#ooh what a neat style!

[howlingday]

What if Jaune was a Xiao-Long? Does he either inherit Tai’s puns but are actually good, or Summer’s obsession with weapons, specifically swords.

Well, let's talk about the changes that would come with Jaune being born a Xiao Long. I'm assuming that he's Raven and Tai's son and Yang's twin brother, since him being Ruby's twin would potentially give him silver eyes and take away Ruby's role as the innocent and pure soul that she is, since she'd have to share the big hero spotlight.

As a Xiao-Long Branwen, Jaune's eyes would be red, blue, or purple, which is a choice of colors I love. Like, Yang isn't red like her mothers or blue like her fathers, but a lovely mix of purple to show she is both her mother's and her father's child. So Jaune also being born with these would be nice, though him having either Tai's or Raven's colored eyes would be a nice contrast to Yang. Also, fourth option, just putting it on the table so it's there, Jaune being heterochromatic with red and blue eyes. But to be honest, that feels a little too OC for me. Honestly, I'm leaning to Tai eyes since it would give Raven more reason to not stick around.

Jaune would grow up with Yang and help raise Ruby, but I could see him acting more like a brother than a father with her. He plays video games and reads comic books with her, while Yang is acting more as a mother-figure, filling in the space Summer left. I can also see Jaune having a Luigi dynamic to Yang's Mario, with him being the more timid and cautious twin of the two. Like, I'm imagining the three leaving to look for Summer with Jaune making constant whines like "Yaaang, we should go back!"

Now, with Jaune's weapon, let's address the goliath in the room. Crocea Mors? Not a thing. There's no family heirloom for him to take from the wall to attend Beacon. Instead, since he'd attend Signal and Beacon with his sisters, he'd make his own weapons. What weapons? Ooh... That's... Oof... If you're familiar with my Ru-Ja-Gun-Con series, you know that there are A LOT of weapons Jaune could choose and be inspired by. I even hinted at one being a solid choice for me if I had my way, BUT that was Jaune in canon. This is an entirely different Jaune. However, since this Jaune is still, essentially, Jaune, I would still like to keep the Jaune Arc style, so I'll let him keep the sword and shield and say he was inspired by the fairy tale stories he would read to Ruby, and yes, it is the Rusted Knight. However, I'd also like to borrow from the Joan of Arc inspiration and give Jaune something from her arsenal. I'm thinking a sword and shield/sheath that can be turned into a crossbow! But wait, there's more! Since both Ruby and Yang use theirs for combat AND mobility, I'd like to suggest Jaune has a rappelling line/bolt that he can slide on. Neat, right? Now we just need a name... How about... Juniper Rose, named after his favorite character from his favorite fairy tale.

"But what about his semblance?!" The voice in my head cries, mimicking what I think is what you're asking. Well, since he is heading off to Signal and Beacon with his sisters, it would only make sense to have Jaune unlock his aura and his semblance, but instead of coming up with something wild like Juniper Rose, I'd suggest keeping Aura Amp as his semblance BUT obviously have it unlocked sooner. I'm imagining a scenario during training where Ruby or Yang got really hurt, so he rushes over to help them and uses his semblance to quickly heal them.

But yeah, there's my Jaune Xiao-Long for you.

#rwby #rwby au #jaune xiao-long #jaune arc #ruby rose #yang xiao long #my answer #my thoughts

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Hi Muffin, when you were writing The heart of the world, did you do the world building first and then the characters? Or was the other way around? I would like to know how did you make the world of your story coherent and what was your inspiration. Greetings and good luck in your writing.

Ooh, thanks for the praise!

Characters or World First

Lord, very much the characters first.

I'm very much a character/story driven writer where to me the world, while neat, needs to fit the story/how the characters should progress as people and what they learn. Also helping that it was based on a fic I'd written that had to change for obvious reasons and also because there were a lot of things in the HP version that I had to smash with a hammer to make work or I just didn't like.

How Come Up with the World

The story being what it is, there needed to be a very well known genre and setting and tropes that the reader's presumably familiar with so that Lily can buck the rules without my having to go to into depth over what the rules are supposed to be.

We also needed a concept of a 'real' world, multiple identities, and various other things to get at a lot of the themes I wanted/still want to get at in the future books.

Way back in the day I'd come up with two options I was seriously contemplating: superhero style universe or high fantasy.

I ended up going the high fantasy route and very purposefully inspired by The Lord of the Rings as all high fantasy is. This gives a familiar enough setting that people generally know what to expect from it/have a general understanding of what it's supposed to look like.

Beyond that, coming up with the elves was pretty early on (everyone needs elves) though which elves and what they do and what the purpose is was fairly late. The idea of a quest, too, rather than a boarding school type situation was also fairly early as again it's something almost every high fantasy series does: you're supposed to go get the MacGuffin and not question it.

Basically, by knowing what I needed to about who the characters are, where they're going, and what they need to do, I was able to set up the universe such that it would best help tell that story.

And in terms of keeping it consistent, for me, it helps to think logically in terms of "here's what I know about the world, the people, etc." and thinking out what that means in terms of culture, technology, and how people will act.

(There's also the fact that, in this story at least, some things are purposefully whack/don't make much sense and there's always that thing called Rabbit loitering ominously in the wings.)

#the heart of the world #sisyphus book series #praise #meta #the heart of the world meta

[drawingducktalesducks]

no terrafermians au continued. Kinda

Webby: I’ve never drawn on a public building before!

Lena: This old dump? Trust me, the amphitheater is more abandoned than public. I’m pretty much the only one who ever hangs here.

Webby: And me!

Lena: And you.

Webby: It's really cool though! Why don't people like it?

Lena: Mold, rot, the visual metaphor of abandonment and mortality embodied in a decaying framework of former glory. It's not for everyone. Gotta say though, good company makes a pretty big difference to the vibes of this place.

Webby: Hehe! Ooh, can you come do some more of that cool fire stuff around my sword horse?

Lena: Cool fire stuff coming right up, madam. I’ve only got a can of blue left though. That okay?

Webby: Sure! I’m down to just the green chalk too, anyway!

Lena: Making graffiti with chalk… you really stick to your own style, don’t you Pink.

Webby: I guess? … is that a good thing?

Lena: Duh. Being yourself is so radical.

Webby: Oh whew! That’s good! For a second I thought I was doing wrong the wrong way too!

Lena: ….. okay, spill. What’s up?

Webby: Nothing!

Lena: Uh huh. Your sword horse is frowning, Webby.

Webby: Oh.

Lena: And now you are too. Bottle cap for your thoughts?

Webby: Thanks. I guess… I guess I just feel bad about lying. To Granny. And to the guys.

Lena: Ah yes. The tweedle-three.

Webby: Aww, you're still angry at them for leaving me behind aren't you?

Lena: I reserve the right to be filled with spite.

Webby: You don't have to be, you know. They wanted to do a late night movie marathon and invited me- They’ve been really good about inviting me these days!- but I didn’t want to oversleep and miss out on meeting up with you, or make Granny suspicious by being tired in the morning. So I told them I didn’t feel like it…

Lena: But you did feel like it.

Webby: A little? I mean, I still wanted to see you more. They just looked so disappointed when I said no, and I couldn’t even explain why I wasn’t hanging out with them.

Lena: Dude. It won’t kill me not to see you every night. You can still hang with them.

Webby: I do! All the time!

Lena: So it's really just the lying thing that’s eating you up?

Webby: I think so. I thought keeping a secret would be fun, like a little adventure all of its own, but… I don’t know. It’s not, really. Or at least this one isn’t.

Lena: Well you could always-

Webby: I’m NOT going to stop sneaking out to see you, Lena! That would be the worst!

Lena: Cute, but for real. A few nights wouldn’t be-

Webby: THE WORST!

Lena: Okay okay. Heh. Guess we’ll have to find a way to get me back on Tea Time’s good side then.

Webby: How?

Lena: No idea. Maybe if I changed my name to Brittania.

Webby: Oh she’d hate that.

Lena: Yeah… Hey, wanna know a secret that’s actually kinda fun?

Webby: Yes please.

Lena: C’mon. This place has more to it than just old rocks and moldy props. Check this out.

Webby: GASP! A secret trap door!?

Lena: Pretty neat huh.

Webby: Where does it lead to? A hidden passageway through Duckburg? Buried treasure? The bones of the actors who mysteriously vanished on the night of the last performance?! OR A-

Webby: ….. bedroom?

Lena: Yeah, wrestling the mattress down here was a pain.

Webby: You decorated this?

Lena: With a blacklight. Took me forever to hook that up, had to ‘find’ enough extension lines so I could mooch off a nearby office building. Totally worth it though.

Webby: YOU HAVE A SECRET HIDE OUT, THAT’S SO COOL! Gosh, no wonder you spend so much time here!!

Lena: Ha ha yeah, right. Totally.

Webby: Oh and you’ve got plants! Do they have names? Isn't that one poisonous? Can I call her Vera? And a SKULL! And- oh oh are those the Featherweights!?

Lena: Yep.

Webby: IS THAT POSTER IN FRENCH???

Lena: You’ll never guess where I snagged it from.

Webby: FRANCE?

Lena: Wow, nice guess Pink. Paris, actually.

Webby: Is that where you got the skull too?

Lena: Nope, that’s from Italy.

Webby: YOU’VE BEEN TO ITALY! Did you see the colosseum? Does the sand still smell like blood? Did you climb Mount Vesuvius? Did you see the hollow imprints left in the ash of its previous victims? Is that where you got the skull from? Was there-

Lena: Shh, hold that thought.

Webby: Mmph?

Lena: Wait.

Webby: ...Um. It sounds like something’s knocking over your display of empty glass bottles.

Lena: Ugh.

Webby: Is that bad?

Lena: Your Granny’s got her ways of securing a perimeter, I’ve got mine. Keep it low, okay?

Webby: Okay-!

Lena: Let’s see what kind of idiots decided to take a stroll through the old haunted amphitheater.

Webby: Oooh, haunted? By what?

Lena: Me.

Webby: Oooohhh…

Lena: Oh great, of course it’s those idiots.

Webby: Who?

Lena: Beagle Boys.

Webby: Are they looking for-

Lena: Shh….

Webby: ?

Lena: ...

Lena: Alright, we're clear.

Webby: And a little amped up now too! Yay adrenaline!

Lena: Sorry about that. They never used to come around here.

Webby: You mean before you shoved a cake in Ma Beagle’s face to save me?

Lena: You know, that might be part of it. Talk about holding a grudge, am I right?

Webby: Heheh! Wait. How did they even know to look for you here?

Lena: I mean I did kinda trick them into taking me here, back when I got nabbed at the playground.

Webby: Oh!.... why?

Lena: My paper and pencils were here. “It’s all about presentation!” I told them “The spotlights! The dramatic flair! Don’t you want Ma Beagle to get the full satisfaction package?”

Lena: I said, while talking the Ugly Failures into letting me write a “Will” and some “Last Words” and toss it out to sea in a couple of bottles for me, just in case a certain butt-kicking and summersaulting genius happened to find 'em and rescue me.

Webby: Flatter.

Lena: Never. After that they gagged me. No idea why.

Webby: I love your cunning brain.

Lena: And here I thought you only liked me for my pretty face.

Webby: That too! Wait, was that sarcasm?

Lena: Was yours? Come on, time for you to be heading back. I’ll walk you.

Webby: You always walk me home.

Lena: If you ask me to jog this time I’m turning around right now.

Webby: Heh. Lena?

Lena: Yeah?

Webby: The Beagle Boys haven’t figured out where you actually live, right? They aren’t following you home?

Lena: I’m fine, Pink.

Webby: …That’s not a real answer.

Lena: Uh yeah, pretty sure it is.

Webby: Are you safe? Is your family safe?

Lena: I’m fine.

Webby: This doesn’t sound fine though. The Beagles are really, really good at holding grudges.

Lena: And bad at holding onto everything else, me included.

Webby: But you’re alone out here so much!

Lena: Which is fine.

Webby: If you need help, I can-

Lena: I said I’m fine, okay?

Webby: But you won’t actually say you’re safe!

Lena: So? Who cares!

Webby: Me! I care!

Lena: Oh so you go on crazy adventures for lunch, and what, you think I can’t survive living in Duckburg!?

Webby: No! I think you might be in danger now because of ME! I think Granny would know how to make this place safer if I could just tell her about it! I think I’m scared of something happening to my best friend, and it being my fault!

Lena: Nothing’s gonna happen-

Webby: The Beagles were RIGHT THERE.

Lena: -and even if it does-

Webby: SEE?

Lena: -I’m the one who brought you to the stupid Beagle birthday party in the first place. I’m not blaming you for something you didn’t even do!

Webby: Then let me help!

Lena: Webby… Look. I’ve been tweaking the tails of Ma Beagle and her boys for ages. I’ve flunked out of, like, half a dozen boarding schools without getting expelled for all the pranks and petty thefts I got up to- I’ve got top marks in messing with people and getting away with it.

Lena: When I say I’m fine, I really am fine. Okay? Trust me. I can handle myself out here.

Webby: …so the Beagles do know where you live.

Lena: I mean kinda? They don’t know they know though, if you know what I mean.

Webby: Can. Can I know where you live?

Lena: … it’s nothing special.

Webby: But then I could walk YOU home sometimes! We could meet up somewhere safer. You wouldn’t have to mess with so much… stuff.

Lena: You’re not gonna let this go, are you?

Webby: I will if it makes you really mad. But I’ll still worry about it.

Lena: Last thing I wanna do is worry you. Kinda goes against the whole ‘mysterious rebel’ image I’ve got going on.

Webby: No it doesn’t.

Lena: Whatever you say, Pink.

Webby: You walk me home because you worry about me too, don’t you.

Lena: No. You’re like, literally half ninja. The creepy shadows on street corners should be afraid of YOU, not the other way around.

Webby: You still walk with me though.

Lena: It’s called spending time with your friend. It’s a thing people do sometimes.

Webby: So is worrying about the people you care about lot. Like friends.

Lena: Mm. So is trusting them.

Webby: I thought telling your friends stuff was part of trusting them?

Lena: Whatever. Hey. We’re here. Moneybags McManor.

Webby: Oh, yeah. Yay.

Lena: You good for sneaking in? Need a distraction?

Webby: No, I’m okay. I’m... fine.

Lena: It’d really suck if Tea Time clocked you this late. I could lean on the bell while you go round back, or something.

Webby: I said I’m fine. You trust me, right?

Lena: … sure.

Webby: You, you have a good walk home, and… see you tomorrow night.

Lena: Looking forward to it.

Webby: ….

Lena: ...

Lena: …. Ugh okay. Listen.

Webby: YES!?

Lena: You- Wait, were you expecting this-? No, never mind.

Webby: Yeees?

Lena: You already… you already know where I live.

Webby: No I don’t?

Lena: Yes, Pink. You do. You meet me there every night. You named my stupid little potted plant and doodled on the wall of my living room.

Webby: But the only plants I’ve seen are the ones in your hideout, like Vera! And I’ve only drawn on the walls of the old theater!

Lena: Yeah.

Webby: … you. You live- there?

Lena: Just for the last couple of years. Not like I would’ve bothered decorating otherwise.

Webby: You live there? But, Lena-

Lena: It’s hidden and way safer than any house. You heard the dumb Beagle Boys walk right over the trap door, I’m literally right under their noses and they have no idea. It’s great. See? I told you, I’m fine.

Webby: It doesn’t even have heating! What’re you going to do when it gets cold?

Lena: Same thing I did last year.

Webby: Freeze!?

Lena: Blankets are a thing. So are 24-hour coffee shops and sneaking into theaters for late-night Mole Monster movie reruns. Chill.

Webby: Ha, chill. Right. I- I guess, I mean, I don’t know, but- Don’t you have family you can stay with?

Lena: I wouldn’t stay with my aunt even if she had a place here.

Webby: Why not?

Lena: It’s getting kinda late. Tell you tomorrow?

Webby: Or you could come in with me and tell me right now. Inside. Where it's warm.

Lena: Oh yeah, that would really just tickle your Granny’s biscuits. Finding the ‘bad influence’ sneaking into her granddaughter’s room in the dead of night? I can hear her posh, disproving scowl already. Shudder.

Webby: We could tell her about how you-

Lena: No. No, Webby, we are NOT telling her that.

Webby: But I’m sure she’d-

Lena: Think finding my aunt was the most responsible thing to do? Tell some official I've slipped my leash? Send me off to another boarding school so I turn into a ‘proper’ young lady?

Webby: Granny wouldn’t! I don’t think? Not without asking you first!

Lena: Sure, right. Because that’s what every other grown-up has been like so far.

Webby: I wouldn’t let her do any of that.

Lena: We’re both kids, Pink. No one really cares what we want. So like, go ahead and tell her all your secrets, tell her about sneaking off to go deface public property or whatever and get double grounded. Just leave my thing out of it.

Webby: ...

Lena: Webby.

Lena: I'm serious. Please don't.

Webby: … okay. I won’t say anything.

Lena: Good. Thanks.

Webby: I’ll just wait until you tell her yourself.

Lena: Not happening.

Webby: We’ll see. I can be VERY persistent! And I’ve never had a chance to mentally break someone before!

Lena: Wow I feel so special.

Webby: You are! See you tomorrow?

Lena: Sure. I’ll be the one squatting at the ruined old amphitheater, playing tick-tac-toe with the spiders and tying the Beagle Boy’s shoe laces together when they’re not looking.

Webby: And I’ll be the one who can’t wait to see you again! Good night, Lena.

Lena: ‘night Pink. Sleep tight.

Webby: Ha, I will! And don’t let the bed bugs bite!

Lena: Yeah….Man I wish they wouldn’t…. I’m joking, I’m joking! Geeze don’t look so heartbroken. Web- W-Webby! Hug too tight, can’t breathe!

Webby: Sorry!

Lena: Eh, I deserved it. But you’ve BEEN on my bed, Pink. We made an emergency pillow fort. You know the worst thing about the mattress is food stains and squeaky springs.

Webby: I’m still bringing you a heated blanket next time I come by! AND A MOP! WITH SOAP!

Lena: Do you even know how to use one?

Webby: We’ll find out!!!

Lena: Sure Pink. As thou wishest.

Webby: Heheh, yesss…your defenses against me are already crumbling…

Lena: Oh my duck just go to bed already.

Webby: Egads! And I have no defenses against you at all!

Lena: ‘night.

Webby: Goodnight, my angel of the abandoned opera house~

Lena: It’s a theater, not a… Wait… was that-

Webby: NOPENOTAREFERENCETOANYINGPHANTOMRELATED. SEEYOUTOMORROWBYE!

Lena: ......

Lena: … yeah. See you then, mam'selle Daaé.

-

Lena: Wakey-wakey, evil aunt lady. I'm home.

Magica: Oh goody. And look, the two of your drew adorable little artworks together. Not ones of the interior of Scroogie’s manor or his private rooms, but I’m SURE these stupid, insipid scrawlings of IDIOTIC goats will help us find the dime.

Lena: It’s a sw- it’s a unicorn, not a goat. 

Magica: AND we’ve wasted another night teaching the shut-in freak-show how to fleece a vending machine!

Lena: Will you chill. She’d never seen one before.

Magica: Pathetic! Do you think you can buy your freedom with a stolen soda pop can? How exactly is THIS helping us with our plan!?

Lena: The plan is going great okay?

Magica: IS IT? OR ARE YOU JUST TOO BUSY PLAYING HOUSE WITH THAT ANNOYING, OVEBEARING, MORONIC LITTLE -

Lena: She’s gonna keep inviting me over! Especially now she knows about… this.

Magica: Ha! Your disgusting little hole in the ground, you mean.

Lena: Yeah yeah, that’s right, rub it in. But my ‘disgusting’ hole in the ground is the perfect reason for her to get me in the mansion as much as she can. And Colonel Crumpet not liking me is also the perfect excuse for me sneaking around while I’m there!

Magica: Hmmm.

Lena: It’ll work, okay? You’ll get the dime and your body back, I'll get the hell away from you.

Magica: YES. MUWAHAH! VENGANCE AT LAST! Then we’ll watch the heartbreak in the pink one’s eyes as she realizes her ‘best friend’ was nothing but a LIE!

Lena: Right. Can’t wait.  

Magica: Ooooh, it’ll almost be worth all this just to see her fall to pieces. Do you think she’ll cry? I hope she SOBS!

Lena: I gotta get some sleep now, aunt Magica. Keep it down.

Magica: Oh ho. Have I touched a nerve?

Lena: You’re shouting in my ear.  

Magica: Oh all right. Sweet dreams, Leeena~ Don’t let the love bugs bite.

Lena: I’m not- whatever. Just let me sleep.

Magica: If you can.

Lena: …

#Ducktales (2017) #weblena #webby vanderquack #lena #magica de spell #no terrafermians au #incorrect quotes #potential fic dialogue #never gonna be a fic might as well post it

[vendetta-if]

Sometimes my MC (Daciana Pavlovich Morozov) shows her meanness to her uncle but kills him in the feels with very sweet and mushy stuff. So here is a random amount of my head cannon I think my Mc would do that is not related to the plot

One: My mc was a gothic kid when she was younger. Now I'm unsure if it was puberty or loss of her beloved dad but I like to think when she goes through teenager age she took a dark alternative style and Ash and her uncle Luka got to bond over black dark clothes and maybe go to a hot topic? Or a clothing store that sells grunge and punk clothes.

(pss: my mc now as an adult doesn't wear clothes like that as she wanted to be taken more serious and authoritarian when taking over as head to the family. So her clothes now are business casual or business themed but if uncle Luka brought her creepy gothic plushie she still has on her night stand)

Two: My mc has handmade shrines dedicated to her dead family members {ie: dad, aunt that can't remember her name, grandmother}. It's completely homemade by the wood and picture frame; each shrine is dedicated to the person who passed away and has their picture from time where they are the happiest or very memorable moment, and covered by either their favorite flowers or flower that represents their personality with different tokens (ie: their favorite perfume, jewelry, or anything that reminds her of them)

Three: My mc megamind tendencies. Yeah this is basically explanatory from my previous post/ask but I can see **whenever** the wedding for Luka and Jackal happens whether that's a small wedding or big event or off screen for sequel or end this game. If not the wedding planner she definitely would recommend an alternative to wedding rings (ie:like getting them tattooed or in scripted dagger with their wedding vow I'm looking at you Jackal) and then her making either special weapon for Jackal to celebrate him getting into the family

Aww love these headcanons so much 😭 Yeah, Luka will certainly still buy your MC some creepy gothic plushies and stuff, and maybe even some dark alternative style clothing. Other than it being some kind of an inside joke/knowledge between them, I feel like it is also Luka's way to cling on to the little MC he has always been protecting 🥺 MC and Ash grow up so fast, Luka just can't catch up.

And the lil handmade shrines... That's kinda sad but also sweet. I think that's a good way for MC to kind of "talk" to them about their day or about what's been happening in their life without having to go visit the cemetery at the edge of the city.

As for Luka's and Jackal's wedding, it would most likely be a pretty small party with only his family, closest friends, and maybe some of the more important people in the city attending (even the latter one is pushing his limit 😆). You might hopefully be able to see it in the Epilogue since I think that's a pretty neat segue kind of to the sequel later on where you play as his kid.

And ooh, the idea about the alternative wedding ring being tattoos 🤔It's so dramatic and extra, I kinda love it and you know Luka and Jackal are the type to actually consider doing that if your MC suggests it 😂 Now, Jackal won't have to worry about accidentally losing their wedding ring while doing missions, and none of them can "take off" the rings; it'll be a part of them at all times.

#asks #char: mc #char: luka #char: jackal #if: vendetta #if vendetta #vendetta if #if game #if wip #dashingdon #choicescript #cyoa #ideas bucket

[giggly-squiggily]

Helluuuuu!!! Is it alright if i request lee kageyama and ler suga?

You can decline if u want ofc!

Heyo! Of course it's alright anon! I've gotcha covered! :D

Cloud 9 (Taglist)

@myreygn, @thatbigbisexual29, @duckymcdoorknob

“Kageyama, come here.” Suga called out, gesturing for the younger setter. “I have something to show you.”

The first year perked up- then immediately tried to hide it when he remembered Tsukishima’s offhand remark about him looking like a dog getting treats. Whenever Suga called out to him like this, it usually meant a new way to set or serve.

Sure, he had his own style mostly figured out by now, but that didn’t mean he was gonna pass up a chance to learn from his seniors. Also- Suga always brought goodies with him. Homemade mochi and milk candies he got from the candy store near his house.

Maybe Tsukishima had a point about the treats…

“Kageyama?” Oh- right. The younger boy shook himself out of his thoughts as he walked up, meeting Suga’s kind gaze. “There you are. Ready to see something neat?”

“Sure.” Kageyama nodded, trying for casual as he watched Suga get ready, volleyball in hand. Was he going to serve or set? Was it a new technique?

“Okay- here’s what I need. Raise your arms- higher- there we go, just like that! What I’m about to show you is how to set when you have no room to put your arms down, okay?”

“...Okay?” Kageyama blinked, unsure by what he meant. There was never more than 6 people on court, and everyone was usually spaced out- why wouldn’t he have room to put his arms-

Hands grasped his wrists from above. When he peeked, Asahi gave him an apologetic smile.

Oh.

Oh.

“W-Wait, hang on! You set me up! This was a trick!” Kageyama squirmed, already giggling as Suga slowly approached, fingers wiggling. “S-Suga, wahahait!”

“Hm? What’s that? Don’t wait?” Siga raised his arms high, giggling himself. “Eager aren’t we? Alright- here we GO!”

Hands found his sides, and Kageyama slammed his mouth shut to fight down the laughter creeping up his throat. He refused to laugh- REFUSED! He wouldn’t make himself look any stupider before the third years!

“I wouldn’t do that, Kageyama. Holding it in is bad for you.” Suga cooed, one hand working his ribs up and down while the other dropped to the younger boy’s waist- squeezing softly. “Don’t be embarrassed, let it out!”

Kageyama stubbornly shook his head, earning a chuckle from the others.

“He really is stubborn, huh? Alright then- you asked for it.” Suga winked before thrusting both hands into Kageyama’s armpits.

“MMPH!” The younger setter made a noise of protest, eyes widening and cheeks reddening with restraint. Then with a loud “BWAH!” he broke into laughter, knees wobbling as he fell back against Asahi’s chest. “Ahehahahahhahahahahaha! Pffft- ghehahahhahahahhaa! Shihihiihihihihihiihihit!”

“Oo, he said a bad word!” Hinata- where the hell did he come from?-appeared around Asahi, giggling as he watched Suga take down his friend. “Get his ribs! Do the poke thing; he’ll snort!”

“Ooh, good idea, Hinata!” Suga agreed, doing just that, prodding rapidly and rhythmically along Kageyama’s ribscage.

“SHuuhuhuhuht the hehehehell up boohohohohoke! Gehahahahhahaha, nohohohoohohoo *snort* don’t doohohohooho thahahhhahat! Suhuhuhuhuuhga plehahahahhahahhse!” Kageyama did in fact snort much to his embarrassment. Hinata cackled like a child, jumping up and down in delight and clapping.

“He snorted! He snorted! Do it again, do it again!” He cheered, squealing and doubling over when Suga shot an arm out, jabbing him in the belly. “Ahehehhe! Hehehey!”

“Hello to you as well.” Suga grinned, dropping to the ground with his hands hovering over Kageyama’s knees. “Are your knees ticklish, Kageyama?”

The setter- just barely catching his brief within the short break- felt his eyes widen. “N-No! Not at all! They’re not!” He tried to back them up, but he risked losing his balance, meaning he only gained a few inches of distance for one of them. Suga hummed, turning to Hinata.

“Are his knees ticklish, Hinata?”

“Will I get tickled for snitching?”

“Probably.”

“Boke, don’t you dare!” Kageyama growled, his glare ineffective on his flushed face. Hinata considered his options.

“I can’t remember.” Hinata announced. Kageyama let out a quiet sigh of relief. “But if you need help finding out, I can grab a leg!”

Traitor!

“Bring him down, Asahi!” Suga called, and just like that Kageyama’s butt was against cool gymnasium flooring- then his back as he sank, laughing hysterically as four hands grabbed his knees, squeezing and tickling behind them. “AHEhahahahahahhahhahaha! *snort* Plehahahahhahahahahahahse wahhahahahhahahit! It tihihihiihihckles toohohohohohoho muhuuhuuhhuuch!” He cried, feeling his chest start to tighten from lack of air.

“Hehe, okay okay- let him go, boys!” Suga called. The tickles ended, much to Kageyama’s relief. He gasped for air, tossing an arm over his eyes to hide as Hinata giggled nearby.

“Are you alright, Kageyama?” Asahi asked, gently prodding him on the arm. Tired, the setter could only offer a weak thumbs up, earning a smile from the older boy.

"Yehhehheah...whahhat was that for?" He grunted, shooting Suga a look. It wasn't like the older setter to start tickle fights- at least not this obvious anyway.

"Cause you're trying to act cool." Suga told him, a small smile on his lips at Kageyama's shocked expression. "I overheard you and Tsukki- you don't need to worry about how you express yourself around us, Kags. We love your excitement."

"It's just who you are. Like how Hinata's a ball of unyielding energy." Asahi nodded in agreement, smiling at the redhead. "Don't let Tsukishima's sass bother you, kay?"

"I...okay." Kageyama gave in, too tired to argue. His chest felt a little lighter- he hadn't realized how irked he was about that little comment afterall.

“Great- now that’s taken care of, we can move onto more important matters.” Suga stood, stretching out and offering a hand to the brunette. “Meet me in the locker room- I have T-R-E-A-T-S.”

Hinata lit up, and Asahi smiled. Kageyama almost cheered but then paused, confused. “Erm…why are you spelling ‘treats’?”

“TREATS?” Noya and Tanaka in the distance perked up. Suga sighed, holding his head.

“That’s why.” Suga sighed as Kageyama bowed his head, sheepish. “It’s alright- I packed enough for everyone.”

Thanks for reading!

#haikyuu!! #tickle #tickle fic #fluff #kageyama tobio #asahi azumane #sugawara kōshi #hinata shoyuo #I haven't watched Haikyuu in a hot minute #this is my sign to do so jeajrekarejrar #I miss them :3

[messinwitheddie]

Many of the armors you make for invader zim look awesome. But I got a question. In battle of the planets, when purple has someone thrown out the airlock for not knowing zim’s ruining of impending doom, two irkens come in large jet packs to throw him out (getting the wrong guy). In your au and lore, what rank are they and what do they do?

Yeet "Ooh! Let me answer this one!!"

"I'm pretty sure you're talking about the imperial aerial guards. They're a task force of elite-trained soldiers assigned to bodyguard the ruling almighty tallest. I'm sure whoever rules Urth has something similar in operation.

So, we're technically also a part of the tallest's personal staff, as well as the Irken military.

We're assigned the duties of protecting the tallest from and eliminating any and all potential threats. If ordered to, or if we suspect foul play, we investigate threats.

For the most part it's just guard duty. Long hours; kind of boring, but you don't hope for excitement. Excitement for an aerial guard means your tallest's life is in danger.

We're bound by a code of secrecy. We're also not allowed to wear any garment or war paint or style our antenna outside of regulation uniform code. That part kind of sucks; I used to love styling my lashes, but the job is more important than my cosmetic hobbies.

We watch over the tallest in shifts; switching out only to run drills or grab a snack. After enough years of service, you get leave time.

I shouldn't say "we"; I'm still a cadet in training. I'm struggling to master the jetpack attachments. They're really top heavy. I'm learning though! By this time in a week, I'll get the mechanics of it. Commander Sked has doubts. He thinks I only made the cut because of favoritism, but I DID have high stats in basic training and I crushed it on Hobo13. I know I can make a great imperial guard... eventually.

(Thank you ^^ I put my own little spin on the their uniforms, but here they are.

I always thought those two jetpack guards were neat ^^)

I have no idea if I ever posted a chart based on my Irken military/ armada head canons. I know I have an outline written. I'll have to go through the ranks and armors and draw up some illustrated notes.)

#invader zim #irken #military #guard #headcanon #oc #yeet

[depleti]

Happy Birthday!! I love your comic so much, it's been so nice seeing it updating again! I guess if you want as a fun question, which of your characters has been the most fun to design so far? I really love Coal's distinctive hair and recently I really loved Hel's appearance (I hope we see her again someday~) so I'm curious which if any characters have stricken your fancy the most?

Thank you! Oh man, Coal's hair! You're a true TMK OG if you know where its inspiration comes from lol.

Designing characters is one of my favorite things to do, so narrowing down to a fave or most fun design can be tricky. But (speaking of tricky!) it might have to be Loki. When I first decided I was going to use Loki as a character, I was kind of worried. He's so popular and famous, probably the best-known character from the Norse myths even before Marvel's Thor movies were made. There's a lot of depictions of him so trying to come up with my own idea was pretty daunting.

A couple of things came together to help me create my own idea for Loki. One of them was John Bauer, an illustrator from the turn of the 20th century. I noticed a lot of his art used when looking at various Norse mythology pages. Some aspects of his depictions of Loki helped get my own gears turning.

Images from: https://runeberg.org/gudasaga/

Bauer's style in general was another inspiration for me, but I remember looking at that left drawing of Loki and Idunn and thinking, "His eyes are pretty narrow and dark there...kind of reminds me of a shark...ooh what if he had black eyes?" That's where the "reverse" eyes for jotnar came from. The eyes of characters and how they define them have become a common motif in the comic.

Loki's clothes, particularly his tunic, are inspired by clothes worn by the Sámi people, though I'll admit I made up the embroidery designs. In hindsight this may not have been the most appropriate decision, but it was done before I even knew the term "cultural appropriation." I think my initial ideas were that the jotnar had a connection to the indigenous people of Scandinavia and the Aesir were more like colonizers. It's actually been argued that the Aesir/Vanir war that is mentioned in the myths is a leftover from a culture (the Aesir) arriving and conquering the locals (the Vanir). Neat stuff.

No one has said anything to me about Loki's outfit so hopefully it's okay, and I don't mean anything disrespectful by using it. When I was researching I was struck by their designs and wanted to use it somewhere prominent. The story doesn't stay in Scandinavia for long so there wouldn't have been many (any?) other chances to show it.

The colors for Loki came a little easier. I knew he would be a warmer character in TMK, even become a pseudo-dad for Coal and the other kids, so all his color choices are warm and earthy. He's supposed to look approachable and friendly--at first, anyway.

I love all the designs for the characters in TMK, but I might be proudest of Loki's, if only because it was so intimidating to do in the first place. I think it worked out well.

#questions #thistil mistil kistil

[a-trick-or-two-with-lepers]

I finally watched Swedish Christ Superstar

Remember how I did a whole deep dive into the 2018 one? Yeah well, I was gonna try to do that with this version, but it is so unbelievably, completely, utterly, insanely unhinged that I just had to have my post about it match the energy. So without further ado, here are my literal first reaction notes to Jesus Christ Superstar (2014 Swedish Arena Tour).

Overture-

• Ooh the stuttering guitar is so metal

• Love the outfits, give me more apocalyptic leather headbanging nonsense

• Love how the choreo goes with the music rather than pure immediate chaos

• Admittedly the orchestra could be a bit better, but not terrible

• The shopping cart is my favorite character

• This feels almost interpretive

• Ok. Jesus is hot

• Draculacore

• Is he orgasming?

• I think that's an appropriate tone to be set

• I will say, I like productions with more color, but I see the style they're going for and I don't dislike it

Heaven on their minds-

• I like how they translated the lyrics to sound good in Swedish

• Also gives extra context and connotation to the words

• Love judas' mesh top!

• Really good singer wow

• This is how the song is supposed to be sung!!!

• I like boys with long hair hehehehe

• Symbolic that jesus is sleeping while judas is trying to get him to listen. Shows how closed off and resigned to his fate he was

• And also how no matter how hard judas tried he would never really be heard

• Painted nails!

• The subtitles said fuck? Lol

• I seriously love this guy's voice

• Oh my god they're so boyfriends

What's the buzz/Strange thing mystifying-

• Jesus is serving so much cunt

• So. Much. Touching.

• AHAHAHAHAGSVSBAZHDVWH THEYRE SO BOYFRIENDS HWWGGA

• Yes Maria feed him that orange

• "A man like him" you mean... 💅?

Everythings alright-

• I really like Mary's voice and look

• Mommy vibes fs

• He's in the shopping cart hhahahaha

• The masculine urge to sleep in a shopping cart while wearing shades

This jesus must die-

• Caiaphas sounds like a toad LMAO

• "It's seduction! It's blasphemy!" -Christians watching this 😭

• Caiaphas saying "STOP" such a jumpscare

• They kept the jesus is cool line and for that this is now one of my favorite productions

• AND THEY SAID IT TWICE AM I IN HEAVEN??

• Well I won't be after watching this 😌

• Caiaphas has a pretty cool voice ngl, my timbers are shivered

• HELIKOPTER 🚁 HELIKOPTER 🚁

Hosanna-

• A bit faster rendition that's neat

• Interesting how judas is participating in the fray

• It's so nice to see his character happy for once though

• The jesus balloons are killing me

Simon zealotes/poor jerusalem-

• Ooh it's a fight

• The ladies are sangin and dancin 💃

• THEY SAID FUCK AGAIN

• Well okay I'm just gonna give up on the notion that this play will be family appropriate in any manner, it's better that way anyway

• Pretty cool how the choreo is militaristic, as well as the costuming

• They way Simon is pronounced 😃

• I am unilingual my brain is incapable of not making a joke about that

• Jesus your nail polish is chipping baby fix that

Pilates dream-

• Love pilates robe, very pretty

• Ok but the sparkly suit is better

The temple-

• Fuck counter: 3

• They have a bit more speaking in this version which I really don't mind

• The lyrics make it really clear how the crowds used their connection to God to justify their actions, an issue which is still prevalent today

• Annas shaking that tail go off

• Jesus jumpscare

• He called it "A whorehouse" 💀

• The beggars all have little hand lights, that creates a really cool effect

• Wow the music got really fast

I don't know how to love him-

• Yayy Mary hi Mary hi 😍🥰👋

• Da smoochy???

• Judas ain't gonna be happy bout this

• Her voice is so good!!

• Interesting how jesus is awake for this

• ITS JUDAS HE'S PEEKING

• Uh oh

Damned for all time/blood money-

• OH NO

• MY BOY GOT SLAPPED

• HE JUST WANTED A SMOOCH

• Ok now it just feels like he's betraying him cause he got rejected 😭

• Annas is such a little shit oh my god

• He's giving Draco Malfoy vibes somehow

The last supper-

• Act 2 baby here we go

• Okay so he's dragging them to absolute hell, love that for you jesus

• The girls are FIGHTING!

• "Tell us what happened to the good vibes" I'm loving this translation

• Judas actor once again killing it, he has a really lovely rock voice

• The apostles throwing shade at judas and planning to blame him in the gospels 😙🤌

• This shit crazy

Gethsemane-

• Ok I'm gonna try to be serious for this once

• So far pretty good

• The lyrics are hitting the important parts of the song I feel

• HE GOT THE NOTE!

• Pretty damn good

• My bias still lies with Neeley but that wasn't gonna change really

• I like how he made the g5 actually part of the song rather than separating it. This whole performance is actually very natural and easy to watch

• The last verse goes so incredibly hard

• *rips shirt open*

• 👌

The arrest-

• Here it is the kiss

• Here we go

• Literally the only part of this play I'd seen before

• Okay that's just. So romantic. JESUS kissed JUDAS! What a twist!

• "Why did you date a whore" goddamn

Peter's denial-

• Annas is basically the main character he's in so many songs

Pilate and christ-

• "Yeah we know you're 'hot'" I mean 😏

• Fuck counter: 4

• My notes are seriously lacking I apologize

King herods song-

• Herod is me I am Herod

• Me in my robe on a Monday morning imposing judgement onto others:

• Did they just use a slide whistle?

• Goofy ahh sound effects 💀

• "Fine I'll do it myself- look, no hands 😚"

• He's my favorite

• Herod being silly and goofy:🤪

• Jesus: 😐

• Loved that

Could we start again please-

• Fuck counter: 5

• Not the song I expected it to be in tbh

• Maybe it doesn't hold the same weight in Sweden

• "How are we going to explain it so it looks good on paper?" This is a new angle that is actually really interesting, and reminds me that the Bible is pretty much ancient RPF

• Yay they included the ensemble

Judas death-

• "For one measly kiss" I'd call that kiss a lot of things but measly does not come to mind

• He is talking to jesus instead of christ

• Something tells me this production is not very religious 🤔

• Which I am very ok with

• He's goin through it

• He's got the rock screams going on 🤘love it

• RIP Judas, too gay to live 😔

Trial before pilate-

• He called Jesus a clown, bitch this isn't Godspell

• Ouchie

• That's a lot of blood

• It's easy to overact in the role of pilate and this guy isn't doing that, which is good

Superstar-

• I prefer when Judas is wearing white in this song, but the glittery red robe kinda slays ngl

• And once again judas is a pretty boy

• They kept the "jesus christ, Jesus christ, who are you what have you sacrificed" line in English

• Oop the robe is off

• Get those dance moves judas damn

• This is insane

• What is happening

• Why am I turned on

John 19:41-

• Ooh this is rather scary

• The way its literally just him on stage suffering is pretty intense

• IT IS FINISHED

Hope you enjoyed sluts

#jesus christ superstar #jesus christ superstar 2014 #swedish christ superstar #jcs #jcs 2014 #unhinged #i'm definitely ok what are you talking about #chaos #first reaction

[altocat]

Random question: if our SOLDIER boys were gods (like Greek pantheon style) what would they be gods of?

Basically, what encapsulates their personalities?

Ooh, that's a seriously neat question!

Angeal is pretty obvious. Dreams (not the sleep-kind) and Honor. He won't shut up about it in CC so it would be hilarious if it was anything else.

Genesis, I feel, evokes Ambition, but that's very similar to Angeal's Dreams bit. So he's the god of Endurance! Because a hero always endures to meet a challenge! And because Genesis is a prickly little pest who won't give up!

Sephiroth is VERY tricky. For such a stoic person, he embodies so many negative emotions. Rage. Pride. Vengeance. Hate. Regret. So many. Really, it could be any of those. Maybe a bit of what OWA suggests as well in its lyrics --A monstrous, empty fate. That could be anything. Pick your poison.

Zack is the god of Heroes. Because Zack IS a hero. Nothing more to say there. It's true!

#Sephiroth #Sephcanons #ff7 #asks #ffvii #crisis core #final fantasy 7 #genesis rhapsodos #angeal hewley #Zack fair

[alena-reblobs]

Trigun Bookclub Trimax Vol4 Part 2

Vol01: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3  | Vol02: Part 1 | Part 2

Trimax: Vol01 Part 1 Vol01 Part 2 | Vol02 Part 1 Vol02 Part 2 |

Vol 03 Part 1 | Vol03 Part2 | Vol04 Part1 | Vol04 Part2

And the other half for Vol4!

Is this..some insect growing out of Meryl? It looked like that at first to me but it’s probably just a bug she squished with her hand (still yucky. and poor worm)

Aha! More of the bible references...well, it’s Knives with the 12 followers, but Vash has his own followers, too.

Seems like this is a talk they had earlier. It’s the first time the speech bubbles look like this (I think?), and since think bubbles look normally, I’m guessing this is to show it’s a conversation from earlier.

Zazie just kicking him back is so funny, and then Vash landing on top of Wolfwood...so many dorky moments :D And look! Even the eyes of the sandworm are looking funnily ar Vash!

Saved these pages because I like how the setting looks a bit different to what we’re used! All towns looked kinda similiar in style until now, but this one stands out a bit (is supposed to, storywise).

For whatever reason you’re posing so cool like this, I’ll take it, Wolfwood. Also, your yaoi shoulders are showing.

“We’re being dragged along this road and I’ll cover it all in blood” is such a cool sentence. Wolfwood really is like a fierce wolf. He’s doing anything to protect his pack, his family and what he must, and has accepted that is it is role to do so even if it means to kill and spill blood. I love you, silly little guy!

Also a very strong arc for Milly. Maaaan I can’t wait for her to appear in Stampede.

I finally understood where all that water came from! There was a water container that was damaged in this attack.

As a consequence we’re left with these really cool panels of Wolfwood being soaking wet. And, I love how the water turns the bottom suddenly into a light source!

I like my favs being tortured but still...poor woowoo

ooh ok this here: Did Wolfwood actually let out a scream? Are these soundeffects where he throws back his head sounds of a scream? Because if not, I might actually lean to another explanation of what Vash is hearing now: there’s this telepathy thing Vash has been associated with, and I’ve read from another person that, with a scene later in the manga, it would actually make sense to think that Vash could have the ability to hear thoughts. He can transmit thoughts and feelings with his sisters and his brother too, though they are all plants, so that’s more understandable. It could be a wide stretch and it’s definitely not something that is explicitly sayed throughout the series, but the way he is clutching his ear (making it seem more like the sound he is hearing is coming from inside his head) and how in the panel above we have only the wail of a baby but no shout of Wolfwood himself (though he might have screamed 2 pages earlier), I like to think he hears Wolfwood’s scream in his head. It’s just a neat image and headcanon.

She’s proven to be determined and she is def strong, but these battles of hatred and bloodlust (like said on the following page) are just not her world. You’re too kind a sould for this, Milly!

Hell yeah one of the most epic Wolfwood’s panels ever (there are a lot but this one ranges in the top).

And the following 2 pages are so neat! Wolfwood’s body is completely reacting on autopilot.

Autopilot because here he’s still not really conscious! It’s just shortly after that he actually regains consciousness. Also that panel of him lying there? Damn.

And another cool information that I forgot! Cool that Zazie can do that! So they can do that with Vash and Knives as well...

A thing I didn’t really understand in my first read: He’s searching for the punisher because he is blinded and can’t use the eyes for the moment! If you don’t understand this this is a bit confusing to read....

Took me my third reread to understand that this is Vash’s shadow lying on the cables here in the bottom panel. Also loving these city view panels and all the details (from this page but also every page before). Vash caught in a web!

He..he does! But he won’t because of his own promise. But yeah, Vash also feels anger, and maybe also fury, and maybe hatred and everything as well, but he doesn’t let himself act on it.

Concluding this volume with this beautiful view of Wolfwood being into thoughts. He looks so soft here, vulnerable too...as he is being part of a fate that he never wanted but can not escape.

#trigun #trigunbookclub

[sunny-clover]

Ok so here’s a few thoughts after watching the Mutant Mayhem trailer

keep in mind, I haven’t been analyzing too long but I’m just super excited and wanted to share my thoughts.

if you haven’t watched the trailer, it’s right here

Okay so, first thing I want to talk about is the scene with Splinter. I really love his voice actor, he sounds like an actual loving and worried dad instead of just a sensei, and I am loving the glasses rep that we have!

Not really any eggs i that I noticed from the scene, just wanted to say how I like the touch of “it’s 2023 Mikey” (I love these boys sm)

(A screenshot I took from the scene to check out the background for little Easter eggs)

Next Scene! The brother bedtime (that’s what I’m calling it cause I’m not creative on the spot)

The brothers have a ton of stuff on their walls and Donnie has so many things on his bed, these are definitely teenagers lmao. I just have to say that I really love the art style I’m so excited for this movie!!!!!

When asked what he would do if they were accepted, Leo says “I dunno, get a girlfriend?” And Mikey says “can you imagine that!” To which Donnie answers “not likely”. I know it’s probably just a few snippets of their scene put together and that might not be exactly how the scene goes, or it could be just brother teasing, but I’m also a little hopeful that this is a hint that they’ve kept up the tradition of Leo being queercoded and he might be in denial. (Again, it’s probably not, but i think it’s be neat)

(Some screenshots of their room for further analysis)

Next thing! The villain mutants-

I don’t have a lot to say here because I haven’t watched most of the iterations and can’t point out too many familiar faces, but I do recognize repo-Mantis from Rise!

There he is ⬆️

Again, I don’t have much to say except the art style is just so AGAAVSGDBFHFHFHHDHDSHEHDHDHJDJDJDJFJFJFJJFJFJFBF

I love it.

Next!

April

I love her so much, the voice actor sounds amazing and I love her outfit ahshffffhffhfjjdjsjsjwjejdjhf

Took a screenshot of her board for further analysis

She seems to be a teenager who wants to be a reporter so when she finds the turtles she wants to interview them so that maybe she can get into the mindset of the other mutant forces (Superfly/ Baxter Stockman)

I’m thinking what happened is maybe they caught her off guard and she freaked out but then they fixed the misunderstanding and now she’s teamed up with them and wants their help (well duh, that’s part of the trailer),

OOH! They might have run inter her outside (or inside) of whatever grocery store they went to (the errands Leo mentioned as he held up grocery bags)

Grocery bags

I have a few more shots of their interactions

Absolutely in love with the designs and I think she looks so badass but also like a super sweet big sister.

it seems like there won’t be any Casey Jones appearances, much to my disappointment but I’m still very excited nonetheless. Maybe at the very end there’ll be a small glimpse of Casey for a sequel, because he usually does join in sequels or later seasons (save for 2k3) and I’m just so excited for this movie!!!

I had to add this shot because just look at the brother interaction!! That is some adorable bonding and I am so excited to see these little booger beans in the theater!!!!!

I’m gonna make them into clay figures. Okay, that’s my non-expert analysis and predictions on the Mutant Mayhem trailer!

#tmnt mutant mayhem #mutant mayhem #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt mm #tmnt 2023 #movie trailer #trailer analysis #movie predictions #so excited eeeeeeee!!!!! #My booger beans!!!! #Booger beans #Youtube

[tunamayojazz]

Hi!

38 for Inuokko.

Thanks!

38. Describe their ideal home

Hmm...I think they wouldn't choose to live in the city. Maybe in the outskirts of Tokyo. Not in a condo where they'd have to be close to other humans, maybe somewhere a little isolated and near nature. It would be an issue if they had to share a lift with others while covered in post-mission blood, and Yuta radiates way too much cursed energy anyways 🤭 Their house would be a mix of traditional and modern, with lots of wooden furniture (I know they aren't cheap but by the time they get their own place they can afford it hehe). The house wouldn't be too neat, more like an organized mess? I think if Toge lived alone it could get pretty messy (still nothing crazy) but because Yuta likes it neat he makes sure to put in effort with cleaning up.

The house has lots of warm lighting, and they both made sure the house was as cozy as possible because they really value comfort when it comes to relaxing and sleeping. I think it wasn't something they paid much attention to until they became adults, and they really feel just how important it is to have a cozy place to come home to after a mission. Game time is important to Toge and by extension Yuta, so they have a pretty decked out living room with tons of games, with a large kotatsu infront of the TV. Toge's favorite game is the Splatoon franchise, while Yuta is more of a Animal Crossing kind of guy (Yuta, teary eyes wide in gleeful surprise: "Jun (Marshal) looks just like you babe...". Toge refutes that with a scoff. "Okaka...!") (Coincidentally, Marshal and Toge are both Libras). When Maki and Panda are over, they play Mario Party and Switch Sports (which Maki is obscenely good at. You don't want to challenge her to a round of Chambara).

The kitchen is Toge's territory. He did a lot of research before they built the kitchen, ensuring the design would be sufficient for his style of cooking and also looked into what cooking utensils were recommended. They have a little island/bar that they use for meals like breakfast and dessert. Lunch and dinner is usually at the dining table (it fits up to four people). Yuta's not so interested in cooking or food in general (this is canon actually) but he does like doing it from time to time when it's with his friends. It's quality time spent, too. There are some dessert recipes he has memorized though, only because Toge like them so much (it's pudding most of the time).

I am also a firm believer in Inuokko collects plushies because they're weak to cuteness. There are also really big ones just so they have something to hug when one of them has a mission trip for a couple of days/weeks. I don't think they collect too many books, but they have a shelf for a few precious ones amongst other things like picture frames. Yuta picks up photography in his adult years and their house is littered with them. Visitors (Yuji especially) would spend like a good 30 minutes just ooh aah-ing at their fridge because there are so many polaroids attached to it. And of course, they have a garden! A rather big one too. They both care for it a lot and are actually quite the gardening nerds (and by that I mean they talk about gardening tools a lot while Maki looks on in horror and watch Youtube videos about gardening ideas and tips). They also have a nice table by their garden for when the weather is good and they feel like eating outside. It's not completely exposed, so they enjoy drinking hot tea and snacking there when it's pouring too.

Last but not least, they have pets! Two cats and one dog (I must specify that it is a Border Collie). Yuta will find Toge napping with all of them in the living room more often than not and it's just the best thing ever.

#this was so nice to write aaa i love thinking inuokko thoughts #kinda wrote this as though it's an existing au rather than what i think their ideal home WOULD be like dkjfdskf oops #ottoge #inuokko #inumaki toge #inumaki #okkotsu yuta #okkotsu yuuta #yuuta #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #hc

[meldyfrogs]

Reader x Huey and Riley (platonic!)

The boys both looked at you as a mother. You and those boys have been through more than you can imagine together, you helped Riley meet gangstalicious, you helped Huey get his friend out of prison. You loved those boys.

"Good mornin’ Huey. You woke up really early." You said rubbing your eyes as you saw Huey flipping through channels in the TV.

"I just wanted to start a bit earlier than usual." He said with his eyes still on the TV.

You smile at the boy and went to the kitchen beginning to cook and omelet with bacon.

After cooking for a while you felt something… Someone, hug your leg. You looked down and saw a head full of cornrows, it was Riley. "Good morning Riley. Hungry for an omelet and bacon?" You asked and you heard him groan and nod his head in response.

You finished cooking and Riley wouldn’t let go of your leg, so he was just dragged around the house until you finished fixing their plates.

You picked up Riley and sat him down in a chair as he was still half asleep. "Huey! Breakfast is ready!" You smiled brightly at him and you saw the smallest smile form on his lips. Finally! You made the boy smile!

"You sat down on front of both of them as Riley was eating his food 40% awake and Huey was just thinking.

“Huey, what’s on your mind?” You’ve always wanted to be in this kids head. He has so many thoughts that you could never keep in.

“I wish people understood me. I mean, people besides you.” Huey said as he cut up his omelet in little pieces.

“Not everyone’s gonna understand you Huey, and you’re gonna have to move on from it. Instead of sweeping on things, try to warn or tell people what you think or feel in a way THEY will understand." You still have that sweet smile to him as you talked. That’s what he liked about you, your comforting smile. Like a mother.

“But nobody understands no matter what I do.” Huey said getting a bit loud. You furrowed your eyebrows and grabbed Riley’s plate cutting up his omelet as you talked.

“Not everyone’s gonna understand and maybe no one will understand. But you can still make a difference. Make a difference in your own way. No matter if they understand or not.” You said sliding Riley his plate back as he was now 73% awake.

Huey nodded and smiled for your advice. You grabbed his plate and washed it in the sink as Riley was still eating.

“Would you like to go shopping today with me? You could both use some new clothes.” You smiled at them as Riley was stuffing his face but smiling at the idea. Huey nodded his head.

A few hours later.

“Ooh yeah! This jacket fly! Lemme get this!” Riley said as he shoved a school-type jacket with all typed of charms on it. You giggled at the younger boys happiness when you told him to put it in your cart. You all went into a store for Riley, then a store for Huey, and the. Yourself.

One thing you noticed is that these boys are definitely different, and even in style they are. Huey liked collar shirts, clean and neat jackets, and sweaters. You know, preppy stuff.

Riley liked things like baggy jeans, rhinestone belts, sunglasses, and baggy shirts. Y2k type of stuff.

You didn’t have really an aesthetic you just went with the flow of what you liked.

At home.

“So, how do you guys feel getting some new clothes?”

“Hail yeah! Young Reezy gon’ be stuntin the streets in this G! Thanks ma-�� he stopped. You and Huey just looked at him. He almost called you mama. YOUR HEART WAS PUMPING IT WAS SO SWEET. “Riley, you can call me mama if you want. If it’s what your comfortable with then do so.” He nodded his head avoiding eye contact, he’s embarrassed.

Huey looked up at you “Thanks you for the clothes… Ma.” You stared at Huey with tears forcing to leave your eyes as you put your hands over your eyes wiping them.

#the boondocks #huey freeman #riley freeman #platonic #black anime

[uncle-dusknoir]

Pelipper Mail! A woven basket full of Roseli berries. Clipped to the handle of the basket is a faux Galarian Zigzagoon tail keyring. It's vaguely bristly to the touch. It comes with a note, scrawled in angular neat handwriting on pink stationary paper.

"Hello, Ms. Basil.

Gym Leader Roxie and I are preparing to engage in a 'hunt' designed to catch him a Zigzagoon. I thought I might get a souvenir to mark the occasion - that is, until I remembered that everything about Zigzagoon is unbecoming of my style, to say the least. So, I'm having you take this off my hands. Seeing as you seem to collect bones as a hobby, I thought having a trinket shaped like a pokemon's body part wouldn't phase you in the slightest.

Enclosed, you will also find some Roseli berries. I saw what you said about your pokemon potentially having difficulties getting the upper hand over fairies. I should know better than anyone that fairy types are one of the most difficult sorts of pokemon to beat. If you would like to apply some of that 'actual strategy' that you mentioned, you might give these to one of your pokemon. It should even the playing field. Slightly. Or, if that doesn't sound appealing, they also make a fragrant herbal tea.

Regards, Gym Leader Bede" @ballonleastadiumofficial

[Offscreen response]

Her day is full of fairies today. Offhandedly mentioning them on Rotumblr, trying to re-create that Fae-offering bread implanted in her brain from a couple months ago, and now- denoted by a Pelipper tapping it's beak against her window- what seems to be an offering from the Fae. A woven basket? How did none of these berries fall out?? (Not that she would know, either way.)

She washes the flour off her hands (and her face and sort of awkwardly wipes it off her sweater) to receive the basket, carefully putting it on the kitchen table to sort through it. Berries, berries, berries, berries- she wondered if any of her dogs would want to try one, or maybe the Shuppet that she had to gently push away from the open jar of Combee honey. She should close that.

There's the note. (He's friends with Roxie? From Virbank?) A snort of laughter at the wording. 'I'm having you take this off my hands". That's a fantastic line and knowing that he wrote it entirely honestly is wonderful. She misses going out in the woods for bones, really...

blah blah battle strategy blah blah upper hand... ooh, tea. She examines a berry, taking a bite out of the thing. Not bad, overall, but she's not a fan of the bitter aftertaste...

Hey. "Hey. Away- I'm not putting you in the washing machine again," she warned, waving another couple Shuppet away from the open honey. Really ought to close that. She skims over the letter again... Souvenir. What the hell is a Zigzagoon souvenir?

She took an embarrassingly long time to find the souvenir in question; taking a break to get the sweet bread swirled with honey and into the oven, divided into a few different mini-trays. There's a glaze that goes over the top that she'll have to start, too...

She finally found the thing by picking up the basket and looking under it, spotting the dangling black-and-white charm in the other side and, face pink, unclipping it from the basket.

Isn't that cute? She laughs a little as she examines it, running her thumb over the bristles. Reminds her of how Toothy's fur felt with he was a Zigzagoon... certainly doesn't have to be that sharp anymore, that's for sure. She pet it for another couple minutes, before a quiet *clink* roused her attention again.

A Shuppet had gently pressed its horn into the honey jar, though it's head was too big to fit through the hole, awkwardly pressed against the table as it had knocked the jar over.

Pfft. "You're lucky I already finished with that," she huffed with joking disappointment, popping the Shuppet out of the jar. And maybe running her finger to clean up the excess honey from it's horn. And maybe licking that off.

"Stay out," she chided, finally closing the jar. "Where did I leave my Bag...?"

#basilblogging #ask game #offscreen post

[lizalfosrise]

New AK ask. What region (Columbia, Sargon, Kazdel, etc) do you want to learn more about the most? Who do you think we should be following in an event that explores it?

Ooh this is a neat one, yeah. Let's start with considering those 3 first as there's certainly things to say there.

Columbia - We still have Lonetrail yet to drop and any further storyline following that for the Rhine Lab arc, plus there's now the upcoming Blacksteel Worldwide event Come Catastrophes or Wakes of Vultures to give us further exploration.

I want them to free Domma from NPC jail but that might require a Mountain Alter-worthy event :/ Orchid, Frostleaf or Vigna might have more potential there.

Sargon - We have the Acahualla storyline that may get a third event, and now Reclamation Algorithm: Fire Within the Sand has provided an expansion of the Sand Soldier/Old Isin section of Walk in the Dust story. Manticore gets some story time from that one too, which was nice to see.

A look at Beeswax getting to do her own thing more confidently might be fun, but then personally I'd be more down for something following adorably-precious Estelle who has been given snippets so far of her getting through her anxieties and dealing with that 'being seen as a battle goddess' moment. That IS2 mapping with the Archosauria trio was perfect, we need more.

Kazdel - This would be interesting since they only ever showcased it as cold, snow-covered ruins until that one scene in Episode 11 of the capital that repeatedly got destroyed and rebuilt. Most of the related cast are major players of the main story Act 2, whether as NPCs unlikely to join or Operators resolving certain threads and fates.

(Playable Closure is so close yet just out of reach...) Hoederer might be a good solo event candidate as a What the F... style interlude if we regroup with him in Episode 13. Or hey, Meteorite Alter please? She needs something after the whole 'traumatised by autopilot!Specter fighting' gag and her story with Firewatch... W Alter could be an Episode-related moment if that has any possibility.

Sami is going to be covered by IS4 and its coinciding vignette event for Typhon, Skógrinn Svartr Vill Einn Draumr. Aegir will likely be explored through the next installment of the Abyssal Hunters storyline.

We need events for Durin, Higashi, Rim Billiton and Minos for further explorations/catching up to other locales.

Seeing Croque and Deculture again would be great but not anything new Durin-wise so maybe we could have sleepyhead Durin visiting elsewhere. We don't particularly need a Myrtle Alter unless she's gonna be the Ultra-Super Flagbearer to show up Saileach...

So far Higashi has effectively been vaguely explained as doing their own thing and one additional loadscreen lore tidbit established how they curbstomped Ursus trying to invade. The recent Leaves Chasing Fire/A Flurry to the Flame Monster Hunter collab featured a rather isolated mountain village, as MonHun is wont to do. My picks for a lead would be: Matoimaru, Tsukinogi and Utage. Overlooked launch unit, niche Supporter, and cute gyaru needs justice for that damn module 'Talent'.

For a Rim Billiton event it could center on April and/or Savage; Ansel; Asbestos on her solo travels. Getting to the bottom of either the incident in Kroos the Keen Glint's past or Popukar's Lumberyard would be neat too.

And Minos - Sideroca or Perfumer Lena, I'd like. They need some appreciation. Rather little to work with compared to others, so yeah we really need some kind of story there.

#arknights #arbellas-bakery

[caffernnn]

how would you assign style 5 into the 5-man party/band trope?

OOH a fun challenge 😌 the shifting dynamics between the five make it a lil hard to anchor them into the available tropes without inevitable overlap/gaps, BUT it’s interesting to think about it like we did back when we were discussing the RoTG AU: what is at their center, or at the very least, an intriguing lens to interpret their center through?

Although there’s the instinct to try and put Haru in the hero/leader position with Rin as the lancer and foil (that’s a comparison/thread that canon likes to revolve around, which is still fun!), I think it’d be neat to think about the lineup from a slightly different perspective:

The leader/hero: Rei

The lancer: Haru

The brains: Makoto

The brawn: Rin

The heart: Nagisa

Ok hold on HOLD ON let me explain!! Think about how we can view season one (as a launching point) if we take up Haru’s suggestion/wish to not be the main character, and move the lens we’re looking through juuust slightly to shine the light more on Rei’s story. Even though he’s new to the group, newly establishing himself as a swimmer and friend in the existing (corroded, faded) Iwatobi dynamic, his addition is the real catalyst for the story — they can’t move forward until they find a fourth in Rin’s absence/distance, and all of the magic we see unfold happens because of Rei’s spark, his perspective, his journey, all that he is. It doesn’t matter if he’s not the one consciously calling the shots for them all; watching him learn and stumble and get back up and trust and love is what gets everyone else to reflect and react. The ✨main character rei✨ agenda is still alive and kicking in my heart 😮‍💨

SPEAKING OF HEART, let’s talk about that one next!! The “heart” (from what I understand) serves not only as the peacemaker and glue that binds the group together, but a complement to the hero/leader as well. Now, I know that every freakin essay I’ve written about Makoto positions him perfectly as the heart of the group (#the makoto files my beloved). HOWEVER, if we’re shifting this whole band around to have Rei at the helm, the person who stands right next to him and keeps him balanced is the guy who got him into this whole mess. Really, if Rei is the guiding light, then Nagisa is the one who went looking for a match in the first place. At the center of all of his antics is this desire to keep them all bound together, united or reunited as friends and trusted teammates. He’s essential joy — comic relief and chaos are the ways he checks in on and takes care of people, especially in a dynamic that where the guys might be a little hesitant about admitting to their attachments out loud (at first).

Again, although Makoto and Nagisa could be interchangeable in their roles here (heart/brains), I think we could do something fun with slotting Makoto and Rin into the “brains and brawn” duo roles, respectively. Makoto is soft contemplation and careful steps where Rin is hotheaded intensity and dynamic force. As a duo, they bleed into each other — we’ve seen how Makoto can have moments led by passion and power, just as we’ve seen Rin hesitate or rethink his position (and, interestingly enough, the reasons for these shifts can often be linked back to strong push-pull moments involving the other). I think there’s value in acknowledging both their roles as a shared duo and as individuals within the group (as in like, for example, how Makoto’s thinking might change trajectory when with Rei individually versus a situation with all three of them in a room, ykwim? Anywayyy).

Now, the lancer as Haru!! This one!! This is fun because he’s both the ideal and the anomaly for Rei, right? Haru becomes this incomprehensible figure in his line of sight that gradually shifts to be a trusted teammate competing by his side. He’s not a total opposite, but there are distinctions between them, and casting Rei and Haru into the hero/lancer dynamic helps to highlight some of those character differences. Haru is strong in his skillset, but teaching someone else when it felt so natural for him? Getting back into the mind of a impassioned novice with his eyes on a beautiful future, when the only realm Haru dwells in these days to protect himself is the immediate present? That’s a disconnect and distinction that affects how they both individually navigate growing throughout the story. Like, Rei as a character is oriented to what it means to learn and grow in a way that opposes Haru’s habits of staying grounded and honing in on what he already knows and is comfortable with. Yeah, there’s a shared sense of rigidity in rules and routines for both of them (autism boys my beloveds), BUT it manifests and leads them down different paths, and really kinda secures why it’s interesting to frame Rei as the hero here over Haru. Rei’s reliance on theory comes from a love of experimenting and growing and learning, like the truths and beliefs he holds are built on (if not his own work, then what he presumes to be) a long line of trials and errors and rewrites to hone in on an emerging ideal. Haru’s reliance on routine is rooted in preservation and comfort, whether from his own strong immediate/persisting desires or the expectations of others he comes to hold as important to maintain and heavy (like,,, we know Haru talks big game about swimming free and for himself but also has a sense of justice that leads him down all of these instances of performing for other people). That being said, even if Haru isn’t the hero in this proposed dynamic, his position at Rei’s other side (when Nagisa isn’t trying to grip both of Rei’s hands and run into the wilderness or smth) is essential: he gives Rei a way to grow and fight and learn because of his existing swimming prowess. He’s a quiet muse to gleam inspiration from (a puzzle to be solved) and a ticket into the competitive world (pulling weight during relays while Rei builds and builds). And uhh that’s COOL MAN IDK!!!

I think the part I’m struggling to put into words here at the end is just how much these perceived roles can shift around with just a little nudge and reveal even more fascinating details within the story. There are similarities between characters like Rin and Rei (push forward) versus Makoto and Haru (pull back) that make you wonder about those duos in isolation. There’s the idea of changing around even one pair’s positions (like switching Makoto and Nagisa, or even Haru and Rin) that 1) draws attention to those pair’s similarities, and 2) bring into question how that changing position might shift their perceived impact on others in the group. The style five is a interweaving rainbow of colors that overlays and combines to create an infinite number of hues, and we could talk about variations of their dynamics honestly all night. Don’t even get me started on bringing their individual colors into this conversation, because that’s a whole other onslaught of potential meanings—

#you’ve always got me over here Thinking Thoughts and I love it <3 #free! headcanons #meta #(kinda) #free! iwatobi swim club #(sure we’ll throw it in there too) #my thoughts kept branching in every which direction with this one but hopefully some of the ideas came across #but idk!! this configuration seemed like a good one to start with at least!! #would love to hear if you had any ideas with it too~ #thanks for asking! #shounenlord_sama