#universal roadtrip

[nat-20s]

Honestly I get why narratively speaking they had a Super Mega Tragic Separation for Donna and The Doctor because you KNOW that if they hadn't been every single Doctor would've dealt with trauma by disappearing on their current companions to go have a movie night with the bestie. They straight up would've:

#doctor who #donna noble #amy and rory would be like 'dude it's been three fucking years since we last saw you???' #and 11 would be like I'll have you know I've been VERY busy. in ways you wouldn't get but trust me i was saving the universe #<-lying #<- got caught up watching cupcake wars for 17 hours with donna and then they went on a roadtrip #and then oops. tardis malfunction #doesn't show up for three years

[donelywell]

March 24 2024

Sonic might not be much of a singer (that's more Tails' thing), but whenever his kid is bummed out, he'll pull out his guitar and start singing to lift his spirits.

Normally it's just Tails feeling like he doesn't deserve the life he has now, or that Sonic might leave him like all of the families Tails had beforehand. So Sonic has a small list of songs he switches between to remind him that the two are stuck together like glue.

#roadtrip!sonic au #miles tails prower #tails the fox #sonic the hedgehog #dadnic #wholesome sonic and tails wednesday #yes this is a steven universe reference #Me and my friends started listening to the music one day and it kinda got be back into the su mood

[valeriianz]

Road trip AU but make it hurt/comfort:

Dream is a runaway, hitches a ride with Hob, who's a traveling chef. Cue a slow trust, a budding friendship, banter, and motel sex. But first...

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“Seriously?” Hob muttered to himself as he made out the dark smudge along the highway. 

Hob saw the black jacket and backpack before an arm swung out, a thumb sticking in the air.

A hitchhiker.

Something familiar made Hob’s heart stutter, recognizing the tired gait, the heavy arm, the almost hopeless glance behind the shoulder. Hob couldn’t make out the man’s face from this far, but he was creeping up fast, and he swallowed.

A part of Hob told him not to do it. Stranger danger, and all that. This guy could be a weirdo, a serial killer, or anything in between. Then again, Hob’s hands tightened around the wheel, he could get picked up by a weirdo, or a murder instead. Hitchhiking was falling out of style, and for good reason. Trusting a total stranger to give you a ride was extremely foolish and dangerous.

With only seconds to make his decision, Hob sighed loudly, coming out more like a groan, slowing the car and pulling off the road a few yards in front of the lone man. 

Hob’s own experience came crashing into his brain, unbidden. Homeless, hungry, dirty, just looking for some kindness. Hoping, at the very least, for a conversation free from judgment. The experience should have jaded Hob, doubt and suspicion taking over his decision making. But the reality was Hob had somehow softened, not a foolish amount, but with the new desire to be understanding and hopeful. Hob had been this man, shamefully trudging along the road, sticking a thumb out at the sound of a passing car, feeling stupid for it, feeling desperate.

Desperation makes one do stupid things.

The silence that filled the air as Hob put his hazards on was stifling, watching the dark figure approach from the rearview mirror. Anxiety built in Hob’s chest the closer the hitchhiker came, until the passenger side door opened and a backpack, which wasn’t that full, was tossed to the floor of his car. The man came in after, sliding onto the seat and pulling the door closed with a gentle thud.

He turned to look at Hob, and Hob tried– really hard– to keep his jaw on his face.

The man was gorgeous, in a way that almost frightened Hob. Pale blue eyes that looked haunted, sunken into pale skin that looked like it’d never seen the sun. And a mop of black hair that seriously needed a combing, sticking out in odd angles and visibly dry, almost graying it.

He was also incredibly thin, like a gentle breeze would blow him away. 

“Where to?” Hob finally managed to find his voice, turning away from eyes that could probably see into his soul, and back on the road.

“Anywhere.”

The reply startled Hob, causing him to look back at the young man in his car, finding him already slouching in his seat, eyes slipping shut, exhaustion overtaking him. His voice was a trembling baritone, dry and scratchy, like he hadn’t used it in ages, or he was parched to death.

Before putting the car back into gear, Hob reached behind him, fumbling around the floor of the backseat and procuring a water bottle from a large pack.

When he returned the man was looking at him, dull yet inquisitive.

“Here,” Hob offered the water and the man grabbed it with wide eyes.

Hob would’ve laughed if the desperation in his gaze wasn’t so terrifying.

He guzzled the water in 10 seconds, squeezing the plastic and gasping for air afterwards. Hob reached for a few more and the stranger took them, nodding in gratitude.

“Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it,” Hob felt an eyebrow quirk, wondering when the last time this guy ate or drank anything.

“Are you hungry?” Hob finally put the car back into gear and, checking his mirrors, pulled back onto the road. “Want to stop somewhere for food?”

Hob peeked over again, watching his new passenger stare out the door window, his forehead pressed against the glass.

“M’fine…” 

Hob bit his lip, clocking in the sign indicating the next rest stop.

#dreamling #hob x dream #i truly dont know where this is coming from #i have ideas... #but they are dark #involving kidnapped Dream #sorta of canon inspired #but Dream manages to escape and thus Hob is introduced #will there be a revenge plot?? #maybe idk #just throwing this into the universe to see who might be interested #roadtrip au #obviously this type of au plays into my strengths #nothing like the severities of the human condition to get me riled up #also chef!Hob is something ive wanted to play with for a while #we'll see where this goes... #my writing

[neon-nicos]

I finally finished and colored in this sketch of a Ghost Hunters AU!

#trigun #trigun 98 #trigun stampede #vash #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #nicholas wolfwood #wolfwood #milly thompson #millie thompson #meryl stryfe #polyship roadtrip #mashwood #vashwood #millywood #my art #au #alternate universe

[unkindhands]

Honestly it's a bit surreal any time the OVA goes completely off script and just starts doing its own thing but I think the episode that is the most surreal out of context is probably episode 3. This one sequence in particular always makes me think 'what the fuck am I watching' but in a good way?

Like instead of the [REDACTED] that was happening in the manga storyline the OVA just has four solid minutes of uninterrupted footage of The Gang running around on an extremely atmospheric abandoned ship alongside two admittedly endearing Speedwagon Foundation OCs. Nothing else happens, they're just exploring a cool set piece and it's spooky and mysterious.

It's like the screenwriters and storyboarders were just like 'hey what if Team Joestar were just exploring this huge dark abandoned area together would that be tight or what lmao' and then they went and made it real through the collective power of an animation studio. Imagine being able to just go and do that.

#anne baby i'm so sorry but you getting cut is a net benefit for the story #i like to imagine she's enjoying a completely not bizarre roadtrip in the OVA universe #jojo ova #jotaro kujo #joseph joestar #noriaki kakyoin #mohammed avdol #videos

[tathracyn]

This franchise consistently has the most fascinating background worldbuilding that only comes up in side conversations, it's genuinely an art!

#monster prom #monster roadtrip #there's been a LOT of references to the eldritch deities #that exist outside the comprehensible universe #and fuel the foundation of reality and magic and life itself #ignore that its zoe x zoe that just happens sometimes #adding the pcs as hitchhikers was a weird yet entertaining choice

[ajsartstation]

I take Paypal, Cashapp and Venmo. DMs are open for this.

#steven universe #gravity falls #monster roadtrip #open commissions #lemon art

[eggbagelz]

Moody teenagers and a baby girl the size of two sauce

#doodles #danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #party poison #kobra kid #jet star #fun ghoul #should i tag this as the roadtrip au #im gonna. my universe now #killjoys roadtrip au #in my au the 'joys are in their very early twenties so this js their teenage versions #im aware they look goofy asf..thats the point. theyre doinkies

[trashcornertully]

need I say more

#monster prom #monster roadtrip #monster camp #monster prom fanart #polly geist #evil polly #monster prom oc #evil universe #evil counterpart #ghost

[connecting-the-stars]

See You There, in the Storm

A Moodboard for fic I’m working on right now! I’m super excited, and that Percy Jackson trailer really did something to me…. Made me smash my current obsession together with my past one lmao.

What if Liam was the son of Zeus, separated from his friends, chance of finding that demigod camp with his head still attached to his shoulders in the negative until he meets a helpful if less than forthcoming stranger, Theo Reaken. Biggest problem out of the amounting many, Camp Half- Blood is the last place Theo ever wants to step foot on again.

#teen wolf fanfiction #teen wolf #teen wolf liam #theo teen wolf #well i am very obsessed with this idea #Percy Jackson universe with teen wolf characters dropped in #Liam with freaking lightning powers seems like a very safe idea #nothing can go wrong #theo isn’t human but is he? #something’s not right with those eyes #roadtrip fic #monsters that are not monsterous #Thiam #thiam fanfic #teen wolf moodboard #moodboard #thiam moodboard #tw edit #tw Moodboard #my moodboards #thoughts aloud #Percy Jackson au #teen wolf au #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo fic au #percy jackson

[jahtheexplorer]

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

#east coast #photographers on tumblr #travel photography #united states #history #colonial history #architecture #roadtrips #visit new jersey #tourist #travel photographer #historic buildings #historic architecture #college #college life #college campus #princeton university #new jersey

[pigeon-butch]

i Do think that if you tried to go into space from like the first for example you would seemingly just keep going forever and the stars would never seem to get any closer no matter how far you traveled. so even if you managed to travel out to ultima thule distance/direction-wise it would still just seem to be empty space ALTHOUGH that begs the question of wtf is up with the stars on the reflections anyway

#sadly packing up all my astronaut gear. ryne you will meet a loporrit one day just give it time #taking my daughter on a roadtrip to my favorite restaurant (cafe at the end of the universe that i also work at) #ff14

[phantastragoria]

do you have a favourite portrayal of a character in the gotg game!! who is it and why <3

Oh I think they're all great honestly!!! Part of why I love the game so much is that genuinely, the whole team + supporting characters are written with such obvious love of the source material and equal attention between them all. When I see comments of people saying who their favorite character was from the game and the answer always being different from each person I'm like!! That's how it SHOULD be!!! They're the Guardians of the Galaxy (plural) the focus shouldn't all fall on a singular character like most other GotG media usually ends up as 😭

The two (sorry I can't pick just one) whom I think benefit the most from the game though are Drax and Gamora because they're almost always sidelined both in-and-out of universe by most of the various writers (especially as of late) and in turn the viewers/readers. I've been told plenty of times that they're the most boring members of the "main" team, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY! The amount of love the game versions get (by the few who've played it at least) proves that 🥺

I've never really liked 616 Drax shifting to being a complete clown during the 90s and such (and even less so when the MCU followed along 💀) So I appreciate the game taking a bit of his seriousness from the DnA run and just making him struggle with nuance and context clues in a less exaggerated way (autistic Drax I still believe in u) and I feel the focus put on him and how losing his original family + the aftermath deeply affected him hits pretty hard here because it's treated very seriously and shown in depth, especially with how his family (wife) gets actual focus. I cannot tell you anything about Yvette in comparison to Hovat, who actually seemed to have had a personality lol (AND she was on their village's council like omg imagine having more to you than just being The Housewife) Though I will say I flip and flop on my thoughts about Heather being disconnected from Drax's life in this universe... The TLDR is that I think his arc here specifically works stronger when he has to come to terms with losing his entire family and accepting the life he currently has with the Guardians. BUT!!! I very much appreciate that Heather is still confirmed to exist within this universe, even if that means her dad issues would have to be dealt with in a different context if we ever get to see her.

Also? Shoutout to the writers actually bringing up the intense paranoia that always kneecapped 616 Drax but having that be a turning point in his backstory here, with that conversation he has with Peter where he talks about how he was becoming so paranoid of everyone being a chitauri/Thanos conspirator to the point of literally turning into an obsessed maniac like Thanos, and realizing that he desperately needed to turn his life around, it's so ough.

Out of the already many great conversations throughout the game, I think the ones with him are the most poignant. My favorite scene in the whole game is Drax and Pete's little moment on Knowhere... makes me go wahhh

(l also love that out of everyone on the team, it's his headspace that we quite literally get to go into. You KNOW that if this was any other media it'd be going into Rocket or Groot's head and likely treated as a joke.)

And oh my god, Gamora...

I find it so extremely refreshing that her role in the plot doesn't revolve purely around the men in her life, and instead, it's nearly exclusively her connection with other women. Or in the most direct obstacle she has to deal with, being how she starts projecting to the millionth degree on Nikki's situation for reminding her of what happened to her and Nebula. I find that infinitely more fascinating as a reading of her character rather than just dating drama or her arc getting completely overtaken by a man's instead.

And especially in her friendship with Mantis, who, despite having all these futures she's constantly seeing and having to navigate, still makes time to do her best to help her 🥺 From saving her life and being the one who put her on the path to healing on Lamentis, to getting her to join the Guardians and still checking in on her when she's able 😭 Friendship between women can be so powerful... u love to see it (🏳️‍🌈)

I also find it nice that there's this emphasis on her recovering mentally, and the comparison between Thanos essentially teaching her to just Deal with the shit in her life through very simplistic meditation versus the priests of Pama actually teaching her something to help soothe the mind :^( and that she still has moments of relapsing essentially. I find that to be a realistic take on recovery because that's just part of the journey since healing is not linear... and I think it's very sweet that she finds comfort in collecting something ---girly--- like dolls. Love to see a person reclaim a part of their childhood that they weren't allowed to experience. And how she's allowed to make BAD JOKES?? Imagine a woman being written to have multiple dimensions, crazy and absolutely unthinkable, I know.

There's this extremely specific theme in relation to Gamora across media that's been rattling around in my brain since first playing the game. When near the end during the revisit to Knowhere, she's about to completely lose it when Peter tries talking -for- her on what she's so upset about before immediately shooting him down, and she explains what happened between her and Nebula and she starts crying. It really struck me right then that she's never given a moment to cry elsewhere (or in the 616's case, the quite literal inability to.) aside from her shedding a Single Manly Tear (Original Sin) or a single moment out of legit fear (MCU 💀) because she's a hashtag Strong Independant Woman who can't be vulnerable etc etc. But for her to cry in front of the people she's come to care about, It gives her a moment of true vulnerability that I don't think she's allowed ever in most other media.

That and all of the above hits hard and is what makes me genuinely believe that the writers cared about her in the narrative and tried to do right by her when every other bit of media really hasn't nor cared to the majority of the time since the 90s :'^/ Brings a tear to my eye that she's allowed to just... exist in the narrative on her own merits and not on what she can provide to someone else's story.

#lex thoughts #gotg thoughts #universe: eidos game #gotg2008 #sorry for asking for a question then immediately disappearing for a month 💔 I'm on the most stressful roadtrip ever #i 🫶 you for asking about them though the Eidos gotg are my everything and i won't shut up about them if given the chance #very funny to me that all these important moments happen on Knowhere. Strange things can happen at the end of the universe. #The end page of W&tIW 09 is the only other Gamora moment of vulnerability across media that i can specifically pinpoint #But it's more self reflection in a way of a heavily traumatic experience that I don't feel ever truly got resolved within the 616 IMO #And I find it a specific point to be made when Gamora is/isn't allowed to feel or literally denied things that are stereotypically- #-categorized as -feminine- (which is dumb to assign gender roles to a simple human emotion such as CRYING.- #-But you get what I mean I hope) We play fast and loose with gender around here pardner I think all of the gotg should cry more #but in Gamora's case specifically it Hits Different knowing her past and treatment throughout media #i could also heavily go into the way the game adapts Peter's character in relation to his element guns but that's an essay for another time #just because -i- find that extremely fascinating doesn't mean i think he should particularly be the main focus (and he isnt) #bc pete rocket and groot are the ones that already get all the attention (even if i dont agree with how they're written elsewhere) #i just find it more engaging for the other two main characters of the team that always get sidelined by the writers actually being put in- #-the spotlight with equal attention given to them for once to be sooo -shakes fist #sorry for the intense word salad i hope i make sense lol ESSAY/RANT OVER .🤐

[skippudippu]

when I lose contact w a friend and am forcibly reminded that I have not been able to hold onto a single irl friendship 👍👍👍👍👍👍

#I’m being dramatic but idc lemme be sad. lemme wallow. #I feel like over and over again the universe has to remind me that I haven’t met my forever friends yet #where’s my cute little group to go on roadtrips with. who will I go dancing with. sigh #diary

[aarons-main-blog]

This was originally a mini-fic that I was writing as a belated self birthday present to myself but then I made a new friend who listened to me infodump about Hyrule Warriors right as I was taking a break from working on it, so now this is a gift-fic instead! Enjoy!

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As soon as Legend got back from inspecting the keep for himself, Warriors invited the chain into the strategy tent. He, Time, and strangely Wind had been inside working on a plan of attack to implement in the assault that would be taking place in two days. In the lantern-lit tent, there was a table set up with a map of the battle area hand-drawn in advance by one of the scouts. Along with this, there were various props, such as stitching pins and nails, among other things.

As soon as the group had organized after practically stumbling in, bumping into eachother as they tried to cram into the small tent, Wars began his explanation as to why the group was summoned, starting with a rundown of what needed to be done.

"We should have a minimum of one person guarding each keep," he said, adding pins to friendly-controlled keeps, "but we also need enough people on the battlefield to make sure that upon taking over more from the enemy, we aren't spread out too far and are unable to defend them," he added while using nails to mark those. Preparing for the next part, he pushed a spool of thread on the table. "We also need to make sure the the people on defense are able to be in communication with the attacking forces. Until the oppression mages are taken down, currier fairies are out of the question, leaving the only communication option being Wind's pirate charm and Wild's slate." At this, he sighed. "This brings us back to the argument we were having."

A quiet silence filled the room, broken by the sounds preparation outside the tent. Four eventually asked, "So what's the argument?"

Wind nodded dramatically. "Who has to get left behind."

Time scoffed quietly. "What he means is who gets positioned where. In order to make sure the defense is good, we need strong defenders, but in order to take over the monster camps in unstable positions, we need to have strong attackers. Some of us have skills that are good for defense, some are good offense, and some are good support, so we need to decide our positioning."

"We didn't want to assign people to areas they think they would be unhelpful, but also need to make sure that nobody is being overstretched," Wars added upon Time finishing his explanation. "The three of us have three different ideas, and as such we wanted to get feedback and vote on them."

Wind began talking over Wars while he was finishing his sentence, almost tripping over his own words as he explained his strategy. "My idea was to have me, Four, Legend, and Sky on the four frontal keeps, me on one of the middle ones, and then whenever an enemy keep is taken over, I tell whoever is nearest to move up and support it, allowing the forward troops to have a closer fallback point!" In order to make his point, he grabbed the thread and began unraveling a segment. He then tied the four pins representing friendly keeps together. "It would look like this," he added, moving the pins upward one at a time. After this, he took a proud step back.

After the group was finished looking, Wars reset the pins and removed the string. As he was doing this, Time began to speak. "My strategy would be to have Hyrule, Legend, Four, and Twilight at the friendly keeps, due to their healing and support abilities. This would make it easier to take up a defensive position in the case of something going horribly wrong, as Hyrule has healing magic, Four has the second best magic abilities in the group, Twilight is a strong fighter, and Legend has enough items to probably even create a rudimentary crossbow, assuming he doesn't already have one." This statement resulted in a few chuckles, but was quickly passed over. "The keep taking methods would be to take over two keeps at a time, with one group having Wind with the pirate charm and the other having Wild. Wild's group would focus on causing chaos withing the enemy keeps from the outside before charging in to break their formations, while my group would have myself and probably Sky rush in and do much the same."

Four scoffed from the front of the group gathered at the door. Upon eight confused looks being sent at his direction, he apologized with a shake of his head, along with the statement, "Sorry, just thinking of a probably bad idea."

Warriors brushed away his comment with a shrug. "No idea is stupid if it works, despite what my Impa would say to that. Bring it up after I'm done." He tucked his scarf back behind his neck after it fell from the force of the shrug. "My plan would be to have Sky, Four, Legend, Hyrule, and myself advancing and taking keeps as a group, prioritizing speed and efficiency during battle with short downtime in-between combat as we move from place to place. This leaves Wind, Wild, Twilight, and Time working in pairs in the back lines, in order to make sure if the burden on one keep is too much, another can come assist." After moving aside the unused props, Warriors fixed his scarf again.

Time grinned. "Alright, now that we've done that, let's put it to a vote." He raised his hand. "Those in favor of my plan, raise one hand. Those in favor of Wars's plan, hands down. Those in favor of Wind's, both hands up."

After counting up the results, it was reveled to be a three way tie. This resulted in multiple groans.

Wind groaned loudly. "Well, now what?"

"We could hold a second vote?" Hyrule stated.

"Yeah? What would be different the second go round," Legend pointed out with a grin.

As the group contemplated, Four decided to make his idea known. As he walked around the table, Warriors said, "Oh, sorry, let's hear your idea!" with a genuine smile.

After looking at the map for a few seconds, then the props Warriors had used, then back to the map, the exact moment he solidified his idea was visible on his face.

"What if we were to just... all rush into the enemy keeps as a group? The soldiers are positioned here guarding to keeps already, what's the problem with them doing their job?"

At that, the whole group paused, before the unacknowledged tension in the room dropped to none.

"Yeah, that would work-"

"I hadn't even thought about that-"

"They are there for a reason-"

"Could be pretty fun, why not-"

Simply based on that agreement, the meeting was unofficially adjourned.

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Not going to tag them cause they seem shy, but this is for you! Thanks for listening to my rant!

#linked universe #short fic #gift fic #if you want your name removed i can do that #this is technically a shortfic so why did it take me a grand total of 4 days to write it #motivation is hard #glad i did it though! #the speech feels weird in some parts #but im satisfied enough with it #my writing #also i suck and endings if this js abrupt tell me i cant tell #also by the time this is scheduled for j will be on a roadtrip that i wont be back for until sunday #so i might be gone again for a legitimate reason for a period #bye!

[incorrect-monster-prom]

*at a house party*

Liam: *grabbing the mic* Hey, everybody! Are you having fun?

Crowd: Yeah!

Liam: LIARS! You’re all so FAKE! You make me SICK!

#monster camp #monster prom #monster roadtrip #incorrect quotes #btflglitch #liam de lioncourt #source: steven universe