#glitch transition

[marlenmckinnon]

qocc oc challenge — day three : alternate universe remix

Elizabeth Pevensie and Nerve Olwenn • The Chronicles of Narnia — “He was my first love when I was still young and innocent, a little white swan. Now everyone wonders who's the black swan out of the two.” [challenge by @nolanhollogay] — glitch tutorial

Elizabeth Pevensie had been sent to Narnia from London after her father's death, the famous King Peter, who was nowhere near royalty in London. Cancer destroyed him. Elizabeth traveled to Narnia, having heard about the world from her family, but obviously thinking it was fake. The first person she met was Nerve, a cute young man. He was kind and affectionate, they both fell for each other. Elizabeth did not understand why she was sent to Narnia, it was winter, yes, but nothing seemed to appear out of the ordinary. She couldn't save a world that was at peace, could she? Well, at least she thought it was safe. Her downfall was caressing her blonde locks. Nerve. The White Witch's son. How, unfortunate. Elizabeth gathered the Narnians and promised herself never to be that naive and trusting again. She felt betrayed, yes, but could not act on it. She had to be Queen. Her choices were fair, sometimes hard to swallow to some, but fair. She took the burden of the crown without failing and protected those who were harassed by the Usurper King, Nerve. She's the hero's daughter, she can't fail, she's good, she's the light.

But sometimes, the roles can be swapped. [Role Swap AU] And the darkness filled her lungs with disturbing ease. She was the hero's daughter. Her Crown was hers by blood and fate. She can't be the villain, her actions were justified, and her means are necessary. Right?

Both of their graves are next to each other, and the Narnians pay their respect, but they all know that the both of them are better dead, together in death than one of them on the throne. Greedy with power, surrounded by envy, they both had the same plan. Create a distraction with innocent love, the memory of theirs, and both of them had a dagger plunged into their backs. How poetic.

#c; elizabeth pevensie #univers: narnia #qocc oc challenge #glitch transition #au trope #well not exactly #both of them went back and forth on the whole light and dark path #it was so fun to play with that thin line between the two #the ending remained quite open for these two characters #still love them so much #bit rusty on the descriptions in english of their lives #don't look if there are mistakes #actually quite proud of that gifset as well #non rp related #r; elizabeth x nerve

[miwtual]

PHOTOPEA GLITCH TRANSITION TUTORIAL by kai @heroeddiemunson​​

howdy! so i’ve recently come to realize that i haven’t come across any tutorials for creating a glitch transition on photopea. as someone who has done this transition many times in photopea, i figured that i should create a tutorial to show how i personally do this effect!

what you need:

photopea (basically photoshop in your browser, completely free!)

basic giffing knowledge, because i won’t cover it in this tutorial (other tutorials: tutorial by @benoitblanc​​​​, tutorial by @ashleysolsen​​​​)

i also recommend watching this youtube video for a real time visual of what i’m going to be describing in this tutorial. this video is what taught me how to do this glitch effect, so if how i’m describing it is at all confusing, check out the video to see it in action!

without further ado, make sure you save your psds regularly and let’s begin the tutorial :)

step one: making your gifs

before we do anything, you have to first make the gifs that you are going to doing the glitch in between. for the sake of this tutorial, i will be transitioning between two gifs, but this tutorial works for however many gifs you want to glitch between for your edit. here are my two gifs that i will be transitioning between:

i highly recommend keeping these individual gifs small in their frame count to make sure your final gif doesn’t go over tumblr’s size limit. the gifs i am working with are both 22 frames; you dont have to make the gifs have the same amount of frames, but i do it because i think it looks cleaner.

with your two gifs, edit them however you would like. if you have a specific order you’d like the gifs to look/a way that your finished product will look like (ex: black and white with a transition to fully colored), then you should color them accordingly. here are what my gifs look like after fully editing them:

once you’re happy with your editing, go to file > export as > GIF and save your gifs. now that we have our gifs to transition between, let’s make our canvas!

step two: making your gifs’ canvas

now that we have the gifs we’re going to be transitioning between, we need to make a “canvas”, or place where we put these two gifs in order to transition between them. so, going to file > new…, create a new canvas. here are the specifications for my canvas (size of your canvas may vary, depending on your cropping for your gifs):

the background for this canvas doesn’t really matter like it does when you’re blending two gifs, but i still made my canvas’s background black because it contrasts the brightness of the gifs i’m placing onto it.

with your canvas now created after clicking “Create”, open up the two gifs that you will be transitioning between. right click the gif’s folder in the layers panel on the right, and select duplicate into… and choose the canvas you just created. once your gifs have been duplicated into the canvas, your layer panel should look something like this:

if you didn’t duplicate your gifs in order, arrange your gifs however you want them to appear. from here, we can now get to the purpose of the tutorial, creating the glitch effect!

step three: creating the glitch effect

generally, with any transition effect, i like to make my gifs seem like they are endlessly looping. while this is a little more work when it comes to giffing, i do think it gives the gifs a nice polish and doesn’t make it feel like there’s a harsh transition between the gif’s looping cycle.

click the eye next to your top most gif(s) in order to make it invisible, as we will worry about it later. scroll down to the layer titled “_a_frm0,50”, right click, and select “duplicate layer”. this should create a new layer, “_a_frm0,50 copy”, on top of the original layer. double click on the copy, and you should see this pop up:

below the fill slider, you should see something titled “channel” with three checkboxes with R, G, and B next to each checkbox. you can uncheck any one of these checkboxes for a different effect; unchecking the R box creates the stereotypical red/blue glitch effect, unchecking the G box creates a green/pink glitch effect, and unchecking the B box creates a blue/yellow glitch effect. for my transition, i have chosen to go with the blue/yellow glitch effect by unchecking the B box. however, you can play around with whatever effect you prefer for your gif.

once you have chosen what checkbox to uncheck, click “OK”. with the “_a_frm0,50 copy” still selected, make sure you have the move tool selected (the curser at the top of the left toolbar), and choose the direction you want your glitch to go and move the layer using the arrow keys on your keyboard. it can move as much or as little as you want, whatever looks good to you! i chose to move this first layer 10 clicks to the left and 5 clicks up, which creates this effect for my first layer:

which looks cool, right? now, you could stop here with the glitch effect, but me being me, i’m extra, so i’m going to include the next half-step that you don’t have to follow unless you want to.

step 3.5: the glitch effect, advanced

with “_a_frm0,50 copy” still selected, go to the left toolbar and find the rectangle select tool (right under the move tool from before). this part is a bit tedious, but i like the results, so i feel that the work is worth it.

using the rectangle select tool, make a shape around part of the layer, and then go back to your toolbar and select the move tool again so we can move the selected section. do you remember how many clicks you used to move your layer and in what direction it goes in? well, now, do the opposite; since i moved 10 clicks to the left and 5 clicks up, my selected section needs to go 10 clicks right and 5 clicks down. below is what this looks like before and after moving the selected area:

once you’re happy with the moved selection, go to the top bar and go to select > deselect so that you are no longer selecting the section you just moved. repeat this step however many times you like; i tend to do this about 5 times for each layer of varying sizes/lengths to allow variety. here is what the final product looks like for this first layer:

and viola! your fully glitched layer one. now we can move on with the rest of the tutorial.

step three, continued: creating the glitch effect

now that you have finished this layer, make sure you have selected both frames “_a_frm0,50” and “_a_frm0,50 copy” by left clicking while holding down CTRL on your keyboard. with both layers selected, right click and choose the “merge layers” option in the popup; this ensures that the glitch effect that you have created stays as one frame.

now we get to do this many more times! make your next layer, “_a_frm1,50”, visible by clicking the little box next to it in the layer panel, and repeat the before steps. i personally alternate between what direction my glitches go in to add more variety and interest for my gifs. so, for example, with my “_a_frm0,50” frame, i moved it 10 clicks to the left and 5 clicks up; this means, for “_a_frm1,50”, i’m going to move it 10 clicks to the right and 5 clicks down, so on and so forth.

i do this for the first 3 frame layers and the last 3 frame layers for both gifs. when your gifs are finished with their individual gif transitions, they should (individually) look like this:

and together, they should look something like this:

and that’s the hard part done! congratulations, you just made a glitch transition!

step four: finishing touches

now, this entire step is optional, as if you already did stuff like add text to the individual gifs you are using this transition with, you’re probably already done. however, if you’re like me and you’re making a gif where the text remains stationary on top as the gif itself transitions underneath, take this time now to do so.

i will also note that if you want your gif transition to match with the rest of your gifs, you can do that in this layer. for example, i want the blue in the transition to be purple like in the rest of my gif; to accomplish this, i will use a combination of a hue/saturation layer and a selective color layer to make the blue be purple (which does change the purple a little from how it was originally, but i don’t mind). i would put these layers on top of both of my gif layers so that the transition layers in both gifs get the same coloring. doing so creates this effect:

(that isn’t a step that’s required by any means (nor do i do it all the time), but in case you wanted to do that, now you know!)

now that i am fully happy with how the gif looks, i will add my finalized text and end up with this as my final product:

now, if you run into the problem of your gif being a little too large for tumblr’s size limit (for example, my finished gif was 10.7MB, and the limit for 540x540 gifs is 10MB) and don’t want to redo all of the process of doing the glitch effect after deleting some frames, i recommend using ezgif’s gif optimizer. it helps shrink the size of your gif without costing you the quality of your gifs. :) i dont normally recommend that for other types of gifs where it’s easier to delete frames, but in this case i know that deleting frames and having to recreate the glitch effect may be annoying!

other than that, this is the end of the tutorial — congrats, you know how to make a glitch transition in photopea! good for you! :) if you ever need any help with photopea, or have a request for how i have done an effect, please feel free to shoot me an ask and i’ll do my best to explain or make another tutorial to help!

#photopea tutorial #photopea gif tutorial #gif tutorial #glitch transition tutorial #photopea #dailyresources #allresources #completeresources #usergif #userars #tusergeo #userlace #tusersai #mystuff #mytutorials #eyestrain #pulsing lights

[buwheal]

I wanna give him a blanket. Can it maybe just materialize outta nowhere?

(I know fabric wrinkles suck to draw. You don't gotta 😵)

#i uh #i got carried away. Oops. wtf is wrong with this guy?? #Lmk if you need translations for the particularly glitchy part. #also just to clarify the physical glitch is not what /caused/ him to say that it just particularly irritated him and so he lashed out- #-before he could think ab it. i almost contemplated a frame of him apologizing & then i thought about it... he would not. nuh uh. #Last ask with this setting for now. It /will/ come back though because he sleeps there. #stayed up a little too late to finish this... i was so excited all day to do this one lmfao #it wasnt supposed to go past where he calls you a plethora of names but i needed to make it somehow transition back to the storefront later #thank you brave anon for your attempt. not really how it works here though. The fabric folds isnt really the issue lol. #as an apology you get the longest one to date. thanks o7. #spamton #spamton g spamton #[you've got mail!] #he switched up so quickly after it dissapated beause he realized he was just yelling at a camera... embarasing.. what a freak #going crazy in the tags today not sorry

[flimsy-spine]

Standing inbetween you, and anyone who thinks they can hurt you, is exactly where I wanna be standing.

#evan buckley #maddie buckley #911 fox #911 abc #911edit #evanbuckleyedit #maddiebuckleyedit #thebuckleysiblingsedit #*911 #* #*lyrics #madneyfiles #tried to learn how to do a glitch transition and damn near cried and ended up giving up on it entirely 😭 #so we are back to only understanding the motion blur transition #i think i'm going to make a 'lyric edits made on a now deactivated account's lyrics are now available to gif to again' rule #simply because so far i have only giffed to big thief songs #need some variety again

[usergif]

here is your liberation. here is your chance for true freedom. - disciple, iamx

#kinnporsche #vegaspete #kinnporschedit #kpedit #nyx4 #useryd #lextag #userkareena #userhanyi #seamayweed #userkimchi #usergooseras #blending #color #glitch #layout #overlay #transition #*usergif #by mona

[stellarspecter]

it's a night out on earth the last one for a while, can't get worse

#the umbrella academy #tua #viktor hargreeves #brellygifs #tuaedit #userkarolina #userhallie #tuserecho #userdean #userabs #usersray #useralxndr #the lyrics are from a night out on earth by waterparks btw #there could have been a lot more to this but 1. i don't have the willpower to download so many episodes for scenes i'm not even sure about #and 2. i made this in like an afternoon and the majority of the time was spent failing at a glitch transition. fuck frame animation btw #*edits

[zinniapetals]

Arlecchino - Dire Balemoon

#arlecchino #genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinet #flashing #eyestrain #eyes #glitching #bright colors #let me know if I need to add another trigger warning #this trailer was very eye straining with all the transitions lol #myedit

[couldtransitionsaveher]

DR. HEINZ DOOFENSHMIRTZ from PHINEAS AND FERB

JUSTIFICATION:

"i mean cmon." - @glitched-out-mess

Reminder: Submissions are always open! Submit here!

Did you make your daily click today?

#could transition have saved her #dr doofenshmirtz #phineas and ferb #pnf #transgender #trans hc #glitched-out-mess

[zytes]

gloam

#still working on this one so I’m rlly not sure if it’ll stay like this #abt transitions and seasons #my art #glitch art #aesthetic #art #artwork #webcore #glitchcore #internetcore #abstract #artists on tumblr #wip art

[filmluvgraph]

Stefan deserves a happy ending😭💔

#stefan butler #80s #bandersnatch #black mirror #netflix #video games #fionn whitehead #edit #my edit #colin ritman #will poulter #glitch #the matrix #psychedit #viral trends #trends #sad thoughts #80s movies #video editor #capcut #transition #my video

[stardestroyer81]

Glitch Man, fully equipped with Hard Knuckle, is raring to perform one of his favorite game-breaking bugs in Mega Man II... but Magnet Man isn't having it.

#⭐ Star's Art ⭐ #Meme Redraw #Mega Man Ultimate #Rockman U: The Renegades Rise #Glitch Man #SLN-006 #Magnet Man #Mega Man 3 #Coolness #Not even the guru of glitches is safe from the situational wrath of DWN-018. #Lately I've been sightseeing some of the many glitches found across the earlier Mega Man titles #And one of my personal favorites can be found in Mega Man II on the Gameboy— the Hard Knuckle glitch! #By using the Hard Knuckle on the EXACT FRAME of a vertical screen transition... it can wreak havoc on the game #Ranging anywhere between a screen's worth of garbled graphics to the game full-on hardlocking #Oddly enough when I went to give it a go it did neither of these... #... but instead sent me BACK TO THE START OF THE STAGE where I had no choice but to fall into the nearest pit! #The incident was so funny to me that I just had to make art on the matter #I based it primarily off that one image macro of the Undertaker standing behind a flippant AJ Styles #It was also my very first time drawing Magnet Man. I think I did pretty well! 💙✨

[crtripping]

#glitch art #my work #audiovisual #glitch #crt monitor #crt tv #crt television #public transit #my photgraphy #photographers on tumblr

[gynandromorph]

this needs a Lot of cleanup to make it less buggy, but i added in crawling today and i’m VERY happy about it

#need to make the game wait for like 2 seconds before it will allow a transition from crouching to crawling #need to add a stationary crawl png for when you're in a tunnel and not moving #need to strengthen the code for animation states so they don't glitch out #need to smooth out whatever's going on with the trigger here cuz going backwards doesn't revert to walking #even though it's in the code to revert to the walking animation if you exit this trigger box #need to re-enable the standing hitbox post-crawling #then i'll need to test tunnel crawling in a more curvy tunnel #then it's onto starting to figure out how to do cutscenes #wish i had a better way to capture gifs!!! #super annoys me that you can only have one trigger block and one tag per object #good thing no one has ever wanted to trigger multiple things in one game #like there are ways around it but holy shit why make such a core feature of modern games so esoteric

[sonknuxadow]

The thing that annoys me about the whole Sonic transition into 3d thing was actually more to do with people getting upset with the change in Sonic as a character then actually gameplay as classic was just a generic spunky kid protagonist before turning into the hedgehog personification of the X-treme 90s as modern. I mean look at how Archie had to really wrestles some characters to make the transition from classic to modern.

(BTW most of the old 3d Sonic games like the OG SA1 suffered from the same issues as Mario 64 such as really hard depth perception and weird level pacing but it's just much more noticeable in SA1 since Sonic being way faster could make it harder to navigate areas where you have to slow down and think, however alot of these issues were patched in DX)

ive never actually seen anyone say that .. like that sonic had a rough transition into 3d from a character stuff standpoint. not saying i dont believe you just that thats not a take ive ever heard before. i feel like personality wise hes mostly the same so were they mad that he has green eyes were that mad that he talks now. idk . guess i never considered this perspective because im too young to have ever lived in a world where only the classic games existed

and yeah im aware that sonic adventure isnt perfect i just think its strange that sonic specifically is the one people never shut up about having a rough transition into 3d and not any other franchise that went from 2d to 3d at some point . you mention mario 64 having a lot of the same issues and i cant say from experience because ive never played that game but a lot of people hype up mario 64 as one of the best games ever made so like. is there a weird double standard going on here or something

#wouldnt be surprised really because i see some people say sonic adventure is bad because it has glitches #while people are fine with huge glitches in mario 64 because theyre funny or help with speedrunning or whatever #asks #anyway back to the designs thing. yeah it would be wild to wake up one day as a sonic fan in the 90s #and see that amy doesnt look like a hedgehog anymore. #do you think people were going ''omg im shaking get him brown eye contacts PLEASE !'' in 1998 when sonics eyes turned green #like people in 2023 did when sonics eyes turned blue in frontiers #was team chaotix making a comeback in sonic heroes as big a deal in 2003 #as mighty and ray making a comeback in sonic mania was in 2018. much to think about #also yeah i remember the weird ways archie handled the classic to modern transition with certain characters

[huffle-dork]

Alt’s Transition (SwapBoys JSE AU: Impulse/Villain Arc)

Masterpost | Last Chapter | AO3 Link

(AN: hey guys I finally got to the story y’all voted for me to work on after almost a month! Stuff has been crazy for me but it’s so nice to get this story done!

Things to keep in mind though! As much as I did research and checked with my trans friends, this is still a magical transition Alt undertakes. If you’re okay with that please enjoy! If you don’t, this might be a story you need to skip. While the relationship between Alt and Mag is important in this chapter, his transition can be supplemented with whatever you’d like to imagine 💚 I completely understand this kind of transition narrative isn’t for everyone! Overall though I did my best to keep this respectful and it’s gonna be a wholesome story exploring Mag and alts partnership and alt’s transition. With that being said please enjoy!)

Magnificent stretched much like a cat as he exited his study den from his latest magic session. Hm… he hadn’t heard from his cub today… nor his actual panthers. Where could they be?

The masked magician strode through the catwalk of his latest hideout, cape billowing behind him as he observed his base from on high. Everything seemed in order.

Finally, he came across the large former loading dock. And there he found what he was looking for.

Alt seemed to be practicing his sparring with Mag’s panthers. Magnificent felt the edges of his lips curve up into a private smile. How quaint… His apprentice seemed to be bonding well with his pets… that could prove useful in the future.

The pickpocket skid back as one of the panthers threw him by his arm. He grinned and landed on his feet with practiced agility. His arms buzzed with electricity and he sprung forward, using his momentum to glitch in and out in a zig zag before he barrelled into an unsuspecting panther and sent it skidding across the floor. Said panther gets to their feet and shakes themselves off before licking their paw like a housecat.

Alt, a bit out of breath, rolls his eyes, “C’mon Glitches! If you wanna practice you gotta act like the other guys! Right Lucky?” The panther with the pink spotted nose chuffed slightly then pressed her head against Alt’s side. The glitch flinched a bit at this.

Glitches let out a very cat like meow, very much giving away that she’s just a cat in a big panther body. Alt sighs and shakes his head. “At least say focused girl, alright?”

He shakes out his hands then holds out his fists in front of him, smiling at the other panthers. “Alright, Rogue, Circut, Koda and Siri! Come at me and show Glitches how it’s done!”

All the other panthers roared at Alt before diving at him. Alt stayed still until the first one, Circut, seemed about to grab him with his claws. He glitched out of the way and managed to slide under one of the others, Siri, pushing a charged hand against her stomach and sending her flying. Rogue tried to attack his back while he was turned but Alt glitched away. He was breathing rather heavily now and gripped slightly at his side.

Magnificent narrowed his eyes down, trying to figure out if one of the panthers managed to hit him. But… there was no blood or visible tears in his clothes.

Alt doesn’t let this keep him down for too much longer though as he rushes to try to throw Koda back, using his magic to try to boost his strength just enough to toss the panther away.

This appeared to be too much for Alt as after the throw, he cries out and grips at his chest, sinking to his knees as he gasps in breath after ragged breath.

The panthers pause their pursuit of him and Glitches is quick to bound over to his side and sniff at him, mewling in concern.

Alt tries to push her off, but he’s breathing too hard to actually tell her so. Lucky also slinks up under his other arm and tries to hold it up on her back. Her ears flatten back, trying to rub up against him more.

Magnificent has seen enough. In a wave of static he appears in front of Alt with a disapproving frown.

Alt looks up and then tries to stand to attention, “M-Mag!” He then groans and holds his side again, nearly falling back down but Lucky and Glitches keep him doing so. “I… I’m fine I.. I swear-”

“How long have you been training with your binder on?” Magnificent asks with a cool voice.

The younger boy looks up at Mag with wide, slightly scared eyes. “W-What? How… how did you-?!”

Magnificent waves him off, “Please, pet. You expect me to not notice such a critical detail about my apprentice?” His expression falls flatter as he nods his head towards Alt. “Take it off. Now.”

Alt stammers and tries to stand straighter, despite how it seems to pain him. “N-No! It’s okay, it's fine- I'm just fine! I.. I can keep going!”

“Do not make me repeat myself, Alt.”

Alt’s eyes glow slightly as he bares his teeth and backs up, covering his chest with one arm. “No! Not…” He mumbles the last part, turning his face away so Mag won’t completely hear, “Not in front of you…”

Magnificent sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose before striding forward, making Alt back up with slight fear in his eyes. “Go take it off now, or I will rip it off myself!” His clawed hands glow slightly with his magic and Alt flinches even more. Magnificent's intense expression softens. He then adds a softer, “…Please, Alt.” Though it comes out a bit strained, like he’s not used to sounding so gentle.

He looks down and then finally bites out a defeated, “ Fine.” And he glitches away.

A few minutes later, Alt glitches back in, out of his impulse uniform and into a large hoodie. He curls up against one of the warehouse’s walls and starts to sulk.

Magnificent looks up from where he was checking over his panthers. Glitches mewls and is about to bound over to Alt to jump on him, so Mag acts quickly to break her other spell so by the time she climbs up on him she’s in her kitten form again. Alt hardly pays her any mind, even as the kitten tries to lick at his face.

The magician studies Alt quietly before he sighs and walks over. He leans up against the wall next to Alt and they sit there in silence for a little bit.

“...you hardly look different, you know,” Magnificent starts quietly, briefly looking down at the sulking apprentice.

Alt bares his teeth and then hides his face behind his arms, “But I feel different. I hate it… I hate that- that I’m not made right! That I can't even train or exercise or… just be without feeling wrong.” He sighs miserably and presses his head against his arms.

“...binding is the closest I can get but… it’s not enough…” He looks up and very gently presses a hand against his chest. “... T has helped enough to at least make me pass… and… I-I know I’m hurting myself but… It’s better than feeling wrong.” He grabs at his hair and angrily looks away. “I’m so fucking close but i-... I can’t get what I want… not yet.”

Magnificent is quiet while Alt rants, but he does nod to him to let him know he understands. Eventually, the dark magician pushes himself off the wall and waves a glowing hand. Alt’s backpack flies over and lands in front of him.

“... our plans are canceled for tonight. Go home and get some rest, kitten.”

Alt jumps and then looks up at Magnificent in protest. “What? But wait i-!”

Mag looks down at him with a harsh expression. “No buts, I’m not risking you getting more injured by that bumbling hero on top of this. Any plans we have can wait a night. Go home, Alt.”

Alt stares up at Mag then looks at his bag. Glitches walks over and mewls before rubbing up against him, purring quietly. Alt finds himself smiling. Okay… maybe a night in wouldn’t be so bad.

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A few days later, Alt is feeling better, having gone to the Dooms to get some advice. It was hard admitting to them and exposing himself but… they weren’t judgy. And Alt… actually felt safe with them. I mean- he did get an earful from that Dr. Google. But… it was… almost nice.

He walks into the warehouse, Glitches perched on his shoulder like a parrot. She sees the panthers and bounds off his shoulder and over to them, mewling excitedly and butting her head against their legs. The panthers were always so gentle with her, giving tiny licks to her head and lightly bapping her around. Alt smiles and pets a few of them, calling them all by the names he gave them. Why Mag never named them he’ll never know… or maybe he just didn’t care enough. They were probably just tools to him… like he was.

Alt frowns and quickly tries to push that thought from his head. It wouldn’t matter later… this was all to reach his goal.

As he starts to walk forward to set his stuff down he’s suddenly met with a glowing bottle being thrust into his face.

He blinks at it then looks up to see Magnificent is holding out the bottle to him.

Alt tilts his head and squints at it, “Uh… what’s this?”

Magnificent shrugs and presses the bottle into his hands. It’s warm, a swirling mass of white, with flecks of blue and pink floating inside. “It’ll solve your problem.” Magnificent says simply. “It will give you the body you want.”

Alt feels his heart leap up into his throat as he looks back up in surprise. “R-Really?!”

Magnificent just barely smiles as he nods. “With some consequence, of course. It will leave some magical scarring.”

“I mean… so does top surgery-” Alt mumbles, inspecting the potion.

Magnificent shrugs again and sticks his hands in his pants pockets. “It’s also technically illegal.” He waves one of his hands, “That is- if you use it without a witch’s circle or magical professional. It takes a massive amount of energy… and is usually done with light magic. However, mine will work just fine. I guarantee.”

Alt thinks on this and then laughs slightly, “Isn’t everything we’re doing illegal right now?”

Mag grins, showing off his canines. “Touche~!” He lets his expression fall again and gives a bit more a serious face. “Just be weary… It’ll be a very big drain on both of us. So, give yourself the proper time to recover.”

The pick pocket looks ready to explode with excitement. His form can hardly stay together as it fizzles and pops with random pixels and glitches.

Letting out an amused chuckle, Magnificent nods his head towards the door, signaling Alt can leave.

Alt still looks up at him with confusion and hesitation. Mag rolls his eyes and then jerks his head to the side. Purple surrounds Alt for a second before it turns him around and nudges him towards the door. Alt yelps in surprise but he stays still for one more second looking at Mag.

Magnificent sighs and walks back up to him, “Don’t worry, Alt. I can’t have my apprentice continuing to injure himself like this. So, this will get you back into top condition.” He lightly shoves Alt forward again. “But, it’s not just out of the kindness of my lack-of-heart, this is to both of our interests.” He nods towards the door again. “So, go. Or I’ll have the panthers chase you out.”

Alt’s face breaks out into a giddy smile. He nods then whistles for Glitches, who looks up from the gaggle of panthers around her then runs over to scale Alt’s arm and perch back on his shoulder. Alt hesitates for half a second more before he looks back at Magnificent. He smiles gently and mouths, ‘Thank you’ before he glitches away.

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Back at his apartment, Alt sits on his mattress and reads the label on the potion in the dim light. Mag says to take it before going to sleep… and that’s it. That’s it?? That seems… too easy.

Then, again- he said it was supposed to be done with a magical professional. Alt didn't even know those existed! Then again, Mag had told him magical communities are very small and hidden. So, that’s probably why he’s never even heard that magical transitioning was even a thing.

Alt is too excited to wait for the evening. He’ll go to sleep now! He can hardly wait. So, he changes out of his street clothes and binder, puts on a comfy hoodie and shorts and settles back on his mattress. He looks to make sure Glitches is taken care of before he studies the potion again. He swallows, nerves making his heart beat fast. But… he wants this. God he wants this.

So, he braces himself and uncorks the bottle, going to knock the potion back as quickly as he can. The potion is sweet, almost like candy mixed with the fresh taste of rainwater. Then, it leaves a sour taste in his mouth. Alt almost instantly starts to feel the effects as the potion starts to drag him under into sleep. He falls back just as his eyes shut.

The rest happens in a blur that he’s hardly conscious for. He feels- heat… intense heat. Sweat all along his forehead, dripping as he feels like a fever is coursing through his veins. His blood feels like a live wire. It hurts for a bit, a dull ache that in one moment flashes into white hot pain. But, it doesn’t last long before Alt feels his entire body relax… and he fades completely into deep sleep.

Alt isn’t sure how much time has passed when he next opens his eyes. Except…. It’s dark. He did fall asleep during the day so… that makes sense. He groans, his body feeling weak and shaky. God, he was starving.

He rolls over to his side and hides his face in his pillow. But, then he realizes… there’s not that usual… padding he was used to. No it’s… it’s flat.

Alt quickly glitches to his feet, startling his cat to her feet as she hisses slightly at him. Alt doesn’t pay her any mind as he breathes heavily, hovering hands over his chest. Then, when he presses down against his chest… it’s true. It’s flat… completely flat. His breath hitches as he laughs, feeling wetness in his eyes.

He checks farther and uh… oh yeah that’s- that’s new. Gonna… take a while to get used to that. But, regardless, this was amazing! He’s… he’s a guy. 100% completely a guy.

He glitches around his room to try to find a mirror. When he can’t find one, he glitches down stairs to the shared restroom for the tenets on the floor below him. Luckily, it was the middle of the night so no one was down here.

He staggers to the mirror, god walking was really really weird like this. He almost falls but manages to stay upright by bracing himself against the marble countertop. He studies himself in the mirror and immediately notices his face. It doesn’t look too different, being on T meant he had gone through a lot of changes since he was a teen. So, he didn’t have that pudgy baby face. But, now… it’s not just the fat that changed. His bones have changed. He presses fingers to the new structure in awe. He still looks like himself just… male. A bit more angular in his jaw and nose and eyes.

Alt turns to try to look at his chest but his large hoodie is in the way. He desperately chucks it off and throws it to the floor. He feels his breath get taken away as he looks at himself fully in the mirror.

Now, he can see that it's true. A flat chest… breasts gone. Left behind are faintly glowing scars that show how the flesh disappeared. They kinda looked like tiger stripes.

“How fitting for a potion from Mag.” Alt chuckles to himself.

There’s not just marks around his chest, but on his arms and leading down his waist. His sides no longer had that feminine curve- they fell down straight and boxy at his hips. Alt can’t help but place hands on the skin, expecting it to feel foreign but… it just feels right. This is how he always imagined himself but now…. It’s real. It’s outside, a part of him, instead of stuck inside.

Alt feels tears in his eyes again but this time he lets them fall. He hiccups, stuck between laughing and crying, marveling at his new body. This felt too good to be true…

But it is- it is true. And Alt is stuck staring and crying and laughing for a while. Until he hears the door to the bathroom start to open. He panics and grabs his hoodie before glitching back upstairs.

Oof okay- that made him dizzy. He’s probably over-doing it. He tries to walk to his bed but he feels off balance- was that because of the changes too? He wobbles, trying to right himself and reorient himself. Doesn’t help with his vertigo though and soon he stumbles to flop backwards onto his bed.

He stares dazedly at the ceiling and then breaks back out into delirious giggles that come with more happy tears.

Finally, he feels… complete.

Glitches crawls over to inspect him. Alt almost expects her to not recognize his scent. But, she seems just fine as she purrs and goes to curl up against Alt’s side. Her steady breathing and warm body helps Alt’s heart start to calm down. He sighs happily and curls up with the kitten, being lulled back into a restful and happy sleep.

#swapboys #readswapboys #alt anti #swap magnificent #magical transition #gender transformation #technically? #jacksepticeye #swap au #I’m so nervous about posting this but HNGHH I’m committed and y’all wanted to see it so HERE WE GOOO! #I also love writing alt and glitches and the panthers bonding lol #it’s fun foreshadowing >:3c

[raamitsu-sos]

satoru: “i’m here to save you, utahime” 😎

side note: just finished this simple video edit of gojo satoru in ep. 1 ; my favourite scenes btw hee | marcyhana96 on tiktok ^^

#sorry if this such a lame ass edit im a late bloomer i guess #but tbh i love this type of edits more; clean transitions and less popping or glitching #maybe it’s just me 😅 #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jujutsu kaisen s2 #jjk s2 #anime #gojo satoru #satoru gojo #iori utahime #utahime iori #geto suguru #suguru geto