#i love this world a lot so. basically i draw it all the while forgetting that no one can go back there

[thatfreshi]

Little Stars and Such (Astarion x Reader)

It's here, the piercing fic, in which body-modded Tav gives Astarion hella piercings. I made a previous post with his piercing map in case you guys don't know the terms (I basically didn't until yesterday)

Tw - needles, implied sex

Recommended Song: Gregg's Woods - Alec Holowka

For the past couple of days, Astarion has been asking quite a few questions about your piercings. You had adorned your nose and face in tiny pieces of metal, all done by hand. Your little collection has grown over time, most recently with an eyebrow piercing once you settled down in Baldur's Gate once again.

"Do they hurt?"

"Like, when you pierce them? Yeah. You get used to it though. Surprised you don't have any honestly, elves are known for having the most elaborate piercings."

He stays silent for a moment, and you realize he wouldn't know that.

"Wasn't exactly a thing Cazador just let us do. Body modifications were mostly limited to demonic scars and being cut up for fun."

"Right... sorry."

"Don't be."

The conversation ended pretty abruptly, but picked up the next day while you were swapping out your nose ring.

"Do you ever get scared that your little ring will get caught on something and rip out of your nose?"

A sudden question, but a welcome one.

"I mean, sometimes, but not many people are that close to my nose. Unless you're planning on ripping out my piercing?"

You eye him suspiciously and he smirks.

"Oh, I would never."

This goes on for days, little prodding questions about all your accessories. One morning, while the two of you are lying in bed, you catch him staring at the helix on your ear.

"Astarion do you... do you want a piercing? Because I can do them. I mean I did these to myself."

"I've been thinking about it. I'm just a little nervous is all."

"Why my love?"

"I mean, I've never really had the freedom to do what I want with my body, in a lot of ways. That's one of those things I never got to explore, all the body modifications people are oh so familiar with. I suppose I could've done one with an embroidery needle if I was desperate, but that's just not something I had the liberty to think about."

You move a strand of hair out of his eyes.

"Well, you have the freedom to do whatever you want now."

"Then perhaps I'd like a couple."

"A couple? You don't wanna start with one?"

"Nonsense! One would be sad and pathetic, and we know I am a man of extravagance."

"Alright, if you insist."

You then grab a notebook sitting on the bedside table, and begin to draw out a plan for his piercings. Astarion insists that he only wants them on his ears, because he doesn't want anything to ruin his perfect face. As you're sketching, you continue to talk.

"You know this is gonna suck, right? Since your ears are so sensitive?"

"Sensitive? What makes you say that."

You blankly stare at him until he gives up.

"Okay fine, but I'm sure it can't be that bad!"

"I don't know. I mean I'm going to stab multiple holes through your ears. You barely like them being touched."

"I've been through enough pain. Nothing compares to jagged cuts in your back, I promise."

There are many moments like that, where he says something tragic that you just can't bring yourself to argue with. Without another word, he curls up against you, and the two of you discuss the options he has. Eventually, you settle on five on each side, because he INSISTED they be symmetrical.

"Tav, what kind of idiot would I look like if I had one ear with a bunch of shit on it, and one just, empty?"

"I guess you're not wrong."

He decides on two helixes, two lobe piercings, and a daith. You're a little surprised that he's going all out on this, but you don't mind. Everyone has that thing that lets them feel free, the thing they finally do to show the world 'I'm my own person.' Besides, if he didn't like them he could simply let them heal back up, forget this ever happened.

You go to grab your little makeshift piercing kit, full of fine needles you've collected over time, just in case you ever lose some.

"Now, you'll have to wear some of mine since you don't have your own earrings yet, but I'm sure you won't mind because my collection is amazing."

He sits up in bed, his shirt sleeve softly draping off his shoulder. If he could still be in the sun, you'd imagine a beam of light coming through the window right now, illuminating his face. You sit beside him, gently placing the box of needles by your feet.

"Alright, I'm gonna walk you through this as I do it, and if you want to stop at any time we can."

"Thank you my love."

The thought crosses your mind, that he'd probably not let any other soul on the planet do this kind of thing. Any time he's let someone else have control over his body, it's been riddled with sin and scars. But you? You've always been kind, soft, present. That's one thing he loves most about you, that he feels like he can be present. Not drifting off somewhere else, not closing off his mind to defend himself, not playing a chess match in his head. It's, easy. Life is easy now, and isn't that something wonderful?

"Alright, we're gonna start on the lobe. You feel the needle?"

You hold it lightly against his ear, and he shivers a little.

"Mhm."

"Alright, don't tense, but it's gonna hurt."

You hear the air escape through his teeth as the needle goes through. A pretty clean job if you do say so yourself.

"Well?"

You put in a dangling gold moon, waiting to see how he feels.

"Painful, but not horrible."

"Want to go again?'

"Of course."

He says it a little suggestively, and you give him a playful push.

"Save it for later imp."

You continue with his piercings, taking small breaks in between for conversation. You've continued adorning his ears with astral-themed jewelry, little stars and such. By the time you've finished the last one, you're quite pleased with your work. Astarion almost doesn't let you put the last earring in since he's so excited to see what you've done. He had Gale teach him mirror image a while ago, so he could finally see his reflection whenever he wanted. After casting it and giving his ears a look, he smiles.

Astarion laughs at your comment, giving one of those genuine smiles you used to rarely see. You silently curse the people that took that smile from him, wondering how anyone could see this specimen and torment him. He's like a pixie, a little trickster, someone you could pick up and hold forever. You know you're probably the only one who sees him that way, the only one who would call him cute, but he is. He enjoys it, being viewed as something that isn't devious or sexual, but a bright presence. You told him once how it's ironic that he can't be in the sun, because he was probably sunnier than the sun itself. He'd never let you tell anyone else that though.

"I... I think I quite like them."

"I do too. It's fitting."

You plant a kiss on his cheek.

"Worth the pain?"

"Most things are my love. Like you."

His hand meets your face, taking you into a deep kiss. When you break away, you whisper in his ear.

"I think they make you sexier too."

A chuckle under his breath, lips meeting again, and the morning is soon wasted away in bed. What a joy, to wake up every day with him, with someone living their life anew. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? Neither of you know, but it's exciting none-the-less.

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion #baldurs gate astarion #astarion x reader #astarion x tav #fluff

[wintfleur]

👩🏻‍🎨 ͡ ꒱ STELLA HUGHES PROFILE

au masterlist — you can find asks under #💌stellahughes!

°. — BASICS!

NAME Estella Hughes

BIRTHDAY may 5th 2004 ‘19’

BIRTHPLACE Manchester, New Hampshire

HEIGHT 5’7

PIERCINGS 2 lobe piercings, bellybutton piercing, nipples 🤫

HEALTH anemic

 MAJOR an art major, does figure skating.

FACECLAIM mostly Gracie Abrams, random girls I find on Pinterest

LOVE INTEREST Rutger McGroarty

°. — FUN FACTS!

She is the youngest of the Hughes clan, and as the only girl and youngest that means her older brothers are very protective. Mostly Jack and Luke, Quinn isn’t as intense as the other two.

Quinn is her favorite person in the whole world, she tells him everything. He likes to say that she’s his favorite, and it’s true.

She had the biggest crush on Trevor growing up, he likes to tease her about it. So does Luke.

Never has been in a serious relationship, Jack and Luke scared all the boys off.

She loves art, skating, reading, ABBA, winter, her Nintendo Switch, pretty little liars, cherries.

She’s not the biggest fan of swimming.

Her love language is physical touch, she’s a big cuddler and she loves holding hands.

Her two best friends are lily (lils) and Carmen (minnie) they have been friends since they were little, lily is on the woman’s volleyball team and Carmen does figure skating with her.

Secretly made out with Luca fantilli in a closet at her first college party, obviously before her and rut started dating. Only Quinn, lily, Carmen and Rutger know.

she loves spending summers at the lake house.

She went viral at jacks draft, she goes viral a lot.

The nhl fans love her, the delulu fans hate her.

Is very close with her parents, she’s a family girl!

She got lucky and has her own dorm room. This! Is what I picture her dorm to look like, except it has more of her art work on her walls and some pictures, and across from the bed on the wall is where her projector shows. She also has her own bathroom. (Not realistic but for the sake of the story 🙏)

She’s a homebody, she likes going out but prefers to hang out at home/dorm or at her friends homes/dorms.

She is a very talented artist and got a scholarship to umich for her art, she loves all types of art. She likes drawing and painting but has started loving ceramics.

Stella loves the library and I mean lovesss it! If you can’t find Stella, she’s either in her bed or at the library

She loves photography, ever since Quinn bought her a Polaroid camera when she was 13, she has quite the vault of embarrassing pictures of her brothers

Mommas girl? Daddy’s girl? No she’s a Quinn girl

She used to figure skate with a partner but after he turned out to be a major dick she went back to skating solo.

She’s actually really good at hockey, and could join a woman’s team if she wanted to. But she could never, she hates getting hit.

Stella absolutely loves winter so much.

She hates seeing her brothers and friends getting hit, makes her cringe and flinch.

Went viral after her reaction of Jack getting into a fight goes on the big screen.

The camera people are always putting her on the big screen whenever she goes to her brothers and friends game.

She did get exposed on the big screen taking a sip of Trevor’s beer…Trevor couldn’t stop laughing while her dad gave her a disapproving shake of his head.

Trevor and Jack accidentally got Stella really high for the first time, forgetting to tell her that gummies on jacks desk are edibles. A freaking out Trevor and Jack trying there best to calm down a panicked Stella, let’s just say the two boys were anxious for Quinn to come back. (I really want to write a thing for this, it would be so funny)

Her and lily secretly went and got there nipples pierced, Carmen being there to hold there hands.

Stella loves baking

Her favorite foods are fries, blueberries and cherries

She loves water, coke and hot chocolate

Not really a coffee or tea person

She loves playing board games and video games with her brothers

She’s a sweet person, but isn’t afraid to speak her mind. She’s the youngest of three brothers, she knows how to stick up for herself!

She’s a passenger princess…with Like everyone!

She knows she’s in trouble if someone calls her Estella

She has 3 instagram accounts. @/stellahughes is her main account that everyone follows, @/entersteller is her private account where only her friends and family follow, @/nicohischierluvergurl is her secret private account where only a few of her close friends and Quinn follow.

˖ ་ 💭 roro’s notes ( so this is the introduction/profile of Stella! I really hope you guys like her, I’m really excited to write more of her! I didn’t mention Rutger a lot in this because I will be making them there own profile, super excited to do that! Please don’t be a silent reader, I would love to hear your opinions )

°. - ( feel free to send any requests of things you would like to see in this series, or if you just want to share some thoughts! I would absolutely love that! Please comment if you would like to be added to the taglist! )

#⋆ ˚｡⋆୨👩🏻‍🎨୧˚ stella hughes au! #👩🏻‍🎨 ͡ ꒱ stella hughes! #hockey #nhl #nhl hockey #jack hughes #quinn hughes #luke hughes #nhl imagine #new jersey devils #vancouver canucks #umich hockey #rutger mcgroarty #jack hughes x reader #quinn hughes x reader #luke hughes x reader #rutger mcgroarty x reader #hughes sister #Rutger McGroarty imagine #hughes brothers #umich x reader #umich imagine #nhl fanfiction #hughes!sister

[mooncalf87]

Lucifer hcs?

YES 🙏🙏🙏🙏 HE IS MY SECOND FAVORITE I LOVE HIM SO FUCKING MUCCCHHHH

Ep 8 spoilers!

He is a softie for Vaggie, they bond over both being fallen angels

He and Husk fly around together a lot, they don't have a super close bonded friendship, but they enjoy their little outings

Lucifer uses his magic to interfere with Alastors radio broadcasts (Alastor is THIS close to murdering either Lucifer or himself)

He has a pretty short wing span so when he is flying he has to move all his wings pretty fast and usually looks like a humming bird

Is secretly REALLY good at drawing

This mans depression and anxiety levels are off the charts, but they are slowly getting easier to manage now that he is back with Charlie

He never really got to know Sir Pentious, but Lucifer was the one who painted Pentious's portrait after his death

He loves popcorn. It is an unhealthy obsession.

When he has meetings with the Goetia family, he can totally tell that the random IMP sitting on Solas's couch is totally his secret bf

He and Lilith had a INCREDIBLY hard time trying to get Lilith pregnant, due to her being a human soul and him being a heavenly being

He and turn into any animal and sometimes turns into a cat to annoy Husk

He has a very hard time accepting the fact that Lilith isn't just gone for a little while, he still has a hard time admitting that he knows she will never come back

He still wears his wedding ring but Charlie is finally able to get him to take it off

he likes stuffed animals

This bitch can not figure out how to use tape for the life of him. Whenever he tries to use duct-tape he basically just wraps himself in it by accident

He needs his apple cane because he actually sustained a long lasting leg injury during his angelic fall, that he can't heal with his magic (he also hates to talk about it)

Is Chaggies #1 fangirl

Sometimes he dresses up as the apple at Lu Lu World for fun (whenever Charlie asks him why, he says, "its my theme park so I can do what I please")

He likes wood carving in his spare time

Sometimes forgets hes the literal KING OF HELL and is like "?????" When people bow to him on the streets

Even though he is Lucifer himself, he can still get hurt. Charlie HATES it when he bleeds

Dispite their mutual dislike for one another, Lucifer is very greatful Alastor was there for Charlie and her dream when her dad wasn't

Dramatic. This man is the textbook definition of drama. Can gossip for HOURS with Ange

Loves human watching. He can observe earth using his magic, and loves just. Sitting there. Watching humans go about their daily lives

Send me HC asks!!!!!!

#hazbin hotel #hazbin lucifer #lucifer magne #lucifer hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #lucifer morningstar #lucifer #lilith hazbin hotel #lilith morningstar #hazbin hotel lilith #hazbin charlie #charlie morningstar #hazbin hotel charlie #alastor the radio demon #hazbin alastor #alastor hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor #cat husk #husker #hazbin hotel husk #hazbin hotel husker #hazbin husk #hazbin husker #husk hazbin hotel #husker hazbin hotel #husk #hazbin vagatha #vaggatha #hazbin hotel vaggie

[siffrin-enthusiast]

// intro post

[Image ID: A GIF of the In Stars and Time party, created by insertdisc5. End ID.]

hello and welcome to our little corner of the internet!!

more information (including about the music) is below the cut but the tldr is that i'm a happily taken 18 year old, auDHD disabled transmasculine host of a traumagenic DID system currently fixated on in stars and time, ultrakill, and coding. collectively we go by kuiper and he/they pronouns :)

my asks & dms are always open! feel free to draw me an anon picture (checked weekly) or check out the submissions thread!

while you're here, consider donating to palestine to request a commission from a lovely talented in stars and time artist!! check it out at @isatforpalestine!

if you're trying to get the playlist to work, you need to go to your site settings, allow audio, refresh the page, and then play it. It will update itself as you navigate through the entire blog so there aren't any pauses/cutoffs! the good news is once you figure out how to do it, it'll work until you clear all of your site cookies!

interests

there's..a lot!! in stars and time, coding, rain world, deltarune, slay the princess, pokemon, hollow knight, psychology (my college major!), fnaf, inscryption, generation loss, hades, celeste, ultrakill, warrior cats, oneshot, hunger games, moon knight (pirating it), night in the woods, and a good thirty more that i'm forgetting.

tagging system

i do my best to keep it simple because i'm too lazy to do a cool one for convenience! interests are tagged with the name of said interest (#in stars and time), and if they're somewhat newly-out, they get a "spoilers" thrown on the end of it (#in stars and time spoilers). if there's something i post about that you don't want to see, i highly encourage you to block its tag! i won't know or be offended! :)

i’ll tag anything that i think is a common thing to be tagged like death/blood, and i do it in the format of #tw death. if this isn’t the right format or anyone wants me to tag other things that i didn’t think of, just let me know!

there's also a few special tags of my own! asks are tagged with #kuiper important posts for the important stuff (like this intro post), #kuiper favorite posts for my favorites/things i return to frequently, #kuiper asks, posts where i ramble about whatever is #kuiper rambling, posts about my dissociation/system are tagged #kuiper system posting, and posts about my disabilities are tagged with #kuiper disability moment! i also write fic and while i tag them with #kuiper fics, i post most of them over at my fic sideblog!

if there's ever anything that you need tagged, please let me know!!

requests

i'm getting pretty into making stuff so..if anyone ever wants me to try my hand at something, please feel free to ask! this is pretty informal until i set more things up! edits, pfps, icons, stimboards, userboxes, ask games, fic/drabbles, coding, i'm willing to give it an honest shot!! feel free to ask!

any and all requests will be tagged with #kuiper requests!

contact

the best way to contact me here is my dms/asks because my notifications are a. little overrun!!

don't like tumblr? don't worry! i have too many other sites! ranked from most to least used:

neocities

cohost

spacehey

dni

i use the block button liberally, as should you! it's freeing!

basic DNI criteria!

people who don't believe in freeing palestine/zionists

entirely nsfw or untagged nsfw accounts.

entirely ed/sh or untagged ed/sh accounts. i understand if you're struggling with it, but if it is your entire blog, no.

syscourse. post whatever you want on your blog, just don't bring it to mine (asking my opinion, tagging me in things).

blank blogs. i will think you're a bot.

people who are still giving j.k. rowling money. shoo!!!

radfems, terfs, radqueers, transableds, proshippers, stuff like that.

anyone not on that list is more than welcome here!!

credits

theme and the lil cat popup by glenthemes

music player, playlist

the lovely dividers

in stars and time & gif by insertdisc5

siffrin looping gif

#kuiper important post #pinned intro #intro post

[macfrog]

howdy gang.

have noticed a lot of really great discussion on the topic of writers supporting and recommending each other’s work on tumblr. while i’ve made lots of lovely friends on this site and supported them with my whole 34c chest both publicly and in private, i have not always been the best at actually sharing their art with y’all.

honestly, when i made this blog, i did not expect to gain any kind of following, and much less gain the invaluable friendships i have. i had a fic blog in the past which was basically just me entertaining myself without interacting with other writers (16 y/o max was an even bigger introvert than she is at 24), and so from the outset, i thought macfrog would only ever be a place for me to toss my writing and sort of forget it existed. but this is not the case, and i would like to change my approach. so! —

i have created a fic rec blog, for anyone interested in knowing what i’m reading and loving and drawing lots of good, honest inspiration from! you can follow it right here -> @macfrogrecs if you wanna 🩵

the writers i’ve come to know on this site are some of the most creatively gifted, wonderfully talented and genuinely kindhearted people i’ve ever known. they deserve all of ur love and support. as an additional, please remember to only ever be kind and encouraging in your feedback !!! the beauty on this site is yours to behold for free, and the writers who create it deserve the world. 🙂

#chats w max #fic recs

[lesbienyu]

people have this Image of what brain damage/traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) look like and it's always one of these:

-basically the same as before, but with amnesia for dramatic effective

-vegetative state

-"brain of a child," or an adult who draws with crayons and speaks in monosyllables.

and like, yeah, that can be it, but there's a lot more. when I tell people I have brain damage, they usually think I'm joking because I seem pretty normal and I am! I was lucky - my brain bled, I had seizures, I shattered my skull, and, with the damage that was done, I'm very, very lucky that I'm as close to normal as I am thirteen months later.

but, at the same time, I do struggle with my symptoms a lot. I forget things and it's frustrating. and being frustrated with frontal lobe damage is different. it's less "ugh this is annoying" and more "I can't figure out why I can't get this, god am I stupid? what's happening? what was I trying to find?" for hours because I don't feel like forgetting things happened as much back then. I couldn't find a tube of paint today. before, I would've been annoyed and given up and moved on, but now it's this "if I can find it, that means I'm not as forgetful and I'm getting better. if I can't, there's gotta be a way to remember it." so I searched for three hours, even cleaned the basement, because maybe finding it would be proof I'm better.

and same with skills. I used to program. I had to go back to Hello World type stuff after. and it's hard, because I'll see the lessons and suddenly know it, but it's all stuff I used to be able to do without even thinking, let alone checking. I have pages of coding I wrote that I can't read, and I'm not sure I ever will be able to. I'm okay with that- relearning it is fun, and faster than learning it the first time, but it's like looking at a poem in an unknown language while knowing you were once the author.

or like, I love cooking. when I got my TBI, the majority of the damage was in my occipital lobe, which I'm told helps you see. everything was so bright for months. I had to learn to cook in the dark before it got better. I kept burning everything because I couldn't stand the lights on and it made me so mad because I've always been a great cook and it was suddenly gone.

I also lost my verbal filter with the frontal lobe damage to some degree. it's mortifying, being unsure if you thought something or said it out loud. imagine having a really nuanced, complex question that needs delicate phrasing and then just blurting out the bluntest possible version of it while still trying to think of how to phrase it and not realizing til after that you'd said it before you're ready. and it always comes off as so weird bc I generally have great social skills, I've been called charismatic and sociable, but then every once in a while it's like some robot with no social grace launching off random words and feeling mortified.

or just work. I love my job, I feel passionate about it, but I had to take almost a year off because I couldn't do basic tasks like look at maps or train new employees or even be able to comprehend what someone was asking me, let alone answer it.

I feel like I'm missing most of my life. it feels less like memories, and more like a book I read long ago or a movie I saw as a child. I couldn't tell you what the woman I spent half my adult life with looked like, just how I felt about her back then and that she had a dog and bad music taste. or what my childhood friends looked like, if they were in band or choir. I couldn't remember much about high school, or college, or the few years after- most of what I know is from memories so vague they feel like a dream several hours after waking, otherwise all the details of my life come from my journals and my loved ones. it's not a blank, just a vagueness, a fog. and it's terrifying, to hear stories about a self you don't recall being. I also used to be meaner, more serious and more negative, so there's some good that come out of it.

It just feels strange having a past self I won't meet or remember the same as most. and none of this is what I expected out of brain damage. overall, I don't think I feel different, but I don't remember well enough to say.

#diary #traumatic brain injury #tbi

[karl-raccoon-enjoyer]

sigma for the character ask game :D

First Impression- I thought the scene where he saved that one guy who was struggling from having massive gambling debts was so sweet 😭 Plus the whole DOA gave me that feeling feel where when you feel the feeling feel and you’ve felt it, you know there are feelings to be felt (basically the feeling when you start fixating on something). Also, pretty.

Impression Now- I still think they’re the sweetest guy ever. They just want to have a home and I love that. But sometimes I remember he’s still a terrorist who possibly saved that guy for publicity reasons so the casino could be more profitable in the long run?? But that also ties back to how much they love their home???? It’s crazy. Even though I feel like he’s one of the easier bsd characters to understand just because they spell most of their motivations out, there’s still so much he does that’s morally gray and complicated.

Favorite Moment- When he was fighting that one girl from the hunting dogs who I forget her name. That reminder of his sheer determination and strength and love and protectiveness over his home was MAJESTIC. Plus I feel like a lot of people forget they can be scary like that which is frustrating.

This panel specifically is everything.

Idea for a Story- What if Sigma succeeded in killing Teruko (looked up her name). He would be in such deep shit, even if he did legally control the Sky Casino. Since they’re already a terrorist, they might spiral further and further into greater illegal and violent activities in order to protect his home. We need more of his scary side so badly. And what if Fyodor took refuge in the casino some how and convinced Sigma he’s also their family? Like a damn parasite? Like a damn parasite that’s only corrupting them further? Sigma could be a villain so easily and we forget that sometimes.

Unpopular Opinion- I’ve seen a lot of theories on which author he’s based on. Personally, I think they’re literally just the letter because that aids to the themes of their alienation from the rest of humanity, but, if he is based on an author, I think it’s Homer. Specifically, their ability is The Odyssey. Not only was Odysseus’ main motivation getting back home, but the Ancient Greek concept of xenia is also very prevalent in that story. Xenia is basically a list of expectations between guests and hosts, and we know how Sigma treated their guests. Plus, Odysseus is smart and spends a lot of time telling the stories of his life and Sigma’s incredibly intelligent (also a semi-unpopular opinion, unfortunately) and their ability allows them to know the stories of others. PLUS plus The Iliad and The Odyssey were like just a collection of stories told by various Ancient Greek storytellers rather than one man, which may be why he is named something more broad. There’s more parallels I could draw but this is getting long.

Favorite Relationship- Siglai. Siglai Siglai Siglai. Their ideas of freedom contrast each other so well. Nikolai’s world where they’re free is one where they’re alone and without any ties to others. Sigma’s is one where he has a home and a family. They both want to be understood so badly. They see each other for what they want to be seen as. Sigma just wants to be a normal person and Nikolai sees that as the true him. Nikolai wants to be wild and free and Sigma sees that as the true him. And like, if you think about their relationship while Sigma still owned the casino, Nikolai would definitely be there forcing them to have fun and de-stress (in an annoying way or not). They understand and compliment each other so well, yet their paths are pulling them in other directions. Plus Sigma’s sky symbolism and Nikolai’s bird symbolism… ugh.

Favorite Headcanon- Stealing this from @aroacesigma, but they fully made up all that stuff about being the one legally in charge of the casino in the sense that all the laws there are controlled by him. He just didn’t was to deal with any bureaucratic bs (typed that bsd on accident, brain is INFECTED and INFESTED) so they made up their own bs. I also love xey’re headcanon about him having freckles. Sorry for not having any original ideas here but I had to defer to the CEO of transmasc Sigma eventually for this.

#wow… that was a lot 😭 #I didn’t even know I had that many thoughts about him #sigma bsd #bsd sigma

[ultfreakme]

Cn I ask your top favorite fics that you've written (feel free how much that you want to list)? Why they're special to you? Is there a specific inspiration when you wrote them? Thanks....

Hey anon!!! Thanks for the ask!! Favorite fics...I've written. You've given me too much freedom by asking my why I like them I am so sorry for the wall of text about to hit.

To Veer The Tides

It's a fic for Kuroko no Basuke which is basically just me slapping the character names onto a WILDLY different fantasy setting. It's for Akashi x Furihata. An arranged marriage AU where Akashi is the son of an emperor who went too power hungry and wanted to consolidate 7 mostly independent states(provinces??) into one, but he was defeated by the remaining states and to control Akashi, he is arranged to marry far below his station to Furihata, son of a destroyed noble house which is under the rule of Kagami's state. So it's about Akashi climbing back to power with Furihata initially thinking Akashi is pure evil but he soon realizes that maybe Akashi and his family aren't as evil as the people believe.

I ended up doing so much research, world-building and character expansion. It's more political intrigue than romance, lol. I still love that fic to death, I think I honestly peaked there for world-building, at least. I wrote it immediately after reading and watching Mo Dao Zu Shi and being first introduced to the concept of cultivation as a magic system and really wanted to put all my faves in flowy robes and long hair.

I want to get back to it, but I've discontinued it because I am simply not qualified to right about Dissociative Identity Disorder, systems and alters. Akashi has a terribly stereotypical portrayal of it in canon and I thought maybe I could research enough to write that, but I just, I don't know any systems and I felt like if I can't respect it, I didn't want to do it.

But it's still my favorite in terms of the world and aesthetics I had going on for it.

2. Tell Me Your Story (I'll Tell You Mine)

My current baby. The one I incessantly post about and draw for. Single-handedly over saturating the kyoshi warrior sokka x blue spirit zuko market. It's set in the canon world but I had to do so much research for this one too. I learned a lot, I think, while writing this. Big lesson being never ever write in present tense but if you're 200K+ words into it there is simply no going back RIP.

It started as just a silly romance because I thought it'd be funny to have Sokka and Zuko be completely oblivious to who they like. But as I began plotting and writing, it transformed into me projecting all my issues with colonialism and using the ATLA setting as base to dip a little bit deeper into the themes the show itself brings up, and some issues that it doesn't. Like, how colonialism uses your own culture against you, how it makes you fear who you are, makes you do things you don't want.

I deliberately chose that title because lots of indigenous communities in the world have lost their stories because of colonialism. Oral traditions and tales that are forgotten because people were killed and forced to never repeat them, forced to forget their languages. And that, really got to me. How colonialism slowly strips you of what makes human beings what they are; stories, art, music, dance, etc.

So this fic ended up being about how colonialism steals from you, uses what is yours AGAINST you and how it is important to embrace who you are and fight back.

3. Tell The Neighbours I'm Not Sorry

It's for Jon and Jay from DC Comics and Superfam. I wrote it when I was seeing a lot of biphobia against Jon and racism against Jay. As a bi asian, even if it was towards fictional characters, it was getting to me. People kept talking about how there's a specific way to be bi. Why did Jon never have a crisis about being queer? Why did Jon and Jay move so fast? Is Jay manipulating Jon just to get what he wants? It was all filled with a lot of stereotypes and biases.

Superman comics especially often taken up real world issues and puts it into the story. So I took all my anger and frustration from the biphobia and racism and wrote it into a fic.

It's about how there's no one way to being queer, and about how immigrants and non-white people are immediately classified as some kind of 'other' and 'bad' with zero grounding. It's also a little bit about colonialism on Jay's end. It's so charged with me going "FUCK IT!" and still somehow came out okay as a fic and I think I like that I managed to turn my anger into something productive.

Bonus

4. An Itajun fic I have not published and am still writing

It's my first JJK fic! It's an absolute mess in my drafts right now but I really like it, it's very fun for me. Junpei starts seeing and sensing curses far earlier because of built resentment from his bullies going too far and severely injuring him, his mom finds out and they move to Yuuji's area of Tokyo to get away from the school since they won't do anything about the bullying. Yuuji and Junpei run into each other and meet early at school. So the dynamics are kinda reversed, where Junpei is the one who is into the world of curses first while Yuuji has no clue, but they slowly interact and come together, forming a tight bond.

Junpei trusts no one and is dealing with all this curse nonsense trying to understand what it means. Yuuji is seemingly happy and chipper but he's going through tough times because his grandpa got hospitalized. It's both of them supporting each other and making sure the other isn't alone.

#riki asks #zukka #akafuri #itajun #jonjay

[inverted-flowers]

So... Those Secret Life tarot predictions I've been doing huh? Well it's Grian's turn! Reminder that you don't really need to know anything about Tarot Cards. If you're curious though it's just a simple 5 card spread I made specifically for this. Also I did this on November 2nd of 2023 (it's a Thursday) cuz I'll probably decide to schedule this as to not spam the tags lol.

First Card - Start

So this card was rough because while I was placing it I turned it without thinking about it (which I like never do). I had to debate whether to interpret it upright (how it would've been had I not turned it) or reversed (how it was when flipped it over). As I said in the very first post, I'm doing these as practice so this is also just a 'well wtf do I do in this situation' sort of milestone. In the end I've decided to interpret it as upright with a kind of side note of reversal... if that makes sense... I'm gonna combine the meanings a little bit!

I drew the Ace of Wands... uh... funky style. (Sure that makes sense right? /silly) This card is describing Grian's start of Secret Life as involving a lot of hard work. There could be some minor setbacks but he'll likely work through them fine enough. He'll probably have a great time, honestly, if this card has any truth to it.

Second Card - Individual

This card is describing how Grian does in the game basically. For it I drew the reversed 8 of Swords. He survives through the more difficult first part of starting in a new life series world. So far he's doing very well too so this is supported! If you've seen his episodes you'll know he's not exactly down a whole lot of hearts yet. This card also talks about being open to change and new opportunities. What new opportunities? I'm so glad you asked. To the next card!

Third Card - Social

This card is meant to describe how Secret Life goes for Grian on the social end of this series. I drew the Death card which made me laugh. The death card is about change, rebirth, and transitioning from one phase to another. My brain immediately went to how everyone and their grandma were drawing comparisons between his first ep with Scar on the camel and third life. This makes me think he's either not going to team up with anyone or if he does it'll be someone he hasn't yet and well... So far it's looking like the former! It makes that lil' comparison extra fun cuz this is saying he'll be putting the past expirences behind for something new.

Fourth Card - Big Impact

I drew the reversed Page of Pentacles which is wild cuz I drew that for Joel too but as his season end. Here I drew it for Grian's 4th card which is describing what makes the greatest impact for him this season. This card talks about a lack of progress and getting lost in the details. He might get too caught up in something and forget about his task.

Fifth Card - End

I drew the 3 of Pentacles for how Grian'll end Secret Life. This card talks about collaboration and learning. He's probably very secure in his beliefs... except that those beliefs might be a strict adherence to the rules which could ultimately cause him more problems than necessary. It also means he could take the advice and criticisms of his fellow players pretty well.

So do I think this reading is predicting Grian to win? Not in the slightest. 3 of pentacles really feeling like a participation trophy here lol. Like 'yay you learned things and got to make content with all these lovely people!' Not exactly something screaming he's gonna win. If I had to take a gander as to how it goes down, I'd reckon he gets distracted and fails a hard task or fails his normal tasks multiple times (based on the 4th card). That would then somehow push him to be more strict with rule following (based on the 5th card). If that is what happens, the fail would probably happen either soon and then affect the majority of his season or later when he's low. Maybe it's what turns him red.

#trafficblr #traffic life smp #life series #grian #life series grian #traffic light smp #secret life #life smp #tarot practice #life series predictions #secret life tarot prediction

[electrosweaters-arts]

Question!

Is Victor in the cryptid college universe? What’s he like, if he is?

Victor IS in CC! In fact, he's already appeared in two pages during the prologue

He's kinda a silly little guy but I'm going to PREFACE real quick by saying: Victor in CC is probably the MOST canon-divergent in terms of personality you're gonna get in CC, at least depending on your interpretations of the OG book characters, but he's pretty different from how either of us actually view him in the book.

CC Victor isn't an exactly an evil mad scientist trope or anything (being a mad scientist in CC is basically like being a mathletes nerd but a bunch of you keep dropping random children off at other peoples houses) but he's just a bit of a general asshole, SPECIFICALLY because placing him in a modern college where EVERYONE is a monster changes who the character is a Lot. A lot of his base traits come from the book, but amplified as a parody like we do with all the CC characters (so yes he does get tropey on purpose) + some changes based on how being in a monster college changes his and the creature's story.

While not uncommon for mad scientists in this universe, he's pretty self-centered, he believes himself to be the superior scientist of his class and can often be rude and dismissive of other students' work. (Though he IS actually incredibly good at what he does, he's top 3 in the class and would most likely be #1 if Griffin didn't have a grading bias towards experiments that can help him with world domination)

(going to be using some LOVELY sketches from @internetwerewolf now <3 theyre the person currently drawing episode 1 of CC <3)

Also, before I forget to mention! CC victor is gay and autistic and both he AND both of the creatures have chronic illnesses that leave them with a lot of joint pain. Their illnesses are based off my own so since *I* don't have a medical diagnosis for my joint issues I can't put an exact name to what they have but ???? maybe Fibromyalgia? again, can't put a name to it but their joints are stiff and HURTY. Adam and Victor's symptoms usually manifest in more invisible ways, from time to time they will need a mobility aid of some sort but most days they get by with painkillers and compression-wear. (Mary almost always uses a crutch or a cane and from time to time will use a wheelchair)

And oh right, the creatures! Let's talk about the creatures, I'd say they're pretty important to Victor's character, wouldn't you? (^another @internetwerewolf doodle of Adam and Mary at Victor's dissertation)

Starting with Adam, Victor made Adam in his first semester of Freshman year at CCU (if you don't know, the school Oracle acts as the head of admissions for the school and is particularly in charge of inviting new mad scientists to the school, which is why characters like Victor or Jekyll were accepted and allowed to know about monsters before having made their experiments themselves, the Oracle knew that they would make them eventually) his reasons for creating and then abandoning the creature are mostly the same as in the book, the death of his mother gave him a fascination with restoring life to the dead but once he actually gave life to the creature he was horrified an ran out on it. Adam was left in Victor's dorm room alone for about 3 weeks before being found by an RA and due to school policy on mad science experiments he was given free room and board for the course of his college degree, he was also taught english directly from classes at the school and found a copy of Paradise Lost among Victor's old things, which gave him the idea for the name Adam.

Adam never actually killed anyone in CC, but he DID ask Victor to make him a family member. He was incredibly lonely from being unable to connect with any of the other students and wanted someone like him, Victor obliged before he and Adam got into an argument which ended with him partially destroying the other creature and leaving Adam to do the rest of the reanimating work himself. (This is why Mary is not quite made right, the stitching on her limbs is very loose and she's missing an eye)

The creatures' and Victor's overall relationship is rocky at BEST, most days they can't STAND each other and squabble any time they pass each other in the halls. Though Victor's family is all still alive AND Adam got his second creature so from time to time they can get along, if a topic in interesting enough for both of them Adam and Victor can hold a conversation for a few hours, and they will sometimes help Victor out if provided a good enough reason to. Mary's less likely to talk to Victor but that's mostly because she just...doesn't like talking to people. They treat him like a shitty dad, and as seen in the prologue they DO like to rough him up a bit from time to time for fun but they wouldn't ever really want to KILL him. (Hyde would. Hyde wants to kill him. Adam has to hold him back from it.)

This was WAY longer than I expected, kinda incoherent, feel free to ask any follow up questions if you'd like! I LOVE talkin about these guys :3

#do NOT ask electro-sweaters about the CC characters worst mistake of my LIFE she wont shut the fuck UP #cryptid college stuff #frankenstein #frankenstein au #webcomic #comic #victor frankenstein #adam frankenstein #gothlit #gothic literature #the creature

[frenchkisstheabyss]

💖 This one's an anon request for our adorable ot8 reacting to their s/o wearing eye patches because of their lazy eye. I am, as always, really happy that I received it. My darling, you are such a uniquely beautiful human and don't you forget it. Pairing: ot8! skz x reader Genre: fluff

Felix cares a lot about why you decided to start wearing one, to begin with. His concern doesn’t come from a place of judgment. He just wants to make sure that you don’t feel like you have to wear it in order to be attractive because he loves you exactly as you are and he’ll reassure you of that as many times as it takes for you to feel secure in that fact.  No stranger to wearing eye patches himself, Han understands that the decision to wear one isn’t the easiest to make. He truly wants you to feel comfortable in your own skin so he offers to start wearing one too so that you don’t feel awkward in certain situations. Even if it's just hanging out at home, he’d wear two and walk around blind before he left you feeling alone.  I.N doesn’t think much of you wearing an eye patch. You know it’s there. He knows it’s there. It doesn’t mean anything or change how he views you. Especially not when there are 1001 more interesting things about you than that. You’re his partner, his best friend. You're his favorite face to wake up to and his favorite voice to hear on the other end of a call. You get him in ways that no one else does. What else could possibly matter? The reaction isn’t as passive when it comes to Seungmin who’s a bit agitated about the situation. It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with being worried that you made the decision because someone bullied you into it. Who did it? Just give him a name. He might be overprotective at times but it’s only because you’re so special to him. If there's anyone in this world he's a big ol' softie for it's you and that'll never change.

Hyunjin supports you wearing it since he knows you choose to do it at least partially to treat your eye but he hates that the other part of it is insecurity. Something he’s always loved to do is draw these beautiful sketches of you in his notebook. It excites him that he can add your eye patch to those portraits now. It's something new to love about you. He truly hopes that his art can make you see the beauty in you that he does. It’s no secret that Changbin loves to be showered with praise but he loves showering you with it even more. He’s far from pushy with the way he cheers you on but he’s your #1 hype man and it's basically instinct now to cheer you up when it's needed. On days when you might feel down about your eye patch, he puts in extra effort, turning to you at random moments to tell you how lucky he is to have you and he means it. Minho’s support of you isn’t too verbal. Hell will freeze over before he ever makes you feel like you can’t talk to him but his way of making you feel comfortable while wearing your eyepatch is more subtle. You can find his offerings of affection and comfort in those starry-eyed gazes in your direction, in those gentle squeezes of your hand or your thigh when he senses insecurities flaring up, and in those sweet forehead kisses that make your brain tingle.  You aren’t escaping a full-on discussion when it comes to Chan. There’s no pressure to tell him how you feel about wearing one. You can’t help but open up to him when he questions you though. He'll sit up with you all night if needed, letting you express yourself, giving you the tightest cuddles, and making you laugh with his cheesy pickup lines. At the end of the day, he just wants to make sure you’re happy with whatever you do and he’ll put his whole heart into making sure you are. 

#stray kids fluff #stray kids headcanons #stray kids x you #stray kids x reader #bang chan fluff #lee know fluff #lee felix fluff #seungmin fluff #i.n fluff #hyunjin fluff #changbin fluff #han jisung fluff

[dappledpaintbrush]

Are you the one who wrote 'A Jester's Lament'?

What inspired you to write it? (41 chapters!)

Oh no no no, I’d HATE to be that weirdo who wrote 400 pages worth of mario fanfiction! haughty laughter is then interrupted by 500 drawings of Lament Dimentio falling out of my pocket

Tbh what inspired me was. Myself? Weirdly enough? I mean of course SPM being my biggest interest was absolutely part of the reason why it’s so long and why I wrote it to begin with. But what specifically sparked the story of AJL was the fact there was an extremely specific type of Dimentio redemption story I was looking for. Of course, I’m not saying AJL is the first of its kind or something because it most definitely is not lmao😭😭 But there were just some things I preferred in an AU that tries to redeem Dimentio, and after searching for a while for, again, that extremely specific story, I thought, “DUDE JUST MAKE IT YOURSELF💀💀💀💀” and so I did. And a lot of people just ???? happened to like it??? :

Even though story length was one of my specific wants, I highly doubt I could’ve completed 41 chapters without the immense support I received. I genuinely cannot thank you guys enough. Seriously, if you like a fic, I highly highly reccomend commenting. You have no idea how much that means to writers 🤍

I’m putting this under a read more so I don’t clog people’s feed, but if anybody’s curious, some of my specific wants were:

- Length. I needed this fic to be almost unbearably long. I needed people to say GODDD DAAMMMNN when they looked at the word count.

- Dimentio somehow getting more unredeemable before he got redeemed (idk if I fully accomplished that, but I tried) (it’s hard to get worse than the complete annihilation of life) (I just tried not to purposefully write him in a likable way early on in the story)

- Dimentio dying the same amount of times he killed Luigi in the game

- Dimentio in general getting shit absolutely rocked

- Luigi not being a doormat, ESPECIALLY SINCE DIMENTIO ABUSED HIM

- DIMENTIO. BEING. IN. CHARACTER. THIS IS NOT JUST SOME SILLY GOOFY CLOWN!!! HE IS EVIL!!! HE TRIED TO KILL EVERY SINGLE ENTITY THAT HAS EVER EXISTED, DEAD AND ALIVE. HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TERRIFYING AND SCARY!!! yes he’s naturally charming, write him as such, BUT NEVER FORGET THE THREAT HE IS!!!!

- Dimentio having a backstory that’s emo enough to explain the person he became but not emo enough to be his main source of redemption via pity if that makes sense. I think I achieved this? But of course that’s subjective, and looking back there were better ways to go about it. Basically what I tried to do is give him a good childhood with loving parents- minus the “accident” of course- and have Dimentio himself clarify in Chapter 15:

Basically: the loss of his family and the shit he went through definitely played a role. However, instead of a Blumiere-like “My loved one(s) died, now all worlds are without meaning and deserve to be destroyed,” Dimentio’s grief triggered a very deadly greed that did not revolve around the ones he lost. Blumiere’s motivation for destruction, including himself, was purely the loss of Timpani. Dimentio’s motivation for destruction, excluding himself, was, well, himself. For once, Dimentio wanted to earn, not lose. Making Dimentio have an understandable backstory but be “less sympathetic” than his counterpart, Blumiere, was important to me during the creation of AJL. But this gets extremely complicated because something like hmm uh idk erm MASS MURDER is impossible to truly make sympathetic. Regardless of intention, Dimentio and Blumiere did the exact same thing. Regardless of intention, Dimentio and Blumiere were both selfish. You can’t exactly destroy life itself in a non-selfish way. Both characters are equally unredeemable (or… equally redeemable, technically). Strip their actions down for their bones, and all you’ll see is two characters that tried to ERASE EXISTENCE. Sure, you can FEEL more sympathy for one than compared to the other, but feelings are subjective. Facts are objective. And the fact is, Dimentio and Blumiere attempted mass murder. You see why this is difficult to explain and even more difficult to write? I have a headache. God speed everybody

- More shit I’m probably forgetting

- Picture of a cat I found

#lament au #this ask made me so happy #I’ve been wanting to go in depth about this for so long

[ghostinthelibrarywrites]

Ooh, all your WIPs sound so fascinating! Can I ask about Runaway Jaskier? <3

Runaway Jaskier is a very goofy modern with magic AU that I only came up with yesterday and stayed up far too late last night writing. Basically, Geralt saves his upstairs neighbor, Jaskier, from getting murdered by a one-night-stand, who turns out to be a bruxa. This is a modern setting where magic and witchers have been forgotten, so Geralt fully intends to Axii Jaskier into forgetting about him and the bruxa once he patches him up. Only, he lets this fact slip. Jaskier, who has no intention of forgetting the coolest thing that's ever happened to him, escapes out the window and into a waiting rideshare.

The fic is basically Jaskier leading Geralt on a wild goose chase around modern-day Novigrad as he tries to avoid being brainwashed into forgetting Geralt and the bruxa, leading to lots of shenanigans, late-night conversations, and probably some minor peril.

Snippet under the cut because it's long:

“Look.” Geralt takes a step towards him, looking far more menacing than someone covered in glow-in-the-dark paint and body glitter should. "The Axii won't hurt you. It'll just be like you had too much to drink and can't remember what happened."

“I already told you, I won’t tell anyone.”

“And I already told you, I can’t risk that.” Geralt’s voice gentles. “The world forgot about witchers centuries ago and those of us who are left want it to stay like that.” 

Jaskier looks around desperately, but no one is paying them a lick of attention. The food truck is surrounded by drunk, hungry clubgoers hankering for a late-night taco; none of them care about anything but staving off tomorrow’s hangover with carbs and grease. No one will notice if Geralt Axiis Jaskier and walks away.

Not unless Jaskier draws their attention.

“First, can I ask you a question?” Jaskier pins Geralt with his best puppy dog eyes.

Geralt sighs. “Fine. One question.”

Jaskier slips one of the many rings off his fingers and drops to one knee.

“What are you doing?” Geralt’s eyes go wide.

“Geralt.” Jaskier projects his voice like he would onstage, drawing the attention of a group of U Novigrad students standing nearby. One of the girls squeals. “From the moment I met you, I knew there was no one else on the Continent quite like you.”

“Jaskier,” Geralt hisses.

“While I admit, we’ve had our ups and downs, you are unforgettable, my love. Even after all this time, our love is as new and exciting as if we just met yesterday. I love you, Geralt, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

There’s a flash as someone takes a picture. Everyone around them is staring now; there’s no way Geralt can Axxi Jaskier without people noticing something is wrong.

“Will you make me the happiest man in the world and be my husband?”

Geralt looks from Jaskier to the U Novigrad students to the people in line for tacos. He turns back to Jaskier and bares his teeth in a smile. “Yes.”

As the onlookers cheer, Jaskier realizes he has no easy way to extract himself from this situation. He expected Geralt to tell him to fuck off, giving Jaskier an excuse to burst into tears and hopefully be comforted by a sympathetic onlooker, or perhaps just run away. But Geralt has said yes and by all rights, Jaskier should be over the moon. Which the witcher was counting on, judging by the gleam in his eye.

There’s really one thing to do. Jaskier slips his ring on Geralt’s finger and leaps to his feet, fisting his hands in the front of Geralt’s shirt and kissing him with every ounce of passion he can muster. It’s…not what he was expecting. For one, Geralt’s lips are warm and soft. For another, Geralt kisses back, one hand sliding around to cup the back of his neck while the other settles on his lower back. Jaskier forgets the bruxa and the onlookers and the threat of Axii. All the matters is Geralt pressed against him, kissing him within an inch of his life.

Geralt pulls away. His pupils are wide, nearly swallowing up the yellow of his irises, and his breathing is shallow.

Jaskier wants to kiss him again, then remembers why he really shouldn’t. With a laugh, he presses a quick peck to the tip of Geralt’s nose. “Oh, I’m so happy! I need to go call my parents!”

And then he runs.

Ask me about my WIPs!

#the witcher #geraskier #geralt x jaskier #ask games #ghost's writing

[danphantom]

oh hey i wanna talk abt smth thats been on my mind both lately and on and off for a while in general. sorry this ended up being a hella long post lol. but i have a lot to say

so...for context, ive been in the phandom for 10 years--since 2014--though it has admittedly been on and off in terms of engagement from me. in 2017 i got into dragon ball and all but dropped danny phantom completely with a few small drawings here and there. it was only like..within the past week that i actually got back into the phandom legitimately again, actively making art and posts about it and engaging with the source material and etc

anyway, i was obsessed with dp from 2014-late 2017 (until i got into dbz). i made lots and lots of fanart, played the gba games like all the damn time (i got to where i could speedrun tue lol), rewatched the show regularly...i was even one of those fans that bought obscure merch and learned useless trivia that ive since forgotten. in 2015 a lot of you may remember that i made @doppelgangercomic, a comic about an au i had where dan got a redemption arc (albeit a bumpy one) and future vlad was there and stuff happened (go read the comic LOL). it got a LOT of love and traction! it made me really happy to see all the positivity around my work like that :) i actually got a lot of positive responses towards my work in general. i had a really great time in the phandom back then

then i changed fandoms and kinda fell out of the phandom space. after being on a hiatus from the phandom until literally a week ago, i honestly have to say ive felt like i kind of...faded into obscurity in the phandom's eyes? basically i feel like old news. people dont generally know what doppelganger is now. they may have seen my art in passing here and there but they dont know who i am anymore. i think the only place people actively still find my old danny phantom art from when i was heavily active is...deviantart lol. i get notifications from favorites literally every day there. but uh anyway--im not saying this to garner pity or tell a sob story or anything! im just expressing some thoughts and feelings ive had for a long time lol.

the reason i bring this ^ up though, is because like...i know its not true? logically, i know that i DID make an impact in the fandom i loved/love so so much. i left my mark on both the fandom in an artistic sense, and also the people in the fandom, and sometimes i forget that because i get significantly less engagement on my posts than i used to. but i know that doesnt mean that people dont like my stuff anymore, or that ive been forgotten.

i actually got a message from someone today--a friend i made kinda recently who approached me bc they liked doppelganger actually. they told me that basically its surreal to them that theyre talking to me as a friend because they remember reading doppelganger when they were younger and looking up to me because of it. and it really reminded me of what i said previously--ive not been forgotten, and people still do appreciate and love what ive put out into the world (specifically about danny phantom in this case). ive made an impact on people's lives even when i dont realize it or see it physically. the message and sentiment made me feel really really good and nice and happy and honestly relieved, because the phandom and danny phantom as a media has been an extremely important and impactful part of my life ever since i got into it ten years ago. i literally changed my name to dan because of it lol. it was the reason i found stephen silver's work and went down that path of my art journey. its the reason i found so many amazing people and friends and artists and continue to do that even now. i owe a lot to danny phantom and the phandom as a whole, and i try to give back in the only ways i know how--mainly thru showing my passion through my art and posts.

anyway erm. yeah. all of this to say i wanted to thank yall--the phandom--for supporting me all this time, whether youve been with me from the beginning or if youre just joining me recently. youve been an absolute delight in my life and i know youll continue to be for a long time. :)

#this post sounds like im leaving the phandom i promise thats not what this is LOL #im just bein a little sentimental is all..wah

[summertimemusician]

Honestly the one thing that really frustrates me about Hyrule Warriors is how they cut Linkle being Link's sister, because otherwise it would have recontextualized Warriors entirely as a character.

This is mainly just headcanon territory, but something always bugged me about him being a knight in training from the get go, mainly because it's usually never any Link's first choice with First, Sky and Wild being the main exceptions (Gaepora took him in, and Gaepora runs the knights academy, makes sense he'd want to join then plus he'd probably want to protect Sun, plus Skylofts knights function differently than Hyrule knights, they don't have the same hierarchy and Skyloft is pretty peaceful before SS truly picks up so again, makes sense he wouldn't have troubles joining, we don't know First's reasons besides him seeing evil on the horizon and deciding if no one's was gonna do anything about it he might as well do it himself, and Wild was basically recruited at a young age for pulling the Master Sword while presumably young, he was never given a choice), we see it with Four, he's a blacksmiths apprentice under his grandfather and we see in his manga him practically baring his teeth at his father he won't become a knight and he doesn't pick up the sword unless really necessary, we see that with Time, he was raised as a Kokiri, he dreamt of adventure already from the drawings we see in his room, but he could always just become an adventurer if he wanted to though of course we see that change with the Hero's Shade, I'll come back to that, Wind? Was content living in Outset with Aryll before Ganon decided to fuck around and found out really hard, Legend was also a blacksmiths apprentice and adventurer and he only takes up knight training in the manga because Sir Raven inspired him, like even if he didn't want to be a knight the training would still serve him well (and lo and behold the advice pays off given all the shenanigans mostly caused by divine beings Legend gets saddled with), Hyrule obviously leaves in a very hostile world so he wouldn't even have ANY time to think about knight training, he's self taught because he'd literally die if he wasn't given monsters need his blood to ressurect Ganon so it's honestly a unique case of technically self defense, either he learned to hunt or he'd remain hunted, Twilight is the same case as Wind's, Ganondorf fucked around and found out with the wrong older sibling's people plus the protagonists heavily implied love interest(s) and got shafted into next week, him and Dusk don't have a personal connection besides Midna for him to stick around much and we see him go back to Ordon, so no knighthood there, so why was Warriors different? What motivated him?

I think Linkle being his younger sister would have been the answer.

Long post ahead, continue under your own risk

I know lots of people characterize Warriors as being of a noble line and joined the knights at the urging of his father, but let's not forget most Links are orphans so thinking Wars is an exception is a pipe dream. So that's out, however, in medieval times knights actually get plenty of benefits since they work mostly for lords, ladies and the local crown, being a knight is synonymous with being a noble or at least having a decent life at the cost of serving someone else and the Hyrulean knights don't really have any requisites before joining (though we do see long lines of knights exist, which some Links are descended from without their knowledge, so it's not farfetched to think that a good chunk of the knights of Hyrule qualify as members of noble houses loyal to the Hyrulean crown, would also explain their why they're ineffective a lot of the time too, if most of them grew noble and Hyrulean isn't war seeking {most of the time} then they wouldn't have any real experience), it would be a good way for Warriors to support himself as he climbs up the ranks, and most importantly, someone else, because he'd need to make that money to feed Linkle if she's his younger sister because most Links who take on elder sibling roles are at their best when trying to protect their younger siblings (Wind with Aryll, Twilight with Collin, to an extent Legend and Gulley, all Links are at their best when fighting/protecting someone else), Linkle could grown up without restrictions and he could support them both, making them work harder than other knights because he's already at a disadvantage.

Making it so he's in the perfect place at the right time to get noticed by Artemis before the War of Ages, and give him a reason to go against orders and fight rather than standby like other traineés, being discovered as the Hero in the process.

And as a result since Mask is in the war too, he gets inspired by Warriors (who as an older brother would definitely just snatch him, Wind, Tetra and heck even the Skull Kid under his wing because no way is he letting children younger than even his own little sister fight alone) and eventually becomes a knight too after presumably stopping his search for Navi or using his knight status to search more effectively, which gives us the Time we see in LU who eventually become the Hero's Shade, which trains Twilight. Because he looked up to Warriors while younger.

I just think it's a huge missed opportunity with a lot of room for angst/hurt comfort/drama, and also opportunities for Warriors, Legend and Wild to bond over not really liking the knights because they've all not likely been treated well by his fellow knights while young even though he himself is one, and that Warriors would absolutely be one of the first to throw hands if he heard another soldier talk badly about any of the Links, in this essay I will-

#linked universe headcanons #lu warriors #been replaying Hyrule Warriors while sleep deprived and this suddenly came to me while mid drinking coffee #we really need more Warriors appreciation and big sibling Warriors around here #I Shall Not Tolerate Warriors Slander #Twilight and Time own my entire heart and soul but he's pretty neat #The inherent tragedy of unknowingly helping guide your younger sibling to roam aimlessly as a spirit until his descendant pacifies him #all because all you did was for your younger sibling and you tried so so hard to protect the boy who'd become the man behind the ghost #Feels like that'd be a punch to the gut for Warriors and Twilight both once the Realization™ hits #Linkle and Mask/Time and Wind both being little shit siblings to Warriors and bullying him into resting my beloveds #Artemis/Sheik joining in because meddler is her/their middle name #Legend Warriors Four and Wild both disliking the knights for a variety of reasons but only Warriors is passive aggressive about it #Until someone bad mouths one of his shield brothers that is then he's as feral as any Link #It's all about giving Warriors more depth ya know? #Summer's Sleep Deprived LU Ramblings

[goatsandpals]

Infinity Paradox redesign! Below is the first time I drew them! (Also don’t mind the background I was just having fun. I’ve been watching the Appetite of a People-Pleaser music video and it shows)

Infinity Paradox (Dee) Updated lore and slight redesign. (Keep in mind that they still have their original outfit I just wanted to draw them in something new I guess.) looking back I changed their lore every other week, so this is the official lore unless I say otherwise.

Pronouns: They/Them

Age: Like….11 in human terms. (I make a ton of characters younger than me, but definitely not because I’m scared of growing up and miss my childhood, or anything like that!!!)

Race/Species: Half Human, half demon, and Wasian. (Like me! I mean, not the demon part. Probably.)

Abilities: Future reading, can make unstable portals. Also they CAN create fire, but unlike most demons, it burns them, because of their human blood.

Likes: Toast, snails, mathematics, weirdcore, graphic novels, stars, vocaloid, and crimes.

Dislikes: Bill Cipher, liars, manipulation, parent figures, fire, the end of the world, small spaces, and themself.

Personality: more complex then most of my ocs, because I used my own personality as a base for theirs, and then worked off of that, resulting in a character that isn’t that much like me, but has a lot of different sides. They have experienced extreme trauma, but deal with it by making jokes/taking revenge. They are happy and cheerful, but some times just completely shut down and can’t talk to anyone. Not great at reading people, tends to say random things. Scared of everything but doesn’t show it, keeps it bottled up and then just breaks down every once in a while. Naturally chaotic but doesn’t want to hurt anyone. They have a sadistic side.

Birthday: August 5

Zodiac sign: Leo

Chinese Zodiac sign: Year of the Dragon

Tarot Card: Probably closest to The Fool, but maybe could also be The Tower or The Hermit.

Design notes: I made a few changes, like giving them a extra streak of white hair, and making the infinity symbol a hair clip instead of glasses. This is because I always forget to draw it as glasses. They have bandages because they are clumsy as fuck and trip all the time. They got their scythe that one time when they fought death. (And won). Their eyes are naturally black but turn white then having a prophecy. One of their eyes is grey because of this, and they eventually lose sight in that eye altogether.

Backstory: Dee’s mother was a demon, named Sorites, and their father was a human, whose identity is unknown, as he left the family before Dee was born. Dee had an older sister named Abilene Paradox, who has a personality that is completely opposite to theirs. Abilene is a lot older, and left the left the family to live on her own. Sorites’s loved Dee very much, but never understood them. Dee was a strange child, and didn’t speak until they turned five. That was when they had their first prophecy. When they have prophecies, their eyes turn fully white. After their first prophecy they wouldn’t stop talking, but always said the strangest things. Sorites hid their powers to keep them from being taken away,

Around this time, Sorites completely snapped, and had to be brought to rehab. Dee went to live with their closest relatives, the Ciphers. The Cipher’s were a family of lowly triangles, with many talented children. When the Cipher’s discovered that they had seer abilities, they saw a good financial opportunity, and basically sold them to the Oracle as an apprentice.

Their job was to have prophecies and record every moment in time. The Oracle lives in the In Between (From the owl house) so Dee recorded every moment from the boxes in the water. In doing so, they noticed a strange pattern: aimless violence and killing, hurting of others for no apparent reason. The thoughts of cruelty plagued them.

But overall, Dee was happier under the Oracle’s care, and saw her as a mother figure. However, The Oracle is not a being of emotion, and only does things for the greater good of the universe. One day, the Oracle foresaw that Bill would destroy Dee’s home dimension, and that he would have to, in order for the Pines to kill him later on. The Oracle knew that this had to happen, and that Dee would try to stop him, so The Oracle ordered them to stop looking into the future for ‘mental health reasons’ (a seer can go insane by looking to far into the future. More on that later.)

But Dee still sensed that something was going on, so they decided to check on their home dimension, and found it in flames. They rushed over to try to find their family in the fire, and The Oracle caught them by the door to the dimension. The Oracle pleaded with them to stop, to go back to the temple, but in their anger and betrayal, Dee struck out with their scythe, and injured The Oracle, a crime above all others. Dee then ran through the door, and searched helplessly for their mother, only to find her corpse, chard and broken from the fire. Their sister also died in this fire, but that was only like a temporary thing.

Suddenly, they realized that they were trapped, with walls of fire surrounding them. The fire burned away at their flesh, until they were saved at the last minute by the absolute worst demon. Bill saved/captured them, in order to use their seeing abilities. I actually wrote a short fic about this part of their life, since this post is long enough already, I’ll just summarize it:

Infinity: okay, so you basically killed my entire family, destroyed my home, and probably traumatized me for life. Are you going to apologize and make amends?

Bill: lol NOPE. Since you have seeing abilities you get to be chained to a chair and plugged into a machine for the rest of your life, a machine which will purge out all of your prophecies and destroy your mind in the process. Also I will be there every day, hiding my own trauma by taking it out on you, by reminding you how it was all your fault that your family died. You, a literal eight year old. All your fault. Also I’m going to dissect and experiment on you. Lmaooooooo.

Bill: There’s no way this could ironically backfire. Like, say, them escaping and plotting revenge on me.*

*They escaped and plotted revenge on Bill.

Dee escaped to the human realm, and was drawn to a town called Gravity falls. Never heard of that one, I’m sure. They were pretty paranoid about looking into the future, and were basically a train wreak after losing their family. Around this time, they befriended Stanford Pines, a newly graduated collage student studying the anomalies of Gravity Falls. By ‘befriended’ I mean more like, they broke into Ford’s house to steal his food and Ford allowed them to stay because they were an interesting specimen. I wouldn’t say that their relationship was a ‘father and child’ one, more like a ‘Twenty year old who sees annoying demon as a experiment and doesn’t care as much about their well-being because at the time his ego was supper big’. Fiddleford was the one who actually took care of Dee most, because they realized that they were homeless. This argument worked for a while, until Bill realized where Dee was and possessed Ford and made him try to kill them. Dee escaped but the Mystery shack was no longer safe for them.

Okay wow this was a lot of lore. I’ll type out the rest of the story later, but let’s just say that they got a job from a very mysterious collector.

Also to summarize:

They basically went from a silly little guy to a silly little guy with ungodly amounts of trauma and trust issues.

Original meme:

(Please ask questions or make fanart! I love that stuff!)

#gravity falls oc #gravity falls #saint milo’s art