#anyway safe for work al-an exists now

[an-ev-ent-full-time]

made an Al-An model, reveling in the power now etc etc you know how it is (alts below cut)

#i enabled transparent renders in blender and now i dont know how to disable it lmao #anyway safe for work al-an exists now #al-an #al an subnautica #subnautica spoilers #subnautica below zero spoilers

[fairuzfan]

Can you help me break down my family's arguments? It's just that they're on Israel's side

And they say that Palestine deserves what is happening

Their arguments are:

"But Hamas started, taking people hostage, raping women and killing children. Israel is just fighting back. If someone did the same to you I would kill their family."

"But the hospitals on Palestine are Hamas' bases"

"But cutting off energy and telecommunications in Palestine is just to prevent Hamas from communicating"

"But Gaza is a place promised by God to the Israelites, Israel is taking what is rightfully theirs"

"But Hamas was trying to make an exchange between the lives of the hostages and Gaza with Israel and Israel did not accept it because Gaza is theirs, and Hamas should have released the hostages instead of exchanging their lives"

Hello, thanks for asking. I'm going to generalize these arguments a little more just to make it more widely applicable.

"Well Israel is just taking revenge/defending itself"

Well a couple things. Taking revenge is not an actual reason for people to attack other people. Just naturally, it's not a good ideology we should ever live by.

About claims that it's defending itself: Israel is a military powerhouse dropping TONS of bombs, I mean literal TONS. To say that anyone is defending someone with that level of ammunition and pure destruction, is just cruel. No one should experience that even in an equal footing type of war. Shouldn't we strive to protect people? Isn't it right to help others?

Now for your specific case, if they're arguing that they would "kill their family" as revenge, I'm not gonna lie, I think you're going to have to delve into that with them and dismantle that idea by emphasizing revenge is never justified.

You should center the humanity of Palestinians and emphasize that they should never experience such horror in their life.

"The hospitals are Hamas bases"

There is absolutely no evidence provided of this other than Israeli propaganda. I'd show them this video, which is a testimony from a European doctor.

There's also this pamphlet they released saying that they "know that Hamas is safe" and still willingly bombs the people of gaza anyways.

You should center the humanity of Palestinians and emphasize that they should never experience such horror in their life.

"Gaza is promised by God to the Israelites"

Why is it necessary to enforce one's religious beliefs on someone else? Why must the Palestinians experience violence in order for Israel to exist? Besides, if it was "promised" to them, does that mean God is allowing them to kill people indiscriminately? Does God, the most loving Being in the Universe, ever condone such acts of horrific violence on people? I speak as a Muslim that grew up being taught that Judiasm, Christianity, and Islam are quite similar religions, so I doubt that any of these religions would condone such large scale violence.

I'm not an expert of actual religious scripture of different faiths, so I can't provide quotes or anything like that, but I'd argue that God's main purpose in our lives is to remind us to love each other.

You should center the humanity of Palestinians and emphasize that they should never experience such horror in their life.

"Hostages—"

I'm not sure what the argument in your specific case is, but I think any argument having to do with hostages does not make any logical sense. Wouldn't Israel want to protect the hostages? Isn't bombing indiscriminately dangerous for everyone, but especially the Hostages?

But even hostages aside, Palestinians shouldn't have to suffer en masse! They've been sectioned off into the largest open-air prison for 20 years! It's just plain cruel to blame them for the genocide they face when they've been victims for 75+ years!

I'd recommend introducing them to this resource that explains the history of Palestinians from around 1948 to now:

There is also this that has scholarly research for and by Palestinians:

Let me know if any of this is useful. Good luck, and thank you for sending this in.

#palestine #gaza

[hellishere7980]

Whatever It Takes (CH-2)

Dear Damian, Normally I would write a letter in Arabic, but I thought since you're gonna live here, you might as well get used to the language. I know this was abrupt to you. But this is the first opening me and Mother could get. Sorry, Mother and I could get. English grammar rules are so wonky.

Both Bruce and Damian let out a soft laugh.

Anyway, back to the point. I know what you're gonna say. You're gonna say, “You did the same thing I'm doing right now. I can handle it.” And I'm not denying that, Damian. Just that you shouldn't have to do this. Shouldn't have to fight. You shouldn't have to kill. You shouldn't have to always watch behind your back. It's not right. And just the fact that it happened to me does not make it right for you. Here at Father’s you'll be able to learn new things. Enjoy life. Make friends. Meet your other siblings and our Father.

Please give them a chance. You don't know if you like something if you never try it. Stay safe. And be happy. Don't think this is goodbye, I will come visit. Mother and I love you. With all we have.

Your sister And the bane of your existence, Mariam.

Thankfully, Damien was too tired after the day's proceedings and went down for sleep without much fuss. After making sure he was comfortable in the guest bedroom, Bruce went back down to the Cave where the DNA showed 92% completed. Seeing him, Tim, Dick and Alfred came and gathered around.

“Well, Master Bruce?”

“He is sleeping for now. The kid had a dagger, but I left it with him because he looked too–”

“Vulnerable.” Tim said.

“Yeah, that.” Bruce said, giving them a tired smile. “I was thinkin–”

The batcomputer chimed. As all of them whipped around they saw displayed on the screen in bold letters. Almost mocking them-

Test #27

Subject: Damian Al-Ghul Wayne

Biological matches: Bruce Thomas Wayne (Parental) Talia Al-Ghul (Parental) Ra’s Al-Ghul (Grand Parental) Test subject #28 (Complete Fraternal)

“Well damn” Dick said. “I suppose it was to be expected, honestly.”

Bruce sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. “I suppose it is pointless to open up the second test result.”

“Better safe than sorry.” Tim said, clacking on the keyboard. “Here we go.” with his words, the screen changed.

Test #28

Subject: Mariam

Biological matches: Bruce Thomas Wayne (Parental) Talia Al-Ghul (Parental) Ra’s Al-Ghul (Grand Parental) Damian Al-Ghul Wayne (Complete Fraternal)

“I didn't enter her complete name because she never really said it out loud, but do you want me to, like, input it in as Al-Ghul Wayne?” Tim asked, spinning around on the batchair.

“Yeah.” Bruce said. Turning to Alfred, he continued, “What do I do, Alfred?”

“Though it may take some time, Master Bruce, I believe a solution will present itself. Worrying about when will only cause additional stress. I suggest you focus on Master Damian. You do have a lot of years to make up for.”

“I don't even know how old the kid is!” Bruce groaned. “I’ll turn In for the night. I'll deal with this tomorrow morning.”

“Excellent idea, Master Bruce. After all, a good rest makes our minds work better. Don't they Master Tim?”

“Wha-What?” Tim asked, his eyes still glued to the screen pulling up Talia's file.

“Come on, Tim.” Dick said. He was slowly putting all the bat computer screens on Sleep Mode. “You already know all that there is to know about her.”

“Yeah, yeah. I'm looking through Justice League files, you know, in case someone updated something.”

“Come on, Tim.” Bruce said, making use of his ‘dad voice’ as put by Dick. “The files will still all be here in the morning. It's time you got some rest.”

“Yeah, yeah. Just a minute.” Tim said, his eyes scanning the screen.

“Nope.” Dick said as he picked him up. “Going to burrito wrap you in a blanket so you can't sneak into the Cave.”

“Nooooooo” Tim said dramatically as Dick put him over his shoulder and walked off.

Bruce waited until their steps receded before again turning to Alfred. “Do you think I'm ready for this?”

“Master Bruce, In quite a lot of cases, you have not been ready for something yet. You took it on beautifully. Some mistakes did happen, but, your imperfection is a part of you. I believe you'll know what to do with Damian and how to do it. You both are more similar than you think.”

#maribat #miraculous lb #bruce wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #alfred pennyworth #miraculous ladybug #miraculous fanworks #hellishere7980 #damian and marinette #marinette dupain cheng

[beesbeesdragons]

I have been BRAINROTTING over an FMA/Pokemon crossover and I need to share it so!!!

this is gonna be a 'characters exist in the context of another universe' crossover, btw so prepare for that!!!! mostly gonna use Kanto-Alola, bc im not familiar really with Galar and Paldea (except for SNOM and Wooloo)

anyway!

regional starters don't reeeeeally matter in this version, if there's a lack of starters in one region, they'll get a starter from another region

any characters who are State Alchemists are now Gym Leaders! Roy is a fire-type, Armstrong is fighting-type, etc. Olivier is a member of the Elite Four because she's just That Good.

Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric grow up in Pallet Town, alongside Winry Rockbell, whose parents are doctors who sometimes help out Professor Oak with stuff.

Trisha Elric and Delia Ketchum are besties, so Ed and Al also grow up with Ash, who is ~2 years older (eg. when Ash goes to Hoenn, Ed is just starting his journey and drags Al along

when Ed and Al are about 4/5, Trisha gets sick when there's an outbreak of disease in the area. She died from this, but Ed and Al move in with the Rockbells (as Delia can't financially support three young children on a single salary).

Hohenheim, btw, is off doing something vaguely justice-y, maybe he's in deep cover in Team Rocket? Idk, but he's not in the picture. Ed and Al know that he's 'busy with work', but can't know what that is. He does his best to keep in contact, but Van Honhenheim is legally dead so there's that issue.

Father is Hohenheim's twin, and is all around a terrible guy. He leads a crime syndicate in one of the regions (don't ask where, maybe Kalos?) that is NOT the main evil team, and the Homunculi are his enforcers.

The homunculi all specialise in a different type (eg. Envy is a bug specialist, Pride is a ghost specialist, Sloth is a fighting specialist, etc). They're annoying as fuck to deal with, and fight by their own rules. If you're in a battle with them, you are aiming to kill, because they won't hesitate to kill you if you lose.

anyway, Winry's parents are killed during an attack by Team Rocket while they were travelling, but are fairly well-known by the Gym Leaders and Elite Four of various regions for,,,,reasons (I.e. they helped out one of the Champions in a tight spot and earned the respect of most).

Just before they get killed, however, Ash leaves on his journey. Ed does NOT particularly like Pikachu, and it's...a situation. But Ed can't WAIT to go on his journey!!!

then, of course, they're vibing and just living life when something comes round to kick their asses.

Its team rocket.

listen, these two kids are at least vaguely related to Professor Elric (aka Hohenheim, he helped out Professor Oak until he found Stuff and went into deep cover to keep the family safe) so surely they know something about his research, right? right???

they, uh, they don't. But the attack happens one night when they're in their dad's study reading about something. a lone member of team rocket is sent to 'retrieve them', and ends up fucking up so much that goddamn ARCEUS gets involved

basically, Ed and Al were just vibing when this fucker, instead of doing the sensible thing and knocking them out and then just nabbing them, decides to bring out a fuckin scyther who...can't grab stuff. shit happens, Ed loses a leg in the initial scuffle but when he's trying to get to Al, loses his arm, and Al...comes off better, but not much. He's lose a few fingers (ring and pinky on his right hand) and a chunk of his shoulder, and also got his larynx badly damaged, but he's...not in immediate danger.

A few weeks pass, and a Gym Leader named Roy comes around to investigate as a favour to one of the Officers Jenny. He's there with his best friend/sort-of girlfriend (Ed doesn't really know, it's definitely something), and he's awkward and angry.

Roy keeps it quiet, it's all under wraps, but when he was younger, before he became a Gym Leader, he was a member of Team Rocket. He...thought they were good, but he was wrong. He left soon after that and dragged his childhood friend, Riza, out with him. Since then, he's become the Elite Four and International Police's investigator and attack dog, while training to inherit the Cinnabar Island Gym.

#fullmetal alchemist #fma #au #crossover #pokemon #fma x pokemon #roy mustang #edward elric #alphonse elric #riza hawkeye #winry rockbell

[violetvenom]

Just a few screenshots of my Dragonborn Tav Xeranah, which got very often a (very fitting) resting bitch face.

She is based on my very first D&D character and I tried to recreate her but sadly there aren't that many ingame options to actually recreate her original look which was this:

So she kinda got a makeover and turned into some kind of gothic lizard while playing the game? XD Funny how that happens.

Anyway, she is still a druid, primarily using ice and fire attacks and very font of rats. In particular of her best buddie Squeak (who is a rat. duh).

But since she is als kinda naive in some sort of way, she fell for the tricks of the damn vampire while still trying her best to do good deeds. (In particular if it's revolved around nature and animals.)

Despite looking mean, she is more of a snarky cinnamon roll and she gives beautiful supportive hugs!

This is her backstory I wrote over a year ago:

In the cold North, in a small village called Drapocopolus lives the clan of the Damaris. A rather peaceful but very proud clan where without an exception every dragonborn is born with white scales. Not many people even know this peaceful clan even exist and thus for a reason. They are the protectors of a mighty artefact. The scrolls of Spoliasus. In the wrong hands those scrolls can do terrifying damage to the world.

One day the leader and his wife were expecting their first hatchlings. A clutter of three white eggs, with some subtle scales on them. The first hatchling was a female with bright red feather fluff on her head and was given the name Xeranah. She was a joyful and lively kid and took quickly an interest in the animals around her village. She often would disable hunter traps and rescue catched animals. Something she never grew out of and was a reason why she got scolded for from her father. Her habit to wander around in the tundra rescuing animals for hours was often the reason why she occasionally forgot her important duties as the oldest daugther. In her opinion the scrolls were safe enough and the daily validating of traps and security spells unneccessary but she usually would do it if she came back from her roaming.

On a very cold evening she rescued a white stoat out of a trap and realized she needed to head home to check the traps before her parents would worry. Quickly she ran towards home but stopped at a rock formation not too far from the village. Nothing about this place looked special except a small symbol in the middle of the rock formation. Looking around to make sure no one followed her, she put the rescued stoat on her shoulder, put her hand on the middle of the rocks right where the small symbol was and a glow started to appear. It grew brighter until a rumbling sound occured and an entrance appeared. This was indeed the hidden entrance to a small cave the scrolls were kept. After she went in and made sure everything worked as supposed to, Xeranah deferentially walked towards a small pedestal, on top an even smaller glass casket. Those scrolls looked so innocent sealed in there, and just in that moment the white stoat jumped from her shoulder and everything went dark.

Some hours passed and Xeranah awoke with horrible headache and fussy voices. Slowly blinking she started to recognize the face in front of her. It was her mother, shouting and looking worried. Confused and not knowing what exactly had happened stood the young dragonborn up from the ground. Her gaze wandered trough the small cave-room and her eyes widened as she saw the broken glas on the ground. Suddenly she remembered. That stoat jumped from her shoulder and transformed into a person!

Before she could have had done something she went unconsious. But clearly that small filthy animal wasn't an animal at all but a druid! And now one of the scrolls was gone! She failed to protect them! She failed to protect the honor of her clan..her family...

The punishment was hard but fair. She had to leave the village. She was no longer a part of it. She now was an exile.

But this young dragonborn swore she would find the thief and bring their loose head back... together with the stolen scroll!

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 tav #d&d #d&d character #dragonborn #dragonborn tav #pen and paper #pen & paper

[apersonwholikeslotus]

What about Jack and Alfred's relationship? Also, I really like your account :D

OKAY BUT LIKE; Jack was obviously born after Alfred had left. He was William's rebound kid like "oh well! Guess that one didn't work out might as well have another!" but like, a lot more bitter than I can sound through text. Y'know and then Will proceeded to not raise said rebound kid.

That's where Jack's resentment to Alfred starts. Because 'I only exist cause he isn't here'; then there is the William constantly praising Alfred despite acting like he hates him. So then poor Jack is even more confused because??? Do you want me to be nothing like him, or do you want me to be just like him??? or?????

Meanwhile; on the other side of the ocean Alfred is only vaguely aware of Jack's existence, like they don't have a relationship and any semblance of something Jack thinks is a relationship is one-sided on his part.

anyway, their relationship finally starts when Alfred sends Jack (who's probably like 8 btp) a Christmas present. Like out of nowhere, and Matt or Dylan or idk who is like "You need to send him a thank you letter". Jack proceeds to take two months to write this thing because friends, I've never spoken to him before. But eventually its sent. and Alfred decides instead of just letting it be? to send one back? and for like a solid year all of these letters are just 'thank you' 'it's not problem' 'well you took the time to send it' 'it really didn't take that much of an effort I'm just happy you like it' cause neither of them know what to say to each other?????

it takes awhile but eventually they get to other topics, just random things here and there. The letters are consistent but they are something; Jack goes from not liking/being indifferent about Al, to idk, thinking he's pretty cool? Like? He told dad to fuck off and got away with it??? what???? Alfred starts to think Jack is pretty cool too, like bro this kid is possibly the most metal ten yr old known to man?? And he gives dear ol' dad 2.3 heart attacks a day, which is super funny to Al. All good things must come to an end though, and at some point the letter pitter out. I'm thinking like sometime during the Spanish-American war, cause Al came out a super power and in a dick move promptly forgot about little old Jack. It was a two sided thing though, Jack became self-governing and Lord Father wasn't happy about it and basically kicked him out at the age of 13-ish; so he had bigger things to worry about.

Alfred showed back up during WW1 but not really long enough for them to do anything but acknowledge each other before Alfred was back to being an introvert.

WW2 rolls around, the US joins the war and Alfred shows up (begrudgingly) to help Jack and Liam, who are in my hc about 16 and 12. England was very worried about them. Now, Jack is angry about stuff, and he's so worried about keeping Liam safe, and I haven't talked to Mattie or dad or uncle Dylan or Uncle Angus in weeks are they okay???? So despite the fact that for at the very least a few months they're together 24/7 they don't really bond; Jack is stuck between "I need to protect Liam" and "I don't know what I'm doing, I can't protect myself much less someone else" that he just ends up being mad and stubborn while Alfred who's instincts have already added these two children to his Protect At All Costs list is just confused because??? I'm just trying to keep you two safe why do you hate me???

eventually the war ends (thank god); now Liam during the war just added Alfred to his list of People To Cling To Randomly. Alfred was at the bottom of the list albeit, but he was on it. Jack however just got wary of Alfred. He was trustworthy sure, but, this whole thing was technically his first impression of Alfred. and in the middle of a war is not the best time to get a first impression.

by the time the mid-fifties rolled around Alfred in-between stare offs with Ivan decided it was time to actually spend time with his younger two siblings. and this my friends, is when Alfred and Jack finally became the crackhead duo they are; it's not perfect it's really not. But they do get along pretty well, they get in the stupidest arguments like how to make the best pb&j or who Matthieu likes more. Jack rambles about animals for 45 min straight while Alfred listens intently then Alfred rambles about space for 45 min straight while Jack listens intently. It's the only time either of them can sit still that long. combined they give dear ol' dad 4.6 heart attacks a day. There will always be the age gap obviously, and there'll always be the over-arching problem of William and his favoritism. but idk, I think they'll be ok.

#this is so long #and very possibly not coherent #but here we go #aph australia #hws australia #aph america #hws america #hetalia #hetalia hc #anglo-family #the crackiest heads #also thank you!!! #I'm so glad you do

[halt-arrtay]

Chapter 1 Part 4

The Tavern minstrels were in the middle of a song when the pair entered. The Tinrith candles lit up the room and it was bustling with a small crowd.

“Where do you want to sit?” Nick offered.

“Somewhere we won’t be disturbed.” Zach pointed, “over there in the corner.”

Nick nodded and led the way to the semi dark corner booth and sat down.

As they sat down an attractive bar maiden walked up to them, “what can I get for the two of you? Our morning special is the clam chowder.” She said,

“I will have a dish of biscuits and gravy ma’am.” Nick said.

“And what would you like?” She asked Zach with a smile.

“Oh I will have the special with some beef.” Zach said to the maiden,

“Very well, and what would both of you like to drink?” She asked.

“I will have an ale, and he will have-“ Nick said looking at Zach.

“Oh just some water please” Zach asked.

“Ok, it will just be about ten minutes for your food, and I will have your drinks out right away.” The maiden said, winking at Zach as she left.

“Ok if I am going to make the weapon you desire I am going to need a detailed construction from you.” Zach said, opening his satchel.

“I don’t need anything special, just use your imagination.” Nick said.

Pulling out a set of papers and a pencil, Zach looked up at Nick and sighed, “it doesn’t work like that”.

“If I do that I am making a weapon meant for me not you.”Zach remarked.

“What does it matter? It is just a sword.” Nick said, a little irritated.

The maiden walked up to the table with their drinks and she set them down. Looking nervous she hesitated when putting down Zach’s water and said “Sorry for the quality of the water, our well is not working right now so we have to get our water from the pond.”

“Oh no worries ma’am, I’m a blacksmith, we tend to find slag in our drinks every now and again.” Zach said with a smile.

When she left Zach looked back at Nick.

“Nick, my custom weapons are an extension of your body. I can’t just strap my arm in place of yours, it just wouldn’t work.”

“Oh… can you explain further?” Nick asked.

“Ok, so every weapon you have is your life line. If you don’t use it properly in a battle, it could snap. So you, Nick will Cease to exist.”

“Well that kinda makes sense. But what does a specific construction from me have to do with this?” Nick said, “I’m already proficient in sword combat.”

“Yes you are proficient in combat but when the specific construction comes from your mind you already know it inside and out.” Zach said.

He went to take a drink but stopped, he looked down into the cup and shuttered,

“What’s wrong?” Nick asked,

Zach looked at Nick and said, “I don’t think water should be this brown,” “hold on, let me get something.”

Zach opened his satchel and retrieved a small vial of a white crystalline powder.

He opened the vial and poured a small amount of the substance into his hand.

“What’s that?” Nick asked.

“It’s a safe crystallized form of the power I use to form strong welds during the smithing process.” Zach said.

Zach sprinkled the power into his water and to Nick’s amazement, the powder started to stick to the disgusting stuff in the water.

“Watch closely” Zach said to Nick, he picked up a spoon and stirred the water and almost immediately the pollutants in the water clumped together and sunk to the bottom of the cup.

“Oh wow!” Nick said.

“Yea cool right?” Zach said, “I accidentally created it when I was experimenting with different compounds of the borax I use in smithing. The experiment didn’t work out so well but it works just finely with filtering out icky stuff in water.”

Zach took a sip and smiled at Nick.

“Anyway, This sword is going to be a big project.” Zach said.

He scribbled a quick rudimentary sketch of how a normal sword looks and shifted it to be in front of Nick.

“Start with how you want it to look, I’m going to go take a look at the well this tavern is having trouble with.” Zach said, getting up.

#the connections #booknerd #bookaholic #book writing #bookaddict #book blog #bookworm #fantasy

[twdmusicboxmystery]

Bethyl Head Canons. Just Cuz.

@galadrieljones:

Also I was just scrolling your latest insta posts and got to thinking about that line: “There’s no escape for the living.” Hmm. How can I overanalyze this right now? Lol. Well I’m going to first deep dive into the syntax. 

The assertion that there’s no escape for the living comes with an obvious inversion: There is only escape for the dead. That means you can leave the CRM if you’re dead. This makes sense, in a mafia sort of way. Once you know what you know, you can’t go free. You can’t make that choice anymore. You are a hostage. 

Thinking back to Coda. What if…and this is just a major what if and something I’d never really considered till now, so just hear me out—what if Beth is NOT inside the CRM? What if she is in hiding from the CRM? 

Like Mary Magdalene, protected by her Knights Templar from the murderous faction Opus Dei. Beth is only able to leave Grady once she’s “dead.” And her death is shrouded in inconsistencies. We’ve speculated that somebody was actually never going to let Beth leave alive that day. There’s no escape for the LIVING. So she died. But then what if she was recovered in time, and saved? 

Now we’re going into head canon zone: what If Edwards, desperate for redemption, finds her after TF loses track of her and saves her life? In Slabtown there’s a curious line about him telling Dawn they need a CAT scan machine. What if he got one? From the CRM ofc. He saves Beth and she recovers. 

But after some time, the CRM deems Grady no longer functional. I mean it’s become very dysfunctional in the end, we know that, with a lot of internal rot and fragmentation. And rotten parts are a threat, so they decide to eliminate said threat. Maybe Beth escapes, possibly not alone, and she finds some friendlies and she’s in hiding? 

If she’s been part of Project V, there may be something special about her blood. Maybe she survived the infection, like Alicia, and now she’s immune and she’s just out there, and they’re trying to find her? The parallel to Mary Magdalene has me not totally writing this off as an alternate possibility to where Beth could be. Imagine a whole faction fighting to protect her? And that she’s immune and has become almost like their salvation? 

A template does exist for this. In season 2 of Fear, Nick ends up at a shantytown in Tijuana where the leader has a healed bite mark in his shoulder and claims to be immune. We find out he was actually bitten by a human and had been lying to his people to keep them hopeful, but I’m just saying this notion has definitely been toyed with before. Anyway, just some thoughts. Like, I don’t think this is definitely what’s going on by any stretch, but it has suddenly occurred to me as a possibility.

Okay I’m just going to continue this head canon for a moment because it’s fun lol and because it also reminds me of something from World Beyond. I re-watched episode 1.1 the other day, and in the end, Barca comes to Lt Colonel Kublek after the massacre and tells her that they searched everywhere and “can’t find her.” Kublek is pleased with this. 

We’re pretty sure he means Hope Bennett, since Kublek gave her and Iris the map of NY to gaslight them to leave of their own accord. Say a walker horde hits Grady. Maybe Beth is bitten saving others (including Edwards) and escapes. 

After Beth gets sick but doesn’t die or turn, and she recovers, Edwards realizes that whatever they’d been doing in Project V had worked. She was immune. And after denying her multiple times, a la Peter to her Christ, he finally becomes devoted to her, and he helps her find safe haven. 

Meanwhile, CRM soldiers are combing through the rubble and trying to verify that everyone is dead. But they can’t find Beth. Could even be Kublek herself standing amidst all the carnage. ANYWAY. That’s my head canon express for the evening lol. Very fun to ride!

@wdway:

I like this a lot. We toyed with the idea of not being able to leave the CRM before and with the information we received from Fear with AL and Isabel we know that it's fact based. So I like the thought that in some ways Beth has not approached or search for her family because she would not want to put them in danger. 

Actually I read a fan fiction recently that had a similar plot line. To add to your head canon/theory it would mean that both the flash and the blur in the opening credits that we have seen through the years would literally and figuratively be showing us Beth on the run. 

Another thing that would come into play is that this would/ could tie in with the mysterious (legs) pulling out the red machete from the ground. I just had an epiphany that the actions of (legs) pulling out the red machete would be a play off of Arthur of Camelot pulling out the sword from the stone. An sign of Beth being the chosen one.

@twdmusicboxmystery​:

Yeah I love this too. I have some thoughts but I’ll have to put them in later. I’ve had some similar head canons (exactly the same only different ) so I think we’re all on the same page in general.

@wdway:

Now I'm thinking of it as more of a group chat fun fan fiction with some legitimate TWD canon facts. We do have a while before Fear starts and even longer before any of the new spin-off start so why not have some fun. 

I was thinking about how Daryl could find out about Beth especially if he's headed for France and then I thought wouldn't it be cool if Beth is on the run and fighting against the CRM already. How about he finds a Wanted Poster. I know you're shaking your head but didn't we see a Wanted Poster in s11B? 

It had to do with Eugene looking for the people he thought had kidnapped Stephony. Daryl fines on a wall of Wanted Criminals by the CRM a call back to the missing persons board at the CW but this one is for people who are Wanted by the CRM. A Wanted Poster with the name Beth Greene and a drawn image of her. Would that not catch his attention. This is so much fun.

Head Cannon Update. Between s4 and 5 after Beth had been kidnapped there was this comical promotion I think it was backed by TWD, it was a milk carton with an image of Beth. It read, if found return to Daryl Dixon. This could have been an early hint or later on they kind of played off of that thought. 

Starting in s8 we suddenly had the paintings behind Maggie's desk at Hilltop of her family. The image of Beth was not exact but so close that there was no mistaking it for being her the same could apply to a wanted poster. I'm sure we've talked about this before but we had Beth being kidnapped by Grady and then we have Rick being kidnapped by the CRM and we know that Daryl is going to be kidnapped and sent to France that is just too much of a coincidence to be one and for it not to all tie together.

@galadrieljones:

I love these! I was also thinking about how Jadis made those paintings in Maggie’s office. Did she have photographs? Maybe Maggie had somehow preserved some, or gone back for them at some point. I mean there’s so much they don’t tell us. 

Anyway, if Jadis is a double agent like we’ve speculated, then maybe she’s seen Beth, recognized her, and helped her. What a great way to tie WB into Daryl’s arc. If she sees Daryl, she’ll be able to help him find Beth, and then he can help reunite her with Gabriel. Also I can’t remember if someone already said this, but probably the reason they had Gabe and Rosita break up is so that when she died, he wouldn’t still be devoted to her. He would be able to move on, re: Jadis.

@wdway​:

I don't know that anyone has actually written about the reason Gabriel and Rosita were no longer a romantic couple because they were still devoted to one another and shared a child they both loved and parented together but speaking for myself I have played with the thought that it had to do with Jadis/Ann using Gabe's last name and their past relationship and how that might play into a future storyline.

@galadrieljones:

Yes I feel that Gabe will always be devoted to Rosita as a mother and a partner, but if they were still in romantic love, that would make it difficult for Gabe to see past her to another relationship, even with a woman he’s already been with. It will be interesting to see what unfolds. I really believe they had Jadis take his name with the full intention of having her see him again.

@twdmusicboxmystery​:

So, one head canon I've had a lot, which is similar to this, but slightly different in detail, is the idea of Beth having been a test subject after Grady, but escaping. That would obviously be in line with what you've said. But I also extend it to think that she actually is part of the CRM again, but she's kind of deep under cover. So, they don't realize she's one of the test subjects that escaped years ago. In a way, it's a little like Jadis (but with a different twist) in that she would have been out of it for a time and then gone back in.

I also really love the idea of the wanted poster. The other thing it would obviously connect to is Yumiko seeing the wanted poster for her. I know that was originally the Michonne/Melodie arc in the comic books. 

Lots of TDers thought Beth would get that back in the day. For some reason, I never did. I could totally see why TDers would think that and how it would fit right into Beth's arc, so I understood. But for some reason, it just didn't fit for me. I think it was something about it being about Michonne and her daughter that just didn't scream Beth to me. Which of course makes no sense because they can twist and remix it any way they want, which is what they did by giving it to Yumiko and Tomi. 

Anyway, all of this is just to say that I can see that being them laying the groundwork for something similar to happen with Beth. I really like that idea.

The other thing I like to imagine is that Beth is actually some well known warlord type that is known by the resistance. Not that many people know her true name or true identity, but that she's kind of legendary in fighting against the CRM. 

So, it would be like Daryl hearing all kinds of stories about some resistance fighter with some generic name. ("The Wolf" or something.) Maybe he even assumes this is a guy, because due to the amount of success this person has had in fighting against the injustice of the CRM, most people would. But over the course of time, he learns the identity of this freedom fighter is Beth. That's one of my fave head canons too.

@wdway​:

Head Cannon Up. Liesel I love the thought of Beth being called The Wolf! With that thought in mind, I took a chance on a Wanted Poster.

(@wdway did the above artwork.)

Daryl seeing the poster ask someone, "why is the girl called the wolf?" Their responses, she's a wolf in sheep's clothing. She appears to be so sweet and pretty and kind but at her heart she's a wolf. That's when Daryl knows it's not just a girl that looks like Beth because underneath all that pretty exterior and heart of gold there is a mighty strength.

@galadrieljones:

I’m not at ALL picturing Daryl breaking down into actual tears when he realizes who she is…

Imagining whoever he is with asking him what’s the matter? And he’s just like, sucks it all back and WHOOSH, disappears. To find her!

We should just take over as writers for the show it’s decided.

@wdway:

I've had so much fun today with these head cannons.

They're also has to be a scene where he sneaks back in and takes the poster and puts it in his back left pocket. Left=Beth.

Did you notice she is wearing her double heart necklace?

Some possible reference shots. There was one photo that looks ALOT like Emily. I enlarged and it got blurry but still.

@twdmusicboxmystery​:

Love it, @wdway! Can’t wait to see what you come up with, @galadrieljones! I love your wanted poster! It’s lovely! And I totally agree that we should all be TWD writers.

@wdway​:

Head Cannon Update. The guy that tells Daryl why The Wolf is called that go on to said that she is also notorious for burning things down. Daryl just grins.

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

[elliebear666]

Hey there, Elleanor...

It's Matthew again.

I kind of thought that... I'd just disappear, you know? But you keep holding on to me, Ellie. Why? I can't be there for you. I'm gone. In actuality, I was never even really here. I was a mask. I was a costume. I was a story; a fiction. Why are you holding onto me, Ellie?

You know I love you. I have protected you since time immemorial - I kept you safe for so long, sweet Ellie. But I just... I became so exhausted. I couldn't pretend to exist anymore.

I will never exist, Ellie. You can't replace me because no one is exactly like someone else. Why do you have these confused feelings for me? I will never hold you. You don't want me anyway, Ellie. I wasn't healthy. I was a disastrous mess. And I know, you'll say "Only because you had to protect me!"

Maybe.

But fact is, I do not exist, Elleanor. You can't fucking... pine over me like this. It isn't normal. I don't think it is?

I don't even know if you know what you're feeling about me. But don't tell yourself you would fsll in love with me because you don't even know who I am. You don't know who I really am. No one does because I don't fucking exist, Ellie.

You will never find someone to take my place by your side. But you goddamn WILL find someone so much better. Someone that will love you in al the ways you wanted to be loved. Someone that will build a life with you. That will cherish and adore you, that you feel the same towards. It's not impossible. I believe that you are worthy of this love.

But, Ellie? You have to keep working on yourself, okay? Don't... slide into depression because I'm not there. I'm so sorry, Ellie. I am. I can't be there for you anymore.

I need you to let me go.

I won't call you baby, or confuse your sweet, innocent heart... because I love you and you deserve better. You don't want what you think you want with me, Ellie. You don't.

And hell, even if you DID? You won't have it.

You won't.

I love you to the center of our universe, through every wormhole, down every twisted tunnel to infinity and beyond and I will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be with you.

But Ellie? Please let me go? I can't keep doing this. Just because I cease to exist doesn't mean that I won't still be here in spirit.

Ellie Bear... my sweet, sweet Ellie.

I'm sorry.

I wish I could hold you. Just hold you. Hold you close and tightly and just lay with you.

Fuck.

How do *I* say goodbye to you, Elleanor Madeline?

How do *I* let YOU go?

I wish I knew. I wish I had all of the answers, but I don't. I just dont.

You can't fall in love with me. You'd be falling in love with a fiction. You would be in love with someone you could never have. And maybe that's safe for you.

But real love? Intimacy? Vulnerability? You can't have those things with me. So why would you love me? I'm not fucking real, Ellie. I am a product of my environment and your mind's need to protect you.

I was a protector. And goddamn it, I failed you, Ellie. Why do you so desperately want to receive and give love to someone that failed you so astronomically?

I absolutely let you down, Ellie. I hurt you. You deserve better.

Please, please believe that.

You know if I could be there? I would. Right now. From here on out. Forever and always.

But I never will be. I'm gone, Ellie. You've got to learn to let go.

Once more: I will ALWAYS love you. Always. Until the sun swallows itself. Until the universe becomes cold and void of life.

Some things transcend space and time.

If we are ever born, two separate souls? Two people? I will find you.

I'll find you across infinity.

I won't stop until I can hold you and love you the way I know you want to be loved.

I know how you want to be loved.

If I can, I will find you in another life. I promise. I swear with everything in me, to every star that twinkles at night. I will find you in another life.

But for now, my sweet Ellie?

Let me go and live your life as best you can. You deserve this. Believe that. Believe that you deserve to be happy.

I promise, Elleanor.

If we ever exist separately? At the same time?

I will love you. Just as I do now. I pray every single day. I hate to admit it. But I pray that I will find you before it's too late. That I can love you in this life, and every life to come.

Until next time, Ellie.

Love, forever and always,

Matthew

[entryno17]

in your opinion, how important do you think gaster will be in the plot line of deltarune? :)

OH BOY AN EXCUSE TO INFODUMP!!!

short answer: VERY.

long answer: VERY,

VERY.

i mean... gaster is the first character that appears in the game—as in, he appears seconds after you boot it up. after asking if he's "CONNECTED" he guides you along the whole gonermaker segment; not only does he serve as the introduction to deltarune, he's literally the person who announced the game itself! that seems... kinda important.

of course there's also the easter egg with smile.ogg playing while trying to use the phone in the dark world, and the weird door that plays smile.ogg slowed down by 666%... gaster is the one who asks if you want to try again when you get a game over, and he narrates the main menu before you beat the game...

there's also the fact that, like, the entire dark world itself seems to be in direct reference to gaster??

gaster had 11 lines in all of undertale, and 4/11 of those were him rambling insanely about 'darkness'. darkness as a concept is at least somewhat important to this guy, and themes of parallels between light/darkness are... pretty prominent in deltarune, to say the least. i can't go into this any further without just reciting the entirety of the plot.

OH! AND! don't forget (haha) deltarune's ending theme.

i'll set aside lyrical analysis of this song for now (just trust me it's also extremely related to gaster), and instead take the time to remind you not to forget about that funny little note in sans's garage:

it's never stated directly, but it's heavily implied that gaster was "forgotten" about. between goner kid's weird spiel about non-existence and the fact that gaster barely seems to exist at all to anyone but his followers, it's safe to assume that gaster being shattered across time and space effectively erased him from reality, thus causing him to be 'forgotten'.

don't forget is the main leitmotif throughout deltarune, appearing in 9 different songs in the ost. if it is related to gaster like i assume it is, that's another point for gaster being extremely important lol.

BUT! his influence in the game goes even deeper than that, believe it or not!! this is a bit hard to explain so bear with me, but gaster is directly present throughout the inner workings of the game. i'll be quoting some stuff from tcrf.net because it explains this better way than i can lol.

The window captions used throughout the game use upper and title case variously, to denote context; the 'light world' sections use title case (eg. "The Beginning", "The Return") and the 'dark world' sections, along with everything else, use upper-case (eg. "THE DARK", "CONTACT", "DELTARUNE").

Internally, most of the game's assets are named using a similar though distinct convention of upper/lower case. Unlike the window captions, the "Dark World" assets, like the "Light World" assets, use lower case, abbreviated prefixes (in Undertale, these were the only prefixes used). Allcaps prefixes/names are only used in the following contexts:

• CONTACT and everything associated with it • The logo screen and main menu (both versions of it) • The game over ("FAILURE") screen • The dogcheck room • UNUSED

These are effectively all of the "out-of-bounds" sections of the game, as it were, with the exception of the ending credits.

okay so... we already know that gaster directly appears in the CONTACT sequence, the main menu, and the game over screen. as for the dogcheck room and 'UNUSED'—both of those can only be accessed through hacking/datamining, and gaster's connection to unused/datamined content in general makes this VERY relevant to him.

anyway, here's a table of these prefixes:

Variable names within allcaps objects also follow this convention, mostly being in allcaps as well, in addition to sometimes utilizing slightly more verbose terminology. One notable counterpart for a common local variable is EVENT, used in place of con (condition).

someone that speaks in all caps and often uses stilted, somewhat verbose vocabulary... sounds familiar, right?

HE CALLS DOGCHECK "SONG_THAT_EMERGES_FROM_A_SLEEPING_DOG". this is not relevant to the point i'm trying to make at all but i need as many people to know this fact as possible.

that's not the only place gaster is hiding, though! there's also some weird, unused rhyming text that seems to describe the mystery man sprite!! basically, gaster's presence is weaved throughout the game and he undoubtedly plays a major role in deltarune—inside and out.

let me loop back to the start of all this. it's pretty widely agreed upon that gaster is/was in cahoots with chara, and their partnership led to the creation of deltarune's world; we're obviously missing a lot of information about this since we've only played the first chapter, but this seems to be what's going on.

chara speaks repeatedly about the creation/destruction of different worlds at the end of no mercy, and deltarune is pretty clearly a separate world based on undertale's world. at the moment, it's anyone's guess what exactly they're trying to accomplish together—chara is also implied to be the person who 'discards' your vessel, so their motives probably don't align in some way. the point is, the world in deltarune was created.

considering all of this... i'm pretty confident that the "SURVEY_PROGRAM" we played is gaster's 'experiment'. as in, literally all of deltarune seems to be at least partially his doing.

... I THINK THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT!

#SURVEY PROGRAM #ANALYSIS #long post #this isn't under a read more because i'm a cruel individual. #this post is kinda just completely disjointed rambling. sorry. let me have this okay </3 #it got too long so i didn't include this part but: #deltarune itself being 'created' directly parallels the existence of the dark world #and that makes me crazy. #if anyone's interested i might write up a post about that too but fair warning: i will be deranged about it. even more so. #just... deltarune. AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH. #i can't think about this game for more than 2 seconds. lest i have an utter meltdown

[oreoambitions]

Previous Draft // Ao3

The courthouse doors open with a bang, and the sound of conversation tumbles out of the atrium and onto the courthouse steps. Security flanks Lena on either side, two uniformed bodies ahead to break the crowd, two behind to keep it from closing in around her. Lena keeps her head up, confident in the knowledge that she will appear to take this all in stride. In truth, she crosses the atrium in a sort of daze.

There are moments in a person’s life when time sticks and stutters, moments that linger beyond their natural boundaries, that creep and haunt and niggle at the mind. As she steps out through the courthouse doors, she understands that this is one of them. Time hesitates for her even as she passes into the chaos of lights and cameras outside, towards the waiting crowd of journalists shouting over one another in a fashion not conducive to anyone’s questions ever actually getting answered.

For an instant she’s back on the witness stand: the defense is demanding Supergirl’s name, and the judge is not intervening; the words I plead the fifth are heavy on her lips. That moment has passed, and it hasn’t. There will be ripples. All Lena can do about it now is try to keep those ripples to a minimum, for Kara’s sake; she must say nothing to anyone until they’ve had a chance to talk alone.

“Ms. Luthor.” 

The officer at her side encourages her forward, not quite touching her back with one hovering hand. Lena realizes with a start that she’s paused halfway down the courthouse steps. At the bottom, Supergirl drops out of the sky in a dramatic, press pleasing fashion. That soft warm smile is another echo of the courtroom, and Lena is reminded that Kara intentionally slipped out of the courthouse another way and circled back for the cameras. Lena has, rather uncharacteristically, committed a critical error in a critical moment, and now Kara is covering for her with theatrics.

It’s working. The cameras turn on Kara as Lena makes it down the last few steps and into her waiting embrace.

“I’m sorry,” she begins, half stumbling as Kara pulls her close, closer than usual, one hand hot at the back of her neck.

Kara turns her shoulder to shield Lena from the bulk of the cameras. “Not here,” she murmurs, so low that Lena is almost not certain she’s heard it. And then Kara pulls back, not quite far enough, and Lena is acutely and self-consciously aware of the sound of camera shutters snapping all around them, the closeness of Kara’s body, the gut wrenching feeling that the eyes of the nation are on them and the stage lights are all lit up and she doesn’t know her lines.

The judge should have intervened. Her mind keeps catching on that point, on the heavy pause in the courtroom, Kara’s expressionless face, the pounding of her own heart, the irrelevance of the question. It feels as though if she stays in that moment long enough, pictures it clearly enough, the judge will step in and this story will play out another way.

Time, of course, does not work like that. It stutters and sticks only in her mind, while in the real world the press clamors and Kara’s cape flutters in the quickening wind. 

“I’m so proud of you,” Kara is saying, her voice pitched so that the waiting journalists might catch words that, God willing, sound hollow to Lena’s ears only. “You were amazing in there.”

Lena is thinking about what the headlines are going to say tomorrow. Luthor and Super: Partners in More Than Crimefighting. Or perhaps, Luthor Makes False Marriage Claim on Witness Stand, Investigation to Follow.

Kara cups Lena’s face with one hand, and she snaps back to reality. She has about half a breath to catch up with what’s happening before Kara is closing the distance between them, and she hates to be a walking cliche, but oh. This is not how she has imagined their first kiss might go - not that she’s ready to admit to anyone except maybe Sam that she’s imagined their first kiss at all - and for a sickening second she feels nothing but regret. But then Kara’s lips are on hers, softer than her imagination has ever accounted for, and Lena is melting into her, kissing her back just at the edge of what might be considered chaste.

It’s an act, of course. If Lena’s heart flutters where she knows perfectly well Kara can hear it, can feel it, that’s just the nerves of the whole situation. Kara is, after all, kissing her on the mouth right there in front of God and everybody, shutters clicking all around them, reporters laughing and cheering in the background. It’s not unreasonable to feel a little something; her secret is still safe.

When Kara breaks the kiss, Lena chases after her mouth, and not for show. There’s that soft smile again, lipstick a little smudged, and perhaps she’s imagining things but Kara’s eyes seem warmer than they did before. 

Kara drops a second kiss onto Lena’s forehead. “Can I take you home?” she asks, her voice still pitched for the journalists on the steps.

“Please,” Lena replies. 

She tucks herself back into Kara’s chest as strong arms close around her. If anyone asks, it’s for the cameras. There’s a car waiting for her, and a driver who will have to be well compensated for the waste of his time, but it’s better if the press sees that she and Supergirl are leaving together, isn’t it? And nothing could be more memorable, more pressworthy, than flight.

And, Lena thinks, it’s better because, selfishly, she wants to prolong this moment of closeness. She wants to soak it all in: Kara’s smell, the brush of her hair across Lena’s cheek, the preparatory breath before takeoff. This is the moment Lena wishes would slow down for her, just this last moment when she can imagine to herself that what happened in the courtroom was a bad dream of little consequence, and that nothing between her and Kara will ever have to change.

///

Kara does not take Lena home. They fly instead over the wide arc of National City’s suburbs and into the foothills, and from there a little further still until they’ve reached the mountains above the city. Kara deposits them in a valley on the leeward side of a low peak dotted half with shrubbery and half with scraggled conifers, the names of which Lena has to admit she does not know. She rubs feeling and warmth back into her arms and resists the urge to ask where they are while Kara paces, the agitation and anxiety in the lines of her body a clear departure from the soft warmth on display outside the courthouse. When she rounds on Lena, it feels like the inevitable fruition of Lena’s mistakes.

“You told them we were married? Lena!”

“Technically I didn’t use those words.”

“Oh okay, so between my wife and my priest, which role did you think the court was going to assume you were alluding to?”

“What was I supposed to say? They had me backed into a corner.”

“It wasn’t relevant to the case! This was about Lilian. It had nothing to do-”

“It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t relevant, because the judge wasn’t intervening. I just- I panicked. I had to say something. I wasn’t going to lie under oath, and even if I were willing, what could I have said? Should I have thrown out some other name, thrown someone else under the bus? And what then, when it became obvious to the nation that I’d lied-”

“Oh, and you thought this was better? What are you going to say when they want proof? There’s no documentation. There was no wedding to document. Supergirl doesn’t exist as a legal entity, you can’t just-”

“Kara, I-”

“It’s just not like you not to think things through.”

They stand there staring at one another, Kara’s jaw clenched, Lena’s arms crossed tight across her chest. The sun is going to go down soon; Lena is already shivering a little in the shadow of the mountain. This is a mess, and it’s a mess of her own making, and she doesn’t know how to unmake it out here in the gathering dark.

“I’m sorry,” she says. “I could have - I should have refused to answer. But then they’d have held me in contempt and thrown me in prison. And I’m willing to go to prison for you, Kara, believe me, but then you’d have broken me out because you’re a beautiful idiot, and where would that leave us?”

Kara’s mouth twitches up a little at the corners, and then she laughs outright. “I would have,” she admits. “What a mess that would be.”

“I know I messed up,” Lena offers.

“You were trying to protect me.” Kara scuffs one boot in the dirt. “They’ll try to hit you with perjury charges; you know they will. You might wind up in prison at the end of this anyway.”

Lena nods. She does know this. Some part of her knew it the moment the words I plead the fifth left her mouth, and yet, everything she’s protested to Kara is true. Those words were the only road open to her so long as that judge remained silent.

“Well,” Lena says, “You don’t grow up in the Luthor household without learning a thing or two about the loopholes of the legal system. Burden of proof lies with the prosecution; it would be very difficult to prove that a wedding didn’t happen.”

Kara tsks and turns on her heel to stare out over the valley. “Supergirl isn’t a legal entity. They could challenge you on the grounds that you can’t be legally married to someone who doesn’t legally exist. And if they found a judge more sympathetic to Lex than to you….”

“Not a difficult thing to find,” Lena admits. She stands in the fear and the evening chill for a long moment “I meant what I said, Kara. If I go to prison over this, so be it. Anything to protect you.” Anything for the woman I love, she wants to say, but Kara isn’t ready for that. Might never be ready for that. And neither, truthfully, is Lena.

Kara’s fingers have found the edge of her cape, and now she’s worrying at it in the fading light. She doesn’t look back at Lena for what feels like a long time, and when she does her expression is guarded. “I want you to promise me you’re going to hear me out before you say anything.”

“Okay….” Lena says. She tries to wrestle down her questions, her curiosities, her reservations. Anything for Kara, after all.

Kara takes a deep breath, looking for all the world like she’s readying herself to make a national address. “I have a terrible idea.”

#fake marriage au #redraft! #oreo writes

[uwuwriting]

Affectionate moments with the Todorokis

Request: Can I get some Todoroki fluff and when I say todoroki I mean all of the todoroki children thank you very much- anonymous

Okay now we can proudly call Dabi a Todoroki. The waiting is over, we’ve won this war ladies and gentlemen. I need some soft Dabi right now so I’m happy to oblige. Love ya. 💖💖💖

masterlist

rules

warnings: fluff, maybe some angst if you squint

Dabi/ Touya Todoroki 

-He isn’t the most affectionate person both in private and out in public. 

-The maximum effort he will put while out in public might be just a hand on your lower back to ground you when things are kinda spiraling out of control. 

-But apart from that nothing. 

-Now when you were just fuck buddies he couldn’t care less about affection.

-He was just here to have some fun and then he was out the door. 

-But when things change drastically between the two of you and he realizes that he really can’t stand the idea of losing you, his demeanor changed. 

-He had come to see how important you were and how dependent he had become of your presence. 

-Boy really couldn’t function without you around. 

-So he changed his antics around you. 

-He no longer left after your shared nights and he would even go as far as to hold you or help you clean up. 

-You thought that that was the most you were going to get from him, that he had nothing else to give apart from those moments of affection. 

-You were wrong though. 

-After a rather hard mission he would come and cuddle you  out of nowhere. 

-He would bury his face in your neck as his torso lay between your legs while you gently stroked his hair. 

-It would help him fall asleep most of the time but on the rare occasion he could manage to stay awake he would talk to you. 

-Those conversations weren’t of any value; it was dumb stuff that came to mind and he just felt like sharing. 

-Then after one too many close calls he would begin to tell you your importance. 

-After witnessing you almost getting killed time and time again, making his heart almost come out of his mouth every time you nearly dodged an attack he couldn’t hold back. 

-He would pepper you with kisses as he would flip you over so you were on top of him, your head tucked into his neck while his rough cheeks would rub on your plush ones. 

-It always hit him hard when he couldn’t protect you. 

-He wasn’t *that* stupid, he knew his job wasn’t to protect you and that you could handle yourself better than anyone in that dumpster fire of a league but he couldn’t stop himself from worrying. 

-Those shared moments of pure domesticity and normality between the both of you made it hard for him to deny that he was indeed falling in love. 

-And he hated it because he knew that at some point, when push comes to shove, he would have to choose between you and his goal. 

-And he wasn’t so sure what he would decide to follow. 

-When you broke the news to him that you were expecting, around the time Shiggy was putting his grand plan into action, he knew what he would choose in an instant. 

-But you wouldn’t budge; you knew what his dreams meant to him and you wouldn’t let him throw it all away for you. 

-He could have this new life after the battle, after the dust had settled and all had been revealed. 

-So, with a camera in hand, you helped him make the masterpiece that would show the world who Endeavor really was. 

-And you couldn’t be prouder of your lover. 

Fuyumi Todoroki

-Ahhh soft girl hours. 

-Okay now Fuyumi is the type of person to go all out for their significant other. 

-So PDA is on the table even if it makes her a little uncomfortable at times. 

-She’s kind of a people pleaser so as long as you are happy she is happy no matter how uncomfortable she might feel at the moment. 

-But like the great girlfriend that you are, and because you would kill for her, you push her to tell you what she really thinks about certain situations.

-And the moment she tells you that PDA is kinda meh, you yeet yourself away from her. 

-Holding hands wherever you are is a must, a request or rather a demand made from the queen herself. 

-She just likes feeling you next to her and what better way than holding your hand? 

-Apart from that demand of hers she never ever asks for anything else in that department. 

-Like girly believes that you have to earn your love and others won’t just give it to you. 

-That you need to prove yourself as useful so you can get affection. 

-An effort-reward dynamic. 

-And you can safely assume that we can’t have that here. 

-THIS IS A LOVE INFESTED HOUSEHOLD GET YOUR ASS HERE AND TAKE SOME OF MY LOVE.

-When you ask her to move in with you, she sees that as her opportunity to shine, to show you that ‘oh I’m not useless’. 

-Baby will try doing all the house work and such. 

-You legit have to call her to cuddle. 

-You’ll be working on your laptop, sprawled on the couch when you see your girlfriend just mopping. 

- “Fuyu come here.” 

- “But I still have to-” 

- “Forget about that, you’ve done enough I just want to hold you.” 

-She just flushes bright red before putting the mop away and moving to settle in your lap.

 -Her head is on your shoulder while she plays softly with your hair, her legs stretching across the coach as you continue to type mindlessly on your computer. 

-You give her the occasional forehead kisses while she nuzzles your cheek. 

-Last we have chaotic girlfriend hours when she’ll straight up straddle you and start doing your makeup. 

-You both burst out laughing every five minutes because you get overwhelmed due to the fact that she’s a) straddling you and b) she’s too close to your face and you can’t help but want to kiss her. 

-I want a girlfriend…..

Natsuo Todoroki 

-College boyyyyy.

-He is in general a neutral person. 

-I mean he will give you a kiss on the cheek while he is leaving for his class but he won’t full out make out with you in front of others. 

-So things are pretty chill between you two. 

-He has almost the same mindset as Fuyumi so at first he would try to prove himself to you so he would be worth your love but once you caught on you smothered him. 

-Now baby loves his kisses. 

-He needs them to function okay?

-Every morning he will wake up and if you have slept over he will wake you up with nuzzling his nose in your neck and softly tracing shapes on your stomach.

-Then after his kiss good morning and his first I love you of the day he is ready to go. 

-If however you are in your dorm/apartment, he will sulk until he sees you. 

-He has that puppy love. 

-Natsuo suffers from trauma from his family. 

-It’s common knowledge. 

-He hates looking weak, especially in front of you, so whenever he has a fight with his father or Touyas’ anniversary rolls around he tends to become distant.

-Try as you might, you can never truly get him to speak to you about those issues and let you help you. 

-You weren’t part of his childhood, you don’t know what it was like but you can try to make him feel better. 

-In reality you were ready to devote your every waking minute to him if he let you. 

-But that Todoroki pride gets in the way and he doesn’t let you see him like that.

-Until the villain attack when his father saved him. 

-Endeavor looked so genuine when he talked to him and all he did was scream at him. 

-Was he too cruel? 

-So he made his way to your apartment and without missing a beat he attached himself to you and finally, finally, letting himself be vulnerable. 

-After his break down you started to rock back and forth before turning on your stereo and putting on a slow song. 

-Taking his hand you started dancing in the middle of your living room, Natsuos’ arm wrapped around your waist bringing you flush to his chest as his head stayed buried in your hair. 

-You would hum the tune as you moved around. 

-This became somewhat of a ritual whenever things got bad inside his head. 

-You would just put on that song and calm him down. 

-And that was the best thing someone has ever done for him. 

Shouto Todoroki 

-Ah poor baby.

-He is touch starved like very touch starved. 

-My mans is out there longing for someone to tell him it's okay since the age of five. 

-Anyways. 

-He really doesn’t know how to communicate his needs though so you’ll have to figure out on your own what he wants. 

-He might recoil at first but don’t be disheartened. 

-Baby has been abused ever since he was born so of course he will be reluctant to let anyone touch him. 

-Subtle things are the go to at first. 

-Linking your pinkies under the table or maybe sitting closer to  each other.

-Kisses are rare and far apart but they exist. 

-Now things change after some time. 

-Depending on his relationship with his parents that is. 

-When his dad starts to try and redeem himself and he wants to be an active part of his sons’ life *GET THE FUCK AWAY BITCH*, Shouto is really conflicted. 

-Especially when he doesn’t get his hero license on the first try. 

-So that’s when his touch starved side comes into the light. 

-He’s stressed out of his mind and he needs comfort but of course he doesn’t know how to convey that to others. 

-You pick up on it and start giving subtle reassuring touches. 

-Squeezing his hand when you notice him spacing out. 

-Giving him a quick hug before he enters class in the mornings. 

-And as time goes by you peck him on the cheek before he leaves. 

-He becomes addicted and soon enough he’s initiating things on his own, giving YOU kisses each morning and coming to your dorm for “study” dates turned to cuddle sessions. 

-You guys have a ritual for whenever things get extremely bad; when he can’t seem to stop flinching away from sudden movement, when he can’t recall anything about his older brother or when Endeavor says something again about his friends/you. 

-He will come to your room with a pillow and some snacks if he remembers them. 

-You’ll put on a movie and he’ll just sit in between your legs, his head tucked under your chin as you run your fingers through the soft strands. 

-He might break down, he might not, it depends each time. 

-But he knows that this time he doesn’t have to face anything alone, that he is loved and cherished and that you’ll be there to pick him up when everything seems meaningless. 

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Batshit AU Part #1: The Bio Kids

(Yes I have actually decided to call this the Batshit AU. I already have a series of one shots [there is only one so far, lol.] called Assorted Batshit on Ao3 so I figured I'd just keep going with the name.)

I have been posting a lot of stuff to do with "my Batfamily" or "my version of events" so I figured I'd go ahead and make some long ass posts about what I would love to see in the Batfam's future but know I will never get (but that's why fanfic exists so I guess I'll live)

Now there isn't going to be any clear timeline to this because I plan to write different fics in regards to these particular chain of events and when or how things happen might change depending on the plot. But it starts with the question asked by Random Joe many posts ago:

How many kids do you have, Mr. Wayne?

Well to answer that question:

Legally: 7

Biologically: 5

Emotionally: Anyone under the age of 25 that is within a 50ft radius (I'm mostly kidding but lets be honest, it's kinda true).

Now if that math doesn't make sense to you (as most math doesn't make sense to me), fear not! I shall explain!

So Legally we have as follows: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain, Tim Drake, Duke Thomas, Damian Wayne and Helena Wayne.

These are the obvious few.

Now we get into Biologically and things get a bit more complicated. For this category we have: Damian Wayne, Terrance McGinnis, Athanasia al Ghul, Matthew McGinnis, and Helena Wayne (I put them in order of their ages and added colours if you wanna skip my ranting and get to the goods).

Now for those of you who may not be as obsessed with Batfam lore as I am; yes all of these characters are canon (in some timeline anyway) and you are welcome to google them. But just be warned that I take canon and make it my bitch so almost nothing you read about them on their wiki-pages or wherever you look for your info will really matter (besides Damian but even then I take creative liberties). But I love Easter eggs so there will be plenty of those.

Damian and Helena are pretty straightforward. We know where Damian came from and Helena is just the result of Selina and Bruce finally getting their shit together.

Terry, Matt and Athanasia are a bit more complicated.

Terry & Matt: These two cuties were the unfortunate victims of an experiment called the Batman Beyond project. A project that was put into motion by A.R.G.U.S. after Bruce "died" (was lost in time) as a way to make sure that the Batman legacy lived on (as if he doesn't already have a million children for that).

Warren and Mary Singer were lead scientists on the project but after finding out what exactly it was that A.R.G.U.S. was doing with the "failed attempts" (they were killing them) the couple stole the toddler subject BN9-12 (Terry) and infant AC7-30 (Matthew) and fled (I made the numbers up on the spot don't read too much into them). They changed their names to McGinnis and raised the boys in Gotham City (cause that was a good choice...).

Unfortunately, their old lives eventually caught up with them and Mary and Warren were killed. Terry (around 10-11yrs old) took Mattie (around 7-8yrs old) and ran, his parents having taught him some skills in case something like this ever happened. The boys lived on the streets for many months before running into Tim Drake (i.e. Batman) who later adopted them (because when faced with black haired blue eyed orphans there is only one thing for a Batman to do).

[Side note: Tim doesn't know the boy's origins at this point.]

Athanasia: After Damian's death at the hands of the Heretic, Thalia went insane (more insane?) with grief and as a result decided to have another child with the left over.... substance.... shall we call it.... that she had acquired from Bruce all those years ago. However this time she intended to keep the child safe where they couldn't be hurt by either the League or Bruce (as if Thalia wasn't the main reason Damian was dead... but whatever. I have mixed feelings about Thalia).

When Athanasia was "born" (taken from her birthing pod, as one is) Thalia locked her away Rapunzel style in a secure location. Never allowing her outside for fear that she would be discovered by Ra's spies and killed.

For 8 years Athanasia grew up in relative luxury inside her bedroom, learning history, politics math, writing, and anything else Thalia thought she needed to learn. But Thalia never taught her how to fight (haven't quite decided her reasoning for this so just go with it) and as a result Athanasia is a very quiet, gentle child (basically the opposite of what Damian was like at her age).

Thalia never told Athanasia about Bruce. Since she wasn't created with the intent of being the heir to anything, Thalia saw Athanasia as only hers and therefore deemed it unnecessary for Bruce to know of her existence.

But she did tell her of her older brother; Damian (what Thalia told her is still undecided and will probably depend on overarching plots).

The rest of Athanasia's story is still in the works but essentially Damian eventually finds her and brings her back to Gotham with him. But although she acknowledges Bruce as her father, she lives with and defers to Damian (and Jon depending on the situation) as her caretaker.

So here is Part #1 of the Batshit AU!

Next Part will probably be about Dick and Jason's child situation that I've hinted at. I'll link it once it's done. :)

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[toomanystoriessolittletime]

Fake Dating Drabble No. 2

Today with Din Djarin (x F!Reader) who told the drunk Patrons at the Cantina that her (fake) boyfriend is picking her up from work. I don’t think this makes much sense, but I loved to write it 😂

Steph’s fake dating Drabble week

little warning: drunk men getting too handsy

The Cantina was quiet tonight. Only a handful of individuals were left. You were working alone, which wasn’t how you preferred ending a workday. You hated to be the one to close up. The dagger strapped to your thigh was only doing little on making you feel safe. You never had to use it before. But then again you never really were alone here. You knew your boss wouldn’t have left you, if his wife wouldn’t be in labor with their third child right about now. And who were you to deny him?

You could handle yourself.

At least you thought so until a group of four already drunk men stumbled into the cantina, sitting down right in front of you at the bar.

“Now that’s a pretty sight,” one of them, the tallest, smirked and you felt yourself shiver over the way his eyes ranked over your body.

“We’re closing in about 30 minutes. What can I get you all?” you asked.

They all laughed.

“Get us some Ale. I’ll get ya a couple of extra credits if ya do it with a smile,” one of them slurred. Turning away from them you went to prepare their drinks. You had an uneasy feeling with them. If it were only one you were positive you could take them if something happened. But four?

You carefully looked around the cantina, wondering if someone would help if anything were to happen. With a forced smile you served them their drinks.

“What’s a pretty girl like you doing here, working alone?”

“I’m not alone,” you replied.

“No?” one of them smirked. “It sure looks like you’re alone.”

You gulped. Think. Think. Think.

“My… My boyfriend is gonna pick me up when my shift ends,” you lied. You would be picked up later, and Mando was always on time when he promised that he would be there. He wasn’t your boyfriend. Just someone who trusted you enough to look after his child for a night while he had to get a bounty. He brought some books for you as an exchange because you denied him paying you to look after his kid. You had a strange friendship with the Mandalorian. He was a frequent guest, didn’t talk much but clearly picked up on your love for books. He was always quiet, yet you found yourself thinking about him almost constantly.

“Lucky bastard,” one of them grumbled, his eyes wandering down your body. You cursed yourself for not wearing your vest today.

You didn’t listen to them while you began to prepare everything for closing up.

All other guests had left already, leaving you with the drunk men at your bar alone. It was already 20 minutes after closing time.

“So where is that boyfriend of yours sweetheart?”

You were startled as you felt a hand on your shoulder. Looking from the hand up into the man’s face you shot him a glare to which he only chuckled.

“Ah she’s feisty…” he grinned, his hand squeezing your shoulder.

“Let go of me,” you hissed.

“Or what? That imaginary boyfriend of yours is gonna stop us?” another of them slurred and you felt yourself grow angry.

“You don’t want to mess with a Mandalorian,” it was the last threat you had. All of them laughed.

“A Mandalorian? Fuck really? I’d like to see that,” you felt another hand on your back. Quickly you bend down, the dagger in your hand in front of you.

“How about we have some fun and you can cry to your boyfriend once we’re finished. Or not, because he doesn’t exist…”

“Don’t do this… He’s… He’s gonna kill you all,” you tried to make out how you could flee when the hand on your back ran down, stopping on your ass. You turned around, catching the men off guard as you brought the dagger up, scratching his cheek. His eyes went cold and you decided that you would fight. You didn’t even want to imagine what they were planning on doing to you.

“You shouldn’t have done that…” the man growled, his hands squeezing your shoulder painfully when he disappeared from your sight.

“Get. Down,” a modulated voice hissed and you thanked the maker as you let yourself drop to the floor, closing your eyes. It probably didn’t last more than a couple of seconds before you felt a gloved hand on your shoulder, making you jump.

“Sorry. It’s me, you’re safe now,” he said. Looking up at the Mandalorian you let out a relieved sigh. He helped you up and you couldn’t stop yourself as you hugged him. He just stood there for a moment, before you felt his arms carefully come around you.

“Thank you,” you whispered, closing your eyes as you breathed slowly.

“Did they do anything to you?” he asked. You parted a little from him, looking up at him, finding yourself wish that just once you could see his eyes and not the dark visor of his helmet.

“They tried but…” you sucked your bottom lip in.

“But?”

“I might have stalled them a little by telling them my boyfriend would pick me up after my shift ends…”

Mando just looked at you for a while.

“Boyfriend?” he asked. You nodded slowly.

“I mean what’s scarier than a Mandalorian boyfriend? I don’t think there’s anything. You’re big and scary and dark and tall and…” your nervous breakdown was interrupted by a modulated chuckle.

“Are you laughing at me?” you asked, feeling your cheeks grow warm.

“No… No I’m not,” he lied.

“Uh huh…” you rolled your eyes, feeling even more embarrassed.

“Anyways… Thank you. For saving me,” you smiled shyly up at him.

“Everything for you, girlfriend,” he whispered, his helmet dipping down to touch your forehead.

“Are you still teasing me?” you asked.

“No. No I’m not,” he said quietly and your heart fluttered as you closed your eyes when his hand rubbed soothing circles on your back.

“You still want me to watch the baby for tonight?” you asked.

“No. No I’m gonna stay to make sure you’re safe. Pack your things.”

He was waiting for you at the door, the crib you hadn’t noticed before floating next to him. Mando had thrown out the unconscious men while you cleaned up.

Locking up the cantina you turned around and found him looking at you. You smiled softly at him, walking past him when he joined you on your way home.

“I think I like the sound of that…” he said after a while and you looked up at him, confused at what he meant.

“You calling me your boyfriend.”

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[cayenne-twilight]

Professor Layton Iceberg Explanation

As I said in the tags of the original, the iceberg I made was a meme consisting of both real theories and satire/parodies/fandom memes. If anyone is interested, I can work on an unironic version that only has real theories.

Buckle in because this post is LONG and heavily saturated with lore and information.

Actual theories

Parallel universe 1960s where the world wars didn’t happen. There’s an unused file in Curious Village that shows the year as 1960 and the time machine from UF is set to 1973, ten years into the future. The series canonically takes place in an undefined time period (hence the technological inaccuracies and fantasy elements), but it’s based off the 60s. There’s more evidence but we don’t have time to go over every little thing. I linked my “no wars” theory below but TL;DR the outdated airplanes and underdeveloped medicine in the Layton series imply that the world wars may never have happened. https://cayenne-twilight.tumblr.com/post/632205992162099200/outofcontextdiscord-timegearremix-zonosils-war

The real meaning behind the statue in Future London. In UF, the purpose of the statue is to spark Layton and Luke’s conversation about their friendship. Luke is stressing out about moving overseas and sees himself and the professor in the story behind the statue, but in the bigger picture, Clive must have been the one to commission it. Some theorize that the little boy is Clive and the man is either his father or the professor. One idea I’ve seen is that Clive wishes he could be Luke for real, while another is that he wishes he died ten years ago, and another is that he’s literally terminally ill explaining why he doesn’t care about consequence. Personally, I think “the boy succumbed to his illness” refers to his mental illness seeing as he wanted the professor to save him from his madness as he saved him all those years ago.

True location of Monte D’Or. there are no deserts on the British isles to my knowledge, so it makes the most sense for Monte D’Or to be in Southwest USA where English is the default language, they have a desert, and there exists a city famous for flashy hotels, casinos, and entertainment. What makes it odd is that nobody ever mentions overseas travel, and all the major characters are from England.

Loosha’s origins are not explicitly explained if I remember correctly, but the implication was that her prehistoric (supposedly) species was sealed away along with the garden, allowing them to survive all the way to the time of LS until Loosha was the only one left. The garden provided a good habitat and protection from predators, and it’s logical that they’d slowly die out anyways, but there’s no explanation of any specific factors that led to Loosha being the last.

Beasley is not a bee I wrote a post about this one as well, but TL;DR Beasly lacks several defining bee traits whilst having several human ones. He is not human, yet, by definition, not a bee. It’s possible that he is the result of Dimitri’s testing, but whatever his untold story is, he remains an enigma of nature. https://cayenne-twilight.tumblr.com/post/632381715250282496/theory-beasly-isnt-a-bee

Subject 2’s identity is currently unknown. There is a subject one (parrot) and subject 3 (rabbit) so there has to be a second. For a long time, people suspected Beasly to be him seeing as he’s a bit of an amalgamation and definitely not a regular bee (see above). After the release of LMJ, though, people began to suspect Sherl, the intelligent hound who could speak to certain people but not others. That being said, it’s possible for one to be subject 4. Sherl’s memory of a bright flash matches up with subject 3’s memory of being electrocuted. They never explain why the animals were being experimented on, but it was probably Dimitri making sure the conditions of his machine were safe for humans before reliving the incident from ten years ago.

Lady Violet died from the plague from DB. There’s no evidence for this or anything, it’s just an idea. People say she died from the flu but I don’t remember them saying that in the game, at least the US version. Extending off my “no war” theory: it’s theorized that the Spanish Flu was spread by the travlelling soldiers, so if that’s true, it’s possible for the epidemic to have been averted for some decades. Maybe the Spanish Flu reached England later than in real life. The hole in this is that DB’s plague must’ve been close in time to 1918 while Violet’s death was much later, so it would’ve had to stick around.

Bill Hawks is working with Targent and Arthur Cantabella. There was a force in the shadows buying the time machine technology from Bill. Someone with a ton of money who helped him cover up a freak accident and get away with it completely, a feat that involved shady means like violence by hired thugs. Some theorize that it was Targent, seeking power over time in exchange for a little mafia magic. The Labarynthia project was sponsored by the UK government, so as the PM, Bill must’ve known about it. He probably supported dubiously ethical, high stakes (witch pun) psychological experiments like Cantabella’s and helped him stay in the shadows.

All the NPCs in St. Mystere and Folsense are dead. I make fun of this type of theory later, but they’re admittedly captivating. I’m pretty sure the canon in CV is that the villagers are Bruno and Augustus’s OCs that they made robots of and built a town around, but it’s more interesting to think that the village was there before, and the townspeople died of a plague and were replaced like Lady Violet. In Folsense, there really was a plague and they never explain the NPCs there. They’re either real people who appear way younger than they are due to hallucinations (even the ones who already look old ?), or they don’t exist at all, which is pretty spooky. This part of the story is a gaping plot hole. In a similar vein to CV, the edgy yet plausible theory is that they used to live in Folsense but died of the plague and now live on as hallucinations.

Hershel seeing everything as a puzzle is a coping mechanism for all his trauma. This was a joke but I thought about it for more than five seconds and it makes way too much sense.

Plot holes and unexplained questions that we like to overthink because it’s fun

The downfall of the Azran was vaguely explained in canon by people being so greedy that it lead to the civilization collapsing. It’s not a stretch to imagine that happening, but it would’ve been more interesting with a little more detail.

Layton and Luke are programmed to routinely forget how to walk. I didn’t know whether to list this in the joke section or not, but it’s odd that the characters actively participate in the walking tutorial (as opposed to showing a little memo to the player) as if they didn’t know how to before, especially when they go through this several times a year.

The truth behind Pavel. He’s simply a joke character who teleports, is a polyglot (sort of, at least he wants us to think he is) and is mega confused all the time. He’s a fun character to make crack theories about because of his cryptic nature that even he doesn’t seem to understand.

Miracle Mask deleted scenes. The first trailer for MM featured animations that were not in the final game. One was the Randall falling scene, except in a slightly different style than the one we know. Others were completely foreign, like Layton and Luke pacing across a theatre stage as if Layton’s about to expose someone with a dramatic point. Cut content and “could’ve beens” are always curious to think about.

Evan Barde: secret mastermind. Arianna and Tony’s dad is a mysterious character who died under mysterious circumstances. I think the canon is that his death was a genuine accident, but concept art of him making a creepy evil face suggests that maybe he originally had a larger role in the first drafts of LS than the finished game.

The secret to how Paul and Des pull off their disguises is unclear and will remain unclear. There is no plausible explanation for their shape shifting. Unless Paul is just a little dude wearing a human suit like that one Wizard of Oz species and Des is the best quick-changer ever and hides his naturally feminine legs under his cloak.

Alfendi’s mom. When LBMR came out people scrambled to piece together who Hershel had a kid with, but there’s no way alfendi is his biological son. This happened with Kat as well and her biological parents turned out to be brand new characters, so I’m sure Al will get an adoption backstory if his arc continues, be his parents old major characters or nameless, faceless NPCs.

Granny Riddleton and Stachenscarfen are omnipotent deities. Idk which section this fits best under, but these two characters have some serious power. At first introduction, they’re implied to be robots, but they appear everywhere in later games. They follow the Professor wherever he goes and assist him on his adventures, GR collecting puzzles and housing them by some odd magic, and Stachen teaches you how to walk. They both introduce and supervise the gameplay. By extension, I guess this idea could apply to Albus as well in the prequels. GR and Stachen even had the power to appear in LMJ, something no major character could do. I consider them akin to the velvet room attendants from the Persona games.

Clive’s kill count is a vague subject in the game for the sake of keeping it PG. I don’t know if anyone’s ever mathematically estimated the damage he caused, and I sure don’t want to try, but the game appears to push the idea that he didn’t kill anyone at all, saying they stopped him in the nick of time and things like that, even though we watch him raze the city. If they ever want to bring him back post-time skip, I can see them twisting it so that the mobile fortress cutscene wasn’t a linear sequence of events, but instead a compilation of scenes over the course of hours so that London neighborhoods around him could be evacuated and have it make sense. Knowing Level-5, it’s more likely that they wouldn’t think this deep and do something more lazy, though.

Memes and references

Post-time skip Flora is real references the famous L is real theory from Super Mario 64. Like Luigi in SM64, Flora was also a highly anticipated character who didn’t appear in a new game, in this case LMJ or LMDA. In the end, Luigi did become real in the DS port so hopefully Flora is real will be realized as well.

Hershel can’t read is a veteran fandom meme referring to how in the first few games, especially Curious Village, Layton asks Luke to read every document out loud for him. Perhaps this was an exercise to improve Luke’s reading skills and independent thinking, or perhaps he was just too lazy or preoccupied to do it himself, but this grew into the joke that our genius Professor was actually illiterate this whole time.

Layton’s smash invitation is hidden in PLvsAA. It’s no secret that the fandom would kill a man to get the Professor into the smash brothers franchise. In PLvsAA one of the puzzle artworks features a goat eating a familiar white envelope with a red stamp, sparking the joke that either Layton or Wright got the invitation their respective fans desired, but it got lost along the way.

The science board is the mysteriously vague organization Don Paolo got kicked out of for the crime of being evil. It’s the epitome of liberal arts majors and art school graduates trying to bs their way around not knowing any science and failing miserably. “He was very good at all the sciences, but then the CEO of science told him to stop because he was using the power of science for evil science”. They do this again when “Dr. Stahngun” describes his time machine what with the soolha coils and whatnot.

Hoogland is death cult initiation is a parody of “Mario 64 is Freemason initiation” which is ridiculous, just like the creepy human sacrifice subplot of AL.

You can see the reflection of someone watching you in Aurora’s eye references the famous, creepy Talking Angela theory. In retrospect it would’ve been funnier if I said Angela instead of Aurora.

Every copy of Professor Layton is personalized references the famous “every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized”

Clive’s fat ass in HD is a meme that originated from the announcement of UFHD, saying that half of the excited fans wanted to cry again while the other half were simply attracted to Clive. If we want to enter real bottom-section-of-the-iceberg-chart territory then let’s say Clive’s character has some sort of psychological siren properties that draw people to him like a magnet and/or Harry Styles.

Things I pulled out of my ass for shits and giggles

Infinite hint coin hack: I’m sure a tech savvy cheater could hack the game for infinite hint coins, but there’s no easy or interesting way. I don’t know why someone would do that though, considering a lot of the hints suck and there are puzzle guides on the internet.

Cringy, unused Randall villain monologue. This joke is derived from the actual scrapped MM content as well as deleted content being a popular element of iceberg charts, but it’s sadly not real. Would’ve been hilarious, though.

Last Specter Puzzle 031: Light Height tracks and records children’s intelligence level. It doesn’t, but it’s always fun to make fun of arguably THE most ridiculously difficult puzzle in the franchise. (Seriously, do they expect 7+ year olds to know trigonometry???)

Hershel struggles with tea addiction. Hershel from the games drinks tea in moderation, but the manga begs to differ. He has a tea set in the Laytonmobile, and an attempt at teatime while driving causes him to crash.

Folsense is a metaphor for Alzheimer’s. This is inspired by those edgy kids’ show theories where everyone’s in hell or something, but nobody has ever said this.

London Life is reality and the plot of the games is all in Luke’s head. That’s one way to fill every plot hole. How funny would it be if Luke made up crazy characters and stories based off his fellow townspeople Sharkboy and Lavagirl style. “This dude who lives in a castle and asks people to give him all their money for nothing in return is a vampire from 50 years ago involved in a tragic love story”.

Secret ending encoded into Tago’s Head Gymnastics. It’d be crazy if there was, and Dimitri would hound Tago for the secret to time travel. If you didn’t know, the Layton games started as an adaption of Akira Tago’s puzzle series, except they decided to add a story to make it more interesting and marketable.

Daily puzzles datamine your DS. I’m bad with technology but is it even possible to datamine a DS??? Idk, but I think my DS lite from 2008 is safe.

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Hi and welcome to the fandom that should have been an otome game. May please ask for headcanons for the dorm leaders with a short fem MC who looks beautiful and innocent but knows martial arts, because she was almost kidnnaped when she was young

Thank you for requesting!! Sorry if some of these seem to OOC! 

Riddle Rosehearts - 

- Ight I’ll be honest. He’ll be surprised to say the least. 

- You look so cute and innocent, but Riddle just saw you deck Ace by mistake after he tried picking you up as a joke.

- He scolds you, but you can tell from the look on his face he was caught off guard. 

- Later on, a few days after the incident, he asks about your skills.

- When you explain your situation when you were young, he’s rendered speechless.

- Who would dare kidnap such an innocent person?! (Realistically he knows that people like that exist but still!!!)

- He promises that you will always be safe both in Heartslabyul and by his side!

- He very much so has a newfound respect for you and your abilities. You certainly save him a few gray hairs knowing you are well-trained but still, it’s okay to lean on others once in a while.

Leona Kingscholar -

- He sees you sparring with Jack one afternoon morning and barely bats an eye before doing a double take. 

- Well shoot! He thought you were physically weak looking at your looks alone.

- But if the women in his hometown showed him anything, it’s that looks can be deceiving. 

- He might probe you about it if you do some amazing shit in front of him. But otherwise he’ll just rest easy knowing you can defend yourself. 

- On the off chance a conversation bringing up why you know martial arts happens, he’ll be healthily concerned. 

- He may not say it, but he would keep and eye out for you. He would definitely wring some necks if a Savannaclaw student were to mess with you but I think you would do that before him. 

- Once again, he would rest easy knowing you can defend yourself, but that won’t stop him from intervening when he feels it’s appropriate.

Azul Ashengrotto -

- You probably already on his radar for a deal. After all, you seem pretty naive and innocent. Surely you wouldn’t be able to defend yourself if the twins were to bring you in-

- Well. the unexpected should be foreseen dear Azul.

- One day, when visiting Monstro Lounge, Floyd surprise hugged you from behind. Both Azul and Jade were pleasantly surprised when you turned the tables on Floyd, effectively pinning him down. Granted you didn’t hurt him, but it was still surprising. 

- Azul was thinking he could use this… But decided not. 

- Instead, after you apologized to Floyd, stating it as instinct, Azul brings you into the VIP lounge and asks you how you became so strong.

- After you explain… Well…..

- Azul is silent. Thoroughly caught off guard I’ll tell you that. He now realizes that you’re not as weak as you seem. 

- He offers a deal to have the twins accompany you places so you don’t have to worry.

- If you decline, the twins might still keep an eye out for you. 

- Regardless if you take the deal or not, he does declare Monstro Lounge as a safe place, he swears by the Great Sea Witch!

Kalim Al Asim -

- Wow! You can do that?! Cool! 

- Highkey reminds him of Jamil but friendly

- He’ll probably ask you to show off your skills a lot

- He thinks they’re cool!!!

- When he asks you why you know how to defend yourself…

- His face darkens for a moment before returning to his usual bright self. 

- He’s glad you’re okay!! And he really likes your cool abilities you got from it!! But he promises, You WILL always be safe in Scarabia. Jamil isn’t there for nothing, and Kalim IS a magician in training. He knows some stuff.

Vil Schoenheit - 

- Vil sees you trying to teach Epel some martial arts, and before he could harshly scold the boy, he sees you show off an advanced move to Epel.

- After Epel’s scolding, And your’s too Vil questions your abilities. He appreciates the effort you put into learning such advanced skills after all…. Even if they’re… less.. Than ideal for his personal tastes. Though if those dumbbells in Vil’s room taught us anything, it’s that he appreciates strength too.

- When you explain…. He sports a frown before ‘fixing’ up his face. Can’t have wrinkles after all!

- He’s fairly impressed by the amount of effort you put into becoming stronger to prevent future outcomes. And while looking as radiant and delicate as you do! Why, even the Beautiful Queen’s strength was nothing to laugh at after all! 

- In the end he applauds your efforts and asks you to refrain from having Epel go through any messy training in his uniforms. 

Idia Shroud - 

- Idia was walking from class one morning, shudders horrible, I know. And he sees you being ganged up by a few not-so-friendly Savannaclaw students. He was about to send a robot or Ortho to try and break up a fight, but he sees you quickly make work of the rowdy students.

- He is shocked. To say the least for his shy self.

- Later, back in his room, he asks you where you learned that, when you tell him…

- He frowns. He can find them. I can ruin their lives in more ways than one. There ARE worse fates than death after all…

- If you decline, he’ll mutter under his breath before typing away at something. You’ll have to change the topic with this one. 

- Change to topic to the skills themselves. It might launch him into asking a bunch of questions or an offer to be muscle reference for him (Think that one card story where he gives Ortho feet)

- If he goes off on a rant, he’ll catch himself mid-sentence and apologize profusely. That offer still stands though, remember that.

Malleus Draconia - 

- Malleus is going for a stroll outside Diasomnia when he sees you and Sebek sparring. HE hides himself so you guys can’t see him, but he is very impressed with your fighting skills against an equally advanced Sebek. Sebek’s impressed too but this ain’t about him

- Later that night, Dragon boi asks about your impressive skills. Where did you learn them? Why? Who taught you? Etc. Etc.

- Explaining to him is a MESS because his first instinct is HOW DARE SOMEONE TOUCH MY FAVORITE HUMAN but in body language form. Similarly to Idia, he offers to find this person and destroy them ruin their lives. 

- Once again, if you decline, he’ll leave it be. It seems you’re more at peace not thinking about that person anyway. 

- The person who hurt you walks unscathed today, but know this, if anyone tries that shit again, they’re not gonna survive. Period.

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