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pocket-archer · 4 months

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Don’t Tap the Glass AU - notes & timeline

I'll be writing a journal entry style fic for DTTG and posting occasional comics so this is technically spoilers but posting anyway since it's been a long time coming. Feel free to read if you like 👍

internal conflict within the Shimada castle leading to the deaths of two brothers and the clan disappearing

some time after (years?) the brothers are reborn as an oni (self-inflicted curse) and minor god (revered as a tragic victim)

centuries later, Cassidy in his early hunting days is attacked by a lycan (deadlock) and to prevent the curse, dismembered his own arm (infected area)

blood loss and shock from doing this nearly kills him but one of Death’s workers (Nevermore!Reaper) notices how stubbornly he’s clinging to life and makes a deal with him (blackwatch)

Cassidy becomes an Undead, able to maintain his human form unless weak or when it’s time to do his part of the deal on the anniversary of his “death”

his deal grants him the ‘deadeye’, able to see who is marked for death and he has to bring them to the Reaper to keep extending his life

he later acquires the new arm for channelling the magic he lost when Turning, help with reaping, and is heavily enchanted to react to non-humans with a burning touch

Cassidy heavily relies on weapons more than his magic because it's not as strong as it used to be and more akin to practical effects or smaller attacks like smoke, stuns, small explosions (ei. wind effect during deadeye, flashbang/magnet grenade, etc) and feels draining to use at the same time as keeping his human appearance

Cassidy finds a way to stay away from innocents whenever the anniversary comes around, feeling more justified in his reaping if he’s taking out those who deserve it. Refusing to reap will end their deal and the Reaper will finally take Cassidy himself

at some point, Cassidy meets Genji Shimada, a traveller who he suspects is also not human, but Genji never brings it up

Cassidy is hired by a “priest” (Zenyatta) to capture the oni lurking within the abandoned Shimada castle, frightening the citizens of Hanamura

The priest warns of a horrible fate if the oni is left alone

Genji vouches for the Priest, and explains some of Hanamura’s legends to Cassidy, who figures Genji must’ve fled from there from the association with Shimada castle, or displaced when his ancestor’s clan fell apart.

bounty money was good too

Cassidy travels to Hanamura to hunt the oni, who he is able to find because the oni is peculiarly marked for death

He wonders if that means the priest will be killing the oni himself after the delivery

Cassidy wins the fight because being Undead has its perks (still hurts tho) and the Oni fought very distractedly (lack of tactic/sense)

He seals the Oni in a lantern that is covered in a variety of seals as oni are not something he hunted before, and he rarely takes jobs involving escorting a live target, so better safe than sorry. He made the seals himself

The oni in its sealed form is surprisingly chattier and snarky, as it didn’t talk during the fight. The two butt heads and bicker throughout the journey. At this point, Cassidy doesn’t consider the oni to really be a person with the rumours that this oni was born out of the tragedies in Shimada castle alone

funnee hijinks of avoiding other monsters or hunters

Vampire hunter!Brigitte encounter

Banshee!Moira encounter

The more human the oni spoke and acted, the more Cassidy questioned what it really was

The amount of detours and unexpected delays of journeying with a live target threw off Cassidy’s predicted drop-off time. The energy on maintaining the multiple seals is draining.

Both Cassidy and oni become more irritable and tired, and argue until Cassidy decides to stop talking to the oni and focus on the job

His Undeath anniversary is soon and the only person around for Cassidy to reap would be his own target

Cassidy detours again to a town to find suitable souls to reap

Oni has become significantly quieter and falling asleep more often. Getting weaker.

The Oni shares that he finally figured out what Cassidy was, through the different magic signatures that carried into the seals. He knows that Cassidy is Undead, and that it is ironic that they’re both cursed. He falls asleep once more, as Cassidy realized that the oni was also once a human.

Encounter with a disguised witch (Mercy) who took notice of his charge, tries to cast an enchantment on Cassidy to hand over the weakened oni for herself

Cassidy catches her act, burning her hand in a handshake

Village is revealed to be false, all the people in it are puppet illusions by the witch. (looks like ragdoll!echos) Cassidy cannot reap.

Time runs out, the Reaper comes for Cassidy

Oni wakes up during the confrontation, overhearing the argument, Cassidy being offered an extension if he reaps the oni whose time was long due, just like him, and overhears that Cassidy has decided not to hand off the oni to anyone

Cassidy doesn’t want to do the Reaper’s dirty work anymore,

they fight

the lantern shatters, releasing the oni

the two of them together fight until the Reaper retreats, vowing to return even before the next deadline

now freed, Cassidy offers for the oni to attack him back, in revenge for being sealed

the oni refuses, they talk instead

Cassidy finally learns that the oni’s name is Hanzo

Hanzo asks more about Cassidy's deal with the Reaper, about Deadeye, and he figured he was marked for death. He asks if he's still marked, Cassidy reluctantly admits that he is, but it's been wavering.

they decide to continue to travel together

Cassidy laments that he will not receive the bounty for turning Hanzo in. Hanzo mentions that there was abandoned wealth back at the Shimada castle. They go back for it as their first destination together.

Cassidy sent a letter back to Genji for the Priest. He will not be completing the hunt.

The Priest shakes his head at this, amused, but strangely optimistic about this development. Genji leaves to search for them instead.

Cassidy learns that Hanzo does not remember everything from when he was human. He remembers his name, yes he always had this tattoo, his family was of summoners, he did something to have been cursed to become this. He thinks he cursed himself in his final moments. He doesn’t remember what his familiars were, nor anyone in his clan

Cassidy mentions Genji as the one who told him about Hanamura’s legends, and that Genji might be one of Hanzo’s technical descendants since they share a last name. Hanzo doesn’t recognize the name Genji.

Hanzo learns that Cassidy enchanted one of his bag’s pockets for hammerspace. Cassidy uses this for multiple hats. Hanzo hates that.

Werewolf!Winston encounter. They fight until Winston turns back. They thought he would’ve turned back into a human. He didn’t.

Hanzo eventually remembers what he looked like as a human, for a supply run into town where he needed to be disguised like Cassidy

Same town has Einherjar!Zarya who is also a hunter, not an active one, but protects that town. She keeps squinting at them.

Anytime time they try to mention/question about Winston's.. condition (gorilla), something interrupts them

the witch returns, having captured the Reaper (Jack-o-Lantern!Reaper) as a servant after being denied the oni

Cassidy makes a new deal with the Reaper, that he will forget about Cassidy and Hanzo’s souls in exchange for being broken out

[more time for adventures here]

Will-o-wisp!Tracer and Satyr!Lucio “help” them through a forest

catch a ride on a ship with pirate!Torbjorn, warning from pirate!Baptiste about monsters in the water, (unseen, pirate!Ana in background talking w Genji)

Siren!Symmetra encounter

here comes the giant fist (swamp monster!doomfist)

Ana is there after they arrive, makes fun of them for getting attacked by the swamp monster

There’s a circus! (roadhog, junkrat, soldier)

Genji finally finds them. Hanzo remembers. He does not take it well.

Hanzo's death marker revealed to be referring to his humanity and identity, as being in isolation as an oni he would've eventually lost himself. Suddenly remembering what he did and being overcome with the emotions drives him out of control

Genji and Hanzo fight (reference to dragons animated short except big oni attacks), and meanwhile Cassidy recreates his seals to suppress the frenzy to help Genji's words reach Hanzo

probably some crying but 👍

Other notes/encounters

Widowmaker is a monster hunter

Sombra is another monster hunter (knows Cassidy’s secret)

Kiriko (Matsuri?) is still a shrine maiden, or helps care for it, specifically the shrine Genji is connected to. They hang out :)

Ramattra is a necromancer that puts souls in dolls and bots (haunted doll!Ashe, victorian doll!Echo, gearbot!Bastion? what a weird family...) (this means ashe technically appears twice but it's possible because the lycan attack was years ago and she could've died since then and doll!ashe isn't the same

Enchanted armour Pharah and Reinhardt if they appear

No one ever sees Zenyatta's face under the cloth, and Genji only ever describes it vaguely

Junkenstein's Revenge and Wrath of the Bride could still happen to a degree but very different dialogue/origins for the four heroes

Cassidy can't see death markers through glass so he couldn't see Hanzo's having changed during travels because of the lantern

Cassidy can safely lose and reattach limbs as an undead but can't heal/regenerate too much lost mass on his own. He cannot have his head or heart pierced, that could still kill him

Hanzo has to physically eat as well for strength so part of him getting weak over time was seals, the other was cuz he was starving. He could eat people technically, but tries to stick to animals, and magic-adjacent stuff is more filling (he got a couple birds from the fight with Reaper)

Genji's abilities as a deity are wind and weather based (swift strike no cooldowns) and he can still summon his dragon familiar from before. He still uses weapons unlike Hanzo who is more melee now as an oni (though has storm related effects like lightning)

They probably stop by the town that had Zarya and Winston every once in a while because it's actually a chill town once they get to know you

#dont tap the glass #dttg #overwatch #overwatch au #hanzo shimada #cole cassidy #yeehan #mchanzo #long post under cut

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howlsnteeth · 2 months

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hi, just wanted you to know that if you ever wanted to like. interest-dump about cotl and your thoughts about the lore/storyline and stuff as ive seen you show in your art, id read PARAGRAPHS. im so curious and love to hear about people's interest in game/story/media lore and the interpersonal relationships within the universe!!! - from an autistic system who has loved your art since like. forever. (u can call us moss)

okay hi moss :3

i'm kind of due for an infodump on my cotl headcanons, so! i'll try be somewhat concise because this is going to be a long post anyway rip. i drew some pictures :D

(i can't really think of any warnings to give outside of usual cotl themes/killed race/dying/blood/etc but let me know)

obviously watching the destruction of your entire race is traumatic as fuck, also because it likely took a few weeks or months to achieve. so they died pretty underweight/weak bodied/pretty shut down. the bishops are gone by the time lamb is revived by toww, and their body hadn't quite made it to a 'body pit' (or food pit). still, they get Their Bell from another of their race on the way out. probably weren't thinking about it too hard and just desperately wanted to grab something while their eyes burned in their sockets and this red crown fit like molded clay in their hand. my lamb has a little notch out of their left ear which was caused while escaping, which ends up never healing because of a few reasons but mostly because i like it.

over the course of the game/story they start to slowly physically change. after revival it takes scars a Long time to fade, considering lamb is technically a walking corpse, and also because of their affiliation with Death (narinder, who has similar i'll mention later). they get dark marked lines under their eyes from that classic 'bleeding eyes' action during rituals/etc. their ears but especially horns get longer and sharper. their way of coping is similar to most lambs, jokes and pulled punches.

by the end of the 'main game/toww fight,' they've already made their choice, and start flexing their control/communication with the red crown itself. it gets harder for toww to view through it, and lamb gets somewhat intoxicated with the idea of an ultimate revenge, having killed all the other bishops. they've done everything they can to stop their cult members noticing signs of weakness, but as things get more stressful this kind of rubberbands around to them seeming extremely unstable. by the time they go to fight toww they're muttering nonstop, barely aware, and also they let their wool get longer and basically end up with a mullet. <3 because it's funny to me

they obviously beat toww and for them it's like a smashing of clarity, like a gripped handle let go, standing up from the river of blood. it's freeing but also the most pain they've ever been in. and instead of killing toww this pit in their stomach spares him. lamb went from a corpse to a god and now, in some sick way, they want to watch a god turn into a living corpse, just like them. because with every other sheep dead, narinder is the only one with a connection to that genocide, the cause of the other bishops doing it.

narinder hates their fucking guts. obvs. he thinks, or knows, that lamb is doing it on purpose. but narinder's body hasn't been normal for far, far too long. even before he was made death (as in artworks i've done with him), his body turned skeletal and rotted away. lacerations open all over his body, but especially down his front torso. when he's first brought to the cult, lamb gives him red robes, also because of this 'problem'. but narinder does every single thing he can against them. he gets white robes and lets them turn bloodied and disturbing to everyone around him.

even washing them stops working, and lamb does resign slightly to letting him sit in his dirty stupid robes. it's the pettiest shit. narinder also keeps his veil, and lamb can't bother with a reason to take it away. let that dumbass keep his yuck robes and veil. you can only stick him the stockade for a week before your other followers get too concerned.

over time, they do end up getting closer, but it comes from a place from both being touched and changed by Death, the red crown, and the choices of the other bishops. it takes a really long time and only after all the other bishops have been recruited (another whole thing). both of them catch themselves enjoying little things, and then having moments of all the pain bleeding through. an example is over time narinder does end up wearing darker robes, but it's fairly gradual. in this piece, it's lamb getting too deep in the countless lives that were taken from their race, triggered by blood (a whole little story thing), and narinder does make the (semi subconscious) choice to wear dark robes.

anyway you're probably looking at that giant shadow in the picture huh. it takes a long time but lamb Does end up truly becoming a bishop.

not 100% done with this design, but it has the basics. their main horns end up breaking off (thinking of a story behind that still). the main thing with them that i really like is they have multiple strings of bells on them. so everyone starts associating the sound of ringing bells as Death. so if you hear them, they're coming for you. that being said, they also have the ability to move completely silently, despite being covered in bells. which adds to the scaring-the-fuck-out-of-everyone factor.

there's a ton more i could get into with the other bishops, ratau, the duck siblings, the crowns themselves, more aym and baal, but i'm probably gonna do more artworks with them so i can talk more then :3 this is already too long lmao

thanks for the ask though!! it's nice knowing people are interested in my stuff :D (it's also worth mentioning that i am also a system and have alters of lamb, narinder, and aym and baal, who all contribute to this stuff)

#barks #cotl #cult of the lamb #long post under cut

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bionicle-ramblings · 6 months

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... I apologize in advance, but also regret nothing

This has been on my for a VERY long time and now I'm getting it out

Bionicle characters as cats!

More specifically if you owned these cat!Bionicle characters

This post is going to be SUPER long under the cut

Hope you enjoy!

Nuju: Used to be an outdoor cat before finding the paradise that was the indoors. Took a while to get him inside, and there’s no way in hell he's leaving, and you wouldn't get rid of him for the world. Nuju still enjoys laying against cold windows and drinking cold water from your cup or dipping his paw in it, even likes laying on ice packs when they're still frozen. He doesn't like being pet that much, will claw you if you go near him, and gets mean and nasty when someone tries to pick him up or hold him, and that sometimes includes you. He enjoys being on places that are hard for people to reach, and those places are the best to JUDGE on, because he'll either disapprove of something you're doing or about to do or he'll disapprove of the company you invited over; you ruined the perfect silence of his home. Regardless, he loves you, though he shows it through laying on you, rubbing against you, playing, all that jazz. You still let him go outside, but you're always with him, and you make sure you got out when the night sky is clear because Nuju meows and purrs SO MUCH when he sees the stars. He likes watching the snow fall too, and you sometimes take him outside so he can play in the snow. He's got a clear and pronounced meow, and you swear he knows what will make you tick because he's yelled at you until you brought snow in or brought out a tray of ice or an icepack for him to lay on. He likes to move things around too, so that's fun to keep watch for, especially when he sees you're drinking coffee. In terms of breed, he's like a white haired persian, and you make sure he's looking his best, even if he yells at you for it(though he does like it). Some of your friends and family wish you'd gotten a cat that was friendlier while others think he's a riot because of the resting bitch face he has and seeing him in the snow or laying on a tray of ice is adorable. If they push his buttons or pet him when he doesn't want to be, he will move their cups or plates or even cutlery or even phones when they aren't looking so they're on alert and confused. He wears a collar like the boss he is and you made sure it had star or snowflake patterns on it just for him

Matau: Has been through a fair number of homes before ending up with you. He's a cat with hardly any chill; you wake up to a cat racing up to you every morning before darting away, maybe even vaulting off the walls and door. He also likes playing and will climb up on you until you can hold him or until he reaches your shoulders. You've gotten him toys for enrichment, but he goes to entertain himself by playing with and showing off for you first. You've asked if the amount of activity he has is normal, but the vets assume it's just hyperactivity and maybe super zoomies, which you assume makes sense because he's a tabby. He's got fur that's more green than the usual tabby golden organge, but he's still a tabby. The vets explained that's from a previous home and while he's healthy, the dye used still needs to wash/grow out. Matau calms down when you're chilling. You need to help him relax, like help him sit and lay down, but you get him calm with some scratches and just telling him he's a good boy. He's also a peacock in cat form; he likes to strut and show off his body and legs. Owning Matau, you learn that he can bark, chirp(like a bird), squeak, croak, caw, and make all sorts of sounds no cat should be able to make. You once heard him imitate your ringtone and have had your phone on vibrate since. He learned to imitate that as well. Whatever you do, Matau is with you doing it, and that includes making meals, even when you've had to cook stuff. You've tried everything and he will not stay off the counters. You've also started bringing a cat carrier where you go and leaving the heating or cooling on in your car because Matau wants to be with you 24/7. You two love being outside, but Matau ends up being the reason you have too many friends. Some people think he needs some chill pills, but they change their minds when they see him calm down and even perform by barking and making all his "not a cat" sounds. Some people find him endearing, even when he's shoulder surfing. You've tried and failed many times to give him a collar, but he knows you two are going out whenever he sees the harness you got just for him

Nokama: For a while, she was the bookstore/library/campus class cat that stuck around for lectures or for reading, which you swear you've seen her do because you watched her paw at someone to turn to a certain page in a book and nuzzle them before sitting down and slowly read the page. Eventually, you ended up both feeding her and helping her read books enough that she followed you home. Even since, you've had the BEST study/school mate ever. Nokama will paw at your pen or pencil when you've got the answer wrong, will help you stay awake to study just a little longer before reminding you to go to bed, and will be resting on your shoulder as you read or do homework or study. Leisurely reading is especially fun because when you reach the plot twist, you two are both shocked. You also swear that Nokama can understand EVERYTHING you say. You've vented about your day and find Nokama at your heels and looking up at you, like she's listening. Your peers, friends, and family find it doubtful, but you just know that you're right, having tested it by saying something outrageous to the point Nokama stared at you and began stalking toward you, and then avoided going near you when you revealed it to be a lie and to have gotten proof that you were right. Not a very outdoorsy cat. She'll watch the world from outside the window and go from your house to the library to the bookstore to class and back, but that's it. That's all she wants to do with the outdoors. She's not a very "nighttime" cat either, as she'll rest with you and fall asleep close by. She's not a loud cat at all. When she meows, it's gentle and you hear it whenever you two "talk." You also hear it whenever you're bathing or showering or when she's asking to have a bath because Nokama likes water and is possibly the cleanest cat in the world because of her love for water. She is the cat everyone wishes they had, being a quiet, mellow, smart, Russian Blue, but they also retract that when they realize you were right when you said Nokama knows and understands what people say because, when talking amongst each other or on the phone, they see her watching them a bit longer than they think she should and had the literal HELL scared out of them when they asked her a question AND SHE NODDED AT THEM. You wanted to get her a little bowtie collar, but Nokama picked a simpler collar for herself and who are you to deny your friend her choice?

Onewa: For a while, he was a cat that a lot of people avoided because whenever they tried to get close, he'd back away and his at them. He even hissed at you when he saw you, but you learned his previous owner died and your heart won you over, so you went home that day with a very angry, very hissy cat that you had to tell to calm down a few times as you set up the room he was staying in and let him adjust to his new home. For a while, you two left each other alone; he stayed out of your way, you stayed out of his. As a hobby, you carve stuff and often set pieces of cut off wood down on the floor to deal with later. You found Onewa scratching one of the pieces and started to give him his own aid to carve up. While you two aren't exactly ride or die best friends, you're close enough that he'll greet you when you come home, let you pet him, and lay on or by you for a while, or until you have to move. He'll only go outside to join you in carving, but that's it. He's also slow to warm up to you and keeps an eye on you because he's nervous to lose you too. Onwea's also good at getting what he wants. You've seen him sitting by his food bowl, the door to the patio or mini balcony you carve on, or anywhere else, and you've gotten lost in his eyes. It's easy to because he's a Siamese and they have STUNNING eyes, but you're putty when Onewa wants something and he knows it. He also "laughs" at you whenever you stub your toe or have you get something you put down somewhere on accident. You get him back when you catch him staring at your carving or watching something sappy that you threw on because you felt nostalgic and lightly pick on him for it. He doesn't get you back in any drastic ways, just ignores you and hisses at you, but you two make up and are back to being friends later. NO ONE really wants to be near him, but that's fine because Onewa doesn't want to near them either. Just you. Anyone who's tried to pet him, despite your warnings, has gotten scratches as a lasting reminder. No bites, just scratches, and they'll have to get through YOU if they want to give Onewa back to the shelter. You could not get a collar on him to save your life; he's taken that as a challenge and that's a fight you're not willing to fight

Whenua: A friend gave him to you because they couldn't take care of him. Whenua minded a bit because you and your home were new to him, but he soon got used to living with you, and you got used to him leaving through the window and returning with something he found like a pretty leaf or flower or, what takes him A WHILE to come home for, war medals, vintage coins, anything old or vintage that he's so proud of finding, and you're proud of all his finds, as long as he doesn't bring any animals home, dead or alive. There was an instance where a mouse got in and he wouldn't let it go or leave you alone until you told him what it was. That's fine because he is eager to hear more about what he found because you easy access to the information(don't you just love the internet?). Whenua likes chilling with you when he's not seeking information or things from the outside to find. He's usually hanging out on your shoulders, napping on your lap or on your stomach, or chilling in your arms. You've always known cats can see in the dark, but Whenua takes that fact and runs, because during a power outage, he found the flashlight, candles, and batteries for the flashlight than you did. You asked your friend about it and they admitted it isn't a trick they taught him, he just knows how to find stuff and won't leave you alone until you tell him what he found, and you know he found something when he meows. It's a very low, very easy to hear sound that gets your attention every time. When your friend was able to take care of Whenua again and asked him if he wanted to go with them("He's a lot smarter than people think he is," they said.), Whenua looked lost for a moment before rubbing against your friend and then hopping onto your shoulders. It was at that moment where you both realized that Whenua had found his home and it was better to not move him again, your friend promising to visit as much as possible. You two got him a collar together, one that looked cool and that Whenua brought to you both to learn more about because it was one of those flea collars so he's a little more safe when he's venturing and looking for stuff

Vakama: Was a rescue from a house fire, but has since recovered and will enjoy the warmth of a fireplace, bonfire, a heating pad, and even a blanket in your home. Better yet, he'll find you lounging and, after a bit of letting him know he can join you, lay on or beside you. If you're taking a bath or shower, expect to find Vakama laying either right by the door or laying near your towel. It actually took a little while for you too to get close because, at first, he only stayed in the room you made for him so he could adjust, hiding himself in the corner or taking shelter in the holder he was brought home in. He warmed up to you once he knew you weren't a threat. You've never seen a cat panting in real life until you've had Vakama, and you see in numerous times because he gets nervous a little too easily for a cat, i.e. when you're cooking, when you go to the bathroom or shower and close the door, leave for work or school, when it's time to eat, when you're sitting for too long, when you're standing too long, when you go outside, when you take him outside with you, it's all at the drop of a hat. You've tried giving him medication to calm him down, but he'd rather snuggle up to you instead. For the longest time, you thought he was unable to meow, thinking it was permanent damage due to the fire, but while drawing or sculpting at the table, on the couch, or wherever, you heard an odd, polite little meow-honk and saw Vakama quickly join your side, honking away until he saw what you were doing. After he tried pawing at it, you got him his own little sketchbook, some pet-safe ink pads, and pet-safe, air dry clay so he could join while you create. You think Vakama can see the future and turn invisible sometimes, mainly because he's a little too good at hiding and you thought you actually lost him the first time he "disappeared." You didn't; you found him in the kitchen, looking for you. You say he can see the future because he saved you from getting boiling water all over you by sitting on the table and staring at you until you picked him up off of it. He's a fairly pretty Burmese cat, with red-auburn furr and the greenest eyes on a cat ever. His furr always feels weird, though, but the vets explained it to be because of the fire. Your friends and family either love him or hate him. On one hand, the perpetual hiding, poor meowing, and the need to ALWAYS be by you is a little annoying, but seeing a cat that loves you so much that he sleeps in your coat or jacket is adorable and he's saved your life a good handful of times in the past. There was an instance where younger relatives scared the living Heaven and Hell out of him and he didn't make any kind of appearance. You heard him meowing and found him in the dryer, which you swear you closed, while he GLARED at you. He didn't stay mad when you relaxed with a heating pad nearby and ultimately took a nap. You put a collar on him once, one with a bell, and he hid from you for a whole day or two before you lured him out and took off the collar so you two wouldn't be upset ay each other. He honkedat you so the collar could be put back on, but you had to take the bell off first, and Vakama hid it from ypu after you did. You know you will NEVER find that bell again because Vakama knows ALL the best hiding spots

Takua: One half of a bonded pair. He's a little guy, but he's an old breed of cat, one that turns heads and make people ask if you're actually going to adopt him because they can care for him instead. You carry pepper spray of you when you adopt Takua and the cat he's bonded with. He's an adventurous little one, always eager to see what's new, and that includes your hime because he slipped out of the carrier he was in and immediately started looking around. He wasn’t too upset when you had to have him stay in the same room as his friend so he could adjust, but when he's out for reals and exploring, he always gives you this look of, "Don't lock me in that room again." It's not a matter of him disappearing on you, you just find him in the weirdest places like in an empty sink, in your shoe, on the cabinets, the underbelly or your table, your laundry basket, the pantry, all sorts of places. You always find him because he's got a very chirpy meow and he meows enough that you teach him to "whisper" because neighbors started getting mad at you. You SOMETIMES take Takua outside, but you have to hold onto him so he doesn't go anywhere. He's never run away or anything, but you don't want to risk it. He's good at finding things around your home, too. Hair ties, Bobby pins, spare change, snacks, you name it. He also likes chilling on your shoulder and even on your head. Whatever you're doing, he wants to do, so he's got a mini "laptop," there's a bowl you have for him to chill in while you cook, you've got little books for him to "read," just a BUNCH of little things so he doesn't feel left out. Your friends and family love and adore him, even if his high energy and tendency to wander gets to them sometimes. He wears a collar with a bell, and you somewhat regret it because now he RUNS into the room and rolls around as much as possible to eother get the bell for himself or to make as much noise as possible

Jaller: The other half of the banded pair. He's also a little guy, but you've been scratched and bitten by him before. He didn't trust you that much, but be started to when he saw you weren't going to do anything to him or Takua. He's always trailing near Takua, making sure nothing happens to him. You tried getting him some mini stuff so he didn't feel left out, but you found that getting him little cozy thungs to lay or sit on works better. He's very easy to make purr and he'll curl up on you, but you need to help him relax because he's always on guard. Spiders, flies and bugs don't come into your home anymore because Jaller hunts them down. He even alerted you when someone nearly stole a package you had. You rarely hear him meow, but when he does, it doesn't sound like meowing. It sounds like a shout instead, which is especially fun to hear when he's looking for Takua with you. He likes warm things too, much more than Takua, so heating pads and warm blankets are a must. He looks after you to the point where he might as well be a guard cat. You sometimes see Jaller pulling Takua around by his scruff, but no longer intervene because he growled at you when you accidentally made him let go and Takua ran to climb the curtains. You're not fully sure what breed of cat Jaller is, as in certain loght his fur can look either gold or red. He's too calm to be a tabby, so your options are limited. Also limited is his patience with any visitors you have over because they distract him while he's "working." They think he's an adorable little grouch, but they never see when Jaller is about to swat at them for saying that. Jaller does wear a collar, but it doesn't have a bell.

Nixie: Another little cat and a one that followed you home, this time from a night walk. You'd never seen her before, but you know she's seen you because she's a little too friendly, like she knows you will adopt her. She's a fairly chill cat, oddly enough. She just stares at you a lot. Nixie didn't let you pet her at first, but soon she did. You have a few astrology books, and she doesn't leave you alone until you take them out and lay them out for her. You didn't know cats could read, but you learned they did when you saw Nixie reading your books. And staring at the astrology poster on your wall. You have had your day saved by Nixie, whether that be when she more or less revealed someone you were meeting was someone to not associate with, when she let you know the smoke detector was broken, when she knocked a cup of tea over because there was something in the tea you were allergic to, and more. She more or less wanders around your home, only knocking books to the floor so she can read them. Doesn'tmind you picking her up, but she likes to lay on you and rest on your shoulder or lap. Your friends do not believe you when you tell them all the things Nixie does. Your family does, though, because you stayed over once with Nixie, had a family vacation, and many family members swear they found Nixie trying to pull the books from the shelf before she opened them up and started reading them on the floor. Nixie also woke you up early the next morning to get breakfast because she, somehow, knew who was cooking and what they were making. And knew the roads were bad from a storm and hid everyone keys long enough for them to learn of the damage. She's a Russian Blue, like Nokama, but she has a very whispery meow, one people hear when she gets close enough to them. Enjoys a good bath too, but she's a menace in that she'll try joining you in the tub or just lay on the side of the tub and dip her paws in the water. She REFUSES to wear a collar, having lay on her side and not moved for hours when you put one on her. You did take it off, but Nixie hid the collar so you wouldn't try again. She still loves you and still vibes with you, but you know she hasn't dropped the collar

#bionicle #ramblings #headcanons #cat post #nuju #nokama #matau #onewa #whenua #vakama #takua #jaller #nixie #super long post #long post under cut #i had this on my head for a while

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hula-zombie · 1 year

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→ Arriving May 2023 🍼

Surprise or maybe not so surprise? I have kind of posted before, but I've been vague. Big life changes coming for 2023!

What a roller coaster. I didn't meant to go absent again, but life has been putting me through my paces.

2022 was an okay year, but there were losses. Which has made this whole process just a little more stressful. I'm happy to say now, I'm expecting! Baby has made it to the anatomy scan, and they are looking like a healthy little baby. I'm beyond excited and nervous as Spring approaches, but I'm also very ready for this next chapter. If everything keeps on track, I'll be having a little girl come the end of May.

In other news, I went for a new job? And I got it? So I'm movin' on up and start that tomorrow. 2022 ended on a really great note, and I am so ready to see what 2023 brings.

I'm wish I was doing more sims stuff, I wouldn't be lying if I said I don't think about my sims, my old stories, or just playing the dang game often- but I really just have no interest into the new infant patch.. so I'm waiting.

I hope to stick around and be active, to whatever capacity that is- but I have a feeling that once the baby arrives, this chapter for me may be closed, at least for a bit.

Thank you to everyone that's been kind to me here and supported me, talked to me, interacted with me- it's meant so much and has made my simblr experience fun.

If you can, good vibes/thoughts/prayers are greatly appreciated. This is something I've wanted for a long time and honestly wasn't sure would happen. 🤞 I made it to May. I'm about halfway there.

💜

#Surprise #kind of?#pregnancy tw #new year check-in #I wanted to share more earlier #but I was being cautious #still am #but things feel good now #anyway #hope everyone is doing well!#happy new year!#long post under cut #just ramblings

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ghoooooooooooooooost · 7 months

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sorry for filling the tags + my blog w this stuff. the whole thing is just so upsetting to me; n since i was known as a projmoon artist for a long while i wanted to talk abt it

even w the apology i don't see myself picking the series back up

i had an angrier version of this post in my drafts since yesterday that was was planning to wait until october to post. i wrote it without foreseeing the apology today so my mood is different but i still stand by some of what i said so here's those points:

"i'm never drawing any projmoon characters or touching limbus company or playing/reading anything they release from now on (NOTE: this doesn't include the commissions i'm still working on)

what's certain is that this was all handled in the worst way possible n completely soured my interest in a series that meant a lot to me. the criticisms you can say abt the pm user association doesn't erase how the other artists were crunched, how one of the english translators wasn't protected, how vague n confusing pm has been, or how pm needs to do better

or hell. even just how broken limbus is as a game for those who only care abt that. this thing should've never been a gacha

i have my pm art archived on itchio. don't complain to me abt my fanart being unrebloggable n don't reupload things i deleted; they have been archived for free"

#text post #long post under cut #tired...#well w this i'll go back to being annoying abt other things

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[image id: tweet from Michael Hobbes @ RottenInDenmark. Thread: I’ve noticed a weird reluctance on the part of liberal jounralists to assess the evidence in teh Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial. The right has spent weeks screaming “she’s lying!” and so far, the left has responded with “it’s complicated!” It’s not. Let’s take a look.]

Long post! But includes all the evidence Heard is using to back up her claim. Here’s the link to the thread on twitter if you’d rather read it there!

[alt image id continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: I want to zoom in on one of the incidents Heard alleges and the kind of evidence she’s using to back up her claim. On may 21, 2016, Depp confronted Heard with the allegation that she had pooped in their marital bed to get back at him for their previous fight.

tweet contains an image of court documents. 482. Ms. Heard says her 1st witness statement that she had not seen Mr Depp since her birthday dinner on 21st April 2016. He wanted to come and collect some of his things. His mother had died on 20th May 2016. He had been understandably upset about this. Ms Heard said that she had been in touch with him about this. [Next portion is highlighted blue.] She said he arrived at about 7.15pm. She says she was alone in the apartment when he arrived drunk and high. Ms heard said that Mr Depp was angry about the feces being left on the bed. [End highlighted portion.] She says they called Kevin Murphy and she challenged Mr Murphy over his suggestion that Ms Heard had admitted doing it and saying that it was just a prank. Ms heard sent a series of texts to Kevin Murphy beginning at 8.02pm denying making any such admission.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: (Not that it matters here, but Depp’s accusation makes no sense. Their dog had popped in the bed before and Depp was staying in another of their homes at the time. Why would Amber shit in the bed to get back at him if he wasn’t even sleeping there?)]

[alt image id. image of court documents therefor, a singular ineffective means for Ms Heard or one of her friends to ‘get back’ at Mr Depp. [Next portion highlighted blue] Other evidence in the case showed that Boo (one of the two dogs) had an incomplete mastery of her bowels after she had accidentally consumes some marijuanna. [end highlight] Ms Heard gave evidence that Boo had in the past defecated on the bed and that she herself had cleaned it up rather than leave that task to Ms Vargas. on 29th October 2014, Ms Heard wrote in a text message to Kevin Murphy that (see file 7/3(b)/H27.7),

‘Last night she [Boo] shit on Johnny. While he was sleeping. Like all over him. Not exaggerating.’]

[alt image id. image of court documents. Mr Depp’s belief that Ms Heard or one of her friends was responsible for leaving the feces on the bed is relevant because (a) it led him to conclude that his marriage to Ms Heard could not continue and (b) it was the cause of part of the argument which subsequently took place on 21st May 2016. In my view, whether Ms Heard or one of her friends was in fact responsible is not important. It is remote from the central issue, namely whether MR Depp assaulted Ms Heard. It is not even of significant relevance to whether Ms Heard assaulted Mr Depp. [Next portion is highlighted.] For what it is worth, I consider that it is unlikely that Ms Heard or one of her friends is responsible. Mr Depp had left that night for his property in Sweetzer. As long as as hew as away, it was Ms Heard who was likely to suffer from the feces on the bed, not him. [End highlight.] It was, therefor, a singularly ineffective means for Ms Heard or one of her - screen cap cuts off here]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: But anyway, Depp thinks Heard’s friend iO Tillett Wright was respoinsible for the poop incidence and forces her to call him. Wright denies the accusation and Depp blows up. He throws the phone at Heard, hitting her in the face.

Tweet contains an image of a court document. 83. Ms Heard said in her statement that she became worried for her safety. She texted Ms Pennington and asked her to come over immediately. [Next portion is highlighted]. Ms Heard said that Mr Depp was alleging that iO Tillet Wright [’iotw’] was responsible for the feces. She phoned iotw and put him on speakerphone. iotw said that the allegation was ridiculous. Ms Heard said that Mr Depp became enraged, grabbed the phone, screamed insults at iotw, threw the phone to one side and went up to the upper level of the penthouse. She says he came back downstairs again, grabbed the phone again, and threw it at her (Ms Heard’s) face as hard as he could. She says the phone hit her on the right cheek and her eye.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: So what’s the evidence this happened as Heard describes? First photos. Heard’s friends documented her injuries shortly after the fight. Metadata confirms the date and time these were taken.

two pictures of amber heard are shown. first she is at a three quarter angle. she has no make up on. you can clearly see reddening on her right cheek, and a bruise to the side of her right eye. She is pale, looks like she’s gotten little sleep. her hair is pushed back over her ear. The second picture is amber straight on. The right side of her face is swollen. Her cheek has a red mar, her eye has bruising.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: Second, witness statements. Wright confirms Heard’s version of events, as do two of her friends who saw later stages of confrontation. Her sister and makeup artist saw bruises and chunks of her hair missing the next day.]

[alt image id: court document. 524. iO Tillett Wright said in his witness statement that he had been in New York on 21st May 2016 when he had a call from Ms Heard. She said that Mr Depp wanted to talk to her about a theory which he had. This was about the feces in the bed incident. Mr. Tillett Wright denied that he had anything to do with feces. He could hear banging noises in the background. He advised Ms Heard to leave the apartment. She said it was OK, Mr Depp had gone upstairs. She said he was collecting his things in order to go to Sweetzer. [Next portion highlighted] Mr Tillett Wright had said that he could hear Mr Depp’s voice, then Ms Heard yelped and she said that he had thrown the phone at her face. [End highlighted portion.] Mr Tillett Wright said that he was going to call the police. She said. ‘Do It’. He said he called 911. He contacted Ms Pennington and asked her to go to the apartment right away. He also called a friend of his who was in Los Angeles and asked her to call 911 so that there would be a local call for police assistance.]

[alt image id: court document. Ms Pennington said in her witness statement that she was aware that Mr Depp was intending to come over to meet Ms Heard on the evening of the 21st May 2016. Ms Pennington counseled against the meeting, but Ms Heard decided to go ahead and meet Mr Depp anway. She said she would check in regularly with Ms Pennington. At 8.06 pm Ms Pennington got a text from Ms Heard asking her to come to PH3 right away. A copy of that text is at file 7/1/H81. In any event, Mr Depp did not dispute this part of her evidence. [Next portion is highlighted blue] Ms Pennington said that from outside the apartment she could hear Mr Depp shouting loudly. There was no answer to her knock. When she let herself in to the apartment Mr Depp was in the kitchen, Ms Heard was seated on the sofa. They were about 12 feet apart. Ms Heard was yelling for help and said that Mr Depp had hit her with the phone. [End highlighted portion]. Mr Depp was swearing and saying that Ms Heard was a liar. Mr Depp swore at Ms Pennington. He moved towards Ms Heard. Ms Pennington stood between them. She put her hands up to restrain him. She says Mr Depp knocked her hands out of the way. She says that she sat next to Ms Heard on the sofa. Mr Depp came and stood over them yelling at Ms Heard to get up.]

[alt image id: court document. 516. Joshua Drew in his witness statement said that his fiance, Ms Pennington was apprehensive about Ms Heard meeting with mr Depp and when Ms Heard texted at 8.06pm asking Ms Pennington to come, Ms Pennington had bolted across to PH3 from their apartment. [Next portion highlighted] Mr Drew could hear Mr Depp shouting and swearing at his security guards to let him in. He was cursing at Mr Drew. [End highlighted portion.] He came into PH5. Liz Marz was also in their apartment. She went upstairs. Mr Drew said that Ms Heard was in a state when he located her and Ms Pennington. By that stage MR Depp had left PH5. Mr Drew dead-locked the door.]

[alt image id: court document. 528. [Highlighted in blue] Whitney Henriquez was not present on 21st May 2016 but in her witness statement she said that she saw her sister on 22nd May and ‘her eye was bruised and swollen, her lip was busted open and there was a chunk of her hair missing.’[End highlight] Ms Heard relayed an account to her broadly in line with her statement.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: Third, contemporaneous communications. Heard texted numerous people and repeated her account of what happened. Depp first texted to blame her for the encounter and again a few days later to apologize.]

[alt image id: court document. 501. As I have said, beginning at 10.24pm on 21st May 2016, Ms Heard had an exchange of texts with Melanie Inglessis which said (see file 2/60/E95),

‘MI: u ok babe?

AH: [highlighted] No. Johnny came over “to talk”. His mom just died. Then he went sideways. Convinced of some CRAZY shit. Beat on me. [End highlight.] Cops were called. They just left. Filing a restraining order. Divorce goes through on Monday. My face looks stupid. Bad Night.’

[alt image id: court document. 502. At some point that night Mr Depp sent a text to Ms Heard which said (see file 10/147(a)/O365),

‘That was it. The last encounter forever. You were already read to strike!!! Why did I even come there in the 1st place?? To be yelled at by you!!! I’m an idiot. PH5 is Rocky’s studio?? You are shameless ... [Highlighted text] I tried to make it work and you just turned more and more into a spoiled brat. All you wanted was to make me fucking miserable. [end highlight] Well I’m finally there. I’ll never be able to understand how I fell in love with you ... You’re not her. I loved you more than anything ... I did everything I could. But you never fucking loved me ... I hope our divorce goes as quickly as possible and that it is as painless as possible. So sorry you were as unhappy with me as you were ... obviously the purity of whatever was, has been gone for a long time. I will miss the moments of beauty and truth ... Goodbye Amber ... What the fuck was I thinking??? I wish you all you merit ... the former Him’]

[alt image id: court document. 539. The next day after Incident 14, on 22nd May 2016, the Claimant sent a text to Ms Heard (see file 7/47 (a) H188.3) saying,

[Highlighted] ‘Sorry if I was a bit ... Please know that my hurt towards you is over ... My apologies are eternal and belong to you [end highlight]!!! Solid.’

The Claimant denied that he was apologizing for hitting her in the face with the phone.

540. On 22nd May 2016 he had also texted Ms Heard and said (see file 7/28(b)/H144.9),

‘Just let me know when you have a minute And I’ll give you call... Nothing I have to say to you should elicit anything, but a sense of ease. All my love and profound apologies .... J.’]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: What’s Depp’s account of these events? He believes Heard is faking everything. She Photoshopped pictures to appear injured, smashed up their apartment herself and talked her friends into supporting her account. He admits leaving his phone at the house, but says he didn’t throw it.]

[alt image id: court document. 228. When Mr Depp was asked about this email, he said that this was a hoax. [Highlighted] He said that Ms Heard was building up a dossier, as an insurance policy for later. [end highlight.]]

[alt image id: court document. 533. Mr Depp denied that he had assaulted Ms Heard or that any marks on her face had been caused by him throwing a phone at her.

534. [Highlighted] Mr Depp agreed that Ms Heard had texted Ms Pennington, asking her friend to come over to the flat. He said that was part of Ms Heard’s hoax. [end Highlight] He denied that Ms Pennington put herself between him and Ms Heard. He said that he and Ms Heard were 20 feet apart at that point. He denied that he pushed Ms Pennington’s hands out of the way. He denied that he was swinging a wine bottle and smashing things with it.]

[alt image id: court document. 534. [Highlighted] Mr Depp said that the series of texts sent by iO Tillett Wright to Ms Heard were part of a hoax concocted by Ms Heard. [End Highlight]

536. Mr Depp agreed that he went to PH5 after he left PH3. He saw Mr Drew and a woman he did not know.

537. Mr Depp agreed that he was angry and upset when left. He agreed that he had left his mobile phone behind and Mr Judge had collected it.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: His lawyers also presented numerous witnesses who said they saw Heard over the next few days and didn’t notice any bruises. Police officers eventually arrived and didn’t notice major damage to the apartment or Heard’s bruises.]

[alt image id: court document. admitted as hearsay. Mr Harrell said that Ms heard came to the front desk at about 1.0pm She wanted to pick up a delivery of wine. Mr Harrell took her to the mail delivery room They spoke for about 8 minutes. He says he was about 1 foot away from her. He says she appeared to be wearing minimal or no make up He said,

[Highlighted] ‘I did not notice any bruises, cuts, swelling, red marks or any other injuries of any kid to Ms heard’s face or body.’ [End of highlight]].

[alt image id: court document. i) Sean Bett was present that night. He said in his statement,

[Highlighted] ‘I have quite good eyesight. i was able to see that Ms Heard was wearing little or no make-up, her skin was quite pale and she had no red marks or evidence of any bruises or abrasions to her face or body.’ [end Highlight]].

[alt image id: court document. 507. Two police officers did attend that evening. They were officer Melissa Saenz (who had received training in domestic violence) and officer Tyler Hadden. They had no contemporary records of the attendance. Ms. Saenz could not say what time they arrived except it was the evening. An automated incident report (which I have quoted above) had been generated and they had each given evidence on deposition for the purpose of the divorce / restraining order proceedings on the 18th July 201y. On their arrival, they had been met by two people, but the police officers had not noted their names. [Highlighted] They also so Ms Heard who was inside the man’s apartment. She was crying and reluctant to speak to the policel That was not unusual in officer Saenz’s experience. They had a clear view of Ms Heard. Ms Heard did not appear to have any sign of injury to her face. [End highlight] The apartment where they were was well lit. There was reddening to her cheek, but officer Saenz attributed that to Ms Heard crying. The officer asked Ms heard if she wanted to talk in private, but she did not. She declined to make a complaint, but officer Saenz left her visiting card in case Ms Heard changed her mind. There was written on the visiting card,

‘Radio call of dispute. Refused report. Adv’d can call @ later time if changes mind.’]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: The judge in the UK case found all of this unconvincing. Heard likely covered the bruises with makeup. The police were only at the apartment for 15 minutes, took no contemporaneous notes and admit they didn’t examine Heard closely.]

[alt image id: court document. screencap starts in the middle of a sentence. best and it would not have been proportionate to permit her examination.) [Highlight] I find that Ms Heard was wearing makeup when seen by Mr Harrell, Mr Barruch, Ms McMillen, Ms Esparza, Ms Vargas and Mr Romero. Since she was not at these stages willing to go public with her allegations against Mr Depp, one purpose of the make-up would have been to do her best to conceal the injuries and marks. [End highlight]].

[alt image id: court document. iv) While I accept that the views I have reached are in conflict with the evidence of Officer Saenz and Officer Hadden, I maintain them nonetheless. It is notable that the officers took no contemporaneous notes. While it is not for me to criticize the methods of another police force, [highlight] the absence of contemporaneous notes means their evidence does not carry the same weight as it would otherwise. Their first account appears to have been when they gave their depositions some two months later. [End highlight] The absence of contemporaneous notes means that they did not note the names of the man and woman they first encountered in the penthouse (although this was likely to have been Mr Drew and Ms Pennington). They significantly over-estimated the length of time that they were in the apartments. Officer Saenz said it was 30-60 minutes. I have noted above the times that they were - screen cap cuts off]

[alt image id: court document. screen cap cuts in part way through the sentence. absence of a compaint the officers would have known no further criminal action could be taken. [Highlight] Officer Saenz did observe reddening on Ms Heard’s cheek. Although she attributed this to Ms Heard crying, an ambiguity remains. [End Highlight] I accept that the officers said there was no damage to the property, no broken glass and no spilled wine, but the evidence has to be contrasted with the spilled wine which Mr Barruch did see and the photographs of wien stains which were taken just before their arrival. The officers’ evidence of the absence of damage to property has also to be seen in the context of the very limited time they were in teh apartment and their knowledge that no further action was likely to be taken in teh absence of a complaint by Ms Heard. Only Officer - end screencap]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: In summary, this incident is *extremely* well-documented and the counter-evidence is weak. It’s a far cry from the “he said she said” version of this case most (normal, low-information) Americans have been presented with.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: This isn’t the only incident with supporting evidence. The UK case comprises 14 allegations of alleged abuse. One was thrown out on a technicality. Of the remaining 13, only 3 were Depp’s word against Heard’s]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: Every other incident is backed up by witnesses, photos, texts, diary entries or other contemporaneous documentation. Heard’s narrative aligns with all the evidence: A guy with a history of misogyny, jealousy and violent outbursts brought that pattern into his marriage.]

[alt image id. News headline. Johnny Depp called ex Vanessa Paradis ‘extortionist French c***’ in email to Elton John. Message reveals actor said ex would try to ‘brainwash’ his kids against Heard. Author Gustaf Kilander. Washington DC. Published Friday 22 April 2022 19:53]

[alt image id. News Headline. Ellen Barkin says ‘jealous’ Johnny Depp threw wine bottle at her. By Elizabeth Rosner, Olivia Land and Ben Kesslen. May 19, 2022, 4:37 PM. Screen cap of Ellen Barkin during her deposition. She’s adjusting her glasses.]

[alt image id. News Headline from India Today. ‘I will f**k her burnt corpse’, says Johnny Depp in explicit texts to Paul Bettany about ex-wife Amber Heard. Johnny Depp was cross examined over explicit text to Paul Bettany about ex-wife Amber Heard. His texts were read aloud in court. New Delhi. April 23, 2022]

[alt image id. News Headline. Johnny Depp sued for allegedly punching crew member on Notorious BIG film. Location manager Greg ‘Rocky’ Brooks claims he was hit after telling Depp shooting had to finish for the night.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: Depp’s account, ont he other hand, is essentially a conspiracy theory: Heard spent years fabricating texts, photos and diary entries so she could file for divorce, sign an NDA and write a vague half-sentence about him in the Post a year later.]

[alt image id. quote tweet from Michael Hobbes on May 19th: This is the (half) sentence Depp is suing Heard over. The information was already public, she provided no further details and there’s no evidence this hadn any impact on his career. He’s asking for $50 million.]

[alt image id. a few sentences from amber heard’s washington post op ed. Like many women, I had been harassed and sexually assaulted by the time I was of college age. But I kept quiet -- I did not expect filing complaints to bring justice. And I didn’t see myself as a victim.

Then [highlight] two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse [end highlight], and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: I’m leaving out a lot of details and I’m not claiming my read is the only valid interpretation. But there’s a huge amount of misinformation about this case going around and if we want to combat it, we have to engage with the case on the merits.]

[alt image id. continuing twitter thread from Michael Hobbes: If you’re writing about this, I strongly suggest you read the UK court judgement rather than resort to phrases like “leaving the facts aside.” Journalists shouldn’t be doing that in the first place and it’s exactly how the right got us here. then he links out to the UK case, I will provide the link below.]

UK court judgement in Depp v News Group Newspapers.

#i stand with amber heard #ah resources #whew this took a while #long post under cut

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Bit of a simple one here. Nauno simply spying a new target. Didn't spend all too long on it.

Yesterday I looked up if Avali could eat chocolate (did not find my answer btw) and noticed that planets in the habitable zone for humans would be unbearably hot for Avali. So it's time for me to bullshit an explanation for why Nauno isn't miserable or outright dead that will probably contradict things I've said or drawn before!

The temperature where Fynn Nauno and Euphi live is quite variable. In the winter it can get bitterly cold, and Nauno is all over that. Sometimes they might bring an icepack with them if it's a bit warmer out, like seen above. More often than not though, Nauno is completely fine in the winter.

In the summer? Forget it. This guy is not going anywhere in the summer. The AC in his room is very very strong (thanks to a little demon magic from Fynn), so it's basically a refrigerator in there (Fynn can't even walk in there without feeling sick). Fynn (with some help from Euphi) "borrowed" some chemistry equipment from a nearby school and use it to make their own dry ice. They then make "Dry Ice Packs" for Nauno, which help a lot! It's at least enough for him to go out and get lunch with Fynn during the summer.

For Fynn it's basically the opposite. Loves the summer, can't go outside during the winter. One time when visiting his mom (which he does every couple of years) he picked up a few loose stones from Hell and keeps them in his pockets during the winter. So at least his hands are nice and warm, so he won't collapse from the cold. He'll just be super uncomfortable.

Euphi doesn't really care much about the temperature. It's precipitation that bothers heart. Euphi can't walk outside at all without an umbrella if it's raining or snowing. It's not going to kill heart, but it is extremely unpleasant and painful (basically imagine sweating into an open wound. Not very pleasant is it?)

#fynn art #paint.net #furry #furry art #sfw furry #avali #Yeah I did not spend super long on this art cause I didn't really know what to draw but I wanted to draw :/#oc lore #long post under cut #maybe you can partially explain Nauno's learning difficulties with heat-induced brain damage from when they were little?#That's kinda fucking dark though holy shit

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the-canon-nebula · 1 year

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Y’all I wanna vamp about my Cobalt blue boi for a minute.

With me writing Metal Sonic, I do wanna end the whole minutiae of “Uh-Oh, here comes Sonic’s edgy copy, let’s see him get beat up by Sonic some more.”

We’ve seen, countless times, that Metal Sonic is much more complex than simply one of Sonic’s Rivals. Knuckles, Jet, and Shadow fit the bill of ‘Rival’ more than Metal Sonic really does; Metal Sonic is just as much a bad guy as Eggman, Dr. Starline, or the Zeti, and there is only one thing that holds him back.

As installed by Eggman himself, Metal Sonic was designed to be stronger, smarter, and faster than Sonic. Later on in the IDW timeline (Where most of Metal’s lore is based on), Eggman himself implanted his own evil- his drive, his intelligence, his vision, into Metal Sonic’s data, which allowed him to transform into Neo Metal Sonic, which he can still do at will. Eggman even gave him the ability to copy bio-data of others to copy their abilities and enhance them with his own strength.

In the process though, Eggman gave Metal one Caveat. His Programming is, to not only destroy Sonic, his other prime directive is to Obey and Protect Eggman. This, obviously, is a major thing that holds him back from not just becoming a major villain, but probably one of THE most powerful villains that Sonic could ever face.

During his Neo Metal Sonic arc, Neo Metal could have IMMEDIATELY and EASILY killed Sonic then and there... but he didn’t. Instead, Neo Metal needed to know where Dr. Eggman was, if he were still alive, and Sonic used that lack of knowledge to his advantage.

During the Metal Virus saga, Metal Sonic brought Dr. Eggman from his state of amnesia, which caused Eggman to go mad and create said Metal Virus, which as you can see here, infected Sonic, amongst millions of other Mobians. While Sonic is arguably right, the real reason why is because Metal Sonic was forced to by his programming. Metal’s rebellious attitude had been removed by Eggman prior to this event, making him obedient. Gemerl and Omega weren’t forced back into Eggman’s Army, but Metal Sonic was.

Not to mention, It is shown in several parts that Metal Sonic is being held back by his own obedience to Eggman. It’s obvious that, if it weren’t for his Programming, that Metal Sonic would just go after Sonic without any second thought... and Sonic knows it. Sonic knows in the second image that Metal is held back by his programming, and that Metal hates it.

It’s even shown during the Metal Virus Arc that, since he is already a machine, he is immune to the Metal Virus. Which implies something else; a little bit more of Metal’s jealousy.

Not that he could get infected, mind you, but because Sonic is an organic being. That he can choose his own path in life. That Sonic had freedom. Metal Sonic doesn’t have that option.

Even during the Surge Arc, if it was 1 on 1 between him and Surge, Metal could very easily kick her ass, but it was because Surge had help from Kitsunami that Surge could defeat him. Even when Surge had the Dynamo Cage, when Metal and Sonic teamed up they were a match against her, but not without her taking out Metal Sonic early by immediately draining his battery with her amplified Electrokinesis... And this only happened because Surge targeted Dr. Eggman, who was leaving the scene because he was a pussy. She, too, took advantage of Metal’s weakness to protect Dr. Eggman.

We can see though that Metal Sonic is capable of being a complete and total badass and savage villain. Metal Sonic could very easily have snapped Starline’s arm like breaking a toothpick. He could have easily killed Sonic when he had the opportunities to. Metal Sonic is capable of his own independent thought; contemplating his own existence, making his own schemes, and fighting on his own without Dr. Eggman’s input.

In short- Metal Sonic is severely underutilized in IDW, and even in the canon Sonic Games, all because of his programming with Dr. Eggman. If that little bit of code was gone?

Metal Sonic could rule the whole goddamn planet.

#idw spoilers #Muse: Metal Sonic #Metal V: Main #long post under cut #(I cannot reiterate enough times that I LOVE Metal Sonic and I HATE that he's being underutilized by IDW and even canon games)#(Reducing him to nothing more than a Rival or Eggman's Lackey just. I dunno. Irks me.)

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Dafni of Gwynneth

Dafni’s Playlist || Sunshine & Starlight (Dafni x Astarion) Playlist || Bg3 Ao3 series (EA Content) || Sunshine & Starlight Ao3 || D&D Beyond || Artwork of Dafni

I decided to make a new pinned post for my Dafni lore document. With more people joining the fandom, I figured I'd reintroduce her. She's been around since EA and has gone through some changes here and there. Some have stuck, and others that ended up getting cut.

Hopefully, this will be her final big lore update. I am happy with where she is now and how she's fitting into my new drafts for Sunshine & Starlight. If you've been around for a bit, you might notice I landed on a version of her story that is close to my early drafts of her backstory in the end. So this is my PSA to writers to always hold on to your content, even stuff you cut because you never know what you might end up using.

Dafni Ríwen

Alignment: Chaotic good

Race: Eladrin

Class: Cleric of Corellon Larethina || Fey Wanderer Ranger

Background: Outlander

Age: 160

Birthday: Ches 19, 1332 DR

Sign: Pisces, ESFJ

Home: Peleira, Kingdom of Sarifal, Gwynneth’s feywild.

Nicknames/Other names: Daffodil (Astarion), Sprout (Her mother and older sisters), Kora (Childhood name), Despoena (True name)

Traits:

I was driven by wanderlust to travel far from home

I am tolerant of other faiths and respect the worship of other gods

I approach everything with enthusiasm, even the most mundane chore

I can’t stay still. I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.

Ideals: Nature, Charity, Change, Creativity

Flaws:

I put the wellbeing of others before myself

I don’t fully grasp customs and niceties outside of the wilds

A pretty face infatuates me in an instant, but facies can fade just as fast.

There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.

Bounds:

I hold all varieties of elves in tender regard.

I protect those who cannot protect themselves.

I never leave a friend behind.

Appearance:

Dafni is a petite, chubby elf with curly hair and wide mossy-brown eyes. Like most Fey eladrin, Dafni’s appearance changes with her emotional state.

Spring/Light Form

Complexion: Light sage green skin with golden freckles

Hair: light, dusty pink

Faerie fire Illusory butterflies (Morpho aurora)

Flowers for Moods:

Snowdrops & Lily of the Vally: Happy

Foxgloves: Anger, feisty, protective

Ivy: Envy

Daffodil/Narcissus: Flirty, affectionate (Astarion only)

Wilted flowers: Sadness, low moods

No flowers: Trying to hide her fey nature

When she is particularly happy or using her cleric powers, she glows slightly

Winter/Shadow Form

Complexion: Pale pinkish gray

Hair: Light pinkish lavender

Faerie fire lunar moths

She radiates wisps of shadow when she is particularly sad, serious, or using her shadow-touched abilities.

Dafni was born on the spring equinox to Thesmia, a very old and powerful eladrin druidess and bladesinger. Her home, Peleira, is hidden deep within the feywild of the Lylarth Forest. It was built around an ancient oasis created by the first elves to come to the Feywild. It is a place shaped by sylvan and elvish magic, with spires and structures of flawless marble reflecting the breathtaking, everlasting sunset’s burnt oranges and vivid violets.

Hundreds of years of loving restoration returned the oasis to its former glory. Thesmia has made Peleira a paradise and refuge for elves, nymphs, and other fey. Peleria is a vassal of the Kingdom of Sarifal, part of the Court of High Lady Ordalf. The village is the island’s primary source of food and medicinal vegetation. It is also home to Thesmia’s Spire of Laural, one of the most vast collections of elven history and artifacts outside of Evermeet. Thesmia had taken in several wards over the centuries. These women help Thesmia run the village.

Dafni’s father is a shadar-kai knight and servant of the Raven Queen, whom Lady Ordalf has been in conflict with due to a shadow curse taking over one of Gwynneth’s forests.

When Thesmia grew tired of her life in the court’s capital, Caspian granted her the memory of Peleira in the form of an enchanted compass that would always point towards it. A gift Thesmia has since passed on to her daughter.

Due to her shadar-kai, linage Dafni’s seasonal affinities manifest differently than most eladrin. She only has two forms: Spring (Light) and Winter (Shadow). Dafni’s dubious paternity is an open secret at court and has led to some unkind treatment outside her village.

Thesmia is a loving but overprotective mother who sheltered Dafni for most of her life. Dafni was allowed much less freedom than her older sisters growing up, creating friction between herself and her mother.

Starting at age 17, Dafni began training as her mother’s apprentice. While Dafni excelled at druidcraft, she was somewhat inept with wizardry and complex magic. By age 30, her mother had released her from the apprenticeship. Despite never fully mastering the tradition, Dafni still incorporates many bladesinging techniques into her fighting style.

Cleric Calling:

Dafni’s soul holds an extra spark of the divine. She was among the few elves who chose not to take a fixed form and thus was not cast out from Arvandor. This is her first mortal lifetime.

The elves believe that to truly feel Corellon’s presence, they must seek to know themselves. Much of the work Corellon wants her to do as a mortal is centered on her learning to trust in herself more and to make her own choices for her own reasons, not because she thinks it is what is expected of her by external factors, even him.

Dafni has always tended to wander off when something catches her attention. As a small child, she followed a whips deep into the woods surrounding her village.

Unbeknownst to her, a drider exiled from the feydark had taken up residence in the forest. Perhaps sensing her dormant divine power, the creature planned to sacrifice her to win Lolth’s favor. As she was dragged into the heart drider’s den, an enchanted arrow buried itself into the creature’s skull.

A wandering Corellite had saved her. Dafni didn’t recognize him from the village, but he seemed incredibly familiar. He comforted her and headed her injuries.

He took her hand and guided her through the forest. Once they reached the border of Peleira, the man crouched down, placing his quarter moon amulet around her neck.

When she asked why, he smiled and told her it had always been hers and that he had only been holding onto it for her. He told her he had to leave but promised they would meet again.

Corellon has been known to wander the multiverse incognito, seeking new magic and ideas. Despite encouraging self-reliance among his followers, Corellon is a relatively involved deity. Dafni is entirely unaware of the true nature of this encounter. From her perspective, she was simply saved by a cleric.

After her mother released her from bladesinging apprenticeships, Dafni felt lost and directionless. She had never wanted to be a wizard, but she had seen it as her only path for the first 30 years of her life.

She had, at least, inherited her mother’s green thumb. Nature had always seemed to sing in her presence. Her inherent fey magic could coxing even the most wilted plant into bloom. But, her’s was the power of springtime, wild and unbound. She could manage a small garden well enough but was ill-suited to the organized work of yielding crops.

She became depressed and sulked around her mother’s tower in her shadow/winter form for a few months. She had to sit with herself and figure out what she wanted out of her life. Dafni had always had an affinity for the divine. Still, she never pursued it beyond a hobby out of fear of disappointing her mother.

She thought of the cleric who saved her from the drider as a girl. How brave and kind he had been. She realized that that was her calling. To nurture and protect her people.

Although she never received formal training through a temple, her mother’s library was fast and contained many resources on elven theology. Additionally, she still had some access to her primal memories. Allowing her to tap into her knowledge from her first lifetime as a priestess in Arvandor.

BG3 Set Up:

Dafni lived alongside the wood elves of Lylarth Forest in the material plane for a few decades. During those years, she began to come into herself.

She began to feel a pull toward Bauldr’s Gate following a brief adventure with a group of shipwrecked adventurers. She has taken up residence in the Twin Songs neighborhood of the outer city. She rents a townhouse out of which she runs a small clinic, providing both traditional and magical healing.

The Ancunín family owns the townhouse she lives in. After the death of their son, they moved to their country estate full-time but retained their properties and assets in the city. Dafni has never met the people who rent to her. Minimrie Virra, an elf from a lower noble family, manages the building.

Dafni was on her way to the Cloak Wood Forest on the city’s outskirts to treat an outbreak of fever in one of the local wood elf clans when the mind flayers took her. She planned to stay with the wood elves for at least a tenday. She was relatively well packed for her adventure, having her medicine chest, adventuring supplies, etc. on hand when abducted.

The feywild seeps into the material plane on Gwynneth significantly, with some locations existing both planes at once. Her only knowledge of the world beyond the island came from a group of adventurers she had aided following a shipwreck and courtly gossip. She often struggles with the customs and decorum of the material plane.

Gear & Notable Items: Long sword, Oathbow, A golden compass that points towards the nearest portal to the feywilds within 10 miles, A holy amulet of Corellon, lyre, Feywilds & Shadowfell shards, moon sickle, Medical chest & herbalist tools.

Fun facts:

Her favorite treat is lemon bars and honey cake.

She likes romance novels.

She has kept a diary most of her life. She has a century of filled journals in her room.

She loves tea and has a collection of teacups at home.

She plays the lyre & harp.

She’s an Arachnophobe

She can spin and weave.

She is vulnerable to cold iron because of her fey ancestry.

In addition to her cleric abilities, Dafni has studied nonmagical medicine and is a talented surgeon and healer.

Despite being a faerie, she can technically lie. However, the lies taste like soot and bile in her mouth. The taste is more pungent the more significant the lie, so she tries to avoid it.

She thinks she can bake, but it always turns downright awful.

Past life:

Warning: this section has spoilers for a few story elements for Sunshine & Starlight.

Despoena served as a priestess of Elyadia. The acolytes of the temple were sworn to Corellon, Creator of the Elves. The priests were healers and warriors who served as liberators to those stripped of their freedoms. Elyadia offered refuge to elves who had experienced trauma and needed rehabilitation of both physical and emotional wounds.

Reincarnation:

After the war, all but the few elves who didn’t take fixed-physical forms were cast out of Arvandor. Despoena, ever loyal to her god, chose to remain in Arvandor.

She grew restless without a purpose, wandering the empty halls of Elyadia until the temple became overrun by nature. Tired of watching her talents go to waste, Corellon began sending elven souls afflicted by malevolent magics or wounds of the heart and mind to Elyadia, along with elven clerics who accomplished great acts of healing and magic in their mortal lives who wanted to continue to serve their people during their time in the afterlife.

When she first came into being, she had felt limitless and free. She had lost herself in her grief and out of a misguided desire to please Corellon. It became apparent to her that self-discovery would likely need to happen outside of Arvandor. She implored Lord Corellon to allow her at least one mortal experience. Much to her surprise, Corellon was in favor of her request.

Corellon hopes for her to discover that while her kindness and love for her people are great strengths, self-sacrifice to the point of living for other people’s happiness hinders her potential. She’s finding balance and learning that being your person doesn’t have to be at the cost of compassion and community.

Thiramin:

“Like most other important things in their lives, elves describe this mystically. They believe that a person’s spiritual progress is unknowingly intertwined with that of another. This soulmate is called a thiramin.”

Dafni and Astarion are fated mates. They were friends and lovers in their original lifetimes. Free will and self-determination are central to the elven existence. The souls bound simply pulled them together. They have to choose what to do with it.

For Aidon (Astarion), it was love at first sight; he saw her gathering flowers near the temple. She still burned bright with magic lost to the majority of their people. Being near her felt like the wild, endless possibility of spring had taken root in his soul.

Knowing he would not be permitted to approach the temple grounds, he watched her from the shadows for a time. Aidon had a clever mind and a talent for creating loopholes in any rule between himself and his desires.

Despoena was curious by nature. When a strange trail of snow-white daffodils appeared at the edge of the temple grounds, she could not resist the urge to see where they might lead. At the end of the trial, she found a shaded meadow and a masculine elf with a pleased grin.

He was irreverent, flirtatious, and unlike anyone she had known before. He was fiercely independent and sure of his desires. His sharp wit and easy charm had taken Despoena.

Over the centuries, they often wandered back into each other’s lives. They are echoes of each other in many ways, creatures of opposing but complementary nature. This was the source of the occasional falling out, though they always reconciled.

Despoena never stopped mourning the loss of his company following the events of the war of the Seldarine. She thought of him often and even occasionally, looking into his mortal lives.

#dafni of gwynneth #bg3 tav #bg3 oc #tav #bg3 #baulders gate 3 #d&d oc #eladrin #Dafni's Lore Doc #tav x astarion #long post under cut

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kankuroplease · 1 year

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other than rinobkk do you have any other (outwardly?) gay couples in your aus? or some hcs for peoples sexualities or does it come down to just the vibes between the characters and you just go with the dynamics you like? (ps huge fan of your narushika content)

I’ve said it before but i really do just HC that most of the characters from major franchises are pansexual (unless the author clearly states their sexuality) 🖤 for me, shipping just comes to to personalities I like to see together really and what I think they can build together.

Here’s a list of some of the LGBTQ+ ships/hookups within the tattoo shop AU:

Of Course, KakaObiRin 🖤🖤🖤

ShikaNaru. They’re technically FWB, but love each other (no big confession yet). Naruto’s an idiot trying to experience life before settling down and Shikamaru is too busy coding, so fwb is the best thing atm

Naruto has also hooked up with: Sasuke, Sai, Gaara, and has Nisi joked “so many Hyuga and Uchiha’s”. He’s an equal opportunity lover and likes people for who they are 🖤

Ino got Hinata’s “first time with a girl card”one girls trip. She’s very much bi and open about it with Sai (who’s cool with that, supportive king)

HashiMadaMito. He dates them together and separately, but has a much deeper bond with Hashi (of course)

Madara x his business partner (the father of Madara’s second daughter), who is a trans man.

Hashirama is bi with his fine wine and favorite porcupine

Shisui’s pan and his lovers reflect that. Like Naruto, he’s down if the vibes are right between him and the person.

Temari is a lesbian, has a fiancée (Tayuya)

KankuKiba may not be a main fixture in this au but they’re definitely romantically involved and causing chaos for Gaara

Yamato x Genma~ my laid back yet surprisingly sultry dou. Genma hasn’t been introduced to Naruto, Sai, Sakura, or Sasuke because they tend to scare off anyone he’s interested in. But they do join KakaObiRin for couples date nights sometimes.

Also Neji is (Omni? He supposes) greysexual/aroflux.

#ask #tattoo shop au #long post under cut #give me a troupe I like and imma ship it #give me idiot x idiot 🤡#softie x scary ✨#both deeply in love and not problematic 🖤#childhood friends to lovers 🫂#would sacrifice themselves for the world x would sacrifice the world for them 😩#energetic x tired 😂#villain x the other villain 🦹#tsau: hyuga neji #tsau: uchiha madara #tsau: uchiha shisui #tsau: temari #tsau: kankuro #tsau: senju hashirama #tsau: uzumaki naruto

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Top 10 Zuko Outfits Cus I Can Do Whatever I Want

he's like the only character in the show with this kind of outfit diversity so like of course I'm going to do this. also yeah there's a lot of ponytail ones on here who the fuck do you think I am YOU are ??? . let us begin ->

10. The Rip Grandpa Fit

rip grandpa 🥰

9. The "Hey Wait He Looks Different Here"

hey wait he looks different here ?

8. Workout Wifebeater

you know he had to have smelled crazy you know it would have been fucking awful to be stuck on that boat with him.

7. Book 3 Daddy's Boy

look its probably just because he was so fucking miserable all the times he was shown wearing it but yeah

6. Tea Boy

Tea Boy...

5. Big Pink Idiot

he's pink and bald like baby mole rat. he's about to get tricked by his sister Charlie Brown and Lucy style. can you even ask for anything fucking else ?

4. Towel Boy

we see him in this exactly once for about 30 seconds. like you needed a whole character model for this ?? for Towel Boy ?? well I appreciate it. cus he looks like a vulnerable square.

3. Date Night

so fucking snazzy but I'm pretty certain his uncle dressed him for this so it makes sense

2. Book 1 Extraneous Robe

again why did they need a whole character model for this why was it important to let us know that this villain also sometimes had a cute off the clock outfit he wore around the house. what was the reason.

1. Tea Boy 2.0

Tea Boy... he looks so feaking cozy and I'm gonna throw up.

#atla #long post under cut #constructive criticism not needed because I'm right.#the zuko outfits post

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Okay. Unpopular opinion time. (I haven’t been in the Dracula Daily tag in a while because I was seeing some stuff there that was really upsetting me, so I don’t actually know how unpopular this opinion is, but from what I’ve seen I Have A Feeling.)

Jonathan’s declaration on October 3rd that he’ll become a vampire too if Mina becomes one isn’t a good thing, actually. I love him despite it, not because of it. But I do love him despite it, and I think it makes complete sense in light of his character and, especially, the trauma he’s been through.

Minor spoilers (and somewhat lengthy analysis) below the cut:

(At least, I think the spoilers are minor. There’s no actual discussion of what happens beyond this point, although possibilities—that have already been brought up in Dracula Daily—are discussed. Use your good judgement about whether to click on the readmore.)

Don’t get me wrong. I do love Jonathan, very much, and I don’t blame him for feeling this way, for reasons I’ll get into later. But I think it’s important to note here that Mina very explicitly does not want that. She’s literally willing to kill herself to avoid hurting her friends (minor spoilers: it comes up later that, if necessary, the others could kill her and make sure she didn’t turn, by doing the same things they did with vampire Lucy’s body). And, if vampires work the way I interpret them in this novel (and I think my reading is heavily supported by the text), if Mina becomes a vampire, her soul—the real Mina—will be trapped in her body, watching it commit atrocities forever, unable to rest or have any influence over what the body that used to be hers does. The fact that Jonathan is willing to condemn her to that fate, which he himself was willing to face almost certain death to avoid, when she has clearly expressed a preference to do the same if it comes to it, is just as much a violation of Mina’s agency as shutting her out of group vampire hunting was.

And yet I have so much sympathy for Jonathan here. I think this resolution is reflective of a character flaw that’s probably just part of him (and part of what makes him an interesting and realistic character), and. I think a lot of it is a response to the trauma he went through this spring/summer.

For one thing: a huge part of the horror of Jonathan’s experience in Castle Dracula was the sheer, prolonged isolation. For months on end, he had no one to talk to except the man who was psychologically abusing him and probably plotting to kill him. He had no way of contacting the outside world. He was deeply, profoundly alone.

And he has made up his mind that Mina is not going to go through the same thing.

Even if Mina is trapped in her body, she’s still in there. If he can’t save her, he can at least keep her company, even if he’s likewise trapped. She won’t be as crushingly lonely as he was if he has anything to say about it.

Which brings me to my next point.

After what Jonathan went through, I’d be surprised if he doesn’t have some degree of learned helplessness. Some belief, that he will not give voice to even in his own journal, that he is probably actively fighting but that creeps in all the same, that they are doomed and there’s absolutely nothing he can do about that. (Side note: escaping by himself, leaving a scar on the Count with a shovel, and getting another swing in with a giant knife are probably helping with that. But still. He was stuck there for months, walking that tightrope and knowing that if he stepped out of line he’d be killed, having his every attempt at escape or communication brutally thwarted. It’s got to be a Thing.)

So, as hard as he’s trying to resist it? I’m pretty sure there’s a part of Jonathan that believes Mina is going to become a vampire, no matter what he or she or anyone else does to stop it. That Dracula will have his way in the end, and that any attempts to thwart his plans—even so far as keeping Mina from turning—are doomed to fail. And he’s made up his mind that she won’t go into that land alone—that she won’t be there alone, like he was.

Tl;dr Jonathan’s determination to become a vampire with Mina if he has to is a bad call, but it’s grounded in both realistic character flaws and likewise realistic trauma responses, so I don’t really blame him.

#dracula #dracula daily #jonathan harker #jonmina #trauma mention #death mention #ptsd mention #learned helplessness mention #suicide mention #character analysis #dracula meta #long post under cut #let me know if there’s anything else i need to tag

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dragonofeternal · 4 months

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So this year has been really, really good in terms of like... reminding/validating that I'm actually like smart and good at what I do?

Like.

First off, I got my new job which whips ass and is super fun and challenging and pays way better and where my ability to do nine million different things is like very valuable. Like oh yeah, I can reformat this word doc/that powerpoint. Do you want me to do a little bit of graphic design to make this actually look nicer? Oh, you need this video for a presentation but it's on a site other than youtube? Yeah sure, I'll rip it for you. And also just the day-to-day of being able to take good notes, and being able to help copyedit training materials, and generally being a pleasant and mostly on top of things person in the office.

THEN, I took one of Killian's creative writing classes along with them. Which, for one thing, was super fun, good teacher, nice to have an organized space/time to hang out and talk about writing. But also it was really validating to have someone outside of the internet/my inner circle of friends read and critique my work who was like... I dunno another adult/serious writer type person? Our teacher is a published poet -- Though more specifically she's prolific as a TRANSLATOR of poetry. A fair number of the translated Palestinian poets you've seen being posted around tumblr recently are most certainly her work. -- and when she realized the level I was writing at she started critiquing my work a lot harder. Still had nice stuff to say! Just also being willing to dig in and point out places where I could improve.

We actually hung out with her last night at a fellow classmate's band's show and she took both me and Killian aside for expanded critique/thoughts on our final pieces, and said some really nice stuff which included that she sees both of us as like professional-grade writers who should continue to hone their craft and who she really wants to see succeed/get shit published/etc. I'm currently letting a short story (that is... probably gonna end up as a novella orz) that I wrote for class sit before I do another draft of it, and then she's offered to do a more critical line edit for me so I can shop it around and get it published somewhere really good.

(Which is also interesting because I see myself as working very much in genre spaces and she's very in the "literary" sort of mode, and she said that she saw a lot of literary prowess and style in how I wrote which she could see getting it published in a more literary type journal. And that's like a weird/wild thought bc of my complicated thoughts on the way the literary/publishing world looks at and treats genre writing blah blah blah....)

At the SAME show, though, our teacher had brought along a friend, who is also a teacher at the community college. Said friend works for the theatre department and recognized me from volunteering to act at a one-day event last semester for Killian's playwriting class. Like this was an event where I was acting for MAYBE a grand total of fifteen minutes. And she basically said "HEY YOU'RE REALLY GOOD, WHY HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU AT ANY OF THE AUDITIONS?" So then I chatted with her some about how I've done a lot of theatre over the years but time/jobs/money meant I haven't had a chance to in a long time...

But now my job is a 9-5! So I gave her my number and I'm now basically the understudy for if/when someone drops out of the productions currently going on. Apparently they have a lot of issues with people dropping suddenly so it's likely that I'll end up doing something next semester! Which is good cuz like. Damn, do I love the theatre, and I've missed it A LOT.

I dunno just having two different people being really impressed about my creative work in a short time was really, really mood/ego boosting? I dunno. When I last did theater in Pittsburgh I ended up feeling really burnt out by the exhausting sense of always having to hunt for work, feeling like I wasn't good enough, etc... And last year I was struggling a lot with feeling like all my writing was futile/unwanted/etc... So having people remember me and be super complimentary was. Nice.

#state of the liz #long post under cut

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bionicle-ramblings · 4 months

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I've been thinking about the humanized!bionicle post I made, and I got a little inspired by the toa metru x reader post @takuas-eyebrows

This is going to be a humanized because it's easier for me to visualize

TWs will be in the tags, but also heads-up for some suggestive content and discussions of sexuality

Hope you enjoy

Starting with Vakama, because I think about him the most:

You were fairly aware of who Vakama was, having been a crafter while he was in his apprenticeship. He was always more the quiet prodigy, but you were secretly waiting for the day he snapped

It never came

Instead, there was a walk home you two went on because you found him close to either passing out or about to faint and didn't want him getting hurt

To call what you two do, "flirting" is more of a blanket term. Being crafters of some trade, you're both detail ortiented, so a lot of it is just looks and small-ish gestures. No, neither of you has ESP or telepathy, but that doesn't stop you both from being sweet and flirty and gross. It's never public, not too much, but at home, you two practically torture each other and get each other VERY flustered, but there is a line in the sand you never cross

In art displays and museums, Vakama REALLY starts opening up, murmuring about the small, intricate details of a piece of work as if he was telling you a secret or a story. Speaking of, sometimes you two go to bonfires where stories are passed around. No horror stories, most of the time, at least, but he's more the type to listen while others tell their tales. You make it your mission to occasionally tell a story that warrants some visual reaction that's more than a cheeky smirk, as in it leaves him laughing, blushing, completely slack jawed, anything

A lot of your dates are art focused or thrifting; your boy hates when things are thrown away over simple mistakes. Guidided paintings are fun for you both because of how focused you both get and seeing each other so locked in over a painting. Some light teasing is thrown between you two, enough that you have to try not to burst out laughing in a room full of people

Speaking of teasing, you either can't handle spice very well or you enjoy it as much as he does, and that leads to little games between you two where you see who can hold a piece of pepper in your mouths without eating it longer. More often than not, you have to be told to spit your piece out or just eat it and get it over with, but you have tried dirty tricks to tey winning, as in pretending to throw water in Vakama's face, reaching over to tickle his neck, poking him, et cetera

It's the previously mentioned detail orientation that also helped you figure out he was a Toa, and the occasional times he'd just disappear and come back sore and scraped up. He's got a city to protect, but you are also in that city. Duty bound as he is, his heart belongs to you

You know he has visions, and you are 100% at his side during the aftermath because of how shaken he gets. You're also threw rubbing/massaging his head because the visions give him headaches. You're always willing to talk about what he saw, maybe talk him through it, but sometimes he'd rather not and has to remind you to back down

It's fair because you have to remind him to open up to you when he's getting stuck in his head and getting snappy. You're not afraid of him, but you do not take well to being snapped at. Needless to say, you can put Vakama in his place without hurting him or yourself. Best comparison is in the face of a flaming muaka, you rein him in with scorn and, at worst, "Are you done?" (Years of being confronted by other crafters taught you well)

You two thankfully rarely argue, but reconciling afterward always brings you two closer. Arguments usually boil down to Vakama just wanting you to be safe because you're one of the few remnants of his old life that he has left and you wanting to take some weight off of of his shoulders because you can protect yourself and, regardless of Vakama's wishing for his life back, you're not going anywhere

You two are fairly cuddly with each other, mainly because there's a HUGE feeling of, "Hold onto me right now." You two also just take turns being pillows for each other as well, so there's that. It's nice to run your fingers through Vakama's and fidget with his braids, and nice to feel the same from him, only he's braiding your hair as well. You're both intimate in that you kiss each other like you're memorizing everything you both are and holding each other like you're all you have left. Vakama isn't repulsed by sex by any means, he just doesn't get why it's necessary when they are other ways to show someone you love them, and some of those ways are more meaningful than that. You two do try it once and, in a more literary way of putting it, you feel as if you are the only being in existence to have touched fire and not be burned by it

The other Toa never thought Vakama had a legitimate partner, for many, MANY reasons, all ranging from he didn't come off to them as the type to be dating, lacked the confidence, and even somehow found someone who tolerated how cross-wired he was. There is some nonsense from Onewa and Matau in that they "borrow" you to do recon and flirt with you in front of Vakama, but they back off when they see him staring at them like he wants to burn them. He doesn't, he just spaced out, and you prove it by breaking him out of it

#bionicle #ramblings #humanized bionicle #vakama #x reader #long post under cut #suggestive #headcanon #these are just my interpretation #sorry if any of these are weird #tw sex and sexuality discussion

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