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maizethecorn · 10 months

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Transformers fic series called Darkness featuring Jack/Megatron with an overview of Transformers Prime

So, I have followed this fanfic writer the last couple of years. The author’s name is Misgel and delayed writing this amazing, three part series due to the author being in college, author finding a job, author being sick and other life mishaps. Now, I have no idea why the last part of this fantastic, three-part trio logy fanfic has not been completed. (The reason why the fic has not been completed doesn’t matter. I just want this amazing story to be finished.) The third part of the fic has been on a cliffhanger since 2021.

The fanfic revolves around the cartoon Transformers series called Transformers Prime. This cartoon started in 2010 and lasted three seasons. One of the main characters was sixteen year old Jack Darby. Jack went to a high school called Jasper High. The series takes place in Nevada. Jack works a part time job as a drive thru cashier at a restaurant called KO Burgers. He makes mediocore grades, daydreams about having a cool car or motorcycle to impress the popular cheerleader Sierra and goes home to his mom June Darby who is a single nurse working to support herself and her son. By chance, Jack meets a talking motorcycle named Arcee, jumps in the driver’s seat when Arcee transforms and is dragged into the war of the Autobots. Jack meets hyperactive, teenage Miko Nakadai who dyes her hair bright colors and nerdy, bullied Raf Esquivel who both are friends with the Autobots. At first, Jack proclaims way too many times in the series that he just wants to have a normal life but ultimately accepts his role over the course of the series of being an Autobot ally. He keeps his afterschool activities a secret from June but she eventually finds out her son is hanging out with giant robots. June’s not happy with this revelation but she comes to terms with her son’s higher calling to save the world from Decepticons and becomes somewhat involved with the Autobots herself. I did read many fics pairing June off with Ratchet who she is on friendly speaking terms with or government Agent Fowler who involves her in a few missions. In the show, Jack hints he’s not a fan of his mom getting to close to any males but he just needs to accept his mom is allowed to have a love life of her own while he is off with potential love interest Arcee. Jack spent much more time with Arcee than his girlfriend Sierra so I saw the sixteen year old boy and the giant female robot who could be a motorcycle being a more potential couple. I don’t care that the human and transformer characters don’t have certain atomical parts for an intimate relationship since fanfiction has a beautiful way of taking care of those relationship obstacles. Maybe I’ll post some of those fic links for another day if I feel like it. Anyway, back to this fic:

So, the cartoon never addresses what happened to Jack’s dad in the series. This writer Misgel comes up with a backstory that Jack’s dad was in the military and Jack, June and his dad had to move all the time. Misgel mixes in events from the Micheal Bay Transformers movies for this fic. Technically, the fic would be considered a crossover between the live action Transformers movie and the Transformers Prime cartoon. Some of the movie characters do show up in the fic. Jack’s dad dies with some other soldiers when getting caught up in the crossfire of Megatron who is the leader of the Decipticons being engaged in combat with the Autobots. Two officers come to Jack’s house and tell Jack and his mom that Jack’s dad is dead. Numbed with grief, Jack attempts to go through the motions of life going to school and not developing connections with anyone other than his mom. However, he meets Arcee and his life is turned upside down like the cartoon. The fic is cannon until the part where Megatron and Jack meet in a cave. In the cartoon, Jack leaves Megatron trapped by rocks in the cave and returns to the Autobot base with Arcee. In this fic, Jack frees Megatron from the rocks in the cave to show the Decepticon leader kindness and mercy. In return, Megatron decides not to kill Jack and takes him as a prisoner to the Decepticon warship called the Nemesis. The Autobots do attempt to rescue Jack but fail. At the warship, Megatron tortures Jack to find out where the Autobot base is and looks into Jack’s memories with a technological device that invades Jack’s mind.

Megatron finds himself intrigued by Jack when he realizes Jack is the son of a deceased solider and sees some of the heroic events Jack has performed to save the lives of his human and Autobot friends in Jack’s mind. He decides not to kill Jack since he finds Jack reminds him of how the Autobot leader Optimus Prime used to be as Orion Pax before absorbing the matrix. So this is a rundown of what Megatron does with Jack instead (maybe death would have been better, you decide?): First, after mind raping Jack with a device hooked into his brain and not giving him food and water for several days, Megs notices Jack isn’t looking too good and deduces he has no food or water for Jack on his ship. Instead of raiding a grocery store, Megatron forces Jack to drink the blood of Unicorn by giving him CPR with the dark purple energon. Unicron was regarded by the Autobots to be a giant robot that was the destroyer of worlds and energon is the ore liquid that the Autobots and Decipticons drink to stay alive. In Transformers Prime, the story revealed when Unicorn went into a coma and floated in outerspace, his robot body formed the basis of the planet Earth. Earth is teaming with purple energon steaming from Unicorn’s body at the Earth’s core. Back to my list of what Megatron does with Jack: Jack wakes up after Megatron gives him CPR. Megatron keeps Jack his prisoner for a long time and tells him his own version of why the Autobots and Decpticons went to the war and why the planet Cybertron was destroyed where the transformers used to live.The purple stuff that Megatron gave Jack has now caused some changes to Jack’s body.

The purple energon transforms Jack’s human body to where he is now dependent on the purple ore to live. He can still eat human food and drink water but his body isn’t sustained by human nutrients anymore. He also now understands and speaks the Cybertroian language that both the Autobots and Decipticons speak. There is also the mind link Megatron and Jack share since Unicrons blood flows through both their bodies. Both robot and boy feel each others emotions. Other than that, Jack is still human and now mentally scarred. Jack realizes Optimus Prime and the other Autobots left some details out of how the Autobot/ Decipticon conflict started and now he doesn’t know who he can trust. Surprisingly, Megatron does let Jack go free but Jack’s life is a mess. His relationships with his girlfriend Sierra, Arcee, Miko, Raf and the everyone he knows except his mom June fall apart. Mostly throughout the trilogy fic, Jack is struggling to recover from the trauma/manipulation Megatron inflicts on him and from Stockholm Syndrome. Megatron goes from seeing Jack as a human pet/ replacement for Optimus Prime to caring for the teenager as a son of sorts. Megatron actually gets upset when Jack says he hates him. Angry, Megatron scratches the walls of his warship with his claws thinking about how to get Jack to respect him. Throughout all three fics, Megatron and Jack argue because Jack doesn't like how Megatron blatantly kills everyone to get what he wants. Of course, Megatron has no problem with killing all sentient life since he's been killing whoever disobeys him for millions of years, is a insane psychopath and excepts Jack to be fine with whatever murders/killings/crimes he commits. On the cartoon, Megatron and Orion Pax/Optimus Prime were once friends until they disagreed on what to do politically with their planet Cybertron and this fic suggests Megatron is looking for a replacement in the friendship he once had with Optimus in Jack. In return, Jack finds himself horrified that after finding out Megatron killed his dad, that he has grown attached to Megatron and doesn’t want to see Megatron die. His horror deepens when he realizes he acknowledges Megatrons death would be like losing a second dad. What a dilemma: sixteen year old human kid doesn’t want to lose his silver metal robot dictator father figure who killed his human dad since dictator has been spending lots of father/son quality time with kid in a forced relationship without boundaries. Misgel did say in a comment to a reader that the relationship between Jack and Megatron is a twisted father/son relationship of sorts. It’s not a healthy relationship since Megatron wants to kill everyone close to Jack to make Jack loyal only to him but boy, it’s an intriguing trainwreck of a relationship that you will find yourself wasting a whole day, days, months or weeks on reading or rereading. Also, Jack is missing out on going to highschool in this fic since he’s saving the world so he will probably have to get his GED later. It’s absolute torture Misgel has not updated fic fic in a few years but you should read the story anyway because it’s got drama, action, sci-fil, fantasy, violence, family issues/mental health issues and a coming of age story with a teenager wrapped up in a neat little box with a big bow. Here’s the first link to the first part of this wonderful story:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13112487/chapters/29998599

Here’s the second link to the second part of the story:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15200639/chapters/35254460

Here’s the link to the third part of the story:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25650076/chapters/6226867

Favorite Possible Fanfic Ending : Jack would stop the human government and Autobots from killing Megatron by convincing them to give him a second chance. Jack would confess to Megatron that he sees him as a second dad. Touched by Jack's confession, Megatron would realize he doesn't care about the Decipticon cause anymore and stop being the Decipticon leader. He would discover Jack's safety is the only thing he really cares about anymore. The Decipticons would disband and Megatron would go into exile in outer space. No one would want Megatron to stay on earth since he's killed so many people. Megatron would accept Cybertron is never going to revive and just focus on helping the planets/people he has hurt for the remainder of his life. Jack would finish his high school education and get a job at NASA. He would go up into space and join Megatron in his humanitarian efforts of helping others. The final chapter ending would be Megatron showing Jack where they would be going on a virtual map within a space ship. This ending would be cheesy but I would love it to pieces.

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daechwitatamic · 2 years

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Hi do you have any writing tips or would you mind sharing your process?

Hi!!

I'm not sure I really have good tips for anyone... my best advice is to write for yourself first, write what you'd want to read. I am absolutely my own target audience lol. My other piece of advice would be read read read read read! Fanfiction or professional, doesn't matter.

Adding a 'read more' bc this got long lol sorry

Pay attention to what other authors do that you like, and think about how you can try those things yourself. For example, if you love someone's side-characters, see if you can make a side-character you like, too! If you like how another author spends a lot of time on description, spend some time developing yours! It's kind of like seeing something you like and thinking, "How would that look if I tried it my way?"

As for my process, once I have an idea I like, I let it marinate a little, just kick it around in my head and see if anything else comes along. I start a notes document immediately and I record any little thought I have about the future of the project. I might write down which member it will feature, what tropes, and what kind of story arc I want. I also try to have a "B Plot" for each character (in Complete Faith oc's B Plot was her mother and Sierra, and Tae's was his mother's illness) so I add those notes when I come up with them. The rest of my notes are a jungle of nonsense - I'll add stuff that I'll use as inspo, little snippets of dialogue or imagery I want to use later in the story. The notes document becomes almost like a pantry so later when I'm writing I can open the pantry door and say hmmmm what kind of snack inspo do I want today? Then as the story gets moving and I get ideas flowing, I make a separate section of the notes document and make it an outline of events for the story, and I add to that and follow it as best I can as I go. At one point my outline for What Was Hidden was like twenty pages.

So my outlines kind of look like this (this is from my current WIP):

Sometimes my jungle notes for later look like this:

aaaaaaaand sometimes it's poetry that I'm hoping will act as inspo:

I will say that I feel like the actual writing doesn't come difficultly for me because I majored in Creative Writing in college so this is just... what I've always done. It's been many many years (i'm old as hell, friends) since I really settled into my own voice and style and I don't really stray from those. For new, young writers I think finding a voice and style that feel like home for you can be kind of challenging, and I don't have a fix-it for that except try stuff! Pay attention to what seems to work for you and what doesn't!

idk I don't feel like I'm actually helpful but I hope it was at least fun to read. I think my bottom line is just try different things out! Write what you feel excited about!

#answered #anon #jo's writing

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sapphireswimming · 6 years

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Aces: Chapter 5 (a Gundam 00 fic)

[read parts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 of this still-unnamed, slight-AU]

For Day 5 of @g00week (Unlimited Sky), because there are multiple “left-behind traces of dreams” being trampled in this scene ahahaha

1k of Celestial Being shenanigans, no warnings, spoilers for quantum brain waves

“Oh my god,” Chris said as the spoon fell out of her hand and clinked onto the table. “Oh my god,” she repeated, staring down at her terminal’s screen.

“What?” came the chorus from around the table.

Lockon whipped out his own terminal, quickly navigating toward breaking headlines for news of some fresh horror but didn’t see any new declarations or war or massacres or terrorist attacks or anything that would have warranted that reaction.

“What is it?” Lichty asked from beside her, his own dinner now forgotten.

“Is it some kind of attack?” Lasse asked, leaning forward across the table.

Chris was gaping at the screen, her mouth moving slightly as she quickly scanned the rest of the story. “No,” she says, pulling herself out of it. “No, it’s not anything like that.”

Setsuna leaned back in his chair again. Lockon looked up sharply as Lichty stood to look at the screen over her shoulder.

“Well, don’t keep us in the dark,” Lasse urged.

“It’s the tv program,” she explained, “about the Aces… they’re going to start accepting questions from the audience.”

“What do you mean?” Ian asked, he brow furrowing as he reached for his coffee.

“There’s going to be a special section on the website where you can submit questions,” she read. “And then they’ll take some of those questions to ask the different pilots during their interviews.” She scrolled down a little further. “Looks like you can specify who you’d like to ask or just send in general questions and let the interviewers decide who to ask. And it doesn’t say there’s a limit on how many you can send in…?” she said, clicking around the page to see if she was missing anything.

This news seemed to sink in for some people more quickly than others.

“Ohoho,” Lichty laughed, his breath puffing Chris’ bangs, “we could epically troll them,” he said.

“Well, now’s the time to ask them about all of their secret weaknesses,” Lasse said with a grin.

“For real,” Lockon snorted.

“Imagine everything we could ask them, though,” Ian said. “All the stuff we haven’t been able to find out about them so far.”

“’What are your operational limits?’” Lasse offered, kicking back from the table to balance his chair against the wall behind him.

“Eh,” Ian shrugged. “Between our battlefield analysis and some data Wang Liu May managed to get her hands on, we actually have a pretty good idea about the Flag’s standard capabilities. And since the Enact is pretty much just the AEU’s rebranding of the Flag with a shiny new wrapping, there’s really not much difference between the two of them to speak of.”

“But ‘What kind of upgrades did you give Aker’s Flag for it to be able to keep up with our Gundams?’” Lockon said.

Ian pointed at him. “Exactly. Now that’s something I’d pay good money to find out”

“He’s the one that got up close and personal with you, isn’t he?” Lasse asked, turning to Lockon.

“Yeah, he made me pull out my knife” Lockon grumbled. “He still likes Setsuna more, though,” he said with a wave of his hand toward the meister, who nodded once, solemnly, from across the table. “But yeah. Whatever he’s got going on for himself is above and beyond anything else the Union’s got.”

“Something else I want to know,” Ian said as he carefully set his mug back down, “is why Pieres went crazy around Allelujah in her training run but hasn’t since. And why Allelujah gets such awful pains in his head when she’s around in the first place.” He bunched his hair in his hand for a few moments before scratching the back of his head. “And how can you stop it?”

“So…” Lichty drew out in the following heavy silence. “That’s a question for the Union and the HRL Aces. But what about Mr. AEU himself? What would we ask him?”

Lockon barked out a laugh. “’If you’re an ace pilot, how are you so goddamn useless in a fight?’”

“Yes,” Lasse clapped his hands loudly as he touched his chair back down to the floor again. “Yes, please. Please, can we ask him that. Chris,” he turned toward her with a grin, “is their website up and running yet?”

“Although… would there be a security problem? Submitting something from the Ptolemy?” Lichty asked, worried.

“Not after I’m through with it,” Chris proclaimed as her fingers flew across the keys. After a moment, she paused, and mused, “I wonder if I could ask him if he’s single…”

Lichty pulled a face. “Not Patrick Colasaur…” he asked, now even more worried. “You don’t mean him, right?”

Chris blinked up in surprise and said, “Oh no, definitely not Patrick,” as Lasse began laughing, only sobering long enough to delicately begin an imaginary letter with, “Dear Graham Aker…”

“Are you taken?” Lockon jumped into continue.

“By Gundam?” Setsuna added from his seat with such a straight face that no one could tell if he knew he was adding onto a joke or not.

Lockon started laughing and Lasse pounded the table with his fist, crying, “Yes! Yes!”

Wiping a tear away from the corner of his eye with a gloved hand, Lockon managed to ask, “Are you… are you in love with the Exia?”

“When’s the wedding going to be?” Lasse wheezed, nearly doubled over from laughing so hard and Lockon joined him, hitting his shoulder with a fist for support.

“And will the bride’s side be invited?” he asked, his voice trailing away into peals of laughter.

“But most importantly,” Ian chimed in, chucking at the sight of the two of them laughing uncontrollably, “Have you asked Setsuna for permission?”

The two of them lost it, laughing so hard they couldn’t even respond.

Across the table, Setsuna’s forehead wrinkled as he frowned.

The door hissed open and Sumeragi froze in the doorway as she heard the laughter inside. Her eyes grew wide as she saw Lasse and Lockon huddled together. “What’s… going on here?” she asked, smiling despite herself as she took a careful step inside.

“They’re accepting questions from the public!” Lichty said, straightening as she came in. “For the Ace program,” he clarified. “We were thinking about how we could get them to spill all of their secret weaknesses!”

An eyebrow arched. “Is that what you were thinking?” she asked, looking over to Lasse, still hunched over the table, Lockon thumping him across the back. She finally turned toward the counter, but said, “I don’t think I’d do that if I were you.”

Lichty looked up at her. “But Chris said there wouldn’t be a security problem!” he said.

Chris nodded as he looked to her for confirmation.

Sumeragi sighed before opening the cabinet and fetching out a tray of rations. “I’m sure that’s true, but even with the best security, it’s probably better not to directly ask the Blocs anything that will make them want to look twice at who asked it and why they can’t be tracked down.”

Chris pouted a bit.

“I’m not saying that you can’t send in questions,” Sumeragi asked, turning around as she tore the top off of her tray. “Do you really want to try to justify the security breach to Tieria once he finds out you’ve been submitting obviously pointed questions directly onto a government platform?”

Everyone instantly sobered and grimaced at each other.

“Oh,” Lichty said faintly.

“Yeah, never mind,” Lasse said, wiping his hands down his face.

“Hmm,” Sumeragi hummed as she drew up an empty spot at the table. “That’s what I thought you’d say.”

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totaltrauma · 2 years

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What is Heather Rewritten?

Some of you might know that in 2015, I wrote a lengthy fanfiction called "Heather's Lament." The fic took place right after the end of World Tour, with Heather having a hard time coping with the events of the World Tour finale.

Heather Rewritten is a rewrite of that original fic -- a proper novella to serve as a prequel to "Total Trauma." It will show Heather's relationship with Sierra, along with some other things hinted at in the comics. The story will be about the same as "Heather's Lament," but much much nicer to read.

How & when will it be available?

Heather Rewritten will be purchasable as a physical book, but the PDF will also be available cheaply (likely free for Patrons.)

It's about 70% done right now, and I believe it will be releasing relatively soon. I'm really proud of this novella and I can't wait for it to be out in the world!

#ive announced this on patreon months ago #and then eventually did a reveal on stream #its about time i make a proper post about it

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celinecooperjones · 4 years

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WIP Title Game

rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and i’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

tagged by @northern-serpent

tagging @deargrilledcheesusyouredelicious & @halcooper (I apologize if either of you have done this already.)

I don’t think I have too, too many WIP’s but we shall see.

In order of most recently modified:

Illicit Affairs- AU mini fic, in which FP and Alice have never met before and he starts working at the same law firm as her. She hates him at first but soon realizes, maybe he’s not all that bad.

Two Pink Lines- the current fic im working on, only two chapters left in it. Set in season 3 but, (for the most-part), not canon compliant, Alice and FP have started up an secret relationship, and Alice accidentally gets pregnant. FP winds up in jail because he was framed for a crime he didn’t commit... or did he?

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days- based off the movie, I was on a major roll with it but I just need to rewatch the movie to remember all the sabotages they do and I just don’t want to right now lol.

Chaperones- a oneshot taking place in my Northside Diaries series where Alice and FP are chaperones on Betty and Jughead’s school trip, all the while they’re secretly having an affair.

Don’t have a title for this one yet- I think it’s going to be a non-fanfiction story (shocking, I know), but I also could make it Falice? I don’t know I kinda wanna explore doing some original work, because I used to love doing that. Anyway, premise is, single mom, two young kids (I’m thinking daughters?), her daughters call the fire department because they got their kite stuck in a tree. And some sparks fly (ha, get it?) when the mom and the firefighter who answered the call, meet. But is she ready to date again?

How To Save a Life- I have absolutely nothing written for this, but it’s going to be based off the Denny & Izzy storyline from season 2 of Greys Anatomy.

Safe Haven- based off the movie. I had this idea of doing a series called “Falice Film Festival”, where I took famous movies and popped Falice into the starring roles, which is why there are so many movie inspired fics on this list.

Speaking of fics inspired by movies, I also had a “The Vow” esque Oneshot, and a “Dirty Dancing” au. The latter of which has nothing but the first one has a quote.

You and Me- All the times FP and Alice hooked up through the years. (It’s softer than it sounds lol.)

Rivermom’s Sex and The City- I don’t know what I have planned for this and I don’t know if I’ll write it but it just came to me when bringing SATC, and I thought it would be fun to see the Riverdale mom’s in that show. (And by the way here’s how I see them: Alice- Samantha, Mary- Miranda, Hermione- Carrie, Sierra- Charlotte.)

Here You Come Again (Again)- this isn’t what it will be called, I just don’t have another idea for a title yet. But it’s a sequel to my oneshot Here You Come Again, which accounts the events leading up to season 1 in my own personal canon. This one would focus on the events of season 1 (and possibly 2), and what happened in the scenes we didn’t see, like Alice dealing with the news of FP getting arrested, the Chic situation, and ya da ya da.

Baby Blue- Oh I have such a soft spot for this one I’m just completely stumped with it and haven’t touched it since March. It focuses on Alice’s life up until season 1 (y’all seeing a theme here?), and shows all the things that have lead up to her being the cold, closed off woman we met in season 1.

Parentdale- a script I’m writing because I want a Parentdale spin-off.

Curtain Call- famous Falice au fic! FP is a famous singer and runs into Alice at a cafe. She’s a songwriter and an up-and-coming musician, and the two of them embark on tour together.

Just Friends- Teen Falice fic that I think will be posted after I finish Illicit Affairs (mentioned above). Honestly just wanted another excuse to write a Fred and Alice friendship and I got a fun little idea for a fic, so stay tuned for that!

Who’s The Boss- based off the tv show Who’s The Boss, because I just thought it would be kinda fun. Might be a fic, might just be a long Oneshot, haven’t decided. I wrote the idea down last October though lol.

Jurassic Park 3 Inspired- I completely forgot I wrote this down and I genuinely do not think I will write it haha. It would of taken the general plot from Jurassic Park 3 (separated couple’s son goes missing, said couple goes to find him, fall back in love along the way), just minus the dinosaurs.

Bury The Evidence- I also forgot I wrote this idea down, but it’s a fun one. Falice have never met before, FP has just joined the Serpents and heads to the Wyrm to pick up his Serpent jacket. He runs into Alice, the girlfriend of the gang’s leader and hears strange noises coming from the office she was just in. When he walks in, he finds her standing over the gang leader’s body. And well... they’ve gotta bury the evidence.

Home- this one is one I’m just not sure about posting? FP moves to Riverdale after being discharged from the military. He instantly falls for his pretty blonde neighbour, but he suffers from PTSD and doesn’t want to let her into his life in fear of hurting her. Heavily inspired by the Owen and Cristina storyline in Greys Anatomy, but you know, not as toxic.

How It Began- A teen Parentdale fic I started years ago and have left untouched. I’ve gotten lots of comments wanting me to update but I just don’t like where I’ve taken the story so I think updating would entail a rewrite of the last chunk of chapters. Maybe some day though.

Ok so I definitely had more than I thought. Someone kick my butt and tell me to finish these because I forgot about most of them.

#falice #riverdale #fp jones #alice cooper #fp x alice #wip #wip title game #workinprogress

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minipliny · 4 years

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For distracting questions, what's your favorite weird historical fact?

Thank you for asking this, I say, weeks later and at 3:30 am! I think my go-to is probably all of Pliny the Elder’s increasingly weird and terrible wine facts, in PARTICULAR the wine which is either floated in a completely sealed amphora in the sea to give it flavour (….obviating the point as no osmosis could occur) or mixed WITH seawater to make tasty, salty wine. Shoutout also to the wine which increases women’s fertility but deranges men’s wits, all the black thick wines which get diluted to 1/80 concentration for drinkability, adding aloe and herbs to make it look like your wine is more valuable than it is, and smoking wine to make it taste ??? better ??? It gives me great pleasure to imagine so many Romans drinking so much weird wine.

I’m also obsessed with Paul Cuffe’s journal and his inexplicable privateering career, so I have to explain this as I did painstakingly liveblog it to at least two of my suffering friends. Paul Cuffe Jr was the far less well known son of famous formerly enslaved whaling captain Paul Cuffe!

HIS FATHER: A man who ran blockades around Nantucket to bring in supplies during the Revolutionary War! a man who faced jail for invoking his voting rights as a Native American/African American, in like, the 18th century! Met President James Madison! Opened America’s first integrated school! Went to Sierra Leone to look into opening a colony there as part of the beginning of the ‘Back to Africa’ movement! a devout convert to Quakerism!

Paul Cuffe Jr wrote these memoirs entitled ‘Memoirs of the Life of Paul Cuffe: A Pequod Indian” and he. Firstly. Has a gloriously laconic and prosaic writing style at all times. I can’t properly explain the style, he’s just very interested in noting down the practicalities of his situation at all times and while the memoirs cover a lot of events they constantly do so without delving deeply into his motivations. Occasionally I think he is joking but joking so dryly it is....impossible to tell? He also gets raised by an incredibly prominent Quaker (which is a pacifist religion) and then becomes a privateer without commenting ever on WHY or how he FELT ABOUT IT. It’s just, one minute he’s helping his father deliver a meticulously catalogued amount of iron, the next he is standing over a British officer with a tomahawk, then he’s in jail in Jamaica, escapes in a canoe, is recaptured, gets ransomed, wanders across America eating berries, and has two whaling expeditions where the captain is constantly drunk. I think about his memoirs excessively. They’re both a genuinely great primary source and a fascinating sidelight on his father and also....his personality comes through so clearly that he makes a guest appearance in my MD fanfiction just because I could so clearly imagine narrator Ishmael running into him in the timeframe of the novel’s composition, telling him the story, and Paul Cuffe Jr just saying a very sincerely felt ‘that’s rough buddy’.

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coryfirelion · 4 years

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Tagged by @cartadwarfwithaheartofgold! Tagging - @natsora, @lisette-serpent, @i-am-a-kitty-cat, @incorrectly-quoted-queers and whoever else wants in!

1. What is the color of your hairbrush?

Black and brown. I have another for travels, it is black and electric blue. (It was the only color option -.-”)

2. A food you never eat?

Caviar. Not really eager to try it though. e.e”

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold?

Always cold, I’m a walking icicle, but I usually don’t notice until it starts to hurt :v

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?

Making dinner to my 9 people family.

5. What is your favorite candy bar?

I usually don’t eat sweets, BUT here in Perú, we have something we call “cereal bar” (made with kiwicha, quinua, peanuts and raisins, mixed with algarrobina syrup to keep all together) It has no brand, it’s usually hand made :3

6. Have you ever been to a professional sporting event?

My brother participates in some sports. Athletics, table tennis (ping pong) and swimming, so yeah :D (love my brother, I’m his fan n.n)

7. What was the last thing you said out loud?

"Joshua! What the heck are you watching?” - To my youngest brother once I’d hear what the woman in the video was saying. ¬¬

8. What is your favorite ice cream?

Stracciatella <3 (milk-based ice cream filled with fine, irregular shavings of chocolate)

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?

Water, before I had a coffee milk :3

10. Do you like your wallet?

It’s the best wallet I’ve ever owned and I’ve had it for like eight years :D

11. What was the last thing you ate?

A boiled egg. I’m a simple girl :v

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?

I didn’t buy any kind of clothes since last year?

13. The last sporting event you watched?

Super bowl! I kinda like American futbol :’3

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?

I mix the traditional buttery popcorn with the maple syrup popcorn (I don’t know why, I don’t like sweets, but I like it)

15. Who was the last person you sent a text message to?

To my father. “That guy who just touched the car was coughing”. We were at the queue to get in the supermarket. At 4 am. It was cold.

16. Ever go camping?

Yeah! I’m a Scout! I go camping since I was 2 years old and I miss that A LOT :’(

17. Do you take vitamins?

None. Just migraine pills :v

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?

Used to. Now I watch it on the TV. I’m christian :3

19. Do you have a tan?

Only a little in my arms, then I’m pale as milk. But I do tan if you put me more than an hour under the sun :v

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?

Here in Peru we have something called “Chifa”, it’s a mix between chinese food and peruvian food :3 Really like it :’D (but I would like to try real chinese food someday)

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?

No? What kind of monster does this on the regular? Don’t use straws unless you have to - it’s bad for the turtles. (I’m copying this answer because YEAH! DON’T USE STRAWS)

22. What color socks do you usually wear?

I have some sober colors, but I like the ones with kittys on them =^.^=

23. Ever drive above the speed limit?

Yeap, and even so I got in a crash :v (I had a bike T-T)

24. What terrifies you?

WAY to many things. Mostly things I’m unable to change. I’m just anxious about the future. (Will I get a new job? My professor will aprove my thesis project? Will this bloody thing END?)

25. Look to your left what do you see?

My copy of “The Tales of the Last War”. <3 <3 <3

26. What chore do you hate?

Waxing the floor. The smell makes my head hurt like hell x_x

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent?

My uncle’s family in Australia :3

28. What is your favorite soda?

I love Inca Kola :D (Some americans said it tastes like bubblegum xD I would like to try some of the bubblegum you have that tastes like it, please *-*)

29. Do you go into a fast food place or just hit the drive through?

Delivery or to go. (But not the average fast food, because pollo a la brasa :v that’s it)

30. Who was the last person you talked to?

My brother xD

31. Favorite cut of beef?

Loin, because Lomo saltado <3 (just google it :3)

32. Last song you listened to?

Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

33. Last book you read?

Fanfiction XD. But if it must be a book, then The Tales of the Last War <3

34. Favorite day of the week?

Saturdays! D&D night!

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?

Nope, I don’t think so :v

36. How do you like your coffee?

With milk and a shot of vanilla <3

37. Favorite pair of shoes?

Sneakers :v I don’t use shoes, even for work.

38. At what time do you usually go to bed?

It depends. If I didn’t have migraine (or have it, but didn’t take my pills), I usually go to sleep between 2 and 4 am. If I had my pills I’m out between 10 or 11 pm.

39. At what time do you normally get up?

If had my pills, I wake up at 4 am. If I didn’t use pills but had migraine I wake up every 2 hours. If didn’t need the pills, I’m up at 7 am

40. What do you prefer - sunrises or sunsets?

Sunrises - especially in the mountains *-* <3.

41. How many blankets are on your bed?

Just one, fricking hot x_x (but then, about 3 or 4 am it gets cold).

42. Describe your kitchen plates?

I usually eat in a bowl :v The fancy plates are for special occasions, they’re blue and have nice chinese art :D

43. Do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage?

Nope, no alcohol for me. My liver doesn't like it (and my head doesn't either)

44. Do you play cards?

We play a lot of card games and I’m usually lucky with them :3

45. What color is your car?

Don’t have one. I had a bike. It was a Honda GL 125 (really good for the countryside and I loved it T-T)

46. Can you change a tire?

Nope, but I would like to learn :D

47. What is your favorite province?

Cajamarca! It’s in the sierra (mountains). Love their cheese, rosquitas and ice cream *-* <3

48. Favorite job you ever had?

““Tourist guide”” in the “Giant Birds Park”, I didn’t actually like to deal with the people (some of them are really tiresome) but I LOVED to take care of the animals, specially the babys *-*, I miss so much my dears ostriches and emus T-T

49. How did you get your biggest scar?

Beacuse of the works I usually get, my arms are covered with scars xD. Most of them are blur beacuse of time, but my biggest scar is in the back of my left leg. A little accident with my bike, I hit my leg with the bar for the feet of the passenger. I managged to stop the bike, but I couldn’t use it any more because my leg was throbing and the pain x_x it’s been about 5 years but the scar is still there, the muscle is stiff in that part of my leg :v

50. What did you do today that made someone happy?

Listen to my brothers’ troubles, they are teenagers and I’m glad that they talk to me, specially if they can feel lighter after n.n I also like to tell jokes (usually bad ones XD I’m not really good at it, but I try) so everyone in my home is smilling n.n

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cashtonwoah-blog · 5 years

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Better Man // Part 2

Hey guys! Hope you liked the first part of Better Man, my newest fanfict for Ashton! I'm really enjoying writing this, and felt inspired recently as I have just returned from a holiday! Enjoy this second part.

Warnings: light smut, swearing, slight mention of controlling relationships.

****

"He called you cute?!" Camila squeeled with delight, as I recalled the events from earlier in the day.

I sighed, but smiled a little. For once Camila actually sounded invested in one of my guy stories.

"And then... His mate just walked off with him?!" she asked confused.

"Well, Luke his friend, and band mate, basically dragged him back to have a nap, he'd had so much to drink Cami" I scoffed.

"He's in a band?!" Ed gasped.

"Go Y/N! You've pulled! " Camila cheered, clapping.

"Comeon guys, I was just providing support. He was quite drunk so I bet he doesn't remember any of it". I chuckle, picking up my drink and heading back to the bar after finishing my break. I wasn't try to make a big deal out of the chat with the boy as it wasn't a big deal, but he was kinda cute. And it was nice that he felt comfortable talking to me.

****

"Lucky number 7, numero siete" I hear the entertainer Sami shout from the stage. Bingo was a very popular game in the hotel, especially as the old folk found it fun. I'd noted that the hotel was busier tonight, filled with all ages, which meant good business. I'd already had to stop 2 guys on a stag do from having more alcohol. I continued to make my favourite cocktail for a lady at the bar, Love On The Beach, which had vodka, strawberry flavouring with peach schnaps and a dash of lemonade. I presented the lady with the drink, to which she lightly clapped.

"Excuse me miss?" I hear a voice say at the bar. I turn around and see the curly haired boy, looking rather sleepy. His hair was messier than usual, and he was dressed in the same clothes are he had on 5 hours earlier. He rubbed his hand in the back of his head in an awkward fashion.

"Well hello rockstar, back for another drink?" I jokingly ask.

He smirks, sitting down at the bar, placing his head in the palm of his hands. I decide to make him a special drink. It was my first drink I learnt from Camila, a hangover cure! Orange juice, lemonade and a few other secret ingredients. I make the drink up, and place it in front of him.

"Please tell me there's no gin in this" he groans, lifting his head up from the bar table to inspect the drink.

I chuckle. "None what so ever sir".

He goes to give me a €10 note to pay for the drink. I wave my hand across my chest.

"No charge, its on me" I smile, pushing the drink closer towards him. He replies with a wide smile, I note his big ___ eyes, looking at me.

"Thanks Y/N" he replies, taking a sip. He subtlety moans.

"That's lovely".

"Enjoy... D'you know, I never got your name." I chuckle.

"Really? How rude of me." the boy laughs, offering me his hand.

"My names Ashton" he says, shaking my hand.

"So I wanted to apologise for earlier, I wasn't myself, and normally I'm not that much of a drinker like that" he said.

"It's okay, I've heard a lot worse stories over the past few months. I witnessed a divorce at this very bar, so you're good" I reply.

"Wow" is all his reply is. He takes another sip of the drink, followed by 2 headache tablets.

"Did you have some dinner?" I ask.

"Not yet, I'm waiting for Luke and Sierra and then we'll head out for the night" he replies.

"So is Luke a friend in your band?".

"Yup, he's the guitarist and vocalist, I'm the drummer" he says proudly.

"That's so cool!" I smile. As I attempt to find out more about Ashton, I hear a clicking of a finger and find a big old gentlemen trying to beckon me over to his side of the bar. I sigh.

"Excuse me Ashton" I say, walking to the gentlemen.

"Finally! I've been waiting for service for ages!" the old man moans.

"I do apologise sir, how may I help?" I reply awkwardly.

****

Its 1am, and the stag do have finally left the bar to head into the town centre for a night out. I sigh in relief, tidying up so I can close up and head home for the night. It was my day off tomorrow so I was looking forward to a lie in. I decided to start clearing the tables first, filling my tray with cocktail glasses. I hear a smash of glass, I turn around and see Margot by shattered glass.

I groan, heading over to her with a brush and pan. I smile at her, and let her get on with cleaning up the mess. She just shrugs at me, and proceeds to clean up. Throughout my shift, all I've thought about is Ashton, and how lovely he was. For the rest of the night before Luke and Sierra returned, we talked about lots in between me serving customers. We spoke about living in England, something both of us had done.

"Don't you miss home?" I questioned.

"Yeah, but the boys and I knew that we had to leave Aus a bit to try and get known musically. It was brilliant, living on our own, no rules, no nagging mums-" he says.

"No cleaning" I interrupted, laughing. He gives me a playful nudge at my comment.

"So did you live alone in England before moving here?" he asks.

"I actually lived with my Dad until he remarried, which became difficult to I decided to stay here for good!" I reply with a smile.

Ashton pouts. "But do you not miss home?" he asks.

"Not really. I have bad memories of home, with family and other people, so it was nice to start all over here again" I reply.

"I get it, like I miss home but so much has happened since I moved out and focused on the band" Ashton smiles.

****

I continued to clean the bar, and manage to finish around 2am. I sigh looking at my Apple Watch, noting the time. I head to reception to sign out, and am greeted by Ashton, sat on the chairs, like he was waiting for someone.

"Hey Rockstar" I smile tiredly, trying to hide my yawn.

"Hey Y/N, going home?" he asks.

"Yup, off tomorrow which will be nice".

Ashton looks somewhat disappointed. "Oh? So I won't see you tomorrow?" he replies, looking at the floor.

"Not at work nope, but if you're in the town or about maybe I'll say hey" I wink, confused at why he appeared so disappointed.

"That would be nice, Luke and Sierra were thinking of heading to the beach tomorrow, so maybe see you around" Ashton says.

"Well personally, I'd go to the one further down towards the airport. Its much nicer and better quality sand, if you get me. I head there with Cami and Ed often, it's nice" I smile.

"I take it Ed and Cami are mates?" he asks.

"Yup, Cami is a cleaner here at the hotel and Ed works on reception." I reply.

"That's cool, well maybe I'll say hey to them if I see them around, point out next time? He asks.

"Will do, enjoy your night Ashton" I smile, signing my name and walk towards the exit.

"Goodnight Y/N" he smiles at me, before walking away.

****

I couldn't sleep last night, which was weird for me. Normally, I'm out like a light, but last night was different. I had Ashton on my mind and I couldn't work out why. The way he smiled at me, made me laugh all night at the bar. The sparkle in his Hazel eyes got made me feel gooey.

I decided to get up, and head to the local Spar to get some food bits for the day. I parked my car in the car park, and headed into the store. I grabbed a roll, some Lays crisps and a bottle of Pepsi. I turned into the sweet section and overheard a woman with an American accent laughing.

"Luke! There here, come get the candy" she laughed, before walking into the same section as me. I stopped, and recognised the voice as Sierra, Luke's girlfriend.

"Oh hello" I warmly smile, continuing my shopping and placing some strawberry laces in my basket.

"Hey Y/N, Ash said you had a day off today!" Sierra says, grabbing the same bag of sweets.

"Do I hear my name?" I hear Ashton say, as he turns the corner into where we're stood. As soon as he sees me, his face lights up like a little boy in Christmas day. I playfully wave at him. He comes over.

"Hey Y/N, did you decide on a beach day too?" Ashton says.

"As a matter of fact I did! I take it you listened to my suggestion of this beach?" I say, pointing to the beach over the road from the shop.

"Ahhh so you recommend it... That explains a lot." Sierra winked at Ashton.

"Well it would be rude of us to not invite you along to sit with us for the day, if you wanted?" Sierra asks.

"That would be lovely, thank you. It's always nice to have some company on my days off" I reply, excited at the fact that I get to spend time with them, as they seemed like a good bunch of mates.

Ashton smiled over at me, beckoning me over to the sweet counter.

"Now Y/N, what other sweets should we get?" he asks.

****

"You're definitely cheating!" Ashton insists, pouting like a four year and throwing the cards onto the blanket.

I laugh, picking up the cards and start to reshuffle the deck. It's the 5th round of Rummy and Ashton had lost every single round.

"What can I say, I'm just too good for you" I wink playfully. Ashton rolls his eyes, poking my chest playfully. I watch Sierra and Luke, who are play wrestling on the beach. Its been good hanging out with the three of them for the day. They've spoken a lot about the band, Luke and Sierra's relationship and planning future holidays.

"They're cute together" I admire the couple dancing on the beach. I look over at Ashton, who is also looking at them.

"Yeah, they've been through a lot those guys, I love them lots" he smiles. "They've both been great friends to me, especially recently".

"Can I ask you, what actually happened with your ex?" I asked curiously, not wanted to upset him.

"Myself and Kay had been dating for 6 months, things were going well, but I found myself not being able to give her my full attention, with everything that was going well with 5SOS. She started to make me feel guilty for being away from her. I tried to make effort more, but in the end she wanted more than I could offer. I tried to end up several times, but each time she'd come up with a different excuse or reason not to. In the end I stupidly invited her on this holiday with Luke and Sierra to try and calm things down. Biggest mistake. She took it as a sign that we would be getting back together, but I kept saying to her that I just want to be friends. We sat down the other day and she ended up storming off. So... That's it" Ashton said, his head facing down the whole time.

I pause, taking it all it. "I'm so sorry, it must have been difficult." I reply, placing a reasurring hand on his back.

"It's okay. I just feel bad that she wanted more from me that I can offer. She knew my schedule. I just wish I could find someone that understands that" he sighs.

"I get you, like a no strings things?" I ask.

"Basically yeah, it's how things with her started, but then it clearly got more complicated. Feelings get mixed up. Sex turns into moving in. It went quickly." he says.

"I get that. My ex jumped ahead, its scary, especially if you aren't ready for it" I reply, sighing.

"You went through the same thing?" Ashton asks, looking at me.

I pause, preparing myself to tell the story.

"Yup, and it ended messy. We dated for 5 months. Started off as a hook up after meeting on Tinder, and somehow he turned it into a relationship. I basically felt forced into it, he kept saying 'it's the right thing' when in reality I didn't want it. He insisted on making it a serious relationship, meeting family and making it official on social media. When I tried to end it, all I'd get is abuse, calling me crazy and stupid. In the end I managed to leave him, but he ended up stalking me for weeks after. In the end I got a retraining order, and I've had no trouble since" I said.

Ashton sat and listened to my entire story in silence, nodding a little and sighing with me.

"Wow, you've been through a lot" he said.

"Yup, but then I look at how happy I am now, at my new job, making new friends and meeting new faces each and every day, it gives me so much happiness" I reply smiling. Ashton smiles at this comment, knowing that I'm hinting at him.

"That makes me happy to hear. I'm glad we met y'know Y/N, you're a lovely girl" Ashton says.

"Thanks Ash, I guess you're alright" I reply giving him a wink. He jokingly pushes me to the ground, and jokingly pins me down to the sand, holding both of my hands. We're both laughing, before it all goes quiet. I look deeply into his eyes, memerizing each part of his face. His cute dimples on his cheek, the crease in his lips. Realising what he was doing, all of a sudden he gets up and walks in a circle.

I pause, confused.

"Is everything okay?" I ask.

"Yeah, sorry, I shouldnt have done that" he replies worryingly.

"It's okay, we were only messing around. It was funny" I replied, shocked at how serious he was taking this.

"If you're sure, just don't wanna hurt you" he replies.

I laugh. "I'm a big girl Ash, I'll be okay" I laugh. He chuckles, rolling his eyes, before sitting back down on the picnic blanket again.

****

We get back to the Hotel, and I'm greeted by a beaming Camila, who introduces herself to Ashton, Sierra and Luke.

"Please excuse Miss Y/L/N, she's needed in a room urgently." she requests, dragging me arm away to room 263. She pulls me into the room, and I see Ed is already sat there patiently waiting, on the bed, legs and arms crossed.

"What in earth?" I whisper, realising that we're in a guests room.

"Oh don't worry they checked out an hour ago, no one new expected until later on" Cami reasurres me.

"So, spill some tea sis!!!" Ed chimes.

"Why didn't you tell us you were meeting up with the curly haired boy?!" Cami says.

"OK so his name is Ashton, and he's really sweet. We hung out with his friends at the beach, nothing special" I shrug.

"It looked pretty special to me, looked like a double date" Camila smirked. Ed clapped his hands at this.

"Ashton isn't really looking for... Anything... Or anyone for that matter... At the moment, so it definitely wasn't a date, just hanging out." I shrug, trying to contain my excitement that he was pretty cute.

"But still, he is cute girl, you gotta admit that" Camila said, smiling.

"Yeah, he is, I like him". I said, smiling and dancing around the room a little. Ed and Camila join in dancing with me, before we're interrupted by a knock. Camila forgot to shut the door behind her.

"You lot seem... Happy?" Ashton questions, seeing us all dancing. I can feel myself turning bright red, hoping that he didn't hear what I just said.

"Erm.. Yeah, just happy that it's the weekend!" Ed smiles, trying to cover our backs.

"Speaking of which, cool if I grab Y/N?" Ashton asks.

"You go ahead sweetie, we'll be just here". Camila grins from ear to ear, ushering Ed out of the room, and hide behind the corner so they can hear every word. I roll my eyes at this action.

Ashton chuckeled. "Your friends are funny".

"Yeah they're petty decent. Did you have a good day? I hope you liked the beach and that you liked the food also, because I really was worried tha-" I said.

"It was perfect, Y/N, thank you. Luke commented on how much of a great tour guide you were for us today. So thankyou. Plus you have a good eye for nice food!" Ashton smiles, lightly brushing his finger along my cheek. I can feel myself shudder at this light touch, making me legs feel like jelly.

"Speaking of food, to say thank you, I'd like to take you out for dinner tonight, just me and you. Is that okay?" Ashton asked.

I pause, shocked at his request.

"I-I would love to" is all I manage to reply.

"Great, it's a date" he winks, before walking off.

****

Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 //

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musiclvr1112 · 5 years

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Tag, You’re It!

I was tagged by @dragon-robot! Thank you, I love tags!! <3

How tall are you? 5’ 5.5”

What colour and style is your hair? Dark blonde and obnoxiously long :D I also currently have bangs that are the swaggiest bangs I’ve had yet.

What colour are your eyes? It says blue on my driver’s license.

Do you wear glasses? Yep, I am incredibly blind.

Do you wear braces? Not anymore, thank fuck.

What is your fashion style? It ranges from thot at Coachella to cashier in Hot Topic, I kid you not; it just depends on the day. Most of the time though it’s jeans, sweatshirts, and too many earrings.

Full name? Sierra

When were you born? November 8th

Where are you from and where do you live now? Born and raised in San Diego, California, but now I live in the Pacific Northwest.

What school do you go to? I nearly typed my school’s name and then remembered I JUST GRADUATED HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA I DON’T GO TO SCHOOL *screams maniacally*

What kind of student are you? That really unfortunate overlap of perfectionist and procrastinator. I’m the student who pulls all-nighters 2-3 times a week to do my absolute best on an essay I should have written a week ago.

Do you like school? I did until it gave me anxiety.

What are your favourite subjects in school? Well, I got a degree in Psychology and Spanish, so probably those. I do really love psychology, and I love the Spanish language, but if I’m being honest the Spanish degree was an excuse to take literature classes c:

Favourite TV shows? Oh boy. Miraculous Ladybug, Stargate SG1 and Atlantis, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Steven Universe, Roswell, Firefly, and Gilmore Girls are some of my staples. More recently, though, I’ve been watching Netflix’s Series of Unfortunate Events and WOW it is SO GOOD. Also, if anime counts, I need to mention Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Princess Tutu, and Inuyasha.

Favourite movies? Atlantis: The Lost Empire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stargate (which is basically the same thing but live action and in space lmao), Treasure Planet, The Road to El Dorado, The Princess Bride, Stardust, John Tucker Must Die, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Independence Day.

Favourite books? I swear there was a time when I read things that weren’t fanfiction, but all I can think of right now is Wizards First Rule (and the rest of the Sword of Truth Novels). Do plays count? Because if so, Hamlet and Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue.

Favourite pastimes? Writing, video games, Magic: The Gathering, and board games with friends. I’m also constantly listening to music, dunno if that counts.

Do you have any regrets? Tons. Some more recent than others, some more serious than others, but all of them haunt me when I try to sleep.

Dream job? Being a therapist by day and a published author by night.

Would you like to be married some day? Probably. I’m at least planning on marrying my current partner someday. The only reason I don’t concretely say yes is because polyamory? But eh, we’re only 22, we’ll blow up that bridge when we come to it.

Would you like to have kids someday? Probably not. I love other people’s kids though. I’m waiting for my brother to have kids so I can be an aunt.

How many? I hope he has at least one.

Do you like shopping? Yes, but I also get intense buyer’s guilt. The best is shopping with gift cards.

What countries have you lived in? Just the United States. I’m pretty ready for something new.

The scariest nightmare you’ve had? Oh boy buckle up, it’s story time. Warning: This is actually pretty fucked up and horrific. So for context, up until a couple years ago, I had never met my uncle on my mom’s side; I knew he existed, but no one in the family talked to him so I literally had not met him (I have met him since and he’s actually a pretty great guy, yay!). SO, one night, I had this crazy ass dream where my uncle came to live with my mom and I. Some weird murders started going down in our neighborhood right around the same time and from a couple of tense interactions involving a shovel, I knew my uncle was behind them. So I went to my mom and tried to tell her it was him, but she was super ditsy and not taking me seriously, and then she told me—all smiley as if this were the happiest news in the world—that she and he were getting married??? Suddenly that scene froze and I knew that my uncle was the one showing it to me, like he had crazy telepathic powers or something and this was an illusion he was showing me. Then his voice came over telling me that he would kill my mom if I said anything, and suddenly my mom’s face started melting off. I woke myself up (and my partner and our roommate) by screaming. :D

Do you have any enemies? Websites that make me turn off Ad Block.

Do you have an s/o? Yep! Just one right now. We’ve been together for a little over four years.

Do you believe in miracles? Fuck dude I don’t know.

And now, I tag you! You, reading this right now! That’s right, you.

#tagged

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burntuakrisp · 6 years

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Full Transformers Sprite List by burntuakrisp

(WARNING THIS WILL HAVE A LONG EXPLANATION! If you don’t have the time to read all the way through the process of creating the sprites, you go past the “Extra Line.” But if you have time and or curious about what I have been doing, please read on.)

If you have known me for awhile, you know that I haven’t posted that much art related stuff for a while now.

You see, there was a reason why I have been absent from Deviantart for a while. (Outside of stressful school work, portfolio projects, and indulging in fandoms to escape the bitterness of reality we have today). It’s because I had been working on these beauties.

A full complete list of Characters from Transformers Prime and Rescue Bots.

This has got to be the hardest, longest, tedious, and overly complicated thing I posted EVER. This literally took me not weeks, but months to do.

Why did I do this you may ask?

2 reasons.

Reason #1. If you remember, awhile back I posted these guys (Rescue Bots and Prime sprites)Looking back to how they originally looked, made me realize how dead wrong I was how they actually looked. I will admit, when I decided to make Autobots and Decepticons big, I felt like all I had to do what expand them and add only a few changes.

Boy was I wrong.

Comparing them now, you can see how cringy they looked back then. To be fair, I didn’t have the best resources at first, only having pictures and drawings of the characters at first, but that doesn’t excuse my laziness (And I admit I was lazy, especially on weekends where I spent my day watching youtube and reading fanfiction).

Don’t judge me, I need my ME time.

Because of this, I kept editing the sprites over and over and over. (On a side note: Sorry if my constant need for perfection kept bothering your message section.) But after the discovery of tfreferences.tumblr.com/ I decided to redo the characters completely. So I went back and did everything. The body shapes, the servos, the optics, the helms, you name it.

Which brings me to give a sincere message to all those well-talented transformers fans who dedicate their lives to creating fantastic fanart.

Dear Transformers artist,

How does one possible draw these characters?

I don’t get it.

There are thousands of you who can draw these characters as if it’s the back of your hand.

Meanwhile, I was struggling to find ever a decent side view of Shockwave.

What’s your secret? Magic?

Sincerely,

Burntuakrisp

OK Back to the point.

The human characters were without a doubt the easiest to do since they are so small and don’t require that much detail.The humans are about the same, while the Cybertronians are much bigger. I know they aren’t actually this big in the shows, but I prefer the transformer size that can hold humans in their hands (Servos). It’s cuter that way. I also made them this size because I compared to their size on a character chart as well as my friends Thomas the Tank Engine sprites.(More on that later.)

I also looked at both Rescue Bots and Prime Wiki’s to find if there were characters that I was missing. So I had to add them as well. (Who am I to be someone who won’t dedicate my life to making sprites for characters I love.) There were some characters that were cut either by the inability to find a good side view or it was unnecessary.

Reason #2. I want to start watching the entire seasons of Transformers Prime and Transformers Rescue Bots. I know what you're thinking. “YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE ENTIRE SERIES!?” Yes, I have and I feel bad because of it. You see I have a hard time sitting around doing nothing. So I better get this off my chest before I get addicted to it. Plus I haven’t been able to watch any series because my school life is preventing me from letting go.

Yes I know it’s dumb to do something related to the tv shows BEFORE seeing them completely, but as I stated before, I have to work on my art portfolio and SAT practice if I ever wish to get into college and become an animator. I feel it’s better to work on these sprites sooner so when I eventually watch/finish the series, I will be satisfied.

I know I’m walking into the spoiler zone, but since I already know what happens (Thanks to fanfiction,tumblr, and wikipedia), I decided to keep going. Plus Prime has been done for years and Rescue Bots just recently ended. Which makes me sad.

On a side note, I don’t think I will be making Robots in Disguise 2015 sprites. Mainly because I don’t really like the series. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a terrible show, it has it’s strong points and it’s not insufferable.I do like that it’s got a new cast of characters, new bad guys, and the focus is no longer on the war. But compared to Prime, it has a very “sequelious” vibe to it. It’s trying to be a sequel to Prime with the back story and saying certain events took place. But it’s also trying to be like Rescue Bots by being more child-friendly. On paper, the combination could work, but execution-wise, it’s very awkward. It’s almost as if the writers of the show haven’t seen all of Prime and only watched a few episodes. What made Prime work was how dark and sophisticated it was. Rescue Bots worked because of how charming and likable it was. Both series knew what they wanted to be, RID2015 meanwhile is going through an identity crisis. Even though I admire the designs of the characters, and it can stand well as a stand-alone series, as a sequel it just feels out of place. I don’t feel comfortable about making work related to things I either don’t like, not a huge fan of, or have little knowledge about. Which is why I am always hesitant when making those requests.

But that’s my personal opinion. You all can like what you like. I will not judge you for it.

But I’m not waiting anymore,I need to indulge myself with the complete series.

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“Extra Line”

But enough with that, let’s get to the (long) Character list.

Main Autobots (Prime)

Optimus Prime

Ratchet

Bumblebee

Arcee

Bulkhead

Wheeljack

Smokescreen

Ultra Magnus

Human allies (Prime)

Jack Darby

Miko Nakadai

Rafael Esquivel

June Darby

Special Agent William Fowler

Minor Autobots (Prime)

Cliffjumper

Tailgate

Minor Humans (Prime)

Sierra

Vince

Main Decepticons (Prime)

Megatron

Soundwave

Starscream

Shockwave

Knockout

Breakdown

Dreadwing

Airachnid

Ground Vehicon

Air force Vehicon

Minor Decepticons (Prime)

Skyquake

Makeshift

Insecticons (Prime)

Hardshell

M.E.C.H (Prime)

Silas

M.E.C.H agent

Predicons (Prime)

Predaking

Rescue Bots (Rescue Bots)

Heatwave

Chase

Blades

Boulder

Blurr

Salvage

Servo

High Tide

Quickshadow

Burns family (Rescue Bots)

Chief Charlie Burns

Cody Burns

Kade Burns

Dani Burns

Graham Burns

Woodrow Burns

Greene Family (Rescue Bots)

Doc Greene

Frankie Greene

Anna Baranova

CeCe Greene

Dilther

Trex

Villians (Rescue Bots)

Dr. Morocco

Morbots

Myles

Evan

Madeline Pynch

Colonel Quint Quarry

Citizens of Griffin Rock (Rescue Bots)

Mayor H.B. Luskey

Huxley Prescott

Mrs. Neederlander (with Mr. Pettypaws)

Hayley Priscilla Pinch

Taylor

If you read through all of that, allow me to say thank you for reading that long explanation.

And that’s all I have so far.

One more thing, if any of you good sprite makers can help me in the future for other sprite ideas, please let me know.

Please show me that you all liked what I did by leaving a comment and fav.

Is that everything, (looks over notes) I think so.

Thank you all for listening, and I’ll see you all later.

Off to go watch Prime and Rescue Bots.

Transformers Prime and Rescue Bots belong to Hasbro

References from (tfreferences.tumblr.com/)

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mithrannussen-blog · 7 years

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Star Trek Constitution (fanfiction)

Greetings! I present myself as Mithrannusen or by my real name, Flávio. It is in here my first attempt in creating a fanfiction set in one of my favorite fictional universe. I hope you all enjoy and please write back your opinions and please, reblog it if you liked!

Prelude

“Chief petty officer Tina Krasnovsky’s personal log, stardate 53294.2. Proceeding upon my duty while acting representative to the Koshnaya starfleet embassy I am puzzled to realize that the mathematical and scientific complexities of my work seems undermined compared to the current state of affairs between the Federation and the disturbed exterior planets that has yet to come to good terms after the recent Dominion War.”

“I am to believe that the situation will soon come into it’s own terms, beyond that, bureaucracy and resentment are growing elements when dealing with the Koshnaya member species. Faith in the good deeds presented by the United Federation of Planets seems only utopic now; certain cultures no long fall onto our grasp and common understanding seems to be forgotten.” Looking through her living quarters window, Tina estimated that remained 37 minutes until her next appointment; she decided that was time for her to finalize the log and proceed to the designated place.

While walking through U.S.S. Angela Martine sixth deck main corridor, near the transporter room 3E, a voice transmission was at play through her badge: “Chief, please report immediately to my ready room, I already assigned another officer to take over your duties.” Ordered ship’s captain Aquiel. Although Tina knew and was very heartly into rigorous schedules for her and her crewmates, external events, happenings beyond her own control, were always triggering Tina’s need to improvise and rapidly adapt into any situation. Sometimes she felt as if she was undergoing training under a strictly military division. “My science ambitions and ideals are frequently at the background”, she thought.

Krasnovsky’s feelings were not totally inadequate. As for her current assignment, certain events has had it’s fair share of misadventures and chaotic attempts of destabilization and emotional turmoil, not only for herself but the well being and safety of the crew also. As for the Angela current location, a Continuum-class starship near the Breen Confederacy, at the minor system of Mareuvia III, problems were guaranteed.

“Captain, chief Krasnovsky reporting in.” Informed communications officer Lt. commander Nosh Brurker through a computer voice transmission.

“Send her in, please!” Responded Aquiel as she put down her datapad on a medium-sided delta shape table full of engineering schematics and old fashioned journals alongside a discreet and elegant golden portrait of her vulcan family insignia.

Aquiel’s full name are somewhat complicated to properly express in any human language, specially English. Her surname are usually written as Kawarda, or kahwa’ra-de as in golic vulcan, a loosely translation sets it as “similar mind”; a description given to a twin. Her elder sister stands with Mestral, mes-tor ye-halek; one who crosses the galaxy.

Kawarda were part of a cultural exchange program between the Vulcan southwest government and the Federation. She lived with humans during her residence at the Starfleet Academy, through a prolonged and difficult assimilation of human culture and the development of some few genuine friendships, she unofficially received the name of Aquiel - something that she was neutral but respectful of.

“Captain, reporting as ordered!” Declared the chief as the sliding doors behind her were silently closing and finishing with the brief clearer light that contrasted the blue and red from their respective uniforms before return the room to it’s usual gloomy setting.

“Please sit down chief Krasnovsky.” Said Aquiel as she directed Tinta into a chair at the other side of the delta table. “I requested your presence here to discuss a matter long overdue by Starfleet command and at your own request sidelined.”

“Captain, with all due respect, I do not believe that there is any matter unattended. All of my reports has been minutiously inspected by my superior officers and Koshnaya starfleet embassy representatives at Starbase Sierra.” Her voice showcased one tonality usually associated to someone who is trying to remain calm while simultaneously disturbed; though such remark could only be made by someone attentive and professional at identifying subtle behavioural variations. Kawarda not only surpass such qualifications but her occasional telepathic usage serves as a reminder to everyone that she was fully in the midst of her emotional and thoughtful fortress.

“You are correct, I can offer the interpretation that officially there is no matter to attend to between us besides our usual obligations aboard this vessel.” Calmly remarked the captain without losing track of any minor movement from her subordinated. “But I am proficient at assign causes to the most diverse facts and choices, as are you. I should not ignore what you are and aren’t telling me, they are both complementary to the truth. Do you prefer to continue in this route of conversation or to change your premises ?”

“Actually I prefer to know your reasons for questioning me in such manner as such required answers may depend on your current interpretation of events. Anything beyond that may came out as harmful to my reputation and the discernment of my public career.” The chief in this moment was already defeated in trying to prevent any further enquiries. According to her reasoning, the best approach would be to understand the captain’s motivations and if when push comes to shove, then explain everything thoroughly.

“Reasonable.” Agreed Aquiel, while showing a little and discreet hint of admiration towards Krasnovsky’s posture in front of her; smartness and defiance. Two characteristics often contradictory to the Vulcans but common law to the Romulans.

“According to some classified Starfleet reports, several sectors are now without a direct federative representative or of any sort of Federation influence. The high Council has issued priority orders to several captains and admirals at strategic regions of the quadrant to deal with the crisis. Simultaneously, has come onto our attention the need to enforce our regulations alongside the borders near the Ferengi Alliance and the unstable Cardassian Union.”

The comment above did not contain any new information with regards to the current state of affairs, however during her speech, captain Aquiel has dedicated several tappings into her datapad, producing a sequence of sounds so low in it’s frequency but yet passive of interpretation. A recursive and yet undedicated analysis of these sounds would justify some of it’s similarities with the 1836 based off electrical telegraph system, Morse code.

“I am also in accord to some hypothesis that several unclassified biological weapons has been smuggled through dissidents Breen generals into the control of 14 factions on our current system location. More specifically, at the locations of Boslic IX and Galvin V, relatively near to the Federation administrative region surrounding the Starbase Sierra.” Captain Aquiel suddenly sighed and leaned back in her chair, crossing fingers in a manner that easily indicates complex thought process. Her chin slowly touched her crossed hands while one lifted finger pointed at a perpendicular direction.

Krasnovsky strangely move her head into the left direction appointed. At the vertical panel set at the wall, one brief phrase was written: Do briefly a discussion on your latest work concerning the installation of the new astrometrics system and later go to your room and follow the instructions here given.

No doubts were present that the entire situation was a façade to something else. Capt. Kawarda acted as if the presentation made by the chief about her latest research were of some relevance; but if not to distract from the concurrent spionage being maintained by some agents aboard Angela Martine, at least to safeguard her own plans.

As Tina was standing ready to get up and leave the room, one beep suddenly was heard by both parts of this conversation. Aquiel played a severe and enthralling look into Krasnovsky’s eyes, demonstrating that not only she knew but also adhere to her course of action.

“Do you require extra engineer personnel to complete the installation until 16 hundred hours?”

“No captain, I do not!” The hesitation on her speech was noticeable. Aquiel quietly approach her and slightly touch the cold and yet pleasing hand of Tina. All of this without for a single instant losing sight of her gaze.

No words were needed. The chief felt as if an unexpected regain of composure was always under her reach under the most violent and desperate situations. The small contact between the two continued for as long as the low sound coming from the captain’s datapad remained; Tina lost track of time, and Kawarda lowered it’s counting priority to that of the moment only.

The sound frequency highered up.

“You are dismissed, chief Krasnovsky!” Said the captain with a steady but yet charming voice. Crossing the doors, Tina believed to have heard a small vulcan honorary poem verse; Taluhk nash-veh k'dular, but could not be sure.

Finally in her room, Tina Krasnovsky rapidly accessed her contact through a alternate and undocumented connection to the ship’s secondary computer communications relay. The message sent was brief: section 31.

Civil Conundrum

“Captain’s log stardate 53294.8. According to latest reports from all sections, all main systems are back to a fully operational status after the attempted sabotage of our warp core at precisely 3 days, 17 hours and 43 minutes ago. The culprit has yet to be identified but due to the coordinates of our present location and the nature of our mission, events such as this, thought traumatic in its requirements, are to be naturally expected.”

“The main course of investigation currently at our disposal is a full reverse engineering of our main computer system alongside the fourth secondary set of registry subroutines of the main engineering bay. External sources to the invasion are being taken into consideration. Currently assigned are Lt. commander Nosh Brurker, Lt. Sergey Rozhenko, Lt. Storya Suryan and I have decided to complement the team with the direct association of chief petty officer Tina Krasnovsky as their temporary coordinator; a decision bound to increase controversy among the crew.”

Suddenly Aquiel stopped the recording log entry. Thinking about the career so far constructed by her seemslily unpredictable officer, Tina’s parents indiscreetly came into her mind. They were both highly regarded special commissioned officers to the federative Andorian embassy at Beta Antares IV starstation in the Vulcan System; work and love partners that contrasted their human frailties by situating themselves at the highest possible performance in their duties independently of any health consequences, something that certainly are headly registred in Krasnovsky’s highly obsessive personality type - as for the crew manifesto, Kawarda made use of all Tina’s honorary and assignment titles earned to justify her intellectual prowess against the competition settling around the Angela Martine launch that seeked to guarantee a more conservative affiliation .

Krasnovsky’s position are somewhat unclear, at least to the majority of the crew. Prior to her assignment aboard Angela, she acted exclusively under ambiguous and direct orders from the admirals in Starbase Sierra. A Federation outpost which holds significantly power in the circumscribed region, not only due to it’s nine experimental Consecrated class starships but also the Koshnaya starfleet embassy; maintaining a somewhat self-autonomous administrative region; a ideal space that to many would serve as a framework for unsanctioned political, scientific and military experimentations simply justified by the need to protect the United Federation of Planets against external forces that sees in the actual fragmented main governments inumerous opportunities to gain higher power in the quadrant; however the fact that direct confrontation are not yet common, they are increasing and constantly ravaging the agenda of politicians and generals.

Since the ending of the Dominion War, Starfleet and the associated Federation institutions as come into a political and military recession. Although not all documents and reports has been made public, is estimated that at least one third of the fleet has been destroyed, the Klingon Empire has also seen better times compared to it’s 22nd and 23th century entire frontier scope.

In the stardates between 52877 and 52941, Starfleet High Command and the new leader of the Klingon High Council, under Emperor Martok’s rule, signed bilateral accords to the creation of a special task force in response to the Romulan Star Empire incursions into the Omega and Archanis federative systems, near the Klingon border of Maranga IV and Narendra III, alongside these treaties special defensive mechanisms has been installed at the northern regions of the Gorn Hegemony and the Tholian Assembly.

These activities eventually broke into a diplomatic and institutional crisis between the Federation and the Romulan senate. Leading to the sudden imprisonment of several federation scientists and diplomats that were granted temporary access to work under their space stations of Nimbus III and Ghorusda, directly under the jurisdiction of the Romulan Ministry of Science, at the Neutral Zone; consequently reverting also all the amendments applied into the Treaty of Algeron.

Consequently to the dissolution of all alterations made into the treaty, the Federation lost it’s legal ability to develop and use starfleet vessels with the capabilities of a clock device. The Federation High Council voted to the final dissolvement of the document and to the end of all cooperation efforts dedicated at the Defiant Project during the Dominion conflicts - the pieces were set but with the rules of the game yet unclear; and so a new war was flourishing throughout the galaxy.

written by @mithrannussen

#star trek #star trek fanfiction #star trek imagines #fanfiction #text post #vulcan #romulan #klingon #tholian #science fiction #star trek scenarios #prime universe #prime timeline #star trek prime #star trek nemesis #fandom #fan writing #treaty of algeron #section 31

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Realised a reason I might not be getting those OC ask things is because no-one actually knows my OCs. So I’m gonna do really long profiles for them and release those profiles randomly, basically telling you the main and often detailed just of them. However, since I *may* want to use some in fanfiction, I won’t give and details I’m planning as a “Surprise! This fact” sort of thing.

Let’s start with my courier OC, The Courier (my most developed OC). She is also a bit shamelessly a semi-self insert because! Just because. Gotta have one. All my other fallout OCs are insanely different to me so I need one that’s basically me, right?

NOTE: I decided on a lot of her details before I actually recruited any companion that wasn’t Boone or Rex, so she straight up ended up being very similar to Arcade by accident. Whoops. I am aware of this fact but ANYWAY.

Courier is an early 30s woman who is super jaded on nearly all factions in the wasteland. Her main SPECIAL stat is Intelligence (10), her weakest is perception (~3). She has the traits Wild Wasteland and Skilled (she’s also short sighted but I hate the Four Eyes trait in NV)

Her tagged skills are Medicine, Science and Energy Weapons. Otherwise she’s a half decent rifle woman and can repair to a certain degree, particularly clothing. She can also pick locks when her hacking skills can’t get her any further.

She’s aroace, and has an inexplicable Northern English accent. She won’t explain it either. If she gets drunk she has a tendency to sing folk songs from the North East too. It freaks out some people. People exhaust her and she can’t handle crowds or excess noise.

She’s extremely well travelled; she has a habit of stopping to listen to random people and help out where she can, leading to all sorts of strange adventures before the start of New Vegas. The best trade was managing to acquire a quad bike which she then used to explore the East Coast. I’ve kinda figured out how she got it, but it’d be a good reveal for a fanfic so… Get guessing.

While travelling the East Coast she ended up accidentally stumbling into Little Lamplight during the early days of MacCready’s leadership. She offers to trade their excess goods further afield to get them better prices, and accidentally ends up in a strange “constantly got a gun to my head but I like these guys anyway” relationship with little MacCready. He ends up giving her the nickname of Courier as she refuses to give him her proper name. She often sees this strange deal as one of her better wasteland adventures as no-one believes in a town full of kids.

She travels to DC and the Commonwealth semi-often, roughly every three or so years (the first in 2274, 3 years before the events of Fallout 3). She delivers various packages for various characters, and even meets Valentine where she offers him a lift to his next case on the cheap, simply because of her scientific amazement at the synth, although she keeps quiet about it.

She also ends up meeting my Lone Wanderer (as yet unnamed) shortly after he wakes up following the events of Take It Back!. She gives him a lift to Megaton and buys him a drink after hearing about his hand in project purity. They bond over complaining about MacCready, although they both admit to finding the scamp a joy to talk to. Courier and Lone stay friends long after the events of both games; with the Courier even inviting Lone to Vegas on the house once everything is over.

She works towards an Independant New Vegas, steadfastly believing that neither the NCR nor the Legion are worth a damn, and refusing to work with House on principle. She supports both the Followers and the Kings following Vegas’s independence as she believes they have their hearts in the right place (mostly). She encourages each settlement in the Mojave to support themselves, but also offers assistance to achieve that. The technology recovered from the Big MT and the Sierra Madre is used to turn Vegas from a plain gambling hotspot to a beacon of prosperity; Salient green from the Big MT and the vending machines from the bunker are used to almost mass produce stimpacks and medicine, which is traded out to create non-gambling income to Vegas and create a buzz of interest in the city of how such a thing could become.

She also encourages the bizarre tales of her adventures to be spread out with as much emphasis on the bizarre details; some tourists travel to Vegas purely to find out if the mailewoman really DID fight Cosplayers with the help of Elvis impersonators.

The events of the cancelled ‘Van Buren’ are also semi true; post Hoover Dam her and the crew get desperate pleas for help from Denver settlers. With the legion crumbling but desperately holding onto Denver by force, and the New Plague spreading there, Courier and the crew go undercover to help the people of Denver find their independence too. Courier also ends up with a third dog and runs into a guy who’s using Arcades identity and parading the fact that he’s ex-Enclave. Awkward.

She mostly stays in Vegas post game, but after things calm done some she ends up wandering as a 'holiday’ back to the Commonwealth. She ends up in GoodNeighbour at the perfect time to take the medicine for Duncan all the way to DC as quickly as possible. She doesn’t find out until she gets to Megaton exactly who Duncan is or that he’s in the care of Lone. (This also means that the medicine for Duncan will get to him much quicker than if it went by caravan).

EDIT: The Courier dislikes power armour despite having training in it, and prefers riot gear. Her favourite gun is the Holorifle, but she also wields a police pistol, a cosmic knife, a proton unversal axe and a plasma pistol. She used to own a plasma defender too, but it was stolen by the Outcasts during her first trip to DC.

#fallout #original character #OC #fallout OC #courier OC

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