#ok ok let me see if i have the timeline correctly:

[fluffypotatey]

okay so:

the year is 2021. the month is june. the new season of hermitcraft, season 8, has just started, and everything is great! the hermits are all messing around, having fun, building insane things within the first week of the server being active, and generally having a good time. everyone's collected themselves into little factions, pranking each other, and it's all the fun, lighthearted, mostly-vanilla content hermitcraft is known for.

and then the split between minecraft versions 1.18 and 1.19 is announced. the delay of new terrain, and especially of new mobs like the warden, considerably disrupt several of the hermits' plans. but it's fine, they'll figure something out, they're professionals, and it mostly goes unnoticed.

about two weeks later, on november 9th, grian turns to mumbo jumbo in one of his episodes, and asks the famous question that would seal hermitcraft season 8's fate:

"mumbo, is the moon... big?"

suddenly, the fans panic. they search back through videos and streams, and realize that the moon had been abnormally large and stuck in a full-moon phase since october 30th. the Moon Big event has begun.

this is where the roleplay really starts. once the moon's size has been brought up, the hermits start a weird combination of scrambling to figure out why the moon's growing, and how to stop it- but also of ignoring it, hoping it won't be a problem, hoping someone else will deal with it. the moon keeps getting bigger, more hermits start realizing it's going on, and a creeping sense of dread starts to grow. but it's fine. it's fine, right? they do little plotlines like this all the time. they'll figure something out, the moon will go back to normal, and we'll laugh about it when this is all over. it's fine.

and then, blocks start flying away. just floating up out of the ground, and falling right back down! like for a moment, a square meter chunk of dirt has decided it's a ballerina and leaped out of the ground! but it's fine, right? the blocks are coming back. no lasting harm is done. they're going to fix it all... right?

the moon gets bigger. it's growing every day- local hermit weirdguy joe hills measures it every stream. the blocks start flying higher. gravity starts getting... weird, with players getting the slow falling effect at random, and being lifted off of the earth themselves. the players form cults and rituals and whatnot to try and appease the moon, convince it to leave them alone, making plans to escape. nothing works. things keep getting worse, and the moon keeps getting bigger. but it'll be fine. these storylines never leave lasting harm, or at least they never have before. they'll be fine.

and then the blocks stop coming back, just floating into the sky forever. the players have the slow falling effect more than they don't now. the moon is now so big it's visible even during the day, and fills the entire sky at night. they start planning their escapes in earnest, and say their goodbyes. some hermits jump into a void hole in the overworld (it was the centerpiece of their village). some flee to the End, some to the nether, some just fly with elytras and hope they can get far enough away in time. one brave hermit, tango, flies himself to the moon in a futile attempt to blow the whole thing up before it can crash.

but in the end, the moon crashes into the server, and everything they'd built was destroyed. and the whole time, there'd been nothing any of them could've done. season eight was over, a full six months before anyone had expected it to end, and season nine wouldn't start until about three months later. and im still not okay about it.

(here's a cool animatic of the moon's crash! honestly i dont think you need too much hermitcraft knowledge to get the gist)

(also the moon crash happened on the day before my birthday lmao.)

….

holy shit

#ok ok let me see if i have the timeline correctly: #1) s8 begins in June and so does the new update announcement #2) months go by with no issue (that they’re aware of) #3) it’s in November when they realize the moon has been growing #4) does the moon crash in January??? #but gawddam #that is one apocalypse story if I’ve heard of one #also fitting bc i think it was 2021 where we were getting a LOT of asteroid/moon fall movies #idk what was in the air (possibly the pandemic that led to unforced isolation & ppl coped with apocalypse stories) #and somehow that bled through to a Minecraft server???? somehow????? #wild #this also reminds me of an apocalypse movie i watched with a friend called ‘3 Días’ #very good movie btw #highly recommend (it is a Spanish only film which i don’t think will be an issue bc subtitles) #anyway #asks #smp 101 with gumy #hermitcraft edition!

[asmutwriter]

The Gangsta's Wife (Part 1)

DESCRIPTION: (1920) You live a pretty normal life. Living with you're two younger sisters, having moved back to your hometown from when you were younger. This is where you meet the infamous Thomas Shelby who gives you an offer you cant refuse

WORD COUNT: 3364

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WARNINGS: smoking, implied violence, slight sexism, swearing, drinking

DISCLAIMERS

This is fiction. Please always talk to your partner before doing anything and make sure they are ok with what you are doing beforehand

I have not watched Peaky Blinders so this may not be accurate to the actual TV show. It will also not follow the timeline of the show. But I hope you enjoy.

The three brothers sit around the table inside the little room. The one in their pub. The soft chattering of people outside as they play a game of poker. "Play the next hand will you" Tommy says as his two brothers look at him in shock.

"Can you just run past us what you just said again? I think my hearing must be going as I swear you just said you wanted to get married" his younger brother says

"You heard me correctly"

"So who's the lucky lady" the older says

"I've not found her yet" they both laugh "I know it sounds like a ridiculous fantasy. I reckon if we got a girl that has no prior relations to us or the type of stuff that we do then people would be more likely to trust us. Therefore wanting us to be in business more. It will get rid of some of the negativity we have surrounding our name"

"I'm sure we could easily find one off the streets for you" the younger teases as he lets out a low laugh

"I want someone who doesn't get scared easily. Don't want her to get spooked and run off during the honeymoon"

"Well we wish you luck on that journey" The older says as they finish up their game. Calling it a night they head out. Putting on their hats and coats as they start walking. Tommy lighting a cigarette as the three of them walk. His two brothers walking on slightly ahead as he goes to throw the last bit of his smoke down. It had gotten late by now that they didn't expect to bump into someone. Quite literally.

You run down the alleyway. Turning to face behind you to see if he was following. You turn back just as you bump into someone. He grabs your elbow as to stop you from falling straight onto your ass "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" you stutter out. Eyes going to the alleyway. The strangers eyes fall to your neck. The dark bruising around it. He looks down the alleyway. His hand falling from your elbow as he meets your gaze again.

"Tommy?" you hear someone calling as you dart your eyes between the three figures

"I- I need to go" a mild panic in your voice as you start to walk away. Your eyes constantly go back to the alleyway. You turn away from him. Bumping into the two other men as you walk past. "I'm sorry. I need to go" they move out your way as you run past them.

-

Some people would call you a thief. You prefer the term con woman. And a good one you are. Allowing you to be able to steal jewels and money without people noticing. This allowed you to keep up your income. That's what had caused the bruising around your neck though. You got caught by someone who didn't take your petty theft lightly.

You run to your house. Opening the door you pretty much slam it behind you. Your little sister jumps out of bed.

"Flo!" she calls out. Hugging you. You hug her back. Seeing your other younger sister opening here eyes at you.

"We were wondering when you'd be back"

"I'm here now" you kiss your sister on the top of her head. You grab into your coat pocket. Pulling out a necklace and bracelet. Followed by a pair of earrings. Elizabeth grabs it from you as she sits up on the bed.

"Oh my god!" she looks at it, holding them up to her ears "what do we think?"

"Ooh very fancy. Look like a proper little lady" she grins at you causing you to chuckle. She hands them back to you as you put them back in your coat. "I plan on selling them tomorrow. Then we can get that house we were looking at. Until then though we should be getting to bed. Come on" she nods. Jumping back into bed. You pull the covers up over the both of them. Stroking the hair out of their eyes as you grab a blanket. Going over and sleeping on the sofa on the adjacent wall.

You'd managed to sell the items the next day. Getting a good amount of money in exchange for the house. That and your savings from the previous months. You find the current seller of the house you were wanting. Him smoking outside the building, chatting to someone else. You walk over to him "I'd like to buy this house" he looks at you, eyeing you up and down

"You can't afford it" you reach into your pocket handing him a wad of cash. He looks at the money. Then at you

"Why don't you get your husband to come along. I'll talk to him. Alright sweetheart?" you take out some more money.

"I'm buying this house today" he looks back at the money in your hand.

"Ok then love" he goes to take the money from your hand but you move it away. Holding out your other hand

"The keys" he chuckles. Going into his pocket he takes out some keys. Handing them to you as you take them. Then handing him the money.

"Thank you gentlemen. Now excuse me" you go and open the front door. Going inside your new house.

A few days had passed. You'd fully moved into your home. Not that you had much to move from your small box house. Your sisters loved the new place. The three of you had been so used to sharing the same bedroom for years that it felt strange to have your own personal spaces. But you'd be lying if you said you didn't enjoy the privacy.

You walk down the street. Arms crossed over your torso as the winter air chills you. You feel a couple of spots of rain. Quickening your pace in hopes to get home before it starts hacking it down. But you're to late. You quickly run over to the nearest building you can as to keep dry from the poor weather. Opening the door as you go inside.

Dripping onto the nice floor as you look around the pub. Empty. You walk over to the bar. Taking off your coat and placing it next to you on the stall. Listening to the rain as you wait for it to calm down. You don't pay much mind to your surroundings. Jumping as you hear a voice.

"I think you're in the wrong place" you turn to look as you jump up from your seat. Two piercing blue eyes watching you from one of the booths. His body slumped against the back of the chair.

"Sorry Mr Shelby. I just- its pissing it down out there and the door was open so I-" he raises his hand slightly. Causing you to stop. He tilts his head at you. Eyes scanning over your body before he speaks, motioning at the seat opposite him.

"Sit" you look at the front door. Hearing the wind picking up more. Your body screaming at you to run. Get out of this place. But going against your better judgement you stand up from your stall. Your body tense as you slide into the booth opposite him. He pours a glass, pushing it towards you.

"I'm ok thank you"

"I insist" you look at his eyes. Then at the drink. Picking it up as you take a sip. Placing the beverage down onto the table and passing it back to him. "You're that girl from a few weeks ago"

"I don't know what kind of night you had a few weeks ago but I can promise you that we've never met before" he chuckles at your statement. Your boldness intriguing him.

"You ran into me. You had bruises around your neck" his eyes go to your throat. You shuffle slightly under his gaze.

"Even if it was me then my business is my own" you say confidently. Eyes meeting his as he nods

"I can drink to that" he picks up the glass. Taking a sip of it before placing it back down in the center of the table.

"Why are you drinking here alone?"

"Like you said. My business is my own" you nod, half smiling as you lean forward and grab the glass from the middle again. Drinking the remainder of the liquid. Placing the cup down. He takes it, pouring some more. Sipping it before placing it back to the middle of the two of you

"I should be getting back" as if on cue you hear the rain start to pick up more. "Or maybe not" you say, a slight annoyance in your voice

"Looks like you're going to be here for a while" he says. Motioning at the bar "Grab another glass" You look at him. Then look at the drink he's already poured. You stand up, going behind the counter and grabbing one. You head back over to him, sitting down as you place the cup down. He takes it from you. Pouring you a glass and handing it to you. That's when you notice the blood on his knuckles. Your breath hitches slightly.

He's fully aware of what you've seen. There's no way he can't know that you've seen his hands. But he remains unfazed. Instead he calmly drinks his drink. Eyes on you as he places the cup onto the table. Watching you. "Do you have a pack of cards on you?" you say. More to try and help your nerves then to make small talk. Avoiding his cold gaze as best as you can as you. He shakes his head as you let out a soft 'oh'.

"What's your name?" He asks as he reaches into his pocket. Taking out some cigarettes. He offers you one. The pack facing you. You reach over, grabbing one out

"Florence. My friends call me Flo though" you say, placing the stick into your mouth as he takes one for himself. Grabbing out a light he lights his one.

"What can I call you then?" Before reaching over with the lit match. You lean over the table as he lights the end for you. Putting the match out as you sit back down onto your seat properly. Taking the smoke from your mouth as you look at him. Head titling slightly

"Flo" you say, causing him to half smile. He takes the item from his mouth, replacing it with his drink before speaking again

"You new around here Flo?"

"I grew up here but moved to London when I was about 12. Moved back a few months ago"

"Is it anything like how you remembered?" you laugh slightly

"I have a lot of fond memories of this place from when I was a kid. But now... lets just say that things are a bit different now that I'm older" he nods. You have some more of your drink. You go to say something else just as the door opens. You recognize him as one of the Shelby boys. John you believe his name to be.

"Tommy we need you back home" he says, his eyes falling onto you as you turn to face him. "Who's the girl?"

"No one" he says "what do you need help with?"

"Family matter". You stand up

"That is my cue to leave" you say. Going over to the bar again and grabbing your coat "thank you for the drinks Mr Shelby" you say, smiling softly at him as he smiles back. Nodding towards you as you head outside. Going past the younger brother half cautiously as you walk back home. You must've been in the pub longer then you remember as the rain has practically stopped by now. Letting you have a relatively dry walk back.

It had been a week since you moved in. Your sisters were at school so you decided to have a day out. Going out the front door. Turning around to lock it. Just as you see your neighbor coming out of the house next to you. You look and see John coming out. You look away quickly. Locking he front door as he turns to face you

"You're the lass from the pub" You face him and smile slightly

"I don't know what you mean" he nods slightly. Looking at your house as you walk into the street more. "Have a nice day Mr Shelby" you smile as you walk off. Trying to get rid of any business you may have with the Shelby family and the Peaky Blinders.

You go on a bit of a shopping spree during your day out. Not buying anything to ornate but possibly spending more money then you should have. Buying fresh fruit and veg, some bread and other necessities. You meet up with one of your friends and have a chat with her.

You head back to your house. Unlocking the front door and heading inside. You place the food down onto the kitchen side, starting to put the stuff away. A few minutes go past before there's a knock at the door. You look, unsure of who it could be. Elizabeth and Mary would just walk in knowing you leave it unlocked for them. You go to the door. Opening it. John and Tommy standing by it. Johnny leaning against the door frame. Before you have time to speak (or close the door on them) the youngest brother speaks. A smile on his face that you can't read.

"Mind if we come in?" your eyes dart between the two men

"Sure" you manage to say. Moving out the way and motioning for them to come in. Body tense as they both head inside. You go into the living room "Do you want anything to drink?" Trying to keep your cool as John sits down. Tommy leans against the wall as he watches you.

"No. You see we've come to have a little chat" the younger says

"About?"

"Are you spying on us?" the older says

"Why would you think that?"

"You bump into us late at night, then you come into the pub. Now you're living next door" the younger says, leaning back onto your sofa as they both watch you. His eyes darting as he expresses his words with his hands.

"Its a small town Mr Shelby. Purely coincidence" he stands up. Turning to face you as he takes his cap off. Your eyes dart to the object before going back up to his face "I am aware of who you are. What you are apart of. But I am not a spy. So there will be no need for you to use that" you motion at his hat. Your eyes fixed onto his as you feel yourself shaking slightly from fear. Trying to regain your composure.

"We asked around about you. No one seems to know who you are. An introverted young woman. No husband or family. Only recently moved in"

"I am orphaned. My mother died when I was young. Father died during the war. I lived in London for a while but made some enemies recently so moved back here where I grew up. If that is all the questions you have then I would like you boys to leave my house" John places his hat down onto the side table. Sitting back down on the sofa as he looks at you. Smiling

"I think I'll take that drink now"

You clench your fists slightly but nod. Going into the kitchen you make them both a drink. Resting your hands against the counter top as you curse at yourself slightly. How did you end up here? You really did not want to make the Peaky Blinders you enemy.

You walk back in. Placing two cups down. You stay standing. Folding your arms over your body in an effort to hide your hands shaking. You hear the front door open. Your sisters walking in. "Flo you'll never guess what happened today at... school..." Elizabeth says the last word quietly as she walks into the living room. Mary coming in and grabbing her sisters hand as they look at the two men, then you.

"Why don't you two head upstairs, hmm?" she nods slightly. Her eyes going to the two men before she goes up to her room. Taking her sister with her. You shut the living room door. Shutting your eyes as you lean your head on the door. "Fuck" you mutter. Turning back around as the older one speaks

"You told us your family was dead"

"No I said I was orphaned. I never said my family was dead. Very different things" he nods as he keeps watching you.

"What enemies did you make in London?"

"None that I can't handle" the younger brother laughs. Making you turn towards him "I've dealt with far worse then either of you boys could imagine. I know how to be safe"

"Don't you get worried about your sisters though?" you stay silent "I mean, the reason you didn't tell us about them must've been so we would never find out about them. Never be able to harm them" the younger says. Almost mocking. You take a step closer to him. Keeping heavy eye contact as you speak

"If you ever touch my sisters I will personally rip you apart. Limb by limb. Do you understand?" he stands up. Taking a step towards you

"Was that a threat?" he says. Starting to walk over to you. Tommy moves, facing towards his brother as he puts a hand onto his shoulder as your eyes stay on each others.

"Johnny" he says. A sternness in his voice making the younger look at him. "Go for a walk" he looks at his brother, looks at you. Mutters something under his breath as he opens the door. Leaving. You hear the front door slam shut. You avoid his eyes as you start babbling an apology.

"I'm sorry about that I-"

"I want to make a deal with you" he says. He leans against the wall again. He folds his arms over his torso. His demeanor was a lot more relaxed then yours. You couldn't read him though. You turn to face him properly. Your silence making him continue "I am looking for a wife. I need someone that has no previous associations with myself or my businesses. A positive beacon to my currently negative lifestyle. One that can make me seem trustworthy for future business opportunities"

"Mr Shelby" you say as a soft whisper, your eyes fixed to his as he continues talking

"You said yourself that you have a lot of enemies. Putting not only your life but your sisters lives in danger. I could protect you. The family you have would be safe. I can provide you with money. New clothes. So much food that you would never know what sleeping hungry felt like again" he takes a step towards you. Bringing his arms down as he places them into the pockets of his waistcoat. "You'd be my wife. You'd come with me to professional settings. Help me gain the trust of people that I couldn't on my own" he reaches down. Picking up both the glasses you poured. Handing you one "what do you say?".

You blink at him a couple of times. Taking you a little while before processing what he said. "I am flattered Mr Shelby but... wouldn't a girl of higher status be more rewarding for you? I come from nothing. I have nothing to give you" he pauses for a moment. Eyes unmoving from yours.

"Every time I've met you you've shown me a bravery that no one else has. That is something I value more then riches and materialistic items" you nod slowly as you look down. Thinking through your options before lifting your head up, meeting his gaze as you gently take a glass from him

"Looks like we're getting married" you softly say as you clink your glass to his before downing the liquid. Him letting out a soft chuckle before doing the same

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[allgremlinart]

haiiiiii friend can you explain jianzhu to me I keep seeing you post about them and I’m nosy and wanna know (<- stopped watching atla bc I realized zutara was never gonna be canon)

also jetko. can you explain jetko too (I’m thinking they’re more on the ghostbat spectrum where it’s like. intense friendship that left both emotionally scarred for the rest of their lives)

TEEHEE HEEHE HEE <- me when I get the opportunity to explain/infodump cross-fandom stuff to mutuals

ok so Jianzhu... ahhh Jianzhu... ((SPOILERS for anyone reading the Kyoshi novels))

This is Jianzhu and also like... probably one of maybe 4 canon images/art there is of him... he's not from the original cartoon he's from the Avatar Kyoshi spin-off novels that take place abt 400 yrs before the events of the show (idk how much you know abt atla lore from osmosis so this might get a little tedious? I'm just gonna explain as succinctly as possible.)

To be brief, he's a cunty old man. But unlike when I call, say, Minhkhoa a cunty old man it's not really loving ... its more like... I love to hate him. He's a REALLY good villain.

He's a politician. He made 500 people dig their own graves and then buried them alive. He beheaded his friend of like 20+ years. He drugs and kidnaps teenagers. etc. It's great.

His whole character arc is like... He's in control. You start off the book and he is very clearly in control, and he knows what he's doing, and he even sounds halfway reasonable sometimes but over the course of the novel he gets more and more desperate to grab hold of a situation that spirals wildly away from him and you get to watch it happen. His justifications for his actions get crazier, he gets sloppier and sloppier with his murders....

OH also you know how sometimes people think Bruce is some callous asshole who was only using his adoptive son who worshipped him as a weapon, and when he died he quickly sought to replace him without remorse ? Yeah he's like that but. Like actually this time. His dead adoptive son also then comes back after eating an eyeball in the spirit world (idk) and kills him by pressing a pebble through his sternum so. More successful than Jason at patricide I'd say. Look there's a lot I didn't cover, here's his wiki.

ok Jetko... ah... the ancient yaoi..

Important required reading before I explain this ship is this post. What you have to understand about Zuko is that for basically like... 40 episodes the only person he shares significant screen time with is his uncle so when him and Jet met in s2 and had a decent 3 episodes worth of interactions ... it was enough, lets just say that.

The basic Jetko timeline is they meet on a ferry while Zuko and his Uncle are disguised as refugees and they steal food together -> Jet tries to get Zuko (who he only ever knows as "Li") to join his emo band gang which Zuko refuses -> Jet sees Uncle Warcrimes heating his tea and correctly deduces that they are firebenders (ie not who they say they are; the enemy) -> Zuko and his Uncle work in a tea shop while Jet stalks them and steals things from their house and watches them from behind clotheslines (yeah) -> Jet confronts them in the teashop, sword fight, Jet gets arrested and brainwashed by the secret police (yeah) -> Jet dies under a lake which Zuko only finds out about a season later.

So they never had the 4 years of intense homoerotic cohabitation that ghostbat had,.. their chemistry and potential are pretty much instigated by a few of Jet's weird intense lines, such as "As soon as I saw your scar I knew exactly who you were - you're an outcast, like me." And the crux of the ship is like.. Jet both does and doesn't know who Zuko is.

He knows he is also angry and restless, like himself - he knows he is running from his past, like himself - and he knows he is going to Ba Sing Se to create a new identity. These things are all true, for both of them; what Jet doesn't know is that Zuko is from the imperialist nation that brutally murdered his parents and invaded his home and he incorrectly assumes that the anger he recognizes in Zuko stems from the same need to enact violence on those who have taken everything from him.

So I guess the "thought you were exactly like me but then I found out you're not which enrages and humiliates me so know I'm going to beat the shit out of you" thing from BTK no. 6 is something they share with ghostbat but.. Jet's anger is probably a little more justified than Minhkhoa's lol...

In conclusion it's your basic "doomed relationship/they work great together but that doesn't fix anything" ship premise. It used to be more popular back in the day... pretty sure I owe my life to maybe 3 different Taiwanese/Chinese doujin artists from 2009... yeah that's the gist of it.

#wow it is harder than I thought to explain atla lore without like. ACTUALLY explaining atla lore (because trust me that would take too long) #also I'm literally so tortured and enthralled by the end of that first sentence North. its so funny to me but I'm so lost. #how did u hear about z/tara ?? why was it the crux of your interest in the show ?? when was this ?? but also yeah like I've said before #that ship is queerbaiting for straight pairings sdshdsh so you weren't the only one #allgremlinasks #atla #jianzhu #jetko #north tag

[sofasoap]

Little Heart

Pairing : Din Djarin x f!reader. Summary: little drabble post- Heartbreak series. Takes place a few weeks or so after the kidnapping incident. 

N1 is cool, but it is too small. Din got something else. 

Mature theme. strong languages. Some warnings I am not gonna list here, because it will spoil the plot.  And the timeline and lores might be a bit funky. It’s AU and fanfic.  just… roll with it. Also weird Mando’a? Blame me. And the google. Just read the English translation bit. 

English isn’t my first language, so I apologise for any mistakes. 

A/N: I thought my juice ran dry. But it didn’t. I am glad it didn’t. So there is another chapter to the series, or side drabble really.

As Promised @groguspicklejar, here's the fluff that will keep you going. @deakyjoe and @josephquinnswhore, here are sprinkle of tooth rotting sweetness for you both too.

MASTERLIST for the previous stories in this multi-part fic.

There’s that strange fluttering feeling again.  You remember the first time you felt it while back at your parent’s estate on Naboo, waiting for Din to rescue you. Little warmth rising, not uncomfortable, but enough to make you aware of it. Grogu has been acting a bit strange as well, he loves coming up to you, hugging your middle, patting it and looking up at you with a big smile, showing his adorable little fangs. 

Everything has settled back to… relatively normal? Since the incident. Din has introduced you to the convert as his riduur, HIS QUEEN. You blushed at the thought. 

Armorer sat you down, privately, without the prying eyes of the whole covert or your family by your side. Asking you all the sharp questions. How did you come to know Din, how did you know about Mandalorian cultures, do you intend to take the vow and follow the creed.

You were nervous, but try to answer the question as truthfully as you can. You really don’t want to ruin Din’s relationship with his Covert, after he worked so hard redeeming himself.  You surprised Armorer with your ability to speak Mando’a, well, at least you think so, with the very subtle movement she displayed ( you almost missed it ) as you opened your mouth.  “There is no requirement of Mand’alor ‘s riduur  to be a Mandalorian? Right?” You were half hoping all the teachings from your nanny were correct OR at least you remember correctly. Trying to show as much confidence as you. If she refuses, you are ready to use Paz’s riduur as an excuse.

“Very well.” She replied at last, after a brief silence. Seemingly somehow satisfied with your answer, even with your refusal of accepting the creed and becoming a fully fledge Mandalorian. She nodded to you, stood up, signalling the end of the conversation. Just as you were about to walk out, she stopped you, and asked you to hold out your hand. Finding it very strange but still complying with her request, she took your hand, had a good look at it, turned it over and mumbled briefly before letting it go. Secretly sigh in relief as you walk out of the room, where Din has been hovering around the door anxiously during the meeting, rushing over to you. “Cyar’ika, are you ok? Did she ….” “ What do you think I will do to her, Din?” Both you and Din jumped a little hearing Armorer’s voice behind you. Din ducked his head down, like a little boy caught doing something he shouldn’t have been doing, you chuckled a little. “ By the way, you will need to find more beskar ingot soon, for your aliit.” Leaving you both with the mysterious parting words before heading back into her workshop,  you and Din look at each other, in confusion. Din led you back into your private guest quarter, with his arm around your waist the whole time. He’s been acting very protective, a bit overprotective actually, since the incident. Almost not leaving you out of his sight ( you had to kick him out of the refresher a few times. Embarrassingly.)  You can't blame the man. Looking around the room, you see Grogu’s floating pram empty. 

“ Where is Grogu?” 

“ He is playing with Paz’s adike. It’s good for him to interact with other adike sometimes around the same age as him.” ‘ Same age... You mean…. Paz?” Din laughed. “ Alright, I might have phrased that wrong. Adike, who has the same mental age as him. Paz and riduur said he can stay there until after dinner time. So we can have some time alone.” 

You raised your eyebrow. Looking back to the room door, making sure it’s locked before hovering your hand up to his helmet,silently asking for permission to take it off. He moves forward a little, lowering his head to let you gently remove the helmet. “ Hello my king.” You teased. No matter how many times you have seen his face already, you still get the same butterfly feeling when he takes his helmet off. 

“Hello my queen.”  he cups your face with his hand, gently leaning forward, touching the forehead together. “ You are all sweaty.” you complained as you ran your hand through his curly mess of hair. “ Been training with Paz and a few of the younglings.” he rang his hand down your side, towards your waist, pulling you a bit closer. You feel that strange flutter again. 

“Ru'kel ner riduur vaabir ni te ijaat be gaa'tayl ni at cinarin laam?” ( Would my wife do me the honour of helping me to clean up?) He whispered into your ear, dropping a few light kisses here and there. “ Your wish is my command, my Mand’alor.” 

“I .. got a few business to attend to off planet. I need you to stay with either Peli or Boba. Or between them both. For a few days.”“ Why does this sound oddly familiar?" you mumbled. “ I hope I won’t get another bounty hit on me again.” You joked. Din pulled you in tighter from behind. “I.. I am sure you won’t. I made sure of it.”  you hummed. True. Who will dare to put a bounty on you now? 

“ Anyway, I am sure they will be excited to see their favourite little pea again. I wouldn’t be away too long.” That’s what he said to you a few weeks ago. And you hardly heard from him since. “He is fine.” Boba reassures you as he bounces Grogu in his lap, offers you no further explanation as to how he knows, while Fennec throws him a few items to make it float with force. “ Training him.” She said once. Secretly they just enjoy the presence of their favourite adopted nephew.  You stayed between Fett’s palace and Peli’s workshop for a few days, helping them with any repairs, just to distract yourself with thinking too much. That fluttering feeling has increased and more, and you start to have a fair suspicion what it might be. One day you pull Fennec aside, asking her if you can use the medical facility you knew Boba had in his palace. Whispering to her your reasoning, you see surprise on her face, but didn’t comment. Ushering you along, towards Boba’s office, asking for permission.

“You hurt? Din will kill me if you are injured..”

“ Woman problems. Ask no more.”  Fennec ended the conversation there. You were grateful for her help. Boba didn’t ask any more questions, leading you to the medical chamber and setting the medical droids up before leaving the room with Fennec to give you a bit of privacy. After a few questions and scans from the droid, you look at the screen, showing the result. Your suspicion was confirmed.  

Din finally appeared again a few weeks later. Grogu force jumped towards his buir, happy to see him again.  Following behind him in careful steps, you greeted him with a mysterious smile. 

He half regretted leaving you there, but he had to do this by himself.  To make up the wrongs he did previously. Pulling you into a tight hug, gosh, how he misses your touch. He is hoping he wouldn’t need to do this again. To leave you, to be apart from you. From his aliit. 

“ I miss you. So much.” You whispered into his chest. 

“ I know. Me too. I am sorry.”

Boba appeared behind you,” Welcome back Vod. You got everything you need?” Things? What things? Sounded like Boba knows something you don’t.  You look back up to Din, suspiciously.  He avoided your gaze, and nodded to Boba. “ We will leave immediately.” “ You're not going to stay for the night?” You frowned. 

“Time sensitive matter. Come on, I’ll help you pack.” Din pick up Grogu and with arm around your waist, leading you back to the palace. 

Hours later, the clan of three is back into space. Travelling to some unknown destination. 

“ It’s a surprise.” He smiled at you. Din’s lip was sealed. Wouldn’t tell you what he was planning. You also saw him whispering something to Grogu, and Grogu responded enthusiastically with coos and squeals. Your eyes narrowed at them, what are the boys plotting? 

After long travel, the ship arrived on a small planet.  Din finally let out a bit of information about where he has taken his family to.

“ We are not far away from the Codia system.” You are utterly shocked that you have travelled so far out, so close to the wild space. 

“ Boba found this place once when he was chasing down a bounty. Not many people know the existence of this planet.” He explained as he did the landing checks.

You looked out the cockpit window. It’s coming up to sunset time on this planet, you have landed on a large patch of grassland, full of flowers, and there’s a small lake beside it. You were entranced. “Patu.” Grogu pulled your gown a little, trying to get your attention. You smiled at him, and whispered an apology. 

“ Sorry adi’ka, buir probably can’t pick you up as often from now on.”  To your surprise, he coo’ed back in response, and nodded his head, before waddling towards his other buir. Din tilted his head, you can feel and see the confusion with his body language. He must have heard your response to Grogu. You shook your head and proceeded to open the ramp door. A gust of breeze hits you as soon as the ramp opens. The air smells sweet with all the blooming flowers, and a hint of saltiness. You guess the lake might be a body of salty water rather than fresh water. 

Slowly making your way down you look around, taking in the beautiful scenery. This reminds you of Naboo, in a way. Even with the trauma and memories of childhood, you still miss Naboo. The lush greens and waterfalls, but you doubt you will be heading back that way anytime soon, unless for any urgent or business trips. You turned around as you heard the two boys setting up a picnic spread on the grass. Shaking out a blanket, Din walked over to you, with his hands out, leading you to sit on the ground. As soon as you sat down, you feel Grogu patting gently on your arm, you turned to the side, looking down at him, he was smiling and happy as he got your attention, and proceed to open a little brown box that you didn’t notice was there before, with much effort, and carefully took out the content from the said box. 

Five Blossom cake. 

“Cyar’ika.” You turn back to Din, as he called you, unmodulated voice. He is kneeling down, on one knee, without his helmet. 

“I..am sorry I couldn’t do any better before.” he gulped.” I want to make up for my previous mistakes…” OH gosh, he remembered your words. 

You know, I always thought it would be a romantic proposal. Sitting by the lake, having a picnic by the sunset, with Grogu bringing me my favourite five blossom cake , and you popping the question at the same time.

You took a shuddered breath, tears rolling down your face. “I know you have agreed already and.. Well, we are married.” he let out a nervous chuckle.” But I will ask again… mesh’la, cyare, my life. Would you marry me?” You nodded your head furiously, turning into uncontrollable sobs. Damn the hormones. 

Grogu let out a happy coo and hugged your thigh with his tiny little body, while Din pulled you in and both of you buried into each other’s neck. 

He reluctantly pulled away after a while, and picked up a metal box beside him. Upon opening, you see two beautifully crafted arm brace, with small mudhorn sigil on both. It’s made of beskar, you realised. “I had the Armorer crafted this for you… I only realise both Grogu and I have armour made of beskar, and you .. I haven’t gifted you anything since we got married…” You held out your arms, letting him put on the brace for you. It fits perfectly. While admiring it's beauty, it dawned on you why Armorer was looking at your hand. She was trying to measure it. "So this is why you were running around for last few weeks?"

"I was scouting the location.. and I had information of where beskar ingots are, .. I am sorry to be away from you for so long, Cyare."

Another realisation hit at the same time. “Remember what Armorer said that day? About more ingots is needed for our aliit?” he frowned a little, not quite getting where you were going with the conversation. Softly taking his hand, moving it towards your stomach. “ You are going to be a buir.” “I am a buir, to Grogu already, aren’t I?” You shook your head, laughing, “ How about buir to two adike?” Din gasped. Oh , now he understands.

“ You… “ looking down at your stomach, realising why you been wearing more loose item dress and clothes since he saw you again on Tatooine, look of disbelief, and then joy. His clan, once he thought had fallen apart, lost, now will soon be a clan of four.

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hwy so i saw ur poll ab arasol and f they were matesprits or not and ive been into homestuck for about 7 years and its a special interest and im autistic and thwy are my first and tbh only otp anf so if this is ok i wld like to infodump my opinion/hcs ab them bc i just 🥰 i love them sm 🥰 (def not frothing at the mouth at the idea of an audience for my opinions bc everyone irl is sikc of me lmao /lh)

ok so i deffo think they ar e matesprits BUT i think they never liie. clearly confirmwd it while aradia was alive. and once she became ghost aradia i think she got so distant and aloof (i think thats the right word?) about everytuing that it made sollux feel like she disnt love him anymore, and he eventually just had to move on, even thouvh it hurt. and feferi was there, not necessarily as a "rebound" but as a shoulder to cry on. someone for sollux to confide in, and to listen to him because he didnt have anyonw else he felt like woild. and i feel like feferi was def nto him and wanted to be his matesprit but i think sollux wasnt really. and i think they developed a kind of mixed/blurred lines relationship and the whole ghost and aradiabot phases pushed him and aradia furhter apart because aradia was dealinf wth so so much and in turn sollux was dealinf with the loss of his presumed (unofficial, wtv) matesprit, because that wasnt the aradia he knew and had fallen in love with. the ghost thing wasnt a bother - he loved her, not her physical form - it was the personality shift, i think.

and so when she reached god tier and regained her body nd her sense of identity, ithink they started to rekindle what they had nefore, if that makes sense? like aradia was his aradia again, an aradia interested in life and adventuee and archaeology and not this stupid, stupid game and suddenly not everything felt like it was collapsing around him and he felt like things could be okay again. and she helped him and he helped her and together they did make thinfs okay again. with each other.

and i think aradia's living>ghost>aradiabot>godtier timeline is a good allegory for depression and how it can absolutely shatter your sense of self and strip your world of colour and how that can make you push people away and self isolate and whatnot. idk thats just how i see it but :3 yea

i havet checkwd out the epilogues or homestuck^2 btw so this is based solely off of andrew hussie's homestuck bc i love it sososo much anyways yea !!!! tysm if anybody took the time to read this i love u all!! and ty for letting me drop this in ur askbox lolz and yea :3 srry if this isnt v comprehensive i just got off an 8hr closing shift at work lmao <3

this is a REALLY good analysis and i really love it, thank you for sharing! this makes complete sense to me.

aradia's depression being the catalyst for their split is very true! especially since she then sort of broke his trust with the whole sgrub thing-- and before that interacting with her was hard because sollux felt so guilty about what he did to her. it's just sad on all accounts, and i'm glad they both got better

honestly my poll was more to ask the question; "so we all agree that aradia and sollux were matesprits right because they do NOT act like moirails lol but it's funny because if they're matesprits that makes the feferi business weirder", but i don't think it came across in the post correctly, pfft

yes i definitely agree that they were matesprits, and also the idea that feferi was more into sollux than he was her is a really interesting one-- i also wonder if maybe feferi was maybe less into sollux than she thought, herself-- it's possible she threw herself into that relationship because she was just so relieved to be finally cut off from eridan and "allowed" to have relationships like that. but that's just my thought!

at the end of the day they're all just kids trying stuff out and it's kind of adorable and not that serious. i'm an arasoler at heart but there's nothing wrong with solfef either

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Drawings of Psychic and Esper Au, a little bit Concealed/Eclipse Au and Lacuna!Julie, also info for my aus

Psychic and Esper Au: this one of my au, it’s based on Saiki k, not going to be completely following what happening in the Anime. Might change something. I made a Julie focused au because there are so many aus focuses on Wally, I also thought it would be fun to have Julie be Saiki because why not. I have no idea what I’m doing with this au anymore:0

Concealed/Eclipse Au: I forgot to mention my other, you can see a little of Eclipse sally in the last image. This is more of a Sally foucued Au In this au there is an entity that is possessing the puppets and the entity likes to inconvenience the puppet by going around causing small problems.(Also @kursein has guess correctly on which one is Eclipse Sally) Made this au because of the page seen in this post, kinda just got the idea for it

Altered Timelines au: Basically the backrooms, the wh cast fall through a crack in their universe, ending up in an altered timeline where the cast are different in appearance and maybe personality. (And some don't even exist..) [yeah I didn't want to rewrite what my friend wrote, I just copied and pasted what they said about our au]

Raison d'etre au/my Multiverse au: Julie would always leave her au to interact with other aus, one day when Julie came back she found out her au had been destroyed while she was gone, Julie and Poppy are the only survivors of their au. The other characters are dead, Julie always visits her au even tho there isn't any left for her there she still wants to visit her friends despite the fact they're gone. I would say Julie is neutral as much as she helps, She still causes problems. I made this au because I wanted an au just for the WH au multiverse. There are more characters to be seen tho. Go there to see the blog. This is just my multiverse au honestly, I saw everyone else making one and I decided to join too. Adding on there are other multiversers that I have made beside Lacuna and her Poppy, some of them do have ask blogs. While others don’t have one yet or won’t have one at all.

Ascended Sally au: Sally has ascended and trying to force help the others ascend too, unfortunately they won't let her help them. They keep locking themselves inside their houses during the night and don't go into the forest anymore, but that's ok she will find a way to help them ascend too. The others are try to find a way to bring Sally back to normal but they’re running out of hope.

I will talk more about my aus later on. Adding on to this post I plan on talking about my aus mostly on this account.

keep in mind this my aus, even tho it's based on the og Welcome home, it has nothing to do with the actual canon story of welcome home. Just a couple of aus I made, that's it.

Boundaries and Rules

-fanart is allowed as long it's sfw, if you want to draw fanart go ahead (gore is fine too) and also tag me in the post too, I would love to see the fanart:3

-drawing my aus interacting with other aus is allowed, also with your characters

-shipping my aus with your characters or other aus is allowed it’s depends on what au and character just ask me first before doing that, but Appesect and anything like it is not allowed tho

-character.Ais: I don't mind as I made one for eclipsed Sally but if i were to make more I would keep them private for the most part as I did with sally. With the ais breaking the filter on c.ai I prefer not to make anymore at the moment, at least not on c.ai. Ask first tho

-have any questions about any of my aus or about go ahead ask, I don't mind answering questions, would love to talk about any of my aus

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So, let's talk about this thumbnail and line shall we.

Despite the line alluding to carnival/circus culture. Oh- wait you think I should explain that? You think we should waste time explaining how the term masquerade alludes to that. Well, I do too because no one else seems to have noticed.

Masquerades began around the fifteenth century and would become a staple of the Carnival Season. Many children who grew up on Disney would be familiar with it from the Hunchback of Notre Dame. People who grew up on that would also know that the king of the masquerade in that film or the king for a day is the King of Fools.

On a more recent note fans of The Case Study of Vanitas/ Vanitas No Carte would also be familiar with masquerade imagery. Due to the parade of Charlatan

Along with masquerade balls also known as Bal Masque. Because of-

Memoire 7- Bal Masque: Night of the Sneering Masks

Now carnival and masked performances have been related to multiple nomadic cultures. There is also a stigma around carnivals, circuses, and state fairs that allege individuals that work in those sorts of professions or areas are conman, thieves and tricksters. This comes up again regarding the tarot because this myth just dates back that far. Many people who worked in these areas were accused at times baselessly of being frauds and thieves and were directly under German persecution during the second world war.

Most notably in this case being the Romani people.

Sidenote everyone that has been deeply related to Mahiru's situation have had feathers in their songs this trial. Mirroring her in This Is How To Be In Love With You-

Kazui continues this trend. As it has been implied, he is going to speak on Mahiru's situation in his voice drama as well just as Yuno did.

"I feel bad for her."

However, unlike Yuno who spoke on her and has been connected to Mahiru within the portal timeline heavily since trial two began- Kazui has not been.

It should also be noted that unlike Yuno who is tearing up a pillow and releasing these feathers Kazui's thumbnail more so mirrors Mahiru within the beginning of This Is How To Be In Love With You.

They are both posing in a space where feathers are falling the only difference being Kazui's feathers are white instead of blue. There may be multiple birds to account for all the feathers dropping in Kazui's video proper or it could be a case of us not really knowing where these came from just like in Mahiru's instance.

Bringing more credence to Mahiru's line in I Love You,

"It’s ok for everyone else but not for me."

Something that really doesn't make sense for her to say because she was not the only prisoner voted guilty. Three other prisoners were voted Guilty as well. Making a statement like this could only make sense if she knows everyone else that killed due to love was voted Innocent except her.

In comparison to Futa's line in Backdraft which is far more specific,

"Why are the others INNOCENT? I won’t forgive, won’t forgive."

Also, despite the fact that his highlighted line alludes to masquerades Kazui is noticeably maskless this calls to attention his line in his song trailer,

"I'm probably a phony, through and through."

This connected back to his new highlighted lyric and his correctly fitting suit within the thumbnail seems to call attention to his development over the course of the trials. From his stiff unfitting lies and obvious masks to one that can hardly be told apart from his face.

Appearing as a magician commanding the stage and leading the audience into seeing what he wants them to see while overlooking the things he wishes to hide. Be that through sleight of hand or distractions dressed up as theatrics. This also highlights how Half may not have only displayed how he is a viewer and actor in his life but his wish to not only be able to lie on a set stage but whenever necessary. He wanted to present himself this way not only publicly but in his private life as well.

Something alluded to in his voice drama,

"And even if you recognize me as a murderer- That would be a conclusion that only someone deeply familiar with my circumstances could reach."

A line that could very much allude that someone close to Kazui was either aware or suspicious of him when it came to what transpired. Giving new context to certain written interrogation answers.

Q.13 Who do you want to see right now?

Kazui: They won’t see me anymore.

Amane: My father. I want him to praise me for all my hard work.

He says this person won't see him anymore not that they can't. So, this person isn't dead they are just choosing not to see him for some reason. If this individual was deeply familiar with Kazui's circumstances it would explain Kazui's noticeably anxious behavior during his voice drama as he discusses how Milgram came to the conclusion that he was a murderer as he may be genuinely wondering if someone ratted him out.

This would also explain his interest in who's in charge at Milgram and what it's connected to.

"I don't think someone like you could be looking over all ten of us right now, there must be some sort of organization behind all of this."

Now that he's collected more information despite not really changing much, he seems to have become more comfortable within Milgram as a facility. Similarly, to how he became more relaxed after looking into how the barrier worked.

Well, that's all I've gathered from the thumbnail on my end I'm going back to finishing that other post now.

#milgram #kazui mukuhara

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I’m so thrilled that you all love my story so far, HUZZAH!!.. but what about it do you like? Anything I’m not explaining clearly or any questions about any characters?

I try to be clear and understandable in my writing but sometimes I’m told that it doesn’t always translate correctly from brain to page.

Is the pacing ok? Am I too fast with timelines or too slow? What would you like to see more of in the story if anything? I do have certain fixed points in history for some characters, but anything else that you may want to see more of? Let me know!!

And I know my grammar/punctuation could use some work. (Honestly the lack of apostrophes in some of my contractions are just laziness, thats just between you and me. Its a bad habit of mine and I’m sure those can be ignored.)

(And these character stickers are my old telegram stickers by VeeSocks, I need to get updated ones someday.)

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Hello! Wish you to have a wonderful mood :) I have a mood for theories, so question is about that.

If you believe that they got together even before shooting the Untamed, isn't it sounds like a miracle that web character traits were so similar to Lan Wangi?

Like, ok, I can see that when xz was given a role he could recommend his boyfriend to be casted as Lan Wangi, since he is an actor too. But what are the chances that they would cast his bf AND he would be famous for his cold appearence to stranges and being very quiet, speaking very few? Because I think that's the main reason he got casted on a role, because he had this in him. In the interview it was said, that they saw Lan Wangi in him, it was his character.

Especially it would sound like a miracle if he got Lan Wangi role and they didn't know those two were dating.

I just think that they really didn't talk much after DDU, as they said, and got to know each other on set. Things like this happen in life and it certanly sounds more realistic to me.

So what do you think?

Hi Yaqay, what a nice sentiment - thanks so much, I wish for you to have a wonderful mood as well! 💖

Fake, fan fiction, CPN.

I love digging into theories, and I'm always interested in looking at things from a different perspective. Yours is an interesting one, but I admit I don't quite follow the logic here.

For readers who are unfamiliar with my thoughts on timeline, here are a couple of posts you might want to read before going any further:

Timeline of a Relationship

The Devil’s Timeline

If I'm correctly following what you're saying, here, your basic premise is that it would be wildly unusual and a deeply unlikely coincidence for DD to be so well suited for the role of Lan Wangji and to be cast in that role while also dating the man who was cast as Wei Wuxian. Much more unlikely than them both being cast in those roles because they were suited to them, and later getting romantically involved with each other. There's no way they could have been cast opposite each other without production knowing they were a couple.

Here are some of my thoughts on that:

While GG was basically handpicked for the role of WWX, there is no evidence to suggest that DD was recommended (by GG or anyone else) for the role of LWJ, or had applied for the role of LWJ specifically. All we know is that he submitted a photo during casting. It's possible he was being considered for other roles. His photo had been passed over a couple of times before they decided to bring him in for an audition. At that time all the roles had been filled except LWJ. When the producer saw him in person she immediately thought he'd be perfect for the role.

If - IF - DD was recommended by GG (or anyone else) for the role of Lan Wangji (and I really don't buy that theory - I think it would be more likely that they just wanted to work together on a queer production, regardless of their roles) he might have been recommended for that role because of the sense that DD would make a good LWJ, not just because he was GG's BF.

They would have been looking for someone who was very beautiful, cold and reserved. While DD is definitely all of those things on first impression, those are by no means his only traits (he can be a lewd, crass, hilarious gremlin, for example). It's just fortunate that his demeanour when meeting someone new - particularly in a formal setting - is very polite, obedient and reserved. It gave the producer an immediate taste of that side of his personality, which was suitable for LWJ. And of course DD is definitely A JADE. So beautiful. The photo sent in by his team was wildly unsuitable for LWJ, which was probably the biggest reason he wasn't taken seriously for the role at first.

I strongly disagree with the notion that production would have had any idea they were dating. GG and DD are quite good at pretending not to know each other - we've seen this with our own eyes. I'm not sure why you'd think they'd out themselves to strangers, or let the nature of their relationship be known to people who were considering hiring them. Queer people are exceptionally skilled at hiding their queerness, their relationships, etc. as a matter of survival. That has to be even more true for queer celebrities in a country like China. Even in a queer-friendly production such as the one I believe The Untamed was, no one's going to just barge in and let it all hang out on the first day. Those relationships of trust are built up over time. In the early stages, even if a team was rumored to be queer friendly, everyone would have been very cautious and reserved until they knew for sure.

There are also reasons why the idea they 'got to know each other and fell in love on set' just doesn't hold a lot of water for me. I've talked about that in some detail in the two posts I linked above, so I won't go into it all again.

I think it would be much more unlikely of a coincidence for two shy, 'slow-starting' guys like GG and DD to go from complete strangers to being joined at the hip (and in their own little world with their own language/rapport that's practically incomprehensible to others) within days of meeting, than for a couple of talented actors who are dating and want to work on a queer production together to be hired for the leading roles and do a good job.

But we'll never know for sure, so everyone should feel free to speculate and theorize and come up with their own take on things. As I've said before, there's no need to marry ourselves to one theory. It's fun to consider all angles.

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Have any lore about LBL Four and Time? I love their designs :o

OOOH ok so Four… I have so many thoughts on four

So when Four used the four sword he really couldn’t mentally merge again. There are side effects to magic if you are not built to wield it, which you’ll see with a lot of my links who were touched by magic! It took a bit for him to realize that he was no longer Link, but he was now green, blue, vio, and red in one body. Bascially they’re all vibing in the brain seeing things the person “controlling” Link sees, however they can’t just let someone control. Idk how they switch but they don’t know how either lol. I do want to be clear tho that this is NOT DID. I am not skilled or educated enough to write DID correctly and Four is simply too young to even have fleshed out alters. But yeah that’s his whole thing involving the split. It’s heavily inspired after the manga so the personalities are all the same! I’ve been projecting HEAVILY on Blue, he’s very angry but he’s actually super lonely but he prefers to keep to himself so he blames himself whenever he feels lonely. He’s just like me fr.

I cant say what happened directly after the events of MM but I will say that Termina was not a different kingdom, but it was a parallel universe not touched by Hylia (which is why it’s called Termina and not Hyrule). Idk how he got there but he does weird funky timeline shenanigans while trying to find Navi. It’s why everything is the same as Hyrule but also very different. It’s also why the world was going to completely end because there was no goddess there to stop it. Very weird freaky stuff going on. I have more thoughts on Termina and the happy mask salesman but I don’t want to spoil anything lol. And y’all already know this but when Time was able to return to Hyrule, he figured that since everything is much different and so much time has passed, that he shouldn’t even bother to rekindle the old friendships he had from oot. So he just kinda travelled on his own, but he got terribly sick and Talon found him suffering on the side of the road. He also recognized Epona so he brought them both home so Time could get better. And that’s why Time is at lon lon and why he fell in love with Malon.

#asks #lbl time #lbl four

[allikawaii]

What I think about the new Obey Me! game (even if no one cares):

As someone who watched the announcement, I feel like taking part of all the theories about the game and how it will be. So let's do this (after years of not posting in Tumblr lol).

First: This is Ruri Tunes final result

We know Ruri Tunes was a test game of a rhythm game in the universe of Obey Me!, and, since Obey Me! Nightbringer will have remixes of the character songs (and unit songs), it just makes sense that the final product will be a rhythm game.

Second: Post-Celestial War lore

If I remember correctly, one of the hints said something about the Celestial War, so I'm hoping for more info about the brothers fall (and as a consequence, Satan's birth). Plus, the opening movie teasing us with the angelical looks. Will we get to see them getting used to being demons? 👀

Third: Diavolo's villain arc(?)

Ok, honestly I'm looking for something to talk rn, BUT think with me for a second. Diavolo may be nice, somewhat innocent (as in a social, awkward, "how you doin' fellow kids" style) and all that, but he is still royalty, a HELL royalty. He is shady as heck, spoiled, and will do everything to get what he wants. There's a saying in my country that I believe fits him: Hell if full of good intentions.

Yes, peace between the three realms is nice, but the way he is doing it is kinda... weird. Honestly, it would be interesting to see more of this side of Diavolo, this lawful evil prince. I'm saying this as someone who have Dia in their top 5 favorite characters.

Fourth: Barbatos knows stuff

This is kinda obvious. Bro literally can change a timeline to his liking, can see multiple timelines. He is OP. I want more shady royalty, and just like I said about Dia, lemme have a menace named Barbatos. Even if the 'shush' moment was just a fanservice, let me dream.

Fifth: Shady sorcerer's tales

Another one of the hints is "Solomon and the attic", or something, I don't remember clearly. A lot of people expect more info about Asmodeus and Solomon pact, but maybe we will get more than that. How the brothers met him and stuff.

Guess this is everything.

Thanks for reading this ♥

If you want to add something, feel free. Same for corrections, I'm still in lesson 16 after all. This was done with that in mind (plus some spoilers I got, really not that much but still)

#obey me #obey me! #obey me! nightbringer #look at me #back to Tumblr #lol

[original-character-championship]

Long freaking propaganda post under the cut

Charm is a chronic people pleaser, they meet some demideity named K who hurts people for fun yippie! Anyway their people pleasing nature makes them be like magnetised to people who are toxic and hurt people in an effort to stop them from hurting as many people by instead hurting them!!! Human shield moment.

Also here a playlist

Anyway they have lesbian swag and also are non binary so you legally have to vote for them /j

They live off of the like validation from doing things correctly for Huge Pieces Of Shit, it really is not Healthy at all

A bit later they meet some guy who gives them a cursed scarf, the scarf makes them meaner but less of a people pleaser, K realises that they actually considered Charm a friend in a fucked up way and tries to manipulate them into coming back, they don’t do it. After a bit of people talking to them and trying to get them out of this weird place the scarf has them in, eventually they remove the scarf and break down crying because they were mean to some people who tried to get the scarf off them. K is like “hey don’t sweat it you’re okay now” and they’re like “mmmmm no actually I’m experiencing the effects of having worn a cursed scarf” the effects being more helplessness than they would usually have to endure. The scarf is back on, K is upset and Charm is like “I’m never taking this scarf off again btw” and K leaves and they nearly cry and yea it gets messy fast.

They agree to take it off for short intervals each day to try and get used to the feeling, it worked for a few days and then K is like “hey what if I was a huge bitch again and asked them to remove it for even longer” so they did and the hopelessness got really bad after a few days like one of days they could only be awake for short periods of time and would disassociate to hell and back for any time they spent awake.

They put the scarf back on (again).

Eventually K decided to ask to take the scarf and see if it is okay, the scarf is removed from Charm’s timeline and everything is fine for about a week before everything goes to shit again and they Really need that scarf back, K is like “mmm no” at first and then they relent and give it back and once it’s back in their timeline they feel better.

They wear the scarf, and go see the guy who gave it to them and say “Hey let me know if I can assist you with anything.” He is like “ok also ask me for help if you need ok?”

I feel like this is badly written I’m so sorry guys

K starts blipping out of reality, they had an eldritch horror exposed to them (these two are from an rp group) and that would be the cause of the blips, when they are back they talk to Charm about various things and how much charm has improved them as a person, this propaganda isn’t about K so that’s why it wasn’t covered. Yeah so Charm currently has the scarf off and K has blipped again and charm had some development — they realised that the people pleasing wasn’t really helping anymore — and I think that catches you all up, if you are interested in talking to them (they have a tumblr blog I run for rp and shit) they are @charms-chats ok have a swell day besties!

#submission #original character bracket #propaganda #306 Charm

[wclovewhatismortal]

I just binged Love What is Mortal in two days and I just want to say - you're an amazing writer, the way you were able to weave a story that not only fits into the warriors universe, but expands on things we'll probably never learn in canon in a way that makes sense (also it was definitely better written than any of the newer books, plz take over for the Erins) is amazing. I really hope we get more warriors content from you in the future!

I do have a couple of questions though if that's ok?

Generally speaking, what's the time frame of Love What is Mortal? If I recall correctly Leafpool mentioned the flooding from Bramblestar's Storm in one of the earlier chapters and it ends with Juniperkit and Dandelionkit meeting Hollyleaf so I'm guessing it ends right at the beginning of AVoS or a little before the beginning?

I feel like it was heavily hinted that Ashfur either went to the mortal realm and started the whole Bramble possession arc, or went to whatever exists outside of starclans itself (likely the place where Jake resides.) I did see in one of the asks you answered that Mudclaw would still be hunting Ashfur down, so I'm just curious if we'd ever get maybe a novella or a snippet of that scenario depending on where Ashfur went exactly? Or maybe if not a fic to read, would you be willing to explain what might have occurred?

The last thing I'll ask right now is about Patchkit and Larchkit, are they still with Appledusk? Or was Petalkit implying they faded away? I thought it was probable it was the former, but reading about how many kits get left without families or kin around because they are still waiting for closure or something that will help them move on, made me think perhaps those two were able to move on after spending time with their father whereas Petalkit chose not to stay with him.

Again, I really love your work!! You deserve a good break and some good food. Make sure to drink water and rest! Sorry if all these questions have been answered or are a bit much, feel free to not answer them if you don't want to!

You binged it in TWO DAYS? I'm impressed! LWIM is 226,638 words, which according to the website Wordcounter is the equivalent of 503 pages. You're freaking awesome!

Thank you for the nice words! LWIM really was a passion project for me. It's fun to take the afterlife of warrior cats and expand on it, seeing as it's so ripe with potential. I'm glad you enjoyed the story, and I'd be happy to answer your questions!

You're right as to the timing: it ends a little bit before the beginning of AVoS.

You might be wondering how Ashfur's shenanigans factor into that timeline. As of the end of LWIM, he escaped from Starclan. Now, he's out galavanting somewhere in the greater afterlife. Neither Sorreltail nor Mudclaw are particularly interested in letting him get away, but I think they'll meet some resistance from some of Starclan on that.

As for Ashfur, he's going to try to stir up trouble for Starclan. He knows what he wants to do, he just has to figure out how. In one of the latter chapters, he taunted to Hollyleaf about the plans he has for Squirrelflight and Bramblestar.

If I were to write a sequel or short story, it would probably take place not long after LWIM, and follow all the way through into TBC. Sorreltail would be the POV character, on a quest to track down her half-brother. Mudlcaw would undoubtably be involved, but as to what capacity, I'm not sure. If they can get along, a Mudclaw & Sorreltail dual-investigation might be fun. I think Sparrowfeather would make an appearance in this, as location-wise he would probably be somewhere in the broken remnants of the PONS.

You're right on the money with Patchkit and Larchkit. They stayed with Appledusk until they were able to make peace with their own lives and with what happened with Mapleshade. They have long since faded away. On the other hand, Petalkit disliked Appledusk so much that she ran away and never found closure with him or herself. She's not in a great place at the end of LWIM. For all intents and purposes, she feels abandoned by pretty much everyone: Mapleshade, for making reckless choices that bound her for an eternity to the PONS instead of Starclan; Appledusk, for his presumed infidelity and perceived lack of interest in being a parent to her in the mortal realm; Patchkit and Larchkit, for not agreeing with her revulsion of Appledusk and finding peace without her; and Snowfur, who she has a lot of mixed feelings for. THAT one is a whole can of worms that she'll have to sort through.

Now Petalkit is with Hollyleaf. It's what Mapleshade would've wanted: someone trustworthy watching over her.

Perhaps, Mapleshade wouldn't have had qualms with Sorreltail watching over her too, but that might be a little too painful for our calico protagonist. The death of Honeyfern is very fresh for her, and after all, she still has work to do.

Thank you SO much for reading my story, and for sending an ask!

[jentledaisies]

how would the yanderes feel when they found out each of their darlings have been teaming up (secretly ofc) to plan an escape from them? like for example, all of them have communicating secretly and meet up whenever there's an event that they need to come for with Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa?

also im rlly sorry if this does not make sense or worded correctly haha english is not my first language

oh like all the S/Os planning to run away together? hmm...

when you sent this in weeks ago this really got my mind spinning because this would have to be the shot for the S/Os. they wouldn't get another and if it failed, it would be completely detrimental. let me explain.

In short, and in the most basic way, the girls don't let their S/Os befriend anyone else. The S/Os only have each other and of course the girls themselves.

The girls planned this out, and honestly, it's part of their manipulative tactics, the only people their S/O can trust is them, the other girls, and their S/Os. Even other gang members are iffy when it comes to meeting the S/Os.

So, realistically speaking from the point of the timeline of my reactions, this could not and would not happen. (more on this later) BUT!!! let's put this in the hypothetical loop, so if it could.

So, HYPOTHETICALLY, if this were to happen, it would not be super long before the girls figured it out. They're all super smart, even in hypothetical situations. They have so much surveillance on their S/Os, i think they'd individually realize this and battle it within themselves for a while before one of the girls confronts the others.

S/Os have become screwed at that point. Now it's the S/Os against the girls.

I feel like Jisoo and surprisingly, Jennie would want to let the S/Os play out the plan, mainly because none of the girls ever want to hurt them or punish them. But right when the S/Os can just taste freedom, they'll make sure to shut it down, lock it, and bury it.

The S/Os would fail.

Now, as to why this would have to be the one-shot wonder, and the end all be all. As previously explained, All the S/os are isolated from basically everyone but the girls and the other S/Os. And once this goes down and inevitably fails, it takes away the S/O's only other pillar of support, they'd no longer be able to see each other (at least for a while) and the S/O would really truly only be able to rely on and grow with the girls. Which would be why the girls were ok with them continuing the plan so far.

That's what would happen in the hypothetical world. Now for the actual reaction timeline: it would not ever even be thought up.

At this very moment, we are on the reaction 'When You Kiss For The First Time' and the upcoming reaction(s) are 'They Tell You How They Joined The Gang' and "You Tell Them You Love Them'

So there is already a very deep emotional attachment between the respective S/Os and their respective girls. And also, the S/Os don't know the others exist. They know about the other girls, of course, and that they probably have significant others but not that they are like each other. and there's gonna be a while left before they do meet each other (i won't write that tho btw)

So, by the time the S/Os do meet each other they are much too emotionally involved and attached to their lover to want to run away.

So this was long and pretty complicated (???) but i hope it made sense and answered your question!

(also your english is totally fine lovie <3)

#yandere game #daisy diaries #blackpink yandere #yandere blackpink #blackpink jennie #blackpink rosè #blackpink jisoo #blackpink lisa #yandere rosé #yandere jennie #yandere jisoo #yandere lisa

[synonymroll648]

Hi please talk about any fic your writing/want to write to get me back in the writing mood

(Only if you want to no pressure)

[ids in alt. note to readers: the ask photos are in chronological order of when they were sent, and the ask that's being answered is the most recent.]

kay scrolling back through my notifs to see what i'd missed while i was off working on my homework (that i still need to finish lol) and let me tell you. seeing that you'd sent me seven asks (haven't answered the frog ask yet, but i'll get to it, i promise) in the few hours i'd been gone made me laugh pretty hard. which isn't meant to be discouraging!! people chatting me up is fun!

i decided to address everything except for the frog ask in one go, so here we are. i'll try to go in chronological order, but we'll see how that goes. putting my screamings under the cut. (edit: apparently having the shorten long posts setting on just. eradicates the cut. i swear i put it right beneath this paragraph, even if you don’t see it)

wanting to write but not having the energy to write is such a mood. far too relatable. and hello to you too :)

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i actually started this fitz-centric keeptober fic because one of the mods for the massive kotlc ten year anniversary month event that's coming up in october (dearest mod, if you're reading this, you know exactly who you are. drink water king, you're amazing) reached out to me and was like (paraphrased) 'hey. do you wanna have two slots/days in the keeptober event? you pick a character and your own prompt for each day and then show us what you've made when the time rolls around, if you're up for it,' and ofc i said yes.

i won't drop what prompts i picked yet, but since you now know the fic i'm writing is fitz-centric and that i only picked one character for my two days, i think it's clear who my character was. i'd actually selected my prompts and such a little before frizzle was like 'hey can i please use writing exchanges with you as motivation' which was my cue to start actually writing the fic. anyway! i'm glad that i've roped you into fic writing for keeptober! even if there's not a free day or a prompt day that fits what you write, i'm sure there's at least someone out there that would love to see what you make.

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kay. my dude. you're asking The Sokeefitz Person on tumblr whether or not you should do sokeefitz or sophiana. both ships are amazing, but i think it's fairly reasonable to say that i am almost always going to choose sokeefitz over every other ship option at every opportunity. so i'd start with sokeefitz first, and then if you have time, go for a sophiana fic.

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you assumed correctly!! also, having them go pumpkin picking is such a good idea. i can see so so many possibilities there - lmk if you need ideas, i can certainly spam you with a ton. also, if you want me to beta for you, hmu! i wouldn't mind helping you out /gen

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finally, the ask that i'm actually answering, according to tumblr formatting. if that makes sense. i hope that makes sense.

ok so this is actually perfectly timed in terms of where i'm at in the writing process of the fitz-centric fic, because i usually have a better idea of what i'm doing than i do right now. sorry not sorry for not being able to give specifics, but i refuse to spoil this fic ahead of time. i want y'all to walk in almost blind for this bad boy.

i'm not one for written linear outlines most of the time, but typically, i have a timeline in my head that's clear enough that i'm ok 'winging' it. my fics and au's are all categorized as 'timelines' in my head. unless fics take place in the same universe (ex: the sokeefitz roadtrip fic, the prequel where they got together, and the other fic where it's biana's pov of growing up in the vacker family and how it changes when fitz leaves, plus her straightn't relationship with maruca. i haven't talked about the latter two fics on here before, so if they don't ring a bell, that's why), none of the ideas cross over with each other. they're neatly compartmentalized.

but here's the thing: i'm sure that a lot of those fics will never get written and published to a place where fellow fandom members can see it, but there's some excellent ideas that i don't want to waste. which is where this fic comes in - this fic, as soon as i started writing, demanded that i take a significant portion of these ideas that i had carefully compartmentalized into boxes that didn't touch one another, and dump them together into an emotional soup. and i get why; all the ideas i'm thinking of have a common narrative theme, and so they'd blend together. but having my writing process turned on its head like that, having myself pick through different universes for the best scenes to throw together into one fic... it's throwing me for a loop, dude. i have no idea how far i'm going to go with this, and it's kinda giving me an 'ohhhhhh ho ho ho i am. so in over my head. time to have my ass kicked by something that's supposed to be under my control' feeling.

this fic in itself, from a writer's pov, is a veeeeeery sketchy experiment. it's like i'm taking donated organs from different creatures with specific original functions to try to and make a new creature that uses those organs differently than originally intended. it's a very delicate operation. very daunting to go into. i'm gonna have to brainstorm more to see what fits and what doesn't - i haven't done my index card brainstorming yet, which is a big part of my initial process, so hopefully doing that and swapping them around into a new timeline will make this a lot less scary and more the fun 'do whatever feels right' project that i first imagined it to be when i gave myself this prompt.

i'll probably sending mutuals (you included) out-of-context asks to determine different plot aspects of this, knowing me. so look out for those ;)

#ask #winterfireice #i would tag as the fitz-centric fic. but that makes no sense to anyone but me

[pesterloglog]

Karkat Vantas, John Egbert

Act 4, page 1903

CG: SEE THIS IS A CASE IN POINT.

EB: what point?

CG: THE POINT I WAS JUST MAKING.

CG: ABOUT THE ULTIMATE RIDDLE.

CG: YOU BLITHERING FECULENT SHITHOLE.

CG: OK THAT'S YOUR CUE TO LAUGH AT ME SOME MORE I GUESS.

CG: BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO REALLY GET OFF WHENEVER I FLAME YOU.

CG: HUMANS ARE DERANGED.

EB: oh man, i must be getting closer to the conversations where you're trolling me harder!

EB: this is pretty exciting, i can't wait to see what you've got up your sleeve.

CG: YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN??? FUCK YOU ABOUT THAT.

EB: anyway, you weren't making a point about the ultimate riddle, dude.

CG: YES I WAS, AND NOW I'M LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT DIPSHIT.

EB: nope, we never talked about it.

EB: yet...

CG: OH HELL, THAT'S RIGHT.

CG: DAMMIT, I GUESS THIS IS GOING TO BE CONFUSING.

EB: oh, you're just starting to figure that out now?

CG: SEE I KIND OF PAINTED MYSELF INTO A CORNER.

CG: I STARTED TROLLING YOU AT THE END, JUST BEFORE THE RIFT.

CG: AND THEN JUMPED BACK A LITTLE.

CG: AND NOW I GUESS I'VE BECOME RAILROADED INTO WORKING BACKWARDS HERE.

CG: UNLESS I WANT TO DO THE SORT OF DUMB SCHIZOPHRENIC HOPPING AROUND LIKE THE OTHERS.

EB: oh my god, i know, you've already told me like a million times!!!

CG: I HAVE?

CG: WOW I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL THESE AMAZING CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE PLACE.

CG: IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THAT HUMAN VACATION WITH THE GIANT RED CHIMNEY ASSHOLE UP IN HERE.

a: YOU KNOW, THE ONE WHERE A BUNCH OF MOANY NOOKSUCKERS SING AT A LITTLE PINE TREE I THINK.

EB: man, i've got to say i'm a little disappointed by this "masterful trolling" you were bragging about.

CG: I WAS BRAGGING?

CG: WHY WOULD I BOTHER WITH THAT SORT OF PEDANTIC HUMAN HORSESHIT.

CG: MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT I WAS BRAGGING TO GET YOUR HOPES UP IN THE FUTURE.

CG: ONLY TO LET YOU DOWN.

CG: AND THUS TROLL YOU MASTERFULLY IN THAT RESPECT.

EB: maybe, but that would be pretty weak too!!!

CG: YOUR BRITTLE HUMAN CALCIUM BASED SKULL IS WHAT IS WEAK, AND IF YOU AND I WERE IN THE PROXIMITY OF A BLUNT INSTRUMENT I WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH TROUBLE PROVING IT.

EB: w/e.

EB: so what was the "case in point" you were making, anyway?

CG: I WAS SCROLLING BACK AND NOTICED YOU WERE IN THE VEIL.

EB: whoa, i am?

CG: YEAH DUMBDUMB, YOU'RE TUMBLING AROUND ON A BIG GODDAMN METEOR.

CG: AND YOU JUST CREATED YOUNGER VERSIONS OF YOURSELVES AND YOUR GUARDIANS.

CG: PROBABLY BY MUCKING AROUND WITH THAT THING LIKE A DOOFUS.

EB: wait...

EB: these are baby versions of us?

CG: HAHAHAHAHAHA, SO CLUELESS.

CG: WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING THERE ANYWAY.

EB: well...

EB: i saw footage of my nanna, and some other people who i am pretty sure were like jade's grandpa and rose's mom and stuff from a long time ago.

EB: and then...

EB: there were all these little guys scurrying around.

EB: so they are like cloned copies of us?

CG: NO.

CG: THEY ARE LITERALLY YOU AND YOUR GUARDIANS.

CG: PARADOX CLONES.

EB: huh?

EB: what do you mean they are literally us?

EB: do they go back in time?

CG: YEAH, OBVIOUSLY. GREAT GUESS BRAIN HERO.

CG: BUT TECHNICALLY THEY AREN'T EVEN SENT BACK IN TIME BECAUSE WITH RESPECT TO THE MEDIUM YOUR UNIVERSE'S TIMELINE IS MEANINGLESS.

CG: SERIOUSLY WHY WOULD IT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT EARTH'S PAST OR FUTURE OR WHATEVER, FROM IT'S PERSPECTIVE IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF POINTS TO CHOOSE FROM.

CG: JUST LIKE YOUR CHRONOLOGY IS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

CG: BUT I GUESS THAT'S A BUNCH OF SEMANTICS. WITH RESPECT TO YOUR PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY YEAH THEY GO BACK IN TIME.

CG: A PARADOX CLONE IS BY DEFINITION A CORRECTLY CLONED DUPLICATE THAT WILL INEVITABLY GO BACK IN TIME AND BECOME THE ORIGINAL TARGET THAT WAS CLONED.

CG: IF IT'S A MALFORMED CLONE, IT'S JUST A MEANINGLESS MUTANT THAT HAS NO BEARING ON THE STABLE LOOP CONTINUUM.

CG: I DON'T SEE ANY TENTACLES OR EXTRA EYEBALLS OR WARPED BONE BULGES, SO THOSE GROSS LITTLE THINGS THERE ARE ALL YOU GUYS, WAITING TO GO TO EARTH AND GROW UP AND BECOME THE INSIPID BUNCH OF GRUBFISTED DOUCHEBAGS YOU ALL ARE NOW.

CG: AND THIS WAS THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE ABOUT THE ULTIMATE RIDDLE.

EB: what is the riddle anyway?

EB: maybe i can guess, i am good at riddles!

CG: HAHAHA, THINK AGAIN IGNORAMUS.

CG: IT'S NOT EVEN THAT GREAT.

CG: OR EVEN MUCH OF A RIDDLE AT ALL.

CG: IN THE COURSE OF YOUR ADVENTURE YOU WOULD HAVE ENCOUNTERED ALL THESE FRAGMENTS OF LIKE WEIRD POEMS AND SHIT.

CG: YOU FIND THEM ALONG YOUR QUESTS, WITH CLUES AND STUFF BURIED IN THEM TO HELP YOU SOLVE PUZZLES AND MOVE HUGE STONE COLUMNS AND MAKE STAIRCASES APPEAR AND LOTS OF NONSENSE LIKE THAT.

CG: AND IT'S ALL MASKED IN THIS FLOWERY SORT OF FROTHY POETIC JACKASSERY THAT NOBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT.

CG: AND I SURE AS HELL DON'T CARE ABOUT SPOILING IT FOR YOU.

CG: BUT WHAT ALL THESE LOFTY SYMBOLIC ALLUSIONS BOIL DOWN TO IS SOME GRANDER STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING HERE.

CG: THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS THE KEY TO SEEDING YOUR OWN EXISTENCE THROUGH THIS GAME.

CG: AND ANY HOPE THAT IT COULD HAVE PLAYED OUT DIFFERENTLY OR THAT YOU COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS WHOLE MESS WAS ALWAYS JUST A RUSE.

EB: a distaction, perhaps?

CG: WHAT?

EB: nevermind.

CG: BECAUSE IF IT DIDN'T GO DOWN THIS WAY THEN HOW WERE YOU EVEN BORN, GET IT.

CG: WHICH IS ESPECIALLY PATHETIC SINCE PARADOX SPACE APPARENTLY WENT TO ALL THIS TROUBLE TO MAKE YOU JUST TO HAVE YOU FAIL AND DIE.

CG: REALLY THERE'S NOTHING MORE TRAGIC THAN THESE NULL SESSIONS FULL OF KIDS ENTERING THE GAME AND FULFILLING SOME COSMIC DESTINY SHIT JUST TO GET WIPED OUT AND LEAVE BEHIND AN EMPTY POINTLESS INCIPISPHERE FOR ALL ETERNITY.

CG: ACTUALLY IT'S SORT OF HILARIOUS.

CG: OR IT WOULD BE IF IT DIDN'T AFFECT ME PERSONALLY.

CG: BUT ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE RIDDLE THAN JUST THAT, LIKE WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT LAST TIME WE TALKED.

CG: BUT THAT'S SORT OF THE GIST OF THE THEMES IT DEALS WITH.

EB: ok.

EB: well, if i run into some salamanders who tell me all about this riddle and get really excited about it, i will try to act surprised.

EB: so this is the same kind of thing you went through?

EB: with, like, being your own paradox clones and creating your own parents and stuff?

CG: YEAH.

EB: how did that even work, with 12 of you?

CG: IT WAS REALLY FUCKING COMPLICATED AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO IT.

CG: OUR FAMILY STRUCTURES ARE ALREADY WAY MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOURS WITHOUT EVEN GETTING SPOOKY TIME SLIME INVOLVED.

CG: BASICALLY WE HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WHATSOEVER.

CG: EXCEPT MAYBE THIS...

CG: I WAS THE GUY IN YOUR POSITION, TO MAKE ALL THESE CLONES, AND FRANKLY IT ALL KIND OF FREAKED ME THE HELL OUT.

EB: huh...

EB: yeah, i guess now that you mention it, i am finding it all a little strange...

CG: OH, ONLY JUST NOW???

CG: FUCK YOU ARE FAST, I HOPE YOU GOT THE MAD BOONBUCKS TO PAY OFF THOSE SPEEDING TICKETS.

EB: no, no, i mean the ghost stuff and paradoxes are one thing of course...

EB: it's something else.

EB: it's just...

EB: this is really weird...

CG: WHAT'S SO WEIRD ABOUT IT.

EB: well, normally humans hatch...

EB: from like these slimy pods.

EB: then we wriggle out as a little pink larva.

CG: OH REALLY.

CG: HUH, MAYBE WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN I THOUGHT.

EB: (hehehehehehehe)

CG: MAYBE THOSE REALLY ARE MUTANT CLONES AND THEY AREN'T GOING BACK TO SEED YOUR PLANET???

EB: um...

EB: sure...?

CG: HELL, I'M CONFUSED NOW.

CG: NOT THAT I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR POINTLESS AWFUL LIVES.

EB: hey, i have an idea.

EB: why don't you get back to me in a few minutes?

EB: i mean like a few minutes of my time, not yours.

EB: all of these little pink monkeys are getting way out of line and i have to tend to them.

EB: if you message me in a couple minutes, we can continue conversing in a sane, linear fashion for a change!

CG: UM, OK?

EB: and then after that you can keep going backwards and then make fun of me riding my little red rocket.

EB: you can tell me i look like a silly little paradox clone fresh out of my slime tube and this is just all a big nurseytime recess jamboree.

EB: that would burn me good!

CG: OK THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.

CG: BUT I CAN'T USE IT, BECAUSE YOU SAID IT, AND THEN LATER, I.E. RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD GET THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING YOU WERE THE ONE TO COME UP WITH THAT BURN.

CG: SEE, YOU ARE DEALING WITH A PRO, YOU CAN'T OUT TROLL ME SO JUST FORGET ABOUT IT AND STOP TRYING.

EB: (hehehehehehehehehehehe)

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