#not as cool as epic wizard curses

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Happy Friday, friends! I’ve never done monthly wrap ups before but since Wireless pulled me back from a brief hiatus, I thought it would be cool to share some things I’ve been reading, that could use more love. 10 fics both old and new, Drarry and rare pairs, Wireless treats; pick your poison and have fun! 🙌

Drarry

Muscle Memory by @corvuscrowned (E, 7k) - brilliant concept perfectly executed, I’m so here for curse-breaking colleagues who fuck at the job to pass time and then forget about it every time 🤌🏼 genius and intriguing and captivating as per crow’s usual

There's something just beneath the surface, just at the periphery of Harry's mind. They've been here before — they've done this before. If only he could remember it.

And Embers at Your Lips by @nametheshadows (T, 15k) - sequel to one of my all-time favorite 8th year fics with insomniac roommates just as soft and healing as LLAYF. Gorgeous prose and all the kissing. Highly rec this series for A+ comfort food!

The sequel to Like Lightning at Your Fingertips: the kissing montage. And there’s that thing with Potter’s magic.

Rich Friend, Anon (E, 18k) - one of my faves from Wireless, pop star!Draco never gets old and both the pacing and the romance are perfectly developed! I live for Harry’s horny yearning and for their road trip together, kudos to casual Harry/Neville as a side ship!

As far as Harry can tell, Draco Malfoy is still rich as hell. He’s just not a wizard anymore. Featuring: Draco Malfoy trying to make it as a Muggle pop star, Harry Potter as our confused and horny hero, bad driving, good music, and the mysterious magic of falling for someone.

Waking Up Slow, Anon (E, 22k) - this ode to advent Drarry fics took my breath away with a charming Draco, fun dynamics, an enchanting Christmas shop and one of the sexiest smut scenes I’ve read this year, 10/10 recommend for hot & sweet magical vibes and lots of references as an homage to the classics!

'Twas the night before Christmas, although it’s July / Draco’s a shopkeeper, no-one knows why / There’s hiking and witch caves, freak snowfalls and more / Bad Christmas jumpers, nosy neighbours galore / Narcissa’s here too, but… something’s amiss / And what’s in those chocolates that’s making them kiss?

We Are Legend by Vaysh (E, 38k) - happy to report to @romaine2424 that I have finally read this epic apocalypse AU and am shooketh with its originality and serious tone. One of the most creative takes I’ve seen on animagus Draco, a poignant and devastating war story.

Eighty years into the future, Voldemort won. Harry Potter is a renegade wizard, Portkeying Muggles out of London to Hogwarts, last sanctuary in a Britain ruled by the Dark Lord. On a mission he encounters a powerful phoenix Animagus fighting on the Death Eaters' side. He recognises Draco Malfoy whom he thought long dead. But the differences between them are perhaps even greater than before. Cw: MCD

LA, Who Am I To Love You?, Anon (E, 42k) - I cannot believe this beauty was written for my lil Wireless prompt ♥️ perfect LA vibes, gorgeous aesthetics, horny ust and a fascinating take on both down and out bi Harry and out and proud bi Draco, we love to see it! Couldn’t have asked for a better story to fill my prompt, ty anon!

Harry’s summer in LA is not going as expected. Pansy Parkinson keeps inviting him to parties in the Hollywood Hills and harassing him to finally go to the physical therapist, Blaise Zabini keeps slipping new strains of his company’s magical weed into Harry’s pockets in hopes of an endorsement, and Draco Malfoy keeps having sex with everyone but Harry.

Rare Pairs

A Different Tune by November Snowflake (M, 8k) - very nice Dron get together, short & sweet with an undercurrent melancholy that I love, just what I needed before bed

Working in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office has led Ron to many strange encounters--but none more unexpected than this one. Cw: Harry’s dead

The Years Between by brummell (M, 14k) - another rare pair fave, this Rarry fic told from Ron’s smitten and jealous pov as he helps Harry recover from a coma is so deliciously raw and angsty. Gorgeous slow burn, the feels!

For both Harry and Ron, a wake-up call is just the beginning.

Things Remembered by avioleta (E, 17k) - best Snarry fic I’ve read this year, I’m low key obsessed with this hitmen + amnesia concept and how the romance develops so organically while they’re on the run. Intriguing plot, sexy ust and super scorching smut that made me salivate jfc 🔥

Harry wakes up in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar hotel room, and with absolutely no idea who he is. The man he’s in bed with has no memories either. But they think, maybe, they’re assassins, because they seem to be very good at killing people.

A Dress with Pockets by PacificRimbaud (E, 25k) - a Panville classic recced by anon (ty!!), what a sexy and vibrant read! I LOVED Neville and their dynamics are brilliant and so funny, I just couldn’t get enough of these characters. 100% sold on this ship pls and thank

Pansy Parkinson needed a drink. And a shag. She didn't care in which order. Enter: Neville fucking Longbottom and his rolled up sleeves.

#July wrap up #hp recs

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A Handy Summary Of The Star Wars Franchise:

The Phantom Menace: Two hours of political babble interspersed with cool fights and annoying CGI characters. Introduced the world to George Lucas’s… interesting dialogue. Not as bad as you remember.

Attack Of The Clones: The real worst movie of the Prequel Trilogy. Obi-Wan Kenobi IS Philip Marlowe while Natalie Portman makes an admirable effort to act like she’s turned on by child murder. Worse then you remember.

Revenge Of The Sith: Depression - The Movie. The bad guy wins, the good guys are dead or turned to evil, the Galaxy falls to darkness, and the asthmatic cyborg will never get to finish his lightsaber collection.

A New Hope: The one that started it all. The heartwarming story of a himbo farmboy who joins a radical terrorist movement at the urging of an old man who says he’s a wizard. Really more of a framework and jumping off point then a real story, so everybody says they love it but don’t have much of anything to really say about it.

The Empire Strikes Back: Aw yeah, now we’re talking! The best of the mainline movies. The Rebels come out swinging and get their shit kicked in while James Earl Jones and Mark Hamill have a touching father-son reunion and Boba Fett steals the show. Not as shocking as it used to be considered because everyone copied it.

Return Of The Jedi: The OT movie everyone has mixed feelings about. The epic conclusion to George Lucas’s personal story in the setting, dragged down by the addition of hideous funk singers from my nightmares and militant Care Bears. According to Disney, nothing that happened in this one mattered btw!

The Force Awakens: Brace yourself for disappointment. J. J. Abrams blows up the Star Wars universe to get everything back to the “Empire Vs Rebels” status quo and set up his mystery boxes. Tricked you into thinking the Sequel Trilogy would passable.

The Last Jedi: Subverted your expectations that it would be good. Rian Johnson tries to salvage what Abrams did to the Star Wars universe and do something edgy and new, to severely mixed results. Luke Skywalker drinking alien titty milk was kept in but him mourning his brother-in-law’s death was cut as “unnecessary”.

The Rise Of Skywalker: Disney tries to stick the landing and breaks their legs instead. J. J. Abrams throws a shitfit over what Johnson did with his mystery boxes and torches the Star Wars universe down even more. Somehow… this movie is not good. How is this possible? Dark business, corporatizing, secrets only the Mouse knew.

Rogue One: Everybody’s dead, Jim. The Dirty Dozen if it was set in the Star Wars universe. A giant continuity filler manages to be infinitely better then the entire Sequel Trilogy.

Solo: Now the story of the smuggler who lost everything and the acclaimed director who had to film his origin story. It’s Solo Development. The tragically underrated and unlucky one, guilty of nothing but being released at a bad time and quite good removed from that.

Droids/Ewoks: Ah, yes. “Droids and Ewoks”, the first two Star Wars television series made back in the 80s, of generally poor quality and so painfully divorced from the Star Wars aesthetic that nobody acknowledges their cursed existence. We have dismissed that claim.

Clone Wars Microseries: The real first Star Wars TV show. Genndy Tartakovsky makes one of the most kickass cartoons ever in one of the most limited time frames ever. General Grievous gave you nightmares as a kid.

The Clone Wars: “This is for kids?” - The Series. The sprawling, epic story of a failing decadent government’s final days, occasionally interjected with painfully out of place juvenile comic relief. One of the big reasons for the Prequel Trilogy’s salvaged reputation.

The Bad Batch: Immediately after the Clone Wars, a crack commando unit was persecuted by the Empire. These men promptly escaped to the galactic underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them... maybe you can hire The Bad Batch.

Tales Of The Jedi Cartoon: Dave Filoni wants to get those unmade Clone Wars episodes finished and he WILL goddammit! Totally dickteased you by making you think it would be a TOTJ adaptation.

Rebels: The wacky, fanciful, fun-filled story of a terrorist cell waging guerrilla warfare on a tyrannical fascist government. Fights an uphill battle to meet the standard set by Clone Wars, and ultimately succeeds.

The Mandalorian: Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau show Abrams and Johnson how it’s done, God bless them. Pedro Pascal is sent on an epic quest to recreate “Lone Wolf and Cub” using a Yoda-themed Cabbage-Patch Kids doll. Meanwhile, the Mandalorians continue to uphold their most important cultural tradition; hating other Mandalorians.

The Book Of Boba Fett: They fucked with the wrong Māori! Boba Fett tries to become a crime lord but accidentally becomes a civic planner instead, while also going on drug trips and learning the ways of the proud “Native American Metaphor” people. Probably not what you expected it to be, but not necessarily in a bad way.

Ahsoka: Ahsoka and Sabine’s Excellent Adventure. Lucafilm decides to finally resolve plot threads from Rebels over a decade later. Tremble in fear as Rosario Dawson makes the women in your life question their sexuality.

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Live footage of Obi-Wan aging terribly due to the stress of his awful life and getting sassed by little girl Leia. Meanwhile, the Inquisitors have some office drama. Shockingly weak despite a lovely premise and some great performances. Tremble in fear as Ewan MacGregor makes the men in your life question their sexuality.

Andor: Disney starts scraping the bottom of the barrel for Star Wars spin-off ideas. Nevermind this show fucking slaps. A treat for all those fans who wanted more dark, gritty Star Wars. Sex becomes canon to the Star Wars universe as Cassian Andor re-enacts Ocean’s Eleven and some more Imperial office drama leaves numerous people dead.

Resistance: The crappy Sequel Trilogy equivalent of Clone Wars and Rebels. Shows great potential but is hobbled at every possible turn, fails utterly to mature, and ends with a whimper. At least the animation’s nice.

The Holiday Special: THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN.

Dawn Of The Jedi: The painfully obscure origin story of the Jedi Order and the chronologically earliest Star Wars story. Both more and less interesting then you would think.

Tales Of The Jedi: The awesome as fuck and woefully underrated comics that form the backbone of the whole Star Wars universe. Civil wars, tragic falls from grace, hot Sith-On-Sith action, crazy battle sequences, great characters, and a surprising amount of busting ghosts. What more could you want?

KOTOR Comic: John Jackson-Miller bridges the gap between Tales and Knights using the most pathetic failure of a Jedi ever and his quest to not get murdered for bad grades. None of the characters are who you think they’re supposed to be, except when they are.

Knights Of The Old Republic: You were Space Hitler all along and you didn’t even know! Now redeem yourself by completing side quests and beating up your disabled former friend… or screw that and use Force Persuade to bully people into giving you free stuff. BioWare makes the best Star Wars game ever and ever amen.

Knights Of The Old Republic II - The Sith Lords: Winner of both the “Unnecessarily Long Title” and the “Tragically Unfinished But Released Anyways” awards. Drew Karpyshan’s adventurous writing is replaced with Chris Avellone’s edgy nihilism. An annoying old shrew badgers you to question things while never letting you question her ever. APATHY IS DEATH.

The Old Republic: Post-EA BioWare begins their long and glorious history of shitting on their legacy by refusing to make KOTOR 3 and instead producing a Titantic-shaped MMO that inexplicably did NOT sink and die. Enjoy it for what it is, just don’t regard it as canon for your own sanity.

Knight Errant: A Jedi becomes a social activist in Sith Space. Kinda cool comics and books set between the Old Republic era and Darth Bane. Could’ve bloomed into something more interesting but Disney hates fun.

Darth Bane: A based and red-pilled Sith Lord decides the other Sith are doing it wrong and sets out to do it right. An entire novel trilogy built out of a character and backstory detail that didn’t even make the final script of Phantom Menace, and it’s awesome.

The High Republic: Novels and comics about the Jedi spending their glory days fighting evil plants and a bunch of a anarchist rednecks who know hyperspace magic. Still finding it’s feet but wins lots of points for creativity.

Darth Plagueis: A sweet old evil wizard gets backstabbed by his apprentice after getting shit-faced. Probably one of the most important novels.

Open Seasons: Jango Fett’s Life Fucking Sucks - The Comic Book. Contains vital lore for the Mandalorians which Disney took over a decade to acknowledge.

Jedi Apprentice: The prequel to the Prequels. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan squeeze as many quirky stories as they can into the timeframe right before Phantom Menace.

Starfighter: A pair of great flight sim games set in the Prequel Era. Play as a various mercenaries, soldiers, and privateers and engage in direct action against Space Amazon the Trade Federation. You WILL love Nym.

Bounty Hunter: Jango Fett battles criminals, monsters, fallen Jedi, Mr. Krabs, and annoying level design in this sweet video game tie-in to Attack Of The Clones. Have fun getting distracted chasing after side targets!

Republic Comics: Quinlan Vos is a loose cannon Jedi who doesn’t play by the rules! Also, lots and lots of war crimes happen. One of the few EU works to be fully endorsed by Lucas himself but surprisingly (and undeservedly) obscure despite it.

Republic Commando: SWAT but way cooler because it’s Star Wars. Your tactics will confuse and frighten your men. There’s some supplementary novels too, if you feel like listening to Karen Traviss bitch about the Jedi and suck Mandalorian cock for several hours.

Battlefront: Call Of Duty but way cooler because it’s Star Wars. Watch out for those wrist rockets!!!!

Empire At War: StarCraft but way cooler because it’s Star Wars. Have fun making rancors eat people.

The Force Unleashed: God Of War but… well, it WISHES it was cooler because it’s Star Wars. Fun gameplay is held back by a completely ridiculous story resembling a terrible fanfic that is so embarrassing its barely considered canon, if it is all (it usually is not).

Purge: Rubbing the salt into the wounds of Order 66, starring Darth Vader!

Dark Times: That title ain’t a fucking joke. A Jedi struggles to keep his morals in one of the darkest, bleakest, edgiest Star Wars comics ever written. Seriously, this will give you depression.

Jedi - Fallen Order: The Dark Souls of Star Wars. Cameron Monaghan gets his ass kicked by Oogdo Bogdo so you can get that new poncho.

Vader Immortal: Battle Darth Vader himself with the power of a gimmicky thousand-dollar VR video game accessory that almost nobody owns!

Han Solo Trilogy: The ORIGINAL secret, depressing origin story of Han Solo. If you don’t feel like reading books you can just watch Solo, it’s basically just a distilled version of this.

Marvel’s Star Wars Comics: Comes in two flavors: batshit crazy 80s-era Marvel or bland and worthless 2010s-eras Marvel! At least they do great reprints.

Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye: A really really really weird early novel. Notable for being one of the first EU works and for the copious amounts of accidental incest-shipping.

Tie Fighter/X-Wing: Simulate being a pilot in the Star Wars universe, complete with getting killed by Darth Vader for minor mistakes.

Empire/Rebellion Comics: A cool and underrated little pair of comics depicting the day to day of the war between the Rebels and Empire.

Agent Of The Empire: SECRET AAAAGENT MAN! SECRET AAAAGENT MAN! James Bond comics in the Star Wars universe.

Shadows Of The Empire: Is is a comic, a video game, a book, or a toyline? The answer is yes. Important mostly for how it helped establish how the Star Wars EU could actually function.

Aftermath/Shattered Empire: Disney’s clumsy, boring attempt to make their own Post-ROTJ canon and justify the Sequel Trilogy that will be subsequently contradicted by the Sequel Trilogy itself. Roundly ignored by just about everyone aside from Cobb Vanth and periodic vague token mentions of Operation: Cinder as a thing that happened we guess.

X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Michael Stackpole sends Wedge Antilles and his merry men out onto zany, continuity-fixing misadventures and ends up creating the Chad Fel Empire that makes the Virgin New Republic look bad. Comes in comic, book, and video game forms for easy consumption!

Crimson Empire: One of those Amogus-looking red guys that follows the Emperor around takes center stage and surprises you by being totally awesome.

Squadrons: Disney’s discount version of the X-Wing/Tie Fighter games, but now with an immersive first-person perspective and a yawn-inducing story.

Luke Skywalker And The Shadows Of Mindor: The awesome novel everyone forgets. Matthew Stover fixes Star Wars continuity by pitting Luke Skywalker against his mightiest enemy yet; bad fanfiction.

The Thrawn Trilogy: The REAL Sequel Trilogy. We got military competence and clones all up in this joint! Timothy Zahn sets a standard that future Star Wars will constantly struggle to meet. You WILL root for Thrawn.

Dark Empire: Somehow… Palpatine has returned several decades before Disney did it. Generally viewed with withering contempt by everyone, which makes one wonder why Disney copied it so much over the rest of Legends. Surprisingly not the worst thing looking back.

Dark Forces Saga: KOTOR’s main competitor for title of “Best Star Wars Games”. Kyle Katarn and Jaden Korr spend four increasingly awesome video games torturing stormtroopers with the Force, solving frustrating puzzles, and busting ghosts.

The New Rebellion: Another awesome novel everyone forgets. Luke Skywalker fights one of his students turned evil. That, uh, happens a lot.

Young Jedi Knights: A fun little series of novels about the Skywalker kids becoming real Jedi, and also war crimes. Yet another example of what people WANTED the Sequel Trilogy to be.

Hand Of Thrawn: Weekend At Bernie’s, Star Wars edition, guest-starring psychic furries. Timothy Zahn sits down the EU writers class and shows them how writing for Star Wars is done.

Union: Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade get hitched and promptly get caught up in an international incident proving once and for all the power of the Skywalker Gene.

New Jedi Order: The Star Wars universe is invaded by Warhammer 40K rejects in the epic novel series that breaks all the rules, for better or for worse. Of variable quality for large stretches but ultimately settles down on being pretty awesome, if overly dark at times.

Dark Nest Trilogy: The Jedi fight a bunch of evil bugs. It exists, and that’s about all it has going for it.

Legacy Of The Force: Jacen Solo’s No Good, Very Bad Fall To The Dark Side. Has WILDY varying quality and is mostly just the nightmarish location of a huge spat amongst some of Legends’s writers. Still not as bad as Dark Nest and has some cool bits sprinkled in here and there. But really, you’re better off just skipping to FOTJ.

Fate Of The Jedi: The Jedi and Republic battle corrupt politicians, Cthulhu, and the backwoods yokel version of the Sith in the real sequel to NJO. Things get back on track after the disaster that was LOTF. Deeply flawed in some respects, but ultimately pretty good and a fitting finale for the Post-OT era.

Legacy: The spectacular chronologically final story. Politics, war, redemption, and Cade Skywalker getting high off his ass on deathsticks in the grand final battle between the Jedi and Sith.

Visions: Star Wars finally achieves its lifelong goal of becoming a kawaii as fuck anime. It’s an anthology so quality is all over the place.

Infinities: What If… Star Wars had a terrible ripoff of Marvel’s “What If…?” comics?

Tag And Bink: Abbot And Costello Meet Darth Vader.

LEGO Star Wars: Your childhood comfort food. Spend countless hours of non-canon fun killing Lego Jar Jar and trying to find all the goddamn unlockables.

Legends Canon: The original continuity. Free and experimental but wildly inconsistent at times.

Disney Canon: The new continuity. Relatively consistent but often stifled, bland, and overly-safe.

Your Personal Canon: The only real continuity.

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Disney What-Ifs

A lot of people love thinking up what-if situations for Disney movies. Someone even wrote a book series about them called Twisted Tales. Frankly, I don’t think people are digging deep enough. So, here are some what-if that I came up with. 

Beauty     and the Beast: what if Belle had her own curse? What if Gaston or some     jilted lover of her mother cursed her to become intangible like a ghost     whenever she got mad? Or turn into a plant monster every Sunday? Those are     just two examples. It doesn’t even have to be a literal curse; it can just     be a big problem she has. I read a fanfic called Kissed by a Rose     where Belle was pregnant from being r&$ed by Gaston and Beast has to deal     with potentially raising a child that wasn’t his. So original! And speaking     of the Beast, what if he was more feral and wild; dragging around fresh     prey, and speaking in grunts and growls? What if he attacked Maurice     because he thought he was threatening his pack? (the servants) What if he     was already feral before being cursed? The deaths of his mother and/or     father could’ve triggered something that sent him into a slow spiral of     brooding isolation until he completely lost touch with his own humanity.     Belle could help him Regain his humanity. That’s romantic! And while I’m     here, can I point out that female versions of Beast are super uninspired?     They’re just smaller, thinner versions of canon. Why not make her a dragon     or a harpy or a humanoid leopard?  

 Aladdin:     what if the Genie could grant unlimited wishes? That was the case in the     original story. I don’t know why they whittled it down. It’d be an     interesting test of character for Al; see if it doesn’t go to his head.     Or, they could simply add stuff from the tv series. Lots of freaky stuff happening there; evil mermaid turns Aladdin into a shark, evil cat woman     turns Jasmine into a snake monster; there’s a wizard with a skeleton arm     and a cyclops oracle. Jafar was just the tip of the sand dune. Or if you want a more serious story, you could expand on the religious aspect;     mention the Five Pillars, of Islam, use the carpet as a prayer rug, Al and     Jazz could meet while attending the local mosque! And you could include     Aladdins’ mother as a character like they were originally planning. I’d     love a protagonist raised by a cool single mom (wicked step-mothers don’t count). Not to mention adding elements from other Arabian Knights.     In the third movie, they have the Forty Thieves. Why not include Morgana;     the super-smart slave girl who defeats the Forty Thieves? Kids would love     her!

 The Little Mermaid: what if Arials’ sisters were more involved in the     plot? In the book, they each had their own coming-of-age surface adventure     before she does. Why not mention that? And what do they think about humans?     And what if Tritan turned them human so they could look for her on land?     (I had a dream about that once) Or they could have a sub-plot montage of     searching the ocean and having their own adventure. And what of Eric knew     Arial was a mermaid? He could have seen her tail as she swam away and been     like “Merpeople are REAL!” and sailed of to find her. Or you could rewrite     the sequel. Instead of Melody running away, Arial could get kidnapped, and     Melody could go on an epic journey to find her! (had a dream about that     too)

 Hercules:     just like with Aladdin, add elements from the tv series. Friendly     gorgon, angry Mother Earth, nightmare quilt, fun stuff! And I don't remember     if Herc's cousin Iolas was ever on the show, but I’d include him in the     movie. He’d be a great badass normal (and something of a mischievous enabler)     I know the show kinda retcons the movie, but I still like it. Also, since     Hades is out of the picture, what if Meg became the new goddess of the     underworld? She already proved her self as a hero, that should count for     something.  

 Snow     White and the Seven Dwarfs: what if Snow White was raised by the dwarfs?     What if the Queen abandoned her as a child in the woods, and the dwarfs     found her and became her honorary family? Or, what if the dwarfs knew her     parents? In The Magic Riddle, the dwarfs are really wooden statues built     by the heroines’ grandfather and she brings them to life with a kiss. Or     what if the dwarfs were cursed like in Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs?     And the Prince! What if he and Snow White were childhood friends? What if     the Queen kidnapped him? What if the dwarfs were the Prince split     up in seven different aspects of himself? There’s an actual fairytale where     that happens. Not to mention expanding on the apple symbolism. What if apples are Snow White’s favorite food? What if the apples colors had some kind of meaning? What if during her big sleep, Snow had a mystic vision dream     quest? What if at the end of the movie, the mirror shows the couple riding     away and smiles in approval?

 Sleeping     Beauty: lots of ideas for this one. The Good Fairies could be a three-way     couple. Philip’s mother could be POC. Aurora and Philip could have     literally met in their dreams (sign that they’re soulmates). Malifecent     could kidnap Aurora after cursing her, then Philip and they fairies could     dungeon-run the castle like a video game. There could be SA undertones in Mal’s treatment of Philip and Aurora (because just because a villainess is sexy, doesn’t mean she’s redeemable). Those magic weapons could be     fairy family heirlooms. Merryweather’s mother could be the original Briar     Rose who slept a hundred years. Can you tell I’m writing a fanfic?

 Cinderella:     What if she ran away from home after the ball? I get that she’s abused and     conditioned and there’s some gaslighting going on, but abused kids run     away from home all the time. Especially after a freaky pseudo sexual     assault by her sisters. (lots of kids get assaulted by their stepparents, I’m surprised that never went into a retelling) Maybe after having a taste of the good life, Cindy decides “I am not going back there” and takes off to the woods     with her animal buddies. Or her animal buddies could hold an intervention     saying “Those meanies tore up the lovely dress we worked so hard on! Let’s     ditch them!” And then it could be like Donkey Skin or Thousand     Fur. And then the Prince could accompany the Duke on the big search     and see Cindy in the wilds dancing with the other slipper (saw that in a movie. Slipper and the Rose. Look it up.) And speaking of the     Prince, he could be looking for her because she let slip some of her awful,     awful, home life and he wanted to help. That’s a great way to characterize     someone!

 Alice     in Wonderland: what if instead of merging the two books together into     one movie, they made two separate movies based on each book? Tim Burtan     kinda did this with his Alice movies; but he stills merged stuff from both     books into both movies. I can’t think of any movie that sticks to just one book. Plus: since the events of the books are somewhat episodic, the events of the movies can be split up like in Winnie the Pooh. Package     feature!

 The Rescuers:     what if the movie was closer to the books it was based on? It’s a     beautiful movie, but the writers must have gone through several script     changes before the final product, and I would love to see them all. At one     point they had a singing bear character who gets his own spin-off. He     sounds like fun.

 The     Jungle Book: same as above, what if they went with the original script.     They had an entire screenplay, complete with songs, that was closer to the     actual books that Old Walter rejected because he thought it was too dark.     0_0 I am intrigued! And, just like Alice, the original Jungle     Books were pretty episodic, so their adaptions could easily be made     into a package feature.

 Tangled:     Another easy one. What if the movie included more elements from the story?     What if Gothel never learned Rapunzel ran away? What if Rapunzel never had     her big revelation? Eugene could become her secret boyfriend, they could     be married by the pub thugs, and then just like the original, Punzie could     become pregnant. Then Gothel would find out. She could blind Eugene and     whisk Rapunzel away somewhere. Then Eugene would wander the woods trying     to find them. He could meet Varian and Cassie. The Stabbintons could get     involved. Punzie could have her princess revelation wherever she is and     escape. The King and Queen could be grandparents! How is this not a thing     by now?

 Frozen:     honestly, anything would be better than canon IMO. Elsa could be raised by     the trolls. Anna could not have her memory erased. Kristoff could be the     princesses’ childhood friend. The king and queen could handle things a     little less stupidly.  All that spirit     stuff could’ve been revealed early on. Hans could NOT be a bad guy. Or his     badness could be hinted at early on so it isn’t so random. Younger sister     Anna could be the one with ice powers. Or she could develop her own powers     throughout the movie (I’ve read that the writers considered giving her     control over the northern lights). They could have scrapped all that Ice     Queen foolishness and used the characters to retell Snow White and Rose     Red. Or The Snow Maiden. Or they could’ve scrapped the whole     thing and actually retell The Snow Queen story.

 Finally, any of the lead characters can be made trans, disabled, and/or POC.

 That’s all I got for now! Thank you for reading! Please leave a comment! I could do this for any movie studio! AND, feel free to use any of these ideas to write your own fanfiction! 

#list #disney movies #what if #aus #beauty and the beast #aladdin #the little mermaid #hercules #snow white and the seven dwarfs #sleeping beauty #cinderella #alice in wonderland #the rescuers #the jungle book #tangled #frozen #fanfiction #kissed by a rose #Arabian knights #the little mermaid 2 #the magic riddle #red shoes and the seven dwarfs #slipper and the rose #tim burtan #fairytales

[pathfinderunlocked]

Vorinclex, the Voice of Hunger - CR19 Aberration

A Praetor of Phyrexia from Magic: The Gathering.

Artwork is official art from Magic: The Gathering, by Karl Kopinski, copyright Wizards of the Coast.

This creature was a commission.  I can’t claim to be an expert in Magic: The Gathering lore, and don’t want to explain his deal incorrectly, so if you’re interested in Vorinclex and the machine plane of Phyrexia that he’s one of the rulers of, check out the MTG wiki, because it’s very cool and highly detailed stuff.

3.5e stats for some other Phyrexian creatures, items, effects, and so forth can be found here.

A lot of high level boss enemies use complex strategies and powerful magic.  Vorinclex doesn’t.  Vorinclex isn’t interested in strategy or magic.  His only strategy is to make sure you can’t use strategy either, and that the only thing that decides the outcome of the fight is strength.  Intelligence is a curse.  Vorinclex hunts and destroys.  If you want to be strong, you should have your brain removed and replaced with a DESTROY module, like Vorinclex.  Oh, you don’t want to?  Too bad, you don’t get a choice.  He’ll remove it for you.

Vorinclex, the Voice of Hunger - CR 19

Vorinclex stands twelve feet tall, and his body is plated with an artificial exoskeleton the color of raw flesh.  Across his shoulders he has a ruff of patchy fur in a dozen different hues swirled together.  Vorinclex's long and muscular arms end in massive, curving talons and two additional spindly arms extend from his chest.  His bone-colored head is a skull-like face flanked by razor tusks and broad, spined antlers.

XP 204,800 NE Large aberration Init +10 Senses blindsense 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +31 Aura mana hunger aura (80 ft.), only my pack (300 ft.)

DEFENSE

AC 35, touch 15, flat-footed 29 (+6 Dex, +20 natural, –1 size) hp 319 (22d8+220); fast healing 5 Fort +22, Ref +13, Will +19; +5 vs. exhaustion, fatigue, fear, paralysis, +9 vs. mind-affecting Defensive Abilities ferocity, fortification (50%), perfect uncanny dodge, resistance to sentience, revert to instincts DR 10/epic and good Immune death, fear, paralysis, sleep, stun Resist acid 20 SR 30

OFFENSE

Speed 60 ft. Melee bite +25 (2d8+10 plus 2d6 bleed plus trip), 2 claws +25 (2d6+10), gore +25 (3d8+10), 2 small claws +20 (1d6+5) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks pounce, rend (2 claws, 2d6+12), trample (3d8+18, DC 35)

STATISTICS

Str 31, Dex 23, Con 31, Int 12, Wis 23, Cha 12 Base Atk +16; CMB +27 (+29 overrun); CMD 43 (45 vs. overrun) Feats Charge Through, Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Following Step, Improved Initiative, Improved Overrun, Iron Will, Power Attack, Stand Still, Step Up, Step Up and Strike Skills Acrobatics +31, Climb +29, Diplomacy -3, Intimidate +30, Perception +31, Stealth +20, Survival +21, Swim +18 Languages Common, Phyrexian SQ destructive to flesh, phyrexian traits, praetor’s traits, wild instinct

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Charge Across Anything (Ex) Vorinclex can charge through allies’ squares, and ignores difficult terrain when charging, running, or withdrawing.  Once during a charge, he can make an acrobatics check to jump over an obstacle with a +15 circumstance bonus (which gets doubled to +30 by Only My Pack).

Destructive to Flesh (Ex) Vorinclex ignores all damage reduction when attacking organic creatures (but not creatures such as elementals or constructs).

Mana Hunger Aura (Su) Whenever an enemy spontaneous spellcaster within 80 ft. of Vorinclex casts a spell, it must expend two spell slots to do so.  Whenever an enemy prepared spellcaster within 80 ft. of Vorinclex casts a spell, it must sacrifice an additional prepared spell of the same spell level.  Whenever an enemy creature within 80 ft. of Vorinclex expends any sort of mental or supernatural resource or uses any kind of limited-use ability that recharges each day, it must expend twice the normal number of resources or uses of that ability.  If the creature lacks the additional resources, or if the ability can only be used once per day, the creature cannot use that ability while within Vorinclex’s mana hunger aura.

Only My Pack (Ex) Whenever Vorinclex or one of his allies within 300 ft. is benefiting from a morale, insight, or circumstance bonus, that bonus is doubled.  Whenever an enemy of Vorinclex within 300 ft. is benefiting from a morale, insight, or circumstance bonus, that bonus is halved.

Perfect Uncanny Dodge (Ex) Vorinclex cannot be surprised, flat-footed, or flanked.  Invisible attackers gain no bonuses against him.  He never loses his Dexterity bonus to AC unless helpless.

Phyrexian Traits (Ex) Phyrexians have a +5 bonus on Fortitude saves, and a +5 bonus on saving throws versus fear, sleep, stunning, paralysis, fatigue, exhaustion, and mind-affecting spells.  They have a +4 racial bonus on Intimidate and a -4 racial penalty on Diplomacy.  These abilities are already included in Vorinclex’s statistics.

Phyrexians also have 50% fortification against critical hits and sneak attacks, and are immune to the effects of the Glistening Oil.

Praetor's Traits (Ex) Like all members of the New Phyrexia hierarchy, Vorinclex is immune to paralysis, sleep, stunning, and death effects, has resistance 20 to Acid damage, has DR 10/epic and good, and receives a +4 bonus on saves versus mind-affecting spells and abilities.  These abilities are already included in his statistics.

Resistance to Sentience (Ex) Once per day, when Vorinclex makes a saving throw or spell resistance check against any effect originating from a creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher, he can choose to automatically succeed instead of rolling.

Revert to Instincts (Ex) Whenever Vorinclex is affected by a mind-affecting effect, it ends after 1 round.

Wild Instinct (Ex) Vorinclex takes no penalty on Perception checks while sleeping, and can choose to wake if he notices a threat while asleep.

#D&D #pathfinder 1e #aberration #commission #magic the gathering

[ourobonez]

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[linafication]

tell me more about lucky, i always feel open to hear things about your ocs, they've got such charm to them

aah this took me five million years to answer my deepest slapologies. SO!!!! thank you so much & now I will talk. lucky is my minecraft oc (drawn here). once upon a time he lived aboard a pirate ship lead by the great captain rosie, a powerful wizard with the ability to create portals between worlds at will. this is her!!

other important crew members are mag & sandy (piglin siblings from tha nether) cece (guardian cursed with humanity) & velma (cool butch weaponsmith who gained magic powers after getting struck by lightning). I will not talk about these fellas just yet that’s a story for another day :] I should also specify that rosie & crew had only ever traveled to worlds where death was permanent (woah hardcore minecraft).

so, lucky idolized rosie in a frankly unhealthy manner, so when she took him under her wing as an epic cool wizard apprentice he was absolutely ecstatic. wahoo!! everything was going swell & dandy…….UNTIL!!!! lucky learns he is not immune to rosie’s ruthless ambition. to make a long story short, lucky was asked to accompany rosie on a mission to an ancient city for reasons that will not be disclosed quite yet because I don’t know them. lucky thought they’d be adventuring as something close to equals (not quite though, lucky believed rosie was far better than him). unfortunately, rosie’s plans involved mortally wounding lucky & using him as warden bait. SAD. well there’s other boytoys.

SO. lucky died. that was anticipated. what wasn’t anticipated is that he’d get back up. sculk wound up fusing with his body & reviving him somehow. shits weird down there who’s to say why it happened. what’s important is what happened next. & that is, lucky went a lil apeshit. completely overcome with grief & pain & rage & all sorts of emotions, he ended up accidentally creating an unstable portal (rosie had been trying to teach him how to do it as good as she can, but he never really got the hang of it). & this portal sent him to a world he should never have been able to access. death was simply an inconvenience in this world, & company for its sole inhabitant was meant to be impossible. but now lucky was stuck there & chorus (the single player within this world) was no longer alone, whether it liked it or not.

#chorus is orphie’s minecraft oc btw!!!!!! & she’s so so so cool :] #thanlyou SO MUCH for asking abt lucky sorry I took so long to answer I’ve been dying of school disease & it’s JUST starting to slow down #lina bean’s art

[thedelolos]

neverafter ep. 4live thoughts

okay here are my live thoughts from neverafter ep. 4 under the cut

Live thoughts on Neverafter 4

The opening didn’t change?? I hope that this means good things for the party 

THEY STARTED WITH BRENNAN ALONE ufbbuw Like you can just tell by the audio quality change (there aren’t any other people to reverb against so the mic sounds flatter)

YES GEPPETTO

WE ARE GETTING TIMELOOP? HVGJHKGHHKT

SOLO PLAY

“Hey lou, you wanna come play some dnd?”

“I don’t know, cause it feels like you’ll kill me again”

This is great truly

Wait are we getting like? An episode of solo sessions?? That’s really cool tbh

I will be making a lou reaction image because these facial expressions that he’s making are really good Poor pinocchio, i can’t imagine being in this state 

“While the world was changing, the rules were not” i think that line is actually really powerful, like it’s small. But i think it is central to pinocchio as a character. 

WHO’S THIS??

WE GOT A CRICKET

Where’s my ghost cricket art 

Yooo Pinocchio ghost 

One man’s dead is another man’s alive

Pinocchio is so sad and i feel bad for him 

“With that attitude it might just stay different”

Strings?? Stepmother again? 

Wait was that the door behind brennan?? That’s really cool 

Gosh Stepmother is terrifying 

A missing doorknob?? He actually got the door knob.

WAIT BRO DON’T TELL HER BRO 

‘YOU WERE FRUENDS”

NO THE NOSE 

Give me the knife

Untranslusent 

The long arm, this is really some other mother stuff 

Pinocchio gotta break that nose back off quick, he’s gonna have to lie if he wants to break free of her   

SNAPS THE NOSE OFF YOUR FACE YO WHAT

Yeah i’m officially terrified of her 

“Who do we know who has blood?”

NOOOOO SHE’S GONNA TAKE BLOOD FROM HIS DAD NOO

BRENNAN BIRD NOISES

NOOOO SHE USED HIS NOSE 

SHE’S SO EVIL AND MANIPULATIVE

No more Senator?? *cries*

“Dreamy – and all it cost was my father’s blood”

“The mice were not taken into consideration” no because nobody ever remember the mice

A NAT 20 AND NO ONE IS HERE TO CELEBRATE

Violence in Amanti?? 

Like the drawings in tim’s book?? Interesting. So it seems like she has some sway over the stories, if she can put him into a new one 

I’m really curious to see how things change for pib 

Dropped attachments? Dropped to all fours 

Follow the curiosity, become a truer version of yourself 

SPIRIT CAT 

Shedding your skin? 

Wait are they the same people who become different people in different tales? 

So the role of the cat is to subvert the story one way or another? 

Could Zac come back as the rabbit or the fox? 

“Not all shit’s the same buddy” 

Cat i love you never change 

New boots and cape, a darker story? 

A little less paddington lol  

A ring and daggers, inchresting 

Wolf’s fang daggers

She awakes back in her bed, fresh flowers in the the vase. Wait are we finally gonna get to meet cindy?? 

Yo this armor is cool as hell 

“We’re somewhere a little unfinished”

“We can die more often than most people”

Poor Rosamund

So do Rosamund and Cinderella and Snow

Destiny is a project by the fairies 

This line about the coat is epic 

So Rosamund is a Ranger 

Cinderella is an Eldritch Knight Fighter or Paladin maybe?

A Snow is a spellcaster, based on the learning line i’m gonna go wizard 

CRIT

DANG THESE NARRATIVE CRITS 

So the book has awakened the party?

 Many of the kinder worlds have already died, keep an eye out for witches and and especially fairies 

12 DANCING PRINCESSES??

So basically Snow and Cindy are creating a coalition of princesses 

7 fairies?? 

Wisdom as one of the gifts? That makes so much sense with rangers being wis casters

YOO She’s got the spindle now that’s so cool, i wonder if she can use that to put other people to sleep, like if it is attached to an arrow 

I wonder if Red and Pib are in the same woods, 

“you already killed me once?” is that how red got her curse?

I wonder if the cha check is gonna come up 

Ylfa i love you you silly little girl

“The only time you will accept to make your life worthwhile is forever” that’s metal brennan

“My grandma taught me how to shop” 

YLFA ASKING ABOUT JACK CRYING

Ylfa really do be like, “Can I call my grandma? I’d like to phone a friend”

YLFA I’M CRYING SHE DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS WORLD

“There’s a part of her that ate the wolf too” grandma got grandma swag 

I really hope that the warmth on the cloak is a protection enhancement or something bc if were gonna open ylfa’s bottleneck again then she’s gotta have a higher AC lol 

Blood in the water oh no 

MURPH NAT 1 

YO IT’S PINOCCHIO’S FAIRY

I’m very suspicious of her 

Mmmm nope i’m here for the princess revolution i don’t trust the fairies 

NOPE DO NOT TELL THIS FAIRY ABOUT THE BOOK 

“If anything this is a sequel” lol

So Elody is part of the princess pact (yes that is what i am calling the princesses now)

DO NOT GIVE THIS SHARD

I don’t think she can touch the glass because it’s an artifact to go in the book 

Wait so did gerard never get turned human in this new story?

Curious to see how ally’s play through is different because mother goose is the holder of the book 

“Run afoul” i’m crying brennan

Mother goose is preserving the stories in the way they should be and leaving them happy?

So jack is not mother goose’s son in this world So that is how this world will be darker for mother goose, because his son won’t be his son there 

So the gander is satan and the goose is god? 

WAIT WAS I RIGHT ABOUT MOTHER GOOSE’S SUBCLASS?? COLLEGE OF SPIRITS WOULD BE SO GOOD IF THEY CAN JUST SUMMON STORIES FROM THE BOOK 

Maybe it’s a modified version of the subclass with the stories as new homebrewed tale from beyond options to choose from 

I think i trust the goose? Because the goose doesn’t seem to want to control the stories 

“You view all the world as your children” crying 

“It’s a very safe waiting room”

Extra spells known?? Intriguing, hopefully more crowd control and heals 

“The book is not as special as the man who holds it” 

Yay everyone back to the table!!

That was a really good episode, i’m really glad that we have this timeloop this is gonna be a fun season

#neverafter #d20 neverafter #neverafter spoilers #d20 spoilers #d20 neverafter spoilers #dimension 20 #neverafter episode 4

[theseventhoffrostfall]

When it comes to high fantasy settings, what are the typical elements and setting details that you really like?

Sorry, saw this earlier but got distracted arguing with a Kazakh about juice

Anyway, it's a broad question, so I invite a follow-up one if I don't end up answering in the way you meant, but just what springs to mind is:

1..) a bit of realpolitik. It doesn't have to get bogged down in conference room melodrama, and there can (and should) still be cultural and ideological factors involved, but I find it a lot more interesting when major players are motivated by long-term strategic goals, need for resources and trade, and at-times-delicate relations with their neighbors rather than just being The Good Kingdom motivated purely by righteousness and altruism in their fight against The Evil Empire that seeks to establish Mandatory CBT Monday across the entire world because the emperor just fucking hates uncrushed balls.

2.) Disunity. Bringing this up in the fantasy community is preaching to the choir, but writers keep fumbling it, so I still appreciate seeing it done well. Most non-humans in fantasy settings tend to be not only politically unified (if you're lucky, within a few archetypes/ethnocultural groupings per race) often under one ruler, but so similar in ideology and temperament that they're fucking interchangeable. "Elves are patient when dealing with the shorter-lived races" "Dwarves are gruff and obsessed with clan honor". This is more a problem in eastern media that models itself off western fantasy conventions, but I've ranted about those in the past and will rant about them more in the future, so I won't harp on it too much now

3.) fantastical elements hitting that particular balance of believably familiar and yet duly respected and reacted to by the people living in the world. This one's a bit difficult to explain, though I'll resort to some of what we discussed in @astromancerlich's discord the other day. Magic shouldn't be eternally numinous and mysterious; we have records of people trying to make love potions and curse tablets and such historically, people will eventually get used to stuff and start thinking of how to use it, so Farmer Bob shouldn't shit himself when he sees a goblin or watches a wizard animate a broom to sweep up, but conversely, things that are of genuine import should get treated with such and not turn into jokes like a lot of modern fantasy. A Paladin isn't just some self-righteous asshole that everyone puts up with because he can smite good, he's a god's wrath walking the earth. A dragon on the horizon should inspire near-religious awe and terror. Hell, an "adventuring party" is, like I've said before, a gang of dudes who consider things that we award Medals of Honor for in real life to be a day's work. Just thinking about how people would react to these things rather than "oh, of course the librarian is used to adventuring parties coming in to translate the ancient text written by the Children of The Gods after a tablet of it was recovered in a buried city"

4.) Frankly, somewhat basically and what may seem like it contrasts a bit with the above, a sense of actual fun and adventure. A lot of stories, particularly ones that persistently rely on The World Is In Peril, end up with a cardboard cutout world and a bunch of miserable assholes trying to save it no matter how much detail went into the setting. I want the sense that this world is a pretty cool place to live and that going on adventures, kicking in doors like a fantasy badass is exciting and engaging (combat should always be treated with the seriousness a life-or-death situation warrants, which doesn't contrast with the point, but that's another rant for another day). It's high fantasy, whether it's a gang of dubious mercenaries or a party of epic heroes, the story should leave you on a high or at least bittersweet note

#worldbuilding #fantasy

[protokirby]

Raihan appeared in my dream. This is actually big news for me because previously the only time I remember Raihan appearing in my dream was a few years ago in a nightmare in which he died right in front of me and all this time it felt like "dream continuity" doomed me to never see Raihan again.

Anyhoo this dream was fun and terrifying at the same time. (can Raihan get a break please?)

I was viewing the dream from Raihan's point of view.

Leon was at the top of a tower and Raihan was climbing it. Becaaaauuusse he wanted to rescue Leon from a curse. Did he have the cure for said curse? Nope. But he was going to try.

Leon had become a monster thing. Got in the way of a blast that some evil wizard had for Hop I think. The backstory is a little hazy in my memory but one way or another it had to do with Leon shielding Hop from something.

The tower was extremely crazily built. It was as though the concept of nonsense was a tangible material used to build with. That's really cool honestly. Also paint buckets. There were paint buckets everywhere, mostly spilled. Lots of pink. Like danganronpa blood. But it was clearly paint spilled from buckets.

There were bossfights throughout the tower that were.... modded Spore creatures(?) At least the dream said they were creatures made in Spore but they were definitely modded with nonsense because they did not have identifiable parts from the game.

After reaching the top of the tower, there's a monster reveal.

Leon looked normal except for a few things: a large mouth with sharp teeth and blank dull-dark-red eyes. For a completely accurate depiction of how the mouth looked, the episode of the megaman battle network anime in which there's a crossfusion with dark protoman has something exactly like that. I haven’t watched that in maybe like 4 or 5 years but that's definitely where my dream got the idea.

Raihan tried talking to him to see if he could be reasoned with. He could not be reasoned with.

They started an epic anime battle that led with both of them crashing through a window and falling from the top of the tower while still fighting on the way down.

Leon didn't take fall-damage in monster form and Raihan was on top of him when they landed so they were both all right after that. Alive and well. A bit scratched up from fighting and also glass, but not particularly in need of medical attention.

Oh. And Sonia was there at the bottom of the tower hoping to get her friend back. Waiting for Raihan to come back with a totally normal Leon. Then she just sees them land like that and - this is honestly quite appealing to my broken humor. In an absurd, partially dark sort of way.

Anyhoo, Leon returned to his senses because it turns out the tower itself was making him uncontrollable. Though, he's still monsterfied. Still has the scary face. Now he's totally confused because he does not remember a thing.

Raihan and Sonia don't quite know what to say.

The dream ends when Leon reunites with Hop. Hop was completely unbothered by Leon's new monster face

[lampmanliveblogs]

”Oh, right, the child. I was ecstatic when I heard about you, I had just about given up the hopes of ever having any grandchildren.” -Momma Clawthorne, probably

Gwendolyn here offering to ”help Luz on her quest” is giving me some major flashbacks to episode two back in season one. You know, where Luz met that wizard (who wasn’t) that gave her an epic quest to go on? That one did not turn out very well for Luz.

I noticed the amulet before but didn’t comment on it because I wasn’t sure what the symbol was supposed to be or if it was even important. Seems like it might be. Still not sure exactly what it’s supposed to be. An eye?

I’m still on my toes about this whole thing, but I will say that this dude has a pretty cool place. It’s the inside of a giant cave, with large tree roots, enormous purple crystals and even a waterfall. It’s like this guy couldn’t choose one cool theme for his magical cave and went with them all. We see stairs leading to shelves filled with books, jars and bottles. There’s a small tunnel in the upper right, hinting at a larger system. There are candles everywhere to create a cosy but mystical feeling. The person they’re here to see, the expert on curses is sitting on an elevated platform, surrounded by crystals, candles and some magic amulet-looking things. They appear as a wise guru.

And again! More stars and sun imagery! The hole the waterfall comes through has a sun pattern around it. There is half a star, a crescent moon, and some other symbols that might be planets or moons as well hanging from the roof… kind of like we saw in Eda’s old room at the beginning of the episode.

#the owl house #liveblog #the owl house liveblog #toh s2e4 #keeping up a-fear-ances

[martianbugsbunny]

OUAT Thoughts Pt.16--Episodes 12-13

I have watched through S2E13; spoilers DNI. Also, spoiler warning for those further behind than I am.

—Rumple von Stiltskin, what an idiot *affectionately*

—I still love Dr. Frankenstein’s world being in black and white. I also love that Rumplestiltskin is in full color when he visits. Also, those red clothes are fine.

—I’m sure they were chosen in a process similar to how Judy Garland’s slippers for the Wizard of Oz were changed from silver to red to show off the new color technology. Red does look so lovely on camera, especially when it’s saturated off its ass.

—Goshdarnit, Hook isn’t dead. He would’ve had it coming.

—Also, a guy this slimy? I don’t really believe that he could experience true love. First of all, who would fall for him? Second, has he ever felt a genuine emotion in his entire life?

—The paramedics that showed up to the crash site bring up an interesting point. Have some of Storybrooke’s residents gone through the proper training to become paramedics, nurses, doctors, etc., since their memories were returned, or are they just running on the memories of when they were programmed by the curse to do those jobs? Someone (I think it was Regina) even mentioned sarcastically a couple of episodes ago that Archie’s psych degree was given to him by the curse. Or if Archie breaks his glasses, is there anyone in town who has a clue how to fix them? Or if a glasses wearer needs a new prescription? And regardless of their capability, there’s no way any of the businesses in this town are entirely legal.

—I feel terribly for Belle. Sneezy had his life as a pharmacist to revert to when he lost his memories of being a dwarf. Belle has nothing to remember but being locked in the basement for twenty-eight years.

—She broke the cup! *is emotionally damaged*

—Dr. Frankenstein has somehow become a compelling and tragic character. I didn’t really care about him before, but now I want to see him get back to his brother. Also, if he and Red dated, I don’t think I would completely hate that. They kinda vibe together.

—If people who aren’t in the book (such as Frankenstein) got cursed, could we have Mary Poppins show up?

—I love that there was some shade about Frankenstein being the name attached to the monster, rather than the guy, in the collective human consciousness.

—Regina’s mausoleum office is phat. I mean, it was cool before, when it was in the mayoral building or whatever, but it gets extra points for being underneath a tomb.

—Anton is a really sweet guy. And I don’t blame him for being down on humans; I kinda hate humans sometimes too. And humans didn’t trick me into accidentally leading them to my house so they could kill my entire family and steal from me.

—Fricking Jack being from Wonderland burns me. And to have her be the person who killed the Jabberwock? She’s not worthy of such an honor. That poem was epic.

—I love that Anton’s got the dwarves to hang out with now. Also, Tiny being his dwarf name got me right in the feels.

—The oldest brother (at least I assume he was the oldest) was that big orderly—I think his name was Jerry?—from ER. Which is also a great show (at least until the last couple of seasons; then it kinda sucks).

—Mr. Gold Goes To The Airport™ was an awfully distressing segment. He can’t use magic; he almost forgot who he was; he has no clue about planes or airport security…it was terrible. Also, he’s right—having to take off your shoes is uncivilized. Bit of a side note, but I’ve never flown before, and I’m pretty sure I would also freak out if I ever do.

—I appreciate that Emma is being, if not quite nice, then understanding. She’s very brusque, but she’s a good person, and for someone often lacking in tact she’s pretty compassionate.

—Mr. Gold promising to look after Emma and Henry (for Charming) while they’re on their not-so-fun quest was nice. Even if he was kind of salty about it, his expression reflected that he was thinking of his own kid, which is exactly the right kind of human touch to give him.

—Charming’s brother was a proper asshole. A philandering, overindulgent, two-faced, thieving man-child. There is no redeeming quality there.

—Snow having a modern bow in Storybrooke amuses me. That, and the fact that she likes life or death adventures. She’s nuts *adoringly* I also love that she would rather stay in Storybrooke with Emma than go back to the fairytale world.

—I don’t trust the new guy. He’s going to ruin everything.

—It’s an interesting take to have Belle being essentially institutionalized for thinking she saw magic….IN A TOWN THAT IS LITERALLY MAGIC. It’s like if that Oz followup movie where Dorothy was in the asylum was set in Oz, and they were all trying to gaslight her because she lost her memories.

—At least it seems plausible that Mr. Gold might eventually get to see his son again at some point. That and Anton getting to be a lil bit happy are the two wins from these episodes.

Depending on whether or not I watch the Andor premiere tomorrow, I may not have time for OUAT. Also, Thursday I have an evening obligation to go to, so I probably won’t be able to watch OUAT then either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but sad.

#once upon a time #ouat #mr. gold #rumplestiltskin #dr. frankenstein #Captain Hook #belle #red riding hood #Snow White #prince James charming #both of them #should I call Charming David now? #anton #tiny #jack the giant killer #Emma swan #Henry #the seven dwarves #martianbugsbunny reviews

[ecandjamesvpjournal]

An Idea that I’m putting out there for anyone to use #1

Alright, I have an idea for a Harry Potter x Ghostbusters crossover fan fiction, but since I have never read the series, nor watched the movies, and only have heard of it through passing from clips, fan fiction, and people who know it (friends), I have devised the following idea:

The Dursleys (who are as “christian” as usual) take Harry, to New York where they give him to his distant relative to his mother. A relative connected on his mother’s side, The Spenglers. Cue the Dursleys arriving at the front door of GB HQ and dropping him off to Dr. Egon Spengler. Thankfully, they have a DNA test and is proven to be indeed a distant relative to Dr. Spengler.

At some point, Harry reveals his magical nature to the scientists, due to either deciding to reveal to them after an encounter with the green ghost (“Slimer”), or because sometimes he keeps setting off the PKE Meters. After this, the US version of the Ministry of Magic arrive to talk to the Ghostbusters, including with P-CoC’s Head, Walter Peck (remember, this is taking place in the 90s). There, they talk about how this US Gov’t has approved of Harry being there with the scientist, along with the scientist assisting with certain magical problems, as they were impressed on how they took on, not only a powerful god… twice (Gozer), but to defeat a powerful dark wizard Prince Vigo of Carpathia, and Ivo Shandor who was doing abominable experiments that neither non-magical humans, nor wizards would ever do.

While staying with them, Harry starts to learn how to combine magic with the science the Ghostbusters have on hand.

When he’s given a chance to learn magic in his home country, Britain, The Ghostbusters go over to help when the US Magic Gov’t sends them to help. There, they discover Hogwarts to be overrun with Class V [5] and VI [6] ghosts (Class IV [4] ghosts are basically human souls and since they show no hostility, they’re left alone).

The Ministry of Magic soon discovers these “muggles” that are able to fight ghosts and magical things, but by that time, Voldemort is being discovered by Harry and his friends. This leads to where events happen and before Voldemort is able to fly through Harry to get the “curse spell thingy”, the Ghostbusters with their tech is able to grab “He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named-For-It-Is-Cursed”, and trap him, altering the story somehow.

Things that Need to happen in the story:

Since it is the 90s, the Ghostbusters VG and the first two films are cannon

A cousin or nephew of one of the Ghostbusters is there when Harry arrives, and is there throughout the story. Not only is he there to help relate to Harry being in this new world that he’s been thrown into, but at the point of being at Hogwarts, he defends Harry and his friends when Draco(?) insults them. He challenges the Ghostbuster, leading to a really cool duel between the young wizard, and the non-magical human with the particle accelerator and thrower strapped to their back. BONUS: they somehow beat Draco.

Some of the ghosts and dead wizards are surprised by these new modern humans that are un-phased by the magic, ghosts, and sentient items. They are also intrigued by some of their science, and how it blurs with their magic.

Voldemort is captured and thus altering the plot. It would make things humorous to indicate that this wasn’t that hard to capture while the wizards who fear this guy is surprised to find him defeated by a young boy and his non-magic distant uncle and HIS friends.

That’s about whatever I could think of. But the possibilities are there for a epic crossover involving a group of blue-collared paranormal investigative scientist, and the “Boy-Who-Lived” becoming the “Boy-Who-Lived-With-The-Ghostbusters”.

Go nuts and have fun.

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[gardnerhinton22]

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[makerofmadness]

I have listened to the cookie music I enjoy, they all sound wizardy in a way. My favorite is probably the last one because it makes me feel like casting evil spells. Not sure if I'd ever listen to them on the regular since I'm not a fan of the game but I like the vibes! Putting funny curses on innocent civilians

You have to tell me what you thought of the skylanders music now *grips you* /silly

oh the skylander ost is cool. Makes me feel like an epic adventurer like some wise old warrior traversing the lands on foot. (Idk those are just. The vibes)

also about the cookie run ones; I find it funny how you got those vibes from walnut cookie's trial theme rather than the city of wizards theme, since walnut cookie's just. Like. A junior detective XD it's funny to me-

[theshiningcommonwealth]

Midrock

 From the Icewind Dale Times Tribune...

Midrock the Prime’s “Banishment of Winter Tour” Brings a Heavy and Guttural New Sound to Ten Towns.

Midrock the Prime has descended upon the Icewind Dale and has brought an atypical cacophony to the taverns and town squares of the area.  The bard (if you can call him that) is an up and coming artist and has written a torrent of songs that he says describes his forays into the city of Ythrin, and pays tributes to his comrades that helped to break the winter of the Western Frozenfar.  His first stop was Lonleywood, on the eve of the last full moon, where he presented this new material for the first time.  The older towns folk could barely tolerate the sound emanating from his drums… but the younger ages seemed to enjoy it, describing it as ‘heavy’,  Midrock is an odd looking fellow with eyes of two different colors, and an affinity for dark clothing adorned with metal spikes and buckles.  His songs center around a motley crew of characters…

The Posessed  - a devilishly handsome man of cunning and guile afraid of the evil presence that lurks within his soul. The Savage - a woman champion of great physical stature touched with the mark of a bear beast. The Valkyrie - a strident and compassionless fighter who wears her grudges on her sleeve. The Starbringer - a strange creature from the stars who sees and speaks only the truth. The Ancient One - a wisened a dangerous wizard, keen of mind and hellbent on vanquishing his enemies,

Selections from set list are as follows:

I Believe I Can Fly - a story of a daring escape from a goblin stronghold.  Bad Blood - a song about a cleric who was bitten by a werebear. Ice Ice Baby - a dark and brooding song about fighting creatures in an icy wilderness. My Humps - a story of a brutal journey across the sea on the back of a mythical whale. In Your Eyes - a song of vengeance and a battle against hordes of Gnothics. U Can’t Touch This - The tragic and epic grand finale about near-betrayal from within the group’s ranks and the breaking of the curse that brought the long winter to the land.

A curious (and perhaps ironic) choice is the opening act, a frumpy bard that goes by the name Benny G and performs what can only be described as glorious “light jazz covers” of songs from a long disbanded boy group called Faerie Fire.  The crowd at Lonelywood loved his music, its catchy beats, and positive lyrics... they seemed genuinely disappointed when he failed to show up after the show for an encore and some beers.

After Midrock played the final show of the tour, paid off his band members and settled into Lonelywood… he is left with a feeling of disquiet and wanting.  He knew his songs were good, and was gratified that they at least resonated with some of the young people in the towns he played in, but they didn’t LOVE it… actually, most people preferred Benny G’s set to his.  Maybe he needs to play harder?  … or louder? Maybe he needs to change instruments?  Maybe he just needs new inspiration?  Maybe his music just isn’t for everyone?  Nah.  Midrock puts away his drums for the spring and settles into playing a strange new magical instrument, similar to a lute…. it was crafted for him by the Clerics of Kelemvor in return for the Scroll of the Comet, and is adorned with skulls and other cool looking spiky things.

It fits him well. Drums were getting harder to play anyway with the strange numbness in his hand.  He spends the next few months honing his skills on a new instrument, and struggling to find inspiration for his next set of songs.  — One unusually warm morning, Midrock got up early to write a new song.  His time practicing with his new instrument had progressed to the point where he started to notice its “voice” mingling with his own.  It was an unexpected development and new to Midrock.  In the past his songwriting had always started with a flash of a rhythmic inspiration: an unusual pattern heard on the wind from a far off village, the sound of hooves on cobblestone, a blacksmith's hammer, or the clash and excitement of steel in battle.  In his ear these flashes could become a triumphant riff or an explosive intro and always led to his best work.  But now there was something else:  something behind his own familiar voice - two voices now telling a sad, dark story.  Of past glory, of tremendous loss.  This new song would be brutal and beautiful.  As he worked he laughed at how easy the song was coming to him but he knew to listen to his muse as long as she was singing to him.  By evening he was still feverishly writing.  Adding new instruments to the bridge, tweaking chord progressions, imagining new polyrhythms with complex time signatures and changes.  Hours passed.  Sometime well into the night,  he put down his quill.  “Done”.  The fever had passed. The muse was gone and a weariness settled over him.  He closed his eyes and sat back in his chair.  He couldn’t remember the last time he was so overcome by a song and let out a long breath.  He stood and shook out his hand, “These damn pins and needles again”.  Midrock went outside to relieve himself.  Standing there, now emptied physically and emotionally, he started to feel…odd.  What had just happened?  He thought back on the hours he spent, madly writing this perfect song, it was an almost out-of-body feeling.  But now something about it felt off.  He rushed back inside to his table.  All but one of the candles had guttered out but one was still burning.  He reached down and held up the sheet of paper with his new song.  “What is this?”  He was perplexed.  Where was the song?  There were no chords, no verses, no polyrhythms, no lyrics.  There was nothing.  Nothing that resembled a song anyway.  There was just one thing on the page.  Written in his hand but more violently, a script that was maniacal, hurried, messy, almost raving.  One phrase written, written over and over and over again.  “Serve me”.  Over and over, filling the page.  “Serve me” He gasped and threw the page away from him.  Then, looking down at his table, that same phrase covering the table, scrawled on every one of the mess of papers and parchments he had scattered on his table.  “Serve me”,  “Serve me”  “Serve me”  “Serve me”

[organsinajar]

An IRL History

OOG: Back in middleschool I heard of this game called dungeons and dragons and my bff patrick played it with his family, i thought this sounded awesome but never got a chance to play

In the 9th grade (2018-2019? i think) i was finally in highschool and they had a dnd club! I signed up immediately and was brought into dellilah’s epic campaign; this campaign was really rough on the edges and was the continuation of someone else’s story, but we had a lot of fun with it. My first character was a changeling sorcerer who proved the hard way that dellilah didn’t know fall damage rules :))), soon after i played an awoken cat wizard who flew with mage hand.

The problem strikes when dellilah graduated that spring and for the next year her younger boyfriend was put in charge because nepotism~

10th grade rolls around and we have the honor of playing in chris’ epic campaign. not gonna sugar coat it, this fucking sucked. the game went at a snails pace and we couldnt do jack because his catgirl oc was the main character, but chris showed up less and less before eventually ghosting us all.

now chrisless and with a table of players and no dm i got my turn at being the guy behind the curtain and ran a few one shots with everyone’s preexisting characters. After we accepted that chris wasn’t coming back i got everyone to roll up new characters and we started a campaign of my own. The campaign is a little wonkey but we all enjoy it, i start bleeding players where a cast of [Patrick, Eric, Dakota, Heather, Joyce] became [Patrick & Joyce]

later into the year i also start a side game where patrick makes me run all of the lord of the rings (im too stupid to read these books it goes weird)

CRISIS STRIKE AGAIN! crisis being the covid-19 pandemic, no more school, no more dnd, big cliffhangers /_ \

next school year my dad makes me stay home and do online school, i hate my life. i try to get people from the club to play online. they dont

the big thing from this is im able to run a one shot testing out my post apocalypse idea of THE SEA OF BLOOD, i run it for patrick alex and rowan. they killed a dragon and it was cool; there was a followup with weird gravity shit and illithids that had the LORCUS on the walls of a dungeon but patrick just walked past it.

12 grade baybeee! last year of highschool, next year i can be cool and go to college. This year i walzed into the club and gave a brief presentation on my kickass campaign idea, apparently no one heard me but several people still thought it would be cool and joined. These legendary adventurers were [Patrick (again), Joyce (again), James, DJ]. This kickass sandbox campaign with players all in it for the game was my best experience to date! Things go shockingly smooth and we find a natural endpoint near the end of the year and leave satisfied.

Those times were alike to ancient greece, here come the sea people.

My next venture into tabletop games is attempting to run 5th edition’s curse of strahd. I assemble a team of [DJ, Rosali, Mikey, Zander, Cricket]. This was rough. No offense to most of them but it was a disaster group; i was struggling to parse this poorly organized module, dj was coming in with lofty expectations of roleplay, rosali has seen too much critical role and googled spoilers, zander didnt know what was happening and is a little too silly goofy, and mikey has just kinda been an asshole to me in the past and i accidentally talked myself into a corner and invited them during the “second chance” phase.

On the side i run a silly goofy tiny critters consisting of [DJ & Maryam] (we tried to bully ares into it but he wasnt complacent enough). this kinda went no where and fizzled out while the curse of strahd campaign crashed and burned

to salvage the wreckage i not only drop curse of strahd but drop 5e, i start running cyberpunk 2020, zander stops showing and i kick mikey out of my life (finally). Early cyberpunk goes really good but i make a fatal mistake, i assume my players care enough to follow the plot they beg for. They do not. I change the status quo dramatically putting them in a less great position game wise but it pushes for this grand plot, they resist and only desire to sit on their asses. fuck. While the group grows back in numbers to be [Rosali, Rae, Cricket, Rachelle, Zander (haunted)] i slowly lose my motivation, i get increasingly burnt out, it becomes harder and harder to run but i do it. The characters actually are motivated enough to go do something for once so it becomes a little easier.

In the background my interest grows in the OSR, i pick up old school essentials, beautiful beautiful minimalism. my desire to run something else grows but im stuck working on a minecraft tournament (ew)

The final season of minecraft heroes concludes, this is my chance! i quickly harass several people and get a shocking ratio of yes:no, i assemble [DJ, Maryam, Patrick, Alex, Gaber] is this my new dream team??

as it stands my weekly cyberpunk game is going and in just over a week my new dnd game will begin, i am hopeful

i pray this not be the end, until we meet again tomecrawler