#i tried so hard. i tried SO hard to make a regular puppet but i DONT HAVE IT IN ME TO DRAW LIKE THAT

[jabberwockprince]

ok y'all got two really cute OCs from me, but it's time for the big bad and mandatory sona <3

as usual, you can find the template here! made by @fetusmeme! pls check out their art and OC!!!!

some info about them under the cut!

Along with Paige & Tabby Trouble, Mx Wolf is also a character exclusive and created specifically for the animated Welcome Home show! Mx Wolf was meant to be a recurring antagonistic character - not a full villain but just mean enough to cause a big chunk of the conflict. Y'know like every annoying rival in every kids show.

...And since the show follows Wally (and the viewer) then I like to think that Mx Wolf has that one trope where the protagonists are the only people who aren't fooled by their shenanigans and lies <3. Basically I want them to Not Get Along with Wally and You, I think its fun!

Their status as a celebrity is never expanded upon and it changes everytime it's brought up - like, yeah he can be a singer, a model, an accomplished writer or whatever is convenient for the plot. They're probably lying anyway! The only thing truly real is that he's very popular outside of Home.

They're also based on many of my fave wolf-related fairytales for no reason other than I love shoving them everywhere I go <3. Mx Wolf is a liar in honor of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, they have no proper residence in home and stay over at everyone else's houses as a nod to the wolf in the Three Little Pigs. And they're half-goat as a nod to the Seven Goats story. And bc my main sona is a goat. but ANYWAY <3

I wanted to give them a red suit instead of salmon, so it could be a nod towards Red Riding Hood but I also wanted to keep the pastels - their palette being muted instead of vibrant and colorful is deffo on purpose, to make him feel out of place with the rest of the cast.

Mx Wolf also grew up with Paige and Tabby Trouble, so pretty much everything that people find annoying about the siblings is something they picked up from Mx Wolf. I like to think that Mx Wolf is the reason the siblings were kicked out from the Big City, so they're in very awkward terms but they fear him just enough to still act as little henchmen from time to time. Dysfunctional found family stuff!

#welcome home #welcome home arg #welcome home oc #purinsu art #wally darling #also hello op if you read this im sorry for tagging you twice but im twirling my hair i love this template #i got so many friends to use it too #i tried so hard. i tried SO hard to make a regular puppet but i DONT HAVE IT IN ME TO DRAW LIKE THAT #SO THE CLOSEST I CAN GET IS SOME HAZBIN HOTEL LOOKING ASS

[lustlovehart]

Summary: [Angst] The balladeer watches as you receive an electro vision right in front of his eyes.

A/n: I love him, but felt like he should be sad on his birthday tbh <3. (The bonus is a bit happier though so enjoy that all you want.)

Warnings: Mostly pure angst, but some possessiveness in him, not to the point of being yandere though.

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Your fingers tremble as you look at the man in front of you, his face typically adorning an expression of scorn a vast majority of the time. You’ve gotten use to the look, others feared it, you used to as well, but eventually time passed on and you’d grown accustomed to all sides of him, perhaps not all, only the ones he was willing to show you. However as you look at him now, the mask he wears on his breathtaking features, make you loose your breath.

He had no emotion, none that could be seen at least.

Your hands griped tighter onto the purple glass ball that had floated in front of you. You tried your best to stay composed but the stiffness of your joints had made it obvious.

"Kuni-"

He turns away, something he never does. You’ve never witnessed him not look at you, to the point of growing accustomed to his watching eyes. His body continues to get smaller and smaller as he walks further and further away from you. Unbeknownst to you, the puppet had turned his figure away in order for your eyes to not gaze upon his crumbling composure, the exact thing that led him to not be worthy in the eyes of god, no… the eyes of his mother.

No matter how hard he himself tried to deny it, he understood his feelings for you were the wretched thing called ‘love’, which is why he lets himself gaze at you with such an emotion in his hollowed chest. In fact, thats all he can feel when he’s around you. Yet as of this moment, he no longer knows how he should feel.

The scene of you, would typically make his heart race in way that seemed unhealthy for the regular being, yet, the image of you, holding the vision his mother had ruling over, struck a chord with him. He feels, grief. If he was still the way he was before he met you, he’s sure he would’ve ended you right where you stood, jealousy filling his veins full of unfiltered anguish at the thought of a mere mortal being chosen by Celestia as an potential candidate to ascending like his mother.

But, this is you, not some random stranger, not a random mortal beneath him. It was you who was chosen by a higher power.

You walk closer behind, even through his fake skin, he can feel the warmth of your very human body, transferring to his puppet one. But even with the fluttering feeling you gave him, he could not help the words dripping with venom spill from his lips.

"Give it up. Do you believe your grandiose belief of ambition reached the heavens? Do not forget, I am the only one you truly need in this cruel world."

In your eyes he can clearly tell the shock you held for his sudden change in deamonur. A complete 180 to the way he was just prior moments ago.

"What...?"

"Did you not hear me the first time? You dont need that so called 'blessing', for you already have me, its foolish to believe you need anything other than me. Am I not capable enough? Am I...." his words seem to catch themself in his throat, like he was holding back as to not further embarrass himself, yet the words make it out in the end.

"Am I not enough for you too...?" His hues dont make contact with, almost as if he was the young puppet he once was again.

You only stare at him, not understanding the underlying message of his words. The silence was deafening, yet as it continued, he could only sigh before walking away.

"At least be with me, [Name], even if you were the one who's worthiness was recognized, I want you to still care for me the way no one else had stayed." His words faded away with the wind though quiet, they were still there.

[Bonus]

In the dead of night, your eyes are trained on the dim candlelight in the room. Despite its unsure flame, it still stayed lit as it wavered. Similar to the man who laid beside you.

You couldnt remember his words anymore, but even then you doubt youd understand the context. His arms are tightly wrapped around you waist as you laid still, despite his unique trait of not needing to breathe, it still felt as if he was inhaling you as much as he could.

"Kuni, just what did you mean by 'too'...?" Despite your words being barely a whisper, it seems his mechanical ears still heard what you had said.

"That doesnt really matter anymore. All that matters is that you dont become the forth of it all."

"What does that even mean... I swear you need to start making sense for once..."

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This was made while I was like half asleep during class, so if it isnt too good please dont blame me you guys.

#genshin x reader #scaramouche angst #scaramouche x reader #wanderer angst #wanderer x reader #genshin angst #genshin impact x reader #vesperwrites

[the-s1lly-corner]

Cuddling w/ Various CRP characters 2/2

Notes: Reader is GN! Toby, Nina, Ben, and Jane are platonic! The others can be seen as either platonic or romantic! If I forget to link the previous part, you can find them in volume 3 of the Creepypasta Masterlist in my pinned!

This post contains: Laughing Jill, Jane the Killer, Ben Drowned, Ticci Toby, Puppeteer

CWs: None

LAUGHING JILL

Her body is similar to Laughing Jack's, but shes more of a plushie compared to him. So naturally she's much much softer! Let's you say with her hair as you two snuggle up together. Like her male counterpart, she can purr! Its very comforting if you're seeking her out after a long day! Shes not as clingy as Jack, though... still just as loving though! 7/10 she tends to be little spoon

NINA

Getting this out of the way but Nina WOULD glomp you any chance she gets. If she gets too rough though, she will tone it down. A lot of your cuddling sessions start off with a glomp. Loves being physically affectionate with all of her friends so this is going to be a common occurrence if you let her do it! Neither little or big spoon, she lays across you in bed effectively locking you in place with her until the session is over. Her jacket is so soft and cozy! Some of her accessories might be a little uncomfortable as they press against you, though... big large beads and spikes.. 6/10 she gets some grace here because I love her so much

JANE

Not at all affectionate, I also headcanon that she avoids touch when she can. Please do not try to pressure or push her into cuddling with you, reader! She will approach you when she's ready! It starts off small, with her gently leaning into your side. Shes thin, so she runs a bit on the colder side.. she assures you that her aversion has nothing to do with something you did, she doesnt want you to feel like you did something wrong.. I dont exactly feel comfortable giving her a rating soooooo

BEN

He is usually inside a computer or phone :( how will you cuddle? Sure you COULD just take your laptop to bed and awkwardly wrap your arms around it, but... I mean technically like that hes warm! If you happen to catch him when hes out.. there is only regret. First of all hes like Jeff, he thinks this sort of thing is kind of cringe. Even if you did get so much as a hug from him, hes ice cold and uncomfortably damp... also has a weird electric buzz in his body that.. actually doesn't feel terrible, but combined with the other sensations it's just so.. overwhelming! 2/10

PUPPETEER

Very cold and very hard! Its almost like hes made of wood or something.. wait a minute...! He likes being held, so he defaults to little spoon. But if you insist on being the little spoon he might just be big spoon... its very rare, though. On the chance that he is, he sometimes hums and works his fingers through his hair. You... often times fall asleep to his humming. Cuddling is.. fairly regular, given that he constantly demands your attention .. 6/10

TICCI TOBY

He desperately craves affection but he also tends to reject it as a defense thing. When you get him to agree to cuddle with you, he tries to be big spoon.. he falls silent when you beat him to it. He thinks its nice, but he doesn't know how to process this. He wants to be able to do this sort of thing to happen more often but hes... not sneaky or confident when it comes to asking. Hes a little on the cooler side, but his jacket more than makes up for it by adding a bit of heat and softness... 6/10, please give him a hug as well

#creepypasta x reader #creepypasta x you #creepypasta imagine #laughing Jill x reader #nina the killer x reader #jane the killer x reader #ben Drowned x reader #puppeteer x reader #ticci toby x reader

[tacobellabeanburrito]

WEE WOO WEE WOO

Hey guys! I made playlists for both Phoenix and Miles! (Explanation for certain songs and rant under the cut)

There's some songs I couldn't add to Miles' playlist (Like the song "Decree Of A Prosecutor" from Turnabout: The Musical) that I really wanted too, but they weren't on Spotify. I got some other songs in there to make up for the ones I couldn't get in there, though.

I tried to do a thing where the songs go in the order of their lives? Like, in chronological order from when they were kids to present day? I thought it'd be cool and it's much easier to wrap my head around than just placing songs on the playlist. I like it having an order.

I also did a thing where some of the same songs are on both their playlists, and where a lot of the same artists are on both playlists because I like symbolism and shit. Some songs I took from other's playlists cause I wanted to make them have an equal number of songs and some I took from animatics and shit too.

Also, a lot of these songs aren't on a lot of the regular Miles and Phoenix playlists you see... BUT I LOVE THEM AND THEY FIT PERFECTLY OK? I also tried to do a thing where I put songs that I personally think they would listen too.

(Also lmao I took some of these songs from Stan and Ford's from Gravity Falls playlists on Spotify cause they really work together like...)

I wanna talk about their songs soooo badly guys.

I'll talk about a couple of them cause I wanna so badly.

Phoenix's Playlist:

I had an easy time finding songs for this motherfucker, and a lot of them are really good. There's a couple of songs I wanna explain though.

"The Great Pretender" is the most fucking Phoenix song ever. Like, holy shit. Kind of theater kid esc because "Pretending" yk? And it feels like he's always putting on a show and shit I don't know. Perfect.

"My Girl" and "Count On Me" are Pearl and Maya songs respectively. I see a lot of people do this thing where they make playlists for characters and only put songs based on the romantic relationships with that character and like. Uh. No? What about their family? What about their friends? People forget about that a lot and I don't like it so "My Girl" is kind of a Pearl being Phoenix semi-daughter song and "Count On Me" is a Maya best friend song.

OK SO, also "Poison" from Hazbin Hotel is on here and listen, I don't know if Phoenix would listen to this song BUT GODDAMN DOES IT GO WITH HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH KRISTOPH PERFECTLY. I put a lot of Krisnix/Kristoph songs on here ("Vampire" and "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" mainly) because holy shit I love toxic tragic yuri.

Oh also, "Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me" is the most Phoenix/Feenie song ever. Everyone always goes on and on about how "When He Sees Me" is a Miles song and it is BUT NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT "Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me" GIRL IT'S RIGHT THERE HOW DO YOU NOT SEE IT?

Miles' Playlist:

My boy's playlist get's soooo sad. Swear.

Ya'll don't get how much "The Run And Go" is SUCH a "Turnabout Goodbyes" song. It's so fucking good and it fits my boy so well. Just please, PLEASE LISTEN TO IT.

"Where I Want To Be" is a huge Miles song. I imagine him signing it when he's about ready to do his whole "Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth Chooses Death" thing it's soooo good. Also it's from a musical called "Chess" GUYS COME ON.

"Business Man" is soooo him and Von Karma.

"Wait For It" Please for the love of God that is such a Miles song. You guys don't know how much Hamilton has affected my view of these gay lawyers.

"Puppet Boy" Also slaps so hard.

"Death As A Fetish" is also a really good one for him.

Oh ok, so "Dear Sister, Your Brother" is a Miles and Franziska song that I absolutely love. People don't give this song enough credit.

Ok so "Brown-Eyed Girl" and "Vienna" are Kay and Sebastian songs respectively. Love them soooo much. They deserved a couple songs on his playlists because they are his children.

"Karma" is self-explanitory.

OK FINALLY WE'RE ON TO BOTH OF THEIR SONGS.

Fucking love putting Jet Lag on both of their playlists cause it fits them soooo well.

Also "Best Worst Mistake" from If/Then is their anthem. Like. Holy shit.

I love "If You Were Gay" from Avenue Q for them. They're so stupid and it fits them.

Um anyway, that's it.

Oh also, the friendship songs at the beginning aren't for just Miles and Phoenix. LARRY IS A PART OF THEIR GROUP TOO.

Oh also the two “Family” songs on both of their playlists is just me saying “EVERYONE IN THE WRIGHT ANYTHING AGENCY AND THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE ARE FAMILY”.

Also guys, I soooo badly wanted to put "Objections" on here but I couldn't find it on Spotify (Go figure) I'm guessing a lot of you haven't heard it before? Or maybe have? It's a fanmade opening for Ace Attorney and IT SLAPS SOOOO HARD. It's old but soooo good guys. Guys. Ya'll need to get in on the fan songs seriously.

I DON'T HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT "TURNABOUT: THE MUSICAL" ENOUGH. Not the Random Encounters musical, but like, the actual one.

Anyway! Long rant over, tell me what you think of my playlists!

"Objections" fan made anime theme ^

And check out "Turnabout: An Ace Attorney Musical" Cause GODDAMN THAT SHIT I BALLER!

#Ace attorney #aa #narumitsu #wrightworth #worthwright #mitsunaru #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #edgewright #Larry butz #Ace attorney playlist #Franziska von karma #maya fey #Pearl fey #sebastian debeste #Kay faraday #I wanna include them all in the cute song playlist PLEASE #people always put romantic songs on their playlsits #and like #only romantic songs #what about familial and platonic relationships huh? #those are literally just as important #there are a couple trucy songs on his playlist too #but those are probably the most obvious in terms of everything #phoenix wright ace attorney #Spotify #kristoph gavin #Krisnix #kriswright #Youtube

[eye-of-enigmatic-thought]

[Note: Image description is in the alt text of the images due to its length. Let me know if writing them down on the post's description is more preferred!]

Here is Wilt!! My Flower Kid for Smile For Me with a new and improved art ref! I still love this tall goober even if I've never done much with them, lets hope that changes seeing my hyperfixation for Smile For Me STILL isn't over!!

Additional info and their backstory under the cut!

In the middle of nowhere in the US, there was a old reclusive farmer. This farmer took care of everything mostly on his own and didn't allow many people to come onto his property, the reasons varied, but part of it had to do with how he had Shadow abilities that he'd use to 'possess' straw bodies to help him in his work, also part of how he was able to care for his farm on his own as well.

The farmer however, would grow especially attached to a scarecrow he constructed to ward away any pesky birds from his crops. This attachment would prove to be so great, that the shadows from the Farmer would separate and make the scarecrow into their own person, who the Farmer would name 'Wilt' for their droopy appearance and tendency to care for even the most wilted plants.

The farmer and Wilt had a father-child bond, and he took care of them and taught them everything he knew. However even if the farmer tried his best, he was still a recluse and didnt dare step away from his farm, and so neither did Wilt, leading to them to be very unsocialised, things became worse when the Farmer eventually passed from his old age, leaving Wilt alone for many years until when in their early 20s, they finally decided the loneliness was too great for them to bear, and decided to leave it for the nearby town their father would distribute their crops to.

Wilt had a incredibly hard time adjusting to town life, they were not only incredibly clumsy and would get into a lot of accidents, but their social inability made many find them unsettling to be around. Even now surrounded by other people, Wilt was still lonely, and for a while mostly spent time exploring the streets in hopes for someone to interact with, even if briefly.

Eventually, they were found by a friendly couple that ran a flower shop and needed a helping hand. When they saw Wilt's ability to care for flowers that had even wilted greatly, they decided to take them in and help them settle in. Whilst Wilt now had a occupation and friends in the shop owners, they still felt lonely from how many customers would still find them offputting and how the shop owners had a lot of difficulty understanding them. Even now, they were still unhappy.

Eventually, some mysterious fliers would appear around town, talking about a retreat known as the Habitat where sad people go to fix their frowns. Intrigued and feeling that they could use something to fix their frown, Wilt decided to embark to the mysterious Habitat...

Wilt, personality wise, is a very empathetic and kindhearted scarecrow, always wanting to help others and nurse unhealthy plants back to health. Their empathy can be so strong that the thought of stepping on flowers makes them shriek in emotional pain.

Unfortunately Wilt has incredibly poor social skills due to only ever knowing their farmer father, who was also very socially inept. They barely talk and often can only make wheezing sounds or say short one syllabel words at a time due to anxiety. However, this anxiety is a tad eased when Wilt talks with their little crow puppet Root, which was made to initially tell jokes to make their father smile and laugh, and so ends up being more confident (and even sassy) with it.

Despite this overall anxiety, Wilt has at times a mischevious side, and has the habit of sometimes standing completely still like a regular scarecrow before jumping at someone to surprise them as a joke, though they don't always understand why someone wouldn't laugh back at them!

#my art #digital art #krita #smile for me #smile for me game #flower kid #smile for me oc #character design #character reference #character sheet #oc #wilt the flower kid #s4m oc #scarecrow #crow #farmer oc #spooky

[thelampisaflashlight]

The ghouls, but it’s how they spend time with Hilly (Mountain’s Kit) and how they feel about him in general, because why not? Below the cut.

Aether: When he finds out about Hilly, he’s understandably... concerned, but he has a moment where he realizes that his worries could read more as doubting Mountain’s ability to be a parent, and that makes him rethink his approach to everything.

He has a hard time figuring out how to bond with Hilly, in part because Hilly is still pretty much attached at the hip to Mountain, and because the kit isn’t like others he’s been around before.

It takes him a little while to find things they can do together, but anything to do with music or counting things seems to go over well with Hilly, so he tries to find activities that incorporate both.

Dewdrop: He’s probably the second person, aside from Mountain, to know that Hilly isn’t just a regular imp. It’s kind of hard for him NOT to when they share the same living space, but he’s not as concerned about it as the other ghouls.

Since Dew lives in the same space, even if he isn’t Hilly’s parent, he does have a sort of guardian role and responsibility towards the kit, and does occasionally babysit him, though he usually leaves the actually parenting to Mountain.

Activity wise, Dew tries to teach Hilly about how things work, and is very patient about the kit asking the dreaded, “Why? Why? Why?”

Multi/Swiss: Honestly, the first thing he did after meeting Hilly was check and make sure his imp wasn’t... ya know. If only because he would feel VERY guilty for avoiding him the way he does, but, nope. Actually, he kind of nopes out of the whole situation for a while, but he does come back eventually.

Like Aether, he isn’t really sure what Hilly’s vibe is, but if the kit wants to bring him pebbles or show him a bug he found? Alright.

Hilly doesn’t talk much and it worries Swiss a little, but he does use his hands and gesture a lot, so Swiss, master of shimmies and jazz hands among other things, is able to understand what he wants that way.

Rain: Much like Swiss, he has to doublecheck his imp’s status just to be sure, but afterwards, his first thoughts are, “Okay, what does he need?”

Rain probably has the easiest time figuring out what Hilly wants to do, if only because he has years of experience dealing with his friends’ habits and his own.

He also can get Hilly to talk more than he usually does.

Mountain: He’s not sure how or why he ended up with Hilly, and, honestly, his biggest concern aside from, “Oh shit how do I take care of a child??” is this fear that Hilly will disappear one day. He knows he won’t, but he’s afraid whatever magic created his kit will be gone and then... Yeah.

At first, he considered leaving Hilly with the siblings to be raised, or even figuring out how to send him to the pit... but the realization that Hilly isn’t from the pit, but rather the surface, and would likely be alone and scared just... Mountain had to navigate a lot of worries before deciding to keep Hilly.

Mountain tries to do something fun with Hilly whenever he has the time/energy to go places, but most of the time they just go for walks. Hilly collects rocks to give to Swiss during these walks.

Cumulus: She was... very confused. She tried to figure out where Hilly came from for a very long time, drawing many conclusions until Mountain explained it to her.

She tends to improvise activities when Hilly is with her, because she forgets to prepare ahead of time.

Once, she lined up a bunch of random objects from around the ghouls’ den to Hilly could play around with them.

Cirrus: She had a pretty good laugh about the whole thing after her initial panicking, like, “Oh, geez, big man, good luck with THAT!” but she was supportive overall.

She reads to Hilly a lot, and buys him little books with puppets or textures to play with, although she did have to get rid of one because the texture of the fabric in one of them made Hilly cry.

He did not like it, and thus it needed to be destroyed.

Sunshine: Much like Cumulus, she was a bit confused, and also went to look for her imp to sus out if this was a “thing”.

She is rarely, if ever, left in charge of Hilly, largely because she can’t handle the... well, everything to do with raising a kit. She will watch him if Mountain asks her to, but she’s opting out of it otherwise.

She does talk to and engage with Hilly if Hilly interacts with her though, and she’s very good at distracting him if need be.

Bonus Copia: He has a lot of questions, but he never doubts or denies the idea  for a second that Hilly is staying. As soon as Hilly is a known factor, it is what it is.

It does get a bit confusing having to explain why he’s called “Papa” if he’s not his dad though... which has unfortunately lead to Hilly parroting, “Not Papa, not Papa” at him whenever he sees him.

He offers to change Mountain’s living arrangements and buy things for Hilly, but Mountain likes his room, so he settles for accepting a few gifts now and then.

Copia also offered to moved Dew to a different room, but Dew also was like, “Nah, it’s chill.” so... Yeah.

#Lamp rambles #shitghosting #nameless ghouls #ghost band #ghost bc #the band ghost #kits are just... weird cats?

[fatuismooches]

I've hopped on major angst train, which is sad, but someone has to make yall sad after tooth-rotting fluff, hehe hehe, but I saw HC of some harbingers reacting to their s/o being executed by Raiden and it gave me an idea

Basically, imagine Harbingers causing their s/o's near death experience with their actions

Such as: Childe's s/o almost dying when Osial attacked Liyue. Look, he was sure you're in safety, but in reality? You're too much of a kind soul, so you were helping people to save themselves, while also putting yourself in danger. Maybe you almost drowned from Osial's attacks or got caught in crossfire, either way you almost died

Scara's s/o being targeted by Fatui after Scara himself ran away with Gnosis. No matter how hard he tries to hide then away, Fatui never forget and forgive traitors. They won't calm down until they get both of you. You might be strong, maybe even a vision holder, but it's not enough...

Or his s/o being a Harbinger and the one who dies in Tenshukakku. Imagine him interrupting your duel with Traveler and escaping together. Scara curses you for being an idiot, but he's actually so so happy he made it in time.

Or... If he was a few seconds late and arrived to witness your death. I imagine that after he erased himself from Irminsul and regained his memories, the first thing Scara did - checked what happened to you, but reader is still dead

WTF ANON I'M IN TEARS 😭😭 Childe would be the most hurt definitely. He was reluctant to awaken Osial in the first place because getting regular people involved wasn't his style. So when he sees you hurt because of his actions he can't help but feel terrible. After helping you recover with the best of doctors he may even try to leave you. Not because he doesn't love you but because he genuinely can't bear to see you hurt, especially because of his line of work. He can't quit the Fatui, but he can still protect you... just in the shadows this time :(

Well for Scara... man that'd be scary lol. To be on the run for that long. He hopes that when he becomes a God, the Fatui will no longer be able to threaten you since one does not dare to challenge a God. But you get hurt anyway :( And he's absolutely enraged of course and wishes he could leave the robot to kill the person himself. But this just encourages him to hurry up and ascend to godhood already. Though when that fails he can't help but feel a bit helpless. Since now you are the one taking care of him, but at least Nahida has taken you under her protection as well. After he erases himself from Irminsul though, hopefully things change and the Fatui are no longer after you, since he no longer exists. And that is a price he is willing to pay for your safety.

Oh boy. He'd tell you to not go near the Raiden Shogun under any circumstances but you were dragged into it anyway. When he can't find you at the agreed meeting place he instantly knows where you've gone and for once he feels panic. This Raiden Shogun was not Ei, she has no mercy. But he has no problem confronting her anyway. Seeing the Traveler's shocked but irritated expression was also a treat. I wonder if the Raiden Shogun (puppet) would recognize him? I'm not sure if it was stated in-game. (Can't believe it's been 2 years since Inazuma 😭)

Scara would wonder if the Gnosis was really worth your death (it wasn't he finds out very quickly) + despise his creator so much more than he already did. He can only hope that he'll meet you again one day, and that you'd forgive him for his idiocy.

Can't wait to add Arlecchino to this list😧🧍‍♀️Focalors doesn't seem like the Archon to play around tbh😭 I've been really thinking about why the Oceanids don't like her...

#smooches talks #why does angst hurt so good tho #childe love notes <3 #scaramouche love notes <3 #la signora with the last scenario too🚶‍♀️ she'd be heartbroken #her two lovers dead 😭 #*sigh* childe my love i miss u bb

[atla-genderbender]

ATLA Gender Bender: "Toph"

Toph -> Toph

Since Toph was originally planned to be a boy, his name does not need to change.

I tried to change as little as possible for male Toph. Here he looks noticeably more muscular than normal, female Toph, but this is an error. At age 12, his physical build should not be that different from his female counterpart. I willl handwave this away by saying he is flexing really hard here.

His appearance is somewhat inspired by Hibiki Ryoga.

OUTFIT DESCRIPTIONS:

1: TV series Outfit.

His hair is tied in a Daoist topknot.

2: Toph's formal dress, based on men's fashion from the Tang Dynasty

Toph is a girl treated like a doll by her parents due to her disability and youth. So male Toph is a boy treated like a puppet for the same reasons. The tall hat and cumbersome robes are meant to symbolize the burdens he feels imposed on him by his family. These are clearly outfits that his mother forced him to wear, not something that he actually enjoys wearing.

His putou is based on a style that was worn during the Tang Dynasty (see: chinesehanfu.tumblr.com/post/6…). To create the image on the left, I referred to the following styles:

ziseviolet.tumblr.com/post/679…

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3: Toph's outfit while kidnapped, seen during "The Blind Bandit"

In the image on the right, Toph is wearing a changyi. This garment was worn during the Tang Dynasty, but I referred to a painting from the Ming Dynasty due to the colors being closer to Earth Kingdom greens.

4: Toph's Fire Nation disguise

While sparring with "Kannik", he would be shirtless, wearing the same pants and sash as regular, female Toph.

5: Comics Toph.

The pin in his xiao guan is based on badgermole imagery, making it a trapezoid.

#toph #avatar the last airbender #atla genderbender #atla #gender bender #genderbend #genderswap #rule 63 #my art #my headcanons

[ltwharfy]

"Bob's Burgers" Season 3 Episode Ranking Rewatch (long post)

So, I've been rewatching "Bob's Burgers" from the beginning and ranking the episodes using the spreadsheet that @babsvibes created! If you want to know why I'm doing this or how I view the 1-5 rating scale, you can check out my Season 1 post!

Now on to Season 3:

Average (Mean) Score: 4.43

Mode (Most Common Ranking): 5

Ranking breakdown: 12 5s; 9 4s; 2 3s

Season as a whole thoughts:

Season 3 is a goddamn delight! My season 2 as a whole review was positive and Season 3 just builds on everything I enjoyed in season 2. More wonderful recurring characters are added to the mix- Mr. Branca, Mr. Ambrose, Courtney, Henry, and a certain Regular Sized boy I relate to way too much- among others! The world of the show expanded with our first visit to Kingshead Island. And the show continued to grow creatively- hitting new highs in music with "Lindapendent Woman" and "Topsy". Plus, we finally got a full length season meaning we get our very first holiday episodes, including my all-time favorite Christmas episode! I also feel like the show had mostly conquered the tone/characterization issues that popped up in the first two seasons. Bob's occasionally still a bit more of a dick than in later seasons, but he gets called on it now ("The Unnatural")!

In my season 1 review I mentioned watching that season as it aired and thinking it had potential. In my season 2 post, I mentioned that at that point it had gotten good enough that I would've been upset at the time if it was cancelled. By season 3, it had become one of my favorite shows- one that I would encourage friends and family to check out. If people weren't watching the comic glory of "O.T." and "Topsy" they were missing out big time!

Some thoughts on particular episodes:

(Since these seasons are longer I will be writing about a smaller percentage of the episodes- feel free to let me know if you want my thoughts on an episode I don't discuss)

"Bob Fires the Kids": One of my favorite things about this rewatch is discovering what I think of as the "sleeper hits"- episodes I remember being fine but, upon rewatch, turn out to be even better than I remember. This episode was the sleeper hit for Season 3. The kids are exceptionally hilarious in this one- especially being upset about Bob firing them and their attempts at summer fun before they work on the farm. And everything Mickey does is hilarious- the calypso song he sings, his description of "Big", not knowing how to put his hands up, pretty much all his dialogue with Bob ("B.B. King has that disease" "shut up, Mickey"- that exchange always makes me laugh.) Also, "I knew you so briefly, you dead soap dog" is an all-time great eulogy title.

"Mutiny on the Windbreaker"- Probably one the show's zaniest episodes and I love it! Gene falling in love with a a manatee puppet, Louise getting the manicurist to make her claws, all the Bob and Duval interaction- it never fails to make me laugh!

"The Deepening"- "Our toaster is confused, too. It doesn't know why we put bagels in it." This episode could get a 5 for that line alone. Also, I love Mort's standup comedy attempts in here, and the Bob, Teddy, and Mort vs. the shark finale. I wish they revisited the idea of Bob as Block Captain and Hugo as Quadrant Captain in future episodes- stupid neighborhood power struggles make great comedy, and it could've been a great way to get Hugo in the show without threatening to shut down the restaurant.

"Tinarannosaurus Wrecks"- One of this season's two 3s; in an ask game I once said this was my least favorite episode of the show. I empathize with Tina waaaaaaay too much in it to find it particularly entertaining. The first time my mom tried to teach me to drive in an empty parking lot, I basically had a panic attack. I didn't hit anybody's car, but my mom gave up on teaching me and my dad was out of the picture, so I ended up not learning to drive until I was in my 20s. It's hard not to think of that when watching this episode. That said, Tina's Hell fantasy is funny, I enjoy the Mort as the Belchers' chauffeur subplot, and Bob Odenkirk is always good. But it's still my least favorite episode of this season.

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins"- My favorite Christmas episode! "Mannequin comes to life" is one of those tropes/plots that always amuses me for some reason, and this episode has some hilarious fun with it. "He said he's not a murder mannequin" is an all-time classic line in my book. Also, the ending with Chet saying he has a loft in Manhattan and Bob's "What?!" is one of the best last lines of an episode. Always leaves me with a laugh.

"Broadcast Wagstaff School News"- If I do a top 25 episodes list at the end of this rewatch, this episode will almost certainly be on it. Both the main plot and the Gene-as-little-Bob subplot are hilarious! "Back to you, Andy!" "Back to you, Ollie!" is the ultimate Pesto Twins moment to me. We get some character development for Zeke (his family moves around a lot), Mr. Branca makes his debut, Tammy and Jocelyn team up for the first time- this is pretty significant episode in the development of the support players at Wagstaff- in addition to just being really freaking funny.

"O.T.: The Outside Toilet"- A hilarious episode with a great "Belcher kids and their friends have an adventure" bit (I live for those), and an emotionally resonant plot for Gene. And drunk Linda repeatedly changing her terms for taxi ("snacky", "snatchy") always cracks me up! One time, I was creating a dating profile on Bumble and I had recently rewatched this episode on Cartoon Netowrk, and in the "About Me" section of the profile I wrote "I will never get tired of that episode of Bob's Burgers where Jon Hamm plays a talking toilet". I'm still single (but that profile did actually lead to me meeting one of the more interesting people I've met through a dating app, so...)

"Topsy"- Pretty much generally acknowledged as a classic, so I'll just specifically mention how much I love Teddy in this one. The whole backstory he comes up for "Dr. Glen Wellness" and the line "What's it like out there? Are people still the same, with their funny ways?" is sooooooo good. Like, I need to think of an occasion to say that in real life.

"It Snakes A Village"- Meh. If you want me to care about a story, don't make it about Gloria and Al. Especially don't make it about their sex life.

"The Kids Run the Restaurant"- I don't watch this one a ton because I can kind of empathize with Bob's squeamishness re: blood, but it is pretty hilarious. I especially loved Gene's idea of reformatting the restaurant to serving chicken. This week, I managed to turn his line "Chicken on a treadmill, last offer" into a running joke with a coworker whose never seen the show, so that was fun.

"Boyz 4 Now"- One of the strongest candidates for the title of my favorite "Bob's Burgers" episode. After rewatching it, I really think it might be the episode I would use if I only had one episode to try to convince someone to watch the show. It's unfailingly hilarious yet also has a relatable emotional core. I'm a 42 year old man, and I still feel like Louise every time I have a crush. Louise and Tina stories and "Louise in denial of her feelings" stories are two of my favorite types of stories and this is both. Plus, the tablescaping subplot really shows the Belchers at their best- all getting really enthusiastic about something pretty weird that one of them is doing! Also, Boyz 4 Now and their songs are hilarious and a perfect parody of pop music. My ranking scale for this project only goes up to 5, but in reality this an A++++, 15 out of 10, no notes.

"Carpe Museum"- Another all-time classic. Putting aside it introducing my favorite recurring character for the moment it also has: some of the show's definitive Bob-Louise bonding moments; the introduction of Henry Haber; Linda joining a picket line and coming up with obscene chants; Frond and the museum lady flirting; Teddy's speech encouraging Linda to go to the museum...so much good stuff! But yeah, there's also the introduction of Regular Sized Rudy, the most "me as a kid" character in TV history. Oh, and that last scene with Bob, Louise, and Rudy cuddling on the school bus? Basically the cutest thing ever in my book. If I ever seem a bit too excited to talk about Roudise on here, please keep in mind that I've basically been shipping them since May 5, 2013, with relatively few people to talk about it with until I joined this silly website last year.

Random Thoughts (stuff that doesn't affect the ratings):

-It is so nice for the show to have the normal version of the theme song and opening credits! Yes, the changes are small, but they matter to me. The opening music and credits in the first two seasons are just not as fun and lively as the version from three onward- and it makes the show as a whole feel a bit more fun now.

-Gene in "Broadcast Wagstaff School News": "Quick! Comb me over! Trump me!" It's so weird when pre-2016 TV shows make jokes about that guy in the genre of "businessman"/TV personality with bad hair knowing now that he is a wannabe fascist dictator.

-"Things that are different in their first appearance" department: Regular Sized Rudy's voice is noticeably different in "Carpe Museum" (it was funny to hear that interview where Brian Huskey said he was told "do what you did at the table read" and didn't really remember what he did at the table read). Also, Mr. Branca's pants are a different color in his first appearance than they normally are- I'm assuming that his normal pants were damaged in an unfortunate incident with his work crowbar.

Well, much like the Deuce of Diamonds and Toad the Wet Sprocket, I gave you my magic and now I am going to disappear. (Not really, I'm just ending this post. I'll still be here. I just couldn't resist making another reference to that line)

#bob's burgers #bob's burgers season 3 #bob's burgers episode ranking rewatch #long post

[its-rat-time-babey]

You ever think about the Broken Vessel?

Because I headcanon/theorize that it tried to take the infection into itself like the Hollow Knight but failed, it’s shell cracking and splinting apart from the attempt.

I say failed, but more like partially failed, as it DOES manage to contain or at least hold back some of the infection, but it’s body is completely destroyed in the process, leaving the Broken Vessel just barely alive and unable to heal.

After all, Killing the Broken Vessel (and killing a Dreamer, but that’s not important here) makes the infection stronger, turning the Forgotten Crossroads into the Infected Crossroads. Up until then, the Broken Vessel was holding at least some of the infection back.

There’s also the fact that:

The Broken Vessel has a solid body of Void when it’s being shown that the bodies of Void creatures like Vessels melt back into liquid void upon death, meaning that the Broken Vessel is still alive when it’s found.

it’s soul is still present in its body, but it’s shade is nowhere to be found.

The Broken Vessel is barely alive and unable to move or really do anything with a shell that’s been completely cracked open, but it continues to hold the Radiance back. As long as its body remained at least barely intact and its Spirit remained, it would stay barely alive and hold the infection back.

That is until Ghost shows up and the infection puppets the Broken Vessel’s barely functioning shell to fight them, most likely with the Broken Vessel aware of what’s happening, but unable to do anything about it in its current state. It can’t even focus with this sort of damage.

And then after you kill it, there’s still its spirit. Not Shade. Spirit. Like every other dead creature.

I headcanon that despite Shades being the ghosts of Vessels, they need a supply of void to remain tangible. The Shades are basically a Vessel’s ghost covered in a thick layer of void that gives them the ability to move around and interact with things.

Without access to void the shade will eventually lose this layer of void and become a regular spirit, which is what happened to the Broken Vessel. Living Vessels don’t have this problem as they naturally produce the void they need to stay together, but dead Vessels lose the ability to do this. This is why Shades are drawn to the Void fountain in the Colosseum Of Fools. They need access to void to stay tangible.

The Broken Vessel was stuck holding back the infection for so long that by the time you find it, it’s so damaged that it’s barely able to produce enough void to keep its body intact, and its shade has nowhere near enough void to properly be a shade.

There’s also the fact that when you kill the Lost Kin, you get the prompt to “Accept” instead of just listening to the Spirit like normal. The prompt to make Ghost accept the fact that it’s sibling, it’s Long Lost Kin, is dead.

For a pre-Void Heart Ghost, this hits hard. Ghost (probably) knows that this is its sibling that it’s staring at, but doesn’t remember anything about them or even exactly what they even are. They may want desperately to know exactly who this sibling was because they can FEEL deep within them that they should, but they can’t.

For a post-Void Heart Ghost, this still hits hard. They know who this Vessel is (family), they know what they went through (the same as them) and given how the Lost Kin doesn’t have a Shade but instead has a regular spirit, they won’t be seeing them again and Ghost knows it. Instead of returning to the Void as a Shade that Ghost can feel and (presumably) communicate with in some way with their Void Heart, they’re well and truly gone, their soul travelling to wherever it is that the dead go and their essence becoming one with the dream nail. Ghost can feel them go because unlike their other siblings that left behind hundreds, if not thousands of shades, absolutely nothing is left behind.

#headcanons #hollow knight #broken vessel

[ticklystuff]

Alhaitham, Nahida, Raiden, Zhongli? 👀

no longer accepting teams, thanks!

omg rip venti lmao but hope you enjoy uwu

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who’s the most ticklish character

Probably Nahida because she's been locked in prison and literally untouched for 500 years and her skin is probably amazing (or crusty bc no easy access to skincare but I choose to believe the former)

who’s the character that most people would assume isn't ticklish, but actually is

This whole team basically lmao for starters, it's 3/4 archons and are divine beings even ticklish? I guess you can make a case that people wouldn't know Zhongli is a former archon and just assume he's a regular guy, but would he strike you as someone that's ticklish? Probably not. Also, I'm assuming Ei and Nahida have the ability to shapeshift like Zhongli, so it's like if they have control of their own bodies like that, why even make yourself ticklish? But ya they're all still ticklish even the gods aren't exempt hehe As for Alhaitham, it's not even a case of "is he ticklish?" anymore because it's more like "is he even capable of laughing?" because most people don't see him laugh outside of a condescending chuckle But ya, I don't think he's one to hide it and if you asked him he'd probably say something like "Yes, and what gives you the impression I'd deviate from the norm in that regard?" and it's like oh oki a simple yes would've been fine

who’s the character that everyone gangs up on and tickles

This question is hard because I feel like they're all above this kinda shit lol but part of me wants to say Nahida because she has probably never been tickled before (they go easy on her) or Alhaitham because the only non-archon lmao get wrecked sir Oki so Nahida probably gets tickled a lot, but imagine her being curious as to how a normal human reacts when tickled. She knows that humans are ticklish, but she's never experienced actually tickling one and she enlists Ei and Zhongli's help and poor Alhaitham just gets bullied for this one "experiment" ssdlkfjsadklfj

who’s the character that somehow knows everyone else’s tickle spots and reveals them to others

Zhongli knows everyone's tickle spots because he is just that good at reading people nowadays and he might share them with Nahida if she asks!

who’s the character with one specific tickle spot that only one other person knows about

Not a specific tickle spot but Nahida is the only one that knows how the puppet works and how it's connected to Ei. I like to headcanon that if someone tries to tickle the puppet, the puppet itself won't react, but Ei will be laughing in her Plane of Euthymia and only Nahida knows about this. She might give a passing poke every once in a while just to mess with Ei, even if she can't visibly see it

who’s the most likely to win gang tickle wars

The puppet because the puppet itself is not ticklish and will take on all three while being tickled, which is horrifying to Ei because she can definitely feel the tickles but the puppet is acting independently and she can't get it to stop, even when she wants it tap out

which character has a kink for tickling

No one!

which character didn’t even know they were ticklish until another character tickled them

The obvious answer here is Nahida because she's been on home arrest for so long that she probably wondered if she was ticklish or not. Ei got plenty of tickles from Miko, Venti tickled and Zhongli all the time in the past, and Kaveh likes to annoy Alhaitham with tickles

which two characters have tickle fights all the time

I can see all three of them letting Nahida tickle them! Zhongli is probably fine with it, while Alhaitham and Ei are a little more reluctant but still let her anyway. Ei and Zhongli are a little more willing to tickle her back, but Alhaitham is just sitting there and is like "grin and bare it and I can probably leave faster." Maybe he'll wonder as to whether a god can experience the same thing, but I don't think it's something he'd be curious to act on. More like a passing thought

#alhaitham #nahida #zhongli #raiden shogun #genshin impact #tickling

[kira-anon-uwu]

chunk from my write's block document

context: i have a fic just for me that i've only shared the majority of with one person that i only work on when i can't focus on anything else. it probably will never see the light of day but here's a funny part that i genuinely feel bad not using in something meant to be posted.

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He climbed the ladder in the meantime, idly tapping his hands against the empty part of the shelf as he waited for Wilbur to come back.

"So, I'm hoping you spent your time at home resting,", Wilbur started as he handed up books.

Tommy let out an annoyed groan, contemplating dropping a book on the man's face. "Can we talk about literally anything else?"

"Thoughts on the art of eating sand-"

"I slept while I wasn't here, yeah."

Wilbur exhaled out of his nose with amusement. "That's good. And you explained it to your parents?"

"Yeah, and they didn't bother me about it nearly as much as you are."

"That's not as comforting of a statement as you think it is."

"It's my way of telling you you should drop it,", he rolled his eyes.

"And this is my way of making sure I'm not going to have to file an insurance claim of some kind because you dropped dead in the middle of my store."

"Please, give me some credit; I'd go die somewhere out back, probably."

"Tommy, am I going to have to start making regular checks of the alley to make sure you're not sitting back there like a salvage animatronic?"

"Y'know what? Yes, you do. Gonna wait for you to drag my ass back inside so I can hide in the vents and kill you."

"Which one would you be?"

"You can't hit me with a question like that and expect an immediate answer,", Tommy stopped to think about it, ignoring the way Wilbur was laughing at him as he genuinely considered it, "Probably be Lefty, I recon."

That made Wilbur laugh even harder, dropping the book in his hand back in the box as he tried to collect himself again. "Why Lefty?"

"Because he's cool, and he's got the fucking puppet inside of him."

"I was assuming you'd say some shit like Moltent Freddy."

"Well yeah, if I wanted to be basic about it."

"And what about me, then?"

"Easy; you get to be purple guy."

"Tommy, I didn't sit there and listen to you explain that whole fucking timeline for nine hours for you to compare me to a child murderer."

He looked down at the man with the smallest amount of empathy he could muster, giving him a shrug.

Wilbur glared at him before moving the ladder down the shelves.

"Holy shit, you don't have to prove my point!", Tommy's grip on the ladder tightened, and he leaned closer to it as the wheels grinded against the rails.

"Sorry, couldn't hear you over my insatiable bloodlust. I'm trying to make Remnant."

"Think you making me bust my fucking head open would be Agony instead!"

"I am being one-hundred percent honest with you when I tell you I do not know the difference between the two, and I genuinely do not give a fuck."

"I don't think Scott Cawthon does, either."

"Can we stop with the FNAF talk now, please?", Wilbur sighed, "Bringing it up again reminded me of how exhausting it is to think too hard about it."

"You're the one that brought it up!"

"And now I'm the one putting it away; sticking the missing children in their graves, one might say."

"Ok, Mr.Afton. How many more books are there?"

"I will beat your ass."

"Oh, but you were so worried about me before."

Wilbur rolled his eyes, moving the empty box from the top of his cart to get to the next one. "That was before you started calling me fucking William Afton."

"But think about it; same first name, he probably stank as well, you've probably murdered a few people-"

"You can't prove that."

"I can absolutely prove that you stink,", Tommy snorted, going to grab the next book from Wilbur's hand.

The man narrowed his eyes at him, waiting for Tommy to have a good grip on the thing before yanking it back hard enough that the ladder Tommy was standing on started falling backwards from the shelf.

Wilbur managed to catch him before he hit the floor, but the sudden motion absolutely did not feel good on his injury.

#tommyinnit #mcyt #mcyt fanfiction #fanfiction #wilbur soot #fnaf #idk what do you want from me #snippet

[goldenfreddys]

september ‘04, cont.— ninety years without slumbering

While Jeremy had been too shaken in the morning to fully form a first impression of the daytime security guard, Mike Schmidt, he now had his bearings enough to know that they probably wouldn’t get along. He absently picked at the edge of the fresh nicotine patch on his wrist with his thumb.

“We’re here, babe.” Nadia reminded him.

“... Do you think it’s too early?”

“Dunno. I think that guy might be waiting to let you in… Or rob you? Not sure.”

She gestured to a figure by the entrance of the pizzeria. It was Mike, he assumed. He tried not to seem too nervous as he squeezed Nadia’s hand goodbye and got out of the passenger seat.

There was a weird smell as Jeremy approached the other guard, kind of like someone sprayed a “tropical” scented air freshener on a dead animal.

“You’re late.”

Jeremy checked his watch, “I’m fifteen minutes early.”

“Try to make it twenty.”

The way Mike postured himself felt familiar in a way he couldn’t place. He vaguely reminded him of a pre-teen boy trying to act tough on the playground. Maybe even one specific pre-teen boy, though he couldn't be bothered to fully recall it.

The main room was half-lit when they entered, which was thankfully enough light to navigate by. It was strange to think that he used to hang out here, albeit over a decade and a few thousand dollars of renovations ago. He wondered if any of his old drawings made the cut— “Bonnie on a Desert Island Submitting to Cannibalistic Desire” by S.J. Fitzgerald, crayon on lined paper. Probably not, considering all the drawings plastering the hallway seemed relatively new and that particular piece was confiscated by a psychiatrist shortly after. Bummer.

“Listen, I’m not trying to be hard on you, but there's things you need to understand. The night shift isn't for the faint of heart, and it pays like shit.” Mike muttered as they entered the office, “If you make it through this week, I might be able to switch you over to days, but I'm not making any promises yet.”

“Wasn't my first choice, either. I wanted to be a sales associate at Hot Topic.”

He sighed. At least at the mall, he could tell himself he was carving his own path in life. He was sure Freddy’s was a pure nepotism hire.

The phone began ringing not long after they settled into the office. It was a beige landline with a regular numerical keypad, which meant it was a bit dated, but not ancient. Jeremy remembered the hiring manager had called him the other night to give some brief information on the job.

“Uh, hello? He-”

He flinched as the call suddenly dropped. Mike had reached over and pressed down on the switch.

“You don’t need him,” Mike stated with disdain.

Jeremy nodded. He wasn’t sure he needed Mike, either, unless there were several other pages of the job responsibilities booklet he hadn’t been given.

“Alright, let me think… First off, the Freddy head. You’re gonna need to put that on if any of the bots get in the office, n’ leave it on ‘til they leave. Doesn’t work on Foxy, and I assume it won’t work on the Puppet, either. You can get Foxy to fuck off by flashing your light at him a bit. The Puppet doesn’t leave the prize corner until it’s quiet, so you can keep the music box wound up. There’s a button on the monitor for you to do it remotely.” Mike demonstrated by flipping to the prize counter camera and holding down the spacebar on the clunky mechanical keyboard to wind up the box, “The hallway’s gonna be a main point of entrance for a lot of the animatronics, but keep an eye on the vents too. I got Chucky to put some cams down there, n’ you can light ‘em up with the keypad to check. Got all that?”

Jeremy paused, “... Not really. First off, why are the robots coming to the office? And why would that be a problem?”

Mike seemed so flabbergasted that he immediately started to second guess whether or not those were, indeed, valid questions to be asking. He began to review what a security guard was in his head before Mike spoke again.

“Because they want to kill you.”

He sounded stern and urgent in a way that tended to easily bypass Jeremy’s critical thinking skills. He mulled over the possibility for a moment.

“... Like, actually? Or are you messing with me?”

With a huff, Mike handed him the empty bear head and gestured for him to put it on. It smelled like an unwashed gym jersey. Jeremy held it in his hands, then looked up at Mike with his most powerful pathetic expression. It was a pure, unadulterated, ‘you wouldn’t do this to me on my birthday, would you?’ kind of look that sometimes disarmed people enough to admit they were just teasing him.

“Hey, hey- we do not have time for that, buddy. Just put it on, ‘kay? I'll explain later, I promise.”

Whatever comfort Jeremy could've derived from knowing his psychic attack had succeeded was immediately cancelled out by the conclusion that Mike was, in fact, sincere. With that, he relented and put on the bear head.

Mike reached down to one of the desk drawers and pulled out a similar hollowed-out animatronic head, though he couldn't quite make out what it was meant to be. He could see the other guard flicking between a couple different camera views on the monitor, checking the vents, then shining the flashlight down the hall. Suddenly, Mike went still and held his finger up, as if to shush him, before pulling on the orange costume head.

Heavy footsteps entered through the hallway, loud and laborious. The footsteps lurched to a stop in front of the desk, accompanied by the unmistakable creak of rusted metal. Jeremy slowly turned his head towards the source of the noise.

It took him a moment within the visual limitations of the rank-smelling bear head to piece together what he was looking at; two vibrant red pinpricks from a backdrop of darkness, fraying wires reaching down towards a jutting row of blunt teeth. The lights flickered overhead. Clearly, the desert island he had condemned Bonnie to many years ago had done a number on the poor thing, he thought.

Bonnie subtly hunched to glare a bit more pointedly toward Jeremy, and before he could think to stop himself, he whispered an apology. The damaged animatronic went still. After a long pause, Bonnie drew back and shambled out of the office again.

Once the rabbit was gone, Mike took off his mask and quickly paged between the cameras on the monitor again, this time stopping to rewind the music box at the prize corner.

“... You can take it off, now. But stay alert.”

Jeremy took a deep breath of fresh air once the Freddy head was off. The strong adrenaline rush still coursed through him as he tried to get his bearings.

Finally, the orange Foxy head Mike had been wearing was in proper view. Things were starting to click together in his head.

“... Michael? I thought your last name started with an A. Michael Ahh-something.”

“Do I know you?”

“Not really. I-I mean…” He paused, realizing he’d messed up, “No? No. Not at all, is what I meant.”

“Sure, that's not ominous.”

Just like that, the subject was dropped– for now. For good, if he was lucky.

Though the circumstances were nerve-wracking, Mike settled into a kind of rhythm as the night went on, as though the whole song and dance was second nature. Left vent, right vent, hall. Prize corner, party room, parts & service, and so on. Mask on. Wait. And off. He interjected, sparingly, when he noticed Jeremy’s attention was wavering by describing various aspects of the security system and building layout.

“Don’t vents usually have grates?” Jeremy asked.

“Yeah.”

“... Why are they so big and close to the floor?”

Mike repeated, “Yeah.”

There were a few more visitations throughout the night. Notably, the half-destroyed Toy Foxy, which Mike referred to as “Mangle”. It crackled with distorted static from within the vent for a minute or so, before skittering down to Kid’s Cove again. There was also a robot modelled after a small boy brandishing balloons, which Jeremy hadn’t realized was even capable of moving until he noticed him missing from the Game Area. At that point in the night, it felt like some sort of unnecessary slight to have given the gift of autonomy to what could’ve easily been a gumball machine instead.

The six o’clock chime almost caught Jeremy off guard when it finally rang. Not because it hadn't felt like he’d just spent a six-hour shift ambiently fearing for his life without so much as a bathroom break, but because it actually ended instead of persisting like an eternal nightmare.

He slumped forward on the desk and groaned loudly as soon as he got confirmation that it was now safe to do so.

“Yeah, yeah, I get it. As far as I’m concerned, you handled that all like a champ.” Mike gave his shoulder a light squeeze, which he considered a thousand leagues too fond for the amount of time they'd known each other. Nonetheless, he could let it slide for the moment.

#my writing #parmaverse #fnaf fanfic #<- sighs. pain

[atsukawolfcat]

The Foolish Kind of Love

Notes: So I am feeling down right now cuz the past couple weeks I have not been able to do what I normally enjoy to do after work as I had mandatory overtime. Literally was in a cycle of wake up, eat, work, sleep and repeat. Makes it slightly worse that I work night shift, and everyone else in my life is the regular shift or school so can't hang out period or barely get an hour with buddies. So this is extremely self-indulgent angst for me, to get it out of my system, because I was thinking over the importer aus and how the reader outright hates Genshin characters afterwards, which is granted VERY fair and normal but.. I can't really see myself hating my favorite characters. Even with all the bad stuff, like yeah for sure its all dependant on a person and how they take a beating and how they would react but I would love them nonetheless. I started Genshin on a whim, cuz I thought the Traveller looked cool and would be neat to play. I had to drop it back after Klee's banner (can't remember when THAT was but I know that was the last banner cuz I got her and dipped) because of life becoming too busy to be paying attention to games so I stopped. I picked it back up just recently, and its become my comfort during these hard times. Anyway, I am babbling, on to story.

Warnings: Female reader, switch between 1st and 3rd POVs, mentions of torture, blood, death, angst/no comfort

Last you remember, you were just coming home from a long day and had just booted up Genshin Impact, a game you were insanely obsessed with to comfort you when you needed to unwind. After getting your daily commissions done and shut everything down as to not waste electricity (and ruin your poor PC), you climb into bed with your last thought being, 'Wouldn't it be amazing to meet everyone in Genshin Impact...' You fell asleep with a smile, expecting the next day to follow the routine as per usual. Instead, you awoke with a start, feeling someone kick your side full force with a gruff, "Wake up, you impostor!"

You gasped and clutched your side, trying to ease the pain. Looking up, you realized you were now face to face with an enraged Zhongli. Unbeknowst to you, while you were asleep, you descended to Teyvat with a meteor shower shining gold, and landed inbetween Mondstadt and Liyue. It alerted both cities, and both establishments had sent parties to investigate what had happened as they saw the most beautiful gold meteor land where you were. Of course, Mondstadt had sent Diluc, Kaeya, Albedo, and Klee with Diona as support while Liyue's team was Zhongli, Xiao, Keqing, Ganyu with Qiqi as support. They had investigated the area of the meteor impact, and came across your sleeping form. The team from Mondstadt were able to recognize you as their puppet master, while only Qiqi was able to recognize you from Liyue.

Zhongli had gotten enraged at the sight of you, sleeping so peacefully with the face of his beloved Creator. He could sense you were a regular mortal, as could Xiao and Ganyu. Zhongli approached you, with fury in every step, and kicked your side. The others watched in silence, as they too did not wish to believe you were their Creator. You were too weak to be someone as wonderful as a powerful Creator god. Keqing walked up to Zhongli and placed a hand on his shoulder, to calm him down before he did something else out of character.

"Tie her up! We shall place her in a dungeon and interrogate her!"

Now here you lay, bruised black and purple, surprisingly with no blood or cuts. For 3 days they kept interrogating you, trying to find out what were your motives and how you made that meteor show. You tried to plead your case, heartbroken over the fact the characters you loved dearly were doing this to you, that you had no idea. They decided to finally end this "farce" and Zhongli contacted Raiden Shogun and let Kaeya contact Venti to proceed with an execution.

It took 3 more days to have everything ready, of course you tried everything to stop it to no avail. You pleaded with most of your main team, and hope blossomed in your heart when they agreed. Klee, Mona, Qiqi, Diona, and Diluc all agreed this was insane what they were doing, everyone was so out of character that it was baffling. They were the only exceptions so far, as they were the few with the friendship levels. You haven't met Venti nor Raiden, but they too were part of your main team and you hopes they would be able to stop this madness.

The day arrived, and your hope shattered at the sight of the 2 enraged Archons. Your hands were tied, and your rescue team was nowhere to be found. You chuckled, feeling the shock of it all start to wear off.

"Here, we have the most disgusting criminal, who dared to take after our beloved Creator!" You were getting all kinds of things thrown at you, and you could recognize most of the citizens. Previously kind faces were now scorns of disapproval. Your heart ached and yet.... you still felt it. You still loved these characters, after all that they have done. You laughed at yourself, mostly out of disbelief. 'Ahh, to be a fool so hopeless as I.'

Right as the execution began, you heard an explosion. Looking behind you, you noticed your team coming over to fight. They clashed with the Millelith and other Knights of Favonious, and the other characters joined the fray.

"Why?! Why are you defending that imposter??!" Zhongli swiped his spear at Diluc while he blocked.

"This is wrong! Can't you feel it? You are out of your minds right now, and I believe we need to talk it all over calmly!" Diluc let his Vision flare and flames erupted from his claymore. He swung at Zhongli, but was met with a Geo pillar.

"Klee! Do you understand what you are doing??!" Kaeya dodge out of the way of another explosion, as Klee held onto her Lost Winds book and got another attack ready.

"This is not right! Big sister hasn't done anything wrong!" Klee didn't want to seriously hurt Kaeya, and he could see that.

"They are a criminal Klee, there is no reason for you to worry about a sinner as them."

Suddenly, lightning and wind picked up. Everyone turned to see Venti and Raiden in front of you, staring at you in shock as they felt something familiar now that they were close to you. Rage flooded their system as they both turned to Zhongli.

"HOW DARE YOU LAY YOUR HANDS ON HER HOLINESS" Thunder boomed as lightning flashed behind them, eyes glowing with rage. They both readied their weapons and prepare to rush towards Zhongli. However, they felt someone push them, and their eyes widened at the realization it was you.

"Watch out!"

BOOM

Zhongli had his hand up towards the 2 Archons about to rush him and summoned 2 spears of stone to land on them. But instead of hitting his targets, they landed their hit elsewhere.

Right on your abdomen.

All fighting stopped, as everyone stared at you in shock and horror. You smiled gently and lovingly at everyone, golden blood rushing out of your wound and mouth. "Ah.. I am glad... no one is hurt.."

Your eyes looked around and met with everyone's eyes. You smiled even wider and closed your eyes, letting your starry tears fall.

"I... still love you after all."

You collapsed to the floor, with an anguished cry filling the air.

A/N: SO for clarification here, my main team atm is Klee/Mona/Raiden/Qiqi, with my second being Diluc/Venti/Raiden/Diona(or Qiqi, I built more for Qiqi since her healing work better for me). I wanted to include everyone I use, since depending on the domain or boss I switch around a lot, but that's too much work at 4:30AM. I hope you enjoyed and please don't hesitate to tell me what you thought. Might make part 2 on this one tbh, I feel so much better after writing this. So much so I might get the feeling for fluff/comfort as the next part but meh I tired so not today.

#genshin impact #genshin imagines #genshin drabbles #genshin sagau #genshin impact imposter au #genshin imposter au #GoldenBloodAu #StarryCreatorAU #brainrot #genshin venti #genshin diluc #WolfcatAngst #WolfcatStories #genshin zhongli #genshin qiqi #genshin xiao #genshin kaeya #genshin raiden

[ollieofthebeholder]

to find promise of peace (and the solace of rest): a TMA fanfic

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Chapter 61: January 2011

Gerard is still of the opinion that, if it’s going to be wet in January, it should at least have the decency to be snow and not rain.

At least it’s only a drizzle, not a hard, pounding rain. Not that it matters, he’d be out here regardless, but he worries about Martin when the weather gets sloppy and wet. Ever since he got so sick last year, both Gerard and Melanie have tried to keep on top of him to make him take better care of himself. And to his credit, he’s been fairly good about it. But when it’s like this, when the weather can’t seem to decide what season it wants to be and the dampness sinks in, he sometimes gets caught not properly dressed for the weather.

He hurries along the path, dodging puddles and the occasional passerby, until he reaches his destination. There are a decent number of pubs around here, but his aim is not one of the big, flashy ones drawing on the area’s history or tourists. It’s a grimy little hole in the wall, not exactly one you have to know someone who knows someone to find but the kind of place you just skip over on a casual look. Gerard, as he always does, pauses briefly on the sidewalk to look at it. The windows are the old-fashioned kind, beveled glass that don’t really let you see in or out and don’t actually let in that much light either, but the lights behind them are golden, cheery and welcoming on a night like this.

He shoulders his way through the dark green door and into the pub.

It’s not particularly crowded, but then, it is a Thursday evening. Still, there are a few regulars gathered. Technically, Gerard—and Martin and Melanie—qualify, even if they aren’t here every week, or even every month. But it’s where they always go when they get the chance to gather for a pint, and it’s small and quiet enough that nobody knows to find them here, and they’re never bothered. Gerard scans the room as he pulls down his hood. The man behind the bar catches his eye and gives him a smile and a nod, then jerks his head in the direction of the part of the pub overlooking the Thames. Gerard returns the nod and heads in that direction.

Sure enough, Gerard finds Melanie at their usual table, a mug in front of her and a pensive look on her face as she gazes out over the rain-spattered river just outside. The shutters are always open at nights, and on the darker days. She looks up when Gerard pulls out a chair and smiles. “Hey.”

“Hey.�� Gerard smiles back and sits down. “Got my message, then?”

“No, I’m out drinking on a Thursday evening instead of working on the next episode of Ghost Hunt UK completely independent of you,” Melanie deadpans.

“Touché.” Gerard glances up as a pint suddenly appears in front of him. “Ta, Nancy. How’s the family?”

“Same as always, growing like weeds.” Nancy Kelly, great-great-granddaughter of the First Watch’s original owner, who currently runs it along with her husband, laughs and wipes her hands on her apron. “We’re all waiting on our Sean to come back from his latest run. Business all right at the store?”

“Yeah, I’m doing all right, thanks.”

Nancy pats him on the shoulder before walking off. Melanie watches her go, then turns back to Gerard. “She’s well and truly gone, then?”

Gerard knows she isn’t talking about Nancy. “She’s faded enough that I can get away for a bit, anyway. There’s a book she got a line on down Dover way, but she went out before she could get hold of it, so I’m hoping I can get it and get rid of it before she comes back.”

“Do you know which one it is?”

“It’s called The Cobwebbed Duchess, so if it isn’t the Mother of Puppets, I’ll eat my hat.”

“The topper, or the woolen one?”

“Why would I eat something Martin worked that hard on?” Gerard takes a swig of his drink. “Speaking of, do you know if he’s coming?”

Melanie consults her watch. “Yeah, he should be along any minute. Remember, he’s coming from Chelsea. But he sent me a text when he left.”

Gerard frowns. “If he left on time, he’d be here by now. Did Diana make him stay late again?”

“He didn’t say, but I assume so.”

A couple minutes later, the door opens; Gerard turns around and is relieved to see Martin. He’s even more relieved to see that he’s wearing his mackintosh and a brown tweed trilby (not a fedora, Gerard’s been thoroughly schooled on that front) to keep off the rain. What surprises him, though, is that he’s not alone. There’s a young man with him Gerard doesn’t think he’s ever seen before, shaking out a sleek black umbrella before putting it in the stand by the door. Nancy greets Martin with a smile and turns her cheek towards him; as he always does, Martin kisses it, then seems to introduce her to the young man, who bows and kisses her hand in a very formal gesture that makes her laugh and swat at Martin playfully.

“Is he seeing someone?” Gerard asks Melanie in an undertone.

“First I’ve heard of it.” Melanie frowns. Suddenly, her expression clears, and she stands up as they get closer. “Evan!”

Gerard gets up, too, surprised but not altogether displeased. “Good grief, I didn’t even recognize you there. Ditched the glasses, did you?”

Evan Lukas, whom Gerard hasn’t seen since he still had braces on his teeth, grins broadly and comes in for a hug. He’s a bit shorter than Gerard, but his hug is firm and warm, and he claps Gerard on the back before letting go. “Contacts, my friend. I still have the glasses for when I do the lab work, but on a day like this, who wants to deal with spectacles?”

“Shut up,” Martin grumbles, but he’s smiling too.

Melanie gives Evan a hug, too, and he laughs and tugs her hair playfully. “How’s it going, Miss Celebrity?”

“Shut it, I’m no celebrity.” Melanie rolls her eyes.

Martin takes a seat and glances over at Gerard. “Hope you don’t mind, but…”

“No, not at all,” Gerard assures him. He likes Evan, always has. Probably the only person Martin’s ever dated that he did. It’s a bit of a shame they didn’t work out in a long-term relationship, but they decided they made better friends than boyfriends. “There’s nothing serious going on. I’m just free again.”

Martin nods. Nancy comes over with two more drinks, checks on Gerard and Melanie, and then bustles off. Once she’s gone, Evan leans forward, his smile fading slightly. “You doing all right? I haven’t seen you since…” He gestures vaguely.

“Since the trial,” Gerard completes. “Yeah, I’m all right. And by the way, thank you for offering to appear as a character witness for me. It probably would’ve helped if things had gone that far. But the bookstore is still keeping on and so am I.”

Evan hesitates. Finally, he says cautiously, “I…don’t want to pry. But when I was home for Christmas—I know, Melanie, don’t even say it—I heard some talk. Your…is she…?” He doesn’t seem to know how to continue.

Gerard gets it. Evan was never going to be the head of his family, has been trying to distance himself for years, but he knows the truth even though he’s supposed to have proved himself worthy before he can learn, or something like that; he crept into the basement of his parents’ home and found the secret out shortly before leaving for college, which is probably one of the reasons he and Martin were drawn to each other initially. They’ve filled him in on the basics, but since he’s trying to keep out of that life too, it’s only the basics. Still, it’s a relief to have someone outside the three of them they can discuss this with, and Gerard knows Evan feels the same.

“She tried a ritual,” he says quietly. “Something about her Book. To bind herself to it…I think she was trying to cheat death, or master it or something. But because I didn’t help her, it didn’t…exactly work right.”

“She came back wrong, then?”

“Frankly, I don’t know that she ever really left right to begin with.”

“Blood on the steps.” Evan isn’t really one for swearing per se, not that Melanie and Gerard haven’t tried to teach him. Most of the ones he does use are ones from a fantasy novel he intended to write when he was twelve or so but never got further than the extensive worldbuilding, including the various oaths and profanities and why they’re used. Blood on the steps is probably the strongest oath he uses. He explained it to them once—something about a war and a treaty and how it’s technically a shortened version of the full oath, which is by the blood of the king spilled on the steps of the Palace of the Light—but Gerard honestly zoned out. He wouldn’t even remember the full oath if Martin hadn’t written a poem around it once. “So she’s…what, hanging about? Haunting the shop?”

Gerard hesitates. “Something like that. I don’t…really know how to explain it. But right now, she’s faded, which is why I’ve gathered you all here tonight. When she’s fully…manifested, I guess…I have to keep running errands for her, stay close to the shop as much as possible. She’s still powerful enough to affect things and I can’t risk what might happen to people if I’m not there to run interference. But when she sort of uses her power up—I guess—she sort of fades away into nothing and I’m free.”

Evan blows out a slow exhalation that becomes a whistle at the end and takes a sip of his drink. “For how long?”

Gerard doesn’t give the obvious answer: Not long enough. “Could be a day or two, could be longer. So far the longest it’s been is a week.”

“And she’s worse than she was when she was alive,” Martin puts in.

Evan looks surprised—and maybe a tad guilty. “You’ve seen her?”

“Few times. She about took my head off when I went to pack up a few of Gerry’s clothes so he didn’t have to suffer the ignominy of wearing bright colors because he wore out the two shirts he took with him backpacking Europe.”

“Shut up,” Gerard says without any real force behind it. Martin just laughs at him.

Melanie cocks an eyebrow at Evan. “You thought he was imagining it, didn’t you.” It’s not a question.

“I…maybe a little,” Evan admits. “You’ve got to admit, even for us, it’s weird.”

“You’re not wrong,” Gerard agrees. “And it’s fair enough. She made so much of my life a living horror that it’s probably natural I’d hallucinate her after her death. Unfortunately, not a hallucination.”

“And equally unfortunately, still a horror,” Melanie adds.

Martin raps the table once lightly with his knuckles. “And yet fortunately, not here. Can we please talk about something else?”

Gerard can’t help but laugh. Hopefully Martin knows he’s not laughing at him. “Yeah, all right, sorry. Evan, how are things going with you these days?”

They drift into happier topics—Evan’s studies, Melanie’s show, Martin’s knitting. Nancy refills their glasses and drops off four steaming portions of fish and chips, and Gerard finds himself relaxing further. This is exactly what he’s been missing.

A few tables away, one of the old men who’s been a fixture here as long as Gerard can remember bangs his mug against the table, rises to his feet, and begins singing. “Well, here we are, we’re back again safe upon the shore…”

Evan lifts an eyebrow, obviously trying not to laugh. He gives in, though, when the old man hits the chorus of the song and Gerard, Melanie, and Martin all join in immediately. “So pass the flowing bowl while there’s whiskey in the jar…”

This is one of the reasons they keep coming back, that and the fact that Nancy and Charlie were also willing to be character witnesses for Gerard during his murder trial. They don’t always manage to stay long enough for the beer to hit enough that the singing starts, but Gerard genuinely enjoys it more when they do. It’s nice to get to sing with Melanie and Martin when it’s for some reason other than burning a Leitner. Sometimes, if they stay long enough, the group can manage to convince Martin to sing something on his own, but even if they don’t, it’s fun to join in the choruses.

Martin elbows Evan, who reluctantly joins in the next chorus—his voice isn’t great, but this isn’t the kind of place where that matters much—and Gerard gives him a thumbs-up. For a few moments, he is blissfully, totally happy.

He only hopes it lasts.

#ollie writes fanfic #to find promise of peace (and the solace of rest) #tma fanfic #gerard keay #melanie king #martin blackwood #evan lukas #alcohol mention #mention of emotional abuse #mention of death

[arabelleproductions-marshmallow]

My friend and game theory has dragged me into welcome home and now I’m obsessed. The story potential is so immense that I’m just having loads of fun making a fan story with my bf rn. Which also includes a character for Wally cause ofc I can’t make characters unless they’re shipped with someone XD

Sorry that’s just how that happens for me. This is Sofie sunset, a cloud based character in the show that is centered around science. She’s very sweet and calm natured, which makes it hard to dislike her. Originally was a side character for the show, but in her debut episode she got very popular to the point she was put in as a regular character during its second season. Her origins as just a side character lingers with her absence of a rainbow color palette, which was made up for in the faint colorization in her houses windows.

Her house is on top of a cloud above the neighborhood with a small cloud elevator for the puppets to get to her home.

My idea is that she would’ve been a later addition to the arg after more documents was given to the restoration project that included her, making a new house in the neighborhood page either above everyone else’s or as a separate area in the clouds. Hope you enjoyed! I tried to keep it faithful to the original artstyle as best as I can.

#welcome home #wally darling #frank frankly #julie joyful #sally starlight #welcome home oc #clown coffin #creepy #horror arg #puppets