#so like uh. in simpler terms

[llitchilitchi]

Here's an ask! You're a very entertaining person actually and I'd love to know your thoughts on Life. 🎤

call me a nihilist but I do genuinely think that there is no greater meaning to life and we all just kind of exist. there is no point to anything, not in a Greater Cosmic Sense sort of way, so we can pick and choose what matters and what we put emphasis on. it is so much nicer to say that seeing a cat early in the morning chasing flies in the grass is more important than a failed exam, because in 10 years both of them will matter about the same (so not at all, most likely) and one of them brought joy

I think it was in the Nicomachean Ethics, where Aristotle talked about how "true good" in the world is to find out what you love and to do it with your whole heart, and to learn to do it well, and that will bring you fulfillment and then contribute to a greater whole (which, while pointless in a divine and cosmic sense, is a wonderful thing because people deserve to be happy without a greater reason behind it than happiness itself)

and I think that's what life should be about

#asks #elmhat #can u tell I went through very long stretches of bad times and Im tired of feeling miserable? #Im p sure it was in nicomachean ethics but I read it like half a year ago and lost my notes on the topic #very strongly agree with all the points tho #so like uh. in simpler terms #life is about what makes u happy and about doing things that make u happy #about doing things for others so that they too may be happy and the world is a better place #i believe in butterfly effect and i think its important to show people kindness without prompting #i know it can be hard but I think its important. or at least its important not to be mean

[envysparkler]

Of all the people Bruce expects to see on his doorstep on a Sunday morning, Talia al Ghul is very, very low on the list.  Frankly, he’s surprised she bothered to knock.

“Oh,” Talia says, lips pursing in disappointment as he looms in the doorway, “it’s you.”  She rocks on her heels, like she’s attempting to peer around him.

“This is my house,” Bruce says, half-offended and half-bewildered.  She’s not alone, there’s a child scowling up at him—they’re making League assassins smaller and smaller these days—but Bruce ignores him and focuses on the greater threat.  “I’ve already told Ra’s al Ghul that Gotham is off-limits—”

“Don’t be ridiculous, this isn’t about him,” Talia waves him off and saunters forward, stepping over the threshold and into the house like it belongs to her.  The child follows her, only pausing to sneer at Bruce, and Bruce is left standing on his porch, thoroughly dismissed.

Talia always did have a way of getting what she wanted, and damn anything in her way.  It takes a moment for Bruce to shake the old, lingering fondness and remember that a deadly assassin is inside his house.

Alfred is going to kill him.

“Wait!  Talia!”  He catches up to her near the kitchen, where she is surveying the cereal boxes on the counter with palpable distaste.  The child looks like he’s trying to test them for poison, or possibly poison them himself, but Bruce doesn’t have time to worry about that, because she’s found—

“Uh, Bruce?” Tim’s voice cracks high, out of his chair and holding both his cereal bowl and his spoon ready to throw.  “Did you forget to tell me you had company?”

“Timothy Drake,” Talia says, cold enough to create icicles.  She studies him for a long moment, skipping from his Superboy pajamas to his bleary face to the overfull mug of coffee on the table.  “You are one of Lady Shiva’s.”

The child’s scowl deepens.

“Yes?” Tim looks at Bruce desperately, like it’s a test and he’s looking for the answer.  Bruce shrugs.

“She mentioned you were passable,” Talia sniffs.  “For a boy.”

Tim looks a mixture of outraged and pleased, but Bruce is more concerned with why Talia is here, standing in his home years after she gave back his mother’s ring.  Talia only reveals whatever she wants to reveal, and while she does only ever tells the truth, she lets him draw incorrect conclusions from those truths all on his own.  It means Ra’s isn’t involved in whatever brought her here, but that could mean anything from the old schemer being dead to Talia being on the run, and Bruce is not nearly awake for an imminent League invasion.

“Where’s Alfred?” Talia finally finishes her survey of the kitchen and rests her cool gaze on him.

That would be the reason Bruce is barely awake.  He only managed to drag himself from bed with the reminder that there was an unsupervised teenager in his house.  Unfortunately, he’d got there too late to save the coffeemaker.

“What do you want with Alfred?” Tim asks, on the verge of hostile.  The child draws himself up like a hissing, spitting snake, and only stays still by virtue of Talia’s hand on his shoulder.  Talia, for her part, merely looks inconvenienced.

“Well, this would’ve been several times simpler had he been here,” she sighs.  “I could’ve dropped off Damian for a spot of tea and gotten on with my business.”

“And what is your business?” Bruce presses.

Talia heaves another sigh—this time dramatic and put upon.  It’s an act, Bruce can tell, but that doesn’t help him, not when Talia turns to him and widens her eyes, looking up through her lashes.  “Unfortunately, Beloved, your son takes after you in terms of vanishing skills, and I’ve finally managed to track him down here, so I really must get going before he infiltrates that sorry excuse of a prison and finishes decapitating that clown you keep alive for some unfathomable reason.”

There’s a lot packed into that statement, and Bruce is still untangling ‘your son takes after you in terms of vanishing skills’ with the knowledge that Nightwing is supposed to be safely inside Bludhaven and the growing horror that Dick might’ve accidentally started a war with the League of Assassins, so it’s Tim that inhales first, staring at the child in sharp shock and then up at Talia, before finally turning towards Bruce.

“You have a kid with Talia al Ghul?!”

~#~

Talia, of course, does not bother to explain anything.  She merely instructs the child—Damian—to behave before vanishing back out the front door, and Bruce’s attempt to follow her is met with a katana and a high-pitched demand for a duel.  It becomes apparent that Talia’s version of behaving doesn’t match Bruce’s, because it takes several minutes and one shallowly bleeding slice before Bruce can extricate himself.

The child—his child—Damian leaves him alone then, looking disappointed in his swordsmanship skills, and turns instead to badgering Tim, who despite favoring a bo staff—“a clearly inferior weapon unsuited to anything but sloppy pulverization,” comes out crisp and clear-edged, much like Bruce himself when he was younger and his only point of reference was Alfred—is judged a suitable opponent on the basis of Lady Shiva’s reference.

Bruce is maybe a little sulky that a child—his child—has dismissed him in favor of a teenager with a pillow crease on his cheek, but he suppresses the emotion to dart to the Batcomputer so he can ask Nightwing what the hell he’s been up to.

Unfortunately, Dick’s response is both confused and irritated, which means Bruce has to waste time explaining the situation lest his eldest give him the silent treatment again, and Dick signs off with a promise to drop by, clearly excited at the prospect of a new sibling.

Bruce doesn’t warn him that this one is more apt to stab him than hug him.  Dick can figure that out for himself.

But with that distraction out of the way, he’s left to ruminate on Talia’s words.  She wasn’t talking about Dick, and clearly not about Tim, and not Damian, and Bruce has no other sons.  The thought drives a pang through him, a loss he will always carry, and he finds himself in front of the case with Jason’s uniform, as though it can help him solve the puzzle.

Is there another child out there he doesn’t know about?  He’d swear that he doesn’t have another with Talia, but he has no idea when or how Damian was conceived, so it’s the most likely explanation. 

#my snippets #bruce is so confused #all part of talia's plan #meanwhile jason is off having fun! with! explosives! #(and clowns)

[implalazz]

Waaaaaaaaa I’m back with more yokai fusions & also a comically small Buchikoma

L-R: Blazitina, RoboGrapenyan, Damonono, Buchikoma, Komajisan, Pandatina

Again more design thoughts under tha cut ✌️

My fingers always feel sore after typing this much….. Lots of learning about the details of traditional clothes this time. I chose these pairings cuz I felt lazy & wanted to draw the simpler ones first lol

Blazitina: Lion girl 👍 First thing I can think of in my thought process was making the belt an obi sash. Tattered at the ends to batch Blazion’s & with an obijime for fun. I didn’t super feel like giving her the same kind of Miku-esque kimono sleeves that I gave Lord Lie-In so I just made them weird kinda arm warmers. Did the same for her pants too, I’m not sure what they’re called but they’re inspired by the leg warmer kinda things in PLA on the fancy kimono. Also gave her a juban cuz idk I made her gi dip too far under her arms & yknow she’s a little lady she’s gotta stay covered up. I know all of this traditional kimono gear isn’t conductive to good karate but whatever…… She doesn’t get boots cuz I like drawing paws & her ahoge mimic Blazion’s scar (I didn’t have enough room to fit it in). I was thinking of giving her an x shaped hair clip but I thought it’d be too busy on her head. Overall despite some things I’d change (the way I shaped the obi I know realize the shape is TOO stylistic) I think this is my favourite design of the bunch

RoboGrapenyan: Very much inspired by the pkmn Violet paradox mons* (*See the bells & eyes.) Not much to say it’s a pretty straightforward fusion. The tail onibi are lightbulbs because it feels more robotic & I thought it’d be cool. The jet exhaust is grape soda……. That was a choice. LOOK I’LL EXPLAIN, uh….. grape….. grape exhaust? Grape vapor? Grape soda????? Sure. Also I think in the back of my mind I was thinking of that soda gun from that one episode of SpongeBob. Naughty Nautical Neighbors. I had to google it I had to know what episode it was….. yeah.

Damonono: YAAAAYYYYY FIRST TIME DRAWING HAKAMA THEY’RE WEIRD BUT I’LL GET BETTER AT IT!! They’re supposed to be split leg hakama but in every reference I looked up they’re so wide that they just look like the skirt kind rather than having two leg holes. I gave them hakama cuz bootleg jeans would be weird with a kimono. And I like hakama. That’s it. The sleeves….. Let’s talk about those. I didn’t wanna give them the heart guns/cannons cuz idk…. I liked the way Damona’s hands were posed & I wanted to keep that. So instead they have weird fucked up heart shaped kimono sleeves. I wanted to keep Damona’s long obi too but I thought it might mess with the silhouette already having the sleeves & also that’s just not a thing you do with hakama. So….. her sleeves are kind of like the end of her obi…….. I’m only now realizing she could’ve had them tied up normally & they could still hang that low….. whatever. In my mind they go under the obi, get tied up so they can put on the hakama, & then untie them & let them hang over the hakama. Look I don’t think of fashion in terms of is this normal? Is this practical? If it looks good I do it. Not much else to say. I had to look up a tutorial on how to put on hakama cuz I wanted them to be as accurate as possible……. And now I know how to put them on so that’s cool I guess. I LOVE LEARNING!!!!!!!!

Buchikoma: Again pretty simple. I gave him a little tuft of hair to emulate Buchinyan’s wispy hair tuft. I forgot to draw the spot of the side of the right thigh, lol. His eye spot is shaped like an onibi cuz it’s cute 👍. His haramaki has the patterning of Jibakoma’s tummy spot cuz I can’t not give him the haramaki that’d be a crime. His ears are farther apart & smaller like Jibakoma’s, & his tail onibi are shaped like that cuz idk I tried to imagine what Jibakoma’s tail looked like & I thought of that. Overall another one of my favourite yokai fusions I’ve done. That’s my son

Komajisan: SPLIT EARS!!!!! Inspired by a fandom design of a certain character from a certain comic I won’t name….. IYKYK. Split ears cuz 2. Also extra swirly bits on the swirls cuz 2. I was thinking of adding blue spots to his bindle but I didn’t like how it looked so I didn’t do it. Fun paw spots cuz it’s cute. Forehead onibi are kinda angry lookin cuz idk….. I just felt it. Also mini onibi in between the forehead ones cuz 2. Some makeup accenting cuz……. IT’S CUTE!!!!!!!! I was also thinking of making the onibi half brown & half blue but it looked bad so yeah, I didn’t do it.

Pandatina: Probably my favourite in terms of lineart. I actually got noticeably better at drawing kimono particularly the sleeves. I’m proud :]. I honestly didn’t feel like giving her a haori/cape/whatever so I didn’t (also I just forgot to lol.) So she has a good sewn into the collar of her kimono. Clover shaped obijime like Slimatina cuz it looks cool & I like it, also I needed more clover shapes lol. She’s got one in her hair because of that too, I was thinking of making it blue but I thought nahh. She’s intentionally very pale cuz I wanted her skin tone to really match the snake part of her body. And she has eyeshadow on to emulate the spots around Pandanoko’s eyes, same with her pupils. Again just a simple fusion

#🔩.my art #yokai watch #yokai oc #fusion #Frostina #blazion #robonyan #grapenyan #casanono #damona #pandanoko #komasan #komajiro #buchinyan #jibakoma

[propertyofwhitney67]

This one's simpler compared to the rest of your prompt masterlist but can I request Whitney + Breeding with a reader who is Kylar's sister? Thx <3

I love you too...

M!Whitney x Kylar's AFAB!Reader sister

Prompt Event: Breeding

Words: 838

Tw: smut, unprotected sex, breeding kink, creampie

Note: Are these words/terms cool with the youth? They sound so weird to me, I guess that's because I never use them.

“You live like this?” Whitney asked, genuinely surprised at the state of the manor. “It’s like a fucking disaster zone in here.” It really is a mess, with trash and debris everywhere. “And what is that smell?” 

I grabbed Whitney’s hand, pulling him away from my brother’s lab. “It’s uh…one of Kylar’s projects.” I tried to explain away the strong peppery chemical smell. Which reminds me, I need to get on Kylar about cleaning that up.

He didn’t fight my tugging, letting me lead him to my room. “Can’t believe the two of you are related.” Whitney grumbled, mostly to himself. He’s always found it hard to believe Kylar and I are related, something about Kylar being such a freak and me being an obedient slut. Loud sounds came from my parent's room as we passed, “What the fuck is that sound?”

“Nothing, don’t worry about it.” I could tell he didn’t believe me, but he didn’t push the matter as I dragged him past their room. I flinched as the sounds continued, I didn’t like thinking about what they were now. Those aren’t my parents, not anymore. 

Whitney raised a brow in a teasing manner upon seeing my decorated bedroom door, “I didn’t know you were such a girly girl, slut.” I rolled my eyes, opening my door revealing a clean room. Whitney whistled lowly, “Not what I expect in a place like this.” It was a far cry from the rest of the manor.

I hopped down on my bed, ruffling the perfectly made sheets. “I like to keep it nice.” The room was pink and girly with decorated walls, a clean floor, a cute gaming setup, a big bed, and a neat closet. “It’s my safe place in this shithole.” I explained with a smile, proud of how my room looked.

He pushed me back on the bed, “I don’t care about that.” He groped my chest through my shirt and flipped my short skirt up, revealing my bare cunt. “Good girl, following the rules.” He smiled, tracing my slit. 

I gasped at his touch, instinctively raising my hips to meet his touch. “Whitney…” He grabbed my hips, holding me down. “Please…”

Whitney smirked down at me, “Have you been good enough to deserve a reward?” He asked condescendingly, bunching my skirt up at my waist and fondling my pubic bone. Taking care to not slip any lower, wanting to make me beg for it.

I nodded, whining. “Yes.” I wiggled my hips, wanting him to touch me more. “Please, Whitney…” 

He chuckled, cock forming a tent in his pants. He loved watching me beg, “Well since you asked so nicely.” Wasting no time, he ripped my clothes off and tossed them to the side. I sat up on my knees and palmed his cock through his pants, “Mhh I picked the right slut.” He smirked down at me, letting me play with his cock for a few moments.

Once his precum formed a wet spot on his pants, he pushed me back down onto the bed. I giggled as he undressed, “I love you.” I said absentmindedly, it wasn’t the first time I’ve said it. I really do love him, I’d do anything for him.

A blush formed on his face as he grumbled, “Fucking hate you…” He always got embarrassed when I said that to him. I know he loves me too, he’ll just never admit it. He’s not good at expressing any other emotion besides anger.

I smiled as he climbed on top of me, “Sure you do.” His hard cock rubbed against my thigh, smearing precum on my leg. I raked my nails down his chest, leaving behind a red trail.

“Shut up.” Whitney grumbled, bringing his thick cock to my entrance and spearing his precum against my folds. He groped and fondled my tits are he rubbed his cock against my entrance. “I should-” He grunted as I angled my hips, his tip almost slipping inside. “Fucking slut.” He pulled back slightly, rubbing against my fold again. “So fucking impatient.”

I wrapped my legs around his waist, bringing him even close. The tip of his cock now rubbing against my clit, “Breed me, Whitney.”

Those words must have unlocked something in him because he didn’t hesitate in roughly thrusting into my tight hole, “You want me to breed you?” His pace was brutal with fast and deep thrusts, “Fine, I’ll breed you.” I moaned, his fat cock hitting that perfect spot every time. 

Whitney groaned into my ear as my walls tightened around his cock, “Can’t wait to see pregnant, stomach round and tits fat.” I turned my head, giving him access to my neck. He bit down hard, surly leaving behind marks.

He easily pulled multiple orgasms from me, making sure to paint my walls with his cum every time. Thoroughly exhausted, Whitney collapsed on my heaving chest and wrapped his arms around my waist. I raked my hands through his hair, “I love you.”

“I love you too…”

𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵

𝘒𝘰-𝘍𝘪

#dol #dol whitney #whitney the bully #whitney dol #degrees of lewdity whitney #dol whitney x reader #whitney degrees of lewdity #whitney the bully x reader #whitney x reader #whitney x reader fanfic #dol fanfic #dol fanfiction #degrees of lewdity #degrees of lewdity fanfiction #degrees of lewdity fanfic #degrees of lewdity imagine #degrees of lewdity imagines #degrees of lewdity x reader #dol x reader #my writing

[dr3amofagame]

fuck it. c!punz + c!dream manifesto bc what else am i going to do at university. study ? nahhh 

the first thing i want to be clear about is that i like c!drunz. they’re a very important duo (they were explicitly paralleled with c!CLINGYDUO for god’s sake) and the point of this isn’t to diminish their importance to each other. i ALSO want to say that the point of this isn’t to be like, super aggressively /neg towards any one character (even tho i am, admittedly, a self-proclaimed c!drolo) or to demonize them. and finally, that this is just the way i see them, not necessarily the views of anyone else (though i’ve very much been inspired by talking to certain friends abt the Blorbos (tm) for obvious reasons.)

all of that out of the way, onto the c!dream and c!punzisms . i have no plan for this post it’s probably gonna be messy as fuck . but i think first and foremost it’s important to acknowledge that c!dream and c!punz, each are characters with their own goals. a lot of the finale is about c!dream’s side of this, especially in terms of how much he lost sight of what he actually wanted (and i still have to do a rewatch of the 3rd finale stream just to parse through ALL THE SHIT HE SAID bc jfc man . what.) and how a lot of what he wanted were a lot simpler than he allowed himself to realize. 

but on the flip side of this, obviously, is c!punz. who also has his own motivations, and as is shown in the finale ... these motivations exist in a space that is . in a lot of ways. directly incompatible with what c!dream actually wants. c!punz is representative of The Plan. he calls the desires that c!dream and c!tommy share “simple-minded.” he wants to unlock the secrets of the universe just because he can. 

(and it’s worth recognizing that c!dream’s initial reaction to the existence of supernatural powers beyond his understanding on the server was to freak the fuck out, to the point of the prison’s construction being EXPLICITLY as a result of said discovery. Does c!dream want to understand things in order to Fix Them? Certainly. but i would hardly characterize his initial response to the supenatural as being, uh, impassioned curiosity of the unknown, so to speak.) 

c!punz has motivations that aren’t c!dream’s motivations. that’s ,, kind of the point of a lot of what was going on in that last finale stream! c!punz wants to Know Shit. he wants to elevate himself above simple-minded desires. he really,,, wasn’t convinced or swayed the same way dream was when tommy tried to get him to have a heart to heart, and actively discouraged him from continuing to talk about what he actually wanted. and again this isn’t to say that c!punz didn’t care or that he was trying to hurt c!dream or otherwise was trying to act in a way that was malicious towards him but all that still happened you know and speaks to a fundamental difference in the driving forces between these two characters. c!dream and c!punz are each characters with DESIRES and MOTIVES and they’re,, not always on the same page w/ regards to what said desires and motives actually are. 

and, yk, it’s not to say that two characters with different motivations can’t work together or have a relationship that’s rendered completely impossible by their differing desires. but a lot of what defines c!dream and c!punz has a lot to do with c!punz As The Plan, which is significant when you consider how much of The Plan is about both outward and self-destruction for c!dream. this in itself doesn’t completely throw their relationship over a cliff, even if it’s a huge disparity that has a lot of implications when we consider how unaddressed it was by the characters until the last stream of the finale, where c!dream and c!punz are markedly NOT on the same page about what they want. but that kind of brings me to my other point of what’s...really important to c!drunz, at least to me. which is how it’s so often defined by inaction. 

because, yeah, c!punz was always on c!dream’s side (except for that period of time in Pogtopia where he wasn’t, lol.) and yeah, c!punz was the one person he trusted with a lot of the details about his plan to Save The World and whatever. but also the separation between the two was so important that it was quite literally the cornerstone that ended up ensuring their joint survival; it was crucial post-staged finale that no one knew they were working together. c!punz started on c!dream’s side because he was a mercenary for hire. a degree of alienation has always been a part of their dynamic down to the finale, and is also an extremely IMPORTANT part of their dynamic if we consider c!dream’s silence to c!punz calling them friends. 

i find the post-prison era to be most damning about this point in particular, but just look at staged finale in itself: one one hand, c!punz and c!dream were in on a plan to fool the entire server, which spoke a lot to the level of trust involved there. on the other hand, c!punz took a very active and physical role in literally locking c!dream up in his personal hell. c!ranboo took a more significant role after he was locked up than c!punz (which, like, again makes SENSE re. security. but. like. that absence still speaks volumes)--like c!punz as an enabler, c!punz as someone physically cut off from c!dream...that’s a pattern. 

and again, when we look at the state of them after the prison, the absence is even more damning. c!punz specifically (even when considering c!dream’s obvious role in the planning) gets c!dream killed twice in staged finale and then you know, has him metaphorically killed when he’s put in the prison. and then AFTER the prison, we have three specific cases at the very least: c!punz’s signal in the scrapped lore is what ends with c!dream being trapped by both of his torturers, c!punz’s involvement in the Las Nevadas revenge plan nearly gets c!dream killed either by the slime army or if he was in c!purpled’s position at the top of that tower, and his running away from Las Nevadas is explicitly what allowed c!tommy to stalk him for weeks and end up breaking in and killing him. Not to mention how that ends up leading up to both of them getting trapped in the prison with a nuke about to come down over the server. 

and obviously c!dream almost dying/literally dying in all of these post-prison scenarios isn’t Part Of The Plan or something that c!punz actually wants, right, but also...where was he? what did he do to prevent this from happening? c!dream was stalked for literal MONTHS after las nevadas and we see no mention of c!punz being around,,, at all? (we KNOW he wasn’t visibly around in any way considering c!tommy thought that c!punz was still on his side, even.) c!dream didn’t LEAVE the prison for weeks after LN and c!punz wasn’t around? this is with c!punz obviously knowing that c!dream was going to confront his TORTURER. and he wasn’t watching from the sidelines? like, forget c!tommy, c!sapnap found about c!dream’s place of residence IN JANUARY and was apparently still harassing him outside IN JUNE. people broke into that prison to threaten dream multiple times !! like ? 

and god it’s not to say that c!punz didn’t care--his anger speaks for itself--but it’s important to acknowledge that that distance existed and was actively detrimental to c!dream’s safety. fuck, the ANGER in itself was detrimental to c!dream. c!punz’s defining characteristic according to the cc is his anger, when he’s not putting on a persona for the rest of the server,,, and this anger was doing c!dream no favors. we could see that in the finale. we could see that as he literally spent months upon months wasting away in the prison AFTER RECLAIMING THE KEYCARDS and apparently just spent all his fucking time in that place. we can see that when c!punz’s anger leads to c!dream confronting LN which ends up with him staying in the prison without moving for weeks on end, when c!punz’s anger leads to him reviving c!dream minutes after he dies in front of c!clingyduo which ends up leading to the events that prompt them to nuke the fucking server. 

like, ultimately, c!dream and c!punz are characters that had each other and only each other in terms of people who knew the truth abt each other’s plans. they care about each other’s safety. they also have inherently incompatible individual motivations and were severely alienated from each other in ways that carried out throughout their relationship into the finale, and these differences are what defined finale c!dream and c!punz the way they ended up being. and yes, a lot of these decisions were exacerbated by the hostility of the environment they lived in and how being c!dream’s ally was a death sentence. yes, a lot of this has to do with the logical benefits of standing apart so that they could revive each other in case something went wrong. and yes, this has to do with c!dream’s being extremely fucking mentally ill and delusional from the beginning of when their partnership became more defined, after c!dream received the revive book, lost every other ally, and went on a paranoid spiral that ended up with him in pandora. but it’s the differences and the isolation that to me, make this pair in particular so compelling and IMPORTANT in canon. 

#this is a mess but here. have the dr3 c!drunz manifesto #except it's super fucking scattered bc i was carrying like 3 different convos with friends at the same time #dreblr #c!dream #c!punz #c!stageduo #c!drunz #long post

[jbbartram-illu]

Uh… hi! It’s uh… me again.

Sorry for popping into your inbox so much. It’s just that I’m a beginner ceramicist and I’m fascinated and awed by your work. (It also doesn’t help that my irl teacher doesn’t know what she’s doing). I’ve got some questions about the way that you bring your adorable creechurs to life.

What is the method of layering clay and then carving out designs in the different coloured clay? I find it really interesting, tbh

Where does the process start? Do you like, start with a sketch? Or with like an “I want to make a cute creature.” Sorta vibe?

And uh, what kinds of glaze do you use? Any tips?

Sorryagainforaskingsomanyquestionsitsjustthatiloveyourworksomuch!

Have a nice day!

Hey, @drgalacticcandy! This ask (which please, never apologize for sending an ask! I love them!! Also thank you for your kind words about my work!) came at a perfect time because your first Q is answered by another ask I just responded to in great depth!

The technique where I carve out designs is called sgraffito & I just wrote a small novella about the technique here!

In terms of the creative process, it depends on the creature! Almost all of them need some sort of photo-reference at some point, especially the ones I want to look more like an actual creature that exists (eg. my bird ladies, the pod guys).

For things like the sphinxes and the ungulates, I did peek at some photo reference at the very start (looked at some cats for sphinx anatomy & lots of musk oxen & goats for the ungulates), but am now just going off of what's goopin' around in my brain. I do sometimes still do sketches for the designs I make a lot, especially when I want to do a new body shape, eg. this flying guy.

I did quite a few sketches for the Puffin BirdLady because I'd hardly even drawn puffins before, let alone sculpted one, but other birds I'm more familiar with (loons, ravens/crows) I just keep some photo ref up on my laptop in case I need to check a detail & go straight to sculpting.

Some of the simpler beasts I just go ahead and sculpt without any drawings, eg. the snats/slats (snailcats/slugcats) & the owlbears (tho I did look at a bunch of owl-face photo ref to inspire their patterns!):

I do find sketching especially useful for creatures that require some new engineering, eg. the sphinx dishes or fishbutts in new positions, as doing the drawings helps me work out how the various bits will attach together or what issues I might come up against while trying to sculpt a new pose.

And glazes...whew! I'm still SUCH a glaze newbie & really don't know anything about them yet. My usual tendency when encountering a new art adventure is to just dive in headfirst with minimal research and GO, which is mayyyyybe not the best with glazes??

And yet I still just see a pretty glaze and go OH HI I AM BUYING U NOW (with one caveat -- I always read the description and if it's described as a runny/difficult to use glaze I drop it and run because my sculptures are wee and I don't want any glaze floods in the kiln!).

I'm also lucky to have a really great kiln tech in my friend who fires my stuff who does actually know more about the chemistry of glazes, so sometimes I pass my flights of fancy by her to make sure I'm not doing anything silly. In terms of glaze brands, I love Amaco & Coyote, both of whom make plenty of beautiful glazes that are also easy to use.

For my sgraffito work, when I'm not glazing with clear glaze I put a variety of colours of celadon glaze overtop (most of mine are Coytoe brand). Celadons are translucent, so patterns will show through them - you can also do designs in underglaze and put a celadon glaze overtop & get some neat effects - below are some examples of celadons over sgraffito...

...and celadons over underglaze designs...

I know the glaze portion of this answer wasn't the most helpful, but there are definitely lots of forums & websites that contain loads of great info about all the alchemical intricacies of glazes! If you can befriend some potters IRL, that can also be an amazing resource for learning.

Phew. Why do my answers always end up so long?? I hope this was helpful & please don't hesitate to ask if you have more Qs!

#ask answered #ask #artblog #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #pottery

[team-council-two]

Are there uhmm honorifics in russian? Like sir or ma'am or Herr? I'd like to know some family related ones, some business toned ones, and like, friendly ones between friendly friends.

Thank you for your time, kind admins

I love this question so much! This is gonna be long, oh my god. I'll start with some general information and then give some specific examples.

"Ты" and "вы"

So, unlike English, Russian allows two ways of addressing people instead of one.

"Ты"/"ty", which I'm going to spell as "T" to save time, is a casual "you", suitable for talking to a friend or colleague, to a family member, to a child, or to a stranger that you are reasonably sure is considerably younger than you.

"Вы"/"vy", which I'm going to spell "V", again to save time, is a polite "you", suitable for addressing a stranger, a person in a position of power such as a teacher, or a higher-ranking colleague, or someone presumably older than you.

This distinction is quite important.

Using T where V is required will make you sound disrespectful. People can actually get offended, especially older people who can very reasonably demand that you "don't T" them.

On the other hand, using V where T would be more suitable can create a very uncomfortable situation. The person might feel distanced, or worse - think you're mocking them, using a polite manner ironically.

Why does this matter?

Because using T or V defines the entire, uh, manner of your communication! Some words won't apply to people you're on V-terms with, and others won't apply to those you use T with!

Basically, I'm going to try and separate various honorifics and forms of address into these two categories and then try to fit various TF2 characters into these categories as well, based on what kind of manner I think Heavy would use with them.

It's also worth noting that using a certain manner with someone doesn't always mean they're gonna be using the same manner for you. For instance, a teenage student would always use V with a teacher, but a teacher would almost always use T.

So what does Heavy use?

Well, we know from the Russian dub of the game that he uses T with Medic.

He also uses V with the Engineer. I find it fascinating because they're about the same age and exactly the same rank - they're both mercenaries on equal rights - which means Heavy uses V out of pure respect and admiration.

He would definitely use V with the Administrator.

And with Miss Pauling too, even though she's younger than him. She's his boss, after all.

He would definitely use T with Scout.

With all the others it could go either way. He would definitely use V when they first met, but would eventually switch to T, as it often happens.

Oh, btw it pretty much never happens the other way. Using T is considered something of a "next step".

If you headcanon Pyro as nonbinary, Heavy might use V to avoid gendered language, but I won't go into details here.

Why is that important? He doesn't speak Russian to them.

Well, no, but he thinks in Russian! And he would think in T/V terms, too. And that would define the language he would use with them.

I promise the specific examples are coming, bear with me.

Let's talk about names.

"But I know all about names" no you don't.

Okay, as it functions in English, a person has a First Name, a Middle Name (or several), and a Last Name, which is their family name - "Tavish Finnegan DeGroot". Or, well, you could go about this even simpler and skip the middle name - "Dell Conagher".

In Russian middle names traditionally do not exist. I say "traditionally" because who knows what the young folks are up to these days, but by the proper naming conventions that would definitely be really important at the time Heavy was born, there are no middle names in the Russian language.

Instead, we have a patronymic. Well, a lot of them. A patronymic is your father's name with a proper ending attached to it. Think last names such as "Johnson" and "Stevenson" - yup, those were patronymics some hundred years ago.

How does that relate to honorifics?

There are a lot of ways to combine a First Name (F), a Last Name (L), and a Patronymic (P)!

L-F-P is the proper official model. It's not really used outside really formal business or legal procedures, such as getting married or getting sued. Or. Well. One of those two things, really.

F-P is the usual polite structure. If a Russian stranger wanted to be polite with Heavy, they would say "Михаил Whatever-you-headcanon-his-dad's-name-to-be-ович". If someone wanted to talk to Zhanna in that same manner, they'd have to say "Жанна Her-father's-name-овна". It's a very Gimli-son-of-Gloin kind of structure.

Some parents also use it mockingly to lightly scold their kids. "Яна Father-овна, what do you think you're doing?"

I just realized you probably need me to translit all that. Oh god, uh.

Mihail Whatever-you-headcanon-his-dad's-name-to-be-ovich.

Zhanna Her-father's-name-ovna.

I'm gonna type in Latin letters from now on. And I promise specific examples are coming!

Calling someone by just their patronymic is considered friendly and very, uh, familiar. Casual-like. Somewhat rude, even. You have to really make sure you're allowed to do that before you make an attempt.

A name typically has a full and a short form, much like in English. James - Jim, Mihail - Misha. Except in Russian, there's an even shorter short version, used only when addressing the person directly. It's used all the time, you should make sure to use that in writing, otherwise it sounds really unnatural.

Okay, great, can we get some SPECIFIC WORDS now?

Yeah!

Let's start with the ones you already know.

Well, it's the Soviet Union. How about "comrade"?

That one's fine, if overdone. It was really in use back then.

Except it doesn't really mean a comrade, as in "friend" of some sort. It's typically all very official, followed by a last name or a rank.

Yeah, a rank. Like a military rank. Soldier would be "Comrade Sargeant" - "товарищ сержант".

"Comrade Medic" would be a thing, too, as long as they're not too well-acquainted.

Pretty much any "Comrade Class" would work, except "Comrade Scout", because we're using T for him, remember? It doesn't go with a T! I told you it was important, ha.

Beware though, nobody says "comrade" these days. Ever. Not a thing.

So it's not like "sir" or "ma'am"?

Ah, no. Afraid not.

The closest to "sir"/"ma'am" I can think of is гражданин/гражданка, which is - don't laugh! - "citizen".

It's almost always followed by a last name, but never by a rank or title, so it wouldn't really work with the mercs. It's only for civilian context, you see?

We also don't pepper it into our regular speech. Where you'd say "yes, sir", we'd just say "yes".

I'm actually having trouble with this at work. I'm so very much not used to saying "sir" and "ma'am". It's not that I'm being disrespectful, but I constantly forget to say it! Argh.

Oh, "citizen" is also not in use anymore. Unless it's some police procedural on TV.

How do you address someone you don't know, then? What if you need to get someone's attention and you don't know their name and patronymic?

Well, just "мужчина"/"man" and "женщина"/"woman" is fine, really.

"Девушка"/"girl" and "девочка"/"girl (child)" if she's young.

"Молодой человек"/"young man" and "мальчик"/"boy" if he's young.

They're fine. They're only rude in English. We say them all the time. "Woman, you dropped something!", "Man, could you hold the door, please?", "Boy, where's your mom?". It's fine. It's polite, I promise.

What about family?

Ah, that depends on the family.

Here's a funny example from my own family. I have a grandma on my father's side. Well, my mother - her daughter-in-law - calls her "mom", but addresses her with a V, as a way of being respectful. I, on the other hand, although way younger, use T with her because she's my grandma and she doesn't mind at all and that's how she taught me to talk to her.

So it all depends on the kind of dynamic you have. The level of respect, the traditionalism of it, how old your folks are and how much they go outside.

Bear in mind you can absolutely cuss a bitch out while still using V.

And friends?

"Bro" migrated into Russian some years ago. We have the whole "брат-братан-братишка" (brother-brother (informal)-brother (small) shtick but it's a little, uh, complicated. It gets mocked a lot. There's a bit of a subculture around the people who say it.

Really, we just call people by their names. I'd love to see more of that in fics. Heavy wouldn't go "sis" @ Zhanna, but he would say "Zhann", as a shorter and more casual form of address. She'd call him "Mish". We love to see it. They're besties.

That's still not very specific though.

Ah, well, here's a few odd examples.

"Мужик"/"muzhik" is something Heavy would say. It means "man", but, like, in a casual and friendly manner. I say that to my friends who are men. He would say that to everyone but ONLY once he's on T-terms with them. I told you it was important. He wouldn't say it to Scout though. Maybe in a moment of transgender affirmation. Once. But never again.

"Чувак" is "dude" but it fucking sucks to say, idk, 0/10, would not say that. Adults never say it tbh. Kids these days don't say it either.

"Madam" (from French) was popular way back in the day. "Madmuazel" aka a bastardization of "Mademoiselle" is also out there but more sarcastic. Both used with V.

"Чел"/"chel", short for "chelovek" ("human") - another version of "man", basically. With T.

"Парень", "приятель" - guy, pal, pally, dude, fella. Can be genuine or sarcastic. Both male and used with T.

"Тётя" or "тёть" - kinda like ma'am but disrespectful. Literally means "aunt", figuratively - any woman who's any amount of years older than you and a bit of unpleasantness to have around. Not to confuse with "тётя [name]" which is literally "aunt [name]", in an affectionate way and not necessarily towards family.

"Дядя" or "дядь" - a male version of that. Also on both cases the second version is less respectful.

"Начальник" - "boss". Goes with T better than with V, ironically.

"Народ" - "people". Can be either really epic or really casual. A way to address multiple people.

"Братва" - "brotherhood" (derogatory). Sounds like. Uh, it's hard to explain. You guys remember Shark Tale? When, in Russian it's called Underwater Brotherhood, with that specific word for brotherhood. It has that kind of energy.

That's about it! There's a good Wiki page about these things, I recommend skimming through it, though some terms are a bit underexplained there in my opinion. Thanks for asking, and sorry if this post reads a bit haphazard. I'm rusty.

#heavy language post #the council has spoken #tf2 #tf2 heavy #oh this was so much fun!! really enjoyed this ask!!!

[inaris-pokemon-world]

(@askabbyandeva) Lamia to Inari (sometime after they transformed back into a Sylveon): Ooh, those are some sweet-looking Tandemaus you got there, do they know any good moves? You can never start teaching them too early to defend themselves too early is what I say, tons of scary stuff in the world!

Inari: Not a bad idea. It can be dangerous it in the wild… I should check what moves they know first. Egg moves can make things rather tricky with young Pokémon. Give me just a moment…

(Inari used Transform!)

Hybrid!Inari: Ah, I see. Their movepool consists of Tackle, Baby-Doll Eyes, Covet, and Copycat. Fairly normal for their age.

Matcha: MEEMA.

Hybrid!Inari: Hm? Yes, Matcha?

Matcha: Why… is Meema… Matcha?

Hybrid!Inari: Oh, I suppose you haven’t seen me Transform before. I can change my shape, even to that of other Pokémon.

Matcha: Uh…?

Hybrid!Inari: Er, in simpler terms… I can look different if I want. I can even look like you! (he Transforms back into Mew form) See?

Matcha: Ah! Matcha goddit! (Meema… is so cool…!)

#ask #inari mew #matcha hybrid #tandemaus #eevee #inari sylveon

[tiredfemboy]

Should the First World War be considered a tradgedy, or a incredibly unfortunate event

To say it simpler

Had Europe reached a tipping point in power scaling where someone fighting was unstoppable as bound to happen

Or was there an alternative in what that could have been done?

This do be theoretical so uh

Have a day._.

very interesting question :3

in my opinion, all war is tragedy. However, the first world war was something that needed to happen.

As for whether or not it could have been avoided, i dont think so. the first world war occurred due to a large variety of reasons. the scale of the war could have changed due to the absence of some of these factors, but i believe that the war would have happened regardless.

The German industrial and naval buildup and militarization was guaranteed to result in some form of conflict in Europe. the policy of Great Britain regarding mainland Europe had been to never allow a single power to control the continent. the German naval drive greatly threatened Britain's ability to ensure a balance of power in Europe, due to their position as an island nation with a much larger navy than army. I would generally argue that a conflict between Britain and Germany was inevitable, with France being incredibly likely to also take part due to their position as an adversary to Germany.

Austria-Hungary's belligerent and expansionist position in the Balkans was also a major cause for conflict, especially with Russia's protectionism towards other slavic nations.

I dont believe it would have been possible at any point to slow down the naval arms race or Balkan expansion. so no, there was no alternative to what happened

to keep this short, no i dont think there could have been an alternative. the war was inevitable for many reasons, i dont believe it could have been avoided. whether its a tragedy or an unfortunate event is harder to say, it really depends on how you define those terms. it was unavoidable, but i believe that calling it an unfortunate event undermines the significance of it.

Thank you for this great question :3

#ask #rambles

[purplekoop]

Do the characters of War Bots have a base and/or team name? Do they have roommates? Are there wacky sitcom-esque situations between them?

Ooh, this gives me a good general chance to talk about connected characters!

The biggest group (by a small margin) is Formann, Xenir, and Burnett, who don't have a formal group name yet but they're the building team! Because reconstruction and bot repair are vital jobs in this world, they tend to be pretty highly regarded positions. That said, this trio in particular tends to be more open to odd jobs since they're a neutral party between the big Haven government and the rebel Outlander factions, and tend to just work for whoever pays more without picking permanent sides since it's their belief there's no "right" side between the two. This of course tends to rub some people on either side the wrong way, but they manage to navigate both circles fine enough. I like to imagine their dynamic being vaguely like Team Chaotix with some traits mixed around. Formann is the rugged but caring grandpa-like figure, Xenir is the bright-eyed dreamer who wants to help people, and Burnett is the short-tempered practical one. They enlist as mercenaries in the Plantoid fight mostly because Formann and Xenir want to help people, and Burnett just begrudgingly does what she has to for a paycheck.

Aside from that group, most of the other groupings I have in mind are smaller pairings.

Calber and Navea are actually old colleagues from one of the prior Outlander wars, serving as esteemed high-ranking members of the Haven militia. They were both built as well... some of the few literal war bots in this cast, with Calber being a standard infantry unit while Navea is a more robust "juggernaut" model, so her model is much less common. Calber largely resents his time in action, detesting conflict between bots just as much as the conflicts that drove humans into extinction. Navea meanwhile is more of an optimist, still not liking conflict but seeing it as a necessary evil sometimes. Both of them were some of the first contacted to lead the fight against the plantoid invasion, though it took some personal convincing from Navea to get Calber willing to go back into action.

Not so much a proper group but more just a pair of character that I'd want to put together in an "official" story is Poppett and Martinet. This was actually a suggestion by my partner, since I didn't realize "poppet" was a british term of endearment, so they suggested they pair up as a sort of adoptive father-daughter duo. They both have some manner of leg-mounted wheels so I figured it makes sense, plus I like the potential interactions between the skilled but vaguely aloof parental figure clashing with the impulsive but still relatively grounded child-ish figure.

A pairing that I had in mind but scrapped due to one of the characters being scrapped was a dynamic between Wilderoad and a bot named Kashov. He was meant to be a money-based utility character back when the PvP mode had a money mechanic, but since that was scrapped in favor of the simpler loadout system, and I didn't know how to have a character exist in both modes where his main mechanic was only built into one of them. Because the PvE mode still has an upgrade shop (ala TF2's MvM), he's still planned to feature as the shopkeeper there since I like his potential personality. I always like the shifty spineless salesman characters, and he's always been especially pathetic in my head. Here's what he looks like, though uh. Be warned: old and not great art. Why does his right arm look like that.

Anyways, Wilderoad as a wandering vigilante has to eventually bargain for supplies with somebody, and their favorite self-preserving capitalist to bargain with is Kashov. Mostly because they don't feel bad about holding him at gunpoint until eventually his scams get negotiated down to a reasonable price. I like their dynamic of "has morals but not for this bastard" and "is the bastard but goes along with the one with morals for practical reasons, and yet will still try to be a bastard at any given opportunity". At this time one of Wilderoad's alternate weapons was implied to be something they stole from Kashov, since it was a revolver that increased money earned from dealing damage and getting kills.

Unless I'm forgetting something that's the main group dynamics I have planned at this moment. It's something I definitely wanna flesh out more over time, but since gameplay takes precedence over story it's more something that's more just connecting dots and building from there. I wanna figure out more connections, but individual character stories and the overall plot still have a lot that needs work in general.

Good question though, was looking for a chance to bring some of this stuff up at some point!

#koop's oc stuff #war bots #asks

[ericmicael]

DISNEY MAGIC KINGDOMS: Honeymaren and ElsaMaren

“Disney Magic Kingdoms”“ is a mobile game. This is a compilation of missions involving Elsa and Honeymaren. It might be weird, but this remains the only place that really developed Honeymaren and Ryder's personalities (Yelana doesn't appear, but at least she's mentioned).

There is a theory about the absence of the Northuldra tribe after "Frozen 2" in books and comics saying that Disney needs the authorization of the Sami tribe... but it is interesting if this theory is real how a mobile game received this authorization and other products not. Anyway, theories.

In "Polar Nights" it is said that the Northuldras took their reindeer on a migration two months after the events of "Frozen 2" and so they don't appear in the book, but as Elsa says she had moments with the tribe and many of the quests from "Disney Magic Kingdoms” can be considered part of those moments.

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1 - Intrepid Bonding

RYDER: Honeymaren and I were born in the Enchanted Woods. It's our home, but we were never able to leave. It's gonna be so cool to see the rest of the world with my sister, but I'm not sure she's as excited as I am...

Ryder and Honeymaren go exploring!

RYDER: Well? What do you think? Isn't it amazing? I know it's no forest, but...

HONEYMAREN: Haha -- It is amazing! But Ryder, I never thought it wouldn't be. I love our home and I want to protect it, but that doesn't mean I'm not THRILLED to be free!

RYDER: Huh. Hey, I guess we feel exactly the same way!

2 - Whole New Herd!

RYDER: I used to think I'd NEVER get out of the forest -- that I'd never see the big wide world around me! Like, think of all the new reindeer I'll meet! Heh, just kidding. Well, not only that... To get to ride in a wide open plain, no trees or bogs or boulders in my way... Now that's a dream! Ah, I wanna go find one!

Ryder will explore!

RYDER: Yesss! Look at all this... boundless expanse! There's so much to discover! Maybe later Kristoff and I can go for a ride! I wonder what adventures we could go on.

3 - Starting Small

HONEYMAREN: Ryder's so happy that we can leave the woods, but... I don't entirely trust this place just yet. Can you blame me? We had to deal with Earth Giants all the time. Who KNOWS what kind of giants exist outside the woods. Giants made of... wood? Water? Pie? I don't know!

Honeymaren will explore the kingdom.

HONEYMAREN: I guess there's... no danger, here? Anywhere? What an amazing feeling... I can't remember the last time I let my guard down! How wonderful...

- Missions 1, 2 and 3 seem to be a complement to the Nattura brothers' ending in "Frozen 2". It's interesting the contrast where Ryder is very excited for the new world while Honeymaren, probably because of her warrior instincts, is more hesitant. In fact Honeymaren's debut mission is called "Welcome a Free Spirit" -

4 - Gift for a Gal Pal

HONEYMAREN: It's been so exciting to meet someone like Elsa... I've never met anyone who possesses magic! I'd love to show her all the beauty of the woods -- all the sights, smells, and tastes... I know -- I'll gather her a basket of forest-y delights. Like, a little welcome gift! This'll be fun...!

Honeymaren will collect treats in the forest.

HONEYMAREN: Mmm -- oh, that smells so nice! I can't wait to show Elsa... And then -- who knows? -- maybe she'll make me an Arendelle basket out of ice!

- Wouldn't it be much simpler to just call the quest "Gift for a New Friend"? Disney chose a term that has become quite curious in recent years. Just Gals Being Pals -

5 - Barking Up the Wrong Tree

RYDER: Elsa's never been to these woods before. I wonder if she'd let me show her around? I could show her the lichen meadows or the reindeer stomping grounds... Uh, where is she, anyway? I'll go find her and then we can get this show on the road!

Ryder goes to look for Elsa.

RYDER: Seriously, how could I lose track of a magical ice-making queen?! Huh -- look, it's a note from my sister Honeymaren... "Gone exploring with Elsa. Be back later." Noooooooo!

- I can't believe the title of this mission was chosen innocently, even more so when it reminded me that Kristen Bell in an interview put Ryder as one of the romance options in the Enchanted Forest if Elsa wants to date someone. This mission seems to be the answer to that interview -

6 - A Beautiful Sound

HONEYMAREN: What's that sound? ... It's so lovely, but I hope I'm not starting to hear a voice calling to ME! It's definitely singing... Elsa, is that you?

Honeymaren and Elsa sing together.

ELSA: Since the voice is calling out to me, I thought maybe I might get some answers if I called back to it! Maybe you can help by trying the Kulning with me! If you don't mind...

HONEYMAREN: No, not at all! I'd love that, actually...

7 - Fiery Friend

BRUNI: Skrrr... *squeak!*

ANNA: Whoa! You're, uh, REALLY fast for having such small legs. Are  salamanders generally this fast? I think you understand me. Or... maybe I'm just losing my mind. That checks out, too. Maybe we could-- Wait! Where're you going?

Bruni goes to look for Elsa.

BRUNI: Skreek...?

ANNA: Were you looking for her? She's probably hanging out with Honeymaren, or, I dunno, getting into mortal danger... *sigh*... That came out wrong. I know Elsa's figuring out all this  stuff about herself, and that's really good... I just wish she'd include ME a little more. Maybe that's selfish... Uh. Why are you looking at me like that? Do you... want to be friends, maybe? Or do you just have something in your eye?

BRUNI: Skrak!

ANNA: Mrr...

- When Anna asks about Elsa's activities in the Enchanted Forest in "Polar Nights" she just says: “I’ve been learning so much from the spirits, Honeymaren, Ryder, and all the Northuldra about the ways of the forest.” I think Anna learned a few more things about her sister's activities in the forest -

8 - Stronger Together

HONEYMAREN: Anna! I don't have any answers for you yet, but I CAN tell you that there is a lot of activity in the forest around the river.

ANNA: That sounds... uh... does that sound promising? It sounds like SOMETHING, at least. I'll come with you!

Anna and Honeymaren search the forest.

ANNA: So... What did you and Elsa talk about? Did she mention how she LEFT ME WITHOUT A WORD...?!

HONEYMAREN: Oh... I'm sorry, Anna. We just talked about her powers, and about the woods. I wish I had more answers!

- “She knew her magic wasn’t limiteless - no magic was, according to the Northuldra.” That phrase in "Polar Nights" doesn't make it clear who talked to Elsa, but from this mission it looks like it was Honeymaren -

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9 - Gusts & Guesses

ELSA: I try to visit Arendelle often -- to see  everyone, especially Anna. The Water Nokk makes it easy to go back and  forth... But on this  visit... well, I arrived just a day ago, and Gale has been very playful ever  since. We've  danced quite a bit. I wonder what else it could be trying to tell me...

Elsa "talk" with Gale.

ELSA: Hmm... No  paper note, this time... that's usually how Honeymaren contacts me when I'm  not in the Enchanted Forest. I hope it  isn't something serious... Well, I'll  just say goodbye to everyone and go see what Honeymaren needs.

10 - Come Back Soon!

ELSA: I'm sorry to cut our visit short, Anna, but I have to return to the Enchanted Forest. Honeymaren needs me--

ANNA: Uh-uh-uh -- no apologies. I love it when you visit, but this sounds really important! Ooh... I'm gonna have to tell the Royal Dressmaker to come back another day, though. Trying on new clothes can definitely wait!

ELSA: Oh, Anna... Thank you so much for understanding! But you know, we might not need a dressmaker after all...

Elsa and Anna share a parting gift.

ANNA: Oooh... Snowy skirt sparkles! I don't know if "magical dressmaking" is a thing, Elsa -- but if it is, you are GREAT at it. Next time you're here, let's make something special for Gerda! Ooh -- and we're on for board game night, right?

ELSA: Of course! If you still want Kristoff to teach us how to play tablut...

ANNA: Absolutely! I just hope I'm better at it than I am at checkers.

ELSA: Hmm... Something tells me Kristoff might just let you win.

- Elsa making clothes with her magic for her sister. Mention of tablut which is a board game that was discovered in Lapland in 1732 -

9 - Trouble in the North?

RYDER:... How serious is this, really? If we're one person down, we can still--

HONEYMAREN: It's serious, Ryder! Yelana's the one who anchors us; since she's sick, we need someone who can take her place.

RYDER: All right... If you say so. I'll keep an eye out -- but no promises, okay?

Honeymaren and Ryder goes to look for a substitute.

ELSA: Honeymaren! I came as soon as Gale told me, I--

HONEYMAREN: Elsa?! I didn't tell Gale to ask you to come back to-- well, actually, since you're here... You sing, right?

ELSA: Yes, I've always loved to sing.

HONEYMAREN: Fantastic! We're trying out a new chant today, and Yelana has a sore throat, so, do you think you could cover her part?

ELSA: Of course. I'd be happy to. I must say I'm relieved. Gale had me worried that something was seriously wrong.

HONEYMAREN: That's probably my fault. Sorry! But I am glad you came. I think you'll really enjoy the singing.

- Yelana was only mentioned in "Disney Magic Kingdoms" that it was something that didn't even happen in "Polar Nights" -

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11 - Recipe for Success

RYDER: ... And this large man in a sweater has a portable sauna AND some kind of downhill-sled-cart thing! Plus Mattias found his dad's sourdough flatbread recipe and is doing a tasting later. How are you NOT excited about all this?

HONEYMAREN: I am, Ryder. Don't worry. It's just that Elsa asked me to help with the dessert stall, and...

RYDER: ... And you don't wanna let her down. Gotcha. Hey, why don't I help? If we work together, we'll sell twice as much.

Honeymaren and Ryder sell desserts.

HONEYMAREN: I think that's actually the last of them, somehow! ... Phew. How did you do?

RYDER: Great! I actually started serving the mountain-sorrel pudding and the cloudberry jam together. It was really popular!

HONEYMAREN: Seriously? That's like... tart on tart, Ryder. I'm surprised anyone enjoyed it!

RYDER: Yeah, all except one guy. He was so busy asking me if this place had any "out-of-the-way storehouses," he didn't even eat it! I mean... he WAS selling some really good cookies, but still, he was really pushy.

- This quest is part of the "Return of Hans" arc. It's really cute to see Honeymaren wanting to satisfy Elsa and Ryder by helping her -

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BONUS MISSION KRISTANNA

12 - Mark That Calendar!

ANNA:  Hey there, Mr. Official Arendelle Ice Master and Deliverer! Do you know what today is?

KRISTOFF:  What...? Oh, no... another state dinner? I should've been getting dressed hours ago, shouldn't I... Okay: In my defense, I--

ANNA: No, silly! It's the three-month anniversary of your first ice delivery with your new sled! And WE are going to celebrate!

KRISTOFF: Oh! Phew... Wait, you were keeping track of that?

Anna and Kristoff enjoy the anniversary.

KRISTOFF: That was... uh... that was nice. A walk, great views, the chance to talk to you... and hey, the weather even cleared up a bit! Thanks, Anna. This was the best anniversary that I didn't know was an anniversary that I've ever had.

ANNA: Oh, well you better get ready, because next Tuesday is the six-week anniversary of our chocolate-torte-eating contest... And we can't forget the ten-day anniversary of when I drove your sled all the way to Troll Valley without falling off? Because that's this coming weekend... Actually, do you want to take notes?

-  In "Polar Nights" it is shown that Anna and Kristoff celebrate the first time they ate chocolate as a couple, the "choco-versary", in this mission there are some more similar celebrations -

#disney magic kingdoms #frozen 2 #elsamaren #Elsa #honeymaren #ryder nattura #kristanna #queen anna #kristoff #lesbian elsa #Polar Nights: Cast into Darkness

[valerileygreen]

have you ever entertained the idea of arthur and eames discovering bane/Blake universe (could be seeing the movie by themselves or could be a dream of a client who happens to be a batman fan) and realising their attraction to each other by seeing how they are attracted to each other’s bodies? ;)

Hi darling Dee!

This is a deceptively hard question, at least if you go down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out how something like this can actually happen, like me 😂

Anyway, the shorter, simpler answer is: of course they find their, uh, counterparts super hot, and in terms of attraction realization I think it may help more Arthur than Eames. Because Eames has been aware of Arthur's physical attractiveness ever since day one (we all saw his lingering gazes during inception after all), if anything this just served as confirmation that it wasn't just the suits and how Arthur presented himself, but just HIM as a whole that he finds attractive. For Arthur it was a real moment of truth, because more often than not Eames doesn't look like Eames inside dreams, and when they are topside Eames' outfits often capture all his attention, being so colourful and not always exactly flattering for Eames' figure. So Bane allowed him a real, shall we say insight 😏, on what's underneath the paisley.

As I said, I tried to come up with various scenarios this kind of thing could happen, and I have to admit that it simply being a movie they're watching doesn't appeal to me much, mostly because I can't see something like this happen with people who look similar but aren't them. BUT there are other options I find intriguing.

1.A proper alternate universe where different versions of them exist. I have no clue how they would come in contact with them, but considering we're in a world where a device exist allowing people to share dreams, I suppose someone inventing some kind of portal to other worlds isn't outside the realm of possibilities.

Here they would interact with their each other's double, and I find that so fascinating, because it allows them to explore different sides of their companion. This is someone who shares the same soul but leads a completely different life, someone who has different scars and thus has learned different masks.

i imagine Eames bumping into Blake may even be hilarious at first, before Eames realizes this isn't his darling, not exactly, since he would have a police uniform and is in fact a cop. And Blake would have trouble connecting Eames to Bane so maybe he would try to understand what the hell is happening and then help, and they would become allies. And slowly some things are revealed and, though they belong to Blake, help Eames put some things he observed about Arthur into perspective, and now he finally feels like he understands him more, and what was simply superficial attraction becomes more.

Arthur's side of things I see as a bit more dramatic. Maybe Bane captures him believing he's the officer who's becoming so dear to his arch-enemy, and Arthur tries to reason to him and fight him while also trying to understand the situation he's found himself in. And at some point during a discussion/interrogation Bane would come up right to his face, and Arthur could see his eyes and recognised him as Eames, and it was a shock. It took a bit but eventually he worked out that it wasn't really Eames (and maybe it's because he saw Talia/Mal alive, and God the potential angst is killing me, but I digress). He tried to reason with him for a while but then changed tactics. He wasn't Eames but his core was the same, and he knew Eames, and somehow he got Bane to open up a bit (I'm hazy on the details, sorry) and empathized with him and how much he suffered, and basically realized that maybe there was more about Eames than the mask he presented to people too. That maybe his distance and flippancy, his (apparent) carelessness and defensiveness and disregard for others in favour of himself (apart from a few select people he feels so deeply loyal to he's ready to lay off his life or even suffer in constant excruciating pain for) stem from some deep hurt in his past, though on a smaller scale than Bane. So Arthur resolved to try and be more open himself, so to gain Eames' trust on a more personal level and get to know him better.

2. The other scenario takes place in a dream. Their client is obsessed with Batman and so the dreamscape is Gotham. Eames as Bane does his speech (and here Arthur gets a just a little bit distracted), but later he lands himself in Limbo while playing the Bane character, and thus gets stuck as him and builds the place as Gotham as well. Arthur obviously follows him down there to get him back and has to keep play Blake, at least at first, to find him and then get closer to him, saying things about his character first to relate to Bane and that world better. And then he starts throwing here and there little crumbs of their true life, and at some point towards the end Arthur manages to break Eames out of his forgery. Maybe during a battle Arthur gets hurt and Eames screams after him using his real name and he gets frantic, but then Arthur tells him not to worry, that it's going to be alright, and if he trusts him, and at Eames' assent Arthur stabs him too. And when they wake up they embrace really tightly in relief and Arthur says he's glad he got him back. And well, after such an intense experience things between them can't possibly stay as professional friendly rivalry as before.

#arthur x eames #inception #ask

[vital-spirit]

OFFSCREEN POST

The Missing Scraggy: Part Six | Final Part

The Lillipup recoiled, her eyes watering as her sense of smell became overwhelmed by the scent of…

A Salazzle.

Bingo stared at the figure adorned in a burgundy cowboy hat, a bandana hanging loosely around her neck, leather gloves with pink tassles, and a whip perched on her hip. The Lillipup furrowed her brows at the stranger, alarm bells ringing in her head. Whoever this was, they didn’t have good intentions.

She moved into a battle stance, baring her fangs with a snarl–

Only for Lucario to step in front of her and push her behind him. He stares ahead at Salazzle, utterly silent except for the sound of breathing. He knows who she is. 

Scrafty quickly pulled Tyson behind him, holding him back with his arm out to shield him as he backed away slowly. He didn’t dare take his eyes off Salazzle, not even to so much as blink.

Even the air itself seemed to tense, waiting for Salazzle’s next move. She just stood and stared at them for a moment, before merely frowning.

“Lucario, I knew you were rude, but I didn’t think you’d stoop so low as to refuse to greet me!” Despite her pout, glee oozed from her words, “And after I went through all this trouble!”

“And… why did you go through all this trouble…?” Scrafty asked hesitantly.

Salazzle tilted her head, “Come on, Scrafty, you’re better than that! Don’t you have any reading comprehension skills? Isn’t it obvious–?”

“Can it, Salazzle,” Lucario snarls, a low growl escaping from his throat. “No one cares ‘bout what–”

CRACK!

A flash of pink streaked through the air, meeting the ground mere inches from Lucario’s foot. At the speed of which she moved it, Salazzle’s whip almost seemed to have teleported, taking searing white hot heat with it. The fuchsia glow of the whip’s flames illuminated her eyes as they narrowed, staring straight at Lucario.

“You should know better than to fuckin’ interrupt me, mutt.”

Lucario scrambles back, hissing as he feels the heat of the whip. He growls in response, but doesn’t speak. 

The Lillipup recoiled, attempting to not get stepped on by Lucario as the older Pokemon moved back, letting out a yelp of surprise before she could stop herself.

Salazzle’s scowl seemed to have a harsh sort of satisfaction to it as the odor of singed earth mixed with the sickly saccharine scent of her poison gas. She stared down Lucario, looking him up and down as though he was but a weed to be scorched. She opened her mouth, seemingly about to fire off another scathing taunt just as she heard Bingo yelp.

She seemed to zero in on the Lillipup, searing holes into her eyes, staring through them, directly into her soul. Salazzle didn’t speak for what seemed like an eternity considering how much she seemed to enjoy it.

After a long moment, she finally murmured, “Fascinating…”

Scrafty shifted uncomfortably. “Uh… ya neva’ really… answered my question earlier…” He shrunk back a little. “Why did you kidnap my brother and threaten his life again?”

Salazzle blinked, “Oh right!”

She mumbled, “Pause for dramatic effect…” “Because I wanted to! It’s fun!” She grinned, looking far too excited about having kidnapped a child. She turned and sneered, “Oh, I’ll put it in simpler terms for you, Lucario. How would you say it… I did it for shits and giggles!”

Bingo squinted in the Salazzle’s direction, a million thoughts running through her mind as a heavy weight settled in her stomach. She did this for fun? She kidnapped Tyson… for fun…?

“I know what you mean! I ain’t a fuckin’ idiot, Salazzle!” Lucario growls at her. “Unlike some Pokémon-” he mumbles under his breath. 

“Gee, Miss S’lazzle,” Tyson muttered, a hint of fear and disbelief in his voice. “That’s real fucked up.”

Scrafty swatted a hand at him, keeping his eyes locked on Salazzle as he growled under his breath, “Shut up, Tyson.”

Salazzle’s grin only widened with a kindness that didn’t reach her eyes, “Aww, It's kind of you to be concerned.”

As if on cue, her smile dropped.

“Better cut that out, scamp. In the real world, the only thing kindness’ll get you is scammed.” She quickly added, “Or murdered! That too.”

Bingo frowned at this as she peeked out from behind Lucario, clenching her jaw as if she wanted to say something but thought better of it.

Tyson looked as if he wanted to respond, but Scrafty made a zipping motion in front of his mouth.

Salazzle took the moment to stare at each of them one last time, seeming to linger just a bit longer, before pausing for a moment.

“...And, scene!”

With that, white-gray smoke began to fill the area, obscuring Salazzle and everything else in the area from sight. As the smog became more than opaque, faint footsteps could be heard, before quickly disappearing.

The Lillipup briefly panicked as her vision became clouded with white and her nose filled with the scent of overwhelming sweetness, causing her to stumble back as she frantically shook her head, trying to clear her senses as she began to choke.

Scrafty and Tyson quickly backed away to avoid the smog, but they were a second too late, overtaken by the overpowering sweetness until they coughed their lungs out. “T—too much sweet…” Tyson grimaced.

When the smoke clears, Salazzle and her Salandits are gone, and Lucario seems unaffected by the smog’s effects. 

“She’s long gone by now.”

Part Six | Final Part: Scene End.

The Missing Scraggy: Complete.

#pkmn irl #pokeblog rp #rotomblr #the story thus far #pmd irl #desert whispers #offscreen post

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

How do all the Med Cats get along? Aside from uh, well I doubt Runningbird is too excited to talk to any of them.

This ask has been sitting in my inbox for over

a

YEAR

I remember that it was sent while I was doing those "ask a character and have them respond in drawing form" because that's what I was gonna do with this ask, and that's why it was taking so damn long to answer

but I'm in my second year of university now, so chances are I'm not gonna have the chance to draw the answer as I've been hoping to do since *checks notes* MAY OF 2022.

So let's just answer it now, shall we?

(I SUSPECT that the person who sent this is someone still following the blog 00 so hopefully they can see their question go answered at last!)

The Medicine cat Community in The Place of No Stars

Many would at first think that no one helped anyone but themself in the Dark Forest, and they're partly right.

Why do medicine cats get together?

Well, that could be for many reasons. They genuinely enjoy the company, they're with someone they can relate to, they enjoyed healing in life and still do, they want to be special, or maybe they just like to help with herbs so that they can stave off their own boredom.

Individually, it's the same as in life--everyone with proper med cat training knows everything that a medicine cat should know.

In groups, particularly in the med cat community, tasks are more divided by skill.

Fleathistle, for example, is a wonderful healer, but even more than that he's great at growing plants. He's responsible for at least 80% of the herbs that grew and can be useful in the Dark Forest. He, with the help of his mate and close friends, created the 'Dark Garden,' where a field-full of different herbs and medicines grow, many of which unheard of in life, as Fleathistle experimented with them, creating some herbs from scratch.

Now, Fleathistle is still a medicine cat. If you need healing, you can go to him as much as you can go to anyone. But if you need particular herbs, it's better to go to him above anyone else. (This is in a similar sense of 'all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads' if that makes sense?)

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Myrtlewing is another case of 'the best one to go to in a certain situation.'

True, Myrtlewing would also be the scariest one to go to, as in life he experimented with his patients, putting their lives and health at grave risk for his own curiosity and entertainment, but it's due to these experiments and others he performed on cats that makes him so useful.

Myrtlewing would tear cats open and apart and test out how to keep them alive for as long as he wished in spite of their horrible injuries. Because of this, if a cat were to receive a horrible injury, he's the best healer to go to because of his knowledge of how to keep the cat alive.

In simpler terms, he's the "surgeon" of the group, the only one able to heal a cat's torn up insides--though he's nowhere near as talented as human surgeons.

He's the one to go to if someone is in grave trouble and / or if someone has a particularly horrible injury.

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Shiverrose's talents as a healer lies most notably in how she cures sickness.

Like all medicine cats, she's great at healing wounds, but illness is where her skills really show.

She has great memory and fantastic critical thinking skills, which allows her to come to a diagnostic conclusion much quicker than other medicine cats.

She only needs to hear a list of your symptoms to figure out in a matter of seconds what is wrong with you and what may be best to heal you with (she may also go to Fleathistle for the second part, as he knows more about the Dark herbs than anyone else).

She would probably be just as good with wounds if such injuries were troubling to figure out too. It's tricky to figure out why someone may have a dry throat and bellyache, it's rather easy to see why their leg was broken.

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There are also those who were medicine cats in life but no longer wish to heal, and therefore do not count as part of this Medicine Cat Club.

Sageleaf, for example, would very much like for everyone to leave her alone forever, thank you.

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@ambitiousauthor @frightnightindustries @starfalcon555 @wills-woodland-warriors @umbranoxs @elementaldeityoffood @liberhoe

#medicine cats #medicine cat club #med cat club #sageleaf #myrtlewing #fleathistle #shiverrose #dark forest oc #dark forest med cat #df med cat

[thenickelportrust]

what are the novels you're querying???

I got two!! Both are LGBT+ fantasy!

The first you might have seen me mention once or twice here since it's been a long-running project of mine, haha. A Cure For Magic was my novel that I wrote a first draft of that was 300k words (which is nearly as long as everything written so-far in Model Citizens, for reference). Which might work for interactive fiction, but felt a bit long for a more traditional novel.

So! I re-wrote it to a much, much, much more reasonable ~100k second draft. I focused a lot more on a simpler core story that I'm much happier with. :D

It's a fantasy/romance about Quinn Brennigan, your local traveler who happens to be cursed to see and be seen by the spirits of the dead. They've been looking for a way to remove this 'curse' and think they've found the man, called the Merchant Magician, to do just that...! Only to be told no, he actually, uh, can't do that. But, perhaps, instead, he could help them come to terms with their "curse" and help them no longer be afraid.

The other is Cross-Sections of Stars, which I also like to call my love-letter to classic YA Fantasy. It is definitely-totally-absolutely just about your classic chosen one prophesied to end an apocalypse. Absolutely-totally-definitely does not include the idea that maybe, just maybe, higher political powers would use religious justifications like prophecy or mythology to give weight to their own rule and hierarchical systems. That would be truly ridiculous.

#not model citizens #other work #thank you for your interest! #fun side fact: #'quinn brennigan' was the name i often used to run my own tests of model citizens #when making a test mc #now i can't use that name anymore because #now they have their own story

[katyspersonal]

Also at some point during this summer, can't recall when exactly, I had an Elden Ring dream about some person that got infected with Frenzied Flame and called upon the 'Sea' to be helped (here we meet again, reoccurring Deep Sea theme..)

And since FF could not really be extinguished, what ended up happening was that it became light purple (almost pink?) instead and lost its temperature together with destructive power - so what this bootleg FF could do was "burning" things but instead transforming them into 'insane', weirded-up versions of themselves. Hard to explain but for one I recall a regular sunflower 'burned' with it transformed to have sharp teeth instead of seeds, petals became fish scales instead and its stem developed visible 'veins' - whereas it changed colors and became predatory; if it bit someone, they'd lose sanity short-term (like, really strong delusions and hallucinations) and you could see that blood the flower took going down those 'veins'.. To put it simpler - imagine if Scarlet Rot and Frenzied Flame had a baby, lol.

I find it kinda fun concept to remove the 'destruction' part and only keeping 'insanity' part, not gonna lie :') But on the other hand, would've loved the idea of 'Deep Sea' being able to counter FF- hell, it makes sense element-vice. Going beyond, but in BB the Sea is associated with granting eyes, whereas FF kinda destroys eyes. I'll just sit my crossover-loving ass somewhere in the corner and think about it some more...

(It also made me think again about the fact that Elden Ring boldly hints on connection between Sea and "not being able to die" with extracted souls taking jellyfish forms, the boat guys in cemeteries touched by Deathroots and uh... Godwyn's wholeass mutation. @ DLC please explain ;-; )

#dreams #note to self