First Date, thank you so much for serving as proof here, I love you for giving us a solid canon example of how this works.

So, during the events of Mechquest, the hero is fully grown. Whether they’re in their late teens, early twenties, or older than that, it doesn’t really matter. The signficant detail is that they are clearly and visibly Not A Child. The hero had a childhood in the MQ timeline and was Not A Child at the time of the Reset. They are Not A Child in the fixed point in time. The hero enters the DF timeline as Not A Child and, if we looked at this purely linearly, was never a child within DF.

But! As mentioned earlier, the Reset was retrocausal. The hero did have a childhood that, as far as they or anyone else can know, they experienced in the DF timeline.

In Yulgar’s First Date, Cysero gives the hero some Time Cake to allow them to travel twenty years back in time. This also equips the Kid armour. While it’s possible that this is a random side effect (it is Cysero, after all), Occam’s Razor would suggest that this is just the age the hero was twenty years ago.

And since we know that the Reset took five thousand years to complete and only ended at the start of Book One, we know that this specific point in time is one in which the Reset would have been on-going, if it were accessible.

So! Intra-timeline travel cannot access the Reset or reality as it existed before it.

3. Wait, But Then, What About The Times MQ Did Show Up Via Time Stuff?

I’M GLAD YOU ASKED. THE ANSWER IS SHENANIGANS.

To be specific, the two instances in which MQ related stuff shows up from Time Stuff are instances of non-standard time travel. One is explicitly inter-timeline (multiple timelines are involved) and the other is...... Cysero Did It (and is also inter-timeline. They are both inter-timeline. Though the inter-timelineness of the latter may not be relevant.)

So, A Tale of Two Timelines. The Artix of an AQW timeline (we do not know if he was canon AQW) got a wand off of a Time Travel Fairy and promptly started trying to bring different timelines together so all the heroes could hang out at Frostval. He also destabilised a bunch of timelines because he was merging them together. During these timeline merges, a bunch of MQ stuff showed up, including various characters having elements of their MQ appearances for periods of time.

However, as established, this was a case of timelines being merged together and, also as established, there is more than one MQ timeline.

Therefore, this was not the before-the-Reset of the Dragonfable timeline being brought forth but rather a separate MQ timeline being brought in.

And that brings us to CyseRedux, in which Sys-Zero shows up in person and shares a bunch of nods with Cysero. This would suggest that they are aware that they are the same person. However, this quest also features Blatant Breaking Of AE Multiversal Rules and Four Other Cyseros, so there’s A Lot Going On.

So. Here’s the thing. CyseRedux features DF Cysero, AQ Cysero, AQW Cysero, Sys-Zero, and Actual Real Life Staff Cysero In A Background Cameo.

It is explicit AE Multiverse Lore that there cannot be more than one instance of a person in a timeline at a time. If you jump to another timeline, your counterpart gets yanked to your timeline until you return. This comes up in A Tale of Two Timelines, for a DF source, but also comes up in the AQW Mirror World plotlines.

CyseRedux is a case of Cysero blatantly and flagrantly breaking this rule. Because Cysero gets to break any and all rules of reality as he wishes and it’s great.

Which means that we have two options here. The AQ and AQW Cyseros are from other, separate timelines. So it would be logical that the Sys-Zero who shows up is also from a separate MQ timeline. However, he could be from the DF timeline’s pre-Reset MQ, without it presenting a problem to the impossibility of intra-timeline travel across the Reset, because Cysero is already breaking the rules.

4. Conclusion

I just infodumped to you for over a thousand words about timeline mechanics in a bunch of indie flash-based video games and it is currently past four in the morning in my timezone. I have Special Interest Brain so badly.

#dragonfable #I really need to get around to having a specific Reset tag #.....actually you know what there's a tag I haven't used for a while that belongs here #tmae overanalyses dragonfable #*looks at This Whole Thing* I've been out of university for a year and a half and apparently I miss academia #oh boy I hope linking to cite my sources doesn't stop this showing in the tag #I specified about the counterpart-timeline-swap thing bc I didn't want to sound like the geochemists in that one xkcd #okay now that I've got this out of my system I am CHECKING OUT FOR THE NIGHT #TIME TO USE THE SLEEP #oh wait midnight happened #happy disability pride month everybody here's me being Extremely Autistic