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pencilofawesomeness · 5 months

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Hello!

*Taps fingers together* I come to bug you regarding the Secret Santa exchange!

I saw your character prompts and decided to try and mix all three. I wanted to ask if there was any Laxus + Cobra brotp, or Cobra + Thunder Legion friendship headcanons you'd want to see added?

If not headcanons, then anything in particularly you would like to see regarding the five of them?

Hahahah hello there, mystery person~

Oooo you bring to the table a tantalizingly interesting prospect. I do have waaaaaay too many thoughts, and many of them are admittedly steeped in my own AU because I accidentally sold my soul to it (as authors do) so by all means, do not feel encumbered by my thoughts/ideas. Treat them as a buffet to pick and choose and take inspo from, because unfortunately you just gave me license to ramble :D

(and this is going to be rambley; too tired to make this cohesive beyond bullet points)

(I love these idiots very much)

—Laxus and Erik brotp is so real to me, fam. It's the "hey we got a lacrima bestowed upon us, whoo" bonding, for one, but beyond that, the sort of....quiet mutual understanding of what it is like to have a "father" figure who is just treating them like a weapon, making them *stronger*, with a faux sort of affection. Beyond the trauma, though, they are both deadpan assholes and I love that for them. If Erik (and this is the htryds coloring) spends a good deal of time having the braincell, then with Laxus he can channel the little-shit-little-brother energy and bully him a bit, and Laxus can be grouchy back and know that Erik can parse through the emotions and figure out what's genuine or not without him figuring out how to put in the effort.

—Also, depending on the setting, they both have the tendency to pull the ~too good for you~ bad boy vibes as a defense mechanism, which makes it utterly unusable on each other, which is fun. Mostly, though, Laxus and Erik have the ability to enjoy a mutual quietness, so to speak; not trying to prove anything, but just leaning back and being normal young adults (with a little salt on the side) and doing whatever. That said, Erik is a bit too much of a dark mirror of how things could have been worse for Laxus, if Ivan was more involved, and this leads to Laxus winning the "big brother instinct" award of the two, which is an experience Erik is not used to but....does not necessarily hate.

—This is a fun headcanon that I haven't had the chance to incorporate into my series yet, but they have fun little music debates. Laxus got Erik into the magic of using music to calm the overstimulation, but they have wildly different tastes. Laxus loves rock and roll and metal, and Erik turned to liking types of bluegrass and straight up classical music. They meet in the middle at alt-rock. They are both always trying to win each other over on certain songs or genres. It works surprisingly often but it's part of the fun to swear undying rivalry to the other's favorite.

—For more Cobra-specific vibes (aka the canon edgemaster), I can see them being a bit more competitive with each other. Which quickly doesn't work when they have completely different specialties, but an effort is made.

—Also something I haven't had the chance to capitalize on outside of the scenarios in my head, but Bickslow and Erik definitely have a fun "we perceive you but we don't care" vibe that I love. Your secrets are obvious but not their business. Sometimes they people watch together for the fun of it, because all of the thoughts they *do* have regarding the things they know have got to go somewhere.

—Evergreen, being the queen of gossip, really really wants in on this. They tease her for it though, and purposely dangle that tea on a string. (Though sometimes Ever *does* get in on it, mostly when it comes to roasting anyone who was particularly rude or annoying, or the silly speculation at the expense of friends, like figuring out what job Nab will eventually go on or what animal Bisca will adopt next.)

—On this same note, Bickslow and Evergreen both have insufferable little sibling energy amongst the Thunder Legion squad, nevermind that Bickslow is the second oldest. Mostly it's just really fun to tease the more serious ones.

—Though Ever and Bickslow are also the most keenly aware of what it is like to be feared. Truly feared. Having eye magic that isn't quite controllable (as a kid, especially) will grant that experience. It is their unspoken agreement never ever to speak of this, of course.

—On an individual note, it is worth it now to bring up that I am an avid fan (read: it's canon to me and sometimes I forget it's not real canon) of the theory that Bickslow was one of the kids experimented on by the Bureau of Magical Development. He's got that unhinged flavor that comes from straight-up trauma, and it does add more context to his otherwise creepy magic. I also hc that the babies are all deceased test subjects, and that is why they have stuck with him all this time. (I am very passionate about the babies as characters, unfortunately, and my little mini series I'm doing for them on tumblr is proof. I am soooo normal.)

—Another theory I love, and that I have somewhat brandished into my own spin, is that Freed is half demon. He sees this as an awful thing, raised by his human parent (mother, in my case), without any real context for demon culture other than the fear of it, so that's why he's super edgy and has locked all of his demon traits away into a single form he swear never to uses unless things are ~Dire~ or whatnot. It's really not that bad though lol.

—The fact that Erik will Know Freed's secrets bother him immensely. Freed is, unfortunately, *just* a smidge too dense to realize that Bickslow has also known all along, just because Bickslow is strangely very good at keeping things to himself, whereas Erik's magic is more obvious. In my au, Laxus knows too, and is literally just waiting for Freed to admit it, because it's not that big of a deal, really.

—Laxus is also the only one who (at first) knows about Bickslow's past, among the team. Mostly because of some variant of Laxus having seen/met him when it was all raw. Depending on the au flavor, this either is what gives the chaotic dude and the stoic dude a sort of mutual respect (closer to canon) or makes them the og best friends (htryds style). In the latter case, they are each other's impulse control and/or voice of reason, which is probably unfortunate because they're not great at it. This is why Bickslow has doodled drawings on half of Laxus's furniture and why Laxus gets away with avoiding his problems a little longer than he should.

—Freed is simultaneously the most responsible and the most edgy and ergo reckless of the crew. Everyone agrees he's got to value his safety just a little bit more. He's also the only one who consistently remembers the schedule/to-do-list.

—Erik shares the "living itinerary, doesn't have executive disfunction problems" braincell with Freed, and in the right conditions, they work very well together. Bonding over the experience of herding cats, that is their teammates.

—Not a headcanon but I want to whack all of them with sticks. The Sad Boi Stick, the Whump Stick... All flavors. Getting the ones who never fess up to their trauma a good thwack makes the trauma spill out, and I enjoy the possibilities that entails. Put them in Situations. >:D

—I do also appreciate them being silly-goofy, too, of course. No need to be angry all of the time, in some of their cases. (They all need affection so bad. The hurt/comfort allure of it all. Just sit down and admit they need it, etc etc.) Something that is conveniently done after a good physical and emotional thwacking— *gets dragged away forcefully*

#ask #secret santa #server gift exchange #anon #idk how to tag this so that you might see it #headcanons #a bit of htryds flavor #team thunderstorm #thunder legion #erik #cobra | erik #this is just me scratching the surface of ramble #it's almost 5am my thoughts quit and I need to go to bed #but I'm not a quitter #feel free to ask for more clarification if I did not fulfill what you were hoping for #also feel free to ignore me if you have ideas in other directions #I may have my biases but I appreciate all flavors in this house #that said I'm not fond of any of them being overly mean #outside of their villain arcs I guess?#doesn't seem to be sustainable for them anyway #also freed's obsession gotta be dialed back a bit #or addressed #that aint healthy bruh #he needs a gentle head bonk #most of them do for various reasons actually #but I will stop rambling now #thank youuuuuuu #good luck have fun

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greencheekconure27 · 9 months

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It's a goddamn overblown school assignment.Doing it shouldn't destroy me emotionally like this.

#guess i have teenage me constructing my whole identity around being the smart kid to thank for this #maybe i'm stupid.#maybe i have no talent.#but i'm NOT a quitter #academic writing #the real dark academia #personal

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rosepompadour · 2 months

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If there were no girls like her in the world, there would be no poetry.

Willa Cather, My Antonia (1918)

#a sequel called my lena #write it willa #death is for quitters #can you tell i'm desperately trying to fill up my willa cather tag after the horrific discovery that i've never posted about her #truly mind-boggling #the trials and tribulations of a girl with too many favorite writers: the sarah rose story #willa cather #my antonia #literature

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incorrect-web-novels · 11 months

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Nie Mingjue: NONSENSE! The Nie Sect doesn't even know the meaning of the word "surrender"!

Nie Huaisang: But we're willing to learn!

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unofficial-underfell · 1 month

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Hey guys, I've been thinking about making this post for a long time and I think its finally time I do so. After realizing that some of my last work was done over a year ago, I don't think I can really ignore it anymore. While I haven't quite thrown in the towel on this quite yet, it's pretty evident to me and I'm sure to everyone who still follows this blog that my fervor for the project has drastically decreased. And has been kind of dead for a while. The comic has not been a priority to me, or posting online much at all actually. I did some soul searching and found that I'd started relying on outside approval for my art instead of doing art for the sake of wanting to tell a story and express myself throughout my work. I have limited energy and depression and sometimes it feels like i get such little progress done even though it takes all of my energy. While I'm trying to go to the gym more and build better habits my energy levels and mood still have a lot to be desired, and I'd rather use the limited energy I have to work on something I'm more passionate about.

I've been trying to grow my skills and absorb more stories and I've moved around a lot and started to listen to what I really felt, and I found that a lot of the art I want to focus on deals with heavier and more mature topics. I do love this story, and all of the characters and I feel like I could make a really clever subversion of what is expected from an Underfell comic. But I feel like in these uncertain times with the world and with all of the stuff going on right now, I'd like to use my energy to work on stories that hit closer to the things that I feel are important. So that's why I've not been posting much.

I'm working on a book, and I've actually got quite a lot of progress done on it, but because of all the horror stories online about people stealing author's original works, I'm kind of holding off on publishing any chapters before I can copyright the first draft of the novel. So my online activity will still be pretty scarce for a bit, though I'll still post occasionally on my @cosmicpixel01 account. I'll try better to not be so radio silent though lol. Even if that means I'll post something boring about my dog or books I'm reading just so everyone knows I'm still alive.

I don't want to call it quits on the story. But I also feel like you guys have been kept waiting to see what happens for a really long time, and that makes me feel so guilty. I will try to finish up the pages I have in the works, and I'm probably going to switch to a different format that is some drawings, some writing to finish the story. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to finish it the way I intended for you guys, even with all of the support and kind words and even the fanart that I've kept in a folder on my desktop. I am letting a lot of you down, but I feel like the radio silence is probably more irresponsible than just going out and saying something. And I'm sorry I've kept you all waiting for a not-so-happy update on the blog.

I hope that some of you will continue to follow me for some of my other exploits and see whatever other things I have going on, but I understand that you all followed me for Undertale so I don't want you to feel any sort of guilt if you decide not to. I'm just happy you all supported me for so long.

I'll try to work on this blog again soon, and if anyone has any questions, my asks are open, though I'll probably keep the asks private. Until then I hope everyone stays safe out there. And from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

-Avery

#not pages #unofficial-underfell #this was so hard to write i dont want to be a quitter but I'm tired #avery speaks

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cgerice · 3 months

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Awww hell yeah, it totally paid off, cool points restored, thank god nobody—ah shit, ah fuck you were caught being sweet noooo

part 3 of 3

#homestuck #davejade #dave strider #jade harley #jake english #grandpa harley #I know grandpa's technically not an English I wrote this joke a year and a half ago let me have this #also oh my gooooood i finished iiiiiittt #i was already falling out of my homestuck phase when i started this thing #really had to push through to finish it damn it i'm not a quitter lmao

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asexualdindjarin · 1 year

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TIMOTHY OLYPHANT as Rod Reyes in Daisy Jones and the Six Track 1: Come and Get It

#the last gif that isn't a costume Tim just dresses like that #timothy olyphant #rod reyes #daisy jones and the six #daisyjonesandthesixedit #djatsedit #timothyolyphantedit #tvedit #tvgif #userbbelcher #dilfgifs #daisy jones and the six spoilers #they tried hard to make him not hot but brother I'm no quitter

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mgrace-art · 2 months

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DJ_Hyperfresh just posted a new photo! "I can't believe it's over!"

Splatoon Instagram layout from here!

#art #artists on tumblr #my art #digital art #fanart #splatoon #splatoon 2 #pearl houzuki #pearl splatoon #pearlina #side order #splatoon 3 #marina ida #marina splatoon #did I spend like half an hour editing all the text on the template?#yes I did cuz I'm not a quitter babeyyyyyy #I guess I just wanted to draw today cuz I knocked out this whole thing in like 3ish hours lol

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fearandhatred · 26 days

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i cannot emphasise how much the booping fried my brain yesterday i genuinely could not concentrate on anything else

#fearandhatred #me when the neurodivergence and the workload #couldn't even concentrate on watching tv my headspace was so strange #not turning them off though i'm not a quitter #boop

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lloydfrontera · 5 months

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the thing about tcf is that i could've been interested in reading it but one person called lloyd 'discount cale' and that soured the entire thing for me. i will need someone to be very convincing to get me to start reading it again and even then i will go in very biased against it. yes i am that childish how dare you be mildly dismissive about my blorbo online ahskajsks

#i talk a lot <3 #i'm only mildly joking #the truth is i dtarted reading it and i never could get past cale getting that shield by feeding the tree #which i know is quitter's talk considering is very very early on #but people constantly making comparisons between tged and tcf also didn't help lmao

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archduchessofnowhere · 4 months

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Me attempting to write historical fiction: *spending hours looking for 19th century maps of Munich and Bavaria to try to figure out which would've been the roads the Wittelsbachs would've taken to travel in carriage*

New York Times Bestseller Historical Fiction Author Allison Pataki: it took Sisi weeks to travel from Possenhofen to Ischl :)

#writing this post to remind myself i shouldn't be so rigurous with details lol #still insane to me that she went ahead with WEEKS. i mean days is a forgivable mistake but weeks?? plural???#bestie ischl is at like 60 km of distance from the border with bavaria #(((also yes i'm writing something fictional. no i can't promise you it will ever see the light of day)))#((((hopefully it will but i'm also a known quitter of writing projects))))

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sparkles-oflight · 7 months

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Sometimes I'm like "lol, the joker out boys did something funny/relatable/cringe/etc that I'm not used seeing celebs doing but I'm glad they do because me too!" and then I remember they are quite literally JUST GUYS IN THEIR 20S DOING THINGS OF GUYS IN THEIR 20S

#it's so weird to enjoy people who are around my age #(same goes for Måneskin)#it makes me feel both great about seeing them being relatable or flawed #and sad at the same time because I'm useless and don't have achievements in contrast 🥲#today I was rewatching the love of my life's performance at worlds 2019 (yk it's Zhenya) and looking at her at the age of 19 #and what she had achieved already made me feel both amazed and bad about myself #idk how to explain it #i just kind wish I were a fighter and not a quitter 😅#joker out #btw #i know we shouldn't out celebrities in a pedestal but it's still quiet inevitable to feel like this #*put #*quite

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thepenultimateword · 6 months

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Spooktober Prompt #25

"Come with me to the graveyard, [A]! Do the spooky ritual with me, [A]! It's fine! It can't be that hard to get the spirit world! Well, [B], we're boating on a freaking blood river on a canoe made of skulls! I think it was pretty easy!"

[B] held up their hands in defense. "How was I to know the seals only open one way?"

#SOOOO #I failed my 31 days of spooktober goal #buuut #I ain't no quitter #so I'm still doing the last 7 prompts #so enjoy these november spooktober prompts #prompt #short prompt #writing prompt #Spooktober #31 days of spooktober #spirit world #spooky spirt world

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sylkithecat · 2 years

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