#i'm trying to hide the spoilers with many tags before it so people who are still behind on some series won't get spoiled

[loveyazy]

wanna post my theory before Elain's book is here

I know people say Feysand is Hades x Persephone, but NO. Wrong. They're Beauty and the Beast as well. Rhys is literally described as having a beast mode/version/side. People are scared of him. He's misunderstood, etc. And because these are retellings, some things are changed. Like for instance, Rhys teaches HER to read, the way Belle taught the Beast to read in the Disney version (I can't recall if they do that in the original fairytale).

I think Tamlin x Feyre were the BatB fairytale retelling, and Feysand were more the Disney BatB retelling.

Hades kidnaps Persephone in the original story. Rhys tells her he wants her to come to the Night Court as part of her deal. You know who else makes a deal to stay with them? Belle and the Beast.

And yes, Rhys takes her away from Tamlin, but that's literally the only similarity to Hades x Persephone they have. Feyre was never spring-like to be Persephone, but who is?

ELAIN.

Elain is actually going to be the Persephone retelling. She is SPRING and where is she? In the Night Court, aka The Underworld, and ope, who is the male she likes? Azriel. Hades kidnaps Persephone and makes a deal to keep her in the Underworld. I don't think Az is obviously going to "kidnap" Elain, he doesn't need to, but I do think some sort of deal will be made, finally ending any sort of tie of her to Lucien and breaking the mating bond (because let's be honest, everyone and their mate getting together is boring af and is honestly why I'm kinda eh about all the mate reveals in her books now but I digress). Also Az's personality fits Hades much more than Rhys did. Hades has been written as a quiet, reserved introvert who likes to stay in the "shadowy darkness of his realm". Does that sound like Rhys or Az? I mean. It's right there, really.

Now the other retelling was Snow White and The Seven Dwarves, and other than a total crack explanation that Nesta went through several men before finding her prince, aka Cassian, (they did say her mother wanted a prince for her and Cassian was referred to as the Prince of Bastards so....?) it's hard for me to really place them as Snow White, but there wasn't another retelling in the first three.

People say oh three brothers, three sisters, so boring. And everyone and their mate getting together is what? Not boring? Not easy? I would LOVE for someone to finally break the mating bond and say yeah no, I don't want you.

Possibly hot take: Nessian would have been 100000000x better if they didn't turn out to be mates. The reveal at first was like WHAT. And then like five seconds later, I was like, "ope, wait. I hate this."

*spoilers up to cc2, all acotar, and tog 7 in the tags

#elain archeron #elriel #pro elain archeron #pro elriel #azriel shadowsinger #azriel #acotar #i'm trying to hide the spoilers with many tags before it so people who are still behind on some series won't get spoiled #i'll prob get hate for this but #i read tog later so when the mate reveal happened in that i was like yeah that pushed me over the edge to dnf the series #and it was just one more book to go #i already just wasn't feeling tog that much but yeah that did it #maybe i'll finish one day I just ugh dread it every time I open it #she uses it too much as the LE GASP reveal and i just don't think it has the same impact after the feysand and the lucien reveal #in addition to feysand and lucien and then nessian and hunt x bryce i was just like ehhh okay #and yes I know EOS was published before acosf and cc but I read it later so

[morallyinept]

hi can you recommend the best way to break into the fanfic world on here? i'm new, yay, and don't know how the tagging system or anything works

thank you in advance!!

Hello Lovely Non! 🖤

Oooh! Exciting!! YAY! 🎉🎉 Firstly, welcome, welcome. How wonderful it is that you wanna write and share something with us all, that's so cool! ✨️

Look, Dieter's excited too!

I suppose the best way to break in, is to take the leap. I know, groundbreaking advice Jett, right? Hehe! 😆

From experience, these are all things I've learnt and had guidance on myself during my time on wacky Tumblr, so here are my pearls of wisdom for ya...

So you've written the fic. WOO! 🎉 Now what? Well, firstly, have a treat. Some cake or vodka, or both. You've earned it. 🍰

Then, when you're no longer hungover and throwing up cake, do these things:

And make yourself a banging banner of some kind, or use a picture/GIF. I'm personally more likely to be drawn to a fic to read if there's a cool banner, or you've made a mood board or have a GIF. Kinda sets the tone, you know? We love a bit of the ol' aesthetic. Like a bookcover, we're immediately drawn in with our eyes. Be creative, go nuts. Use the free trial of Canva to go design crazy.

Check it through for grammar and spelling as much as you can.

You can always have someone beta read it for you. And look at your formatting to ensure you don't have massive spaces between your paragraphs etc... When I copy and paste into Tumblr, it screws up the formatting from Google docs, just to test my already thin thread of patience further, no doubt... 😑 It's not a massive deal, but I guess presentation is a hook in itself, right?

Beware of glitches when saving your drafts on Tumblr too. The app especially loves to auto-post it when you hit save, 🤬 so double check you're saving it in draft, not in post, before you're ready to post it to the world.

Everyone has their owns tastes and comforts when reading fic, and quite rightly so. Variety is the spice of life. 🌶 And look, you'll NEVER please everyone. So don't even try. But what is important is that you give the reader a choice to read it or not.

⚠️🚫🔞👉🏻👌🏻 Ensure you list any trigger warnings.

Look, there's this age old debate that continually surfaces on whether we should list every single trigger or warning in our fic, or should we just... not? 🤔

The simple answer is, it's up to you, ultimately. Not everyone does this or feels the need to do this. I mean, published books don't, right?

HOWEVERRRRR. And it's a capital letter however. There are so many people who won't want to read stories about certain topics. Age Gap, Anal, Noncon etc...

Kinda looks like a sandwich to me... I'm hungry 🥪

I personally won't release a fic without listing all the triggers as I don't want any of my readers to encounter something that could be triggering for them later on. Yes, to some degree it can give away "spoilers" but it's up to you as the writer ultimately about how much you want to give away. If you fic contains Age Gap, you can simply write "Age Gap."

Use the Read More/Keep Reading divider.

It looks like this on the app:

Some people write a paragraph or two before they place it on, others hide the whole fic and just leave the intro/warnings etc... on show. How you do it is up to you, but please, please use it!

Nobody likes to scroll through a whole chapter of 10k+ words trying to get to the next post... nobody. Cue ranty Anons in your mailbox if you don't. We've all been there and made that mistake. 😬

Plus, using this will also hide any explicit or triggering content from immediate view. People more than likely won't read your fic if you don't have one of these on it.

# Tagging

Tagging - to tag or not to tag?

Tagging is a massive topic, but essentially it boils down to two types of tagging.

Tagging using a # which is at the bottom of each of your posts, and tagging people in your posts by using the @ and then their username.

So say, for example, you've written a Joel Miller fic.

Oh, hey Joel... we're talking about you handsome, not to you.

You can tag it "joel miller" or "joel miller tlou" or "joel miller x reader" etc... People can follow the tag, so they'll see your work in it if they're following it.

If you search the tag on Tumblr it'll tell you how many people are following that tag too, so you'll know which ones are more popular and will be seen by the most eyes.

Currently (as of writing this response) the 'Joel Miller' tag has 225k followers! 👀 So if you write a Joel Miller fic, you deffo want one of your first 5 tags to be that one!

Someone's popular, eh Joel?

@ Tagging

He loves it really.

☝🏻Note that the first 5 tags you use are the ones that Tumblr actually uses to make your fic show up in those tags too. You can put up to 30 tags on a fic and yet Tumblr only counts the first 5. Dumb, I know. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The rest is just for your own use to find it again on your blog.

If you search your own blog using "Joel Miller" everything you've ever posted with Joel Miller will come up. So you can use your own tags or words for yourself too. I use "Jett's fic recs" for example, when I re-blog someone's fic so I can find it again.

⚠️ And you can use tags to highlight triggers too, for example you can write "tw blood" for a blood warning. (tw = trigger warning) People can block tags so certain things don't show up in their feed as a way of shielding themselves from content they don't want to see/read. So if I've blocked "tw blood" I won't ever see your fic, even with all the other tags you use.

So be mindful of how you tag, not only for yourself, but for others too.

And essentially tags are how some people choose to comment and interact with you. Some people write mini fics in the tags! It's really quite fun. Just remember, there's a limit of 30 tags per post and put your best 5 first.

You can also tag users! You can offer up a tag list to users who you think might be interested in reading your fic (feel free to tag me, I'd love to read it!) A lot of writers have a bunch of regular readers who they'll tag @ username on their works. They're called tag lists. Readers may reach out to you to ask to be tagged too.

There's no shame in hyping your own work - you wrote it, be proud of it! 🙌🏻

Others choose not to do this and instead create a side blog for notifications of their works. It's up to you how you choose to do this, but if you tag specific people, chances are they're going to read your work because they want to.

You can tag up to 50 users on a single post, I believe. (Or at least it's 50 users and 50 links when I do my fic rec lists) I think it varies if you're on app or desktop. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong... but there is deffo a limit.

Reblog your own work for time zones.

So, I'm in the UK and the majority of my followers are in the USA, so when I'm in bed snoozing away, they're awake and reading smut at work.... 😏 So I'll schedule my fic to release at various points in the day and night so everyone can see it on their feed.

Keep it circling too, I'll go back and re-blog older works when more people follow me so they don't miss out. And as a writer, you'll want people to love your older works as much as the new.

And finally, some basic etiquette...

Please don't be disheartened if your fic doesn't get the traction you want right away.

It does not mean that your writing isn't good. We all started in the fandom with 0 followers and 0 reblogs. Its important to remember to write, first and foremost, for your own enjoyment. The right people will find you and love your work, it just takes a bit of time.

You can jazz your fic up with dividers and GIFs. Just ensure you give credit by @ tagging the person who made the divider you're using, if you choose to use one, and use the GIF search function on Tumblr for your GIFs, as they auto tag and credit the creator of the GIF for you. And that way, everyone stays happy. ✌🏻

And finally...

Interact with your comments and reblogs. People took the time to read your work, even just a simple thank you back is always appreciated and well received.

Re-blog, re-blog, re-blog what you love!

The like button is for bookmarking only. It does absolutely nothing to make posts get seen like it does on other socials. Re-blogging is what gets yours and others work seen and put on people's feeds on Tumblr. If you want people to re-blog your own work, you'll need to give back and re-blog theirs too. Tumblr is all about sharing in the form of re-blogs.

Love you! 🖤

✨️HAVE FUN!✨️

I'm so excited you're here and can't wait to read your fics! 🤗

Apologies if any of this you may already know, I just wanted to share what I've learnt in abundance.

And if you have further questions, feel free to reach out. I'm no expert, but I'll try and help if I can.

And if anyone else has any tips/hints/advice etc... feel free to share in the comments.

#jett's asks #pedro pascal #joel miller #dieter bravo #new writers yay! #welcome!

[fantasiasodapop]

Making A New Friend

This is a oneshot revealing the merging of Swap and Fresh into Ellie for the story of To Cure A Glitch's Blues. If you do not wish to consume spoilers, do not continue. If you are willing, walk on. A killer is waiting to greet you.

(Look in tags for trigger warnings. We keep everything light except for Fresh being a parasite but we don't want anyone getting hurt.)

Swap looked around, calling Fresh’s name. He had disappeared earlier that day and hadn’t told him where he was going, which was weird, because Fresh always told his little broseph. Swap knew so. Fresh promised.

Looking around the maze of a castle—Swap had gotten lost half an hour ago, but that wasn’t going to stop him—he tried to find any trace of the older skeleton when he heard… whimpering.

Swap froze. He knew that sound. He knew it far too well. Those were the cries of someone PAPS DON’T LEAVE ME PLEASE trying to hide the fact that they were dusting so no one would notice. He had heard it too many times to forget that muffled sobbing sound of a monster holding their hand to their mouth mixed with the coughing up of dust as they prepared to disintegrate.

That wasn’t going to happen today. Not on his watch.

Swap rushed up to the door and grabbed the door handle only for the sounds inside to stop.

“W-who’s there?” came the all too terrifyingly familiar voice of Fresh, wobbling and shaking with pain.

Fresh. It was Fresh who was dying alone in the endless corridors of the Crescents’ Castle. Not today. Not today!

Swap slammed the door open to see… a random Sans tied up on the bed and Fresh with his glasses off? Fresh never took off his glasses. What was going on?

"S-Swap? No... No no no no no Swap you've gotta skedaddle on outta here, squirt! You're gonna get totes unfresh if ya stay here!" Fresh whispered, waving his hands at Swap before noticing his left one disintegrating and hiding that one behind his back.

Swap just stared as Fresh's glove dropped to the floor in a pile of dust. "You're... You're... You're dusting! We have to get Geno!"

Fresh blinked, staring at him. "I... Kid, dis ain't what it looks like. I'm... I'm totes r-rad! I promise!" he said, trying to give the little skeleton a reassuring smile.

"No you're not!" Swap insisted, stomping his foot as tears welled up in his sockets.

"Really, if you close dat door I'll be totes fresh again in a couple o' days―" Fresh began before Swap shocked him into silence.

"STOP LYING TO ME PAPY!" the little kid screamed before covering his mouth, tears streaming down his cheekbones.

Fresh looked down at him, finally realising what was going on, why Swap cared so much... and why Berror had insisted on this one.

"I know what dusting means, okay?!" Swap yelled, staring at the floor as his little gloved hands clenched into fists. "I know what happens when people dust. They promise you that they'll be back, that they'll be okay, but then they dust and you yell and yell and wait and wait but they never do! And you're all alone and you don't know how to take care of yourself because you always had your big brother to take care of you but he's gone now and you're all alone and the human went away and I CAN'T DO IT AGAIN I CAN'T!"

Fresh gave a shaky sigh as his arm finished disintegrating, and he walked up and put a hand on Swap's shoulder, getting down on one knee so he could look Swap in the eye.

"Okay. Okay, broski. I'll tell you," he said softly, giving Swap the best smile he could. "I just... I know you'll probably hate me after dis, so... just let me explain, okay?"

"I know I wasn't brought here to just be your friend," Swap whispered. "It seemed like a weird request, but I was so lonely, and he was giving me a way out... I couldn't say no. I knew something weird was going on, but I just wanted to leave."

Fresh clicked his tongue against his teeth. "Dat... Dat explains quite a bit, actually..." he admitted. "How long have you known?"

"Since you glared at Starberror for offering to take me," he said honestly.

Fresh nodded. "Dat would do it... Dat would do it... You are a smart little broski."

"My dad taught me not to trust people if they said weird things that didn't make sense," Swap replied proudly. "I just... bent that rule this once because... I wanted to come home with you..."

Fresh gulped, trying not to cry himself as he took a shaky breath. "Yeah... I get it. Not having a family is hard, broski. Dat's why I'm so lucky I've got the gang, y'know?"

Swap nodded. "Why didn't you tell them you were hurting?" he asked quietly.

"Oh Swap... dey already know," he replied solemnly.

The little one's eyelights widened in horror. "And they didn't do anything to help you?!" he gasped.

"See, dis is deir help," Fresh said, gesturing to their surroundings. "Dey gave me a rad room, dey got me a totes fresh Sans dere, and dey left me alone."

"They left you alone to die?!" Swap repeated. "Why?!"

"Broski..." Fresh sighed and sat down on the floor as his legs started disintegrating. "I don't got a lot of time to explain dis, okay? So... I'm gonna have to make dis quick unless ya wanna wait until next week."

Swap nodded, sitting down in front of him and looked at him attentively. "Dis... Dis isn't my body, Swap. Dis is Sans's body from Echotale #932," Fresh began, looking down at the floor. "My body is da little tentacle thing wrapped around da soul in my socket."

"That Sans is really nice then," Swap said with a smile. "Why didn't he need it anymore?"

"He... He did need it, Swap," Fresh corrected him gently. "I... I just took it from him because I needed it too."

"You... You took it? Why?" Swap asked, sounding distraught.

Fresh flinched, knowing exactly where this was going to go. "Because... Because I would die without it, Swap. I get really, really hungry, but I can only find food in other people's bodies or by eating souls, and eating souls is harder because I have to fight the body that I have, broski. So instead, I only eat the souls of very bad monsters occasionally, and have to keep stealing bodies to stay alive."

"So... You want to eat the souls of bad people, but the people whose bodies you take don't want to, so you have to keep stealing bodies to stay alive?" Swap summarised, letting that roll over in his mind.

"Yeah, that's exactly right, broski," Fresh agreed, a tiny spark of hope igniting inside him. Maybe Swap wouldn't hate him after all...

"What if your body let you eat souls?" Swap asked curiously, the cogs beginning to click together in his head. "What then? Would you still have to steal bodies?"

"No, I guess not, but no one would willingly give up deir body to me. I'm... I'm a freak," Fresh mumbled.

Both of them ignored the frantic muffled screaming on the bed.

"What would happen if someone gave you their body?" Swap asked, continuing his line of thought. "Willingly, I mean? You never said."

"I don't know. It's never happened before, broski," Fresh admitted, shrugging his shoulders.

"What if... I gave you my body?" Swap offered quietly. Fresh looked up for the first time since he had started explaining, eyelights wide.

"W-what?" he asked, startled and not quite sure he wasn't hallucinating or dreaming. It wouldn't be the first time he had hoped for something like this...

"I trust you. I'd let you have mine. We could share it! And... And you could eat all the bad souls you want, and we'd never be alone, and I'd protect you and you'd protect me, and you'd never have to hide in a dark room dusting by yourself ever again!" Swap rambled, rushing forward to explain his idea.

"Swap... You... You don't know what you're offering... You're offering to give up everything for me. You'd never get to be alone; you'd have to eat other people to live; you'd be labelled a freak by everyone outside our castle; you would be stuck with me for the rest of forever, broski! Think about what that means!" Fresh pleaded, little more than a rib cage and a skull now.

"I did, Fresh. It means you get to live and you don't have to be scared that there won't be a next body. I think I'm okay with that," Swap assured him. "Just... tell me how we do this. Do you... Do you need me to do something or...?"

"I... I shouldn't be agreeing to this... You're just a kid... You can't... You can't consent to this..." Fresh muttered to himself. "You can't actually understand this..."

"Do you really want to go and have to fight the skeleton tied up on the bed?" Swap reasoned, rocking back so he could fold his arms. "Do you actually want to have to fight just to live to tomorrow?"

Fresh stared up at the Candyfell on the bed and could feel the aching exhaustion settle in long before he even attempted to take the Sans for himself. He could already imagine the week-long struggle it would take to just get him ready enough for Fresh to go about his daily business, and the month after where he'd have to relearn to fight again away from prying eyes so no one could know of his weakness. Memories of nights going hungry flashed before him, a hunger he tormented himself with because he had promised himself that this host would last longer than the last one, because it wasn't fair to Geno and Error to make them hunt down a new one just because he couldn't make his food stretch. Swap was right; he really didn't want to do that. He hadn't wanted to for a long time now. He was just so tired.

Then his gaze shifted to Swap, kind loving wonderful Swap, who knew exactly what would happen to him if this went wrong and still offered everything to him. He shuddered, his little violet body curling in on itself around the last dregs of his current host's soul as he tried not to think of how nice it would be to just say yes, to give in, to let someone who loved him take him in and protect him for the rest of eternity. How... How could he say no to such a tempting proposition? All the food he could ever want; someone to talk to who wouldn't just scream at him about how horrible he was; the sweet warmth of being able to feel love and compassion from the soul he was guarding instead of hatred and fear; and he'd be able to, wouldn't he? He'd be able to protect Swap's soul instead of devour it, cradle it in his tentacles where no one could ever hurt him again and he'd be his wouldn't he? Swap would be solely his and no one would ever be able to take him away. He'd have a forever companion, one he could tell all of the stories he'd witnessed over his long, long lifespan.

It was then that Fresh realised he was out of time, and he shook the dust from his torso, looking up at Swap warily with one beautiful multi-coloured eye as he tucked his tentacles closer to himself. This was the final test, he supposed: Swap's reaction to his true form.

Swap looked down at him in awe, brushing off a little bit of dust before picking Fresh up―and didn't that make the parasite want to bolt; nothing good had ever come of being held before―and holding him up just below his chin so he could see him better.

"Is this... Is this you?" Swap whispered reverently, eyes beginning to sparkle with stars. Fresh, no longer able to speak, shuffled in Swap's hands for a minute before nodding his torso at him. "You look so cool, Fresh," Swap told him, gently removing one of his gloves with his teeth before running a gentle phalange down one of Fresh's appendages.

The parasite shuddered, leaning into the touch that he so craved. No one had ever touched his true self so kindly before... not that many ever had the chance, but Fresh could feel the beating intent inside of Swap's soul with every stroke of his finger, and there was not an ounce of fear or hatred to be found; only pure, unadulterated compassion and familial love for him and him alone.

"So... How do I...? What do you need me to do, Fresh?" Swap asked, studying him for any kind of reaction.

Fresh, resigning himself to his fate and trying to deny his excitement, pointed at Swap's scarf.

"You... want my bandanna?" Swap asked, confused. Fresh shook a tentacle at him to mimic a finger waggle before tapping Swap's hand and pointing at the bandanna again.

"Oh! You want to sit on my bandanna!" Swap realised. "Okay!" He carefully moved his hand over so Fresh could climb into the fabric. "Now what?"

Fresh chuckled silently to himself as he climbed over the fabric to the opening between the two collarbones and slipped through.

Swap burst out laughing, reaching for his neck instinctively. "C-careful! I'm t-ticklish!" he warned Fresh.

The parasite ignored the warning, practically not even hearing it, as he was too busy staring at the beautiful soul that had been given to him. It was pure and white and whole, the most beautiful soul he'd ever seen, and he got to hold it in his tentacles. Man, in a few years when all the other Sanses would look at his host buddy with envy, he'd know that he was the luckiest guy alive. Swap was that good.

Fresh gently wrapped his tentacles around Swap's soul and turned, getting ready to take it to its new home in the safest part of any skeleton as he climbed back up Swap's ribs and came out the other side, clutching his prize.

Swap's metaphorical breath hitched when he felt Fresh wrap around his soul, wondering for the first time if this was actually a good idea, when he felt Fresh climbing up his neck. "What... What are you d-doing, b-broski?" he practically whispered, beginning to grow nervous now.

Fresh just patted the side of Swap's skull, trying to reassure the little skeleton. With that out of the way, he gently vine-roped his way across Swap's head with his tentacles to be stationed right over his eye, both of them staring into each other's beings.

"Everything... okay...?" Swap asked, his voice slurred as he was entranced by Fresh's gaze and grip on his soul. Fresh nodded, content that he had prepared Swap thoroughly, before climbing inside his new host's eye socket.

Swap immediately doubled over, scratching at his socket without ever gaining purchase with hyperventilating breaths. It only seemed to get worse―then he froze and simply sat there for a moment, still as a mouse as he stared at the floor.

The Candyfell Sans didn't dare move a muscle on the bed, not wanting to attract either entity's attention in order to save his own metaphorical skin. Unfortunately, that didn't last long.

"I'm... so... hungry..." Swap whispered, eyelights still dark as he stared. "So... hungry... We're so... hungry..."

Swap looked up at him, and in one socket there was his original eyelight dilated beyond measure while in the other a mesmerising red and yellow eye held him frozen.

Little did the poor Sans know that gaze had already marked him for death.

#curing a glitch's blues #curing a glitch's blues fic #blueberry sans #fresh sans #eldritch swap #ellie #eldritch sans #eldritch #undertale au #swap sans #underswap #fresh parasite #tw murder #tw parasite #tw loss #tw death #tw death mention #tw trauma #tw depersonalisation mention

[xsoulxsilencex]

I was thinking for a while how I should handle my (critical) thoughts on ep 95 on tumblr. And I decided that I will use the tags and simply hide my explanation under "keep reading" so you can choose to continue reading or stop already. Maybe some will end up agreeing with me, others might disagree and think "man, you missed the point/you don't get it" - which is fine.

So what to say about ep 95? Firstly, my opinion hasn't changed after watching it with subs: I didn't cry, I wasn't even really sad which might be weird considering I do like Nishaw and the Velgearians. (and I have cried for or was at least feeling a bit emotional about other death scenes, even in ygo so it's not like I'm just not caring enough or even cold-hearted)

But Idk... them dying didn't affect me and it might be because the "wrong" people were there to see it happen. I know this sounds mean but Asaka and Tazaki over Yudias (and the twins)? Really? And before someone says "well duh, he's not supposed to know so ofc we get nothing of him in that regard" - well, I don't like. I had a feeling from the spoiler summary that they would go down the "we don't want to upset Yudias so lets keep quiet about his comrades dying, we mean well" road and I still can't vibe with that, no matter how good the intention behind it is.

So on one hand, Tazaki can understand the Velgearians' feelings but he also knows that Yudias should know what's going on. And at first he made me believe that he would go back to UTS and tell him the truth - but no, he changes his mind and asks Asaka if she can give him some of her employees to act as the Velgearians for a while which is a pretty meh plan imo.

Asaka's reaction to this is basically mine:

Ngl, for a while, I thought Asaka would stay with her opinion that keeping everything a secret is a bad idea since that's not changing reality and the grief would just be postponed - and I agree with her. But it's not like she's uncaring since you see in her change of expression that it pains her too what's happening but it is how it is.

And then I thought Tazaki might change his opinion even if he still has this dilemma of trying to respect the Velgearians' last wish and letting Yudias know.

So, did Tazaki end up siding with Asaka? Well, we get no answer yet because Nishaw randomly shows up, looking kinda frozen. Asaka goes into explanation mode and exposes herself as a hypocrite:

At least she knows herself that she's hypocritical.

But still, I'm disappointed. I had wished in her not changing her mind even though deep inside, I had this (bad) feeling she's gonna side with Tazaki eventually and say nothing. Because it was the most predictable outcome no matter if she had lost or won. (*side eye at Luge vs Zaion*)

Also: Asaka freezing Nishaw to prevent him from dying feels like coming out of nowhere imo. And if freezing was really her best idea then why didn't she ever think of asking Luge? You know, the guy who can turn people into ice blocks by letting them see his boring manga? (and he can still freeze people despite being transformed into a massage chair iirc) Did she think he would refuse to help her or immediately tell Yudias and co. about her idea? Ngl, I do wonder if Luge's ice would've been better to prevent the death of the Velgearians than whatever Asaka developed since the former is ice made by alien power so it might be stronger than what humans developed. But I guess I will never get an answer for that...

When the duel ends, Tazaki holds a dead Valvelgear close while Asaka can just look at them with sadness. I know that many people got emotional seeing this and here comes my issue that I mentioned earlier in my post: the "wrong" characters witnessed the deaths. I like Tazaki and I'm overall cool with Asaka but no way this duel didn't happen mainly for some "Asana vs Galient" nostalgia similar to Rovian vs Princess Minstrel being a reminder of Romin vs Princess G. Nobody can tell me it wouldn't have been way more devastating to see the episode ending with Yudias or Yuhi holding Valvelgear with a tear-stained face since those two are the ones with the strongest bond with them. Did Tazaki even have scenes with Valvelgear alone before this episode? I honestly can't remember if yes - which is why I feel like they did that scene of Tazaki wanting to feed Valvelgear like a baby at the beginning of the ep + him using Valvelgear as a duel disk (like Yuhi usually does) to show that they have a bond even though it was pretty stupid to use Valvegear when the Velgearians in it are dying aka are already weakened and so shouldn't have been running around and pushing things just to work as a duel disk.

Nishaw was barely there but considering how sad Yudias and co. already looked when hearing about the Dudi people dying, they would've been sad to see him die too ofc.

The episode ends in Yudias and co. being back to MIK, talking with Phaser about the Rush Robot. And the very last scene is Yuga caught on camera. We likely just got Yuga there because he's gonna be the reason for the Yuna vs Manabu rematch.

I'm probably starting to repeat myself but damn... if the episode had actually ended with Yudias knowing what happened to his comrades and Nishaw (and the next ep would go more into his feelings after hearing that) instead... I kinda doubt that ep 96 will give us much focus on him considering the duel match up we get but I really hope that Yudias and the twins getting the sad news told won't be done off screen or in a quick flashback. Come on, I need to see their shocked faces, their tears and potential screams because no way Yuhi will just silently cry. Heck, he might be so mad (and maybe even feeling useless again after he had promised Valvelgear to save them and failed) that either Yuamu or Yudias must bring him back to his senses. I can see Yuamu either "just" looking sad or crying but not in a loud way.

As for Yudias... I think there are two ways he could take the news: He either starts crying and blaming himself for not noticing that his comrades were already dying and be very down (which Asaka and Tazaki wanted to prevent) - or Yudias cries but surprises everyone by not being completely crushed by the news but is still determined to find a way to save (and now also revive) his people. After all, we just know that the Velgearians in Valvelgear are dead. What's with the Velgearians who are still on Velgear? Are they already dead too or still alive? Is anyone even caring to check on them? And there's Dinois, Myuda and Zwijo too ofc.

Speaking of Zwijo: I dislike how he's always gone and in the middle of an arc, he comes back because the plot needs him. Like why can't we get a glimpse of what he's doing in the meantime? Where is he right now? Did he check on Velgear? Did he have contact with Yuga? Did he find something relevant? Is he maybe already too weak to do anything? Why do we always have to wait for such information until he's the focus again? Is it so hard having a duel between some characters and still show on the side what Zwijo's up to? He's the main rival and a freaking Velgearian! His kind is dying and we don't have a freaking clue how he feels about it and where he even is.

So yeah, those were my thoughts on ep 95. Sorry if they sound mostly negative but I really wished the writers had done some different choices there. But let's see how ep 96 and the rest of arc 8 will be...

#yugioh go rush #ygo go rush #long post

[iustitians]

ooc; post-4.2 Neuvillette characterization

Whew. So about that Archon Quest, huh.

With the conclusion of Act V, I will be slowly but steadily adapting Neuvillette's characterization to accommodate for that quest having taken place. Neuvillette still isn't open about his identity, so there's still going to be plenty of situations where that stuff is not going to come up anyway - but if it does, I will be tagging Neuvillette's posts as both #genshin spoilers and #fontaine spoilers.

The main piece of open knowledge that most/all characters can have heard of, regardless of where they are from, is that there was at one point a huge flood that covered almost all of Fontaine, but it receded after a few hours. That's I think as much as I can say without going really deep into heavily spoilery stuff.

Further details below, with a spoiler warning for Act V story as well as Neuvillette's newly unlocked bios.

If anyone wishes to write with Neuvillette but has not yet played/finished the Fontaine story, I am still happy to do my best to adapt as much as possible, so that our muses are able to interact while you enjoy the game at your own pace. Simply let me know.

Something else that many muses may have heard about, because I feel like this is news that would have spread, is that the Hydro Archon abdicated, leaving Iudex Neuvillette as the de facto ruler of Fontaine. But this is something I leave up to you to decide whether or not your muse would know.

As for Neuvillette himself, his situation going forward will be as follows:

He is a fully fledged Hydro Dragon Sovereign, having regained all of his powers.

Having grown to respect and value humanity over the centuries, he willingly stays and lives among them, and wants Fontaine to be a good place to live.

He is Fontaine's main authority, the leader of all the Maisons + Marechaussee Phantom, highest judge and now also the country's BATTERY, as it's thanks to his complete control over Pneumousia that Fontaine has power. Dude's busy and leaving the country has become even more complicated for him than it was before.

THAT SAID, having developed both respect and curiosity for humanity, he does endeavor to see more of the world. Any time he leaves Fontaine, he has to not only get all immediate affairs in order, but also provide extra energy for the country so that everything may function while he's gone. This leaves him somewhat weakened for his travel. This is basically how I'm going to try and explain 1. why he's still able to thread outside of Fontaine and 2. how I'm going to avoid having him be a super OP Gary Stu in combat (in addition, of course, to the fact he's still hiding his identity).

The main people who are aware of his identity remain the Traveler and Paimon. Whether or not Furina would know, I leave to the future Furina mun's discretion. I'm happy to discuss it, I think Neuvillette would have told Furina while relaying Focalors' words to her (she may have simply overheard at the end of 4.1), but I don't want to make the decision for someone else.

Neuvillette is now the person who hands out Hydro Visions to humans who prove themselves worthy. The first one he gave out was for Furina.

I think that's the main gist of it for the time being. I'll edit this post if anything else comes up.

#✦ ooc.

[titaniumpsychologist]

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The punshroom has graced me with sparkles 🎉

Because idk how these ask things actually work, uhhh here's kinda-longer one?

Another scene from Duality of Light (heed ao3 tags), but this one is actually deleted but DANG IT I WANTED TO KEEP IT SO BAD. Spoilers ahead~~~

~~~

Gavin held the tablet in his hands, fingers still lingering over the text that held the release papers for exhuming the grave.

"What do you think I should do?" Gavin asked Chloe. "You knew him."

"Are you thinking that you're not him?"

"Yeah, but…"

"Gavin," Chloe said. "Do you believe that what I've done before I deviated is me? I know it's not the same, but I think it might be… similar to what you're going through. My memories haven't changed, but my awareness of them has."

His grip on the tablet tightened, memories of Chloe shooting that other android that shared her same face that day, thirium splattering all over the walls and floors from the gunshot straight into android skull. The same thirium slowly draining from Chloe right now, flowing unseen in his own body, hiding the lie he was.

Yet, she said she knew him. And he's asked this question to Anderson, to Elijah, to even Connor, of all people, to answer who the fuck he is. And Chloe? He has memories of her, so many of them. She, of all people, like Elijah, should have the answer.

So why the fuck can't he get it?

"I don't know what to think, Chloe," Gavin said. "It's not fair. Someone trying so hard to make things work… And then he just… He just dies and leaves everything unfinished. Life's so fucking cruel."

And maybe that was the answer all along.

He couldn't accept the truth. It would've been so much better had he not known what really happened to him. No one was the wiser, right?

Except CyberLife. Fuck CyberLife.

"Who says he left it unfinished?" Chloe took his hand in hers. "Maybe you should see this as a second chance. I know that… how things got to this point wasn't right, but you're here. That you're still here means a lot." Chloe smiled, squeezed his hand. "Rachel and Henry did you a disservice, not seeing the potential you had. I'm sorry that they never got to see it. That Elijah never got to see it until it was too late. I hope you know that, even if it means little to you, I see it, Gavin, and I'm thankful that I finally had the chance to."

Hearing Chloe talk about Mom and Dad like that… Painting them in that not-so-great light instead of whatever Elijah programmed her to say. As if Chloe was actually having an opinion about them for once.

As if Chloe really was sincere.

A rarity where no one in this fucked up world would be real for once. Instead of some vapid concept of "caring" for someone. Of the thin veneer of just getting along for the sake of reputation.

"I'm sorry about what I said," Gavin said. "You don't believe that, right?"

"Is this about what you said before I made you leave?"

"How the fuck can you choose Chloe over your own flesh and blood? Chloe is nothing but a fake! A… A replacement! You created nothing but a monster!"

"You mean when he stopped talking to me? Yeah. I… I guess at the time I never thought it was possible."

Never thought it was possible for Chloe to be anything other than a machine.

"You wouldn't have known."

"I was still an asshole about it." Gavin pried his hand out of Chloe's grip. "This… This fucking sucks, Chloe. You…"

Even after all this time, he couldn't bring himself to confront the fact that someone was dying right in front of him. Not for his mom. Or his dad.

Fuck, maybe even for himself.

"It's okay, Gavin," Chloe said when he took too long to say anything else. "You don't need to say anything. I can live a hundred years, but I would've regretted every moment if I never got the chance to say I'm sorry."

#dbh fanfic #detroit become human fanfiction #fanfic writing #tp's fanfics deleted scenes

[iwasbored777]

Guys please I'm going through the tag and I see so many untagged spoilers for the leaks please be careful what you share and how you tag it some people don't like it some of them are trying not to get everything spoiled, it's not that bad if it's just a small spoiler but whatever it is be careful not to reveal that and please just be respectful to your friends and hide it. I'm not talking for myself I can't prevent myself from seeing spoilers even if I wanted to but I know most of my friends don't want to see it and I know most if your friends don't want to see them either. Please be fair especially the season finale should be a secret I don't care if Gloob spoils it at least they'll be mad at Gloob but don't be the person who spoiled it for your friends. I'm pretty sure everyone has filtered the right tags by now pls use your tags for spoilers and bible leak. It means a lot to people who still want to watch the full thing. After the episodes are released post whatever you want but just for now be fair pls. I never thought about ruining it for someone else, I remember how mad I was when Gloob leaked Strikeback ending few hours before the episode came out so please don't be like Gloob. Gloob sucks purple diks.

#miraculous ladybug #Gloob salt

[saltedsolenoid]

pretty big witch's heart spoilers below the read-more!

so uh. You guys know how Dorothy has a grave outside the mansion, and it's implied that Sirius dug it himself? Because, like, that's just something I've been thinking about lately, and I have a few things to point out about it.

First, I'm pretty sure Dorothy died when Sirius was about 10. How long did he spend in a pure dissociative state, with nobody there to help? The only person that might have come by are investigators of the massacre, though I imagine many of them would have been scared off, and Sirius would not have interacted with them, he would have opted to hide from them out of fear. Throughout his years living in the mansion, the man who owns it would have come by a few times, but not frequently enough to form any sort of bond with Sirius.

Did Sirius have to clean up the guts off the walls himself? When did he start adequately taking care of the mansion, of himself? How long did he spend, sitting in front of where Dorothy's body was, trying to understand what happened? He was smart, yes, but he didn't know how to understand this, how this terrible loss happened all over again, now with absolutely nobody to save him.

Got a little bit off topic, but second, how did Sirius go about making the grave? Did he make it when he was around 14, able to interact with society again, with the vague help of another? He wouldn't accept anyone coming up to the mansion to build it, to grieve for someone he blames for her death, but did he buy the gravestone? The flowers he planted around it? By now, he might have started working as a pharmacist, and might have been able to afford some more expensive items from the town below.

On a similar but unrelated topic, there are a few paintings of Dorothy scattered about. Were these commissioned before or after her death? Did Sirius paint them himself? (unlikely, he's shown to not be the best at art from that one scene where everyone's drawing each other, but this could have also just been Sirius insulting the people he was drawing) If Sirius commissioned them in memoriam of Lady Dorothy, how did he go about doing that? Bringing a photograph down to the town, having it be painted with the utmost care? Did he describe her? Did he bring an already-painted portrait? It's one of those topics that's quite minimally discussed, but takes up too much of my brain.

I was going to write more but forgot what I was saying along the way, also, apologies if any of these points discussed seem more like assumptions, although I am replaying Witch's Heart, I haven't gotten to the part when these events are shown yet.

(also i don't want to tag this! whoops)

[eviltiddyprodnz]

The way I've been tagging whatever I wrote wrong lmao. It's season 12.

I'm skimming through the boring parts so I'll just write whatever I find amusing.

- Could this ghost lady not hide??? Like she's holding a gun as Rudra tries to open the lock. Like just hide? It's a dusty room with covers everywhere. What was her game plan? Shoot someone as the door opens 💀 How'd she escape then?

- I love how Gauri beat the shit out of fake man ghosts in Bareilly and Om beat the shit out of fake man ghosts in Mumbai-Lonawala road territory. #OTP4LYF #babeswhobeatghoststogetherstaytogether

- Omkara has the same reactions to finding out Gauri is the planmaker as he has to Rudy. 😭 Hey her plans work 4.5/5 times !

- Agent Gauri #yuh

- Violent Gauri favourite Gauri

- Um isn't that lady ghost too calm? She's like me like she just gave up under the blanket 😭 they put her in the chair and she's like I guess I'm sitting. 0 reluctance. 0 fighting back. And yet she was the one with the gun.....

- Gauri holding her down. Strongest bitch in the house.

- Omkara slapping Rudra in a light sibling manner is my favourite thing to laugh at. 😭

Carnival time 🤡🎉🎊 S12E12

- Rikara scenes make any episode worthwhile. Idk whose hair I'm more jealous of atm. Maybe Gauri's because I want my hair to fall like that too !!

'baal khule rakho, zyada sudar lagti ho'

1) the truth 2) he notices her a lot 😏 lmao who wouldn't 3) HER LINE TO HIM IN THE REDUX

carnival ke liye late ho raha hai 💀 babes voh tumhare peeche chal raha hai

MY WOMAN WAS TOO STUNNED TO SPEAK. compliment her more jatadhari

- sasuma Tej is here y'all. yes Pinky fight!!!

- Rikara dancing with the biggest smiles 🥺🥺🥺 wait I think I literally saw Kunal try to remember a step 💀

Tag yourselves I'm Rudra just shimmying around.

- why did the evil waiter look straight into the camera and break the fourth wall??

- YES OM PULL YOUR WIFE BACK. Woah how many times does Om get slightly burnt through this show? Isn't this like the second time this season 💀

- Veer channeling his sasta IT

- thumb rule to follow through life, if you see a clown, run in the opposite direction, always.

how is he kidnapping her so slowly and obviously in broad daylight??? what was the gameplan here

skimming because I've seen all this before but how long were Rikara there for the ointment lmaooo?! yalls bhabi got kidnapped and then unconscious in her own house for like half an hour with a man rambling next to her.

If there's one thing that's always going to be true in the IB mess, it's Svetlana being hot.

Spoiler 🚨

Maybe I watched too fast because he wants Anika but he also let's go of that want super fast in the next few episodes. Then it becomes all about the FAM and the lost rights. also Tia, Svet and Soumya are sisters and he's their half brother how??? considering Roop killed their dad (from what I remember) Maybe I'm remembering wrong wait 😭 I guess they share a dad.

E13

I know we're 12 seasons in and this never changes but I need these people to believe each other in a heartbeat after all the fuckery they've been through. she says she saw fake ghost lady again? It's true!

- Gauri saying chubby ka accident bhi abhi hona tha 😭🙏 lmaooo

- they're gonna make everyone dance again oh no. AAAAH GAURI CUTEST. her lipsyncing to the line about sacrifice. my girl 😭

- yes omkar hug your wife

- how many fake wives/wives does Veer have lmao. how many plot changes does he get by episode 🤔

- shivika morning kisses, Rikara absent😭

- sasuma Tej kinda called out Gauri's name sweetly. In dadi logic, aren't Pinky and Tej takkar waale ishqbaaz. She fights with him, doesn't let him win, keeps an eye out for his nonsense and they scheme evil shit. (Pinky is 7000 times better than him though and that says something but still 💀) the first episode hoodwinked me for a few minutes into thinking he was Shivaay's dad and she was his mom.

- Gauri makes a costly mistake is true and she's too smart to fall for it but plot kab characters ke saath match kara hai jo aaj karega.

- Om side eyeing Tia. (Also again considering how they forgive her again in the future plots, their heat truly is reserved for their partners because, although I love Tia too so who am I to judge them)

-Defend your wife Om! Sad that it's always a set up for something much worse 😭💔

Tia looking in the camera too, what is with y'all making eye contact with me!?!

#ishqbaaz #rikara #tia #tia please get out of this mess #S12 #watching oberois get messed with is so boring its giving dal chawal #now im hungry

[ardencallaway]

Hide and Seek: Answers Part 1

So if you haven't finished Hide and Seek, READ NO FURTHER!!!

I'm going to answer the first question I've got so far in my asks. Since it gives away the ending, I'm just going to rewrite it below and hope this more tag works. Seriously, major major spoilers for the ending below. Do not read further unless you have finished!!!

"What possessed you to kill Albus?"

I'm not sure anything possessed me. However, two of the many things I wanted to try with this story (among others, but we'll focus on these for now) were:

Explore grief & give Harry Potter a fitting ending.

Now, whether I did that or not is entirely up to each reader individually. There's no right answer.

When it comes to exploring grief, it's not really about the sadness for me, exactly. I've lived a very full life in my limited years on this Earth, but I've had my fair share of loss. One thing that has always fascinated me, is the way that loss can truly heighten the way we think about life, the people and things that matter to us most. Those periods afterwards reflect what we had to such a dramatic degree.

I think part of it is the fact that it's an ending. We'll never experience our own ending, not really. We are born and then we live and live and live until we don't. But for the entire span of our lives, our own end is abstract at best, even if we know it's coming. By giving something important to us an ending (a death, a breakup, whatever it might be), it not only gives us chance to really examine all it meant, examine it in its entirety, but it also gets us a little bit closer to understanding our own mortality.

Now, could I have done it another way? Sure. But Albus' character arc felt complete to me. He went from not understanding himself, hating his family (kind of), unable to handle his own emotions, feeling like an outcast. By the end he was completely surrounded by love, support, understanding, and I think for the first time in his life he felt proud of what he had built.

Scorpius, on the other hand, I felt had experienced too much pain, loss, and hardship compared. Killing Scorpius off almost felt expected to a degree, the way he got dealt one loss after another despite being so pure. So I wanted to give him the long life. Scorpius was able to find happiness in the family around him, was able to build a life after. I don't think Albus would have been able to if he had lost Scorpius.

Next, I wanted to give Harry Potter a fitting ending. I knew before I started Chapter 1 that Harry was going to die in this story. Having him die to save someone important, in the very same way his mother saved him, felt the most fitting. By having him save Scorpius, I also wanted to show Harry's growth over the years as well. His own struggles of adulthood (fatherhood, old grudges, etc.) were all completed as well. I know it's a sad ending, that was to be expected. I'm not particular good at writing fluff or happy endings, but I might try one day. Oh and one more thing! For those of you eagle-eyed readers, you might have noticed that I strongly hinted at everyone who would die (and in what order) early on in Part One.

If you look back to Chapter 24 there is a dream sequence where Albus sees Scorpius standing among four gravestones, grieving. Albus then encounters, in order: Astoria, Craig, Himself, and Harry.

[suncursedhealer-old-blog]

NOTICE!

This blog has been Remade (this is a side blog, I made a new account for it to make things easier on me) HERE is a link to the new blog. I will leave everything on here Un-changed, but some information might be Out of date. (New blog will link back here for those curious.)

Hello, I am Frosty (She/They, AroAce, with ADHD,) the author for Ichika. And this is my Writing Blog. I thought her up a few years ago and have been fiddling with her character ever since. I'll give a basic rundown of how she interacts with the plot below the cut. (I am working on a fic but I have re-written the first 5 chapters more then once due to the POV being weird and clashing with the story.)But first, ground rules! <3

Please Be Kind. I don't mind criticism, in fact that's one of the reasons I'm finally making a blog for this. What I do mind is needlessly harmful, or even potentially harmful comments, to me or anyone else. Just use common sense please. <3

No NSFW please. I don't mind a little spice but NSFW makes me uncomfortable most of the time.

Please don't ship Ichika with anyone. I have multiple reasons for this but I simply request that you don't ship her. (Of course I can't and won't even try to stop you from headcanon pairings but please don't bring ships onto the blog.)

Read the TWs on posts please! This is less of a rule and more of a warning. There are some things regarding her story that can be triggering. I'll put a generalized TW list under the rules with TWs that appear multiple times (or are major) in the story here, and then each post will be tagged appropriately. If it is not please drop into my inbox and tell me. (I have my own triggers and I don't like it when someone doesn't tag their stuff correctly so call me out if I mess up please)

Tiny thing here, I (Frosty) do not swear and while I'm not asking any of you to not do so, please understand that I won't be writing those words even if it is in character. I know several characters would swear in many situations but I can't write that without feeling uncomfortable. Thank you for not pushing. <3

~~~~General TWs~~~~

Canon Typical Violence, Canon Typical Gore, Mentions of (Past) Non-Con/Rape, Mentions of (Past) Abuse, <- a lot of it in that case

(I think that is all I need to tag for General TWs but it may change in the future)

In Character Introduction!

(please keep in mind that the blog is currently "set" early in the timeline. So the introduction reflects as such. The blog will hopefully progress through her timeline as I write more and eventually there might be a second introduction!)

~~~~ general rundown below cut <3 ~~~~

Ichika is lost in the woods when she runs into Tanjiro, who is on his way back home. (Ep 1) Upon the discovery of his family, Ichika does her best to comfort him and get Nezuko to a doctor. Blah blah basic OC insert....

Or is it?

Ichika has more skill then she lets on. Her instincts are on point and she seems to have more stamina then she should without training. Regardless, she continues on, learning information about the Demon Slayer Corps with Tanjiro, and doing her best to help the last survivors of a family she was to late to help.

There are some Odd interactions that Tanjiro notices with Ichika but he just can't figure out what or why. He doesn't want to press too much though, he doesn't want to be rude and Ichika is risking her life for his sister and him.

He does know a few things about her though. Ichika wears an eyepatch on her left eye, not because she's blind in that eye but because she doesn't like people seeing it. She is skilled in hand to hand combat and medicine. She knew about demons before she met him. She gets scared by new people so easily, but it's mild... suppressed... Almost as if she doesn't want to feel it or is hiding it.

(I will eventually add a Full summary of Ichika's story and link it here. However it will be full of spoilers so it might hamper the enjoyment of other posts.)

#DemonSlayer OC #introduction post #Ichika (Original Character) #Sun Cursed Healer #Frosty Speaks <3 #pinned post

[dirigibleplumbing]

This is more of a WIP question - are you working on any Steve/Tony fics at the moment, and which one(s) are you most excited about if you are? :D

I have more than a dozen Steve/Tony fics that I've started writing and haven't finished but don't currently plan to abandon, but I'm not actively working on very many of them. I have one I'm writing for a zine and then one multi-chapter one that's 90%, maybe 95% drafted. There's also one that's completely drafted and my beta gave me amazing feedback on over a year ago but I've been having all kinds of feelings about it and haven't gone through and updated yet.

Right now I'm most excited about the multi-chapter one. It's a 616 Civil War story. It opens when Steve goes to meet Tony at the mansion like in Casualties of War, except when Steve gets there, Tony surrenders. Steve takes him back to his secret base and keeps him in a cell there and the rest of the story goes from there. It's all Steve's point of view. He thinks Tony is hiding something about why he surrendered and guess what, he's right!

It's kinda tricky to describe further because there's an aspect that I think will be obvious to people who are familiar with certain comics, but will baffle Steve for most of the story. I'm trying to put it together so that people who haven't read any comics can follow along, though, so parts of my target audience probably won't be able to guess what's going on. At the same time it's not really supposed to be a twist for the reader, exactly, just for Steve. So I'm not sure whether I'll be explaining this aspect in the summary/tags.

Spoilers for the upcoming fic under the readmore.

Tony is actually time-traveling from after Secret Invasion. My premise is that before he mind-wipes himself, he tries to use Extremis to mentally send himself back in time, and this story is the result of him being successful. Except he wasn't able to pinpoint the time very specifically, so he arrives pretty far into CW. This is a Tony who's been blamed for the Skrull invasion and considers himself responsible for Steve's death. For him, Registration is over and CW has been over for even longer. So his priority is to keep Steve alive no matter what, and that looks really weird to everyone else considering how much Tony has put into supporting SHRA by that point.

So I dunno. If you've read this far, do you think I should mention in the summary and/or fic tags that Tony is from the future?

#replies #asks #ishipallthings #my writing

[tcf-fan]

The White Star Wins

Tags: Crack, Humor, Cale waves his slacker life goodbye, cale henituse is a hero even though he doesn't want to be one, the white star wins for once, slight novel spoilers though it should be safe to read.

Rating: T

Summary:

The White Star has come to attack! But when Cale Henituse appeared...

“Thank you.”

The White Star froze as he heard those words. He couldn't help but blink in shock the moment he saw his sworn enemy's expression.

Cale Henituse looked crazed right now. There was also a disturbing amount of relief and gratitude in his shining eyes.

“No, really, thank you.” Cale ignored him and continued his crazed ranting. “You have no idea how grateful I am you are here. Yes, let's fight! Let's go somewhere else and fight! I will gladly fight with you, be your sworn enemy or whatever as long as we get out of here-!”

...what the hell was with this bastard?

Read it under the cut or on AO3

Notes:

This is crack. Pure crack. I'm reading chapters 630-631 and I'm in stitches with how disturbed Cale is at his fame. The idea for this story suddenly came to me, and I had to write it. Hope this makes you at least smile a little!

It shouldn't be like this.

It really wasn't supposed to be like this.

So then why? Why was he in this situation?

“Young Master Silver Shield!”

“The Continent's Hero!”

“Woo!! He's really here!!”

With every word, Cale slightly flinched. He could see, from the balcony he was on, the huge crowd of cheering people. The majority of them were waving silver shields. Others had banners with messages like 'we love you hero-nim!' or 'the shield will never break!'.

This... this was a nightmare. Cale wanted to curse his hyung-nim, no, his Highness for dragging him into such a nightmare.

'Just a few words', he said. 'To upper morale before the war', he said. 'It will be only a few minutes', he said.

Cale had been trying to speak for about half an hour now, but every time he tried to say a word the crowd would cheer and start saying outreageous things, so he never could deliver the short speech.

Cale was going crazy.

'I need to get out of here. How can I escape-'

Suddenly a loud alarm rang, silencing everyone.

-Human! The White Star is here!-

Cale had never been quicker.

“Raon, let's go.”

-But what about the-

“No time. Let's go.”

He quickly activated the Sound of the Wind and rushed to where the enemy had gathered, guided by Raon.

“Cale Henituse,” the White Star said as soon as he saw him. “I'm here to destroy-”

“Thank you.”

The White Star froze as he heard those words. He couldn't help but blink in shock the moment he saw his sworn enemy's expression.

Cale Henituse looked crazed right now. There was also a disturbing amount of relief and gratitude in his shining eyes.

“...what the hell happened to you?” He couldn't help but ask.

“No, really, thank you.” Cale ignored him and continued his crazed ranting. “You have no idea how grateful I am you are here. Yes, let's fight! Let's go somewhere else and fight! I will gladly fight with you, be your sworn enemy or whatever as long as we get out of here-!”

The White Star stared blankly at the crazed hero who was grabbing his sleeve quite desperately.

'What the f*ck is going on? Why is he like this?'

The White Star couldn't understand it. Every time they've battled, Cale had looked smug, sly, annoyed, angry... he'd seen many emotions on this bastard's face. But this was the first time he'd seen him like this.

'What mighty enemy has done this to him?'

But the answer came in a rather unexpected way.

“As expected of our hero!”

Cale Henituse flinched.

“He rushed right away to defend us!”

“Our Hero-nim is amazing!”

“Young Master Silver Shield! We will be cheering for you!”

“Our hero will become a legend!”

“Hahahaha! This should make our YHW fan club even bigger! Hahahahahaha!!”

The White Star watched amazed as every comment that came from the city made Cale flinch and move as if he wanted to hide.

“...Is this why you wanted to fight elsewhere?”

“That's right,” Cale answered in a strangled tone of voice. “A slacker life. I just wanted to live the life of a rich slacker.” Was- was Cale Henituse tearing up? “I really wanted a life where I could live in peace and roll around in my bed all day. So why? Why did it become like this?!”

'A slacker life?'

This wasn't the first time the White Star heard about this. He'd thought that Cale had said this to annoy or confuse him, but looking at him now...

'He was serious. This bastard was serious.'

Cale Henituse...

“...You poor bastard.” The White Star patted his shoulder with a pitiful gaze.

Cale nodded as he accepted the consolation. Enemy or not, he was glad someone finally understood his plight.

But suddenly he stilled. Why was he feeling cold shivers all of sudden?

-...why is the White Star smiling like you do when you're going to scam someone?- Raon, who had been watching the scene with a difficult expression, asked. He had seen his human going crazy, but hadn't interfered. There were instincts deep inside him that told him he shouldn't get close. That even a great and mighty being like him could get infected with his human's madness if he got close.

Cale looked up with a stoic expression, but his pupils shook when he saw the grin on the White Star's face.

'Why do I feel this bastard is going to really screw me over?'

Suddenly the White Star fell down slightly, clutching his chest.

“Argh!” He shouted. His voice was suddenly amplified. “You bastard Cale Henituse! Th-this power, it's too strong!”

Both Cale and the White Star's allies stared at this Hollywood-grade performance with wide eyes, while the crowd below them grew wild.

Cold sweat started to gather on Cale's back.

'Don't tell me this bastard is going to-!'

“I-is this the power of a hero?!”

The crowd became even louder.

'This bastard-!'

“I- I can't win against you today! But! I will be back Cale Henituse! I will get my revenge!”

And with that villain-like stereotypical line, the White Star descended towards his allies. With his back towards the crowd, his previous smile came back full force as he heard the screams of a crowd gone beyond crazy.

“YOUNG MASTER SILVER SHIELD!”

“HE CAN WIN EVEN WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING!”

“HIS AURA MUST BE IMPRESSIVE”

“HERO-NIM! HERO-NIM! HERO-NIM!”

But the sweetest scream came from someone nearer.

“...you motherf*cking bastard! I will f*ck you up, you hear me?! I will blow your motherf*cking head up!”

Cale could feel his slacker life waving him goodbye as he swore at the white star, rose-gold lightning gathering on his hands. But before the thunderbolt could strike him, the White Star and all his forces had teleported away.

“WOOOOW!”

“HIS POWER IS SOOO COOL!”

“THE GOLD LIGHTNING HERO!”

Cale was really going to kill that bastard one day.

Inside the White Star's base, the general ambience was one of confusion.

“...weren't we going to attack?”

“We can attack another day.” The White Star calmly answered as he strolled away. In his head, he replayed all the moments that bastard had hit him from behind or ruined his plans.

“It may not look like it...” He continued as he remembered every sly grin, every smug expression on that bastard's face.

“But we have won today.”

Yes, they had won. They may not have fought, but they had won. Or, in other words, the White Star had won his personal battle today.

'That bastard deserves to suffer.'

Feeling oddly satisfied, he ordered his servants to prepare him a relaxing dead-mana bath.

For the first time in a long time, he could taste sweetness on his lips.

#tcf #trash of the count's family #cale henituse #white star #crack #humor #tcf fanfic

[nyx-aira]

At The Ends Of Worlds

Summary: When Sylvie lands in the void it's not Mobius who saves her but rather a strange magician with interesting powers.

A/N: After episode 5 I finally came around and wrote a Sylvie fic. Spoilers so beware.

PSA: Do NOT copy, steal, translate, plagiarize, republish, etc any of my works on Tumblr or any other platform. Also, do NOT claim any of my works as your own. All of these works are either requests I’ve gotten that people have wanted me to write or original ideas I’ve had for works. If you happen to take inspiration from anything I’ve written and want to write something inspired by that, please a) ask me first and b) IF I say yes, credit me as inspo in your post by tagging me and link whatever work of mine that inspired you. Thanks.

PSA c/@ynscrazylife

Sylvie gasped for air, looking around where she had landed, not so sofly. It seemed to be some sort of old bus. Smashing the glass and getting out was the easy task because as she looked up to the horizon all she could see was imminent death.

So she ran.

Whatever that was was very keen on killing her and it wouldn't be stopped by anything.

So she ran.

For a short moment she saw something, had a connection with it and saw a place. Was this the end of time, was this what was behind the void. The person behind the TVA.

Sylvie didn't have time to think about it much as the death cloud got closer and closer.

Running like her life depended on it she ran, ran as fast as her feet would carry her and even faster. Her legs were aching, her lungs burning and her powers dwindling but she kept going.

She had to get to this place, find Loki and get out of here.

And she couldn't, no most definitely wouldn't, be killed by a purple death cloud. She had lived her whole life hidden in apocalypses, hunted by the TVA and other enemies sh made along the way. Sylvie wouldn't be killed by a purple death cloud. Not ever.

So she continued running but even she knew she couldn't hold that tempo forever, her powers were already dwindling and she had some very exhausting day behind her.

In the distance she saw something. It seemed like a flash of purple. Bright, brighter than anything she had ever seen but she couldn't identify what it was, only that it had to be extremely powerful.

It seemed like she wasn't the only one though who had seen it. The death cloud did too and stopped, turning around to feast on the purple light, leaving Sylvie alone in the endless plains of grass and destruction.

Falling to her knees she took a deep breath, trying to regain some for of control over her body again, her limbs shaking like crazy.

This was definitely one of the worst plans she ever had but then again, there weren't many options to begin with.

Taking a last breath she wanted to get up when she heard it.

Footsteps.

Looking up she saw a figure coming her way, a figure bathed in purple light. The same purple light that had distracted the death cloud and safe her life.

Somehow she trusted the stranger, somehow there was something about her that let Sylvie let her guad down. That had never happened before.

"You good." The figure asked, holding her hand out.

Sylvie mustered her. Black clock hiding most of the outfit that seemed strangely Asgardian but somehow everything about this person screamed Midgardian. Strange.

The woman was clad head to toe in black, only small accents of purple making the outfit more colourful but then again, Sylvie wasn't the one to judge fashion choices.

At the raised eyebrow of the stranger Sylvie got up and groaned as she did so, having pulled a muscle or so while she had been chased by that thing.

"What was that?"

"Alioth, a creature that kills everything in its way. It feasts on energy and lucky for the both of us I'm great at conjuring some."

"You're a wizard." Sylvie realised. If so that would help her greatly in her quest to find Loki and destroy whoever was behind all of this.

"I prefer mage." You said as you checked your hands, inspecting the black cracks that were starting to get more prominent with every encounter you had with the Lioth.

At the state of your hands Sylvie raised an eyebrow.

Seemed like you had to pay a price as well for staying alive and defeating that thing. And if that was true you had risked even more to safe Sylvie.

"Thank you." The blonde admitted, "I'm Sylvie by the way."

"Well Sylvie", you said as you put your gloves back on, "what brings you to this wonderful place."

The two of you had started walking again and Sylvie was looking at the fields of destruction around you, a look on her face you couldn't decipher. She hesitated before she answered.

"I need to find Loki."

At that you started laughing. This was one of the greatest things you had heard in a while. No, at all since you came here.

"What's so funny?"

"Well darling ", you tried to explain as you calmed down, "besides us two everyone here who survived is a Loki. You gotta be more specific."

"I'm a Loki too."

That made you raise an eyebrow, she was certainly more pleasant than the ones you had run into on your not so voluntary stay.

"Seems its my lucky day then, I got the least annoying Loki."

Sylvie just punched you into the shoulder as you two walked the paths of death and destruction.

This was gonna be a hell of a journey.

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Taglist: @escapetodreamworld @midnight-lestrange @ynscrazylife @procrastinatingsapphictrash @ineffablebean @cliint @wlwlovesreading @satxnsupreme @ycfwmalise14

#mcu #marvel #loki series #sylvie #sylvie x reader #loki series spoilers #loki spoilers #episode 5

[mfpeace]

@justbeingedgy @weird-colombian-gurl You asked me to elaborate on the "Ches already has a kid" theory in the notes of that one mf analysis post (which I really liked, go check it out!!), so that's why I'm making this one, cuz notes are a bit too restricting for what I want to talk about!

Though next time think twice before asking me to talk about something I'm interested in, because you never know when you're gonna wake up lovecraftian horrors!! :DDD you'll see what i mean when you press read more :))

So, I'll say it right now - this post is largely inspired by the second story highlight of this Instagram user (sorry, I don't know their name, only that their Instagram handle is dee_girl_metalfamilyfan), it's in Russian though, so keep that in mind

Alright, so I'll break this theory into two parts: the first one will be all about Ches, and the second will be about his potential child (spoiler: you might've seen her!)

Without any further ado, let's get to the Ches part:

1. The creators said that they're gonna explore Ches' character in the second season. Obviously, it doesn't mean anything on it's own, but just wait.

Dima: Let's talk about the second season a little. Of course, the seconds season will show development of the old characters, as well as new ones. That's in short. As you see, Ches looks a bit different here.

Alina: Yeah, we'll show a bit more about Ches at the ages of 18 to 20. His past. We'll reveal a bit more about his complex character, as much as it's possible.

(The source of the translation) Also I think they also said at one point that adult Ches will get some character development too? But that's probably a given, considering that we wouldn't see his youth if it wouldn't have affected him in the present, flashbacks without any relevance to the overall story don't sound so good

2. Not sure about this one (we don't know how much in character it was) but I can't not mention it.

Alina: Actually there was this one fanfic that I really liked. I don’t remember what it was called, but it was about Ches having a daughter, which is a cool topic. It was relatively in character and truly interesting. It’s great when people focus not just on sexual relationships of the characters, but also try to look at their development. That was a really interesting one. That’s it.

(UnityCon '19)

3. This one's a pretty big one, in my opinion. So, this is what they said on ArtWave '19:

Dima: Ches also has flaws.

Alina: [to Dima] Don’t spoil stuff.

Dima: His flaw is that he's very... irresponsible, let’s say.

So, maybe, just maybe, Ches does have a child but he, you know... left them? As the Instagram highlight from the beginning say: "he might be irresponsible enough to leave his child, and he's probably irresponsible enough not to use any contraception" (rephrased, not the exact quote)

4. Alright, so, the only mention of this one I can think of right now is the aforementioned Instagram highlight. The Metalfamilyfan says:

I contacted Korg/Корж, (admin of @ metal_yama [and I believe one of the organizers of the Metal Family Meetup in Moscow]) and she asked Alina on one of the meetups: "if Ches were to be a father, what kind of father would he be?"

And she said: "The kind of that would say "kid, look at that birdie over there!" an then he would run away"

Someone's words are not the perfect source, but they did tag Metal Yama and from what I know they didn't disagree with what the author of the page said. if anyone has anything to say about this (disprove or definitely prove what I said) feel free to do so in a reblog, notes, DMs, send me an anonymous ask, or in any other way you feel comfortable with

5. Ches has literally been through the same thing, and we know how important the theme of the cycle of abuse is in Metal Family (or, in this case, the cycle of neglect? Abandonment? Idk)

You managed to hide your PREGNANCY from me! AND you've been hiding the child from me for a whole year!

YES, because you would've insisted on aborting him!

AND NOW I'M INSISTING ON PUTTING HIM UP FOR ADOPTION! OR I'LL LEAVE RIGHT NOW!

6. Here we can see Ches with a blonde girl. Nothing too special, probably just a one time hook up. He doesn't seem to be interested in her, and she seems to be annoyed with him.

But wait...

What is this?

Like, it doesn't even matter if there's actually a punk/rock/whatever band named MOM or not, I just think it's pretty weird to put it in this particular drawing of Ches and this random woman who is implied to have slept with him. It's not integral to Ches' character as, for example, Korol i Shut is. It's just... there. For some reason.

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Alright, now, finally let's get to the second part of the theory: who is, exactly, his child?

The short answer is, according to this theory, her:

First, let me list every single instance of her appearing in canon (and by canon I mean everything made by the creators. Even with this definition of canon it's not much, I promise): The screenshot you can see above on the left (it's a screenshot from the second season and it appeared here), an instagram story posted by Alina (above, right), and two drawing with a lot of characters where you can spot the girl which I'm gonna call her PinkHair or PH for short, I'll mention them later I feel like I should mention this, comparing the sources of the images and the dates when they were posted, it's safe to assume that the screenshot in the classroom has the latest and final version of her design. The red hair most likely doesn't mean anything

1. Alright. So. we've seen Dee and PinkHair in a classroom together, so they're most likely related in some way, or at least they know each other. Their exact relationship doesn't matter here, because all that matters here is that they're related story-wise

Let's look at the first image. This is the banner of the main Metal Family channel. Ches is near Heavy (they get along quite well and I'm sure Heavy aspires to be like Ches in many ways), Dee (we can see his classmates/friends near him, they're all about his age), and we can see people related to Glam on the left side of the image (including Ches!), and Vicky's - on the right side (notice how the hell sign is also there)

Now, I'm not absolutely sure about this one, but it's still kind of weird - look at the image on the right (it's from ArtWave 2021 btw) - wouldn't it make more sense to put PinkHair near Dee? Also, Curiously enough, not only is she not close to Dee on this image, but she's also standing next to Ches.

Though this whole thing could be explained by art theory (too many small things in one corner of your drawing isn't great composition wise lol sorry PH) but I still can't quite skip this point

2. Remember the "MOM" lady? Fun fact, she has the exact same pearl earring that PinkHair has on the screenshot.

3. I'll put all similarities with her supposed parents in this point: Mother: * She's also pretty uh.. glam? for the lack of a better word? Or feminine in a traditional sense, yeah I think that's a better way to put it. Like colors they prefer to wear for example, and jewelry. Characters like that aren't common in Metal Family * She's gotta be a blonde. I can't imagine her being anything but blonde. If she manages to maintain that hair color as a brunette I'm just straight up assuming her character arc is gonna be killing God because these kind of people are capable of anything. I fear them with every fiber of my being. * I can't say for sure because of the shading, but it seems like they both have gray eyes, and she also has darker skin compared to most MF characters. Though, it's likely that Mom just applied a lot of fake tan Ches: * We know that Ches for sure has darker skin * AND grey eyes * There's also some possible personality similarities but I'm not sure if you can compare a child to a parent they've never really known in this way

That's about it, I suppose, I hope there isn't that many grammar mistakes and logically unfinished parts and whatnot in this post I forgot to edit lol x) I'm not sure how to end this post other than to remind you guys that almost all the points in this posts are inspired by the "тупая теория" highlight on the dee_girl_metalfamilyfan's Instagram page, so go check them out and subscribe, they post Dee x The Quest Girl fanart and and always credit the artists. Without them this post would be much, much shorter.

Thanks for reading this post, please feel free to let me know your thoughts on this post <3

#i tried to organize this but #yeah #also damn i hope PH's mother isn't in the same situation as Ches' :'( #at one point i misspelled parent in the context of ches as paren't and now i can't stop giggling like an idiot #these tags have completely different moods to them because I wrote them at different points in time btw #paren't #heh heh #metal family #metal family ches #metal family pinkhair #this seems like it's made up but if words end in ent or ant or something like that sometimes i automatically put an ' in without thinking

[randomgentlefolk]

Cpc chapter 129

Oh boy hooookayyy... After seeing that people doesn't mock Gwen for her looks I'm 50% relieved. Yep, only 50%. Because after seeing the cpc tag it looks like everything is going down and people are FREAKING OUT. If everything is really going down in the mid season break chapter, then get ready for some long ass post.

Before we get into theory let me just say Jollie's dad swinging Nell is SO CUTE

*clears throat* okay now..

I am actually really worried when Monika turned into a bird in the gala. People seems to be turning their eyes at her and if they see her changing her form that would be disastrous.

Really disastrous.

About Tori's opinion? I'm not 100% agreeing nor disagreeing here. I get where Tori is coming from. The princesses have responsibilities and stuffs yadda yadda. But what? So people can't have a break and always have to do works and stuffs? Is he saying "me time" isn't important at all. People needs place where they can be accepted and be who they are. Which, in this case, the princesses can't do. Not being accepted is really hard. And I think Tori should've understand a little because he has been friends with Monika since they were kids? Dude she was kidnapped as a child do you think she wouldn't want to hide herself because of anxiety and trauma? Plus, she has improved herself because of the cpc!! She stood up for Gwen in the barn, and she got in the gala room :D

Moving onnnnn... Whoever donated that crystal is a jerk, a big jerk. They already brought up so many people's hope! Parents who have cursed children, The cpc, and others. I mean if their purpose is to send the note to Jack, why not just try to sneak it in his pocket, or maybe his food/drink. Or like, idk, talk to him? Well let's take a look on who might be the suspect, shall we?

Okay wait. Now that I read the note more, I just realized. The omniscient clam isn't the thing Jack has been looking for, right? Because it says "I have the thing you're looking for, and you're the only person that can give me the thing I've been seeking as well... the omniscient clam" does that mean Jack already has the clam??? Can someone please explain to me in the replies? Wait but it could be a spoiler..

..anyways, the suspects

1. The plaid king (Leland)

Now obviously this is the prime suspect, like the, like the most possible suspect. Because he is like, Jack's closest friend and all. He knows about Jack and omniscient clam. AND it's best to say that the person who gives the note in the crystal knows who is Jack's daughter. Jack has been hiding his daughters, do people even know what they look like except Leland, Isolde, Jack, Cpc, and the plaid princes? Well maybe at Lance's gala people saw them, but no one saw Gwen because of Jamie's lights. So I think the suspect gotta be someone who knows Gwen, and the plaid king is one of them.

2. The plaid queen (Isolde)

Okay, I don't even know what would be the reason for her to have the omniscient clam (maybe ask if Leland truly love her? But I think she already knows the answer), but let me just point out that Lambcat has been clever with her plot twists. So it's better to think of the impossible too. I'm not even sure Isolde knows about the omniscient clam Jack was looking for, but maybe she overheard about it.

3. Dealer guy who took Jollie's eyes

I refuse to believe his entrance is merely minor and won't have anything to do with the future. I mean, the note did quite say about deals. Who else reminds me about deals other than that guy? But the problem is, his motive. While he can be said as "evil", I don't see him as the chaotic "imma rule the world" guy. He seems like a lawful evil kind of guy.

4. Jack's parents

Okay I really hate them (i wanted to say something ruder but eh this will suffice). Anyway, like I said, we should look at every possibility. As much as I want to believe they are dead, we don't have any confirmation. But why would they want the omniscient clam though? There's always more questions.. this one is really short because I dislike them and refuse to talk further about them. I hope Gwen will never meet them.

4. Literally random people

This is the most impossible. But hear me out, in the previous Polygon gala, some people may have heard about Jack and his clam returning thing.

It would've been easier if we could eliminate one of the people here, but no clue for now.

Hoookay i'm tired now. Well, if I have to be honest, I hope we will learn more about Lance. We already learn about Blaine and Frederick, so might as well learn about him right?

#cursed princess club #cpc #theory