#and it sounds like that was what he was doing with the yodeling thing

[datura-tea]

okey dokey! i just finished the fallout show! some Thoughts under the read more

tl:dr, the (bethesda) fallout vibes were definitely there. i liked it as a show on its own merits but as a part of the series canon... i'm mad, and that anger is kind of overriding the little i liked about it. overall maybe 2.5/5 stars and im being generous

things i liked:

visually, it's stunning - i could see scenes already being made into gifsets - the color grading is pretty good; even in dark scenes i could see and understand what was happening

the sets are soooo good!! costume design was alright too

title cards were fun and cute

they did some interesting stuff with the cultures of both vault 33 and the brotherhood of steel

they used the sound effects from the games :)

i liked the wastelanders!!! big npc and random encounter energy. i kind of want a whole show of just them. for example i love the marketplace and settlement in filly; it feels very lived in

the background characters weren't just young thin able-bodied conventionally attractive white people :) there's so many elders, which i loved!! ma june and barv were cool. i love gruff old lesbians

lucy!!! she was already kind of weird and a little off-putting even in vault 33 ("what's your sperm count" as an opener to the husband she was just arranged married to is WILD) and i like that. she's sweet and bullheaded and surprisingly competent :)

maximus is kind of an ass, but is also a pathetic nerd and brotherhood dickrider who actually doesn't really know anything. kind of a girlfailure

the ghoul was pretty cool too!! i liked him, though more for his prewar story than the one he has post-apocalypse

lucy's brother norman kinda grew on me. "i lack enthusiasm for every job that i do here" so relateable. also short king <3

THE DENTIST THAT BUYS TEETH. never thought that would be a Thing but now that i think about it, it makes sense

the monsters that we have were cool!! wish there had been more of them

MATT BERRY IS IN THIS!! i just really like him so i got excited :))

maximus and lucy's "wanna have sex?" talk LMAO

vault 4's various mutations!!

those giant unwieldy fuckass duffel bags that brotherhood squires lug around hahahhahahaaha

vault 4 and its genetic experiments because its main conceit is that it was ruled by scientists who hybridized humans. it's exactly the right amount of fucked up i want in a vault

i like that the protagonists regularly get captured and eat shit

FRED ARMISEN IS ALSO HERE

haha hacking minigame :) also chatting via terminals (and im assuming pipboys?) is canon now

they're growing crops in the wasteland + bustling trade + livestock + pets yay

robobrain was cute

things i was just ok with:

dane, the they/them brotherhood of steel aspirant who was fucked over so maximus can get their spot as a squire LMAO what a waste of a potentially cool character

IT'S SO FUNNY that there's yodelling whenever the ghoul comes into the scene ????? WHY

fight scenes.... pretty good but someone definitely had the bloody mess perk (i don't do well with gore so ew yucky). also lots of [VATS NOISE]

pipboy was not used as much as i thought it would be

cousin stuff... i get it, i guess in a vault you'd have a lot of cousins and not a lot of choice, so some incest would probably happen

the ghoul being vault boy's inspiration?? not sure what to feel about that tbh

the casual dismemberments... and equally casual attaching of limbs... not even prosthetic limbs.....

the vaulties eating good healthy well-balanced meals. giving out caviar in the welcome basket. kinda 50/50 on it

the vault 31 - 32 - 33 subplot couldve been more fucked up

have brotherhood knights always been celibate or did i miss the memo

there are regular chickens and... deer? for some reason?

the ghoul's design. it's fine in action but mostly it's meh

the vault 4 cult for moldaver

vault 4 as a refuge for shady sands survivors. im mad about it but like. i get it

that guys "elixir" (some altered jet??) fixing everything about thaddeus' foot instantenously AND GIVING HIM HEALING POWERS???

things i did not like:

lucy's plot premise is very much fallout 3 redux

lucy and maximus as a ship is very meh and kind of forced and not compelling. go give us nothing!!!

wilzig's head as a macguffin that everyone is after... ehh kind of just okay as a plot device

also the ghoul randomly eating that other ghoul???

the squire who bullied maximus calls himself fat but he isn't fat?? not even chubby??? hello????? just got a soft face

water chip being fucked feels very fallout 3 also but they kind of dropped it?

they definitely named cooper howard after todd. as tribute probably, which he doesn't deserve

fiend = cannibal now?????

maximus recognizing vault 4 as a cult but not recognizing the brotherhood as one lol

vault tec evil capitalism vs hollywood communists storyline was kind of basic. and bland. and weak

the enclave could've been established + explored better

no geckos or any other west coast-specific monsters

showing me ncr ranger armor when the ncr is gone

ghouls have healing powers?? WITHOUT RADIATION??

things i hated hated hated:

the ghoul needing drugs to combat the Disease That Turns Ghouls Feral

feral ghouls being basically zombies :/

IN EPISODE FIVE. THEY REVEAL. THAT SHADY SANDS. WAS BOMBED. THE ENTIRE NCR. WAS BOMBED. IN 2277. THE YEAR OF THE FIRST BATTLE OF HOOVER DAM

BASICALLY RETCONNED FNV?? IM PUTTING MY EARS IN MY FINGERS AND GOING LA LA LAAAAA

VAULT-TEC DROPPED THE BOMBS ???? BIG MT + MR HOUSE BEING IN ON IT????

THE BIG STUPID FUCKING REVEAL IN EPISODE EIGHT?? THAT THE OVERSEER BOMBED SHADY SANDS BECAUSE HIS WIFE DIDN'T WANT TO GO HOME WITH HIM??? FUCK THAT???

the brotherhood being the main faction of the west coast now. booo!! booo!!!!

the fucking last shot of new vegas being a burnt out husk. probably foreshadowing that hank is going to house's body but. UGH I HATE IT

to summarize: it came out strong! and stumbled hard falling face fucking first at the finish line. i would have liked it a lot more if it did not shit on the west coast as much as it did. because what the FUCK. if it was set literally anywhere else and left the ncr alone i would have liked it more, because on its own, as a self-contained story, divorced from the rest of the fallout series canon, it's not bad!!! it's fun, there's some good bits, it has the ~vibes~ but - and this is a big but - i don't know what it's trying to say. it's all very surface level and the very vague themes i picked up on are not really reiterated in the plot

it's like... the bits that make it fallout are there. vaults. the brotherhood. ghouls. a dog named dogmeat. but there's something lacking. it's like your usual sci-fi post-apocalypse show with a fallout veneer. idk. i like it for what it is but also i hate it for what it's emblematic of. that's all

#fallout show #spoilers #fallout show spoilers #shh peri shhh #i liked it but also i didn't #hope that helps! #watch it but probably pirate it i think #anyway it's 5am im going to bed #im trying to be positive. it's not all bad. but it sucks

[slashingdisneypasta]

Disney Villains Only being able to Speak their First Language to Eachother

Hey fellow Hetalians (No such thing as an ex-Hetalian, y'all know that), remember that post about all the characters only being able to speak their countries official languages for a day?? And the chaos that would've ensued?? This is inspired by that post XD

Imagine the Disney Villains getting hexed by like, Mama Odie or Merryweather or Merlin or someone, so they can all only speak and understand their first language for a month.

Yes. A whole month.

The Toon Patrol are seriously struggling because Greasy keeps talking really fast Spanish at them but the rest have no idea what he's saying. Eventually Smartass decides to lock him in a separate room until this can be figured out and you can just hear banging and vague Spanish coming out the crack.

Ernesto is trying to figure out what some of the English speakers are saying because every 11th word is kinda familiar and they speak slow (Especially the rotund, yodelling fellow) but he keeps getting distracted by this faint Spanish yelling coming from another room.

Hades and Jafar stand off to the side near a wall just watching all the mess. They cant understand each other of course but no one else can understand them either so there's really nothing else to do. Hades will occasionally point something out, like Gaston leaning his sweaty arm on Frollo's shoulder and Frollo struggling to not buckle under the weight, and they'll chuckle. (Yes, laughter. The universal language XD)

Speaking of the French speakers-- they're suffering. Frollo hates his fellow French speakers for all being such sinners, Lady Tremaine hates the others because they're idiots or they have too much attitude towards her (*Cough* mal), Maleficent looks down on them all because they're all magic-less plebs, Edgar hates them because they all have money, and Gaston keeps talking about himself and someone is going to hit him. But they all try to keep it together, keep it classy, though most of them have elected to just not talk except for Gaston.

The oddest pairing is probably Hans and Ursula. She speaks Danish, or a dialect similar to it, and he is either Norwegian or Icelandic. If he's Norwegian, they're trying to figure out what the other is saying. Its mostly Ursula flirting with him and him carefully deciphering her words... and then facepalming. ikke til å tro (Unbelievable). But she keeps making like she has something important to tell him, like how to fix this huge predicament, and he keeps falling for it XD

Hilda and Mother Gothel speak German together and basically check out of this mess- like, do they want to understand what insanity Gaston and Jafar are saying again?? Or Frollo?? Haha, No...

Scroop speaks a harsh alien dialect and Silver's just standing next to him like yeah, yeah... you know i dont understand a word you're saying? *... realises scroop cant understand him either and sighs* Ahhh... *Rubs the bridge of his nose*

Rourke approaches the Horned King, curious why he's just standing there doing nothing and gets a string of growly Welsh and promptly... leaves... Like nope. Not today. That crap sounded like an ancient curse and that is not on todays schedule, thanks.

Clayton claims to have visited half these countries (Truth) and could figure out what many of the other villains are saying if he wanted (Exaggeration) so Cruella's like okay great... go and Captain Hook's like that's marvelous! go ahead then my good fellow!. He goes up to Shan Yu and immediately fails.

Shan Yu is usually pretty quiet around the other villains, so him standing there unreadable though faintly amused by them all is... not out of the ordinary XDD

If you have more to add, please feel free! XD

#Disney Villains #Shan Yu #Captain Hook #Cruella De Vil #Commander Lyle Rourke #Commander Rourke #Horned King #Long John Silver #Mr Scroop #Mother Gothel #Evil Queen #The Evil Queen #Evil Queen Grimhilde #Ursula #Disney Ursula #Prince Hans #Prince Hans Of The Southern Isles #Gaston #Disney Gaston #Lady Tremaine #Judge Claude Frollo #Edgar Balthazar #Maleficent #Disney Hades #Hades #Jafar #Disney Jafar #Ernesto De La Cruz #Toon Patrol #Smartass Weasel

[candywife333]

Body to Body

Part 2 of Just want to see you like that

This series is based on Jungkook's 3D and is probably going to have close to 6-7 parts, depending on where the storyline takes me. I'm feeling a bit dramatic, so expect a lot of angst. Tumblr is going to be referenced in this fic under a different name, Bumblr (I know, totally goofy name).

Summary: Y/N, an overworked employee at HYBE , only ever posted on Bumblr when she was feeling cornered. It was truly her escape. She didn't really do insta or even twitter. Most people would look at her and think this glass wearing quiet girl would most probably be posting pics of flowers and cute animals. But no, looks could be deceiving. Y/N's posts were far from innocent. In fact , they were borderline risque. She didn't expect anybody but a few horny people to come across these pics; people who would view and compliment in the best case scenario. What she didn't expect was that a certain star would be a regular consumer of her material. A star that technically had no business simping after her like that.

Disclaimer: This work is not representative of the real Jungkook's personality and behavior. It is merely fiction and please treat it as such.

Trigger Warning: voyeurism, exhibitionism, some swearing

Please don't read the fic if any of these themes are disturbing or offensive to you.

Taglist is open

Link to part 1- https://www.tumblr.com/mred435/729860379581235200/just-want-to-see-you-like-that

I didn't know how to process his behavior. They always seemed like really polite people, all of the BTS members. I wonder why Jungkook was acting like that. Usually he was really quiet and never spoke to any lower down staff in general. He had managers to do that for him. Maybe I should start referring to him in my head as Junglebook, cause he was really acting like Tarzan beating his chest because of a spoiled banana milk.

Actually , never mind , that would be an insult to Tarzan. Maybe he was having a bad day, or the fame had gotten to him. I guess that is why they say never meet your heroes, or idols. Not that he was either for me in particular. I had subliminally just always placed them on a pedestal I guess , with the way other staff always talked good things about them and with how world renowned the entire group became.

Forget it. Not like I cared. He could go complain if that is what he wanted to do. Don't threaten me with a good time, my dude. I didn't even like this job that much. I would just take more hours with my tutoring gig to cover the loss if I was getting fired.

Maybe my eyes were just deluding me. No way could he be my Mr.DaddyofPop. The man had access to supermodels and actresses, he would not be thirsting over me randomly. Preposterous. Utterly.

I received a call from Admin strangely enough just as I was making my way to the cafeteria to check in with them about inventory. I took the call and barely got time to even say anything as I heard a sound resembling frantic yodeling from Jessica (the bloody admin bitch with a stick up her ass), " Come to my office Y/N!!! You are in big trouble". The bitch always hated me, so I never took her pterodactyl screeching to heart. But now I was a little shocked. Was this dude's banana milk shit going to get me fired?

I walked to the office and stepped a foot in the door as Jessica vibrated with anger and yelled, almost spitting in my face, "What the hell did you to make Jungkook-ssi so pissed?! He is in an abysmal mood. And he even scolded me about the poor maintenance staff in front of Bang PD when I was in the meeting room! I am in charge of maintenance staff you little dipshit?!!! It reflects badly on me! DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND"?!!

I stared at her, calmly assessing her, as I firmly asked, "How is his banana milk my fault? I was not in charge of cleaning up in the evening yesterday. I don't even have a hierarchical position over the rest of the staff. Neither do I manage or speak for them. We are like free agents doing our work here and leaving". My statement seemed to make her even more enraged as she stabbed me with daggers in her eyes, "Well, I don't care whose fault it is! You are fired effective as of now! Insolent scum. You workers don't know your place".

I looked into her eyes that reminded me of vipers and dung and all things disgusting with the world as I vehemently sneered, "You think I fucking care, you bitch. Just cuz I've been quiet and tolerating your shit for the past 4 years, doesn't mean I don't remember what type of crap you have pulled around this place. You don't even do your job description justice, with how negligent you are about management in this building. I could go straight to Bang-PD and tell him all the mistakes I have had to cover for you in the past few years, because of your incompetence and lack of planning. Like , since when do maintenance crew type out meeting objectives and edit for grammar errors in powerpoints"???

She looked paralyzed as she froze with her mouth open, probably surprised that I was speaking up for myself (considering that I had silently been working without complaint for the past few years). I continued assertively, "Don't threaten me with a good time bitch. I don't tolerate tyranny, especially when I have no reason to. I get no pay raise, no praise for my work, or any satisfaction whatsoever. Why the hell should I care about little Jungkook's spoiled banana milk?? He's a little boy who takes big dumps that I can't even plunge completely when I have to clean his personal office bathroom. Maybe he should get on a diet, if you catch my drift".

I smirked , " You can fire me to save face with your bratty little pop star, and I simply don't care. You will realize whose work this building actually relies on when I am gone. Now, wire me the rest of my pay for this week and I will be gone without saying a word. Otherwise, Bang-PD will hear about all your stupidity with evidence". She stood silent, in a petrified state as I walked out the building. Damn, I wanted the experience on my resume for one more year. But I guess, whatever. I could always find a different agency, maybe the one I had interned at a few months back. It was a small up and coming one, but it would do. Since I wasn't strapped for cash due to the tutoring gig, I would survive. Living on cup ramen and eating 2 meals a day at least allowed me to have some savings to fall on.

I trudged to the closet to pick up my bag and as I opened the door realized what I had walked in on, freezing . A mop of black hair, broad shoulders with sweat droplets trailing down, and a naked firm ass facing the door as he pounded into a newbie stylist?

Damn, this dude got around. I cleared my throat, "Dude, can you like stop for a minute. I know you are caught in motion. But I don't want to see a porno in 3D with 4k HD clarity in broad daylight. I need my bag." Jungkook turned around, shock evident in his eyes, clearly not expecting me in my own fucking office aka closet.

I grabbed my bag swiftly from the corner and continued, "Carry on, just make sure to wrap it. Wouldn't want a bad outcome. Thanks for getting me fired, you dickwad. I could sell pics of you to the tabloids and make bank. Be happy I have some morals". I tipped my imaginary hat at him, because I am a gentleman and a scholar unlike his raggedy ass and was about to make my way out. But since I am a nasty bitch when pissed, I turned around to quip, "On further deliberation, actually don't wrap it. Hope you get Clamydia and leak pus from your dick, you whore."

Satisfied with my comebacks I walked out the building rejuvenated. Today was a good day.

#chubby reader #jungkook x reader #bts x reader #bts x plus size reader #eventual smut #smut #angst #curvy reader #self love #jungkook 3D #jack harlow #bangtan #jungkook x chubby reader #jungkook x y/n #jungkook x curvy reader #jungkook x plus size reader #body positivity #bodyshame #body worship #curvy body #curvy girls #super angst #3d

[xenclev]

For my prize, literally anything Inarizaki related💕

£ hcs of Inarizaki losing their kid(s) in a public or not so public area! enjoy!

tw: language, but sfw! :) children, mentions of kidnapping and abduction, panicking, & fluff! a name wheel decided the gender of the kids! tell me if I looked over something!

0J1R0 4R4N

£ Happens at a festival, which has got to be the worst place to lose anything... EVER.

£ The thing is that he let go of his kid's hand to buy her she wanted from the vendor. Then, he turned around to give her the little Hello Kitty plushie she asked for and–

£ She wasn't there?!

£ The worst-case scenario is the first thing that comes to his mind:

£ His kid was just kidnapped! Somebody swooped her up and ran off!! >:0

£ Drops whatever he was doing and immediately starts calling her name.

£ Oh, man. how was he gonna tell you that he lost your kid?

£ Hold on, you were with them when she went missing.

£ Definitely takes him a while to realize you're not there either, but when he realizes, he deadass freaks out.

£ Cause they took you TOO?

£ They fr just abducted his little family???

£ Bro starts wailing and yodeling both of your names, and the bypassers are wondering why there's a grown ass man crying and holding a Hello Kitty plushie.

"Aran, what are you crying for?"

£ His head whips around so fast that he almost gets whiplash, and he runs over to scoop you both up in a big bear hug.

£ You could barely make out what he was saying through his hiccups, but you told him that you had to take your 4 year old to the bathroom because she had to use the bathroom.

£ He ultimately feels silly for crying over nothing and holds his little girl even tighter.

"Aw, dry your tears away, papa!"

£ For some reason, the tears fall even more.

£ Moral of the story: going to the bathroom is a family activity.

K1T4 5H1N5UK3

£ On his farm cause he becomes an extremely cautious parent once he steps off his property with his son.

£ He loses his kid in the most sensible way: playing hide-and-seek.

£ Ngl, he's a protective parent, so if he searches for the kid in 4 places and still can't find him, he starts getting anxious.

£ Once that happens, he calmly asks you to help him find him. He literally:

"Ya wanna help look for 'im, love? We should give 'im a good ticklin' when we find 'im."

£ Now, you think it's a game, but he's secretly on high alert. Heightened senses and all.

£ Saying he's on the prowl sounds crazy, but he's fr on the prowl. 💀💀

£ He's sniffing his son out like a wolf, and he's so close to his son’s hiding place.

£ The anticipation is getting to the 6 year old, and he stays hidden for as long as he can. Well, until his bladder betrays him.

£ The poor boy fr comes out from his hiding spot sloshing in his wellies.

"Um, dad. I... had an accident."

£ If you've played an intense game of hide-and-seek, you know what I mean.

£ Kita feels so BAD cause he hounded the urine out of his son, but at the same time, he's glad the boy wasn’t lost.

£ You both reassure him that it's okay and help him waddle to the house.

£ Big W for Kita.

M1Y4 4T5UMU

£ Dude would probably lose his kids in his own house.

£ Very clingy with his kids, so if they leave his sight for a second, he believes he lost them.

£ Just for the record, they're twins; one girl and one boy. Fate chose him.

£ He most likely lost his kids when he turned his back to them to fix them a snack. Then, he turned back around, and they had VANISHED.

£ One word to describe this man: HYSTERICAL.

£ Immediately, bro throws the snacks and frantically searches for them.

£ Cause where could they be?? How far could they go in that short time he'd turned around?

£ Checks nearly the whole house. Their bedrooms, the living room, the bathroom, and the kitchen. He even checks outside.

£ He comes back in after running himself ragged for at least an hour, but to no avail. That must mean...

£ EVIL SPIRITS CAME AND PREYED ON THEIR SWEET INNOCENT SOULS.

£ Yes, he's highly superstitious.

£ Ends up making the executive to march upstairs and consult with you.

£ He gets to your shared room and BURSTS through the door; almost slammed the shit off its hinges.

"Hun, they took 'em! Dammit! I warned 'em 'bout evil that dwells in the dark! The haints, sum'n paranormal!"

"Jeez, Atsu, can you quiet down? They just crashed. Tell me what the parnormal took with your inside voice."

£ Automatically notices that your kids are lying down with you, and all of his worries wash away.

£ He brushes the whole ordeal off his shoulder like a grain of salt and tells you nevermind.

£ This situation has occurred more than once.

© xenclev 2023. likes and reblogs are appreciated! ♡

#I had Osamu and Suna's type up #but Tumblr deleted it #I'm so sorry for the wait #haikyuu!! #hq #hq x reader #ojiro aran #aran ojiro #kita shinsuke #kita haikyuu #haikyuu fluff #hq fluff #miya atsumu #atsumu x reader #hq atsumu #atsumu fluff #aran haikyuu #aran hq #kita fluff #miya twins #hq headcanons #q 🦎 #leaux needs help #haikyuu scenarios

[rubykgrant]

I don't have the energy to draw them, but; RVB couple ideas that intrigue me-

Tucker and Carolina; at some point she realizes she's into him and decides to express this interest by just sitting in his lap one day while they're waiting for a pizza or something. his whole thought process is "WHAT IS HAPPENING, I'm scared, I'm aroused, I'm SCAROUSED, wait hold on- Carolina is objectively hot and cool, plus I respect her, but also fear her, NOT NOW BONER". Carolina kinda started by thinking "You're stupid. I like that in a man", but it actually clicked for her because when Tucker doesn't try so hard, he's genuinely funny and charming~

Church and Sarge; Blood Gulch solidarity, but also Sarge's whole deal is "His anger issues have captivated me". he LOVES a man with an attitude problem, and Church has like... 20 different attitudes, and they've all got their own problems. meanwhile, Church realized he's got a captive audience for his rants, somebody who will always "Yes, AND" with him, and finds it extremely funny the way all the others act like their divorced step-dads started dating each other and complain out of embarrassment. oh, but then he finds out Sarge is very doting, so this is a legit relationship now

Kai and Kimball; very much started as a "Hey president lady, you need to unwind~" kinda thing, and while they don't get especially serious, they really do enjoy each other's company. Kai makes her laugh, and Kimball will tell her about lots of interesting topics. now every time Kai is in range of Chorus, she drops by to encourage the people to party (who needs a temple!), and helps Kimball relax. All the people who work with Kimball are initially intimidated, because Kai flirts with them too??? Grif wants to complain about how obnoxious his sister is, but he can't deny that Kimball is happy, so he tries to be very mature and supportive

Gary and Santa; nobody knows how the heck this started or WHY, but now it goes like this-

Gary; Would you like to hear a joke?

Santa; I fail to see the relevance, but very well

Gary; Knock-knock

Santa; Who's there?

Gary; A little old lady

Santa; A little old lady who?

Gary; I didn't know you could yodel, ay-liddel-oh-lay-dee-hoo

Santa; I see. The question was formed in such a way that when I repeated it, I involuntarily spoke words that sound similar to a form of singing, thus creating pun

Gary; Yep

Santa; Fascinating. More than just humor, these deceptive riddle of yours require thinking in unconventional ways, which only make sense after a reveal

Gary; Yep

Santa; Tell me more of these jokes

#red vs blue #rvb

[felassan]

Some thoughts on the Dragon Age: Dreadwolf leak on Reddit which included screenshots & a gif along with text, under a cut due to potential spoilers for DA:D -

first: the usual set of disclaimers that accompany all leaks apply - might not be real, unable to verify at present, games change a fair bit between development phases and final release, take with grain of salt etc

Screenshots:

Weisshaupt, headquarters of the Grey Wardens, as a location which we will travel to irl and not in the Fade.. ngl I have been dreaming of this since 2010 [yelling]. really hyped. we previously speculated these concepts were of Weisshaupt. (compare the blue-ish domes in those with the blue-ish dome structures in the screenshots.) in some of the screenshots, Weisshaupt looked badly damaged.

Weisshaupt Library is extensive and was noted in Last Flight to contain a glass sarcophagus decorated with the horns of Andoral that contains the arms and armor of Garahel. BioWare pls.. Iet's see it :D and what if by 9:52 the Library or Weisshaupt also contains some relics of or references to the Hero of Ferelden.. 🥺👉👈 or that there are some references to Hawke's presence in Weisshaupt at one time kicking around in codex or notes or something..

Seems to confirm that Davrin ("Nobody dies on my watch! For the Wardens!") is a companion who can join us in the field. I wonder if we start out with him or get him early in the game, like Alistair/Morrigan, Cassandra/Varric etc. obviously for later game missions you can choose anyone to come with you usually so it could just be that, but perhaps this storybeat we're seeing here is set near the start of the game? and with darkspawn attacking Weisshaupt (confirmed as well in the text), the very heart of the order, imagine how Davrin's feeling (since he seems to be a rather heroic or knightly Warden).. :[

The other named and voiced character from that previous trailer was Bellara. if Davrin is a companion like we may be seeing here, it wouldn't be wild to suggest that maybe Bellara is too, given they were both featured similarly at the time.

"There's worse than darkspawn on the way" / "And the walls won't hold it back" likely refers to the dragon said in the text to also be attacking Weisshaupt? it some of the screenshots in the background there looks to be the silhouette of a great beast, maybe the dragon. their head certainly looks draconic.

ROOK? :D NOW WHO ARE THEY? another companion like Davrin? this makes three new named DA:D characters (as in appearing in the game itself) that we know of. Davrin, Bellara and Rook. the other possibility is what if Rook is the PC? is "Rook" a surname, title or codename? it's catchy, cool/badass, snappy, short, Hawke-like.

"Rook" imagery (brought up by the name): birds (Hawke had a bird motif), corvids (Antivan Crows..), the Skyhold Rookery (what if they were an agent or former agent of Leliana's? "Rook" would be a good spy codename and it would fit in with stuff like 'Rector' and 'Charter'.. plus it seems we'll have some link to the Inquisition remnants going forwards per TN etc), chess pieces (games of strategy, tactics, trying to outwit Solas, Solas manipulating events), the Tower tarot card and its meanings, and most interestingly [yodels]: the Red Book, the front of which shows a wolf aflame above a rook/tower. the Red Book link makes me lean towards "Rook is the PC"

What on earth is a "Spawn Boil"? darkspawn-associated, and "boil" carries both unpleasant + dangerous/unhealthy imagery, it doesn't sound good at all.. the Children in Awakening spent time in cocoons, they had hatchlings, and there are fleshy sacks of the Taint in previous games.. maybe the pulsing red dark thing we saw previously is a Spawn Boil (a pulsing or cocoon-like thing always gives me the impression that something might hatch or burst out of it, and boils can burst or pop..), and red lyrium has something to do with it, especially considering the following point

Lots of red in some images. not good. not good at all (as in, I'm in-universe worried. u know). the text refers to red lyrium. Varric, don't look 😭 in the image which includes "Destroy the Spawn Boils", the darkspawn are fuzzy so I'm squinting and could just be seeing things but they remind me a lot of these guys. hello, red lyrium darkspawn creatures! (also confirmed in the text) I guess that could be why we need to hurry and destroy the Spawn Boils, because red lyrium darkspawn come out of them or are powered up by them or trying to spread them or somesuch

UI may change between now and release (UI is often one of the last things done or tweaked in a game iirc) I think so I'm leaving off focusing overmuch on it just now. I like the purple though

seems like this playtest was being done on a console?

menus and similar: Map, Character, Companions, Skills, Collections (what's Collections, stuff like mosaic pieces?). an inventory 'bag'. equipment slots. accessory slots. skill slots. currency. are the bits next to the money going to be resource piles, like for crafting? the Grappling Chain warrior skill returns. considering this character is a Warrior, maybe the punching arm icon is for Mighty Blow? the Guard mechanic returns. Items can't be changed during combat. looks like there's multiple slots on the shield itself (for runes and upgrades?)

Item description: "A shield emblazoned with the Templar's symbol. It's particularly effective at absorbing impacts. This one has been enchanted by the Mournwatch" [!!!] "to grant additional resistance against Spirits".

"Level [x] Grey Warden"? Is that this character's background/origin, class, spec? Can the PC become a Grey Warden? Any relation to the 'factions background' fan-theory? Also this character is an elf! in the text the leaker seemed to say that this was who they played. So the PC is an elf, or race selection returns?

The armor and equipment etc looks cool

Also what's with the crumbling stuff in the background on the character menu, do you see that? :D It's like the crumbling of the Dreadwolf logo and promo art assets on the website. Fadey stuff and realitywarping-theories senses tingling..

in the image where there's a character who isn't wearing a helmet, the hair looks decent. that's something which is also mentioned in the text.

also in that image, what's with the purpley fire[?] stuff? purple lyrium? (red+blue=....) purple roots? also there is a green tint to the lighting outside in this image. I think this whole segment we're seeing (darkspawn attack Weisshaupt and something?? is going on) is this scene from concept art being played out on-screen.

very Wardenny doors with the griffons and the chalice. the closing door scene reminds me of the 'party closes the doors to the Temple of Mythal' scene in DA:I. also like the variety of characters holding the door shut & shown in the level scene. humans, dwarves, elves, someone who looks like they're a Qunari. does one of the dwarves look like Harding to anyone else, or am I tripping?

hhh the Grey Wardens put griffon decorations on their big lever.

Gif:

Warriors seem to have have a kicking skill or move, as shown by the foot skill icon and move executed by the character (text describes this as being like a drop kick)

Dead bodies on the ground which don't yet have their textures (that's normal)

More darkspawn

"Resilience"

More purple stuff

It looks or 'feels' like the snippet we saw from the trailer (Grey Warden-armor character doing Shield Wall)

Hard to judge ofc from a very short snippet that we ourselves aren't playing, but yeah the combat looks action-y (action RPG) and from this snippet at least I don't personally see why I wouldn't enjoy it or find it fine (everyone's different tho ofc ^^)

Text (body of post):

"I was honestly shocked when we got no gameplay reveal at TGA, as I was sure we'd get something considering the timing this video was shared with me" - this is interesting

OP notes that what the playtester played was early Alpha. DA:D completed its Alpha milestone in October 2022

Some elements missing textures, missing audio etc tracks with what was said in Insider Gaming's report

Story details: the segment was set within Weisshaupt. the PC being played here is an elf (this was apparent from the screenshots but reading "the player character was an elf" sent me to another planet with hype ok). ((I hope this means race selection returns)) I could be wrong but I'd guess that "Knight" was like, general fantasy world language the playtester was using to try and describe what the character they played was like to their contact, rather than in-game text for the character (in the same way as how "mirrored portal" may be eluvians)? A warrior, armed and armored in gray/silver with a sword, shield and helmet, you know? I'd guess the "knight dude" party member is Davrin (Davin - Grey Warden warrior, confirmed?). Lady dwarf companion confirmed?? (Harding? or Bellara?)

I do hope three squadmates as in DAO, DAII and DA:I hasn't been reduced to only two as this suggests. It's like that in ME so it's not the end of the world, but three friends is always going to be more fun and engaging, especially in a series in which the companions are always the high point

More story details: Darkspawn attacking Weisshaupt (as we see in the screenshots) is a big deal hello?? This is the famous Warden stronghold, their very HQ, being attacked by the thing they exist to destroy/protect the world from. explains why Weisshaupt looks wrecked. Wtf is going on??? scared.. Where is the First Warden in all of this? this is so not good. Especially given the red lyrium spreading and the red lyrium darkspawn. That isn't a surprise as we saw something to that effect in concept art and a trailer, but still. we in danger. "some have red lyrium attacks" omg. is there any connection between this attack on Weisshaupt and whatever weird stuff was implied to be going on at Weisshaupt in the DA:I epilogue?

The dragon is also Concerning.. like. Darkspawn attacking, with a dragon involved. That sounds like a Blight and an Archdemon. Is this the Sixth Blight? is it a Red Lyrium Blight? I'm reminded of this concept art. also HELLO?

"The objective is to fight through the Darkspawn to get to the library, but as you are doing so there is also a big ass dragon attacking from above. And the dragon creates occasional environmental and traversal hazards. It ends once you reach the library, close the gates," [this will be the door shutting scene surely] "and then come face to face with the dragon. It appears you are then supposed to try and chain the dragon up, but it ends before the player completes that." I guess the big lever we see has something to do with trying to chain the dragon up. Why chain it up?? I'm reminded of Ataashi in Trespasser, the dragon in Dark Fortress and the dragon in Absolution. I guess if it was a normal Archdemon, why would we be chaining it up? so it's not or there's something weird or something else going on

"Basically, buildings and whatnot are all modeled and textured but the skybox itself is very dark and makes it seem as though the entire fortress is underground, although it is clearly not. I suspect the skybox could contain some giant world event, similar to the Breach, they hadn't finished." - this is interesting and I'm once again reminded of this piece of concept art where there's something wild going on in the sky or air outside Weisshaupt

OP was told about the God of War (2018) thing, which is what was said on ResetEra. they also mention about little to no party control (or none currently), which is what was said in the Insider Gaming article and iirc was said on ResetEra

Does "completely in real-time" imply no pause button or tactical cam in this build?

Since there's an 'Armor' bar, maybe 'Guard' is actually the special bar that builds up allowing you to pull off a musou special move?

"I don't really understand the comparison to FF15's wheel. It's standard Dragon Age ability wheel." - this contrasts with the bit about this in the Insider Gaming article

Animation quality has drastically improved, jumping returns, warriors can parry and counter

Player's hair "looked glorious", "flowing and bouncing" omg. don't need to say anything here other than [yodels]

Text (comments from OP):

OP elaborates in a comment that the screenshots/gif footage is from an "early build, years old", and that the game is now "way past this state"

On the dragon's environmental hazards, OP expands: "Like the dragon spews fire on the ground requiring you to go around an intended path or blocks off a path so you gotta go up a ladder"

OP describes the level shown as linear

OP mentions in a comment that "Red Templars" are what's invading Weisshaupt, but given the darkspawn they mention elsewhere and in the screenshot text, I'm assuming they meant "red lyrium darkspawn" here and got mixed up?

More references to the devs looking at Gears of War (2018) as a guide when making DA:D, in terms of things like combat/inspiration (it sounds like that anyway)

general feel/thoughts: no way of knowing for sure but looks/feels real/legit to me. also I like the look and feel of it, am excited :)

also I rambled in places in this post sry. :'>

[source]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age: dreadwolf spoilers #bioware #video games #cassandra pentaghast #my lady paladin #morrigan #queen of my heart #long post #longpost #(i wont be posting the pics or gif here) #dragon age: absolution #dragon age: absolution spoilers #mass effect

[sinnohelitefourlore]

Ranking the Sinnoh League members on how well they could sing:

13. Flint

Tone-deaf. Completely tone deaf. I don’t think I need to explain further.

12. Roark

Not tone deaf, but more out of tune than in tune. It doesn’t help that sometimes he hums when he’s at the mines, and because he’s the one in charge his subordinates can’t tell him to shut the fuck up. Also, his father did the same thing so they’re used to it by now. Which leads…

11. Byron

Better than Roark, at least – a teeny, tiny smidge better than Roark. Let’s just say that singing abilities do not run in the family. In reality it’s probably because they’ve screamed at each other in the past over those damn fossils and it’s strained their voices.

10. Maylene

If she had proper training, she could be steady - but she hates singing. Fucking hates it. She would rather stick a fork in her eye than go Christmas caroling or to karaoke night.

9. Wake

Loves karaoke nights, not a great singer, but it’s the effort that counts.

8. Aaron

He’s… fine. It is what it is. He has the vocal range of a tenor, which is going to catch the attention of many people since it’s not that common in boys his age.

7. Bertha

Here’s where things get interesting. She used to sing a lot when she was younger, and has had experience in choir as a young girl. But… y’know… aging. But she’ll hum around the league, and no one stops her because “unlike you, Flint, she sounds great – so shut up.”

6. Cynthia

I was toying with Cynthia either being really shitty or really good, so I kind of decided that she would be sort of good. She can carry a tune.

5. Lucian

I feel like it'd be really funny if Lucian was actually a fairly good singer. Not like, the master of singing, but I HC that Will from Johto is Lucian's younger brother by 15 years, so it'd be funny if Will would randomly say one day, "Lucy is a good singer! He'd sing lullabies to me all the time when I was little!" And Lucian is fucking embarrassed.

4. Volkner

This is another one in which Volkner is really shy about his talent. He can also play a guitar, because let's face it, he looks like one of those douches with a guitar that would sing about how depressed he is. But he'd sound really good doing it though.

3. Gardenia

Gardenia would be one of those girls that would sing absentmindedly while watering her plants but unlike Roark and Byron, her voice is pretty clear, pretty nice to listen to, and people around her don't think when she'll shut the fuck up because she sounds decent.

2. Candice

Not only can she sing very, very well - but she can yodel. Her yodeling is far better than her singing, but her singing is still really fucking good.

Fantina

She could've been a singer. She loves opera. One time, Fantina belts out the highest note she can per Flint's request, and it shatters a glass. Flint has the same effect, but as you know for an opposite reason.

#sinnoh #elite four lucian #champion cynthia #pokemon #elite four flint #elite four aaron #elite four bertha #gym leader volkner #gym leader roark #gym leader gardenia #gym leader maylene #gym leader fantina #gym leader byron #gym leader candice #crasher wake

[bisonaari]

So I've mentionned wanting to do a list of weird music recs a while ago, and the idea hasn't left me so here it is!

If you enjoy weird music, come with me in the read more ohohoho I've got beautiful things to show ya

First I'd like to mention that my specialty is asian pop, especially japanese pop (I've been hosting a panel about weird jmusic at my local con for more than 10 years). So there's gonna be a lot of that stuff here hahaha

Golden Bomber

They're my absolute favourites they're incredible. First of all… THEY'RE NOT A REAL BAND. ONLY THE SINGER SINGS, THE OTHER MEMBERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY. Their music videos are always a delight because nothing makes sense

Other songs from them:

dance my generation

Yokubou no uta

Odoru na yo -do not dance-

Norazo

Norazo is this weird korean duo that I've been following for the last 15 years. Their videos are always the result of like if you could film someone's fever dream and it's DELIGHTFUL

Some other songs from them:

Your fortune

Wild Horse

Cider

P'tit Belliveau

I need to show off my country a little bit! P'tit Belliveau is an artist from Canada, singing in chiac. What is chiac? It's actually a variant form of canadian french, spoken in the east of the country. It's honestly pretty cool sounding, and sadly not valued enough. Anyway, his videos are very 80's/90's graphics inspired (with a lot of weird ass CGI lately hahaha) and he just seems really friendly I love him

Some other songs:

J'feel comme un alien

Cool When Yer Old

Téo Lavabo

I love this guy SO MUCH HAHAHA. So Téo Lavabo is from France. He's proudly lgbt and that's a recurring theme in his songs. His style can be described as… yodel/electro/pop??? I SWEAR I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP LOOK FOR YOURSELF

Other songs:

Vernini Vernana

Caresse ma salopette

TATI TATTOO

Little Big

Of course a lot of people here will know them, as they were selected for eurovision 2020 (I have been following them since like 2014 and I was HEARTBROKEN when esc 2020 was cancelled I wanted them to win so bad haha). They've started as a band that made music a lot heavier (still weird though), but they've mellowed down in the latest years. After the war, Ilya and Sonya moved to the USA.

Other songs:

Faradanza

Skibidi

MOUSTACHE (feat. Netta !!)

DJ OZMA

I have to speak about him because he's the person who started me on this weird music journey all the way back in 2009 (my mom HATES him for that HAHAHA I haven't been normal since). DJ Ozma was the pop side project of rock band Kishidan's lead singer, Ayanocozey Show. It lasted only for 3 years but oh boy what incredible 3 years they were. He was mostly doing japanese covers of kpop songs, with some original ones from time to time.

Other songs:

Spiderman

drinkin' boys

I RAVE U

Momoiro Clover Z

Momoiro Clover started as a fairly standard jpop idol group back in 2008 (I've been following them since then, it has been a while lol). In the following years, one of their members decided to leave to pursue an acting career instead. They switched the group name to Momoiro Clover Z and all the videos took such a turn, it was quite the whiplash. And it was for the BEST, they're aliens in the idol world, including the fact that some members are pushing 30 now! Their style is mostly back to normal nowadays, but they've still produced gems

Other songs:

Neo Stargate

PUSH

I think that's enough for today hahaha. If you want more or if you want to share some interesting artists, please don't hesitate!! I'm always in for new weird music hahaha. After ESC 2023 someone suggested Hooja and I absolutely LOVED it, and katinkulta has sent me some KAJ it was a delight. So please send all the weird stuff my way I need it like I need water

#music recs #music recommendation #I hope you'll like some of them! #Youtube

[charlenasaxen]

Favorite Quotes - The Brother's Hawthorne

“and I am definitely not writing a book entitled The Care and Feeding of Your Broody Twenty-Year-Old Brother.”

"Are you asking me to send you a picture of the incredibly tight leather pants you had to wear"

and she had a bad habit of not tormenting his brothers.

“It’s me, Grayson.”

Protecting things that mattered was what Grayson Hawthorne did

about brotherly concern and cheesesteak.

I bet you never have to break into bank vaults. You just look at them, and boom, they’re open!”

unless its occupant had the same card Grayson had just displayed.

Hardly likely.

or I’m going to fill your voicemail with yodeling.

The second text was a reminder: I do not excel at yodeling.

Grayson asked quietly. “For your birthday?” First yours, then mine.

“With a splash of elderflower liqueur.”

forcing his opponent to close the distance between them to take it. Grayson let his lips curl slightly. “I know.”

Deciding to save himself the trouble—and the yodeling

“Nash,” he answered loudly.

“Lies!”

“On whom am I about to hang up?”

“I am not her boyfriend,” Grayson said emphatically.

tuned out the sound of perfect Grayson’s beautiful music. If he was going to be the best, he had to want it.

He began to climb.

He lifted his gaze to the Proprietor’s.

And he winked.

“it’s one of the newer earldoms. Created in eighteen seventy-one.”

“That doesn’t help.”

he didn’t look like he was playing.

“Win it back,” he told Jameson, “and someday, I’ll leave it to you.”

flipped the shower on as hot as it would go, and stripped off his shirt.

He watched the bathroom mirror fog over, watched his own image slowly disappear

his skin, still pink from the punishing heat of the shower, was now chilled.

"blond and broody. Would it help if I described his super sharp cheekbones?”

He had never squeaked in his life, but some things could not be helped.

had to fight to keep from seeing Avery’s face when he said it.

I am making her up as I speak. “She was buying limes.” Limes? Grayson cursed himself.

Gigi held up a hand, which was mildly terrifying since she was turning left at the same time.

Grayson lied to her, and it felt like lying to his brothers.

His baby arms were swaddled to his sides. A hat had been pulled down

“He’s our brother,” Gigi replied.

Grayson stared him down. “Will that be a problem?”

Ten minutes later, he walked out of the bank holding a briefcase.

he heard the audible click of a gun.

You’re not going to shoot me, Mattias. Grayson didn’t turn around.

he came to a picture of a hand on the hilt of a sword. A longsword. Avery’s hand.

didn’t make her matter any less, didn’t make what they did have matter less.

patting him down and realizing belatedly that he was wearing only a swimsuit.

“You don’t have pockets. Only abs.” She frowned. “Brothers should not have abs.”

“I agree,” Xander said solemnly. “Put on some clothes, man!”

Jameson wordlessly held it up. Grayson assumed the proper stance. The heel of his hand hit the board just above the crack, and it split.

came to stand in front of Grayson, right next to her twin, and for a split second, his heart clenched.

Grayson swallowed. “That was the Hawthornes getting theirs.”

One very cramped game of musical chairs later, Grayson continued issuing orders

Grayson arched a brow. “Do I look like a kid to you?” There was a reason he’d started wearing suits as a teenager.

“It was made with love,” Xander told him. “Just like I tackle with love.”

“No tackling,” Nash said

You are very popular with the valets.

Grayson almost grinned.

He wasn’t Grayson, who could command respect as easily as he could breathe, who was Avery’s right hand

My uncle would have come for me. Jameson swallowed again.

thanks to Grayson, Jameson had plenty of practice at ignoring orders.

“Grayson.” Green eyes met Grayson’s ice-blue ones. “I dare you to admit that you’re not okay.”

“We do that,” he told her quietly. “Survive.”

Avery smiled, a barely there hint of a smile

Grayson had dressed for the occasion: expensive suit, expensive shoes, a black-and-gold Rolex

“That’s the combination to your safe,” he clarified helpfully.

“A Hawthorne,” Grayson replied coolly, “never has nothing.”

She’s not leaving. I haven’t lost her.

“I like my little sister,” he told her.

“I know.”

Behind one of the bookshelves, there was a hidden staircase. At the bottom of the stairs, there was a Davenport desk.

“Let’s save my Alice’s judgment for when you’re done.”

#the brothers hawthorne #grayson hawthorne #jameson hawthorne #quotes #the inheritance games

[greyias]

Me, quietly, desperately trying to find a reliable guide to some of the triggers in Act 3, because I may have gotten myself into a pickle, and Ari may never sleep again because:

Having exhausted everything to do in Rivington that I could find (rip strange murder ox), I saved and:

Waved my junior detective badge at the bridge (among the five other objects in my possession I could have used), and immediately had Gortash hitting me up to watch him be crowned super duper duke of everything Baldur's Gate

Having heard that you shouldn't sleep after that because it'll just happen/people will wind up dead(??) I went inside, talked to Mizora who taunted Wyll because devil's gotta devil man, then explored the coronation room and triggered the coronation scene

Where naturally he tells me that Orin's infiltrated the camp teehee

We pick up the notification that Florick is in prison (scheduled to be executed)

And I head back downstairs and suddenly Mizora's like "Oh haha Wyll your Dad who you literally talked to five seconds ago has been banished to prison Imma visit you tonight at camp so we can chat"

And I'm like "well... shit", because that sounds like a nightly encounter.

So because I was quicksaving like a fiend during all of that, I backed up and experimented with seeing what happens if I long rested right after the coronation but before talking to Mizora, and suddenly I get the scene where Orin reveals who Ari's randomly selected kidnapping victim is: Lae'zel

I'm also presented with an insanely high (DC 25) persuasion/intimidation check in order to prevent WANTON CHILD MURDER. So I'm further like "well... crap", and so it seems that the moment Ari goes to long rest, kidnapping plot is on. Other fun things the internet seems to think will happen, but I can find no consensus on:

Can I walk past the coronation scene and put if off so it doesn't, you know, trigger the child murder DC check? Is it a proximity trigger? Or a timing trigger? Do I just not short/long rest before starting it?

Can I long rest and still have Wyll talk to Mizora post-coronation scene? Will that conflict with Orin's murdery murderness? Can I even walk off and do something else before walking back and triggering that?

Since I started the Open Hand Temple Murders and entered the lower city, if I long rest before warning the victims on the list, do they all die? I should probably do that right?

Apparently the poor circus dryad may not have had to die??? If I had just talked to two other people in Rivington first? RIP Dryad lady but that's way too far to go back and retrace our steps

If I trigger other things does that delay the kidnapping plot reveal? Because like, it kind of seems like maybe I should go save my kidnapped friend from being ritualistically murdered. But I'm getting conflicting information on: how safe kidnapping victim is for how long, if killing Orin triggers some endgame stuff and locks out other quests

Because if the answer to any/all of that is "uh yeah, get chopping", then before precious yodeling paladin can sleeps, she must:

Attend a coronation

Talk to a devil

Finish solving the murders

Find all the potential murder victims and warn them so maybe they don't die

Do a prison break

NOT trigger any more time and or proximity based missions

THEN save a tiny child from death by passing a very difficult DC check

Like game. I love you. I love you a lot. But this ridiculously interwoven web of intrigue without knowing if I'm going lock myself out of content or risk having to backtrack literal hours of progress is not super duper fun.

Also I really should've rolled back and gotten that super buff at the beginning of a day rather than near the end. So you know. She can have an extra +d6 to prevent the child murder.

My kingdom for a proper guide that lets me know when it's safe to, you know, sleep. Without people dying.

#please anyone who has navigated this once already #ease my mind and let me know #exactly how to proceed with this somewhat hilarious clusterfuck i've led myself into #trying to figure out what ari has done since she woke up on this absolutely longest of days #is going to be hilarious #act 3 why do you do this to me #but you did give me the circus fart nuke scenario #so i can't be completely mad at you #grey's bg3 tag #bg3 posting #bg3 spoilers #ari's og campaign

[margindoodles2407]

7, any / all the links >:3

7. What's the weirdest thing (character) has done/would do?

OH BABY OKAY here we go (we'll go in timeline order)

Forger: I mean, he does all sorts of silly stuff in his game >:) But to give an out-of-game example? ...Once he stayed up all night carving a family of hyper-realistic snails. They are now proudly displayed on his and Goddess's living room fireplace mantel.

Fractal: Once, he wanted to mess with his troops, so he have an entire briefing only in Picorese. He handed out notecards so they could follow along, but all the men were still horribly confused.

Orpheus: As a child, after leaving the forest, he really didn't understand how the outside world works. More than once, he sincerely tried to pay for supplies using leaves and berries he kept in his pockets, and was horribly confused when the adults wouldn't take them.

Awakener: During his adventure, he was utterly convinced that he could use the Wind Waker to make him fly. It was extremely hilarious to watch. And yet. It was completely unsuccessful. Tetra still makes fun of him for it.

Engineer: This is less weird than just sweet, but as an engineer, he once built Phantasma a clockwork tiara that had a fully functional singing bird perched on its tallest peak. She wore it to their wedding :)

Dawnbringer: He has a secret passion for yodeling, but would be mortified if anyone found out. For the few months that he lived in Ordon before heading back to the Castle to join the army, he would slip out at night in wolfshape to practice, because everyone just thought it was a wolf howling.

Odysseus: He obsessively gardens. It helps him with his trauma. One day, he woke up at five AM, spent all day in the garden, and then didn't go to bed until 2 AM the next day. And of course, Visionary, being blind, had no idea what was wrong, until one of her maids pointed out to her the next day that he kept falling asleep at council meetings.

Graffiti: One time, he and Ravio had to pretend to be each other (for some reason that none of them can remember), but they were so bad at it that Zelda and Hilda saw through it immediately. It took six weeks for the black hair dye to wash out of his hair.

Genesis: He, somehow, once survived for an entire week on radish leaves and chamomile tea.

Paladin: He's a fantastic singer. He also happens to sing in his sleep. Once, Valkyrie was awakened to the sound of him mumbling a drinking song in the middle of the night- perfectly on key, with impeccable tempo and dynamics.

Luminary: What HASN'T this man done? On one occasion, he decided to climb a mountain to see if he could jump off the peak of it into the water below and be unharmed. Mipha actually got mad at him when using Mipha's grace that time.

I hope you liked these silly little things!

#margin's links

[mythicalshipping]

Y’ALL. 

THIS GMMORE. I CAN’T. 

Rhett’s entire tone throughout this was just like...strikingly soft and intimate? I’m like “should I go? Am I intruding?”

...I gotta wonder what all goes down in their writer’s room. There are so many close ups from this ep that are just...well. Also the lil’ peek of Rhett’s chest through the unbuttoned top of his shirt omgggggg.

O.O 

O-

OKAY SO THIS IS JUST A THING THAT IS HAPPENING. JUST RIGHT HERE. IN FRONT OF MY SALAD.

WHAT?!?!?!

“ONE POKE PLEASE” OR ELSE EVERYONE WILL SEE MY CHARLES THE THIRD LEG.

THE WAY HE FULLY TRACED THE TRAJECTORY TO HIS...**90S SOUND EFFECT**?!? AND RHETT’S FACE HERE?!?

AND NOW YOU’RE ASKING HIM THIS?!?! 

Rhett “I’m not retrieving it” McLaughlin everyone. How is...HOW?!?!

DID HE ALMOST TOUCH RHETT’S?!?! The S*XUAL TENSION BETWEEN THEM THIS EP?!?!? Link getting all tongue-tied AGAIN.

THIS CLOSE UP THOUGH LIKE I--

O.O A what kind of candle now? (It seems like this is from a previous ep and possibly some sort of “Goop” overly priced item meant to resemble human anatomy but doing an incredibly poor job because if your *candle* is burning then you should see a doctor product).

Okay he’s talking about the yodeling pickle here but with EVERYTHING ELSE I JUST--

LINK’S LIL GIGGLE HERE I CANT?!?! WTF?!?! It’s like the rest of the crew isn’t even in the room XD

PUT YOUR NOSE AT THE...

BRO.

BRO.

BRO.

PUT YOUR NOSE AT THE TIP. IS THIS EPISODE ALLOWED?

Link.exe has stopped working, wtf he got so FLUSTERED. BRUH. How is this more ;alsdkjf;ldsakjf than GME?!?!?!

WHAT IS GOING ON?!!?! 

OHMYGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD?????!?!?!?!!?!? WHY DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A THUMBNAIL FROM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WEBSITE IYKWIM?!?!?!

I mean...d*ck? But I don’t think he’s allowed to say that on YouTube?!?!?

WHAT IS THIS INTENSE FACIAL EXPRESSION?!!? WHY IS LINK TIGHTLY GRIPPING HIS OWN THIGH?!?!

THEN WHY DID YOU SAY THIS IN A BREATHLESS AND SULTRY VOICE LINK?!?!?

OH GOD AND NOW RHETT IS GESTURING TOWARD HIS MCLAUGHLIN BUT TRYING TO MAKE IT NOT LOOK LIKE HE IS GESTURING BUT ACCIDENTALLY ENDS UP MAKING THE MOVEMENT SO ELEGANT IT’S LIKE “WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY OUR SAMPLER PLATE TONIGHT SIR?”

Link pls you cannot be saying this after all of that...

...

I don’t have words for this but I stg if my post gets f*agged for Not Appropriate For Professional Environments content...

WHOA. 

WHOA.

WHOA.

ISTHISFOR*PLAY??????!?!!?

OKAY SURE BUT *I’M* THE WEIRD ONE OVER HERE WITH MY FANFICTION?!?!?!?!

So yeah I totally forgot Link had another turn after all of that lmao. And I just...

The way Link is standing, he may as well have set up a Link figurine between his legs like:

Rhett mentions that Chase gestured to him during this, and before Rhett can even get his full sentence out, Link has already responded possessively. Like, I can only imagine how much that man (Chase) has seen...

SO LIKE LINK JUST DID, 5 SECONDS AGO?!?! 

So...idk how...this happened, but Rhett is asking about the item Link has in his pocket and asks something along the lines of if it is an item involved in people having an o*gy in the park, and A.) I cannot recall how in the world he got on this tangent, and B.) What kind of parks do they have in Burbank?

LINK.

SIR ARE YOU *TRYING* TO END ME?!!?

THAT HAS BEEN MY QUESTION THIS WHOLE EPISODE MY DUDE.

Rhett literally says this mid-reach, as if he was going to deny Link lol. 

And this was just cute. :3 

But *WHEW* I need to lie down lmao. 

#rhink #gmmore rhink #gmmore rhink 2247 #mythical ot4 #kinda

[bitchfitch]

Marnie and John are on my mind right now, mostly just because I'm chewing on how funny their sorta tangential relationship to the mers is.

Like, They both meet this intern within a few minutes of each other and this intern is like Weirdly good at hearing the nuance in an alien language that's basically just whale song and and can translate it with an excessive degree of accuracy no one else has been able to. It's not even his first day, they haven't actually gotten to the research station yet.

One of the fuck off giant alien mermaids takes a liking to him and begins following the ship around. It's fun to tease him about the mermaid having a crush on him Right up until it exceedingly obvious the giant alien mermaid Does Actually have a crush on him and isnt going to play nice if he doesn't come hang out with him. and it's a Touchy situation because on one hand. They don't know the level of sapience these fish are working with. They suspect something that's at least near to human level? but they can't confirm that. On the other a small whale regularly ramming your vessel and threatening to sink smaller collection boats (which double as the lifeboats, they're Very important) is Bad. And it's unclear what is the Ethical thing to do in that situation because he is posing an immediate threat but he might also be a person so like. What Are You Going To Do besides just put the intern he's sweet on in harm's way to keep the big fucker entertained and helping out.

And then they get to the island the research station is on and everyone thinks the mermaid will get bored and leave eventually. but he doesn't. one of the beaches is just his beach now. He's Extremely aggressive and breaks shit if he doesn't get visits from the intern. and like. it's the closest look basically anyone has managed to get at one of these things and he's tolerant enough of the intern to let him take cheek swabs and draw blood and take vitals and such. So like. Again pros and cons. Furthering the understanding of this actual alien? good. Potentially letting an alien eat the intern? bad.

The mermaid goes so far as to start teaching the intern bits and pieces of its language bc the whale song sounding stuff is more akin to yodeling in its purpose than an actual spoken tongue. it's for shouting and being heard from far away. So Again. This is something that Probably on par with a human but itll do tricks for frozen grapes and will with no hesitation act like a beast because he Genuinely has no interest in being friendly to anyone Besides the intern. And they still haven't figured out what about the fucking intern is so enthralling to him

Anyways. The season ends and the researchers are leaving to go back to earth to wait out the hurricanes that ravage that hemisphere throughout it's equivalent of spring and summer. and it's heartbreaking watching this massive asshole who's been a thorn in their sides since they got here mope along beside the ship on the way back to the portal.

They all go home and there's still so many damned questions. The intern is now full time translating recordings and explaining the language but there's so many elements that most people Physically can't hear. They're too high pitched. and adjusting the pitch to make them audible screws up the Rest of the recording because of how it flattens everything out and makes it impossible to tell certain elements apart. and the Details Matter. So this intern is Still the only person capable of hearing everything and being able to make heads or tails of it even After they figured out that sub 25yos can usually hear the higher tones bc of how the ear works it's just impossible to parse them if you aren't already Used to parsing them.

Anyways. Fall rolls around and everyone is back out on the boat to return to the alien water world. That winter goes about the same as the last but the intern is Acting weird and cagey now. He and the mermaid keep disappearing for hours at a time and then for whole days. It's not like. Hard to guess what they're getting up to. The intern is getting to see things no other human has and is probably meeting way more mers and learning a lot more about the culture than he's letting on. and tensionsbare starting to run a little high. he's withdrawing a lot more and the translations are getting inconsistent. He's intentionally omitting things and mistranslating entire recordings. He stops trying to get the mermaid to be friendly.

spring is here and the storms are brewing. it's time to go home again. The intern is acting business as usual, for the most part. he's cold and quiet and shaking a lot. Everyone just assumes he's going to miss whatever he's found here. The mermaid follows the ship to the portal again he's agitated and staying back.

The portals take a Massive amount of energy. their batteries are the size of small buildings and require entire nuclear generators to be entirely devoted to them. Once a portal is open it can only remain open for a few minutes and it will not be openable again for months. That's just the reality of the situation.

The portal is opened. They cross through. The intern isnt aboard when they dock. Security cam footage caught the moment he jumped over board but there wasn't a clear enough view of the water to know if he sank swam or got caught.

The waterworld is not suitable for humans. there's not a single drop of fresh water anywhere on the planet. They might never know what happened to him.

Spring turns to summer the summer to fall. It's time to board again.

The mermaid doesn't follow them. there's not even a sighting of him. The intern was liked. He was sweet natured and always eager to help. Curious and charming in an awkward way and the sort of person who older researchers looked at and just knew he had a future brighter than most would ever dream to have.

Everyone was hoping he'd be at the station. That the mermaid would be on his beach. He wasnt.

The door's lock was bashed open. security cam footage showed the intern visiting the station a few times in the spring. Stealing this or that and on a pair of occasions doing something with the computers but destroying the logging files before he shut them off again to prevent anyone from being able to know what exactly it was he did. Everything was backed up many times over so they know he didn't add or destroy anything. Just looked.

He was never seen on any of the ocean cameras but the mermaid was. usually traveling with another of his kind who had only started to be spotted last winter. but never was he seen with the intern

They comb through all the security footage. It's been months since there was last any sign of him. They assume the mermaid finally got bored. Someone jokes that they don't know if they hope he ate the intern nice and quick or if he died from exposure or drowning without knowing that kind of betrayal. no one laughed.

Research continues. everyone is a lot more wary of the mermaids and the mermaids seem more aware of the cameras and microphones. avoiding them and quieting anytime they were near enough to one they might be heard.

It's the day before the portal is going to be opened again.

The mermaid beaches himself, alongside another. More are circling out in the water. It's largest number of mermaids in one place anyone had seen before. There's a lot of uncertainty and fear. Until someone spots him. The intern is on the beach. his hair is a tangled mess and his wet suit has seen many better days. but he's there. full faced, rosy cheeked, a few shades darker from spending so much time in the sun. He looks worried, but fine. Healthy and alive.

He waits with the mermaids until Marnie is sick and tired of the higher ups bickering about what to do. She stomps out to demand to know what's going on, John following close behind because fuck man, that's his Friend he thought was Dead.

The intern hugs them both. he smells exactly like you'd expect a man whos spent a year in the ocean would.

He tells them everything he kept hidden. The mermaids are people. They don't want their home invaded, they don't want their waters made into a laboratory or filled with pollution and rot. They're far more advanced than they had been letting on. They will fight if they must, but they don't want to. Peace is an option.

The humans needed a pair of portals powered by top of the nuclear reactors. The mermaids didn't. they weren't going to be sharing that secret yet.

They did share one though. The mystery mermaid, not the one who'd been spotted over the last year, a different one who'd been seen many times for at least a decade. He introduces himself. in full English sentences, mangled as they were by an inhuman tongue. As does the big one who'd started this all. He could understand English just fine too. He just didn't like talking. Especially not to people he wasn't particularly fond of. Especially not when it was much funnier to play dumb.

The new mermaid gets a chuckle out of that and moves on to the actual important topic at hand. the mermaids have chosen the intern as their ambassador. They want peace. They want more than that. Their home is vast, they can share some if humans share with them as well.

The intern says he's already spoken with some people on the other side of the portal, but needed help proving that really was him. So he gives them each a word to carry home for him. Promises to see them again. and then says good bye. He leaves with the mermaids, carried away by the big fucker who was never very nice but now they all knew had been just fucking with them that entire time.

It's a bittersweet but hopeful goodbye

The absolute last thing the two of them ever expected to see when they got back to earth that next day was the intern and a tall, broad shouldered, mute stranger with a familiar glint in his eye.

John asks him if he'll still do tricks for grapes and gets shoved into the water for it.

[sixty-silver-wishes]

things that happen in “the black rider” that might make you want to watch “the black rider” if you haven’t seen “the black rider”

- the devil will give you gender envy (and has been played by actors of different genders in different stagings. however, the gender envy is a constant no matter the production)

- rock yodeling

- opera singing that sounds like dolphin noises

- countertenor jumpscare

- the entire “russian dance” interlude

- a guy loses his mind and brings down the house in a bittersweet sentimental number. he also strips. if you even care

- a german audience keeps laughing at jokes I didn’t get

- a monologue about ernest hemmingway that has very little, if anything, to do with the plot

- aggressive carnival music

- the devil’s ears glow. his hands are also on fire in one part. like he comes down from the ceiling and his hands are on actual fucking fire

- this scene is also a dig at televangelists btw. if you even care

- implied generational issues doom a family refusing to break from tradition

- a woman has the ugliest laugh ever. and it’s somehow adorable

- catboy mental breakdown

- sexually charged gun choreography

- the lead is a himbo

- the set keeps inexplicably changing sizes and nobody acknowledges it

- OILY NIGHT. OILY NIGHT. OILY NIGHT. OILY NIGHT

- the score includes instruments like the didgeridoo, ocarina, musical saw, and angklung. you should look up the angklung if you don’t know what it is

- there’s also violas but no violins in the entire thing. I know I was surprised too

- pegleg putting his entire peglussy into every number he’s in

#the black rider #opera

[laceratedlamiaceae]

For the music and ship game. Any OFMD ship. 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus. I wouldn't say you'd be able to use lyrics but it could be fun for vibes. Don't feel pressured to complete it!

(song ficlet prompts)

So I completely missed that this said ship, but I guess there's some Swede/Frenchie subtext. Also the song is great, I will always love '70s prog/psychedelic rock. I really have no idea where this came from lol, I just had an idea and I rolled with it

“Hey, Swede,” Frenchie said one day, coming up to the Swede with a book in his hand. “Look what I found!”

“A book?”

“Yeah,” Frenchie said enthusiastically.

“Wow!” the Swede said, not quite sure why Frenchie was so excited but feeling it himself nonetheless.

Frenchie nodded. “I thought it looked suspicious, so I got Lucius to take a look at it and it’s about”--he leaned in, speaking in a whisper--“witchcraft.”

The Swede recoiled, as if the book itself was somehow going to harm him.

“No, no, it’s fine,” Frenchie said with a reassuring pat to the Swede’s shoulder. “It isn’t the bad kind, like cats do; Buttons told me it was safe. But there’s a spell in here that’s supposed to bring back your teeth!”

“A spell for missing teeth?”

“Well, there’s a picture of a guy with teeth falling out of his mouth.”

“Oh, ja, that makes sense. How do we do it?”

“We’re going to need some ingredients, and then there’s an incantation. I think everything we need should be on the ship.”

The first thing on the list (as interpreted by Frenchie looking at the illustrations) was Jim’s hat, as they needed the crystal energy that was apparently stored within it. Jim wasn’t happy to be woken up from their nap with Oluwande, but that ended up working out when they threw their hat at the intruders.

Next was a few candles, and the Swede decided that he wanted to get some of Stede’s fancy candles.

“Of course,” Stede said, handing a few candles to the Swede, “but be careful--oh wait, not those.” He took a few, replacing them with duller, less pleasant-smelling candles. “You can have these.”

Last on the list was some of Roach’s special herbs, which he was hesitant to part with.

“Fine, I’ll give you some,” he said after the Swede pouted at him, “but I’m smoking it with you.”

“Smoking?” the Swede asked.

With all the ingredients collected, Frenchie brought Roach and the Swede down into the hold where they wouldn't be disturbed. He arranged the candles into a circle around the book, placing Jim’s hat below it. Roach lit the herbs and the three of them leaned in, inhaling the smoke.

Between bouts of giggles, Frenchie managed to decipher the incantation. The Swede wasn’t quite sure how he was doing that, since he couldn’t read, but he wasn’t sure about a lot of things and he’d learned to just roll with it.

“Alright, repeat after me,” Frenchie said, taking the Swede and Roach’s hands in his own. He then proceeded to make a series of incoherent sounds reminiscent of the yodeling the Swede had done back in his home country. The three of them sang until the Swede’s head felt foggy, and before he knew what was happening he fell asleep.

When he woke up, all his teeth were back! He went to show Frenchie, but the hallway kept getting longer as he tried to walk down it. Eventually Frenchie appeared behind him, and he was suddenly above deck.

“Look!” The Swede said, opening his mouth. Before Frenchie could take a look, a tooth fell out. Then another one, and another one, until all his teeth were gone.

He woke up, for real this time, with a start. Frenchie was curled around him, still on the floor of the hold, and Roach was staring at the ceiling across from them.

The teeth he’d lost were still missing, but maybe that wasn’t so bad.

#so it turns out this didn't really make it any easier for me to write but it was still a fun challenge! #our flag means death #ofmd #the swede #frenchie ofmd #my fic #ficlet #asks #ask game

[dinofelissnow1985]

Of Birds and Butterflies

by DinofelisSnow1985

Chapter 4

A few days passed.

Red spent most of the time sleeping or mourning the death of his little Butterfly.

He came to terms with it, but it was hard and hurt. He cried a lot.

Sans and Blue, and Papyrus when he visited, gave Red all the time he needed, were there whenever he needed or wanted someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on. They made sure that he ate and rested so he would regain his strength.

Eventually Red got tired of being bedridden, and tried to get up.

He felt weak like a newborn gyftrot and used the bed for support. He managed a few small steps along his bed before he needed to sit down and take a break. It wasn't helping that one of the bones that needed to be rebroken and reset was his right femur which was slightly shorter than the left one.

He heard the doorbell, then a knock at the front door.

In the silence, that fell over the house when Blue was out at work, he could hear Sans answer the door.

"Who's there?"

A female voice he knew from the time he spent by the Ruins answered, "old Lady."

Red grinned. He knew that one.

"Old Lady who?" Sans replied.

"I didn't know you can yodel."

Red heard Sans snort and a braying laughter from the female voice. Then the door was opened.

"Daddy!" a child's voice squealed and Sans gave a strained sounding huff.

"Heya Saphy, have you been a good babybones while you were with aunt Tori?"

"Uh huh," was the confident answer.

"Oh she was an angel, Sans. But i'm afraid she got a little homesick. She missed you dearly and wouldn't budge when she heard i was to come to you.

How's Red doing?"

Sans put an arm around his daughter and the other Hand into his pocket. "He's still recovering, and still mourning, but i think he's getting better. He's a strong fella. Maybe it's just stubborness, we Sanses are all pretty boneheaded after all.

Wanna have some tea or do you wanna see Red first?"

Toriel thought about it. "Hm, i would like to take a look at him first to asses what i have to deal with when i treat his old Injuries. We could have tea and talk after that."

"Sounds reasonable," Sans said and shrugged. "C'mon then, i take you to his room."

After that Red heard Sans' Slippers, soft padded paws and small pitter pattering feet coming up the stairs and to his room.

He heard a knock and grinned.

"Who's there?" he asked.

"Who," he heard the female voice after a second of silence, glee dancing in her voice. Red could practically see Sans struggle to hold back any laughter of sorts.

He remembered that one, but he hadn't heard it in a long while.

"Who who?"

"Oh, i didn't know you're an owl. I actually wanted to visit Red."

Red snorted and heard Sans burst into laughter the same moment, the female voice gave her delightful braying laugh.

Finally Sans opened the door and entered, followed by a babybones, maybe somewhere around four or five and...the Queen?!

Sans snorted again when he saw Red making googly eyes at Toriel. Until now he only had seen that look on Paps.

"Red, that's Toriel, former Queen and now healer and midwife. She helped me when i had Saphy here."

"Uh.....uh....uuuuhhh...

Wait. Hold the line. Are ya ser'sly telling me the voice behind da ruins door was the former Queen of monsterkind the whole time?! And ya're not only friends with her, but she had been right up ya junk when ya popped out ya squirt?!

Fffff- ...heck, dude. That's mindblowing!"

Sans couldn't deny that. Silently he was grateful Red minded his language in front of Saphy. Four year old Children somehow often turned deaf to things that were appropriate but always heard what they weren't supposed to.

Red, a little overwhelmed by the revelation, let himself flop backwards onto the bed he was sitting on.

They waited for him to get his faculties back together.

"'Kay, 'm fine," he finally said and sat back up with a little struggle. Sans was ready to help if needed but Red managed.

Red huffed and turned his attention to the babybones. She looked almost like him when he was that small, only that she had blunt teeth like Sans and Blue. Gods, she was cute. Her Eye Lights were heterochrome, one the same sapphire blue like Sans' Magic and the other bright cyan blue like Blue's Magic. Again cute.

"Heya little one. 'M Red. I suppose ya're 'Saphy'?"

The little one puffed out her small chest and answered, "My name is Sapphire, but everyone calls me Saphy."

She eyed him and looked him up and down. "You look stwong. Are you gonna be a new Daddy of me?"

Red and Sans sputtered and blushed furiously and Red had really to struggle to not cuss.

Finally he got himself under control again. "Kid, ya're pretty forward, aren'cha. Listen cutie, Sans and Blue let me live here and helped me, actually are still helping me a lot, but it's too early to say if we'll ever be more than...friends." At the last word he sent Sans an uncertain look. Were they friends? He had no idea, his Universe wasn't exactly the best place to make friends.

Sans just sent him a reassuring smile back. So they WERE friends.

"Um kiddo, how did you even get the idea?"

Saphy seemed to think about it and then explained. "Well you look like my Daddys, and i want a sibling sooo badly but neither Daddy nor Daddy Blue can have any kids anymore, so i thought..." She trailed off and let her gaze wander around the room, finally landing on the nightstand, or rather the small Butterfly box. Her face fell.

"Awww...you can't have any babybones either?"

"Waddaya mean kiddo?" Red asked following her gaze.

The Butterfly box.

"Wut. Ya think i can't have another child 'cause i lost one?" Red inquired kinda softly.

Saphy nodded. "Uh huh. Daddy can't have babybones anymore after he had me and Daddy Blue lost his when he got hurt in an accident and can't have any babybones anymore either. And you lost one too," she added softly.

Red turned his questioning gaze to Toriel.

She smiled warmly. "Don't worry Red, you still can have Children if you want to. With Sans and Blue there are special cases."

Sans nodded and shrugged. "Yeah. Saphy's birth had been hard on me and while i still could bear kids in theory, it's too dangerous for my Health. And Blue got infertile after he had been hit by a car and lost our little Bird. The responsible Leylines got irreparably disrupted." Sans pulled a silver chain out of the collar of his Hoodie, it sported a locket shaped like a Bird.

"Blue mentioned you know what i'm going through, the day i woke up," Red said.

Sans smiled a little sad. "It's never easy. And your loss reminded us of ours. I can't imagine enduring that while being on your own. It must have been hard."

Red sighed. "Let's say, it wasn't the funniest experience of my life."

"Unca Red? Where's the other Daddy of your Baby? I'm a big girl, i know it takes two parents to make a Baby."

Now it was Sans' turn to make googly eyes. Red laughed deep and roaring. "Hahahahah! Kiddo, i think ya broke ya Daddy. Heh. Yeah, ya right, there is another Daddy. It's the Grillby of my home.

B- My bro is not a nice monster, at all. He forbid me to go to Grillby anymore and when i last went there to tell him he said i have to pay my tab then. But i didn't have enough G on me so Grillby said i could... work it of by....cuddling with him. And...while we snuggled...the Baby happened. But because i wasn't allowed to go to Grillby anymore i couldn't tell him and he'll never know 'cause i'm never going back there."

Sans decided that was enough now and picked up his little daughter. "Okay. How about the both of us are going into the Kitchen and make tea while aunt Tori does what she came here for. Giving uncle Red a once over."

"Okay Daddy," Saphy complied and waved cutely at Red and Toriel while she said, "later auntie, later unca."

"Later sweets," Red rumbled and Toriel waved back at the babybones.

When Sans and Saphy were gone Toriel turned towards Red again. "Shall we begin?" she asked softly.

"Uh...sure. Wut do ya need me ta do?"

"Sans told me you have many old breaks that had healed wrong. When i first saw you, the night Sans and Blue found you i couldn't get a good look at your bones because of your Ecto and well, saving your life had more priority. So, i'd need to take a look at your whole body."

Red felt his face heating up. The thought of the Queen seeing him bare-boned...

But...

She already saw his Ecto. Didn't Blue mention that Toriel got the dust out of him? This meant she already saw his snatch. This time it was just his bones, no Ecto involved, right? Right.

Still a little nervous he took off the Sweater and T-Shirt he wore, then his shorts. He only kept the boxers on. "Okay like that?" Red asked, fidgeting with his Fingers.

"For now," Toriel replied and started taking in the damage on Red's bones for real. Now and then she would ask something about a certain injury.

She also used her healing abilities to examine Red's Leylines to make sure this or that break didn't interrupt the flow of Red's Magic.

After all they reached the point where Toriel needed Red to take off his boxers.

He blushed heavily but did it anyways. What he couldn't understand was why he felt so shy and embarassed about it around Tori or the other Sanses. Back in his own Universe he hadn't had any shame. Boss had fucked him almost on a daily basis and even sold to the majority of the Underground. Even Jerry had had a turn with him and Jerry was weak and an insufferable shithead.

But here...

Maybe it was because for the first time in his life he was with people who cared about him and whose opinion mattered to him. He didn't care that his whole Underground thought he was a whore. But here. He hoped Sans and the others would never find out that he was a slut. It hadn't been his decision to make. It had been Boss'.

"Red," Toriel suddenly asked. "I'm sorry to have to ask you this but, how many partners did you have before you came here?"

Red averted his face full of shame. "More than i wanna know," he whispered.

"Red, had this ever been consensual?"

"...well, the other one and Boss had given their consent. I only was to spread m' legs or go on ma knees."

Toriel gasped. "Oh Red. That's horrible. I'm so sorry."

Red looked up at her, confused. "Wut're ya sorry fer? Ya didn't do anythin' wrong. Ya hadn't been de one who sold mah ass, neither had ya ever bought me. So, wut are ya sorry for?"

Toriel took a few deep breaths to compose herself. "What had been done to you was horrible, Red. I can't help but feel sorry for you. Don't get me wrong i won't pity you, most people don't want to be pitied. It just hurts me to know something like that can happen at all. Worse when it actually happens.

When you were with Grillby, was it the same thing? You said you had to do it to pay your tab."

"Well, 't's not 'xactly de same. Grillby and i, we smashed sometimes just for shits and giggles. Had no problems ta let 'im in ma pants. Th' sex was great and he knew what he did, never hurt me. If he would've claimed me i wouldn't have minded."

Toriel had calmed down while Red spoke and felt she could go on.

"At least your Child hadn't been conceived during rape. That's something. Well, i actually asked because you have a lot of marks on your Pelvis, on the outside but also on the inside. It's worrying me. I would recommend you wait until your next Heat before having any intercourse of that kind. That should be enough time for your Pelvis to recover as far as possible. I'm not sure you would've been able to deliver your Child without any complications like that."

Red looked at her confused. "The fuck's a Heat?"

Toriel gave Red an incredulous look. "How old are you Red?"

"25."

"And you never got into Heat?"

"No fucking idea what ya talking about."

Toriel sighed. She never had to give an Adult The Talk before. Should she? Or could it wait until later? This wasn't what she came here for.

"Let's talk about this later, first i'd like to finish this examination. After that i'll gladly answer your questions...or you could pester Sans and Blue with that and get them horribly flustered but please don't do it when Saphy is present," she added with a smirk.

"I'll think 'bout it."

After that it didn't take long anymore.

#undertale #underswap #underfell #child loss #sans au #pregnancy #hurt/comfort