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lucabyte · 2 days

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i am looking at nohats au 👀 please share more

So! NoHats! I'm going to grab you and use this to ramble. A Lot.

The NoHats AU is @samhainian's it's just that I'm the strange little freak who takes the words said unto me and executes on them. But I can still do a little explainer on what our overall thoughts and vibes are. (And, that we are in fact propping up a little box with some cheese under it here. 🪤 Please (PLEASE) feel free to pick up what we're putting down.)

We're far from the only ones exploring a "what if siffrin fucking died" AU, though the main difference with NoHats is the placement of the death in the timeline. Instead of being 'Mal Du Pays Wins' or 'Act 6 encounter goes horribly wrong', the death is… Just after the (literal) falling action.

(This placement is because Sam is a comic book fan who thus has become used to characters being ripped away at the cruelest times by shitty writers. THANK FUCKING GOD adrienne is not that and isat is delightful yippieee, but, back on topic.)

Giving the party the full understanding of What Happened that you get by putting the death after black hole siffrin, but before the A6 encounter leaves an interesting gap to be filled. See, making Siffrin's death very much not Loop's fault means that… this once again reads (when not read as simply a tragedy...) as the universe doing what it sees fit to fulfull Loop's wish… Thus making Siffrin's death Loop's fault again, but only in their eyes. And only in a way they could express if they were honest about who they were…

And this is where having had excuse to waffle about my general Postcanon Loop thoughts the other day comes in handy, because Sam and I have that as our canon-compliant reading to begin with, NoHats plays off of a lot of the same readings of Loop's character. Namely: Uh Oh Somebody's Lying By Fucking Omission Again. (BECAUSE TO BE FAIR THIS TIME… HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT?)

Now, neither Sam nor I are fanfic writers, so this has been a little bit trapped in our heads and DMs (and my unfinished art but,)

But our thoughts on how NoHats like… Goes.

Siffrin's death is peaceful, but that does not mean the aftermath of it is. I can't imagine the party takes it well, especially after understanding the circumstances of the Loops. (And, of note, in A5 where nobody had the discussion on what to do with each other's bodies should something happen…) But I'd imagine it traumabonds them somewhat (understatement of the century) and now knowing how the rest of the party feels, they resolve to travel together for the forseeable future.

The party track down Loop to deliver the terrible news, since they were clearly Siffrin's friend too, and invite Loop along to travel at least long enough to (let them grieve) get the burial over with. Loop, here, can be helpful in knowing what Siffrin would've wanted where the party would be at a loss. Loop, I think, takes a bit of a lead on the funerary aspects of it all, because, um. (Performing rites on your own body, huh?)

Then, as things are after a death, life just… Kind of has to continue on as normal. The party travel, pick up Nille, and get to know Loop as this mysterious new person. Maybe in this situation they might stay in Bambouche for a while to give Bonnie more stability since. They are probably taking it the worst. It would've come out of absolutely nowhere for everyone in the party obviously but god, for a kid? For A Kid?

It should be stated NoHats is not intended to be grimdark, just y'know. An exploration of grief. This is also why it's got a bit of a lopsided focus on Bonnie vs the rest of the party because hhrrhghghhghghhhghhghhh <- incoherent

Now, a crossroads.

How does the party discover Loop to be Siffrin? How long does it take. How much have the party embraced them as part of the family (especially with something as intense to bond over as this)?

There's the Odile option. Have her put it together and have to bring it up somehow. This could also be done by Isabeau, perhaps. He's smart. (which. God. If anything's the real Isabeau Torment Nexus it's this)

Then there's the other option batted around by Sam and I. The: The Universe Dislikes Duplicates option.

The items in the house that fzzt away when inspected. The Universe doesn't like there to be two of something, at least not when they're acknowledged. But one of something is just fine…?

Which is to say. I'm not a personal proponent of 'Loop getting their body back'. EXCEPT …… except this one time.

There's only one Siffrin now, so they don't need to be obfuscated to exist.

Consider, if you will. Loop swallowing their guilt for long enough to be comfortable. Falling back into old habits. Without another Siffrin around to compete for the niche of, they actually begin to act like Siffrin again. Not intentionally, it's just… The party is as welcoming as they've always been. And the party swears they keep catching glimpses of a face under all the light.

Then, one day, while still not fully human again, the resemblence becomes undeniable. Loop having not even noticed until everyone looks at them like they've seen a ghost.

Has it been months? How long have they kept up this lie? Is it even a lie, to them? They're Loop. But they were, once, Siffrin.

Even after explaining it, does that make it better or worse?

Bonnie cuts through the betrayed, struck-nerve reactions with a sobering "I missed you."

… Anyway !

Yeah so that's the vibe for NoHats. As for LoopLoops? That's more nebulous. I think it can go anywhere really in the NoHats timeline. I err personally toward the "Loop continuously replays the last 10 minutes before Siffrin's death almost immediately after they find out and have to parkour their ass up the House in the most distressing situation possible to try and get them to hold on, just please hold on." (Remember! Siffrin can remember the contents of Loop's loop backs in the A6 fight!)

But there is the possibility that this happens months, or worse years down the road. One last Loop back. Throw it all away for the chance to just get that one thing you didn't know you even wanted but now know you NEED.

Misc:

Okay miscellaneous time.

This is where I admit that I have a bunch of unfinished NoHats art that I haven't gotten around to yet because I feel like a right tool being so obviously Loop-Centric with my fancontent (I AM . . I REALISE I AM NOT DOING MUCH TO BEAT THE ALLEGATIONS.) So like if people want to see that please say because euaghghghhfh <- the nervous.

this is like the most fucked up place to do isaloop fr. anyway.

one of Sam's mid-game observations that I'm just going to share for no particular reason is that Bonnie's hair shares a bunch of shapes with Siffrin's. The flick up at the top, the 3 pronged shape of the fringe… just something to think about.

Without 2 Siffrins around to compare each other to it'd likely be a lot harder to notice Loop's similarities. Doesn't mean that those similarities don't sting more in this context though.

If you do NoHats without LoopLoops. The concept of this all fading into memory years down the line while they just have slightly-glowy but otherwise regular Siffrin hanging out is fucked up to think about. Just like real grief. Augh

6. a peek into the original dms as a treat from us

#LONG POST....!#be free our ideas. go forth into the wild. and by that i mean neither of us are fic writers so please HUNT US FOR SPORT #isat spoilers #looploops au #nohats au #isat au #isat loop #isat act 6 spoilers #not giving it more tags than that since feels rude to tag the rest of the party lol #lucabytetalks #but yes! to be extra clear: nohats is a 'please play in the space' invitation. because neither of us are big fanwork people! um!#it feels a little bit neglectful of us to not make more stuff for this AU ourselves but... we aren't practiced at that kind of thing. so.#open invitation! we know we won't make anything MASSIVE with this so.. don't hold your breath. and feel free to take the reigns.#we aren't like. the arbiters of 'sif fuckin dies' aus in general obviously but if you want to play with our specific ideas please do!#think of this post like prompts if you want to. go nuts #and @ a certain someone who said in the tags theyd maybe write something inspired. kisses you so sweetly. thank u for even considering it #also hi kaun i was thinking about your little snippet when typing 'act 6 encounter goes horribly wrong' 👋

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tblsomedoodles · 6 months

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Donny's info from my 03 separated au (which i think i'm just calling the Ninja Club au for now. b/c it's stupid and gives me high school vibes.)

But yeah! I wanted to post Mikey here as well, but he's not done yet. (my cringe son will have to get his own post. Darn lol.)

ANYWAYS! Details!

Donny, of course, was raised by the Jones family after they all got separated during a sewer collapse (or something. I may rework the that later) when they're about 2-3 yo. Donny gets found and brought home by a 9 yo Casey.

Splinter finds him when he's eight and spoke with him briefly. But Splinter was in disguise so Donny didn't recognize him past a vague feeling of safe (which he fought against b/c this is Donny.) After realizing that Donny is safe and well taken care of, Splinter leaves him be. (the best splinter could offer was a place in the sewers and if Donny was able to not live in the sewers, Splinter was not going to take that away from him.)

They gets reunited with most of his mutant family (Raph's still missing) when their fifteen. And that's only b/c Mikey refused to wait anymore and surprised him late at work before Splinter could tell him not to.

He's pretty confused about it all, at first, but he eventually happy to have contact with his siblings. (tho he's less stoked about the adventures he keeps getting dragged out on during school nights.)

for the first few months, he's very against learning to fight. He's a high schooler. Sure Mikey and Leo can fight, but that doesn't mean he has to learn.

But then there's an incident involving Shredder, Leo, and a very breakable window, and he realizes he needs to learn so he's not the weak link and so he can protect himself and his brothers. (it also helps that they found out the Shredder had been targeting Donny for said treatment first due to his lack of training and how easy it would be to grab him from school. But Donny hadn't went to school during those days so they went after Leo instead.)

I have so many stupid ideas for this, you have no idea. anyways, that's all for now. Mikey's might be up later today, but i have work to get to rn.

edit: Links for Mikey, Raphael, and Leo's info dumps

#tmnt #tmnt 2003 #ninja club au #i guess #03 donny #my doodles #i love them #i hadn't intended to mess with pronouns for this au #but Donny just had the vibe when i drew them #and now #the only turtle with straight He/Him pronouns is Leo #(Donny and Raph may also be biologically female but i haven't quite decided yet)#(like in the 'assumed male until puberty' way)#(its a thought i had yesterday i'm still processing)#i came up with the au title at like 3am last night #it made me laugh

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creatureesque · 2 months

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long sigh. why am i obsessed with higgs now

#cuntification of higgs monaghan complete #the last two is me contemplating the idea of higgs ds2 design being a bit more creepy than intended #i think that could be fun. although it doesnt really fit her silly vibe of a guy with his little electric guitar doing whatever ...#i think ds2 should not only be more silly and bizzare than ds1 but also more creepy. lkke the horror aspect of ds is so good kojima pleassee #gore #tw gore #cw gore #< idk which one is the one ppl use so im putting all of them #its not even that gore-ish but alas #higgs monaghan #death stranding #woop.jpg

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saints-who-never-existed · 7 months

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Y'all ever think about Goodsir, Fitzjames, and Blanky?

Y'all ever think about those three characters in a show about every kind of consumption under the sun - physical, mental, emotional consumption, being eaten up by the landscape, by your own demons, by your fellow man. Those characters who don't resist it in the end?

Who die, in fact, with the express intention of being consumed?

I think about them. Not coherently, but I think about them.

#The Terror #The Terror AMC #No coherence only vibes tonight #Harry Goodsir #James Fitzjames #Thomas Blanky #There are a lot of little contrasts in how they do so too #Fitzjames dies with the intention of saving the lives of others by allowing them to consume him #Goodsir dies with the intention of taking the lives of others by allowing them to consume him #Whereas Blanky's a little bit of both - he intends to try to take Tuunbaq's life in order to save his fellow men #Fitzjames and Blanky allow themselves to be consumed when they know they're dying anyway #Goodsir is dying too of course but he specifically takes his own life first in order to be consumed #I feel like there are very much themes of identity and self-actualisation at play too #There's still a lot to unpack #Observations #Random Observations #Meta

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commander-chaoss · 8 months

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If I become president I will legalize hunting paparazzi for sport

#the vibes of this post are for entertainment purposes only and are not intended to be taken literally. do so at your own risk.

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rainbow-arrow · 1 year

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him.

#luka couffaine #mlb perfection #miraculous ladybug #mlb #ml #listen i'm only watching for him #i couldn't care less sabout anyone else anymore #i'm searching for cRUMBS #mlb season 5 spoilers #i guess idk #he's still alive in ep 12 #edit: the lukadrien vibes on this post are inSANE to me #mostly bc i didn't intend for them but it's just so deep rooted in my soul at this point it gets the tag lol #lukadrien

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vixx-ari · 1 year

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Shh, they're doing a couple's exercise

#scrooge a christmas carol #scrooge 2022 #ebenezer scrooge #isabel fezziwig #belle fezziwig #isabenezer #Yes that's their ship name now #I've literally read and studied this part of the book sm and yet thus version made me root for these two #Like when they broke I felt...feelings??#The only other adaptation that made me feel was the muppets and that's mostly bc of 'When love is gone'#it's so bittersweet #and I love it #Anyways leaving this here for good vibes #I said I'm holding out until February amd I intend in keeping my word

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afterthelambs · 2 months

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November Rain is actually a really good shuake song. I mean it has the lines:

"Nothing lasts forever and we both know hearts can change" IF YOU TAKE THIS LITERALLY IT'S PERFECT

"If we could take the time to lay it on the line I could rest my head just knowing that you were mine" <- tell me this isn't how akira felt in the engine room knowing he'd never get to see akechi again but at least he got to finally understand him completely

"I know it's hard to keep an open heart when even friends seem out to harm you" <- because like akechi had that whole thing about not wanting teammates because they 'dont actually care' while they were all trying to convince him they do :')

"when your fears subside and shadows still remain, I know that you can love me when there's no one left to blame" <- I feel like this is exactly akira's wish in maruki's world. that he would get to start over with akechi without any of the gods or revenge plans or the metaverse getting in the way

PLUS the song references November and November is when the betrayal happened. what more do you want

#im feeling an akira pov for this song since it has a pleading just-let-me-in vibe #i imagine him going home to leblanc after the whole betrayal incident and just looping this song while crying on his bed. being all emo #and then doing it again after akechi disappears in february lmao #november rain fits any angsty ship but it fits shuake like a glove #pun intended. sue me #this post is kinda out of nowhere but blame zuckerberg for FB going down. i usually only subject my irls to this brainrot #but i cant do that right now so im brainrotting here on tumblr #shuake #november rain #guns n roses #persona 5 #persona 5 royal #p5r

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last-flight-of-fancy · 1 year

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hey, hey, quick internet fandom ettiquete lesson; X has two hands jokes only vibe if you are talking to someone who is ALSO already talking about how X has two hands. Okay? Okay. It is in fact very rude to go onto other people’s posts where only one set of hands is involved to evangalise about two hands. When seeing ship art/fic of only half your ot3, it is proper ettiquete to simply enjoy the art/fic as it is, and if so inspired create/commission/seek out the ot3 content of your choice. This has been your quick internet fandom lesson, thank you for your time.

#this is one of those things that has been cropping up a lot lately and it's. not cool. don't do this okay?#bc no one likes being evangelised at; for any reason #i know its probably just because you love your ot3 and i 100% feel that. i have many an ot3 i adore #but to the person who reads your comment on the thing they put hard work and love into it just reads as-#-'the product of your hard work and love is WRONG you should fix it to MY PERSONAL STANDARDS'#you are not better than the singular otp sides of things and its *certainly* not a solution to ship wars #the ot3 is going to have a different dynamic than either side of the individual otps and thats simply not going to vibe with everyone #and thats okay!#long story short: enjoy your ot3. love it! and let others enjoy their otps in peace. tell them you like their art if you want!#just dont go on to say what you think is missing that the creator clearly never intended #stop talking to yourself flight #ngl this is like. at least half the reason i've kinda been shuffling away from srk #kh3 convinced me sr was endgame but i could have happily kept on shipping an ot3 without canon. i dont need canons permission to ship #but wow has the constant bombardment in almost exclusively sr fanworks of 'omg two hands' has really soured the whole thing to me tbh #stand au srk is kind of the only srk to me now

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glitterandgoldrush · 9 months

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had a couple of asks lately that makes me want to reiterate this:

as a fancontent creator, I do all of this for free in my spare time. writing thousands of words for fics, compiling mood boards, making those “look inside” things, these all take a lot of time and energy out of my personal life. I have a full time job that can be very stressful and I also have an entire personal life that I’m balancing with this stuff.

Don’t get me wrong, there are so many amazing people in my ask box and commenting on my fics and they outnumber the bad quite considerably. I feel very lucky that people engage with my content and i LOVE making and writing things for this fandom

but I think some people have blurred the lines between traditional content and fan content. I don’t get paid for this. YOU don’t pay for this. So it’s not really fair to criticise work in the same way you would for something you paid actual money for when it comes to writing style, characterisation etc. I’m not a professional writer! And I have my own characterisations of characters! If you don’t vibe with what I put out, you can just scroll on. There’s literally no need to be coming into my ask box and insulting me.

I want to keep my anons on because I love getting asks from people but I’ve had quite a few just plain nasty ones lately so just wanted to put this out there as a reminder!!! there is one (1) person behind this blog! I do as much as I can in my spare time but unfortunately sometimes things take a while or don’t get done. I’m trying my best over here

anyway!! on a lighter note, I’m almost finished the new glitch chapter so that should be out this week!! then I have a few new fic ideas to work on - including some missing scenes from OOUIB! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

#personal #feels a bit silly posting this but I didn’t wanna respond to one of the asks and give them space on here #it’s positive vibes only here!!!!#also to be clear #when I am talking about criticism I am exclusively talking about people who are very rude or demanding in terms of content or fics #not people who provide genuine advice #and not people who are flagging something they think might be hurtful or inappropriate #I am always open to the kind of criticism because it is constructive and intended to make my work and this space a better experience #for everyone #anyway I’ll shut up now #love y’all!!!!

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its-yashas-strong-arms · 1 year

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worlds beyond number: the wizard just dropped on the public feed, everybody go listen right now, it's over an hour of divine actual play goodness!!

#honestly reminds me most of rqg so far in terms of vibes but with frankly better audio production #also wildly superior audio production quality than cr bc obviously that is not primarily intended as an audio-only thing #also! there's transcripts and they're GOOD!#worlds beyond number #critical role #dimension 20 #rqg

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essektheylyss · 1 year

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Because I mentioned my Heroes fandom time and once I start thinking about Heroes I will not stop, it remains funny as shit that Heroes was like, "Here's our serial killer villain. He's not a sociopath or mentally ill or any of that bullshit, he doesn't even need to resort to this to get what he wants, he's just a fucked up little freak obsessed with power and he can stop anytime he likes. We're going to give him an utterly incomprehensible redemption arc for no reason. And it's gonna slap."

#never question how anyone could possibly stan a war criminal who may or may not even be that repentant. this is NOTHING.#I've been like this my whole goddamn life.#also discovered I do not own season 4 which really does need to change. purely for sylar redemption arc.#and also my absolute favorite most ballsy cancellation show ending of all time. because fuck 'em that's why!#what does anyone tag heroes lmfao #heroes nbc #actually I was gonna make a brotherhood joke about the circus but then remembered that ray park literally played toad so like. yeah lmfao #tbh I do think everyone would be way more normal about the quality of heroes if we took it as it was intended: a comic series* in tv form #like who CARES about bullshit over the top plots! this is about power metaphors and vibes #and yanno what? it delivered on both fronts.#*I know this only applies to superhero comics. I ran out of characters in that tag. don't @ me.

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releasemefromthevoid · 1 year

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