#i was gonna sell him and maybe I still might in the future but for now he hangs

[thatdeadaquarius]

Friend. F r I e N d. Your smol brother Razor hcs made my insides flippyflop. I beg, I plead...

My daughter QiQi? Holding onto my sleeve while we go picking herbs so she knows she can get home? Getting her a little bag with a notebook and pen so she always has memory?

SAYING THE LINE FROM WHERE THE WIND LEADS AND ASKING FOR A HUG?!

Scolding Baizhu for letting her go herb picking when he knows she probably won't remember the way home?!?! Because Archons man like NO.

Hello!! Flippyflop??!! Over my writing ??!! 🥺🥺 <3

AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK... WE SHALL DO... THE OTHER CHILD THAT NEEDS A CARING ADULT!!

Also srry im rlly slow getting to yalls asks i promise it will come and i love u all for giving me asks <33

(*´▽)ノ✨️ NOW LETS GO ! ! ✨️

(Now before yall come at me, I am aware Baizhu does care about her, but BUT, he still is studying her/canonically has ulterior motives, and lets her pick herbs when she may not be able to find her way back, also he doesnt strike me as the type to be super affectionate/parental, as cute as it is to write him that way)

What a b l e s s e d ask, this is so cute i love all the kids in genshin their adorable

So... im kinda a consistent Sagau writer, and i love requests like this! But also, im not sure if u guys want me to still apply Sagau/Isekai setting to these requests on top of what was initially asked??

So i will pretty much always make all requests will be SAGAU/ISEKAI Reader based, UNLESS YOU STATE OTHERWISE IN THE ASK!!

Oh Qiqi, another child product of ✨️traumatic events✨️

(Future me after finishing this: oh god what monster have I unleashed upon the world, upon the sagau tag, upon my innocent followers...)

Damn ur lucky u didnt land in Jueyun Karst or nothin

Or on one of the many mountains/cliffs all over Liyue

Its honestly more a shock u arent on a mountain bc theres so many,,

Ur pretty close to Liyue Harbor luckily, not in town, but sort of at the base of Mt Tianheng by the looks of it, almost behind it

Its about sunset too, WOW

Liyue Harbor is hella bigger than in game, holy fuck its actually a huge port city

Should u go into the city??

Ur not sure, do they speak English??

...Wait u dont got a single mora

U cant even get an inn rn RIP

?? Should u just? Find a cave?? To sleep in??

But what about monsters??!

(Call Xiao? Nah he'd freak tf out on u, Shenhe maybe? She is the only option u can think of that seems like she would possibly take in a random homeless traveler from another world, mostly bc she could beat ur ass no matter what)

So,, Shenhe? Maybe? Ur still not sold on the idea but maybe u could gather something out here to sell on a street corner?? Or to Wanmin maybe for fresh ingredients?

Yeah sure why not,

With that, u just wander around the area, checking out all the plants and animals

The fennec foxes are so adorable

Oh shit some mint and sweet flower, finally

Oh hell yeah a sunsettia, u got food now 💪

U hold onto some of it to sell (including a low violet grass hell yeah)

Crunchin and munchin ur way thru Liyue now, it isnt until u find a particularly wooded area that u hear ur first sign of human life

...

Stand corrected,

Unlife...?

A soft hum, almost a lullaby, comes from Qiqi as she picks up other flowers youve never seen before (ooo new liyue plants)

Should u just leave? She seems busy and u dont wanna distract her bc she might forget to go back to her task..

Wait a minute.

On the other hand,

Now you can finally achieve one of your many goals in Genshin that you couldn't as a player.

Help Qiqi collect herbs and guide her back,

And scold Baizhu. >:)

.

(whats he gonna do?? call the milieth on you??? for some rude person who doesnt like the way he makes a child wander off, who has memory issues and cant find her way back??? thats what you thought)

.

Approaching the tiny zombie girl, you purposely step on a branch to let her know ur there

...she doesn't even flinch, instead she vvveerrryy slooowwwlllyyy lifts her head up from her bent position

Her big doe eyes 🥺

They dont look empty, or dead just kinda dreamy

She tilts her head, the adepti paper covering an eye

Qiqi: "...do I know you? ..you feel... familiar..."

Oh this is crazy, she sounds exactly like in game, but instead of in a screen, her voice is in front of you

You respond "Oh I don't think so?" You introduce yourself,

"Are you alone out here? The sun is setting..."

It didnt strike you until now, but the zombie girl is so... so... tiny

OMGGGG😫💘

I mean, you knew the kids were small, but not 5-6 year old small!!!

Qiqi stands, and you see her holding a basket in the crook of her other arm, full of greenery

(some u recognize like violet grass, horsetails, but others are completely new, wow u gotta wander around Liyue after u find somewhere to sleep tonight to check out how much more fleshed out it is irl...)

The little cryo user is the picture perfect image of sweetness 💝✨️

The paper falls to the side, and both of her gentle pink eyes look up at you (💔)

Qiqi answers slowly, "...I messed up my routine, I forgot to get herbs this morning...so I couldn't make the medicine for today... I'm getting them now instead.."

She turns to the right, then left, and blinks a few times (💔💔💔)

She kinda looks like she forgot the way back,, you figure you might as well ask

"Do you want help getting back to town? The pharmacy right?"

Qiqi looks back at you, and nods, "Okay...thank you..."

And

And!!

She takes YOUR HANNNDDDD 😫😫😫💔💔💔

Her small fingers are cold, and they wrap around only two of your fingers

SOBBING

Trying to hold the squeal inside urself, you turn and begin to walk off together, following the path around Mt. Tianheng into town

♤

HELL YEAH QIQI TIME LETS GOOO

After hearing about your homeless situation, Qiqi and Baizhu offer the guest room for the night, also partially as a thank you for helping Qiqi (thank fuck theyre that nice)

After talking on the way over,

Turns out that Baizhu lives just out of town of Liyue, (not found in the game, was is it with not showing characters houses...) that way he has some greenery around his house, and has a garden out back :D 🌱

Baizhu just gets this strange familiar feeling from you (it almost reminds him of,, seeing a regular customer that has been to see him hundreds of times...) that convinces him to offer you a job at the pharmacy, in exchange for living in the guest room for awhile ! ! WOO

MISSION 1:

FIND SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP + GET A JOB, COMPLETED

♧

Now MISSION 2:

GET MONEY, GET FOOD, SCOLD BAIZHU, LOVE QIQI

Literally on the first day out ur like,, Baizhu.

My boss, my friend, my buddy, my homie, my guyyyyy

U gotta let me go with Qiqi from now on, she will literally get lost hoe. 😐

Tapping ur foot at him and everything,

He's a little intimidated tbh bc ur so upfront about it, and agrees

U lowkey shame his parenting (and he actually feels quilty wow)

WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS SHE ALSO SAID THIS!!

"Since we first met, I have had a warm feeling inside. Not the kind of warmth that makes me feel rotten. The other kind of warm. The one that happens inside my heart. Thank you. I am happy. Sadly I only recognize the current you. If I forget you... No. I will order myself to remember you."

AHHHHHHHH PERFECT CHILD <333

(Once again, if u read my Razor post, another person who can't quite articulate what you are as the Creator, but just has a feeling about you that ur cozy and safe :')

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SO QIQI CANONICALLY HAS A NOTEBOOK ALREADY!!

(U help her press flowers in it to both leave inside as a pleasent surprise when she forgets about them, and attach some to the front 💖)

And SHE HAS A SCHEDULE.

In the morning, she goes herb picking, then makes medicine, and then does stretches at the end of the day before bed

(At least im pretty sure thats it, it was like 3 things so she could remember easily)

ON LIKE,, THE FIRST FEW DAYS WITH HER, SHE STARTS TO FOLLOW U AROUND MORE AND MORE LIKE A LITTLE DUCKLING

And she even says "...I started memory training exercises recently. So don't worry, I won't forget who you are." 🥲💘

◇

Qiqi seemed excited to tell u all the plants u dont recognize and what they do in medicine,

U mostly think that bc she walked and talked a little faster,

her emotions arent super obvious bc apparently her facial muscles arent super flexible... :/

(she later on after she trusts you more, will sometimes let u rub her little cheeks and massage her face to let her have more range, she looks like a content kitten those times 😭😭)

But when ur not out and about Liyue's nature with Qiqi,

U do little odd jobs around Liyue, like dog walking, delivering peoples' medicine, and u even registered w/the Adventurer's Guild so u could take on small commissions :D

U used ur money to buy ingredients to cook food for urself and the household (bc Baizhu cant make anything besides soup and tea apparantly srsly how is this man alive)

And thru a series of trial and error (and consulting Xiangling..)

U made coconut milk!!! ✨️🥥🥛

Qiqi loved. It. Every. Time.

She's not tall enough to reach the kitchen counters w/o a stool, but she can peek her little head over it and put her fingers on the edge, which she does everytime u make it 😫😫🥺🥺

She has a 6th sense for everytime u make it, no matter where she is in the house/nearby lol

It was also one of the things she wrote down in her notebook that she didnt wanna forget LMAO

Next to a reminder that she knows you + other facts abt u, is "can make coconut milk"

You can bribe her with it too lol

QIQI BEST KITCHEN HELPER

Shes already Baizhu's assistant, so she is great at cutting, chopping, and prepping ingredients

She insists on helping u everytime, she'll even delay her morning routine for u to make breakfast <3

(U also make sure to remind her to eat and hydrate consistently, bc thatd be hard af to keep track of w/ memory issues, i would know 💀)

◇

U also used ur money to buy clothes for urself and her!! <3

Also apparently u still have access to the character menu? And ur inventory?? And quests???

U CAN UPGRADE QIQI

(YESS YESSS- MAKE HER THE STRONGEST CHILD IN THE WORLD, GODLIKE STRENGTH THE IMMORTAL UNDYING QIQI AGENDA HAHAHAHA)

(Her outfits show up in her outfit screen!! theres just kinda a hologram button hovering over her chest at all times..)

She seems rlly fond of upgrading her, her weapon, and artifacts bc she likes to be a stronk 💪girl to protect ppl she loves aw <3

(SHE SAID SHE WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT U BETTER THE FIRST TIME U ASCENDED HERRRR 😭💘

She also likes to help u out with commissions too, it brings her some variety in her day that shes become fond of!!

(Shes also become fond of you and all the exciting things ur doing)

AND

Ur quests menu is rlly helpful for you but also her!! U just gently reroute her or remind her everytime she needs it :)

(she has slowly gone from asking you what she forgot/what she was supposed to be doing, to just... LOOKING UP AT YOUUUUU FOR THE ANSWERRRR W/O SAYING ANYTHINGGGGG 💔💔💔💔💔💔)

◇

Bc u got jackshit all else to do in ur freetime, other than exploring, u started picking up some hobbies thatll benefit the both of you!

U bought some fabric and whatnot to make Qiqi a backpack!! So she doesnt have to carry around the herb basket anymore

(the ones being sold were too expensive, and werent quite right for her anyway, but u did stab urself enough times that Baizhu gave u bandages..)

You give it to her on her birthday!! (she also remembered yours!! She gave u herbal medicine and a necklace of gemstones she handmade like noctilous jade and cor lapis cries)

It has lots of pockets, bc Qiqi also likes to get interesting rocks or non-medicinal flowers to give you while yall are outside <3

She loves the backpack, u saw her make the

♡tiniest♡

Smile ever, which made it even cuter to see

(She also just, held it to her chest the whole day 😭)

◇

ALSO BC SHE STRIKES ME AS A SLOW BURN TYPE OF PERSON TO LOVE SOMEONE (idk if u get that feeling but thats what it seems like to me esp with her memory needing time to remember a new person, she apparently canonically cant always remember Baizhu's face??)

SO A RANDOM DAY AFTER ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, YALL WERE ABOUT TO GO HERB PICKING AGAIN AS USUAL,

WHEN SHE TOOK UR SLEEVE AND JUST,, STAYED THERE THE WHOLE TIME,,

EVEN WHEN SHE WAS HERB PICKING-

🫂🫂🫂

Was that your soul leaving your body? Maybe 🤷‍♂️

But when yall r in a crowd of Liyueans and tourists, she straight up latches onto ur hand like a vice grip

She WILL NOT lose you, and ur holding back just as hard, you WILL NOT lose ur amnesiac child!!!

She likes to come into town with u when u go bc while shes not a fan of crowds, she can deal with them a lot better when ur there 🥺

Plus she wants to be able to look out for you!!

SUCH A SWEETHEARTTT

When u asked why she didnt like crowds the first time yall went SHE SAID

"Some people want to take advantage of me. Others are terrified of me. But you... You are not like any of those people."

QIIIIQQQIIIIIII MY BELOVEDDDD CHILDDDD 🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭😭

(ALL OF THESE ARE CANON VOICELINES BTW EXCEPT FOR YALLS FIRST MEETING AT THE TOP!!!)

♡

Ok so she was already pretty strong before you, but now esp since u started upgrading her-

Qiqi is hella strong and has great stamina

U saw this in action in real time when Hu Tao was strolling down the path near where yall were herb picking off to the side

Hu Tao and Qiqi like... locked eyes-

U were looking down at plants but noticed Qiqi not moving, and looked up to see the most intense staring contest ever LMAO

AND LIKE SOME KIND OF LIKE BIRD OR SQURRIEL WHEN THEY LIKE FREEZE AND THEN BOLT WHEN U ARENT EXPECTING IT THEY ARE OFF LMFAO

QIQI IS RUNNING FOR THE HILLS, ITS LITERALLY INSANE TO WATCH HER BE SO FAST AHSHAKKALDFH

HU TAO IS ALSO FAST BUT LIKE THERES STILL A GOOD AMOUNT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM-

AS U FINALLY GET OVER THE SHOCK, U RUN AFTER THEM LOL

THEY QUICKLY OUT PACE UR SLOW ASS AND UR HUNCHED OVER DYING AND JUST BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF RANGE U HEAR-

"YOU HAVE TO LET ME PUT YOU TO REST, DON'T WORRY YOU'LL LIKE IT DOWN THERE THE DIRT IS NICE AND COLD!!"

AND AN INDIGNANT "No!"

LMAO HU TAO GIVES UP 2 HOURS LATER, AND QIQI WAS LITERALLY RUNNING AND CLIMBING THE WHOLE TIME LMFAO

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SO IDK IF YALL SEEN IT BUT THERES A TRAILER OUT ABOUT XIAO i think??

AND AT ONE POINT QIQI CANONICALLY SAYS SHE CARRIED HIM WHEN HE WAS PASSED OUT BACK TO THE PHARMACY 💀

U WERE THERE WHEN YALL FOUND XIAO

it was kinda shocking to finally have ran into him (bc u figured there was no way he would come down to see some rando human, even if u had almond tofu)

AND HE'S PASSED OUT??!!?!?!

Top ten most disturbing images: Xiao face first on the ground, out of it

And while ur like panicking "omfg how tf am i gonna carry this mf all the way back to the pharmacy, omg what happened, oh jesus this is insane its literally XIAO and he's PASSED OUT-"

Qiqi in the background like, "hup"

And just arranges him in a piggyback carry, his legs and arms sticking straight out in front of her, his ass almost touching the GROUNNNDDD😭😭😭

You: *shocked pikachu face meme LMAOOO

◇

I LOVE THAT THIS IS CANON OHMYGODTHIS MIGHT BETHE FUNNIEST SHIT OUT OF GENSHIN LORE/STORY YET

♤

Bonus: Zhongli has been going in-fucking-sane trying to locate where u are lol, Hu Tao literally made him take a few days off bc he was pacing around the harbor so much 😭

He always seems to get to where you are, just as you leave the area (apparently Qiqi's deathlike presence throws off ur very full of life one)

Literally as soon as you landed (woke up?) On Liyue soil, he was hyper aware of you

The other adepti are searching the rest of Liyue just in case ur someone where else

Lol wonder how long it took him to realize u were just workin at Bubu Pharmacy LMAO

Tell me what to write! :) ♡

Reminder: A 100+ Followers celebration POLL!!

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OML

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SATAN ON A STICK-

THIS IS SO LONG 😭????? WHAT HAPPENED

THIS THING AS LONG AS A FALL INTO THE ABYSS

HELL-

WHAT THE FUCK

WELL NOW I KNOW WHY IT TOOK ME SO DAMN LONG TO POST ANYTHING FOR A FEW DAYS BC THIS IS A FREAK OF NATURE

I ALREADY MADE THE LAST ONE TOO LONG AND NOW HERE WE ARE CRYING

I hope u enjoyed this fucking monster anon sob-

oh my god im actually shocked you guys, i just scrolled up and down this thing-

I can't even like, flick it once and let it scroll really fast and reach the top u know what i mean?? 😟😰🙂🙃🥲

I just,, i had so many ideas, and as i typed and tried to get them all down i-

uh,, aNyWaY,,, enjoy yalls week guys...😟😃 distantsobbing

Cheers,

🌒🌊🌧Aquarius♒️🌌🌘

♡ the beloveds ♡

@karmawonders / @0rah-s / @randomnatics / @glxssynarvi / @nexylaza

#why r there so many unsupervised children in Teyvat #where do they come from #where did their parents go??? #where did u come from cotton eye joe #like its not that hard to give a flimsy excuse as to why their alone all the time #like fischl still has parents #benny has his guild dads #even SHENHE got another parent #a literal adepti #genshin impact #ask box open #genshin sagau #my asks #sagau #genshin imagines #genshin sagau ideas #gender neutral reader #genshin fluff #genshin scenarios #so many tags #genshin qiqi #platonic genshin #genshin isekai #genshin god reader #Holy god it got even longer #im actually scared of this thing #should i even post this ?? 😭 #i feel like i gotta edit it #christ #genshin found family

[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

Anime only watchers and people who aren't caught up with the Manga, BEWARE... Cuz I'm about to discuss Spy X Family Mission 90... You have been warned...! 👌

[SPOILERS AHEAD FROM THIS POINT ON]

What an adorable little chapter today!! It sure was a sweet one...!! 🤗

Honestly, nothing too crazy happened in today's chapter, but there is still quite a bit that I wanna talk about...!! 😁 So let's get to talking about it, shall we...? 😊

The chapter begins with Anya tagging along with Yor, who's taking Bond for a walk...!! 😁

AND THEY'RE GOING TO THE SAME PARK THAT THEY CUT OUT OF THE ANIME THAT ONE TIME...!! 👌😆

Once there, Anya's having the time of her life until she overhears some kids talking about this old man...:

And when I first saw this man, my theorist brain started thinking of all the possible people who this man might be...! 🤔

Is he possibly one of the scientists that experimented on people and animals to give them powers? (Like Anya and Bond... 🤔)

Does he have powers like Anya? (Maybe to read minds or something else...! 😲)

Is he a long lost relative of one of the Forgers? (Most likely to Anya, but Yor and Loid are also possible...! 😌)

Honestly, out of all the possibilities that I thought of, being a long lost relative to one of the Forgers is what I think is the most plausible...!! (But for now, he's just a random old man.)

Anyway, because of what those kids were saying about him, Anya thought that the old man was a spy, but he just wants to go home to his wife...!! 💗

So, Yor, Anya and Bond decide to help the lost old man find his home...!! 😊 But since he mumbles a lot, Anya uses her powers to, um... Varying degrees...! 😅

OH MY GOD ANYA!! 🤣That is NOT at all what the old man was thinking...!! 😂

Yor, Anya and Bond take the old man to the market because he remembered that he was gonna go do some shopping...! 😄 And as they walk through the market, the old man remembers how it was during the war... 😔

Every time when I see stuff about the war that took place in this story, it always makes think about all the horrible conflicts that are happening out in the world right now and how I hope that one day no one will have to suffer through things like war ever again...

...

Anyway, Yor, Anya and Bond try to figure out where the old man lives, but they end up back at the park...! So they try again and...:

THEY ACCIDENTALLY RUN INTO SOME THUGS THAT START SHOOTING AT THEM...!! 😱

After running around some more, they stop near a place that sells waffles and the old man offers to buy Anya one...!! Then, Yor has a thought:

Oh, my heart... 💔

Honestly though, this is probably my favorite moment in this chapter...! 💗 Just the fact that Yor thinks about if Anya misses something that she never had, it makes me wonder how Yor will feel when she finds out that Anya didn't really have anything until the Forgers came to be...

Then, the gang gets a lead as to where the old man might live thanks to a coupon that fell out his pocket and Anya recognizing where it's from...!! And then...:

They end up at their apartment building...!! But, all is not lost because this IS where the old man lives!! 😆 We see Twilight helping the old man's wife with moving because they are going to be living next door to the Forgers...!! 😊

Lastly, the old man and his wife properly introduced themselves as Sigmund and Barbara Authen...

...and two of them get real lovey dovey with each other after being reunited...!! 💗🤗💗

And that was Mission 90, and it was such a sweet little chapter...!! 🤗 I am loving the recent focus on showing more of Yor and Anya (and Bond) together, their relationship just makes me so happy...!! 💗 Something else that I'm wondering is if whether or not Sigmund and Barbara are gonna show up again in the future (and if they'll have a secret connection to Anya in some way) because I both love them and are quite intrigued by them (especially since they were actually given names...!! 😌) I also wonder if the Authens' relationship is a possible hint as to how Loid and Yor will be like to each other in the future...!! 💗😏💗

Something that I just realized is that ten chapters from now, we'll be at Mission 100!! 😆 I don't know if Endo will do something special for this milestone, but I sure do hope that he does!! 😊

Anyway, that's pretty much all I wanted to say about this chapter...!! 😁 So until the next Mission... Take care, be safe out there and be kind to one another...!! 👋😄

#spy x family #sxf #spyxfamily #spy x family manga #sxf manga #spyxfamily manga #Mission 90 #anya forger #yor forger #bond forger #loid forger #I'm honestly still little suspicious of the old man and his wife... #But I'll worry about that later...! 😌 #Can you believe it...? #We are only 10 chapters away from reaching Mission 100!! 👏😆 #I wonder if something extra special will happen then...? 🤔 #manga spoilers

[the-archangel]

Never Tear Us Apart

Part of the @cp77nyexchange for @elvenbeard, hope it's just what you always wanted!

There was a time not so long ago that just waking up with a roof over his head was enough for V, hell whether he’d wake up at all wasn’t something he took for granted. If he really tried, he could have imagined finding the Eddies to rent his own place again; as long as there was a bookshelf, a bed and a laptop he would be more than happy, but anything on top of that would have seemed a pipe dream.

Relationships were definitely off the cards too, the couple of times he’d dabbled in the fetid waters of the Night City dating pool he couldn’t swim away fast enough, there may be plenty of fish in the sea, but most of them were either sharks or blobfish.

As for work, much as he hated everything Arasaka stood for it was at least a steady job with regular pay and when it was over the choices were limited, since selling his ass on a street corner didn’t particularly appeal, he fell into the merc work and turned out to be pretty good at it. But the jobs and the training took over his life and for the kind of crappy gigs he was getting the pay was scop too, all he could see in his future was the same again, day after day, though on the upside mercs didn’t tend to live to be old and grey so it wouldn’t be his future for very long.

That’s why, every morning, rain or shine, good sleep or bad, V smiles. He’s got more than he ever imagined and although ‘stuff’ doesn’t make him happy, security and love definitely do and he has both of those in abundance.

Kerry never doubted that he’d be successful and wealthy, it took years of hard work and some shady decisions sure, but he knew he’d get there in the end. What he did doubt was that he’d ever find someone to share his life with.

At first, he just didn’t see the point, he fell in love every week, every day sometimes and would give the object of his affection every ounce of his being for the time they were together, until, like a magpie attracted by shiny things, he’d find a new obsession and move on without looking back. That lifestyle took it’s toll though, he was getting a reputation and making increasingly poor choices so he took himself out of the loop, went back home and returned some time later with a new mindset, he was ready to find ‘the one’. That was over forty years ago and much as he’d found several ‘definitely not the one’s’ in that time, it was only in the last few years that he could say he’d succeeded.

Right now, ‘the one’ was back home in Night City, Kerry had never wanted to go home as badly as he does right now, but there’s one more day and night of schmoozing and interviews to get through first and, since he’s in New York for the first time in forever, some Christmas shopping to catch up on.

-

“Hey,”

Kerry’s voice in V’s holo is heavy with sleep but still sexy as fuck.

“Hey back atcha, how’s it goin’?” V says brightly from his nest of pillows, Nibbles purring softly at his side.

“Shiiit, I’m sorry V, y’know I always forget about the time difference, I just…I just really missed your voice.”

“It’s fine,” chuckles the fixer, “been up for a while, emails to catch up on and stuff. Was going for a run but the weather’s stupid right now,” he turns around his optics to let Kerry see the view from their window. “Storm’s not even properly here yet and it’s already like Ragnarök out there.”

The storm had been working its way up the coast for days, Pacifica was getting the worst of it right now, so it was only a matter of hours before it hit Little China, the sky was already black, the dark clouds skittering madly ahead of the incoming wind.

Kerry’s perfect brows meet in concern, “You gonna be alright up there? Maybe you should go to the villa, might be safer.”

“Sure, a house on the top of a hill is way safer than a modern apartment block, I’ll be fine working from home and just using the gym downstairs. Don’t worry.”

Kerry still looks unsure, “Fine, just…just keep me updated. Be on my way back this time tomorrow, can’t wait.”

“Mhm, me either, we can order in some food and have a cosy movie afternoon.”

“Sounds preem, love you.”

“You too Ker, speak soon.”

The holo darkens and V’s voice fades, it’s been a long couple of days but thank fuck it’ll be over soon.

-

New York is bright, but cold. Wrapped up in his padded jacket and scarf, the world-famous Rockerboy is completely anonymous, not that anyone around here cares who he is anyway. It’s a relief to be able to walk the streets without being mobbed or molested, though he still has a security guard following at a discrete distance.

Kerry loves buying presents, he can happily spend days picking out the exact right thing and the recipient always reacts with surprised delight, all except V. V is horrible to buy for, he asks for nothing because he wants nothing, says he’s got everything he needs; Kerry sees it as a personal challenge to find him a gift that will blow him away. He’s pretty sure he’s aced it this year, just needs to pick it up.

-

V wasn’t telling Kerry the absolute truth, he really wasn’t planning on leaving the penthouse, but he wasn’t there working and he wasn’t alone. He slides out from under the sheets puts his sneakers back on and picks his coffee up from the side table with Nibbles following him back down the stairs into the living area.

Sitting on the bottom step sipping at his drink, V watches the chaos unfold around him. Dark greenery is being swathed and erected around the room, whilst purple and gold accessories adorn the foliage and surfaces. He moves to one side to allow a small, busy woman in a red pantsuit to wrap the banister rail in ivy and pine, several other similarly dressed workers are putting their designer touches to the trees and bookshelves.

With only a few days to go until Christmas, the weather had forced Kerry and V to change their plans and spend the holidays at home instead of at the mountain cabin, as long as they were together neither minded too much, but it did mean that all the decorations and food that had been delivered up there were now only for the benefit of the staff. Before Kerry left, they’d decided to have a quiet day and make up for it on New Year’s Eve, but V knew that Kerry loved Christmas and really loved the over-the-top flamboyance that was positively encouraged at this time of year, so he wasn’t going to let him down. It had been tricky to find someone to do it at such short notice, but the Eurodyne name – and its Eddies – open a lot of doors.

-

Kerry’s day was dragging, interview after interview asking the same questions over and over. He wasn’t much of a clock watcher, barely knew what day it was sometimes never mind what time, but today the clock in the corner of his Kiroshis is counting him down to when he can finally pack his bags and head home. His initial intent was to set off in the morning, but fuck that, he can sleep on the plane, so he has his manager book a flight a couple of hours after his last commitment, his fifteenth hosting spot on SNL, and uses the time between interviews to pack his bags.

Back home, V watches Kerry’s performance on the big screen, cheesy as some of it is, he still finds himself smiling proudly throughout, a small, unsure part of him still finding it hard to believe that the Rock God on TV is his mainline. He knows that every look into the camera and every cheeky smile is his alone, safely away from the ongoing storm, and with a snoring Nibbles on his lap, there’s only one thing that could make this evening cosier.

Even as the credits are rolling a call comes through on the holo, “Heeeey V, bags are in the car I’m on the way to the airport.”

“Thought you weren’t setting off until morning?”

“I just want to be home, with you Vince. Besides, I’ve got something for ya.”

V groans inwardly, Kerry knows he’s not good with receiving gifts but he tries just the same, “That’s great Ker,” he fibs, “I’ll see you in a few hours, be safe.”

“You know I will, love ya V.”

“You too ya gonk.”

-

There are some things that even money can’t fix, chief amongst these is the weather. For the third time it is painstakingly being explained to Kerry that there are no direct flights to the West coast tonight, none, nada.

Kerry stops his complaining for a moment to take in what the airport security was telling him, “No, direct flights, fine,” This is why he usually has ‘people’ to do this shit for him, “what about indirect ones?”

An hour later he finally makes a flight, not to NC but to what remains of some place called Bakersfield, then there would be a two-hour drive the rest of the way, could be worse so he tries to stay upbeat explaining the sitch to V.

“How long til you land?” asks V sleepily.

“Bout four hours I think, get some sleep baby, I’ll be there before you know it.”

If V was sleepy, then Kerry was positively exhausted, the long days, the time difference, the lateness of the hour all took their toll and Kerry is asleep in moments.

-

“I’m sorry to disturb you Mr Eurodyne, but we’re about to land.”

Kerry is woken from a deep sleep, momentarily confused and disoriented he soon turns it back on for the air steward, “Thanks doll, congrats on the uber-comfy seats.”

The pretty steward smiles broadly– she had a poster of him on her wall at home and was quite star-struck– and advises him to fasten his seatbelt.

-

Making his way through the airport animatedly ‘discussing’ with his manager over the holo how to progress with the rest of the journey, Kerry doesn’t notice he is being followed and so is not at all ready when a strong hand grabs his wrist and spins him around…

“Vince!” he cries, happily burying his face in the other man’s neck and enjoying the sensation of being held in warm, safe arms. “Not gonna pretend I’m not pleased to see you, but what you doing here, it’s the middle of the fucking night, at least I think it is, it’s pretty dark anyways.”

V chuckles into Kerry’s collar, he could be such a gonk sometimes, “Couldn’t leave you to drive all that way alone. You’ve crashed your car twice this year just going to the other side of North Oak, I’d never be able to sleep knowing you were driving all this way.”

Both men lean into the hug a moment longer, then make their way hand in hand to the car, oblivious to the fuss and photos going on around them. “You were right about one thing,” V tells his mainline, “it really is the middle of the night, gonna sleep for a week when we get back.”

“Gonna sleep for a week eventually,” corrects Kerry.

-

The storm has abated, the usually littered streets of Night City look cleared somewhat, though looking into the darker corners reveals detritus - both human and otherwise - better left unexplored. Kerry always feels a weight settling on him when he returns, it’s comforting in some ways and has lessened of late, but it’s a constant reminder that he is fragile and mortal and he hates it. He’d snoozed away the last couple of hours, but wakes to the sun just rising above the horizon illuminating the neon and dust with a yellowish hue.

“I love this time of day,“ V says softly, somehow aware that Kerry has awoken, “the City looking fresh and new, full of possibilities.”

“As long as its full of coffee and toast that’ll do for now,”

V smiles and rests his hand on his lover’s thigh, “I’ve got a surprise for you back at home.”

Raising an eyebrow, Kerry looks deep into V’s emerald-green eyes, “I thought you said you were tired,” he smirks.

“Not that kind of surprise, at least not yet, you’ll see.”

-

Elevator music has not improved over the last hundred years or so, V grins and Kerry groans as a tinkly, jolly version of ‘User Friendly’ floods the small compartment, thankfully the journey isn’t a particularly long one and the doors to the penthouse slide open silently. Kerry lifts his head from where it had been resting on V’s shoulder, the twinkling lights reflected in his sapphire eyes.

“Shiiit Vince, it’s beautiful. When did you have time to do all this?” he asks stepping into the suddenly unfamiliar living space with wonder.

“Um, I managed to persuade the company that does the set design for your shows to loan us some stuff, they came over and…”

The sentence is stolen away by a fierce kiss from the Rockerboy who now looks at his lover, tender hands framing his tired face, “I don’t deserve you, but I’m never fucking letting you go.”

Another kiss and V leads Kerry through the golden and purple lights to the promised coffee and toast.

-

“You know I said I got you something?” Asks Kerry, espresso in one hand and half-eaten raisin toast in the other.

“Mhm,” answers V through a mouthful of cereal.

“Well, um…” Kerry is rarely tongue-tied, but finds himself anxious now the moment has come. Although always appreciative, V has never been impressed by a gift that Kerry (or anyone) had given him, though this one would be tricky to hide in a cupboard or re-gift. “Gimme a minute.”

Rummaging around in one of the bags still dumped by the elevator door, Kerry pulls out a slightly crumpled old-school cardboard folder tied with a ribbon, whilst V tries to organise his face and thoughts into something that looks and sounds grateful for whatever this turns out to be.

“You could’ve just emailed whatever this is y’know.”

“It’s Christmas, I wanted something you could hold in your hands, but you don’t need to hold it like it’s gonna explode, go on baby, open it.”

V places the folder on the counter and pulls on the ribbon with Kerry nervously looking over his shoulder, a hand resting gently on V’s hip. He watches as V first looks at the photo before placing it to one side and reading the paperwork with a furrowed brow.

“Erik?”

“Yeah, I thought he’d be company for Nibbles, we’re kinda away a lot and she gets lonely. Thought it’d be fun for her – and us - to have a kitten around. Can’t pick him up for a few weeks yet though.” Kerry bites his lower lip and looks up at the ex-merc for a reaction.

“You got me a kitten, seriously?”

“Kinda,” Kerry’s arms fall to his sides and he walks away perching on the edge of the coffee table, no longer able to look V in the eye, “Keep reading…”

There’s silence as V works his way through all the sheets in the folder, Kerry quietly slips out onto the balcony for a smoke and soon strong arms wrap around him and he leans back into the hug with relief.

“You’re completely mad, you know that right?”

“It’s been said. Just thought, y’know, if we owned the cat sanctuary then we know they’ve got everything they need and that they’re being looked after properly, and as an added bonus you can go over and pet the inmates whenever you’re feeling stressed.”

V hugs his mainline a little tighter, kissing him behind the ear. “Plus, it’ll give you something to do when you’re too old and doddery to go on stage anymore.” he whispers.

A well-placed elbow to the ribs makes V gasp and then giggle, he takes Kerry’s hand and leads him towards the living area and huge projector screen for the promised movie afternoon, though not much of the film is actually watched; both are gently snoring in each other’s arms within moments.

#kerry eurodyne #kerry eurodyne x male v #cyberpunk 2077 #kerry x male v #cyberpunk kerry #v cyberpunk #kerry is my muse #cyberpunk v #kerry x v #cp77nyex

[mrsnancywheeler]

HEAR ME OUT

Because why is Finnick and his sweet girl’s teenage love lowkey ‘All Too Well’ coded?

“I walked through the door with you, the air was cold”

So to me this is when Finnick realised he had to end things with his sweet girl. The air of their relationship was warm and cosy, but now it’s cold and lifeless after Snow had left his effect. Finnick wasn’t the only one who felt the cold, reader did too :( she knew something was up when the warmth that Finnick usually radiated was now turned to ice.

“And I know it's long gone and that magic's not here no more And I might be okay but I'm not fine at all”

This is both Finnick and his sweet girl still trying to come to terms that it’s over, even years after it happened. They both act okay around their friends and to the public eye, but in reality they aren’t fine at all. They’re broken without eachother because they’re literally endgame. Finnick and his sweet girl are the definition of ‘right person, wrong time’.

“'Cause there we are again on that little town street You almost ran the red 'cause you were lookin' over at me”

SYMBOLISM. Finnick literally almost ran the red light with Snow and the Capitol because he was too focused on his sweet girl. He was so caught up in her that he didn’t realise the green light of the Capitol’s approval slowly turning yellow to red.

“You told me 'bout your past thinking your future was me”

tears are falling. He told his sweet girl everything about his past (except the whole selling part). He told her because he knew his future was with her, except Snow took that knowledge and stomped the fuck out of it.

“And I know it's long gone and there was nothing else I could do And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to”

They were both so powerless in their situation, there was nothing either of them could do. Finnick’s sweet girl wanted to forget about him, but at the same time she didn’t. She’d still stare longingly at him while forgetting that if she doesn’t forget about him, the pain will only come back harder, especially when she sees him with other girls who desperately wish for him to look at them the same way he looks at his sweet girl😭

“And maybe we got lost in translation Maybe I asked for too much But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up”

sweet girl’s inner monologue after their break up. She was genuinely questioning if she did ask for too much, but also questioning why Finnick would say so many things about her to his friends if he was really trying to protect her. Their love was genuinely a masterpiece, they’re literally soulmates, even their break up was relatively peaceful until Finnick decided to break his sweet girl even more with his words.

Anyway that’s it, have a good day pookie!

-🌺anon

especially bc they never thought they were gonna get to be together again so it was like their story abruptly ended with so much pining left for one another

Snow literally always ruins everything, all the sweet, innocent teenage love they've had for each other he tears it away. the air is warm between them because they balance each other, finnick is always hot, she is always cold, so together they make a perfect cozy warmth. the very nature of their body temperatures working with the others is stripped away when snow leaves no choice except to be cold, withdrawn.

the enchantment they used to find in one another can only be replicated in longing glances, gifts she doesn't know he gave, and it can't be done with anyone else. reader still lives her life, she has friends even if she has less social interaction, she's still herself, but she's so broken on the inside, longing for him back. and he's kept his persona as well as he can but he's desperate for her again.

YES, you're so right. like people notice when he's supposed to be focused on them that his mind is elsewhere, he's so occupied thinking about getting home to his sweet girl and it causes trouble. snow has to strike fear into him to cause him to be as he once was.

they were so comfortable with each other, at home, fated to be one, and yet they were convinced that now it could never be. that the whole life where the promised to be the things that their past had lacked would never happen.

when he said that he couldn't explain why, but he did it to protect her, she accepted it because she believed him, she trusted him. and now she's been ripped of the warmth she once had. the pain is definitely indescribable everytime she sees him with other girls at the market or the rumours about him being player. she doesn't want to be jealous of them getting to feel his arm around them, but she does, and tries to make him feel the same which she does successfuly. but neither fill the void of needed to be with each other

when he said he wanted to protect her that's exactly what she heard, but suddenly that wasn't the story. suddenly she was pushy, clingy, needy and it was mind boggling to hear the new narrative he was weaving. was he just too kind to say it to her face so he'd left first? but they're so insanely meant to be, it felt so right so it doesn't make sense.

some choice lines I also think hold some relevance to their story

"and you call me up again just to break me like a promise, so causally cruel in the name of being honest."

makes me think of what readers thought process may have been like in the newest chapter of the river

"time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it. I'd like to be old self again,but I'm still trying to find it"

post-games behavior fr

"and did the twin flame paint you blue? just between us did the love affair maim you too? cause in this city's barren cold, I still remember the first fall of snow and how it glistened as it fell, I remember it all too well. "

I don't feel like that needs an explanation

love you pookie, you too 💋💋💋

#wanda 💋 #finnick odair x reader #the lakes #the river #🌺 anon

[sineala]

Do you know of any Captain America comic where Cap thinks about or does go back to his original time, but then decides he doesn't belong there anymore and comes back (or decides not to go back at all idk)? Is that a thing, or did I make it up in my head? I figured you might know, but if you don't sorry to bug you!

You are thinking of a real comic! The comic you are probably thinking of Mark Waid's five-issue miniseries Captain America: Man Out of Time, which is a modern retelling of Steve's origin story. Man Out of Time is probably my favorite Cap comic, specifically because of the decision Steve makes.

So there's him getting frozen and found by the Avengers in Avengers #4, but the retelling also covers a few more of the issues after that. In particular, it goes up through Avengers #8, which is the first appearance of Kang the Conqueror. (Though, technically, of course, he says he's also a couple other villains who have already appeared. Kang's gonna Kang.)

What actually happens in Avengers #8 is a fairly standard supervillain fight -- the Avengers fight him, mostly get captured and taken to his spaceship, get rescued, then punch him some more. They destroy some of his weapons and reflect others, and then he gets in his spaceship and retreats, zooming away. So that's canon. Just so you know what canonically happens. Nothing that happens in Man Out of Time is technically 616 canon. But that doesn't mean it's not a good story.

So this isn't how it goes in Man Out of Time's version of Avengers #8. At all.

I was going to make this a much longer post with many more panels but the very very short summary of the miniseries is that this is a version of Steve's early days in the future focusing heavily on his alienation from modern society -- he spends almost all of Avengers #4 convinced he's dreaming and he's going to wake up any minute.

He must be dreaming. Why are the Dodgers in Los Angeles?

When he finally accepts that it's real, he immediately wants to find someone who will send him back so he can try to save Bucky.

Reed Richards has a time machine, so Steve does possess the capability to go back.

Tony takes Steve on a date to the Smithsonian (as well as a private Radiohead concert and apparently Steve likes Radiohead?) and tries to sell him one last time on the wonders of the future, like how we have space travel now and less sexism and less racism and way fewer vaccine-preventable diseases and God I liked this book so much better when I thought people would all want to be vaccinated against diseases that could kill them.

Anyway. Steve can't be convinced; he still wants to go back to the forties. Eventually the president has to tell him he can't go back because he knows too much about the future.

Steve's not happy.

I was going to say that Mark Waid did not have to go this hard but I think maybe he did.

So Steve has to stay and he's miserable and then he starts to hate a lot of things about the future that are still bad. He finds out human trafficking exists. He finds out the designated-hitter rule exists. These things are not really comparable but he's upset about both of them. He finds out about domestic terrorism. The Vietnam War. MLK's assassination. This wasn't what he thought he was fighting for.

(The events of Avengers #5-7 happen in the background.)

And that's when we get to Avengers #8 and Kang. Kang captures the team. And Kang sends Steve back in time. To 1945. To V-J Day. So this is after Bucky is gone, but still, this is Steve's home, right? He should be happy. And for a bit, he is. He's a returning soldier, just like all the other GIs. A hot dog costs a nickel, like it ought to.

And then things start to fall apart. He goes to a Dodgers game, the Brooklyn Dodgers, as they obviously ought to be. I don't know why so much of Steve's personal betrayal by the future and also the past is about baseball, but, yeah, it is. So he watches the game and he starts talking to the kid and his father sitting next to him and the kid's a big Dodgers fan, right? Loves baseball. So Steve asks him if he wants to play for the Dodgers when he grows up.

Relevant information: the kid's black.

(Other relevant information, if you're not a baseball fan: Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play in major-league baseball, started playing for the Dodgers in 1947. He was in the minor leagues in 1946. But this story is set in 1945.)

So naturally the father would like Steve to stop lying about how his son could ever play for the Dodgers because obviously integrated baseball is a fantasy.

Steve is starting to suspect that maybe the past isn't as great as he remembered.

(Incidentally, a nice development in actual baseball news a couple years ago is that Baseball Reference, the big baseball stats organization, finally integrated... their data. All of the Negro Leagues statistics are now listed as major league, so a lot of good players are finally getting the recognition they deserve.)

Anyway. Steve can't find most of the people he knew in the war but then runs into a GI he knew, who wants to talk to him about how great life is now. He's not feeling it.

He realizes it's because he left the Avengers. He couldn't save Bucky. But he can still save the Avengers from Kang. He needs to help them. That's where he needs to be.

Luckily, he has his identicard still on him! And he can leave them a message!

He tells Rick when and where he is, and Reed comes and picks him up in his time machine.

And then he and the Avengers kick Kang's ass.

The miniseries then ends with Steve going to the Grand Canyon, where Bucky said he always wanted to visit. So Steve draws Bucky. But Steve knows now that he can't live in the past. It's tempting, he says. But it's where fossils come from.

So he lies there. He goes through his CDs. He sets aside Bing Crosby. And he listens to Radiohead. Because he lives in the future now.

So, yeah.

I love this miniseries and it really shaped how I view Steve as a character and I love that he got the chance to make this decision and he made it and I really didn't like Avengers: Endgame.

(There is another universe where Steve faces a similar decision. This is probably not the issue you were thinking of, but Marvel Adventures Avengers #37 has a plot where the Invaders -- who seem to be some kind of combination of the Invaders and the All-Winners Squad, and also it's the 50s -- come to the present and offer Steve a chance to come back. Steve seems to be seriously considering it but before he can decide whether to use the doll that will send him back to the past, Wolverine destroys it because the future needs him here and Steve's like, yeah, you're probably right. So he's still in the future but... he didn't actually get to decide that.)

I hope Man Out of Time is the comic you're thinking of! If you like Steve at all, you should read it. It's the best.

#replies #snooglepoot

[devildome]

The brothers reacting to your interest in historical human fashion

-and the DevilTube channel you run as a hobby!

Commission for @wirelesswizard! I want to thank you for your patience, I know it's been a minute since you sent it in. Honestly, it was really fun to work on and study up on historical dress and the like! This is my first commission, and sadly it will be my only one for now. I love writing, but it simply is not possible for me to continue after this. Maybe again in the future!

Reader is GN, though the fashions lean towards feminine~

Lucifer:

- "MC, time for dinner!" Lucifer's voice reverberated through your door. He was getting impatient, clearly irritated that you were late for supper again for no discernible reason.

- "Coming!" you managed to strangle out while you reached for the upper strings of your corset. Getting into it was harder, you remind yourself while simultaneously swearing to never wear this garment again.

- You struggled for several silent moments before hearing Lucifer's knocks again. "You say you're coming and yet I don't see this door opening. Are you joining us for dinner or shall I tell Beel--"

- "I'm stuck." You swing the door open to a unvexed Lucifer. You were completely covered, thank Diavolo, but it was a strange feeling to be dressed in an Edwardian corset with sweatpants underneath, not to mention your no makeup makeup (for video purposes only) smeared from the effort of changing clothes.

- In one swift motion, Lucifer steps into your room and closes the door. "Turn around," he says.

- Without question, he undoes the knot you had created in your efforts to get free. While doing so, he loosens the rest of the garment so you'll be able to wiggle free once he's gone.

- "Quite the outfit, MC. I regret not knowing you're a seamster." He comments, stepping back to a respectful distance.

- "Oh it's just a hobby..."

- "Then it shouldn't get in the way of regular house activities. You'll be at the table in 5 minutes or I'm letting Beel have your serving."

- After the eldest brother leaves your room, you scramble to get to get dressed in normal clothes and get to the table before too late.

Mammon:

-You pouted at your open closet. It was filled to the brim with miscellaneous pieces of historical costuming; so full, you barely had room for the rest of your normal clothing thank Diavolo for school uniforms.

-You think to yourself that there has to be a better way of organization beyond tossing them haphazardly into the closet and shutting the door.

-Slowly, you take each piece out--a hoop skirt here, a belt there, and several shawls and covers--and inspect them carefully for any damage before laying them gently on your bed. The last piece was arguably the biggest.

-A cape. One modeled for 16th century Italy no less.

-A knock sounds at the door, and before you have a chance to answer, Mammon and his antics burst in. "Oi [MC] whaddya think about going--what's all this?" he questions, freezing mid step.

-You can see the grimm symbol as clear as day in his blue eyes as he scans all the items in your room. They land on the gold cape still hanging up.

-"I'm organizing my stuff," You say, to emphasize that you are not selling anything.

-There is a tense silence between the two of you--a battle of wills over the fate of your hobby.

-"Are you gonna--" he tries to say.

-"Keep organizing? Yes. Sell? No." You put your hands on your hips. Your word is final.

-He pauses for way longer than is comfortable, but his eyes keep flickering between you and the cape. He yearns for the cape as one would apparently yearn for a lover.

-After a few more seconds of silence, you finally relent.

-"Okay, you can wear the cape, but no selling. Got it?"

-You might as well have not finished your statement as Mammon zoomed to the garment and flung it on with the bravado only he can bring. And you know what?

-It looked good on him.

Levi:

- Armor. Armor was different than fabric. It was, well, armor. Metal.

- Recreating a knight's armor seemed so simple from the get-go that you figured you'd give it a shot.

- At least you had the sense to use foam and cardboard and metal spray which was easier than commissioning a smithy.

- Do they even have human smithy’s in the Devildom? Whatever.

- You look your costume armor in the mirror. Looked realistic enough to fool anyone who wasn't there at the time, though it was remarkably stiff due to the glue.

- And you sort of... glued yourself in there.

- Just when you debate about going to the bathroom in such a delicate state, a rapid but soft knocking sounds on your door.

- “A-A minute! I’m, uh, a little predisposed at the the moment," you say.

- A shuffle at the door and a little mumble tells you its Levi. You could feel the anxiety through the door. Great. You scared him off.

- "Wait, Levi? That you?"

- "Y-yeah," he said through the door.

- "You can come in!"

- He slowly opens the door and pauses at the sight before him: you standing there amongst craft supplies as stiff as a statue in your perfectly molded false armor.

- "[MC], what..?" You can see his hands shift and tense through his coat pockets, but you just let out a small laugh.

- "I'm trying out a style of armor from feudal England. It's my favorite era of human history and, well... I got curious."

- Levi just stands there frozen, clearly unsure of what to do or say next. Both of you just sort of stand there. Then it's Levi who breaks the silence:

- "I know a knitting pattern that makes the yarn look like chainmail."

- "I would like to know that, yes. But first," you hold out your cuffed hand, "please help me get out of this. I need to use the little knight's room."

Satan:

- It was at the library where he figured it out. The clues were there, of course, with your desk being covered in threads and boxes shoved to the side whenever he came over to study with you in your room, you shuffling to put the tripod for your DDD away. It was none of his business of course, but he'd be damned if he didn't find out what it was you were hiding.

- You were now in his domain and by Diavolo he would see your personal project through to the end.

- You startle a bit when he sits across from you, your attention being pulled from one of the many open books sprawled across the table. He regards you with an amused look as if he had solved a great mystery that no one asked him to solve.

- You tell him you've had a long-time interest in 16th century dress, how their corsets were constructed, and the Elizabethan age overall. Though... you were frustrated that you hadn't found an actual legible how-to guide for constructing their dresses.

- He thinks for a second before telling you to wait.

- After several minutes, he returns to you with a few more books in hand. The first one being a how-to on gown construction, the second being a collection of studies done on historical human textiles; the third is a how-to on how to build different kinds of bodices.

- With these, too, Satan adds that he knows a few tailors across the city that would have better access to fabrics.

-The next month is spent studying and practicing until you construct a passable dress for your next DevilTube video on human fashion, thanks to his help.

Asmodeus:

-You are overwhelmed. Your specialty fabric had just come in, but you realize you need help. A Lot of Help.

-You barely have time to explain yourself and your 5 foot pile of fabric before Asmo drags you through the doorway into his room.

-"Oh [MC] you know how much I love ruffles, are you kidding me? I didn't know you liked that kind of extravagance~"

-Oh yeah. You knew.

-You explain the reason for your request; you were doing a video on France and their influence on human fashion both back then and in the present. You were going the extra mile for this one bit, but you didn't want to do any less.

-To say Asmo was excited is an understatement.

-He is almost jumping off the bed when he tells you all about why he knows what he knows, the time he's spent with Solomon in the human world, the actual techniques for certain seams in the clothing of that particular era.

-In all, you're taken aback by exactly how much Asmo knows, but you don't complain as it's way better than reading books and not absorbing a single word.

-The next few weeks you spend hanging out in his room, both working on different parts of your gown. Eventually you run some makeup ideas by him and he responds in kind.

-The final fit came together in his bathroom as he helps you into your wig and ties you into your corset. In the mirror you look ridiculous, the powdery face and bright colors of the ensemble making you feel like a clown.

-But the sense of accomplishment overpowers all of that. -You thank Asmo for his help and everything he did, and he wastes no time accepting the thanks with a hug. "Obviously, who else would help you look as good as you do, doll?"

Beel:

- The gym was a weird place to wear a dress. It was a heavy material, dark, and so thick you were already sweating.

- Beel couldn't help but stare in bewilderment at your bizarre choice of clothing and weird workout form and listen to the lesson you were giving to your DDD.

- You were doing a short bit about workout wear of the early 20th century. Women gaining their independence lead to more freedom regarding sports and general athleticism, so you thought it would fit to dress as such.

- You notice Beel sort of inching closer on the screen of your device, but you pay no mind as you continue on with the routine.

- Eventually, he's right there next to you, mimicking your form and wondering what the hell was going on. You show him what you're doing and explaining the reasoning why they wore what they wore and why they did what they did.

- After your video finished, the both of you all sweaty and messy, Beel can't keep his eyes off you.

- "What are you staring at? Something on me?" you frantically check your person for anything that might ruin your costume.

- "No it's--" He paused, "Should I have worn a dress like yours?"

- Oh Beel.

Belphie:

- "It's just a dress, [MC]."

- You huff. No, he wasn't wearing just a dress, it was a true vintage recreation of a 17th century nightshirt that just so happened to be in fairly good condition never mind the clear evidence of stains and patchwork near the chest

- Belphegor, the seventh demon lord of hell, stood there in your room rubbing his eyes as if he didn't just sleep all day in your bed.

- It was the final part of your fashion video essay, and all you need is one last model for the sleepwear portion--the conclusion.

- "No, it's not. Just hold still while I get this b roll."

- "I was having such a good dream before you woke me up--"

- "And you'll be back to dreaming in no time, Belph, I promise."

- He tugged at the plain-looking nightshirt, inspecting the material.

- You didn't mind as it actually captured well on camera--his inquisitive facial expression, his posture towards the camera, and his general sleepiness all paired well with your voiceover...

- Until he complained.

- "What's it made out of? It's kind of itchy."

- "Supposed to be made out of human cotton," you reply.

- He points out the seemingly random stitching near the collar. "What's this about?"

- "No clue, didn't ask." You watched the camera screen carefully. By this point you had enough b roll, but it was never a bad idea to have more.

- "How long do you need me here?" the demon's face scrunched, and you knew he was feigning annoyance so he could get back to napping.

- "I am just about--"

- Aaaaand he's flopped on the bed.

#obey me! shall we date #obey me hcs #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me levi #obey me satan #obey me asmo #obey me beel #obey me belphie

[grapecaseschoices]

I've decided to cheat and play Andy's bg3 run even though I have fifty tavs still in the beginning/middle of act two [and two still in act one]. Alas! Curiosity kilt me.

I love how - I say like I [who am his writer] didn't predict this - straight up Andy doesn't have time for any of it. He searches as far as his eyes can see, he will stop and loot but he won't scavange the entire area. I think it might differ a TAD when he's not in imminent danger. But Nautloid stuff begs one to run. So there's no stopping to read slates or books or whatever. But I have him take them as he goes, because that feels Andy to me. The information is good to know -- but not NOW. He's pragmatic about it. His looting is the same. He doesn't look for every body lying on the ground but what he can reach, in the moment. I feel he won't have too much but what he needs - and maybe a bit then some to sell - in his inventory. And he'll probably focus on using money than supplies/equipment to buy stuff he needs when it is time to barter.

I feel that's gonna leave him kind of poor in this [and also missing out on lore needed for puzzles]. So clearly Gale will NEED to be in his party because I feel Gale is a hoarder. Then again -- I don't think Andy .... would do what was needed to get Gale. So. *insert grimace emoji*

Like, I had thought for sure he would find the brain in that dude's head and maim it, then make use of it. Because that is such a Klaus/Marcel thing to do and they inspo Andy. And I think if he had SEEN the situation in front of him he would have moved forward with that. But all he had going for that circumstance were the words "we are trapped". He doesn't know what he's going in with. And while technically not know who "we" is and if "trapped" is true could an opening for future vulnerability, the more pressing situation is the sinking dimension-hopping ship. [Which is a note for ME who once thought andy was an intuitive rather than a sensing, bc of reasons. lmao. he ain't. clearly. i mean we shall see but idts]

Fun fact, he didn't even HEAR shadowheart so there was no opportunity to turn his back on her [Like I thought he would]. He just ran closer to the front of the ship. Because the focus is getting out of the ship. [I wonder if this'll change the interaction with first meeting Shadowheart at the beach/the crypt.]

[Another fun fact. That was my shortest EVER 'wake up in pod, head to helm' run with a Tav ever. Goodness. Collecting companions will be so much fun with this one. She says. Sarcastically.]

#grapecase posts bg3 #andy's life and times in faerun #bg3: elkantar yauntyrr #character insight #insight: andy yasar #bg3 spoilers #feel kind of weird describing things like this like andy is making his choices [and not me for him] but it's like a sort of role playing #and playing it out that way and writing it out has given me good character ponders #which is part of why i wanetd to do this [do him in twc and in the exile] #bc i want to see what new things i learn about an old character at the end of it #pls im not missing screws #well i am but! #in retrospect should' ve made andy's oath to tyr not helm #alas #tyr is too good rofolmao #helm reads more neutral

[tobiasdrake]

There's no getting away from it now, bucko. We have our killer pegged.

He could still be a co-conspirator, but unlikely. Servan was necessary for the bombing ploy, since he must have designed the bombs and the fancy transceiver. Especially if Icardi wasn't selling out to Amaterasu and this was, in fact, a Resistance leadership coup.

Which, at this time, seems the most plausible explanation. Even if it doesn't explain the minigame runaround.

But while Servan most certainly was involved, it's not clear what Margulaw would have even contributed if he had been complicit. There's nothing to suspect him of, and by extension no reason to suspect him.

Iruka is by far the most "not possible to be involved" out of the entire group. Completely out of the question.

And while I do think that Servan was involved in the bombing, he can't have made the jump. He also couldn't have shot Shachi from an equal height. Have you seen his stature? He's like three and a half feet tall.

My first thought had been that he's an Amaterasu fink, but at this point, I feel like that possibility can be eliminated. If he was working with the Peacekeepers to create an excuse for wiping out the Resistance, he could have left through the door and high fived his fellow cops on the way out.

Instead, he went for this elaborate escape mechanism so he could vanish from a district that's utterly saturated in jackboots. Fubuki and I had more than a few run-ins with them. So. No. He can't be in Amaterasu's pocket.

The other explanation is that he wanted control of the Resistance. He was spinning a narrative. "Unfit leader Shachi launched a terrorist threat against Kanai Ward and tried to murder civilians. Peacekeepers swarmed his hideout and cornered him. With no way out, he took his own life. I, Icardi, will better lead our organization into a far more prosperous future!"

This was a coup.

That could explain the minigame runaround too. To make his coup work, he needed only a terror threat, not a full-scale terror attack. He needed the first bomb to detonate in order to disguise the sabotage at the power plant. After that, easily disarmed bombs in fairly out-of-the-way locations with a supremely generous time limit would ensure that nobody was seriously harmed.

Icardi may have disagreed with Shachi's leadership, but I don't think he was a polar-opposite bomb-chucking anarchist stereotype.

A distraction. It's the smoke disguising Icardi's coup, creating a reason for Peacekeepers to raid the Resistance HQ.

That's also why Servan phoned in an anonymous tip to CTU. They wanted everyone to know that Yuma Kokohead is launching terror attacks against the city, in the name of the Resistance.

Sabotaging the power plant in order to create the escape channel they'd need, following their coup, of course. While Servan was manipulating Yuma and phoning tips to CTU, Icardi had to be on-site at the power plant to set the drainage bomb as well as to sabotage the valve handle and keep the water flowing.

Oh, we're moving towards the final confrontation? Huh.

Maybe Servan is innocent? That seems unlikely. He designed the camera-bombs and the transceiver-disarming device, and has a noted history of being a bomb specialist. Then he gave Yuma the transceiver signal that would arm the bombs and set everything in motion.

It's hard to imagine that he's unrelated to these events.

What. Talk fast, man, 'cause that's gonna be a hard fucking sell.

Yeah, I'm gonna stop you right there because that's not what you did. You didn't make it look like Peacekeepers shot him. You made it look like he shot himself, in a fit of ideological despair. You're spinning bullshit right now and I'm not buying it.

Also that. But he might have assumed an evacuation of Marunomon would have prevented anyone from being hurt. There was enough time, while it was taking place, for two separate alerts in the form of printed-out paper documentation to be distributed among power plant staff, so it's not like a huge wave of water buried the district in seconds. The flooding happened gradually.

In order to be effective, an act of protest must be disruptive. I could see Shachi believing that flooding the economic district would be a massively disruptive demonstration against Our Capitalist Overlords with low risk of harm to human life.

Problem is, Icardi's claim of "I made it look like the Peacekeepers did it" doesn't hold water.

...hang on, what? Yuma, where are you going with this?

Oh my god, it was a bank robbery.

I was fucking joking when I proposed that. WHAT. WHY. WHAT.

...why would he even need to kill Shachi to make that happen? How could that possibly contribute to pilfering safes from Marunomon? What the actual fuck?

Once he already had Yuma running around town disarming bombs and CTU chasing down Yuma as well as rooting out the Resistance in Dohya, he could just. Like. Go to the Power Plant and do the thing. Shachi's death is completely unnecessary. This makes no sense.

Apparently Servan was totally uninvolved somehow despite clear reasons to suspect his involvement! It was you and only you! The world's dumbest overcomplicating bank robber who got caught because he tacked on a pointless murder for shits and giggles!

#master detective archives: rain code #drake plays rain code

[mossfeathers]

Thanks again for responding and sharing. I'm glad these asks make you happy ^^

(You don't have to look further into Harvest Moon but If you do look for a lets play of sorts or something Harvest Moon DS/DS Cute & Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town/More Friends of Mineral Town (Gameboy) are the ones that from my knowledge look the most visually similar to Stardew Valley. But Harvest Moon Animal Parade takes place in a coastal/island-like town.)

The dynamics seem like they'll be really fun! It was also nice to hear the reasoning behind it all. You've put a lot of thought into how they interact. I'm excited for future scenarios ^^ I really enjoyed reading all of it. Also thanks for talking about them as siblings. You don't have to apologize for not answering tho, you can always not answer, I'll understand.

Addionally, I think it's really cool how the lionfish worked out ^^

Okay so for BigB's tail, I wanted to give proper ideas, I only came up with three sorta suggestions so I’ll also share my thought process a bit so that maybe that instead will help you further decide what you do or don’t want. So my first thought was a shark. I’m not entirely sure that’s, like, equivalent to Scar being a lionfish but I think that the reason I considered the idea is that sharks can be dangerous but, like, also they’re not as dangerous to humans as they're portrayed? Ya know what I mean, like I think it’s gotten better but like they were more feared than need be. Like I’m struggling with the words but do you get what I’m saying and the correlation? Idk. If not that's okay. I wasn’t really sure about sharks anyway. Next,

I searched for fish that burrowed. And I did this because I was thinking about why canary!BigB and rabbit!BigB exist and if I recall correctly him being in the mines/underground alot were overlapping points. (I woulda considered satyr!BigB but I know nothing about that. And thinking about it now dogs like to dig too and sometimes he’s got dog ears because double life so I think this is an okay hole I went down). I’m too indecisive and picky  and wasn't sure what kind of fish you'd like though so I only have three fish to present to you as options so hopefully if none of these strike a chord with you. This whole thing helps somehow:

1, The Bonnethead Shark. Yea I found a shark that burrows. So even though I wasn’t entirely sure about sharks and I gave up on finding small sharks, I thought I’d share this one. Besides sharks are cool even if many fear them & Jimmy & Grian come to think BigB's cool right? So maybe that lines up?

(Also did you know that sharks used to be called "sea dogs" and that there is a Dogfish Shark, I didn't do much research so I can't give it as a suggestion but I just looked it up while typing this so I thought I'd mention it.)

2, The Yellow Headed Jawfish, this fish was honestly just too pretty for me not to recommend. It’s got a bit of blue in its fins (and that’s really all I can give you on blue fish). Plus on a site that sells fish they were described as “playful and like to people watch” so I thought it might be fitting. Note though, if you look up this fish, you might come across images of it carrying lots of eggs in its mouth. That’s something they do, carry their eggs in their mouth. I did see a term for it but I forgot what it was. But if that’s gonna be too disturbing you might wanna be cautious(wasn't the first few images when I looked it up) or maybe not look it up just in case. But it is really pretty in my opinion if you do.

And lastly there's the Southern Stargazer. I guess it is considered an ugly fish so heads up on that? Personally, I do think looking at a close up of it's face while it's buried can be a bit spooky but also I think otherwise it's a bit fun to look at & its tail is neat. And it turns out they're also venomous, not enough to kill, but it's still painful, can cause swelling and induce shock. ("also" because Scar's a lionfish)

Speaking of, this fish is the closest one I found in terms of size to Lionfish not sure that matters to you but yea

I did attempt looking for, like, actually blue fish but like the Cichlid is a freshwater fish and Idk if it's a funny or cruel irony to suggest a damselfish when they are actually seen as food to lionfish if in a tank together. Especially when I don't know if it's true for all damselfish or just the yellow tailed ones. (Plus they don't do great in solitude which kept being a thing for blue fish but I think I mainly found, like, river fish.) But I guess this difficulty is probably part of the reason you said it didn't have to be a blue fish lol

Thanks for sharing what you do have so far for the side characters :3 Question: For the pub, does it include the arcade area and/or would the stage be in that general area?

Also it seems like a cool idea to include more creatures. Besides the spirits are there any you're thinking of but haven't decided who it could be? Or alternatively, any others you think you'd want to be something supernatural but haven't decided what yet?

And if it's not too much to ask, do you think that on an events timeline the potential Pearl arc would be closer to the beginning or further down the line.

And yea it's totally fine for you to leave it in the ask box, I'm glad you find it's something you'd want to look back at at all ^^ Thank you for your time and thanks again for sharing your thoughts/ideas.

anon i love you so much. genuinely you are the BEST. im so sorry for letting this rot in the inbox for so long, i both forgot about it and just didn't even know how to respond since this is so good (and also wanted to get some more polished drawings of all 3 possible fish, but my motivation just wasn't having it so just a couple doodles im sorry). genuinely so sorry about how long this took, time just got away from me.

I absolutely LOVE your idea for bigb as a shark, when I first read that I think I genuinely yelled out in excitement. You're a GENIUS. That's such a good idea, I really enjoy it and you got your point across well! I love canary/rabbit!bigb (my design for him is a bunny so this is RIGHT up my alley) and I love the idea of a burrowing fish and bonnethead shark is absolutely GENIUS. He was really fun to draw too!! Thank you SO much for the suggestion! I think I want a scaled fish design, though, but I still appreciate this one so much since it was SUCH an interesting idea. Sharks are sea puppies, dogs dig, rabbits also dig, so burrowing. Very logical line of thought from me.

Oh this guy is GORGEOUS!!!!! So pretty and so lovely. I think fish and the ocean is so cool so I thought the egg carrying is actually so fascinating so don't worry, both of the little warnings you gave about weird fish weren't necessary fish are awesome and cool forever. I don't know what to say, just a very pretty fish and fun to draw!!

The stargazer is SO HANDSOME!!! I can't believe its considered ugly :( I love that little connection to Scar's lionfish-ness, this is such a cool fish (the fins are gorgeous)

Thank you SO much for the fish suggestions! I really liked the yellow headed jawfish, the colors were just so gorgeous, so I think i'm gonna go with that one! Genuinely can't thank you enough for this, I was losing my mind over that.

Answering questions time! Here's a little doodle of what the saloon looks like! (names still pending but probably something moon or dogwarts related) Theres a kitchen and backstage area somewhere but that doesnt matter right now :)

Man, I had one draft of this response where I had everything written out for other creatures but my computer restarted and didn't save it but I will try my best to write it out again!

I like the idea of fae or some kind of land-based creature, but I feel like fae are a really complex species and just in general such a large world to also incorporate if I do go for any land-based creatures, so I don't think I will sadly. Trying to think about this in terms of how I would tell the story in an actual piece of writing instead of these posts of loads of exposition, yknow? So, final verdict, no cool land creatures (except maybe werewolf because i am a sucker for some rendog werewolf fun) . I love avian stuff though so a very high likelihood of birds coming into play in at least some form? Birds are just so cool to me. Also, there are probably gonna be a decent variety in sea creature species! Like there are sirens, standard merfolk, and selkies so far but if I can think of another type of sea creature then i'll probably add them in. On the topic of sea creatures, an updated list on all the merfolk! (also if you want to see some other hermit mermaids, or mermits, check out jalo-parker's art from the past few weeks! we thought up some fish designs just for his own use and they're really cute, and if some of the humans were mermaids they would 100% be those) Scar lionfish, Bigb yellowheaded jawfish, Bub whale shark, Cleo sea nettle jellyfish, Etho AND Bdubs selkies, Joe Hills leaf sheep nudibranch, and even though Martyn is a human if he was a mermaid he would be a mimic octopus! These aren't all of the merfolk, they're just the ones i've decided on and assigned a fish (or selkie) to :)

Also don't worry! I actually already have a barebones timeline for what I think is going to happen with the plot points I know so far! Jimmy and Grian move, hang out for like 4 days, then the whole siren plotline starts and ends, since everyone is now happy they have a good few months of just bonding with the merfolk and the townsfolk which I can't wait to think about more, then Pearl's whole arc starts! I think that's the natural progression of the plot as the stakes in Pearl's arc is the actual apocalypse bringing the end of the universe which is just a little bit more intense. I don't know a whole lot of the details about that quite yet though.

Thank you so much for the ask again! I genuinely can't apologize enough for how long this took to answer, and I hope it doesn't discourage you from sending another one in. I absolutely love seeing your opinions and ideas :) Thanks for listening to my rambling about my ideas again :D

#moss ask answers #sweethearts siren au #might change that tag eventually but I would need a cool name #bigb #gtws #grian #solidaritygaming #bigb fanart

[mr-lelia]

Lan Zhan is like halfway done! I wanna clean him up a little before I start on his lower half

Wwx is gonna be lying down - lz is gonna have the blue forehead ribbon so idk if I should make wwx a red ribbon and tie it into a bow around his neck or maybe his ears? Like a ponytail lol

Hhhh progress is slow but I'm still getting used to making these things. Smaller ones are way harder ;-; I might sacrifice details in the future and make it even more cartoon-ish. I was going for a soft mochi bunny thing but started adding details and now it's 1:30am

Anyway, since I don't wanna waste these first attempts I might sell em super cheap like 5-10USD and if no one wants em I'll just give them away ����🏽‍♀️ either way, I'm having a lot of fun~

#wangxian #mxtx mdzs #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mdzs art #sculpting #clay #the untamed #the grandmaster of diabolism #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #lan zhan #lan wangji #wei wuxian #wei ying

[emrys-with-a-little-star]

My theory about the ending of Good Omens S2 cause i don't agree with the coffee or the lie theory. I'm not gonna explain why i think they are wrong cause that would take too much time right now but maybe i will later. (I ended up explaining a little but about them in the end)

So i think Aziraphale does actually believe he can change something, Crowley knows nothing can be done and, as he says, both sides are toxic.

Aziraphale thinks Crowley would be happier as an angel because of how happy he was when creating the Nebula. And we never see Crowley smile like that, maybe Aziraphale does over the years but we are never shown that so for the time being i will assume Aziraphale never sees him that happy after he is cast down to hell.

Crowley wants to run away with Aziraphale, never to come back but Aziraphale has so much guilt from doing things differently from heaven's plans and falling for a demon is definitely hard for someone who his whole life has been taught that angels and heaven is good and demons and hell are bad. It's definitely easier for a demon to do some good sometimes than an angel to do anything evil cause why would you ever wanna do the bad thing. But that's exactly what Aziraphale doesn't fully understand yet: the line between those is very blurry and sometimes doing the thing that seems wrong at first is actually the correct thing to do. I'm gonna quote Crowley on this cause he said it perfectly: "When heaven ends life here on earth, it'll be just as dead as if hell ended it." Digging up graves and selling the bodies to be able to continue living, is that so wrong? And when they find out the bodies are to teach future doctors, it's now suddenly good? The line is incredibly blurry between good and evil.

Aziraphale gets told multiple times in the first season how the war is exactly what heaven wants and he doesn't think anything of it, no sudden realization that heaven might not be as good as he has been told his whole life, all he does is just try to explain his idea and keep the war from happening but not once does he blame heaven even though it is straight up made clear to him that heaven wanted the war.

The base of my theory is that the ending of season 1 doesn't get brought up again. We just not gonna talk about the fact that Crowley and Aziraphale, in heaven's and hell's point of view, are basically unkillable? It must be important, and if we now assume that both sides consider those two to be really powerful wouldn't they want them on their side? Metatron knew Crowley wouldn't take the deal, Metatron does not like Crowley, we saw how angrily he looked at him when he and Aziraphale were walking out of the bookshop. But he knew Aziraphale would be over the moon and probably take that deal cause he knows how naive and manipulated Aziraphale is. It came down to two options:

1) Crowley takes the deal and now the unkillable demon is an angel and they have two very powerful individuals on their team. And even if the point isn't the unkillable part, Crowley used to be a high level angel, still very powerful.

2) Crowley leaves, angry at Aziraphale and obviously doesn't go back to hell but Aziraphale does come back to heaven so hell doesn't have their unkillable demon but they have the unkillable angel on their side. They think Aziraphale is incredibly powerful and having him on their team is a huge advantage for the war aka the second coming aka probably the second coming of Armageddon.

Why would they get an angel who is strongly against war to basically lead the war? He would absolutely be against it.

Also emotionally unstable and vulnerable Aziraphale is much easier to control and manipulate which means him leaving Crowley makes it even easier for heaven to get him to be on their side.

Also why would they appoint a traitor who hasn't done anything to convince them that he isn't one to be the new supreme archangel. Why do they suddenly trust him now?

And if Aziraphale and Crowley stayed together, the presumably unkillable angel and demon, on earth or just not on either sides, wouldn't that make them a danger to both hell and heaven cause, as far as both sides know, both of them are very powerful.

Shortly: Heaven wants to use Aziraphale in the war against hell cause they knew Crowley wouldn't go back to hell and that given heaven an advantage, having the, as far as they know, unkillable angel in their team. If Crowley had agreed to become an angel, then they would have also had Crowley which would have given them even bigger of an advantage.

Or they have some other plan with Aziraphale and they just needed him to cut contact with Crowley and come back to heaven and they used this as kind of bait.

Also coffee theory would mean that the kiss was meaningless to Aziraphale and everything he did was because he was under the influence of the miracle. And also everythinf Aziraphale did is exactly in his character and exactly what he would do, there's no way that he would have just left heaven forever and ran away with Crowley, there's been no indication that he doesn't still trust heaven and believe in the "good side".

On the lie theory, Aziraphale is not that good at lying, he doesn't like to lie and he seemed to want to go to heaven too bad for it to be because of a threat. And the way he asks "But... my bookshop?" he isn't asking cause he is worried about the bookshop, he has doupts about leaving, he doesn't want to.

Also very important, Aziraphale doesn't end the kiss, Crowley does. I've seen some people mention that Aziraphale didn't want the kiss but he didn't pull away. Maybe i'll analyze the kiss in a future post, i have too many thoughts on that too.

#this show is taking over my brain #i watched it a few days ago and have not been the same again #good omens #crowley #aziraphale

[greyhound-with-a-mega-wizard-hat]

The Necromancer and The Martyr: The Village

(Part 6 of The Necromancer and The Martyr)

tw mild body horror

Rose and Thorn continued down the road, and eventually came to the village. The sign with the village's name was indecipherable. The language looked familiar, but neither really understood it.

Thorn and Rose shared a look. Thorn believed that there were 3 possible reasons why they could not read the sign:

They had been resurrected in an unknown kingdom that used a different but similar language

They had been dead for so long that language had evolved and changed to the extent that they could not read it

When they were resurrected, they had been brought back illiterate

She voiced her theories to Rose, who shrugged his shoulders. He of course knew the truth: Thorn had been dead for a long time, exactly how long, he wasn't sure, but seeing as how he hadn't strayed beyond the borders of the kingdom, and he also could not read the sign, he knew the second of Thorn's theories was correct. He suggested as much to her, and she nodded sagely in agreement.

"Do you still remember the spell for this Rose? The one you used when we encountered the Esperenzi soldiers." Thorn nudged Rose, bringing his attention back to her. He sighed, and cast the spell. The words on the sign now clearly read:

'Welcome to Frmioliya'

"We probably could have guessed it said that" He remarked dryly. Anticipation squirmed in his stomach and bones squirmed in his body. If Thorn noticed his discomfort, she said nothing, staring intently at the houses just beyond the trees.

They were small, and made of stone bricks, grey and proud, with dark slate roofs and little windows in square wooden as far as Thorn or Rose could tell. Ivy grew up the backs of them, and small wild gardens sat squarely at the back. It was almost picturesque, though Rose was in no mood to appreciate it.

"I wonder how technology has advanced. Maybe they'll have flying cars!" Thorn joked, although it wasn't an absurd suggestion. "Our clothes are going to look weird, especially my armour. We'd better try to find some money for replacements, or hope that people believe that we were at a party or something."

"I could just magic them into something less conspicuous once I see the local fashion" Rose suggested, "although I am curious as to what kind of story we'd need to spin to get people to accept us."

"That's a better plan. Lets hope that no one notices my sword in the meantime. We could probably sell it for some coin though. An antique sword must be worth something!" Thorn laughed. Yet more evidence at how she had changed. The notion that she would ever sell her sword was nigh unthinkable, but here she was. A new woman.

Rose laughed mirthlessly. The new Thorn still unnerved him. But she seemed happy and that was what was important he supposed. He'd get used to her.

They started to walk into town, keeping an eye out for any locals. Once they reached the houses, they saw some washing on a line out the front of one, the clothes were small, likewise the front door was too. Rose was almost a foot taller than the height of the door frame, and Thorn towered over him.

"Do you think people are shorter in the future? We're really gonna stand out if so." Rose asked nervously, whilst he cast an illusion that replicated the small clothes, disguising Thorn's armour, but not her sword, and hiding his own outdated clothes.

"Maybe this is a Pyngite village." Thorn mused.

"In that case the fashion will be the least of our worries, better draw your sword" Rose said darkly.

"That won't be necessary I'm sure. And it will probably just frighten them. Plus they might have laser swords now so..." Thorn trailed off, reluctant to finish her sentence.

"We should stick together." Rose held out his hand for Thorn's.

"We should split up" she replied resolutely. "We have a better chance of sneaking through the village undetected if we split up."

"You're right but I don't like it..." Rose tried to respond, but Thorn had already left, disappeared into an alley to the right.

Rose kept going straight ahead, he'd find Thorn later. For now, he needed to see what the deal was with this village, and figure out what the villagers knew. In the years he'd spent preparing for the ritual, he had avoided people, and had destroyed any means of entering the forest so as to remain undisturbed. Internally he was kicking himself for not also investigating the village when he destroyed the road. He knew there were Pyngites in the area, he had snatched one that had wandered into the forest one day, but that had been on the opposite side of the forest.

Still, he was worried that he and Thorn were in danger. He knew that he would be ok, but he wasn't confident of her fighting abilities, whether she still had the stomach for it. And what would she think of what he'd become? Would she run from, fight, or accept him?

"Hello there stranger!" A nasally man's voice rang out across the street. "What bring you here on this fine day?"

Rose turned. The disgusting, vile Pyngite stared up at him. Standing at only 3ft tall, they were not a menacing race, but their looks were deceiving. They resembled giant moles, but with long, wicked fangs and claws that were perfectly suited for killing humans.

Hatred and revulsion surged through Rose. His bones writhed under his skin, which parted with a squelch. He grew taller, his teeth and nails elongating into fangs and talons that made the Pyngite's look pathetic. Wings and vertebrae pushed from out of his back, a tail from just above his hips, and horns from his skull. Tentacles squirmed from his back and sides, 6 in total. His complexion became grey as slate, and 5 more eyes opened on his face, 2 more below each eye, and 1 in the centre of his forehead,

The Pyngite backed away. "I can see you're having a bad day sir... I'll let you be". The cowardly beast turned to run, and Rose roared and surged forward, grabbing it by its head and crushing it in his claws.

But not before the Pyngite screamed.

Meanwhile, Thorn explored the side alleys of the village, gazing cheerfully at the little gardens that each house had. She kept her eyes peeled for an antiques shop, but seriously doubted she'd find anywhere to sell her sword. She knew she'd surprised Rose by suggesting she sell it, but she figured that in a time of peace, she wouldn't need it. And as for the mysterious necromancer that had brought her back, well, she doubted a sword would be much good against such a person.

Thorn found that her thoughts kept drifting back to Rose. He was lying to her about how much he knew. He was still tormented by the war, and so afraid of peace that he hadn't recognised her without her righteous pain and fury. He needed help, and Thorn was determined that he would get it, though she did not know how to tell Rose this.

'For now, I'll just try to enjoy his company'

As she wandered, she saw a young Pyngite across the street. They were clearly a child, so Thorn held back from approaching, not wanting to frighten them. The mother rounded the corner, and her eyes widened when she saw Thorn.

"Hi there! Are you lost?" The mother asked, gesturing kindly towards Thorn. Her child, a son perhaps though Thorn was not sure, hid behind her.

"Yes I am," Thorn replied, keeping her voice light and casual. "Do you know where I might find a place to sell this sword? It is an antique."

The Pyngite mother stared thoughtfully up at the sky. And then shook her head sadly. "No, sorry. How come you have an antique sword? That seems a strange thing to wander around with"

Thorn laughed. The sound delighted her. She had never been one for laughter, always failing to see the funny side to anything.

"Yeah I guess it is. Thanks any how!"

A loud roar and a scream echoed down the street. The child burst into tears and bolted down the street.

"No, Min come back!" Cried the Pyngite, who sprinted after her son. Thorn followed behind, unsure of where the sound had originated. She overtook the Pyngite, and rounded the corner to see the child run across a large street, her view obscured by some trees. The roar sounded again. Louder, closer.

As Thorn got onto the street she could see all of it clearly. The creature, was barreling toward the child, who froze in fear. The creature was fast, but Thorn was faster, and snatched up the child, continuing to run.

She ran with the child through a series of convoluted streets, and then finally into a side alley, a dead end.

"Shit." She muttered under her breath, placing the child on the floor. They had lost the creature for now, but Thorn was certain it would follow. "Stay here. Don't move, don't make a sound." The child, Min, nodded, and hid behind some cardboard boxes.

Thorn cautiously left the alley, and started to retrace her steps, keeping to the sides of the houses. Smoke was rising a few streets over, and Pyngites started to leave their homes to see what all the commotion was. They stared curiously, and somewhat accusatory towards Thorn. She motioned for them to go inside their houses, but they paid no mind to her.

Screaming started up again, and the smell of burning filled the air. Thorn rounded the corner and saw a whole street ablaze, with the creature stood in the middle of the carnage, reveling in it.

Thorn drew her sword, prayed that Rose was ok, and charged toward the creature.

[Part 5]

[Part 7]

#long post #the necromancer and the martyr #tw body horror

[purplekoop]

wooo patch preview day yayyyyyy!!

Liking how the balance changes look so far, gonna have to wait and see just how good they feel tomorrow but it looks promising so far.

My suspicions were confirmed, no new map for Season 5, likely due to season 6 getting 3 new maps (India map, new Junkertown area, and Gothenburg). Ironically, even though the odd-numbered seasons are supposed to be the new map seasons, this is OW2's first ever season without a new map, at least if you count Talantis for Season 4.

On the topic of maps though, Watchpoint Gibraltar got some pretty thorough changes, adding cover and even reworking the final defender's respawn. I'm can't really describe the changes very well, but fortunately Marblr (one of the content creators who has access to the preview server with the season 5 changes early) posted a video comparing the current and upcoming map versions.

(The video also showcases the standard new lighting/environmental map variants, now being Evening Rialto and Overcast Busan. I like the overcast ones, those are always nice. Also Marblr the legend as usual, check him out if you somehow haven't already)

These changes look pretty good, largely made to address the map's long sightlines (going along with the sniper nerfs in this update) and other things that make the map a little awkward. Hoping for more of these map updates in the future!

So yeah, no new map is a little lame, but maps aren't the most exciting new thing anyways and it doesn't take much critical thinking to know why we're not getting one right now. The new modes also look exciting (official prop hunt?? in Overwatch?? what??), so I might make a season recap post like I did for Season 4 to summarize all the new events and when to expect them.

Obviously this season's going to be a bit of a tough sell after... the news, but even with the somewhat lacking new content for now (again. season 6. gonna be a little bit massive) I think this is gonna be a solid season, especially with the balance changes. Consider this a "calm before the storm season", maybe pass on it if you're still salty with the news, but I feel like they expect this to be a "downtime season" anyways with so much still on the horizon. Personally expecting the mid-season balance change to also be relatively major, they tend to use the seasons without a new hero to get a better grip on the meta without a new hero to deal with.

Anyways yeah, expect a recap for this season soon!

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #long post #overwatch 2 season 5 #Youtube

[transhawks]

What would you like for Hawks to happen after the war (besides FINALLY going to therapy)? Also, what do you think WILL happen to Hawks after the war? I have seen people have multiple takes on this - some wish or even think that he's gonna retire - which he, imho wouldn't do. Some think that he's gonna go with Nagant against the HPSC, I even saw some people talk about him becoming a vigilante, etc.. What do you think is likely going to happen to him after this war? Because we can already see his breakdown incoming, and I'd love to know what is your opinion on his future, because I love your takes and metas. Also, have a good day/night :)

as a joke, I've been saying I hope Hawks quits heroism, starts an Only Fans, and embraces his true destiny to sell us waist trainers on instagram - he has to be toxic somehow. also i hope he finally gets dick.

I don't see him retiring, honestly, but I do not know if Keigo knows what to do with himself outside of heroism. He wants to relax, but I don't think he knows how to. But then, again, we don't know what the breakdown is going to do to him. Or how badly Hawks might fuck up his own future on this battlefield. For all we know, he might spend a few years in an in-patient facility, which might help him for a bit. So it's very much a wait and see - but I also think there's going to be a bit of irony in his fate. I've always found it interesting that Hawks was introduced to us not wanting to guide the next generation, but he seems to actually like working with the kids and teaching in general (see Twice). Or maybe I'm misreading this sort of mentoring/guiding impulse and Horikoshi decides to troll us via Hawks's clear desire for a family and idk makes him get married or something.

So I do wonder if he might have some role, after copious amounts of therapy, in something to do with teaching. I do think he might speak out against the HPSC and also push for ending hero rankings, but I worry the HPSC might not be held accountable as it seems the top brass were killed and Mera's like... middle-management, fuck if he knows what's going on.

I also see him taking a non-spotlight hero role outside of Japan using his skills, probably more to tune of being a spy. I just don't think he can quit that part of his life easily.

Yeah, so it's a wait and see from me. I still want to say his death is on the table, too, even if I'm not convinced it will happen at this point. But we need to see what happens with Enji, Touya, and him first.

Also, you know, he and Dabi get restraining orders against each other that they violate for petty reasons.

#asks #hawks

[romanovsonelastdance]

I've been trying to plan out a historical fiction story about OTMA in England for ages (George V didn't withdraw the offer of asylum but changed it to just the children and Alexandra didn't want to let go of Alexei, tweaking the timeline of the girls getting measles, typical historical au fiction stuff), and I've been trying to figure out marriages that would make sense for them post revolution. What, if any, royal marriages would make sense for them, and would it be plausible for any of them to marry into the British royal family (like, say, if we're gonna be really crazy...Olga and Bertie?)? Love your blog, by the way!

I think it would be plausible for them to marry into the British Royal Family. After all, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna married one of Queen Victoria's sons, so there is precedent. It might get a little dicey with Nicky having been deposed and they're not technically Grand Duchesses anymore, but I think it could still work. When the Crown Prince of Sweden wanted to marry Louise Mountbatten there was a whole thing about whether it would be considered an equal marriage or not because she had been demoted from Princess Louise to Lady Louise but in the end it was decided she was royal enough and the marriage went forward. OTMA has a more impressive pedigree than Louise, so I think it would be easy to sell them as still “royal enough.” 

I think either Olga or Tatiana with Bertie could be a good fit. Especially if you're still planning for David to do the whole Wallis Simpson abdication thing. I could imagine that KGV and May might not be super enthused about a future Russian queen given, you know, the revolution and all that, but they might be willing to go for a second son and then WHOOPS we get Queen Olga/Tatiana/whoever anyway when David abdicates. If we want to avoid a Russian queen, Anastasia could marry Henry or George. Anastasia might find Henry kind of boring, though, and George might be TOO exciting for sheltered OTMA given some of his escapades in the 1920s. 

I know I said I didn't think Dickie/Mashka would happen, but in THIS scenario, with them in England, I'd say the chances are somewhat improved. Especially if--and I don't know what your plans are here--Nicholas and Alexandra have been killed in the revolution. I'd imagine in that scenario Aunt Victoria and Uncle Louis would be their guardians and they aren’t Orthodox and wouldn’t have the first cousin hang up. Whether Maria herself would have a problem with the first cousin rule I don't know, but if Dickie could really sweep her off her feet, her romantic streak might overrule it. And obviously the unequal marriage thing is no longer really a concern, either.

Otherwise I’d browse wikipedia for Dukes and Earls. It wouldn’t have the potential political messiness of a Romanov marrying into the British Royal Family, but these other aristocratic families would probably love to brag about having a grand duchess (former or otherwise) as a daughter-in-law. Or you could use England as a base to introduce them to other royals. Olav of Norway is a little young (born 1903), but his mother Maud was a British princess. The Danish princes Frederik (1899) and Knud (1900) are also options. Also George II (1890), Paul (1901) and Christopher (1888) of Greece. 

Also maybe look up Russian nobles living in exile in England? Xenia’s sons all married Russian nobles in exile, I could imagine OTMA ending up with something like that too. For example, Nina Georgievna married Prince Paul Chavchavadze (1899) in London; OTMA could have met him or someone similar in England, too. 

#otmaa marriages #alternate histories

[thelonewolf48]

MSHD Episode 4 Season 3

As always, spoilers ahead!

I need to continue watching cuz dad isn't gonna watch anytime soon and I really don't want to get spoiled... more than I already have. So, let's watch!

This time I'm not watching with the English subs because I do want to make separated posts about the subs... But if you want me to check them or any particular dialogue, just let me now!

This will be my live reaction and not a rewatch! So, let's go!

Let me see if I understood correctly... After 3 episodes and probably like a week or maybe 2 weeks? A month? Both of them are already thinking of what to say to each other's families because oops, you know what? I'm not gay/into this woman? Excuse me. What?

And I see where they are going now! Not even a minute into the episode and they will have to keep pretending to be a couple or they will lose their LGBTQ+ investors... I'm.... Not even a full minute and I'm rolling my eyes...

WOW! For a hot second I forgot when Cynthia and Pablo got together! Then I remembered they're business partners with benefits....

They're not dating but they get possessive and jealous...

Ana and Mariana make a quite long(? I guess? Because I don't know how long it takes to reach there) travel by car and they don't use the air-con? RIGHT... RIGHT... But then, in the next wide-shot they windows are up... I see you editing errors, I see you! LOL

WE GOT LIKE ONE MINUTE OF THE MAIN PROTAGONISTS WTF!

Also, I feel a little bad for Victor... Like poor him, trying to make his father proud and just getting scolded by him. I feel you man, I feel you... And then he will fight with Tere, I'm seeing the future!

I still don't understand what's going on with Juan Carlos. Can someone explain me? I'm- I know maybe they doing this as a joke and so we can laugh at him a little but, it's not funny and we could cut it out and still would make sense

I feel absolutely disturbed with whatever it's going on that therapy? thing... WHY DO THEY HAVE TO DO THAT TO HIM? Is it meant to make him feel better? I would walk out deeply offended. Therapy or not, they shouldn't do that to him.

Disturbing and cheap writing and it's not even funny.

The gaslight Victor suffers, it's one very familiar. Is it a Mexican thing though?

And no, it's not a sign... and a relationship shouldn't start that way. Writers want to sell me that JC finds love after this whatever weird ass thing happened and that woman likes him because he cried?

The room that the lady gave our girls gives me war flashbacks to when my family and I used to go pass some days with relatives in quiet and really small town. We used to rent some house that was small, like it only had one room that acted as a living, dinning, bedroom, and kitchen and another that was a VERY small bathroom

Something like that, Mexican people might know around where I live now because of this lol But anyway, later on my relatives added more rooms to their house and eventually always stayed in a room very similar the lady gave them! (I miss those days)

Anyway... Don't tell me they have sex while drunk...PLEASE DON'T TELL ME... UGGHHHHH

I mean, I'm surprised Victor and Tere are the only adults these season... They communicate, they understand, they talk, they try to deal with stuff even when it's not easy.

Kudos to them!

"I like who you are. Well, what I'm getting to know about you" says that woman which name slips my mind to Juan Carlos... Errr, excuse me, you don't know him. He could be really bad for you! Never believe it! Run, JC, run! LOL

Drunk Ana is cute though.

She wants to write a romance novel, about her and Mariana. And she says it while looking at Mariana THAT way

AND THEY KISSED!!!!!!!!!LASKJDHFSJHDFJSDHFDS

AND THEY

I mean, once my sapphic/shipper heart recovered... I want to say this episode is just BAD. The only thing I can save from it is Victor and Tere. Cynthia and Pablo are just a mess too. JC jumps from woman to woman (like a person I know) while not finishing to process the break up and his failed marriage. Gives me the impression he just doesn't know how to be alone and love himself, he has to have someone to show him some love so he can move on.

And, fine! I love that my ship moved forward and kissed but I HATE THAT THEY HAD TO BE DRUNK AND AWKWARD THE DAY AFTER. If from here things changed, a little awkward but still moving towards love, fine... but if they throw me Ferran again and they go separate ways Imma flip.

#mshd spoilers #dfam #madre sólo hay dos #daughter from another mother #spoilers #Episode 4 #I'm not surprised but still disappointed #And if you find typos ignore them