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mysteriesgalplusdamianthings · 8 months

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Maps Mizguchi has finally made it yall!! I'm so freaking happy!!!

[Birds of Prey (2023) Vol. #1 - Kelly Thompson]

I didn't think I'd be this stoke about the issue Birds of Prey this badly until today. A friend had told me about this, and my jaw dropped once I read this page. My girl has finally made it into the superhero league. Although I thought she'd be ingrained into the Batfamily but it looks like she's doing her own thing.

She goes by Meridian. I'm liking the custom design as well its super mysterious.

I don't know what they have in store for "future" Maps but I'm invested.

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wingedarrows · 1 year

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“The emperor wanted to make sure you weren’t getting into any trouble. And to clear out your office. I left a box of your knickknacks inside.”

“Wish you took more from my tutelage, dear. History’s supposed to be exciting after all!”

“Flora Desplora, bad girl historian, celebrity, and my former mentor in the emperor’s coven.”

“All I ever got to do was desk work while she goofed off riding wild snake horses and- and- and eating mummy jerky!

Well I can be just as exciting as Flora. I’ll come up with an exhibit that’ll knock the titan’s socks off!”

“It’s almost as if the emperor wanted Flora to tick me off.”

“I . . . did cobble together a device to find [time pools] with Eda. It should be in the box Flora returned to me.”

Gosh it was so obvious how did I not see it before

#self #the owl house #flora desplora #lilith clawthorne #emperor belos #wouldn't be surprised if belos specifically told flora to not let lilith do any of the cool stuff while mentoring her #so that she could be manipulated into doing this #gotta make sure these things still happened you know!#and there was no chance for it to before lilith left the emperor's coven #elsewhere and elsewhen #can't believe it took that painting to realize belos was specifically trying to get them to time travel by sending flora

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adastra121 · 2 days

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Monster (Touchstarved MC Rewrite)

I've been really loving the songs from Epic: The Musical and decided to do a lyrics rewrite of my favourite song from the Underworld Saga, "Monster," for the Touchstarved MC, because I thought it was fitting, possibly for an MC turning to the dark side.

I did a lyrics rewrite for another song from Epic for my Alchemist!MC and his mentor a while ago, but I didn't change too many of the lyrics, so I might revisit that one in the future.

MC: How has everything been turned against us? How did suffering become so endless? How am I to finally wash this blood away? Or do I need to change?

MC: I'm surrounded by the ghosts of minds they’ve lost, Haunted by the blood and death that I have caused. What if the greatest threat we'll find is not the mist, But this?

MC: What if I'm the monster? What if I'm in the wrong? What if I'm the Soulless that's been lurking in the Fog? These hands of mine had killed them. What if I must bear the guilt? What if after this curse goes away, I’ll remain a monster, still? What if I'm the monster…

MC: Does the temple bear the guilt when they kill? Do their deaths keep the priests up in the night? Or do they take and tame in the name of faith, And believe they have served their gods right?

MC: When a childhood friend makes a promise and then Stabs the back of the one they swore to save, Did they learn to be colder when they got older, And now they can save themselves the pain?

MC: When an exiled mage builds a child a cage, Does she fear all the lines that she must cross? Or she commands respect, keeps her feelings in check To find answers regardless of the cost.

MC: When a traveller goes unravelling the mind Of a stranger who helped them, are they vile? Or do they have no say, made to drive insane And cursed to survive?

MC: If I became the monster, and threw that guilt away… Would that make me stronger? Would it keep the curse at bay? If I became the monster to everyone but me… What if there’s no price too high, As long as I am free? If I became the—

Caravanners: Monster… MC: Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves. Traveller: Monster… MC: And deep down I know this well.

MC: I lost my best friend, I lost my mentor, my faith, Too many lives slain, I cannot wait. I must find the key to what I seek, or else more will bleed So if I must face down dangerous trials and battles, I'll go where the Senobium won't travel, And if I must send another innocent to madness in an instant so that I can end this…

MC: Then I'll become the monster! I will deal the blow! And I'll become a monster like none they've ever known! So what if I'm the monster tearing through the Shroud? I must become the monster if I’m to make it out!

Priests: Monster! MC: I’ll find the key! Syndicate: Monster! MC: And if I must— Mentor: Monster! MC: Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves. Kuras, Leander, Vere, Ais, Mhin: Monster! MC: I’ll become the monster…

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved mc #touchstarved unnamed #touchstarved hound #touchstarved alchemist #epic the musical #lyrics rewrite #rewrite #song rewrite #Spotify #I wanted to include all the origin stories #“monster” is so very precisely and perfectly written with the rhyming and rhythm schemes but I tried my best!#shoutout to the bridge — it's what inspired me to rewrite this for the touchstarved mc #the “I lost my best friend I lost my mentor” and I thought that fit the hound and alchemist backstories #replacing a specific name is always fun and slightly painful in rewrites. XD #I think I had to do that in my arcana “in my dreams” rewrite as well #from “in Paris” to “I promise”#listening to the instrumental of the song it surprisingly fits the touchstarved vibe #like the music during the first verse sounds almost submerged similarly to the “every time we touch” cover #and the horn in the end I think it could be replaced with that fog siren sound from that cover #I also had fun with the chorus in the background I wanted MC to be haunted by the ghosts of their past #the traveller is mr.chokey by the way!

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augment-techs · 2 years

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Hello, I found those commissions mentioned here where Harry Potter goes back in time. I really like them, but the links to Deviantart are broken. Where can I find them all because I am hooked!

This is all I have, I’m afraid. I never could get beyond the ideas in my head and the small summary board I’ve already posted. The commission work is lovely though, ain’t it?

#HP #Harry Potter #severus snape #remus lupin #james potter #lily evans #sirius black #regulus black #minerva mcgonagall #bellatrix black #andromeda black #ted tonks #lucius malfoy #mrs snape #time-travel AU #reverse severitus mentor AU #as always: FUCK JKR #desi harry potter

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everyneji · 2 years

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How do you think the relationship between Neji and Hinayana should have developed? Unfortunately, Hyuga clan didn’t get much screen time in Part 2. I’m curious how they gradually got closer and care for each other. It’s a great loss this part was almost ignored in the manga. I think it’s very important to the character development of both Hinata and Neji. Happy to hear any headcanon!

Thank you so much for the ask, I really appreciate it! ♥ Sorry for the late reply, real life will do that, and sorry that this got, ah, long.

I'm torn on the subject because Kishimoto kept the focus on Naruto and Sasuke for good reason and there's only so much he could have fit in of other character's lives -- but at the same time if Hinata was going to end up so important and Neji our beloved martyr, it would have been nice to see them get more to do.

At least the anime's love of Hinata means we tend to get a lot more about their relationship, which is nice, even if I don't always agree with what they do. Boruto's time travel arc provided some interesting stuff:

Fascinating! They imagine that even in their recovering relationship, Neji is still acutely aware of his place in her life -- does he fear some kind of retribution for seeming too chummy with her, or does he fear that it will further drag down her reputation in the clan? As he goes on to explain to Boruto: NEJI: I belong to the branch family, so she is like my lord. BORUTO: But she calls you big brother. NEJI: We were raised together as siblings. I've told her not to call me that ... but Lady Hinata does not listen.

Hinata is very polite. She uses honorifics for everyone, and it's not sarcastic -- unlike Neji, whose use of '-sama' is contrasted with his lack of polite speech for her. Superficially, Hinata is being polite yet familiar, while Neji is rude and uses the honorific out of obligation. Yet I think Neji is also trying to create distance between them which Hinata is trying to counter, so in a way Hinata is crossing a boundary. Which is interesting! For a terminally anxious girl, Hinata can be surprisingly bold about taking the first step: she approaches Naruto in the chūnin exams, she jumps in front of Pain and confesses her love, and it seems with Neji, she even tried to keep reaching out to him despite his cruelty.

Hinata seems lonely in a familial sense. She's been virtually disowned, Hanabi is (in the anime very explicitly) her rival, her mother doesn't seem to be around ... I imagine she spends a lot of time trying to make connections, and Neji is an immediate family member who happens to be her peer, so naturally she seeks a relationship with him, especially because they had a good start. When you think about how simple and sweet their relationship when they first met was, it's very sad to think it was torn from them -- they were both left lonelier for the loss of it.

There's an added layer where you can also read some guilt or even pity in Hinata's response to him -- how much she knew about the Hyūga Affair is ambiguous, but she is aware of Neji's suffering in the clan because of his subordinate position.

Interestingly, she prefaces this with "I can see it now ... that even more than me ..." which also suggests to me that Hinata was very wrapped up in her own problems and Neji has probably settled for a few jabs and walking off in the past so she hasn't been exposed to the depths of his feeling. I've said it before, but I think they were basically strangers at this point in time.

Once those lines of communication were finally opened, they probably found the things they have in common, and went forward from there. A sense of solidarity would be core to their relationship, and of course we're told that their mutual acknowledgement of each other basically fixed the clan. Which is a powerful thing! They've both been hurt and effectively pit against each other, and only by healing that relationship and themselves can they heal their clan.

Now, when it comes to Neji's side of things, his feelings are a lot more complicated! Undoubtedly there's an extreme level of resentment when we first see them together -- the "I hate seeing you happy" kind -- but at the same time, his backhanded compliments are only insults in the cynical ninja world.

It's condescending and disrespectful, but he doesn't see Hinata as a bad person, just a useless one. If anything, you get the sense that Neji would like these traits in a person -- even admire them -- if he hadn't been left so jaded. We can see this from how much Neji liked Hinata when they first met, and it speaks to his own natural sweetness and light that all his trauma tried to steal from him. Which is certainly a theme of Naruto, of course, but it never stops making me sad.

In the most perfect of happy AUs Neji probably just ends up a more outgoing (if still refined) version of Hinata lmao. They really are meant to be two sides of the same coin.

When their relationship goes forward from this, the anime shows Neji training Hinata, and it's not hard to draw that conclusion from Neji and Hinata's ease fighting next to each other in the war. I think once Neji acknowledged Naruto's determination he also acknowledged hers, and can see him trying to give her the skills to match her willpower. I like to think he played a part in her growing confidence by showing faith in her abilities. I also think he probably practised being gentle with her. He hadn't let himself be that in a long time.

My main sticking point with the anime and a lot of fandom interpretation is this idea that Neji defaulted back to this 'Must protect Hinata-sama!' overprotective big brother mode (which I think is a disservice to him) or that they became besties. They're both gainfully employed child soldiers so they're plenty busy, Neji outranked her professionally while she continued to outrank him socially, they have other friends, and so forth. I'm sure they were amicable -- and fairly close -- but their lives had diverged a lot by the point that they reconciled.

Maybe with more time, and peace changing the dynamic of the world, and their clan (presumably) changing (officially) also, they would have gotten very close, but as it was, well ...

Ultimately, for me, I find their relationship rather sad, as it will always be coloured by Neji's sacrifice. While I think it had more to do with Naruto than Hinata, she was still a factor, and so you can't escape the implication that Neji did what he was 'meant to.' It sets the tone for their whole relationship. Like, he will always be marked. He is marked until he dies. It's why it doesn't matter if Neji ever actually experienced the seal first hand: the fact that it exists is a perpetual boot to his neck, and is a violence unto itself. Did Hinata know how to activate the seal? Can Neji ever forget their power imbalance? Am I supposed to believe that on that battlefield, it never once crossed Neji's mind that he may be called on to protect her with his life?

The idea of someone feeling -- grateful, complacent, loving -- toward someone who owns them, owns their life, is hard to swallow. It will downright choke you once you remember that his life is ultimately forfeit to her. Like, I love Hinata. I don't think she's a bad person, or that she'd ever abuse the power she has over Neji. I genuinely love their relationship ... but they're meant to parallel their fathers, and when Hizashi comes back, he hits with us a classic:

Hizashi chose to die with love in his heart, and he comes back like 'Oh boy check out this cosmic punishment for forgetting my place.' So, uh, yeah, when Neji pulls the exact same thing about 6 hours later, don't we naturally parallel them and assume that even telling yourself you're doing something out of love doesn't change your crushing sense of servitude? Or, as I once wrote into a fic:

“That’s not freedom, Neji. That’s -- putting pillows in your cage.”

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I really, really wish that Hinata had not been in the line of fire. She and Naruto could have just as easily bonded over Neji's rapidly cooling corpse without her having been in danger. All it does is reinforce the hierarchy between them, which in turn can make it hard to see Neji being nice to her.

If I remove myself from the meta narrative, however, I will say that relationships are complex, even along hierarchical lines, and while Neji doesn't owe Hinata anything, I wouldn't want him to continue burning with resentment. You don't have to be complacent, but perpetual anger is exhausting. Thus, it's good they managed to repair their relationship, and find a little bit of the children they used to be together again.

TL;DR;JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED: I think that a sense of solidarity and commonality, and training, brought them closer together over the years. I believe they are, at their cores, very similar people so they got along well, even if they weren't the very best of friends due to circumstance.

TL;DR;THE WHOLE ESSAY: I love them both and believe they loved each other, but if I think too hard about the meta narrative I want to chew my own leg off like it's stuck in a bear trap ... but don't get me wrong, I love how inherently complicated and deep their relationship is because of it. There's a lot to work with there!

#not everyneji #ask #naruto meta #neji hyuga #hinata hyuga #luckyllamagothjudge #.the 1 person who didn't know boruto did a time travel arc: 🤯#.i actually really enjoy the boruto anime lol #.anyone else get emo when they imagine neji mentoring kawaki #.poor little branded boys of the world

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jebiknights · 2 years

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I know quite a few time travel fics that involve the disaster trio meeting the Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan master Padawan Duo are meant to like, show Anakin that actually Qui-Gon wasn't that great and Obi-Wan had it rough so maybe Anakin will cut Obi-Wan some slack!!

But honestly there's some hilarity in the idea that by the time Anakin has Ahsoka, Obi-Wan DID confide in him, so when time travel happens you either have Qui-Gon encountering this feral too young knight ready to throw hands every time theyre in the same room (WHOS ALSO THE CHOSEN ONE???) or depending on when they time travel to/from, you have Qui-Gon very confused why sweet, intelligent little Ani is ready to go teeth first for his face as an adult. And Anakin would probably like wowbels refuse to clarify just say "you know what you did" or "obi wan deserved better!" and go for the throat

(this was not obi wans intention either, considering that qui Gon was DEAD so there's no reason for him to think actually opening up to Anakin for once would have this result but... The force works in mysterious ways i guess. Maybe if qui Gon stopped pissing off the council they'd be more sympathetic to obi wans attempts to corral Anakin)

#anakin skywalker #qui gon jinn #obi wan kenobi #time travel au #should clarify this is re popular fanon about qui gon as a shitty dad #i dont think hes actually that bad of a mentor most of it is genre convention and him being kinda hands off lmao #but i do think obi wan accidentally setting his kid after his dad is very funny #comm chatter #this is not a qui gon hate blog but he is a very easy character to harass in fic unfortunately lmao

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empressofthelibrary · 2 years

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I hate it when a one-shot character from a "hypothetical future" comic that canon made impossible by the end of the story itself works their way into my brain and lodges there

I don't even remember his name and he doesn't have his own wiki page. This boy is a blip in the grand scheme of things

But I want to steal him

#i don't even want the rest of that hypothetical future it was dumb and wally was married to some random lady that wasnt linda #but i got attached to the kid they had bc he was 100% his fathers son #damnit dc why do you do these things to me #anyway sky needs a speedster mentor and i have 400yrs plus to fill with time-travelling obnoxious lil shits

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realitybitesyouknowit · 7 months

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Chapters: 66/66 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Potter/Fred Weasley/George Weasley Characters: Harry Potter, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Arthur Weasley Additional Tags: Dark Lord Dumbledore, Not So Evil Voldemort (Harry Potter), Riddle gets his sanity back, Time Travel, Dumbledore Bashing, Ron Weasley Bashing, Hermione Granger Bashing, Ginny Weasley Bashing, Molly Weasley Bashing, James Potter Bashing Summary:

When Voldemort hits Harry with the AK in the forest, they both end up at Kings Cross, and instead of Dumbledore waiting for them, they find themselves faced with Death himself. And Death is not happy.

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aerisleis-fics · 1 year

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My @gaiasanta gift for the absolutely incredible @zscalatian!

Cloud and Marlene are visiting the church when they find themselves pulled backward into the past. With no way back home, Cloud sets himself to doing the best he can to make sure that this future goes better than the one they came from because he can't just do nothing.

“Cloud… what-”

“I don’t know, Marlene.” He said, softly. “Come on.” He led her forward by the hand, taking the well-worn path back towards the slums. Surely there he could orient and figure out what was going on and what to do about it.

The slums were the same as always, minus the damage from Meteor fall. Marlene’s face held confusion, Cloud thought. he didn’t blame her; she hadn’t seen the slums since she was four; he doubted she really remembered Midgar the way it had been back then. It was a miracle she remembered Aerith, really.

“M’tired Cloud.”

The quiet statement wasn’t a surprise. They’d barely made it to the slums proper before Marlene was flagging. He’d slowed his pace for her, but it wasn’t enough, it would seem. Cloud bent at the knees and scooped Marlene up, settling her against his hip without a word.

Marlene had been carried by Barret often enough to know to wrap her legs around Cloud’s middle, and one of her arms sort of draped across his shoulders, around his neck. It worked out. Cloud kept his left arm wrapped around her.

#ffvii #ff7 #cloud strife #zack fair #cloud as soldier #cloud as a mentor #time travel

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sing-me-under · 1 year

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HJ!Fundy

Hero’s Journey is my attempt to cram every single canon thing (hard, dubious, and semi-retconned) into one cohesive timeline. I can’t wrap my head around the FundyWasTaken/Dreamon Hunter bit within any normal scenario, so I took A LOT of liberties with character interpretation and just split Fundy’s character into two. I differentiate them as Fundy and Dage.

Anyway, this is Fundage II and Salome Wastaken. They’re salmon-hybrid siblings. Fundy really looks up to his uncle, so when he transitioned, he took his uncle’s name.

Also, Dream took Dage’s surname even though they never ended up getting married, hence the Wastaken. (Fundy’s Wedding video is a dream sequence)

#personal #dsmp #hjsmp au #dreamlessart #also Tubbo’s dreamon Hunter mentor is Dage lol #Tubbo was abandoned in a box #adopted by Philza #met Wilbur and Tommy and traveled with them for a bit #the three of them parted ways #Tubbo was apprenticed by Dage #then Tommy went to DSMP and Dage escorted Tubbo to join him #Dage ended up leaving the SMP around the time Wilbur joined #but Dage did meet Fundy #anyway this is my extremely convoluted attempt at trying to make a cohesive timeline with the utter bullshit that is the dsmp canon #dsmpau

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sillysistersusi · 11 months

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Yesterday I published the fifth chapter of my the owl house time travel au.

If you are interested I would be happy if you would check it out!💖🥰

It's the fifth chapter so far and already has 10,703 words.