#wait is it scheming?

[saturnniidae]

Some changeling & troll!Jim headcannons

Morgana had been considering making changelings for years, it wasn't a sudden idea; it was something she'd been planning for a long time

She even discussed it with Merlin at one point (under the guise of wanting to better 'unite' humans and trolls), and he proposed the idea of humans turning into trolls instead of vice-versa.

This is where the concept for the half-troll potion came from. What Jim became was essentially a modified version of a failed recipe for changelings that Merlin kept around in case it ever became useful.

Jim wasn't the first half-troll, he was just the first successful one. There was a chance it could've gone horribly wrong (as it has in past attempts) but Merlin took the risk anyway since he saw it working in his vision.

The reason Morgana's version always ended with better results was due to dark magic and Merlin's outright refusal to go there.

Because they were on a time crunch, Merlin substituted some of the rarer ingredients common in transfiguration potions with material from a preexisting changeling.

All they know about the bone used in the potion was that it came from a changeling. They never learned who, or what kind of troll they were, And subsequently have no clue as to what species of troll Jim was partially turned into. And Merlin didn't ever feel like helping them figure it out even though he probably could've with relative ease.

If they had more time for him to work on the potion, and if Merlin actually measured his ingredients instead of throwing them all in a blender, Jim probably would've come out less wonky (an even amount of fingers, among other things).

#theres more but im bad at organizing my thoughts 💀 #i feel like young douxie probably walked in on merlin & morgana either scheming or arguing #a few times and they just shouted at him to leave #and he was probably so fucking confused #wait is it scheming? #actually yeah probably #like obviously merlin was doing all this with much more 'benevolent' intentions and morgana was just lying to his face #but id still call it scheming since merlins definitely willing to do morally questionable things #with his whole 'ends justify the means' and 'looking at the bigger picture' mentality #troll jim #trollhunters #toa headcanon #toa changelings #tales of arcadia #jim lake jr #toa merlin #toa morgana #Moth.txt

[mumblesplash]

part 2!!!! [read part one here]

transcript below the cut arranged into stanzas to help show where the rhymes are:

“that’s why they brought gem in? as a failsafe?” as a pawn. we were told to point her at whoever we need gone

“gem won’t hurt her allies. …yet.” the curse she carries will it’s had its eye on her since she lost the other eye she was specially selected for her hunting skill it’s quite the high honor. “wow. how generous.” we try

think about it: why does almost no one fight the curse? “given how fast scott killed skizz last season, i can guess.” [“any pain you spare your friends, you’ll have to suffer worse”?] it’s designed to shut down higher reasoning with stress

#if you still can't see the rhyme scheme try reading it out loud #if that doesn't work uh. idk. can't help you #my art #grian #geminitay #smajor1995 #bdoubleo100 #inthelittlewood #secret life #grian and his terrible horrible no good very bad eldritch coworkers: the sequel #cant wait to post the next part so i can be like 'my three secret life comics. and yes they all rhyme' #this one narratively doesn't work nearly as well as a standalone compared to part 1 #however i accidentally went way too hard and could probably upload the middle page + second to last panel as their own separate art pieces #tbh i'm considering putting an explanation of everything below the readmore buuut i don't feel like it atm. :3 later maybe #me and my 20+ life series headcanons i only allude to without explicitly stating don't need to explain ourselves #still experimenting with this webtoon-esque vertical comic style #still not sure i like it #it gets long too quickly #among other things #but it's very easy to read on a phone so

[starbuck]

i love it when characters PLOT! i love it when they SCHEME! i love it when they cause PROBLEMS on PURPOSE!!!!!!!!!!!

#lots of Cringe Fail plots and schemes going on and i am LIVING for it!!!!!!!!!! #cannot WAIT to see where things go from here! #iykyk2

[chaoticentitled]

everyone talks about "where's your bulb now" but no one talks about the lead up. getting to be alone in the room with keradin because he used his status as primogen to intimidate grissini into leaving his post, getting a 20+ on deception to trick keradin into thinking he was gonna free him from his chains so he would spill that he worked with alfredi, slapping that carrot right in the face as soon as he got what he needed, immediately convincing grissini to arrest alfredi with, again, a 20+ persuasion. lapin cadbury your hand in marriage

#this sequence is embedded into the grooves of my brain #can't wait for zac to play another scheming bastard in this setting god please #dimension 20 #a crown of candy #d20 acoc #m #d20 #acoc #lapin cadbury

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

My entry for a prompt week we organized on the SatoSho Discord Server. The prompt was Soft Touches

#i love involving the first years #nobara is a bloodhound when it comes to the campus gossip #she sniffs out anything from a mile away #she and meimei probably have a underground scheme going on #with nobara being the informant and meimei pulling the betting srings #but yeah im a fucking sucker for shoko and gojo's relationship to be really low key #they're not even trying to hide anything but everybody just writes them off as “good friends” #because shoko cant be bothered and gojo is touchy with everybody #but shoko's the only one who indulges him #and they leave together for their appartement #and everybody doesnt second guess it #until nobaras like “WAIT they live together???????” #ahhhh i love that trope #i could write a whole fanfiction about it #AHAHHAHAHAH #definitely check out tiressians 5+1 fic on a03

[lunarharp]

more phoenix wright situations

#ace attorney tag #maybe i should tag this narumitsu or something. but i dont really care. #gearing up to rereading/illustrating bits of my fic i suppose...i think nick really is too dense to realise he's in love with edgeworth #without some scheming fop trying to intrude. i love villains like kristoph..villains can be fun..witnessing their pathetic folly.. #or more like edgeworth would never have mentioned his feelings ever in his life if he wasn't sure phoenix reciprocates. #i want to see it this way because Falling in love during childhood with the person you're going to end up with. is not relatable #there have to be Situations that make you Realise. #as with orufrey i adore the idea of people not working out their romance with that person until their 30s+ #but... i mean. even with orufrey i often think how alaira could be qifrey's ex. and oru having been pursued by noble fops through his work #there is that delicate sliver of time before orufrey start living together that such believable situations could have happened. #Then the relief of politely and amicably extricating themselves from those untenable situations #the idea of falling in love age 7 and saving your first kiss for age 35 or something is all very well but more relatable is #people realising how they really feel whilst trying something that ends up feeling wrong. #The comfort and joy of living with your dearest one as if it's platonic - much preferable to trying anything more with anyone else. #But i doubt i will ever portray that or mention it further. it is indeed very delicate to me. #and i really am an OTP FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kind of person who can barely bear to consider this anyway...NOT a polyshipper i'm afraid ! #so i wouldn't mind either if they do have their first kiss in their lives age 35 with each other either. I would not mind that at all. #i love bi/gay couples apparently... bi father figures & their grumpy gay men waiting for them to work it all out... #not used to using colour in comic-style drawings..or at all..so this is messy and awkward looking..but colour is refreshing #i imagine i will go back to witch hat art soon btw. my destiny in life. #i still remember writing my nrmt fic expecting to write their first kiss & then partway through twas like Umm No. They have kissed prior. #does that really line up with this comic though... i think i had their early dinner dates/first kiss BEFORE disbarment. #so i guess this comic doesn't line up with my ficverse.... No..... U___U Oh well. sorry kris! <3

[egophiliac]

I hear you on brave but I think Mr. CEO man could be woz

Which I’m all here for tbh

anon you sent this over 9 hours before the reveal, h...HOW DID YOU KNOW

(I am also all here for it honestly) (I kind of hope they lean really hard into the overworked-CEO bit...how is he supposed to fight evil when there's all this paperwork that he has to get in by Friday, ugh)

#art #ride kamens #i had convinced myself he was going to be necrom #so when i saw the color scheme i was like HELL YEAH I CALLED -- wait #but i am definitely not complaining! #100% true: i texted my sister to be like 'you'll never guess who the new riderboy is' #'he was the best part of his show' #immediate response: 'woz' #we are a woz household #(although his character is giving me huge zangetsu vibes) #(hold on...takato...takatora...WAIT A MINUTE --) #so probably his brother (i think his name is read uryuu?) will be the other tower emblem guy then #he has sort of distinctive hair so i THINK i know which silhouette he is but i'm not sure who he's based on #it would be kind of hilarious if he was ryuugen but we know we're getting a gaim so that's probably not happening #(sorry for being incredibly boring) (i'm having a lot of fun speculating though!) #anyway back to fruitlessly staring at these screencaps to try and figure out who anyone is

[constarlations]

Pokémon Timeskip Series: Champion Dawn 🌸❄️

Known as Sinnoh’s Ice Queen, Dawn is best known for her intimidating yet caring nature. She’s fierce and calculating, never leaving any room for error especially when it comes to battling. On her off days you can find her in the contest hall, a hobby she picked up from her mother, or in the Battle Frontier/Pokémon Lab to catch up with her best friends. It is said she was recently engaged to a certain johto boy (Ethan. It’s Ethan.) however they will not publicly revealed their plans for the wedding as of yet

Made a timeskip adult champion Dawn design a while back! It’s still my favorite of my timeskip series hehehe I hope you enjoy!

Twitter link

#trainer dawn #pokemon #pokémon #dawn pokemon #Art #Ally draws stuff #pokemon timeskip #Wait I can ramble in the tags that’s fucking right #ok so her design was heavily inspired by Cynthia obviously carrying over the same sorta philosophy #She has a few references to the Pokémon she uses! The scrunchies on her wrist for example relating back to (Shiny) Mega Lopunny #Very proud of that Diamond and Pearl necklace btw while her skirt alt design comes with a jacket so it’s v platinum-esque #She has moon earrings if you zoom in closely along with her star clips! #I still like the triangle clips she has cause it’s a more shape but star clips are cool hella regal #I forgot Lucas wore a beret tbh 💀 but translating her hat to a beret was hella fun #also DP color scheme ofc but I changed it up a bit hehehe #her shoes are a reference to palkia in a way! I paid a dumb amount of attention to how Pokémon translates shoes… #But yeee she’s my favorite timeskip design by far along with my Lyra #I have this whole story I’m building up I hope to release one day hopefully aaaa #The Cherry Blossom in the Winter Snow………. #Oh yeah the engagement ring…… she and Ethan are engaged btw 😳 #pokemon dppt #pokemon bdsp #YUCK THERES A BDSP TAG NOOOOO gotta do it for the clout

[musicalfevr]

alternate timeline

#chainsaw man #csm #future devil #Aki #the future rules #i have had my trigger finger on posting this for months I just needed to wait until his official color scheme #the temptation has been REAL #he means so much to me you dont understand

[moongothic]

WAIT WAIT WAIT HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE

So normally we only get fullblown, extended and dedicated flashbacks for heroic characters in One Piece, the characters who we're meant to root for. The literal only TRUE exception we've had to this rule was Big Mom's flashback. Even fucking Doflamingo's flashback was tied to Law and Rosinante's

So the fact that we haven't gotten a single fucking GLIMPSE at Crocodile's backstory is?!?

Like sure, we haven't gotten like a Moria flashback, but you know, he literally told us all we needed to know himself, AND we got to see glimpses of him in the Wano flashbacks. Arlong didn't get a flashback of his own, but he did get to cameo in Fisher Tiger's flashback. And Rob Fucking Lucci got a flashback that was 6 whooping panels long

BUT CROCODILE?? Not only do we know almost Fuck All about his story, but also have never gotten as much as a glimpse at it? But his backstory has been HINTED and TEASED at multiple times??

GUYS. FELLAS

Like. I am SURE the "Full Backstories for Heroes Only" rule is going to get broken again, but with Imu and Blackbeard already there just BEGGING to have their beans spilled, can we even be sure Sir Fucking Crocodile is somehow going to become A Villain So Dangerous To The Narrative that he ALSO should also recieve a Full Fucking Backstory?? For his Nefarious Schemes?? AT THIS POINT??

Y'all

I think it's more likely Oda's been saving up Croc's backstory because it might just completely recontextualize his entire character

#CROCODAD REAL?! #UNIRONICALLY #Sir Crocodile #Crocodad #Crocomom #OP Meta #Moon posting #Sleep Deprivation opened my third fucking eye I can see the fucking Matrix #Unironically this is the thing that has pushed me back into actually believing in Crocodad despite the timeline #Because I genuinely can not imagine how else Crocodile could be turned into an (anti) hero if it's not Crocodad #And I can not imagine his villanous schemes needing a backstory to explain them at this point- not over BB and Imu #And I mean sure maybe we could get three whole Extended Villian Backstories for Imu Blackbeard and Croc #But I just feel like it'd be so unnececary #Because there is no fucking way Crocodile is going to become The Ultimate Villian of the Story again #Not without some Darth Vader bullshit happening #But since he's supposed to be based on Wagnas from Romancing SaGa 2 and Wagnas wanted to SAVE the world #Look I have a whole different post about that waiting in my drafts I'll post it later #Point is!! I can't imagine him becoming The Final Villian!! Not at all!! #Also yes there are characters like Mihawk who have like histories etc that I'm sure many people would love to learn about #The only difference is that we've never gotten as much as a hint at what kind of a backstory Mihawk might have #Meanwhile Crocodile Having A History is something that's been hinted at every arc he's appeared in pre-timeskip #Like we KNOW he has a story we just don't know what it is

[cherrywhite]

Congratulations hayward and carpenter for doing absolutely nothing this episode. I think it's high time THEY get to be silly while other characters get to go through the worst experience of their lives. You know, as a treat

#the silt verses #[pulling out my bulletin board] actually my hot take is that I think their inclusion was so masterfully done #(idk if this is a hot take I haven't gone in the tags yet) #bc I did sit there the entire episode waiting for them to sweep in and save seb and dev #and idk i love that it didn't happen. bc carpenter and hayward are just two people in the grand scheme of things #or that carpenter being placed on the ground floor with hayward on the topmost one would be important #and we'd have to add another tally to carpenter's Awful Run In with Other Gods score #also that we get to see more opinions of the wound tree #bc we've gotten die hard supports and ppl vehemently against it. it's nice to see every day ppl who are just. kindly about it #that think it's brave even though they don't do more #also if i had a nickel for every time schnapps was in a podcast episode released this week. I'd have two nickels

[dollypopup]

listen, i need Colin and Portia to be lifelong enemies in the funniest way possible. Penelope thinks the feud started when he informed Portia very clearly that whether she understands it or not, he's marrying her daughter, die mad at about it (and how she's wrong about Penelope and how wonderful he finds her) but Portia's *been* had beef with this boy since he ruined her 'get Marina married off' plans in season 1. Colin and Portia see one another in a hallway and it's on SIGHT

"Colin, how good to see you finally looking presentable for once." "Portia, what a lovely headpiece, it hides your horns so well."

#polin #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #portia featherington #bridgerton #yeah yeah i know portia would be so happy her daughter is marrying someone from a great family who has money but consider the following: #she hates colin anyway #colin becomes the permanent thorn in her side #how's a bitch supposed to scheme when mr. amateur detective is in the corner playing 3D chess w/ her? #colin starts off relatively blah about portia then hears how she talks to pen and just decides to torment her. for the bit #the number of times he's 'accidentally' handed her the salt instead of sugar at featherington family meetings ALONE #'whoopsie they're just in such similar looking bowls' #Colin one time looks Portia dead in the eyes and asks 'wait. . .but if you're here. . .who's guarding hades?' #and penelope snort laughs

[ihatebrainstorm]

If Brainstorm were an animal, he'd be a Honduran white bat

#hangs upside down #flies #white and yellow colour scheme #pointy #looks like they always need to be somewhere in 2 minutes #need i say more #actually wait if there's holoform humans why not holoform animals

[cherry-bomb-ships]

Hey guysss, this art is the first installment of a series of profiles I wanna make for each of my self inserts! I figured I would start with R. Marie, seeing as they're probably the s/i I've put the most thought and development into! A bit of backstory info (as well as the tag list) will be under the cut, and once more profiles are created, they'll also be linked with this one! Any reblogs and comments are all seen and appreciated!! 💜🥺💛

Other Profiles: Nurse (Team Fortress 2)

As a child, young Ruby Marie was lacking in the characteristics that begin most villains' tragic backstories; she came from a loving, middle-class family in a good neighborhood and made friends easily. Not only that, but she excelled in class and always had a good rapport with her teachers and fellow students. If things had continued the way they did, she may have been on her way to growing up to benefit society with her inventions, maybe even winning a Nobel Prize or two.

But all of that changed in the third grade, when the science fair project Ruby Marie had worked for three weeks on came in second place to a first-grader's potato battery. A potato battery, the most basic of science projects!! From that traumatic, devastating day forward, the young scorned genius swore that the world would never made the mistake of believing there was anyone more intelligent than her.

She immediately threw herself into the studies of evil, and the more she learned of its ways, the more she convinced herself that she was made for it. After years of self-taught villainy and perfection of deadly robots, the young kind Ruby Marie was long dead, and the cold-hearted, ruthless R. Marie was born.

R. Marie quickly figured that making their genius known across the world could easily take decades of their life - which were decades that they would rather spend enjoying their reign over humanity - so they devised a plan to get to the top in record time; they would simply ride the coattails of someone who had already been working for decades to take over the world, and as soon as that poor sod succeeded, they would overthrow the fool and take their rightful place as ruler of the world. And R. Marie had just the sod in mind...

@ava-ships @bee-ships @beetleboyfriend @canongf @clawfull @cloudyvoid @derelictdumbass @discountwives @dissonantyote @edencantstopfallininlove @final-catboy @gible-love-nibles @halsdaisy @hoppinkiss @hotrodharts @hyperionshipping @iyamifucker @lex-n-weegie @little-miss-selfships @little-shiny-sharpies @loogi-selfships @lovebugexe @mandrakebrew @mintpecks @mrs-kelly @nameless-self-ships @nerdstreak @paper-carnation @patches-and-her-selfships @p-i-t-s @reds-self-ships @rexscanonwife @ship-trek @spacestationstorybook @squips-ship @scroldie @tiny-cloud-of-flowers @toogayforthistoday @winterworlds

#yayyyyyy so it beginsssss (my project i mean heehee) #i actually have another one already ready to post #ill just wait a day or two to let this one settle heehee #anyways here yall goooooo im very happy wif this 🥺💖💖💖💖 #🍒🧠: evil does it better #💜: the man of my schemes #self shipping #oc x canon #self ship #self ship community #self insert #self insert community #fictional other #crash bandicoot oc #neo cortex #my art

[boiledegghole]

dancing bird

#boiledegg art #forgot how much i love this color scheme. its so simple but so vibrant. red black white.... 10/10 #trying to figure out a cool layered approach like this where i start with the red blobs and put the black lines above them #a very cool look. im liking it a lot #wanted to try it bc i was looking at some of my older salmon art and i was like 'wait this bangs. however i was doing this layering thing- #-very wrong. i was like. faux layering. like sorry past me thats not how it works usually

[taiturner]

I’m sick of saying sorry, I’m sick of always having to explain. Couldn’t breathe underneath all the pressure, so pain, it became pleasure. 

@number5theboy & @meredithbeckham sent a number + the umbrella academy for an edit from 2022 spotify wrapped ◆ my turn by misterwives, featuring ALLISON HARGREEVES

#allison hargreeves #allisonhargreevesedit #emmy raver lampman #wrappedmeme #tuaedit #the umbrella academy #tua #theumbrellaacademyedit #brellygifs #tusermich #number5theboy #userbecca #tusermyra #usersray #userpolaris #userclara #superdaily #* #tvedit #anyone else wait until the entire gifset is finished before impulsively changing the color scheme or just me #determined to finish these spotify wrapped memes before 2023 is released...