#and some type of au like yes

[2hoothoots]

i was having a chuckle to myself last night about Gristol, and how his plans are basically:

Restore Ford Cruller's memory

Find Maligula

???

Profit

but then... of course they are, right? this is Gristol we're talking about. Fatherland Follies drives home again and again that he's still operating on a child's logic, a warped and reductive version of the world that he never bothered to grow out of. both of his memory vaults center on the images of his childhood, this idealized version of the past that he clings to no matter what. and that's still how he remembers Maligula, too - as this saviour figure, who rushes in to help him when he's in trouble.

[ID: Two slides from Gristol's memory vault, Glory to Grulovia! Left: Gristol clings to Maligula's back as she summons waves to sweep away his assailants. Right: Gristol and Maligula waving from a balcony as the people cheer. Gzar Theodore brandishes a dagger in the background.]

like so much else, Maligula represents a return to this idyllic childhood - to the peace and simplicity of his youth, when he was free from worries and responsibilities. in his mind, he doesn't need to make any further plans - once Maligula's back, everything will go back to normal. Maligula will make everything better.

...is what i thought, but then i remembered this line:

[Screenshot source. ID: Gristol, in Truman's body, bows on his hands and knees in front of the newly-awaked Maligula. The caption reads: "Yes, High Priestess! I am here to correct the mistakes made by my father!"]

and that's kind of interesting, right?

to be clear: this happens directly after Maligula sees Helmut-in-Gristol's-body, and recognises him. her line before this is:

"Little Gzesaravich! Have you come to pay for your father's sins?"

my first thought was that Gristol hadn't expected to still be in Truman's body by the time he managed to find Maligula, and this was him trying to placate her and buy some time until he could explain the situation. but watching the cutscene back, that's clearly not what's happening here. Gristol is answering as himself, and his response of throwing himself to his knees before her is, as far as i can tell, genuine.

so what is going on here?

in Fatherland Follies, there's this line in the ride narration that stuck out to me:

"Why didn't the Gzar help Maligula in her time of need? No one knows, but historians agree - it is Gzar Theodore's biggest failure."

other lines mention Gzar Theodore's "mistake", and it's wording Gristol himself echoes in the screencap above. evidently, he believes that his father abandoned Maligula, leaving her to her fate at the hands of the Psychonauts, and it was that mistake that lead to them being driven out of the country - that mistake which he seeks to correct. maybe he even feels like he has a debt to repay to her for his family turning their backs on her all those years ago.

the 'High Priestess' thing, though - that's kinda weird, and threw me for a loop the first time i played the game. it took me until my second playthrough to connect the dots, and remember how the room in the Lady Luctopus - Gristol's room - was full of Delugionist scribblings and symbols.

[Screenshot source. ID: left, the walls of the hidden backroom in Gristol's hotel suite, covered in scrawlings of eyeballs and Maligula's name. Right, the pinboard from the hidden backroom. On its surface are photographs and newspaper clippings connected by pieces of string.]

i mean, look at this stuff! he had a whole conspiracy board and everything!

we learn very little about the Delugionists and their beliefs as a whole during the game, but i think drawing the connection here suggests two important things. one: that Gristol was in deep with this stuff. i don't know how he linked up with them - maybe via old family connections, or just good old-fashioned digging (we know he's skilled at worming his way into peoples' good graces, after all) - but it seems likely that he's begun to internalise their ideas, maybe even warping his own memories of events. and two: the Delugionists themselves are, if you'll pardon the pun, pretty far off the deep end.

like... i understand why PN2 didn't go heavy on the "mass-murderer cult worship" aspect of things, in the end, but man this is such a tantalising glimpse into the wider mythos around Maligula. Gristol is proud and haughty and thinks himself above everyone else; the fact that his first reaction seeing Maligula is to throw himself to the ground at her feet says so much about the way he's come to see her. he's not just trying to bring back Maligula, his childhood bodyguard. he's trying to bring back Maligula, the High Priestess of the deluge, the semi-mythical figure whose supporters believe even death couldn't stop. he doesn't even flinch at the way she confronts him, and maybe it's because he's bought in so completely to this deified figurehead, this idea of Maligula; more a living force of nature than a person. and it all comes back to the same place: an abdication of responsibility, not just to the person who protected him when he was little but to this avatar of floods and destruction. Maligula will make everything better.

i'd write more about my thoughts on the Delugionists but that'd be taking a hard turn into speculation, and this is already kind of long and rambling so i'd better end it here. but what an unexpected and evocative line, right? it's some of the only stuff we have to go off of regarding the Delugionists as a whole, but i think it does such a good job of hinting at the wider story - at teasing another layer to the mythos surrounding Maligula, one whose ripples we see throughout the game but which never quite breaches the surface.

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #bored waiting at the airport so you get more psychonauts meta from me #the delugionists have been on my mind recently (because i Might Just have an upcoming au lorepost about them and also cults are fun) #so tossing my thoughts up here because people seemed to like the last few times i did this #and also it's my blog and i like to talk :) #related vent i HATE drafting posts in the tumblr editor because if you hit crtl+z to try and undo a formatting change #it deletes like half the post you just typed out #(yes i did it again while i was writing this. yes i'm still salty. why do i even bother) #what else... this is just becoming a disconnected thoughts dump #but if you've seen my posts you knew what you were signing up for when you hit the button to expand the post tags #there's new art coming hopefully this weekend if i can get it finished! it's more mermaid au designs #i'm two and a half weeks late for mermay but it turns out starting a new job and moving house doesn't leave you with a ton of free time #but that's okay it's never too late for mermaids #omg and artfight's coming up next month too! geez #i gotta make refsheets for the fsau trio because i would LOVE to get art of them #and this year i don't have a thesis to crunch on so i might actually have time to participate #oh and then in august i'm having top surgery! will make a proper announcement post for it at some point #i say 'announcement'. it's just a life update but it's nice to share #i'm super excited about it :) #i might end up blogging the process and recovery but obviously it won't be going here lol. i'd put it on my main #idk if anyone would find it useful but when i first started looking into surgery i had like very little idea about the whole process #and it's only through joining a bunch of online support/discussion groups that i managed to find more info and resources #so hey it might be useful to share? we'll see #our flight doesn't land for another fifty minutes so now i'm just writing in the tags because i'm bored #alright i'll proofread this and then post it when i land and have signal again. peace out yall hope your pride month is going well

[radios-universe]

me when alice freaking oseman replies to me and i go oh hey cool! anyways

#like for some reason in my head we are bffs #not in a creepy parasocial way #well parasocial yes but #we have a strangely lot of things in common #ESPECIALLY video games #and the types of video games #like i got into heartstopper bc they were mid creating the dbh au #and i was OBSESSED with dbh #i just think we’re bffs #they just don’t know it yet #peace and love though #i really do love oxenfree #i am now legally obligated to check out the sequel #osemanverse #alice oseman #heartstopper #oxenfree

[ribbononline]

Your hardenshipping ponies are the cutest thing in the world, their so cute!? The designs 🥺❤️

Ahh thank you so much! I love drawing them and mlp still has a huge soft spot in my heart so im really glad whenever someone mentions liking them :''"DD Heres a few random sketches i had laying around , including the admins! With Shelly being fully finished since I wanted to show the sea pony designs I was going w since theyre not entirely the same as in gen4

#PONIIIES #pony au #courtney is just an earth pony for the record #tabi also a unicorn. shelly full sea pony #sea ponies lack cutie marks but their fins ; colors and scale patterns are unique to them! #matt is a pegasus but imagine him like the type of bird that dives into the sea to catch prey n whatnot #but yes finishing a full sea pony design felt nice so i had smth to point to to explain why a half sea pony (archie) looks that way wwww #theres some more lore stuff n whatnot that all being said this is a fucking my little pony au. these guys r vibing #theyre just funny <3

[supermarine-silvally]

haha yara if you are a dragon trainer and ace would be a fire trainer and the two of you would be unstoppable xD (your garchomp is cute!)

Ace: "The only thing hotter than my Fire Pokémon is my wife! ...Sorry, couldn't resist."

Yara: "We would indeed be unstoppable. And my Garchomp appreciates that you called her cute."

Ask Yara (or any of my OCs) anything!

#oc: bravada yara #ask yara #my ocs #my art #asked and answered #did i spend all evening drawing this? yes. yes i did #most of it was spent playing around with yara's hair lol #will portada pokemon au become a thing? who knows! #i can see them being elite four members or something #for some reason i feel like ace would have a typhlosion #like cyndaquil would be his starter and he trained it up #at some point he gave yara a charmander and that's why her team as an elite 4 is all dragon types except for one charizard #and he would have like a turtonator or something #or just some random dragon type that doesn't fit his team at all like a dragonite #and the story behind it would ofc be that yara gave him a dratini in return #ship: portada #otp: i'd burn the world for you

[nympippi]

Here me out Techno is a pig hybrid yeah? And piglets are really itty bitty right?

So here’s my pitch Techno was a tiny ass little kid that was an all around little shit just completely full of mischief!

And another thing because I have got to include rivals because I literally will pass away if I don’t, Dream makes it his mission to watch over this tiny little kid even though if Techno wanted to he can go chihuahua mode at any time, however Techno just kinda humors Dream and tags along because he’s funny.

He can fit under Dreams cape and just act like one of those kids you see in a store hiding in the clothing rack

But like Dream is always on edge and nervous, always trying to deep into the shadows trying to go unnoticed, it never works on Techno though he sniffs him out like a hound and just poof! Back into the cape!

Just idk I wanted baby rivals so yeah ^^

#c!dream #dreblr #c!techno #rivals duo #c!rivals #rivalsblr #is this kinda inspired by the runaways au yes very much #kid Dream is the kid that fucking bites you #and always stares too like he keeps an eye out #because let’s be honest no one thinks the way c!Dream does without some type of trauma #but yeah I saw photos of piglets and how small they were and got inspired ✨✨ #rivals oh my rivals #pippi art

[good-wine-and-cheese]

The other half of Star Trek AU! Ochanomizu (ft. mind meld with Tenma)

I thought about putting him in science division but I like the idea of Ochan having a background in communications tbh. I feel like he would be really interested in that.

He grew up hearing about the development of the world's first "positronic brain" - supposedly a piece of technology that would enable humans to create life forms with true Artificial Intelligence. However the research was shelved and left incomplete, leading Ochanomizu to take interest in conducting his own work on the subject. This gets him scouted by Starfleet, with promises of ample resources and a retinue of colleagues with the varied skills offered within the Federation; and while it was never his intention to join Starfleet, he could hardly resist the opportunity.

This eventually lands him leadership of a research initiative whose aim was to continue the research done into the positronic brain, hoping to create the Federation's first truly self-determining AI android. It's three years into his efforts that the outpost gains its first representative of Vulcan's own science institute, though it could be argued he's much less of a "help" than he is an annoyance; Tenma does not make a strong first impression with the human crew he so derides. Though he's proficient as an engineer, it'll certainly take time for the two to warm to each other in any capacity.

Ochanomizu, outside of his primary research, loves Tribbles! He is a licensed caretaker and helps educate people about them. He has a Tribble nursery on the outpost, much to Tenma's chagrin.

Also, even though he's at the rank of captain, he has never sought out his own command. He likes what he has on his little research outpost and doesn't really have the itch for space cowboyisms.

#hiroshi ochanomizu #hirouma #star trek au #umataro tenma #my art #I wanted to try to render him more cartoony but ouhg its harder #I'm used to working with long faces so drawing him is different for sure. circle guy #I did have to do his pluto style for some of these though eheh #I want nothing more for this man than to be covered in fluffy creatures that love him #I like to think that in the context of this as a star trek 'series' there would be an incident like once every 5 episodes #where Tenma encounters tribbles outside of their enclosure and keeps trying to find ways to get rid of them #its a running gag #but yes the central narrative of this theoretical star trek series would be the creation of Atom #in the context of being a sort of pre-Soong type android #more to say about him and that but I think I need to make a separate post lol #anyway. mind meld make out. go

[nilesmoon]

infinite wealth if sawashiro said "who gives a shit about ebina im going to hawaii with ichi" and then the rest of the game is a family vacation

#Ok so here's my dream scenario. It starts w kicking kiryu out of the narrative bc girl. I love the guy but he does not need to be here!! #kicking him out of the narrative also banishes the ebina stuff. I'm still keeping him around but #he'll be basically built up to be the main antagonist of 9. We're ONLY focusing on the cult stuff for 8 #the way 8 closes him off is already sequel bait so give him a proper focus game w 9 #Anyways now that that's out of the way. My worstie sawashiro does indeed become a party member. #His moveset is mostly blade damage w some blunt damage mixed in. YES I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT GAME MECHANICS #His singular elemental move is him flicking a cigarette at the enemy. Yes this is based off of that one scene w ichi in 7 #ANYWAYS I HAVE MANY IDEAS I CANT TYPE THEM ALL OUT RN BUT. FAMILY VACATION ARC. PLEASE #ITS INSANE TO ME HOW KASUGA 'I LOVE MY FAMILY' ICHIBAN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PROPERLY INTERACT W HIS FAMILY??? #AND THE MAJORITY OF SAWASHIROS CONFLICT INCLUDED CAST MEMBERS WHO DIDNT GIVE A SINGLE SHIT ABOUT HIM???? #I keep thinking back on that scene where ebina shows him passed out on that chair and THE INTENDED AUDIENCE FOR #THAT SCENE WAS AN OCEAN AWAY LIKE GIRL. WHAT WAS THE POINT??? #well another perspective of that scene would be that sawashiro would be glad that ichi wasn't the one that came to rescue. which is. Misery #me when characters are defined by their guilt 💥💥💥💥😵💥💥💥😵‍💫💥💥💥😱💥💥💥💥😫💥💥💥 #Well. If y'all read all these tags. thanks. If anyone is curious about this self indulgent au that I've created feel free to hit me up #(Please hit me up I'm desperate to talk abt the arakawa family misery and I deeply wish this game was even more miserable) #rgg #nile talks

[egginfroggin]

So this post got stuck in my head again.

Baby Sabi variant of I Told You So go brrrrrrrrrrr.

Some fluff under the cut -- and Emmet struggling with that thing that every parent of a baby does at some point: comforting the Wailing One.

"You are being verrrry loud."

The infant continued to scream.

Emmet released the largest of sighs and shifted her in his arms, bringing her up a bit higher against his chest. Her round face was puffy and red -- distress incarnate, it seemed.

"Extremely loud," he deadpanned. "Yet I feel like I've heard louder. Still. You are being loud. Why?"

Sabi squirmed, finally lapsing into precious silence to draw breath.

Snuggled down in the nest, Lord Braviary grumbled and peeked his head over the rim of sticks and down.

"Do you want to cuddle with Braviary? Is that it?"

Her lungs had been filled, and she set about emptying them for the umpteenth time.

He couldn't see anything wrong, which was what made this entire situation so... infuriating? Bothersome?

Concerning?

Emmet wondered -- not for the first time -- how, in all the world, he had wound up like this. Lord Braviary had picked him, and that he could understand the Clan abiding with.

But the tiny orphan he was currently holding while the moon crept towards its midnight zenith?

Baffling.

She was distinctly unhappy, clearly indescribably so -- though, if one asked him, he'd say she was doing a fantastic job of describing her misery despite her nonexistent vocabulary -- and apparently hurting, if the desperate edge to her tone did anything.

Well, her tone, and the odd buzz in the back of his head. It was almost like panic, though subtle, and it didn't shut up no matter how much he mentally swatted at it.

He knew that maternal instincts were strange, if logical things, but paternal instincts were an oddity that he'd never heard of -- assuming that that was what this incessant need to comfort was.

"Would a kiss help?" he offered, half sarcastic, and was met with still more dismay and distress.

Sighing again and desperately nearing defeat -- down would hurt to stuff in his ears, but he couldn't calm her down and he needed to sleep -- he leaned down and gently kissed her tiny forehead. It was feverishly hot from her fussing, especially in contrast with the chilly Icelands air.

Yet -- she quieted at that, prying her bright eyes open to peer up at him.

"... What?" He blinked at her, and she blinked at him. "Was. Was that all you wanted?"

Could babies be petty? He didn't know. Human babies were outside his area of expertise -- and he didn't know how he knew that, he just did, don't ask -- and that included their capacity for grudges, pettiness, mischief, and all other manners of intentional tomfoolery.

But, no, she hiccuped, and her tiny hands were wiggling under her blankets -- she looked like a tiny Cascoon that had been kicked in the face.

Another peck on her forehead, and she babbled, sparing his ears the symphony of misery she'd been conducting.

"... Is it your head?" he asked, leaning back to tilt his head at her. He shifted her to one arm, lifting his free hand to tap at her forehead.

She gurgled, squirming like she wanted to lean up against his hand -- he finagled the glove off, exposing his fingers to the cold air, and pressed his hand to her head.

Well.

As excessive as her methods of conveying the agony of a headache may have been, he could sympathize somewhat.

Braviary clucked from his nest, and he lifted a wing as Emmet looked up at him.

Emmet stared at his Noble for a moment, then looked down at where his bedding lay rumpled on the ground. It had most likely gone cold.

He huffed, softly, and plucked up a pillow, keeping a tight hold on Sabi as he bend to pick it up. She giggled at the motion, down-and-up, apparently in much better spirits.

Lord Braviary rumbled deep in his throat as Emmet clambered up into the nest and settled under his wing. The Noble was exceptionally warm, all fluffy and soft, and it was like being smacked in the face with solid Sleep Powder.

"Okay," he said, patting Sabi's head. She blinked her big, green eyes at him slowly, headache forgotten already under the crushing weight of sleepiness. "Back to sleep. For you. And for me."

He cut off with a yawn.

"Sleepytime junction is now boarding...."

Sabi cooed at that, a little, "'eeby," that was almost a word falling from her mouth as she fell asleep.

Emmet followed soon after, and Lord Braviary after him, huddled in the cozy nest.

#submas #subway boss emmet #warden sabi #lord braviary #i told you so au #eggin's writings #they're eepy your honor #anyway yeah. sabi gets headaches and nightmares from her visions #emmet was cold and that felt nice on her poor little aching head #hence why she calmed down #also skin-on-skin contact for babies is like. a calming thing #I know that it's usually talked about in relation to mothers and their babies #but honestly in this case emmet's basically the resident parent now #so sabi is taking what she can get #human contact in general is just. appreciated #anyway have some fluff #very odd for me hm yes nobody got hurt in this how odd #yes I typed this up in like. 20 minutes. and one sitting #on tumblr dot com even #i might post this to ao3 #anyway #here ya go #have a nice day lovely beans :>

[airbenderedacted]

So who’s your favorite character in Wander Over Yonder? And what’s your fav ship(s)?

Oh, I love playing this guessing game!! ♡ ～('▽^人) ✨

Favorite character? Well...

[🎨📺]

As for ships, I wouldn't exactlyy say I ship anything in this show tbch, but I'd say I'm especially fond of Sylava, in a strictly fanon kinda way.

#Wander Over Yonder #Lord Dominator #woy is funny bc the core four are all so shippable but nothing rlly does it for me. i think nearly all possible pairs there have some charm #when considering *all five* of the mains not a whole lot changes bc dominator's a lesbian and sylvia is the only other main who isn't a dud #(i'm not a pr.o.shi.pper so bigoted type stuff grosses me out when it comes to shipping. we don't go there eugyhgfghhs) #tbcch i'm of the firm belief that lord dominator shouldnt be shipped with anyone in a srs sense. like as far as staying true to canon goes #she's made it extremely clear that she's not into that kinda stuff *and* that she's wAy too horrible for any kinda relationships anyway #but when it comes to lighthearted silly fanon stuff (or any degree of au stuff where *GASP* D isn't a demon & they Work) sylava makea me :) #(in whatever way ppl wanna imagine them. i'm partial to ''yes homo no romo'' qpr type goodness w/ them but i love seeing Everyone's takes!! #partially bc it's nice to see people actually. care. about what dom is and is not about (sexuality-wise). which is THE BARE MINIMUM but wel #a lot of people Do Not do that! sadly sexism and homophobia exist and it seeps into a lotta things in a lotta small ways and *sobs* #SO YEAH IT'S NICE TO SEE. NOT THAT. it's nice to see as a light shining through the darkness that is the internet & 2010s show fandoms sks #ah & partially bc sylava is like. literally the only ship ever kinda-sorta-teased in the show in a way that wasn't just played for jokes #which i think gives us neat things to work with when it comes to the whole ''what if'' kinda stuff- so!!! yea i just think it's neat :] #in both an ''in another life...'' not-so-hypothetical chemistry kinda way AND in an 'im a real stickler for Canon Goodness' kinda way too #haha #as for other ships i'm especially partial to... mmmmm.. 🤔 #deathglare in the context of hater learning to cherish & appreciate peepers and treat him RIGHT makes me happy. i like that :) #and skeleton dance is always fun!!!! a real delight both on and off the screen hehah #most everything else makes me go ''oh cool. yea that's cute.'' 👍 #ships involving minor characters are pretty take it or leave it. i dont think there's any i have any strong feelings about #except ig that it was pretty sweet when people were shipping lord hater & ripov. tbh i like how many ships people came up with w/ her #that was really swag. she was a fun character!!

[angeliteonfridgeduty]

Sorry for the delay on All That Stuff I Promised To Draw i have been doing things very important things like transporting Serial Designation V into the great road work ahead dimension and starting a war with the local roadkill cats in order to get their children i may or may not have also slaughtered roughly 500 vase-possessing demons in order to bring forth the V but that's unrelated

you get absolutely no context to this

fine. i give in. i'll give context for people that do not know what the heck. stare at the tags

#basically. sekaiju: a world of creatures. roblox game. #basically they have V as a 1/500 drop from a very specific type of creature there because apparently yes #i got her like yesterday and also unlocked the place serving as the bg for the art #its called the fracture but i call it 'the great road work ahead dimension' / just 'the road work ahead dimension' for no reason #and because the place contains like a 10k studs long road lmao #as for the 'roadkill cats' yeah there's like a creature inspired off of that existing there #and i beat the absolute solver out of quite a lot of those for the sake of trying to get precisely two #only got one tho. gave up while trying to get the second one and went to sleep #anyway yeah you uh. you know the context now lol. yw. #soup jar. that's it. that's all i'm willing to say #murder drones #sekaiju a world of creatures #art #silly #wow that's a lot of tags #yes i have gotten myself addicted to sekaiju like again #great #expect me to likely actually elaborate on the broken veil au at some point. i do not know when but at some point i likely will #this and the tags actually probably damn well count as sekaiju spoilers lmao #whoopsie.

[monstrouscrew]

four times i drew Martin Blackwood: the third.

(ID in the alt text)

#k's art #the magnus archives #AU #the archivist #martin blackwood #michael shelley #nomoreshelley storyline #trans! martin #trans! michael shelley #the archivist is simply a beautiful creature in cozy clothes #he deserved better #i do not like martin blackwood and i doubt i'll ever do #yes this is personal thx the 5th season #and unrelated to trans hc any person can be a dick #i wouldn't like him if he was my type either so this is not about fat people too #some users just do not like him

[lannisterdaddyissues]

who's calling death the wolf toxic? is it the x reader community i bet it's the x reader community

it’s them for sure but also people in the ao3 tag are writing death/puss fics where he’s acting like a stalker or a toxic boyfriend and i’m just standing here like 🧍‍♂️

to me he is so vanilla aside from all the murders like i just know that he takes up crocheting as a hobby when he is not out reaping souls

which isn’t to say i don’t like the stalker/toxic bf dynamic bc i read them anyway and enjoy them (put the orange cat in situations, heh) i just don’t think they’re as true to his character LOL

#broke: death the wolf is a toxic stalker #bespoke: death the wolf is just some fucking guy when he’s not on grim reaper time. he and puss are just Acquaintances™️ #he probably reads classic lit too #puss naturally asks what he is reading to make conversation and immediately tunes it out after the first 3 words bc he cannot read #orange cat behavior 😔 #actually no . death reads murder mysteries of all things #he thinks they’re absolutely terrible and he can always see right through the plot but they at least help him kill time (pun intended) #ne way random headcanon dump i guess. we need more antagonists who are just some fucking guy tho #ask #reply #corinthussy #mutual #unrelated but the x reader tag is just full of little red riding hood!reader fics which is just so uninspired lmao #like yes from that perspective he would be very toxic but be original pls #if i were a reader imagine author i’d do a hades and persephone type au but that’s just me at least it’d be actually spicy

[selsieeeo]

Another Drabble based off of @llondonfog potion!au

This time I decided to write it more in Andrei’s POV (Andrei being the guard who kidnaps silver and brainwashed him in Lettie’s potion!au) I don’t have a good title for this lol

I tried to connect it to this one shot as well

How things have changed so much.

He: Andrei used the guard of perhaps one of the most prestigious royal families ever to live. He had lived to serve the family with his life.

It all came crashing down when those fae…those bastardly fae from the kingdom of Briar Valley come swarming in, destroying the kingdom. Worst of all one of the most infamous Fae generals of all time: the Phantom General had stolen the baby prince.

He was just at the door to the nursery, severely injured and watched unable to do anything and watched with hatred towards the fae as the war criminal whisked the baby prince away.

Years swept by so easily, he lived in the remains of the fallen kingdom, constantly scheming a plan for revenge towards the fae and to take back the stolen prince. Seventeen years later, he had finally managed to acquire information on the whereabouts of the missing prince. The prince attended Night Raven College and his father was listed as…the Phantom General.

No matter, the fae was too old to attend some college so Andrei had gone and found the missing prince walking back to his dorms late at night. He must admit, the prince at first denied the idea of him being a prince and said he was just Silver, a retainer for the crown prince of the fae. Oh how the fae have brainwashed him truly. All it took was a tranquilliser drug he acquired to force him unconscious so he could whisk him away from this wretched place and undo all the brainwashing the fae had done to him.

It took some time, but the prince believed now believed him to have always been his guardian ever since his parents death. He trusted him and that was the most important thing. He must admit again, he hadn’t expected for the Phantom General to come crashing into the Shaftlands shrieking at him for stealing his son.

Honestly, what son? All he saw was a war criminal who had stolen the prince of the royal family he had served under for so long.

Soon he enrolled the prince to Royal Sword Academy. A better and more proper college for the prince to learn at. He was skilled at sword fighting, he grudgingly admitted the fae did a good thing in teaching him that. Soon the tournament came, the prince was selected as one of the representatives.

He watches from the field as the announcements go on and the representatives for the academy come out of the tent when suddenly bats swarm towards the representatives. Everyone had screamed, all but the prince who stared at the bats…fondly for some reason. He looked towards the direction of where the bats came from and saw him.

So the Phantom General was also attending college…

He made his way through the crowd to find the prince who slipped away to return the bats. He finds the prince talking to that fae.

“Silver there you are.” He calls out.

Silver turns and greets him. He also introduces him to the fae whose name is Lilia Vanrouge.

Andrei nodded slightly as he stared at the fae, placing a shoulder on the young prince. The prince broke the tension again trying to explain how Andrei was his guardian.

The former general’s face tightened slightly at that word. “It’s a pleasure to meet you Andrei.” The fae Said stiffly.

“Pleasure is all mine. Come Silver, you must have your daily tea now.” Andrei says as he guides the prince away from the fae. “You shouldn’t be talking to him.” He says to the silver haired prince.

The prince stares at him quizzically. “Why not? Is it because he’s a fae?”

“No, no.” Yes. “You just need to be careful with who you trust.” Andrei said smoothly.

“I trust you though. Should I be more careful with trusting you?”

“Your sarcasm fails to amuse me.” Andrei said flatly. “Let me redo your hair, it got messy from the sudden swarm of bats flying over.”

“Oh, it’s okay-“

“If this keeps up, it will become more not princely, young prince.”

“…”

“Silver.”

“…I know.”

“I am doing what’s right for you.”

The prince nods, not looking at Andrei. The former guard sighs. This is for the better good: He thinks to himself. If the brainwashing of the fae returns…he may require more doses of the potion if this keeps up.

All he has to do is ensure the prince has limited contact with the fae and then once the tournament is over, he’ll just give him a stronger dose of the potion.

#selkiewrites #twst silver #silver twst #twisted wonderland #lilia vanrouge #potion!au #Andrei #giggles yes hi I wrote another drabble based off of Lettie’s potion au #it was 11pm and I had the urge to write something #time to explain my 11pm thoughts when writing this #I had Andrei just continuously refer to silver as #the prince #cuz I wanted him to be the type character #who like views someone as just this one thing nothing else sorta scenario #like all he sees is the prince #nothing else #he doesn’t see silver the proud son of Lilia vanrouge or the proud guard for malleus #all he sees is the prince that the fae took #and as some sense of royal bound duty #he takes him away #brainwashed him #bla bla all that good stuff #and I tried to add something like trying to change silver with who he was #I cant remember if I implied or added something like that #it is 12 am rn #I am exhausted and tired #but tired enough to not want to double check #any other 11pm thoughts I had uhrrrhhh #nope #okay I’m teaching the limit of tags here night

[reineyday]

imagining a billy & max role reversal au where billy is max's feral little brother who only loves one (1) person and it is his older sister who stepped in when no one else would

#rei rambles #stranger things #billy hargrove #max mayfield #like im thinking she didnt know at first but since billy's younger it's harder for him to hide it #when max gets confirmation in front of her one day--neil shoving him against the wall by his neck #for hanging with the wrong sorts of people--max steps in right away and ends up taking the beating. #they run away but eventually get caught and this is why neil moves them out to hawkins. #at first all they did was argue and yell at each other even as they were running away but billy saw that she not only cared #but unlike his mother she wasnt going to leave. in fact she was leaving her *own* mother for *billy*. #(the plan was to try to get the both of them to max's dad but they never got there.) #their road trip to hawkins is fraught but also has this tense sort of understanding of respect #and there exists a ride-or-die vibe to them that didnt exist before. #(btw max has a camaro bc she needed a car and took billy as some sort of parent-mandated bonding trip and billy chose the car.) #by the time all the upside down stuff happens billy's gotten to the point where he'd step in front of his dad's fists for max if he had to #like he used to do for his mother before she left. because he's starting to trust that max wont leave. #(also yes this is an au where the party is all teenagers and steve & co are the kids lol. el escapes as a teen and she's MUCH angrier.) #anyways this all leads to max with a baseball bat with nails in it in a junkyard and her tiny brother trying to get in between her and #a demodog lol. they yell at each other about it. billy is also the type to step in front of her when he doesnt trust someone and growl. #max is exasperated and annoyed and always berates him for it bc seriously she doesnt need protecting ESPECIALLY from tiny shitheads #but she's secretly a little fond about it too. just a little. #at one point they have a fight bc billy's like 'youre not my MOTHER you cant REPLACE HER' and max is like #'GOOD I DONT WANT TO BE YOUR MOM IM YOUR FUCKING SISTER' but billy will admit years and years later that she raised him. #she also clocks billy pulling steve's pigtails right away in the junkyard haha. #btw i imagine she's actually just borrowing the nail bat from lucas. mike is the one that shoots guns. #jonathan is the one that gets lost in the upside down with will trying to find him. #steve and nancy still date and break up but it's less angsty and more funny bc they're middle schoolers lol. #max to steve (secretly rooting for billt's crush): and she wouldnt stop talking about jonathan?? dump her ass! #also steve grows up less of a shithead too bc he ends up sideways involvwd through nancy through mike when nance gets nosy and finds a #superpowered teenager hiding in her basement. this somehow ends with dustin adopting steve haha.

[transingthoseformers]

Been doing a head story that What if Megatron was prescribed psych meds at one point and just. Threw them out the second that the medic turned their back.

"Frag that those taste like chalk"

#transformers #writing ideas #fun fact! chalk is a mineral. specifically it's a type of limestone #idk if Cybertron had sedimentary rocks considering those are usually made via water ice and/or wind #limestone primarily has a lot to do with water which i doubt cybertron has #but. water is merely a form of transport and as long as a liquid could dissolve and carry calcium it can make limestone #and Cybertron has a weather cycle of some sort and oceans made of Something #so yes they very well could have chalk #and Megatron as a miner would likely know what chalk tastes like as all that rock dust gets in his ventilation system and intake #tangent in tags #tf worldbuilding? #for the tags #fun fact! I've been lightly teased for taking my meds dry. mine Do taste like chalk and idc #tfp au

[rotisseries]

we should make a hard sci fi/space opera type of au where the party are all a crew on their own spaceship and the upsidedown/vecna is a weird eldritch space horror or something

#stranger things #byler #the party #posts that expose me as someone who's watched the expanse #you may be asking “is six people enough to crew a spaceship rori?” and the answer is yes if it's a normal current day one #but I'm thinking of the hard sci-fi types of spaceships where the space force is akin to a navy #in which case the answer is yes again bc they do that in the expanse and this post IS inspired by the expanse #(even though I'm not calling it an expanse au) #but it WOULD be understaffed #actually wait speaking of the expanse I just remembered how the prototmolecule as in the thing for the entire fucking plot #is some weird alien bacteria/weapon of some sort that LITERALLY INFECTS LIVING CREATURES TO USE THEM FOR IT'S OWN GAIN #so henry could totally be an initial host (although admittedly he wouldn't be able to be in control like he is in st #eh you could fuck with the canon for that ig #anyway yeah I want a hard sci fi au bc I actually just want my found family all living together #and that's way easier if they crew a spaceship #also love how I said “we should”. who is we babygirl? I don't write so this post will be the only thing I'm contributing? #and no one else has currently participated in this idea. so WHO IS WE