#OKAY...I THINK THIS IS SOLID

[madeimpact]

Headcanon / meta: Structure of the Underworld.

This takes what we know about the Underworld from canon and combines it with lore from Greek mythology to fully flesh out what happens in the afterlife.

The Underworld is structured fairly similarly to its mythological counterpart. Souls are ferried across the River Styx, past Twinbellows, and to the City of Souls, where excess souls await the verdict on their final resting place.

From there, they may be sent to one of four places:

Tartarus, where the wickedest souls are punished for their deeds;

The Vale of Mourning, where those who were consumed by unhappy love dwell;

The Asphodel Meadows, where the “neutral” souls live, not wicked enough for Tartarus but not remarkable enough for...

The Fields of Elysium, a paradise for exceptional souls. A soul can choose to remain here, free of toil, or choose to be reincarnated. ( Souls that choose the latter would drink from the Lethe to forget their previous lives. Ooh, segue! )

Several rivers flow in and out of the different areas of the Underworld, not just limited to flowing water, but also fire and excess souls. If there are more souls coming into the Underworld than can be ferried across the Styx at a given moment, they simply stream directly into the City of Souls without any sort of divine protection. These souls might fade away...or be consumed. Normally, there’s not much more than a stream of excess souls entering the City of Souls this way, but during the events of Uprising, the fighting and death in the Overworld causes this stream to become a torrent.

Hades himself is responsible for dealing specifically with the souls that end up in Tartarus, but in the events leading up to his appearance in Uprising, his lust for power drove him to target any and all souls entering the Underworld, preventing them from reaching their intended destinations.

Other places of note include:

The Underworld Castle, where Medusa ( and presumably also Hades and his other Commanders ) preside over the Underworld;

The Rewind Spring, located on the outskirts of the City of Souls, capable of reversing the effects of time on anyone who comes in contact with its waters. Or completely erasing their existences if they linger for too long. The Lethe flows from here.

#OKAY...I THINK THIS IS SOLID #if i think of anything i missed or left out or didn't consider i'll add it #obviously this is flexible depending on my rp partner's hcs #but there was an itch in my brain that was like ''hold on; what are souls normally supposed to do w/o hades interfering with them'' #❛ worldbuilding: kid icarus. #i also tried to make this accessible for ppl who haven't played the games!!

[t00thpasteface]

"i-is anybody even payin' attention to me...?"

#i know his default socks are solid white but he just deserves fun little stripes on them okay i think it's cute #they're go-faster stripes #art #sketch #tf2 #tf2 scout

[zarla-s]

I saw this post about how Engie was probably born into generational wealth and I can't stop thinking about it.

[patreon]

#team fortress 2 #engineer #scout #z art #z comic #who's the poorest merc do you think #not accounting for how they're all rich while working for team fortress and all #demo engie and spy are all rich #medic seems to be doing okay for himself but it's hard to say for sure #sniper lives in a van but he also says sniping is solid work and you won't go hungry #soldier is homeless but he did fly to europe and had a roommate at one point #heavy went to college and flew to america he's stingy with money but he's fine i assume #pyro's an unknown #scout has seven brothers and lives in a single parent household #he doesn't talk about money but i assume it was tight #things to ponder... #drink oval brand beer!

[collophora]

Hunter doodle in some hidden layer when I was figuring how to draw him

#star wars #star wars the bad batch #the bad batch #the bad batch fanart #tbb #tbb fanart #tbb hunter #how to draw him: simple! #you think really hard of Sylvester Stallone in Rambo I #and of Solid Snake in MGS2 #All of this while keeping in mind Temuera Morrison's features #easy right #(no) #next time we'll figure how to draw Tech #like and follow for more #Okay time to sleep bye

[sixoclockuty]

red giant starlo au doodles

#red giant starlo au #red giant star #astronomy #starlo uty #uty starlo #starlo #ceroba ketsukane #ceroba uty #uty ceroba #orion uty #uty orion #undertale #undertale yellow #uty #digital art #doodles #generally i think orion is pretty avoidant of touch and stuff but like. if his brother is like dying or something #he’ll give him a solid pat on the back if he’s the one of the only ones who can do it #oh and ceroba isn’t happy about this either btw. she has a LOT to deal with already and this is just another thing #imo all he wants is her company. to help him feel a lil better. and also to make sure she’s okay LMAO #i think the feisty five….. try and take care of him

[vlasdygoth]

picked this up at the thrift store the other day do you think it's any good

#mgs #metal gear solid #ocelhira #kazuhira miller #revolver ocelot #id in alt text #this is how you know im in deep. okay. #i got the title in my head and ive had these pulp covers in my pinterest feed for MONTHS so this was inevitable #theres a bunch of gay ones with these like lurid yellow backgrounds so thats what i pulled from for this. it didnt happen all the way but i #like it nonetheless #and yes thwt is a duran duran AND belinda carlisle reference. #i DO think its funny to put heaven is a place on earth on my mgs/dad rock playlist what of it

[courfeyrec]

i keep coming back to 'i was a functioning alcoholic til nobody noticed my new aesthetic' because i do distinctly remember conversations about how taylor seemed to be drinking a lot more and getting drunk at like every awards show she went to. and those conversations were coming from a place of concern and of hoping that she was alright and that this wasn't a problem.

so to then say 'ugh i can't believe no one noticed this problem i had' when i know that people definitely did, and on the same album say that fans who are genuinely concerned about a new relationship that you are in are just 'bitching and moaning'? what do you want from them? you're talking about so many people who do at least believe that they are coming from a place of care and concern, and you are totally dismissing them on both ends of a scale!

not to mention that her implying that since nobody (???) was noticing her ~aesthetic~ drinking problem she just stopped having it is a bit of a kick in the teeth to people who do have drinking problems and can't just stop having them, since that's not how it fucking works.

#today on things about this album that make me want to scrEAM #just the word aesthetic even being in that sentence. please stop. #i think my cynicism has just been brewing for like a whole year at this point and i finally have something to let it out on #maybe even over a year. i have been saying since the tour was announced that she should do tour and finish the rereleases during it #thats the end of eras. the tour the rerecords all finished. #and then take a break. a proper break with no anything going on. #and then take the time to make a solid new album to be released in say 2025/26 #obviously this did not happen lol #okay imma use anti tags i don't want the swifties coming for me but. these opinions are important to me and i wanted to voice them. #cannot guarentee that i will not have more to say on this matter at a later time #anti taylor swift #anti ttpd #mae posts #tw drinking #tw alcohol #tw alcoholism

[cheebuss]

thanks Robin for some guys that have haunted me since I was like 14, very cool!!!

#cheez rambles #doodle #shitpost #tf2 medic #kazuhira miller #team fortress 2 #metal gear solid v #// i dont think i'll ever be okay about kaz but its fine i just choose not to remember <3

[deadscell]

where is my friend?

#‘why are you dresses like that?’ ‘like what?’ #he’s just looking for his friend. okay #help him #i love him. i need him #i can’t stop thinking about them. i will never stop thinking about them #metal gear solid #mgs #metal gear #gray fox #frank jaeger #cyborg ninja #cyborg #metal gear series #mgs1 #mgs 1 #metal gear solid 1 #shadow moses #metalgear #metalgearsolid #metal gear memes #mgs memes #meme #shit post #shitposting #meme shitpost #snox #solid snake

[violentlydefending]

happy raiden kills a president day!! [x]

#id in alt #it's been a hot second but i don't think solidus ever rides around on top of a metal gear so um. umm #well metal gear ray is over 20m tall apparently which is 65 ft so that's why that's changed. okay bye ily #contra art #mgs #metal gear solid #raiden #iroquois pliskin #solid snake #solidus snake #mgs2 #metal gear solid 2 #sons of liberty #metal gear #mgs fanart #metal gear fanart

[riddlerosehearts]

floyd/riddle valentine's day headcanons 💙❤️

(okay, this post is more overly detailed than i originally planned because i ended up writing a whole scenario about what their first valentine's day after they start dating could be like. but i still want to share it, so here it is.)

riddle is somewhat conflicted about valentine's day. on the one hand, he was always a bit of a romantic, and as a kid there were times when he dreamed that someday he'd have a special someone to spend this holiday with. but he's changed since he was a kid, and regardless of how he might or might not feel, this year he happens to have an exam coming up in a few days and thinks that studying for it would be a more practical use of his time.

besides, floyd will also be busy working at the mostro lounge that evening. each year they hold a special valentine's event with discounts for couples, and floyd seems to be very focused on helping jade and azul plan for it. what makes valentine's day so important, anyway, when the one you love should be special to you every day? they can just go on a date whenever they like.

he still wants to try and respect the rules of the holiday, though. he knows from books he's read that it would be wrong of him not to get his boyfriend a gift, and he also knows that it's a popular tradition to make handmade chocolates for your partner on valentine's day.

so he buys some chocolate-making supplies and molds--the molds are shaped like hearts and roses, so they're sure to make floyd think of riddle when he eats them. and he does the best he can, knowing floyd will still love them even if they're not perfectly made.

he also buys a card with a simple yet elegant red and gold design, and makes sure it's blank inside rather than having a cheesy prewritten message, so that he can write his own message thanking floyd for bringing so much excitement and joy into his life.

the card he picks probably looks something like this:

he plans to take the chocolate and the card, along with one white rose and one red rose from heartslabyul's gardens, to floyd in the morning and see if they can plan to spend a day together after the exam.

while on his way there, he starts to feel a little embarrassed and wonder if the roses are too much. he doesn't really care about the holiday (or so he claims, but he sure did spend a lot of time preparing for it) and surely floyd doesn't care beyond exploiting it for business purposes, so this is a bit silly, isn't it?

wrong! for floyd's part, they don't have valentine's day in the coral sea, so he's actually been pretty excited for it--which riddle had guessed, since for the last few days he's been constantly asking riddle for advice on decorations and menu items for mostro lounge's event as well as spending quite a lot of his spare time there, presumably helping prepare things.

what riddle fails to realize is that floyd's excitement is about far more than just making money at the lounge.

so, riddle is standing outside floyd's door and about to knock when floyd suddenly comes rushing out and absolutely lights up upon seeing riddle there.

he doesn't even give riddle a chance to get a word in before tearing the gifts from his hands, popping a rose-shaped chocolate in his mouth, and doing a goofy little laugh as he tells riddle he loves him. riddle hopes floyd doesn't see the blush on his face.

"goldfishieee!" he exclaims. "i got you something too, and i just know you'll love it!!"

he runs back into his dorm room and comes out holding a small, very messily-wrapped box of store-bought white chocolate truffles, a plushie of a pink hedgehog holding a heart, and an envelope containing one of those fancy pop-out valentine's cards--specifically, one with a goofy pun on it. i'm picturing something like these:

riddle opens the card and rolls his eyes at the pun while trying to pretend that he's not smiling fondly at it.

he's about to ask about their plans when floyd leans over and drapes his arms around riddle's shoulders, and then says that he absolutely has to come to the lounge tonight for a very special surprise.

riddle is genuinely shocked at this, but he agrees, somewhat reluctantly because he's supposed to be studying--but also secretly excited at the thought of floyd having planned something just for him. he has to enlist cater's help to find something decent to wear.

floyd grabs riddle by the arm and drags him over to a table within seconds of him getting to the lounge. jade takes their order, they talk and tease each other and laugh together like they always do, and they also have fun chatting with some of their other friends who are sitting nearby with their own dates.

riddle almost forgets that floyd was supposed to have some kind of surprise for him, until floyd suddenly excuses himself and then shows back up a few minutes later with a small heart-shaped cake, covered in strawberries and other elaborate decorations.

it turned out that floyd had baked and decorated this cake for him. riddle felt guilty because he'd already eaten more than he meant to for the day, and especially because this must have taken much more work than the chocolates and roses he'd given floyd.

he tells him as much but then floyd tells him he's being silly before snatching the fork from his hand and going "if you're not going to eat it then i guess i'll have to!"

riddle feels a flash of anger because floyd can't just try to take his food, there are rules against such a thing. he takes the fork back and tries a bite of the cake, reasoning that it would be rude not to. it's strawberry flavored and possibly the best thing he's ever tasted.

when they leave the lounge that evening, they end up going back to heartslabyul together and for some reason floyd all of a sudden decides that they're playing tag and makes riddle have to chase him into the rose garden.

floyd didn't have any extra surprise for him, he just wanted riddle to keep having fun with him for a little while longer.

at the end of the day, riddle finds that he doesn't regret having lost a bit of study time for this, and he makes sure to tell floyd how grateful he is. he has to admit to himself that maybe there is something special about valentine's day after all.

#twisted wonderland #twst #riddle rosehearts #floyd leech #florid #floyddle #floyrid #floydriddle #floyd x riddle #riddle x floyd #okay i also just wanna add like. some other thoughts i had that didn't seem relevant enough to put In the post: #1) i think valentine's day would actually have a different name and origin in twisted wonderland than in our world #but i don't have a solid headcanon about what it should be instead so i'm just leaving it as valentine's day #and 2) i think floyd is absolutely going to be in a bit of trouble with azul for slacking off during work hours to go on a date #but floyd considers that worth it to give his cute little goldfishie a good time <3 #also as usual i am sorry if this seems dumb and ooc. but i'm posting my thoughts because i adore these two.

[papple]

For @thelunarsystemwrites' superhero au!

guys do you think he plays splatoon

#kickspost #okay but the city bg turned out KINDA GOOD??? #was crying about it almost as much as i cried about the jacket erm #yes the shoes are not rendered LOOK AWAY!!! #guys i was in so much pain trying to think up a good color scheme #might tweak this some more #no but fr i was gonna just use the solid/blank bg bc i hated!! drawing the city! didnt rlly put much effort in it and you can tell #but it lacked oomph so i revisited the city attempt and THANK STARS I DID #did you guys know the jacket brainwashed me bc when i worked on the warmers they ended up looking like plastic amen 🙏 #also yes thats not a real gun :) #he uses paint! #OKAY OKAY IM DONE (im not pls ask me about him im gripping the bars of my cage) #paperjam #vigilante paperjam #utmv #undertale au #utmv superhero au #papple art #yes the gun is also unrendered do NOT ask

[helpmyinterestsareverywhere]

Everytime I see Sora's hair I just want to eat it (affectionate <3) - it just looks so edible to me idk

#i dont even have a specific food in mind #i just see it and think “mmm strawberry” #i feel like its a hard bite though - like chocolate or something #like those giant-ass chocolate statues - a good solid *CHOMP* - could scrape my teeth against it #IT JUST LOOKS EDIBLE TO ME OKAY DONT BE MEAN #although maybe im just experiencing my need to “take a bite out of favourite characters in order to actually express excitement” phenomenon #who knows!! #hmiae rambles #ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #lego ninjago #ninjago sora #sora garmadon

[viola-halogen]

Oh so when they said Dead Boy Detectives episode 7 was like Hadestown they weren’t lying huh. THEY WEREN’T FUCKING LYING.

#when charles mentioned orpheus and eurydice i genuinely had to pause it and scream for like a solid 2 minutes #god knows what my flatmates think now #THEY JUST DID THAT HUH. #AND NO ONE THOUGHT TO WARN ME. #help #i’m not okay #this was a targeted attack on my welfare #dead boy detectives

[autoboros]

Never got to finish it but here's more of my Mask

#tbh it looks okay as it is #i guess. I'm not unhappy with it #I'm thinking stuff up about him. he's a strange guy. I'm plotting. nothing solid yet but i have ideas #I'm also thinking about the rest of the S4. I've already drawn Aloha (kind of) but i want to do my interps for them too #splatoon #splatoon 3 #art #coroika #S4 Mask #Mask coroika

[densitywell]

as someone who agrees that FCG dying permanently here is likely the most satisfying resolution to their arc, i think the belief that resurrection in general "cheapens" death, or negates its consequences, kind of... overestimates the inherent weight that character death has, as a storytelling tool. or at least reweights that impact to be placed entirely on staying dead as opposed to dying in the first place.

in more traditional storytelling, a character death is a calculated risk; that the story gains more, whether in meaning and emotion or purely practically, from a character dying than the potential that's lost with them. the possibility of ressurection, and specifically how its set up by dnd and Matt in particular, expands the available directions a story could go after a death. to a certain extent it lets you have your cake and eat it too, because not only does resurrection take time, materials, travel and making connections and upending all of your plans, but it doesn't erase the trauma the death first caused. it's not an undo button.

i find the idea that death needs to be permanent to impart a lesson especially strange wrt c3, given how largely the Hells' first encounter with Otohan continued to loom over their psyches even long after Laudna was brought back. shit, they still might not be able to shake it now that she's dead. what lesson of this second encounter requires that FCG's death be permanent? things are serious now? dying is bad? they've known that since, well. since the first time they fought Otohan. going into this battle they didn't know if resurrection was even on the table anymore.

i don't think there would've been anything gained, narratively, by Laudna permanently dying, and it would have shut the door on her arc before it really got started. FCG is a different story, with the revelations they reached before their death giving a real sense of completeness to their character development, but it's not like his story has been completely explored either. there's still more to be story to be told about FCG, and there's story to be told about bringing FCG back, as well.

and in one way or another, the consequences of their decision would still be felt, most obviously by the complications destroying their arcane core (and body) may have on their resurrection, including potentially requiring they come back in a completely different body. if he did come back he would not be the same FCG that blew himself up to save the Hells, and they would not be the same Hells who watched him do it.

#critical role #cr spoilers #bells hells #FCG #critical role spoilers #crposting #okay i think this is solid. i am done with it regardless 😴 #asides abt how Laudna's res arc is Good Story that might still be paying thematic dividends almost 60 episodes later #and how cheap and meaningless many poorly written works can make permadeath feel were cut for time #as well as pointed mentions of how much i love A Crown of Candy and further praise for what Sam's done with FCG #long post