#not meant to lose au

[junsei-alke]

keyframe n. a moment that seemed innocuous at the time but ended up marking a diversion into a strange new era of your life—set in motion not by a series of jolting epiphanies but by tiny imperceptible differences between one ordinary day and the next, until entire years of your memory can be compressed into a handful of indelible images—which prevents you from rewinding the past, but allows you to move forward without endless buffering

“—And then Usagi-san threw him off the bridge! It was bogus!” A boyish voice dramatically informed the alligator mutant about his latest adventure over a tablet.

The boyish voice talking over the tablet is Michelangelo Hamato, Leatherhead’s best friend. Let it be known that the Hamatos’ and the Mutanimals decided a tablet is more suitable for Slash and Leatherhead as a gadget of communication. The two giant mutants won’t have to mind their strength or how small apps or texts are. 

Leatherhead let out a hum, “Didn’t Usagi say this Jade is immortal?” 

“Jei,” The orange-clad turtle corrected, “And he did! Maybe Usagi-san got his info wrong or Jei just bluff, or he just gets rebirth kind of immortality,” Michelangelo theorized.

“From your hectic adventure, I’m glad you returned safely, my friend,” The older mutant honestly thought the worst when the turtles were gone without notice. For some enemy managing to kidnap his friends without struggle…

Through the screen, Michelangelo winced, “Sorry, but couldn’t really do much when we’re spiritually summoned to another dimension by a blind fake immortal wolf,” The nun-chuck wielder joked weakly.

“Just how long were we gone?” Michelangelo asked quietly,  “Cuz, I didn’t have to check when I have an awesome story to tell my two besties!” The turtle cheerfully added. At the edge of the screen, you can see a yellow bowl and can hear a faint meow.

A small smile formed on Leatherhead but inwardly he was frowning as well. His friend, in true ninja form, is great at misdirection. “Almost a week, my friend”.

The smallest mutant turtle's eyes widen, “Really? It was like—three days for us,” Michelangelo compared with a faraway look.

Leatherhead pressed his teeth together, to anyone who doesn’t know the mutant, they would say he’s restraining himself from eating something, but his expression is equivalent to a human pressing their lips together, a sign of displeasure. The alligator was about to change the topic, as he didn’t like the faraway look on Michelangelo’s normally bright face, but someone beat him to the punch. 

“Mikey! I need your help!” Donatello called out, snapping Michelangelo’s trance.

“Coming Dee! Sorry Leatherhead, I’ll talk to you later,” The turtle apologized, as he moved the screen to a mutant ice cream cat, “Talk with Ice Cream Kitty! You guys haven’t talked since forever!”

“…”

“… How’s the freezer?” Leatherhead awkwardly questioned.

“Meowr~”

“You’re right, that’s an awful ice breaker to start a conversation,” Leatherhead apologized.

“Meow~”

“What? I didn’t pun.”

“Meeeow~”

“Oh… I didn’t realize,”

“Meoow~” The ice cream mutant titled her head a little, “Meow?”

“I’m afraid I don’t.”

“Meow!”

“When?”

“Meow~”

“That—”

“INTRUDERS!” A blue blur passed Leatherhead and leapt over the railings.

“Ice Cream Kitty, we’ll continue this later,” Leatherhead said goodbye to the cold mutant and ended the call. 

Following the Salamandrian example, Leatherhead leapt over the railing as he saw three humans fighting Mona Lisa, Mondo Gecko, and Pigeon Pete.

“Pete!” The Leopard Gecko shouted in distress, as the human with a skull mask batted the Pigeon into a metal pillar.

Leatherhead roared as he tried to charge the masked human. But a red-haired human threw a smoke pellet at him. If Leatherhead was more clear-headed, he wouldn’t have attacked the red-haired human or the masked human, for they particularly looked like April O’Neil and Casey Jones. [1] It is fortunate that Leatherhead has a third eyelid or else he would’ve been so focused on regaining his vision than blocking a stab aimed at his underbelly.  

“Mondo! Take the light out!” The only non-mutant in the Mutanimals ordered the mutant gecko.

“‘right!” The youngest mutant in the group cheekily saluted and proceeded to smash the control panel with his skateboard.

Leatherhead would’ve complimented Mona Lisa’s quick thinking of turning lights off [2] if he wasn’t busy trying to defend himself. The large mutant isn’t used on the defensive side of fighting, but his opponent is relentlessly attacking him. 

But considering his redhead opponent switched with a black-haired human, that was fighting Mona Lisa. Leatherhead can see why this human hadn’t been knocked out by Mona Lisa, who is the only trained warrior in the Mutanimals with the exception of Slash.

CREEEAAAK

“What is going on!” A human-turned-monkey loudly demands. Beside the Monkey is a large snapping turtle with spikes and wearing a black bandana, carrying groceries. 

“O’Neil! Jones! Opening!” The black-haired human pointed at the open garage door.

Wait. What? Did Leatherhead hear that right?

“Oh no one is leaving–” Rockwell interrupted with monkey noise, “–without giving me some answers!” [3] The former human telekinetically lifted the three human intruders into the air, and then glared at us. (Mona Lisa, Leatherhead, and Mondo Gecko)

“You can’t destroy the control panel to do the Lights off plan!” The scientist hissed angrily.

“Yeah, but I thought about how they can turn it on, so def need to destroy the panel, doc,” The youngest member of Mutanimals reasoned nonchalantly.

Dr. Rockwell’s eyes bulge in annoyance, “You're lucky I thought about this outcome and—monkey noise—made a backup panel!” 

“And our little intruders are interesting.” Dr. Rockwell added as he eyed the three humans with maniacal interest.

“We ain’t telling ya’ nothin’!” Came a muffled statement from the masked human.

“Hm, yes,” Rockwell made another monkey noise, “Slash, you know where the backup panel. Take—monkey noise—Gecko with you, penance for destroying my tech.”

Slash grunted, “Let’s go, kid,” As he dropped the groceries, and walked outside.

“Not a kid!” Mondo squawked.

“Yeah, yeah,” Slash waved off the attempted correction, making Mondo offended.

Leatherhead stared at the duo bickering back and forth.

“Doctor, put them down, I want to try tying them up,” Mona Lisa enthusiastically said.

“Ah yes,” Monkey sounds, and eyes bulged for a second, “Space doesn’t have rope. Instead you alien tie with magnetic space metal.”

The Salamandrian warrior nodded, “Sometimes electricity. Burnt skin and pain make the captive more compliant.”

Leatherhead can attest. The Kraang had tied him with electricity before.

“Raphael taught me the proper ways of tying with ropes or wires. The painful and the non-painful way, and I’ve been looking for an opportunity to test my learnings” By that meaning, the non-painful is actually not painful for mutants or aliens. And maybe non-painful for trained humans only.

“And you’ll be trying…?” Leatherhead wanted to know, as Michelangelo tried teaching him once, but it was futile because Leatherhead kept accidentally cutting the wire/rope. But they did discover Leatherhead can somewhat tie someone with metal pipes in case chains aren’t available in the area.

“Wire. The painful way.” 

Leatherhead felt pity for the human intruders. Michelangelo said the wire is more painful than the ropes. Unlike the ropes tied with the painful method, they irritate the skin if you try to move or escape, the wire on the other hand makes you bleed.

It took 10 minutes, as the humans tried to escape while being tied by the alien. And to Leatherhead’s surprise, the Salamandrian warrior tied the male human with the not painful method. And the fact the masked human gave her the most trouble despite being less refined than his companions.

During the 10 minutes, Slash and Mondo brought the back-up-controlled panel, which Dr. Rockwell quickly integrated into their lair system and managed to open the lights the moment Mona was finished tying the redhead human.

“Now!” Dr. Rockwell clapped and eyes bulged with enthusiasm, “These two humans!” The monkey removed the mask on the male human, “Are alternate versions of our friend April O’Neil and Casey Jones!”

That doesn’t seem outlandish since they look like adult versions of their friend. Leatherhead thought.

“And! This human is Karai!” Dr. Rockwell dramatically pointed at the black-haired human.

The proclaimed alternate Karai didn’t look like Karai in Leatherhead’s opinion.

“It seems, armour and being good at the battle is consistent for any version of Karai,” Mona Lisa complimented(?). 

“You’re just going to accept that!?” Questioned the maskless Casey Jones.

“Casey…” Alternate April hissed.

The alternate Karai remained quiet as she observed them.

“Well yeah. Doc is pretty smart y’know,” Mondo answered, “Besides! Mikey told me that the multiverse exists cuz he already met an alternate version of himself… Twice!”

Alternate Universe Casey nodded hesitantly, “Okay… But all we know you guys are faking this whole alternate-whatever-situation story,” Alternate Casey Jones states with a furrowed suspicious brow.

Well, Leatherhead can’t fault this Casey Jones for being suspicious.

“We’ll call them.”

“What?”

“The turtles,” Mona specified.

“We’ll call them either way to fix this,” Slash added.

“They are the experts at this type of situation,” Rockwell said with a hint of jealousy.

“…So, you’ll untie us?” Alternate Karai asked.

“If you swear on your honour to stay until the turtles come,” Mona Lisa replied.

Alternate Karai raised her eyebrow, “You must know me intimately,” and something rest unsaid, that only Mona seemed to understand.

The alien warrior shrugged, “We have a bi-weekly girls' night out,” 

Karai huffed in amusement, like she heard something funny, “I swear on my honour, I’ll stay until this universe’s turtles show up.”

Mona hummed before turning to the other humans, “How about you two?”

“Will you stay as well?”

When the alternate April O’Neil was about to speak, the garaged door opened, and garbage and rotten food is all they could smell.

“Hey, guys! I just finished an interview with—who are these humans? And why do they look like our friends?” Questioned by the newly arrived resident New York Hero, Muck Man.

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GASP!

“Sensei!”

Splinter coughed relentlessly to the point he couldn’t recognize which of his sons had made him sit in a stable position. The mutant also has blurry vision.

“Whoa there sensei, take it easy,” His son rubbed his back. 

It took a few minutes to not hack up his lungs and to regain his vision.

“You okay, master?” Questioned Raphael, who was leaning against a graffitied wall.

“Ye-yes, I am alright, my son.” Splinter cleared his throat, “Thank you, Donatello.”

Looking around with a clearer vision, Splinter can tell they’re in an ally way. Which the rat mutant didn’t expect to be at, being sucked into the portal. And speaking of portals…

“Where’s Leonardo?” 

Seeing his three sons being together gives Splinter hope that his eldest is just reconning the area to be safe and he arrived with them. But with the expressions of his sons, Splinter’s hope wanes.

“We’re… not sure, Sensei,” Donatello took a deep breath, “Because we aren’t in our universe.”

“What do you mean, Donatello?” Splinter asked with a confused frown.

The purple-clad genius handed him a Newspaper, “While you were unconscious, Mikey and Raph did a little reconning around the area and I was protecting your body. When they’re done, Mikey found this,” The mutant turtle pointed at the newspaper date.

“August 6, 2015,” Splinter murmured in shock.

Donatello nods, “I would’ve said we’re in the future if it weren’t the fact the publishing company is different. Of course, I had taken into account the possibility of a new publishing company and future and such, but it says the company has been around since the 1887s. In our universe, it's Hearst, but here it's Hirst.”

“And don’t forget you dragged me to places!” Chimed Michelangelo.

His third oldest sighed, “And the fact I dragged Mikey to find areas that were supposed to be familiar but to only see to be slightly altered, but still related to our universe.”

“Dollar Tree is waaaay better than Cheap Shop,” Splinter’s youngest proclaimed.

“It is a little on the nose,” Donatello agreed.

“Ok, sensei is up to date. What are we going to do now?” Grunted Rapheal.

Splinter’s whiskers twitched at the small made wind.

Donatello puts a thoughtful expression, “We find this universe turtles.” 

“No need,” a hoarse voice echoed through the valley.

Splinter remains in a relaxed form while his sons draw out their weapons.

Two pairs of white eyes dropped down from the fire escape stairs and stepped out of the shadows to show two giant mutant turtles.

‘Their body is completely submerged in the shadow.’ Splinter mused as he was impressed. For he knew these turtles only showed visibility because they wanted to.

“Your Don aaaaand your Leo?” Questioned Michelangelo in a disbelief tone, as he tucked away his nun-chuck.

Splinter can see why his son is in disbelief. The two mutants have different sizes. The one wearing a purple bandana—Who Splinter assumes to be Donatello—is tall and lanky, his muscles aren’t pronounced much, and his eye colour is reddish brown. While his blue bandana companion—Leonardo… Splinter’s heart is riddled with anxiety at the thought of his eldest—is smaller than this universe’s Donatello, with more pronounced muscles and his eye colour is silver-blue.  While his sons have the same height, same muscles, and same eye colour, except for Michelangelo’s baby blue eyes.

“Yes, and yes,” Alternate Donatello answered dismissively, “So, what are you guys doing in our dimension? And what year is it on your end?” 

“Ok–hold up. How can we be sure we can trust you,” Raphael questioned and interrupted before Donatello could answer his counterparts’ questions.

The alternate of his first and third eldest had shared an amused yet exasperated look at each other.

“From the looks of things, you act like our Raph. And if you're anything like our Raph” Alternate Donatello started, “You won’t trust our words regardless,” Alternate Leonardo finished.

“They got you there,” Donatello pointed out with an amused tone as he sheathed his Bō-staff.

Rapheal growled and grumpily crossed his arms after he sheathed his Sais. But the red-clad turtle is glaring warily at the alternate turtles.

“For your earlier questions. We didn’t mean to be here as we were forcefully sucked–“

Michelangelo laughs “Ha ha ha, suck.”

“–into a vortex. And it’s the year 2007 in our dimension.” Donatello continued as if he wasn’t interrupted.

‘Thank Spirit’ 

Splinter inwardly raised an eyebrow at what alternate Leonardo said. With Splinter’s ability to read lips, he managed to understand the young turtle’s words.

“Hm… What’s the source of the vortex? I might be able to replicate it.”

Donatello grimaced at the thought of the unusual source of the portal, “Stars alignment.”

“Excuse me?” Alternate Donatello stared at his son, with a gaze asking if he was joking.

“Yeah…” Unfortunately, Donatello isn’t joking.

“Right…” Came a dazed reply, “Not the weirdest transportation… What’s the stars' alignment called and how long to form?” 

“Stars of Kicaan, and 3000 years to align,” Donatello answers.

“Leo?” The alternate genius turtle turned to his brother.

This universe of his eldest shook his head, “Maybe it forms on another planet,” 

Alternate Universe Donatello hummed, “That is possible… Do you think Mona Lisa or Bishop has some information? Or willing to–”

Ba pa ba pa ba pa baa pa!

Alternate Leonardo was interrupted by a shell with a screen on it(?).

Splinter and his sons watched the object being tapped in the alternate blue-clad turtle’s hand and shared it with his Donatello.

“Looks like we’ll get information from Mona Lisa,” Alternate Leonardo said as he tucked away the small shell away. “We’re going to the Mutanimals,” Leonardo informed as he parkoured up to the building’s roof

“What? And where’s that?” Raphael loudly questioned, although, it sounded like a demand.

“Upper Manhattan,” Alternate Leonardo answered, not showing if he was bothered or not at Splinter’s hotheaded son tone, “And I hope you don’t mind being named by Mikey,” The alternate blue-clad turtled added.

“What about being named by me?” Michelangelo curiously asked as they followed his alternate brother’s example.

“Mikey–well our Mikey–likes naming things. Villains, people, or objects.” Alternate Leonardo explained.

“And if you named something without him, he’ll sulk for days,” The alternate purple-clad genius rolled his eyes.

Raphael scowled, “Why the fuck does he want to name us? We already have names!” 

“Because there are two versions of each of us. So, he’ll want to name you or us. And judging by the text, Raph successfully threaten him to name you guys instead,” Alternate Donatello explained. 

“Alright,” All six mutants dropped down in front of a vehicle, “Meet my baby, Shellraiser,” Alternate Donatello presented in a proud ‘Ta-Da’ position.

“Woah…”

The alternate version of his son revelled in the amazed look from Splinter’sfamily.

“Make yourself at home, But! Don’t break anything! Or dirty anything!” Alternate Donatello said as he sat in front of multiple monitors. While his brother sat at the steering wheel.

“Alright,” Alternate Leonardo secured his seatbelt, “Thirty-six minutes away from upper Manhattan,” The mutant set the Stick Shift.

Vrrrroooooooommm

“違う亀ですか？” Questioned Karai to the kneeling ninja. She had just been informed by one of her chuunin, who knows about her mutation and her other family members and even met them, about a Mutant Turtle with a blue bandana and twin katanas, that isn’t her brother.

“はい、カライさま” The ninja confirmed.

Karai sighed, “彼はどこにいる？”

“河童は会議室にいますよ、カライさま。” The ninja answered diligently.

Karai waved her hand, “解雇する” and the ninja disappeared.

Karai stayed still for a few moments, “Shinigami,” Karai turned to her Chuunin[4], “What do you think?”

“On whether this is an actual yokai tricking us or just an alternate version of your brothers?” Shinigami questioned, as she sat on Karai’s desk.

Karai let out a small smile, as she intertwines their fingers together, “Both.”

Shini hummed before magicking a flower, “Let’s pick Dendrobium petals, and see our answer,”

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

Karai watched as Shinigami plucked off the petals and let them fall to the ground until the last petal is in her hand.

“Brother,” Shinigami eyed the dendrobium petal with a Cheshire smile. 

Shinigami let the petal fall to Karai’s palm. Which the Jounin [5] eyed.

“Tell Daisuke to put other Leo in a box–“ Karai paused as a mischievous idea formed in her head, “Actually–put him in a closet, and the inside must have these colours,” Karai handed a piece of paper, “And appoint a flight to New York.”

“As you wished,” Shinigami dramatically bowed and disappeared in a puff of smoke in her wake.

[1] Knowing these two humans looking like Leatherhead’s friends would compromise him. It would feel like he’s attacking his friends. Mona on the other hand thinks these humans were playing a dirty trick to look like her friends, by looking like her friends, these humans thinks she won’t attack them.

[2] Salamander, Leopard Gecko, and Crocodiles has better night vision than humans. Leatherhead is a mixed mutant between Alligator-Crocodile-Human

[3] I’m not typing OOOO-AAAA-OO for monkey noises.

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#tmnt 2012 #tmnt #tmnt 2k12 #tmnt 2007 #not meant to lose au #tmnt corssover #Sei Writes #Merry Christmas

[carouselunique]

Cinch had three charges in her care once, Celestia entrusted her with the day-to-day care of Prince Blueblood, the new Princess Cadence and her student Sunset Shimmer - running a kingdom is difficult enough alone without three young ponies to look after - so when Celestia is absent (often) that means Cinch was in charge of these three ponies. And while the matron of the castle was always rigid about rules and wanted her three charges to uphold her reputation and to build their own budding reputations high, she cared about them very much. You'd have to, spending your time with the same three young ponies for so long, guiding and teaching them to be their best...

By the time Ditzy came into the picture, Cinch was down to two charges. She refused to fail them the way she failed...

Well, with one down, there were two left and she cared so much she wouldn't let anyone ruin them, especially not themselves. Surely they would come to realize Cinch was only helping.

#my sketches #my little pony #mlp #equestria girls #eqg #sunset shimmer #abacus cinch #Princess Celestia #prince blueblood #ditzy doo #princess cadence #mlp fim #mlpfim #mlp g4 #my little pony friendship is magic #swap six #side stars au #(Doubt anyone will read the tags but if you do some bonus lore: #Sunset leaving meant Celestia decided to take over caring for her new student completely to try and fix her mistakes #so that's why Twilight isn't Cinch's responsibility and why she doesn't care for that one and whatever happens to her #but if Cinch was in the picture for Twilight she would NOT approve of her actions #not morally speaking Cinch is pretty firmly amoral #but Twilight would probably be a humiliating blight on her already tenuous reputation #so y'know - that's why Cinch is bothered with Blueblood and Cadence but not Twily) #Cinch is not a good person and she will not be receiving a redemption once things fall apart - she definitely screwed up these kids #but she does legitimately care about them its just she is such a damaged old mare that her help hurts them more often - her redemption #if she gets one - will definitely be therapy or sumn... #(also sorry for the art absence losing a big platform depressed me and also I'm a busy person but fuck it we ball)

[lumberwoof]

AU where Franka doesn't get approval for the transfer and instead has to cut and run to Rhodes Island alone. Liskarm just misses finding out and isn't able to follow. and then they reunite some years down the line for whatever reason, Franka happy at Rhodes Island but still a little lonely and Liskarm saying she's fine but being at Blacksteel for so long has made her colder and harsher and just plain miserable.

(it isn't all bad, she at least has Jessica and Vanilla, but they can't get under her skin the way Franka could. Liskarm swears that Franka would get under skin sometimes just to dig out the bad feelings.)

(and Franka has people. she's surrounded by people she cares about. operators cut from the same cloth as her, that will charge headlong into battle beside her. colleagues who will nag her about sleeping and eating and training and mission parameters. friends who will rag on her for her choice of reading material. but Liskarm was all of those things rolled into one. and she is not here)

#(for the purposes of this AU Vanilla and Jessica are with Liskarm at Blacksteel) #Liskarm's squad ending up on the landship for whatever reason #Liskarm seeing Franka out of the corner of her eye and just being knocked for six #their reunion would be an all out battle in an empty training room #other staff hearing about it and trying to intervene like ''what is this Blacksteel person doing to our beloved Franka'' #Franka and Liskarm kick the shit out of each other but aren't able to actually talk because too many people watching #Vanilla and Jessica ''oh this is normal. this is normal! it's been 3 years but it's totally normal! don't worry!'' #(it's really that trope of ''ex you still care about is doing good and you're miserable'' for Liskarm) #arknights tag #yeah I'll tag it #friskarm #if you ask me if this AU has a sad or happy ending. it has whatever ending you want #I do think Franka and Liskarm's relationship changed when they transferred to Rhodes Island together #because it was a silent admission that their partnership was no longer the result of circumstance #'we've been put together' to 'we're choosing to stick together' #so to lose that aspect of their relationship would be... interesting #also Franka has to slow down for Liskarm. Liskarm is /meant/ to curb Franka's reckless behaviour #so I like the idea that Franka at RI alone is even more reckless because she's not being properly challenged #she gels too well with some operators and it's so easy that it's terrifying #in the sense that combat becomes tunnel vision. which is not a good thing #I wrote more in the tags than the actual post..... this is normal for me

[echo-rambles]

future!minsung where they announce out of nowhere they've been married for years via a random instagram post on their shared account. it's not even a post. it's a random story tucked between some others of jisung messing around in his studio and minho walking down a road and pointing out a stray cat.

it's a little clip from minho's perspective as he walks through the living room with his hand out stretched. there's a very clear wedding band on his ring finger. finally, after a few seconds of hunting, he finds jisung sitting at a desk and immediately palms his face. jisung startles and swats him away, but minho just laughs and squishes his cheeks. jisung grumbles something about how you shouldn't treat your husband this way, jagiya. I've been good to you, I've been kind, and this is how you repay me? which just makes minho laugh even more.

it's because you're my husband that I must squish you, he replies, before the story cuts off.

the next story is a picture of minho in a new hat that he got recently and wants to show off.

#stray kids #skz #minsung #future au #echo writes #50/50 split reaction between ppl losing their minds and 'wait are we meant to be surprised that they're married?'

[flowerflamestars]

Effloresce snippet

“How did you,” Nesta had managed to surprise her, “How did you come to meet this woman?” Nesta let out a ragged, half-mad laugh. “I tried to hire her to smuggle me into the Spring Court to save my sister.” She twisted, looking straight at Kali. “Why do they call Rhysand a pretender?” Warmth, whatever warmth Nesta had garnered, evaporated. “The heir died,” Kali pronounced. “The current High Lord prevented us from vengeance. We could not- the Lady Shahar did not return to the sky. You cannot lead the clans without honor.” Nesta’s honor was tarnished in every direction. Her father, her sister, her dead uncounted. “Who is the next heir?” Kali sucked in an audible breath and then, just as careful, off as the way Koram had touched her, clapped the back of Nesta’s shoulder where bone and muscle would meet in wings were she something else. “That pale bitch who’s been dragging Cassian around by his throat for centuries, my lady.” Morrigan. Of course, it was Morrigan. Nesta wiped her face. “Will it cause problems?” “Your friend, the mercenary? The mortal child of an Illyrian?” Kali shrugged, motion half wings, “It will be strange. Not violent.” “And probably good for them to see.” “Them,” Kali echoed. Nesta pressed hard against her wet eyes, once, the pressure twinned with pain in her face. “I’m not going to tell anyone who they can or cannot consort with,” Nesta nearly hissed, before she reeled herself back in. “I am not a High Lord. These things happen, and there is nothing wrong with them.” Kali, quite obviously cautious, squeezed Nesta’s shoulder like it was made of bone fine porcelain. “Lady Nesta.” It was kind, and utterly unbearable. “Why do you need her?” Kali asked, after a long moment. “The mercenary?” Nesta, feeling like the expression cracked her, bleeding open, smiled. “She travels in the company of Jurian,” Nesta told her, one more Archeron secret laid bare, “Breaker of chains and kings. I have need of him.”

#hi hello for anyone new to this au I HAVE NEVER FOUND A THREAD I DONT WANT TO YANK #yes forever and always on my personal Rhys was not meant to be heir bullshit #Nesta is about to have the worst week of her life while Elain is on her wartime sedition themed honeymoon #Kali has known Cassian since he was ten! #she hates Mor! #(I do not...exactly. But this story is not great for her) #Jurian and Lucien friends if not lovers in every au #culture clash! #Azriel slow motion losing his shit completely #something something Rhysand's sister having a NAME #and her death rebounding all the way back to ruin his shitty government beloved #effloresce

[revrads]

Faith AU where John is still possessed by Alu by the end of Chapter 3, they develop an Eddie and Venom type relationship (without the sexual tension, these two fucking hate each other), and they both go on wacky adventures to hunt demons and start household dramas except the household is John’s head

#faith game #faith the unholy trinity #john ward #father ward #faith alu #faith game fanart #alternate universe #art #doodle #drawing #fanart #digital art #artsy ari #((I'm tempted to call this AU the Jesus of Suburbia AU for shits and giggles. for now it has no name)) #((Remember when I said I love tropes where John becomes lest and less human? this is it. This is my excuse)) #((Everytime John goes MORTIS Alu's influence becomes stronger and John starts to slowly lose his humanity)) #((This was meant to be more crack-ish cause it's mostly just Alu trying to start shit with John and Garcia gets caught in the middle)) #((Alu has an ulterior motive for staying in John- The priest could wipe out his competitions)) #((He helps John exorcise demons and John helps him by killing the other lower class demons. also he gets a host so win win)) #((Garcia is VERY wary of John but as time goes by he's just very tired to see a demon and a priest bicker like housewives))

[paintedkinzy-88]

What happens to a dragon who loses their hoard?

They become very distraught.

How they react probably depends on who or what happened. Like if someone killed one of the Gang, Nightmare would go on a rampage, then be inconsolable and very clingy for a while (or just inconsolable and antisocial if it was like, ALL of his hoard). Same for Reaper and Error, honestly.

Should Dream lose a significant amount of his hoard, you’d have a very depressed noodle for a long time, but he’d eventually be able to heal and replace the lost items (and probably be a lot more protective of it, there wouldn’t be as much sharing for a while, he’d wanna keep it so close to home). Ink’s similar to this.

Life would likely also go on a rampage if her garden, say, burnt down, but less murderous and more just sadly tearing through the remains. That kinda thing!

It hurts their soul tho. Would feel like they lost everything for a good while. Just a lot more painful to the ones that have living hoards, y’know??

#your house burnt down vs someone murdered all of your family kinda deal #that’s their prescious #items or otherwise #they’re meant to protect it it’s part of their lives #losing it would be devastating but not necessarily end of the world?? #fbsjndnsn if that makes any sense wheeeeze #idk it’s different for each of them! #asks #undertale #undertale multiverse #dragon balance au

[jessicas-pi]

I conducted a vote on which fic snippet to share, and you chose the shipfic I'm writing out of spite!

(Sooo, just for a little context: this is from a short fic set in the same setting as my main Medieval AU, but not in the same universe/continuity as my main Medieval AU. Kinda like what SW Legends is to canon, yknow?)

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“I’m the PRINCESSSSS!”

Ahsoka’s flailing arm nearly hit Rex in the face, but he dodged, and caught her around the middle, stopping her tipsy swaying. “Yes, Your Highness, we know.”

She threw an arm around his neck and squished her cheek against his pauldron. “I’m prettyyyyy.”

“If you insist, Princess.”

“Do you think I’m pretty?”

She swerved wildly, and he redirected her. “It would be unseemly for me to answer that, Princess.”

“Seemly. Seeeeeemly. Stupid Seemley Ress,” she said, slurring his name, then trying to correct herself. “Stupid Seemly Ress. Resss. Ressss! My tongue’sss not workin’, Ress!”

“So I hear.”

“I’m pretty. And I’m strong.”

“As everyone knows.”

“And I’m tall!”

“Acknowledged.”

“And I’m orange!”

“Correct.”

“AND I’m… I’mma walk on my own now!”

She shoved him away and took two wobbly steps forward before he had to catch her again.

“I can do it!” she whined. “I’m a lady. I’m twen’ny yearssss ol’. I can walk!”

She very clearly could not, so with a sigh, Rex bent over and lifted her completely, carrying her down the hallway. “All due respect, ladies do not get sloshed at formal dinners.”

“Isss no’ my fault,” she muttered. “Issstupid Korkie’s fault.”

“Right,” Rex said, ignoring her and the looks he was getting. Mostly sympathetic ones; everyone knew the Princess was trouble and was used to her getting into worse predicaments than this.

“Korkie says you liiiiike me,” she continued, singsongy. “He says you’re—you’re not sssaying an’thin ‘bout it cause of, uh. Uhhhhh. Clones! People don’t like you. Stupid people don’t. Good people do. Korkie says I like you.”

“That would be surprising, considering the amount of complaining you do whenever I’m around,” Rex deadpanned.

#korkie didn't even do anything poor guy #ahsoka's just throwing him under the bus like 'yep it is definitely korkie's fault that i got drunk.' #and rex doesn't buy it lol #soooo anyway. this is my very first foray into writing rexsoka and they're both firmly in the denial stage rn! #(I don't normally ship it due to the age gap but since they're only 3-4 years apart in this au and they met when she was 17 and not 14 #I figured if i was gonna spitewrite a rexsoka fic then the medieval setting would be the one to do it in!) #fun fact! i had contemplated actually having them be a couple in the ACTUAL medieval au and even came up with a few fun scenes! #but i scrapped it in favor of a funnier idea #but that meant i had to scrap the scenes too #BUT by writing a fic in the same setting but not the same universe i can still write those scenes! #fic snippet #fic sneak peek #spite writing #ahsoka tano #captain rex #rexsoka #annnyyyywaaaaaay posting now before i overthink and doubt myself uwu #cause writing semi-controversial ships that i know some of my tumblr buddies might not like makes me nervous lol #but hey i'm just turning it into a game. i'm calling it 'will i lose followers for posting about this ship and how many will i lose' #star wars medieval au

[sugarsweetvirgo]

TW; Trypanophobia, Needles, Uncomfortable/Fearful situations

Don't worry, you'll only feel a small prick...

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Early Bondshipping, before Kaiba and Eve actually started liking each other, let alone date. Kaiba's #1 focus was reversing Eve's size, and with that came multitudes of tests and labs and poking and documentation and so on and so forth. Nothing fascinated him more than this scientific anomaly practically dropped in his hands, and he wanted nothing more than to overcome and conquer whatever had shrunken her, despite her timid and apprehensive nature.

They aren't... The "proudest" moments of their relationship, but when your priorities lie in reversing something that shouldn't be able to exist, you need all the data you can get.

#Early AU #Bondshipping #giant/tiny #yugiohoc #yugioh au #seto kaiba #oc x canon #oc #needles #friendly reminder that Kaiba is not the nicest person out there #Once he got his hands on Eve his top priority was reversing her size situation #After they started dating they started to lose interest in reversing her situation over time #But in the beginning Kaiba wanted nothing more than to test and examine this new miniscule person #It was treated as more of an arrangement at first. Kaiba got tests and vials run on Eve. In return she'd get a cure and guaranteed saftey #It's not the proudest moment in Kaiba's lfe. But none the less they persevered and bonded because of his intense curiosity #Eve would go through all of his labs again if it meant reliving slowly falling in love with the big kaiju #Scientist x lab rat kinda dynamic? #Eve was still payed and contracted and treated very well but you know. Still a very scary time

[leaffiii]

Is Plantmans "flower hair" can glow? It is, like, the same color as the these LED things on his body🤔

Does he look like that in the dark --

I've been debating with myself the answer to this question for a LONG time lol. I made the LEDs and the petals the same colour initially just to simplify the palette more, but the more I think about it, this is definitely something flashy and extra that he'd have (probably for his performances prior to meeting Gemini).

Of course, it doesn't usually glow, but he can be a glowstick if he wants lol

#losing it over his face. hes always so cute and silly so i can imagine him making the strangest faces in contrast #fun fact! the way his front petals are set up is sorta meant to resemble a five-pointed star #cause he's a stylish little man #other's art #croc pop #fc!plant man #mmfc au

[imekitty]

A twist on Reign Storm.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17

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"Vlad, I just can't believe you." Maddie's voice was hoarse after hurling every curse word she could. "Not only did you free the ancient tyrannical ghost king Pariah Dark and steal his Ring of Rage, but then you gave it to Valerie, a child—"

"She's a mature young lady," insisted Vlad. "Very competent."

"Really? Is that why she practically handed the ring back to Pariah Dark?"

Vlad sucked his teeth. "Okay, I didn't expect her to do that."

Maddie paced the floor of the Fenton basement lab. Jack crossed his arms and glared at Vlad, who sheepishly rubbed his upper arm.

"Why did you even have that ring in the first place?" Maddie stopped pacing and turned to Vlad again. "What did you want with it?"

"Ah—" Vlad shrugged. "I just thought it would prove useful for my research, that's all."

"Liar," spat Maddie. "You were after power, weren't you? You probably wanted to get the Crown of Fire, too."

"You wanted to be the next ghost king?" asked Jack with a small smirk.

"I—no," blurted Vlad. "It really was for research."

"Then why didn't you run it by us first?" demanded Maddie. "Why would you do such a thing without telling us?"

"Because I have my own research objectives," Vlad shot back. "I only report to you for anything concerning Daniel, and this had nothing to do with him."

"You still should've told us." Maddie gritted her teeth, clenched her fists. "Everyone is in danger now because of your selfishness. You should've told us."

"Why?" Vlad's fists also clenched. "Why should I tell you anything about my own private ghost research? It's not like we're married, Maddie."

Maddie released a sharp exhale and narrowed her eyes. Vlad held her stare, not backing down.

"Enough," said Jack, coming between them. "We're wasting time. People are going to die if we don't find a way to stop the ghost king right now."

"Vlad, you and Danny need to team up," said Maddie.

"Daniel and I are strong," said Vlad, straightening up. "But we can't defeat Pariah Dark on our own, not when he possesses both the Crown of Fire and Ring of Rage—and don't start yelling at me again, Maddie, I know it's my fault he has both. You've made that abundantly clear."

Maddie shut her mouth, pursing her lips.

"Even if we recruited and convinced all of the ghosts to join us in this fight, it still wouldn't be enough," Vlad continued. "We just aren't strong enough as we are. We need something to…enhance our powers."

Vlad's voice echoed with a meaning Jack and Maddie both caught. They looked over their shoulders at the Ecto-Skeleton, light gleaming in its shiny metal armor.

"The Ecto-Skeleton would magnify the user's abilities by over a hundred times," murmured Maddie. "And that would include ghost powers."

"But it's dangerous," said Jack. "It could kill whoever wears it."

"What choice do we have, Jack?" asked Vlad. "Everyone will die if we don't do something, and Pariah Dark is simply too strong. We have to try something more drastic."

Jack sighed. "If you're sure you want to do this, Vlad, then I'll see if I can make some quick upgrades that will keep you alive as long as possible."

Vlad scoffed. "Me? What makes you think I'm going to wear it?"

Jack's brow furrowed. "Ah—well, I just assumed—I mean, I would wear it, but I don't have ghost powers like you do."

"But I am not the only one with ghost powers," said Vlad, folding his arms.

Jack looked at Vlad, then at Maddie, who was biting her lower lip and looking down at the floor.

"No," said Jack. "Not Danny."

Maddie lifted her head. "Jack—"

"Maddie, we are not making Danny do this."

"We wouldn't be making him do anything. We would guide him to make the decision on his own."

"That still sounds like making him do it."

"He really is the best choice, Jack," said Vlad.

"How exactly is a teenage boy the best choice?" spat Jack.

"Well, to begin, his young age means he's more likely to survive," said Vlad. "And his powers are already superior to what mine were when I had them for the same amount of time."

"But they're not superior to your powers right now."

"Perhaps not, but his ghost form is also stabler than mine is, considering his DNA was compatible with the mutation from the start whereas mine wasn't, hence I nearly died."

"You're stable enough now, aren't you?"

"Enough on my own, but the Ecto-Skeleton would likely be less stable in its enhancements for my ghost powers than Daniel's. And again, that means he's more likely to survive."

"He's still just a kid, and your powers are still stronger than his," said Jack. "We're the adults here. We're supposed to protect him, not the other way around. We've always controlled everything in our experiments to keep him safe."

"His safety won't matter if Pariah Dark destroys Amity Park."

"This is all your fault to begin with, Vlad. You're really going to make a child wear the Ecto-Skeleton and take on the ghost king because of your mistake? Because you're afraid of dying?"

"It's more than that," said Vlad, sounding cross. "He also has a greater chance of success. Daniel's ghostly obsession is far more suited than mine to the successful completion of this task."

"We still don't even know what exactly his obsession is!" yelled Jack.

"Whatever it is, it's made him choose to become a superhero," said Vlad. "And that's what we need right now: a superhero."

Jack huffed and turned to Maddie. "You don't actually agree with this, do you?"

Maddie chewed the inside of her cheek. "Well…"

"Maddie, that's our son! He could die."

"You were perfectly fine with shocking him in that portal and turning him into a ghost hybrid," said Vlad with a sneer.

Jack rounded on him. "That was not my idea. I was never fine with it."

"But you didn't stop it," Vlad shot back.

Jack gritted his teeth. "We calculated everything to ensure he would survive."

"And that's what we'll do now," said Maddie, her tone calm. "Danny must be the one to wear the Ecto-Skeleton, Jack. Vlad is correct that Danny's ecto-stability and obsession give him the best chance of defeating the ghost king."

"And we can certainly make some modifications that will be specifically compatible with Danny's ecto-DNA, increasing his chances of survival," said Vlad.

"We'll have to hurry," said Maddie. "We can formulate a plan to put the idea to wear the suit into Danny's head while we're working."

"Perhaps we can even find a way to make the suit transform and change colors to match Daniel's ghost form."

"We can preinstall mechanisms to channel his known ghost powers, too."

Maddie and Vlad continued discussing the matter while heading over to one of the lab workstations. Jack watched them but did not follow.

"Jack?" Maddie turned and frowned at him. "Jack, we need you. You're our top engineer here."

Jack's eyes were wide as he shook his head, threading his fingers through his greying hair. "This just can't be happening."

"It is happening," said Maddie. "And we don't have time to keep arguing. People are going to die if we don't modify this suit for Danny's DNA and powers."

Jack said nothing, did nothing.

"You know I'm right," said Maddie firmly.

Another couple beats of hesitation, and Jack finally gave in and joined Maddie and Vlad at the workstation.

Part 19

#danny phantom #maddie fenton #jack fenton #vlad masters #reign storm #planned au #imekitty writes #angst #I meant to upload this yesterday but my tiny baby foster kitten started throwing up and wouldn't eat and I was very scared for her #she's a full pound lighter than her siblings #at first I thought she was just the runt but I'm worried now that she might have FIP #I'm really hoping it's just parasites though #losing a kitten to FIP is the worst feeling in the world

[springlock-suits]

I don't make 'redemption' aus of my William bc I think he deserves it I make them because I think it's funny and that he'd hate it

#hes my silly little guy and i like letting him loose to do shenanigans #is it really redemption if he just doesn't bother to kill anyone. he doesn't have a moment like #'damn maybe it was kinda wrong of me to kill all those people to bring my kid back' moment. i think he'd never regret that tbh #omc was just. 'oh you beat my personal hell for you? well welcome to personal hell 2. #you now work for freddy fazbears and aren't allowed to get fired or hurt anyone' #theyre not really redemption aus tbh. like i could write em to be. but eh. #theyre not meant to be serious beautiful tales of story #telling theyre meant to be me putting my favorite old man in situations and i think thats beautiful #hed hate the pizzaplex soooo much. he absolutely cant stand the place #oh my god as soon as he sees the playplace generators hes gonna lose his fucking mind #he doesn't want to be here but omc refuses to let him die. not until the freddys franchise shuts down (from natural causes) #my post #darlingsfnafau #darlings ballpit au

[leo-kinnie]

OkOk part 2!!! It’ll be mostly semi edited rambling (like last time) but this time focusing on wisps, shards and crystals (maybe) :]

I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE WISPS IT WASNT DONNIES IT WAS LEOS WISP HURING HIM!! Big question is why, I still think it’s one of the shards so I’m not fully backing out of my current theory, but it’d be pretty contradictory for his own shard to show him a bad future and hurt him at the same time. Maybe it was a way for him to not interfere with the dream? Or it could be the “it will hurt but it’ll give you stronger powers” thing. Still up in the air for me as of now-

On your Twitter (that I decided to check out because LORE) you said the crystals where connected to everyone, and I’m gonna interpret it as each person being connected to their own shard for now, but I can also be read as the shards being a linked system between themselves and their hosts

In 0;41 the shard becomes shredder activated, and Donnies eyes in 0:44 are bright pink. Is it possible the shard has an influence on Donnie other then just appearance wise, and when the oddysey shard became shredder activated something changed within hin as well?

I have been thinking about more things (like “Drax and Donnie might be connected to the same crystal” and “does damaging the crystals damage the linked person?”) but my ability to explain and reason has decreased so I’m calling quits :]

AA NEW THEORY DROPPED BOYS EVERYBODY FEAST

#its so interesting seeing what you've concluded here #ALSO BONUS POINTS FOR GOING TO TWITTER LMFAO??? YOURE A REAL ONE #when i say they're connected to everyone i mean Everyone #barring villains #ALSO YES. THAT IS LEO'S MYSTIC MAGIC HURTING HIM IN THE NIGHTMARE #i dont think it hurts to say what that was meant to be but if spoilers are something u just dont want at all dont read ahead #some little filler tag so people dont see spoilers #leo's dream was prophetic that much is obvious; its also trying to show him what Donnie feels when he uses his mystic powers #because donnie's mystic energy HURTS him i've said this before #nltl au #nothing left to lose au

[phant0municorn]

I absolutely want to hear about the vampire au... I live for that stuff

Episode 1 of beast wars omg the ships are trying 2 kill eachother!! They duke it out way more and kinda almost end up killing eachother because it turns out megatron fucked up on going to the wrong era and went a little bit more to when humanity already started existing on earth for a bit and they crash so fucking hard where theres not alot of human civilization that it ends up destrouing both of their ships and almost eveyrone on it from both sides. And especially when optimus was almost on deaths door and when he scanned for life he fucked up on scanning a bat that had really bad infections with parasites and it ended up "turning" him into a monster. Theres less energon since they ended on earth at a later time and megatron still wants to kill the maximals because the golden disc they had got destroyed in the crash. (Not sure what happened to the other but probably lost to time it doesnt matter because theyre just fucked and dont have much means to really go get it if they could due to their ship being nearly fucking annihilated) its just like yeah maximals vs predacons and predacons except predacons are doing way worse off because its either tarantulas and blackarachnia fucking off somewhere mysteriously or terrorsaur being killed off eventually for wanting to overthrow megatron so bad. Or optimus having to rely on eating the protoforms so eveyrone else can have the energon they have so little of because optimus also has like. Multiple beastmodes because of the parasites so he needs more than usual. His morality gets more jaded but tries not to feel really fucked up about it for his crew and outside of fighting predacons when they just wanna pick fights with them they just try to accept their new home because thwy have no way of going back. Lucifer (dinobot) is pissed about this because his fate altered and now hes stuck on this dumb rock with a self centered leader and the only thing that really keeps him from leaving the predacons is his pupil quickstrike who he bonds with and kinda grows to be more soft like how in og beast wars he learns theres more to life than being a hardass basically and that hes a multifaceted person like anyone else. And then it allll changes when this is the part i think maybe one day I want 2 do a visual novel of this maybe if im still horribly fixated on beast wars when optimus does sowmthing that causes both dinobot and himself into a horrible depression and having to leave everythibg behind until they have no one left but each other. If i wasnt so obbsessed with my madoka au maybe this mightve already happened but i cant really control that but. Euh..

Edit from the next day: oh yeah i drew them recently i doodle them from time 2 time

#Do i want to say what happens maybe if i start losing interest or just make a whole post explaning it or soemthing on my website #Asks #Im suprised people care and I wsih I did more in a way because its more original and it would make sense if i cared more but i think its to #Depressinf for me maybe rn because post rebellion after my madoka fanfic its like. Both sides coexist and its like a dream all meant for #Optimus and no one is miserable except for dinobot because hes so self sacrificial and repeated unchanging fate again idk aauuuaaaa #But yeh ty ^_^ #Also everyone has different beast modes mostly maximals tho like cheetor is a black panther and rattrap is a stoat theyre all gothic #In a way<3 rhinox 2 ouh well #Well see. #Also important note all my aus are lesbian aus because db and op are lesbians to me this will never be a yaoi world ever. #If theres any yaoi in it it doenst matter and not super important to the story unless if its funny #Like rhinox and rattrap being their usual selves

[havockingboo]

Half tempted nah HEAVILY tempted to add ‘Everywhere At The End Of Time’ tracks to the EC AU Playlist 💀 specifically the YT vers cause it’s the more ‘feeling uneasy, unsettling’ version you know… it captured the atmosphere perfectly but MAN I ain’t about to make everyone and myself feel THAT uneasy HAH

#like it’s so fitting #and so so ironic #the ec au is about papyrus remembering everything that happens in undertale to the point it’s overwhelming for him because he was never #meant to remember THIS much #he already struggles with his memory so this is just ARGH #AND THEN EVERYWHERE AT THE END OF TIME WAS CREATED AS AN EXPERIENCE OF WHAT DEMENTIA FEELS LIKE #where a person slowly forgets their life #losing their memory etc. it’s such a spine chilling collection of stages created into tracks #6+ hours worth of it… #it’s geniunely not for the faint of heart because I haven’t even gone past the first hour of the album #AURGH I LOVE MUSIC #I LOVE PSYCHOLOGY AND THE MIND #it’s so so interesting #long tags #existential crisis au #ec au playlists #EC AU #rambles

[libelelle]

silver being a huge asshole at first so the other silver gets him a potted plant as a peace offering. silver doesn't take it the way the other silver hoped, and he's half sure silver just trashed it after he walked away : (

then later, once they've made peace, they go back to silvers place one day, and lo and behold, the plant is not only there, but very clearly well cared for

#the gesture meant more than either of them expected #silver keeps in plain view. just as a reminder that that things cant go back to normal without losing everything hes fought so hard for #talk tag #time twins au