#Ripple 1 and 2

[jingle-jangle-spurs]

#fallout new vegas #fallout #courier six #fallout 4 #fallout 3 #lone wanderer #sole survivor #fallout 2 #fallout 1 #chosen one #vault dweller #fallout poll #polls #polls no one asked for #I love reading your tags <3 #okay let’s go #my LW is names Laurel Alda Catherine Moran #Laurel from the bible where a crown of Laurel is given to those who persevere #Alda means ripple - referencing project purity and the effect Laurel’s actions have on the wasteland #and Catherine for her mammy :) #my courier crutches at his beard while thinking he scratches his forehead with his thumbnail and his fingers twitch when he’s angry #my LW rubs her nose while stressed to it’s rubbed raw after she left the vaults #my vault dweller picks at her sleeves when she’s anxious #she does this to stop picking at her fingers and hurting them #the chosen one and her kids -including the courier have no idea that the Lw exists or is their cousin #my sole survivor has no idea that her brother survived the nukes and his dependents are alive #and that the vault dweller maccready is talking about is her great g g g g grand niece #Wesson’s speech is slurred from nerve damage and he sometimes speaks slowly and takes long pauses #he gets dizzy sometimes and has to lean against doors or the backs of chairs #ooooop going to have to pt 2 the tags that’s never happened

[tmntseparatedaucompetition]

Ripples and Fate - @bluesgras

Mikey's imaginary Friends - @tblsomedoodles

#round 2 #round 2 part 1 #the polls #separated au polls #ripples and fate #mikeys imaginary friends #prime comp

[raayllum]

Whenever you talk about Callum and Claudia and moral ambiguity, I always think of this quote

"A hero would sacrifice you to save the world, but a villain would sacrifice the world to save you."

I love your metas, and I thought you might find this interesting (unless you already had this one in the back of your head lol)

Now, part of this may be because I grew up with PJO - a series with a very heroic, brave, and loving main character whose in-universe fatal flaw is "To save a friend you would sacrifice the world" - but I tend to err away from this dichotomy of villain-hero and subsequent selfish-selfishness in general.

The hero "saving a loved one vs the the world" is an age old conflict and also an inherently fantastical scenario, as it's a literal trolley problem on a level no real life person will ever experience (there can certainly be similar things in IRL war when a lot of hard, otherwise unfathomable choices have to be made). And, traditionally, most villains cover up their schemes with notions of doing things for the Greater Good (hi Viren!) even if their actions are also things that are conveniently benefitting themselves. And typically, the hero is the Hero precisely because they understand that recognizing the personhood of the individual and that it's important to always value the individual (of which the many are made of) is a crucial cornerstone of well, valuing life at all.

This sort of trolley problem is something that TDP comes back to over and over again and most of the time, the 'right' choice is defending the life of the (innocent) individual under attack no matter the otherwise personal consequence.

Runaan: You let him live, but you killed us all!

Sol Regem: No, you have two choices. You all die, or just the wretched evil human dies.

To do otherwise leads to Sarai's death as a narrative punishment. (ATLA explores this too, with Aang being literally Killed the second he successfully, albeit reluctantly, gives up his attachment to Katara. Which is harsh but very indicative, I think, as far as narrative punishments go, and reaffirmed in the finale with Aang being given a third path precisely because he refuses to surrender his attachments a second time.)

That's not to say heroes never prioritize the greater good. Rayla is very world focused ("This could end the war and change the world!" / not taking Claudia's deal in 4x09) and Ezran exchanges his freedom/safety for the chance for his soldiers to be able to lay down their arms and it's a primary concern for him in S4 ("But the kingdom needs me" "The world needs you"). Callum smashes the primal stone to hatch Zym. But, most importantly, the Heroic thing to do is to choose to lay down your life, not solely offer up others', for those causes or choices. And Viren's hesitation and later inflated self importance (among other emotions) is his Original Sin, series wise. (Even the fact he refuses to give up the egg and offer it as a possible plea for Harrow's life; he'd rather sacrifice his own because of his own paranoia than risk giving Xadia a 'weapon'.)

In many ways, TDP says "The villain will sacrifice you for their notion of the world (who counts as a person, etc), and the hero will save you even at the potential cost of the their world, re: themselves".

However, because this is TDP, even this dichotomy isn't Simple or clear cut. Runaan and his troupe all willfully give their lives for an ultimately lost cause that will only create more suffering and was, per the words of the story and reaction of the other characters, completely Unnecessary; Claudia is certainly prioritizing the life of the individual, but with a complete lack of regard for any other life forms as a dark mage (and isn't thinking through the long term consequences, but more on that here).

TDP also calls into question the nobility or necessity of self or self imposed sacrifice, particularly in Rayla's character and where and how it can be taken to a dangerous level. For example, her walking away from the drake is a character regression, not a progression, precisely because it throws away the life of the individual (something she largely never did before) while also reaffirming that she's far too prone to throwing her own life away unnecessarily/unfairly.

So. Where does this leave us? And what does this mean for Callum and Claudia?

Well, I think there's a few consistencies:

1) Are you sacrificing yourself because you feel like you have to (obligation and guilt) or are you sacrificing yourself because it is the right thing to do (harm mitigation)?

This is probably where Rayla and Harrow fall the most. That's also not to say this dichotomy is solid, as it can definitely be flexible / bleed into each other (Harrow's surrender of his life in 1x03 is, I believe, both). But it is useful in differentiating when Rayla is being noble (saving Zym, 2x07, 3x09, possibly 4x09) vs when she's being self-punishing (1x02, 3x08, Through the Moon, definitely 4x09).

2) Are you sacrificing others in ways you would not sacrifice yourself? Are you sacrificing yourself in ways you would not sacrifice others?

This is where I think Runaan, Viren, Rayla, and Callum primarily fall into. Viren is the only one who really hardcore engages with the first question (yes, he'll sacrifice himself, but it's almost always with an edge of disregard to others and/or a sense of ego), with Runaan, Rayla, Callum, and Claudia all leaning towards the second one. "You're going to be better now, that's all that matters" "It doesn't matter what happens to me, live or die this dragon goes home" "If me dying is the only way for you and Zym to get across safely, then it's time for me to meet the end" and "I am already dead".

3) Are you actively chasing a self destructive/sacrificial pattern or is it something you are pushed into and then have to react to?

This is the key difference (most of the time) I think between Claudia and Rayla (first option) and Callum (second option). For me, I perpetually come back to the way Callum is willing to risk his life, most often, only when he has hope of survival (i.e. he lays down his life for Ez but also immediately argues that he should get to live; Rayla talks him down in 3x01 with two words and Callum immediately starts looking for another plan; he jumps off the Pinnacle with the hope of wings). This is in direct contrast to Claudia and to Rayla. Where Ezran argues in 3x02 that children shouldn't pay for their parents' mistakes, Rayla argues the exact opposite and that she should die in 3x08. The "pushed into a corner" Callum vs Claudia "seeking it out" seems pretty consistent, but I could see Callum seeking it out a bit more in S5, particularly in relation to the coins (but we'll have to see).

Closing Thoughts

To be clear, I don't think TDP is interested in giving a Definite answer about self sacrifice and selfishness vs selflessness (sacrificing yourself can be selfish; saving yourself can be selfless; selfishness is not always a vice and sacrifice is not always a virtue). I think it's a theme, as a subset of grief and relationships, that the story has chosen to Explore in a variety of different ways.

One of the main reasons I've always leaned towards Callum and Claudia paralleling each other more directly is 1) they always have (Claudia comes up with the switching spell in 1x01 because of Callum, and that's precisely what Callum executes when he says he's Ezran, for ex), 2) Aaravos' pawns ("a song of love and loss" "Aaravos chose as his instruments" "those who fail tests of love," etc.) and 3) Claudia is primed to be the one pushing for Aaravos to be freed.

This is somewhat sympathetic because it's for her dad, but Viren-Claudia have a complicated to unhealthy kind of dynamic, and Viren isn't really a character most of the audience cares about being saved (nor does he himself, and he's already been Saved once), so the sympathy can only go so far. However, it's still pretty clear that they're both set up to get atonement/redemption arcs to a degree. The easiest way to not have Claudia be incredibly demonized is for another, good guy character, to make the same/a similar choice for a similar reason. I've gone on record saying I think Callum will either make a conscious choice where he knows he could be risking Aaravos' freedom if it snowballs, or an active choice directly freeing Aaravos, simply because who else would have the incentive, who else has the foreshadowing, and it ties together the thematic overhaul of S4 pretty well, as well as Callum's associations with Freedom thematically.

Because valuing the individual over the world isn't Wrong, just like valuing the world over the individual isn't necessarily Right. It depends on bond, sympathy, circumstance, the attitude and role of the character you're saving and who's doing the saving and how. I've said it before that every character in TDP typically wants the same thing - to protect their loved ones - and so their methods - what they're willing to do or not do, and how they do it - is what creates the moral and ethical spectrum of the show.

TLDR; sometimes we sacrifice the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Claudia still doesn't think/know that Aaravos is evil (because she is a Legend at ignoring red flags and her own prejudice); Callum does. Claudia doing all this to save her father out of her own desperation would offer up a nice parallel of Callum also doing something out of desperation to protect/save the people he loves. I think they both have a great capacity to be Wrong, while (in Callum's case) also somewhat doing the Right Thing. That's why it's Moral Dubiousness, after all.

And also why his Tales of Xadia bio spells it out for us 3 different times:

Liberty: I'm beholden to my inner circle, not some silly kingdom.

Devotion: I value those close to me more than anyone or anything.

Has the lowest Justice (the defined desire to do What's Right) score of any of the main heroic characters in the trio or in the show, other than Lujanne

#tdp #the dragon prince #tdp's perpetual trolley problem #thanks for asking #requests #snake boi callum #ripple-rapple #tdp meta #analysis series #analysis #arc 2 #arc 1 #multi #parallels #theme: sacrifice #like to me it's not a question of If callum is going to do something Fucked but When y'know?

[gottagobuycheese]

[The constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' is looking down at you.]

After a moment, I heard the message I had been waiting for.

[All constellations of the absolute good system are in favour of Judgment Time.]

Finally, a bloody aura rose from Jung Heewon's body. "…Shit, I really hate the name of this skill.”

So it turns out I have a Type™, and that type is badass ladies with swords and flame motifs who are the physical embodiment of justice

[ID: A digital piece of fanart depicting the character Jung Heewon from the Korean webnovel Omniscient Reader by Sing-Shong. She is depicted from the waist up, surrounded by red flames and emitting a glowing red aura as she holds aloft a sword of fire, ready to swing. Dressed in a black waistcoat, a red tie, and a white dress shirt with rolled sleeves, she smiles bitterly as she stares at the viewer with fiery red eyes, a single tear tracing its way down her left cheek. Above her is the glowing golden-red outline of the archangel Uriel, set against a dark navy sky.  Distraught, she digs the heels of her palms against her eyes as her fingers twist in her hair and tears drip from her chin. /end ID]

#omniscient reader #orv #jung heewon #jeong huiwon #orv uriel #demon-like judge of fire #omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv fanart #CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS PART IN COMIC FORM #and also the outer gods part 2 scene...my heart... #though tbh I look forward to any of the upcoming scenes with her in it #just reached the gigantomachia part and there's been so much of her lately I'm SPOILED #ALSO looking forward to unlocking more drawing skills #this one started out very intimidating but now I have acquired the skill How To Draw Fire Lv. 1 #after several youtube videos and staring at a bunch of pictures skdjhskhf #now if only I could do that for rippling ankle-high water... #my attempts at art #as soon as I post this I'm going to find a million typos and find a dozen things wrong about the picture but you KNOW WHAT #OH WELL #EDIT: gonna keep trying to post this until tumblr believes I'm a real person again so if you see this appear then disappear then reappear #no you didn't #also in case it was not obvious the other character that falls into this archetype is our favorite Underground fish

[skloomdumpster]

I'm rotating Aisha in my head like a fork in a microwave.

I just keep going back to the fact she was so desperate for Bloom to like her from the get go. She came in Alfea with a mission, to befriend people, to be her best self and you can tell how much she commits to it in season 1. She's offering Bloom help and sympathetic hearing within hours of knowing her. She's realistic and a little cynical but fiercely protective of Bloom. She's jealous of Bloom hanging out with Stella (as pointed out by Musa). She's flunking some classes because Bloom's manic state is messing up her schedule and yet she doesn't complain once. Not even about Bloom taking calls from her parents in the middle of the night. She's pouring herself out, specifically to Bloom, only to have them all turn on her when she says releasing a locked up headmistress is not the best idea.

Anyway, thinking about Aisha in season 2 saying she's not ready to fall for Grey, because what if she gets her heart broken? And I'm thinking she already did have her heart broken, we saw it.

#fate: the winx saga #fate the winx saga #i'm not saying aisha was in love with bloom bc i truly dont believe she was #but i dont think that changes at all the fact we watch her get her heartbroken by bloom & co in season 1 #and i wish we see the ripples of this more explicitly in season 2 #aisha in s1 is pouring herself out in a constant chant of love me love me that i firmly believe echoes back on bloom #they're so different but the longing is the same and THIS is why that's her fucking best friend

[thewatercolours]

Priorities (King's Quest Ficlet, 1 of 2)

Muriel,

Just disregard the order form I’ve tucked this into. I don’t actually need any toe salve. It’s just it’s hard to say who might be watching. I can’t write straight to my guards at the castle, and since you and Chester get the most mail of anyone in Daventry (except the Merchant, I guess,) I thought this note could slip by more discreetly. Please pass this on to Royal Guard Number One and ask him to have a look at it when he’s alone. Thanks so much. Hoping it’s not too many months till I see you and all the people in town again.

--KG

Number One,

I have to keep this short. I reached Arkney just before the new moon. The word in town is that Acorn and Whisper were in the group that arrived in a prison wagon two weeks before (or at least, it’s my best guess it was them, just from the descriptions.) The last anyone saw of them, they were being brought to the local castle on orders from Count Carolus, just like you guessed. We tried scoping out the castle from the outside, and Amaya even managed to sneak a peak inside the inner courtyard and got a pretty good guess about the layout of the place. But no sign of our friends, or whether they’ve been moved somewhere else. Amaya tried the “visiting nobility” scheme you suggested three days ago. They wouldn’t see her. Our timing turned out to be terrible. Lady Carolus was having a baby that day. So we’re taking another shot, and this time it’ll be me, since they’ve already seen Amaya. I’m trying the peasant thing. It’s easier to disguise myself dressing down than up. I’ve spent the last couple of days making inquiries about work around Arkney, just to make it seem believable. Tomorrow I’ll knock at the Count’s back door and see if there’s a position available. Here’s hoping. I better finish this up, but first: the tavernkeeper says servants and guards at Castle Carolus are not usually allowed outside the precinct without special permission . It’s like its own little world. So I might be hard to get a hold of, if they actually hire me. It would probably be better if you wait for me to make contact first, but if you absolutely have to, send it care of Bagley at the Lily and Throne tavern, and sign it “Mary Lou.”  I’ve told Bagley that my long lost love’s name was Mary Lou, and the search proved hopeless. He seems like enough of a romantic that he’d find some way to get it to me. Do everything you can to disguise that it’s from Daventry. And like I say, don’t reach out first if you can help it, even if it takes months. Whisper and Acorn deserve the best chance we can give them. 

Crossing my fingers,

“Grimm”

PS - I have complete faith in your ability to take care of the kingdom while I’m gone, this time and every time. Don’t beat yourself up.

PPS - Don’t write unless you have to, but if you have to, you might as well put a packet of salt and pepper in with the envelope. They’ve never heard of seasoning here.

(Part 2 here)

#1 of 2 #king's quest #my writing #this is a tiny bit of something I won't write in full but have to get out of my system in order to get on with Rippling Consequences and #such

[spearxwind]

.

#putting this here to i dont have to deal with annoying ass people #but like i keep going to check how much avatar two is grossing worldwide with sales every week and it brings me so much joy #to see it not only succeed so much but also to surpass the big conglomerate movies #avatar 2 is now the seventh highest grossing film of all time falling just shy of spiderman no way home and by god do i want it to surpass #that dogshit movie lmao #also im glad it surpassed maverick too for all i heard of that movie. good fucker bye <3 #anyways. to everyone who said it wasnt gonna sell any tickets and also the people who are missing out on watching the movie #just so they can be pedantic about 'well i never went to see it lol because i dont care' whenever anyone brings it up #i hope youre having fun being so very deeply and completely wrong #i hope so bad that this movie also has the massive ripple effect that avatar 1 had where everyone started making scifi #well i hope now everyone starts making ocean scifi #we need more fucking ocean movies!!!!!!!!!!!! #ok thats all i wanted to say #avatarsweep <3333

[hershelwidget]

I may have done something

Can you tell I tried harder on the lower half than the upper

#pov: you draw rare wubbox having an error #this is one particular r.wub i've come to call 'Rare' (genius name i know) #jk I.. really need a better name but for now. this is Rare #basically what makes this one unique from other r.wubs is three major things #1. whatever's going on with the eyes; they are never the exact same shape or size #2. thinner and more 'expressive' mouth (or just more movement in general ig) #3. this thing can travel through dimensions more rapidly and coherently than most #i find it very funny how i only have a literal wubbox oc because of the #ehem. Stupid Funny AU 2 #anyways. this thing is my scrunckly little baby #you're welcome to put out name suggestions cause so far I have n o t h i n #oh right almost forgot the actual tags WHEHHE- #my singing monsters #rare wubbox #there we go- CIAO #UPDATE: it's now named Ripple #Ripple is a scrunkly guy. an annoyance. unhinged feral man

[trans-li-ling]

Quick guide for newer players bc I feel like I see these questions a lot and the GC scrolls so fast it's hard to figure out the answers

under a readmore bc it got massive sorry

1. Ripples - there is no guaranteed way to spawn ripples, they appear at random from doing Sonic and Ritual Miracles. You'll most commonly find them while doing multibattles but I'm pretty sure they can spawn from singles. I've heard they have a 1/3% chance of spawning but I have no idea if that's confirmed.

2. If you want to at(@) someone in world chat go to their profile picture and hold it. Then check the typing space and their name should be there. It doesn't actually notify them but it's a little easier to spot.

3. Espers - Dhalia and Suhua are ripple exclusive, Melanie is only available from the club shop, and Lucas is only from completing the Spacial Tower (but is available to pull afterwards). The two event espers (Meredith and Aurelius) aren't available from pulls at the moment. You can get Aurelius from the shop but Meredith isn't going to be available for a while from what I've heard.

4. Starimon - promotion material. You can level them up but sometimes you shouldn't- for example, the ones you can get from Disassembling Espers are Level 30 Rare Starimon and (once per week) Level 40 Epic Starimon, which are both at the max level and ready to be promoted (promote them). Pay attention to the star rating because the background colors and names can be confusing. And don't level up Level 1 Epic Starimon. Promotion requires the same number of equivalent materials as the current star rank- a 3 star esper needs 3 3 star materials, a 4 star needs 4, and a 5 star needs five. Also always resonate espers before using them as materials because resonating gives a starimon of equivalent rarity.

5 - Relics - less of a question itself more of multiple building questions which come down to about the same thing. Relics have main and substats. First thing though is sell any 2 or 3 Star Relics, and sell most 4 Star Relics after early game. You will need the money.

5a. Relic main stats - sell any Square, Circle, or Spade Relics with flat stats (eg no percentage) EXCEPT FOR SPADE RELICS WITH SPEED. Spades are the only ones that can have that stat and it's very important.

5b. Substats - this is less hard and fast but generally I sell Relics with only 2/3 substats that have one or more flat stats. Unlike triangle diamond and hexagon Relics substats do not have to be flat, so if a relic has too many it's going to reduce the chance of upgrading more useful stats. Again this excludes Speed which is a VERY important stat.

6. AP and Speed - AP stands for Action Points and is measured (I've heard) 1 to 100 and is visually represented by the little progress bar with the esper icons. An esper's Speed stat affects how fast they gain AP, but some abilities also affect it. AP control is very important because it determines when you or your opponent can take your turns. It makes Point War a nightmare

7. I don't know if there's a way to turn of animations for the third skill I have never seen a definitive answer.

8. You get M-Coins from quests and they don't do anything besides give you bonus rewards from the M-Pass. Still worthwhile for free stuff but that's all they do.

I didn't expect for this to get so long but I hope this helps at least a bit! Feel free to ask questions if anything doesn't make sense.

#Dislyte #BTW the points are #1. Ripples / 2. How to @ someone / 3. Espers (like ripple specific) / 4. Starimon / 5. Relics / 6. AP and Spd / 7. Animations / 8. M-Coins #I plan on posting this on the Dislyte in game thing ONCE I FIGURE OUT WHAT ITS FLAGGING #JUST SHOW ME WHAT TO EDIT GOD DAMN IT #Anyways. #In game posting will have to wait bc idk what is going on with the censor

[ex-vespidae]

i would love to make kirby charts for my headcanons and theories

#sage speaks #basically i remember someone saying in a lore video i think that #whomever inhabited the new world in fl (i think it was confirmed to be the ancients but im not sure) #basically they were just humans #i think that's obvious since theres straight up english dialogue in ghat game #and that opens such a can because 1 adeleine 2 theres so many human-like characters in kirby and it makes me think that maybe they're the #descendants of the ancients #like the mage sisters look so almost human you cannot tell me that they didn't descend from humans #the same goes for ripple queen and most fairies and such they r basically humans #taranza and sectonia r kinda human esc but i think thats more of a we dont want to put actual spiders in a game #but then again the reason could be that due to their environment they evolved in different ways #especially since popstar is a pretty magically charged planet #the other chart is more of a magic vs weapons chart #just to visualise who uses characters' use of weapons vs their use if magic #like taranza uses basically only magic #while bandee seems to only use spears even if he has some pocket dimension where he brings three spears out of nowhere/j #but then characters like dedede seem to use only weapons but he does seem to be able to use basic elemental magic #etc etc. #i might do it tomorrow

[izloveshorses]

i miss wandor wednesday 😔

#season 1 and 2 mando u will always be famous #but... i miss my little guy #and i miss being able to take a sw media seriously #i miss how every single action had consequences and a ripple effect for all 12 episodes #sigh #andor series #star wars #today's ep was definitely better tho

[tmntseparatedaucompetition]

Results for Round 2

PART 1

Gemini/Sep Leo AU vs. The Night - Gemini/Sep Leo AU 

Ripples and Fate vs. Mikey's Imaginary Friends - Mikey's Imaginary Friends 

Diamond in the Repo Yard vs. Sometimes Plans Change/Magic and Masks - Tie

Lost Under the Sea vs. Growing Pains - Growing Pains

#round 2 part 1 #round 2 #gemini #sep leo au #ripples and fate #mikeys imaginary friends #diamond in repo yard #sometimes plans change #magic and masks #lost under the sea #growing pains #prime comp

[skullchicken]

Things I wish I had read in "beginner" sewing tutorials/people had told me before I started getting into sewing

You have to hem *everything* eventually. Hemming isn't optional. (If you don't hem your cloth, it will start to fray. There are exceptions to this, like felt, but most cloth will.)

The type of cloth you choose for your project matters very much. Your clothing won't "fall right" if it's not the kind of stretchy/heavy/stiff as the one the tutorial assumes you will use.

Some types of cloth are very chill about fraying, some are very much not. Linen doesn't really give a fuck as long as you don't, like, throw it into the washing machine unhemmed (see below), whereas brocade yearns for entropy so, so much.

On that note: if you get new cloth: 1. hem its borders (or use a ripple stitch) 2. throw it in the washing machine on the setting that you plan to wash it going forward 3. iron it. You'll regret it, if you don't do it. If you don't hem, it'll thread. If you don't wash beforehand, the finished piece might warp in the first wash. If you don't iron it, it won't be nice and flat and all of your measuring and sewing will be off.

Sewing's first virtue is diligence, followed closely by patience. Measure three times before cutting. Check the symmetry every once in a while. If you can't concentrate anymore, stop. Yes, even if you're almost done.

The order in which you sew your garment's parts matters very much. Stick to the plan, but think ahead.

You'll probably be fine if you sew something on wrong - you can undo it with a seam ripper (get a seam ripper, they're cheap!)

You can use chalk to draw and write on the cloth.

Pick something made out of rectangles for your first project.

I recommend making something out of linen as a beginner project. It's nearly indestructible, barely threads and folds very neatly.

Collars are going to suck.

The sewing machine can't hurt you (probably). There is a guard for a reason and while the needle is very scary at first, if you do it right, your hands will be away from it at least 5 cm at any given time. Also the spoils of learning machine sewing are not to be underestimated. You will be SO fast.

I believe that's all - feel free to add unto it.

#sewing #diy

[fisheito]

@shieran

anothe r enabler. very good.

#1/2 credit is still contributing #be proud of the brainworms u hav induced in others today #that 1/2 credit is still capable of butterfly effect #all ya. ALL YA ROT INDUCERS. U KNO WHO U R #the effect ripples across the world as powerful as a low frequency radio wave telling u to put that object in ur mouth #I AM JUST SAYININ. #why WOuld u limit urself to the perceived dichotomy of topbottom events when u can have (violent shrug emojji) #i wanna feel like nozaki kun hanging out with his friends #a mostly content questionable ace in a room of chaotic queers #astral duo with quincy and kuya in goth mode?? #TWO TOPS??? (allegedly) #the crowd went wild #MORE OF THAT!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #replies

[its-towarzysz]

And they didn't even explain the Venom plothole

#ie. how did he fet to MCU!Peter's universe #like it was either the spell or the ripple in multiverse #but 1. to get there by the spell he'd have to know peter is spidey which. he doesn't #2. if he was there by the ripple he'd be sent back by miguel's crew #logan rambles

[deadsetobsessions]

Sea Cryptic! Danny AU- Pt.1

[Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.4] [Pt.5][Pt.6]

As someone who lived in the middle of nowhere, Amity, the ocean both terrified and enthralled Danny Fenton.

The first time his parents took him to the beach, it was the middle of the day and he’d been stuck in the prototype GAV for hours upon hours on their “quick, ghost rumor hunting field trip.”

It wasn’t quick, and they caught exactly zero ghosts. When Danny saw the expanse of sand underneath the summer sun, he and Jazz both bounded out of the van like feral little monkeys. Danny and Jazz sprinted down the sand, their parents ambling behind them with their arms loaded up with towels, a first aid kit, and an ungodly amount of mildly ecto contaminated food that they already fought before getting onto the beach.

Danny had splashed into the water, yelped at the freezing temperature, and then promptly found a shell to keep. His mom taught him how to swim with the waves, having come from Surf City herself, and his dad taught Jazz how to dive.

It was a day full of fond memories, especially the memory of the Great War of Sand-Castle Crushing he and Jazz waged against each other.

They stuck around for the sunset, the ripples of colors and peacefulness that swept across the vast waters caught Danny in its hold.

He hadn’t forgotten that moment. Not even when he died.

After a particularly hard day as Phantom, Danny would fly to the coast and loose hours just sitting on the sand and watching the waves lap against the shore. And when those nights were clear? It felt like a slice of his own personal heaven, with the stars shining on his shoulders and the encompassing crash of the waves sheltering his heart.

And on some days, when being Danny left him frustrated, Danny would fly out to the coast and use his intangibility to walk beneath the waves. Near the coast, it’s cloudy with swirls of moving sand and disturbed waters. He walked, and walked, and floated and floated beneath the waters, taking contentment from the way the moonlight of his stars filtered through the water. He admired the way light would glint on the scales of fish and crustaceans alike as he floated beneath the surface. On those days, Danny would pick up trash and polluted things and bring them to shore, to place in the trash cans and all of the recycling cans. He picked up shells and decorated the beaches he frequented, because if it were decorated, perhaps people would refrain from chucking their waste into the sea.

Well, usually, it’d be trash.

Danny watched speechlessly, jaw cracked open just a smidge, as an explosion happened right over his head. The distortion of the water did not hide the fact that there were large chunks of plane pelting down at him, a different figure flying away from the explosion. Danny went invisible and intangible as large metal pieces plunged into his current water space.

“Gosh, people these days,” he huffed. “This is gonna take forever to…”

Danny trailed off, seeing a humanoid shape crash into the water, clearly unconscious. Danny didn’t hesitate before shooting towards the drowning person, glowing green and fully visible again. The stranger’s eyes- holy shit, that’s Batman- turned towards him before closing behind cracked open lenses. Batman slumped falling unconscious. That’s not good.

Danny rocketed out of the water with the vigilante in his arms. If it weren’t for his supernatural strength, there’s no way lanky teenage Danny would have been able to carry Batman’s grown ass built like a tank self to the shore. Likewise, if it weren’t for his strength, Danny wouldn’t have been able to start chest compressions through the layers of armor.

Danny leaned back with a sigh as Batman coughed out only a bit of water, because Danny hadn’t taken all that long to get to him, and held up his hands in a “I don’t have weapons” way as Batman whirled to him.

“Hi. Are you alright?” Danny asked, ectoplasm and instinctive ghost speak fuzzing his words a bit. Damn, Batman must have nearly died a lot. He’ll freak out about meeting Batman later.

“You saved me,” an awkward pause. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. The other guy went that way.”

Danny waved vaguely.

“…What are you?”

“Oh my god, Batman, you can’t just ask someone what they are!” He immediately replied, inwardly smacking himself for the joke. He watched Batman’s face, watching for any sign of discrimination against ghosts, or any sign the man had a sense of humor.

“…”

Neither, apparently, was the answer.

“Don’t worry about it. I’m just here to clean up the beaches. You humans really like to pollute the beaches. It’s quite rude, you know. That plane of yours, well, it’s not your fault,” he amended. “But it’s gonna damage sea life. And I don’t know if you’re in the habit, but please don’t litter on the beach or in the water, especially with your unconscious body. It’s tedious to clean.”

“…I see.”

“Stay. I’ll take out your plane. Make sure it doesn’t stay on the sand, alright?”

With that, Danny stood. Unaware of the way the moonlight lit up his hair like white flames and accentuated the sharp points of his ears, Danny turned away and flew back to the plane site, dragging the pieces up with ease.

Batman sat on the sand, likely exhausted from his fight, and watched him carry the pieces of the aircraft up.

“Here. All done. I gotta get going,” because Danny has school and this just lost him two hours. “Will you be alright?”

Batman nodded once, sharply.

“Good.” Danny went invisible, watching Batman sat up straighter, glancing around in a suddenly visible awareness. Oh, well. Tucker’s gonna freak out.

——

Three years later, Danny’s moved to Gotham for university.

And after midterm season, Danny went for a ghostly walk, but this time, in the waters surrounding Gotham.

When he surfaced, Batman was crouching on a lamp post, waiting for him.

“Oh, it’s you,” Danny said. “Hello. Did you know that people are polluting these waters with bodies too?”

“Yes,” Batman said, graveled voice resounding on the shipping containers around them.

“You should do something about that. Do you like places that are polluted?”

Batman sighed. “What are you?”

Danny hears a small, tinny voice by Batman’s ear, coming from a comm.

“Oh my god, B, you can’t just ask someone what they are!”

Mind flashing back to the night Danny drug a waterlogged Batman out of the ocean, Danny cracked a smile.

“Phantom,” he said, decisively. And, because this isn’t Amity anymore, “the Beach Clean Up crew from the flip side.”

——

Bruce, waking up on the sand: wtf

Bruce, seeing a child next to him who probably saved him: wtf (in “adoption”)

Bruce, seeing Danny’s skin glitter like stars, hair aflame, and pointy ears: wtf (in “I can adopt fae folk, right?”)

Bruce, seeing that Danny doesn’t leave any footprints: wtffff (detective mind goes brrrr)

——

Bruce, after Danny leaves: *donates 20 mil towards beach clean up efforts and anti-pollution causes*

——

Bruce’s Goggle Search History, documented by Oracle:

Sea spirits

Sea vampires

How to parent supernatural kids

How to thank your sea child

Are shells a good gift?

Ocean conservation efforts

Sea spirits that glitters under moonlight

Sea spirits that cleans up beaches

Wayne corporation waste disposal

Companies that dump trash into the sea

*outgoing call to Lucius Fox*

What is “mean girls”

——

Bruce, learning “current pop culture” from his kids:

Bruce, remembering the kid who saved him and realizing he’s probably as old as his own kids are: *adoption tendencies intensifies*

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