#uhh send me asks about this

[six-of-snakes]

Some nights, when it was too lonely in his room, Neal snuck out the window and wandered the palace gardens. If he'd still been a page, he would've gotten weeks of punishment work, but he wasn't a page. He wasn't anything, anymore, just a boy with dreams too big to chase and hopes dashed by his own foolishness. Too old to be a knight, too old to be a mage. Too young to be a good noble. Too flighty to settle down, too afraid to even try. He wanded the moonlit paths of the garden, and regretted, with the leaves crunching under his feet and the stars glimmering above. He paused at the ponds that dotted the gardens, and looked at his reflection, but he didn't recognize the man he saw. He should've been a knight. He should've been a mage. He should've done something, anything, that would make his family proud. But he was here, crying silently in the gardens with only the plants for company, while his friends slept, and worked, and ate, working toward a goal he'd never wanted and never been able to achieve. Perched on a bench one night, clouds gathering in the sky above, he watched an owl soar among the towers of the castle, and he thought of Kel, with her iron will and her dreams of being a knight. He hoped she'd fly like the owl he saw, like the owl of her family's crest. He hoped they'd all fly, that they would find success where he couldn't. That they would become knights, and fight for Tortall, while he sat in the garden until he was indistinguishable from the plants.

#angst #my writing #nealan of queenscove #tortall #protector of the small #tortall fanfic #au: nights in the garden #basically #neal failed out of a page training #and Regrets his life choices #uhh send me asks about this #writeblr #writers on tumblr

[sheepydwagondraws]

I am so incredibly late to the party but finally made my own s.ex

(funny meme redraw under the cut)

(my addisona btw)

#mostly sat down to finish his ref so i can put it on artfight #people have asked me if i have an ex for a long time #bc they wanted to draw them in return for me drawing theirs #which is sweet #anyway uhh yeah here he is #feel free to send asks about him if u want idk #Aster tag #deltarune #spamton #spamton ex #addisona #sheepy post

[commsroom]

Jacobi and Eiffel both externalize all their problems, but Jacobi projects his own flaws and failures to be other people's fault, while Eiffel thinks his redemption/solution is only in other people's opinions and out of his control, discuss.

i've said before i think the most interesting thing about jacobi is that the finale is the start of a character arc for him, not the culmination of one. and i think this is a big part of that. in things that break other things, he says, "it wasn't anybody's fault. everyone was doing their jobs right, but it just... two guys died. good guys." and i think that line makes a lot of sense if he actually was at fault, or at least feels that he was and can't admit it to himself. in dirty work, he realizes he blames himself for maxwell's death. and then: "i was wrong and people died. and the only thing i can do is not be wrong again."

it creates a perfect loop from his recruitment to where he's at in the finale: two people are dead, but he survived. he's out of a job. what now? i think that's an interesting set up for how jacobi's storyline post-canon could mirror and intersect with lovelace's - they're both people who have been blinded by hurt and anger and desire for revenge, and have had to step back from that ledge. they've both lost "their" people - the only survivors of their respective missions. i don't believe jacobi will ever willingly stay in contact with the rest of the hephaestus crew, but lovelace...? narratively, it could work. "i've got this friend" about lovelace in the finale is an opening. if jacobi's arc so far is a loop, and he's finally open to change, then he and lovelace could also share a thematic link re: breaking cycles.

as for eiffel, i would go so far as to say he completely removes himself from the equation. he projects his desire for redemption onto other people - people like hilbert, who absolutely don't share that desire - but he doesn't want to be in the story. it wouldn't matter if someone told eiffel he was a good person - he wouldn't believe them - and when people do call him out, like in shut up and listen, he takes that as confirmation he's irredeemable and everyone is better off without him. both jacobi and eiffel are treating themselves as passive actors to avoid accountability, in some way, but what eiffel really needs to accept is that he's the only one who can live his life. he isn't a uniquely bad person doomed to harm and failure; he's just like everyone else.

(maybe worth noting in eiffel's view of himself as a bad person vs. the antagonists of the show, including jacobi, is how eiffel sees it as an inherent character flaw that he doesn't want but can't escape, while "let's go be monsters" etc. is an active choice and rationalization from someone who signed up to be the bad guy, who decided he could compartmentalize and live with that.)

another kinda interesting place i'd say jacobi's worldview clashes with eiffel's is that they are both centered on people first. unlike maxwell and kepler, i don't think jacobi really believes in his own version of The Big Picture - he just believes in people who believe. it's progress for the sake of progress, but the nature of that progress isn't his to define; he's not even pretending it is. "because people like me - and people like him - make it possible for people like maxwell to do their jobs." and where eiffel's perspective necessitates recognizing the humanity in everyone, jacobi rationalizes his actions through a strict us-versus-them mentality. so much of how he operates is explained by that line: "there aren't sides. there are just people you'd do things for and people you'd do things to."

#wolf 359 #w359 #like you're sending me a little essay prompt. i love that thank you #it's enrichment for me #focusing this mostly on jacobi because i talk about eiffel's issues all the time and uhh #i'm unlikely to post about jacobi unprompted. so. #also the line where hera tells jacobi she's never met anyone who worked so hard at being inhuman. yeah. #i swear i have thoughts about all aspects of this show and its characters #i even have thoughts about riemann #but i will keep posting about eiffel and hera anyway. it is my nature. #and it's kinda funny to me because jacobi and eiffel are two of the characters with the least narrative significance to each other #but even so there's a lot you can say about how their contrasting worldviews explore the themes of the show #gold standard character writing. #asks

[juice-boxy]

PERSONAL TMNT DESIGNS!!

Click images for better quality!!<3

Basic info under the cut

Leo: the oldest, and a very big dork. Tries his best to be serious and responsible, and live up to Splinter’s expectations…but sometimes a kid just needs to read comics and cosplay his favourite hero from ‘Satellite Strike’. He loves encouraging and supporting his brothers (when they’re not being a pain in the shell).

Mikey: youngest, tied with Donnie. Super energetic and quite the goofball, but he’s always there for his brothers when he needs to be. Super creative and the life of the party, he encourages the others to let loose and have fun. Doesn’t like being alone, worries he’s being annoying a lot.

Donnie: also youngest tied with Mikey. Full of anxiety, but can be very mischievous and feral when he wants to be (Mikey typically encourages this.) extremely smart, but typically downplays his abilities.

Raph: second oldest. I based him around ‘87 Raph, so he’s less violent and more snarky/rude when he’s angry- he’s a big softy even if he wouldn’t admit it, being very protective of his brothers, especially Donnie.

Donnie and Mikey are non-identical twins! Having said that Donnie and Raph are SUPER close to eachother- the two of them were both captured by kraang when they were younger for experimentation. Raph got his scars from saving Donnie- and Donnie wears overalls now to hide his mostly damaged Plastron, thanks to some not-very-ethical surgeries.

Leo and Raph don’t butt heads as often as some of their other versions, but when they do it gets very heated very quickly.

In the earlier days, Splinter had higher, harsher expectations for them, Leo specifically, as he was the oldest. Splinter has only mutated recently, and wasn’t in a good place. He figured the best thing to do was train them as quick as he could, to protect themselves. He was often distant and harsh. Leo began to struggle with his self image, and isolated himself from his brothers, which caused the dynamic to grow tense and uncomfortable. Mikey suffered from this a lot, and still has attachment issues to this day.

As they got older Splinter realized what he was doing and who he was hurting, and him and the turtles worked on fixing their relationship. (Splinter takes online therapy every Wednesday, under a fake account that Donnie helped set up.)

Later on in this story (like- nearish future) Leo gains the Classic Knee Injury TM and it doesn’t heal properly, so he has to learn to fight differently, and to rely on his brothers for help every now and then. (But he’s still the most skilled ninja master around fr)

OKAY THAT WAS ALOT OF TALKING HOPE U LIKE IT BYEE<33

#juiceboxy_art??? #tmnt #tmnt designs #rottmnt #<- for circulation and Raph IS a snapping turtle so I mean you know #PLEASE send asks and let me info dump about them they ar my sillies #uhh rip april Casey and splinter I have no idea if I’ll design the #them or not #and I mean the kraang and shredder….EVENTUALLY…..maybe…. #I have more info I’m probably forgetting so feel free to ask :D #or wait for inevitable doodles lmao

[singeart]

20 Writer Questions

Thank you @mytardisisparked for tagging me!

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

An astounding 20! I never thought I'd write this many haha

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count?

79,836

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Star Trek Voyager and The X Files! I always thought about writing for Once Upon A Time but never felt a strong enough calling- I'm pretty happy with how Captain Swan played out ;)

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

+ A Flower for Everytime I Think of You (chlonath from Miraculous Ladybug, I miss how popular this ship was ;-; I feel like I can't find anything new for it on here)

(the rest are from Voyager~)

+ Two Shorten the Road

+ Suspension

+ Compote

+ Gold Rush

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yeah for the most part! Especially if people point out a certain part they liked I live for that!!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I am a happy ending girlie, all the angst happens in the middle of my fics lol. That being said, I think For That Which Ails You could be considered a little angsty at the end because Scully is still terminally ill, nothing has actually changed, and Mulder wasn't there when she woke up. There's a bit of melancholy to it!

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably Compote! Fluffy throughout and then they share a laugh and a Moment tm at the end of it

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Thankfully no!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Writing kisses is hard enough lmao. I also just don't want to

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

No I've never even thought about doing that! Voyager x X Files would be so fun though

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge, though yeah AI has probably scanned some of my works

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? 

Nay

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I have not, technically, but brainstorming with the bestie and mutuals is always great for inspiration!!

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I can't choose, Janeway x Chakotay and Mulder x Scully are both profound to meee

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Well...I had this idea for a Admiral Janeway centered fic but I don't think it's going to happen. Also a couple of AU ideas for J/C but eh they don't feel original enough u_u

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue babey, I think!! And the little meaningful exchanges that come with? I also think I can write subtle funny stuff pretty well though maybe it's only noticeable to me haha

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Describing a scene, I never do I am relying on the reader's imagination LOL

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Never had a reason to, not that I'm fluent in anything else :/

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Miraculous Ladybug ^_^

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I think it's still Kathryn Janeway, PI because I loove the idea of her playing detective and writing from Chakotay's pov was a nice challenge for me, but Hastilude is coming in at a close second... I really enjoyed coming up with a case that Mulder and Scully had to solve and figuring out how all the pieces fit together, plus I got to put them in silly little outfits, what's not to like?

Tagging: the user reading this!! seriously I want to know :3c

#not art #umm hehe you can always send me asks about my fics i am dyin to know if people pick up on the symbolism and such #idk how to tag this uhh self promo time? yall mind if i uhh #x files fanfiction #janeway x chakotay #chlonath

[yourlocalguardian]

Quick little experiment because I’m curious about something

All angelkin or possibly divinitykin out there, do you have tinnitus/noticeably frequently hear ringing in your ears? (In case you’re not aware, it’s abnormal to hear ringing at all unless coming from an actual source)

#Kras is making another survey post again no one’s surprised #I’ve been wondering about this for awhile so #if a lot of people say yes I’ll explain why I’m asking (or if someone just sends me an ask about it tbh) #anyways I’d appreciate it if people shared this around a bit because I’d like to get a decent sample size #although the community is pretty small in the first place so it probably won’t be a whole lot #actuallydivine #godkin #otherkin #alterhuman #angelkin #angelic #uhh idk what other tags to use for this #I hope this is enough for people to see it

[fresthered]

WOWE! inktowbew day 4 (by @college-knockout!!) was looking forward to drawing these guys! more about them + bonus under the cut

anyway, bottle cap (they/she, they're on the left) is the resident free country organist (for the king of town). they keep to themselves most of the time, and only speak in whistling. she's unnoticed by most of free country, but occasionally some residents come to her performances. here they are in higher quality:

other guy is "hatguy" cooldude (he/him, on the right). doesn't have a job or role or anything, is pretty much just the resident failguy who thinks he's hot shit but. *really* isn't. only really friends with the cheat. they steal shit and cyberbully people together. higher quality here:

#goop goop gooray! #i might post the high quality references on their own #perhaps #oh also PLEASE click on the first one it is CROPPED i think and i don't like it #not my best because. well. didn't have a whole lotta time. BUT #glad i got to post my little guys. beautiful child and bastard son #OH ALSO if you want to send me asks about them i will be very very happy to answer :-) i am normal about them. i think #inktowbew #homestar runner #the cheat #homestar runner oc #h*r #uhh #sui joke #i think. please tell me if i need to tag this better but i do want to be rather safe than sorry! :-) #fres’ art

[sarilolla]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Poppy Playtime (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Huggy Wuggy & The Player (Poppy Playtime), Huggy Wuggy (Poppy Playtime) & Original Character(s), The Player & Poppy (Poppy Playtime) Characters: Original Poppy Playtime Character(s), Huggy Wuggy (Poppy Playtime), Poppy (Poppy Playtime), The Player (Poppy Playtime), Original Non-Human Character(s) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Until a certain point but uhhh, Chapter 01: A Tight Squeeze (Poppy Playtime), Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Player semi-knew what was happening, Player knew the toys before the hour of joy Summary:

The VHS wires to life, the tape containing a conversation between two employees on their way too short lunch break.

“Hey, Lex? I don’t think I ever got what your job is.”

“It’s a weird one, I know. I… help take care of the toys, make sure they behave and are safe.”

The first voice grumbled, sounding skeptical as he spoke.

“If I were you I would have quit. How close have you gotten to losing any limbs?”

The second voice sighed, speaking softly.

“It’s fine, Richie. They’re good kids.”

—

Alexis Taylor was not human. That was purely a fact. They had never been, and never would be. Maybe that was why they once connected so well with the man-made horrors of Playtime Co. Now, 10 years after the second worst headache of their life, they return to the factory.

They’re still good kids. …right?

#poppy playtime #poppy playtime fic #I am advertising this like I do with all my fics #sarilolla's writing #so uhh yeah #feel free to read #or send me asks about this #i promise I'm not neglecting my trolls fic this just brainrotted me okay?

[marsbars1714]

Two thinsg

One: my bday is in less than a week and I am not fucking prepared to be ANOTHWR year older

Like bitch. I’m still processing stuff from when I was five, but /nooo/ I’ve gotta age. I’ve gotta do /work/ and /life/ and eugh

Two: I have found /so/ many songs that just give Puppy vibes. And I love it

We are being puppy today fellas🐶🐶

#i dont know how to tag this #uhh #shitposting #question mark #? #am puppy #am turning older #Idfk man #I need to learn how to actually tag my shit #don’t I? #pretend there’s cool tags here #should I make a playlist of all my puppy songs? yes definitely #should I /share/ said playlist? that’s up to y’all ngl #someone send me an ask about puppy vibes playlist and I’ll probs share it

[frankenfossil]

for the space related asks, ⭐️ & 🛰?

whee!! thank you!

⭐️ Star - Do you have a favourite character? If so, why are they your favourite?

Oh no a very hard question actually... Probably the answer is evidently Emily and Dee since I spend more time thinking and writing about them than any of my other characters. POSSIBLY if I had to choose out of the two of them I'd pick Dee because I am kind of a sucker for a sad sack loser with emotional problems and I deeply enjoy thinking up situations to make him happy and/or traumatised. I also enjoy overthinking his powers and what kinds of things I have to tweak about physics for him to exist with the functions I've given him. (Such as recently I've thought of new objections to the plausibility of time travel but I think I've also thought of a way to resolve them storywise which I personally think is very funny, but if I learn more about physics before it comes up it might change.)

I love Zoe a lot but she is much harder to write and to draw for some reason? I feel like she is clear in my head but never comes out right somehow. It's weird.

I have other characters from other stories that I love too... another favourite who is unrelated to this story is a guardian angel whose first guardee died prior to the story beginning; clearly the angel fucked up a bit with that but gets a second chance, but then is pretty lousy with the second person too!! Trying to push them to fill the shoes of the first person.

Recently I found out that the person who inspired my first 'canon nonbinary' character (I didn't know that was a thing at the time tho) has since come out as for real nonbinary, which obviously makes a lot of sense lol. It was mostly about this one very cool jacket they owned. But that character was a strong fave for a long time... the story was terrible and really problematic lolol but ah well. Probably all the good parts of that character have gone into Dee and Zoe anyway.

I LOVE THEM ALL ;_;

🛰 Satellite - Do you have a character who is very dependent on another character? Is it healthy or unhealthy?

WELL. Again... Emily and Dee are each other's most emotionally intimate relatinship... Dee again is more dependant on Emily than vice versa, and less healthy about it, although I would say it's overall good for them both (but I would say the healthy/unhealthy balance varies over time and may be affected by external factors...).

Zoe is still on the periphery a bit but.............. well there are/will be some dynamics of questionable health there. She doesn't have particularly healthy attachments and is still not exactly over her previous friendship dynamic of being the second best friend of two besties who were shitty to her, and is still kind of stuck in the mode of 'trying to be exactly what the other person wants so they will like me'. Which Emily is not really aware of because she doesn't ever do that. Although the kinds of things Zoe plays up to try to be friends with her probably aren't as bad as what she has done to get OTHER people to like her, and she's relatively confident that Emily isn't going to use any of the stuff she knows against her.

Again, in terms of OTHER characters I have a couple where they are both disabled in various ways but one has more problems with mobility and communication than the other, and also had to be rescued from a kind of slavery by the other, which naturally gives the rescuer some pause for thought about the power dynamic there and whether she's ~taking advantage~ by falling in love with her at the same time (I mean by the time she even gets aware enough of her feelings lolol, gotta sort of pine without realising first!!)... but I'm trying to write that one as pretty healthy tbh, they're just trying to support each other through a difficult world yknow. And anyway the one who used to be a slave deliberately tried to square that debt immediately so it wouldn't be hanging over them both and is now mostly consumed with a quest for revenge lol. But also love.

I am going to.... stop rambling for now lol!!

#ask games #tysm for sending me some!! #sorry for late reply i tried answering on mobile desktop but either tumblr or my phone doesnt work very well #or a team effort to make me unable to type #so had to wait for laptop time #fun fact i looked up codependent because i always thought i knew what it meant but suddenly was like 'what if i've been using it wrong' #and SURE ENOUGH the definitions that came up did uhh... not align with how i thought it was used!!!! #i don't know if people want to hear about my other stories; gappy plotted and unfinished beasts that they are #anything i write outside of a given story text is subject to change #also tbh my 'word of god' doesn't even really count... this is like. my reading of the dynamics and what i'm more or less aiming for but #i'm super interested in how other people read it #they all live in my head full time i don't always have the clearest perspective #like when people were like 'that was a huge dick move for dee to not tell emily that markus liked her' #rly interesting to find out what other people make of their goings on!

[babsvibes]

Babs, what inspiration do you pull from when you write? Music? Movies? Real life experiences? Hilarious TikTok’s? I’m curious!

Please don't hate me for the "it depends" answer, but....... it depends lol. Here’s a couple that I can remember!

Thirty, Flirty, Icing: Real life experience

What's That Song? It Goes Pike...: brainstorming with Caroline

Drunken Sailor (what will brie do with): I... I like pirates lol

Local Flour Outage: "Cuddling for warmth" trope

Cry Me a Liver: Music (Heat Waves by Glass Animals)

Honey Combed Hair: art by drawthething!

I guess if I had to pick I would go with tropes. Looove me some tropes, so combine those with a bit of dialogue that I think is funny and boom we’ve got a fic in the making! I’m very jealous of people who have playlists for inspiration because like… how do you have a song guaranteed to latch onto something? That’s just really cool 😭😭

#babsbles #asks #fic writing #ahhh idk why asking about inspiration or fics I’m proud of just like… short circuits my brain #I feel like a high school athlete being asked for a quote for yearbook ‘uhh.. I don’t know. it happened.’ #thank you for sending this ask and I’m so sorry for making you wait 😭😭 #expect an ask from me shortly lol

[nebulainatree]

Girl who has severe social anxiety when it comes to talking to people online and has to close her eyes to press the send button whenever she writes a message to anyone 😔

#That girl is me btw. I am that girl #Irl I'm pretty normal when I talk to people (unless it's like super serious school stuff and then I'm a stuttering mess) #But I think my mom instilled the ''Never talk to anyone online or you'll compromise your internet safety'' into me too far #And now it's like. Debilitating. I can't send messages on private Discord servers or dm people on social media anymore #I was active on miiverse back when that uh. Like existed? Well a little active. Well actually that's an overstatement #I also was active on the Nookazon discord but like. At first I was really nervous but then I found a Business Persona that made me normal #But anyway I made this post because I've done this like twice in the past two days #Once when I was trying to finally introduce myself in a rp server I joined a month ago #And once today right now like. Sending a message to a mutual. Hi thousand yeah it's about the comment on your post lol #It took me like a whole day after seeing my mutual respond to my ask to get the courage to say like. Yayy I love emperor on their post #I feel like an anime girl saying kyun or something every time I do it so it's funny but like. It also worries me #Since we live in a very virtual world and. How am I going to make connections in the future when I'm like this #Uhh anyway. 🐙 Oo octopus emoji weehoo #Nebbie text posting #Nebbie posts #I think I kind of derailed this I meant this to be a funny meme so. RIP anyway send post *closes my eyes as I hit post now* #Send fucking post #<- I'm making this my terrible late night decision tag vents tag now. Hopefully I will not have many posts for it.

[todayisafridaynight]

SORRY in advance for the long ask pleeease take your time and take care, I hope you feel better + get to have a good time at the con or hanging out with your dad :( It means the world to me that you enjoy my stuff though! It did take me a while to notice you were even following me (hence. @ing you on a post you'd already seen gdjfshld) but we got there eventually...

Definitely definitely was expecting to see more of Infinite Wealth at the summit… since the tweets mentioned character introductions but didn't specify for which game, I was under the impression we'd at least be introduced to the as-yet-unidentified voices in the trailer. Gameplay would've been HUGE to include too 😩 I guess it makes enough sense though, since it's not The Upcoming Release...

I shall bide my time. I have no idea what to expect from fall summit (as intended). But if it's going to be a seasonal thing, I figure a potential "winter summit" is the latest it could be to show us gameplay for something that's suppsed to be an early 2024 release, if not just putting out trailers or other showcases and stuff independently.

LEGIT THOUGH IT JUST MAKES IT SOUND LIKE KIRYU IS LYING TO SOUND COOL GDJSKGLDS which is also Arakawa-esque… "maybe I felt like impressing an idiot kid"… If nothing else, I feel like I'll enjoy the dynamic they're going for with those two. Specifically casting Kiryu as a "big brother" figure rather than a father figure also makes me WEEP because the only "aniki" Ichi's ever had is Jo. So it's like... from Jo to Joryu...

Also I just really like the acting choices by the mocap actor for Kiryu, I feel like we've never really seen him move that… casually? His mannerisms also 100% make him look like he's lying lol like there are multiple "tells" it's so funny

I glossed over the proposal (because I expected that to be the main topic anyway, being the only dialogue scene we got) but I completely agree with everything that's been said, basically. Reverse chick magnet for life… but I do expect there's more to it than meets the eye because summit is pretty focused on "generating buzz," so the fact it feels so out of place is probably what they were banking on.

Because like, on top of everything mentioned, Ichiban is portrayed as an entirely passive participant in the romances in 7, and IIRC for Saeko and Eri he wasn't really even fully aware they were into him. So for him to not only be the one to propose but bomb so hard a seasoned hostess (as Kiryu points out in JP)--who'd rather be groped than subjected to Weird Shit--blew up at him and there was fallout from Adachi and Nanba is a huge deviation from how he's portrayed.

It's also kind of like, to me, the translation says something a little different than what was actually being said; Ichi's emphasis wasn't really on the fact she rejected him (implying he expected her to accept + placing more importance on his own feelings vs hers), but the fact she "chewed him out" (implying he should've known better in the first place than to ask).

Of course, he's apparently planning on trying again so he is hoping she'll accept eventually, and the general tone of the interaction suggests he should've known better regardless, but both say something slightly different about his characterization in this scene to me. There's also TL weirdness with Ichi saying Kiryu seems like a good dude rather than just… him explaining that he doesn't mean anything bad by saying he doesn't seem like a ladies' man, which is a bigger mistake but less consequential, I guess.

There's also Saeko's line from the original teaser, "You say that like you're proposing," so it would seem she's already caught off guard (i.e. not taking it seriously yet) and not too thrilled with the idea (provided it's the same convo). I don't really have much to go off of, but if they are in a relationship, I can only assume either she's made it clear she doesn't want to get married or his proposal method was just That Bad, or they're not in a relationship.

In the latter case all I have to pull from is other media with characters who are somewhat like Ichi, but it made me think of times I've seen characters propose for legal or financial reasons or etc. and get Totally Owned, and I'd honestly find that a believable Ichi Situation… Ichi thinking like 50 steps ahead and not explaining himself properly and just Making Saeko More Mad… I'm just musing, though.

Yokoyama and co. were--if I heard right--being pretty cagey about whether they ARE in a relationship in the first place though, which strikes me as odd compared to RGGS' openness about Kaito's ex in the Lost Judgment DLC. So… definitely not beating the red herring allegations just yet, at any rate. Especially when said DLC involves a fake-out on a proposal lmao

Putting all that aside since we can't make any definitive statements anyway, I AM going to make the definitive statement that literally every single design in Gaiden so far is indeed drippy as hell.

such is the cruel fate of being shadowbanned on this webbed site I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream etc etc ( ╯-╰ ; ) but we did get there! and i very much do enjoy what you post :]

if there's nothing for fall summit (though i'm going to hope a lil there will be since that's what. three months from now) then there'll definitely be something for winter summit. if the idea is that there's more of a focus on gaiden since its release date is sooner, then it's fair to assume- with that logic- the winter one'll have the bulk of LAD8 news and demos. either way, im excited for both to see what both of them bring us !

ignoring the elephant in the room of the proposal thing, i also really liked the vibe of it all (and ive also been trying reeaaally hard to make a joke connecting jo and joryu since that's also a bit i enjoy) (❁´◡`❁) i did like that lowkey feel and just the casualness of the atmosphere and the slight awkward/uncomfortable-but-not-overly-offended-and-even-minorly-comedic energy from kiryu lmao. cant ever go wrong with having a scene that's there to slow everythin down a bit, and it does help set up a kind of homely/familial vibe ♪(´▽｀)

i dont need to comment any more on the proposal thing either LMAO everything ima say i been repeating for the past. X asks 😩

and with that. yeah everyone looks FIRE as hell in gaiden (EXCEPT nishitani ima be 100%.... idk the loud primary colors aren't doing it for me.... points for the nails and hair though) 😩

#long post #snap chats #laying down when youre gloomy is dangerous i passed out despite really hating naps jLAEKJ #my dad texted me today saying we wouldn't be able to hang out and i was reminded to answer this ask gjVLKJLKWEJ #needless to say im still not having the best of days. or months apparently ☠️ but moving on from all that #uhh. yeah no i think i said everything i need to say #im pushing my brain to think of anything to say im really out of it #i know if i dont do it now tho i never will cause when i shirk somethin its virtually nonexistent in my mind ajrLKjVLK #at the very least the 'ladies man' comment is definitely not. 'less consequential' if twitter is anything to say LMAO #mostly just jokes of course ik ik For Real Non Consequential but my eyes are still seeing it every other post SO. #on that note. i forgot my personal rule of not commenting on scripts OH NO #i dont understand japanese and at this point i cant trust what english translators provide and evidently the differences can be big #sooo im just gonna. eat shit i guess LMAO IDK #i already done said i have no more notes bout the proposal bit and i dont #i can just say Yeah Thats About Right when it comes to agreeing with whats been said #just feels underwhelming to only say that tho.... but theres no other way i can say it without restating #i myself just feel underwhelming as of late but thats a personal ish jALKJKLJ #in any case my dad said he'd send me pizza money as an apology or something and tbh ive been craving pizza all week anyway for some reason #even if he doesnt i might just get a small pizza for myself and then only eat a third of it cause my stomach's the size of a peanut

[thegroundsofbrooklyn]

heavily brainrotting a very very specific ship dynamic because it's stuck in my mind and GOD I LOVE IT

i am currently living for fantasy ships with the main character who's new to magic but extremely naturally powerful and their partner who's extremely calm and smooth right up until someone hurts the main character. and then all hell breaks loose

or alternatively:

- highly trained human assassin without magic

- extremely powerful several-hundred-year-old non-human magic person who is also a highly trained assassin

- non-human meets human. they fall in love

- human finds out non-human is magic. they fall even more in love

- they fight side by side. but someone hurts / kills the human. and the non-human goes fucking ballistic. but in a calm angry way yknow

- this non-human has lived for hundreds, if not thousands of years. they have learnt time and time again that all immortality means is watching the people you live die again and again and again. but they just couldn't help but fall in love. and now they pay the price.

i honestly have no idea what characters this could apply to it could literally be any fandom ever but. i got carried away writing a template map kind of thing so have some overly angsty writing. using pronouns that imply mlm because i'm extremely, extremely gay but feel free to sapphic-ify it. or straight-ify it tbh but idk why you would do that /lh

cw for (very quick) mentions of blood / knives

Evil Person tightens their grip around Human's throat, their knife digging deeper in, Human gasping in pain as blood wells around the sharp metal. Evil Person's eyes narrow.

'Just give up. You can't win ... give up or he dies.'

Non-Human looks more vulnerable than ever, pain overflowing in his eyes as he watches Human begin to lose consciousness. Human's eyes, half closed, meet Non-Human's. His mouth moves, and he whispers in a voice low enough that only Non-Human can make out:

'Remember ... remember what you promised me.'

Non-Human and Human sit on the peak of the hill, leaning against each other. They make a promise here, before they leave for their mission. Human turns to Non-Human and speaks, calmly and surely: 'If it's between me and the mission, you must choose the mission. My life isn't worth it in exchange for the thousands we're saving.'

Non-Human puts his hand on the side of Human's face. 'You can't ask me to do that-'

'It's my right. It's what I want ... promise me.'

'I-'

'Promise me. Please.'

'... I promise.'

Non-Human sees the pain they feel reflected back at them in Human's eyes. He remembers the promise. He remembers the soft-spoken words.

He looks at Human, and he hopes that this one look can say all the words that he wishes he had the time to get across properly. Human smiles at him.

Non-Human shifts his gaze to Evil Person, his voice piercing the heavy silence: 'No.'

He can't find the will to cry out as Evil Person's knife slides cleanly across Human's throat. Human instantly goes limp in his grip.

Non-Human does not scream. He does not cry. He does not feel sadness, or grief. He does not even feel angry. He feels nothing. Human was everything, and now Human is gone.

Evil Person's eyes widen as they are suddenly able to hear the quiet thrum of the magic in Non-Human's mind, accompanied by words spoken in a cold voice, the voice of a killer, of an assassin, of someone who has lost everything and blames the world.

'You will pay ...

'This world will pay.'

When Non-Human's eyes rise from Human's body, they glow with a fierce golden light.

#non human having funeral blues by w h auden energy but they channel that into the kind of calm anger that leads to burning the entire world #ufhdbdrnffnfnf i just love the idea of this dynamic so much #it's so cliché i knowwwwwww #but i just. god it's so dnfnfncnfndmd #i only started thinking about it because i'm rereading skulduggery pleasant #(i was obsessed with it as a 10 year old) #and obviously skulduggery and valkyrie are platonic besties #but the way skulduggery would murder the entire world for valkyrie #it just. it Got Me Thinking #anyways idk what to tag this uhh #au #yeah no that's all i can think of #i doubt people are reading this far though #if you have gotten this far. please send me asks about this i need to yell about it more #if you are reading this. you're a real one my friend. good evening (tips hat)

[cupcraft]

i think my asks are relatively normal but theres been a few interesting eras for me

#my musings #there was the ctommy deserved exile bait anons #i ahd someone send me a post to bait during my cemerald cr/t meta era #there wass uhh that time lots of dreblr antis sent hate that i never posted bc i was like ???? #it was really baffling #i think i blocked the really neg ones #there wast that time someone got amd at me for tagging certain things as ctubbo lore #uhhh there was the era of asks i got about the mutual obsessions cprime discourse #but on the net pretty normal just kind moots #i dont really get asks everyday except from moots really

[bees-nest]

get mauled

???????????? Hello????? Okay?????

#what prompted this???? #anon hate #fuckin uhh #cw threats #cw violence #i don’t ?? #i’m going to guess they’re sending this to everyone who liked a specific post or something #i know i shouldn’t post anon hate but. i’m baffled #pls anon get back to me about what this is about 😂 #it’s possible a sideblog hater found my main.. but in that case lol bc they’d have had to go digging :P #later edit: oooh right my blog description. maybe they came here for unrelated reasons then saw that and got mad? #second edit: ah someone i follow has gotten the same ask. i think they’re just sending it to everyone who liked a specific post then