#a little bit sooner

[pomellon]

Mmm yes good this dead space au is tasty. I'm curious though, what IS Dream doing during all this? 👀 And maybe if you have thoughts on the other trio what's goin' on over with them too?

I was playing around with two ideas for Dream, either that he was already off the ship or that he’s still on it and simply don’t know his boyfriends are on it too until the last couple of hours of the event (I imagine the time frame of Sapnap and George getting on the ship and eventually managing to escape it is no longer than 10-12 hours, there’s just things constantly happening within those hours). I eventually decided to go with the latter since it would be more interesting for Dream’s character and make more sense to the story.

So Dream has been on the ship since the beginning, since before the Marker was brought on board and witnessed everything unfold on the planet colony and then eventually on the Ishimura. He was protesting bringing the Mark onboard from the very start, having seen the effects it had on some of the civilians from the colony that they brought up to study. But of course the religious fanatics thought it more important to retrieve their holy relic than to protect the lives of their crew. 

In hopes of learning more about the Marker and how it affects people Dream studied it pretty closely and he knows it's the artifact that is causing everything. It makes people have delusions, it causes them to die at the hands of each other or themselves, and it then mutates the DNA of the corpses, creating Infectors that spread the necromorph mutation, creating more dead bodies to infect.

Dream is also having delusions, but he’s more aware of them. He actually keeps seeing Sapnap and George even before they arrive on the ship. At first he ignores them, not falling for the Marker’s tricks, but the worse things get the more he starts to turn to his hallucinations for comfort. He knows that they’re not really there, but he starts talking to them to soothe himself.

This ended up making him believe Sapnap and George are just his normal hallucinations when he does get in contact with them, and he kind of acts like they’ve been on the ship the whole time. Sapnap easily goes along with it because he’s “seen” Dream too so it makes sense to him. Meanwhile George is trying to figure out what the fuck is going on and start question his own sanity with the way his boyfriends are acting. Maybe he’s the one going insane?

As for the other three, they don’t get added to the story until after the Ishimura events!

Karl is a scientist sent with a team to gather Marker shards on Aegis VII, or what’s left of the planet (spoiler, dnn manage to return the Marker to the planet where it, and part of the planet, is crushed when the Ishimura’s gravity tethers fail, releasing the planet chunk it was holding and sending it crashing back down miles below.). He is heavily influenced by just the shard they find and bring back to the ship, managing to decode part of the Marker’s purpose and architectural design to potentially build a new one. But he also ends up testing his knowledge which triggers another necromorph outbreak on this other ship. 

He survives but is taken in by EarthGov, the main governmental body of this setting, that wants to sweep all these Marker events under the rug. They torture him for his knowledge and then lock him in a cryo chamber for potential future use. The same has happened to dnn after they managed to escape the Ishimura.

Three years later we find Punz and Foolish on the Sprawl, a civilian space station built on the remains of Saturn's moon, Titan, which was broken into pieces in a planet cracking operation. Punz is a security and repair officer on the station while Foolish is a technician. They’re often paired up to fix things and are really close friends, maybe even a little bit more than that already. 

They’re doing their normal routine of getting called out to repair jobs around the station when they notice a lot of the issues they come across seem to have been deliberately sabotaged and tampered with. It's while they’re musing over this that they are notified of an outbreak on the station, and I’m sure you can guess what that means!

As it so happens, the cryo chambers the other four have been stored in are also on the Sprawl and Foolish, an agent of Unitology, is tasked to let them out amidst the outbreak. All six of them will end up getting separated and paired up to survive yet another necromorph outbreak.

#pom talks #dead space au #horror #dnn #funz #now they will all be traumatized! Together :D #Also Karl might stab Punz in the eye with a screw driver #stealing his pretty blue #they're both going through it #with everyone else tbh #Foolish will realize he's actually not that into Unitology if it means death of all of humanity #he should just have realized that #a little bit sooner #Karl and Sapnap will bond over their past guilty actions and attempt to keep each other sane #we'll see how that goes #Dream is about to murder all Unitologists for making this his reality and making him and bfs suffer #George is done with everything and everyone #almost #he still loves his bfs and his new buddies #but tbh they're all on thin fucking ice

[starflungwaddledee]

Oooo starstruck dee has little stars at the bottom of her feet! Are they just aesthetic or would they make imprints into the ground? (like pawprints)

exactly like that! though she's not the only one...

edit: might need to add some additional dialogue to this to make it more clear, but a clarification in the interim; he knows about his own footprints. he's just surprised to see something similar already there when he knows he's only just landed. he lifts his own shoe to confirm that they're not identical (and also to reveal this to the viewer). seems his stoicism beat off the clarity in this one, sorry 😭

#meta knight #starstruck dee #have had this one sitting around for *months* while i bit my nails on posting it #and then i thought maybe i *shouldn't* during the shipaganza bc it's not a direct prompt; though i do think you can read it that way #and for ~Reasons~ i needed to post this one sooner rather than later so i had to bite the bullet. #though meta knight has understandably been the second most prompted. they do indeed have the Funnest Possible Dynamic for it #stoic guy and the bug eyed little Creature he doesn't really trust as far as he could throw her (long long way) #so just to clarify this one is NOT for the shipaganza but you can read it that way if you want to #this is just a canon scene between them from her storyline. this is just something they canonically share. starry eyed idiots. #also fwiw i think i probably picked up the shoe-patterns for the knights from postitnotes7 #been a headcanon in the back of my mind for a long while but i'm pretty sure i osmosis'd it from their work #especially after drawing post's designs so much for the hnkss. i temporarily forgot how i used to draw their armour ngl #and also btw starstruck deetectives psspsps #i'm planning a much better post about this later (probably in march) but i'm going to start using this tag for Important Posts for y'all #🎀🔍 #<- for the starstruck deetectives when there's something significant in the post. #i worry about making it 'too easy' but also want stuff to be accessible. it's just for fun? the OC lore game! ARG but it's just my oc. #that would be fun right? maybe? is that too indulgent? i could probably pull it off if folks were actually interested enough to participate #anyway!! go to bed starflung #also if you read this far: anon is open again! still open for shipaganza prompts but i'm not gonna be finished them in february 😂

[canisalbus]

have vasco & machete ever gotten into any big arguments?

.

#I think if you get close to someone you're bound to get into arguments eventually it's only natural #Vasco and Machete don't argue a lot neither of them enjoy and seek out conflict #Vasco is very patient and hard to rile up #and Machete bottles up his emotions and mostly just seethes quietly #in the original canon the time they get to spend together is always limited and they don't want to waste it being angry at each other #they probably bicker and disagree a little bit more casually in the modern au but it's purely because they feel more safe to do so #there's a lot less at stake and their situation is stabler #and for the most part they can handle any arguments in a reasonably healthy and mature way #answered #anonymous #both of them are quick to apologise and that helps a lot #the will to sort things out always prevails usually sooner than later

[artbean]

maybe death isn't darkness, after all; but so much light wrapping itself around us —mary oliver

#totk #totk fanart #rauru #totk rauru #tears of the kingdom #loz #loz fanart #the legend of zelda #the legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom #tloz: totk #totk spoilers #zelda #2023 #lexidoodledoo #i said get ready for totk art!! a little bit sooner than i expected myself i will admit

[utilitycaster]

re: the term parasocial, specifically because it's come up in my notes a few times after I reblogged the post about dropout: I'm extremely guilty of this and should work on being better but "parasocial" on its own is a neutral term. It just serves to describe relationships where you know about someone but do not personally know them.

The issue is really that unhealthy aspect of it, which in my experience usually boils down to when people feel entitled to the responses of someone they know socially from someone with whom their relationship is only parasocial. It's feeling like someone you don't know is obligated to agree with you or validate you or, frankly, to acknowledge you exist. Parasocial relationships are inevitable unless you never hear of or see people without engaging with them socially. It's not bad to relate to or feel a connection to a celebrity especially if they share personal stuff; in fact it can be really positive! It is a problem when you expect them to have a specific response (or tbh any response) to you.

#i know this is a little bit 101 but like the problem with dropout is specifically that fans put it on an IMPOSSIBLE pedestal #and also have like...looked the other way over SO many things they've lambasted other shows (cr especially) for #like the fans are SO entitled in a way that yeah feels like a balloon that's gonna burst sooner rather than later #also. i think people forget that parasociality isn't just celebs but the fandom itself. #like imo toxic positivity/elevation of fanon within a fandom is often an unhealthily parasocial problem #a how dare you not think everything every fan does is perfect mentality

[maxpaulll]

No shame, these guys. Kissin' anytime people aren't looking tsk tsk

#redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted fanart #redacted milo #redacted sweetheart #don't want 'em to be silly on your porch? open the door sooner. #sweetheart who wears lipstick specifically so their kisses leave marks of Milo #end of thought #they's their them #Milo's beard almost gave me an aneurysm trying to draw #and Sweetheart still looks weird #FUCK #well #live laugh love #I'll survive I suppose #also #unrelated but in my crazy brain Sweetheart and David are cousins #It's a little bit of a distant relation but it's still there

[squishescommishes]

Now taking some Experimental Commissions!!

Heyya Beans! I've been Playing around with this style on my own for a couple of weeks and I've been having a lot of fun with it so I thought I'd open a couple of slots for it, using a couple of my own sonas as examples! 83c

I will be taking 5 slots for this for now! up to two (2) characters $45-$80 Halfbody depending on complexity $70-$100 fullbody depending on complexity Additional character 75% price full scenes $120+ depending on scene complexity Additional characters 75% solo price

contact me directly to inquire!

Reblogs are appreciated!!

#squisheebug doodles #commission example #squishes commishes #squish sona #digital art #digital commissions #If you want to help support me or see comm info and offers like this a little bit sooner #consider supporting me on patreon! #only the higher tier right now gets to see comm info and such a little bit early #but every tier gets access to the extra examples that didn't make it on the sheet

[fortunatelyenchantingtaco]

Hehe

Satoru always: im just a little guy i did nothing wrong DO NOT look at all the war crimes my clan spent a fortune to erase from history

#jjk #gojo satoru #jujutsu kaisen #sukugo #sukuna #satoru ‘im just a little guy’ gojo #he played his part so well #sukuna went ‘oh im too bloodthirsty #while hes so sweet’ #and now satoru has to elaborate on some #fun war crimes #mister ‘i will marry only the person who will fight me to the death and we will kiss drunk on each other in the dirt’ #sukuna: why didnt you say so sooner #i care them a lot okay #exams and depression are eating me alive #but they make me feel a bit better #wip #my fic

[moonverc3x]

(^ the RIGHT reference has a more accurate design for Js wings ^ I was just too lazy to give her a proper front-facing view LMAO)

hiii thank you for looking at my Kirby ocs!! that is all <3

additional misc references:

#expect some more OC content sooner or later- I plan on explaining these guys' lore a bit more in the future #im ALSO wanting to make a comic- but im not sure how far I can get with that #also- to anyone whos here from the tournament looking in the J tag #thats GSA J youre looking at right there and shes just a little bit insane #Anotida #Zenthra #Ancients #Edith #Cassius #J #GSA J #Kirby oc #my ocs #verc3x art #reference #Kirby Ancients #also you should. you should ask me about them :flushed: #JAU #Popstar J

[tbookblurbs]

The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Era 1, #3)

5/5 - Satisfying conclusion, excellent discussions about faith, intensely vivid world-building

Spoilers below!!

This book deserves high praise for its commitment to the plotline alone. Many books (and tv series) that I've read(/watched) find themselves unwilling to commit to the ending that they've set themselves up for. As heartbreaking as it is, sometimes the events set in motion have to result in major character death and despair. Anything else would be unsatisfying.

I can still remember how I felt the first time I read HoA and even knowing the ending, you still feel this sense of dread. How can the characters survive this? How can you fight the end of the world? And yet because I was so used to seeing most of the main characters survive, I remained convinced until the end that Vin and Elend would make it, which makes their deaths all the more heartbreaking. The imagery of Sazed piecing their bodies back together and laying them in a bed of flowers makes me tear up every time.

On the topic of Sazed, I think the bait and switch of Vin or maybe even Elend as the Hero, only to have Sazed fulfill that role is a really earned and satisfying conclusion. It feels good to see that only Sazed could save the world and bring everything back to what it should have been because he's a scholar. Conflict and death couldn't resolve everything in the end.

The journal entries should have tipped me off, honestly. The first time, I thought that maybe Elend or Vin was writing them later on, old and able to look back on these times with more of a curious eye, or maybe that Sazed and the pair were creating it together. But now, reading this for the second time, the hints of Sazed were there the whole time. He's got such a distinctive voice and way of looking at the world.

From a pulled-back perspective, Sanderson is really good at writing the end of the world. I felt similarly reading the Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (which everyone should read!) and that same sort of sadness and hopelessness bleeds through the page here. However, just like in Butler's work, there's this pervading sense of hope. It's desperate and crazy at times, but it's still there. And that's one of the things I really like about Sanderson's novels. He seems to really believe in the potential for people to be good and hopeful and trusting in one another, which I vastly prefer over the "all humans are evil" schtick that a lot of other authors have going (GRRM).

#this book does drag a little bit #but I think it needs to be this long #the desperation wouldn't feel real if it was solved any sooner #like yeah we're stuck in fadrex city and guess what. the characters are ALSO stuck in fadrex city. we're pissed about it together #kinda makes you feel as one with the characters #vin venture #elend venture #literally can't talk about vin/elend in this book without getting so sad. they deserved to live and be happy in peace #sazed #brandon sanderson #the hero of ages #mistborn #mistborn spoilers #mistborn era 1 #book review #fantasy #high fantasy #cosmere

[atlasascending]

I’m thinking about Callowmoore and about how I feel like one obstacle to them being together is how much Ashton cares about what everyone thinks of them

Hear me out!! We know Ashton is our punk rock, but literally everything they do is about going in opposition to people to be continually seen and respected as rebellious, and I think that DEFINITELY includes his relationship with Fearne

We’ve already seen it with the comment of ‘I’ve always wanted a sister’ amongst other little gestures, and I think that is entirely down to Imogen and Laudna being so not-subtle about their shipping

So yeah, now I’m imagining Fearne coming to terms with her feelings and wanting to pursue them, and Ashton honestly kind of fucking her around a little bit because they’re so self conscious, and Fearne eventually saying something like ‘stop caring about what other people think of you and just do what you want to do, I’m done until you decide what the fuck that is’

#this is definitely fuelled a little bit by the Incident of the most recent episodes #I do want ash to get over this constant going against the grain #when that’s not even what they WANT #it’s screwed them over before with FCG thinking they don’t care about anybody #hey guess what #the most punk rock thing you can do is love with reckless abandon #the sooner Ashton realises this the better!!! #to be clear this is coming from a place of love for these characters #this show #and the cast #I want that CONFLICT BABYYYYY #let Ashley flex those acting muscles some more #she’s been KILLING IT #callowmoore #critical role #also: in my heart I’m still FearneChet #but if there’s gonna be callowmoore it’s gotta be earned

[mxrtified777]

WE’LL LOVE AGAIN

WE’LL LAUGH AGAIN

WE’LL CRY AGAIN AND WE’LL DANCE AGAIN

AND IT’S BETTER OFF THIS WAY, SO MUCH BETTER OFF THIS WAY

I CAN’T CLEAN THE BLOOD OFF THE SHEETS IN MY BED

#ibvs #my art #nevin jovel #chris jackson #chrevinstoph #mcr #emo #FINALLY DID THIS LMAO #youd think i wouldve combined my love for mcr and my love for ibvs a little bit sooner #blood #cw blood #i think its funny if chris plays the role of demolition man and nevin plays the role of demolition woman. i think chris deserves to kill

[scraemoo]

One year? One Year!

Wahoo! One year of being in the QSMP fandom :D

It was a cool day one year ago. While having a tab open to watch my first Tubbathon I also got excited for Philza's stream. As usual he'd go to his hardcore world to work on his spawn area. Later on he joined the server, a great project I saw in Quackity's trailer and never knew the meaning of all behind this. (Like what's up with this one rule? That duck? Or chicken? Two Quackities?? What is this white room)

My first impression of the server?

Loud. Very loud.

Good lord Fit your mic was crispy as hell.

And so much talking! To be honest it scared me of how many people talked at the same time. So many people I didn't know yet and a language I was still learning

But holy shit JaidenAnimations?!

Then the introductions began. The beginning and attempts to try and speak each others languages:

?: "How do you say <word> in Spanish?"

Roier: "I love [spreen]"

Spreen: ?!

Roier: "Spring! Spring!"

Philza reading his Google translated introduction in Spanish: "me llama es Philza"

And of course we had Charlie: "yo tengo un ultra nombre... EL BACKFLIPPOOOOOO"

Unfortunately I couldn't watch the whole stream on this day, but it was very lovely and it feels crazy to think it's been one whole year already! Lots of things that the QSMP brought to me from this day on was a very lovely experience and I am grateful to be part of this fandom

Happy 1 year to the first QSMP viewers! <3

#happy one year!! :D #a little bit of positivity in trying times! #my qsmp anniversary #qsmp #qsmp positivity #i think i will try to update this post on different days throughout the year to celebrate different kinds of personal anniversaries #next update will be on 4th april. the day the eggs got introduced #maybe sooner even! it'll be about the VOD #when i first got to know Cucurucho as Smile :)

[duckdodger]

me looking through the mutant mayhem tag

#it was dry for a little bit I’m seeing more content and IM FEASTINGGG #WE’RE DEPRIVED FOR MORE TURTLES TALES OF THE TMNT PLS COME SOONER

[sysig]

I can’t see a damn thing

#DQIX #WPDQIX #WPVG #Where are my glasses! #So anyway I finally beat this save lol #Well - made it to postgame anyhow #Which is long haha #Everyone still sub 50 level-wise! That's remained consistent #Although a lot of extra levels in other vocations to build up points #I cannot BeLieve Goresby-Purrvis TKO'd me on my first attempt back - I was well-leveled! I was fine! #RNG >:( #We beat him the second go around - after I looked up a guide to make sure I wasn't trying to fight him way underleveled lol #No I was actually over by like.......5-8lvs............................ #His OHKO move is way too OP he managed to successfully roll it Twice in his turns >:0 Hate that furry #Anyway the rest were a cake walk lol #Like yeah I went and healed after Barbarus but aside from that I didn't even bother pfft #I didn't realize I had so little of the main campaign left! Like I'm happy to be in postgame now but dang I could've done this way sooner #I'll run around with the Express after a bit ♪ Wanna see if I can unlock some of the other vocations and collect more clothes #Do a full aesthetic run lol - finish out the Mini Medals sidequest #Plenty to do yet! #Then I really wanna look into a recording setup for my 3DS hmnn #I don't really want to send this lad away to get rigged up - and I have been looking to buy a new one but hmmnnn #I dunno #Worst case I just stream with DeSmuMe lol #I'd love a physical copy of Kuzu's adventure <3 But I also can't deny the usefulness of save states #Going back to the church every time is....Mm #I wonder if there are any USB DS controls I could use :0 That's be great I love the way the buttons feel #Still - it being a slower paced game wouldn't make it particularly demanding haha

[hl-obsessed]

okay anyone who was buying Louis' merch from the website can tell me how long you've been waiting for confirmation mail that they have send the package?

#i ordered 4 feb #and i am not patient person #and am a little bit worried #i don't recal that they have said anything about how long it would take #like with aotv they have said early 2024 #and i new to not expect any news sooner #now idk #and i'm stressed #louis tomlinson #merch #louis' merch #fitf tour