#from mantis in image two

[readordiebyemilyt]

I bought the new Groot book for my nephew, and holy heck, it’s really cute.

#groot #baby groot #rocket and groot #guardians of the galaxy #big sibling energy #from mantis in image two #little groot big feelings

[attleboy]

i thought too hard about insect motifs got a little silly and made... a lot lmao these versions of the characters are from @sm-baby's amazing digital carnival au!! full images and rambling about insect choices are gonna get stuck under the cut... it'll be a bit long and i will be putting photos of real bugs down there so be mindful

pomni: "butterfly"

inspirational species are black swallowtails mostly for the shape, and malay red harlequins mostly for the pattern

carnival pomni's actually the one that kickstarted this whole set... i drew her hat in a way that reminded me of butterflies, went "wait...", then i fully leaned into it :)

jax: "centipede"

there was no specific species for jax. without being able to use color, they were too similar to pick any out... i have included a giant centipede just for reference though since it was mainly larger centipedes i used for inspiration

anddd there's a little bonus sketch for how pre-sentience jax might've looked with a centipede outfit... he gets a bug scarf and some goggles!

ragatha: "ladybug"

inspirational species was the twice-stabbed ladybug chosen because the inverted color scheme looked the best out of all the ones i tried, and also because it's a metal name and we know ragatha's good with a knife... stabby stab... i did add more than two spots to the dress though, it just looks cooler lol

gangle: "spider"

inspiration was the spinybacked orb weaver which i was absolutely ecstatic to find because come on that is the perfect spider for gangle like look at it!! it looks like her mask, it's got red, it's got gold on the limbs, literally twinning

zooble: "mantis"

inspiration was the spiny flower mantis which, like with gangle, i feel is pretty much perfect for zooble... they come in many colors (including pink), have abstract patterns, and it gave me the excuse to cover zooble in spikes :D fun

and no kaufmo because i'm lazy and he's dead (sorry kaufmo fans but am i wrong), and the rest don't have bug names that i know of?

i still want to draw the carnival characters in their regular looks sometime, i just got really really inspired by the idea of secret skins and bug-themed outfits and went a liiittle haywire :P

anyways if you read all that you're a real one and you've got too much time on your hands... if you didn't, i understand, i get wordy, sorry :'D okay i think that's all byeee

#the amazing digital circus #the amazing digital carnival #carnival au #tadc #pomni #jax #ragatha #gangle #zooble #bugs #spiders #gif #my art #my fancy art

[crevicedwelling]

I found an insect last week I’ve wanted to see for as long as I’ve known they existed: a mantisfly! this one is Zeugomantispa minuta, the only species commonly observed where I live.

mantisflies (family Mantispidae) are named for their resemblance to mantises (order Mantodea) but themselves belong to the order Neuroptera, being related to lacewings and antlions. as adults, they closely resemble mantises, and live a similar lifestyle capturing prey with raptorial forelegs.

compared to this Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis), there are a few anatomical differences you might notice, but the biggest difference between the two is definitely their reproductive strategy.

mantises lay egg cases and develop from nymphs that resemble adults. being neuropterans, mantispid juvenile are larvae. but mantispid larvae, unlike their lacewing and antlion relatives, aren’t predators, they’re parasites! Zeugomantispa follow the strategy of starting as a leggy, highly active larva that on hatching immediately seeks out a spider egg sac to burrow into, growing into a plump grub quite different from its original appearance after feeding on the eggs. other mantispid larvae attach themselves to the adult spiders, and wait for their host to produce a sac; still others parasitize beetle or wasp larvae.

here’s a great photo of a mass of Z. minuta eggs hatching into their sac-seeking first instars!

#bugs #mantisfly #mantis #Neuroptera #insect

[its-your-mind]

ORV as textposts 37/???

[Photo ID - ten images from the ORV manhwa with Tumblr posts or tweets pasted upon them. The first image has Yoo Joonghyuk and Kim Dokja fighting facing opposite directions with Yoo Joonghyuk facing the viewer. Yoo Joonghyuk has veins drawn on his face as he loudly yells. A post by Tumblr user gay arsonist is pasted on his speech bubble. It reads, "fuck you (confession of love)". Kim Dokja has three rounded lines drawn from his head and his unedited speech bubble reads, "Oh..

The second image is a zoomed-out side portrait of Kim Dokja as he glances up toward dots of light. The text post is by Tumblr user petrichorsuggestions and reads, "so full of love i could explode with it"

The third image are panels of Kim Dokja and Yoo Joongdok side-by-side. Kim Dokja is in the left panel and glancing toward Yoo Joongdok in the right panel. Yoo Joongdok is staring right and away from Kim Dokja. The first text post is an anonymous Tumblr ask at the top of the image that reads, "you are not nearly funny or attractive enough for this" The response by Tumblr user weirdwerewolf is near the bottom of the image and reads, "are we about to kiss?"

The fourth image shows Yoo Joongdok staring at the top right of the image with bags under his eyes. The text post is by Tumblr user ufocorpse and reads, "'are you a boy or a girl?" I am the physical embodiment of suffering"

The fifth image shows Han Sooyoung between Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk. She is pointing to Yoo Joonghyuk, who is standing to the viewer's right with his hands in his pocket and noticeably angry.

Han Sooyoung is glancing to the viewer's left at Kim Dokja. She has a speech bubble above her that reads, "Have you two decided to wear matching outfits?" Kim Dokja is wearing a white coat and is angrily walking toward Yoo Joonghyuk, who is wearing all-black. The text post is by Twitter user @/ chaiconsumer and reads, "Few understand the importance of having a sick ass jacket that everyone recognizes you by"

The sixth image shows Kim Dokja and and Yoo Joonghyk staring at a shining golden egg with golden leaves. Kim Dokja is closest to the egg with Yoo Joonghyuk behind him and to the viewer's left. The text post is by Tumblr user siflshonen and reads, “'I could fix him"; "I could make him worse!" Why??????? Why all this DIY???? I just wanna stand over his shoulder and see what he can possibly fuck up next"

The seventh image shows Kim Dokja with a black shadow over his eyes and a star symbol next to him while he smirks. He is wearing a wet white shirt that's been torn and damaged. A river and cityscape is behind him. The text post are Tumblr tags that read, "#i bet you thought im dead just because i fell eight stories onto my car #but you forgot: i got demons livin' in me!"

The eighth image shows Yoo Joonghyuk fighting against magic circles with lightning around them. The text post is by Twitter user @/botanise and has been edited to read, "God will see me and say put that beast in a situation"

The ninth image shows Lee Gilyoung happily holding and talking to a praying mantis-like creature around the size of a cat. The text post is by Tumblr user gayarsonist and reads, “I love megafauna because its just like what if an animal was really big wouldn't that rule. and it does."

The final image shows Kim Dokja laying face-first on the ground with a deep wound on his lower back and blood around him. The text post is by Tumblr user Donald Trum (Deseaced) (trem... @/timheidecker and reads, ' have died. Badly." /End ID]

ID by @incorrect-web-novels tysm!!!

#orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader webtoon #orv shitpost #orv textposts #kim dokja #lee gilyoung #yoo joonghyuk #dokhyuk #yoohankim

[bethanythebogwitch]

Wet Beast Wednesday: pistol shrimp

Oh snap, it's the snapping shrimp post for Wet Beast Wednesday! Snapping shrimp or pistol shrimp are loud little critters that have evolves a very useful and fascinating tool in their pincers. Let's not waste time and shoot off to learn about these little gunslingers.

(Image: a pistol shrimp. It is a mostly white shrimp with red stripes. One of its claws is considerably larger than the other. It is standing on gravel and next to some seaweed. End ID)

Pistol shrimp are over 1,000 members of the family Alpheidae, which is part of the infraorder Caridea. This means they are true shrimp, not to be confused with superficially similar animals like brine shrimp, mantis shrimp, tadpole shrimp, and prawns. Yeah, I only recently learned that prawns and shrimp aren't a language difference between British English and American English like chips vs fries. They're not even that closely related. As true shrimp, pistol shrimp have two main body parts: the cephalothorax and abdomen, which are composed of 19 body segments. The abdomen forms a flexible tail with a fin on the end. When startled, the fin can rapidly curl under the body, propelling the shrimp backwards. Like other decapods, there are 10 limbs. The front pair of limbs have evolved into claws used to manipulate objects. The claws are the most distinguishing feature of pistol shrimp. They are asymmetrical, with one growing extremely large, over half the size of the body. The big claw has a modified version of the typical pincer. This pincer has an upper claw that can open up at a right angle. Under the claw is a pocket in the lower pincer, into which water flows. The upper pincer then slams down into this pocket, forcing the water out. The pressure of the pincer closing water in the pocket creates a cavitation bubble that is forced away from the claw at up to 26.8 meters per second. This is enough force to seriously wound small animals and hurt larger ones into leaving the shrimp alone. The cavitation bubbles can reach up to 4,427 degrees C (8,000 F) . For comparison, the surface of the sun is about 1,000 decrees (C) hotter. When the bubble pops, it creates a snapping sound that can reach 218 decibels. For comparison, most gunshots max out at around 170 db. This puts pistol shrimp is the running for the loudest ocean animals, with whales being the other main competitors. If that all sounds like a lot, the whole event happens so fast that the heat doesn't have time to affect much and the noise sounds like a moderately loud snap to us. Adults can snap their claws shut with an acceleration of up to 30 meters per second squared and juveniles can do it up to 20 times faster. The whole process takes less than a millisecond. When the cavitation bubble collapses, it can produce light. This is called sonoluminescence and nobody knows how it happens. If a pistol shrimp loses its large claw, the small claw will grow into a new large one while the missing limb will regenerate into a small claw. Adult pistol shrimp average between 3 and 5 cm long.

(Image: a drawing showing the process of a pistol shrimp snapping its claw. In the first panel, the claw is closed. In the second, the upper claw opens at a 90 degree angle, revealing a cavity. In the third panel, the cavity fills with water. In the final panel, the claw is closed again and a jet of water is ejected from the claw. End ID. Source: Wikipedia user Carermyers)

(Gif: black and white, slow-motion video of a pistol shrimp's claw snapping shut and creating a cavitation bubble. End ID. Source)

Pistol shrimp live worldwide, though most species live in tropical or temperate water. There are some cold water species and even freshwater species. Most prefer habitats where they can make burrows and where there are plenty of other animals. Coral reefs, oyster reefs, seagrass beds, mangrove groves are common habitats. Snapping is used for hunting and communication. They typically hide in burrows, waiting for fish or other small animals to pass by. When prey passes, the shrimp will snap to stun or seriously wound the prey, then drag it into the burrow. Some social species actually form eusocial hives with a single queen who produces all offspring. These shrimp are the only known marine eusocial species and all occur within the same genus (Synalpheus), though not every member of that genus is eusocial and eusociality appears to have evolved at least 3 times within that genus. It appears that a reason why only this genus developed eusociality is their larvae do not disperse, instead staying in the same area as the parents. The hives are usually located within sponges. Other social species are not eusocial, but still live together in colonies. Many less social species have formed a symbiotic relationship with gobies. Both species live in burrows, but gobies are bad at digging while the shrimp have poor eyesight. The goby will protect the shrimp while it digs a burrow, then the two live together. They will forage together, with the goby using its superior eyesight to watch for predators and warn the shrimp to get back to the burrow. Pistol shrimp are monogamous, the same pair coming back to mate over and over again (this does not apply to the eusocial species in which only the colony's queen is permitted to mate). The female is only fertile during a short period after molting. The male will stay with the female and protect her during the vulnerable period after mating and some species will remain with each other until the eggs hatch or permanently.

(Image: a eusocial pistol shrimp queen with eggs. Her body is translucent and multiple eggs are attached to her abdomen. The eggs look like translucent balls. The is inside of an orange sponge. End ID)

(Image: a pistol shrimp and goby emerging from a burrow in the sand. The shrimp is a mottled green and white. The body is a bright yellow fish covered with blue spots. End ID)

Pistol shrimp are a major source of noise in the places where they live. If you've ever been swimming and can hear repeated cracking noises, that may have been a bunch of pistol shrimp. Some scientists monitor the level of pistol shrimp noises as a method of monitoring the ecosystem. If the noise level drops, that is an indicator that the local ecosystem is suffering. The noise of the shrimps can get so loud that it actually interferes with sonar and forms of underwater communication. During World War II, members of the navy realized that the shrimp disrupted sonar enough to hide submarines, so they started hiding submarines near reefs with lots of the shrimp to keep them from being found by enemy subs. Weirdly not the only small marine animals to mess with submarines. I'll get the the other major one soon. The largest threats to pistol shrimp come from habitat destruction. Some species of pistol shrimp have entered the pet trade. As coral reefs, seagrass beds, and other habitats are destroyed, the shrimp that rely on them will suffer as well.

Yet another time I get to use one of these cards in a post

(Image: the Weird n' Wild Creatures card featuring pistol shrimp. End ID)

#wet beast wednesday #pistol shrimp #snapping shrimp #shrimp #decapod #crustaceans #marine biology #biology #zoology #ecology #animal facts #eusocial #symbiosis #goby #informative #image described

[ninoxwof]

Orchid the Rainwing

[Image Description: A digital drawing of a light pink rainwing dragon named Orchid from wings of fire. She's modeled off an orchid mantis. She has a small snout, big green eyes with long cream colored eyelashes. Her legs have spikey scales, reminiscent of a mantis' scythe-like arms. She has a darker pink on her legs, tail, shoulders, head and cheeks, shaped like hearts and flower petals. Her underbelly is an off-white cream yellow. She has minty green horns, spikes and talons. Her rainwing frills are big and petal shaped, segmented like she has two petals and then a long dangling petal. It's dark pink along with her wings, toes and the end of her tail. /.End ID]

#wof arc 1 #wings of fire #wof art #dragon #dragons #the dark secret #wof orchid #wof #rainwing

[cycle-hit]

milgram prisoners "fur"sona hcs

haruka - rhetus periander butterfly! i think his dislike of animals would lead to him not really being comfortable with having a mammal, so i gave him an insect 1. because of muu 2. i think the colours match him 3. the butterflies in all knowing and all agony. 4. theyre found around forests and water :) (TO BE READ EVILLY)

yuno - rabbit, mantis, or lamprey! for rabbit it's because people tend to see them as just cute pets but theyre actually quite mean at times and a lot of effort has to be put into genuinely taking care of them. also the reproductive cycle theyre known for whatever. praying mantises yeah its the "eating their mates" thing, also because of her covering "sticky bug"! she also just generally reminds me of a mantis for some reason. lampreys because of "the vampire" and because draining blood, draining warmth etc. they also slightly resemble umbilical cords! fuuta - fire breathing dragon. its bright red. self explainable (salamander, fire...) but also because of his knight motifs! ive also considered a wolf for him bc i think it'd be funny if both kotoko and fuuta had wolves but i think him being a scalie fits more muu - wasp. she thinks its a bee that she's designed. she is wrong. wasp because of "its not my fault", the fact wasp species can be "social" or "solitary", and the fact wasps kill bees. i can also see the argument for just a bee though! especially since once bees sting you they die afterwards shidou - a bird of paradise :). double meaning with the fact it shares the name with a flower. also because i think being one of those rly fancy birds is just like him. "birds of paradise" also has origins in "birds of God". like "aesculapius"! and amane! some birds of paradise also drink nectar from flowers. i hope he flies into a window (ive also considered vulture, crow, raven, and dove (just because of 0507- shidou sees kazui tear a dove apart with his teeth and goes "god i wish that was me", changing his avian instantly)) mahiru - capybara!! friends with everyone even crocodiles. just having fun. classified as rodents (if i was mahiru's boyfriend i would have just eaten the rat rip to him but im different). those images of capybaras with citrus fruits on their head. also she just reminds me of a capybara generally kazui - cat! i dont think i have to explain anything for cat. he would have a nebelung cat specifically though. also hey did you know cats hunt birds- amane - cat as well. sorry. i actually dont really know what breed of cat amane's fursona would be- maybe abyssinian? some sort of tabby? mikoto - has two or three fursonas depending on if you're into the trikoto theory. theyre all very bright neon colours. mikoto has a greyhound, john has a jackal, "green" has an ibizan. all three of these canines are thought to be the inspiration behind anubis, egyptian god of taking care of the dead and acting as a protector for them. anubis is also described as a "gate guardian"! hey. hey wait a fucking secon- (i also just think itd be rly funny for mikoto to be able to merge fursonas with john + "green" and make cerberus) kotoko - i dont think you need my input for this one. go watch deep cover and skip to the end idk. i DO associate her with the hyper realistic 4k hd most beautiful art youve ever seen werewolf images specifically though. i like to think she'd be like "my wolf fursonas colours and design have to be REALISTIC. not like MIKOTO'S or FUUTA'S" and then she turns around and gives it red eyes and her exact hairstyle

#this took WAY too long. this is my magnum opus though #if its anything i wanted to be remembered in the milgram fandom for it would be this post specifically #milgram #haruka sakurai #yuno kashiki #fuuta kajiyama #muu kusunoki #shidou kirisaki #mahiru shiina #kazui mukuhara #amane momose #mikoto kayano #kotoko yuzuriha #sorry es. creating 10-12 fursonas took the brainpower out of me i didnt have enough left for you. i just know itd be sick as hell though #i want to tag furry but i feel like itd be intruding #little guy posting #im open to criticism i want to hear ur opposing takes on what fursonas they'd all have #not open to criticism in the “furries/fursonas are CRINGE” way though. ill just straight up block you for that. shut the fuck up

[talesfrommedinastation]

My redneck neighbor Doug watches 'The Bad Batch': 'The Harbinger'

Yup, as we all know, Doug unlocked a HUGE character with Asajj Ventress, who is apparently an embittered ex-Navy wife lurking somewhere in the depths of the Florida Panhandle and not a reborn Jedi goth chick.

CW: You will learn more about this poor ex wife of John then you will ever deem fit. Be warned.

All images taken from here: https://www.cap-that.com/starwars/the-bad-batch/309

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Episode 9, “John’s-Ex-Wife: The Revenge”

Daddy Warcrimes does what a daddy in need of a mommy will do, and is going to pick up women by the dockside. Wonder if they take cash or not. 

And here’s Julio to remind him to wrap it before he snaps it, ya know? Good bro, when has Julio done anything wrong, love him. Maybe Julio laid his pipe in Space Louisiana last week, who knows if the mantis had a sister who had bills to pay and Terrebonne Parish don’t have a lot of jobs but has a lot of lonely people and, where were we? 

Why is it all foggy here now? We in Maine now? 

Well, Mutant Jimmers is doing work, as the kids say now, tracking down the junkies hiding out in the caves. I can’t blame Mutant Jimmers or the junkies, they gotta do their smack and doing it in the park ain’t good. I wonder who makes the meth on the island? It ain’t Church Lady, she’s too busy working and having fun in the snow with her beau, Sassy-Park-Ranger*.

Awwww shit it’s not space junkies, it’s worse! It’s JOHN’S-EX-WIFE! Of course she’s hiding her Ford pickup in a cave, the other one got booted outside of Pensacola after she banged the neighborhood granddad and he called the cops after she stole his TV. 

(the last shot John saw before he left for the rig that one time)

God damn, she’s wearing the same outfit you wear to work, Meat Muffin! Do you think she writes papers and yells at people on the phone like you do too?

Well John’s-Ex-Wife hasn’t changed, first thing she starts doing is fighting and bitching at everyone for not paying their bills on time. I hated that damn woman but I’ll say this much, she was organized. But that’s how the Devil is. Not organized to not cheat on John with every sailor in Pensacola and the neighborhood granddad but nobody’s perfect I guess. 

Well, she’s going to test Little Orphan Blondie by making her do yoga on the beach while her brothers watch. Doing dumb shit in public to be different, yup, that’s John’s-Ex-Wife for you. Surprised Daddy Warcrimes hasn’t capped her and her bleached hair yet. 

Oh! Now she sent Little Orphan Blondie on an errand leaving the boys behind in a dark room with her. How much do you wanna bet there’s gonna be a train and Thomas the Tank Engine ain’t involved? God, it was a miracle John never ended up with the clap. His ex wife really was the bike of Escambia County. 

And there’s a fight. Woo! John’s-Ex-Wife’s history as a bartender is coming on through! Girlfriend can handle her own–and here’s the lightsaber! WOAH! I don’t want her to kick my boy’s butts but damn girl, git ‘er done! 

Also why don’t they all just pile on her, why are they waiting, this ain’t ballroom dancing boys! Toaster Strudel and Rex would NEVER.  

Where IS TOASTER STRUDEL AND REX?!?!?!

Well, Little Orphan Blondie’s back and seems to like John’s-Ex-Wife for some reason. God damn it, Little Orphan Blondie, you’re a rube and I ain’t happy about it. At least Church Lady got you sushi and hit on your idiot brother who didn’t deserve her. 

Little Orphan Blondie’s no Jedi, whatever. But nothing brings the family together like deep sea fishing, even more then going off into the snow and punching each other in front of the trailer! 

Off John’s-Ex-Wife and Little Orphan Blondie go while the dads do a lil bit of peepin. Except Daddy Warcrimes who knows a thing or two and keeps a gun tailed her. Yeah, Daddy Warcrimes! 

Oh! What’s this? Ain’t this the shit from Aquaman? Are they gonna get jumped by sea aliens until Aquaman throws flashlights at them?** 

Nope! It’s that thing from Pirates of the Caribbean! Where’s Johnny Depp and his dreadlocks?! They’re firing up the HMS Search Warrant to do a rescue and…woah. Woah. What’s Johns-Ex-Wife doing here? The force? She can do all that shit but she can’t keep her marriage, oh Johns-Ex-Wife.  

Look at Daddy Warcrimes being a gentleman and helping the ladies onto their stolen work truck. Most ladies get upset when a creepy old man with a gun hoists them into a windowless van but not Johns-Ex-Wife. Trust me. 

Johns-Ex-Wife warns them and then flings off, as she is wont to do. Why do I feel the next episode is going to be the DEA raiding Space Florida? I bet she’s a snitch for the government, calling it now!

*=Doug will never get off the Phee/Mayday train. I tried. I failed. I’m sorry, internet. 

**=I THINK Doug means the Trench from the movie. The Trench Scene | Aquaman [4k, IMAX] - YouTube

For my Doug fans! @eyecandyeoz @cdblake1565 @sued134 @megmca @skellymom @yeehawgeek @amalthiaph and anyone else!

#tbb #cloneforce99 #thebadbatch #the bad batch #the bad batch season 3 #the bad batch spoilers #tbb season 3 #tbb season three #redneck doug #doug the neighbor #doug why #doug watches star wars #star wars tv #johns ex wife

[roo-bastmoon]

Suspicious Treatment of Jimin: What am I forgetting?

I have serious medication-induced brain fog so my memory is swiss cheese these days. I am trying to map out something so I can understand what is happening with our Jimin....

So far:

Hanteo deleted hundreds of thousands in sales; company did not comment.

YouTube froze and deleted millions of streams every day; company did not comment.

Jimin's Spotify profile was not properly listed. It still has no description or link to merch.

Jimin's works are not added to the company's playlist for days and sometimes weeks while other members' works and collabs are added immediately.

Spotify froze and filtered millions of his streams; company did not comment.

His title track was deliberately split, despite qualifying to count as one unit.

His in-ear devices failed to work during a live performance.

He was allowed only 9 days of promotion.

He was denied when he requested more than 2 music videos.

His historic Hot 100 #1 was not acknowledged by the company except for one single retweet the day-of.

He had no celebrations, no formal acknowledgement by company leadership of his achievement or of the resulting huge increase in stock prices.

Billboard changed their charting rules in Week 2; company did not comment until it was time for a different album to sell.

His albums did not ship to China and have not been restocked on WeVerse for weeks (whereas other artists' albums have).

His instagram was shadow banned. His videos on TikTok are also soft-blocked from being boosted.

All other members' YouTube focused views for Take Two auto-generate a preview photo; his does not (this must be deliberately selected not to generate an image). *Apparently they have fixed this issue after enough fans called it out on Twitter.

Some have observed that since Hybe took over, Jimin has been given fewer lines in group songs and less time dancing center as well.

A recent WeVerse article about Morgan Wallen downplayed both Yoongi's tour and Jimin's album as achieving "some partial success in breaking up [Wallen's] domination of the Hot 100."

Add to this the company "omitting" his bills four times, which lead to late payments on insurance premiums, which led to his apartment being "seized," which led to a smear campaign in the press the very same day his OST With You dropped... followed by his personal address and national identity number being doxxed online... and this honestly looks suspicious as hell.

What am I forgetting?

I'm not a manti but if I don't get reasonable explanations I'm gonna become one.

How can it look like anything other that deliberate sabotage so that one member does not outshine the rest?

How is this good business sense?

Jimin is a humble, hardworking team-player with no ambitions to go solo and leave his members. Why would anyone have it out for him?

It's possible there's prejudice and bigotry at play, but deep enough to span multiple departments and cut into the company's bottom line?

And yet how can it not be deliberate? How can any company be THIS incompetent for just ONE member?

And yet if we raise hell, we look like victimizing solos. Yet look at this laundry list!! And it just keeps happening. What can be done??

Can we not organize a quiet mass-email campaign? Can someone not write up a well-researched UCC article to share in English and Korean and keep tagging Hybe? Would it not be possible to comment respectfully about this in WeVerse?

Or would acknowledging it at all make it worse for Jimin?

I don't understand all the politics at play here.

I have no real idea what is happening but part of me is quietly terrified they have it out for him during contract negotiations for some reason.

What is BTS without all our beloved seven?

I'm genuinely very deeply upset.

#jimin #park jimin #jikook

[tjodity]

did some art for an oc for a sci fi setting I'm thinking a little. Her name will probably change but I was struck really strongly by his personality and details abt his character before I got a solid name. she was originally going to be thrown into a sort of space opera thing but I kinda want to write space station fluff now

[ID 1: A large white square with text and several pieces of art digitally drawn on. The main text reads "Taraneh. She slash he. Grew up on a planet; currently works maintenance on a space station. Aroace. Hobbies include trying to cook, kissing her giant insect friend, and trying to write poetry." Main text ends. The main drawing is a sketched headshot of Taraneh. She wears a hijab folded so that it wraps across the bottom half of his face, across her head, and draped around her shoulders. A hair band decorated with a simplified lunar cycle is partially visible on her forehead below her hijab. She has acne scars around her cheeks. Her pupils are dark and she has small wrinkles around her right eye. Her left eye is half closed and looking in a different direction, with more wrinkles beneath. Her eyebrows are scraggly and thin. She looks neutral. A smaller drawing towards the left shows Taraneh in a hijab that doesn't cover her face. Her smile is slanted, and she looks excited. There is a blank text bubble beside her. She is making broad gestures with her hands. A note beside it says "Can't emote with his full face but feels a lot of things and uses her hands to emote more." Note ends. A doodle towards the top is labelled "Work uniform." Taraneh wears a hijab similar to those used for sports, with no folds, and she wears a respirator on her face. She wears a tanktop above an undershirt which covers her arms. She wears jeans with kneepads and a carabiner with tools attached. She is sweating, wiping her face with a towel. Her other hand holds a toolbox. There are two drawings to the right. Both are colored. The first is labelled "Teens". In it Taraneh is thinner and shorter, a teenager. She wears a a layered outfit, with embroidery, ruffles, and flower patterns running down the arms. Her skin is dark, and she wears a teal hijab. He is waving at the camera. The second drawing is labelled "Early thirties". It depicts Taraneh more closely to how she appears in the other drawings, taller and with broader shoulders and slightly darker skin. She wears grey boots and a dark blue baggy jumpsuit. Over the jumpsuit she wears a dark grey simple skirt with large pockets running across it, and a grey coat with purple and orange coloring around the collar. Above that he wears a blue satchel. She wears a teal hijab and a dark blue hair band. He is standing with his arms at his sides. The fourth drawing is back to being colorless. It depicts a tall alien creature from the chest up. The alien's head is comparable to a praying mantis, except that there are odd cones at each side of their head, their mandibles sit in a circle on their neck, and the lower half of their face is a segmented vent-like structure. Their torso resembles a human, if it was covered in an exoskeleton. Taraneh has her arms wrapped around the alien's neck, and is leaning into their shoulder. She is hugging them. His eyes are closed and he looks happy. The alien seems startled and raised one of their claws in surprise. Both Taraneh and the alien are blushing, though the alien more so. The caption reads "Me and my boy best friend." END ID]

[Images two and three are higher resolution depictions of the last three drawings.]

#howdywrites #howdyart #my ocs

[thebottomfromhell]

Headcanons

Reincarnation after courtship. Human male reader, part two [here]

Reincarnation after courtship. Human male reader, part one [Original Ask]

Reincarnation after courtship. Demon male reader, part one [In progress]

Reincarnation after courtship. Demon male reader, part two [In progress]

Sorry for taking this long, I was watching some other draft to erase the ones that I would not be doing in order to favor requests (most are NSFW so they are taking a while, it always take me a while to write, but rest assured I have NOT rejected anything), then I found this one and decided to actually finish it. I really hope you like it and appreciate the patience you have with me. The University is also keeping me a bit busy, so again, sorry.

Warnings: Slightly mentioned cannibalism, Mentioned child abuse, Mostly implied (slightly mentioned) sexual content, Mentioned child neglect, Implied police brutality, Mentioned use of drugs, Mentioned non-detailed injuries. I'M BUILDING THE REINCARNATED WORLD MYSELF.

Gyutaro:

"OONIIIIIIII-CHAAAAAAAAAN!" Yep, you knew that shriek. You were just minding your own business, but hearing Daki scream made you let go of the bags you were carrying from your groceries to run directly at the origin of the voice. As you expected, by the time you were there, she didn't need help anymore. But you managed to find Gyutaro.

He is just beating a guy who was "just being friendly" (yeah, right. That dude is clearly in his twenties and she looks 14, harrasing a minor. But again, with Japan's law's unless we got evidence there was a violent sexual assault, and even then the mf's would side the bastard before the girl, the guy was not doing anything wrong by law) his little sister. When the guards try to hold Gyutaro for excess of violence you come in and lie to cover him up. You tell that the guy tried to kattack Daki Ume, and since it seems he was trying to drag her (towards a clear group of friends who were intimidated by both Gyutaro and the guards, so they escaped), the camara where on our favor. "Thank you for your help there, ne. I almost went to jail because those pricks don't know how to do their job. Ne, call me Gyutaro."

Daki Ume tells you that he changed his name once he was old enough, so legally that's still his name. Gyutaro skipped higher education to start working, now he is on at least 3 jobs, to pay all the bills, since their mother died some years ago. She trusts you a lot faster here, but you did help her big bro to not get in trouble for protect her, so maybe it's just matter that you made a good image. She even offers you her phone and her brothers (forget that, she just found you handsome and with a nice character, but again, the last one is because you helped.)

You end up helping by babysitting Ume while her brother is working (she thinks you are visiting, doesn't know that Gyutaro asked you to keep an eye for her since you see her so much). You also end up bringing gifts for both, and while this time you can't base your gifts in the ones Gyutaro likes (or at least here you don't feel so confident that he would like to hear he looks like a mantis after getting a dead one), Ume helps you. She is a lot kinder than Daki, but this is just a girl, Daki was both the head and shadow of a prostitution district (still clearly a kid from her behavior, but a powerful one and that is always a dangerous mix). Still, is weird to have her asking if you like her brother only for her to start shipping you both together.

"You've been helping us a lot, ne... even getting stuff and food for us. Ne, thank you for that." He is still a bit insecure, but at the same time proud, of his appereance. It seems his mother used to beat and starve him, since he was an accident and because of health issues she could not abort him. That is why he was born ill-looking, but you don't really care about that. Gyutaro has always been the one to confuse sympathy and empathy with pity, so you don't express none of those when he tells you this. "Wow, your mom had problems, didn't she? Did those health issues include something mental or she was just a yes the asshole?" He laughs at the reddit reference "You are so dumb, that isn't funny! Ne!" He likes broken humour. He also likes you a lot, he always feel good around you.

None of them suspect anything weird about you. Ume thinks Gyutaro is the one who told you how to treat her, the same the other way around. You know she isn't religious, but her brother is. The thing is that they are also not hard to treat good, most people just don't like them because of Gyutaro's appereance and his sister's attitude, but as long as you are nice to him, Ume will at least tolerate you. On the other hand, this guy you courted in your past life will tolerate almost anything besides going for his little sister. Esverything and nothing is different at the same time. The routine is different, the needs, the situation, but their character is the same.

Daki has always been Gyutaro's light, that hasn't changed. You know that you'll be forever second to her, and that they both come in a package. You can't be Gyutaro's special someone without having to win Ume first and the other way around. You soon start living at their apartment and taking a part-time job to help out. Still as friends, but you know he needs to get used to the idea that you want to be with him before you ask.

Your first day as boyfriends, after two years of living with them, started like this. "Hi Y/N! Are you making breakfast? Is onii-chan still sleeping?" You smirk at her so she pauses and runs towards her brother's room not without screaming "You pervert!" You both got drunk and started to make out in his room the night before that, besides some kissing and touching you, you just slept that night. Togethers... in the same bed. You remember asking him to be your boyfriend and he accepted. After that the relationship goes smoothtly, to the point you feel confident about telling him about your past life. Maybe too confident, because you the environment is so chill that you tell him everything on one afternnon you are just pretending to be dead on the floor while Ume is studying with a group of friends and staying over.

"What the fuck? Nee, what did smoke?.... Ne? Do you still have any left?" At first he thought you were high, crazy or something, but he didn't mind it. Still treated you as always. Slowly he began to actually think about it and, again, he is religious (Shinto), it actually started to make sense. "Holy shit, ne, it tottaly makes! What the fuck?" Not that after the first shock of such a story making sense he cared about it. You were fine with that, the past is the past and you both are building a future. (By the way, you both told Ume and she thinks it's a high dream you shared or something.)

"Nee, Y/N. Would you like to marry me in this life? Ne? Ne?" You don't need to think about it, you can finally marry him! You couldn't in your past life since Daki did not approve and you both didn't want to upset her (and again, she was always first). Now you don't have that problem, on the contrary she wants to help with the wedding. Considering you have a limited budget you make something small and private, a micro-wedding, with at most 10 people each (or in Gyutaro's case Daki and her plus nine or less), but you let Ume choose a cake and help you with the dressing.

It's nothing compared in what it could have been in the Red Light District, where Daki had a generous amount of riches she didn't need and a whole setting dedicated to satisfy men that could pay for it. Still, you would not have changed it for nothing. "I love you Gyutaro." You told him home, you have no money for a Honey moon (you could, but that would mean taking from the savings to get Daki into specialized education, since you are both hesitant she will manage to get into college by her own), but you don't mind it. Just cuddling at night with your finally husband is more than enough. "Love you too, Y/N."

After some few years, once Ume is an adult, Gyutaro starts to study again and manages to form himself into a career. You support him and provide for both as he goes through the higher education. Once he finishes he gets a well-paying job rather fast, you almost envy as it took you a lot more for you to get a position with a similar salary, but he is more talented than he wants to admit. "C'mon, dear Husband. We must celebrate you. Finally life is starting to reward you." You tell Gyutaro once he got his first raise after one year of work. He just shakes his head as he makes eye contact with you. "Ne, I think my first reward has been a little more time, even though he is too dumb enough to realize it. Ne."

You both have a very good life, almost as if it was a compensation for something. Who knows? The important thing is that you're good.

Sekido:

You went to a club with some friends who convinced you to try it, a hand passes over your shoulder when you were deciding wherever to drink or not, as a drunk breath presses against your ear. "Hey, hot-stuff~" Says a familiar voice behind you before he is pulled off you with a hit in the head "FOR FUCKS SAKE, STOP CAUSING TROUBLE KARAKU!" And that is your past husband.

"I'm sorry for my brother's behavior." Sekido apologizes to you after beating Karaku, ready to drag him away. You inmediately offer to help him out, already knowing the green-eyed clon- brothers, they are brothers now. "I don't think he is in a state where he can walk." you answer honestly, and as expected, you end up carrying Karaku in your arms (you were having him in your back at first, but after having him gagging for a while you were afraid he was going to throw up over you and this way makes it easier to do damage control).

Sekido stops you once you arrive to your home "Thanks for the help, sorry for taking your time." He says as he takes his brother on the front door, and you know he isn't sorry. On the opposite, he is glad you took some weight, in this case both metaphorically and literally, off him for a while, and that is something Sekido always loced about you. "No problem, I don't mind doing something like this again if you need some help with him or anything else. Let's exchange contacts so you can call me if you need anything." He rejects you at first, but after you promised to not call him first and told him some specific thing that you could do and knew he would find helpful, Sekido agreed.

To be honest, you didn't expect a call the next morning, saying that he needed someone with their eyes on Karaku as he took Urogi to the hospital, since he fell from a tree and got a contusion. When you get there Aizetsu is the one to open the door. "I need to do some things outside, besides buying groceries. I will take out youngest off you, so you don't have to worry about that." Youngest? "If you do anything to Karaku-nii, you sick pervert, I will roast you and use your skull as a drum! Only I can hit him!" The 12 year old that is using words he probably doesn't even understand. Still, you take care of Karaku (which means you didn't let him get out of the house or drink anything with alcohol) until Sekido came back.

"Thank you again. Maybe I should start paying you and having you here daily." He jokes when you are both alone, but you take it a step further as you grab his wrist gently and make eye contact with him "I wouldn't mind." No asking for dates, no romantic speech, no attemp to make this anything but showing your interest at the same time you show how willing you are to help, to be by his side. Everytime he starts calling you more and more into their house, having you helping around, inviting you lunch or dinner, sometimes even breakfast if he called you in too early. You spend your breaks together and can actually feel Sekido opening up to you.

It's Karaku who makes a move for both of you "Will you become Sekido's boyfriend or what? Because you guys have been almost dancing around each other for around 8 months!" Sekido hit him in the head, hid himself in his room (it's also Karaku's, but who cares?) for around 4 hours (you couls hear him hitting things, hopefully he didn't break anything), came out after you and Aizetsu served dinner and pulled you for both of you to talk alone. "Maybe... just this once, urgh! I can't believe what I'm going to say. We should listen to Karaku, ok?" He pinches the bridge of his nose as he says the last part, evading look at you and partially hidding his face. You have to hold up a chuckle, you can tell he is actually being shy "Yeah, I would like that." You actually buy Karaku one of those body oils he loves but miracously uses to thank him.

It's good, not exactly smootly, but it wasn't like that in your past life. Sekido is too angry for that, more often than not you have to tolerate some insults and help him when he loses his temper, but besides that, it's nice. You go out together, have fun, work, and make sure the other is alright. You are still working and going to his house, but more often than not Karaku leaves to "friend's" house to give you some privacy and you get to sleep together. No more than sleeping, though, for Karaku's dissapointment. "I would rather wait for that. I want to take things with calm."

Sekido is religious, a buddist, he even owns a Khakkara and takes care of it, just like when he was a demon (except taking care of it, he didn't have to. He could always have another one from his palm) so you know that you won't be called crazy for believing in reincarnation or demons or even saying that you remember those things. Still, you do want to take things with calm. You rather having Sekido to fully trust you first, specially since you know he will be angry.

And you where right "You knew me before! I knew it was weird how good you were! You knew who I am and took advantage of that knowledge to introduce yourself in my life!" You know he hates the fact that you had all that information (and to think you were not that specific) and he didn't, so you are not surprised when you are thrown out of the house and blocked. And again, is Karaku the one who makes something about it (you owe that man a lot, thankfully is doesn't ask for anything in return), he arranges a "blind date", you both knew he was setting you up together, but it was an excuse. It was a bit weird tl see Sekido again after 2 months, but you are glad.

"Are you still angry?" You ask him, already knowing the answer, but wanting to give Sekido de chance to communicate what he is feeling. "Yes... it's just so infuriating. The fact that you knew everything... and I knew nothing." At least he is being civil, but that might also be because we are in public. Karaku set us in a nice "teahouse" (tea room, actually), one of those traditional places one doesn't want to ruin it's atmosphere. After a while you manage to get enough courage to talk. "I'm sorry." Sekido rubs his face with his palms "It doesn't matter. It's not even your fault that you remember and I don't. Just don't ever hide something like that from me again!"

You end up trying again, this time slower. Just like last time Sekido goes ahead with the marriage, surprising you by telling you he has all the plan ready once he is the one to ask for your hand (at least you get to give your opinion and help out this time), by this time Zohakuten is already out of higher education. You both skipt the Honeymoon to keep an eye on the other brothers, then keep your life as always, all good, making sure to talk things out with Sekido. He seems more relaxed every day that passes, once he moves out to your place. His brothers visit every once in a while and you both also visit to make sure they haven't made anything less than legal yet.

"I love you, Y/N...." he tells you half-sleep one night, "Love you too, Sekido." Yeah... life is good.

Karaku:

You went to a club with some friends who convinced you to try it, a hand passes over your shoulder when you were deciding wherever to drink or not, as a drunk breath presses against your ear. "Hey, hot-stuff~" Says a familiar voice behind you before he is pulled off you with a hit in the head "FOR FUCKS SAKE, STOP CAUSING TROUBLE KARAKU!" And that is your past husband.

"May I get your phone?" You ask Karaku after Sekido apologizes to you, before he can grab your the husband from your past life away. You have no idea if it's because of the alcohol or the beating Sekido gave him, but Karaku actually hands you his cellphone. You share contacts before giving it back to the almost unconcious man. Still, you eschange numbers and send him a text to go out sometime. The next day, early in the morning you recieve a test inviting you to have breakfast in a tea room.

As you expected, he arrives well dressed (not formal, but definetely took time in his looks) and in a hurry, a bit late (big deal since it's Japan, but you don't mind it) but willing to laugh it off. "Heya boy! Thanks for meeting me here! Really hope you let me invite you fully today." He winks as he passes his arm over your shoulder to guide you inside. "Sorry about last night, I promise I am usually way more charming than that. Order whatever you want, as an apology." He smiles, before purring an acted regretful face, pouting "Oh, damn. How inconsiderated of me. The name is Karaku, and yours is?"

The date is nice, Karaku is playful and just a bit more than friendly, making sure you have a good time. Shows interest, makes attempts to make you laugh (managing in some, failing in others), complimenting, he is showing his best face. You do have to wonder how much of this is fake, because you remember your past husband not being this... this good. The guy was very charming, good at flirting and giving pleasure, but he was genuinely just chasing a good time most of the time. This, especially so soon, it's weird from him.

"You don't have a drug problem, do you? Like... any drug." You ask once in the first day you saw him look for the closest smoking room in his phone. Karaku just laughs as you follow him there after he payed for all of what you had in the tea room (meaning there will be another date after this). "Well, I guess with how drunk you found me last night, it makes sense you are worried the guy you are dating is some kind of addict." He looks relaxed as he answers, checking the number of ciggars he has left. "It was a bet of who can drink more, a bit irresponsible, but that is why I always have Sekido looking after me, in case I do shit like this. Usually I don't drink that much, things are meant to be done sober." (And by the time you realized it, you took up Sekido's job. "Just make sure he doesn't die, if he texts you ignore him and if he calls you then you have 15 minutes to find him.")

Once you reach the smoke room he turns around to give you a kiss in the jaw "If you want to know more you will have to pay the fee. Next time you invite, handsome, so choose a nice place~" he says before getting inside. Dates with Karaku are fun, sliping at times into how he was in his more impulsive way of being, the one you remmeber. "You don't have to put an act for me, I like how messy you can get." The dates become more frequent after that, as he invites you less to different type of places and more to do things you both like a lot.

Now, telling him about your past... it's Karaku, it should be the easier one, but... no matter the years you spent together as husbands they did help you to get a general rule about him, but not to know Karaku almost fully. He is constantly changing, doing a different job (he is a freelancer), having different favorites every time you ask (food, movie, book, you name it, it always change) and he is always trying different things, making it hard to reach his pace.

Karaku can't suspect a thing, so he take it as a random comment when you ask if he is, at least, religious. "Urg, religion? Nah, more of a spiritual guy. Souls and spirits, besides things and activities that like you to their purest form, exist. Everything else is bullshit." It relaxes you a bit, since you are not in a hurry to tell him, to be honest you are not in a hurry for anything. You don't ask Karaku to become your boyfriend, you just keep this dates, a state more similar to the courting of your past lives. Part of you thinks that you should hurry, that unlike then you son't have hundreds of years to let Karaku fall in love with you before becoming his husband (even if that is not what happened), at most you would have around 30 years at most before your youth starts to die. "I want to take things calmly, don't make this a chore or an obligation. Just have a nice time until we can't get tired of it." Something similar to what you wanted your last life.

But similar to your past life, Karaku is not a person of patience. This time it take more, it's not a "if you want to wait 'till marriage lets marry now" that make him step so foward in such a short time but a "We link. Spiritually we are almost bound, went to a kannushi and checked it. And I like you so much already, let's just get marry... if you take me." Is the first the he tells you once you open the door of your home, surpirsing you. "Why this so sudden?" He smiles before telling you the story of how he had a dream (after taking some cuestionable substance, how did he even get this "peyote"? Is it not a plant of North America?) of both of you being married and inmortal.

You let him in, serve him some green tea to help him clean his system as you tell him everything, with details. Karaku just listens interested in everything you say. About onis, the demon king, the slayers, the Kizuki system, the demon blood art he was made of, the courting, your marriage ceremony, your life together, everything you remember you told him, really not knowing how he would react, just knowing he would believe you without reacting badly. "Wow.... just wow. Damn... that is a lot. I really need to process it a bit, I will come back tomorrow for dinner. Kay?" The next day he arrives he brings a paper with a design for expensive rings, having some traits with your demon appereance. "I will pay for them, but I want you to be my husband again. Will ya?" (He told you he is an interpreter, studied a good amount of years in the U.S., made contacts.)

You obviously say yes, and Karaku inmediately starts staying in your home, Urogi having been waiting outside with all his stuff "Congratulations! You make a good couple! We will make sure to visit!" Seems they had all ready. This time, at least, the wedding is not a surprise, so he lets you to do the administrative work as he pays for it before going to relax (he never changes) but you make a nice shinto ceremony with a Honeymoon on the mountains to ski centers.

After that, besides the fact that you live together, is not that different from dating, but you like it. Karaku seems to like it too, so is fine, pleasurable. "Tell me again how I was basically the demon of pleasure, will ya?" Everything is good.

Urogi:

"Are you ok?!" You ask worried to the guy who just fell from around 9 feet high tree at the Hama Rikyu Garden Loops, as you were doing a bird watching trail. You remember your husband having talons and wings, so you have been nothing but a bird lover in this life. When you get closer to see this young man, who clearly has a contusion, you recognize those giggles. "Hey, you are quadruplets too! Nice to meet you all!" It's Urogi, who just fell, and not for you, from a damned tree. It's good to see he is still as an animal as always.

You obviously took him to the clinic, after helping him sit down and gave him some water. Since Urogi had problems to explain what happened due to the hit, distracted by the siptoms and looking a bit tired, you were ask to tell what you saw, only to ne interrupted by a loud "WHERE IS THAT BITCH?!" Is that Sekido? Now that you recall, Urogi did mention quadruplets, so it should mean the others are here too.

After calming down the angry clone guy, he thanked you for bringing Urogi here, and after the doctors checked him out, saying he needed mostly to rest and be careful the with the bruises (is he actually still a demon? How is Urogi even alive? Thankfully he didn't hit his back or head) Sekido takes his brother home. Only after that you realize you didn't ask for his number... damn it! Still, you keep doing bird watching trails, hoping to find him again, and that this meeting doesn't include taking anyone to the doctor.

In one of those trails you answer a call from an unknown number "Hey, you are the one who helped Urogi, the dumbass that fell from a tree in the Hama Rikyu Garden, right?" Karaku? You answer that yes as he keeps talking "See Aizetsu? I told you to trust more in your skills, go to U.S. with me next year and you will get into the CIA or FBI. Now, Urogi has been wanting to see you again, but he doesn't have the bedt memory and didn't know your name, so his brothers here want to make a surprise!" Long story short, Karaku sets you both into a Ramen Restaurant, one with food ticket system.

"Hey man! Um, sorry, what was your name?" You chuckle before presenting yourself "Don't worry, I didn't get to tell you my name last time, I'm Y/N. How are you from that fall last time?" He seems fine, if it wasn't because those don't exist anymore, you could have sworn he is still a Kizuki. Urogi has not lost that wild glow in his eyes, and definetely has adquiered any eating manners, that one you see even while eating ramen. How can you show little manners while eating ramen of all dishes? Let Urogi do the demonstration (but it's not as bad as you remember, still, this is probably the reason Karaku chose this place for you.)

Also Urogi is as joyful as ever, laughing even at the worst joke you could tell, talk for hours if he is interested in something, run around full speed uncaring if he crashes against something. He also seems to love birds and heights, the second one more than the first one, so more often than not he takes you to trekking and hiking every once in a while. Also he still eats almost thrice as you (taking in account you don't eat little) besides bringing snacks everywhere. He is just Urogi.

"I'm agnostic, but I feel a stronger link with spirituality and nature. Why do you ask?" He asks before putting 5 pieces of yakiniku in his mouth at once, one different sauce in between each strip of meat joined together that show different colors falling from the side of his mouth. "What would you think if I told you you were a bird demon that ate human flesh and part of the fourth strongest one after the lord? That and that I was your demon husband in your past life." You say before also taking some meat into your mouth. There is a second of silence before Urogi laughs it off "Good one!" He said.

That that you recieve a call from Urogi at 3AM or so, you answer still half-asleep and you could have sworn he somehow manage to get back his sonic scream the second you hear his voice "-OLY SHIT! IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE NOW! THAT IS WHY I ACT LIKE AN ANIMAL, IS IT NOT?! AND WE ARE MARRIED?! CAN DEMONS GET MA-" You can hear how he is interrupted by some noises of hits (with paper and pillows) and struggles as Urogi complains without being anything said understandable before the call cuts... Sekido must have gotten tired of his shouting. [Truth be told, this was Aizetsu, they share room.]

"Y/N! Y/N! HUBBY!" He screams as he runs towards you as you meet outside your house, some bruises in the side of his face but nothing beyond that "Wha- "Hubby"?" You question just before he crushes into you as he didn't stop nor slow down, making you hit your back with the wall. As you groan in pain, Urogi takes your shoulder and cut the distance between your faces. "We need to get married again!" What? Just like that? You two are not even boyfriends. Does he remember your past together or something that he suddenly wants to marry?

"Nope, don't remember a thing. But I trust you wouldn't lie to me, and it really makes sense! And I think I love you already, so... yeah, I want to experience marrying you again." You also want to marry him again, even if it's worrisome how fast he made that choice. But that's just Urogi, maybe that is why everything you said just fixes into what he believes. You obviously go and inform his family about the choice, since Urogi didn't even tell them he was seeing you today, and everyone but Zohakuten agree to let you both be, but Aizetsu and Sekido take him away.

Karaku is the one to help the most with the expenses of the wedding, and he is also the one Urogi told about the past life. Totally believed, but it didn't surprise you. "Just make sure the other don't know or they will think you drugged Urogi for him to marry you, specially Zohakuten. That boy is a menace, thank that Aizetsu is the one taking care of him." But it was not that expensive, something small outside the city and stay there for the rest of the month as Honeymoon. After that, Aizetsu and Zohakuten moved Urogi's things to your place "I will be watching you, don't forget." ....

It's very messy to live with Urogi, but you have fun. "I love you, Baby Bird." So everything is ok. "Baby Bird? Ohhh, is that what you used to call me? That is so cute! Call me that again!" Everything is just as always.

Aizetsu:

You see a familiar looking kid holding a dragon plushie, clearly lost, in the middle of the store. The child around 12 is glaring at the floor, staying still, so you decide to see if you can help, mostly because, again, he looks familiar. "Hey, kiddo. Are you ok?" "Get lost, you disgusting freak!" Oh, it's Zohakuten! Yeah, you barely met him at all, he was the last resort in the worst case scenario, so you only ever saw him like 5 times at most. He was very protective of the rest of Hantengu, and so he rejected you when you knew you were with "Zouhakuten! There you are!" Aizetsu! He comes running towards you and Zohakuten, clearly relieved of found him safe and sound after losing him at the store.

"Aizetsu-nii! This old man tried to kidnap me!" .... Ok, first things first, you're not old, just over 18, but he still in a age where adult means old, so you will let it slide this time (specially since Aizetsu is watching). Fortunately, your past husband is able to read the situation well and apologizes to you. You try to take advantage and make a chit chat, you manage to have something with the child interrupting every once in a while, but you end up buying your groceries together.

"You are very nice, thank you for joining us. I'm sorry for Zohakuten, it makes me so sad you had to tolerate so many insults from his part." There, a chance! "Maybe you could pay me back by giving me your number, please? I would love to know you better, go out and stuff." You smile kindly at him, just like he liked in the past. Aizetsu blushes a bit, getting a little shy he looks at the floor smiling softly. He crys out when a can he just buyed is thrown to your head. "So because you couldn't kidnap me you want to kidnap Aizetsu-nii?! I won't let you!" And thankfully Zohakuten will not be there from now on.

He is still very quiet and easy-going, you take him into a walk in the park and buy him a dessert, nothing goes wrong. Everything is calm and comfortable, he smiles softly for every small detail you make as offering your hand when it's becoming dark and offering to walk him to his home. And you manage to get even more dates, from what you are told, it seems Urogi and Karaku urge him into doing so since he doesn't go out or socialize a lot. "Sometimes thoy even follow us in our dates, I'm not sure if you noticed that." You only ever did when Sekido came to scold them, berating them loudly in public, but you always pretended they weren't there.

To be honest, besides Zohakuten, you don't even have problems with the other clones brothers, now they are brothers, you remind yourself. Even Sekido seems ok with you, so you can only hope the kid will move on from his hatred towards you once he grows up. So it's preferable to wait until then if you want to get married, because the boy is insistent. You can't step into the Hantengu's house if there is only Zohakuten there without turning your stay into the movies of Home Alone. Still, it doesn't take you more than 7 dates for you and Aizetsu to become boyfriends, surprisingly being him the one who asked. "I really enjoy being with you, and even if it would be sad, I would like you to be my boyfriend." Of course you said yes.

He is slightly suspicious of the fact you already know what type of gifts he likes and how is easy for you to guess what foods he likes (soft foods, nothing too savory) but he decides to not mind it. Truth be told, he aleady checked your phone and house when he came over without you noticing "May I use the toilet?" And "Can I borrow a jacket? I left mine at home and it's starting the get cold outside. Let me see what you have in the closet." And "Can I order for myself? Just hand me your phone some minutes. Sorry if I takes me a while to choose." And "My battery is dead, may I text Sekido with your phone as mine charges to tell him I'm fine? I will log in and out of an app so it comes from me and you don't get in trouble." He knew what he was doing, but he never found hints that you were a stalker or had anything on him. (And don't worry, he is not jealous, he is just making sure you were not with pictures of him he didn't know about and if he appeared in your history search.)

Again, the story you are to tell is not the most believable, and Aizetsu, while is very respectful and admiring toward religious devotion, is not a believer himself. So there is no Shinto or Buddhism backing you up for this one, making you fear he might listen to Zohakuten "warnings" that you are a "-perverted freak who wants to take Aizetsu-nii away!" Seriously, what is wrong with this kid? Even Urogi seems to have upgraded from your last life, and he was the pet of the group. But what is important is that you keep your mouth shut from the reincarnation and demon topics.

He keeps living with his brothers until the marriage proposal, by the time Zohakuten already tolerates you, but wanting more is being too greedy to be realistic (it has already been 5 years since you have met, the kid is freaking seventeen. Why did he grow up? He didn't grow up in the pa- oh right, he was a demon back then. The point is that if he doesn't like you by now he probably never will.). You buy him a ring and made a propousal similar to those in the western movies Aizetsu likes to watch... minus the near-death experiences, but it counts. In a trip to the beach, you kneeled in front of him by the sunset, exposing the ring. "Love, will you marry me?"

Aizetsu actually started crying when he saw the ring, sniffing and rubbing the tears of his face as he began to laugh. You gave him the space and time for him to give an answer, even though you wanted to comfort him (knowing fully well that he was alright, Aizetsu barely cries when feeling sad, and him crying has always been good. It always meant he trusted you.) "Yes. Yes, I will marry you." He says before taking your arms and pulling you up, into a hug. You did it! Now you have to prepare the wedding.

It's a bit more than an average wedding, Sekido and Karaku (you could have sworn he was broke, but he is actually filthy rich but won't tell everyone where he get the money from... He is probably a pornstar) helped the most with the costs, Urogi (he is not broke but damn if he isn't close) and Zohakuten (who was asking every once in a while to Aizetsu "Are you sure this is what you want? You can always change your mind") helped with the preparations, being with your past-future husband through all the process. Then you even have money to have a bit more than two weeks to Europe, you both mostly staying in France and Italy.

Once you came back the Hantengu brothers had alrady moved Aizetsu things into your home. "It was very nice of your brothers to help you. When will they give you back the key?" You ask, since you had already given him a key to your home ".... I had my key during the complete honeymoon...." .... so you changed the locks. Besides that, your lives run smoothly, the brothers visit every once in a while, you both so your best at your job, trust and support each other. And... talking about trust.

"Love?" You call him one night, him being half-asleep as he lieas his head in your shoulder "Mnn?" You take a deep breath before spilling the beans "What would you think if I told you that we married in our past life when we were man-eating demons?" He only takes a breath as he leans closer to you neck to get more comfortable "Go back to sleep, Y/N." You do, then try again the next morning. Aizetsu looks at you unamused before stating once again. "Go back to sleep."

You tried several times but he never believed any of it, but didn't think you were nuts, just that you had a very realistic dream or vision and took it as a signal, since he "knew" you were religious (more like you remember your past life and were a demon, so you know those things exists, but again, Aizetsu doesn't believe it). He tolerates it and tries to dissipate the thoughts about it "Darling, even if I believed it, it wouldn't matter. That was the past, wasn't it? The important thing is the present and future, and having you stuck in that is making me sad." So you stop, but he is right, it doesn't really matter. You have your present and future, and you are not going to waste it.

#top reader #demon slayer #kny #upper moons #kny x reader #karaku #urogi #aizetsu #sekido #gyutaro #damn it took me forever to finish this part #but finally #it's done #now the alternate version >:>

[cyclesprefectpress]

[image description: 7 photos of a letterpress-printed card deck, and the formes of handset type and linoleum block illustrations used to print it. The Inscryption card deck is a 52-card playing deck (plus title card and two jokers), where each royal and ace features a beast or character from Leshy's version of the game in Inscryption. the backs of the cards were printed with an approximation of the in-game card deck made from rule and decorative lead type; each pip and number from a forme of lead type; and each illustration from a carved linoleum block. character assignments for each illustrated card under the cut. end description.]

hi hi hi Desert Bus for Hope comes around again starting Nov. 12th! i have donated an item this year that is up for giveaway from 6pm-12 on the 17th, and it is an Inscryption-based playing card deck aimed to haunt someone's home for Charity :)

i love every one of the horrible little creatures in Leshy's deck and did not like to have to choose, but i felt like the ranks really fell into place once I'd bounced a couple ideas around. feel free to argue with my suit assignment choices. I have strong but inarticulate vibes-based opinions and occasionally geometry-based opinions.

i don't think i actually have a ton to say about printing process on this one at the moment?? it was. the amount of work that it probably looks like it was. it was very fun and i'm pretty proud of it and grateful for the opportunity for my obsessive impulses to transmogrify into some actual, tangible purpose :))

and i do genuinely love designing card decks for letterpress despite how impractical it is. Last time i did my best to design for a Practical, Reliable Yield of 75 decks, so it was a cool different problem to make Yield: 1 even a little bit more approachable than it sounds. i have a bunch of process recordings and not very much idea what's the best way to condense it down to a watchable length, so if anybody has a vote about what they'd like to see/specific questions I'm all ears. anyway! there's some disorganized snippets here:

wips

Clubs: Ace, Geck. Jack, Ouroboros. Queen, Mycologist. King, Leshy.

Spades: Ace, Beehive. Jack, Mantis God. Queen, Woodcarver. King, Stinkbug.

Diamonds: Ace, Sparrow. Jack, Long Elk. Queen, Prospector. King, Stoat.

Hearts: Ace, Cat. Jack, Child 13. Queen, Angler. King, Stunted Wolf.

Joker: Starvation.

#inscryption #desert bus for hope #desert bus 2022 #letterpress #letterpress printing #handset type #linoleum block #linoleum illustration #book arts #printmaking #db 2022 #finished works #long post

[ashcoveredtraveler]

Text is written below the comic.

Attachment, part 2

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Panel One Text:

"Here are the tablecloth designs. Get them as quickly as possible"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Right Away!"

"Oh, Dryya! Wasn't that a beautiful tablecloth? "

Panel Two Text:

"They are pretty, my Lady."

"They truly are."

"Dryya ... Something's Wrong... Isn't it"

Panel Three Text:

"I feel like it is in poor taste to glorify the corpse of your child to the public, my Lady."

"Oh Dryya, you are always so kind..."

"Even if you hide it behind your fierce face."

Panel Four Text:

"I have been too busy to check, but how is his majesty doing?"

"Oh, he... He is fine. Completely fine. He made peace with what we have decided to do."

Panel Five Text:

"I am having difficulties finding a replacement for myself... Other than that, the preparations for my departure have been going well."

"You are fine, my Watcher. You are the first of your kind anyway."

"Well, I am glad you still think well of me even if my purpose is almost used up... This will be the last party I will be attending, you know?"

"It's my last party too."

"Who is invited?"

"Let's see... for political reasons, we invited the Lords of the Mantis tribe and Unn. We were thinking of inviting Hive Queen Vespa, but she simply thinks we are celebrating the glorified death sentence of Herrah. We were also thinking of inviting the Moth Tribe representatives-"

"Excuse me? The Moth Tribe?"

"Wouldn't that be bad taste to the other guests as it was their god causing the infection?"

"But you're a moth too."

Panel Six Text:

"I do understand where you are coming from. But they significantly helped with the plan. It would be rude to forget about them."

"So you don't forget those you gain from, but you forget your daughter's hatch day?"

"Very well, I will continue on with my tasks. Since this is my last party- make sure it is an unforgettable one."

"I will make sure of that, my Watcher. "

Notes:

Found a new thing I don't like drawing, The White Palace. I had the need to make it it colored so it was more gray than I expected. But I couldn't stand a completely white environment.

When making this comic I realized my quality of drawing went down the more images I made per PNG. So unintentionally my mindset was quantity over quality. But I know another part of my mindset was that I had to complete one part of a project before doing anything else.

So most likely I will try to develop my drawings a bit more before starting on the next part.

#hollow knight #hollow knight fanart #split family au #hk au #hk comic #hollow knight au #hk hollow knight #hollow knight pure vessel #hk pure vessel #hollow knight white lady #hk white lady #hk dryya #hk pale king #hk pk #hk lurien

[vynnyal]

Y'all, how do I be normal about hollow knight.

Anyways, here's the unofficial 4th installment of that series I started a while ago where I throw together a bunch of random hk theories into one post... this time ordered to make mildly more sense!

So the context here is this:

My friend came up with a cool oc and I was immediately obsessed with the idea. I explained everything relevant... err-- mostly relevant, anyways-- but I extrapolated on a few points here.

It got kinda bloated because I tried to tie-in some of my random tangents. The rest... are just gonna be at the end, lmao.

...

Basically, there are Gods in Hallownest. They mostly fall under the category of "Higher Beings", though not all Higher Beings are gods.

All of these gods are Gods specifically because they use dreams as their life force, which is directly tied to how powerful their influence can be.

The mother of Greenpath, Unn, is the epitome of a good-ol' classic Hollowknight god.

She IS Greenpath. The plantlife came from her and is likely a direct conduit of her power (greenpath lore tablet). The Mosskin Tribe themselves are her dream-children-- they either literally spawned from her or were merely formed in her image.

And now remember, the entirety of greenpath and queen's gardens were her domain. That's like 1/6th of Hallownest.

She was The Shit. And then, for reasons untold, she went to sleep. Though it's hard to pin down when it started, it's implied her slumber predated the Dreamers; Quirrel's dreamnail dialogue mentions her, likely as a memory from the times he was Monomon's apprentice, and even then she was just "something revered" sleeping in the waters.

Which is to say, when Mr Columbus waltzed in to pave roads through their lands (and when his wife laid claim to a decent chunk to be her personal playground), they likely didn't meet much resistance. From Unn herself, anyways. Which makes it all the more shocking that they didn't smite her image completely when her domain was so throughly invaded and remolded to PK's satisfaction.

He had, in his grasp, an entire tribe of people that followed *a different God than himself,* aka the worst thing you can be in the eyes of another God. People are dreams, and dreams are power. More worshippers= more power. If you're a God, you HAVE to actively be thought about by many people to survive. A forgotten God is a dead God. (This exact conflict was, in no small part, the beginning of the series of dominoes that led to Hallownest's downfall, albiet with a different God.)

That Unn herself was left relatively alone, despite this, is likely because Unn/the Mosskin Tribe gave juuust enough to avoid conflict while also keeping their "dream" distinct from PK's (meaning: continue to worship Unn and not PK). I can only imagine he allowed this because if he didn't, both Unn and her people would simply cease to be; the Mosskin needed Unn, and Unn needed them. That, and he was probably pretty busy dealing with the aforementioned other God that was... decidedly less submissive.

Either way, WL took Unn's land and pushed out her followers, inadvertently (or possibly purposefully) greatly diminishing Unn's power and influence. (It's possible this was the event that knocked her out, and she was merely too weak to oppose two entire Higher Beings to begin with.)

The other important character of note is Fierce Dryya. She was one of the Five Great Knights, and WL's personal guard.

After WL birthed and subsequently killed her children, she isolated herself in the depths of her Gardens, presumably "well-protected" from the fate the rest of the world faced.

There, Dryya held her last stand before a swarm of infected mantis Traitors who sought to remove WL from their territory. Sadly, WL doesn't even know she's dead, even though you have to step over her corpse to enter WL's cocoon.

It's hard to think about, but theres an equal chance that she fought off the Traitors for good... and that her death was entirely in vain. She is found next to the mound of Traitor corpses she undoubtly killed, but in the end, she died as well.

Implying that, before breathing her last, she managed to terrify them enough to never come back..

Or that she was just eventually worn down and killed, and the Traitors simply gave up when they couldn't get through WL's own protection.

....Which is to say the time between Dryya's death and events of the game is almost completely unknown!

...

Things I just couldn't fit in:

1, The name greenpath is just because PK put a bunch of roads in it, really. It likely had a different name before Mr Columbus came along.

2, Btw I wondered if there were any actual children in hk. Turns out, yeah, most bugs can propogate (lol), but the only ones referenced in the game that are not directly from a God are openly NOT worshiping ANY God. I'm talking the Mantis tribe, the Spider tribe, the Flukes, the mushroom clan, and weirdly enough, a specific spirit called Joni whose whole thing was being a heretic-- aka not only Not a worshiper of PK, but actively outcast and perhaps outlawed by PK's people.

*I'm disregarding Millybug. They're implied to be childish, but that's all we know.

Other notable characters that were at least a child at one point are Hornet, who was the child of Herrah and PK, and the Vessels, the product of the WL and PK. Grimmchild doesn't count as its not an actual bug, but a vessel created by the Nightmare Heart. The PK's Vessels are unique because they were originally independent, living creatures.

3, This talk about gods and such made me think about what happens after the game. Unn isn't dead, just actively dying because Miss Rad keeps stealing all her followers. She barely has enough energy to be like "hey kid, take this thing and remember me plz."

With both Miss Rad and PK gone, there's nothing stopping Unn's revival. Like, imagine Hallownest getting repopulated by the remaining tribes, returned to their natural glory. The only place left untouched being the city and the abyss-- forever monument to the horrors that nearly killed them all.

4, It just occurred to me that most of the real Godly gods in the game get cop-outs in the pantheons so you can't fight them. White lady just kinda peaced out, Unn's on the respirator, PK is fully snapped out of existence, the Lifeblood entity is chilling out in the basement, and... well I guess you are the void king by then so it's a bit of a moot point. NKG, THK, and Miss Rad are the only ones that're ready to throw down. Good for them!

5, The story of Isma is perplexing. It's implied the grove she died in is the source of the weird acid ravaging Hallownest, though it's unknown how or why. The wiki presumes this only affects the lower regions of the world, but I personally haven't found whatever supports this*. There's pipework lining the broken elevator pass between Ogrim and the Grove, of which is literally glowing with acid, so...

*there is one spirit in the Spirit Glade that mentions acid as a biological defense mechanism, so acid does exist in some capacity outside of this weird angry stuff.

Besides that, her dreamnail dialogue is "there's no time." Seriously? That's the most cliffhanger-y quote of the bunch, I can so clearly imagine team cherry being like "have fun! No we will not elaborate lol" before they spike the ball into our court.

In any case, while down this rabbit hole I have come to terms with the fact that Ogrim is still the best character in the game. He's literally the "I lie to myself :)" guy. All his friends are dead or missing. His lover drowned in 10 feet of acid. His idol the King was sent to superhell. Everyone else is a shambling husk. But he's still out here like "hey again, I realized you're not dead! Sorry about that, everyone else is so I got confused. Oh you saw my gf after pulling the lever that lowers the 10 feet of acid in her grove? Yeah she's super cool. Yeah no I can't go see her even though she's literally right over there, I got my, uh... oath. Haha. Good luck!"

6, While reading about Essence, it occurred to me that when you dreamnail a spirit, you don't actually kill them. You merely collect them. When the seer speaks to you about how much essence you have, she mentions she sees memories peering back at her. (1200 essence dialogue)

Most clearly don't want to be collected. They are at their final resting place, and desire to stay there, whether they're aware of their current state or not.

...buuut technically, TECHNICALLY, you aren't actually harming the spirits you dreamnail and can totally collect em' all to chill with you instead of lingering, listlessly, forever. You're just kinda rude for it. Also, none of the other spirits can tell what happened to them, so just dreamnail Revek too! He'll be fiiiine. :D right?

7, What really messes with my understanding of the timeline is WL's whole physical situation with what the blindness and such. She's the Higher Being, but within such a relatively short span of time, she has aged to the point of her body breaking down? More importantly, she's not immortal?? There are no mentions of the queen ever having any physical ailments, publically or privately, until you see it for yourself. Meaning that the worst of it happened after the Vessels were born and THK began their training. Perhaps the matter with the Vessels took more of a physical toll than originally assumed?

If we're assuming the pair hooked up after PK turned tiny, then you have to wonder just how old she was at the time. Judging by the rate at which she's aging now, she was likely pretty young. Frankly, I doubt it'd change much either way. She'd have that matter-of-fact, gung-ho demeanor at any age.

This is also why I specified that not all Higher Beings are bona-fide Gods. WL doesn't need the dreams of others, and judging by the weaver's seal she uses to protect her mind, doesn't want others to dream of her. And yet the Godseeker recognizes her as... something. (Third encounter)

So at least she's not just a really old tree. But she's also not a God like PK. She's a weird, third thing.

8, but I'm not letting go of her weird orb cocoon thing. What's that about?? What is it made of? Was it constructed by others and she was sealed within? Or did she somehow create it herself? The architecture seems to imply it's inorganic, but how did she get in there, then?

To top off the weirdness, there's the conveniently ghost-sized hole in the center of her carved face. So I'm leaning more towards "exaggerated metaphor for entering WL's mind" or "easy-to-read entry point for players to go to visit WL that isn't literally there in canon" and not "there's a big glowing hole in this literal rock that inexplicably leads to a tunnel* that then leads to a room very obviously bigger than what's seen from the outside."

There's no way, dude.

I'm leaning more towards there being a large structure she could walk into, that was then barricaded to fully seal her within. The knight, being so small, managed to get their way in through some sort of tunnel.

But then something happened to the plan and the outside of the structure turned into whatever Ari thought that orb was supposed to be.

*Although, I do like the interpretation that the tunnel is actually Ghost slowly making their way through her roots to meet her.

#hollow knight #thonking abt hollowknight #blabbing.txt #SIGHS. y'all. To make this coherent was a struggle #It still barely hangs on to the original topic #I didn't know where to add this but it's also possible PK didn't kill Unn just because #He didn't wanna? Like. I don't think he was bloodthirsty #Just territorial #But he was at the time actively trying to kill someone. So #Who's to say the truce between Unn and PK would've been the same without miss rad? #Also also also hey. what was that about a cracktheory about Monomon possibly being a higher being again #It's been so long since I've read a good ol fashion hk fic venturing into worldbuilding with some basic character chatter thrown on top

[flutteringphalanges]

Disastrously Good Intentions

Adam Warlock x Star Lord!Sister Reader

Prompt:

When Adam and the Guardians decide to throw you a baby shower, all does not go as planned. 

Word Count: 899

A/N: I’m back with more Adam Warlock x Reader baby one shots! This is shorter than I usually write, but I wanted to get something out! Here is a LINK to the master-list of all of the one shots! Requests are open! I’m thinking that maybe the next one shot might be about celebrating the reader’s and Adam’s baby’s first birthday? Or Adam’s first Father’s Day? Thoughts? I hope you enjoy! -Jen

​                          Disastrously Good Intentions

If it hadn’t been for Adam’s unnaturally quick reaction time, you would’ve surely hit the ground trying to stagger backwards away from the unmanned cart full of presents that careened past you. The sight before you was something you hadn’t quite expected. Balloons of all pastel shades were strung up--though many popped, from various railings and beams. There was a banner that read “WAR”, which, from the letters you saw scattered on the ground at one point, must've said “BABY WARLOCK”. It was kinda fitting though. The battlefield aspect. Especially when your eyes landed on the cake that looked like a literal bomb had gone off inside of it. Icing was everywhere. Literally, everywhere. 

“This wasn’t what I had envisioned when I learned about pregnancy customs from your planet.” Adam sighed in defeat, both of you watching as Drax accidentally collapsed one of the table legs while trying to steady another. “We wanted to surprise you with a baby shower. I wanted to surprise you.” 

You rested your hand on the swell of your stomach. Seven months with two to go. Life had been pretty boring since you had to take a step away from missions. Gods, you missed it. What point was it to be a Guardian when the most excitement you dealt with was settling petty disputes between Knowhere’s citizens? Your baby’s health and safety was of the utmost importance and you’d do anything for her, but you couldn’t help but feel a little envious whenever Adam returned for duty and told you what the team had accomplished. But now, for the first time in awhile, you actually felt something. Small as it was. 

“Oh, I am definitely surprised.” You assured him, amusement finding you as Groot popped more balloons than he managed to reattach. “And you did all of this? For me?” 

“Yes! Well, everyone assisted of course. Peter was of the greatest use. Last time when you both visited your grandfather, he brought those magazines? You know from that place where you can pay and they do the imaging of the baby? What we do here, but much more complex and thorough.” 

Ah, the sonogram place. Not a doctor’s office, but one of those companies where you could go with your loved ones and see your baby on the screen. You’d taken your grandfather a few times so he could witness his great grandchild’s heartbeat first hand. See her wiggle and even get a few pictures as a keepsake out of it. Peter tagged along each time making it a Quill family affair. Though you never noticed that he borrowed the waiting room’s only literature…

“I see…” You nodded, trying to hide your smile as you caught sight of Kraglin getting after Cosmo--who had given into her dog nature and had taken to enjoying some of the fallen cake. “I like the decorations.” 

“Mantis and Nebula. Well, Nebula after a great deal of convincing from Mantis. She wanted to make it clear that she wouldn’t do this for just anyone and that you better be grateful. I’m certain she meant that with love. You know how she can be with words. She’s just well…she’s Nebula.” Adam said with a smile. “Do you like the colors? Rocket picked those.”

“Rocket?!” You snorted, stunned by the news. “...I never pictured him being someone who’d be into color schemes.” 

“Well, Drax wanted to go full black and grey, but Peter informed him those were the opposite colors from a celebration like this.” Adam sighed, his mouth curving into a small frown. “This was supposed to be perfect. Just like in the magazines. And I’ve failed, Y/N…”

Out of the corner of your eye, you saw your brother running with a bucket of water. You weren’t sure if you wanted to know why. Rocket was making wild gestures at Groot who had somehow managed to get the banner strings wrapped around his branches. Nebula seemed to have just given up on it all as Mantis haphazardly juggled a tower’s worth of presents. And Drax…well, that table would never be of use again. At least Cosmo was enjoying herself. 

“Hey.” You turned so you faced Adam completely. Resting your hand on his cheek, you made him look at you. “Sweetheart, you didn’t fail at all.”

“But, your party. It looks like…” 

“Not like a normal baby shower? Yeah, that’s true.” You smiled, chuckling softly. “I mean, it’s wild. Chaotic. A big mess. But that’s what we all are. This party, all of it.” You gestured around you. “When I see this sight around me. I see my family. Not some boring, structured thing. You couldn’t give me or…” You took Adam’s hand and placed it on your stomach feeling your baby move from within. “Her a better celebration. I love this. All of this. And I love you.” 

You leaned up and kissed Adam gently. His eyes lit up and his smile returned. Both of you looked to the wreckage that was your party, though it felt wrong and yet silly calling it that. 

“I have an idea.” You said with a grin.

“Oh?” Adam inquired, an eyebrow raised. 

“How about we go over there and help poor Mantis before those presents topple over. I’d kinda like to see what is inside.” 

Adam smiled and placed a kiss on your forehead. “That, my darling, sounds like a glorious idea.”

#Adam Warlock #Adam Warlock x Reader #Reader x Adam Warlock #gotg vol 3 #Adam Warlock Imagine #Aydith Warlock #Guardians of the Galaxy

[humansbgone]

(This is content for Humans-B-Gone!, an animated sci-fi series about a giant praying mantis who works in pest control--those pests including humans. Watch it on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/c/humansbgone )

2:45 of staging done!!! This includes all the hardest shots by far. Nearly done, and what remains is much, much simpler. 

Work also had to be done on one of the human models because the hips kept messing up. From here, the only model work that needs to be done is prop and background modeling.

(By the way, look closely. Do you see the little human being thrown from Sophodra's neck?)

Also...If you missed it on Tumblr, I'm thinking about streaming playing games. Keep an out for times!

This weekend, I'll try to finish up staging. I'll also try to do a little "staging" to figure out how to divide Gregorsa's lecture between images. Next week, I'll probably do final recording for audio, finish up aligning music, and find sound effects for everything. After that, I can begin painting some images for Gregorsa's lecture. Then, the week after that, we finish painting and begin on prop and background modeling! Maybe two to three weeks of that, and three for animation. Then, Gregorsa! Until next time!

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