#(under readmore tho)

[transactinides]

There is a reason why Ranpo often struggles with getting lost/finding his way back home

This might seem like a far fetched beginning, but for this to be clear I do need to explain one pretty easy to understand (I prommy) math concept - a random walk. In math, a random walk describes a path consisting of random steps in some sort of mathematical space. A path of a molecule in a gas is a random walk, and individual foraging animal's movement is a random walk, and even your Tw*tter follow suggestions use a random walk process. I have heard of it from Markov's chains and computer science. You might not have heard of it at all which is both valid and understandable. The important parts are:

1) a random walk is. well. a random walk;

2) In Japanese, while most commonly referred to by its transliterated name, ランダムウォーク (literally 'random walk' in katakana), a random walk can also be called 乱歩, with 乱 meaning 'disordered' and 歩 meaning 'path.

If you (unlike me) know Japanese, you already see where I am going with this - yes, 乱歩 reads as 'Ranpo'. It is, in fact, the same 'Ranpo' as in our beloved detectives name, Edogawa Ranpo!

So Ranpo's general directionally challenges nature could be a nod towards his name, meaning that he probably gets lost easily and struggles with routes due to taking random detours and turns (just like a random walk ^-^)

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #ranpo edogawa #dont think its long enough as to require putting the entire thing under readmore? do tell me tho. #also. there are benefits on reading wikipedia articles on math concepts for fun apparently. bc thats how i figured that one out #lis smart

[comradekatara]

What do you think of Ozai as a villain? 👀 i'm seeing people saying the live action Ozai is better and i'm like "nah". They missed the point of the character

i mean i think a lot of people misunderstand ozai because people want a compelling character (especially a compelling villain) to be “layered and complex” in a very specifically emotional sense. but i do think ozai is layered and complex, simply in a different way that people expect. azula, for example, is a great villain because she is psychologically complex, and every action and motivated is entrenched in layers of nuance. but ozai is thematically complex, functionally layered. his underlying emotional motivations, however, are beside the point.

ozai’s narrative function is primarily to be metonymically figured as the embodiment of patriarchal and imperialist violence. ozai performs this function through interconnecting the domestic (his abuse of his wife and children) with the national (his role as sovereign of an empire). zuko’s disavowal of ozai in “the day of black sun” very explicitly ties his personal abuse to the logic of imperialism, and zuko denounces both logical tracks through acknowledging their interrelation. it’s hardly an uncommon character construction either: the domestic (specifically, the patriarchal nuclear family model) as microcosmic of the societal (specifically, patriarchal societies that are otherwise organized along unjust hierarchies) is prevalent across plenty of narratives, from the house of atreus to king lear to succession.

my personal favorite example of this trope as it is employed is in palace walk by naguib mahfouz, because al-sayyid does function as sovereign of his house, but he is also grappling with the consequences of being a colonized subject, and that colonial shame and humiliation both complicates his relationship to power but also reifies his patriarchal role within his family, his very real pain and disempowerment leading him to exacerbate his domestic abuse and tighten his control over his wife and children. al-sayyid is also, notably, not strict and controlling beyond the purview of his family, but within his own house, he very deliberately positions himself as an inviolable patriarchal authority.

however, unlike al-sayyid, ozai is a sovereign in every sense of the world, and even positions himself as akin to a god. but, as we can infer from “zuko alone,” ozai is not impervious to patriarchal abuse (or he wasn’t before ascending the throne), and thus has suffered his own shame and humiliation fostering his god complex due to compensation (and through the internalization of the logic of patriarchal abuse). ozai perpetuates the cycle of abuse as he, too, once suffered it (much like logan roy, to name another excellent example of this archetype). so while ozai is no longer a victim in any sense of the term, it is important to understand the psychology underlying his belief that he is ontologically deserving of the undivided respect and submission of the entire world due to his position of power.

ozai genuinely believes that he was teaching zuko respect, because respecting his authority is one of the values ozai holds most dear. because, of course, to speak out against ozai as an individual is to speak treasonously of the fire nation, and vice versa. and he expects his children to display their unquestioning loyalty to the Father(land) above all. the second they question him or confuse that priority in any way, they have irrevocably forsaken him and thus must be discarded. that is the logic of (to quote utena) a man who has made himself “end of the world.”

moreover, the other most crucial aspect of ozai’s character is how he is framed. until book 3, we never actually see his entire face. he is always a goatee, a spaulder, a disembodied smirk, a voice echoing through the flames, a crown. ozai as metonym goes both ways. and it serves to emphasize his ominous nature, as someone who is so powerful that we cannot truly view him head on. he’s framed in an almost godlike way.

and then, in “the awakening,” we see him without reservation. he is a tall, imposing man, but he is also, fundamentally, just a man. in “the headband” we see his face through a fire nation propaganda poster, as if to imply that his face is not more sacred than any other face. his poster is immediately followed up with aang’s recreation of his portrait with noodles. before book 3, holding ozai’s gaze is impossible, as he is merely a looming spectre. but book 3 immediately and ruthlessly undermines the notion they have been building up for two seasons, and through comedy, no less. ozai may be uniquely powerful and uniquely evil, but he is still just a man, and by the time he crowns himself phoenix king, destroyer of worlds, we are well-aware that he is not innately, divinely superior in any way, and his fascistic performance simply looks ridiculous.

unlike azula’s claim that “the divine right to rule is something you’re born with,” there is nothing unique or ontological about the role of the emperor. there is nothing ontologically superior about the colonizer’s relationship to the colonized besides the material dynamics of power informing their relationship. the father as head of his family is not ontologically necessitated any more than the structure of the nuclear family is predicated on innate anthropological roles rather than being socially constructed and maintained through systemic violence. ozai is not ontologically special, and his claim that he is seems even sillier as he goes up against the avatar, who actually truly is.

when ozai faces aang in the final battle, it is a significant fight because it represents the culmination of all the ideals aang has constantly fought for and asserted within ozai’s imperialist paradigm. and by refusing to submit to ozai’s logic of domination, aang disempowers ozai wholly. not because lack of firebending makes one totally powerless, but because lack of bending makes one powerless within ozai’s logic. aang renders ozai victim to his own ideology, playing his own imperialist dogma against him. instead of killing ozai in combat, as ozai expects, aang humiliates him by asserting his cultural values and their continued relevance over ozai’s values. the culminating battle against ozai, with the spiritual light that threatens to overtake aang, is a battle of one ideology winning out over another. it is the culmination of a century of genocide and colonialism by an imperialist power. it is the undermining of ozai’s entire worldview.

ultimately, we don’t need to see a lot of ozai to understand him. we can understand ozai perfectly through zuko and azula, because he positioned them as extensions of himself and thus their respective embodiments are simply their ways of performing him (azula is obviously a better actor). his complex psychology is beside the point, because his narrative function is to represent the imperialist forces that aang must battle. and they do this by establishing him as an ominous and terrible deified man, and then undermining him as little kore than a human being with an incorrect worldview. so he is interesting, not because he’s “complicated,” but because he reflects the central tension of the show in a satisfying way, and that’s what matters.

#lilith-91 #asks #analysis #ozai #synthesis #azula&ozai #ozai&zuko #azula #zuko #putting this under a readmore even tho it’s only 10 paragraphs….. for shame #im on mobile rn but if u go thru my ozai tag you’ll also find a lot of other posts and more in depth analyses of the things i cover here #im sick of linking to other posts tho #at this point everyone should just be wholly familiar with my oeuvre #(im lazy)

[orokay]

My (hopefully) last batch of large ko-fis for a while!

I had an interview for the paid training opportunity through ovr on Thursday so I'm waiting to hear back from them to know for sure, but regardless of if I get it or not, I'm going to be taking a much needed break from larger ko-fis to recuperate and draw for myself. In the meantime I'm going to keep mini's open, so if you're interested in supporting me until I (fingers crossed) start this new job in February, please check out my commissions page on ko-fi! I’m currently unemployed! If you’d like to help me out you can buy a mini or donate to my ko-fi! Thank you so much for all of your support!🌺

I don't want this to turn into a novel, so I'll try keep this brief, but I want to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for supporting me through this period of my life. It's been a really rocky road, but I don't know where I'd be without the generous support of all of you guys who commissioned me, donated, and boosted my posts. Thank you so so so so so much! I want to send a special, huge thank you to Jax who commissioned me almost every time I opened them. I can't tell you how happy I was every time you popped up in my emails. You've been a dream commissioner to work with I honestly don't have the words to express how much working with you meant to me! Thank you again! I hope I'll be able to draw more of your characters for you in the future! ♥

#post did end up getting really long WOOPS under the readmore it goes #im feeling really sappy today i wish i was better at putting these feelings into words tho lol #my art #finished commissions

[13thdoodle]

bunch of Phantasy AU doodles n wip from earlier this year

Basically I just found out this year that ball-jointed dolls actually have strings in them and not just... magically attached by the ball joints themselves? And 31 in this AU is a ball jointed doll that were made out of Danny's energy so here we are :3c

I've been watching a lot of doll customization since earlier this year and found out from dollightful's video that no they are all connected by elastic strings inside so that's where the idea came from

...i was looking on google to find a good example to put here and clearly I'm not exactly paying attention to how the main body strings are actually.. pinned to?

the video I've been watching the most is dollightful n moonlight jewel and they have their bjd usually only to the bottom of the doll head instead of all the way to the top on the skull pin like the diagram above

Which is why 31 has his strings all connected to the 'heart' in the middle instead of the head kasjdnkasjnd

But yeah uhhh specifics aside...

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Those ball jointed dolls made me think of 31, and then thinking about the clones in Phantasy AU and like.. the logistic of it

for 31, the idea is that during the circus gothica arc for this AU, Danny actually got kidnapped all the whole way into another universe/plane in which he met Valeska (Enn's oc) who unalive what his face the circus leader n break Danny's hypnosis

and now that Danny is essentially stuck in a whole other plane/realm/or sth he just following Valeska hoping she'll help him find his way back.

In one such trip, Danny got kidnapped (again) by another group/cult who wanted to use his power/energy as a gate keeper to the ghost zone to make their own gate keeper so they can open portals to ghost zones and maybe other realms too

31 is part of the experiments. He's a doll made with part of Danny's energy as his core.

And then it's.. uhh.. sth sth Valeska finally found out where they kept Danny and devour everyone there safe from Danny n 31 who helped him escape so now the three of them travel together~

The last pict is me thinking about clones and kingdom hearts :tm: so dramatic about Danny being the soul separated from the main body and 31 a clone made from part of the soul too and all that Not sure where I'm going with that but it do sound cool

And there's also Danielle but I'm not exactly sure.. how she would fit in? but it would be interesting if she was made from Danny's body somehow

so 31 made from part of teh soul and Dani from part of the body sounds poetic somehow

#13thdoodle #dp phantasy au #dp fantasy au #dp 31 #if u noticed that I've been putting some read more lately #it's bc one of the school project is to document all your progresses in a doc including all ur research and fails and what not #and basically i'm trying to make it into a habit by doing it here too #like.. no harm done i think in putting up what inspired me and where ideas came from #n what rambling about things #yall follow me here so i assume ur interested a lil bit about me rambling my ideas n such #i put them under readmore specifically bc I know how long I can go on #and like the main thing about documentation is to be transparent about it #u learn from ur failures n ur successes n this is one way to track them #if u fcked up figure out where how and why and what u can learn from it n then improve from said fail so yea anyway #but yea i been trying to keep things short n clean so it look nice before #but i got a p good grade for documenting everything last tri so now I'm well actually I DO have a lot to say about things #so heree i am #am i gonna be more active tho that would be a whole different topic all together bc ha ha capstone qwq

[cannibalisticskittles]

i got a commission of pen and echo that is really, really, really not safe for work and, in fact, cannot be posted here. but i can give a preview.

.....and say that the full pic can be found here.

#mtas pen #my time at sandrock #my time at sandrock pen #mtas echo #mtas builder #mtas #if you are thinking 'why' #listen: i really wanted to. #preview under a readmore even tho its barely anything bc i don't want nobody knowing my business unless you choose to know my business #and if you do. well. that's your problem now buddy.

[paimonial-rage]

type - heizou [random writing event] | requested by @ebi-samaaa

Shikanoin Heizou really wasn’t your type. Sure he was handsome, and yes, his voice was rather nice to listen to. His flirtatious nature was definitely attractive. If only his face wasn’t so childish looking. And if only he weren’t just a little bit taller. Really, it really was a shame. If it were not for those things, he would have stolen your heart right off the shelves.

And really, it truly was such a shame, for the man was desperately in love with you. Completely head over heels one could say. No matter how many times you tried to shake him off, he chased after you relentlessly. He wanted you with such a passion that you often had to stop your heart from skipping a beat whenever your thoughts inevitably lead toward him.

As you walked down the long hallways of Tenshukaku, you wondered if you’d see him this evening. It was the night of the full moon, after all. Wouldn’t it be such a romantic backdrop to highlight the excitement of the event you were soon to partake? He surely wouldn’t leave you hanging, would he? You did send him an invitation, after all.

So as you stepped into the central room, you couldn’t mask the smile that curled the corners of your lips. It was empty, not that you were very surprised. If you planned it right, the Tenryou Commission and its soldiers were currently occupying the Hiiragi complex on high alert. All that work only for their honored guest of the evening to be a no show. How sad, but it really wasn’t your fault they didn’t know how to read a calling card.

With a soft chuckle, you gazed fondly at the pedestal at the center of the room. There, sitting upon plush velvet, was your target for the evening—a slightly faded black pearl inlaid in a silver ring. It didn’t take you long to pluck it up from its stand to slide over your finger. And, oh, how the luster shined in the moonlight. But as much as you wished to lose yourself in its beauty, duty came calling.

“My my, Detective,” you crooned sweetly, “We really must stop meeting like this.”

A laugh came from behind.

“I gotta hand it to you. When you said you’d be targeting the Evening Moon’s Jewel on a night like this, not even I thought you’d come for the New Moon.”

You spun and leaned against the pedestal with a careless huff.

“Oh come now, Detective,” you cried with a mocking pout. “It shouldn’t have taken you very long to notice the Hiiragi’s Full Moon pearl is nothing better than an elaborate fake. You should be thanking me for giving you a little excitement on such a boring evening.”

He smiled as he took a step forward, his stance purposely relaxed.

“Thank you for breaking the law? We’ve known each other for so long. I must say I’m hurt.”

You grinned cheekily.

“Oh, don’t say that. I was only joking. I was looking ever so forward to meeting you this evening. I really don’t get to see you as often as I would like, you know, so let’s make the most of it, hm?”

And with that anemo powered punch he threw at you soon after, you really hoped he wouldn’t be smart enough to check out the hospital the day after.

#genshin impact #genshin x reader #shikanoin heizou #heizou #shikanoin heizou x reader #heizou x reader #my writing #writing event #request #ebi-samaaa #all of these fics i really want to polish up but i'm like doing my best not to spend more than two hours per fic #this is an idea i've been wanting to do for a while #a lupin to heizou's holmes #if it isn't clear there are two evening moon jewels: the full moon and the new moon #the full moon (owned by the hiiragis) is a white pearl #the new moon (located in tenshukaku) is a black pearl #and if the ending doesn't make sense reader is fully expecting to have a broken bone by the end of the evening #they're willing to forgive him tho because he's their type and is fun haha #i really want to put these fics under readmores but they're like.... too short for that? so it's like this long but not too long post ugh #thank you for the request though!!

[verflares]

how do ppl even post or talk abt their og loz and oc stuff without the Dread seeping in . you know what i mean

#*kicks dirt* i still havent thought up a name for it LMAO tho i have some ideas i need to toss around #something something vague motifs and concepts. etcetera etcetera #i mean i guess the answer is once i figure tht out i can post everything non-art related under a readmore .... #and/more make a sideblog but god. i dont know if i have the patience for that ill be real #ppl who can keep their mains art only are so brave <3 it is literally only discord that stops me from posting every thought ive ever had #love everyone here though. hope you are surviving and that it will get better to whoever needs to hear that :] #personal.txt

[thecryptidenthusiast]

“I’m Enigma.”

Your fingers freeze, still buried in the roots of her hair. It’s as if your entire world comes to a screeching halt, narrowing down to this one moment. You can’t hear anything beyond the running water, beyond the blood pounding in your ears.

It’s not an admission of regret, and maybe that’s what makes it worse. There’s no shame. For the lying. For hurting people, spitting in the face of everything she’d been striving to become, the hero she’d been. This isn’t some guilt-ridden slip, where the truth finally bubbles out after months of trying to bury it.

It’s a confirmation of all your worst suspicions. One made with the same tone somebody would use talking about the weather, or traffic.

You don’t move, you aren’t sure you can. She’s not moving either, nothing beyond the rapid rise-fall of breaths coming too quickly. Head still craned back, your hand still cupped to make sure no soap runs into her eyes. It’s a vulnerable position. Dangerous, even, when she’s immobile and stuck on the shower stool. You know it.

She knows it too.

But she doesn’t move. Doesn’t rip your hand away, create any safe distance. She’s vulnerable but never helpless, and yet she doesn’t do a thing. Just…watches. Waits.

No, it’s not guilt in her eyes, clearer than they’ve been in days. This is the act of handing you a loaded gun, and goading you into pulling the trigger.

Waiting

Hoping?

Your mods are still powered down, only the necessary power running. A habit from older, more unstable models. Did she know that?

A single, sickening moment when the realization settles in, making a home next to the betrayal: she didn’t know that, and this was as calculated as anything else she does. One erratic spark, a flair up at a moment like this-

You grip fumbles and you nearly drop the shower head.

#innocent self!stuck step intentionally revealing themselves is living in my brain #when genuine care love and kindness makes you volatile so you self destruct #before others can destroy you instead <3 #(does it count when you’re trying to get others to destroy you for you tho…) #idk playing around with stuff + Ortega’s pov #put it under a readmore because this is typical step self-destructive stuff #didn’t want to just drop that on people’s dashes #my writing #fhr

[shiny-meowstics]

yes, I think palworld could get into some legal trouble because a lot of its designs are blatantly using/copying pokemon's assets (doubly so since they're selling it). hiring artists/designers is Not Hard and "satire" is not an excuse to rip off shit. also imo it's just a cheap looking game that looks to be using a lot of pre-existing assets to begin with

but also, yes, I think it would be extremely funny if it got better review scores/reception than scarvi AND I believe pokeco CEOs should be made to sweat a little bc their cash cow franchise is easily replicated and all it'll take is One Good Competitor to threaten their spot at the top

#sticking this under a readmore after the fact cause i am not looking for discussion #shoo shoo i just want to bitch #rah rambles about random crap don't mind her #god pokemon needs more competitors. palworld ain't it tho #it's super easy to say 'gamefreak/pokeco DESERVE to be ripped off lmao fuck em' but like #if you say they can be ripped off then so can you 🫣 you can't make exceptions cause you don't like a thing

[mushroom-for-art]

Rue belonging to @blues-sues and Mays cloned crack children! Old vs new!

I love them so much

While I kept the old bases basic I did still edit them to their old appearances then used them to remodel into the newer look.

Since May long horn genes that grow back both of them have bits of horn growth at the back with Prodigy having more of a spike flourish while Betas is more tall. I noticed as well two of mine have this eyebrow horn but thingy so Beta also got that.

He still has his damaged second neck from being runty and is thinner in feature in the redesign, noodle arms.

Prodigy got more of a round snout like Rue while Beta is rounded square as Mays family (and my way of drawing twos) they have boxy snouts. I altered their eyes too as I think when I originally did them Rues ref had different eye shapes, this time Prodigy has soft triangular squareish eyes a mix of Rue and May while Beta has more triangular eyes like Rue softened by Mays big ol eyes.

Prodigys chest plate is more Rue aligned and boxy as May has a few boxy chest plate havers in her lineage and the bottom points are similar to Matts' too. While Betas is curved like Rues but May shaped at the bottom.

Prodigys tail reminds me of Neopolatin ice cream, the swirl may be larger than like canon I may have went overboard so it may be less ott in official art depending on the vibes, it's fine, exaggerated chibi feature my beloved XD. May has a gene for heterchromia seeing as Dusty also has it. Her reddish purple eye is just Mays brown moved to purple, likely having mixed with Rues purple eye gene for that color.

Beta has partial heterchromia having mostly mama Rues eyes with flecks of Mays and green as May probably has a green gene and I thought it looked good. I headcanoned his original orange colored stripe went up his back to just below his second neck and it's the same here with him having a stripe that fades to blue from Mays blue stripe gene and Rues stripe gene.

Being runty and likely a little genetically defective Beta suffers from pigmentation damage from dna degrading hence his paler patches and clumps they're similar to Prototypes discoloration stripes in placement at times while also being mostly random. Tho around the eye was intentional to mimic an injury.

#my art #Mewtwo chibis #Crackship children #Crackship RueMay children #RueMay clones #RueMay clone Prodigy #RueMay clone Beta #Not my oc #I love these guys so much tjo #Random explanation trivia under readmore to explain bits and pieces in no particular order #I hope you like them Blues!!! #I for one adore them tho I will kind of miss their original colors #I did reuse a shade of pink from one of them on Prodigys tail as a treat #Names were given by team rocket not by RueMay lmao #As I'm sure if they snatched they'd rename them

[indulgnc]

5.8.13.15?😸

ty for the asks!! :D

5. Do you have a sneezing pattern?

so funnily enough i actually Did used to sneeze in doubles, like. on top of each other in one breath. like a couple years ago.. now its just singles. i have NO idea why it changed LOL??

8. Are you open to people requesting content?

i am! i dunno how well i can fulfill it wav wise bc my nose is stubborn, but if you wanna see more/certain fic or art of any my ocs ask away!! id be honored🥺

13. How much mess is too much mess?

i only like a little bit personally! not super into descriptions of it or comparisons of it to anything esp… more of a “tell dont show” for me, like being able to hear congestion in someones voice or blushing as they ask for a tissue bc theyve just sneezed into their hand.. hehe

15. Do you have any other kinks?

hell yea! im very suggestible so if you present almost anything to me in the right manner ill probably at least consider it. been very into medical stuff lately.. i wanna be someones test subject and have them conduct stuff on me to see how i react >__< my partner giving me stitches or drawing my blood would be sooo romantic sorry to be a freak!! also having my responses to something recorded and being asked questions Hhghhh… combine this w sneezing and ill die but im super into that.

im into general like weakness/vulnerability/ sadism in fiction idk but idk irl…. crying is good… id be down to try tickling sometime i see the appeal there… stuff w weed also Plz tease me while im high..

im figuring stuff out! its really fun to explore other parts of kink that arent strictly snz and see what i like :) excited to learn what else i might like!!

but overall like. sneezing is highest on the j/o hierarchy… i call it a kink bc it sounds better but if were going by the book thats def a fetish. the other stuff is just kinks for funsies lol!

#under readmore bc i talked a lot lol #anyway ty for the ask 🥺🥺 #hopefully thos isnt 2 boring LOL #ask

[waterfallofspace]

lil doodle of s/atosugu because I am feeling mentally ill about them~

#waterfallart #nothing good jus a lil doodle #but i did it without references (except to look once to see how to do g/etos hair) #so im a lil happi with myself even tho its overall pretty meh #theyre just CUTIES who own my entire soul rn okay hasdjoigk #also first time not putting my art under a readmore so i hope thats okay~!!

[safyresky]

🆕 Crystal Springs Chapter 29: Mind Goop now up on ao3/ff dot net!

Chapter 29: Mind Goop

After a good night's rest, Blaise sets to work tying up loose ends among the denizens of the North Pole, and charming his way through Santa's in-laws. Meanwhile, Santa crashes Jack's pity party and Elle checks in with Jacqueline, maybe a little too literally.

ao3 | ff dot net

In my heart of hearts, I call this chapter the "Blinter Gay Panic" chapter. Those mofos are out here charming the crap outta Carol, outta Santa, and Blaise does a NUMBER on the in-laws (not before they do a number on him!)

Have an excerpt ;)

Blaise looked down. Below him, baby Buddy had tottered over, sitting in the foam on the floor and smacking it with his hands. Carol rushed over, picking him up and pulling him out. He giggled, kicking his legs as foam went flying. “Looks like someone needs to be hosed down,” Santa joked, hoping to cut the tension. “No need,” Blaise said, snapping his fingers again. In a flash, Buddy was clean; foam gone, his clothes nicely pressed, and his bib clear of food stains new and old. “There we go! All tidy,” Blaise said, making a silly face at the toddler. Buddy giggled, kicking his legs happily as Carol sat him on her side. Clearing his throat, Blaise looked up at the Claus’s extended family and flashed them a prize-winning smile. “Hi. Frost, Blaise Frost. Governor of the Capitol of Crystal Springs and baby cleaner extraordinaire.” He winked, his hair fwooshing to life, briefly bending like a flickering candle before once more burning brightly at an acceptable height. “Oh, wow,” Sylvia said, sultry. “Wow!” Bud agreed, impressed. “Bud Newman! Father-in-Law of Christmas!” Placing down the fire extinguisher, he stuck out his hand. Blaise shook it enthusiastically. “Some grip you got there, Governor.” “Playing with fire works wonders on the old grippers,” he teased, letting go of Bud’s hand and turning to look at Sylvia. “And this is the lovely Mrs. Newman?” “Just Sylvia is fine,” she said, patting her hair and giving him her hand. Blaise took it, very briefly kissing her knuckles. She flushed. “He’s got ‘em,” Santa whispered to Carol. “Hook, line, and sinker baby,” Carol replied, the pair of them bumping fists.

YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THIS! OR AFTER THIS! Or maybe you will! With a chapter title like MIND GOOP? I ain't SLICK. Or maybe I am! Who's to say? YOUS to say!

That's RIGHT! You can check Chapter 29: Mind Goop out HERE on ao3 and HERE on fanfiction dot net and be the judge of how slick tumblr user safyresky really is!

Want to start from the top? Check out the Prologue: An Encounter HERE on ao3 and HERE on ff dot net!

Story summary and SafyreSky Industries Ramblings below the cut!

It's been almost a year since Jack Frost thawed and things are looking...well, not so great. Jack's powers are seemingly gone. Without them, the Dome that keeps the North Pole safe from the cold and its magic controlled is melting, putting everything and everyone magical at risk. Unable to hide his power shortage any longer, Jack is forced to admit the truth. Thankfully, there is a solution: enacting the Legate Law, bringing Jack and the sister that he hurt so many centuries ago back together again. But when Jacqueline starts experiencing destructive blackouts, the pair are forced to head back home to Crystal Springs, bringing Jack face to face with the rest of the family. Needless to say, between getting his powers back, helping his sister figure out what in the FROST those blackouts even were, reconciling with his parents, meeting the two even younger siblings he didn't even KNOW he had, NOT TO MENTION the ancient threat that's had it out for the ENTIRE Frost family finally making a move? Saving Christmas (regrettably) is looking to be a little bit...complicated.

SO sorry for the SLIGHT delay!! I think I spent like 75% of December taking care of sick husband/being a little low energy/feeling unwell, and then holidays came around and were BUSY. AND FULL OF MORE SICKNESS. This time the hubbers and I got hit with a stomach bug like no other AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY. I've never had to put so much effort into tossing my cookies in my LIFE. GAH.

The other problem I ran into was, funnily enough, Jacqueline and Elle. Their mind goop scene wasn't hitting right, so I let the chapter sit for a bit while rereading older Jacquie/Elle bits and rereading Rules of Engagement and when I finally looked back at it I realized the PROBLEM was that THESE TWO GOOBERS. HAD M O R E TO SAY TO ONE ANOTHER!!!!!!

WHAT DO YOU TWO HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELVES?

UNBELIEVABLE.

Goobers aside, here it FINALLY is :3.

🆕 this chapter:

Blaise decided he was going to be present for the rescue Polly mission, too

(that was a whole OTHER writing problem, oy vey)

(the cast has taken control. i don't even think i'm in the CAR anymore! I think I fell out!)

Both he and I continue to be plagued by CS Lore (magical incidents and how they are taken care of, the CS equivalent of "Police" and how they work, Mother Nature apparently having absolute power in extreme circumstances--though that checks out, AND some Call/Fae War Lore Drops)

This, of course, means you all get fresh CS Lore!

Next time I rework CS it's gonna be to separate it from Fandom and make it a publishable original work

WORD COUNT: CS 2014 (OG)->6,055k CS 202X-> 15,444k

Yet another MASSIVE change lmao

And I think that about covers it! MUCHAS thanks to mr alex hirsch for unleashing gravity falls onto the world and making me aware of GRUNKLE as a title, which Lucy 100% would use and WILL USE. I think Sylvia is like "just Sylvia is fine dear" and Lucy's like "Consider: GRAUNTIE SYLVIA!" (bc you can't convince me that Bud and Sylvia wouldn't be brought into the blended family the way the Millers and Scott did it, lmao)

Goal for Chapter 30: write it, first off, lmao. I'm two scenes in?? But I'm HOPING to have it ready for Crystal Spring's TENTH Birthday on the 20th of this month. TEN YEARS. MAHOOSIVE. AH.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter and enjoy your weekends! I will be cleaning at my folk's house so ANY AND ALL NICE WORDS AND COMMENTS AND DISTRACTIONS ARE APPRECIATED AS I AM TIRED AND FAMILY'D OUT AND WILL NEED THE SEROTONIN, LOL.

#dani writes #dani speaks #dani doodles #the santa clause #the santa clause 3 #fanfic #tsc #tsc3 #ocs #jack frost #tsc jack frost #long post #there is a doodle under the readmore. i am going to cackle if everyone misses it #tho tbh it's so funny to me i may have to post it separately lol #guys. one more chapter. can you believe it?????? #i dont think it'd be here now without all the love and support that poured out in the last two ish years #you are all so lovely and friendly and sweet and i hope that these last six chapters were worth the wait!!!!!! #AND ANA. IF UR OUT THERE. IF ELLE IS OOC. I AM SO SORRY. PLZ FORGIVE ME. AND ALSO SEND HELP LOL #crystal springs #cs posting #cs on ao3 #cs updates

[ciphernull]

personal grumbling re: char dev woes

hmmng i keep finding myself lacking something when it comes to developing my characters here. i guess it's like... i miss collaboration?

i'm so used to making characters for tabletop that it feels lonely doing it without other people involved. oc asks are fun and all but i really need someone to just... bounce ideas off, n discuss interactions n themes n parallels and all that good stuff! i really want to like, not necessarily even roleplay (though i do want to get back into that. eventually.) but just create something *with* someone again.

but then this also feeds back into the whole "all my ocs feel half baked" issue because how am i supposed to get someone interested enough to want to actually talk about ocs personally if i can't develop them to the point of being interesting? it's such an annoying feeling.

i know a lot of this is in my head, because i do this all the time! but it's still a Problem for me, even if it's a made up problem. and i don't mean to sound self deprecating about this or anything, m' just a bit frustrated with myself. and maybe a little lonely. idk. bleh.

#rhys rambles #personal #brain stuff #this should probly be on my main but its most relevant to here #putting this one under a readmore n turning off reblogs tho lol #not that i don't appreciate interaction i just. got a bit overly anxious when my last silly little brain post went too public #you can still leave a like or reply if you want #tldr how do make friends ;_;

[ittybittybumblebee]

Posting a booby art (im actually rlly proud of my painting job/ anatomy on this one lmao)

#in the future im not gonna post under a readmore jsyk i just dont feel like scaring people with straight up booby drawing tonight lol #my art #ittybittydraws #holy shit i just realized its 1 am on average anyone in my time zone shouldnt be as active on tumblr rn anyway but here i am regardless #ill go to bed now tho

[rifleonthewall]

Embarrassing confession I have such a big crush on the live action sanji coming soon... hes so. Idk I have a big ol crush on him. Like I would freeze up and stutter around him it's annoying!!! 😭

#sey speaks #i keep putting pics of my like..non animated/video game fos under a readmore #shy abt my live action fos idk #i have to force myself to stop smiling when looking at him tho