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that-ari-blogger · 4 months

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Writing Your Own Story, Together

Sense and Insensitivity is the single most terrifying episode in the Owl House. More than Hollow Mind, more than King's Tide, this episode is nightmare fuel. It's got all of the greatest hits, giant spiders, tight spaces, publishers. This episode should have been the Halloween episode.

But that is just me. If you don't get scared of these things, what is in this episode for you?

Well, this episode is about teamwork, it helps to nurture the friendship between King and Luz, and it shows that sisterly cooperation is possible between Eda and Lilith.

Let me explain.

SPOILERS AHEAD

The main plot of Sense and Insensitivity is the collaboration on a book by King and Luz. It shows the differing opinions on what they want the story to be about, and it leads to argument.

And I'm going to get on my soap box for a second here, because something needs to be said. Opinions about what is a good story do not contradict each other. If someone ever tells you a story "must" or "can't" include a specific element, they are objectively wrong, because a story can be whatever you like. I have seen a level of argument online about people going after others who like or dislike certain story elements, and I find that ridiculous for one key reason: If you don't like a thing, you don't have to read a book or watch a series with it in. For example, I have hemophobia (fear of blood), but instead of complaining that everybody writes gory books and telling people not to, I find media without blood in it, and I watch or read that. It's a simple solution.

Anyway...

In the Owl House, this comes to a head when the two split paths to write their own stories, and my wording there is important. Because one of the main themes of the entire series is witing your own story. So, you would think that the split would be framed as a good thing, based off this, right?

But no, because this episode makes something clear about forging your own path. It doesn't mean that you have to travel everywhere alone.

That soapbox I mentioned earlier is important to understand, because people having different tastes is the whole point of humanity. We are a diverse species, physically, culturally, but also emotionally. If we all only liked the media I personally enjoy, the world would be stale. We need people with different tastes to make life interesting, but we also need them to guide us.

We need people who are different from us to help us along our journeys. Writing your own stories doesn't mean not taking inspiration. It means doing what you like, the way you like. You can certainly be inspired by others if you want.

But writing your own story doesn't mean you are right in every decision you make. Watch Doctor Who: The Giggle to see why that is a bad idea. Sometimes you need people to keep you back from danger, or you might fall prey to people and things that want to exploit you.

Enter Piniet.

Piniet's character design is funky, and I love it.

First up, there is the reptilian element. Reptiles have a reputation for being cold and emotionless, while this is a subject of debate (Dr. Gordon Burghardt is a co-author of a book titled The Secret Social Lives Of Reptiles which I highly recommend you check out), but the stereotype remains. When you think of a snake, you probably think of a trickster or a liar. When you think of a lizard, you probably think of the "lizard part of the brain", a concept of, once again, dubious accuracy. Psychology today has an article that discusses the concept.

The point I am making is that Piniet's appearance is evoking ideas of heartlessness. Using the stereotype, it is telling you that whatever this character says to King, none of it is genuine.

But there is another little element that I quite like. That third eye. A few reptiles and amphibians have a third eye in real life. It is located on the top of their head and is called a Parietal Eye. Science Direct has a collection of sources on the subject. But Piniet's eye is different from the real world. Because it appears functional, but he keeps it hidden. Piniet has more eyes in play than those he talks to, he can see from more angles, and be aware of things others are not.

There is also the references to a third eye in specific real world cultures and religions. And without getting too far into still living cultures about which I am far from an expert, this is generally related to extra insight or foresight. (Source)

Once again, this links to my reading of Piniet as a character who can read people like books, and if you combine that with the reptile thing, you get someone who is intellectually empathetic, but not emotionally. In other words, Piniet is a manipulator.

I'm not going to recount the plot beat for beat, but needless to say, it takes King and Luz being confined to the nightmare box to get some thinking done and actually work out their differences. And notably, to get out of it, they work together. Luz with the light spell and the plan, and King with that confidence and charisma that he has shown off in previous episodes. Teamwork. Forging their own path together.

It is also notable that the agent is only satisfied by the entrance of Nina Noseworthy, who in this shot litterally eclipses King. The agent is chasing the next big thing, without any care for the art itself. That's just a neat little detail.

Eda and Lilith also have that co-operation on display. And while their similarities have been shown already. When both feel powerful, they both act incredibly pompously. But here, we see a different side of Lilith.

When Eda and Lilith are stressed, they react in completely different ways. Eda laughs it off and gives a veneer of not caring, this isn't new, she's been doing this the entire series. But Lilith on the other hand, she gets scared. Lilith is a very different person to the sneering villain that she is shown to be elsewhere.

This is why I think the redemption later on works so well. They have already proven they can work together. But also, Lilith doesn't have to shift character to switch sides, she just has to drop the mask.

I will also mention that in the scene above, Eda, despite being a fugitive, is open and relaxed in body language, but Lilith is on edge and guarded. Lilith looks like she is hiding something from Eda and afraid her sister will find out. I wonder what that could be.

Final Thoughts

I despise this episode on a personal level. I don't think it's bad at all. This is about average for season one, if not slightly above. My feelings around this episode are entirely centred around that shrinking box and the little cube people, because they are more terrifying than anything Bellos can do.

In all seriousness, this episode has a simple premise, teamwork, that is executed well. The animation is cool, the character designs are awesome. The humour is decent. This is a good Owl House episode.

Next week is Christmas, and I'll be taking a look at wild magic itself, as discussed in Adventures In The Elements, so stick around if that interests you.

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#rants #literary analysis #literature analysis #character analysis #what's so special about...?#toh #the owl house luz #the owl post #the owl house lilith #the owl house king #owl house #toh luz #toh lilith #toh king #i cant be the only one who thought the shrinking box was terrifying

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plaguedocboi · 1 year

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Mx. Doc boi, I just witnessed a connected series of your posts on pintrest. They read as follows

"Seeing a black cat is actually good luck. A frog or toad is also good luck. A leech is great luck

If you ever purposely harm an amphibian you're cursed for life, sorry I don't make the rules. If you accidentally harm an amphibian that's still bad luck but I think the universe understands that accidents happen

If you see a snail it removes any curses you may have accumulated. This is because snails eat curses

You should be writing this down"

Such information has caused me to have queries, so, I thought that I would ask them, as this format presents you with zero obligation to answer them unless you wish to do so.

Why is seeing a leech good luck? What does seeing a leech mean? Does carefully scooping up a frog you found on the road, and cradling them in your hands, and they do not puff up, or squirm, or pee on you, count as intentionally harming an amphibian? There are ones I know, who count all touching of amphibians, as harming them, and I am not entirely sure what to think. And then finally, what if you scoop a snail, and you're chilling, and you're letting the snail gnaw on you, but then a few minuets later you see that oh god, the snail has somewhat withered because your ultimate curse is that salt comes out of your skin with time, and you'd forgotten about that, and now the snail is hurt, oh no.

1. A leech is good luck because leeches are nature’s tiny doctors, and they are a sign of good health to come. Also you got to see a funky little guy and that should improve your day!

2. Touching an amphibian with clean hands does not hurt them! (Source: I’m a biologist.) Always gently escort amphibians off the road when you see them. It may be stressful to be grabbed by a large creature but being briefly stressed is better than staying on the road and being run over.

3. Only handle snails for a short time and then let them go on their way. Otherwise you may dry them out and that is not very good for the snail. They are delicate and lovely creatures.

4. I love the formality of this ask especially since it concerns a shitpost I made last year. I also love Mx Doc Boi. Treat wildlife with respect and kindness and they will always bring good luck. Godspeed.

#asks

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autumnalfallingleaves · 2 years

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What are some of your favorite headcannons on Anne?

Anon, you have great timing, because I just watched some Amphibia with my roommate and her friend >:D

I love headcanoning her as romance-favorable/sex-rupulsed aroace and transfem :D

She has sciatica in her right leg- this is totally projection (because I also have sciatica in my right leg), but it also makes sense because she’s bound to walk a bit funky because of the one shoe, right? And my theory is that I have sciatica because I also walk a bit funky so now Anne has sciatica, too. I gift this to her lovingly.

Other than liking K-Pop, I headcanon that Anne likes indie rock- stuff like Vampire Weekend and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, maybe. I’m basing this off of the vibe of No Big Deal, which she wrote.

She’s literally such a good chef. Maybe even better than her parents/grandfather. If she wasn’t a herpetologist, she’d be a chef.

Speaking of a herpetologist- for her job, she gets a green pickup truck. If the worlds aren’t seperated, she gets one with a bench seat in front so she can fit her entire family. Two humans and a frog up front, and two frogs and a human in back. Frobo can ride in the bed of the truck.

Sprig names it the Frogmobile. Much to Anne’s chagrin, it sticks.

Her first name is actually Annabell but she hates it. She goes by Anne at every opportunity.

She eventually gets her name legally changed to Anne Savisa Boonchuy-Plantar

When she still had her Calamity powers, leaves would actually grow in her hair, due to her powers. This is why her leaves and sticks visibly grow when she uses her powers. If she didn’t lose her powers, she would need someone to help her trim all her plantgrowth. In a world where Earth and Amphibia aren’t separated, the only two people she trusts to actually clip her leaves are her mom and Sprig.

Related, if the worlds were able to stay together, Anne and Sprig would develop a relationship that’s a mash up of best friends/siblings/QPPs. They’re idiots who share one braincell (affectionate).

She can’t keep her right shoe on to save her life. This is a lifelong thing and not just an Amphibia thing.

She uses the Plantar Family Hunting Dance to capture specimens for the aquarium and also to fend off large predator animals.

She can make actual frog noises. Related, Sasha does a terrifying Toad battle cry.

She becomes a lot more acrobatic after Amphibia and actually starts doing a little gymnastics as a hobby after she gets home.

I know it’s canon that she legitimately likes eating bugs, but I’d like to think she starts eating them as snacks at school and work. She, Sasha, and Marcy all gain reputations as the girls who like eating bugs as snacks. Anne will also cook with them and has roped in her parents to liking them, too.

On a slightly angstier note: if we follow the canon ‘verse, Anne finds it really damn hard to sleep alone after she gets back for good. She slept with the other Plantars in the same room for upwards of seven months during a war (they probably had to share a room in the tunnels), so it’s hard to sleep alone, after that. She keeps waking up with the fierce need to check on her frog family. She can’t do that anymore.

She uses her phone a lot less after Amphibia. She really enjoys getting outside and going to the forest and stuff. Swamps are her favorite and she’s actually a pretty decent fisherman, now.

Nobody she knows can rival her greenthumb. She starts a vegetable garden when she gets back from Amphibia.

Anne becomes an accidental internet celebrity after the invasion and she doesn’t even really notice because she uses social media a lot less. She mostly posts pictures and talks about amphibians and her garden.

Not as much as Marcy or Sprig, but Anne is an artist, too. She likes keeping it as a hobby, though.

She writes songs in her spare time and plays them on her guitar.

Man I should probably stop now huh alfsdhjlkdfsh

#I am constantly rotating her in my brain 🥰#I did not expect to get into 'amphibia' as much as I have but this one character in particular makes my brain go brrr #beans answers

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mauesartetc · 2 years

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Hi Maue! Bless you for this account, it’s helped me so much in developing as an artist… sorry for adding onto your already-stuffed askbox, but i was wondering if you could help a little with some character design stuff i’m going over?

If not thats fine👍

but uh if so there’s this family of edwardian anthro dogs i am working on. Robbie was born into the family and married Shelley to keep up appearances, and Shelley married him as she could present as a woman and be greatly elevated in financial status. they adopted susan, and robbie’s in a rather unstable relationship with Some Girl/Guy named ernie…robbie is kinda taking advantage of his status and political importance to do whatever he wants. He is not really a good person and i am kindaaaa poking fun at a few billionaires with his character. shelley is a woman who is rightfully angry at her husband being a awful guy and just wants a normal life while still trying to appease her husband so she doesn’t have to deal with the consequences of getting on the wrong side of royalty, susan’s some strange child who thinks robbie and shelley are cool but sorta starts to realize something’s a bit funky about them. anyways so i was wondering how i’d instill motifs of animals other than dogs in these dogish-creatures that relate to their personality whilst still keeping them a canine species, and also how if you have any tips on conveying info through clothing in character design..or any other thing you think i could change with their designs for the better…

sorry if this was rambly and have a good day👍

Ooh fun! To start with, it’d help to figure out which breed of dog each character is based on and work from there. Once you put a specific name to the appearance you’re looking for, it gets so much easier to find visual references for it. (And yes, visual references will very much be your friends, especially in the early stages of character design.) Judging by these character sheets, we’ll want to link Susan with reptiles and amphibians, Robbie with barn owls, and Shelley with shelled creatures. But first, some general notes:

I’ll admit I straight up forgot cereal was a thing in the Edwardian era (which covered the period from 1901-1910 for anyone unfamiliar), so the fact that Robbie inherited a cereal company kinda threw me for a loop. But yes, cereal had existed for decades by that point, though based on my research (see above), they didn’t advertise with animal mascots like the owl in Robbie’s ref. A lot of ads just had illustrations of consumers enjoying the food or holding up the package, along with a paragraph or two explaining why this brand is the best choice. (And yeah, I know Cream of Wheat’s not cereal, but it’s breakfast food so I’m counting it.) If you want to be historically accurate, understand that companies back then had very different approaches to branding from how they handle it today.

Speaking of accuracy, I’m no historian but I’m pretty sure Edwardian folks wouldn’t use the terms “asexual” or “transgender” to describe themselves. Not sure if you’ve written these labels into your story’s dialogue, but it’s worth mentioning just in case. Also, I’m not sure what the blue and white flag represents-? I searched all over for it but didn’t get any results. The placement next to the ace flag led me to believe it was some kind of pride thing, but even the more exhaustive lists didn’t include it. Some clarification would be nice.

Robbie’s description says he’s “very gender conforming” yet he squeals when he’s pleased? Wouldn’t that be considered a pretty effeminate thing to do? I’ve never heard of a single “man’s man” who’d (voluntarily) raise his voice to such a high pitch on a regular basis. Just sayin’, you’ll want to be sure your descriptions are consistent. I also did a double take at the fact that he’s nearly a full foot taller than Shaq, but depending on the average height for this species in this time period, it might be easier to buy. (Fyi, the average height for men who turned 18 in the Edwardian era was around 5′4″, and even shorter in previous years.)

Now for the redlines:

Something I noticed consistently in these drawings was a lack of body structure, as if the character’s outlines were drawn first without an understanding of internal volume or how things fit together. There’s also a tendency to draw characters’ eyes on the sides of their heads, as if they’re fish rather than dogs. A carnivorous land mammal would have front-facing eyes that resemble wedges in profile. If the characters have a solid construction, it’ll be easier to build on it when dealing with symbolic motifs and such.

About those motifs, it helps to gather photo reference of whatever you’re trying to represent in the design, and get a sense of the shapes and colors that comprise it.

It also really helps to get specific. We already know Robbie’s associated with barn owls, but Shelley and Susan are more open ended. If each of them had to pick one (maybe two) species of amphibian/lizard or shelled creature as their favorite, which would it be? Or, which species most closely resemble their own personalities? Narrowing the field to one or two animals will help focus your research.

The next step is figuring out which elements you want to use, and where. This depends on how subtle or overt you want the symbolism to be.

Basically, the more cells you check off in a chart like the one above, the more noticeable the symbolism will be. If you want to use only shapes or only colors, or only use symbolism in the accessories and body, for example, you’re free to do so. It’s also important to note that symbolism in certain locations in the design will be more noticeable than in others. Let’s say you wanted to use a crablike orange for Shelley. If you used it to color a small accessory (like her bracelet), the tie-in would be pretty subtle. But if you used it to color her face, the place on a character our eyes are most drawn to, it’d stand out like a neon sign.

There’s a sliding scale of subtlety in individual parts, as well. It’s up to you to decide how closely you want them to resemble the original source. Here’s what happened when I experimented with the doggos’ ears, with the resemblance ranging from subtle to overt:

It’s all relative to what feels right for the character. Hope this helps!

#ask #stolasgeotiahater #character design #dogs #anthro #redline #critique #art critique #research #symbolism #long post

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breezespirit · 1 year

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Warning!!! Eye injury, scars, blood, and death!

- He goes by he/him pronouns and he is a cis tom.

- He is the deputy of Scuteclan. Scuteclan is a clan full of cats with reptile/amphibian like traits, such as hallow fangs like venomous snakes or color changing fur like chameleons.

- He became deputy after the old deputy was murdered. He found the killer and reported it to the leader, who then made him deputy. At first, most cats didn't think he was good enough but after a month, he proved himself worthy of the job.

- Anacondajester has a snake tail and can hold his breath underwater for 50 minutes.

- He got his prefix because of his pelt.

- He got his suffix because of his personality.

- He has two moms! One is a swimmer named Yellowtimber and the other is a climber named Gilaflower. His parents are still together and are in a happy relationship.

- He has two siblings that were born recently. They are named Pythonkit and Beadkit. He loves them and will fight anyone who even looks at them with slight disapproval.

- His best friends are two twins. The older twin is a swimmer named Frogshell and the younger twin is a medic named Hummingfrog.

- He had an apprentice before he became deputy. Their name is Coralpounce, and they are quiet and reserved but very sweet. His current apprentice is Rattlepaw. She is a spunky little cat who has a rattle at the end of her tail and vemon. Her climber name will be Rattlewave.

- Anacondajester is in a loving relationship with Platypuspond. He loves him dearly and wishes to be with him constantly but knows that it wouldn't be good for either tom. He has thoughts about leaving his clan with his family and running away with Platypuspond but fears they would be caught. He hasn't told his family about his relationship.

Wow! I'm on a roll! These were so damn fun to draw!!!! I loved designing these funky cats. I will go over what all of them are and I'm sorry if I sound like a nerd. I'm going to school for herpetology, the study of reptiles and amphibians, and I just had a great time. Bear with me while I infodump hehe.

Anacondajester is obviously based off a green Anaconda.

Yellowtimber is modeled after the yellow Anaconda.

Gilaflower is from the Gila monster. Which I think look neat.

Beadkit comes from the Mexican Beaded lizard who is a close relative of the Gila!

Pythonkit is based off of a Ball python since I have one. I'm biased.

Coralpounce is from a Coral snake but more specifically a Malayan blue coral snake. They look super pretty! I'll probably make a normal coral snake later.

Rattlepaw is obviously based off a Rattlesnake. Maybe l'll redesign her to be a specific Rattlesnake. Probably a Pygmy Rattlesnake because they are cute and smol!

Frogshell is based off of a Glass frog. If I ever do a full body of him, I'll have his skin see through.

Hummingfrog is based off a Milk frog! My favorite frog!!!

I hope you guys like them!!! Next will be Snailmottle and OH BOY! I'm going to have fun with them. Have a great day guys!

#breezycharacters #breezyocs #breezydesigns #Anacondajester

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rxttenfish · 2 years

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What’s your favorite part about your design for Miranda? Might not be the most in depth question but it’s what I’ve got

there's a LOT that i like and a lot of little details that go into her design that only really show up when you see them acting in tandem with each other (her jaws are what come to mind - she is very, VERY good at biting and biting to a terrifying degree, but you can't really see it until you put together the shape of her teeth with the serrations on them with the shape of her skull with the fused bones in her skull with the "softness" of her face created by her jaw muscles with her neck muscles - and you only get that when all of her various smaller traits work together)

but i think if i had to pick a single, purely physical aspect of her redesign it would be the nose crest

i've had it for... a while? namely, because for a long time i was drawing more humanoid miranda and miranda closer to her canon design, but i also had a full speculative design that i kept in my head, although i never really had chance to use it. that was where i added the nose crest, based off of phytosaur nose crests at the time, because i think they have funky skulls and its a shame that people outside of paleo circles dont know about phytosaurs. and it really is just a VERY appealing head shape for me.

(just look at him. look at my good boy.)

but, because i've gradually gotten more and more divergent with my artwork and with miranda over time, i eventually realized... i already had basically the rest of the head i wanted with the original total redesign, and all i had left was to move the nose up and almost between the eyes, instead of at the end of the nose.

however, one of my favorite things about having the redesigns is what i mentioned before - how all of the various parts of the design work in synchronicity together. at a certain point, even when you make a change, it all kind of WORKS with everything else you have, often even better than before the change, and it helps reinforce the idea you're going for and makes them seem all the more better adapted for what they're made to do.

in which case: merfolk's ancestors diverged from ancient amphibians. i've known this for a while, that's how they have their external + internal gill setup, and even more recently i've settled on them being a type of temnospondyl. however, its important to understand that this lineage of ancient amphibians who lived lifestyles similar to crocodiles experienced a decline in the mesozoic, entirely disappearing around the middle-cretaceous. several different factors contributed to this, but one of the big ones were being out-competed by crocodiles, and even if they had made it to the K-Pg boundary, they wouldn't have made it beyond that.

this has been a problem for me for a while. merfolk are a part of this ancient branch, but they survived to modern day, unlike their relatives, and thus would have had some kind of workaround that let them survive while the other branches of temnospondyl died out.

so far, the reason why has been two-pronged, with some adaptations that made them unique very early on and let them carve out a niche for themselves.

the first has to do with their reproductive setup. they, very early on, had live birth, and because of that, they were not as reliant on pools on water to reproduce in like other amphibians. they also had unisex individuals, which let their populations survive at lower numbers.

but the second has to do with how they accessed oxygen. this is why they have the dual gills setup - they could extract more oxygen from the water than their relatives, via waving their external gills around when they were still or having running water pass over them, or from swallowing water and pushing it out and over their internal gills when they were moving around, and both of them meant they didnt have to breathe through their skin as much, so they could cover it in scales. because they were amphibians, they had lungs too, which let them directly breathe in oxygen from the air, which gave them a further use and advantage over their counterparts, as it gave them a bigger "hit" of oxygen all at once for them to use.

which leads me back to the nose crests as one of those ancestral traits that merfolk still have today. moving the nose so radically on top of their head meant they didnt have to lift their head so far outside of the water to breathe, but because it was on its own bump and above the rest of the head anyways, they could shift their nostril position around to more directly funnel water into their gills when they swam forward, effectively giving them the best of both worlds for specializing in taking advantage of all the different ways they can access oxygen.

and both of which, in tandem, makes me feel a lot better about alluding to their evolutionary history and how they managed to last through deep time while their relatives didnt, and how merfolk were able to come about in the first place.

#asks #chloes moth dimension #all the care guide says is 'biomass'#monster prom reanimated #Monster Prom: Reanimated #this is also why abyssals have pretty small nose crests while the other species of merfolk get much bigger nose crests

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valentine-cafe · 2 months

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For the Valentine machup.

I'm a 20 years old, bi, (cis) woman. May or may not the ace spectrum. (I'm not opposed to the thought of having sex but don't feel like couldn't live without it either.)

I'm 180cm tall a little chubby, with long, straight brown hair, blue eyes and glasses.

I'm an English major at the university, but I learnt IT in middle school. I like natural sciences especially biology and antropology, but only as a hobby.

My other hobbies incloud art and reading. I'm really fonded to sci-fi and fantasy words because of their structure and unique flora and fauna.

I alwasy wanted to be able to do magic or have a superpower (mindreading, and/or telekinesis).

I love every animal, my favourites being any kind of reptiles and amphibians and cats.

I don't like the cold (even though I handle it well) and prefer to wear cozy clothes. Mostly cotton or whool. Jumpers and funky socks are always the part of my set if it's possible. But if I had to choose I'd live my life in pjs.

I like people with long hair and find wearing flashy eye makeup and/or high heals super attractive. I don't really care about other details (like height, weight, colors of anything) though until the other person is well kept and clean.

. ˚◞♡ 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍◞ ₊˚

⊹ ۪ ࣪ ᥫ᭡ “ you are paired with . . . ” ꒱

you have been matched with jingyi 9948e due to your interests and general self. your hobbies of art and reading are two things that jingyi can get by. while he may be quite chaotic and all over the place, he is still quite a creative person and would love to create with you. however, do not engage with him when it comes to anything in the science field. . . he is not a stem student and he wants to keep it that way. your love for frogs and reptiles will have him taking you on explorations along the riverbed that he loves so much, in search of them for you. seeing as he is a reaper, who are naturally cold to the touch, he always makes sure that is body temperature is warming up before he comes around you. with that being said, your love for cosy and warm clothes is also something that he can delight in. he’ll give you tons of his own clothing as it fits that category. no need to worry when it comes to having a well-kept and clean partner as he is both of those things, despite being so chaotic

˗ˏˋ꒰ 🍰 ꒱ 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔 ⊹ ۪

˖ ࣪ ଓ jingyi loves it whenever you go walking along the riverbanks and waterways of the different meadows and landscapes that you find whenever the two of you travel around. his eyes following your movements and small halts whenever you find a frog or an axolotl floating around in the bright, clear water, where the stream is gentle with a chiming ring to it as the water flows.

˖ ࣪ ଓ please let this man do your eye makeup — it is something he loves so very much and knowing how you feel with the flashy eye makeup too, he’d love nothing more than to try out some of his own looks on you, and watch your eyes shimmer with amazement and happiness as he turns you around in the chair you’re sitting in so that you can see yourself in the mirror.

˖ ࣪ ଓ on days where the weather is dark and gloomy or when he feels that itch to paint, sketch or draw — or perhaps write some poetry, he will pull you with him to sit beneath the roofs of one of the zhao estate pavilions or beneath an overhang where the two of you can sit and be artistic, murmuring softly to you whenever his mind composes short poetry for only you to hear and the wind to carry out to the rest of the world to bring it some happiness when times are hard. he also loves to do a few shoulder peeks, to look at what you’re drawing. nevermind how far you are in your process, praise and compliments will spill off of his lips, all very genuine. he loves the art you create, all of it.

˖ ࣪ ଓ with both of you having a liking for cosy clothing, jingyi makes sure that the both of you have matching pjs. it can range from colours to patterns, whatever they may be. he finds it to be cute whenever the two of you match and it puts him straight into a cuddling mood.

˖ ࣪ ଓ with your distaste for the cold, the poor reaper — whose natural body temperature is quite cold — does everything in his power to make himself as warm as possible, layering himself in clothes so that you won’t immediately freeze when you feel his skin on yours. this can be a negative thing though as he always ends up feeling really hot. yet still whines about wanting to hold you. eventually, you both comes to a solution.

˖ ࣪ ଓ he might not look like it, but jingyi does enjoy reading. in particular, reading with you. one of his favourite things is listening to you read out loud. he always makes sure to pick out some books whenever he goes out so that you always have something on hand. especially during night where he needs to drift off. it’s a comforting pass-time for the both of you.

˗ˏˋ꒰ 🍡 ꒱ 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒆𝒅. . . ⊹ ۪

the waters of the zhao estate’s waterways soothes your ears. eyes focused on the amphibians that swim around in their home, while small reptiles run along the lively surroundings. a few butterflies having landed on your head while you sit there in the grass.

“qin’ai deeeeee” jingyi calls, as he makes a beeline over to you, scaring a few of the woodland creatures away, that had started to gather around you. you jolt slightly, looking back at him with a small look of surprise, but smile at the reaper approaching you. his long hair flowing behind him as he runs towards you.

he scoots down next to you, landing in an odd sitting position, head propped into his hand, the other arm slung over his torso as he looks up at you with the usual big idiot-in-love grin. watching the wildlife slowly return back to you as the surroundings calm once more, despite his chaotic presence.

“gege” you chuckle quietly, greeting him with a smile of affection.

“you look so pretty today baobei.”

sitting up properly and gently brushing a strand of your hair behind your ear, he pulls you in for a small kiss on the lips before pulling away and with ease taking out one of the butterflies in your hair to show it to you.

“you attract such beautiful things, it is incredible.” he chuckles, maroon eyes shimmering as they move up to look into yours once again, his free hand wrapping around your torso and bringing you close to his side, so that the two of you are snuggled up together by the riverbed.

“it’d be a beautiful day for going a walk, no? i brought some snacks too! we can also feed some of the deer’s in the garden”

⊹ ۪ ࣪ ᥫ᭡ “ others you also paired with. . . ” ꒱

˖ ࣪ ଓ yize 9948e ˖ ࣪ ଓ rishen 164

#⊹ ۪ ࣪ ᥫ᭡ the specials — valentine matchups ꒱#teratophillia #terato #terato x reader #monster romance #monster oc #monster x reader #monster boyfriend #oc x reader #monster boyfriend x reader #original character x reader #grim reaper x reader #grim reaper oc #jingyi 9948e x reader #zhao jingyi 9948e x reader #monster matchups #matchups

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Design Shitting: Froads Edition

I discovered these funky lil dudes by accident and overall think they’re pretty cool visually (can’t speak for anything else about them). There are a lot of good, or at least tolerable designs, which makes the…interesting ones stand out.

That said, they’re yet another Cham-wannabe-but-a-tiny-tiny-bit-more-original-than-Teebeetles-n-shit species where a Froad can be just about anything you want if you have the money and slap some croakers(?) on the neck.

Let’s begin.

The redeeming value is it was a freebie: froadsmasterlist(/)art(/)Froad-894-915598412

i’m mantis shrimp riiiick, morty, i turned myself into a fucking shrimp!! see it’s funny because i’m a froad, but i was designed to look like a mantis shrimp instead!! i’m just a fucking mantis shrimp morty! check it out!

I don’t give a shit that it’s just $30, it’s a snake with a human torso. No, not a naga. A snake. With a human tors–just look at it, man. froadsmasterlist(/)art(/)Froad-863-915383869

this thing would be an evolutionary mistake the mother would’ve eaten to regain the wasted nutrients from. the croaker things i guess they’re called on the neck are also oddly more detailed than anything else and look like croissants

If they’ve been posted here before, you get to suffer again. froadsmasterlist(/)art(/)Froad-815-913253468

why do people intentionally make scene designs anymore. for the irony? for the nostalgia? it was dogshit then and it’s dogshit still, and this one isn’t even fun because of all the patterns and noise from the idk 20 tails stuck to its ass. yet is somehow still more readable than anything Waschmittelpulver has ever made probably because it uses more than 3 colors. in fact it took every color it could, it robbed the color store

Remember when I said a Froad can be just about anything you want? Here ya go. A tiger with some sort of croaker things on its neck for $100. froadsmasterlist(/)art(/)Froad-522-904851221

i’m so curious as to why it’s the reptile/amphibian/insect species that do this. are they not interesting enough already by being less popular species choice? do they want to try and cater to everyone that badly they’ll slap the species defining feature on even a toaster? it also seems to have that impim flesh hood going on too. 0% of this could be classified as a froad even people in froads would probably get confused it’s called a froad

Not shitting. This one is is hilarious: froadsmasterlist(/)art(/)Froad-520-904250381

resigned sigh sure whatever fuck it who cares

Oh god, where to start? First, either this artist used My Little Pony to reference the legs, or they just took a wild guess. Second, the entire fucking bow is on fire and so this poor bastard can’t even hold it properly. Third, it was $50. froadsmasterlist(/)art(/)Froad-503-900988980

the fucknugget isn’t even holding either of them properly anyways. what makes a froad anyways? apparently just the croissants on the necks because this is a fullass furry centaur. the front legs are too short as well. and it’s just primarily brown. not even a fun interesting pattern you get brown on a darker shade of brown. congrats. 50 dollars.

$150. Imagine rendering this thing on the regular. Oh, and it’s got a broken foot. froadsmasterlist(/)art(/)Froad-544-905088931

yeah that right foot is jacked up. it’s just a cluster of blue-ish ‘crystals’ hot glued together. and i do mean hot glued because it’s so shittily cobbled together. im mainly unimpressed because froads wasn’t even interesting as a baseline concept and shit like this is already being done to it.

#design shitting #submission #froads

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searching for frogs sounds so fun!! do be careful!! (and remember the oils on your skin isnt good for them)

hi leo!!! hows it goin??? are you feeling alright? been up to anything?

I'll do my best to be careful!! (And I'll remember that fact, I tend to forget it... Be gentle with the froggies!) I don't know if I'll even find any, but I'm gonna try >:3c

Hi Dino!!! I'm kinda sleepy but the day's been good~ There hasn't really been anything going on tbh. Just been talking to my friends and just kinda relaxing~ Except for later when I go walk to the park to search for funky little amphibians!!

#hi dino!! it's so nice to see you in my inbox again <3 #when my grandparents lived nearby they had a pool and i used to rescue the frogs out of it #i love frogs they're so neat <3 #whats been goin on with you dino?#anything fun?#i hope you're doing well too~~#dino ❄ !#leo.asks!

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Amphibia season 1 rewatch + notes :)

So I just finished rewatching the ENTIRE season 1 of Amphibia and I have some notes on the episodes that stood out to me! There are some quick notes, a couple lengthy analyses and even some headcanons sprinkled in! It's like a written stew of season 1! I'll be doing a written Amphiba stew for season 2 too!!

It's kinda long so you could just skip this or hit the keep reading button and give it a read!

S1: E2 Cane Crazy

Anne shows general disregard over other people's things

(Mimicking Hop Pop and breaking his cane, throwing all the wood carving things that Loggle made, even a coo coo clock that she even said was nice (And for him to say it took 20 years to make right after she broke it))

S1: E2 Flood, Sweat and Tears

Anne would be the WORST during sleepovers and I LOVE IT!!! My girl is just being a tween, staying up late, playing would you rather and keeping everyone else up. I think that's ADORABLE and now I'm thinking about how sleepovers might've been back home with her, Sasha and Marcy…

She also just stays up late in general?? She reads dumb magazines and eats CRUNCHY snacks. She is really just 13,,,

And it looks like Sprig does it too, not as much as Anne (probably because he is younger than her) but it seems like it has to be in his terms. Before, he looked to be annoyed with it when he was trying to sleep. But, if he was awake, like in the beginning or at the end of the episode, he had no problem staying up playing would you rather!!!

S1: E3 Hop Luck

Anne: Old things are dumb!

And

Anne:* violently GRABS Sprig and shoves him against the wall* don't you DARE talk about pineapple in my pizza… Ever…

Anne:

Sprig:

Anne: Okay! Let's go get these ingredients!

HHHH ANNE!!! I love this funky little child SO MUCH!!!

Hop Pop loves these kids so much that he was willing to put aside his old, traditional family recipes in exchange for making pizza with them. My heart is gonna explode I'm-

Anne please don't make your surrogate frog brother get married just to get some pizza dough I'M BEGGING YOU-

S1: E3 Stakeout

Hop Pop: I'm a crisp 68!

Is Hop Pop actually 68 or does he mean more of 68 going on 80 68? Either way he looks great!

Anne has Blam Berry Blitz ("the drink that punches you in the face and doesn't stop") in her bag along with all the OTHER stuff we already saw (air pump, toe nail clipper, pencils, cat toys, bath bombs, etc)

Anne is officially those friends that have EVERYTHING in their bag no matter what.

I really like the relationship between Anne and Hop Pop, how they both in some way yearn for what was but in different ways (Anne wanting to go home and Hop Pop's olden ways when he was a little pollywog) but are still similar in how they try to remember. They try and try and try to keep what little family/friends they have safe and protected. They love the relationships they've formed with other people (And with each other) and would go great lengths to help and protect them!

Also I MAY be looking way too into it buuuut was Boulder-Tron (that rock dude that Polly hallucinated at the end) supposed to foreshadow Frobo??

S1: E4 Taking Charge

Okay quick one, Anne nearly having a whole ass panic attack when her phone dies because she couldn't look at her photos or videos of home actually made me sad. This girl is only a CHILD and her entire home and everything is gone and she for real thought she couldn't ever get it back,,,

Hop Pop: I mean, the part where the island itself is revealed to actually be…!

Sprig: No!

Polly: Don't!

Anne: Spoilers

I dunno why and again, I MIGHT BE LOOKING TOO DEEPLY INTO THIS, but maybe this is foreshadowing something with the land of Amphibia? That maybe there is more to this crazy land than we know? Maybe even a reason it, along with all the other universes even exists???

S1: E5 Breakout Star

AHSBWJOA ONLY EPISODE 5 AND ANNE ALREADY HAS HER PHONE'S LOCK SCREEN OF THE PLANTER FAMILY I'M-

S1: E7 Dating Season

Anne said that ⅔ of ALL soul mates start out as "just friends"

…

I'm looking at you, team Sashannarcy

S1: E7 Anne vs. Wild

Hop Pop's behavior at the end of the episode when Anne finally shows them the calamity box is awfully sus…

He doesn't say anything but "may I?" To inspect the box and then is like "Nope, never seen it" I just feel like he knows something and then adding onto it with the whole burying it to protect his family just sounds like… he definitely knows something, maybe not a lot but there is something he's not telling the others

Also, why would a book that HE has have information on the Calamity box??

(I fully support the Dr. P was a Planter and also possibly the pink frog who was friends with King Andrias theory)

S1: E10 Toad Tax

At this point, Anne said that she has already been in Amphibia for over a month now.

(And damn, Sasha's been in prison for like a month,,, yikes)

Also Hop Pop teaching Anne how to pay taxes is so adorable, she really is part of this family now guys,,,

And I love how Anne was able to win over the Wartwood people by being her natural, charming and not to mention caring self. Anne, like Marcy and Sasha, can be selfish because honestly what kid, especially a 13 year old, isn't.

But what matters is that she always tries to make up for it.

Yes she did join the arguably sketchy toads into getting the taxes from everyone in order to feel somewhat included in ANYTHING, but while she was doing it, she knew it was wrong. Anne knew it was wrong and tried to give back some of the stolen stuff. Hell, even at the end she risked her safety to protect people she felt didn't even LIKE her, like, Anne literally broke her arm from them because that's just how Anne is.

S1: E10 Prison Break

I always forget how like,,, SUPER cunning Sasha is. I mean, she was able to talk FIVE toads into quitting within a WEEK as a PRISONER. Like??

Grime: That's not a bird. It's a heron, a murderous predator that happens to love the taste of flesh

Sasha: Cute

The lines in this show I'M-

So Anne was a varsity tennis player and Sasha was a cheerleader and did Tai Chi. I still can't believe they were both jocks,,,

(Well, Sasha I get but Anne? Sweet ol' lil baby with the lanky limbs Anne???)

Hey um, why the FUCK does Grime have acid spit?

Sasha: *looking at photo of her, Anne, and Marcy* Hold on for a little longer, girls. I'm coming for you. And when I find you, we're gonna get home. But first, I think we're gonna have some fun with this place

Okay so this line right here. Now I may not be even remotely correct but this line, this last piece of dialogue spoken by Sasha right before the episode ends leads me to believe that she… doesn't take this world seriously.

At least not yet.

I think the 3 girls all see Amphibia differently: Anne as more of an obstacle, a wall preventing her from being home, Marcy sees it as an escape from her life with constant stimuli, and Sasha, she sees it as just really another thing to control. Everyone and their mothers know that Sasha can be a little more than controlling and we all know that she liked being lieutenant just a little too much.

This world is interesting to Sasha, not in the interesting that Anne sees it (who is interesting in the new people and the relationships she's formed) or Marcy (who is also interested in the relationships she's formed along with the thirst for knowledge and again, the constant stimuli in an environment where she isn't stifled and allowed to flourish).

No, Sasha sees Amphibia as interesting because it gives her something to control. In a world that is not your own, a world that you will leave eventually, who would actually FOLLOW the rules put in place there? Especially a 13 year old who is basically like a war commander who, even if she does do something wrong or breaks a rule or two, the only person who might even dare to stop her is Grime, and even then, he might just encourage it because it is season 1 and they aren't that close and he doesn't really care for Sasha at this point.

She also is actually very logical. Everything she does in Amphibia, all the morally questionable things she does, it is always for the same reason (or at least at first), to get her and her girls home. Wanting to sacrifice and kill Hop Pop at the end of season 1? Well The toads had promised if she helped, they'll help her find Marcy and bring the 3 of them home. She cares for Anne and Marcy SO MUCH that she is willing to go great lengths to help keep them safe.

But even though Sasha didn't really care about anyone in Amphibia besides Anne and Marcy at first, it doesn't mean she won't ever. We see countless times throughout season 2 of Sasha caring. She feels regret with her impending betrayal on Anne and Marcy, she cares enough to try and warn Anne about King Andrias' evil plans. Hell, even in the season 3 intro we see her and Grime at Wartwood and it looks like they're gonna be starting another rebellion against the king to help all the amphibians in Amphibia.

I just really like watching Sasha's appearance and knowing what will happen in the future with her character.

S1: E13 Trip to the Archives

Anne: I get this place. It's like a library from my world. Zoo books and manga, here I come!

So whenever Anne goes to the library, presumably with Sasha and Marcy, she'd go straight to books on animals and manga probably while Marcy did whatever work they needed (if Anne's dialogue in season 2 with Marcy always doing the work for their group projects was anything to go off on)

I dunno, I think that's kinda cute that Anne liked reading books on animals and probably reading all the manga that Marcy recommended.

Maybe Anne and Sasha would sit right next to each other while Marcy worked and read fun manga together and cackle with each other while Marcy tried SO HARD to concentrate and NOT infodump to them because she's read that specific manga 20 times and HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO THAT ONE PART WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER GOES-

S1: E15 Wally and Anne

MOSS MAN!!

When Anne wakes up in the middle of the night and goes to grab Wally at town square, her hood is up and it's dark. The only thing we can make out of her face are…

Glowing blue eyes.

Glowing eyes that share an uncanny resemblance to the moss men.

And Anne loves doing elaborate, silly handshakes? That's so CUTE! Too bad none of her friends liked them as much as she did :(

When they finally reached the foggy mountain place, Anne noticed glowing blue butterflies and started to follow them, which led her right to the moss man.

WAIT ANNE ALSO DID ROCK CLIMBING BACK HOME?? FUCKING JOCK!!!

S1 E20 Reunion

Okay I WAS about to say that there wasn't anything to say about this last episode that hasn't already been said before BUT

The last couple moments, when Anne is holding Sasha off the cliff and trying to pull her up with the Planters, there's a couple interesting shots that I would like to talk about.

While the Planters were holding onto Anne, they say things like "Hang on, Anne! We got you no matter what!"

And even when the stone cliff starts to chip and break, none of the frogs back off, they don't loosen their grips, they just keep holding onto Anne.

And they will never let go.

Because they love her. Because in only 3 months, Anne was able to get a surrogate frog family and dozens of other frog friends in Wortwood. Because Anne has this amazing support system both literally and metaphorically. Because Anne is Anne. And Sasha...

Isn't like Anne.

Matt Bradly himself even said that both Sasha and Anne are different from Anne, Anne is the heart, the emotional connection in their logical worlds. Anne can make so many friends so easily and Sasha… Sasha became a war genral, she lost a fight against the one person who she thought would never fight back.

Sasha doesn't have what Anne has. She doesn't have the kind of skills to make such strong relationships, the kind where you risk your life for the other, in such a short amount of time.

Hell, they even play a song called "Lean on Me", Anne has people to lean on and they would lean on her just the same. She found these people, made these friends, formed amazing relationships, in only THREE months.

"Maybe you're better off without me"

And Sasha was only dragging her down.

Sasha loves Anne, she cares for her and would do anything to protect her. That's why she let go. She didn't want to drag Anne down, to hurt her more than she already has.

Sasha would do anything for Anne, even die.

Over all notes:

Season 1 is SUPER FUNNY!! The lines hit and they don't rely on toilet humor to get the audience to laugh. They use great one liners and physical humor that isn't fart or butt jokes. They do an excellent job on showing how crazy the world of Amphibia is through humor like how the animals are always eating each other.

I really like how the characters were crafted so carefully! And the storyline!!! You could notice things that get explored in season 2 and I can't WAIT to see how many bread crumbs were left to lead up to season 3!

HOW DOES ANNE KEEP SO MANY THINGS IN HER BOOK BAG???

That stuff is in her SCHOOL BAG, why would she bring it to school??? So far I've got an air pump, toe nail clippers, pencils, cat toys, bath bombs and an energy drink. WHY??? I wonder if she held on to any of Sasha or Marcy's things too or ever forgot to give them back

Also again, I'M STILL IN SHOCK OF ANNE BEING A JOCK. I don't even know why I am, I knew she played sports and stuff it's just,,, she's so lanky,,,

Her and Sasha are jock buddies and WILL shove other jocks in lockers if they ever pick on their nerd Marcy.

I also am in LOVE with Hop Pop's screams lmao

Be ready for an analysis of season 2!

#amphibia #anne boonchuy #hopadiah plantar #hop pop #sprig planter #polly planter #sasha waybright #Marcy wu #season 1 #analysis #my ramblings

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sleepingfancies · 4 years

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I unironically fucking love it when immediately after a thunderstorm anywhere from 1 to 500 tree frogs start to sing. you go you funky little amphibians you celebrate the rain better than anyone

#personal

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What are the gym leaders' hobbies? What do they like to do in their downtime?

Very interesting. Is it just me or do these gym leaders have more personality than the generations before them? I haven’t played every pokemon game, though, so what do I know?

Milo:

-Cross stitching. He’s the guy to talk to if your grandma wants something to hang in her kitchen.

-Bee keeping. One more think to add to his farm. But honey you get yourself tastes all the sweeter, if you ask him. The gym leaders happily accept free jars of craft lavender honey when the harvest is good.

Nessa:

-Herping. Herping is the activity of looking for reptiles and amphibians, and honestly, same. She can’t get enough of those funky little lizards.

-Hiking. Going for a hike in the mountains is always a good time. Fresh air, good exercise, and beautiful scenery. Honestly, same again, though.

Kabu:

-Reading. It’s his favorite thing to do to pass the time. Keeps his mind sharp and a good story is always entertaining.

-Glassblowing. Man’s cupboards are full of glasses he made himself. It’s fun and practical to Kabu to make his own glass ornaments or other glass things he can use. He’s got a beautiful vase that he made himself that his guests always marvel at.

Bea:

-Archery. Yeah, martial arts are cool, but bows and arrows are always fun to handle. It’s also improved several practical skills of hers.

-Rock climbing. There’s no better place for rock climbing than Stow-on-Side. It’s a test of endurance and strength and there’s something exhilarating about being at the edge of a cliff you just climbed up. Empowering.

Allister:

-Ghost hunting. He likes to go to supposedly haunted places and try to find ghosts. He’s pretty good at it, too.

-Urban exploration. He likes creepy abandoned places, even if they’re not haunted. He doesn’t get to do this much, though, since it can be pretty dangerous.

Opal:

-Knitting. What old lady doesn’t knit? She makes cute little scarves and socks for her pokemon. She doesn’t share, though, don’t ask.

-Coin collecting. After all the years she’s spent collecting coins, she’s got a pretty impressive collection. She’s only missing a few and it makes her angry that people don’t appreciate her collection.

Melony:

-Also knitting, but she does it to give to other people. Go and visit her and you’ll leave with a fantastic knitted treasure. You will appreciate what she gives you.

-Ice skating. She’s done it since she was a little girl, and she continues to share it with her children. She has many fond memories of ice skating.

Gordie:

-Rock collecting. Bring him a nice rock. He will appreciate it. Again, same.

-Gardening, surprisingly. Milo got him hooked on it. Fresh sugar snap peas right off the plant are the best. There’s something special about bringing your friends and family food you grew yourself. Seeing them enjoy something you put so much work into is really satisfying.

Piers:

-A lot of people don’t know this, but he likes knife throwing. In a rough town like Spikemuth, it comes in handy, too. He usually only has a pocket knife on him, but if you endanger Marnie and he has access to throwing knives, watch out.

-I’ll say it once, I’ll say it a thousand times, gymnastics. He does it to keep fit as a gym leader, but it’s really something he enjoys doing. He’s flexible and strong because of it and pretty proud. He also shares this hobby with Marnie, which makes it special.

Raihan:

-Reading. Specifically history. He loves history so much it’s not even funny. He’s got so much history trivia he could talk your ear off for hours. You’ll be so sick of his voice it’ll make you nauseous. No one knows how Leon doesn’t vomit the second Raihan mentions the Hammerlocke Archives.

-Astronomy. He got hooked on this after he read about nomads who navigated with the stars. The heavens have a lot of influence on the past, so he thought it would be a cool talent. It’s also a good skill in case he ever gets lost in the wilderness.

Leon:

-Baking, surprisingly. He’s got a crazy sweet tooth, and while he can’t exactly eat whatever he wants, a home baked from scratch batch of brownies never hurt anybody. When he visits his brother, Hop demands he makes Hop’s favorite chocolate chip cookies in the world, which he does happily.

-Longboarding. Well, not very much anymore, but he’s still pretty good at it if he gets the chance. Beats walking, anyway.

Hobbies are good. Hobbies are fun. I encourage you all to get hobbies. Look for some funky little lizards, too. You won’t be disappointed.

#pokemon swsh #pokemon milo #pokemon nessa #pokemon kabu #pokemon bea #pokemon allister #pokemon opal #pokemon gordie #pokemon melony #pokemon piers #pokemon raihan #pokemon leon #ask #anon

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Overwatch’s Halloween Costumes (Part 1?)

Anon said: “Hiya ^^ since it's Halloween season (at least, at the time of writing this), I have a halloween-inspired request! What do you think the Overwatch cast- heroes and villains alike- would dress up as for Halloween?”

A/N: Better late than never, am I right?

Also, I was finishing the last half of this piece, had Zarya and Zenyatta left, and then my computer glitched sent me back to my homepage. So yeah, lost half of writing, felt like throwing my computer, decided to just post what I got. It’s been a rough couple days. <D

Hope you enjoy what’s here, sorry for the missing content. Maybe I’ll write the rest when it’s not two am, guess we’ll see.

~~~

Ana

She’s very sarcastic with her costumes

Very Jim from The Office-esque

More often than not it’s an ugly Halloween sweater with a matching ugly Halloween headband, or a shirt that says something along the lines of “This is my Halloween costume”

She has forced Pharah into doing embarrassing mother-daughter costumes a few times as well

She’s more treat-oriented than costumer-oriented

She’s nabbing all the candy

Ashe

She hasn’t done the costume thing since she left Blackwatch

She was practically forced to do Halloween costumes back in the day, and it’s made her hate it

She’s already got that goth bandit look going on anyway

Has been asked if she’s wearing a costume (plus ‘Nice wig/contacts!’) while wearing regular clothing more than once

A bandit underling once asked if the group could do costumes among themselves and her response was threatening to shoot him in his kneecaps

Someone else tried to give her payment in chocolate coins as a trick and they were never seen from again

Baptiste

Loves to do costumes with his patients

He’ll dress up in his hero gear for kiddos and help patients create minimalist costumes for themselves

Probably passes out candy and those funky light-up Jack-o’-lantern headbands to people who can have/wear them

Reads Halloween stories or puts on Halloween movies for kiddos

When he doesn’t do hero gear, he lets people vote on what they want him to wear

He also l o v e s trick-or-treating

Bastion

Naturally, there’s not much costume-wise that a Bastion can do

They’ve tried to put Ganymede in ‘costumes’ (more like flower necklaces or a leaf on the head) but with little success

They’ll wear things they find in nature as a costume sometimes, such as leaves and flowers and sometimes a shiny piece of trash or lost article of clothing

Once some teenagers spray-painted them a costume, it was very exciting

When Torb begrudgingly gives in to caring for Bastion, he and the kids help Bastion get dressed up for the holiday

Brigitte

Loves Halloween

Like immensely

Decorating and planning for it at least a month in advance

This includes plans for costumes

There’s no telling what she’ll be, she’s always something different

You know it’ll be good and hella elaborate, though, because she’s been working on it since last Halloween

D.Va

Similar to Brigitte, she’s always got a new, fun idea every year

Usually animal-themed, or themed after whatever charity she’s partaking in that month

Unlike Brigitte, however, she hates when people celebrate holidays way in advance

How her costumes are always so put-together and cool, no one knows, because she always says she came up with it the night before

Doomfist

Not a costume man himself

Halloween-colored sweaters are the most you can hope for him

He does like giving out candy and going to the annual Talon Halloween party, though

People learned very quickly not to try to force a costume on him if they didn’t want to sleep with one eye open for the rest of their life

Genji Shimada

He really likes costumes, but it’s difficult to find/make one that works well with his current form, so he usually doesn’t wear one

He loves to admire other people’s costumes, and help people create them if they need it

He has dragged Hanzo into doing sibling costumes once or twice before

Hanzo Shimada

It is possible to coerce him into a costume if you’re his s/o or if you’re Genji

Anyone else attempting to get him into one will get an arrow pointed at them, though

Junkrat

Doesn’t really do the whole costume thing

In normal sense anyway

Instead he just kinda

Puts on a funky shirt, or some outfit he stole from someone/somewhere and calls it a costume

He’s far too busy stealing candy from people who won’t give him any when he goes trick-or-treating anyway

Lucio

Goes all out for his costumes

There’s always a new idea, and oftentimes it corresponds with D.Va’s costume, especially if they’re both at the same charity

The amount of times he’s been able to design a different type of frog/toad/amphibian costume is wild

After the holidays, he has to take some much-needed hair care time, because his hair style, color, etc changes at least twelve times between October and February

McCree

He’s already wearing a costume, thank you very much

Vintage cowboy, baby

If anyone calls him vintage, though, he will demand a competition to see who is more spry

Yeah, he doesn’t do the costume thing much, just spruces up his look a bit to fit the part of a regular, old-fashioned cowboy

A different hat, serape in a different pattern, loses all the high-techy bits of his gear for the day (except for his arm, of course), etc

Despite not doing much costuming herself, Jesse gets so much shit for ‘cheating’ Halloween

She’s usually the one he’s fighting for spryness

She usually wins

Mei

She’s far too busy for costumes, believe it or not

She’s more of the decorating type

However, she does want Snowball to enjoy themselves, and they love Halloween, so she helps them dress up

It’s usually nothing simple

Mercy

She adopted Ana’s sarcastic costuming style at some point

Probably absorbed through time and admiration

Tied with loss of innocence and gain of seriousness that growing up and working as an Overwatch medic does to a person

Plus, she works all the time, and definitely works Halloween, so a simple ‘costume’ with a little dry humor works much better in her field than a whole elaborate outfit

Moira

Hah, a costume?

That’s funny

The most you get is candy bowls around the office (only of Moira’s favorite treats) and maybe some Halloween colors in her attire

Nothing much different than the usual

Orisa

Matching costumes with Efi, whatever costume that may be

A fairy and a unicorn

A pair of knights

Ana and Pharah in their uniforms, once, which made Ana laugh out loud and Pharah flustered

Pharah

Speaking of Pharah

Similar to Mercy, she works a lot and takes her work very seriously

She also takes Halloween not very seriously

Therefore, it’s rare she’s not working during the holiday, and she definitely wouldn’t be wearing a costume

Unless Ana drags her into one

At most, a Halloween-themed sweater might appear at some point in the day if the compound is chilly

Reaper

His work clothes are his costume

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A Rose By Any Other Name

Chapter Summary: Janus learns how his absence affected the sides, and Logan likes flowers.

Ships: kinda hints at loceit and past intruceit.

Warnings: illness, breakdowns, flashbacks, (kinda) repression, its based off of dwit and pof, so keep that in mind...

Chapter 3

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“Pardon me Logan, but may I have a word?”

Logan was in his room, reading a book about amphibians. Janus had come in, and was waiting in the doorway.

“Sure, what do you need?”

“I wanted to ask you about something.”

“Go ahead, you may ask me.”

“I’m Thomas’s desire, and I know when he has a big desire, and recently he’s given up on one. It was a really big one too, something he wouldn’t easily give up on. What happened?”

He knew, of course, how the callback originally went. But he played a major role in the courtroom. How had his absence changed things?

“It’s a complicated issue Dee, one I’m not sure I can explain properly. It would be best if I showed you. Would you be adverse to a trip down the memory archives?”

Dee hadn’t ever gotten to go down the archives before, atleast, not with full access. He could steal snippets here and there, but full memories? He was curious now, what he would find.

“That sounds excellent Logan, would you be alright leaving now?”

The logical side rose from his seat, straightened his tie, and moved out the door past Janus, the side in question following quickly behind.

“After you’ve learned the way, you should have full access to the memories, since you’re a ‘light side’ as Roman puts it. Ah, here we are.” Logan had stopped in front of a door, labeled “MEMORY LANE.”

The hallway, or lane, was long and filled with seemingly endless rows of shelves, much like inside out. Instead of glowing spheres though, each memory was a flower. It was a haven of petals and sunshine, and Logan walked through the rows, carefully tending to each plant like a devoted gardener.

“It’s one of my roles to attend to the memories, and I will admit, I find it quite relaxing to tend to the plants. They need close care to stay in good condition. Weeding the plants helps to keep the memories accurate, and it prevents cognitive distortions. Watering them keeps them fresh, and makes it easier for Thomas to retrieve memories. The sunshine simply keeps them bright, and helps Thomas remember the details.”

“He really has a subconscious thing for flowers, huh?” The comment slipped out before Janus could think about it, and he quickly regretted it. Logan had turned back to face Janus, and his expression was openly curious, and Janus knew he wouldn’t be getting out of this one.

“What do you mean? Have you seen some other flower-based phenomena within Thomas’s psyche? To my knowledge, it was only the memories.”

Janus sighed, and praised whatever god was out there that he could still think on his feet. “If I tell you, would you promise not to tell the others?”

Logan raised an eyebrow, but nodded. “I will not disclose anything you share with me, unless it would be harmful to Thomas for it to remain secret.”

Well, he’d take what he could get. With another sigh, he rolled up the sleeve of his left wrist, exposing a few of his roses. In this light, he could now see what the dimness of his room hid, and the sunshine revealed the different hues of the roses. Some were a soft yellow, while others were tinted more orange. Even the reds had mixed shades, some being vibrant, while others were darker, a deep shade of crimson. There were even a few shades of coral and white in the mix. It was, for lack of a better word, beautiful.

Janus stared down at his arm, having pushed up his sleeve all the way to reveal the roses twining up his arm, entranced by blossoms. Logan too was staring, though his gaze was more calculating, and Janus realized he had to say something, before Logan took it upon himself to discover the meaning behind his markings.

“They’ve been there since I appeared, but they haven’t changed at all since then.” He felt the lie clog up his throat, and he turned away to cough up a couple petals into his hand, discarding them before Logan noticed. “I’m not sure what their purpose is though, I probably haven’t been around long enough.” There, that was close enough to the truth that it shouldn’t cost him a rose.

Logan seemed to accept that explanation, and with a reluctant promise to discuss the matter more later, he moved down the aisle, finally stopping at a row a little ways in.

This section was packed with flowers, too many for Janus to name. He saw roses and daffodils, holly and tansy. He recognized carnations, chrysanthemums, columbine, and hydrangeas. But even hidden among the hues of reds, purples, and yellows, he saw so many shapes and sizes of petals he wouldn’t know where to begin.

“This was a very emotionally charged event for Thomas, so there is more variety then you’d find in most memories. There is a total of 36 plants in this section, so I advise to get the gist of it, you look through the aloe, amaryllis, anemone, begonia, belladonna, black-eyed susan, carnations, columbine, crab blossom, hyacinth, hydrangea, hyssop, marigold, myrtle, roses, and tansy, to start. Simply sniff a blossom, and you’ll enter the memory, see it exactly how it happened.”

Well that wasn’t a lot to take in. But he still moved towards a flower, picking what he was pretty sure was a begonia, and took a deep whiff.

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Thomas burst in, yelling about his callback. Roman freaked out, and Patton was supportive, until he learned the date, nothing had changed there. This time though, “Foe-gan” didn’t appear, and there was no courtroom. Patton said it was wrong, and so Roman quietly gave up, pushing his dream behind him. Thomas never admitted he’d rather go to the callback, and that was that.

Until Remus came. Without Janus to rein him in, he’d gone off the deep end. It hurt to see him like that, and Janus felt the regret welling up inside him.

The darker twin was almost feral, tearing savagely into Thomas’s mind, bringing out everything Janus had worked to hide away, forcing Thomas to confront all his worst fears. It took all four of the light sides to rein him in, and they locked him in the subconscious, where he wouldn’t have nearly as much influence. Where he couldn’t hurt anyone but himself.

Thomas went to the wedding. That didn’t change. He came back though, and he snapped. All the stress, the anger he’d been repressing, Thomas had reached his boiling point.

Patton and Roman came in to defuse the situation, though that didn’t help much. Patton insisted that they had done the right thing, even if it didn’t feel right. Roman finally spoke up, saying that he wished they’d gone to the callback, and that maybe Patton wasn’t always right.

Logan came in then, saying that it was impossible for Patton to be correct 100% of the time, and that in this case, it was more likely then not that he’d made the wrong call. He pointed out how the callback had more to offer Thomas, and the huge decline his mental health had taken since choosing to go to the wedding. How even now, Thomas had gained no joy from the event.

Patton continued to insist that they’d done the right thing, that it had to be right, that it couldn’t have been a mistake because then he’d madeamistakeandhewaswronganditwasallwrongandwhatwasevenrightanymoreand-

Patton blew up, screaming and howling, holding his head as Lilypadton burst forth. Roman and Logan tried to calm him down, but Patton was gone, and he no longer knew what right and wrong were. He was being forced to re-examine everything he’d been taught, and this time Janus wasn’t there to help him through it.

Luckily someone else was. Virgil finally came in, and told Patton to breathe, to let Thomas breathe. The anxious was able to calm Morality down, and then explain that he was pushing Thomas too far, and that he needed to ease up. Thomas couldn’t keep going like this, giving every bit of himself to others, and Patton was finally able to see how he was hurting his host.

He apologized, and finally admitted that the wedding wasn’t the best choice, that maybe they should’ve gone to the callback, and explained the situation to Lee and Mary Lee.

Then it was Roman’s turn to be angry. Everything he had sacrificed was for nothing. His dream was about to come true, only for Patton to pull him back, and change his mind later? He was furious, that no one had listened before, that Patton hadn’t even given him a chance.

Janus heard Roman’s words echoing in his mind as the memory ended, harsh and broken. “You said you trusted me, I thought I meant more to you then that. Thomas, I thought I was your hero.”

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When Janus came too, he was holding an anemone, a flower he knew meant forsakenness. He wasn’t sure how to process what he’d learned, so instead he turned back to Logan, who’d been tending to the plants while Janus reminisced.

“What happened? After Roman left?” The logical side turned and faced Janus, placing his hands behind his back.

“Well, we made a plan to prioritize Thomas’s mental health in the future, and how to start putting him first. When we went to check on Roman, he said he needed some space, but after a few days he seemed to be back to his normal, extra, self. That was about two weeks before you appeared, so I supposed your existence is in response to Thomas deciding to start putting his desires first.”

Logan turned and gathered up his tools, before heading towards the exit. “I hope this was an enlightening experience for you Dee, now if you’ll excuse me, I have some more work to attend to in my room.” With that, he left, leaving Janus alone with the memories.

Knowing what he knew now, Janus had only one move in mind for the future. Whatever it took, he was going to find a way to see Remus again.

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so this chapter kinda had a funky format, sorry bout that, but it was late

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