#if there's one thing i'm going to know it's tie breakers

[the-physicality]

once again pwhl new york drops positions in the standings because they have fewer regulation wins than the other team [in this instance ottawa]

#if there's one thing i'm going to know it's tie breakers #that's the theme of tonight #because really there are no ties #this happened before with boston i believe #pwhl #ny and ottawa have 16 points apiece #montreal [top of the table] has 24 a difference of less than 3 regulation wins #that being said most teams have only 11 games remaining #minnesota has 10 and boston has 12 #thrilled about the 5 game semi final playoff series though

[wolfjackle-creates]

Bring Me Home Arc 3 Part 1

Happy WIP Wednesday! So last week, we had a tie between Bring Me Home and Answer My Call. The tie breaker didn't come in until Monday after I'd already finished the entire Bring Me Home chapter and half the Answer My Call one.

So y'all will be getting two fic upates today then I'm going to sleep. I'm tired after a full day of work with a call out. XP

If you want a say in next week's update, vote in the poll!

Welcome to Arc 3 of Bring Me Home! 🎉🎉🎉

Story Summary: Danny's parents find out his secret. It doesn't go well. But he's not alone. His friend Tim Drake, better known as Red Robin, and the Young Justice will not let him suffer.

Word Count: 1.7k

Warnings: fanon-typical violence. This is my dissection fic, but I don't think I crossed the line into graphic. Let me know if you disagree.

Arc 1: AO3

Arc 2: First, Last

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Danny waved goodbye to Sam and Tucker as he made his way home from school. They had a long weekend and he planned to fall into bed and take a long nap. And then maybe grab some midnight tacos as Phantom for dinner.

He hummed as he thought about how awesome those tacos would taste when reached his home. Still lost in his daydreams, he unlocked the door and pushed it open.

Only for electric pain to shoot up his arm. Danny screamed, paralyzed to the spot. He tried to pull his hand back, but something held him in place. He fell to his knees, arm still held out and radiating pain through the rest of his body.

“What? Danny!”

“M-mom?” he forced out between cries. “Hurts!”

He could feel his transformation tugging on his core and he tried to force it back.

“Jack! Quick, it’s Danny!”

“Please,” begged Danny. Even kneeling was getting to be too much. Blackness was threatening the edges of his vision so he closed his eyes. He had to keep from transforming. He had to.

He didn’t even have the breath to scream anymore.

He heard his dad’s voice. There was a flash of light. And then nothing.

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The first thing Danny was aware of was that everything hurt. His muscles were aching and his right arm was practically numb. The next thing he noticed was that he way lying on something hard. He tried to roll over, only to realize he was strapped down. And not just at his wrists and ankles, but also at his waist and neck.

His eyes flew open in shock and he yelled in panic. Had Vlad gotten him?

“It’s awake, Mads!”

Orange filled his vision as his dad leaned over him.

“D-dad?” asked Danny. He felt his core humming in his chest. His core, not his heart. He twisted his head just enough to see a black jumpsuit.

He was Phantom. His parents knew.

His dad’s face contorted with anger, an expression he’d never once seen there before. “Don’t you dare call me that, impostor! What have you done with my son?”

“Dad, it’s me. I swear. I—I can explain.” He tugged on his restraints, trying to phase through them. Only to scream as the anti-ghost shielding shocked him.

His mom’s steps echoed from out of sight. “You aren’t escaping us that easily, ghost,” she spat the last word. “How long have you been possessing Danny?” She finally came into view, goggles blocking her eyes and her mouth hard.

“I’m not possessing him, I am Danny!”

She sneered. “Jack, now.”

“Release our son!” shouted his father. Then he pulled out a spray can and held down the nozzle.

Danny saw the mist approach him and scrunched his eyes closed as he turned his head to avoid the spray. But of course it was impossible. He whimpered as it settled on him, tiny pinpricks of burning. As he lay there, the feeling grew more and more intense until he couldn’t help but cry out.

And that’s when he breathed it in.

It was all agony, inside and out. The mist settled in his lungs, pure fire trying to melt core.

With a flash of light, he was Danny Fenton again. His heart beat in his chest and his lungs screamed for oxygen. The pain didn’t go away, but it lessened. Danny gasped in deep breaths, his limbs shaking in their restraints as he tried to push through the pain.

“Did it work?” asked his dad.

Fingers brushed his hair off his forehead. “Sweetie? Are you back with us?”

Danny opened his eyes, tears gathering and looked up at the face of his mother.

Her expression turned from hope to hatred so fast he thought he was dreaming. “Green eyes, Jack. The ghost is just trying to trick us.”

“The ghost repellent has never failed before. How are you surviving, ghost?”

Danny screwed his eyes shut so he wouldn’t have to see his parents’ faces. “It’s me, I promise. It’s me. I’m alive. I’m alive.”

“Stop lying!” screamed his mom.

Then he felt a sharp pain in his side, followed by a wave of agony. He felt like he was being electrocuted again. In defense, he transformed back into Phantom—his ghost form was so much more durable.

But the pain only got worse. He screamed. His wail was crawling its way up his throat, only to fizzle out into a wave of electricity when it hit the anti-ghost restraint strapped around his neck.

“Loud, isn’t it?” asked his father.

“Let’s shut it up, Jack,” said his mother.

“No, no please. It’s me, Danny!”

They ignored him, though. The pain stopped just long enough for him to gasp in a few breaths. Then piece of metal was being fixed under his jaw and over his mouth. His head was yanked up so it could be strapped in the back. Danny tried to yell into the muzzle, but it muffled all sound.

After that, he lost track of what they did. So many inventions were taken out, used, and discarded. Anything to destroy the ghost part of him or force him out of his living body.

He wished he could obey. That he could just be their son again and not Phantom. But he’d learned many times over the last three years that it was impossible. He was both Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom and spitting himself apart would only ever lead to destruction.

He didn’t know how many times he was forced into a transformation as his body tried to choose the form more resistant to the torture. It didn’t seem to matter, though, if he was Fenton or Phantom. His parents would check his eyes or use the ghost tracker and then the next wave of pain would wash over him.

Eventually, however, even his parents ran out of inventions to use.

“This isn’t working, Jackie.”

“What if we can’t force it out, Mads? What next?”

“We’ll cut it out. You know we’ve long hypothesized about the existence of a ghost heart. What better way to test our hypothesis than cutting the parasite out of our own son?”

Danny’s eyes flew open and he tugged with aching muscles, twisting as much as he was able. His muffled protests were ignored just as much as his words had been.

“Where do you think it’s hiding its heart?” asked his dad.

“We’ll use the Fenton Scanner to find the areas of densest ectoplasm concentration and search each of them.”

His mom stalked out of sight and Danny could hear her rummaging through various bins and cabinets looking for the scanner.

His dad, however, stared down at him, eyes hidden behind his goggles and his mouth in an uncharacteristic frown. “If you’re still in there, Danno, we’re gonna get rid of it. We’ll free you, son.”

Danny wanted to tell him he wasn’t trapped, to say again that he was himself, whatever he looked like. But all he could do was whimper and blink away the tears.

Then mom was back, a small scanner in her hand. She pointed it at Danny and he tensed, expecting more pain.

But he felt nothing. Soon enough, the device beeped and she waved over his dad.

“Look at this, sweetie. It’s working better than I expected. Only two main areas of ectoplasm concentration: his brain and his chest.”

“That’s awfully close to his heart, Mads. I don’t know if we can remove it without hurting Danny.”

“If we don’t remove it, he’ll be dead anyway!” Her last word caught on a sob.

Danny was crying in earnest now, too. This couldn’t be real. It just couldn’t. How long would it take anyone to even notice? Jazz was away at college, Tucker had plans with his parents all night, Sam was trying to get along with her parents to get out of a rich-person function later in the month, and he and Tim didn’t have a check-in until Sunday.

Could he survive his parents for two whole days until then?

He forced his eyes open to see his parents hugging. All he wanted was to be between them, caught up in their embrace. But instead he was strapped down to a hard, cold table.

They separated.

“Hold him still, Jack,” said his mom.

So Danny did the opposite. He ignored the ache of his muscles, the way they protested, to twist and yank and move as much as he could.

But his father’s hands were big and he was strong and Danny was tired. When his dad spread his hands over his shoulders and pressed, Danny couldn’t fight back. Above him stood his mom, holding a scalpel that glowed green.

Danny closed his eyes tightly when he saw her lower the blade. He couldn’t watch this. Then agony as it sliced through his skin.

Danny screamed into the muzzle. The pain was so intense that he could focus on nothing else. He didn’t know if his parents were talking to each other. He didn’t know what they were finding inside of him.

Instinct forced him to hide his core, to push it smaller and disguise it. But he knew that nothing would stop his parents forever.

He had no way to judge the passage of time. It felt like an eternity; it felt like a second.

Then the hands on him ripped away suddenly and new shouts, new voices, rang out in the lab.

Danny blinked his eyes open to see Sam and Tucker above him. Sam was paler than he’d ever seen her and Tucker didn’t look any better. He tried to talk to them, but the muzzle still covered his face.

Sam turned her head away and shouted, “Kon!”

A moment later, Superboy was landing next to her, his face grim. Then Danny’s restraints, muzzle included, fell to pieces. He was free.

He pushed himself up, needing to see, only to cry in pain and fall back down when the cuts on his chest protested the movement.

Sam and Tucker shouted at him, told him to stay still. Their words were fuzzy and hard to focus on. Everything was hard to focus on. But in the brief moment of time he’d been able to see more than the ceiling above him, he saw Tim in full Red Robin get up using his staff to keep his parents away.

Tim was here. And the world went black.

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Next

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After about 40k of writing, we're finally back to the scene that started it all! Only now with 4x the number of Young Justice on hand. About three years have passed between Arc 2 and Arc 3, so they've all gotten quite close. There's group chats. So many group chats. Danny's met more members of the Young Justice (and I may write a few of those meetings in the future which is 80% why I decided to make this a series rather than a single work on AO3).

But on the rescue team we've only got Red Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl, and Impulse.

I'm about a third of the way through with major edits for Arc 2. So I'll probably start cross posting to AO3 quite soon! Main changes are in what Tim tells Bruce about where he is and what he's up to.

#dpxdc #bring me home #now with arc 3!!! #Hope you all are as excited as I am! #dissection fic #vivisection fic #gore #not super graphic #by dp standards at least #but tagging just in case #danny is not having a good time #but his friends weren't gonna let him suffer for too long

[infiniteanalemma]

Nobility in Baldur's Gate

Edited to add: I never expected my silly, niche post to get as much attention as it has! I'm giving you all forehead smooches! 😚💋 I've gone through to clean up some things up as I've found new information. I also added a list of nobility that I've found in game and other sources to the end of the post. Thanks, y'all! I'm glad I'm not the only one to wonder about this stuff. Good stuff in the reblogs, too!

Baldur's Gate has dug itself deep in my brain, so I apologize to my poor mutuals who didn't follow me for BG3 content getting this onslaught of posts. Please bear with me until my hyperfixation wears off. 🙏

Now, I'll admit up front that I'm no expert in DnD lore*, so if I get things wrong, please feel free to correct me or just add in stuff I may have missed. I'm going off of what I've found in-game and my Google Fu skills.

That said, I do know enough about DnD to remember that Baldur's Gate nobility are called patriars, and that there are only a relative handful of actual patriar families. I was thinking about my "canon" Tav, Velassa, and her background in BG3. She's a modified OC that I plunked in-game during Early Access, so I made her a noble. It was just part of her existing character that I didn't think too deeply about. It was only after I starting playing that it occurred to me to wonder what exactly "a noble" is to a native Baldurian.

That got me digging a little more into the current state of the Baldurian nobility as of BG3. I don't know who--if anyone--needs or wants this, but I put this together for myself and decided to share it for anyone else who might be interested. I realize that this is probably pretty niche and it's rambly and long af, so I'll put it under a cut.

So, for starters, here's a list of all the patriar families, including "fallen" houses that are barely hanging on: Belt, Bormul, Caldwell, Dlusker, Durinbold, Eltan, Eomane, Exeltis, Gist, Guthmere, Hhune, Hlath, Hullhollyn, Irlentree, Jannath, Jhasso, Linnacker, Miyar, Nurthammas, Oathoon, Oberon, Portyr, Provoss, Ravenshade, Rillyn, Sashenstar, Shattershield, Silvershield, Tillerturn, Vammas, Vannath, Vanthampur, and Whitburn

From what I've gathered, Exeltis, Provoss and Ravenshade are all more-or-less destitute. Also, the Szarr family (Cazador's family) were patriars, but were believed to be entirely wiped out. No living descendants makes them a dead house, rather literally. 😏 (No, I'm not sorry.)

Now, we learn that Wyll's father is Ulder Ravengard, the Grand Duke. This brings us to the first point: There are four Dukes, known as the Council of Four, and the Grand Duke's job is to be the tie-breaker.

Traditionally, one of the Dukes is also the highest ranked officer of the Flaming Fist--that's Ravengard, who was a Fist promoted up through the ranks. Wyll tells us that his father was born lower class, and quite a few of the patriars seem to scorn him for that. The other Dukes are Belynne Stelmane, Dillard Portyr (more on him later) and Thalamra Vanthampur (more on her later, too). Of the four, two are patriars: Portyr and Vanthampur. We don't know much about Stelmane's past, except that she was a brilliant businesswoman, politician and--as we find out later--member of the Knights of the Shield. Apparently, you can't buy your way into the patriars, but maybe you can buy your way into being a Duke.

Skipping ahead a bit, when the player shows up to Gortash's coronation, there are a group of mostly patriars sitting in the boxes leading up to the front of the room. I'm listing them by seating arrangement, with box 1 and 2 being the left and right closest to Gortash, and 3 and 4 being farthest. (I don't know what, if anything, the seating arrangements imply. The second box has eight people, compared to four for all the rest.)

Lady Ailis Belt, Baron Callem Bormul, Lord Rugger Shattershield**, and Lady Alia Durinbold**

Lady Ruth Linnacker, Lord Sarken Eomane, Lady Freida Oberon, Lord Raylen Jannath, Lord Myer Ravenshade**, Lady Madeline Whitburn, Lady Beatrice Provoss, and Duke Dillard Portyr

Lady Winstra Hullhollyn, Admiral Peil Hullhollyn, Lord Randolph Vammas, and Lady Eshvelt Guthmere

Lord Milon Tillerturn, Lady Silifrey Sashenstar, Lord Petric Amber**, and Lady Haeril Birch**

Here's some pictures of the nobles sitting together. (Sorry for the terrible quality! I slapped it together for my own reference. 🙈)

The characters marked by ** aren't human, which is interesting because the information I found said all the patriar familes are human except the Shattershields. Myer Ravenshade is listed as human if you examine him, but he has a dwarf model. That might be a mistake, but I'm including him anyway. Alia Durinbold, from a presumably human patriar family, is a wood elf. Again, this could be a mistake, but unless Larian winds up changing it, it could mean that interracial marriages that once may have been looked down on are now becoming more acceptable. Petric Amber is also a wood elf, and Haeril Birch is a high elf.

Those last two are interesting because they are the only ones in the boxes who aren't patriars. If not for them, I'd have assumed the coronation was simply a demonstration for the patriars alone. Their inclusion means this is something else.

Digging around, my conclusion is that all the listed people are members of the Parliament of Peers--a 50 person advisory party to the Council of Four. However, what I found says that it's pretty rare for all 50 to attend meetings, and the usual group is between 20-30. There are exactly 20 named individuals listed, plus a group of unnamed "patriars" standing at the front.

Here they are, for what it's worth:

One thing I noticed here is that most of those listed here are Lord/Lady, but there are three other titles: Duke, Baron and Admiral. I've already talked about the Dukes. Looking into the patriars, the Hullhollyn family are notable for having a fleet of ships, so it makes sense that one of them would be an Admiral. That leaves the Baron.

I couldn't find anything about what it means to be a baron in Baldur's Gate. Going on real-world peerages, a baron/ess is generally the lowest "rank" of nobility. Basically, it's someone who was an official landowner (usually of an "important" bit of land) under the feudal system. Well and good, I suppose, but presumably all the Lords and Ladies of the patriars own land within the city. This particular Baron is also a patriar, but given that one doesn't need to be a patriar to become a Duke (normally a higher peer than a baron), that may not mean anything.

(Apparently, the term "Duke" was originally meant somewhat jokingly. That said, it still carries the weight of a title even if not the conventional one.) We don't see any other titles between Duke and Baron, so what does that mean?

This isn't canon, but my assumption is that it means the Baron owns important land outside of the city. This would make sense for Baron Bormul, given that the Bormul family apparently have investments in silver mines and vineyards. Assuming they own the mines/vineyards, that may make those lands "important" enough to the city for their owner to earn a title. Alternately, the Bormul family also has counterparts in Amn, so maybe baron is an Amnian title that got passed along. That's getting a bit far afield for me, though. 🤷‍♀️

Anyway, among the group at the coronation, pretty much everyone supports Gortash becoming Archduke, with the exception of Lady Sashenstar (an old woman who really isn't too impressed with this commoner) and Duke Portyr, who expresses some hesitation at the whole thing.

Duke Portyr is interesting here. Except for Ravengard (who is thralled and conducting the ceremony), Portyr is the only Duke present. Now, Stelmane is already dead, so that explains her absence. Vanthampur is also missing, which is interesting. Portyr first, though: he was Grand Duke before Ravengard. He's the one who re-instituted (Edited: and originally created!) the Parliament of Peers to make the day-to-day decisions of running the city, and ceded the title of Grand Duke to Ravengard. He's described as being conflict-averse, so it makes sense that he'd go along with Gortash's coronation, even though he's clearly unhappy about it. Also, the current leader of the Fists is also a Portyr, likely still Liara Portyr, the Duke's niece and Ravengard's second-in-command.

Thalamra Vanthampur is an interesting character, too. She's the head of the Vanthampur family, and part of the Descent into Avernus story. Apparently, she's the one who got Ravengard to go to Elturel before it sank to the Hells, intending to take his place as Grand Duke. From what I read, she also conspired with the Dead Three's cults to murder people in a bid to discredit the Flaming Fist. (The murdery bits were undoubtedly left to Bhaal's cult.) We never do find out anything about Thalamra Vanthampur in this game (I assume that's probably cut content). (Edited: She is mentioned in one of the in-game texts as having been killed, which was one of the possible outcomes of Descent into Avernus. Larian chose that as their canon, just like the fate of Elturel and Zariel.)

The only Vanthampur we do meet is Carnelia Vanthampur, who is in the Guildhall and describes herself as "a peer of the Parliament". She's willing to work with either the Guild or the Zhentarim. Nervously of course. Also interesting is that, on the Bloodstained Parchment hit list, is a Varri Vanthampur, whose gravestone you can find in Candulhallow's Tombstones shop, reading: "Varri Vanthampur. Unwanted in life, welcomed in death."

Interesting, hm?

Also on that hit list is Fridrik Hhune. The Hhunes apparently have links to the Knights of the Shield, from what I looked up--the same group the Emperor led with Stelmane. The only Hhunes we meet in-game are Blaise and Gheris Hhune, two of the werewolves in Cazador's ballroom who are brothers according to the dev notes. With them is another werewolf of a different patriar family, Duver Rillyn. This suggests Cazador has been going after members of patriar families, which sort of fits with what we know about his plans. We really don't find anything else out about them except that they consider Cazador to be their master and Astarion says they're new.

We also can talk to a Flaming Fist who mentions that Hurlbut Hhune is the father of Henrietta Hhune, who used to be secretly engaged to the Fist in question, only for her father to decide to arrange her to marry fellow patriar Derque Rillyn, who the Fist describes as "a major arsehole."

That conversation is interesting for a few reasons. For one, it tells you that arranged marriages within the patriar are a thing. Also, this Fist is a Manip (essentially a Sergeant) who can't ask the other Fists for help because "the Fists don't mess with wealthy patriars, they've got the Watch to back them up." That's aligned with what Devella can also tell you: "There are patriars on the murder target list. I'm oathbound to secure them first, so I'll be heading to the Upper City next." If you say that the Fist should protect everyone: "Not from around here, are you? We're in Baldur's Gate - this is just how things work."

This brings me back to my original issue: what is a Baldurian noble? The patriars are canonically nobles, of course, and they're undoubtedly seen as the "most important" of the nobility. From there, it's not much of a stretch to say that anyone who has earned the title of Duke is now a noble, even if they aren't patriars. I'd go so far as to say anyone on the Parliament of Peers (and their family by association) is a noble^, given that non-patriars Petric Amber and Haeril Birch are considered Lord and Lady. The information I found about that is that there are approximately twelve non-patriar members. If Amber and Birch are two of them, that leaves another unnamed 10.

^Edited: Looking at the dates, I realized that the Parliament of Peers is a very recent change to Baldurian governance. Duke Portyr originally created it after the three other Dukes on the Council of Four were assassinated. It was clearly meant as a temporary measure, but my guess is that the patriars liked having more official say. Not to mention the non-patriars who managed to get a seat. This has all happened within even the youngest of Tav/Urges' lifetimes.

Personally, I'd also assume that branch families of the patriars probably also count as nobility. By branch family, I mean those that marry out of the main line but whose ancestry stems from a patriar family. From what I've seen by naming conventions, Baldur's Gate seems to use patronmyic lineage--ancestry is generally passed to the sons, and wives take their husband's surname. So, if a daughter marries out of the family, she'd no longer be a part of her father's family lineage, but still would be considered nobility. These branch families likely still maintain powerful influence and connections from marrying into wealth, which would make them a good political/financial choice of marriage alliance, despite no longer having the main branch patriar family name. These families are also probably the ones most likely to find a place on the Parliament, too, but likely have to jockey for position if their "representative" dies (or otherwise leaves) and a new opening in the Parliament is created.

If you've read this far, as a treat you can have some crappy close-up portraits of the nobles at Gortash's coronation, grouped together in their respective boxes. 😚

* For what it's worth, I'd count myself as a casual DnD player. I have some knowledge of DnD--I've played BG1 and 2, Planescape: Torment, along with some general cultural osmosis. I've had friends who played the tabletop version, but for one reason or another, I've never played it myself.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 meta #fandom stuff #patriars #baldur's gate nobility #bg3 noble background #do I know what I'm talking about? no ❤ #but I tried

[forpiratereasons]

DARCY i am bad at meta and you are good at it, i just finished ep4-5 and something something Stede and Ed are both on journeys to becoming better captains (co-captains?) in what basically amounts to thinking about people other than themselves and truly listening to their crew. And Stede is learning more pirate-y skills too but i think after ep5 what he's learning is to let go of his own desires in favour of what is best for his crew/family I'm completely normal about this can you tell please weigh in I'm desperate for someone with meta skill to comment on thissssss

you're right on i think!! both ed and stede esp in ep 5 are learning how to be better people - and thus better captains. ed's thing in ep five is about making amends - he tries unsuccessfully with lucius by offering an eye for an eye type situation, but he finds a successful path with fang with conversation, listening, getting to know him better, engaging in an activity he likes. he learns to sit with himself a bit. he learns to be proud of himself, even. he learns to open himself back up to stede.

stede's thing is about community, imo. how to be part of the community, part of the family, in a way he never could for his family back home. a huge piece of this is learning to get along with izzy. he and izzy are antagonistic to each other when they meet back up in ep 3, he even dreams about killing izzy in ep 1. he tries to use izzy as a tie-breaker in ep 4 because he thinks izzy will side with him on keeping ed aboard. but in ep 5, he has to deal with izzy as his own thing. stede doesn't become a better captain by throwing punches or swinging on ropes with izzy - he becomes a better captain by seeing what izzy needs (purpose, to prove himself, to trust himself) and giving him an avenue to do that by teaching stede something even though historically they don't like each other. stede even invokes blackbeard in order to overcome their historical disdain for one another because he realises that's what it will take for izzy.

and eventually stede does learn something he actually needs with regards to the cursed suit: izzy tells him that belief has power and that the crew's belief in the curse will eventually make them a danger to themselves. what stede thinks and wants does not take priority over what his crew needs. he tries to offer a compromise, but when he sees it isn't working, he capitulates and ends up having a much better time bonding with the crew on their silly give-it-away raid.

#darcy answers #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers

[hurtmehurtmeluv]

Vast Error and Splatoon fans, how do we feel about these? (custom kits and some explanations under cut!)

Sova (Defensive Utility) - Reef-lux, Splash Wall, Baller I don't really know her that well so this one is probably the most shaky out of all of them. I was hoping to give her a more defensive play style here (Splash Wall and Baller)

Dismas (Evade Skirmisher) - .52 gal, Toxic Mist, Triple Splashdown The .52 is here since it takes 2 shots to hit (in reference to 2xbladekind). Toxic Mist and Triple Splashdown don't have too much reason to be on here except that this all together makes a nasty .52 gal kit.

Arcjec (Tank Skirmisher) - Tentabrella, Autobomb, Taticooler Arcjec would tend to use Autobombs the most while hiding behind the huge shield the Tentabrella provides. Taticooler is in reference to not only his obsession with Code Red, but also how he recovers quickly when pushed down (respawn buff from Taticooler). He's also meant to be paired with Ellsee in a way, since her Squid Beacon's can support this specific play style greatly.

Jentha (Special Utility) - Bloblobber, Angle Shooter, Wave Breaker She just feels like it. Like she just feels like a Bloblobber and I can't really explain it too much. Source: just trust me bro. Angle Shooter would be something she'd use in a panic to try and find someone, just a quick 'throw it out' thing while revealing her location at the same time. Wave Breaker suits the non-aggressive play style that I'm trying to go with her.

Ellsee (Evade Skirmisher) - Inkbrush, Squid Beacon, Ink Storm The Inkbrush is meant to be similar to her staff in a way! Also the movement made with a brush flick reminiscent of dancing, nothing too deep with this choice just that it fits the best out of all the weapons. Squid Beacon is in reference to her portals and goes along with Arcjec (see the desc. of his kit for details). Ink Storm is probably the weakest here since I added it only because her last name is Raines (like raining.... storms.....).

Albion (Crossfire Utility) - Heavy Splatling, Ink Mine, Booyah Bomb The Heavy was picked out mostly because its Deco version is very sparkly and shiny, like her quirk! Ink Mine is mostly to tie the kit together and Booyah Bomb is her sort of 'calling upon her friends'. I think this kit fits her a lot more towards the start of the comic but could still be applied later on.

Serpaz (Special Utility) - Big Swig Roller, Sprinkler, Ultra Stamp I tried to sort of play into the idea that she uses toolboxkind so that's why she has a paint roller and a hammer! The sprinkler is to help her build her special.

Laivan (Trick Skirmisher) - Squiffer, Splat Bomb, Triple Inkstrike A Charger for Laivan felt like the obvious choice since he's known to wield a gun (not sure exactly what kind since he doesn't have a confirmed strifespecibus from what i can tell) but I wanted him to contrast Occeus with quirk charges and shorter shots which is why I ended up giving him the Squiffer. Splat Bombs and Triple Inkstrike don't really have a big reason but I think they overall fit as a simple but effective kit.

Occeus (Anchor) - E-Liter Scope, Toxic Mist, Stingray All of these have reasons, mostly relating to the fact his strifespecibus is lazerkind. E-liter is slow charging but has a very high range, with the scope providing greater accuracy. I considered giving him the Tri-Stringer in reference to his three eyes but I feel like the E-Liter Scope feels more true to the way lazerkind works. Toxic Mist is a bit silly as it's entirely there to reference the fact he's a scientist that works with a lot of weird vials and bottles with potentially dangerous substances inside. Stingray basically works the same as lazerkind, cutting through everything around it to hit its targets.

Taz (Slayer) - Luna Blaster, Burst Bomb, Ink Armor The Luna Blaster is fast, powerful and if the direct hit doesn't get you the splash damage will! Powerful, destructive and makes sure to not leave anyone behind, that's how Taz fights. Burst Bomb isn't a reference to anything, just an effective combo with any shots with a main weapon and helpful when you need to ink something quick. Ink Armor is meant to reference how her chucklevoodoo is always active with the 'glint' in her eye, as well as how she's someone who supports others at heart.

Murrit (Slayer) - Tetra Dualies, Point Sensor, Triple Splashdown (plays Bloblobber sometimes just to piss Jentha off) This was the guy who started this whole thing so lets get into it. I chose the Tetra Dualies to allude to the fact that he uses 2xknucklekind. I was thinking to myself "what feels like getting punched in the face when playing a splatoon match?" and it 100% the Tetra Dualies. Point sensor is meant to not only portray how she keeps tabs on everyone but also how she seems like the type to hunt down her targets. Triple Splashdown is mostly because that also feels like a punch in the face (and also how the animation is literally a punch). Overall, I wanted her play style to come across as high risk, high reward.

Calder (Anchor) - Ballpoint Splatling, Curling Bomb, Kraken Royale I tried to find the best way to portray his fighting style (with three different strife specubus's) but the common theme seems to be that they're very long weapons that directly confront the target and have quick 'jabs' at the target. I think the Ballpoint with its ability to have short range bursts accompanied with long range hits, as well as the fact that the fire can be interrupted for continuous fire, portrays that. Curling Bombs feel the closest to golf balls, bouncing around the stage and being able to control how far you put it out (similar to how hard your swing is). Kraken Royale is mostly to allude to the fact that Calder is royalty. He also tends to seem commanding and in control, which is suitable for an anchor.

Obviously, there's plenty of other kits and roles that they can fit into but this is more a kit that reflects bits of themselves rather than the one they would realistically play or would be the best at. I would love to hear some of y'all's opinions on this and your own kit ideas! Here's my attempt at making Murrit in Splatoon.

#Splatoon Kits are kind of like my version of classpecting #vast error #splatoon #sovara amalie #dismas mersiv #arcjec voorat #jentha briati #ellsee raines #albion shukra #serpaz helilo #laivan ferroo #occeus coliad #tazsia poemme #murrit turkin #calder kerian

[j-nope-not-today]

Could you do a vampire Leo x F!Reader but in bayverse and with prompts and can you do a lemon for it too

142. “Bite me.” 132. “Argue all you want, we both know you belong to me.” 32. “Do you trust me?” 89. Mating season 58. Turtle bedroom 74. “Just relax.” 5. “MINE.” 79. “Lay back and let me take care of you.” and Turning into a vampire

Could you add this to your Masterlist

Game of Cards

TMNT Leonardo x female!reader

A/n: sorry it took so long to get done. I literally wrote the whole thing and saved it and then Tumblr deleted it and I had to start all over 🙃 but nonetheless I hope you enjoy 😁 Apologies for any errors. This is not proofread.

Contains smut so minors don't read!

I enter the lair. It was a beautiful spring day outside and I couldn't help, but not care about missing it, because I got to spend the day with my favorite man. As I fully enter the space I hear the sound of laughter and I spot all four of the boys sitting at a table in their makeshift dining room as they play a game of cards.

I head over to where their all sat and Leo smiles warmly at me

"Y/n! Good of you to join us" He gestures to the empty spot to the left of him "Come sit down."

I sit next to him and Donnie smiles "We're going to teach you how to play our favorite game!"

I laugh softly and turn to Leo and mutter "You know I'm no good at card games right?"

"Nonsense!" Leo grins wide and tosses an arm around my shoulders. "Don't be down on yourself before you even give it a try!" He leans forward and whispers "if you get lost..I'm your coach." And is swear my heart skips a beat when he then winks at me and finishes with a "and I won't let you lose."

I feel my cheeks heat up and comply and let him teach me the art of whatever card game their playing. In all honesty, my focus was so gone. With Leo's breath on my neck and his voice as he whispered for me what to do next. How could I focus? And then..God..the touches. The soft brush of his fingers as he pointed out a card or took one from my hands to set it down onto the table.

Eventually with his guidance..well more like him playing for me. I win the game. Mikey throws down his cards and huffs out a 'no fair dude!' and Leo laughs

"No fair? Come on big guy your just bad at cards. Maybe some practice would help." He grinned "Y/n is kicking your ass!" Leo laughs and I laugh with him and he turns to me and I laugh at Mikey

"Sorry Mikey...I guess you just suck at cards." Mikey throws down his cards and storms out of the room and Raph and Donnie quickly follow after him.

Leo sets his hand on my thigh and my brain seems to short circuit and I turn to look at him and he whispers as his hand draws up my thigh

"Your not bad at this, think you want to play for keeps?"

"I-what?" He laughs at my dumbfounded reaction and continues

"You heard me, I want a rematch.." He squeezes my thigh once before removing his hand "If you win I'll give you a kiss for being so good." He taunts and a smile grows on my face

"Alright..and what do you get if you win?" He taps his chin in thought "I was thinking maybe you gotta kiss me? Sound fair?" He grins widely.

A devious grin crosses his face and he shuffles the cards placing the deck in the middle of the table before we both take our cards and I move to sit across from him, growing serious. We begin playing and I immediately lose the first round.

We went back and forth both of us gathering wins and losses, both of us trying to outdo each other. I started to get a hang of the game though and I smiled smugly. Until eventually I stacked up more wins then him. On our final round. The tie breaker. I had won and I tossed my cards onto the table

"Ha! Now then where's that kiss you owe me?" Leo looked all but stunned as he sat there and he let out a sigh and spoke

"Well...you got me this time." He leaned forward over the table and kissed me. It was short and sweet.

When he pulled back I could see the fire and passion in his blue eyes and he mumbled

"Good kiss." Before leaning back in and capturing my lips with his in a fiercer kiss. It was unexpected, but a welcome unexpected. The only thing separating us was the table.

Despite the distance. Our bodies were still so close together as we leaned over the table. Leo's hand was tracing small, slow circles on my neck. When we finally broke the kiss he whispered in my ear, his warm breath fanning along the skin there

"We're alone here y/n." His voice was husky and I shivered in response. Goosebumps cascading along my skin.

"Yeah..I know." Leo smiles almost wickedly and moves us so that he is sitting in a nearby chair me, straddling his lap. I move my arms to rest around his shoulders. My hands interlocking behind his head.

"What do you mean you know?" He runs his hands along my sides and I huff

"Just that..I meant I know we're alone. It's pretty obvious."

"And what do you plan on doing with that information?" He hums and places his soft lips on my neck, his tongue poking out to gently lick the skin there and I gasp softly.

"How far are you willing to take this?" He whispers and his voice somehow sounded huskier.

I mumble in response "Do you trust me?"

"I do..." He whispers and kisses me once and pulls back "Why? Do you have something in mind?"

"Maybe, but just relax."

"I'm relaxed." He growls the words out and sets his hands to grip my hips. I had never heard him speak that way. It sounded so..rough? I looked into his eyes and they seemed to hold nothing but pure, raw lust. A sort of unquenchable desire danced in his irises. I took a breath and licked my lips

"Yeah..sure you are." He squeezes my hips and laughs out

"I'm relaxed as I can be when your looking at me like-" He pauses as if he's searching for the right words and his eyes light up when he finds them "-like some sort of...feast." and my cheeks up. I hadn't realized I was looking at him in such a way.

"Wouldn't we be more comfortable in your room?" I breathe out and he hesitates as his eyes widen slightly

"Yeah..you may have a point." He grips underneath my thighs and stands with me and I squeal softly and hold tightly onto him. I swear I can feel my pussy clench at the action. He was so strong and I just wanted him to take me here and now. He made his way to his room and set me down onto the bed.

Looking down at me with that fire in his eyes he looks me over "You look really beautiful you know that?" He leans down and plants another kiss to my lips and then kneels down on the ground.

I stare at him confused and he laughs "just lay back and let me take care of you."

I lay back against the mattress and huff out "bite me"

He undoes the buttons of my jeans and mumbles a soft 'okay' and my eyes go wide. He pulls my pants off of me and tosses them beside himself. Then he lifts my leg up and reaches his mouth to my inner thigh and softly bites the skin there and then pokes his tongue out to lick along the flesh he had bitten.

"What? I'm just playing y/n..I wouldn't bite you that hard." And I nod and laugh a bit and he sets my leg down and uses his hands to spread my legs apart. I knew I was soaked. I could feel my panties practically sticking to me. He took his hand and rubbed a finger along my slit. The only thing separating his finger and my pussy being the thin, soaked fabric. I whine at the action of him touching me and he laughs out

"Aww does my little y/n enjoy that?"

"Stop being such a tease and get on with it." I huff and he chuckles and pulls my panties down my legs and pushes my legs farther apart and dips his head down. Leaving a tentative lick along my folds and I can feel his hot, wet tongue circle my clit and I reach my hands down and tangle my fingers in the fabric of his blue mask.

I gasp softly and he starts to eat me like a man starved. Licking through my folds and his tongue probs at my entrance before it travels up and circles my clit once or twice and he repeats the pattern. I tug on his mask and roll my hips upwards and he tosses an arm over my waist and holds me down. Stopping me from moving.

He takes his free hand and tosses my leg over his shoulder and continues his assault, but he then brings his hand up to join the mix. Using his finger to prob at my entrance and he focuses his mouth on my clit. His lips and tongue moving in concert.

I cry out at the feeling and tug on his mask once more. Trying to urge him to go further and he growls against me..the vibration sending a spike of pleasure through me and I moan out

"Gah..Leo.. please." He finally slides his finger into me and sets a pace that matches that of his tongue flicking up and down my small bud.

I writhe beneath him. Feeling that familiar pit grow in my stomach and he growls once more. The vibration almost sending me over the edge. I hold tightly to his mask and he pulls back slightly. Enough to huskily whisper

"Let go..just let go for me." At his words he goes back to sucking on my small bud and increases the pace of his finger and I squeeze my eyes shut. The band in my stomach snapping as my pussy clenches and flutters around his finger. A tsunami of pleasure washing over me. Wave after wave of ecstasy hitting me seemingly all at once.

He slows his pace and eventually pulls back from me and he sets his hands on my thighs and I prop myself up on my elbows breathing heavily and I look down at him. His lips and chin glistening with my juices and he huffs out with a wide smile

"Ready for round two?"

Who would have thought a game of cards would lead to an onslaught of pleasure?

#teenage mutant ninja turtles x reader #tmnt leonardo #tmnt 2014 #tmnt bayverse #tmnt imagine #tmnt x reader

[cts-games]

💡

Ask meme here

💡 A game that inspired my own design or creative practice.

Okay, stay calm. They just want to know about the game. Just talk about the game. Don't do the rant. Just the game. Just the game.

Last Stand is THE game that made me a designer and infected me with brain worms. It can be found for free here:

Why is Last Stand available for free on a random google drive link that totally doesnt look like its just a piracy link? For reasons I am not talking about!

Last Stand is a game that is basically a mix of Earth Defense Force and Pacific Rim. Though it's worth noting that it does predate Pacific Rim. Jesus Christ, this game is a DECADE OLD? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN. FUCK. Anyway, there was going to be an expansion that helped flesh out those Pacific Rim elements more and make them more similar, but... I'm not ranting about that.

So what AM I ranting about?

MECHANICS

Last Stand uses a resolution system of 2d10d1+Stat vs opposed roll. You and the opponent each roll 2 dice, drop the lower die, and then add your stat to your respective rolls.

The thing that makes this resolution stand out however, is a combination of 2 factors:

Health as ability damage, and dropped die matters.

Healt/Stats

The game does not have a dedicated HP stat. Instead, players have 4 ability scores (off the top of my head I BELIEVE its... Tactician, Operator, Leader, and... Elusive? I'm not confident on the last one). What do each of these ability scores represent? DOESNT MATTER! You effectively just have 4 different HP stats. Resting them however you want. They could be called Red, Blue, Green, Yellow if you wanted. Doesn't matter. What DOES matter, is that rolls are contested by themselves. If you attack a monster using Tactician, any damage you deal is dealt to their Tactician stat. Monsters always roll at their current stat value, players roll at their max value (unless they hit 0, then they lose the stat bonus). This is a little unintuitive for players during play, but it does help keep them from getting snowballed and turns multiple fights into a better war against attrition.

If a stat is targeted and it's already at 0, the attacker gets to choose where the damage goes. This lets you pierce through the defenses of a monster by attacking its weaker stats, instead of the INCREDIBLY STUPID idea of attacking their stronger stats. Because attacks go both ways. Failing an attack means YOU take damage. You should NEVER attack needlessly in this game. It's an easy way to die.

Dropped Die Matters

The other part of the roll resolution is "Dropped die matters". Every game I've seen that does that usually just uses it as a tie breaker. That is not the case here. Instead, the way powers work is that many of them have additional effects that trigger on a specific result. So for example: "On a hit deal 1 damage. On a 1, 2, or 3, deal 1 extra damage."

At first, that looks like about a 30% chance for an extra point of damage. It's not. It's a 51% chance for the extra point of damage. These bonus effects always list between 1 and 3 numbers they trigger on, which corresponds to 19%, 36%, and 51% activation chance (i think my math is right on that). As a developer, being able to quickly go "Oh this power should trigger about this often" is REALLY NICE, and it offers a good range that really gets the brain juices flowing. HOWEVER, you can also skew them a bit more by changing the specific numbers they trigger on. A trigger of "On a 1, 2, or 3..." and a trigger of "On a 8, 9, or 10..." are equally likely to trigger. However, they are not equally likely to trigger ON A HIT. This allows you to tweak the percentages a bit more in either direction by having them require both the trigger number and being a hit (or even a miss if you want!)

These two mechanics tie in together to make a REALLY good conflict resolution system. Which leads me into how powers work.

Mega Man, the Blue Mage

My apologies to a certain dungeon guy for taking so long to answer this ask. It kept turning into THE RANT. And I didn't want it to be THE RANT. I wanted it to be about the actual design merits of the game. So it... took a while. I also maybe broke down crying a few times typing this up. This game means a lot to me.

Powers in Last Stand work pretty much identical to how attacks work in DnD4e. In fact the game originally started as a hack of 4e that grew out of control! You have a Standard/Move/Minor per round (with the ability to trade each one 'down' if you want to), and a suite of powers you can use each turn. That's about where the similarities end.

There are a handful of abilities available during character creation, and the game leaves it up to the group how they want to select them. You could just pick them off a list, or you could take the cards they are printed on and draft them. Alyssa was after my own heart with that design decision. Whatever you decide, you get 6 pieces of equipment, each with a unique ability, and 1 armor. You combine all of these to get your starting stats and powers. You always have access to these abilities.

Enemies have 1 power tied to each stat (sometimes less, never more). If you reduce that stat to 0, the monster loses access to it as you rip off whatever part of their body was letting them use it. And, for the rest of the current session, YOU can use that ability. Killed a giant bee? Well guess who's got a giant lance doused in venom? At the end of the session, all the body parts you ripped off and jury rigged into new weapons get shipped off to the lab for research purposes, and you lose access to all of them. Except for one. You can choose one of those powers, and fuse it to a specific stat on your armor, keeping it permanently. Though you can only have 1 power on each stat. You can also choose to keep it in Cold Storage, which allows you to later use those parts to craft entirely new sets of armor. This is the only progression in the game, which means your build is always responsive to what the GM throws at you.

Tokens

The game has a LOT more really innovative things, but the last one I wanna talk about is Tokens.

Tokens are part of the action economy, with many powers requiring you to spend tokens to activate them. They are basically a slowly charging stamina bar. Each turn you add 1 Token to your 'Combat Bribe'. You can't spend tokens in your Bribe, but on any round, you can choose to go last (there is no initiative. It's just players go, them monsters go, then players who accepted the Bribe go, then next round), and gain all the tokens in your Bribe. Fairly straight forward.

The part that makes this an incredible mechanic is that this is also how status conditions are handled. Every status condition is on a token. As long as you have a special token, it's rules apply to you. You have a Poison Token? You take one damage every turn. You have Webbed token? You can no longer take Move actions.

But... as I said. You can spend tokens to fuel your stronger powers. You are Poisoned and Webbed? You can use a power that costs 2 tokens to clear both of those statuses at once. It adds a really fun dynamic tug-of-war to combat that I really enjoy.

It really is one of my favorite games of all time. I could rant about it to people for hours... but in the end it will almost always become The Rant.

But that sums up my feelings on the game itself.

Last Stand is ALSO the game that made me change the topic of this blog to be general games I'm working on, because I cannot go longer than a few months without working on a hack of it, because it's just... it's my perfect system. Or at least ABSURDLY close to it. And so it keeps working it's way into anything I work on.

#ttrpg #ttrpg dev #infodump #Last Stand #my cat snuggled with me in bed and thats what finally gave me the energy to finish this post

[gettingfrilly]

If one of the Eds died early, how do you think the remaining two would react? In all three hypothetical cases? (i know it's really morbid, but I woke up hungry for angst today)

I'm always hungry for angst.

I guess it would depend on what you mean by die early. That's a whole lot of different age ranges. Usually my headcanons have to do with young adult Eds so I'll do that. I've never thought about this before though so uh no promises this will actually be in character or make sense.

Okay so... let's imagine the Eds all form one body together. imo Eddy is the head (leader) Double D is the gut (intuition) and Ed is the heart (love.) Eddy's take charge attitude and hyperactivity is what keeps the friend group active and social. Double D's conscious and gut feelings about right vs wrong keeps the three of them from going completely off the deep end. Ed's unending affections and love for his buddies is the glue that keeps them together. If I were to take a page out of Rebecca Sugar's book, I think you could also consider Eddy the id, Double D the superego, and Ed the ego (with Eddy being pure desire, Double D being the morality judge, and Ed being the actions taken based on the desires of the id and the restrictions of the superego.)

Without Eddy, the other Eds are left without a leader and a huge decrease in the cumulative desires and goals of the group. Ed and Double D have their own desires, sure, but Eddy always had desires and goals with the whole group in mind: making them all rich, making them all hip, making them all socialize. This would lead to Double D and Ed isolating themselves, festering in depression and grief. Double D would completely throw himself into his academics with no attempts at a healthy work life balance. Ed's ability to focus his attention would take a huge hit, and I see him spending the vast majority of his time alone and watching the same movies over and over again.

Without Double D, the Eds are left with no moral compass. An unchecked id with its own ego to use sans superego is a dangerous thing. Eddy leads both himself and Ed into self-destruction. It's drugs, sex, and rock and roll time. Anything to numb the pain and keep the party going.

Without Ed, the Eds are left without checks and balances. Ed was their tie breaker, their third vote, the action taken. An id and superego with no ego is pure inaction. There's only bickering and fighting and endless arguing, and no one is the winner; two wounded souls caught up in horrendous grief who can't come to a decision on how to move on. I truly believe Eddy and Double D's friendship would not last without Ed. They would eventually go their separate ways and stay that way.

All that being said, I don't think their lives would suck forever if one of them died young. The other two would eventually get ahold of themselves and learn to live balanced lives again. There'd always be a hole where their friend once was, though.

Hopefully that all made sense! Thanks for the interesting ask.

#gettingfrillyspeaks

[yuudisnymph]

I tried to make a fanfic about twst Disney wonderland, there maybe grammatical errors so spare me but I hope I did great at my first time.

•••••••••

You quickened your running pace as your veil skimmed through the forest. You discerned a person running after from behind. You refuse to turn your head. Except, not for being scared of who they are for you already know who are they. Yet, you're afraid to glimpse back that can only bring revisions to your mind to go back to where you are supposed to belong.

"Prince--"

"Neigh!!!!"

You stopped running after the sensation of your feet gaining pressure from gravity with a brew of apprehension that vacated you frozen, incapable of any movement. While overseeing a huge horse and its forelimbs in the air as if an individual manipulated it to stop.

"A black carriage?! Retreat!" wardens wailed behind me that had the guts to chase a royal blood but can't face a black horse. You heard feet of alarmism as they scurry out. While you are left with nowhere to escape.

As its forelimbs are dropping off where your head is at direct hit, everything went black.

When you woke up where you remembered you didn't closed you're eyes or even fell senseless. Nonetheless, now, you found yourself at a dark narrow space that fit perfectly at your shape. But you felt suffocated after a while and tried to whack the solid smooth wall. But your fist is too soft that you ended up being hurt instead of whatever that thing you are hitting for. Now decided to kick it or else you'll end your body breathless here. Then raised your legs with a hand posture like a karate youngster then roared "Wayahhh!!!"

Preferably sun rays must greet your eyes. Still, dull chandeliers, and greenish lantern candles gave light upon you at the creepy surroundings as you barged out. It fell on a gray tile then you examined where are you earlier which made you shiver. When you glimpsed back then looked down "Who on earth would put a human alive in a coffin?!!!" as you cried out.

But instead of one response, rumors plagued around. Now you conceded you are not only conversing with one person, you don't even know if you are talking to your identical kind. You inspected around using both your eyes, some have furry ears, fangs, tails, weird hair, weird makeup, tattoos on cheeks, or odd fashion wear under their hoods. Regardless, you can sense unclear energy from them.

"Getshhsjx ofskxjnsnxjs" someone uttered underneath the coffin cover from where you're standing.

"Did he just come out by himself?"

"Did you just hear what he spoke up, he's a human?"

"Did he just stepped on the head master?!"

You heard various rumors but the last statement that echoed in your mind resulting to a wide eye expression.

Headmaster?!!!!!

You vaulted out of it then leaned ready to lift it but you stepped on a foot from behind you. Out of anxiousness you dropped the coffin cover that hit once again to the head master and turned around to apologize whoever you stepped on to.

"My dear, your oath to embezzle the desire of being a center of attention more than the fairest of thy all" he explained with a beauty of accent from his voice. You almost mistaken him as a girl for her hair is like, well fit for feminity. Let's just call her fancy pants

You find him creepy so you turned again ready to lift the coffin instead. But a scarlet-haired someone stopped you while a pen with a ruby stone attached pointed at your face. He stomped his feet echoing the place and left the room quietly, then yelled.

"Don't endeavor to move, or you'll beheaded at once!"

Now this is angry bird

After it, someone pounced from the chandelier similar to a lion and then landed beside us.

"I'm ain't letting you all attain entertainment. I wanna join, let's tie him up then toss to a wild fire. Now we have a feast"

He looks like a lion, he's.....

Lion Kingkong

"Shut up, rule breakers are meant to split their heads!"

Someone tapped my shoulder and there a man with glasses negotiated.

"Alright mortal, We can tolerate this as long as you grant something sufficient in return.

Since when was he here? Let's name him mole glasses

"Geez, lets cool out a bit. Greet him first a slaying welcome" said some other guy with a shaggy spiky flaming blue hair.

Now he's Blue highlighter.

Another guy ran towards us but stumbled when he didn't step suitably on the stairs before you reach the stage. He immediately stood up to avoid discomfiture and then called out to someone to act naturally.

"These stairs are a handy trap, I tested it and it's a trickster for intruders" he excused akwardly. Then continued, "Hey Malleus!, Throw that isolation of yours. Make an effort to mesmerize yourself, let's all have fun! " some brown skin with white choppy hair called out.

While this is umm..... brown monkey

"We shouldn't mess with freshmen" some kid suggested. He kinda looks like a girl and kinda short. Yet I like his hairstyle especially his slant bangs.

I'll name her little slant.

"Silence!" someone shouted and all heads turned onto where the voice came from.

There's a mirror almost in front of me that levitates above the ground. But what made it impressive is its reflection has a mask in a green shade. No eyes, no teeth but has spoken.

"Light bestowed upon her. Chosen are never mistaken, thy shall dwell amongst us"

The mirror proclaimed and then vanished its image.

••••••

I will be delighted to recive any comments and hearts. Let me know if you want a part two or be tagged, for now I'll be with the shadows.

#disney twst #twst wonderland #twst x reader #twst #Twisted wonderland #Disney twisted wonderland #Disney twisted wonderland fanfic #Twst wonderland x reader #Twst x you #Azul x reader #Riddle x reader #Lilia x reader #twisted wonderland lilia #riddle rosehearts #twst fanschool #twst fanfic #twst vil #vil shoenheit x reader #idia x reader #idia shroud #leona kingscholar #leona x reader #kalim al asim #twst kalim #azul ashengrotto #twst azul #twst nrc #nrc #twst fanfiction #Malleus x reader

[fbfh]

thalia + bff reader

wc: ~750

pairing: thalia grace + fem (they/them) bff reader

requested: fuck yeah!!! <3

warnings: affectionate bullying of jason, one jason x brick mention, one sex joke, general crackheadery

a/n: thalia is the blueprint for cool punk friend <3

If you are Thalia Grace's best friend

Which you are

Congratulations!! You officially have the coolest best friend ever

Helping her dye her hair has been a longstanding tradition between you

Usually accompanied with trashy reality tv

The amount of times you've helped her dye the back of her head while she does the front and the Steve Wilkos show plays in the background is more than either of you could count

Honestly I'm almost getting Max and Chloe from life is strange vibes

Also

Being bffs with Thalia means you officially have scary dog privileges

Anytime someone tries to talk to you in public when you don't want them to

Thalia sends them the most intimidating look ever

Suddenly they remember they had to pick up some dry cleaning ttyl! 🏃

So yeah she's the best

You have vicarious bullying rights over Jason now too

Sometimes you'll just pass by him and be like hey Thalia asked me to tell you that she's going to be late

Jason: okay thank-

Also that you're a fuckin nerd

Jason:... you.

Piper can't help but giggle

Also messing with Percy together is one of your many favorite pastimes

At one point

You're not really sure how it came up

But the question of if Percy or Jason would be a better hypothetical boyfriend had come up

They asked you to be the tie breaker

Percy: who would be a better boyfriend, me or Jason?

"…"

Percy: like if you had to choose

You share an icked out look with Thalia

You finally answer

"If I had to choose? Probably the brick that hit Jason in the head that one time."

Thalia BUSTS out laughing and Jason gives you an incredulous look, suppressing a laugh of his own

Jason: you are NEVER going to let me live that down are you

You and Thalia at the same time: nope <3

Literally Thalia is the most fun to be around

She's like the best friend that you could possibly have

And if anyone asked her she’d say the exact same thing about you

Literally you have so many inside jokes you can't keep track

Everything reminds you of something funny

Even the most innocuous thing

Someone will be like hey do you want to spar after lunch and you just bust out laughing

You pull it together and agree

As you walk off one of you is like "it's better than sparring after linner" and you start laughing again

Your texts are SO embarrassing to open in public

Like you'll be sending the weirdest memes and reaction pics

You get a text from her and it's just an attached image

You know immediately you can’t open that until you’re somewhere more private

When you finally open it, lo and behold it’s a motivational poster that says “pick yourself up by the boot straps <3”

With a picture of doc martins with dildos on them

Boot

Strap

You bust out laughing

Def the type to have regular sleepovers too

Like yall just get so bored without each other

A lot of these sleepovers lead to impulsive hair dying

Midnight snack runs

Laying on the ground staring at the ceiling talking about whatever bizarre deep random shit crosses your minds

You know that garfield comic about sitting here and thinking deep thoughts

This one

You quote that on a regular basis

Oh and this girl is sO ready to throw hands on your behalf

Ik I mentioned this earlier

But for real

Yall are each others ride or die

And honestly she’s an amazing bff!!!!!

You guys talk about everything

Once she asked if you’d still love her if she were a worm

You’re like I loved you when you were a tree so yeah

Worm is a huge step up

She’s like yeah

Yeah worm is a huge step up

At one point you made matching friendship bracelets

Hers has little punk spikes on it to match her other bracelets aww! <3

And tbh post camp thalia is giving platonic life partner vibes

You’ll probably get an apartment together and start your young adult coming of age sitcom together

One of you will get a job at a bar and make some wacky friends

You’ll have to deal with your annoying neighbors

You and Thalia, taking on the big city!

Hilarious anecdotes ensue

I’d watch the shit out of that tbh

#thalia grace #thalia x reader #thalia grace x reader #thalia grace headcanons #heroes of olympus #heroes of olympus x reader #heroes of olympus headcanon #hoo #hoo x reader #hoo headcanon

[gaytotaldrama]

Since you asked about prompts, while I haven’t got to World Tour in my rewatch, the thought comes to mind of a Gwortney piece where Courtney believes Gwen’s claims that was the one who Duncan kissed her rather than blaming her for “stealing” him

thanks for the prompt! hope you enjoy

also on my ao3

"Uh, I saw Duncan and Gwen kiss!"

In just a few words, Tyler Tucker had completely ruined Gwen's life. She knew she couldn't really blame him - the guy was clearly under Alejandro's crafty spell. But if he'd just stuck around for literally two seconds longer the night before, he would know the truth of what had actually gone down.

Gwen should be so lucky.

Duncan was on the ground, out cold from Cody's sucker-punch to his jaw. Gwen couldn't care. Serves him right, she thought. I told him to fess up to Courtney himself, and now the jackass has dug his grave even deeper.

As Cody and Tyler began to take flight, Gwen realized with a horrible clarity that since Duncan was out of commission, Courtney was headed straight for her. 

"I hate you!" she was screaming, flailing like some sort of enraged marionette. The only thing preventing her from tearing Gwen's face off was Sierra's  - surprisingly expert, though definitely slack - chokehold. "How could you?! I thought we were friends!"

"We are!" Gwen exclaimed, instinctually taking a few steps back. "Courtney, you have to believe me, I didn't want - "

"Oh, sure you didn't," Sierra sneered as Courtney continued to wriggle in her grasp. "You've been all over Duncan since season one! It was only a matter of time before you tried any funny business."

Gwen stamped her foot in frustration, gritting her teeth together. "I do not like Duncan! I never have! I was with Trent in season one, remember?"

But her defenses appeared to fall upon utterly deaf ears. "You," Courtney seethed, steam practically pouring out of her nostrils like a raging bull. "Are so eliminated."

"Look, if I could just - " Gwen started in a panic, but by then, Cody had already won the tie-breaker, and the wave of relief that crashed through her nearly knocked her down to her knees.

Back on the plane, things weren't pretty. Duncan was still passed out somewhere in economy - was Cody's punch really that strong, or was Duncan simply prolonging the inevitable? In any case, Gwen felt terrible. She was being looked down upon by her fellow contestants. She hadn't gotten to say (sing?) all she'd wanted Duncan to hear during their boar challenge, hadn't let him know just how pissed she really was. Not to mention that the person who was angriest with her right now was the very person Gwen wanted to - 

Whatever. Like that was gonna happen now.

And yet, she knew she had to try.

Leaving the confessional (the lock was still busted, if this show weren't so fucking cheap, if McLean wasn't such an asshole, none of this would have even - ), Gwen steeled her resolve and made her way back to first class as slowly as possible. Cody tried to catch her eye as she entered the cabin, but she steadfastly ignored him, ignored the daggers Sierra was shooting her way, too. Courtney was curled into one of the seats, sobbing uncontrollably as Heather patted her on the back. If Heather was now appreciated more than Gwen, she didn't know what she would do.

"Courtney, please," Gwen said softly upon approach. "I can explain everything to you."

"I don't want to hear it, boyfriend stealer!" Courtney screamed.

Gwen winced, shook her head. "I'm not asking for forgiveness. I just need you to listen to me. Can we go out to the cargo hold or something?"

"What, so you can go spy and make sure Duncan hasn't been eliminated?!" At this, she fell prey to a fresh bout of tears.

"If you really want to talk to Courtney, then you can say whatever it is in front of us," Heather said, crossing her arms. "And if that juvie punk gets booted, then I say Good riddance."

"Fine!" Gwen threw up her hands, exasperated. "Fine, I'll just say this here." She hated to air more of her dirty laundry on TV, but that had always been par for the course with Total Drama. "Courtney, I didn't kiss him."

"Yes you did you little - "

"Duncan kissed me," Gwen all but yelled. Her cheeks burned shamefully at the memory. "Tyler didn't see the whole thing, but I pushed Duncan off of me almost as soon as it had begun. I didn't expect it to happen. I didn't want it. And when I rejected him, he got all grouchy and left."

"Oh, yeah, like we're gonna believe that!" Sierra shouted. "You stab Courtney in the back and then can't even own up to it?! You are soooo getting voted 'Least Popular Contestant' on my blog!"

But Cody, looking at Gwen with puppy-dog eyes, asked, "You're being serious, Gwen?"

"Yes." Gwen ran her hands through her rough hair, not even caring if she pulled out any strands. "I wouldn't lie about this. Ask Chris to show you the footage." She scowled at the floor. "And if Duncan gets kicked off tonight, I'll sleep as snug as a bug in a rug."

Silence, for a moment. Heather seemed about to say something. But then - 

"Oh my God," Courtney croaked. "She's telling the truth."

If Gwen had felt relieved when they won the Greece challenge, it was nothing compared to this. "Yes," she repeated, voice breaking. "I swear to you, Courtney, I am. I'm telling the truth."

And Courtney nodded, not meeting Gwen's gaze, her eyes rimmed with red. But it was enough for Gwen to know she believed her.

The others, however, weren't so easily convinced.

"Oh, come on, you two have always been close," said Heather. "If you're not into Duncan, then I'll marry Alejandro."

"I'm not," Gwen said emphatically. "So happy trails, Heather, you two will be perfect for one another." She turned defensively to Sierra. "And I guess you're gonna tell me you totally saw this coming and there's no way I'm being genuine, right? Because since you're an expert on this show, you must know me better than I know myself, huh?" When Sierra didn't answer, Gwen knew she had her pegged. "Ugh, you guys, I am not in love with Duncan! And, sorry, Cody, I'm not into you, either." At Cody's heartbroken expression, Sierra growled at her, but Gwen kept going. "Just because you all have complicated love lives doesn't mean I have to!

"You are so obviously into Alejandro," she continued, rounding on Heather. "But you won't admit it because you're too proud to own up to the fact that there's actually a perfect guy for Heather Hamada out there, and he's just as evil as you are!" Before Heather could splutter her way through a half-baked excuse, Gwen spun to level with Sierra. "And you - if you actually took a second to care about what Cody wants, you would know that you are always overstepping his boundaries!" She contemplated raking her nails down her face, so strong was her frustration at the people around her. "I won't deny that Duncan and I have a lot in common, and I won't deny that he has some sort of feelings for me. But I don't feel the same way. I was into Trent, I'm into Courtney, but I am not and never will be into Duncan!"

Finally, she broke off, heaving, throat drier than the stupid path to the Nile had been. She'd said her piece. She was finished, and if they still decided to send her home next time the Amazons lost, then she'd just learn to live with it.

But no one seemed angry anymore. In fact, they all seemed to be experiencing variations of different emotions, none of them hatred. Sierra's eyes were blown wider than usual, her jaw slack and her fingers twitching like she was itching to blog about something. Cody looked crestfallen, and Gwen felt bad for being harsh, but it had been three seasons and the guy still couldn't deal with the fact that she was never going to date him. Heather, meanwhile, was staring at Gwen with her hand pressed over her mouth and...giggling? It felt wrong to attribute such a cutesy word to the Queen of Mean, but there was no other way to describe the sickening sounds she was making. And Courtney...

Courtney was looking at Gwen like she'd just seen a ghost - and a real one at that, not Harold's stupid soccer ball-bedsheet combo.

"You," Courtney started and swallowed hard - Gwen tried not to track the bobbing motion of her throat. "You like me."

At last, Gwen's brain caught up with her stupid mouth, and she realized what she'd just admitted. Oh, shit...

It was at least a small comfort to know that no one would be asking her about Duncan again any time soon.

#my writing #td #gwourtney #td fanfiction #td gwen #td courtney

[burning-sol]

how was pd how are you feeling what are your thoughts

MY THOUGHTS. I feel as though I don't have any kind of big analysis or anything but rather I'm just like. Trickster still not :( Trickster still not free. Free them!!!!!!! But I feel like Mal is definitely going to lose themselves to the Trickster and everything is going to be 100x worse for everyone. Like Mal u fuckin idiot you're barely holding yourself together, we're gonna have to save you from yourself. Ghost of Clarence please come back and slap this guy in the face. Can Mal die and then both hold hands and move on together, I think that's what they need.

William's arc was great and I LOST IT when Danny Phantom showed up, I can't believe Bizly did that it was so hype. Charlie once again making egg jokes because of course. Rolling technology for a bird feels like one of the most conceptually funny things ever.

The only thing I will say that's sort of neg but not really is that I really wish the Ashe had like. ONE recorded line, so it could have ended on the cliff hanger of her waking up. It's not a deal breaker but I think it would have been just one more really cool thing on top of everything else. But then again, don't know if Bizly's gunna do something with that.

I'm really interested in seeing where William's arc goes from here. I know Dakota still has some ways to go, especially after all this shit happened; Dakota got really the brunt of the abuse here and I think Dakota is going to come out on the other side of this with a lot more trauma to sort out.. I think there's still stuff between Vyncent and Origami that needs working out too, I also am really curious about Ashe and what her role is going to be moving forward.

I feel like PD is such a great campaign and I can't wait to see more from Bizly. I feel like Bizly has such a great sense of the story and the existing characters and manages to tie up just enough things to make you satisfied while dangling other untied ends in front of your face like a pair of car keys like "oooOOOoo you wanna keep watching my superhero campaign". It was just another brilliantly bittersweet finale.

#jrwi spoilers #jrwi pd spoilers #📚 my posts #✉️ mail #also cant wait to rewatch everything to better develop villain au

[lix88888]

Arguing

"I'm telling you, it's true!" "There's no way that's true!"

Dream and Ink weren't exactly shouting yet, but they were raising their voices.

"It is!" "It's not!" "I've seen it!" "Did not!" "Did too!"

Sans rubbed his temple, putting down the ladle he was using and pondering whether to go out there or not; he had missed the start of the argument, as he had been busy cooking while Ink and Dream were watching a movie, and the Star Sans had wisely decided to remain inside the kitchen when his two best friends had come into the living room, arguing about Creators knows what.

He really didn't want to deal with them now, as he would be surely be made to be the tie-breaker, but his curiosity was starting to overpower his annoyance: they both seemed so passionate about it, and damnit, Sans was a nosy bitch and couldn't understand what they were arguing about.

"You are SO wrong!" "YOU are the one who's wrong!" Alright, enough.

Sans came out of the kitchen, saying: "Okay, what seems to be the problem?" "BLUE!"

Both of his friends turned to him with a smile, each elbowing the other out of the way and talking over each other. "He's saying-!" "But he's so wrong!" "He doesn't know what he's talking about!" "Oh that's rich coming from you!" "HEY!"

Sans's yell had the intended effect, and blissful silence fell on the room; he the turned to Dream, knowing he would be able to explain things without mixing up the details. "What are you arguing about?" Dream shot Ink a smug look, before asking: "Blue, is it true that mortals can juggle with their souls?" in a condescending tone.

What.

Sans stared, kept staring, and then stared some more. Just... What the fuck.

Slowly, he answered: "No... we would die..."

To his amazement, Dream was the one who looked shocked and Ink was the one who smirked and said: "Ah! Told you so!"

His friends were so weird.

#inktobertale2023 #inktobertale #ink sans #undertale #utmv #lix writes #day 9 arguing

[beanieman]

gin my good friend gin :)

First impression: "He's either going to be a character I become aggressively attached to or the villain."

Impression now: He's such a sweet boy and the autism representation he brings is so good! I've never seen a character bluntly state they have autism before, and that meant so much to me to see it for the first time. Gin is so important to me and he has a special place in my heart.

Favorite moment: When he hugs Sara and saves her from her hallucination. It's such a good moment that shows their bond and how important he is to lifting Sara's spirit. Plus it's so nice seeing him safe and sound after his exploration of the first floor. I don't think he could have reappeared at a better time.

Idea for a story: I would love a story about Gin volunteering at the orphanage Q-Taro grew up in and becoming a big brother figure to the kids. On an angsty note, I would also read a fanfiction about what would happen if Sara voted for Kanna and Gin was the one left making the tie breaker vote at the end of the second main game.

Unpopular opinion: I love his character but wish he had more to him. The other participants are well-rounded, while Gin doesn't have much going on considering he's one of the final five survivors. His character has grown, as we see by him telling Sara that he wants to save them in return, but compared to Sara, Shin, Kanna, Keiji, Alice, and Reko, there's not much to analyze. However, all signs point to Gin being set up for an arc, so I'm excited to see what future chapters bring!

Favorite relationship: I love his dynamic with Shin in the logic route. Gin seems like the final thing Shin cares about, and it's such an interesting dynamic where Shin wants to protect Gin while also knowing he contributed to Kanna's death. I feel like their dynamic has a ton of potential and I'm excited to see what happens with it in the final chapter.

Favorite headcanon: He's still super short as an adult. He never grows taller then Sara.

#atlas-of-galaxies #Gin Ibushi #YTTD #Your Turn To Die #ask meme

[danglovely]

Regrading Taskmaster: S06E07 Roadkill doused in syrup.

*Score changes noted in parenthesis.

Just gonna note -- Alex is really into weird glasses.

Prize Task: The Scariest Thing From Your Kitchen

With a ham sandwich, that's a ticking time-bomb. You don't know!

Mandolin. So many people have talked about injuring themselves on a mandolin. Sarah Millican brings one in later and talks about cutting off her fingertip. There's a pretty infamous Masterchef clip about it (maybe don't watch it if squeamish). Anyway.

Alice brings in "sweaty ham." So I'm not a stickler on "best by" dates, but I can tell when ham has gone bad because it gets sticky and I hate it. I would be hard-pressed to consume it, even when I need to eat. That said, "scary" is not the word I'd use for it. Asim brings in fanart that (1) has no association with a "kitchen" and (2) is actually kind of a good sketch. Plus, like . . . if someone makes you some art, don't blow up their spot.

Russell has a "doggy-cam" that he claims his girlfriend uses to spy on him. It's a decent offering. Good for his relationship? No. Scary? Yes.

Tim brings a door with bad hinges that hits him on the head. *deep sigh* Yes, it's technically a scary thing in the kitchen and slots just behind Russell so far, but like . . . c'mon. You're professional entertainers. There had to be something better.

Liza has a food processor with a fake finger in it. This gets a bit at my pitch of "mandolin," but it's actually plenty safe. It probably goes between Tim and Russell, but other than Russell, underwhelming.

Alice: 2 (0) Asim: 1 (-3) Liza: 3 (0) Russell: 5 (0) Tim: 4 (+3)

VT 01: Knock the bails off the stumps. You've got a maximum of one over. You must make your attempts from behind this stump. No stumps may be moved. Fastest wins.

Call me when I'm needed.

Some people have been playing cricket in the park near my house and I have tried to get them to explain the rules to me. It is not information that is compatible with my brain.

Alright, this one is tough. No bones about it, Russell knocks it out of the park. Simultaneously, he does step on the red carpet and cross the stump by the end of his follow-through. Gut reaction? Give it to him . . . but that might be because I thought it was cool.

The tricky thing here is the task combines cricket terminology with silly bullshit. It uses the word "over" but also lets them use weird balls and pull the carpet and whatever. So do you follow cricket rules or don't you?

I also briefly had the thought that it's not clear what "behind the stump means," but any reasonable person would recognize it means in relation to the target.

Look, no one did it like they were playing cricket and no one argued the outcome. Studio scores it is.

Alice: 0 Asim: 0 Liza: DQ Russell: 5 Tim: 4

VT 02: Draw a picture of the contents of this box. You may not open the box or look inside.

Mahatmabra Ghandi!

There's a great debate about why Alex made the bra wet. I subscribe strongly to the theory that Alex was making the joke that "wet" is the opposite of "sere" and he always gets them mixed up, but who knows?

There's no win condition on this one! They get a bonus point for naming the David Attenborough pun, but that pretty much leaves it up to Greg to decide the thing is going to judged. I think a reasonable person would assume that the win condition would be "most accurate wins."

So, three items. We split the task into thirds and determine if each person accurately drew the item. Quality of the drawings would then be the tie-breaker.

Liza nails two and I'd say her drawing of Michelangelo's David is passable. Alice has the same issue with the David statue. I'd call it passable but worse than Liza's.

Asim -- I'd give him David (and it might even be more accurate than Alice's). I'd even give him the bra, despite looking like "a pair of glasses." I will not give him the hat.

I think I'm only calling the bra accurate for Tim. He seemed to recognize there was a man in the box, but there needs to be some recognition that it's David. Like even just adding a leaf. I'm also only giving Russell credit for recognizing the bra. I will break the tie in favor of Russell because I can imagine a hat in his drawing and I cannot do that with Tim.

So, Alice and Liza three of three, but Liza's is better. Asim two of three. Tim and Russell one of three, but Russell's is better. Add in the bonus point and this is what you get:

Alice: 4 (0) Asim: 3 (+2) Liza: 5 (0) Russell: 3 (+1) Tim: 1 (-3)

Team Task: Write down as many obscure animals as possible. Guess the animals your teammate has on their list. Your teammate must only use mime. They may not write anything down or show you the list.

Blue dog. That famous breed.

You couldn't imagine a better way for this task to turn out than what Asim did. Writing down fictional, insane animals and then he still is somehow able to convey them to Tim and Liza.

Here's the thing . . . Russell makes animal noises for at least two animals and we don't see the full eleven. They're only allowed to mime. I'm hesitant to treat it as a full DQ condition because Alex is in there and confirming when they can move onto the next guess.

I think the way to handle it is DQ two of Alice's guesses, which puts them at nine correct guesses and the team of three at eight correct. This is all academic, though. No score change.

Team Funk: 3 Asim, Liza & Tim: 2

VT 04: Wearing this sweatband around your head at all times, tuck as many items from the kitchen inside the sweatband as possible. Then make a pancake with a diameter of at least nine inches. Then eat the whole pancake. Most kitchen items successfully kept within the sweatband wins.

Weirdly you managed to leave a whisk, two spoons, and a spatula in there, which are the things you need to make a pancake.

No DQ conditions, but two things needed to complete the task: making and eating a nine-inch pancake. I suppose you could also argue what the minimum qualifications are for "being a pancake," but they all get close enough, so let's not get into it.

Alex does tell them there's a time limit on tucking things into their sweatbands, which is not on the task but is enforceable if he says it then and there (rather than afterwards like when we Joe Lycett taught us the show was a scam).

Alice loses her mind for a brief moment and intentionally shakes all her items out. Her sweatband also drops to her neck, which might not be the head, but close enough.

There's even a more pedantic debate as to whether a container of sprinkles (hundreds and thousands) qualifies as one thing or if you need to count every sprinkle. However, there's a more fundamental issue in that people didn't finish their pancake.

The thing said "eat the whole pancake" and the win condition was about items in the sweatband, not how much of the pancake was eaten. Russell's plate is clean by the end of it, so that would mean he's the only one getting points.

Alice: 0 (-2) Asim: 0 (-3) Liza: 0 (-5) Russell: 5 (0) Tim: 0 (-5)

Live Task: Get an egg as close to the center of the target as possible. You must stand on the spot when taking your turn. You must ROLL two of your eggs. The person whose egg is furthest from the center of the target after each round is eliminated.

He's not necessarily eliminated. Oh fuck off, Alex.

Russell reaaally shouldn't have started with the egg he cockishly broke. You get more points the longer you last and you're not gonna last long with that one. The strategy here is to save rolling the Ostrich egg until the end.

As with all elimination tasks, I can't really regrade because I don't know how people would have done in later rounds. Studio scores it is!

Alice: 3 Asim: 5 Liza: 2 Russell: 1 Tim: 4

F I N A L

Alice: 12 (-2) Asim: 11 (-4) Liza: 12 (-5) Tim: 15 (-5) Russell: 22 (+1)

Main score changes here due to my reading in a condition in the pancake task. Broke his egg, but he wins again.

#tm regrade #taskmaster #alice levine #asim chaudhry #liza tarbuck #russell howard #tim vine #greg davies #alex horne

[masterofdemise]

Top 5 mfb aus! Can be either yours or those of others!

Shoot this is very hard because I suck at ranking them. Instead, I'll list the AUs that I really like the ideas for, not really in any order just ones I love coming across. I'll also include one of my AUs (this one should be obvious) but for the most part, I would like to feature the AUs that other people have made.

@artisadie 's Ryo Survives the Volcano Instead of Gingka AU: This AU just has so much angst and it's so well thought out. I may not pay much attention to Ryo or Gingka most of the time but Sadie is always so good at keeping me intrigued. Absolutely love seeing the art associated with this particular AU.

2. @curedeity Faust Joins Team Star Breaker Early AU: This AU that you made as a secret santa gift is just so good I love the way you characterize Faust in this fic. It's so angsty but I love how you tie it all up in the end in such a nice manner. Faust actually gets to become his own character? That's pretty crazy.

Fanfic I am talking about is here:

3. @starfishes-and-watercolors's AUs with Yuki and Motti, in particular their most recent one where Yuki is kidnapped early in Fury: This AU is SO funny I love the interactions between Yuki and Motti and how much the villains get clowned on. It's so funny to just think about how much Motti can embarrass Johannes and Pluto when they do finally confront each other during the actual events of Fury. There are also some really cool concepts relating to how the star fragments work in this AU and the history behind the legendary bladers. I would definitely recommend reading the fic for this AU, it is hilarious. Val and I have discussed many AUs with eachother and they're all so funny but this is the one that comes up to my mind first at the moment.

4. SilverSwirl's "Never Too Late" Fanfic where Nemesis succeeds in defeating the Legendary Bladers and the gang is on the run: This fanfiction I found around last year while searching for Pluto content and I actually really enjoy the concept behind this one fic and its AU. To no one's surprise, I became very attached to the Pluto and Johannes backstory they gave and I think it's so interesting to see how their strained friendship is developed throughout the story. I'm so sad the fic stopped updating in 2017 because despite how strained Pluto and Johannes' friendship is, it's clear they still had concerns for one another and I'll never know if they ended up being separated due to Pluto's own choice to sacrifice himself, or if he finally decided to put his friendship first in the priority list. I will admit, I have not read the whole thing because I may or may not have skimmed just to read the Pluto stuff, but those bits where Pluto and Johannes are in it are so good (Chapter 23 and 27 have me dead, but in a good way).

It's a pretty old fic, and unfinished at that but god I always think about the Pluto/Johannes lore here.

5. My Solar Swap AU: I was originally not going to put my own AUs here, but considering how many ideas I bounced off of with Val and qloof, I just had to feature it here as well. The Solar Swap AU is by far my most developed alternate universe, actually going out of my way to create new designs and thinking about how different the world is just by switching up the roles of the Solar System/Nemesis Bladers. I have so much fun changing things up, while also trying to fix Fury in my own weird little way by making adjustments to the sections that I didn't like, or adding more story points to make the AU flow better. It's funny to me how much more I like Solar Swap Dynamis and Rago then I do in the original (although to be fair, they're not really much in the original to begin with). This AU is my definitely my favourite to develop out of all the MFB AUs I have (I don't count From Different Eyes since that follows very closely to the main headcanon universe that I have)

There are plenty more wonderful AUs that are probably out there, but these were the ones that just popped out from the top of my head :) Its amazing to see all the wonderful different alternate universes people come up with. Cool stuff!

#metal fight beyblade #beyblade #demise rambles