#guardians expansion project

[www-guardiansofthegalaxy]

#planet y #guardians hq #moondragon #guardians expansion project #daughter of drax #Youtube

[pansear-doodles]

The Gourmand's New Apprentices

originally meaning to post this on father's day but ah well

Extras and transcript below cut!

Remember Jelly and Bean? My first ever slugpups?

They're now part of the Anthro AU :)

Jelly and Bean (The Gelatinist and The Beanbag) are two of Gourm's top students in their occasional teaching sessions of the pups in the Outer Expanse, learning basic survival skills and the world around them.

They are eager to learn and create new things to contribute to this new age of slugcat civilization and always drone around their teacher for advice and new studies. Gourmand certainly doesn't mind them, and is happy to know that their teachings entice these impressionate pups.

They appoint them as their little assistants and expedition rookies, staying closely by their side. The pups do not have parents and are being fostered by the orphanage, but they look up to Gourmand as a parental figure of sorts.

Jelly is extremely bouncy and secretes sweet-smelling slime on their skin when prompted.

Bean has large amounts of fur that makes them as soft as a pillow.

Like the third sibling, they're a mix of oc and canon. Gourmand's end screen has pups of similar color and I would like to indicate that this is them.

Transcript:

Gourmand: See you next cycle kids! Remember to stay close to each other on your way home!

Gourmand: Jelly. Bean? Class is over. You can leave now. … Unless you have questions?

Jelly: We can't help but feel that there's an inaccuracy in our mini model of an iterator superstructure.

Bean: I think it's because we made it have four legs instead of six.

Gourmand: Oh but it looks impressive nonetheless! You even nailed down their communication arrays!

Gourmand: Moreover, iterator superstructures can have various degrees of appearance based on the surrounding environment and secondary function, though most of their blueprints' essential elements are commonly shared, as they are a necessity for the iterator's maintenance and their common usage of iterating-

Gourmand: … Oh I forgot. I should put my words down in a simpler manner for you kids to understand since you're learning. Sorry!

Jelly: No! We do understand you!

Bean: Perfectly! Thank you teacher.

Gourmand: Hmm! Where did you learn to understand such advanced wordings?

Jelly: We like to go to the library!

Bean: Yup! All the stuff you talk about is interesting! Didn't know there's a bigger world outside of here.

Jelly: I wanna look at Five Pebbles' can up close in real life!

Bean: I wanna visit the fabled underground lake of the albino leviathan!

Jelly: But… The other grown ups wouldn't let us go out alone because we need a mumdaddy to protect us.

Bean: That's what we're told. I think.

Gourmand: I can accompany you if you want, as your mentor guardian! I can even teach you the more advanced things on our studies. Your inputs throughout the class are excellent and you seem to have bright potential. I'd like to expand your minds a bit. Free up a bit of those limitations. And maybe you can be my apprentices? There's so many projects I want to do but some little helpers who I can teach the ropes to would be great!

Jelly: Do you really mean it?

Bean: Yes! Yes!

Both pups: Thank you teacher!

Gourmand: We can start right now! Instead of going to your shelter, let's go to mine. I have a lab in there and cookies I saved up in the fridge.

Bean: Yummy!

#rain world #rainworld #slugcat #fanart #rainworld downpour #rain world downpour #dp spoilers #downpour spoilers #gourmand #my anthro au #comic #oc #my art

[bonefall]

I know lots of cats have been hit with the woman beam, but has anyone been hit with the man beam? And more generally, are any characters transmasc?

The reason the Manbeam is rarer is because canon has a misogyny problem. The Womanbeam has to blast so often that its engine never runs cold. There is a shortage I'm trying to compensate for.

Especially for positions of power HOLY fuck, it's BAD.

Anyway Reedclaw of SkyClan is genderweird transmasc-kinda now because he's my special little boy and I project so hard onto him. Other transmasc characters;

Redtail

Mousewhisker (through the three-gender system of Clan Culture, Hazel and Mouse are identical twins who are transfem and transmasc specifically)

Thunderstar

Shaded Flower, and was also the adoptive father of Thunderstar

Rowanstar

Leaftail, mean guy in WindClan

For some reason I feel like Mudfur has something going on, but Brightsky gave birth to their kits and they have his pike-spots that he gets from his ancestor Volestar so... idk what's happening there.

And honorable mention to Blazefire who is now the only boy survivor of the Guardian Expansion and I keep calling him an Honorary Girlie in my head. Antfur and Heartstar are girls now and Cinnamontail was always a girl. I think it would be VERY funny if Blazefire also started as a girl and then transitioned to boy but stayed in the group, and his gender is just Honorary Girlie.

"I'm a girl only if it's funny" gender.

OR just have him be the token boy in the girl group. Or all of these things. Spike MLP-coded.

#Better bones au

[kindersurprisebacterium]

Borne Anew (Keigo Takami/Reader)

Explicit content MNDI

CW: rough sex, vaginal sex, anal sex, unprotected sex, corruption, descriptions of injury, face sitting, degredation, choking, begging, religious imagery, incubus Keigo

W/C: 1.9k

The warmth of the fire wafted over my skin. I stared at my clasped hands. Wooden beads woven between my fingers and the gold-trimmed pages of a Bible. I Held The items out, Close enough to the dancing flames that my fingertips stung. Closing my eyes, I let the items fall into the fire. The crackling pressed against my eardrums gently. I stood up onto my feet, turning away from the fireplace, eyes focusing on the dark expanse of my living room. 

A thunderous clap echoed around the room. Losing my footing, I fell forward onto the rug. Through my closed eyes, I saw a flash of brilliant white before it faded into darkness accompanied by twisted, contorted screams. I lifted my head, eyes locking onto the mess of white feathers by the fireplace. 

“No nononono!” The amalgamation screeched. A small burst of inky black swept across the mass of feathers, turning the pure plumes into bits of scattered ash. Out from the smoke appeared a set of leathery, spindly wings, like those of a bat. Shimmering irises met mine, brows knitted, eyes wide. 

“What did you do?” The creature asked as it began crawling towards me. As the smoke began to fade, I took in more of his body. He had messy blonde hair and fair skin. 

“What are you?” I asked, backing away from him. My back hit the couch, stopping me in my tracks. 

“I-I don’t know. You-” He stopped, face scrunching up as sharp talon-like nails sprouted from his fingertips. “You were mine to look after,” he continued, reaching his blood-soaked hand out toward me. “You cast me down- you did this!” His talons sunk into my arm, then quickly recoiled. His body twitched as his eyes rolled to the back of his head. A series of guttural groans emitted from his heaving chest. His muscular body curled up into a ball. My eyes skimmed across his frame, his naked frame. His toes flexed, and his fingers warped into an inhuman position.

“Are you some sort of… Guardian Angel?” I asked, sitting up on my knees. I reached out and gently brushed my fingertips against his wings. 

“Fuuuuuck!” He groaned as he shuddered. His limbs extended and twisted as he moved closer. He sat back on his shins, his forked tongue swiped over his lips. “Oh, I see what I was missing out on.” He chuckled as he leaned forward, shifting his weight onto his hands.

“Are you going to answer my question,” I asked, pushing my weight into the couch. 

“Yes.” He spoke as he brushed his fingers against my leg. I stared, waiting for him to answer. His shimmering eyes stared at every new inch of skin as he pushed my robe up over my shins. I nudged his hand with my leg, drawing his attention away from my body. “The answer’s yes, er- was yes.” He spoke “And my, were you one of my favorite to look over.” He gave up the task of slowly tugging at the hem of my robe, instead choosing to grasp at the ties in the front. 

“What are you doing?” I asked, placing my hands over his. 

“Baby, I’ve got eons worth of pent-up sexual frustration taking over me right now,” he growled as he pulled at the ties. The seams creaked as he stretched out the fabric. 

“But that’s a really weird power imbalance-”

“Oh don’t give me that,” he huffed as he threw open my robe. “You’re the one who’s putting me in this situation right now.” He gripped my ankles and pulled my body away from the couch until I was perfectly flat against the carpet. “Oh, I knew this was gonna happen. Knew there’d be a day where you’d give this all up.”

“I’m sorry I-”

“How about you have a taste of your own medicine, kid.” He hissed, teeth clamping down on my neck. A rush of warmth flooded my body. My hips twitched, thighs clamping around his waist as lust shot down my spine. My vision grew hazy as ripples of pleasure washed over me. An inhuman urge swelled in my chest. The force pulled my eyes back into my skull and pushed incoherent babbles from my spit-soaked lips.

“Fuck!” I gasped, reaching out for his arms. 

“Yeah? Feel good baby?” He laughed as he leaned back in. He pressed his lips to mine. He rutted his stiff cock against my core. Muffled noises escaped my lips as I cried out. I pulled away, strands of saliva following my lips as I broke the kiss. 

“Please fuck me.” I said, grinding my hips back against him. 

“Uh uh.” He shook his head and sat back on his shins. “Been waiting this long, figured I should get a taste of what I’m missing first.” He laid back, knees bent, and propped up on his elbows. He flicked his forked tongue at me. I shifted onto my hands and knees and began crawling toward him. I swung a leg over his waist and dropped my hips down onto his. His sharp nails dug into my ass. The pain halted my movements. I stared down at him in confusion.

“Not what I meant,” He huffed, pulling his hands away and crossing his arms over his head. 

“What?” I mumbled, brows furrowing. 

“Sit,” he pointed to his open mouth. Somehow, even more heat rushed to my burning cheeks. Any thoughts of self-consciousness or doubt were buried within the tsunami of fantasies brought forth by his bite. I swiftly lowered my hips down onto his face. His arms hooked over the tops of my thighs, keeping my cunt flush against his face. He dived in, tongue flicking wildly at my aching clit. Every stroke of his tongue against my core seemed to dull the swirl of stewing emotions within me. 

“Fuh-ck!” I slurred, mind spinning as I basked in the stimulation. My breath hitched, cunt clenching around nothing as he held onto my hips. Echoes began to penetrate my mind, faint at first, but growing louder. Kuh, kuh, key…kei…

“Keigo!” The words poured out of me as my stomach twisted itself into knots. He groaned, sending ripples of pleasure through my core. My eyes went cross, along with my jaw which hung slack. I ground my hips against his face, chasing the relief that teased me, the breath of fresh air at the peak of a mountain. I shifted weight onto my hands as I ground hard against his face. He gripped onto my hair, pulling my head down. My eyes scanned across the scene in front of me. His aureate eyes were half-lidded, focused on my quivering body. 

“Mh Keigo,” I whimpered as I chased my climax. My eyes screwed shut, hips twitching as the throbbing in my clit sent waves of electricity through my body. My tendons tightened, and released, sending my torso plummeting to the ground in front of me as I dove within the throes of my orgasm. His tongue kept working away, every subsequent stutter, every microscopic movement had my diaphragm squeezing every last bit of air from my chest.

He pushed at one of my legs, rolling me over onto my back. With his four fingers, he softly slapped my face. 

“Hey kid,” he spoke up. My vision came back into focus, eyes flicking across his face. Within the dim lighting, I could just barely see the soft smirk on his face. Streaks of red caught my eye. On either side of his forehead were short, bloody stumps. Bone, or what seemed to be bone, protruded from his skin. 

“Keigo…” I mumbled, brushing my fingers against his torn skin. 

“Bathed in the tainted waters of sin, I am borne anew,” he mumbled, “fucking kiss me,” he crashed his lips against mine. He rutted his cock against my core in quick, hard motions. With every brush against my overstimulated clit, I found myself getting pulled back into the depths of want. I crossed my ankles behind his back. Bumping against my heel was a protrusion from his tailbone. I snuck a glance over his shoulder. Peering out from behind his spread wings was a newly formed tail. A deep crimson color that resembled the stumps on his head. He gripped my throat tightly, pushing my head against the floor with a thump. I gasped and wheezed against the force of his hand. 

“Mh, you seem to like what you’ve done to me.” He groaned as he stroked his cock. “Fucking corrupted me,” he paused, letting his grip on my throat go slack. 

“Keigo, fuck me.” I said, grabbing his wrist.

“Beg,” he hissed as he lined himself up with my cunt. 

“You wanna get back at me? Then fucking use me.” I spat, with a shit-eating grin. His grip on my throat tightened, only this time he was pulling me forward. My cheek met the floor with a harsh smack. I pulled myself up onto my knees, spreading my legs wide and taunting him by wiggling my hips. 

“Not good enough. Beg,” He growled as he shoved my face into the carpet. 

“Keigo fuck me, please! Desecrate me!” I shouted. 

He forcefully pushed inside me, drawing a scream from my sore throat. His cock began roughly pounding on my cervix. Every thrust had my muscles tensing harder. Fire licked my skin as he landed a harsh smack on my ass. And then again, and again, and again. Tears began to spill from my eyes, distorted pleas ripped their way from my chest as the overwhelming mix of pain and pleasure enveloped every synapse, every cell of my body. 

“Fucking whore.” He spat, gripping my hair hard. “My fucking whore.” 

The frantic drilling on my cervix drew something out of me. A thirst for more, a primal need to feel my aching body bent in half, split open. 

“Harder,” I slurred, drool spilling from my lips. He chuckled, smacking my ass harshly once more. His pace sped up, and both of his hands gripped onto my hips at a bruising pace. Sharp jolts of pain pricked my skin as his nails began to sink into my skin. The head of his cock pushed even deeper inside of me, prodding at nerves that seemed to beg for his touch. My chest went limp and The twisted grimace on my face lost all tension as I came. My vision went white, ears ringing madly as I gave into my list.  A flood of warmth spread between my legs. Distorted, muddied groans sounded out from behind me, growing more and more coherent, slowly growing whole. 

“Fuck!” He growled as he pulled out. The head of his cock began pressing past the tight muscles of my ass. Pain clouded my head, stealing the words from my tongue. He stretched me out, quickly pushing deeper, and deeper. His voice had turned to demonic grunts and growls as his pleasure drove him further into fervor. Pain soon led to pleasure, the type of pleasure to leave me catatonic, stuck laying silent and still as his rough thrust threw me into bliss once more. 

My fried vocal chords managed to push out a strained whimper. 

“Mine,” He growled, “mine,” He repeated. His hips began to stutter as he came once more. A hollow, empty feeling settled in my insides as he pulled out. My limp body fell onto its side. His sweaty body curled up behind me. He locked his arms around my waist and pulled me closer. A golden glow caught my eye. I looked down at my stomach. Below my naval lay a swirling sigil of sorts. It looked to be a heart with swirling lines that curled around the body of the shape. And at the furthest reaches of the sigil were two tiny wing shapes. 

“Mine,” Keigo mumbled.

#ao3 fanfic #fanfic #read on ao3 #bnha fanfiction #bnha smut #keigo takami smut #keigo takami x reader #keigo x reader #hawks x y/n #hawks smut #hawks x reader

[raccoonfallsharder]

future projects.

back to the main masterlist

below you can find the stuff i am working on, in order of (hopeful) release date. i have a lot of simultaneous projects so these will be coming out slowly over the coming months. thank you for bearing with me ♡♡ you are shinier than a lilac bush full of fireflies and more precious than pocket-sized pegasuses.

i am hoping to be done with current works on the following timeline: windfall 𖤣𖥧𖡼⚘.˚⭑ ~ june/july 2024 florescence ❀ ~ august/september 2024 cicatrix .⋆☁︎ :･꧂~ october 2024

may-june 2024

the raccoon, the witch, & the roadtrip. angst, comfort, & fluff | rocket & wanda | multipart headcanon | word count: 1,370. for @hibatasblog During a watch party for Avengers: Endgame on Twitter, Markus revealed the idea to team Wanda with the Guardian of the Galaxy captain actually made it into several versions of the film's script. "We had whole drafts with Wanda on a road trip with Rocket," Markus wrote, "but after the Vision plot in Infinity War, nothing we came up with was anything but wheel spinning for her character." CBR

june-july 2024

warm compress ☾.༊·˚⋆⭒ fluff | no use of y/n | gn reader | oneshot | word count: pending. you've taken care of rocket when he's been hurt in the past. when he comes to visit you and finds you tired, in pain, and less-than-receptive to company, he decides to return the favor. can be read platonically or romantically.

WARNINGS: reader is experiencing abdominal pain attributed to hormonal/ovulation cycle. reader cries at one point.

･:*𑁍✧˚₊ overheard on the bowie 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | oneshot | word count: TBD. rocket laments building the bowie with such thin walls between bunks. ie, you haven’t been able to get off in a while, and your neighbor knows it. [preview]

july-august 2024

᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊°.⋆｡✶˖ evasive maneuvers ⌖˖✶｡⋆ expansion: practice (day 9) of °˖✧♡kinktober 2023 18+ only | no use of y/n | f!reader | ?? | word count: pending. providing more context and, uh, follow-up. title may change.

untitled Domestic Scenes in Space Travel finale. 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | length pending | word count: pending. The Nineteenth & Twentieth Visits. Series Finale. based on Guardians of the Galaxy (2019).

love is blind: andromeda 18+ only | rocket x f!oc | 5 parts | word count: pending. rocket has broken out of twenty-three prisons. this one will be no different. slow burn + probable smut with feelings. mcu/comic medley (kinda au?)

september 2024

⭑.⋆๋࣭✪ hot local dads in your spaceport ✪⋆๋࣭ ⭑ undecided rating | no use of y/n | undecided reader | ?? | word count: pending. born of this statement i made ages ago and think about daily: daydreaming about quitting my job and running away to outer space. i’d live in a city in a giant floating skull and i’d run a street-food stall for the neighborhood. i’d teach the local sentient tree how to play stardew valley, and just fucken recklessly hit on his hot dad every chance i got

⊹₊⋆☁︎⋆⁺☀︎ sunshine ☀︎ ⋆⁺☁︎⋆₊⊹ expansion: sunshine (day 15) of °˖✧♡kinktober 2023 18+ only | no use of y/n | f!reader | ?? | word count: pending. after what was intended to be a one night stand, rocket & sunshine reader navigate the awkward aftermath of being new crewmates. oops.

october 2024

★♫｡°𝄞☕︎✎▤ other duties as assigned▤✎☕︎ 𝄞°｡♫★ 18+ only | rocket x f!oc | ?? | word count: pending. natasha romanoff is an administrative nightmare - a fact that does not go unnoticed by the (interim) captain of the milano. First she demands that the remaining two guardians of the galaxy be reachable via a primitive terran messaging system, and then she can't be bothered to read the frickin' emails. thank fuck she's hired a new assistant. mcu-based, slight au, begins five months post-snap; rocket x oc email romance/LDR (lol); slow burn + probable smut with feelings.

#aspirations #rfh fanfic #future projects #guardians of the galaxy #rocket raccoon #rocket raccoon fanfiction #gotg fanfiction #gotg rocket #rocket raccoon x oc #rocket gotg #rocket raccoon x you #rfh masterlist

[atqh16]

This is a sasunaru modern college au I’ve been working on for ages. But I’m currently stuck, so I'm gonna post an excerpt here for funsies. Enjoy!

“I am not jealous”, Sasuke snapped at Neji, who was lowering himself to the floor to get into position for his post-spar meditation.

“I didn’t say anything”, the Hyuga replied, crossing his legs and closing his eyes. You’d think the guy would prefer to do this particular task anywhere else but their university’s fitness centre, but apparently, he liked the challenge of having to block out environmental sounds. It does help that they picked the earliest time slot so there were only a handful of people in the gym either sparring, making use of the equipment, or in the boxing corner which is where Sakura would usually be in the afternoon, trying to drive the bags of their hooks after a stressful day of medical school.

Sasuke and Neji preferred to just spar on the mats that were usually occupied by the judo and aikido practitioners on weekend afternoons. Naruto would typically be joining them around this time. Taking Neji’s spot against Sasuke despite having already spent 30 minutes on the treadmill. But Naruto’s stamina had always been monstrous in its expanse.

Instead, for the 3rd day in a row, he was standing in the gymnastic area by the bars, watching in awe as Gaara Sabaku showed off another flip.

“Just call him over”, came the exasperated scolding from the Hyuga who still had his eyes closed.

Sasuke just let out a disgruntled ‘tch’.

“What is he doing here this early anyway?”, the Uchiha narrowed his eyes at the twirling redhead, “He always trains at noon with his brother. Is he even supposed to be here without his coach?”

Neji’s face scrunches up, and Sasuke can’t help but feel a little triumph at having gotten a reaction.

“He doesn’t need a spotter just to use the beams. He’s 21, not 11. Go call Naruto over because we have 40 minutes before Lee shows up”

It’s uncharacteristic of Sasuke to have a desire to pester someone till they indulged him, but he was particularly annoyed this week and was itching for a good fight, which Naruto usually delivered.

Sai called it sexual frustration and ‘advised’ him to get dicked down already.

If Sai wasn’t one of Naruto’s friends, Sasuke would have been more than happy to show him his gratitude for the ‘advice’.

To say that he was surprised to show up at Naruto’s apartment 5 months ago to see Sai, sitting cross-legged on the kitchen island grinning at him (If it could be called that) over a bowl of cereal, would have been an understatement. Sasuke had been very quick to ask his best friend for an explanation

“I thought you didn’t even like him?!” , he hissed.

“Initially!”, . Naruto sputtered half- heartedly.

“Then why has he set his easel with its half-finished art project on your balcony?”

“He said the fresh air helped his imagination”

“Naruto”

“Oh, the moving-in thing. Yeah, let me tell you about his shithead of a guardian Danzo….”

Sasuke has rarely ever actually met anyone with a childhood as abhorrent as Naruto’s but Sai gave him a run for his money.

“And that’s not even half the shit the bastard’s done. Sai’s trying to cut the dude out, but he froze all of the money in his account cause the control freak wouldn’t let him open one under his name even though Sai is already 20”

“Usuratonkachi, get to the point”

“Oh, right. He didn’t have any money, and he needed a place to stay….”

Sasuke massaged his eyebrows down to the bridge of his nose. “Are you going to pick up every stray you find, dobe?”

Their conversation is interrupted by a loud indignant yowl from Kurama who’d been lounging by the window listening to their argument. He gets up and gracefully weaves through the potted plants Naruto had arranged on the ledge, leaps onto the floor, and canters over to the blonde, meowing loudly like a whiny spoiled child.

It doesn’t help that Naruto immediately melts at the sight of him and picks the cat up to hold it lovingly to his chest. “He didn’t mean it, Kurama. You’re not a stray. You’re a powerful little beast aren’t you”

Seemingly appeased, the Maine Coon gives Sasuke one last scathing look before nuzzling further into Naruto’s arms, purring when Naruto gives him a distracted scratch under his jaw.

“I could help, and I did”, the blonde says in such a matter-of-fact manner that it made Sasuke feel ashamed that he ever asked.

He looks at the cat waving its tail as he nuzzled into Naruto and remembers the snarling dirty little creature it used to be 2 years ago.

He also thinks about the lonely little malnourished boy sitting alone in a crowded cafeteria with nothing to eat and he thinks about a refrigerator currently filled with home-cooked meals Naruto could now enjoy to his heart's content, knowing they were made by someone who cared about him.

He thinks about the bare, cold, tiny room of the second-floor apartment, that the blonde had lived in for the majority of his childhood, with its doors eternally locked by foster parents who couldn’t care less and he thinks about the pictures and paintings that currently hung all around the 21-year-old’s home with a front door that was always open to welcome anyone who crossed its path.

Sasuke is broken out of his memories by the sound of heavy sneakers squeaking from the friction against the gym floor.

“Hey! Sasuke! Sorry! I got distracted. Gaara was doing this cool move-“

“It's fine, dobe. Just get in position already.”

“Oh, Gaara said he wants to join us in the mornings from now on. Said the company was better. I think he just likes that there are fewer people”

“Wonderful”, Sasuke says through gritted teeth. He could practically feel Neji vibrating with barely held-back laughter behind him, “Just start already. We have 15 minutes till Lee gets here”

It's not that any of them disliked Lee. He was their friend, and he hung out with them often. But Lee was also the university’s star athlete, and being around while he was training was begging for a death wish via exhaustion through being roped into one of his intense workouts. The only person capable of managing Lee was coach Guy himself.

Naruto immediately sets himself into a solid stance, “HA! I’ll beat you in 10 minutes”

Sasuke couldn’t help the smile edging at the corner of his lips, “You can try idiot”

Reblog? Also tell me if you think I can post this as a oneshot

#sasunaru #sasuke uchiha #naruto uzumaki #neji hyuga #sai #sai naruto #Gaara sabaku #gaara of the sand #sabaku no gaara #mine #ficlet #Naruto #my writing

[approximateknowledge]

state of the Medium at the tail-end of the Long Wait

Derse

the Dersite royals got assassinated millenia ago, and the scattered habitats along the outer edge of the incipisphere (constructed of raw material both of deconstructed Derse and the asteroid belt of the Veil) are currently ruled by a couple dozen squabbling gangs and clans and cults in perpetual low-stakes war over resources and habitats (and a third thing ill come to later); they do however tend to mostly temporarily band together any time there's a threat from the the system's center

the mostly still intact but much changed moon with its 3 dreaming gods are a kind of collective holy site for many of the most important veil-cults, and is both untouchable as a holy site and a place of fierce competition (including a few cults who want to kill the dreamers to prevent the session from ever happening)

Prospit

the Prospitian king got assassinated by a Dersite from the Battlefield relatively early in the Wait, while the queen is legally still, though functionally comatose and kept alive only by means of jerry-rigged poorly understood technology copied and looted from the old asteroid belt; the actual ruling now happens via a complex bureaucracy of priest-engineers (the Phyllobatic Order) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_poison_frog)

notably the "royal" palace/temple complex is not located on Prosit proper anymore, instead being "relocated to" its moon, or rather it would be more accurate to say the moon *is* the palace at this point; the base of each Dreamer's tower seen as the most hallowed of places under Skaia's light (and each is guarded by a promising neophyte Phyllobate assigned Guardian of the door, a most honourable position);

Prospit itself is significantly bigger than at the start of the Wait, and between it and the detached moon orbit a host of other infrastructural projects of both civilian and military nature, and the entire orbital path of Prospit is strewn with habitat-cities and arcologies all the way around

The Battlefield

with no prototyping happening, the Battlefield remains a giant centerpiece of eternal stalemate; except of course the amount of players has increased, and the stakes have changed; because after the exhaustion of the asteroids of the Veil, the Battlefield is pretty much the only place in the Medium with unexploited raw resources

which brings us to the main tension between the city-ring of Prospit and the Gang-councils of the Veil; Prospit has the Battlefield seemingly locked down, but they're not actually in the advantage

and the reason is

Carapacian Biological Peculiarities

carapacians have no method of independent reproduction; they're *made*, ectobiologically, in the labs of the Meteor Veil

and that's the 3rd thing: means of reproduction; the Dersite Veil-habitats naturally have the vast majority of ectobiological equipment at their disposal

now, carapcians don't actually *age* like most species do either of course, but they do wear down, the have accidents, they can get sick (and as time and chance goes on, the amount of new sicknesses which had the opportunity to evolve has been increasing!), and so they do in fact still die

so without ectobiological equipment, no amount of raw resources will help in the long run

so while the Veil-Dersites tend to mostly focus on resource-extraction from the inner system for further expansion of their territory (as in, number of habitats and industry), the Prospitians fight mostly to acquire irreplicable ecto-tech from the Veil-Dersites, who in turn squabble over it between themselves, while everywhere various priest-engineers try and fail and try again to find a way to reverse-engineer the holy machines that birthed every single one of them (and the poor sods living on (or these days mostly beneath in subterranean cities of perpetual refugees on account of their usual complete lack of ecto-tech) the Battlefield just take the brunt of it, as usual)

#ak goes insane #homestuck #carapacians #Long Wait #loredump

[catgirltoes]

The world’s biggest fossil fuel firms are quietly planning scores of “carbon bomb” oil and gas projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits with catastrophic global impacts, a Guardian investigation shows.

The exclusive data shows these firms are in effect placing multibillion-dollar bets against humanity halting global heating. Their huge investments in new fossil fuel production could pay off only if countries fail to rapidly slash carbon emissions, which scientists say is vital.

The oil and gas industry is extremely volatile but extraordinarily profitable, particularly when prices are high, as they are at present. ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron have made almost $2tn in profits in the past three decades, while recent price rises led BP’s boss to describe the company as a “cash machine”.

The lure of colossal payouts in the years to come appears to be irresistible to the oil companies, despite the world’s climate scientists stating in February that further delay in cutting fossil fuel use would mean missing our last chance “to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”. As the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned world leaders in April: “Our addiction to fossil fuels is killing us.”

Details of the projects being planned are not easily accessible but an investigation published in the Guardian shows:

The fossil fuel industry’s short-term expansion plans involve the start of oil and gas projects that will produce greenhouse gases equivalent to a decade of CO2 emissions from China, the world’s biggest polluter.

These plans include 195 carbon bombs, gigantic oil and gas projects that would each result in at least a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions over their lifetimes, in total equivalent to about 18 years of current global CO2 emissions. About 60% of these have already started pumping.

The dozen biggest oil companies are on track to spend $103m a day for the rest of the decade exploiting new fields of oil and gas that cannot be burned if global heating is to be limited to well under 2C.

The Middle East and Russia often attract the most attention in relation to future oil and gas production but the US, Canada and Australia are among the countries with the biggest expansion plans and the highest number of carbon bombs. The US, Canada and Australia also give some of the world’s biggest subsidies for fossil fuels per capita.

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#climate change #climate crisis #climate justice #global warming #climate emergency #catgirltxt #thisisfine.jpg #remember consumers the fault lies with you and not the evil corporations pushing oil unto infinity! #like these people very much care more about lining their pockets than they do about any other human being on the face of this planet

[applestruda]

Long ramble about boatem knight au incoming

The world is currently made up of one big humanoid settlement,with smaller settlements surrounding it. Boatem is in the process of being built up into the second big settlement, but is still under consideration and is small. The world outside is dangerous, and expanding to new territories is hard and a fight, so new settlement will higher knights for protection. Boatem got a big starting fund from an anonymous donor (Scar). B4 this there was a civil war between two humanoid groups, and a duo (convex) had set up shop to profit off this as well ad defund the fight. After, they split up bc of differences, Cud wanted to explore the world and harness the hidden powers (shulk) well scat wanted to use the money to build and support a new settlement (boatem). Bc no one ever saw convex, no one knows its cub and scar.

There are 2 otherworldly powers fighting for control of the planet. There goal is to manipulate the humanoids into worshiping them. Pearl and Grian are 2 children of one, and have been sent to act as 'holy guardians', so that the one that made them can be worshiped and 'merciful' or wherever. The vex are the other ones attempt at taking over via fear and control, with convex being 2 that fell for the word of the vex.

No one knows how mumbo made the rocket launcher, all attempts at recreating it have failed spectacularly. Gun powder is relatively knew and not sold to the public so no one had any idea how.

Impulse is one for those knight for hire, use to be with a crew called ZITS, a group of a knight (impulse), a mercenary (Skizz), a mad scientist (Zed), and an engineer (Tango). Currently Tango is with the big eyes crew at the main settlement, helping develop new weapons for the expansion project. Along side Bdubs making things like poitons and other magical stuff to help, and Keralis as the moral uplifting showman for the people who live in not 100% safe world. Zed is funded by them, but his wild and unsafe practices keep anyone from hiring in him. Skizz is with an exploring group, looking for new land to settle into.

People like Cleo, Jevin, and Doc are what's called humanoid mobs. Doc discovered gunpowder and is the only processing plant for the stuff, Cleo as a zombie can act as a 'mediator' (zombies can drop carrot and potatoes, so she introduced those crops). And Jevin collects slime that can be processed into anything from glue to lubricants.

Sorry it's so long, but worldbuiling brain rot is my specialty. Take as much or as little as you want, it's your au

ay no apologizing!

anyways yes to quite a few of these!

I will say that unfortunalty the first two wont work for what i have in mind, sorry,,

BUT

The final three rambles ARE PERFECT!!!

I especially like the impulse ramble. I've had impulse's backstory as team zit for a while, but yes yes to skizz!! im so sad i didnt think of him earlier. also yes to the reason why they split ways/what each of them are doing on their own.

#struda responds #boatem knights au

[destinylegendrpg]

What is Destiny: Become Legend?

Destiny: Become Legend is a custom tabletop roleplaying game fan project co-created by @frombrad2worse and @cassiefisherdrake , crafted from the ground up with a unique dice system designed to capture the rich universe, expansive lore, and tactical combat of Bungie, Inc.'s sci-fi shooters Destiny and Destiny 2.

Click below the cut to find out more!

We are B (@cassiefisherdrake) and Danger (@frombrad2worse), two huge Destiny 2 fans and the creative force behind the Destiny: Become Legend TTRPG. B is a proud Titan main (Missile Titan Supremacy) and Danger is a filthy Hunter main (with a crippling Gunpowder Gamble addiction). Here's a picture of our Guardians!

We don't want to show too much until we hear back from Bungie's licensing team, but we'd love to give you a few glimpses into our game and the system that drives it! All you need to play is your imagination, your fireteam, and some six-sided dice.

In D:BL, the players, as Guardians, explore the vast universe, interact with its colorful inhabitants, and fight back against the forces of Darkness. When a situation with an exciting and uncertain outcome arises, you roll 2d6 and add stat modifiers to determine what happens. If things get dicey (pun intended) and weapons are drawn, combat begins. In combat, you have a pool of d6s you can expend every turn to fire weapons, activate Light abilities, and perform various Heroic Actions. Combat is designed to be fast-paced, tactical, and exciting. Just like the games, D:BL is built to be easy to pick up and fun to play for beginners, but contains a wide array of character customization options to provide a rich and rewarding experience for players that want to dive deeper and build the Guardian of their sci-fi fantasies.

While we wait to hear back from Bungie, we're cooking up an actual play livestream to show off D:BL in action. This short campaign will begin two years after The Taken War and will show how one small change can alter an entire timeline. But will it change for better or worse?

Each week, we'll join our two fireteams as they to race to save the Last City - and maybe even the timeline itself! Many sessions will even come with their own lorebook entry, read aloud at the end of play to further delve into Destiny's depths!

Whether you're ready to find out about the campaign, hear a fan-made lorebook, or just want to see how the mechanics of the D:BL system shake out, join us every Monday, at 8:30PM Eastern / 7:30 Central as we play live on our twitch!

Now you may be asking yourself - how soon can I play this at home with my other Destiny-loving nerd friends? And the answer is: soon! Right now, the system is in testing stages as we flesh out the rules, organize Vanguard playbooks, and more. Once we have things nailed down, the D:BL system will be free for all to play and engage with. Yes, free! After all, we are a fan project - our only goal is to spread far and wide so we can all have fun with our friends, playing together in the Destiny universe's sandbox. Follow us here or on twitter for updates, news, and stream announcements!

#destiny #destiny 2 #destiny the game #destiny2 #tabletop roleplaying #ttrpgs #destiny fanworks

[www-guardiansofthegalaxy]

#guardians of the galaxy #planet y #guardians hq #top 10 list #guardians expansion project #Youtube

[peachiecure]

Character introduction: Timpani

~Basic info~

Name: Lady Timpani

Age: ?

Birthday: ?

Hair color: White

Eye color: Green

Timpani, previously known as the Pixl Tippi, is the human who fell in love with Blumiere. She is a major side character in Project: SFA.

After the events of SPM, it is said that the two had found their ‘paradise’… but it appears that fate had more planned for them both. Now, when they realized they’ve been in another version of the hero’s world, she explores with curiosity and bright eyes. Outgoing and cheerful, but still with her reserved nature, she watches over the new young princess of the Mushroom Kingdom as a way to thank Mario for what he has done for her. Though she knows this Mario isn’t the one who helped her, she feels that deep down he would still appreciate the gesture. She seems to possess the ability of being able to change into her Pixl form even after the events of SPM.

She lives together with Blumiere in a small cottage. She used to do a lot of the housework at first until her beloved seemed to have taken over a lot of the duties. With him doing that, it has allowed her to explore the world they now reside in. She enjoys seeing how colorful everything is, thinking of spots to bring her Blumie to when he’s more open to going out again… Sometimes, she brings back a few mementos to decorate their home with, telling her husband how her travels went.

~Outfits/Appearances~

Timpani’s appearance has changed back to her human self since the events of SPM… though with a few exceptions. Blumiere mentions in the beginning how her once light brown hair that he remembers long ago seemed to have turned white, and her outfit was now a gorgeous white dress with rainbow accents and a matching butterfly hair clip, reminiscent of her Pixl form. She also had another more casual outfit that is similar to the outfit she used to wear when she first met Blumiere all those years ago.

~Power and abilities~

Even though Timpani is a human again, she seems to still retain the ability to change back into her Pixl form, being able to fully change back or simply putting her wings out like a fairy. She also appears to retain all her abundance of information and ability to see invisible objects… though it is currently useless because she hasn’t really ran into a situation when that was needed. Her knowledge, though expansive, also doesn’t seem to cover everything in the current world she’s in. When Timpani goes out, she takes the time to learn all the new details around her.

~Relationships~

Blumiere: “Being finally together with Blumiere after all we’ve been through… it’s a dream come true! Seeing him being the best person he can be, helping me out… developing hobbies for himself now with nothing stopping him… nothing brings more joy to me than seeing him genuinely enjoying life and being happy. But after discovering that this world is one where other version of Mario and the others reside… there’s been a shift in his behavior… he seems more jittery and jumpy… he often wakes up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily… and he’s been aggressively cleaning around the house. I’m worried for him… but he doesn’t seem to want to talk to me about it. I will question him soon, I cannot be left in the dark about what’s worrying him… he shouldn’t suffer alone.”

Sweetheart: “Sweetheart is such a wonderful child! I visit her ever so often, ever since she was a baby… seeing her grow over the years has really been an experience like no other. Now that she’s older, she’s seems to really enjoy my visits… she often plays little games of tea parties with her toys and me… of course, I’ve never really shown my human form to her, only my Pixl form… she calls me Ms. Butterfly, hehe… how cute. Though I guess Mrs. Butterfly would be more accurate, but I’ll correct her when the time comes. She appears to view me like I’m her guardian angel… I guess that does suit my role to her quite nicely….”

Mario: “Mario… to see you once again, being the hero that you are… I’m glad to see that you’re universally such a good man, no matter what world it is. From your heroic deeds, your kindness is infectious and spreads across the land… I’m so glad I was able to travel alongside another version of you all those years ago… and for all that was done, you have my thanks… when watching over your daughter, I’ll make sure no one will ever harm her…”

Peach: “Over these years, I’ve been able to see Peach trying her best in raising her daughter. The princess is very strong willed, but I can see that deep down she struggles on knowing if what she is doing is the best for Sweetheart… And as of lately, she’s busy preparing for her coronation… even if she doesn’t know, I’ll make sure that Sweetheart knows she’s loved and is cared for by her loved ones.”

Flame & Aqua: “Sweetheart has these two interesting prince friends by the names of Flame and Aqua. Flame is a very cheerful boy, but has a bit of odd behavior around Sweetheart. I think he just wants to impress her, but he does everything she says without hesitation… it does concern me a bit. Aqua is… a certainly self centered boy. The way he makes sure all attention on him, having people praise him… I worry that perhaps his home life isn’t the greatest… I sure hope that isn’t the case.”

Larissa: “Seeing a new face around as if recently has gotten me very excited. I hear the princes say that she’s a relative of Mario’s, but I don’t think so. Perhaps an apprentice is more accurate term for her… she possesses an ability to transform into a ‘magical girl’… it’s quite a special power to have. I’m sure along with Mario’s guidance, she will become a great hero…”

Others: “Why, there’s so many colorful people here! Luigi and Bowser are still here, always nice to see some familiar faces… Luigi has a little ghost puppy! How cute… I’m glad to see that Mario and him still have such a strong brotherly bond… and Bowser, it’s so interesting to see him with his children!… he has quite a lot of them… from his own son to his adoptive children, I’m sure it’s very lively in his castle. There’s also a lot of faces I’ve never seen before, like Daisy, Rosalina, Toadsworth… why, the list goes on! Perhaps being in such an exciting world makes me want to learn more about everything…”

~Voice Claims~

Timpani’s voice claims are Lea from Dragalia Lost for JP and Gunnthrá from Fire Emblem Heroes for EN.

That’s it for Timpani’s dedicated intro. Next will be determined~

#project sfa #lady timpani #peachiecure art #intro post #super mario #smb #super mario bros #timpani #timpani spm #tippi #tippi spm #super paper mario #spm #art

[coochiequeens]

A charity that received funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation asked kids questions like “Do you ever play with your dick?” Fucking groomers

A Dutch foundation dedicated to youth sexual education is under fire after producing a video featuring children being quizzed on sex and masturbation.

On March 20, the Rutgers Foundation uploaded a video titled Wat vind ik fijn (Eng: What Do I like?) to social media. The charity, which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, purports to focus on issues of childhood sexuality and sex education. 

The 5-minute long video produced by Rutgers was intended to kick off “Spring Jitters Week,” a national project encouraging the expansion of sexual education in primary schools.

In the video, young children of varying ages are seen discussing sexual topics with their parents or guardians. But the graphic nature of the conversations left many viewers disturbed. 

In one of the first scenes, a 6-year-old boy named Loek is spoken to by his gay male fathers. 

“Do you like it when someone is petting you,” one of the adult men asks, to which the boy shakes his head. The man continues: “And what about being tickled?”

Loek responds, “That, I do!” 

“Oh, we’ll have to do that every night then before you sleep.”

Speaking to a 9-year-old girl naked Puk, her mother says: “Sex is not only for when you’re just making babies. I’ve said before that it’s also fun to do. You discover how your body works and how my body works.”

She continues: “Not only boys can have an orgasm. Girls, too, can have an orgasm. But they don’t have ejaculation then, because we don’t have sperm. But it’s a nice feeling. And uhm, you’ve obviously looked at your vagina before haven’t you?”

The adult later begins to describe the external female genital anatomy to the girl, as she sits silently.

“You have your inner labia and there are two little holes there, one for peeing and one where the baby comes out. And above those holes is also a kind of button. Did you ever see that or not?”

The girl shakes her head in disagreement, prompting her mother to respond: “You’ve never studied it like that before, huh? The little button you call your clitoris. When you touch that it gives a very nice feeling. It’s actually very nice when you’re touching that button. For example, you can rub it with your finger…”

To a 4-year-old boy named Mats, equally as invasive questions are posed about penises and masturbation.

“What about you? Do you ever play with your dick? Do you ever touch your willie,” his mother asks. “Yes, and how does that feel? And when do you do that?”

The young boy responds that he is unsure of how to answer.

His mother continues with a barrage of questions:  “Do you do that when we’re eating? No, right? Or in the classroom? No, not at all. Why don’t you do that in class? When can you play with your dick?”

To another boy, referring to sex as “fucking or sucking” is suggested by his mother and father.

Less than 24 hours after the video was released, the Rutgers Foundation deleted the video, claiming it was being taken “out of context” by some.

“We find that the video is being taken out of context by some people online and used to spread misinformation. To protect the children in the video, we have taken the video offline,” the foundation wrote on their official Twitter.

But shortly after, Forum voor Democratie (FvD), a Dutch right-wing populist party, re-uploaded the deleted video to raise awareness for what they called the “sexually tinted propaganda” children were being exposed to. 

Rutgers is now threatening to sue the FvD to have the content removed from the internet, but the FvD is refusing to delete the content. 

A spokesperson for the party has said that the video will not be removed because they believe Rutgers is attempting to scrub their past.

“It is very clear that Rutgers feels caught and that it is doing everything it can to cover its dirty tracks. We consider it a matter of public interest to make public the sexually objectionable material of Rutgers.”

Rutgers has since submitted a copyright request to YouTube to remove FvD’s upload from the site, citing that the “parents and children have not given FvD permission to publish the images.” Rutgers claims that they are trying to “defend the protection of [the] children to the highest court.” 

Rutgers Netherlands addressed the situation from their Twitter in late March, saying it is “utter nonsense” that the lessons as part of the “Week of Spring Jitters” sexualize children. They stand behind the claim that: “Research shows that children who are well informed actually start having sex later.”

Rutgers says that the video “has taken on a life of its own on social media.” They said they removed the video “to protect the children in the video,” but sexuality education expert Luc Lauwers says that both Rutgers “and the parents in the video remain fully committed to the content.”

The Rutgers Foundation has previously come under fire from critics concerned about the appropriateness of their recommended sex education curriculums, some of which encourage children to be educated on sex from birth.

In a document distributed by the Rutgers Foundation for youth aged “0-18,” a list of recommended reading materials are provided. Amongst them, a book recommended for 6-year-olds titled What is sex?features education and instruction on oral pleasure.

The book was the point of a Dutch parliamentary debate in March when the Education Minister, Dennis Wiersma, was challenged by Forum voor Democratie on its contents.

The Forum party was supported by DENK, a left-wing party focused on immigrant rights, which similarly expressed concerns about the “Spring Jitters Week” curriculum being pushed by Rutgers.

“There’s a teacher’s guide that says: ‘Tell students that it’s nice to touch yourself and that it’s nice to touch genitals.’ We are talking about children of 5 years of age being told this… Those teachers should teach children to read and write, instead of telling them that it is important or nice to touch genitals,” said DENK’s Stephen Van Baarle.

“Spring Jitters Week” took place in some 2,000 primary schools across the Netherlands in March of this year. 

According to the website for the Spring Jitters project: “One of the goals of the Spring Jitters Week is to introduce schools to relational and sexuality education. It is a fun way to give school-wide attention to relationships and sexuality.” 

The theme of “What do I like?” is advertised on the website as a positive introduction to sexual education. 

On June 6, Twitter user Gender is Harmful uploaded a clip from the Rutgers video, commenting that it was an example of “queer theory in action.” The upload mistakenly attributed the video to the World Health Organization.

In response to the clip, many users expressed incredulity at the footage, with many questioning if the translations were indeed accurate.

“It’s one thing when children discover this for themselves, but why on earth do they think adults need to teach children to masturbate,” one user replied.

Many noted that the children looked “visibly uncomfortable,” and that it was inappropriate for adults to be filmed discussing intimate details on sexual pleasure with children.

By Yuliah Alma

Yuliah is a junior researcher and journalist at Reduxx. She is a passionate advocate for women's rights and child safeguarding. Yuliah lives on the American east coast, and is an avid reader and book collector.

#The Dutch #Rutgers Foundation #Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation #Wat vind ik fijn (Eng: What Do I like?) #Spring Jitters Week

[thefirstknife]

So in one of Ahsa's psychic projections to Sloane, she showed the Tower and the City, but not anything Sloane remembered. What's up with that? Did Ahsa bond to another Guardian?

It's really difficult to tell. Sloane's psychic projections or visions featured a lot of different scenes. Some were obviously Ahsa's and connected to Titan's past, but the Tower images might be Sloane's personal visions. I'll go into it a bit with the help of two different lore tabs on the seasonal armour set, there's a few possible options to what it might mean.

The helmet (NPA "Weir-Walker helmet) tells us of the time when we left Sloane alone on Titan. It says "Day 0" at the start so we can assume this is the start of when the planets disappeared. Sloane is trying to follow a Pyramid ship, but it's moving. And then:

Suddenly, the Pyramid emitted a wave that struck Titan, and a half-remembered tone resonated through Sloane's mind. With it, a lifetime: every experienced moment in a slurry of vivid flashes, condensed into simultaneous chaotic anarchy, grasping at grief, joy, anger, love. Seen from where she stood, past experiences gained new perspectives; memories best left dusted with rosy haze shrank under harsh light. Warmth, too fleeting, cold, still, ever frigid in its isolation…

This shows that the Pyramid's wave made Sloane go through a series of visions, which makes sense to us now: Darkness is linked with the psychic and conciousness and memories. Sloane basically got an immediate link to her own memories.

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However, in there, something else mixed in as well: Ahsa's memories. I believe that whatever the Pyramid did, it spread a wave of psychic connection that allowed Sloane to sense Ahsa (and vice versa). The Pyramid might've been searching for Ahsa as well so the wave basically functioned as a scan through the memory and time of Titan. We know that planets from anomalies have time rifts and this shows us how the Pyramid fleet may have been using the planets; by emitting this wave through planet, they were basically able to search through the planet's memory and history. Sloane's experience of this effect:

The sky turned black and orange like a fire-screen, and thunder resonated.

Sloane's body pitched forward over the platform, sinking through air, then sea. Heavy metal was swallowed whole; consciousness faded into the black.

Her experience tumbled through sharded eras of reality like an astral projection, even as she felt her feet still firmly planted in the present. A cascade of timeless scenes whirled by, like panes of life captured in glass, in an indefinite stream of consciousness. Scenes of Titan, of a vibrant seascape installation. Too familiar not to be memories.

The seascape installation in the scenes of Titan is the New Pacific Arcology from the Golden Age. She saw what it looked like at the time while the Pyramid was searching through the planet's timeline. But after this, the vision shifts:

Their point of focus left Titan, dragged backwards across the lonely expanse of space to a world she'd never seen.

Its seas full of vivacious promise. Its moons conceal a Watcher in the sky. Its waves breed insidious appetite in the deep.

There is a temptation there she craves but does not understand. Unnatural and cursed.

She fell again, guided. Through a song, a memory, an image of a dream bent into perception like a focusing lens. Unreality coated in familiar skin. An attempt at understanding.

This is most likely Ahsa's memory of the Fundament. The Pyramid's scan found Ahsa in the consciousness of Titan and tapped into her memories which made the vision shift off Titan. The description fits Fundament once we know that Ahsa is from there: "seas full of vivacious promise" showcasing the Fundament's fabled sea filled with various species, "moons conceal a Watcher" is the Traveler hiding among the 52 moons of the Fundament, "insidious appetite in the deep" is about the worm gods. The final bits might be Ahsa and Sloane noticing each other in the consciousness created by the Pyramid's blast.

After that, the vision goes to the Tower. It's very strange:

The Tower. Friends and comrades. Shine and grime, all. A heralded return. A shadow drawn overhead. A battle delayed, returning.

The Tower, a time yet lived. Black shadows that would fill an empty void in the sky, extending impaling blades down into the streets. Pinning life in paralytic mockeries of contentment. A display that strangles agency.

A serpent winds a path beneath the shadow and offers to guide.

She remembered this happening, and that it had not yet happened.

Just like we got a glimpse of Ahsa's memories of the Fundament, I believe now we've shifted to Sloane's personal timeline. I read this as Sloane's (possible) future. Sloane returning to the Tower perhaps ("a heralded return") and seeing her "friends and comrades," "shine and grime" again. The stuff about the shadow and the "battle delayed" is unclear. Possibly something at the end of the season? We know that Xivu Arath is looming in the background so the "shadow drawn overhead" and something about a battle might be whatever is gonna go down at the end of Deep. Alternatively, this could be about what has already happened, for example Seraph. A "battle delayed" can mean what happened at the end of Seraph; we definitely delayed a battle. The problem with the alternative reading is that Sloane wasn't there so how would she have this in her timeline?

The second paragraph is much more ominous and explicitly states "a time yet lived." Aka this is Sloane's possible future, I think. It's anyone's guess what any of this symbolic language might mean, but it doesn't sound good. Black shadows "filling an empty void in the sky" might refer to something taking up space where the Traveler used to be. "Extending impaling blades" to the streets is super concerning. This genuinely feels to me like a possible invasion of the City, a proper one this time, possibly Xivu finally arriving in full force. The lines about "paralytic mockeries of contentment" and "a display that strangles agency" sounds like Taking. So that's not good.

The "serpent winds a path beneath the shadow and offers to guide" is interesting because the "serpent" could refer to Ahsa. So yet another possible interpretation is that the visions of the Tower are not Sloane's at all, but Ahsa's, from the future. Or perhaps it's both of them combined. Perhaps Sloane will return to the Tower, with Ahsa in tow, and Ahsa will help us defend the City from whatever is going with the "black shadows." All in all, very hard to say what it means right now, but I'm fairly sure it's not about some other Guardian and is most likely Sloane, Ahsa herself or a combination of the two. The rest of it is like that as well.

Speaking of, the arms armour piece shows us Sloane seeing another memory of Titan, of a Golden Age scientist working. The description of the vision through the time rift is really cool:

Fluid trickled down cracked walls surrounding rows of dead monitors. Glass reflected prismatic color from a gnarled tear in reality at the lab's center—as if it had been carved from another epoch and affixed to this one.

A Human that didn't seem to notice them paced within the tear—standing in a fully functioning mirage of the Arcology. Once he turned toward them, the tear spasmed and lurched forward and backward in time at erratic durations and speed. He was ripped both ways into non-existence as the tear flittered through events like a fourth-dimensional montage.

The tear held steady again, returning the man and his moment to existence. Síocháin took note of the badge on his coat that read "Gideon Tepin—NPA—Senior Marine Biologist."

This Golden Age marine biologist, Tepin, also speaks to someone who isn't in the vision:

Tepin looked upset and turned away before speaking. "She's afraid. That's why we're all having them. Something's wrong. She's showing us what's coming in plain view!" The man angrily swiped his hand through the air in Sloane's direction. "It's like she's screaming it into my head. I know I'm not the only one hearing it."

"It chose us." He stepped forward and placed his hand on the border between then and now. "I'm dreaming my own memories, but with little differences. Little omens. Black ships in the sky."

Sloane leaned forward, hand nearly pressed to that of the living memory playing out before her on the other side of the tear.

"She's trying to warn us. We should evacuate. We have to get her—"

The rift disappears here. Tepin is talking about Ahsa. Ahsa was known to the scientists on Titan and she was apparently trying to warn them about the impending Collapse by using her psychic powers to give the same type of visions and dreams to the scientists. This matters here for us because it clearly proves that Ahsa's power includes the ability to project visions of the future or at least to alter existing memories with new elements. That's why Tepin says that he's "dreaming his own memories" but with differences like "black ships in the sky." He was either seeing the future or a mix of his past and Ahsa's projections of the Pyramid fleet.

This might be what's happening to Sloane as well so yet another possible interpretation is that Sloane is also "dreaming her own memories" (of the Tower and the time she would spend there) but intercepted with warnings and omens (about some shadow over the City, a battle, impaling blades...).

Sloane and her ghost discuss this and are aware that the vision of Tepin was a time fluctuation, not a simulation. Aka what they saw was a real past event. Siochain also finds records of a project called "TLev-01" which refers to Ahsa: "T" stands for Titan, "Lev" for Leviathan and "01" obviously for the first one they found.

We'll get more as we strengthen Sloane's bond with Ahsa over the course of the season. But definitely keep in mind these visions of the Tower. They could be Ahsa's warnings again, telling us about some danger in the only way she can.

#destiny 2 #destiny 2 spoilers #season of the deep #season of the deep spoilers #ahsa #sloane #long post #lore vibing #ask

[natalieironside]

I'm gonna talk about 'Masters of the World' now

Hi! As y'all probably know, I like making custom maps for old-ass strategy games. To date I've posted two for the world's greatest video game, Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne (here and here), and one for the world's other greatest video game, Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings (here).

Well, at long last, I've branched out into the other other greatest video game, Age of Mythology, with a great big expansive fantasy project that is a million years beyond my current skill level. Woo!

I've come up with this whole fiction where you're the king of the dwarves and you start out defending your homeland from the dreaded wizards and minor gods known as the Masters of the World. You then start to get inklings that maybe this Master stuff ain't so hard and go on a journey of bloody conquest that does not go very well for you at all at all. I'm imagining like a "bird's-eye view of Hyboria with maudlin meditations on the folly of heroism" type deal. The map where you have to fight a bunch of Guardians is gonna be called "Twilight of the Idols."

I've come up with a fun cast of characters including draculas and wolfmans and elves who are also angels and just regular-ass angels and a mysterious wizard who's just called "the Wizard" and . . . it's a lot, is what I'm saying. I'm hoping to have a playable scenario to show off soon-ish but as for when the whole thing will be done, I haven't the slightest.

My reflection so far is that this is really hard! Compared to other ES games, the interface of the AoM editor is so hard to navigate. Some of the tools just straight-up don't work or haven't been optimized for the two xpacks and working around that in the narrative has been . . . kinda fun, if I'm being honest. Like I had to change Lady Pentecost's civ from Gaia to Poseidon b/c the default AI can't effectively play the game with xpack civs, and I ended up completely rewriting her character, and I like what I've got now way better. It's the little things I guess.

That's all I got for right now and I'll update y'all when I've got more to show off. In the meantime I've got about ten hundred bazillion dialogue triggers to write.

#viddygames #masters of the world #age of mythology

[tothestarswithye]

Just posted a new big chapter for my fic! We 3/5 of the way there

Words: 10.3k

Summary: Nightmares are plaguing the people of Dream Land, but a certain pink puffball's on a mission to bring back everyone's good dreams! They've already retrieved five of the star rod's shards, with only two more to go. However, the second-to-last guardian is said to be a fearsome knight, meaning this may be Kirby's greatest challenge yet...

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A retelling and expansion of Kirby and Meta Knight's first duel.

#kirby #meta knight #bandana waddle dee #bandee #sailor waddle dee #captain vul #kirbys adventure #kirby nightmare in dream land #writing #creative writing #I've put a month into this now #and I'm happy with it!