#predator ponies are next?????

[vampvelvet]

technically g5 is more horselike than g3.5 BUT they have eyebrows and thats messed up

#and also the design seems to stray from the original concepts of what mlp was #but yk. things change and thats fine. theres still old ponies out there and iirc they remake them occassionally #well actually now that i look at 5 more closely they are less shetland like what i assume the originals are based on #and also kinda dog-like if you ask me #and the eyes are closer to front facing...? #predator ponies are next????? #mlp g1 #mlp g3.5 #mlp g5 #my little pony #doll collector #mlp collector #mlp meme

[mostlysignssomeportents]

No, Uber's (still) not profitable

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Bezzle (n): 1. "the magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it" (JK Gabraith) 2. Uber.

Uber was, is, and always will be a bezzle. There are just intrinsic limitations to the profits available to operating a taxi fleet, even if you can misclassify your employees as contractors and steal their wages, even as you force them to bear the cost of buying and maintaining your taxis.

The magic of early Uber – when taxi rides were incredibly cheap, and there were always cars available, and drivers made generous livings behind the wheel – wasn't magic at all. It was just predatory pricing.

Uber lost $0.41 on every dollar they brought in, lighting $33b of its investors' cash on fire. Most of that money came from the Saudi royals, funneled through Softbank, who brought you such bezzles as WeWork – a boring real-estate company masquerading as a high-growth tech company, just as Uber was a boring taxi company masquerading as a tech company.

Predatory pricing used to be illegal, but Chicago School economists convinced judges to stop enforcing the law on the grounds that predatory pricing was impossible because no rational actor would choose to lose money. They (willfully) ignored the obvious possibility that a VC fund could invest in a money-losing business and use predatory pricing to convince retail investors that a pile of shit of sufficient size must have a pony under it somewhere.

This venture predation let investors – like Prince Bone Saw – cash out to suckers, leaving behind a money-losing business that had to invent ever-sweatier accounting tricks and implausible narratives to keep the suckers on the line while they blew town. A bezzle, in other words:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fake-it-till-you-make-it/#millennial-lifestyle-subsidy

Uber is a true bezzle innovator, coming up with all kinds of fairy tales and sci-fi gimmicks to explain how they would convert their money-loser into a profitable business. They spent $2.5b on self-driving cars, producing a vehicle whose mean distance between fatal crashes was half a mile. Then they paid another company $400 million to take this self-licking ice-cream cone off their hands:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/09/herbies-revenge/#100-billion-here-100-billion-there-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money

Amazingly, self-driving cars were among the more plausible of Uber's plans. They pissed away hundreds of millions on California's Proposition 22 to institutionalize worker misclassification, only to have the rule struck down because they couldn't be bothered to draft it properly. Then they did it again in Massachusetts:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/15/simple-as-abc/#a-big-ask

Remember when Uber was going to plug the holes in its balance sheet with flying cars? Flying cars! Maybe they were just trying to soften us up for their IPO, where they advised investors that the only way they'd ever be profitable is if they could replace every train, bus and tram ride in the world:

https://48hills.org/2019/05/ubers-plans-include-attacking-public-transit/

Honestly, the only way that seems remotely plausible is when it's put next to flying cars for comparison. I guess we can be grateful that they never promised us jetpacks, or, you know, teleportation. Just imagine the market opportunity they could have ascribed to astral projection!

Narrative capitalism has its limits. Once Uber went public, it had to produce financial disclosures that showed the line going up, lest the bezzle come to an end. These balance-sheet tricks were as varied as they were transparent, but the financial press kept falling for them, serving as dutiful stenographers for a string of triumphant press-releases announcing Uber's long-delayed entry into the league of companies that don't lose more money every single day.

One person Uber has never fooled is Hubert Horan, a transportation analyst with decades of experience who's had Uber's number since the very start, and who has done yeoman service puncturing every one of these financial "disclosures," methodically sifting through the pile of shit to prove that there is no pony hiding in it.

In 2021, Horan showed how Uber had burned through nearly all of its cash reserves, signaling an end to its subsidy for drivers and rides, which would also inevitably end the bezzle:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/10/unter/#bezzle-no-more

In mid, 2022, Horan showed how the "profit" Uber trumpeted came from selling off failed companies it had acquired to other dying rideshare companies, which paid in their own grossly inflated stock:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/05/a-lousy-taxi/#a-giant-asterisk

At the end of 2022, Horan showed how Uber invented a made-up, nonstandard metric, called "EBITDA profitability," which allowed them to lose billions and still declare themselves to be profitable, a lie that would have been obvious if they'd reported their earnings using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP):

https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/11/bezzlers-gonna-bezzle/#gryft

Like clockwork, Uber has just announced – once again – that it is profitable, and once again, the press has credulously repeated the claim. So once again, Horan has published one of his magisterial debunkings on Naked Capitalism:

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/08/hubert-horan-can-uber-ever-deliver-part-thirty-three-uber-isnt-really-profitable-yet-but-is-getting-closer-the-antitrust-case-against-uber.html

Uber's $394m gains this quarter come from paper gains to untradable shares in its loss-making rivals – Didi, Grab, Aurora – who swapped stock with Uber in exchange for Uber's own loss-making overseas divisions. Yes, it's that stupid: Uber holds shares in dying companies that no one wants to buy. It declared those shares to have gained value, and on that basis, reported a profit.

Truly, any big number multiplied by an imaginary number can be turned into an even bigger number.

Now, Uber also reported "margin improvements" – that is, it says that it loses less on every journey. But it didn't explain how it made those improvements. But we know how the company did it: they made rides more expensive and cut the pay to their drivers. A 2.9m ride in Manhattan is now $50 – if you get a bargain! The base price is more like $70:

https://www.wired.com/story/uber-ceo-will-always-say-his-company-sucks/

The number of Uber drivers on the road has a direct relationship to the pay Uber offers those drivers. But that pay has been steeply declining, and with it, the availability of Ubers. A couple weeks ago, I found myself at the Burbank train station unable to get an Uber at all, with the app timing out repeatedly and announcing "no drivers available."

Normally, you can get a yellow taxi at the station, but years of Uber's predatory pricing has caused a drawdown of the local taxi-fleet, so there were no taxis available at the cab-rank or by dispatch. It took me an hour to get a cab home. Uber's bezzle destroyed local taxis and local transit – and replaced them with worse taxis that cost more.

Uber won't say why its margins are improving, but it can't be coming from scale. Before the pandemic, Uber had far more rides, and worse margins. Uber has diseconomies of scale: when you lose money on every ride, adding more rides increases your losses, not your profits.

Meanwhile, Lyft – Uber's also-ran competitor – saw its margins worsen over the same period. Lyft has always been worse at lying about it finances than Uber, but it is in essentially the exact same business (right down to the drivers and cars – many drivers have both apps on their phones). So Lyft's financials offer a good peek at Uber's true earnings picture.

Lyft is actually slightly better off than Uber overall. It spent less money on expensive props for its long con – flying cars, robotaxis, scooters, overseas clones – and abandoned them before Uber did. Lyft also fired 24% of its staff at the end of 2022, which should have improved its margins by cutting its costs.

Uber pays its drivers less. Like Lyft, Uber practices algorithmic wage discrimination, Veena Dubal's term describing the illegal practice of offering workers different payouts for the same work. Uber's algorithm seeks out "pickers" who are choosy about which rides they take, and converts them to "ants" (who take every ride offered) by paying them more for the same job, until they drop all their other gigs, whereupon the algorithm cuts their pay back to the rates paid to ants:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/#fishers-of-men

All told, wage theft and wage cuts by Uber transferred $1b/quarter from labor to Uber's shareholders. Historically, Uber linked fares to driver pay – think of surge pricing, where Uber charged riders more for peak times and passed some of that premium onto drivers. But now Uber trumpets a custom pricing algorithm that is the inverse of its driver payment system, calculating riders' willingness to pay and repricing every ride based on how desperate they think you are.

This pricing is a per se antitrust violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, America's original antitrust law. That's important because Sherman 2 is one of the few antitrust laws that we never stopped enforcing, unlike the laws banning predator pricing:

https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/sites/ilr.law.uiowa.edu/files/2023-02/Woodcock.pdf

Uber claims an 11% margin improvement. 6-7% of that comes from algorithmic price discrimination and service cutbacks, letting it take 29% of every dollar the driver earns (up from 22%). Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi himself says that this is as high as the take can get – over 30%, and drivers will delete the app.

Uber's food delivery service – a baling wire-and-spit Frankenstein's monster of several food apps it bought and glued together – is a loser even by the standards of the sector, which is unprofitable as a whole and experiencing an unbroken slide of declining demand.

Put it all together and you get a picture of the kind of taxi company Uber really is: one that charges more than traditional cabs, pays drivers less, and has fewer cars on the road at times of peak demand, especially in the neighborhoods that traditional taxis had always underserved. In other words, Uber has broken every one of its promises.

We replaced the "evil taxi cartel" with an "evil taxi monopolist." And it's still losing money.

Even if Lyft goes under – as seems inevitable – Uber can't attain real profitability by scooping up its passengers and drivers. When you're losing money on every ride, you just can't make it up in volume.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/09/accounting-gimmicks/#unter

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#pluralistic #bezzles #hubert horan #uber #rideshare #accounting tricks #financial engineering #late-stage capitalism #narrative capitalism #lyft #transit #uber eats #venture predation #algorithmic wage discrimination

[comfort-clubhouse]

Comfort Characters (Waves 1-5)

ENA (Season 1)

Kirby

Hello Kitty (Sanrio)

My Melody (Sanrio)

Cinnamoroll (Sanrio)

Oggy (Oggy & The Cockroaches)

Olivia (Oggy & The Cockroaches)

Hex (FNF)

Soft BF (FNF: Soft)

Orbulon (Warioware)

Mario.EXE (Mario.EXE/Mario's Madness)

MX (Mario.EXE)

SCP-049 (SCP)

SCP-999 (SCP)

Rayman

Hex (FNF)

QT (FNF)

Nikusa (FNF)

Rascal (FNF)

Rosalina (Mario)

Luigi (Mario)

Count Bleck (Mario)

Tippi (Mario)

Boo (Mario)

Zavok (Sonic)

Chao (Sonic)

Orbot (Sonic)

Cream (Sonic)

Cubot (Sonic)

SpongeBob SquarePants

Slenderman (Creepypasta)

Splendor Man (Creepypasta)

Lulu (Creepypasta)

Lost Silver (Pokèpasta)

Father (Kids Next Door)

Monty Uno (Kids Next Door)

Jaune (Spooky Month)

Skid (Spooky Month)

Robert (Spooky Month)

Bezel (Chikn Nuggit)

Cofi (Chikn Nuggit)

Little Miss Sunshine (Little Miss)

Little Miss Shy (Little Miss)

Mr Quiet (Mr Men Show)

Ragdoll (DC/The Batman Series)

Question (DC)

Sayori (DDLC)

Jigglypuff (Pokémon)

Darkrai (Pokèmon)

Snatcher (Hat In Time)

Grim (Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy)

Bread Mother (DHMIS)

Electracey (DHMIS)

Chudd Chudders (Skatoony)

Edd (Eddsworld)

Meta Knight (Kirby)

Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)

Eri (MHA)

Bubble (BFDI)

X (BFB)

DangerGrid of Doom (Skatoony)

Moxxie (Helluva Boss)

Bendy (Bendy & The Dark Revival)

Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)

Baroness Von Bon Bon (Cuphead Show)

Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel)

N (Murder Drones)

Flaky (Happy Tree Friends)

Papyrus (Undertale)

Toriel (Undertale)

Majin Sonic

Mad Hatter (DC/BTAS)

Mushi Sanban (Kids Next Door)

Maurice (Kids Next Door)

Dr Nefarious (Ratchet & Clank)

Miraitowa (Tokyo 2020 Mascot)

Someity (Tokyo 2020 Mascot)

Hanazuki

Right Hand Man (Henry Stickmin)

Sam (Trick R Treat)

Scar (Alien Vs Predator)

Dingodile (Crash Bandicoot)

Aku Aku (Crash Bandicoot)

Scarecrow (DC/BTAS/TNBA/Harley Quinn Series/Happy Halloween Scooby Doo/Arkham Knight/Arkham Asylum/Injustice 2)

Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)

Sarvente (FNF)

Wall-E

EVE (Wall-E)

Grogu (Mandalorian)

Mr Shark (The Bad Guys)

Zardy (Zardy's Maze)

Hank Anderson (Detroit: Become Human)

Needlem0use

Luther (Needlem0use)

Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)

Blitzø (Helluva Boss)

Collin (Helluva Boss)

Ms Joke (MHA)

Tsuyu Asui (MHA)

EteleD (Wii Deleted You)

Corrupt Mii (Wii Deleted You)

Duck Guy (DHMIS)

Red Guy (DHMIS)

Bingo & Snorky (Banana Splits)

Taki (Friday Night Fever)

Lord X (EXE)

Curse (EXE)

Hog (EXE)

Hypno (Pokemon/Pokèpasta)

Kapuna-Wa (Crash Bandicoot)

Lani-Loli (Crash Bandicoot)

Pusheen Cat

Shirousa & Kurousa (Sugar Bunnies)

Pump (Spooky Month)

Spot The Dog

Dr Strangeglove (Moshi Monsters)

Jevil (Deltarune)

Dmitri Petrov (Henry Stickmin)

Charles Calvin (Henry Stickmin)

Reginald Copperbottom (Henry Stickmin)

Sun (FNAF)

Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony)

Shuey Rhon Rhon (Beijing Paralympics Mascot)

Meilin Lee (Turning Red)

Abby Park (Turning Red)

Zazz (Sonic)

King Shark (DC/Harley Quinn Series)

Mugman (Cuphead Show)

Perrito (Puss In Boots)

Meggy (SMG4)

Moon Knight (Marvel)

Mama (Cooking Mama)

Alice (Pokémon)

Alicia (Pokémon)

Eevee (Pokémon)

Tari (SMG4)

Secret History Tails (mashed)

Poppet (Moshi Monsters)

Capt Squirk (Moshi Monsters)

Baby Rox (Moshi Monsters)

Gary (SpongeBob)

Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob)

XR (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

White Hat (Villainous)

505 (Villainous)

PukeyHurlC (Grossery Gang)

Iris (Pokémon)

Pipsqueak (The Lorax)

#comfort characters #ena #kirby #pokemon #sanrio #batman the animated series #batman arkham knight #hazbin hotel #helluva boss #moshi monsters #crash bandicoot #bendy and the ink machine #eddsworld #don't hug me i'm scared #chikn nuggit #doki doki literature club #creepypasta #pokepasta #hat in time #grim adventures of billy and mandy #happy tree friends #cuphead show #undertale #deltarune #wii deleted you #needlemouse #murder drones #henry stickmin #friday night fever #friday night funkin

[massharp1971]

mcshep and 16 for that kiss ask game 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

16…lazily. “We’ve been walking for hours. Just admit it, we’re hopelessly lost, and we need to just stop and wait til they come res- retrieve us.”

John glowered at Rodney. His sense of direction was atrocious, but his ability to admit this was non-existent.

“Which is fine. It’s…actually quite nice here,” Rodney tried to reassure him.

They were in a never-ending meadow. Full of flowers that Rodney was strangely unallergic to. The temperature was a still, soft 20 degrees Celsius and the sun was low in the sky at this altitude and non-burny. There were no people on this planet and no large predators in these parts. Close to paradise.

“When was the last time we got to just stop and chill out for a bit?”

John gave him an odd look but shrugged and dropped himself fluidly into a nest of long grass, sprawling there unnecessarily prettily. Rodney folded himself next to John with considerably less grace.

“You see?” Rodney said, “this is nice – we can watch the clouds. I haven’t watched clouds since grad school.”

“That one looks like a giant snail riding a pony,” John said, pointing upwards.

“What? No, it doesn’t. Oh…. Well okay, I can see it now actually.”

He turned to look at John and John grinned at him. They were lying awfully close, and since when had that happened? Rodney usually kept more distance with people he wasn’t dating but John had for a while now stepped into his personal space and made himself at home.

Well, the man was more than half cat.

“The marshmallow man from Ghostbusters on a skateboard,” Rodney pointed out.

John chuckled, turning to him again, his breath the only air movement on the so-still day. The surrounding flowers had a clean, soft scent, but it didn’t obscure the disturbingly delicious odour of John’s sweat.

Rodney fidgeted, more out of habit and a little bit of not knowing quite what to do with himself than real discomfort.

“If I had a pillow, this would be perfect,” he said, grumbling for the sake of it.

Instantly, John extended his arm out.

And oh, John just offering himself up for other’s benefit was right on brand but this? This was something Rodney didn’t know how to name but was powerless to refuse. He let John slip his nicely muscled bicep under his head and it really didn’t make anything more comfortable but was still strangely perfect.

“There’s a dragon smoking a hookah, right over there,” John said, as if nothing monumental had just happened.

And so it went. Check-in and retrieval would be in three hours, and the slow, soft day stretched out for them deliciously. Purple butterfly-ish things flitted round their heads and managed not to be annoying about it. Cyan bell-shaped flowers nodded with well-deserved vanity amid the grass. The cloud-spotting became typically competitive, but their voices got softer and slower.

Somehow, Rodney’s head eventually crept along John’s bicep and onto his shoulder.

“Damn,” Rodney said, an hour and half in, “I need to go water some flowers.”

John chuckled.

“Me too,” he said, an inaudible sigh moving through his body.

They extricated themselves reluctantly and strode a few paces in opposite directions, backs turned but not really shy after years of being out in the field.

Rodney talked down his semi, did the necessary, and turned round to find John heading back to their little nest, flicking his eyes over to Rodney just in time for their gazes to lock. Rodney could feel his cheeks heat – what the hell was going on with him today? Was there sex pollen in the flowers or something?

But he knew that wasn’t it, he could feel his mind and body’s languor from the long walk, the soft day, and the rare magic of nothing-to-do, but there was nothing altered about his state. Unfortunately, slowing down had enabled some feelings to catch up with him, and any intoxication was all the John Sheppard Effect.

As if by some unspoken agreement, they lay back down on their sides, propping heads up on bent arms, perfectly mirrored, facing each other conspiratorially close.

“Stolen time,” John said thoughtfully. “We can do what we like, right? Forced to play hooky from... all of that.”

The last word was so heavy and full of meaning Rodney would give anything to take its burden from John forever. Instead, all he could do was lean forward and press a slow, careful kiss to John’s mouth.

John’s lips parted gently as his body lost all its tension, melting back down onto the grass in a delicious slow-mo that eventually had Rodney’s body covering his. It felt oddly like the continuation of a long conversation, a natural, unhurried progression of an inevitable trajectory. There was well over an hour left until check-in and Rodney knew every moment was going to be taken up with the slow slide of their lips, the lazy probing of their tongues.

Kissing John Sheppard like they had all the time in the world. And maybe they did, because he couldn’t see them wriggling their way out of this entanglement now it had them in its delicious hold.

Nothing else was needed, as they kissed slothfully in the stupidly perfect meadow Rodney knew that they had been heading to this for a long, long time and now there was no hurry at all to find out what was next.

Except he was committed to making certain to dedicate a whole area of study to making John as soft and relaxed and loose-limbed as he was right in this moment. Thankks for the ask @acrowbyanyothername

#mcshep #kiss challenge #i just wrote this in an hour didn't mean it to get so long #not beta'd we die like john's pretence at heterosexuality #will put on ao3 later #sga #john sheppard #rodney mckay

[xxfangirl365xx]

Question: "What is a day you'll never forget?"

Ghoul's answer: The Day we met Show Pony

NOTE: Written in my wattpad a few months ago, i posted Jet's and Kobra's here so here is Ghoulie's (:

Mine predates all of the other guys' stories and it's kinda sappy but why not. Mine was the day I met my fellow prankster Show Pony. Despite popular belief they didn't just roll up and start hanging around with us.

The four of us ( Poison, Kobra ,Jet and I) had been in the zones about a year and had pretty well adjusted to life out in the middle of nowhere. We were on patrol by ourselves, one of the first times Dr.D let us do that alone. Basically we got to drive around all day, nothing usually ever happened. On this day in particular we were on our way home and spotted something off in the distance...Dracs? Possibly. We drew out ray guns and headed over only to be met with a horrifying scene of three people, all fairly young, seemingly dead.

"Dear Destroya" Poison remarked observing the sad scene

They definitely had just escaped the city and made it pretty far into the zones...unfortunately they were unarmed and didn't stand much of a chance.

Jet went to the three and looked to see if by some miracle they were alive. First two were a sad head shake no.

The third person had long dirty tangled black hair and was maybe about 17 years old...about the same age as me. Jet gently grabbed their wrist expecting nothing and were were all shocked when he found a pulse.

" Guys! This one's alive!"

" They're bleeding from somewhere on their head" Kobra noted, hiding behind his brother, scared for who knows what reason.

It's not a secret that I hate blood, I get a paper cut and nearly pass out and the guys make fun of me for it a lot, but this time it didn't bug me, I was much more bothered by the fact this poor kid was now hurt and alone laying next to their dead friends. I wasted no time In gently picking them up and we headed back to the car so we could go back to the diner and hopefully help this kid. I rested their head in my lap to keep them as comfortable as I could on the ride home. I took my vest off and covered them with it because it was getting cold. I felt really bad, you know, I was so lucky to have found a good group to rely on and call my family and I think this made me realize how fortunate I really was. This kid needed a friend and I decided to be that friend.

We got home and I carried their limp body in the diner and laid them on an extra mattress we had.

" YO DR.D" Poison yelled

" What's up boys?" He asked coming into the room a few seconds later ( this was before he hurt his leg)

"We found this wanderer on the route home" Poison explained " Their buddies were dead but they're alive for the time being"

He stood over my shoulder looking at the kid

" Should I call a doctor?" he asked after a second

" Aren't you a doctor?" Kobra asked confused

He laughed, realizing he had never clarified where that title came from

" It's just a name, I ain't got a degree to back it up. I don't know shit about medicine" he continued

" Ohhhhh..." we exclaimed in unison

"I'll call someone" He said leaving the room

I sat next to the kid for a while, just watching the rise and fall of their chest for what seemed like hours until an actual doctor came.

He looked them over before coming to the conclusion they were in perfect health other than a head injury.

" Just keep a close eye on them for the next few days,once they wake up they may be a little out of it but I'm sure they will be okay." He said before him and Dr.D went outside to smoke a cigar and gossip for a while.

" Well, you heard him. I guess they're gonna be alright" Jet said. "Well' I'm gonna go change the tire on the Trans-am, it's got a leak."

" I'll come watch." Poison said , Kobra following right behind his brother

Jet poked his head in the doorway after a second.

"You coming Ghoul?"

" Nah, I'm gonna sit with them." I said

" alright"

I sat for a while enjoying some silence until the kid began to wake up. Of course I had never been in a situation like this before.

I sat next to them and gently moved the hair out of their face.

"Ugghhh-shit" they mumbled groggily

'"Uhhh...Um.." what are you supposed to say in this situation?! " He-y?"

They looked over at me and the first they they said...I kid you not was

" Why do you have a bee on your sleeve?"

I looked at my shirt sleeve..I do have a bee on my shirt. Huh...good observation.

" Who...are you? You look funny." They said again

" I'm Fun ghoul, I'm Killjoy." I explained " what's your name?" I asked, unsure if they could answer that question. To my surprise they answered rather quick

" I've been waiting foreverrr for someone to ask me that. My name's Show Pony." They said slurring their speech.

" Nice to meet you, Show Pony... How ya feeling?"

"I dunno" they giggled

"Looks like you hit your head pretty bad huh?"

" I think so" they said continuing to giggle like a crazy person

" What's so funny?" I asked starting to laugh too

" The room's spinning it's like a carnival ride"

" Oh yeah that is fun- do you like carnivals?"

"Yeah...no clowns though"

" Oh you don't like clowns?"

" nu uh they're creepy and smelly...am I smelly? The dessert is gross." They thought for a second before they started crying

" Am I a clown? I'm weird looking and I smell" they said in between tears

I forgot the kind of wack mood swings that happened when you were going through withdrawals from BLI brainwash drugs.

'"Hey, you're not a clown, don't cry" I said, trying to comfort them.

Without a second though I knelt down further and hugged them.

They stopped for a second and were perfectly still.

" I overstepped and made them uncomfortable!" I said in my head " Oh Ghoul you idiot!"

To my surprise they hugged back and quietly whispered

" Thank you"

I spent the rest of the night doing my best to take care of Show Pony and just chatting and giving them a hard time while they tried to tell lame jokes such as this fun one at 2:07 AM

" Hey Ghoul Knock Knock"

"Who's there?"

" Boo"

" what?"

" Nooo you're supposed to say boo who!"

" Aww don't cry Pony"

" Your a jerk"

Show Pony became very good friends with us all and impressed Dr.D with their intense knowledge of music and when he started his station he made Show Pony his official helper.

So yeah, I love Pony, they're one of my best friends no matter how annoying they can be, one of my favorite people and a part of my large Zone family.

Anyways that's my story, see ya later

-Fun Ghoul

#my chemical romance #mcr #show pony #danger days the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #the fabulous killjoys #fun ghoul #party poison #jet star #kobra kid #mcr fanfiction #my chemical fucking romance #danger days

[jellyfishloveletterghosts]

He’s Got The Spirit

“What are you wearing?” Steve chokes out, coughing as his cheeks go ruddy. He’s staring, no way of hiding it, mouth parted in a pink o as his eyes try and escape for an even closer look.

Billy Hargrove showing up in a hawking high cheerleading uniform should cause more commotion than the few catcalls it gets him. Steve does not understand how everyone else is acting so normal about this. How they are not transfixed by the stretch of the top over his pecs, the high skirt brushing the tops of his thighs, the hot pants the only thing keeping him from just showing it all at any given moment. He even has his hair pulled up in the typical high pony, the scrunchie matches his uniform, a few stray curls frame his face. Steve decides that everyone else must have gone blind, or are just too stupid to admire Billy Hargrove in all of his uniformed glory

“You trying to tell me you’ve never seen the uniform this close before?” Billy asks, lips pinker than normal. Steve cannot help wondering what type of lip gloss he is wearing, it is definitely there, his lips are not usually naturally that shiny. Steve wants to taste it.

Steve remembers Billy spoke when a plain white shoe, old and scuffed taps his foot as he cocks his hip out. It draws Steve’s eyes down to the thigh high socks, a revelation of thick thighs threatening to burst free. Have Billy’s thighs always looked that thick? Steve does not think so but maybe he has never paid them enough attention, now all he wants to do is get his face between them.

“Not like this.” Steve mutters breathlessly, staring as Billy steals the lukewarm beer from his hand and downs the last of it. Head tipped back, throat bobbing, a drop of amber liquid escaping to dribble down his chin. Steve wants to lick it off. Thankfully before he can do anything stupid like actually give into that urge Billy finishes the beer with a satisfied sound. He hands the empty bottle back to Steve who takes it wordlessly, blindly setting it on the closest surface as he watches Billy drag the back of his hand over his mouth taking away some of the shine. He is definitely wearing something.

“Like what you see pretty boy.” Steve nods helplessly, guts twisting as Billy tips his head back and laughs. Not his usual mean laugh when he is mocking, a little more genuine, just for Steve. When he tips his head back down, his eyes are boring into Steve as he licks over this lips and teeth like a predator looking at its next meal. “You trying to get under my skirt pretty boy?”

“God, yes, please.” Steve does not actually mean to say that out loud much less sound so pathetic and begging. His skin grows ruddier by the second as Billy’s eyes widen and emotions shift through them rapidly. For one gut wrenching moment Steve thinks he is going to get punched in the face before they settle Billy’s smirk mean but promising in a way that has his gut twisting in a more pleasant way.

“Well let’s fucking go then.” Billy catches Steve by the wrist and drags him through the crowd. They part for them a few murmurs and more catcalls as even more people get a look at Billy in his Steve suspects stolen cheerleader uniform. No one stops them and Steve finds himself being pushed into an empty room before he can wrap his head around it all.

-

It’s Wednesday so have a wip. Technically working on this for my bound and gagged square. Billy’s going to use those long, long socks for a very good time.

Now on Ao3

#harringrove #jellyghostfic #fanfiction #st fic #billy hargrove x steve harrington #wip #wip wednesday

[flickynightdarkness]

My Full Comfort Characters List

Oggy, Olivia (Oggy & The Cockroaches)

SpongeBob, Sandy Cheeks, Gary The Snail, Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll (Sanrio)

Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Shy (Little Miss)

Mr Quiet, Little Miss Giggles (Mr Men Show)

CookieSwirlC, Jaiden Animations, Dawko, Rageminer, REU Music Channel (YouTubers)

Chudd Chudders & DangerGrid Of Doom (Skatoony)

Jigglypuff, Eevee, Darkrai, Alice, Alicia, Iris, Sylveon (Pokémon)

Rosalina, Boo, Count Bleck, Tippi, Peach, Daisy (Mario)

Mario, Yoshi, Luigi (Mario/DIC Cartoons)

Cream, Chao, Orbot, Cubot, Zavok, Zazz, Dr Eggman, Vector, Chip, Tails Doll (Sonic The Hedgehog)

Sonic, Tails (Sonic/AOSTH)

Poppet, Dr Strangeglove, Baby Rox, Captain Squirk, Jeepers, Kissy, Shishi (Moshi Monsters)

Hanazuki, Yellow Hemka, Pink Hemka, Light Blue Hemka (Hanazuki)

Charles Calvin, Reginald Copperbottom, Right Hand Man, Dmitri Petrov (Henry Stickmin)

Mama (Cooking Mama)

Pusheen The Cat

Shirousa & Kurousa (Sugar Bunnies)

Pipsqueak (The Lorax)

Mushi Sanban, Numbuh 9/Maurice, Father/Benedict Wigglestein & Monty Uno/Numbuh 0 (Codename: Kids Next Door)

Bubble (BFDI)

Winner (TPOT)

X, Cake (BFB)

Orbulon (Warioware)

Kirby, Meta Knight (Kirby)

PukeyHurlC (Grossery Gang)

Duck Guy, Red Guy, Bread Mother, Electracey (Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)

ENA (Season 1/Dream BBQ)

Moony (ENA)

Toriel, Papyrus (Undertale)

Jevil (Deltarune)

Neo Cortex, Aku Aku, Dingodile, Lani-Loli, Kapuna-Wa (Crash Bandicoot)

Scar (Alien Vs Predator)

Secret History! Tails (Mashed)

MX (Mario 85)

N (Murder Drones)

505, White Hat (Villainous)

SCP-049, SCP-999 (SCP)

Sam (Trick R Treat)

Lord X, Majin Sonic, Hog, Curse (EXEs)

Hypno (Pokémon/Poképasta)

Lost Silver (Pokepasta)

XR, NOS-4-A2 (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Ms Joke, Eri, Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia)

Rayman (Rayman/Animated Series)

Snatcher (A Hat In Time)

Scarecrow (BTAS/TNBA/Arkham Asylum/Arkham Knight/Injustice 2/Harley Quinn Series/Happy Halloween Scooby Doo)

Mad Hatter (BTAS)

King Shark (Harley Quinn Series)

Ragdoll, Riddler, Joker (The Batman Series)

The Question (Justice League Unlimited)

Zardy (Zardy's Maze)

Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet & Clank)

Soft BF (FNF: Soft)

Cofi, Bezel, Slushi, Cheezborger (Chikn Nuggit)

Hex, Nikusa, Rascal, Sarvente, QT, Boyfriend, Girlfriend (FNF)

Skid, Pump, Robert, Jaune, Streber, John, Bob Velseb (Spooky Month)

Blitzo, Moxxie, Collin, Stolas, Paimon (Helluva Boss)

Charlie Morningstar, Angel Dust, Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)

Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony)

Taki (Friday Night Fever)

Shuey Rhon Rhon (Beijing 2022 Paralympics Mascot)

Miraitowa, Someity (Tokyo 2020 Mascots)

Harry Hill, Robert Englund, Charles Martinet (Celebrities)

Bingo, Snorky (Banana Splits)

Wall-E, EVE (Wall-E)

Mario.EXE (Mario's Madness)

Needlem0use, Luther, Sarah Hendedson (Needlem0use)

Hank Anderson (Detroit: Become Human)

Bendy (BATDR)

Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)

Tari, Meggy Spletzer, Melony (SMG4)

Mugman, Baroness Von Bon Bon (Cuphead Show)

Slender Man, Splendor Man, Lulu, Jeff The Killer, Laughing Jack (Creepypasta)

Moon Knight

Meilin Lee, Abby Park (Turning Red)

Spot The Dog

Edd, Matt, Tord, Tom (Eddsworld)

EteleD, Corrupt Mii (Wii Deleted You)

Perrito, Puss In Boots, Kitty Softpaws, Three Diablos (Puss In Boots)

Grogu (The Mandalorian)

Sayori, Monika, Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Mr Shark, Diane Foxington (The Bad Guys)

Grim Reaper, Jack O Lantern (Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy)

#comfort character list #super mario #sonic the hedgehog #sanrio #moshi monsters #the henry stickmin collection #my hero academia #crash bandicoot #dc #dcau #pokemon #pokepasta #kirby #codename: kids next door #friday night funkin #wii deleted you #mario's madness #mario 85 #don't hug me i'm scared #friday night fever #friday night funkin soft #helluva boss #hazbin hotel #ena #undertale #deltarune #murder drones #ratchet and clank #villainous #buzz lightyear of star command

[f-o-and-selfship-club]

NEW F/O List!!!

Romantic F/Os💖

Scarecrow (DC/BTAS/TNBA/Nolanverse/Arkham Knight/Arkham Asylum/Fear State/Brave and The Bold/Injustice 2/Happy Halloween Scooby Doo/Tomorrowverse/Harley Quinn Series)

Mad Hatter (DC/BTAS)

Joker (DC/BTAS/The Batman Series)

Ragdoll (DC/The Batman Series)

Riddler (DC/The Batman Series)

Penguin (DC/The Batman Series)

Question (DC/Justice League Unlimited)

Harley Quinn (DC/Harley Quinn Series/Injustice 2)

Luigi (Mario)

Bowser (Mario)

ENA (Dream BBQ)

NOS-4-A2 (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Zurg (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Ty Parsec (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Bezel (Chikn Nuggit)

Dabi (MHA)

Tenya Ida (MHA)

Tomura Shigaraki (MHA)

Hawks (MHA)

Toga Himiko (MHA)

Eijirou Kirishima (MHA)

Doc Ock (Spectacular Spider Man)

Electro (Spectacular Spider Man)

Shocker (Spectacular Spider Man)

Eddie Brock/Venom (Venom Movie)

Meta Knight (Kirby)

Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)

Zavok (Sonic)

Zazz (Sonic)

Wes Weasley (Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog)(Childhood crush)

Spawn (Image Comics)

Dr Facilier (Princess and The Frog)

Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)

Jafar (Aladdin)

Claude Frollo (Hunchback Of Notre Dame(Disney)

Snatcher (Hat In Time)

Dr Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank)

Bender (Futurama)

Father (Kids Next Door)

Scar (Alien Vs Predator)

Right Hand Man (Henry Stickmin)

Chris McLean (Total Drama)

Izzy (Total Drama)

Narrator (Stanley Parable)

Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)

Matt (Eddsworld)

Blitzø (Helluva Boss)

Paimon (Helluva Boss)

Kronk (Emperor's New Groove)

Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)

Zestial Moore (Hazbin Hotel)

Tabi (FNF)

Garcello (FNF)

Freddy Krueger (Nightmare On Elm Street)

Dr Strangeglove (Moshi Monsters)

Dr Krankcase (Skylanders)

Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

Wally Darling (Welcome Home)

Peppino (Pizza Tower)

Vigilante (Pizza Tower)

Drakken (Kim Possible)

Strangled Red (Poképasta)

Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Korekiyo Shinguji (Danganronpa)

MX (Mario.EXE)

SCP-049 (SCP)

Katz (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Freaky Fred (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Computer (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

HIM (Powerpuff Girls)

Espresso Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Clover Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Bob Velseb (Spooky Month)

Agent Trout (We Bare Bears)

Mordecai Heller (Lackadaisy)

Jack Horner (Puss In Boots)

Zenitsu (Demon Slayer)

Silver Spoon (Inanimate Insanity)

Black Hat (Villainous)

Walker (Danny Phantom)

Skulker (Danny Phantom)

Fred (Scooby Doo)

Caine (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Devil (The Cuphead Show)

Jack O Lantern (Grim Adventures Of Billy and Mandy)

General Skarr (Evil Con Carne)

Simon Belmont (Captain N The Game Master)(Childhood crush)

Emperor Belos (Owl House)

Sub Zero (Mortal Kombat)

Stocking (Panty and Stocking)

Kiyoshi (Hanazuki)

Jack Sparrow (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Nikku (FNF)

Six (BFB)

Lesley (DHMIS)

Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)

Astral (Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal)(Childhood crush)

Vulture (Spectacular Spider Man)

Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony)(Childhood crush)

Discord (My Little Pony)(Childhood crush)

Mr Scatterbrain (Mr Men/Mr Men Show)(Childhood crush)

Ales Mansay (Rayman)(Childhood crush)

Mr Nonsense (Mr Men)(Childhood crush)

DangerGrid Of Doom (Skatoony)(Childhood crush)

Platonic F/Os⚘️

Kuromi (Sanrio)

Cinnamoroll (Sanrio)

Chococat (Sanrio)

ENA (Season 1)

Moony (ENA)

Bendy (BATDR)

Ellie Rose (Henry Stickmin)

Charles Calvin (Henry Stickmin)

Reginald Copperbottom (Henry Stickmin)

Demencia (Villainous)

Benrey (Half Life)

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

Kasane Teto (Vocaloid)

Kagamine Rin (Vocaloid)

Hex (FNF)

Annie (FNF)

Pom Pom (FNF)

Cassette Girl (FNF)

Boyfriend (FNF)

Girlfriend (FNF)

Carol (FNF)

Ash (FNF)

Selever (FNF)

Ruv (FNF)

Nikusa (FNF)

Solazar (FNF)

Rascal (FNF)

Dr Springheel (FNF)

Tankman (Tankmen)

Tord (Eddsworld)

Eduardo (Eddsworld)

Matilda (Eddsworld/Ellsworld)

Zanta Claws (Eddsworld)

Elvira Mistress Of The Dark

Rayman (Rayman/Animated Series/Captain Laserhawk)

Globox (Rayman)

Grand Minimus (Rayman)

Tessa (Skylanders)

Mags (Skylanders)

Eye Brawl (Skylanders)

Flynn (Skylanders)

Hugo (Skylanders)

Bambi (Bambi)

Faline (Bambi)

SpongeBob SquarePants

Patrick Star (SpongeBob)

Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob)

Plankton (SpongeBob)

Karen Plankton (SpongeBob)

Tiana (Princess and The Frog)

Charlotte (Princess and The Frog)

Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer)

Poppet (Moshi Monsters)

Luvli (Moshi Monsters)

Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel)

Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)

Vortex (Helluva Boss)

Queen Bee-Zlebub (Helluva Boss)

Bunny (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Kitty (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia)

Red Action (OK K.O)

Puss In Boots

Frost Queen Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Strawberry Crepe Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Cherry Blossom Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Squid Ink Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Daizy (Wow Wow Wubbzy)

Widget (Wow Wow Wubbzy)

Rocko (Rocko's Modern Life)

Filburt (Rocko's Modern Life)

Gordi (Unicorn Wars)

Maria (Unicorn Wars)

Toaster (Brave Little Toaster)

Luca

Giulia (Luca)

Lord X (Sonic.EXE)

Majin Sonic

Hypno (Poképasta)

Bubble (BFDI)

4 (BFB)

X (BFB)

Cofi (Chikn Nuggit)

Rabbid Rosalina (Mario + Rabbids)

Iris (Pokémon)

Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Freckles (Lackadaisy)

Gia (Madagascar)

Alex (Madagascar)

Melman (Madagascar)

Private (Madagascar)

Corporal (Madagascar)

Soft Mouse (FNF: Soft)

Charlie (Smiling Friends)

Pim (Smiling Friends)

Gretchen (Camp Lazlo)

Edward (Camp Lazlo)

Patsy (Camp Lazlo)

Mario

Yoshi (Mario)

Peach (Mario)

Daisy (Mario)

Rosalina (Mario)

Toad (Mario)

Boo (Mario)

King Boo (Mario)

Wario (Mario)

Sonic The Hedgehog

Amy Rose (Sonic)

Vector (Sonic)

Chip (Sonic)

Orbot (Sonic)

Knuckles (Sonic Movie)

Tom Wachowski (Sonic Movie)

Maddie Wachowski (Sonic Movie)

Po (Teletubbies)

Laa-Laa (Teletubbies)

Fleegle (Banana Splits)

Alice (DC/BTAS)

Donutella

Rango

Beans (Rango)

Mao Mao (Mao Mao: HOPH)

Badgerclops (Mao Mao: HOPH)

Nazz (Ed, Edd N Eddy)

Oggy (Oggy & The Cockroaches)

Familial F/Os💙

Bandit (Bluey)

Chilli (Bluey)

Radley (Bluey)

Frisky (Bluey)

Calypso (Bluey)

Brandy (Bluey)

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House)

Raine Whispers (Owl House)

Lilith Clawthorne (Owl House)

Millie (Helluva Boss)

Moxxie (Helluva Boss)

Stolas (Helluva Boss)

Asmodeus (Helluva Boss)

Fizzarolli (Helluva Boss)

Rosie (Hazbin Hotel)

Lucifer Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel)

Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Sally (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Moominpappa (Moomin)

Moominmamma (Moomin)

Mama White (Sanrio)

Papa White (Sanrio)

Hugo, Victor and Laverne (Hunchback Of Notre Dame(Disney)

King Andrias (Amphibia)

Olivia (Amphibia)

Lila (Spooky Month)

Jaune (Spooky Month)

John (Spooky Month)

Wallace (Wallace and Gromit)

Lady Tottington (Wallace and Gromit)

Muriel Bagge (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Yor Forger (Spy X Family)

Loid Forger (Spy X Family)

Sarvente (FNF)

Chris (FNF)

Alicia (Pokémon)

Alice (Pokémon)

Taki (Friday Night Fever)

Count Bleck (Mario)

Tippi (Mario)

Vanilla (Sonic)

Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Ventriloquist and Scarface (DC/BTAS)

Catwoman (DC/The Batman 2004)

Connor (Detroit: Become Human)

Hank Anderson (Detroit: Become Human)

Jason Voorhess (Friday The 13th)

Pamela Voorhees (Friday The 13th)

Ragatha (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Dr Eggman (Sonic)

Sibling F/Os🦋

Moomintroll (Moomin)

Snorkmaiden (Moomin)

Snork (Moomin)

Octavia (Helluva Boss)

Bluey

Bingo (Bluey)

Rusty (Bluey)

Slushi (Chikn Nuggit)

Sprig Plantar (Amphibia)

Marcy Wu (Amphibia)

Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)

Wendy (Gravity Falls)

Melony (SMG4)

Meilin Lee (Turning Red)

Abby Park (Turning Red)

Jenny Wakeman (My Life As A Teenage Robot)

Soft BF (FNF: Soft)

Madelyn Dinkley (Scooby Doo)

Streber (Spooky Month)

Tails (Sonic)

Rasazy (FNF)

Mindy (SpongeBob)

Nezuko (Demon Slayer)

Darrell (OK K.O)

Shannon (OK K.O)

Fink (O.K KO)

Dee Dee (Dexter's Laboratory)

Edd/Double D (Ed Edd n Eddy)

Collector (Owl House)

Olivia (Oggy & The Cockroaches)

Child F/Os🍰

Child versions of Blitzø, Stolas, Octavia, Fizzarolli (Helluva Boss)

Oliver (Helluva Boss)

Pom Pom (Bluey)

Lila (Bluey)

Cyan Fitzgerald (Todd McFarlane's Spawn Series)

Ashley (Warioware)

Penny (Warioware)

Kat & Ana (Warioware)

9-Volt (Warioware)

Julianna Scott (Sanrio)

Nifty (Hazbin Hotel)

Eri (MHA)

Kota Izumi (MHA)

Maggie Simpson (Simpsons)

Nugget (Super Meat Boy)

Anya Forger (Spy X Family)

Bubbles (Powerpuff Girls)

Adorabat (Mao Mao: HOPH)

Skid (Spooky Month)

Pump (Spooky Month)

Robert (Spooky Month)

Hat Kid (Hat In Time)

Sam (Trick R Treat)

Cream (Sonic)

Kirby

Orbulon (Warioware)

SCP-053 (SCP)

Baby Doll (DC/BTAS)

Cub (Happy Tree Friends)

Lazlo (Camp Lazlo)

Cubot (Sonic)

Dogday (Smiling Critters/Poppy Playtime)

Hoppy Hopscotch (Smiling Critters/Poppy Playtime)

Hello Kitty (Sanrio)

My Melody (Sanrio/Onegai My Melody)

X (BFB)

Snorky (Banana Splits)

Lumas (Mario)

Baby versions of Mario, Luigi (Mario)

Onion Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Three Diablos (Puss In Boots)

QT (FNF)

Pet F/Os🐈

Gidget (Secret Life Of Pets)

Daisy (Secret Life Of Pets)

Chloe (Secret Life Of Pets)

Fat Nuggets (Hazbin Hotel)

Keekee (Hazbin Hotel)

King (Owl House)

Thumper (Bambi)

SCP-999 (SCP)

SCP-131 (SCP)

Artemis (Sailor Moon)

Diana (Sailor Moon)

Luna (Sailor Moon)

Zero (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Perrito (Puss In Boots)

Kitty Softpaws (Puss In Boots)

Gary (SpongeBob)

Ringo (Eddsworld)

Pipsqueak (The Lorax)

Shirousa, Kurousa, Strawberryusa, Blueberryusa, Momousa, Vanilla, Aousa, Pandausa, Balletusa, Primausa (Sugarbunnies)

Pusheen The Cat

Cheezborger (Chikn Nuggit)

Chikn Nuggit

Muffin (Bluey)

Socks (Bluey)

505 (Villainous)

My Sweet Piano (Sanrio)

Feathers McGraw (Wallace and Gromit)

Gromit (Wallace and Gromit)

Jeffrey The Land Shark (Marvel/It's Jeff Comics)

Polterpup (Luigi's Mansion)

Jess (Postman Pat)

Garfield

Odie (Garfield)

Bond (Spy X Family)

Le Quack (Courage The Cowardly Dog)

Courage The Cowardly Dog

Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Hypno, Eevee, Sylveon, Darkrai, Piplup, Pichu, Wynaut, Manaphy, Togepi, Pawmi, Mudkip, Torchic, Chikorita, Jirachi, Emolga, Axew, Cosmog, Mew, Celebi, Zorua, Minccino, Cinccino, Ralts, Latios, Latias, Riolu, Lucario, Buneary, Dwebble, Altaria, Swablu, Quaxly, Gengar, Misdreavus (Pokémon)

Shinto (FNF: Lullaby)

Scooby Doo

Chao (Sonic)

Rilakkuma

Zippy (TUFF Puppy)

Pugsley (Dead End: Paranormal Park)

#my f/os #f/o #f/o community #romantic f/o #platonic f/o #familal f/o #pet f/o #child f/o #sibling f/o #comfort characters

[constellarcreator]

🖊️! I love all your OC’s and would love to know more about them!

OHHH BESTY!!! I have. Several. So I'll choose three to showcase right now!!!

First on the chopping block is Violet Ribbons! My beloved ponysona. It took FOREVER to get his colors down but they ended up being one of my favorite designs

Violet grew up in a small town with a very controlling and smothering family with extremely high expectations. Being an eccentric and creatively inclined pony from the get-go, Violet absolutely hated the lack of agency he was given and fought back at every opportunity. Them being a blank flank for far longer than usual did not help matters. After finally moving away to Phillydelphia as a young adult, they secured an apartment and spent hours and hours meticulously decorating it to their liking, earning their cutie mark in the process. Violet's "special talent" is creative expression in all forms, whether it be art, music, fashion, decor, or whatever else.

Next up is Poffin, my pokesona. I look like this, when you hurt me this is what you're hurting. It started off life as a "reject" from a shiny hunting pokemon breeder, and was thusly tossed out into the wilds of Alola soon after hatching alongside many of his siblings. Without a parental figure to care for and protect them, they were forced to fight tooth and nail to survive predators and bad weather conditions. At one point they did have a trainer, but for reasons that he still doesn't fully understand they were permanently separated. All this led him to have MAJOR abandonment issues and an aversion to forming serious bonds with others, until being assimilated into a found family of other eeveelutions (my friends' OCs!!!). He also in lesbians with my own gf's Absol pokesona!!! the Team Rainbow Rocket bandana matches his girlfriend's Team Skull one :] (he had no clue what Team RR is though, he just found the bandana on the ground and thought it was pretty)

And lastly, Bodie!!! I adore grumpuses they're so silly. She decided to embark on an expedition to Snaktooth Island in order to hopefully improve his disordered eating habits. For years Bodie had grown increasingly disinterested in food due to a combination of factors, primarily neurodivergence and mental illness. He had heard rumors and stories of the nutritional value and delectable taste of bugsnax and decided to give it a go. Though once on the island she ends up just looking at and playing around with the snax more often than actually eating them. If Bodie were to hypothetically interact with the canon grumpuses I think he'd get along best with Filbo, Beffica, and Snorpy while having a bit of friction with Cromdo and Gramble.

#long post #belfry asks #constellar ocs

[shummthechumm]

even though it's not true, i love the mlp timeline theory and it's variations. the idea of every generation being connected is pretty fun to think about!

my personal timeline is g1 > g3 > g2 > g4 > g1.5(?)/mlp tales > g5 . you can even fit gen 0 (my pretty pony) inbetween g2 and g4, maybe even around the g1 point if you really wanted.

g1 is first because humans, g3 is next because while no humans show up there are still holidays like christmas and valentines day, g2 because many important figures in g4's universe are named after ponies from this gen, then g4.

mlp tales is interesting because you have an semi-isolated town of earth ponies who are shocked to see pegasi/unicorns/alicorns--as if they didn't know they existed. if we go by what g5 has shown up so far, this could very well be a generation of ponies who were born waaay after the events of fim. ponies with wings and horns are myths to them.

they have "modern" technology (mostly 80s-90s tech due to the time period this show was created), and the only other mlp media containing anything like that besides equestria girls IS a new generation. this could very well take place 30-ish years before the events of g5. there was also an episode about "settler ponies" founding their town so take from that what you will.

after that its just g5 hehe. we're still learning about the events transpiring in between ANG and FiM so who knows!

fun fact i actually have characters inspired by the "pretty pony" gen that predate the birth of equestria, and who have strange variations of magic that dies out by the time g4 comes around. its a way to explore pre-equestria mlp while also repurposing ponies i like from pre g4 media hehe

#mlp tales is a very interesting piece of mlp history tbh #im very fond of the idea of it taking place just before ANG #mlp #shummy screaming into the void #g3 is kind of wonky timeline wise but the human holidays thing is what inclines me to place it right after g1 #while there are holidays like it in g4 we could chalk that up to tradition shifting over time -- esp since we get a canon history lesson on #hearths warming #and stuff

[bloodystripe5641]

"Bleed, Go on." (Grimdark) [Shugel]

Gift: @yaboymacaroni

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Chapter 1

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Miguel opened the door to his house. He knew something was wrong, he normally would just ignore intense drama, and other things.

Miguel was wearing a golden yellow color suit vest, underneath it was a black long sleeved shirt. He was wearing black jeans that were covering his black cowboy boots. And he had orange gloves with red on the palm.

Miguel had a good taste in clothing, Miguel was walking as he closed the front door behind. He then realized something was really wrong. Miguel looked around the room of the living room, he was looking for Shu. The house was dark, Shu hated the dark. When Miguel and Shu would get back home the house would be lit. Miguel was walking slowly not to make any noise.

As he walked down the hallway he smelled something that hit him like a baseball. His eyes widened as he smelt it. His pupils were smaller than pinpricks, he stopped, he looked down to see that his foot was closed with the red splatter. His heart sunk as his jaw dropped. He recognized the splatter.

It was blood.

Shu's blood.

How, and why? It crossed his mind, panic prickled through his spine as he started to breathe heavily. He walked down the hallway of what was gonna be the disaster next.

He then stopped abruptly. He saw the door of the kitchen was closed, under the door the kitchen's light was lit. Miguel then heard Shu's grunts, screams, and painful yelling. He was fighting something, or someone. Miguel's blood boiled with rage as he lifted his leg, he kicked the kitchen door open with such force that the handle lodged in the wall.

"What in the hillbilly hell is going on-" Miguel yelled but was cut off. He stood there as he saw the woman.

Blood-scent hit him with the same level of force, lodging in his nose and throat like barbs. His nostrils flared. His eyes widened. His mouth became a shrinking zero of surprise and horror.

Damn it, he should be moving! Why was she just staring like a deer on a train track as the Spain Express barrelled towards it?

The wolf-man on her hind legs looked over his shoulder and smiled. It was, in all fairness, a nice smile on a nice face; a backdrop of brown fur and eyes that crinkled at their corners. This face, those wrinkles seemed to say, smiles a lot.

It wasn’t until you got to the eyes that your opinion changed. Even then, some people might not realise. People were not always perceptive when it came to spotting dangers amongst their own kind. They were a race focussed outward, looking for hazards from outside their perfect little society. It was probably some throwback to a bygone age when they lived in castles and had never conceived of things like cities, houses or mass murdering psychopaths. People didn’t kill. People didn’t hunt their own. Miguel had always found it a useful characteristic, to various ends of him own. The canine’s raw presence was intoxicating. She didn’t even need to say anything. He just had to be and ponies flocked to him. They never saw the pinpricks of cunning deep in those eyes. They didn’t recognise the calculation in his every nod and gesture. Mostly they never got past the smile. Not until it was too late.

Miguel remembered that smile all too well.

The wolf then slowly transformed into a human. Her brown hair was sleeked back with curls, her sharp teeth turned into nubby teeth, she was wearing a black suit vest, underneath it was a whites shirt with rolled up sleeves, she was also wearing black pants with dress suits.

“You’re home!” Her voice was as beautiful as the rest of her. A slight accent clung to his words, not enough to be noticeable but enough to make her speech patterns more formal and attractive to the ear. A true predator did not miss any trick. “We were beginning to think you were not coming, my dear little one. Were you waylaid at work?”

Miguel tried hard to keep himself steady. “Put him down, Daciana.”

“Well there’s a nice hello – and after I made such an effort to be civil, too.”

“Put him down now.”

She shifted his gaze. “Oh, but we were having such fun waiting for you to arrive. You always did have such good tastes, my dear. I see that hasn’t changed.” She grinned. “I might have had a little taste. You did keep us waiting an awfully long time.”

Shu’s eyes were huge with panic. He stared at Miguel and might have run to him, had she not pinned him against the wall beside the counter with his feet off the ground. There was blood on his shoulder. It didn’t show red, just darkened his white skin into black bruises where Daciana’s mouth had been. Several dark lines traced a path like filigree to his fingertips. He had bled enough to make spatters on the floor.

“M-Miguel,” he stuttered. “Run!”

“Miguel?” She chuckle coated his name like an oil slick. “Seriously? All the names in the world you could have gone with and that was your choice?” She shook her head. “So did you name yourself after the movie named 'Coco' or the artist? No, wait, I see you have been drawing on yourself. Musical notes? The record then. I am disappointed in you, Maclean. I thought you had more imagination.”

Don’tfreakdon’tfreakdon’tfreakdon’tfreak-

Miguel’s mind tripped over itself as he fought the simultaneous impulses to run, fight and just stand there gawping. That voice. That damned voice! He had spent too many sleepless hours trying to tear it out of his memory – and now here it was. Here she was.

Here.

In his kitchen

In his home.

She couldn’t be here.

He couldn’t let her be here.

Stupid stupid stupid! This is all my fault. I should have guessed. I should have known.

She was watching him.

Miguel swallowed back his recriminations. “Put him down. You know you don’t want him.”

“Don’t I?” Her tone remained playful. It was a thin veneer.

“No. You want me.”

Shu looked between the two of them. He had no idea. He had no friggin’ clue. Oh, he had an inkling of how much danger he was in. His bleeding shoulder and fear-stink told even Miguel’s pitiful senses that much. Yet he didn’t know the rest. He didn’t know who Daciana was – what Daciana was - or why she was here, otherwise he wouldn’t be telling Miguel to run.

Or maybe he would. This was Shu after all.

The kitchen was a mess. He had fought her. Somehow that pleased Miguel. No way would his boy go down without a fight. No friggin’ way.

Except this was Daciana and that was a very, very stupid way to think. If she had allowed Shu to fight back, it wasn’t because he posed an actual threat. Ninety-nine percent of everything she did was just for his own amusement or gain. The remaining one percent … Miguel didn’t even want to think about that.

“Ohhhhhh.” The word became a purr in Daciana’s throat. “Offering yourself up? Trying to exchange yourself? How noble.”

Shu squeaked as she pulled him closer. Miguel’s spine prickled with panic and anger. She nuzzled into Shu’s throat, inhaling the terrified earth human’s scent like a kitten finding a nice spot to nap.

“Leave him alone, Daciana!” Miguel gritted.

“I was wondering whether you’d set up house here with a pet. It was the most palatable option I could think of when I first tracked you down. Do you know what I saw when I first spotted you in this squalid little bit of a suburban nightmare?” Her lip curled, revealing a hint of curvature. Shu trembled. “I saw you carrying groceries, of all things, through the front door. Brown paper bags! Utterly mundane. Utterly not you. But a pet would be acceptable. Tell me she’s a pet, Maclean. Tell me you haven’t been as stupid as I suspect you have been.”

“M-Miguel, what’s going on?” Shu whispered.

Miguel glared as if the strength of his eyes alone was enough to floor her. “Put. Him. Down.”

“Oh dear,” Daciana sighed. “I had hoped you had not fallen into such triteness as to shack up with a mortal to act out the plot of some subpar romance novel. Please do not tell me you believe you love her, Maclean. That would be too, too cliché, even for you.”

Miguel didn’t answer. What was he supposed to say? Confirming or denying the truth would only end badly. The old urge to comply rose inside her. She shifted her gaze, avoiding meeting his eyes directly.

Keep it together! That isn’t you anymore. You don’t have to do as she says. You have your own mind and she can’t force you to do anything you don’t want to do. Keep! It! Together! Miguel!

“Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.” Daciana pulled away from Shu, shaking her head. “Such a shame. And here was I, thinking we were going to be reunited amidst wonderous surprise that you are alive after all and declarations that you had finally seen the error of your ways and planned to come back to where you belong.” She smiled. There was less warmth in it than a blizzard. “I did, after all, think you were gone from this world. I mourned you, Maclean. I am so …” She paused as if to relish the word. “Happy to find I was mistaken.”

Mourned him? Now that was funny.

“M-Miguel?” Shu’s cheeks were wet. He wasn’t gulping air the way he did when he was upset or got so angry she made himself cry with frustration. Terrified tears leaked silently from the corners of his eyes.

“This ‘Miguel’ name. I do not like it. Stop calling her that.” Daciana shook him for good measure. Shu’s head joggled like a balloon on a stick.

“Daciana, stop this!” Miguel cursed the desperation that crept into his voice.

“Why do you not call me ‘Mommy', Maclean? Anyone would think you do not care for me at all.”

Miguel couldn’t look away from Shu. I’m sorry, he thought. I’m so, so sorry. I should have told you. I should have been more honest, but how could I? How could you have believed me?

And even if, by some miracle, Shu had believed the wild and crazy story, what then? He would have left Miguel – or if he hadn’t, he would never have had peace of mind again. The truth would have stolen something from both of them that they could never get back. The only debatable things were ‘what’ and ‘how much’.

Daciana glanced sharply at Miguel. The sudden movement dragged her attention away from Shu. The whites of her eyes had darkened to pink. He recognised the sudden burst of anger thinning her pupils into slits. His stomach lurched. He took an involuntary step forward, foreleg raised as if He wanted to pull her off her prey.

It was the worst thing he could have done.

“I thought so.” Daciana’s mild tone did not match his expression at all. “You have fallen for this one. Oh, Maclean. My poor, poor dear little Maclean. Do you not know that this is pure foolishness? Lay with mortals, certainly, but never fool yourself into thinking you love them. And certainly do not leave your family for them.” Pink shadowed into red as he turned his attention back to Shu, hugging him tight against her like a lover. “Was that why you made believe you were dead? For this little scrap of flesh and bone and … feelings?” Her lip curled. “Yes. Yes, I think so. The way you look at him and she looks at you. He has taken your heart.”

Shu’s chin rested on his shoulder facing Miguel. He opened her mouth to speak again. Faster than Miguel could blink, Daciana’s elbow jutted out and then forward. A wet crunch echoed off the kitchen walls.

“No!” The cry ripped from Miguel as Shu gasped and sagged.

“Whoops. I think I just broke his.”

#miguel camino #cars2 #miguel camino x shu todoroki #shu todoroki #grimdark #fanfic #gay #pansexual #werewolf #cars grimdark

[ninnosaurus]

The older I get, the less I understand the need - and societal pressure - to not enjoy things that makes us happy.

Are we as adults not allowed to feel joy? Are we just supposed to drop every hobby, interests, favorite show/movie and game because we hit a certain age?

Am I, 30 going on 31 just supposed to drop playing games because "it's for kids"? Am I supposed to stop watching my silly turtle show because "it's for kids"? Am I not allowed to spend money on Jurassic Park merchandise because "dinosaurs are for kids"?

All of these things makes me HAPPY. Is happiness reserved for kids? Am I just supposed to accept a grey, depressive life as an adult where all I do is learn about politics, taxes and progress in my work? Are the only hobbies adults are allowed to have related to alcohol and sex?

My life is already depressing. I have to wake up at 5:30 am. Then work for 8 hours and be exhausted those last 4-5 hours I have left before I have to sleep and repeat the next day.

I’m not talking about adults who invade kids’ spaces to be predators. I’m not talking about adults who use kids’ spaces to hunt for prey. I’m simply talking about us who just want to catch a break from having so much responsibility and expectations on us. I’m talking about the adults that just need to feel relaxed for a while. To not think about work, or politics, or your economic status, or how the world is slowly crumbling in front of our eyes. 

Why shouldn't I be allowed to enjoy some colorful silly show about turtles? Or My Little Pony?

Are adults not allowed feel that kind of happiness?

#ninno's thoughts

[riflebrass]

Well that was a massive pain in the dick. I spent over an hour trying to get a squirrel pelt on Grand Theft Pony so I could upgrade my provisions pouch. First off these fuckers are small and hard to find. The ones that stand out in the open like retards are all 1 & 2 star chumps and are worthless. All the 3 star squirrels run when they see me. Before I can get close enough to actually see them they spot me and keep running. I sure wish that persistence predator thing worked in game so we could wear the fuckers out.

Typically I'd follow them near a road where some passers by would drive them off or I'd get in the middle of a group of deer and can't tell one trail from the next. Finally on my way home I managed to find one that wasn't TOO hard to follow. Thank God I looked up hunting techniques. A regular arrow or the varmint rifle would have ruined the pelt. A perfect pelt requires a small game arrow and I only had enough feathers to make one.

[mlplovelight]

Ch. 3 - Campfire

Are you enjoying the campfire, APPLEJACK?

The scrap meet ended up being pretty normal, which is a disappointment to you cuz, despite Sweetcream’s warnings, you really had gotten your hopes up. You really busted your hump the last couple months to build up all that extra scrap, and now it’ll be another couple months again before the next scrap meet.

In hindsight, maybe you didn’t need to give the WHOLE bag away, but nah it wouldn’t be right to nickel and dime ponies in need.

It’s okay, you’ll get ‘em next time.

For now, you’re sitting around a campfire under the glittering stars alongside Sweetcream Scoops and Berryshine. Sweetcream is grumpy cuz she ended up sticking by you all day and didn’t get to schmooze with exotic women like she wanted, but Berryshine is neck deep in a bottle of rare cider she picked up so she couldn’t be happier.

The scrap meet’s location isn’t too far from your hometown, but it’s still quite a walk for three ponies on foot, so you’ve set up a camp for the night in a clearing. And while the scrap meet didn’t exactly go the way you wanted it to, you still got everything you NEEDED and you’re surrounded by good drinks and better friends, so you still got a smile on your face.

Even if you can feel the brain demons a-knockin’. All ‘you’re a failure’ this and ‘you screwed your one chance’ that. But you ain’t listenin’ to any of that bupkis tonight!

For right now, all you wanna listen to is the crackling of the campfire, the melodramatic tales that Berryshine is spinning, and Sweetcream’s stifled laughter as she tries not to be amused by Berryshine’s antics but completely fails.

But there is one more thing weighing on your mind, and it weighs ever harder with each time you catch a rustle of the nearby bushes in the corner of your eye.

“And so I says to her, I says,” Berryshine continues her tale, trying not to laugh all the way through it, “cider? I barely know her!”

“That’s so stupid,” Sweetcream chokes out between laughs, her voice barely audible through Berryshine’s howling cackles. Sweetcream looks towards you and her smile gives way to a concerned frown. “Is something the matter, Applejack? You don’t look too good.”

“Oh, she’s probably just worried about the pony spying on us from the bushes,” Berryshine says with a shrug, and the bushes rustle in response.

“Ah, I see we’re going to address that, hm?” Sweetcream hums, her eyes darting over toward the bushes like a predator animal stalking its prey. “I wasn’t going to SAY anything, but yeah.”

“That’s where I was at too, yeah,” you sigh. “I was waitin’ to see if it was gonna be an issue before figurin’ out how to approach, but—“

“There’s no way I’m that bad at sneaking, there’s no way!” you hear the pony in the bushes loudly whispering to herself, and you recognize her voice immediately as belonging to the purple pony you almost scuffled with at the scrap meet. “I’m not! No, there’s no way! Shut up! I’m NOT! Shut up!”

“YOU’RE SO BAD!” Berryshine calls out, before doubling over in laughter at the bashful squeak emitted from the bushes.

“Why don’t you come on out, hon?” you say pleasantly. “We ain’t gonna bite.”

“Heh, we’ll see,” Sweetcream says wryly, and you just roll your eyes playfully.

The pony mutters something to herself, but this time she keeps her voice down enough that you can’t make it out, but then she lets out a furious groan very loudly, before dragging herself out of the bushes and into view.

She looks very dour, her mane and tail all a mess even if their natural flow is trying to get them to go straight, and she’s got dark rings underneath her eyes. But her dark demeanor is belied slightly by bright pink streaks in her mane and across the entire underside of her tail.

“What’s yer name, hon?” you ask pleasantly, figuring it’d be a good idea to just start with some basic pleasantries.

“And who are you to ask for MY name?” the pony scoffs abruptly.

“Applejack,” you answer with a cheerful smile. “And this here’s Sweetcream Scoops, and the one barely keepin’ it together is Berryshine.”

“I’m sorry, I’ll be nice,” Berryshine wheezes through a couple of chuckles. “It’s just funny, she really thought we couldn’t see her the whole time she’s been following us?”

“I, uh…” the purple pony mutters bashfully, looking away from the three of you and her cheeks turning bright pink.

“Don’t sweat it, sweetheart,” you say, trying to help the girl feel a bit less high-strung. “We’re all darn good scrappers, so bein’ able to tell when we’re bein’ followed comes with the territory.”

“Hm,” she doesn’t look satisfied by your excuse, but the purple pony appears to accept it at least and doesn’t press the issue further.

“So, we didn’t catch your name?” Sweetcream says insistently. “Who ARE you? And exactly why are you following us?”

“I don’t have to tell you anything,” the woman says with a single satisfied chortle. “Perhaps I’ll let the mystery haunt you for your entire life.”

“Fair enough,” you say casually with a smile and a shrug.

“Yeah,” Sweetcream adds with a bemused groan, “I’m looking to forget this interaction even happened by tomorrow.”

“If I drink enough cider, I can forget any interaction!” Berryshine cheerfully chimes in, brandishing a bottle of cider.

“You wouldn’t be acting so casual,” the purple pony chuckles, and a cold wind blows over the camp, “if you knew what kind of power I possess.”

Ah, now you see what kinda game is being played here. This purple gal is a soulkin pony, a pony whose magic is generated from evoking emotions in other ponies. She’s trying to scare you and your friends to generate her magic, but she isn’t really that good at it.

“Knock it off with that wind,” Sweetcream scoffs. “You’re making it cold. We get it, you’re a necromancer, right? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out your weird behavior is because you’re communing with ghosts.”

“I’m not weird,” the purple pony says, her ears flicking back. “I’m scary.”

“Of course you are, hon,” you say with a smile, but the purple pony just narrows her eyes at you.

“Well NOW you’re just patronizing me,” the purple pony grumbles.

“Not on purpose!” you say bashfully.

“The only thing scary here,” Sweetcream snaps, “is how cold our food is getting. So if you don’t have anything to say to us, why don’t you just scamper on back to where you came from?”

“Though you’re welcome to share a meal with us instead if you’d like,” you’re quick to add. Sweetcream makes a good point, and you’d rather not be spinnin’ your wheels all night long with this weird girl, but you still wanna be friendly. “We got plenty.”

“Yeah, the more the merrier!” Berryshine cheers.

“I guess,” Sweetcream grumbles.

“HA!” the purple pony stamps her hoof and turns up her nose. “As if I would need to accept CHARITY from—“

The sound of the purple pony’s stomach growling is unmistakable. You’re trying hard not to laugh, but Berryshine is not as cordial.

“Okay, well that’s just—“

The purple pony’s excuse is cut off by an ethereal green mist spilling forth from her body and forming into the vague shape of a pony. Your eyes widen at the sight of it, with Sweetcream standing up in alarm and even Berryshine clamming up and giving her undivided attention.

But the three of you quickly settle down as you realize it’s just a ghost. Seeing it come outta nowhere like that was enough to startle you, but there’s no need to stress.

“I’m tired of this charade, Twilight Sparkle,” the green ghost pony addresses the purple pony, who puffs up her burning red cheeks.

“Emerald Ray! You can’t just come out and undercut me like that!” Twilight Sparkle balks.

“If I have to listen to the obnoxious sound of your growling stomach another night,” Emerald Ray groans, “I think I might die a second time.”

“Well like I said,” you give the ghost your most charming smile, and it returns the gesture in kind, “y’all are more than welcome to share a meal with us.”

“We graciously accept your invitation,” Emerald Ray bows her head. “Don’t we, Twilight?”

“Hmph,” Twilight looks away from you and from Emerald Ray, puffing up her cheeks all indignantly. “Yeah, okay.”

“So your name’s Twilight Sparkle?” you ask. “That’s really pretty.”

“YOU’RE really pretty!” Twilight snaps, pointing her hoof accusingly at you, which just makes you blush awkwardly, not helped by Berryshine snickering to herself. “Wait, no. Let me try that again.

“Your MOM is really pretty!” Twilight cackles, obviously very proud of herself, and your ears flick back against your head. “Ha! Gottem.”

“You are as adept at wordplay as any philosopher, Twilight Sparkle,” Emerald Ray muses.

You know Twilight was just grasping at straws for a retort, but it’s still like… you can’t help thinking about your mom sometimes. You wonder what happened to her. You wish you’d gotten the chance to know her. You wish you’d had someone looking out for you growing up.

You reflexively start chewing on your hoof, until you feel Sweetcream’s hoof gently tough your thigh. She smiles sweetly at you, and it brings you back to the present, where you SHOULD be right now. No time to think about what-ifs and what-might’ve-beens.

“Anyway,” Sweetcream says wryly, “go ahead and make yourself comfortable, and we’ll fix you up something nice.”

“Yeah,” you add, just wanting to contribute to the conversation and get out of bad brain zone.

Twilight sits next to the campfire, keeping careful distance from you and your pals, Berryshine even scooting further away to give her a little extra space. You plop some chili into a bowl for her, and before you can even give her some utensils, her face is buried deep in the bowl chowing down like her life depends on it.

You look up at Emerald Ray, the ghost watching over Twilight with an almost motherly grace, even as Twilight sprays food in all directions.

You think to yourself that these are an interesting pair.

#lovelight #mlp #fim #g4 #fanfic #applejack #twilight sparkle #sweetcream scoops #berryshine #emerald ray #story posting

[pumpkinpyre]

Hiya! Thanks for responding to my DDDNE poll! You’re not the first person to flag that “so don’t complain” reads as snarky or derogatory or rude, but (fascinatingly) this comment has only been present over the last couple of days of reblogs, which I find super interesting! (I was hella constrained by the character limit on this option, obvs.) I have a couple follow up questions for you, if you are willing to answer: what fandom(s) do you tend to encounter DDDNE in? How long have you been involved in internet-based fandom spaces? Also if you have any more thoughts on the poll structure or the nature of DDDNE as a tag, I would love to hear them! Have a great day!

Oh, hello! I appreciate your receptiveness to feedback, even if being contacted has caught me completely off guard LOL

Yeah, character limits are a pain, but that is pretty interesting that people have only said anything about that after a certain amount of time. I wonder if that's because it reached a certain circle of fandom? Which probably explains your next couple questions actually :V

Honestly I'm not sure how much info you can get from me because it's been quite awhile since I've gone looking for fics. I can get pretty picky about the writing I want to read and give up scrolling through AO3 pages pretty quickly 😅

I've been in and out of various fandom spaces since I was like. In middle school. And I don't want to do the math but I graduated high school in 2007 so that gives you a rough idea. Interestingly enough, DDDNE wasn't really much of a thing; I honestly didn't really encounter it as a use for a tagging system until after I joined tumblr in around 2015-16 (because Undertale). Though largely I've been more involved in the role play side of things instead of the fanfic/fanart, so there's not a whole lot of tagging done to begin with. Last time I was big into the fic/art was.. I don't remember the years but whenever tf2chan was seeing some of its higher activity. Early 2010s, maybe? The stuff I was Huge into before that predates Arrested Development, with only a little bit of overlap. Oh there's also MLP:FiM but I read most of that on their own websites, not AO3. Different categorization systems.

You know, now that I'm sitting down and really trying to remember, I feel like I've encountered DDDNE as more of a descriptor than as use as a tag itself. That might be coloring my thoughts on it. I've read plenty of fics that sure fit DDDNE criteria, but weren't tagged with the phrase. A couple I can remember would be from Team Fortress 2, Undertale, My Little Pony, and Jak and Daxter. Like I'd call the Cupcakes MLP fic DDDNE but I don't think it was ever tagged as such.

hmu if you'd like to know anything else! And you have a good day, too!

#aurorasulphur

[undertsums]

Kana and Techno's friendship

(Little warning for harm that happens, it's all fine)

Kana didn't mind when it was just her and Kino…The mindspace was peaceful, quiet. She could relax without worry of being killed or hunted until a fateful day there came a new arrival.

Kana stared at the animal, she wasn't sure what it was…It wasn't a predator, it had no claws and their teeth were flat. Still…The idea of fresh prey was…Tempting.

Maybe it was a gift to her? A new character made just for her to hunt and eat. Oh yes! For certain that was what this was. She smirked and pounced.

When Techno opened her eyes she was somewhere else…Not in her home…Not in Equestria…She was confused. But Kino, a sorta human who lived here explained everything to her. It was odd to find out she was a character, that in a way she wasn't real…But it didn't phase her that much, she was excited to learn about her new friends. Kino was apparently a God in her world…How odd.

She didn't notice until someone pounced on her and took a bite "OW!" Techno yelped, Kino was quick to get the mean one off of her "Kana, what the heck?" Kino said. Kana spat out the small bite she took "gross, why is it sweet?" She said. Techno hid behind Kino, staring at the creature that looked kinda like a human and a Timberwolf combined.

Kino sighed "I never thought I'd have to input the rule of no violence given you never attacked me" she said, Kana huffed "listen, it's an animal…It doesn't matter anyway…It's disgusting" she said. Techno pouted "hey, there's no need to be rude!" She yelled at Kana. Kana stared looking confused "that was a compliment…Means I'm not going to eat you or be tempted to" she said.

Techno huffed "that's not an apology" she said, Kana rolled her eyes and walked away. SO MEAN! Kino sighed "sorry about her…She's kinda…Prickly…She's not used to seeing new creations and making friends" she said. OH…So that's why she's rude…She just doesn't know about friendship… Well who better to teach her!

Techno couldn't believe it, she's been here for YEARS! Kana barely seemed to care or like her yet she bonded to Roman and Shadow so quick. She pouted…Was she that unlikeable? Did she smell? Techno just wasn't sure, "what are you pouting over?" A stern female voice said as Techno looked up seeing Kana standing right in front of her. "Oh…Uh…Nothing, it's just not like you to befriend someone so quickly" Techno said. Kana sat down next to the pony "eh, they're cool…Kinda helps they aren't human or animal too" she replied. Techno fiddled with her tail "is…That why you aren't friends with me?" She asked. Kana looked down stunned "what are you talking about?" She asked.

"Well…I've been here for years but…You never lower your walls around me…You always keep your distance and don't bother with me" Techno stated. Kana laughed! Techno glared at her "What's funny?" She asked annoyed.

"Techno…Just because I talk to Roman and Shadow more easily doesn't mean I'm not your friend" Kana said with a smirk. Techno blinked "but you refused all my friendship attempts!" She stated. "Yeah because you want to hug, invite me to some party in your world, play games…All that stuff that I don't care for. Doesn't mean we aren't friends…I figured you knew and that's why you stopped" Kana said.

Techno stared dumbfounded "so…We are friends?" She asked, Kana shrugged "for as long as you're around, sure" she said. Techno sat up and smiled, Kana glared "don't even think about it" she said.

"FRIENDSHIP HUG!" Techno yelled as she pounced onto Kana "ARGH! GET OFF!" She yelled.

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