#thus i drew this scene haha

[toffee32]

Hi! I wanted to know what you think about Moldaver/The Flame Mother being worshipped in the Fallout show and not Tandi? When Caesar specifically said that she was the most popular president and re-elected several times. I say this because I especially loved how you depiction NCR remnants worshipping her innocence when she is the most pivotal character in their country?

The existence of Moldaver as an important NCR ''leader'' to the point of having an underground cult is something that really bugged me. I know we'll likely have to wait for the next season to get this ''flame mother'' cult and Moldaver explained, but also doubt because Moldaver dies so they can just forget about it and it wouldn't surprise me.

The show had a clear intention of avoiding talking about the events of previous games and that's my biggest gripe with it. The classroom scene where you have the timeline and they have written down all these important dates, and no mention of the BoS/NCR war, no mention of any of the Hoover Dam Battles, no educative portraits of the NCR presidents that a classroom with nostalgic memorabilia would have, not even a Tandi mention, considering the show is about ''Shady Sands'' more than the story of the NCR (This is another weird thing that I could go on another tangent about) considering that's where she was born and that fact would be THE pride of the city. I can't force myself to like this Moldaver/Flame Mother thing because it does feel like it's lazily filling that lore vacuum that was purposefully created to avoid to talk about extremely substantial history of the NCR. Thus I drew that little sketch of NCR remnants to pacify my rage haha

#fallout #ask

[mushroomwoods]

amidst the lonely nights

he would always remember your presence, and somehow it never got better like you said it would.

character — Fierce Deity, romantic/platonic.

cw — death/suicide, hurt/no comfort, confusing timeline.

oh haha, the hurt never gets better boys, it will actually eat you inside out and make you cry like i was while writing this. ;)

anyways, don't know what made me write this, but still, the food is served.

His being would forever be bound to loneliness, but that he had already acknowledged.

Many humans had seeked his presence before for many other reasons, power, allegiance, death and even friendship, and of course he always found those things utterly ridiculous, however there was something about you that just drew the deity closer.

Living a quaint, lonely life in the outskirts of some forgotten land, somehow reminding him of himself. The peaceful night's you spent laid under the sea of stars, the mundane routine followed every other day, the new practices you caught up after reading a worn book left behind at some abandoned cottage. It all only served to make the deity even more mesmerised by you.

The first time he appeared before you, was in a time you held yourself to learn how to brandish a greatsword, it wasn't uncommon or unheard of for common people to start learning how to use weapons, especially with the many wars that started raging around the world, but somehow he doubted someone like you would even be able to kill someone should the need arise.

It was a surprise however, how instead of running at the sight of him, you instead glared, lifting the greatsword enough to reach his waist line.

When he didn't react for many minutes tough, your only reaction was to sigh, turning your back to him and going back to practice. Not a single glance back at him.

The next time he reappeared was a week later, this time you only glanced at him once, before going back to washing a set of clothes you held in your arms.

And then it was three days later.

And when he got to himself, everyday, for at least a single hour he was there to observe you.

It wasn't until the second month that you talked to him.

“What is the war deity purpose for visiting my unbecoming presence every day?” Your voice scratched at the back of your throat from the disuse, but it sounded just perfect to him.

He shook his head, there was not a motive, at least not one know by him.

That day he was invited to sit beside you, while you flipped through the pages of a children tale you found in a rotting inn.

The war was slowly taking those lands, but you didn't seem to mind, living your life at leisure and all alone, refusing to move even if the world around you tried to force you to do so.

He envied you.

This type of freedom you gave to yourself. The lack of fear even when faced with the greatest of the dangers. The devotion you had to yourself and thus living your life to the fullest.

It was only a matter of time.

Until they got there, until they saw you as the enemy, until they tried to pull you away from him, as they always did.

But you were always an enigma, the interesting kind, the one who never lacked surprises, and ever the only one with the ability to break him whole.

The guards hadn't even unsheathed their weapons when he saw you, a bright smile crossed over your face, as if you regretted nothing, as if it was only right for you to part this way.

And thus his sword, the one he trained you with, the one he saw you brandishing every single day with some kind of newfound joy, the sword which he could finally use to save someone instead of killing. This sword that swore to protect you, killed you.

His sword painted in your blood, while the people stared at the scene both awe and horror. It was ethereal.

You were dashing, even in your last moments.

And possibly you'd always be, the only being that could plague his mind like that even in the break of dawn as he could only watch as time continued to flow even without you, not a single soul able to remember the pure joy that you could bring to another with a single tilt of your lips.

Even when you always reminded him that everything in life was fleeting, he always told himself that everything could be fleeting but the memories of you, which he would carry for the rest of his lonesome and immortal life.

#fierce deity #lu fierce deity #fierce deity x reader #linked universe #(?) #linked universe x reader #(???) #fungi's delicacies

[suiana]

yandere! artist x writer! reader

"your latest chapter was nice... I drew the main characters in the garden scene."

you looked at him with a teasing smile as you accepted the drawing with open hands. the lines were clean, the brush strokes all perfectly controlled... he really was a talented artist huh?

you placed the drawing on the table gently and brought gestured for the artist to sit down in the chair beside you. you snickered at the way the tip of his ears turned red as you leaned on his shoulder and sighed happily. yes folks, your boyfriend was none other than the school's talented and beloved artist and you were the cool fanfic author. the best ship dynamic ever.

you had been dating for a month now and it all started because this artist of yours... was a huge fan of a fandom you enjoyed writing for. you still remember how he approached you with a flushed face as he shoved a small sketch of the main characters and scurried away. ah, he was so cute~!

you chased after him, teasing him intensely as you tried to recreate the scene which you wrote for the entry scene. (spoilers the scene was a kissing scene) and thus began your friendship which blossomed into a lovely romance.

though, he would get overly possessive at times. but that's okay! it's kinda cute if you're not lying. the way he would grip your shoulders as he threatened to kill the guy you looked at... it's so cute! you just couldn't take him seriously! I mean, come on. there's no way your adorable artist boyfriend would actually kill someone, right? haha!

you snapped back to reality as your boyfriend started rambling about his boring school day. you played with the hem of his school blazer as he complained and whined about how the air conditioner in his private art studio broke down and he couldn't draw in peace. chuckling a little, you ruffled his head and kissed his cheek to calm him down.

the way his face flushed almost immediately was almost scary but alas, you found it nothing more than cute.

"keep up this cute act of yours and I'll recreate that sex scene from chapter 3"

"h-hah?!"

god your artist boyfriend was so adorable.

#suiana rambling #suiana brain rotting

[markantonys]

I’ve never watched wheel of time but I will say that I think something to be said for the debate about costuming is that the game of thrones costumes were INSANE when it came to quality and detail. At least in the first few seasons they were hand-sewn, hand-embroidered, etc. There was a big coffee table type book about them that broke down a lot of the choices the costume designers and department made and the quality of that department still blows me away!!! They were gorgeous and complex and took so much of the worldbuilding and politics into account!

And from what I’ve seen, it seems like the Wheel of Time costumes do the same, it’s just that they draw from very different references and eras!! Maybe there will be some kind of bts/special feature breakdown of what they referenced and the different ideas they drew from for the costuming for WOT. That seems like it would be a good time. It’s really annoying and really unfortunate that a lot of people refuse to see past their own preconceptions of what fantasy means. I’m sorry that so many people are making assumptions about fantasy costuming in your notes, especially. It’s a genre that spans much wider than lotr and game of thrones! Perhaps more people should. Idk. Engage with it more and find that out. Maybe that would fix them.

yeah!! haha it really was just 2 complaints in my notes on a gifset that otherwise had universal gushing about how much people loved the costumes, so thankfully most people are enjoying the WOT costumes (and not being annoying in my notes) and i was definitely being dramatic in my complaints about the complaints! still, there's something to be said about how ingrained ideas of "this is what fantasy costumes are Supposed to look like" are in us, when fantasy as a genre MEANS there's no set definition of what ANYTHING is "supposed" to be.

i didn't watch GOT but i've seen plenty of gifs etc over the years, of course, and the costumes are absolutely beautiful and very detailed! and from what i understand, the books were going for a medieval europe type of vibe for the main kingdoms and so in that respect the show's costumes definitely understood the assignment (tho ofc with their own added Fantasy Flavor). the downside is that they were so influential that it's made a lot of people subconsciously think that that is THE fantasy aesthetic (along with LOTR), and thus anything too different looks out of place to them.

there have been a couple WOT costume bts features that i've seen, and the designers did indeed do similar things where they showed how much stuff was handmade and how detailed everything is, and they talked about taking inspiration from many different real-world cultures & time periods as well! a lot of which is based on the way the author described clothes in the books and the real-world fashion influences he was using. i remember in a season 1 bts the costume designer had a map of WOT's world color-coded according to which real-world cultures are the primary inspirations for the dress of each region of WOTworld (although i think it's a different costume designer for season 2 so i don't know if they adhered 100% to the s1 designer's notes).

to conclude, here are some caps from a scene in s1 that features a large international gathering (same color=same wizard faction, but within each faction are women of many different cultures, so you can see for example that our 4 blue ladies are wearing 4 very different styles). i wouldn't say these are the best costumes in the show because season 2 really took it up a notch (hello, higher budget!), but this particular scene is a great quick illustration of the wide variety of styles going on in the vast continent of WOTworld and of how much detail goes into costumes even for nameless background characters. and most of them do feature the sort of clean lines/angularity that makes our brains go "modern", and most of them do look quite different from the GOT & LOTR aesthetics!

#one of these days i'd love to make a 'fav s2 costumes' gifset but there's so many to choose from i wouldn't even know where to start! #anonymous #answered

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

Hey, I tried to get into the old Nancy Drew books (not taht I am into the new ones or anything else that includes her) some time back and read the first book, and I really don't remmeber being too enthralled by it.

Would you say all the books are roughly on that level of intrigue or do tehy get a bit better? My problem is not lack of action or anything, it's disinterest in the mystery itself

i mean. they're OLD books. a lot of them won't be as "enthralling" because they use tropes that were new for the time but commonplace now. they're extremely well-written though and most of the books DO provide a really good mystery. legit loved password to larkspur lane (the one where nancy kisses helen to shut her up) a whole lot, i was fuckin HOOKED

plus it's really neat to see a woman in this time period being a badass. especially love this one that was basically knives out where nancy found out a girl was being abused by her foster family and was like "fuck this you're moving in with me and we're going shopping. new sister" like iconic moments. also one time someone tried to blow her up and she was like "haha nice try. bitch" girlboss

important note: are you reading the original 30s-40s publications, or the 50s-60s rewrites? the 50s-60s rewrites streamline the plot REALLY badly and make it way less interesting, the og books are way better written and have a better atmosphere. unfortunately the og books also sometimes have racist shit in them but like. 1930s books. the ones i can remember rn are the hidden staircase with a mammy stereotype in a few scenes and... fuck idr which one but there was one that had a girl who was part-romani and thus used the g-slur a lot. yeah that's the problem when you read old books....

#nancy drew #mine

[hyeahgaku]

Jump Festa 2024 SAKAMOTO DAYS Special Stage

(Part 2) Here are some of the things that were discussed, & exchanges that the guests had, which i manage to understand from the panel. I did not include those that i couldn't quite catch. Apologise if i misheard anything cuz my listening for Japanese isn't top-notch 🙏

3rd Segment - Behind the Scenes Footage, featuring Suzuki-sensei's Workdesk & Manga Collections

Ishikawa-san managed to get these exclusive photos from Suzuki-sensei, with permission, & shared them with the audience.

Ishikawa-san generously provided a walkthrough of some of the stuff here. The handgun replica & sniper rifle replica are those that Sakamoto's gun and Heisuke's rifle were modelled after. The white drawer on the left is where Sensei keeps the fans' letters that he receives. He also has Vaundy's "Replica" limited edition album which he joyfully talked about in one of his weekly comments (the orange one on the top shelf above his drawing board). There's also a bunch of manga collection on the right shelf -includes Dōmu by Katsuhiro Otomo-sensei, who is one of Sensei's favourite mangaka, as well as Mugen no Juunin, etc.

Ishikawa-san told the audience abit about the story behind Sensei's drawing desk (those who have read the manga would already know it, he said). This desk was originally used by his wife back when she was a junior high school student. Suzuki-sensei felt that it was just right for him so he has been using it from then on until today. Additionally, Ishikawa-san also shared a cool story behind Sensei's drawing board. Suzuki-sensei went to the hardware store to buy one but he found this piece of wood apparently thrown away. So he took a look & thought it'd be a good fit if he used it as a drawing board and so he took it home. Ishikawa-san added that it costed Sensei 0 yen! The host commented, "That's what we call Recycling!" Suzuki-san later praised Suzuki-sensei for being such a talented person & he proudly stated that he's a fan of Suzuki-sensei.

A funny bit: When the host pointed out about the elbow rest pads on the sides of the drawing board as she wasn't sure if they were, Ishikawa-san answered, "Yes they are elbow rest pads. It's for you to rest your elbows on them." and then Suzuki-san just burst out laughing & he said, "That's why they're called elbow rest pads! You're supposed to rest your elbows on them!" lmaoooo.

Moving on to the left photo first, Ishikawa-san stated that those tools that Suzuki-sensei labelled '1st Military Set' are the ones that Sensei very often uses to draw the manga. There are different types of pens, which include G pen, Maru pen, Milli pen, etc). I'm not sure if I got this right but I thought Ishikawa shared that originally, Suzuki-sensei drew the series using G pens but now he has changed to use Milli pen.

When the host asked about the coins on the ruler, Ishikawa-san explained that some artists might tape coins especially to the underside of a flat ruler to help create a gap or a bridge so as to prevent the ink from bleeding onto the edge thus messing one's artwork.

As for the right photo, Suzuki-sensei's bookshelf is filled with manga series like Naruto, One Punch Man, Hunter x Hunter & so on. There's also a long, black stick on the right but none of them knew what it was lol. Suzuki-san wondered if it was the opponent's rifle (Kamihate's sniper rifle) but then they all just brushed it off as just a stick lmaooo even though all of them are curious what it actually is. (Idk, I thought it was a katana haha)

Suzuki-san once again praised Suzuki-sensei for arranging his manga & JUMP magazines so neatly while the host personally feels that Sensei really knows how to take good care of his belongings & use them with great care.

At the end of the photo-showcase, Suzuki-san asked Ishikawa-san if he had by any chance accidentally said anything weird or odd to him, but Ishikawa-san responded that if Suzuki-san had done so, then he would have imagined killing him. Suzuki-san was like, "Scaaary" & then immediately went full mode in-character & spoke Shin's dialogue, "Why did you imagine killing me?!" And then he went on, "I had to say it." lmaooo

4th Segment - Lucky Draw

(left photo) So the 5 Lucky Draw winners have won this entire set of SAKAMOTO DAYS original goods. Yea, each person gets the entire set! Congratulations to them!

(right photo) As for those who did not win the Lucky Draw, they also received a gift (bonus, rare sticker) for attending the SakaDays panel!

5th Segment - Collaborations

Collaboration with Bandai Candy. SAKAMOTO DAYS wafers, with special metallic cards, will be available in Japan stores in June 2024. There will be a total of 28 types of cards, 6 of which are the rare cards. Please look forward to further information in the future!

Suzuki-san revealed that he used to buy a lot of wafer cards & it made him so happy. This time he has to be careful not to eat too much wafers, to which Ishikawa-san responded that he's already thinking of going on a diet just to get himself prepared for June 2024 lmaooo.

Collaboration with Tower Records Cafe. The collaboration cafe is set to open some time in 2024 & Ishikawa-san stated that he could not reveal any further information yet so kindly look forward to future updates!

Final Segment - Volume 15 Reveal

Volume 15 features Kumanomi, and it will be released in Japan stores Thursday, January 4, 2024.

Suzuki-san commented that the cover is amazing & he love the colour choices, whereas Ishikawa-san was kinda fanboying over Kumanomi; he said she's really beautiful! (Ishikawa-san is a man of culture indeed.)

Closing

Message from Ishikawa-san: Thank you to those that came today & those who watch this broadcast. Thank you very much also for always looking forward to & reading SAKAMOTO DAYS. Suzuki-sensei & the entire team are deeply motivated by everyone's support! From here on out, SAKAMOTO DAYS will be more action-packed & have interesting developments as the final battle against the formidable enemy, Slur, is about to begin. Kindly look forward to it! And as always we look forward to your continued support. Thank you very much!

Message from Suzuki-san: I, Ryōta Suzuki, am truly honoured to be on stage here today, as one of the fans of the series. I can really feel how great SAKAMOTO DAYS is, seeing how so many people have gathered here today to watch the event & we also got to know a lot of things, even stuff from behind-the-scenes. Thank you very much for having me!

《 back to pt.1

#サカモトデイズ #SAKAMOTO DAYS #jump festa 2024 #sakadays jf2024 #official media #yūto suzuki #sakadays jf2024 guests comments #jaen

[4noki-vns]

Consummation Proof of Concept: Post-mortem

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It’s been a little over two weeks since the release of my proof of concept prototype demo for Consummation ~wind above the dragon sea~!

Since I’ve been a little sloppy with the marketing (marketing…?), if you haven’t checked the game out yet, I’d be happy if you’d spend an hour playing through the slice of a chuuni yuri visual novel that I’d been wanting to show the world for about forever (a few years really).

You can play it on itch.io @ https://4noki.itch.io/consummation-prototype

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Now onto the post-mortem! In this piece, I’ll be discussing how it was like to solo dev a short demo for the Battle Action Fantasy VN Jam (BAF Jam), making most of a game alone for the first time since Draw No More in 2021.

I’ll talk about what was the same, what was new, how the scope had to be managed, and my take on solo dev as well as some clarification on future plans for the game.

I’ll write a separate post about fun facts regarding the story and its history later.

What I usually do

In the games that I direct, I prefer to handle the scenario writing (story), character design, and scripting (stage direction). Although for a solo project, while I would have to cover other areas as well, I’d certainly still be writing, drawing, and scripting.

scenario

Fun fact: there is no outline for this game! (yet)

This has less to do with the fact that I solo-ed the demo but more to do with the fact that it’s a prototype of a story that’s been sitting around in my head for ages. I’ll be filling out that outline a bit more eventually…

The majority of the script was written in May thanks to the relatively loose schedule restrictions given by BAF Jam.

I wanted to have the script written so that I could spend more time on everything else, including tasks that I do infrequently and thus knew would take longer.

As the release is an incomplete story, I didn’t know quite how far the story would go in this demo while writing. I initially envisioned it ending at the end of day one, perhaps cutting off after the prophet’s speech.

However, this is a chuunige—battle action fantasy!

Despite reaching my goal, I realized that day one didn’t have a true fight scene (does beating up a guy and assassinating someone in the prologue count?). Thus, I extended the script to the start of the first fight scene. Really, the start.

By that time, June began, so I unfortunately had to turn my attention to other tasks.

character art

The first item was character art.

For my recent projects like Who is the Red Queen? and Lachesis or Atropos, I drew the character design sheets and left the in-game art to the master artists on my teams.

For the prototype of Consummation, being solo, I decided to forgo the character design sheets for now and get to drawing directly. It helped that many of these characters had been frequent visitors in the corners of my notebooks during high school and so on.

One of the perks of doing sprite art yourself is that you can add expressions as you script!

scripting

I tend to do scripting near the tail end of a project, once most assets are in place.

Given that I was in charge of assets here, I decided to plop the story script in a bit earlier than usual. Alas, actual scripting had to wait until I had art or at least some placeholders!

The last things to go in were the music (thank you, Peritune) and sound effects.

What I don’t often do

Everything I haven’t mentioned yet falls under things I don’t do often.

bgs

God Minikle.

ui

I didn’t have too much time to work on UI, so I followed a little heuristic. If you’re changing anything, do the parts that the player will look at the most:

Textbox (main)

Main menu (lesser)

cgs

The last time I drew a CG was probably for Moon Archer Shooting Stars. Due to time constraints, the CGs in Consummation’s proof of concept can be considered more sketches than fully rendered graphics.

Haha, maybe they’ll be useful as references.

Prioritization

You can probably see a mild tonal difference between talking about my typical work and talking about the work I prefer to delegate.

In the land of solo dev, there is no such thing as delegation unless you mean using asset packs or delegating to future you who will curse past you for watching K-pop survival shows for a whole week. (Kim Seonyou is very impressive…!)

With a team, the schedule of things can’t be broken down linearly because tasks overlap. Ideally, everyone has most of a jam period to work.

Solo, you have to do it all. Hence, you have to make sure you prioritize the right tasks and make sure to start other tasks in time since you don’t quite have the whole jam period for each item.

While I began smoothly, finishing off the script early, collecting background art, and putting down flats in sprites, life hit.

Starting a new job mid-June (future visual novel funds?), I slowed down the dev work. Before I knew it, when I finished the sprites (a nice 6), only a week remained.

Hello, CG grind.

While I could have decided there and then to drop a number of CGs, I ultimately wanted them to exist.

Making visual novels is a balancing of wants.

In exchange, the CGs had to be a bit rougher and I let go of a few other wants such as: a main menu key visual, more cut-ins (Qin… my beloved, your phone calls…), and more polish in general.

Alas, tis solo dev, eh?

(Two days remained in June when I marked the prototype as done. I had a feeling that I wouldn’t be able to do much more in 2 days, so it was time to chill.)

The “s” in solo is for small!

Most of the other visual novels I made by myself were visually simpler and games of smaller scale (shorter than this prototype demo).

To be a successful solo dev, you have to be a jack of all trades. I prefer to focus on my favorite parts of visual novel development: writing, character design, and directing.

While I find making a game by myself fun once in a while, I think I’m happy to stick with only doing so for small games and prototypes.

Q. Why was this game solo dev-ed?

Most of the visual and audio content in the game will have to be replaced in the case that Consummation becomes an active project. I use the terminology “proof of concept” and “prototype” a lot when talking about Consummation because it is not an active project and may not be one for a long time.

As such, I found it better for me to handle the work that will inevitably be replaced.

Q. Why make a proof of concept prototype?

While I could have left Consummation in the ideas bucket, I really wanted to write it. I really want to write it. At the very least, I wanted to show the world a sneak peek at one of the handful of stories that I’ve wanted to bring to life for a long time.

Unfortunately, I do not have the bandwidth to work on two large (huge even) projects at a time.

That’s right, big yuri visual novel…! To be announced.

shino

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#visual novel #visual novel development #devlog #game jam #yuri #wlw #lgbt #gxg #newsletter #post mortem #vndev #consummation vn #battle action fantasy

[lizhly-writes]

!!! ITS FRIDAY!!!! ORV IS FRIDAY ADKS!!!

What's your favorite OrV arc, and what au/wip do you have on your mind for orv??

IT IS VERY LATE AND NO LONGER FRIDAY SORRY but here i am regardless!

hmmm, my favorite orv arc... hard to say! again, i haven't actually seen canon in a while, so i may be mixing things up, but I think I'd put it at either the dark castle arc or epilogue! dark castle has 1) the affection reader 2) that classic "your mother doesn't like me" line 3) drama with lsk 4) a sacrifice that really seems to stick, with SO MUCH DRAMA. ALL OF THE DRAMA. epilogue has ANOTHER SACRIFICE, and the world of zero and just, in general, ties up so many loose ends that you didn't really think were loose ends (or at least i didn't, i'm kinda unobservant lol).

as for orv aus i am currently rotating several in my mind, these are the ones i've sort of put on top priority (whether i'm actually working on them is another thing entirely.)

complex philosophical concept of self love: haha, this thing. i GOTTA FINISH THIS. i am OBLIGATED to finish this, there is art out there that will never make sense if i never get to the scenes they depict. the problem is that i did not realize how very alien this kind of story was to how i usually write until i was too deep in to back out.

empty sky:

look. one day, i ask for prompts on orvcord, like i do, in an attempt to write and upload something orv-related that has no relation to what i'm currently working on. i get stuck with anna croft and empty sky. i take up the ideas channel to bullshit a strange fantasy au, willfully skipping over important plot points, and end up an outline that will not work for the 500 word snippet that i wanted it for. i am prepared to throw outline in the trash.

EXCEPT THEN SOMEBODY THROWS MONEY AT ME. and now i am bound to continue. i have handed them my kofi and thus a key to my kingdom. i am hampered by the fact that i don't actually know how to write anna croft but i am going to hit at least 2k words regardless.

blood of the covenant:

so this was kind of on the backburner but i have to admit i've been guilted enough that it's stuck on the forefront of my mind. i'm probably going to start working on it to procrastinate on working on the other two above.

namgil spiderman au:

yui on twitter has been drawing this same age knw/lgy au in which they're both dumb highschoolers and the dynamic that's been pitched to me is just. so good. i'm so weak to good art. i found someone else on orvcord who was submitted to the same brainrot and together we brainstormed an au where knw is spiderman and repeatedly attempts to throw his identity in lgy's face only to fail repeatedly because lgy keeps thinking spiderman is kdj. we had so much fun with this. there are so many shenanigans.

this was like 6 months ago but i'm telling you this now because RECENTLY YUI DREW A SCENE FROM THIS AU and now i am WORKED UP OVER IT AGAIN and now me and noc might just collab to make it happen. nothing like recursive fanart that you weren't expecting to get the brain juices flowing.

#ask answers #mine #orv #omniscient reader #omniscient reader's viewpoint #epilogue spoilers #everything #jesterplays

[doctorofmagic]

My thoughts on What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?

The very title of the episode sends a shiver down my spine. And this is where we’re going to start.

~ long post under the cut ~

A year ago, I wrote this post as an attemp to dive into one of the most important traits in Doctor Strange’s personality: love. Stephen is a being made of love, made to love, no matter which interpretation you have when you watch Infinity War. If you don’t read comic books, you’ll understand the moment you meet Donna. You’ll begin to understand how her death reshaped his entire subjectivity out of fear of failing, being powerless and unable to control everything around him (especially death), thus the arrogant and yet a disaster of a man we all know.

Where do I even start? Stephen loved her sister deeply and felt responsible for her death. And then, slowly, he also lost his parents and his brother. He fell in love with Clea but he also pushed her away. He loved Zelma platonically and lied to her, which was enough for them to break their bond. He felt attracted to Kanna but screwed things up, even though they remain friends. He was forced to kill the Ancient One, the only father figure he had ever since his father died. And lastly, the only person who would never leave his side... also left. Yes, even Wong. Stephen has SO much love to give but he’s also afraid because he’s cursed. He truly believes his love in poison. And would you look at that? What If really delivered a story where this is actually true.

What If Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?

The level of understanding when it comes to the character is... inconceivable. What could possibly reshape Stephen into following a dark path but love? The very premise of the whole episode. This is so much more than a love letter. This is literally too much, in all senses.

Fine, let’s begin.

What if the best of intentions has very strange consequences?

No. You used the word “strange” for the pun but this is not the word. Nah-ah. I’d go with ATROCIOUS, for starters. Things are gonna escalate so quickly, my friends.

Seriously, tho? Christine is SO SO SO SO beautiful, they’re so cute together. I have this feeling that MCU!Stephen was quite toxic because of his arrogance and this is why they didn’t work out. But WhatIf!Stephen???????? He’s always praising her, teasing her in a healthy way, respecting her and listening to her. HE TRULY LOVES HER, I’M GONNA CRY ALL OVER AGAIN, PLEASE, NOT THE CRÈME BRÛLÉE, PLEASE

I’m going to leave this shot here because we need to go back to it later. Hold that thought.

And bonus points to “Yeah, well, I would call that quite remarkable.” / “Well, I would say the same about you.”

GODS. THE PAIN. STOP THE PAIN.

So in this reality, Stephen didn’t caused the car accident because he was checking his phone while driving. Also it was not the reckless attempt to pass the truck. Well, maybe it was the consequence of this act? The fact is, the car behind them loses control, which makes them crash. Does it matter? We’ll learn later that no, it doesn’t.

And yep... Christine dies. Have you noticed the shattered heart? Ah, the pain only gets better and better.

Again, Stephen blames himself. More than anything, this is so important because Stephen is all about guilt. We still need to meet Donna so we can add yet another layer of guilt. But the feeling exists. This is what corrupts Stephen’s heart and soul in all his iterations. This is what makes him the character I love so much. I love this SO. MUCH. In addition, his stubbornness to accept his condition. Man won’t take a no. This, this is Doctor Strange in character. Stop complaining about NWH Stephen, it’s pathetic.

Okay, “grief-stricken”, Stephen found the Mystic Arts and became a sorcerer. That’s when he learned about the Time Stone, the Eye of Agamotto and Dormammu. Nothing changes, he saves the universe. But time does not heal his deepest wound.

I love Wong so much. Every time Wong does something, the world is healed. Really. We’re going back to him as well but for now I’ll just leave this shot.

BUT STEPHEN, DOING SOMETHING RECKLESS? HE’D NEVAH

Aaaaaaaannnnnnd then he did.

He goes back in time. It’s been two years since he lost Christine. I think he reacted pretty nicely, despite the circumstances. Now let’s go back to that shot I said I was saving for later.

Stephen is so light-hearted here. Also, during the first time he lost Christine, he had no idea what “The Price is Right” was. He knows now, which means he probably tried to learn more about the show because of her, because of grief. HAHAHA MORE PAIN

AND THEN HE

AND THEN SHE DIES AGAIN

AND THEN HE KEEPS GOING BACK IN TIME

AND SHE KEEPS DYING

AND THE MUSIC

AND HIS VOICE

AND HE TRIES TO CHANGE FATE BUT IT CAN’T BE AVERTED

HE EVEN TRIES TO STAY AWAY FROM HER LIFE BUT SHE DIES ALL THE SAME, WHY

AND EVERY TIME THEY CRASH, HE FEELS THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHY

I’M-- *ugly sobbing noises*

Apparently, not.

And this scene when he simply... closes his eyes before she dies again...?

This is where this episode had me in endless tears. It got me the four times I watched it. I’m dead serious.

Okay, so, next the Ancient One appears to Stephen, explaining that Christine’s death is an Absolute Point in time. It cannot be changed. Stephen needs the accident to become the Sorcerer Supreme and defeat Dormammu.

And this is where Stephen starts his journey into darkness. “Nothing is impossible, you taught me that. I only require more power.” Disobeying the Ancient One, Stephen then travels in time, seeking the Library of Cagliostro. Now, if you’re not aware of that, Cagliostro was a sorcerer who studied time in comics, and later became Sise-Neg (there’s a recent post on this because of the new Defenders run). It’s funny to think that Sise-Neg also destroyed the world when he became a god, however he grew past his pettiness and remade reality. Stephen did not possess such power, as we’re about to see.

PS: “Stop torturing yourself, Stephen.” Naur but he should use this line like a mantra. Especially comics!Stephen.

Not gonna lie, tho. This place reminds me of the Temple of the Vishanti from T&T (of course I was going to insert T&T somewhere, it’s me).

And of course they’d go for a pun with his name haha. I don’t know how to feel about this, tho. I feel like the episode is too heavy and dark for comedy. But it is what it is.

Okay but why some books are in cages??????????? And wow, it seems Cagliostro also gathered knowledge about several fields of magic.

And then Stephen learns that, in order to break an Absolute Point, he needs to absorb more power. This is when I went “oh-oh, here we go”.

And for real, is this Shuma-Gorath? Why are they keeping his name a secret? Is this the same creature from the first episode with Captain Carter, right? RIGHT? It has to be Shuma-Gorath.

Of course he tries to be polite and ends up all hurt haha. O’Bengh warns him about love but he will not listen. “Love can break more than your heart. It can shatter your mind.”/ “Is she worth the pain?”. Please, this is Stephen. He eats pain for breakfast.

Also, also, let’s take a break. We’re finally going to get monsterf0cker tentacle-lover Stephen Strange. It will cost us everything but here we goooooooooooo (yes, I went frame by frame for your more obscure fanservice needs)

Gods, I love this sequence so much it hurts. Okay, here we go.

Shmebulock???????????

AND HE STOLE THE CAPE??????????? AND DREW THE LINE ON BUGS??????

The grasp this man is holding on me right now...

Some of you will understand. I’m with you.

And here are the grostesque ones. These are hard to take SS but I had to.

Animation, sound effects, OST? CHEF’S KISS TO ALL

And lastly... the tentacles. Yeah, if you’re new... this is a thing.

Fanservice. Fanservice everywhere. (low-key the reason I also waited to write this review, I wanted to enjoy this part so badly but I was too sad for that lmao)

Okay so. O’Bengh is suddenly OLD and DYING, until we realize that Stephen spent CENTURIES absorbing mystic beings. CENTURIES. WTF STEPHEN. He had nothing in mind but the goal to save Christine. And people wonder why he went insane???? I’m sorry, O’Bengh, but I can’t take you serious when you still call Stephen Sorcerer Armani. Oh, and also because you watched him absorb beings for centuries in silence lmao. But I guess I have to because you said that Stephen is split in two since the Ancient One cast a spell on him, splitting the timelines and making them exist in the same reality before he could travel back in time. I know, it’s complex. Anything for the plot.

And now good!Stephen has an evil!twin who wants to absorb him back in order to become whole and break the Absolute Point. Cool.

I said I wanted to talk more about Wong because I think people are not talking about him enough. Wong is so important in this episode. He’s the one who’s trying to heal Stephen after Christine. He’s Stephen’s anchor.

Also, THEY FINALLY USED A SPELL WITH THE NAME OF THE VISHANTI. HOORAAAAY

So, for the sake of our understanding, I’m addressing the characters as evil and good!Stephen. Let’s go. Evil!Stephen summons good!Stephen and gods, he still holds such a strong grasp on me... unbelievable. THE DEEPER VOICE BENEDICT USES???? PLEASE, DIDN’T WE HAVE ENOUGH?

Imagine his strength to hold so many beings inside him, fighting to control him. BRO, THIS IS TOO TOO MUCH

Fine, I’ll not post SS about the fight because I’d be here all night long but I WILL say this: NOT CLOAKIE!!!!! NAAAAAAAAAAUR

Also if you ask me if I recognize any of the spells? Maaaaybe the Flames of Faltine, the not-so-crimson Bands of Cyttorak and a little trick Magik does with her portals. That’s how far I go.

I’ll not comment on the “seducing yourself to stay in the trap”. I will not. I’ll just say that the first person Stephen thought of when “Christine” was talking about the crème brûlée was Wong. That’s it.

And finally evil!Stephen absorbs good!Stephen and releases... UNLIMITED POWER (I love when the stone goes red as if it was bleeding aaaaaaa)

I can fix him...

This scene here? Poetic cinema. (I love his wings so much)

And when Stephen says her name and the other monsters’ voices echo “Christine”, AAAAAACKKKK

AND OF COURSE CHRISTINE WOULD FREAK OUT, BRO. LOOK AT WHAT YOU’VE BECOME BECAUSE OF YOUR TWISTED LOVE. I’M NOT DOING FINE.

Oh, but it’s too late anyways because Stephen broke reality haha. This scene is interesting because Stephen is the only one who sensed and/or talked to the Watcher until now. I read an interview that the Watcher kinda showed up but it’s also about Stephen’s keen senses. Bit of both, let’s say. Still, man, 616-Watcher is not that cold. 616-Watcher would watch this and say “how about I intervene anyway?”. WhatIf!Watcher is brutal.

The way Christine looks at Stephen one last time also KILLS ME, DESTROYS ME, BREAK ME INTO A MILLION PIECES.

And this is where my soul left my body.

This is how they end the episode. This is how you leave me speechless and with teary eyes. This is how you give me a whole existential crisis.

This... this was brutal to watch. Really.

What can I say after this? I’m used to reading painful things when it comes to Stephen. Aaron’s and Cates’ runs are heartbreaking on so many levels. Hickman’s New Avengers is not easier. Coincidentally, What If? Magik Became Sorcerer Supreme and The End. And now Death of Doctor Strange. And yet, after everything I’ve been through, I’d never expect to watch something so brilliant, so tragic, so heartbreaking and unexpected in the MCU. Never. This is top tier content and this is my favorite character with SO MANY LAYERS and SO MUCH UNDERSTANDING. I can’t put into words how meaningful this whole episode is to me, or how deep it touched my heart and soul.

I’ve been struggling to find the proper words since then, I still can’t. All I can add is, I cried for the 4th time now. This is too, too much, even for Stephen stans. Even for the ones who are used to pain, regardless of which media you’re into: comic books, live actions or animated movies. This is literally more than I can take and yet I’m so, so grateful. The voice acting, gods, how did Benedict manage to create a better Stephen than the one he’s literally playing in real life???????????? HOW

This episode really took the max potential Stephen had to offer as a character, added tons and tons of layers based on his grief, depression, arrogance and need to control everything and created a tragic masterpiece. In 7 years of being a Doctor Strange fan, I've never read or watch something that could go this deep into the character. The closest I can think of is Mr. Misery and the metaphor of Stephen's depression. This is a whole new level of respect and understanding. This is more than a love letter. This is peak maestry. It’s perfect, it’s heartbreaking, it’s... gods, I can’t.

Sorry for dragging you until this far. Before I wrap up this review, I just wanted to remind you all that Stephen will appear again, he will smile again, he will be surrounded by people again. So this is not the end. It was painful but be brave. We still have a few more steps to take.

#what if...? #doctor strange #stephen strange #what if doctor strange lost his heart instead of his hands? #wong #christine palmer #the ancient one #long post #review #he did nothing wrong #so what? he destroyed a whole universe #/j #benedict cumberbatch

[himikkoshi]

I’ve seen you come in to the warioware fandom and I want to tell you something that might get to your interest (if not that’s fine)

alien and robot guy from said fandom

There’s a ship for them 😳

Oh my god the minute they became my favorites the ship already got to my interest HDKDFG I was like “haha what if they’re friends haha what if they were lovers haha jkjk………unless—“ and thus my new comfort ship was born💙🤍 I’m so happy to find others that ship them!!!🥺🥺

With that being said here’s some art of these two gay dorks👉👈

I also got hcs for them! ;w; I’ll share a few of them since they’re tied to the art (I’m so sorry you literally never asked for any of these AHDKDNF I just wanna give some more context to the art, you don’t have to read them if you don’t want to!):

• Mike is really good at dancing, and they love to dance together! Orbulon especially loves it when Mike dips him fjhdk<3

• Orb genuinely admires Mike's singing bc while others find it abhorring, he simply doesn't and describes it as "strong, fun and unique" (Mike's singing does improve over time but that's a whole different story lol) just like his fellow alien bunnies, he supports his passion for singing and his dream to become a famous singer and karaoke machine!!

• Orbulon also loves Mike’s cooking! Additionally, he apparently doesn’t know how cooking works (as seen from his Gold scene hdkdkf) so Mike teaches him how to do so, especially his favorite foods! They also like making up recipes together; they come out either really good or really bad, there is no in between—Dr Crygor and Penny are usually the ones that taste tests their recipes!

• When Mike is off work, sometimes Orb takes him out to travel and discover different places of the world/outer space together since Mike has been stuck in Diamond City most of the time (the only time he gets to go out of town is when Crygor brings him along for assisting in his research) The two always have the best adventures together🥺 I can totally see em doing karaoke a lot as they travel so besides the song fitting them well I drew them singing A Whole New World lmaooo😭

If u read these holy hecc thank you so so much and I hope you like em!!🥺💕💖💞💕💖 I have more hcs and I’ll share them when I feel more comfy to👉👈

#warioware #warioware gold #warioware Orbulon #Orbulon #warioware Mike #warioware Dribble and Spitz #Mike x Orbulon #Mikulon #ship #gijinka #mikko art #also @ mysims peeps when I say new comfort ship that doesn’t mean I forgot about Thewan I still have brainrot abt them LOOL💚💙 #it’s just that now I have two ships for my brain to rot over hdkdjfmg

[swqns]

“ If it meant mending your broken heart, anything.” — 🐋

synopsis ;;

You and Childe were enemies since the moment he arrived in Liyue. You held a silent vow to protect Liyue Harbor from the Fatui after they took your home and family away from you. They were all apathetic monsters anyway... right?

— childe x gn reader

— cw ;; mentions of death, fighting, you tell Childe about your traumatic past lol

— note ;; the ending of this is awful I ran out of ideas 😭😭

You weren’t exactly favored by the Millelith or the Liyue Qixing, to say the least.

You still remembered the first time you fought. In the dark of the night down by the harbor, where the moon reflected off the deep blue waters and cast the entire port in a white glow. It had started as a report of some treasure hoarders up to steal any unguarded goods that had traveled by word of mouth but ended up being the Fatui instead. You drew your weapon, the energy inside of your [element] vision swirling. That small squabble on the underside of the dock had ended with you fighting the harbinger, and you both backing off at the end. You can still hear his voice ringing inside of your head from that night. Gosh, how he annoyed you.

“ My my, you sure do put up a fight. Is your ignorance giving you strength, or are you that confident in your abilities that you continue to fight against a harbinger? “

His hydro blades clanged against your weapon, using the hooked end of the dual blades to try and pry your weapon from your grasp.

“ Harbinger or no, it matters little. Your title does not prove anything to me. “

Your retort had him chuckling, breaking away from the contact of your weapons as he twirled them in his hands.

“ Haha! [name], I had not expected you to be so snappy when you’re moments away from dying. Normally, I wouldn’t go through the trouble, but I deserve to get back at you for killing half my faction. “

“ A punishment deserving of fatui scum. Maybe you should be saving your poetry for your gravestone. “

Your arguments tend to run through the entire battle, his stubbornness, and immaturity not allowing himself to just shut up for once. Yours wouldn’t allow you either.

You shook your head, clearing your mind of the harbinger as you focused. Sitting atop of a roof, you looked out for trouble. This was how you spent your nights since you arrived in Liyue. The Millelith had not been fond of your meddlings with the Fatui, and thus, you were also wanted by the nation. However, your constant state of alert allowed you to continue your work long before the Millelith ever arrived in a scene.

Save, for one incident.

You’d been keeping your eyes on a Fatui agent as he strolled through the now empty streets of Liyue. When the agent suddenly slinked into an alleyway, it piqued your interest. Following him from the rooftops, noticing the glint of his blade as he drew it... you sighed. No rest for the wicked, they always say. Before he could leave the alleyway he had snuck into, you dropped from the roof in front of him.

“ You have no use for your blade here. Sheath it, or die. “

“ I do not take orders from you. “

..

“ You should’ve. “

Your fight with the agent led you both out of the alleyway and into the Main Street. Thankfully, the hour of the night meant no one was around, all in their homes and asleep as they regained energy for the next day.

During the day, where you sparsely slept in between watching out for your ‘nemesis’.

Your weapon of choice was easy to fight with against the agent’s close-range blades, and you were able to get him to retreat with a minor injury to yourself. It was hard to say the same for him. As you heard a soft, slow clapping behind you, you sighed and slouched forward in annoyance.

“ What a mighty display, [name] ! I was beginning to wonder where my favorite sparring partner had gone until I heard the commotion. “

You sighed again, turning to face him.

“ Childe! Who else would I expect to run into during this hour of the night? How lovely to see you. “ you replied, malice and sarcasm dripping from your voice.

“ Come now, you can be a little more kind to your friend. Do you remember the first night we fought? The moon was just as bright, in the same position it is now. Oh, how time flies. “

“ You bore me. If you came here to call a draw again, then get on with it. “

Boring? No no, he wouldn’t have that, now. A chuckle left the harbinger's throat as he drew his blades, the swirling hydro energy in his hands and his vision emitting a gentle blue glow. He’d never back down from a fight, you knew, and he wasn’t just bark. His bite was just as bad.

You were wanted by the millelith not for meddling with treasure hoarders or thieves throughout the night, but for fighting with Childe and his men. It greatly interferes with the Liyue Qixing’s dealings with the Fatui.

Your fight with Childe went like all the others. You fought on and on for hours until the sun was rising early in the morning. The millelith had finally seen the situation and started closing in on the two of you. Within the mess of elemental reactions, no one wanted to get close. Except for one bold soldier, who was able to cuff one of your wrists before being knocked backward. You grabbed the loose side of it, snapping it around Childe’s wrist as he went in to try and attack you with his blades. He inhaled through his teeth, and you gave him a sly grin. Finally, you had won. And also, you had finally looked at the situation around you.

You were pulled out of your shock by Childe’s grip on your wrist, tugging you to begin running. You thought it was odd, but you hadn’t noticed the Millelith reaching for him also. Were they trying to arrest him, too? You shook your head. Run now, questions later. The harbinger had ended up leading you to the top of Mt. Tianheng. Chests heaving and breaths heavy, you both collapse onto the grass.

Your first reaction was to fight him. To kick, to punch, he was so close and couldn’t just slip right out of your grasp this time. You screamed a string of curses at him, the frustration of everything coming forth when he just couldn’t get away. Childe grabs your wrists, moving them to your chest and away from him as he gives you a chance to calm down.

“ [name], calm down. Did you think this through?” The harbinger sighs, holding up your connected wrists. You huffed, calming down slightly. You hadn’t.. how were you going to get this off??

You couldn’t just go back to Liyue harbor and ask the millelith to remove it. No, they’d try to arrest you. You sat in thought, thinking, as Childe summoned one of his hydro blades. Seeing the blue glow through your swirling thoughts put them at a still, as you hastily reached for your weapon. You ended up pulling your wrist close to you, which yanked Childe forward. He sat back up, using his sleeve to rub the dirt off his face.

“ Hey! Now that was uncalled for, buddy. “ He called, the hydro blade dissipating into the ground after he dropped it. “ I wasn’t going to try anything, you know. “

“ The only time I ever see those blades is when they’re trying to cut my throat. You can’t blame me for that being my reaction. “ You hiss, malice once again dripping from your words.

“ You need to relax. Let's find a way to get these cuffs off, then we can go back to trying to kill ea- “

Childe doesn’t even get to finish his sentence before you cut him off. You can’t help it after all the anger and sadness bubbling in your throat are so close to spilling out. You’re angry. You’re livid. But under all that angst is a heartbreak. The fatui had shown no mercy for your family. They were all slaughtered in cold blood and left to rot until you returned home. God, how the sight pained you. It iron casted itself into your memories and you remembered it every time you saw one of those damn uniforms.

“ Are you insane?! You’re finally right here, you finally can’t slip away from me like you always do, and you expect me to just let you go? Have you lost what little sanity you had left?! “ you scream. You’re so angry, you can’t help it. Childe hadn’t directly been the one to take everything from you, but the association was enough for you to hate him. You can feel the hot tears prick at the corner of your eyes before you harshly wipe them away. Archons, this entire situation is stupid, you think.

“ What caused all this? No one can be this... angry without some prompting. “ He finally speaks, way calmer than you are right now. What caused his sudden change in attitude? How could this bloodthirsty monster have any ounce of empathy for you, someone he’s been trying to kill?

You laugh. You probably sound more crazed than Childe at this point, but you had no control of your emotions. Your insane lack of sleep and bottling of heavy emotions was starting to wear you down.

“ Ohhh, right! Not like the slaughter of an innocent family is enough for me to seethe with hatred at the sight of your damned insignia. “ You hiss. Memories from the day come flooding into your mind, as well as all the bottled emotions that come with them. The anger, the guilt. Oh, if you had just been there. If you had come home earlier. If you didn’t decide to stop on the way home, you could’ve saved them. Childe doesn’t say anything for a moment. All he does is pull his legs closer to him to sit crisscross next to you.

“ Was it your family? “ He asks. He may be a harbinger, nothing more than the Tsarista’s dog, but he knows the importance of family. He knows he’d protect his with his life.

You don’t answer, but your silence speaks volumes. Childe speaks instead. Soft laughter, followed by his words.

“ You know. I started caring about you around the fourth time we fought. The first three.. you were just a new challenge. Never before have I had someone that equaled me on the field. I haven’t been trying to kill you since. Maybe.. just maybe... one day you won’t think of me as an enemy as I saw you. So for what it’s worth, I’m sorry. No one deserves to have their family taken from them like that. If I lost my family... I don’t know what I’d do. “

You stay silent. Not out of anger or guilt this time, but shock. Your gaze shifts to his, sitting in stunned silence for what felt like hours.

“ If there’s even the slimmest chance something I could do would mend your broken heart back into one piece, I’d do it all. In exchange for a good spar, of course. “

...

Maybe the fatui weren’t so bad.

Thank you for reading!

— with love, vellichor

#childe genshin impact #genshin impact #velli.fics #childe x you #childe x reader #genshin impact x reader #ajax genshin impact #ajax x reader #tartagalia x reader #pls don’t let this flop I worked hard on it

[the-blind-geisha]

What do you think of female Demiurge? How do you think she would act? I’ve seen some art of fem-Demi and fell in love haha

Oh female Demiurge? Oof, yes. I follow someone on Twitter who posted some nice, busty images of Fem!Demi and Fem!Jaldabaoth that I fell hard for. ♥___♥ It was even the reason I drew the image below. ♥

I honestly think that female Demiurge would be the same as she's been as a male. She would be quick witted and put attention on every little thing as always—thinking 1,000s of steps ahead of everyone.

Just as Male/Demi does, Fem/Demi would always wear suits and ties, looking her best no matter the situation. Oh, and heels. She has such rocking heels.

No doubt Ulbert gifted her many sexy outfits, but tried to keep her in the 'business woman appeal'; thus, why she's always in suits over anything else unless asked.

She is a dominatrix that will rock your world. I wouldn't doubt she carries a whip on her at all times to keep things in order.

While she loves to dominate others, she's like Shalltear in that she would prefer to be dominated by someone she sees as above her.

Because Shalltear and her have so much in common, I wager they would secretly talk of the best way to woo the heart of the one they're after.

I wager Ulbert crafted her to be the perfect, sadistic woman in his eyes.

She still has that loving, charming smile that you can swoon for, but the moment you're not thinking, she has you trapped in her clutches.

She is a sadist and loves hearing her victims scream.

Just like her male counterpart, she doesn't go out of her way to torture or kill anybody unless it suits her or the Supreme Beings' purpose.

When Ulbert left, she thought maybe she wasn't beautiful enough or failed at giving him what he so wanted.

She can be promiscuous but mainly for subsistence. I wouldn't doubt she sleeps with underling demons to maintain a source of power.

Secretly, however, she wants the MC to love her and let her drink off of their juices instead of underling demons.

Jaldabaoth is actually a double she can produce, but they are a male—her far more destructive and evil side that is unrestrained by any and all minus herself. This is probably her main partner in the sexual exchanges when she's lusting after the MC and cannot obtain their affection.

If she ever wears the Jaldabaoth mask, it is possible cut from just under the cheeks to show a part of her beautiful face. (Can't take credit for that one as the lovely artist https://twitter.com/UURRII_yay made those posts, and I love it).

While she is bigger in the breast size to Albedo and Shalltear (obviously), she doesn't care and doesn't flaunt it. Whenever they try to bring her up in the argument, Demi just stays out of it with her arms behind her back and mouth showing annoyance.

With her breasts so heavy, she secretly wants the MC to 'carry them' for her to make the pains on her body a bit easier.

There was a joke manga scene where the guys used a sex change item to change from men to women, and seeing as that item is very much in Nazarick, I wouldn't doubt she'd use that same item to become a man and lust after the MC, asking if 'this is what they wanted instead'.

When she's in 'lust mode', the gems in her eyes will illuminate a pink heart.

She is touch starved and any simple brush against her body will make her shiver and beg for more if she is in a mood to do so. Otherwise, she does try to remain calm and collected. She doesn't want to accidentally scare the remaining Supreme Being(s) away.

#i love her #i want her #no matter who she is #i've not drawn fem!Demi but oof do i wanna #she's so pretty #fem!demi #genderbend demiurge #genderbend #demiurge #demiurge overlord #overlord demiurge #headcanons #overlord #overlord anime #anime overlord #mod answers #anon #demiurge headcanon

[dimigex]

3, 12, 15, 23, 25 for the end of year fanfic asks! 🥰

Yay! Thank you for the asks! If anyone else wants to send some, the list can be found here. I love getting these because they make me think. Coincidentally, I usually forget everything when I read a question so here’s my scattered thoughts lol

3. Favorite line/scene you wrote this year - So there is a scene in Fragile Strength that I can’t include because it’s not posted, but it involves confessions and a rain storm and I just love it lol ,Otherwise, I’m quite partial to this bit from Beautiful, Perfect Disaster:

Kakashi knew that he'd made a mistake when Sakura looked at him with a mixture of pain and disbelief. The room spun, and he thought that he might be sick. He fought the nausea down and took a half step in her direction. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Sakura spat. Somehow, she drew herself up, towering over Kakashi in her fury. "For lecturing me about something you don't understand? For acting like you cared about me? For-"

"For falling in love with you." The words hung between them for a moment, louder than the echo of Sakura's anger.

12. Favorite character to write about this year- I’d probably say Tenzo in Healing Hands. This story is very personal for me and it’s been a joy working through the struggle of addiction, ptsd, and mental issues through a character’s life

15 Something you learned this year- The world actually won’t end if I half edit some of my works. Not everything needs a full edit or dozens of hours spent on it. Most people will not know the difference.

23 Fics you wanted to write but didn’t- Gah, there’s been so many haha I was supposed to be working on a Fantasy AU for KakaSaku that hasn't materialized yet. I also have a half finished work for Overwatch that I love but kind of abandoned in my wips. Both deserved my time but neither got it. I suppose Altered Reality should be on this list as well XD

25 a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read - Okay look, the truth is that my to read file in my email is currently. . . over 2,000 stories long and I’m horrible at keeping up with stuff. That said, I do have a few favorites that reminded me why I loved fanfiction (and got me back into fandom). So in no particular order:

- Take My Picture by @kendochick-moor, I literally read all of this at once and avidly waited for the next installments. I didn’t know I needed it, but it reminded me that fanfic is meant to be fun and enjoyable and surprising and just lovely. It’s one of the first stories that actually got me back to reading!

-hope is but a heartache by @uchihasass and not just because you asked me this question. I absolutely adore this fic and it makes me want to write my own time travel and fix it fic. I’ve been hooked since I started it and I’m always super excited to see the next chapter when they come. It’s one I’m always looking forward to.

- actions and consequences by @murd3rm1ttens, this is another story that literally just grabbed me and said ��hey, do you remember Kakashi and Sakura, let me show you something cool and make you fall in love with them again’. The world building is lovely, it explores a lot of concepts about love, marriage, and expectations and I’m always astounded by how Mittens weaves canon characters and evens into the AU. It’s been a lovely ride thus far.

#End of year fanfic asks #Dimi ansswers #Uchihasass #These were really hard #thankfully A03 has a history #I don't even remember what I posted this year #much less anyone else lol

[sage-nebula]

“(far less likely) they’re hiding new accessories and using the older / familiar designs to keep it a surprise.” Thank you for giving me some hope. Also I’m in love with idea of them having sun and moon pendants, extremely fitting. I hope they do Alain justice as he deserves and don’t give in to some dedicated haters. Also hopefully after this, the butthurt ash greninja fans can relearn how to be nice to other people & not harass official artists in their posts just bcuz their fav lost 6 yrs ago

Thank you, but don't hold onto that hope too tightly, because I really don't think it's likely, haha. I really think the most likely answer is they just didn't want to bother designing new accessories and just used the old designs instead, but I would love to be wrong . . .

And thank you! I've had the headcanon about the pendants for years now. The specific designs are that Lizardon has a half-sun pendant with the Charizardite X, while Alan has a half-moon pendant with the Key Stone. The two would link together to create a full circle. They were given to Alan as a gift from Professor Sycamore in this fic (which was written before the Flare arc concluded and thus a lot of it was jossed), as a way of reclaiming the Key Stone and Charizardite, as well as serving as birthday gift for the missed birthdays. My friend @somegiantmess also drew the pendants once (drawing from a scene from another fic of mine) if you'd like to see them visually, too:

If only TPCi had contacted me, I 100% would have given them permission to use these pendant designs in the series, albeit with a few stipulations (e.g. give me a spot in the credits, don't treat Alan as a pawn to make Ash look stronger / make the shitty people in the fandom happy), but alas. 'Twas not meant to be. :(

#anonymous #as nice as it would be to think the price of Alan's loss - especially if he loses to that damned disgusting frog - #would be the Ash and Ash-Greninja stans learning to be decent . . . I don't see that happening #instead I just see them being smug and gloating for years instead. & i don't want to see that #and I also don't think they deserve to be rewarded for their shit behavior regardless but. what can you do. #champion alan #pokemon

[vargaslovinghours]

Aight well, since I’m pretty sure I’m most of the way out of Vargas brainspace this time around, have some unpublished/unfinished sketches and doodles! Prepare for lots of extremely rough concepts and possibly some walls of text lol

Veryyyy early sketch, the first unfinished one actually! You can tell how early since I hadn’t chilled out on the yarn yet lol. Was looking around for music and while I didn’t add it to the playlist, the male cover of Aishite, Aishite, Aishite is always going to have a special place in the inspiration part of my brain

They be doing homework. I’m so weak to domestic stuff, and every scene with Todd delivers so much, bless him

I threw around a couple card ideas, I’m still undecided as to which one I like better, but I decided pretty early on Jack of Spades and King of Hearts - the King of Hearts is known as the Suicide King which - well. And I’ve always seen the Spade as being like a stabbed version of the Heart lol, and since it’s black it’s the opposite in aesthetic. They both have a pretty dark aesthetic, so if one was going to get red, it seemed right to be Scriabin

A tiny tiny One Way Mirror doodle I didn’t have room for anywhere else. Just turn around!

I have a few iPod scribbles for late-night or early-morning ideas where I couldn’t quickly get to my notebook. This one was right after I woke up from a Vargas dream, pretty much the whole cast was there! This frame in particular stuck out to me because of the composition, it was a fully animated music video and they all had that two-frame back and forth poppy kind of motion, thus all the action lines lol

Don’t trust him with pointy things. I really like how the last one turned out other than his hand

A particularly stupid late-night idea lol

I may or may not have written a kiss scene into the TGWDLM crossover, I swear I didn’t do it on purpose

More of the TGWDLM crossover, you can see I got about 1/4th of the way through this one and then gave up lol. I actually had almost a half page of concept sketches for if Scriabin got Apotheosized - since I use eye colour to signify who’s been hiveminded, how was that supposed to work with Scriabin? Blue scars were pretty prevalent, so how about that? The idea of the two of them being on the same page and actively working together was rather intimidating as well, but it all didn’t go very far since that wasn’t the concept I wanted to explore

The idea of them going to a Cat Cafe popped into my head and I had to quickly scribble it down and then I remembered I don’t know how to draw cats lol. I drew Scriabin freaking out first, a cat among cats lol, and a cat trying to play with the yarn in his hair because cliche

The prospect of them going to the doctor’s just delights me so much. I actually made a little minicomic about it but I never finished it. I’d want to redo it to do it justice because I’m just so excited about them having to deal with this situation lol

An extremely absent-minded doodle lol, I was thinking about Edgar’s watch of all things. I think I did draw this on a Wednesday

Was trying a few pose references to finish digitally and somehow this spaghetti sketch was the best of the three lol. They look like theatre masks

Oh very cursed! Very cursed! Thanks me, how very cursed. I had to tho, this colour is called “Liar’s fave” and it somehow perfectly matches how I’ve been drawing his glasses. I think I prefer the censored version tho haha. Also surprisingly not a TGWDLM reference, I just wanted to draw him with weird coloured eyes

I was thinking about the weird, twisted ways Edgar gets “compliments”, especially from Nny, and the line “Anything in the right context can sound sweet. Isn’t that right, my dear?” accompanied by this pose made it’s way through my head. I didn’t expect the perspective lol

Oh my gosh, a main character, how’d that happen

I wanted to try grawlix swearing and had the idea of Scriabin buying stuff that neither of them would use just to piss off Edgar, so 👏 Also “taking a coat partway off” is one of my favourite kinds of poses and I so rarely draw it! Thanks, Edgar

A combination of thinking about how often they kiss (ironically about how Edgar was Scriabin’s first real kiss After, but this is almost certainly Before?? I dunno) and bruising. I only wanted the second one but my hand was not behaving >:| It did at least give me the image of Edgar’s tears falling through Scriabin’s fingers

He’s never had real eyes before, would he remember to blink if he started focusing really hard? I’ve had eyes my whole life and I forget to blink sometimes

Slowly but surely improving on his wings. I finally realized what they remind me of - hands! I guess that seems obvious lol, demon wings are usually based off bats, aren’t they? Just goes to show how many wings I’ve been basing off arms rather than hands. Probably doesn’t help that I usually draw fingers with two joints instead of three haha. Starting to understand how to keep the silhouette clean while still adding lots and lots of yarn as well, yay

Is he being sarcastic or saying it in earnest? That’s the fun part, you never know! Scriabin being vague on whether he’s being nice or rubbing salt in the wound has appealed to me for quite a good while. I think he less skirts the line and more falls on both sides simultaneously haha

Yet more wings! I liked the idea of each of them having a distinct silhouette but Scriabin still posing behind Edgar, so you can tell his wings are his own but they’re still muddling Edgar’s outline

So that’s most of my unfinished sketches and doodles that I couldn’t figure out where else to put! From early June up through September, what a ride ♪

#💟 #Doodles #Art #Sketchdump #Scriabin #Edgar #Todd #Nny #Devi #No blood this time around but some light abuse and light tenderness throughout #Since I talked about each one in the body text the tags are gonna be so spoiler-free this time around lol #I talked about a few of them phrased in a way like I want to finish them - I do it just might take a while #I'm mostly just done /actively/ drawing Vargas - I'm sure I'll still do the occasional doodle and I have a couple projects yet to finish #But even with just my backlog I'd have enough Vargas doodles to keep my queue running for months lol - so no new ones if I can help it #Speaking of the backlog some highlights include: multiple instances of Moth Edgar - at least one Spongebob meme lol - #Honestly just a lot of memes lol I have like ten or so lol - a BG/domestic object(s) idea - a couple more Minecraft shitposts - #And a whole goshdang voice-acted shitpost I just really love shitposts lol #I have no idea if/when/how many I'll get to but I still love them all lol #Anyhow - hope these are enjoyable uwu Even if I didn't finish them all I do still like them #Also I can't even imagine how this is gonna look on mobile lol soz

[tears-and-lilies]

Chapter 35 - Concern

Not very whumpy, mostly drama honestly haha

Tag: @whumpfigure @just-a-whumping-racoon-with-wifi @liliability @unicornscotty @sideblogformindtrash @abitefullofwhump

CW: death of minor character (on screen, character is not even named), blood, slight gore?, stabbing

Vasira enjoyed the fresh smell hanging over the gardens in the palace, and the colours of the flowers in bloom. She was a lot like her father in that aspect, and so he would make time to spend with her in the gardens.

She didn’t want her uncle to ruin those memories. So when he asked her to meet up there, she was hesitant to comply. When she consulted a friend about it, she suggested Vasira and her uncle walked at the outskirts of the imperial garden area, and so this was where she met up with Loui.

‘How is my dear niece doing?’, he asked, a sweetness in his voice.

‘I’m fine, thank you very much. How are you?’

Loui and Triban were… a couple on their own. From the moment her father returned to the city as Emperor of Koia, seven years ago, she sensed they were playing some sort of game.

So she was wary about this conversation.

‘I’m doing well. The Imperial Guard is taking their duty very seriously, I make sure of that.’

‘I’m sure you do’, Vasira reacted.

As they were walking, she looked at the flowers more than at her uncle. There were a lot more wild bushes in this area.

‘How is your brother?’

‘He is doing well too.’ She didn’t know. She and Vixar lived in completely different worlds. Loui knew this as well.

‘That’s good to hear’, he said. ‘I wish nothing less for the heir to the throne.’

Succession was a topic Vasira had discussed plenty of times. And she was so sick of it. But of course this was the reason her uncle wanted to see her.

‘I heard sir Feyros will propose to me today.’

‘Yes. When you go to the leisure room, he’ll be waiting for you with your father.’

She kept her face straight. He continued: ‘It is only up to you to say either “yes” or “no”. And I know you’re a clever girl, so you’ve already decided what it will be.’

She watched a butterfly settle on a white lily. If her uncle wanted to ask, he had to pose the question.

‘So’, Loui gave in, ‘what will you say?’

‘I intent to keep that to myself. You’ll know when sir Feyros has asked me.’

‘Alright. You’re entitled to your secrets. But sir Feyros isn’t the greatest pick for you.’

‘Really?’ Vasira raised an eyebrow.

‘Ah, nothing against the man, but I knew his uncle very well. Sir Tymos knew how to handle any problem given, and didn’t get distracted by emotions. I think, as competent as Feyros is, he lacks that quality. And if he were to become Emperor…’ He didn’t finish the sentence.

He didn’t need to. Loui had someone else in mind, everyone seemed to have. Feyros was a good friend of her father’s, not so much of Loui’s, it appeared.

Yet, after the disaster that was her marriage to Marsi, her father had granted her the privilege to choose her husband. She had never told him about what happened behind the scenes.

Suddenly, Vasira realised her uncle had become quiet. The moment she looked up at him, he drew his sword and pushed past her.

Before she could react, Loui stabbed his sword into a bush. A man rolled out. He tried to get to his feet to run, but Loui cut him in the side. From surprise, he clutched his side, accidentally letting a dagger slip form his belt. Loui kicked him to force the man on his back, and held the tip of his sword right above the man’s neck.

‘Who are you?’, he barked. ‘No, who do you work for?’

The man panted, looking fearfully at Loui. ‘I-I don’t know!’

A droplet of blood dripped down his neck. His face grew pale.

‘I can’t tell you! I won’t, I promised!’

Loui growled. ‘So, it’s useless to keep you alive?’

‘Your life means nothing, all of your lives! You, hers, and especially that lazy tyrant!’

Vasira felt her heart race in her chest. An assassin…

‘You need to die!’, the man continued. ‘All of you! The monarchy should have ended after Ravi died! Ravi was a mistake for an emperor, a walking disaster!’

‘I see. You’re mad.’

Quickly he drove his sword into the man’s stomach, and twisted it. Vasira flinched as the man’s face contorted in pain. He screamed at the top of his lungs while Loui twisted the sword the other way.

She closed her eyes.

‘I’m sorry, Vasira, but this man wanted to kill you.’

***

‘There she is.’

Just like Loui had said, her father sat in the room, waiting for her, with sir Feyros. He nodded at the guest, but Feyros didn’t seem to notice. He stood up as soon as he saw her enter.

Vasira straightened her back ever so slightly. She had been ready for this in the morning, but after that guy in the gardens tried to kill her, she really didn’t want to deal with this.

But Feyros only smiled nervously at her, before looking at her uncle.

‘There’s something I have to address’, he said. ‘Three days ago, I found one of the imperial dancers in the cellar where the snow is stored. He was locked up, and dazed from the cold. Today I heard he has caught a fever, and yet he will dance for us tonight.’

He held his hands close together. He was tense. Vasira was surprised Feyros cared so much.

He swallowed hard, and continued: ‘Admittedly I find this unacceptable. I don’t want to watch someone who is clearly sick dance. I don’t want to end my stay here like that. His Majesty tells me he didn’t know about all of this. Did you know about it, sir Loui?’

Loui frowned. ‘A dancer? I think you might be referring to Darren’s son?’

Whenever anyone of her family dropped that name, the conversation no longer was about private matters. This was about the Empire, and loyalty.

Feyros nodded softly, not sure how to react. Vasira felt bad for him.

‘Whatever happens to that boy is reconciliation for the terrible misdeeds of his father.’

It’s what happens to those who oppose us.

‘I understand you are hurt by the crimes of his father. So am I', Feyros said slowly. ‘But as the Keeper of the City it is my task to make sure the citizens of Koia are safe. He was born in the capital, and as far as I'm aware, has never been elsewhere. Thus he didn’t participate in the war.’

‘I see your point. However, we must make sure Darren pays for his deeds. He escaped punishment, so slander of his name is the only way he can get what he deserved. His offspring carries his name. But I know you are worried. This well-intentioned concern suits you. If you care about this dancer so much, can I offer you to stay one more night to take further care of him, and depart tomorrow morning?’

‘Sir-'

‘We could use your advise with something else.’ Loui turned towards his brother. ‘On our walk just now, Vasira was almost attacked by an assassin.’

Her father rose. ‘What?!’ He made his way to her and took her hands. ‘Sweety, are you alright? Are you hurt?’

Before she could answer, her uncle continued: ‘I killed the man before he could do anything. He wouldn’t give any information. No one was supposed to know we were there. When we agreed on the meeting, I specifically told Vasira to tell no one about it. So I wonder how he even knew we would be there?’

Her father looked her gravely in the eyes. ‘Do you know anyone who  knows you would be there? Did you talk about it to a servant perhaps, an offhand remark or anything?’

She shook her head. ‘I only told them that I would go for a walk, but not where.’ She hesitated. ‘I… I did ask Lilian about advise on where in the gardens exactly to meet up. But she is my friend, she is trustworthy-'

‘Lilian?’

#whump #medieval whump #royal whump #death tw #character death tw #stabbing #my writing #oc #vasira #loui #vasri #feyros