#power trick

[ihaveatheoryonthat]

Power Trick

Based pretty directly* off of the Subnauts AU by @venusianpeach

*If I continue in any notable way, however, it will diverge a fair amount.

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| Baton Pass |

Hollis had made a number of mistakes over the past few weeks, but, arguably, the first of them was sending the agents Motif off on a wild goose chase.

It wouldn’t do any harm; on the job, they were as efficient as could be, and whatever mess they might get themselves into, they could reasonably extract themselves from. So long as they were offsite, there was no way they could worsen the headache that was the Psychonauts’ financial situation, in the exact same way they wouldn’t help her by hovering.

If Emmet had reminded her about one more meeting, she’d been planning to tangle him in web of thought so convoluted that even Ingo’s patience would’ve run out before he was free. Really, in sending them a continent over, she was doing everyone a favor.

Or so she’d thought.

She’d enjoyed exactly thirty hours of peace before the news of Truman’s kidnapping broke.

It would have been incredibly convenient to have them onsite and let them deal with Razputin.

It would have saved everyone some trouble if the heads of transportation had been available to perform their foremost duties.

And it would have made all the difference in the world to have a hydrokinetic on their side when faced with The Deluge of Grulovia.

But Hollis had played a bad hand, and--

Ahem.

Hollis’s plan hadn’t accounted for all of the variables, no matter how unlikely they were to factor in; fortunately, nobody had been seriously hurt and the water damage had mostly been confined to Green Needle Gulch. Whatever else cropped up in the aftermath, she’d been blissfully unaware of it for the past two weeks.

But all vacations had to come to an end sometime, and, now that she’d had a chance to decompress, Hollis was ready to tackle the responsibilities of the Second Head. There was plenty to focus on, already lined up on her desk when she returned to her office, but her attention was drawn to the neatly-stacked mission report and the unrelated forms lined up beneath it.

She picked the first up and skimmed it over; it was labeled with both Motifs’ names, as was standard for them, but the slant of the writing suggested Ingo had been the one to pen it this time.

The subject has been secured. The report promised, followed shortly by, Though perhaps the esteemed Second Head might tell certain agents to allow her breathing room next time, instead of finding busywork to keep them occupied.

Hollis wasn’t surprised on either front. If those men were on a mission, then by god they were going to see it through, whether or not it was actually feasible. She was grateful Ingo had humored her, at least, and not called her on her crap where Emmet could hear.

If the past couple of weeks had taught her anything, it was that she’d really needed the break. It was nice to know that someone else had seen it.

Her eyes flickered down to the second set of papers. They were, in fact, a color-coded series of forms from the transportation department, some fields filled in an opposite slant, others left very pointedly blank. As she flipped through them, she found backdated requisition forms, incident reports and repair requests, each ramping up in passive-aggression until she reached the last one, which had been helpfully filled out in her name, pertaining to the jet’s use. She could actually feel the echo of annoyance radiating off of it.

Despite herself, she felt a smirk tugging at her lips.

Not as much fun when other agents didn’t stay in their lane, was it Motif?

She set both sets of papers aside-- the first to be tastefully redacted and then filed, the second to be completed. Both were slightly more familiar in tone than she’d tolerate from most, but she was in a good mood, and they were funnier than they were insolent; besides, they confirmed that the pair was back on base, which she was willing to consider a positive thing, today.

Hollis Forsythe did not have favorites among her agents, but the twins were certainly up there.

The tug at her lips faded as she laid eyes on the foremost pile of papers. On top-- meaning most recently submitted-- she saw Razputin’s name, and took an anticipatory breath as something very important occurred to her.

Two of her problems had-- how would they put it? ‘Returned to station’?

And she had one newly-arrived problem without a destination.

Surely a couple of conductors could help with that.

#ihaveatheoryonthat pkmn #ihaveatheoryonthat psychonauts #submas #psychonauts #crossover #au #fanfic #power trick

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Enki S Ending: God Blocking Gambit

#fear and hunger #enki ankarian #rher #fear and hunger spoilers #He showed up in the ugliest outfit ever and still served cunt. #Everything about him is so indirectly funny to me. #He canceled his own crucifixion to make sure *he* was the blonde bitch of the non-specific prophecy! #The old gods are running a gambit of trapping humanity in a perpetual timeloop? Just say “Um. No <3” #“Humanity will always be tempted by power and will be tricked into false godhood.” Skill issue. #(Yes I know rher isn't there in the first game but I needed one of the old gods in this comic and...he is the easiest to draw.) #Part of me wants to keep going and sillify the other S endings. Much to think about.

[totalshockwaves]

2013: *fall out boy comes back*

monkey paw curls and my chemical romance disbands, leaving millions devastated

2023: *fall out boy comes back, again*

monkey paw flips off brendon urie, and frees ryan ross from having to see him continue to butcher his old band

#ryan ross #mcr #my chemical romance #this time they used their band killing powers for good! #also the monkey paw did that all while doing some sickass skateboard tricks I SAW it #panic at the disco #panic! at the disco #fall out boy #monkey paw and fall out boy kill the shambling corpse of panic at the disco and millions cheer! #yes guys i know paramore and mcr are back too but its not a pattern of band killing trust me i love them both more than fob but PATTERN lol

[magpie-trinkets]

continuing that "maya tries to contact claire" post, i present you the post-Spirit of Justice follow-up

#post that caters to ME specifically #let me first tag #ghost trick spoilers #lost future spoilers #now that that's out of the way. you know who's on that suitcase ;) #also claire is fucked up by time travel shenanigans so it's possible let's just say #also ghost powers grow and change with time sooooo. let's play with canon #layton “i have a dead girlfriend” and yomiel “i had a dead girlfriend” bisexuals #also yes the whole gang traveled to london they're just strolling around #maya had unfinished business and now that she's more powerful she's BACK #this would take place 7-or-so years after lost future/plvspw so layton is in his mid-forties here. i had to look it so correct me if im not #also yes this is a crossover AU i have rotating in my mind i love the source material and layton's and claire whole thing no shade to that #powerful narrative that made me cry #but with aa and gt magic fuckery we have the technology #also about the jail bit. that's a fic i am writing (one sentence every month) #ghost trick #professor layton #ace attorney #my art #ms paint #GOD. that wall of text is surely something

[tokyo-chainsaw-dragon]

Denji already got himself a free costume that's built into him.

Happy Halloween bitches.

#chainsaw man #denji #spy x family #anya forger #chainsaw man x spy family #digital art #anime #halloween #trick or treat #happy halloween season!!!!! 🎃🕯 #tokyo chainsaw dragon #my artwork #my art #artists on tumblr #power hayakawa #power chainsaw man #power #csm power #loid forger #spy x family loid #sxf loid #yor forger #sxf x csm crossover #csm denji #illustration

[shrublike]

u can’t touch this🧂

#u could say he's rather...salty...about this trick #i like to think simple table salt still works on the most powerful demons #can you imagine what this would do to luci's pride lmao #obey me #lucifer #obey me lucifer #obey me mc

[chloesimaginationthings]

They chose Aki's costume for him Imao

#myart #chloesimagination #doodles #csm #csm fanart #chainsaw man #denji hayakawa #power hayakawa #aki hayakawa #makima csm #halloween #these images are so cute #their first Halloween together 💗💗💗 #you know Power and Denji would go trick or treating despite their age

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #His aptitude with subterfuge sleight of hand stealth and speed really push how being a ninja really comes naturally to him. #it’s arguable that his desperation for the spotlight and validation is an act of subterfuge against himself #note that when he’s offered a job as a mascot he’s fine being unknown #when he and splinter win the battle nexus Leo immediately says ‘they love YOU pops’ #idk I think so much about how good a ninja Leo is #and how much his persona is more an actor #Leo as a tot is shown a natural skill at katana too so hear me out- #every Leo is a natural ninja but every Leo’s route in life is directly tied to their splinter so #since rise splinter is an actor Leo too aims for it #and he brings it into his whole life - masking always because a Leo makes what they do who they are #I think that Leo naturally falls more in line with that of a typical ninja #his eccentric performer self is his subterfuge skill just set to an 11 at all times #not that that’s NOT him - like I said it’s still undoubtedly a part of Leo #but? idk I think about little moments like Leo being the only one to choose stealth in bug busters #or Leo being the only one to almost get Gus’s dog tags in The Ninja Art of Hide and Seek (he was so close but luck was against him alas) #like- he’s clearly in his element there and he falls into those skills so easily #it’s like how everyone has skills in so many things but some exceed more in some than others do #like Raph? Raph’s the biggest Hero of the bunch of them let’s be perfectly real here. Raph is THE Hero #All the boys are smart in their own rights but Donnie is THE Genius. #and they all have mystic powers but Mikey is THE Mystic Warrior with immense untapped potential #likewise Leo I feel is THE Ninja #but yeah I love how much Leo goes for the spotlight anyway for better or for worse #he IS a performer again make no mistake! but again the way he does it still lines up with his natural ninja aptitude and I love it #Leo loving magic tricks and magicians so much works doubly well here because like #you’d think he’s focused solely on the performance flair - no it’s ALSO and ESPECIALLY the DECEPTION

[thankstothe]

#house md #gregory house #james wilson #hilson #screencap #s07e20 “Changes” #god dammit man #sorry wilson but he's allergic to happiness #to the very idea of it even #you have to trick him #youre the only one with this power #also wilson manages to look down on someone who's taller. babygirl flex

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Hey, I had a thought for the fantasy au! So on one of the previous versions of the WH website, there was a rhyme for the show that went:

A house is a place with four walls and a floor,

with a ceiling above and a lovely front door.

There's a bed to cradle you safely at night,

and windows to bring in the morning sunlight.

Your house is a mirror of just who you are,

A reflection that tells you to never stray far.

Which I thought might make a good incantation for when Wally properly summons Home (I can't remember if that's ever required for Warlocks but hey, it's still a fun poem regardless).

ohhhh this. i like this...

bonus og sketch! big ol eyes...

& no capalet because uhhhh eh nah and also i wanted Home's pendant to be on full display!

#and who cares if warlocks cant / dont canonically do that! #im not here to follow rules im here to Have Fun! #also the poem is even more fitting for this au given the nature of wally & home's pact #a manifestation like this must take so much power... and i imagine it makes them Way more vulnerable than one would guess #i mean home would just be out in the open. no protective shell or nothing. #and if home dies wally dies #they'd probably need to be at full power/strength or pretty near to it in order to pull off a full summoning #its a party trick to be pulled out only in the most dire of situations! #rambles from the bog #scribble salad #wh fantasy au #this was an Incredibly fun scribble! #a bit of a challenge and very rewarding! #also his outfit is just so fun to draw #i love giving characters So Many Layers and then immediately ripping those layers off #im starting to wonder why my first instinct with wally is to make him Show Chest #deepen that V! pop those buttons! in this house wally darling shows nonexistent cleavage! #ok sorry. in my defense its 3 am and i didnt sleep well last night anyway #actually no im not sorry #wally is attractive and i Will take advantage of that canon fact #disclaimer: i do not find him attractive in a 👀 way. hes a pet cat to me #a really fucked up pet cat...

[ihaveatheoryonthat]

Power Trick - First Impression

At one point, I actually did have a fair amount planned to follow Power Trick-- or rather, its first chapter, Baton Pass-- but I don’t think I’m going to go anywhere with it at this point, so here’s the one chapter I’d written out after the fact.

While fairly cohesive this time, it does have placeholders all over, so, you know. Adjust your expectations.

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Raz really hoped he hadn’t been called into Hollis’s office to discuss the… incidents he’d played a hand in over the past two weeks, but he wasn’t holding his breath.

At least there was a chance that, so soon after her vacation, Hollis would still be in a good mood.

The odds didn’t look good as he stepped into her office and her eyes immediately snapped to him, fingers steepled in front of her face contemplatively. She inclined her head toward the seat before her desk, and Raz did his best not to slink across the room.

Hollis didn’t waste any time, moving her hands down to fold them over the paperwork she’d prepared, “I’ve been hearing reports that you’ve experienced some… hydrokinetic difficulties while I was on vacation. Is that true, Razputin?”

“I dunno, they seemed pretty easy to me.” He said evasively, wilted at the look she gave him and then admitted, “Kind of.”

Her annoyance softened marginally at the tone, a stark contrast to her sharp nod, “And have you approached anyone in regards to the matter? Lucrecia or any of our agents?”

Raz shook his head. Nona had already been through a lot; he didn’t need to bring up his own issues when they were so relevant to her traumas, both new and newly uncovered. And the other agents-- he just didn’t know where to start. Milla… had the wrong idea what was going on there, and he really didn’t want to have that conversation with her, even if only to set the record straight. Coach understood on some level-- even had his own phobias to contend with-- but Raz was fairly confident that Oleander’s suggested solution, well meaning though it would be, would mostly consist of running drills. The idea of talking to Ford on the matter just hit way too close to home right now, and anyone else either wouldn’t have the tools to help, or would need a primer.

So really, he’d been experimenting over the past two weeks, and the only conclusion he’d come away with was that he had no idea how to control the Hand.

At least other people could see it now…?

“I see. Is there a reason for that? [Reports indicate that…] It seems to me you could benefit from some training.”

“Yeah, but N-- Lucrecia’s still recovering, so I didn’t want to bother her.”

Hollis gave a conceding nod, “That’s a reasonable [idk]. As a Junior Agent, you’re within your rights to refuse being assigned a mentor-- short of an official order from a higher ranking agent-- but I’ve got something lined up that I think you could really benefit from. Will you hear me out?”

Okay… this was not going the way Raz had feared it might; Hollis really was in a good mood. Either that, or she’d just been in an extremely bad one the rest of the time he’d known her. For her sake, he hoped it was the former.

He smiled, nervous energy beginning to dissipate, “It’d be cool to have a mentor for real this time!”

“Yes, well, I suppose that’ll average out.” Hollis said, lips quirked into a subtle grimace. Without bothering to explain, she pushed away from her desk and stood up, two fingers resting against her temple, “Gentlemen, if you would?”

A second passed, then three. The tiny pause was punctuated by the odd weightlessness of teleportation-- albeit a [lesser] sense of it as the user made his entrance.

Or, rather, the users made their combined entrance.

Hollis nodded at the pair of perfectly mirrored salutes aimed her way, and then the room’s collective attention fell to Raz.

Raz, for his part, immediately jumped out of his seat from excitement, hands clenched as he tried to contain himself.

“A pleasure to meet you, Agent Aquato,” Said the elder Agent Motif, followed by his brother’s amused, “We’ve heard a great deal. We are--”

“Ingo and Emmet Motif! The Countertype Conductors!”

For just a moment, they seemed startled by his enthusiasm and Raz made to reel himself in-- but then a booming laugh washed over the room. Hollis raised a hand to snap next to one ear, double-checking her hearing and, abashed, Ingo angled the bill of his cap over his eyes. Completely unfazed by the outburst, Emmet humored him for [idk] seconds before flicking a wrist and TKing it back into place.

“You’re… gonna teach me how to use hydrokinesis?”

“I’m hardly suited to the task,” Emmet said mildly, the angle of his smile twitching into something [mischievous]; Raz recognized the tone of a sibling about to pass the buck, “But Ingo has agreed to accompany you to a station called proficiency.”

“Which isn’t to say it’s the only track we’ll be riding. Your file indicates that there are several techniques which could use refinement, since your previous mentor was… ill equipped to assist you.” / “Regardless, while our priority is hydrokinesis, we intend to cover a number of different subjects. Presuming, that is, that you’re open to working with us.”

“Yeah!”/ “Of course! Why wouldn’t I be?”

Behind her desk, Hollis grimaced and, even though it wasn’t said on the physical plane, something clearly passed between the twins.

“You would be surprised.” [x]

“Now, we can hardly expect you to clear today’s schedule on such short notice, but if you would report to our office in the eastern wing-- room [#]-- at 9:00 tomorrow morning, we can begin without further delay.”

#ihaveatheoryonthat pkmn #ihaveatheoryonthat psychonauts #writing scraps #power trick

[toh-tagteam-au]

King and Luz are so clearly Eda’s kids in that they were 100% prepared to lie to and con the hell out of these big bads. Luz’s offer to be Belos’s modern day guide as a ploy to brand him. King’s frankly VERY impressive narrative of this super fun “Owl House” game so the Collector would want to save everyone. These kids learned to lie from the best and holy shit they succeeded. 

#not comic #toh spoilers #the owl house #toh #king's tide #unrelated to the comic but this was on my mind #like the fact that both Clawthorne kids went with trickery and deceit #I feel like that was an intentional thing #not just a whole The Big Bad is Too Powerful So We Gotta Trick Them thing #its an Eda Thing

[darlingod]

It’s just… it is everything that Cardan thought Jude would notice his “SO OBVIOUS” exile riddle and thinks Jude to not hesitate to come back. Beside his certainty of her cleverness to piece the riddle together, he believed he was that clear about his feelings toward her; he had thought she absolutely ought to know how he feels for her.

Like oh buddy. BUDDY. Your wife had thought of the answer to your little riddle like you thought she would. But guess what? She has detrimental TRUST ISSUES. (Like… Ur super mean and hot, I can’t blame her.) Anyway.. it’s SUPER adorable of him to so wholeheartedly believe she wouldn’t question his trust. It reveals so much about his pov of thier relationship.

Jude thought Cardan’s (silly) trick was a (vile) trick, when it was simply a: “Im trying to impress/pay you back in kind with our romantic metaphorical sparring and eventually get you out of political drama for a bit,” trick.

I’m fucking laughing wow these delusional ass children I fucking love them.

#IM JUST NOW REALIZING I SPELT THEIR WRONG AND IM SO EMBARRASSED #at least it was the right their😭😭 #THEYRE SO REAL LMFAOOOOOO #like they both were so hot ofc they constantly questioned the validity of each others feelings #if the last part didn’t make sense I’ll explain #she knew he had tricked her into exile and when Jude was like ‘can I pardon myself?’ she thought it was another trick to humiliate her #like girl it was to do THE OPPOSITE of humiliation #HE WAS SENDING YOU TO SAFETY UNTIL YOU COULD COME BACK AND FLAUNT UR NEW POSITION #but basically it revealed that he loved like Jude loves #that they have the same heart #(he’s not like the reg folk. he grew up around so many mortals as she did the folk) #but he’s a faerie so he doesn’t take caution to being unpredictable #Jude even knew: the folk could be humanlike but they (the folk) inevitably would do something to remind her that they STILL ARE folk #though she had too easily assumed that the folk acting like the folk meant betrayal #he thought the whole marriage thing had meant she fully trusted him #because he knew how hard it would be for her to give up her power over him #and he thought because that she had given up her ability to command him(comma) that she couldn’t doubt trusting him any longer #queen of nothing #the cruel prince #the wicked king #Jude Duarte #jurdan #cardan greenbriar #tfota #I’ve known them since I was 13 they’re much older in my stubborn pov #also me using the semi colon as if I’m sure that it’s proper grammar LMAOOOOO #confidence is key

[brawlmetaknight]

translated a new chapter of dedede de pupupu na monogatari (also known as kirby manga mania) by hirokazu hikawa! meta knight appearances are a rare treat in this manga, but i always absolutely love hikawa's take on him. a cool, popular DORK.

#text #meta knight #disclaimer: i am no professional at this i just do it for fun and knowledge. the power of neurodiversity compels me #i will say i don't really understand the variety show joke #i know バラエティ is/are basically japanese game shows but i don't know what balloons particularly have to do with it lol #also when mk says kirby's ghost trick scared him the most - he used the word 'obake' which is like a shapeshifting yokai (ghost/demon/etc) #which makes this the second time mk has expressed fear of ghosts in a kirby gag manga

[prompt-master]

The amount of times culprits in detco use magic trick techniques to kill someone.....everyone in Japan should be thanking God every single day that Kaito Kid isn't a murderer

#detective conan #hed be SO powerful #if he was just like. 3% more unhinged #''jii-chan look at this magic trick! im truly the best ahahaha'' proceeds to kill a man #with a rudeberg gold machine

[cemeterything]

#🐉 #personally my moneys on VAL because although jon beat the distortion which bears some similarities #the distortion tricks your mind into believing the world is not what it is while VAL can actually rewrite reality #so the power of omniscience would be of little advantage #however this does assume that jarchivist would let VAL even open her mouth before eldritch blasting her #or that VAL would choose to neutralise jarchivist without playing with him first. giving him more time to counter her. #all in all i think it really depends on who speaks first #but im going with VAL unless jon unravels her mommy issues faster than she can turn him into a chair #tma #the silt verses