#that if anyone would know about being used by cosmic entities it would be the guy in Avengers-mandated therapy for the whole

[age-of-moonknight]

“The King of Killers - Book Two, Chapter Five: A Day in The Park,” Punisher (Vol. 13/2022), #11.

Writer: Jason Aaron; Pencilers and Inkers: Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta; Colorist: Matt Hollingsworth; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #latest release #Punisher 2022 #Punisher vol. 13 #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #The Punisher #Frank Castle #I really appreciate the detail of Marc’s brass knuckles shattering on Frank’s chin #but also….yeah the dialogue #Makes me wonder how much of Marc being invited onto this ‘Get Castle’ task force was because of his propensity for *ahem* #extensive violence the like of which would probably be necessary to bring Frank in #or because of this dynamic right here #that if anyone would know about being used by cosmic entities it would be the guy in Avengers-mandated therapy for the whole #Age of Khonshu debacle #but frankly yeah it may be just one panel but it takes me back to waxing long-winded on Marc’s struggle with that fine line #between being useful and being used #between being fated as in destiny and fated as in manipulated #good times

[sunderwight]

I love fics that really highlight that Shen Yuan and Airplane are the weirdest entities in the story.

Because it's true! As strange, rare, and powerful as beings like Heavenly Demons or Dream Demons or once-in-a-generation cultivation prodigies are, they are also still native to the world they exist in. They're known to exist, and there's precedent for most of the things they do. Somebody like Luo Binghe may be exceptionally uncommon and remarkably powerful, but in the end he's still existing within the parameters of this world, its history, and its other inhabitants.

Shen Yuan and Airplane, and the System, aren't. They are something else altogether. I mean, canonically! The System is basically a god, and Shen Yuan and Airplane come from a world with entirely different rules, and to some extent are also godlike in their (however unwitting) influence in the creation of this world. They are cosmic mysteries. Even their version of being human is different from the other humans in this world because this world is built different from ours.

For us, the readers, they are the touchstone and the "normal" perspective counteracting the different norms and expectations of the rest of the characters and the setting. But from the perspective of all those other characters (the vast majority of people) in that world, if what they actually were was known, they'd be the most strange and spooky beings around. Like cosmic horror type shit. According to all known things about how the universe works, those guys should not be here. But they are. They are and they know fragments of incomprehensible things, they've taken over the bodies/lives of actual "normal" people, they see the world very differently from everyone else, they have to abide by rules which are invisible and even nonsensical according to the expectations of others (like faerie beings forced to follow contracts, or vampires bound to wait for permission before they can enter a home, except it's all the System's hoops and penalties), but they also have limited information about some peoples' destinies and about things that no one else has seen or interacted with for untold ages (all the lore and subplots that Airplane chucked in).

Like by the standards of our world, Luo Binghe would be a billionaire -- uncommon, over-powered, controversial, gifted with many advantages but also no guarantee of actual happiness or love, etc. But crucially, still definitely a kind of person who can exist without bending anyone's current concept of reality.

But Shen Yuan and Airplane are aliens and/or gods.

I love fics that get into that.

#svsss #scum villain's self saving system #scum villain

[void-ink-studios]

More Prohibited Wish Ideas because my brain is infested with worms and I can't be stopped

This is more a scene that's been slowly rotating in my head than anything else. Might write more of it, might just leave it here for y'all, but here it is!

This might be long, so the rest of it's under the cut.

Edit: I made the fanfic.

I'm obsessed with the idea that most of the cosmic entities have some kind of mundane origin. Prismo is the dream of an old man, perhaps a mortal wizard who got the Boss's attention and granted timeless immortality. The Cosmic Owl, perhaps was once the familiar to some primordial magic user. Perhaps many crawled out of the primordial soup in the time Before there was Nothing.

But Scarab?

Scarab was just that. A beetle. Perhaps a weird type of beetle able to speak on the level of a mortal human, but a beetle nonetheless. One that fought and reached and climbed far beyond what anyone thought possible. He got the Boss's attention. He was made functionally immortal, given a more imposing body, given responsibilities beyond what a bug is ever meant to achieve. God Auditor was not his first choice, but it's still higher than what was thought possible.

Prismo doesn't strike me as the type to care much about where someone may come from. But he is an exception among the pantheon.

Gods do not let Scarab forget what he was. What he still is, to many of them. A bug. The other gods find Scarab unsightly. They're visibly disgusted by his strange mouth and wide eyes and odd chirps.

So Scarab hides behind his mask. He hides his extra arms unless it's necessary. He turns his exoskeleton into a prim and proper suit. But it's never enough. Not enough to make the other gods forget what he is.

Orbo certainly doesn't. And he takes the chances to remind Scarab that he's lucky to be here. And that he's not meant to be here. It's why Orbo takes steps to cripple the Scarab, should the auditor ever be demoted back to mortal. He takes his antenna. And he takes his wings.

And then, Scarab is demoted. He's relegated to being the Wishmaster's assistant. Janitor is the more accurate title. And Scarab is back to feeling like a pinned insect, now trapped with another god who will most certainly not fail to remind him that he's lucky he's not back to crawling in mud. Because Prismo certainly knows, doesn't he?

Except, that's not what happens.

Prismo is kind. He's respectful, in his own strange way. When Scarab accidentally makes his odd chirps, the Wishmaster finds it cute. When he learns to crawl along the walls as a shadow, Prismo doesn't seem to mind.

And when Scarab lets the mask fall, Prismo finds him endearing, rather than unsightly.

So Scarab starts embracing himself again. He's in a space where he is not thought of as disgusting or undeserving. He's allowed to be strange in the ways his origin would suggest, even encouraged. He gets comfortable in his own shell again.

And then Orbo visits.

And Orbo questions why Scarab's hanging out on the ceiling. And why his mask is gone. And what's with all the gross noises he's making. And Scarab retreats again. He let himself be too comfortable. He should've known better.

But Prismo is horrified.

He calls Orbo out. That's not a cool thing to do to a friend. Why should Scarab have to hide all the time.

Orbo tries to "reason" with the Wishmaster. Why should Prismo care? He should be thanking him for getting the bug back in line.

"He's not cool, not like us, Prismo. You're the dream of a right powerful wizard. I'm the core of a collapsed magic star. Him? He's just... Well, just look at him. He's just a bug. Shouldn't have been able to get where he was in the first place. He's lucky we didn't send him back to crawling in the mud broken."

And that's when Prismo learns what happened to his friend. Why some days he can't seem to stand up straight. Or why some days he has to spend in the Time Core, curled up and out of sight.

And that's when Scarab learned what a Wishmaster's wrath looked like.

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Like I said, no idea if I'll fully write it out. I might. But I at least wanted to dump this thought onto something, so enjoy babes.

#prohibitedwish #scarab the god auditor #prismo the wishmaster #scarab x prismo #prohibitedwish fanfic #kinda #behold as I dump my brainworms on a plate for all to see.

[ticklishbeans4]

Ok well now I gotta give my Finn, Jake, and Prismo headcanons. It's law.

I've been getting sucked back into Adventure Time as of late, so this is law lol

Finn The Human

Ler-

He's became more of a ler as he got older and got more practice with tickling.

He's generally a playful ler and loves to play tickle games with his friends.

His favorite thing to do is wiggle his fingers just over his lees tickle spot and tease them with stuff like "I'm gonna get you!" or "I'm not even touching you!"

He'll challenge the lee to see how long they can last being tickled/keep their arms up/keep still.

He'll definitely laugh along with his lee, no doubt about it.

Lee-

He's a silly lee, very wiggly and tends to kick or punch, so he usually needs to be held down.

His worst spots are his knees, belly, ribs, and feet.

He has a high pitched squeaky tickle laugh, sometimes does his scream when a really bad spot gets targeted.

His biggests lers are Jake (obviously), Bubblegum, and Marceline. Though Bubblegum usually disguises it as "needing help with an experiment"

He was a huge lee as a kid, loved getting tickle senseless by his friends. As he got older he still enjoyed being tickled, but not as much as he used too.

It was especially rare that he let anyone tickle him after Jake died, but it happened occasionally, usually only with Marceline or Bubblegum.

Jake-

You just KNOW Jake is the biggest ler in all of Ooo.

His ability to stretch and shrink and bend his body in all types of ways makes him near unstoppable.

He targets Finn, Prismo, Lady, and his kids the most, but he's definitely not afraid to attack other people.

He usually goes for an all out attack, getting a lees worst spots and utterly wrecking them. But he can be gentler if he needs too.

Definitely will tease a lee for being so ticklish, and uses the old "Tickle tickle tickle" or "Coochie coochie coo!" And if he finds out a lee can't say tickle, he'll keep going till they say it.

He sometimes doesn't realize when someones had enough, but he's usually really good about it.

Has definitely ratted out Finns worst spots and has tickled him in front of people before to embarrass him.

Lee-

Not as big as lee as he is a ler, but still enjoys being tickled.

Not super ticklish, but his spots are his belly, behind his ears, his feet, and the lower part of his ribs.

His powers make him tougher than most when it comes to tickling, so it takes a lot to get him to tap out.

He is hella weak to raspberries though, those take him out, same with feathers or anything buzzy. Once Finn jokingly attacked him with an electric toothbrush and Jake banned them from the tree house.

Mans is almost not tease-able. He can't be flustered by most teases. But if a ler tells him a bunch of bad jokes while tickling him he'll get flustered.

The people that get him the most are Finn and Lady. His kids used to gang up on him, but not so much anymore. Sometimes Marceline pretends to be about to eat him, just to blow a raspberry on him.

Prismo-

Ler-

He's not much of a ler, but he does like messing with his friends now and again.

Jake is his favorite target, but he's also gotten Finn and even Simon once or twice.

It's hard to be playful like that with the other cosmic entities.

He technically can't touch anyone, but he can summon things, or even just snap his fingers and make someone feel like their being tickled.

He laughs along with a lee cause he thinks their reactions are funny, and often teases a lee about how silly their face is or how funny the noises they make are.

Lee-

He really really likes being tickled, but absolutely cannot for the life of his ask for it.

He's summoned Jake more than once just for a tickle fight, though he had to pretend it was for other stuff. Jake always sees through it though.

He actually had no idea he was ticklish till Jake decided to test it out when they were chillin once. Jake just scratched at the spot where Prismo's belly would be and both of them were shocked when Prismo laughed.

Turns out his worst spots are his belly, neck, hips, and thighs.

His usual lers are Finn and Jake, really they're the only ones who tickle him, as no one else has ever tried, and he's way to nervous to ask anyone else.

He does his best to keep still when being tickled, but sometimes can't handle it and disappears somewhere in the cube. He'll come back pretty quickly, but only if the ler promises to not make fun of him for running.

#tickling #tickles #tickle #adventure time tickle #adventure time tickles #adventure time tickling #finn the human #jake the dog #prismo the wishmaster

[elizakai]

Greetings!

Was wondering if you would consent/allow me to use your Out of Pocket Dust entity design for a story? (Dustverse)

And if yes, may I know more about him (if he has an AU) or be allowed to expand on the concept?

Absolutely feel free to say no or ignore this ask

Have a wonderful week!

ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN!!!! I love that we spawned the dustverse LMAO

also ok i’ll be so fr, he spawned into the world as i was drawing, and thus has no au

however, allow me to quickly Bs the concept, and if anyone’s interested i can actually polish it later hee hoo (also feel free to use whatever concepts you like, it doesn’t have to be related to this if you’d prefer i don’t mind ehehe)

DETRITUS/ COSMIC DUST GUY INFO BELOW ⬇️

Detritus Is a Low-Level deity, at least in the hierarchy of other deities he is involved with.

He is an anomaly by their standards, the death of a star gave birth to this child of decay, he is reluctantly taken in by the others

He is younger, around 8000 years old id say😔

Detritus doesn’t know much about lower level beings, as the knowledge he has access to is rather restricted, furthermore, he doesn’t quite know his place, as he is not often given tasks.

he also doesn’t know much about just. normal life. he’s been shown things on. a very large scale but never when you zoom in and see the small things

Other deities claim grand titles and roles, but he is but decay, leaving him with no actions to take and no purpose to fulfill. they perpetuate this inaction with excuses

he befriends a star. this star is considered a lower being. this star makes him question the validity of the hierarchy of beings he’s been taught.

he begins to question why they are considered “gods”. who put them in that place? are they not just self assigning these titles and using it to justify causing strife? who are they to dictate lives. however he isn’t really sure on any of this

at some point due to these thoughts (and or an action) his friend the star is disposed of, and he is cast out. he is told he will live amongst mortal beings, to witness for himself their vileness and wicked souls.

He is but dust cast to dust

so taking on a more normal form detritus, taking being called dust LITERALLY, now adopts a new form and name. (he’s a silly little guy)

he meets a few mortals (ahem ahem you can guess who) (i’ll expand later if this interests anyone)

he is lucky for this, as he has no idea how their lives work and would just end up with someone sending him to a lab to be dissected for his “inhuman” um, abilities.

instead of learning of mortals wickedness, he only experiences kindness. he’s a bit curious, he tends to take things literally, but if you say something that is opposing to what he’s been taught, he will assume it’s sarcasm.

he’s quite funny but he has a weird sense of humor.

he’s under the impression that he’s fated to destroy any relationship he might have and thus feels guilty for making ties. he also expects to be taken home eventually

(honestly. they just wanted to get rid of him. don’t tell him that.)

Detritus, now Dust, doesn’t really have a solid form, so the one he takes on isn’t really as restrictive as you’d think. His body could contort like some demon from hell out of nowhere and then be completely normal the next second. he has to be told not to do this.

When he first took on said form, he couldn’t figure out how the fuck to form hands. his hands were very deformed and gross looking so he hid them. one of the first mortals he meets is in for a horrific experience until he figures out how to properly project how a hand moves😭

um. oh also, i keep saying he, but they’re semi genderless and wouldn’t bat an eye if you called him literally anything else. i don’t think detritus really understands gender, just things

he’s very thoughtful about inner workings of the universe but then doesn’t know what the fuck a comb is and continuously throws his new friend for a loop

he’s kind of skittish, like a cat that wants to dip its toes into the water and then immediately runs and hides but. will do it again five minutes later.

he’d probably think a butterfly is like an angel to be worshipped if he saw one

he doesn’t think mortals are evil, he compares them to his experience with the star.

he’s not immortal either, he’s more of a demi god then anything

he begins to wonder if he even wants to go home, or if it is his home, after a while of living with these new companions around. there’s definitely going to be some runs in with government authorities and cryptid hunters :))

ANDDD all of this is subject to change if i actually clean this up, as i sped typed this with very little thought beforehand ok BYEEE anyone can ask questions if you have any somehow and i’ll bs more lore 😭

#utmv #ut au #undertale #sans aus #dust sans #bad sanses #murder sans #detritus sans #idk what to call this #i’ll draw later if that’s interesting at all #dusttale #undertale aus #alternate multiverses my beloved

[anonymocha]

This may sound a bit cheesy, but, with my abundant amount of r99 ocs, do you think that arcanist-Lamont would interact with them and what would that be like? Like a little oc crossover perhaps?

(I'm just rlly interested in her personality, I feel the sudden urge to get my own little weirdos involved)

I WOULD LOVE THAT…. OC INTERACTIONS ARE ONE OF MY LOVE LANGUAGES…………

I am going to focus on Pristine. I am also interested in Lady Clef and Verdigris interactions but I would like your input for them since they’re more complex (what if we rp them or discuss their interactions hiii bats my eyes at you). Do let me know if I get OOC and feel free to correct me since you’re the creator of Pristine after all! Also here’s Lamont’s doc for a bigger glimpse on their personality since I finished their voicelines.

Let’s go:

Lamont is incredibly perceptive (and obsessive) in treating things deemed ‘unorderly’ as much as they love setting things out of order. They would notice her cracks first thing they laid their eyes on her. They love mending things they didn’t break as much as they love mending the things they broke themselves. So…

Assuming her cracks couldn’t be healed by Lamont’s prayer healing alone, they would be more than happy to treat her with a more hands-on approach. Of course, only if Pristine allows it. Flesh wounds are the main things they typically have to work with when it comes to treating others’ bodies, so Pristine’s cracks are incredibly interesting for them.

But… If she tries to hide her cracks from everyone else, why wouldn’t she hide it from this creepy practitioner? If anything, she will probably try to avoid them. Especially since Lamont is quite infamous in the for breaking stuff on purpose. Yes, they patch those things up later, almost perfectly. But the things they fixed still had to undergo the displeasure of being broken. So yeah. It’s 100% understandable if anyone tries to distance themselves from this little girlfreakthing.

HOWEVER if she does allow them to treat her and they become friends, then they would actually treat her with care. They know they shouldn’t treat others’ bodies the same way they treat inanimate objects. They recognize that her cracks wouldn’t be an easy fix since she’s not just any ceramic vase. They’ll try various ways; From medications usually used to treat flesh — to a more craftsmanlike approach by using glue or spot epoxy. They’ll do whatever it takes until she’s completely spotless. And if the cracks do occur again, they’d gladly keep doing it over, and over, and over again.

They can be quite a talkative person so they may be a yapper to her unprompted throughout the process. A gentle, meticulous, and curious yapper. They would tell her so many things about their time in boarding school, about their patrons, or some random fun fact. And they would also be genuinely be interested in her own origins.

Lamont is quite the jack of all trades — Great with ceramic arts, tailoring, medicine, and countless other skills they picked up due to their obsession with fixing (and breaking) things. They’d go out of their way to help her discover a hobby if she haven’t found any, teaching her stuff and seeing what sticks. They could be a bad influence if they ever teach her any destructive skills, though.

More things I headcanon if they become buddies:

Lamont teaches Pristine how to summon and make connections with various cosmic entities. For fun. It’s basically a way to get more arcane skills with little need of, you know, actually practicing said arcane skill. Lamont would note that Pristine has a lot of potential due to her almost ‘blank slate’ condition. But an entity would struggle to ‘borrow’ a part of her body since she’s likely not of the same material as the entity (flesh). She won’t end up monstrous like Lamont did.

The fixer becomes the fixed. Lamont got hurt somehow and their healing prayer couldn’t help them this time (they may have angered their patron). It’s Pristine’s turn to help Lamont out. She may try the tricks they used on her before, except for the glue one because of course that wouldn’t work on Lamont’s flesh. Lamont wouldn’t guide her and quit yapping for once since they’re really interested in seeing what she’ll do for them. It’s a rare chance for them to experience some mending on themselves by others, or a chance to see how bad Pristine fucks up and tease her about it.

Lamont picks up some of Pristine’s old english talking mannerisms, meanwhile Pristine picks up some of Lamont’s Indonesian greetings (since that is the only Indonesian words Lamont remembers, outside of the curse words).

Toxic yuri (probably in a platonic/familial way since idk if Pristine is an adult or ace or not) situationship where purposefully orchestrate dangerous situations that’ll ensure Pristine cracking just to spend more time with her. OR Pristine herself gets cracks on purpose, knowing that Lamont would not turn down a chance to tinker with her, even if Lamont knows that she did it to herself. Actually, Lamont may actually be happy about that (😭 WHY ARE THEY SO WEIRD).

OK THATS ALL SORRY FOR THE LONG POST I AM A LITTLE UNNORMAL!!!! FEEL FREE TO BE UNNORMAL WITH ME!!!

#mocha oc rambling #oc - lamont #reverse 1999 oc #oc #friend shenanigans #friend oc - pristine

[themuseandantarctica]

* 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏

sentence starters from christopher isherwood’s novel a single man. change however necessary.

tw: death, drugs, age gaps (between adults, no pedo.philia), some n.sfw text

i'm afraid of being rushed.

why? why? is it some cosmic entity, some arch-tyrant who tries to blind us to his very existence by setting us against our natural allies, the fellow victims of his tyranny?

such questions are hard to take seriously. they seem so academic.

intolerable old [name], always absolutely in the right, and crazy.

oh well, i expect it'll last our time.

the question "is this playacting or does he really hate us?" never occurs to them.

put them back, now! back! put them back!

i never hear the noise children make -- just as long as it's a happy noise.

do they know that they are afraid? no. but they are very afraid.

among many other kinds of monster, they are afraid of little me.

even when they are geniuses in spite of it, their masterpieces are invariably warped.

[name] wasn't a substitute for anything. and there is no substitute for [name], if you'll forgive my saying so, anywhere.

would you possibly be free tonight?

poor man, living there all alone. he has a kind face.

idiots -- fooled them again!

what is he up to?

these people are not amusing. they should never be dealt with amusingly. they understand only one language: brute force.

but does [name] want to be obeyed? doesn't he prefer to be defied so he can go on killing and killing -- since all these people are just vermin and the more of them that die the better?

no time to worry about that now.

it is a slander to say that they are identical.

the only ism i believe in is abstract expressionism.

is this some supersubtlety?

let's see if that old robot'll know the difference.

will any of them make it? oh, sure. one, at least. two or three at most.

you're always paying.

[name] wanted me to ask you, sir -- we were wondering if you could manage to get out to us again before too long?

won't this keep happening to him all through his life? won't he keep getting himself involved in the wrong kind of game, the kind of game he was never born to play, against an opponent who is quick and clever and merciless?

sorry, sir -- i lost you for a minute there.

they look as if they were ready at any minute to switch from studying to ditchdigging or gang fighting.

she has the look of a divorcee.

how can i impress, flatter or otherwise con this cantankerous old thing into giving me a good grade?

i must say, i don't see how anyone can pretend to be interested in a novel when he doesn't even stop to ask himself what its title means.

it's not much fun being beautiful for ever and ever, when you can't even wake up and look at yourself in a mirror.

well, what does [name] want them to say it's about? they'll say it's about anything he likes, anything at all.

wow! i don't dig that jazz.

what do we need eternity for, anyway?

the stupidest text in the bible is, 'they hated me without a cause.'

a minority is only thought of as a minority when it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority, real or imagined.

it's better if we admit to disliking and hating them than if we try to smear our feelings over with pseudo-liberal sentimentality.

why, you wouldn't recognize love if you met it! you'd suspect love!

well, after all, what else can you expect?

is this sheer idiocy or slyness?

i keep remembering that beautiful accent. it's like music.

i have to go down to the book shop.

you don't have any of those capsules left now, do you?

i bet, even if you had seen god, you wouldn't tell us.

someone has to ask you a question before you can answer it. but it's so seldom you find anyone who'll ask the right questions. most people aren't that much interested…

a place where the police are angels has to be an insane asylum.

the not-understanding, the readiness to remain at cross-purposes, is in itself a kind of intimacy.

isn't it some tiny satisfaction to be of use, instead of helping to turn out useless consumer goods?

just the same, it is a deadly bore and, to be frank, a wee bit distasteful.

want to go? we might ask him some awkward questions.

now we have with us a far more terrible fear, the fear of survival.

[name] stood me up. talk to me.

they're being cheated out of their childhood. they're being turned into junior consumers!

how can you talk such incredible nonsense?

that fills them with fury and loathing because they can never understand it.

essentially we're creatures of spirit. our life is all in the mind.

the nurses at the reception desk are pleasant, too. they don't fuss you with a lot of questions.

i am woman. i am bitch-mother nature. the church and the law and the state exist to support me.

i was screaming. they heard me clear down the hall.

it seems as if they can't bear to leave anything the way it used to be.

where's that fucking nurse?

if you'll just step outside for a moment. this won't take any time at all.

did she mean goodbye?

it will be a good christmas, the merchants predict.

i am alive, i am alive!

you old ass, who are you trying to seduce?

there is always an atmosphere of leisureliness in this place.

these things just kill me. man!

nobody is bitchy here, or ill-tempered, or inquisitive.

even up here, they are building dozens of new houses. this area is getting suburban.

the supermarket is still open; it won't close till midnight.

who says i have to be brave? who depends on me now? who cares?

look -- is it too late to change my mind? about tonight?

who can it be at this hour?

they might notice something queer about me, and you'd feel ashamed.

hey -- you can't die here! ain't this heaven?

the author gets slightly vague, so i've had to improvise a bit. i mean, he doesn't come right out and say so, but i have a suspicion that one's supposed to make it with human flesh. actually, i've used leftovers from a joint…

i've already made two new year's resolutions -- only they're effective immediately. the first is, i'm going to admit i loathe bourbon.

you know, i sometimes think, about you, whenever you do something really sweet, you're ashamed of it afterwards!

how many times, when [name] and i came to visit you -- sulking, avoiding each other's eyes, talking to each other only through you -- did you somehow bring us together again by the sheer power of your unawareness that anything was wrong?

he has made up his mind, really and truly. he wants a complete break.

i know you think he hasn't behaved well to me, [name]. i don't blame you for thinking that.

i betrayed you, [name]; i betrayed our life together.

i keep wondering just when it began to go wrong.

so here we are, just the two of us. just you and me.

i mean, until i've done that, i won't feel everything's really over. you have to do something to convince yourself.

i never wanted to live alone, [name].

how can you pretend you don't love it? and you miss it -- you wish you were back there -- you know you do.

i'm not sure how i should like that part of it.

whatever you say about it, darling, you always make it sound so marvelously romantic.

what's the harm? it's fun. it adds a new dimension to being drunk.

[name] not enjoying himself? he was having the ball of his life!

we were always making plans like that. we hardly ever told other people about them, even you. maybe that was because we knew in our hearts they were crazy.

no, [name], cross my heart, i am honestly not being bitchy!

feeling guilty's no reason for staying or going. the point is, do you want to go?

i think i shall go back, [name]. i dread it -- but i'm beginning to think i really shall.

i had to tell her at once, right after it happened. otherwise, i'd have been so afraid she'd find out for herself, in some uncanny way, and that would have been too shaming.

the past is just something that's over.

i can't stand anymore indecision. i've got to burn my boats, this time.

i should hate so to leave you, [name].

we could get drunk and earn money at the same time.

do women ever stop trying?

you are drunk. oh, you stupid old thing, how dare you get so drunk?

oh, the bloody battles and the sidewalk vomitings!

seashells are still less easy to find here than discarded rubbers.

it was nothing. only a poem.

but imagine your happening to pick on this particular bar!

do you really think i'd be such an idiot as to try to buy drinks for a minor?

you could invite him to stay the night at your place. tell him you'll drive him back in the morning.

you can talk about anything and change the subject as often as you like.

that's the trouble. i don't know what is important and what isn't.

the past doesn't really matter to most kids my age. when we talk like it does, we're just being polite.

maybe i will. maybe i'll get mad at you.

if you and i are no different, what do we have to give each other? how can we ever be friends?

whatever made me tell you all that? am i drunk or something?

i, personally, have gotten steadily sillier and sillier and sillier.

well, i'm not bluffing -- so what are we waiting for? you weren't bluffing, were you?

that's enough for now!

they ought not to let you out on your own, ever. you're liable to get into real trouble.

don't be an idiot. you'd get pneumonia.

you don't even have a cat or a dog or anything?

i believe you've discovered the secret of the perfect life!

getting married? no. that's out.

i don't believe you're that much interested whether i marry [name] or not. i think you want to ask me something different.

so now she's called the whole thing off?

you aren't exactly sober, if you don't mind my saying so.

and now get me another drink.

i suppose you've decided i'm a dirty old man?

don't you have a glimmering of how i must feel -- longing to speak?

the point is -- here am i and here are you -- and for once, there' s no one to disturb us.

it's the enormous tragedy of everything nowadays: flirtation. flirtation instead of fucking, if you'll pardon my coarseness.

thought maybe i'd better split, after all.

that was great, this evening. let's do it again, shall we? or don't you believe in repeating things?

quick -- we need a substitute!

yes, i am crazy. that is my secret; my strength. and i'm about to get much crazier.

what if [name] has been scared off? what if he doesn't come back?

this is where he found [name]. he believes he will find another [name] here. he doesn't know it, but he has started looking already.

but is all of [name] altogether present here?

how can such a variety of creatures coexist at all?

both will have to be carted away and disposed of, before too long.

#rp meme #rp starters #sentence meme #sentence starters #prompts #rp prompts #writing prompts

[danstillcreates]

your ocverse is really cool! and your character designs are all so fun

the concept of the Outliers is really interesting to me so i have some questions (feel free to be vague and cryptic if its spoilers for things you want to reveal later ::D)

if Outliers come from another reality, do they all come from the same alternate reality? or is there an infinite amount of realities, and "Outlier" is just the term for anyone who crosses over into another reality not their own?

if not for their reality bending powers, is there another way to visually tell if someone is an Outlier? (it seems like it'd be easy to confuse someone for just another strange alien unless you knew where they came from. which might create some funny misunderstandings and hijinks heehee)

aaaand i think my last question is, throughout the galaxies, how many people actually KNOW about Outliers? would anyone know of them but by another name? due to their nature it seems easy for someone whos an Outlier to become a sort of mythical figure or cryptid (from someone else's point of view)

this ended up a little longer than i meant it to sorry!! looking forwards to meet and see more of your charas!

Thank you!

In this project, there is a multiverse (though I don't know how much of that concept I'm going to explore) but there are also spaces beyond the multiverse. Outlier is a term used for any being that is not from the multiverse. Since they're not part of the natural order of the multiverse, they aren't in the infinite possibilities of reality (there are no alternate reality versions of them).

The Outliers I've shown so far are all from the same space. It's a space where anything that is erased from existence goes (both tangible and intangible). It's pretty much a cosmic junkyard. The Outliers from this place are made of the scraps of nonexistent things. The ones made of tangible things are huge beast-like entities and the ones made of intangible things are intelligent formless entities. Stella, the Caretaker, the Showman, and the Sentinel are all formless entities (they learned that they can create their own forms after they entered the universe and discovered their powers).

There isn't really a general way to tell if someone is an Outlier. It depends on the type of Outlier. The ones I've been talking about only have visual indicators that prove they're Outliers if they want them. These Outliers can look however they want to look. Some Outliers like having forms that aren't too strange and impossible. The Showman likes to travel out in the open and the Caretaker likes having a soft, cute form that won't frighten her guests. Other Outliers, like Stella, don't really care if their forms make sense or not. It's how they want to look.

Outliers are definitely mistaken for other things like gods, mythical figures, monsters, and cryptids. Very few people are actually familiar with the concept of Outliers. It's not a secret. It's just not well known. There are organizations that are trying to gather information on Outliers but it's not easy (especially when the Outlier who's the easiest to get in contact with is a trickster).

Thank you for the questions :)

#oc answers

[highway-stars]

I just finished house of leaves here's my theory

I've avoided most spoilers and theories in the forums, subreddit etc so there's a good chance this is wah wha baby entry level "aw you're so dumb to think this" shit:

I think the entity that is the house does "exist" in-universe. I think it is a godlike entity. Like Navidson says, the house IS god. The house is the leaves, the labyrinth is its branches; the spiral staircase is the trunk. It holds up the world and the universe and, because it is so incomprehensible, it is inadvertently hostile towards anyone that interacts with it. But it NEEDS people to interact with it. More on that in a bit.

I don't think the Navidson Record was a movie that ever truly existed. I DON'T think it was a matter of a split universe. But I DO think the house is decent at mimicking human-made reality. It does not NEED to look like a house, but it does. It doesn't need to have stairs, or a window, or right-angles, but it does. These traits are uniquely human but the unnerving aspects reveal themselves when it fails to keep up the charade - whether this failure is intentional or unintentional. The larger interior than exterior, the distorting pathways; the horror happens when its mask slips. Perhaps in an effort to coax you into taking a closer look?

I think the Navidson Record is the house's attempt to "write" itself into existence. I think it needs to be beheld by humans in order to exist. We already know that the human inhabitants can affect the space - the hallways shift with the Navidson's emotions; the length of the staircase changes based on the mindset of those walking down it. After all, the concept of god was brought about by humanity, and perhaps it will need the continued effort of humanity to conceptualize and therefore materialize itself. God, or whatever this is, needs us as much as we need it.

Zampanó was the chosen conduit for its story because, as a blind person, he was more able to handle the profound visual horror the house creates. Dark pockets of shadow would not affect him; the looming cosmic horror of the blackness between the stars that Johnny mentions wouldn't bother him as deeply. He also lived alone, with no family or relatives that could stop or disrupt him from his work.

The fake resources, the interviews, the characters that don't exist - I think the house engineered those, as we know it can mimic human creation. It even at times goes "overboard" with itself - citing interviews with Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick, names almost too big to be believable. The timing and action of certain beats seem nothing short of a hollywood action movie at times - especially during the "Escape" chapter. Even the "happy" ending seems like too much to believe. I don't think those events happened, and that the house is perhaps misguidedly creating a mockery of its own story.

I think the distorted formatting and ramblings of things like lists of building materials, photographers, architectural examples, etc, are also evidence of this. The house can create, the house can consume, but when it comes to creating as a human does, it is not without error, as its omniscience and omnipotence seems to get in its own way of being believable and will tend to splinter off into multiple nonsensical directions, much like its hallways.

If Navidson, or someone like him, did exist, and did interact with the house, he did not get his happy movie ending. A passage at the end, in French, alludes to something like "I remember the war less and less" (Navidson was a war vet and also did wartime photojournalism) as well as "my wife, my daughter, my son, they're all dead." He references the house, and a black horse. Maybe Navidson did exist. And, unlike in his movie, his family was consumed. And eventually he was consumed. The house swallowing and destroying Navidson and all memory of his existence from the earth, only to then cough it up in the form of the Navidson Record once there was nothing left to chew on and a new human connection needed to be made.

Why did Zampanó die, and why was the task handed off to Johnny? I'm still trying to figure that one out. Zampanó seemed convinced something was coming for him, maybe he transcribed something he should not have (the entire minotaur section) and was then discarded for someone new. Perhaps Johnny was simply in the right place at the right time. However, poor Johnny, although brilliant and academically able to handle the task, is not nearly as well-equipped to handle a task given from an incomprehensible freaky-god-void-thing, and his mental health starts to deteriorate.

I don't think he just "got" whatever mental health issue was affecting his mom. I don't think his mom wrote the book, either. I think his emotional trauma and addictions made the perhaps unintentional "poisonous" effects of the house all the more potent. It's hard to know what is real and what is fake in that last passage he writes. He forgets Lude was killed in a motorcycle crash. He includes a section about a great interaction with Thumper and how he found a "clue" to the house's existence when he saw a band perform a song called the "five-and-a-half-minute-hallway". I don't think either of those events happened and were closer to an episode of maladaptive daydreaming/wishful thinking as an escape, as he loses sense of what is real and what isn't. But at the same time, who is to say what "real" even means in this context - the house is constantly shifting and writing and deleting bits of reality, and I think trying to sort experiences with it as "factual" or "delusions" doesn't really matter to a certain extent.

I don't think the house intends the harmful effects it has on the people that interact with it, directly or indirectly. I think it is a god that needs humans to exist. It bends the reality around us, but its humans are capable of bending it as well.

#house of leaves #wild shit man

[vikenticomeshome]

Cyberchase - Cyberspace is a Dystopia (part 1/?) - The Cybersite Clearing House (and their Prizes)

Does anyone remember the "Cybersite Clearing House Prize Patrol" from Season 1 Episode 12 "Of All The Luck"?

To briefly discuss the plot of the episode, The Hacker captures the "Lucky Charms of Cyberspace" that massively improve his luck. His new luck is so incredible that he falls on the ground, digs under that spot, and finds Motherboard's Operating Manual. It doesn't work against the kids though, and they beat them.

But let's go back to "Cybersite Clearing House" company and their Prize Patrol crew. This is an expy of the real-world "Publishers Clearing House" direct marketing company. They are famous for their Prize patrol van, which goes around awarding large money prizes to members.

Excuse the crunchy quality. This commercial is apparently from 2002, the same same year the episode aired, and I thought it was more authentic than using a modern one.

Now, before we go into how the Cyberspace version works, we need to talk about The Hacker's lucky charm powers in this episode. We don't really know how far this power extends. As I said before, he digs up a copy of Motherboard's Operating Manual under his own hangar in the Northern Frontier. What are the chances that this manual ended up right under this spot, especially since he laid down this hanger long before he had the lucky charms? Why on Earth would someone have buried a copy of this very important text in The Northern Frontier in the first place, as opposed to holding it at Control Central or within Motherboard's Vault at the Cybrary? It is possible that the lucky charms allow The Hacker to warp reality, similar to the Totally Rad Ring or the power from the Cosmic Crumpets. If he is a reality warper, then it is possible that he subconciously created the Cybersite Prize Patrol to hand him his prize without him having to list a finger. That would also explain why he loses his Cybersites at the end, when his luck is removed.

However, I find that solution unsatisfying. It's just more reality-warping like what we saw in those other episodes. I'm going to operate on the assumption that the Cybersite Clearing House already existed as a entity that follows the laws of Cyberspace with their prizes. I believe that one of three possibilities happened, which led to The hacker being declared the winner, and then having his prize taken away.

Maybe The Hacker never entered into the contest. Then, when someone won the contest, The Hacker's good luck caused the Cybersite Clearing House crew to read the wrong name and award him the prize by mistake. Then, when he loses his luck, the realize the mistake and take the prize to the real winner

Maybe The Hacker entered into the contest, but then someone else actually won the contest. Once again, The Hacker's good luck caused the Cybersite Clearing House crew to read the wrong name and award him someone else's prize. Then, when his luck goes away, they realize their mistake and take the prize to the rightful winner.

Maybe The Hacker entered the contest, and he won legitimately. Then, when he loses his good luck at the end, the Cybersite Clearing House crew takes his prizes away and gives them to the wrong person.

Personally, I prefer theory #1, as The Hacker seems to have no idea who these people are when they show up. If he had entered the contest, he probably would have recognized their van and gotten excited.

In any case, we're operating under the assumption that this group is real. We are also assuming that they are allowed to give out these prizes under Cyberspace law. We never hear Motherboard talk about them directly, but there is no evidence that she has ever gone after them for breaking the law. Let's let them tell us what The Hacker won.

Cybersite Prize Patrol: All seven hundred and thirty seven Cybersites shown here are now yours!

There is plenty to criticize about the real-world Publisher Clearing House company. They work in direct-marketing. They have been sued repeatedly over the years for lying about the chances of winning their prizes. They've been sued over selling customer's data without consent.

However, Publishers Clearing House has never handed out entire cities or countries as prizes. The show never goes into the terms of The Hacker's ownership of these Cybersites. Is he now the head of state? For example, if the Cybersite "Happily Ever After" is in that pool of Cybersites, is he just automatically the new king? Does he just own all the land, businesses, mineral rights, or any other economic interests in that Cybersite now? What happens to the citizens of that Cybersite? Does he own them too? Are any of Cybersites immune to ending up in that pool, or could someone just win Control Central and become the new Potentate?

I originally though that The Hacker somehow won the prize again in that same episode, as the same board gets pulled out again with 312 more Cybersites on it. However, Baskerville clarifies that this is "something about an oversight refund from the government". He doesn't clarify what sort of refund, but since its coming from the government, I assume it is a tax refund. I'm not sure I believe that The Hacker pays his taxes.

This could turn into a conversation in the same vein as the original prize. We don't know whether the refund was legitimate or not, as his luck going bad at the end could have caused him to lose it either way. I think we can all see the ethical issues of Motherboard giving away Cybersites as part of someone's tax refund. At least we can probably blame this on the virus making her loopy, on top of The hacker's luck. Perhaps The Hacker was supposed to get 312 Snelfus on his tax refund, and Motherboard accidentally gave him 312 Cybersites instead. We all remember the Buddie List versus Baddie List problem from "All the Right Angles".

Of course, he gets all of his sites taken away at the end.

Everything's okay now, right? No. Remember that we started off on the assumption that the Cybersite Clearing House company was real and acting within the law. Somebody won that pool of 737 Cybersites. We don't know precisely what that means for the citizens, but it cannot be good.

Also, suppose The Hacker wins the prize legitimately and doesn't get screwed out of his win. It would be just like "True Colors", where The Hacker was legally allowed to call an election and run against Motherboard. As long as he is operating within the law, there's really nothing Motherboard or the Cybersquad can do about it. It makes me wonder what would happen at that point if the Cybersquad started moving against him anyway. I expect that Motherboard would have to put her foot down and stop them, which is a dynamic that we've never seen on the show.

#cartoon #cyberchase #2000s #nostalgia #pbs kids #2000s childhood #cartoon dystopia #dystopia #cyberchase is a dystopia #cyberspace is a dystopia #longpost

[stellarred]

THE PICARD FAMILY: JEAN-LUC, Q, AND JACK

Even though Q "died" in S2--but not before telling Picard that he'd see him *out there*, Q had already formulated a strategy to continue his pursuit of Jean-Luc.

Honestly, does anyone, who has paid any real attention to Q and Picard's history and romance (more on Q's side) together from the start, really think Q was going to just surrender to this "death" and willingly lose Jean-Luc forever? So, Q was not going to try at all?

Q is a persistent one, for sure as far as Picard is concerned. There ain't nothing stopping this omnipotent entity from chasing the mortal man he loves and adores!

We know that Q will always come back to Picard. He means what he says when he uses the words "See you out there."

In sending himself to the future to the end of S3, and meeting Jack, Q is setting himself up to prove to Picard that he belongs in Picard's life.

This is why:

1. While Q said that the Trial is over for Picard, but Jack's was "just beginning," we know that Q will guide and help Jack through it. He'll help him no matter what occurs. That doesn't mean that Jack won't get frustrated by it, or even hurt by it (nothing too serious, I'd imagine, and certainly nothing permanent)

But, he would learn something, just as his father did.

2. Going off of #1, does anyone think that Q would allow the only child of the one being he has pursued and wooed all along, to be hurt in the Trial? That's not just anyone. That's Jean-Luc's child!

Q may be a tough teacher to Jack, but he'd keep Jack safe. After all, Picard would never forgive him if he had let any harm come to Jack.

He surely would lose any chance of having Picard love him if Jack were harmed.

3. In appearing to Jack in the future, Q has opened up a field of opportunities for himself to convince Jack that Jean-Luc needs to give Q a chance at having a relationship with him.

Who would Picard be more likely to listen to if someone wanted to convince him that Q deserved a chance for a relationship with him?

Q himself?

Or, Jack, who has special abilities to sense things, and is the one whom Q has been guiding and protecting?

Picard is eager to build that relationship with his son, and if Q has proven himself worthy of Jack's trust and support, Q is therefore in a better position to get closer to Picard.

It could also go another way: Given that Q "died" in the past before Picard had found out about Jack, and that Q had moved himself into the future to take care of Jack, perhaps Jack can convince Picard to search for Q and find the "cosmic realm", for example, in which he's waiting for Picard and Jack to find and rescue him.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

While non-Qcard shippers might scoff at the concept of Q essentially getting to Picard's heart and love through his relationship to Jack , and dismiss the whole thing as Q "just using Jack", what else can Q do?

He desperately loves Picard so much that he did all those meaningful, good things in Picard's life, including saving it several times, and dying for him.

But, Q KNOWS that Picard thinks he's dead, or at least "somewhere in the universe". He knows that Picard is still involved with Laris at the beginning of S3, and that Beverly would always have a presence in his life because of Jack.

And, just throwing it out there, Picard and Laris weren't exactly a good match. They always seemed to be on different pages. It is quite possible that they may have separated after the events of S3.

Furthermore, there REALLY was no solid evidence that Picard and Beverly got together post- S3. They do have a close and respectful, loving relationship, of course because of Jack, naturally. Whether Q likes it or not, Beverly is a part of Picard's life.

But, honestly that picture of Beverly and Picard that Jack pulls out of his duffel bag in the end credits scene is a picture where:

A. They are both much younger. They didn't have time in the year, or however long before Jack embarked for the Enterprise G to take a loving family photo of them all together? Or a photo of Picard and Beverly together, old and still in love as ever?

No quick "Find the camera!"?

B. If you look at the photo, Picard and Beverly are not in sync. They are holding hands, ok. They are smiling, ok.

But, they are looking in opposite directions. They aren't even walking close together. There's a distance between them.

*When thinking about things like this, I always remind myself that with as many intricate, little things they, including Terry Matalas, pride themselves on weaving into an episode, this photo was a deliberate choice on someone's part.*

C. Considering that Picard told Laris that he and Beverly had tried multiple times to make a relationship work between them and failed repeatedly, this also convinces me that Picard and Beverly didn't actually stay together after S3.

Again, they are close, but not married close, so to speak.

Taking all that into account, I can see how Q still believes he has a chance to reunite with his precious capitaine at some later point in the future.

I'm biased here, of course being a hardcore Qcarder, but thinking about this analytically, Qcard may have a chance after all.

Picard realized how much Q was in love with him in the S2 finale, but I think he may have forgotten a little because to Picard, Q is "gone."

I think of the fairy tale in S2:

"In time, they would forget he was ever there."

So, when Q and Picard get together again, they will be each reunited with the person they were meant to be with all along.

Q deserves him, and Picard doesn't fit better with anyone else other than Q.

And as far as Jack is concerned, Q will love him, too. After all, it's Jean-Luc's son!

Qcard.

A love story that refuses to be bound by Space and Time.

#qcard #star trek q #q #john de lancie #patrick stewart #stp #stp season three #stp season two #picard and q

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Had some thoughts about this post, and came up with a few ideas for what the parody trio might be like. Feel free to disregard if you've already got stuff for them figured out on your end.

Alyssa's parody is Lydia the Storyweaver. Storyweavers are spider-like cosmic entities that spin the literal strings of fate into webs, then feast on the energy of those who get ensnared in the narrative. They're also able to create characters to fit into their stories in whatever role may be needed, and Lydia's favorites by far are the twin villains she created for the story that resulted in the extinction of the Star Neons. Not because of the fact that they did that, just because she let herself get attached. So, she elevated them up to her level to act as her assistants, which violated the Laws of the Storyweavers and got her banished from wherever it is Storyweavers are from. The three of them see each other as a family...albeit a highly dysfunctional one, because even though Lydia genuinely loves her kids and really is trying to be a good mom She Really Should Not Be A Parent.

Also she's super thin with long, spindly limbs, partly Because Spider Person but mostly as a dig at Alyssa's current appearance because Jayin would absolutely Go There.

For the Twins' parodies, I snatched up their scrapped names, Spirit and Radiant, with the justification that both sets of twins are recycled concepts from an old scrapped game idea from before Jayin went control freak and Alyssa got booted, and the Celestial Twins got new names while the Parody Twins got the old placeholders.

Spirit has power over Darkness and Death, while Radiant has power over Light and Life. They both used to be Star Neons but between the events of their story and their elevation into cosmic beings they've become almost completely unrecognizable from what they once were. Not that they mind much, since they don't really remember their old lives all that well. Visually, they're both basically genderbent (to make it less obvious who they're based on), vaguely feline versions of the Twins.

For Spirit, Jayin took Tartarus's Trinity-related antics and ran with it, turning her into a wannabe Casanova who flirts with anything that moves, and also a bit flighty. Interestingly, thanks to her powers she actually runs cold unlike most Programs.

Meanwhile Radiant's an absolute Blood Knight. She will fight anyone, anytime, at the slightest provocation, and have the biggest, brightest, most...well, radiant... smile on her face the whole time. In contrast, she also really enjoys reading, so depending on when you encounter her she'll either be tearing through a battlefield while covered in other people's blood and giggling like a schoolgirl or curled up all warm and cozy and lost in a book, with no in-between.

Jayin's probably going to regret giving the three of them such extreme personalities and over-the-top powers once they inevitably start coming to life, because they seem like they'd be significantly less likely to take her bullshit lying down than her other victims.

I was actually really struggling with coming up with parodies, so these guys are great!! I love how they're all twisted versions of the originals, yet there's just enough of the original there to make those in the know go, "wait, are those based off of..?"

But I really love the dig at Alyssa's appearance with Lydia because that would no doubt absolutely kill her. She's definitely self-conscious of her current look, and seeing Jayin drag her through the mud like that would probably hurt bad.

#oc: director jayin #oc: lydia the storyweaver #oc: spirit #oc: radiant #oc lore #!asks! #fren! #duckapus

[miracleandplagueau]

Ohhh I loved so much your power system!

Some questions:

1-Do the powers have any other evolutions (such as for example ladybug being able to create what she wants), or is it limited to the basic power?

2-Is the turtle more in the Yin side? And are the Metal and Wood kwamis linked to any seasons? (I didn't find it written anywhere)

3-When the wonder is destroyed, does the kwami gets destroyed too or is it like the series where they go to the not physical world?

4-in the drawing you made of water ladybug is she using the dragon potion?

5-Are ALL wonders from the main box able to break each other, or (in the example you gave) for example if the turtle tries to break wonders with the same amount of power (the 5 elements) it can, while if it tries to break the 2 main ones it can't?

Lastly, are you open to ideas of maybe the other potions of the other zodiac wonders you didn't think of?

HII IM GLAD YOU LIKED IT!

I feel like the creation could be fun! The only issue with that is that I can't for the life of me figure out a parallel power for Black Cat. Another destructive power... ehhhh. I was thinking of additional forms though! Something not zodiac-wonder based. One that would make the user even more "animalistic" or give them even more abilities. Ex. Ladybug/Butterfly would be able to fly naturally, Felines would have advanced senses etc.. It's something that came up when I was thinking about more body-horror versions of the heroes for fun. Then again, I'm still thinking when It could be used in the story. It'll remain a concept for now.

Turtle is more on the Yin side, despite the fact that its main power is to create. Not everything can line-up, but If you stretch it far enough you can say that maybe It's to shield from destruction. Metal is generally a declining stage in the Wuxing, which might not be represented well in the Wonder itself, but perhaps rather in its main user - Master Fu. I mean he is really old so like.. Anyway, metal is associated with Autumn, West and overall dry weather while Wood is linked to spring and windy weather! I read all about it on the wikipedia page :)

I haven't thought about it, but I think It'll be better If the Kwami's physical form is destroyed too. Kwamis are cosmic-like entities, but when their link to earth (through artifact) is severed, they can no longer connect to it. Perhaps other Kwamis will be able to communicate with them still, but they will likely not regain the form we know them by. I like the idea that death is permanent though :3c

It was actually just a doodle for the water power-up! I didn't really think about If It would appear or be used. Besides, I havent really thought about effects of the dragon potion on the Balancing Wonders.. I think It'd be a better If only secondary wonders could use it, forcing ladybug to grab an additional superhero when it's needed

That really depends. Turtle would be able to theoretically use its shield to destroy it by continuous smashing, but Fox wouldn't really have the power to break it, the energy blast wouldn't be powerful enough even when an enhancement potion is consumed. When It comes to how hard it is to destroy the main wonders, I definitely think It's going to take much more than just impact due to their connection to literally laws of physics. Besidesz being connected means destroying one destroys both of them so If anyone did manage to destroy ex. Ladybug's, both would fade to dust.

For the last question, yes I am! I think It could be super interesting to see what others could come up with :O Maybe It could even be used in the story better than the ones I had in mind....

#au #miraculous lb #miraculous au #miraculous fanworks #miraculous ladybug #miracle and plague #miraculous #miraculous ladybug au #answered

[magganboi64]

~Tentacles and love~

~Gender Neutral reader.

~Tw: None except mentions of nightmares, no specifics.

~Not proofread/Also google translate has been used so sorry if i've butcherd some pronunciations.

Our love goes beyond the universe....beyond all concepts ever truly conceptculised...I love you...

The ruler of hellfire and lust, Emhirylla. Sibling of Cthylla, Ghatanothoa, Ythogtha and Zoth-Ommog. The Daughter of Idh-yaa and Cthulhu. An eldritch entity beyond mere concepts of space, time and mortality...and she's also the the love of your life. At first you to met once you found the necronomicon inside of a vacant tomb. You accidently summoned her and...You made her blush...She had never ever in her entire existence that goes beyond space and time seen anyone as cute as you. No one could have guessed a mortal and one of Cthulhu's offspring would fall in love but alas, love is quite funny at times.

After dating for a while Emhirylla wanted to take the next step with you and tell her parents about this. It is undeniably quite a big step in any relationship to tell any parents about a relationship, most likely seeking their approval. Of course it's a bit of a bigger step when you take in the fact your dating the daughter of the High Priest of the Great Old Ones, aka Cthulhu. And if it couldnt get any more suprising...You werent actually sent into a purgatory of eternal suffering and damnation by your girlfriends dad. He was actually quite alright with one of his children to date a mortal, he was quite skeptical at first, but after Emhirylla wouldnt back down, Cthulhu reconsiderd it and ended up approving your relationship.

You dont talk with him alot, which is quite good. Since Emithrylla knows that a mortal like you would most definitely not survive getting your brain scrambled by being in the same vicinity as...You know... CTHULHU. After some talking with Emhiryla's mother aswell, your relationship was accepted. And you two couldnt be more happy, you love her and she loves you beyond all concepts of space, time- beyond the universe and- Im trying to say she loves you to death.

You and Emhirylla now live together in her manor. Which is floating in what seems like a void filled with stars and beautifull colours, allost like our own galaxy, which it luckilly is very similar to aswell, and there's no cosmic entites lurking in the depth of the space...You think....and really hope. The manor was called "Manedespachiorum." You liked calling it home instead, Emhirylla did aswell.

Nightmares. A truly terrible part of something so calming like sleep. Everyone has them and will no matter what have one atleast once. Funny to imagine someone in a romantic relationship with and eldritch entity, The daughter of Cthulhu, having fears, but alas. No matter what, nightmares and fears cannot truly be stopped.

Emhirylla was currently asleep laying on your king sized bed, she was enjoying her sleep. She slightly moved while asleep, softly grazing the maroon blanket and pillows. While she moved asleep it almost looked like she was looking for something- no...Someone to hold next to her. Sadly her movements asleep didnt help guide her towards you, Emhirylla got a bad feeling from not feeling your true warmth and comfort. She slowly opened her eyes seeing she had moved from her side of the bed towards yours, she would normally do this in her sleep and you would always be there but...This time you werent.

"Y/n?"

Emhirylla said almost immidatelly after not seeing you in bed. After looking around the bedroom she reluctantly looked at the time.

Emhirylla, despite being a eldritch entity did fear one thing...That being time...She didnt fear the idea of time itself, she was way beyond it. What she truly feared about time was knowing your mortality, Emhirylla knew that she herself would never have to face the sands of time, but you would most definetly. She hated imagining losing you to time. She could stop it by making you immortal but...She knew it didn't feel right...taking away that part of your humanity despite if it would make you and her get to live happily together forever...Would make her unable to forgive herself for taking a part of your humanity away.

Emhirylla snapped her fingers reluctantly closing her eyes and sighing, with a snap of her fingers the alarm clock on your nightstand teleported right infront of her, floating. She sighed and opened her eyes. It was currently 2 AM. Emhirylla knew alot about you and she knew about your sleep schedule. Seeing the time Emhirylla got a knot in her stomach.

'Where are you?...You dont leave bed this early...dont tell me-'

She cut her thoughts out before thinking of something that would just worry her more.

Without hesitation Emhirylla Grabbed her maroon nightrobe putting it on and exiting your bedroom. While looking around the mansion, thoughts sprung about what could have happend to you in her head.

Luckilly after a bit of searching Emhirylla finally found you in the library sitting on a maroon reading chair. Emhirylla let out a sigh of relief and got closer.

"Y/n? Are you well my love? It's late."

Emhirylla asked getting closer. You turn your head slightly to look at Emithrylla, your eyes are baggy and your voice is quite tired.

"Oh- H- Hey Emi...Im f- fine...."

You say quite tired.

Emhirylla is definetly not stupid and can see whenever somethings definettly wrong.

"Y/n....."

Emhirylla sighed and got closer to you until she picked you up and sat with you in the maroon reading chair holding you and slowly but surelly caressing your hair, almost like how a parent holds their child.

"What happend?...Your never like this Y/n...im worried sick for whatever could have happend for you to wake up and go here..."

Emhirylla asked with a motherly tone almost filled with love and affection.

"I- Im fine...I pro-"

You say before being abruptely cut mid sentence by Emhirylla hugging you tighter, kissing the crook of your neck.

"Dont lie love....please dont....you know I love you more than anything, and I know you love me as much aswell. Tell me whats bothering you, I cant stand watching you trying to hide this pain away...it's eating me inside out..."

Emhirylla asked looking deep into your eyes, her eyes filled with love and affection.

"I had a nightmare..."

You sigh out...Emhirylla didnt even take a second to hug you tighter and nuzzle you.

"I see....you dont have to talk about them if you dont want too...If you want to love, we can sit here for tonight so I could snuggle you so much harder."

Emhirylla said a bit teasingly but still lovingly as she continued caressing your hair and giving your neck soft kisses.

"I'd rather not talk about them now..."

You said enjoying the warmth Emhirylla gave off.

"That is perfectly fine love...il of course always be there for you when you need to talk about it..."

Emhirylla said, her sweet and loving motherly tone calming you and comforting you.

"I love you Emi..."

You said holding Emhirylla's hand.

"I know Y/n...and I love you beyond all concepts of space, time, the universe and the concept of anything...I truly love you and wish to forever stay with you love...."

"I do to Emi..."

You said after you slightly rotated yourself on Emhirylla's lap.

"Y/n. Our love goes beyond the universe...beyond all concepts ever truly conceptculised...I love you."

Emhirylla said leaning in closer to you as to kiss you, a kiss filled with an burning fire of passion and love.

After a bit, you end up succumbing to sleep once again in Emihrylla's lap. Emhirylla watches in silence with a smile as you sleep. She softly kisses your forehead.

"Goodnight my little star."

Emhirylla said before standing up once again this time carrying your sleeping form bridal style throughout the manor. Emhirylla softly sung a little lullaby while carrying you back to the bedroom.

"la mia piccola stella, il mio piccolo tutto. Desidero mostrarti fino a che punto arriva il mio amore per te, e ci provo ogni singolo giorno con te. Ti amo, stellina mia, dormi bene... dormi bene mio piccolo tutto"

Once Emhirylla got back to your bedroom, she made sure to set you gently down on the king sized bed, softly pulling the maroon blankets over your sleeping form, before sitting down back besides you. Emhirylla softly took the role of big spoon as always and held your sleeping form so lovingly and caring close to her.

"I love you."

Emhirylla whisperd to you before she aswell succumbed to sleep.

#female reader #male reader #gender neutral reader #lovecraft #sorry if my english is bad

[sebastianshaw]

So, this is an absolutely bizarre and really dark question but, like, Haven is pregnant for literally years, yeah? Why do you think that is? (narratively speaking - why did they include it?)

Because, for me, when I see that story detail, the first thing I think of is that thing that sometimes happens when a woman becomes convinced that she's pregnant when she absolutely isn't. One trait of that particular kind of mental health crisis is the idea that the pregnancy is especially long lasting. But, while the stupidly dark and vaguely inappropriate nature of this subject matter is in keeping with those x-factor comics, I don't know if they were trying to invoke this.

I haven't actually read this storyline particularly closely, so I really can't remember. Is there a moment when the idea of her pregnancy being fake is floated? Like "we thought she was lying/delusional but no, actually"?

Or is it something else entirely? There are probably other contexts for overly long pregnancies, but my mind only went to the one, very dark place.

But yeah. I guess I was wondering what you thought this element of her story brings to the whole thing. Because they could very easily have not included it.

The idea is never floated in canon to my recall, no. Uncannyxmen.net speculates she could have just been totally "schizophrenic" (their words and not mine) for twenty years and THEN very suddenly gotten possessed by and given "birth" to the Adversary but that would be a bizarre coincidence. Admittedly X-comics are full of those, but I think if that was the intent, it would have been specified. But no, we're never given any hint that she's wrong about the fact she's pregnant, just that she's incorrect about with what. Obviously, she's not showing, and she implies she's never told ANYONE else about being pregnant, or how it happened, before Xavier. We know she has a cult and she speaks openly about The Voice Within, so she clearly does talk about hearing The Voice, I guess she just doesn't specify that it's from her unborn child because, presumably, she's ashamed of it. As for why Uncannyxmen.net raised that possibility in the first place when there was no indication of it, it was in answer to "how could she be pregnant for 20 years when the X-Men defeated the Adversary not ten years ago in The Fall of the Mutants?" so they were like "well she was just nuts for like 19 of those years but THEN she really did have something inside her talking to her" but like. . .I feel like if we're talking about a phenomenally powerful cosmic entity of chaos, time travel is hardly out of the question. Other characters think Haven is crazy, but that's because they don't KNOW that she's pregnant (though presumably would still think she was crazy if they did) but we're not given any reason to think she's wrong that the Adversary is specifically not inhabiting her but her unborn child so that it can be reborn into our world in a physical body. Hence why it would use her baby and not her, because I guess it can't take over a body that is already born? TL;DR I don't think she's supposed to be wrong on this, no, just the idea that her unborn child is divine rather than a demonic vessel. As for why it would take twenty years, idk, maybe gestating the physical body for a god just takes a long time.

#out of shirt #katatonicimpression

[mlobsters]

supernatural s14e8 byzantium (w. meredith glynn)

totally forgot about that alicia witt episode. is someone gonna burn up some soul for jack?

JACK Can you tell him… it's okay SAM Tell him yourself. He'll be back in a minute.

see i think i don't have a lot of lingering trauma from my dad dying when i was 16 from cancer, but like. they say this and all i can think about is my mom making me tell my dad, in his last days, unconscious in a hospital bed in our house, that it's okay. so, imagine that, but a hundred fold for all these memories associated with that. and then going through it again with my mom, so a new batch to add on to the existing set that still fucks me up. not many things poke at it, but when they do...

DEAN I can't. It's not right, Cas, you know? It's just-- It's not-- CAS What? It's not fair? I know that. But he needs you.

suck it up, fuckhead. okay i don't know if that's actually in character for him but i gotta believe he would understand that and not walk out. certainly not if he thought he was that close to dying. whatever, more opportunity for angst over not even being there when he passed. hospice gave us a list of signs that someone is gonna die soon. doesn't account for rapid decline due to loss of archangel grace though i imagine

(while i look for the post [13x17 apparently] where i talked about some music reminding me of bloodfest by brian reitzell and whether it was the same just now, reminded as they stand in this hallway, where are all the fucking apocalypse world people)

spn 14x08 / hannibal 3x6 / spn 13x17

didn't come to any great conclusion. similar technique. nothing nearly as interesting or pretty as brian reitzell's, but it's not a fair comparison. both the spn episodes the music was christopher lennertz, this episode it was with philip white as well.

and fuck whoever made the decision to cut from the big emotional moment of dean coming into jack's room after he has died with basically a jumpscare to the title card with the flapping wings.

and then basically a jumpscare to thinking sam is leaving to go do something monumentally stupid.

come on, not even a hug? group hug? something? if you're going to put me through this, at least throw me a fucking bone

not sure i can do this. small break because a montage of them having a mini wake basically, drinking, reminiscing set to licensed music. done having my buttons pushed.

well. that's one way to disconnect me from feelings, jack in heaven with..... the empty cg goo flooding in

spn 14x08 as lily sunder / alien (1979) veronica cartwright as lambert

hey, now that's a recognizable voice

DEAN We're talking about that kid's soul. SAM Not all of it. DEAN Oh, okay, then. Tell me you're not cool with this. CAS Don't you think Jack should decide for himself?

using jack's own soul to sustain the magic for his body, didn't see that one coming. and yet another spin on the merry go round of bodily autonomy arguments. if heaven wasn't busted, i imagine he'd want to stay. which might be more interesting. and visiting kelly, buh. thought i was done crying this episode.

the empty shadow guy crashed heaven just to get jack? hokay

SAM Lily, I-- I know you're upset, but you can still do the spell. LILY That wasn't the deal. I've got to go. SAM We have nothing to offer you, noth-- nothing to say, but… He's our kid! LILY I'm sorry. DEAN You know what I think? Burning all that soul? You're not even human anymore, not really. SAM Dean-- DEAN Otherwise, how could you ever, ever let anyone go through what you went through? The pain of losing a kid? Don't do this to us.

continue to be surprised whenever they textually acknowledge jack as their kid. it's a good thing, and dare i say a smidge subversive with their non-traditional family structure. it's nice.

and for this ridiculous anubis thing, maybe her helping them can tip the scales more in heaven's favor.

COSMIC ENTITY Castiel, you know how this goes-- the good souls here, the bad souls there. The angels are mine. CAS Enough. COSMIC ENTITY Stop interrupting! Start paying attention. I'm taking him. And where I'm taking you is worse than Hell… because at least Hell is something. Ohh. Ohh, God, they look scared. Does that hurt you? Good… because I want it to.

the manic bitchy weird thing they're doing with the empty thing is ... weird.

COSMIC ENTITY: Deal. Oh, but not now. No, no, no, no, no. No, you see, I-I meant what I said. I-I want you to suffer. I want you to go back to-- to your normal life and-- and then forget about this and forget about me. And-- And then, when you finally give yourself permission to be happy and let the sun shine on your face, that's when I'll come. That's when I'll come to drag you to nothing.

huh. ok.

JACK Why? Why did you do that? CAS Because I made a promise. Because I love you, Jack. And Sam and Dean-- they love you. And they are fighting for you at this very minute. I hope that… They don't need to know what happened here. What I did-- I'm-- I'm-- I'm at peace with my choice. I don't want them to worry. JACK I won't tell them. I promise.

so he gets to sacrifice himself and sam and dean don't get to know about it so they don't have the chance to fix it. ok

and as i expected, lily got her happy ending in death too. sacrifice and family reunions all around

lol naomi giving out michael's location, ok sure. cas oh so smoothly bypassing questions about why she'd give them that :p

DEAN And we know where Michael is. Not quite sure how you pulled that one off. CAS Well, we, uh-- we still don't know where Dark Kaia is or the spear.

laughed because even he made it sound like what he was saying was goofy. anyway. i think i'm finally warming up a little more to cas. making him vaguely consistent in characterization and not making horrible decisions all the time apparently helps. and just plain being around and participating in things

hopefully we're done pushing my real life terminal illness buttons because it's exhausting and miserable.

hope dean leaves mary another voicemail giving her an update that in fact jack is not dead anymore

#supernatural #spnwatch #spn 14x08 #spnwhinge #ish #christopher lennertz #philip white #meredith glynn #spn clip #spn musical score #spnhiky #hiky #veronica cartwright #alien 1979 #spn bloodfest-ish