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moistvonlipwig · 1 year

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Amphibia fandom, numbers #1,3,8,10,17,18,22,25

FROG VIOLENCE HELL YEAH!!!

the character everyone gets wrong

I feel like this applies to all three of Anne and Sasha and Marcy lol...like Anne is not some innocent victim of cruel Sasha, she sucks real bad all on her own and that's what makes her growth so joyous to watch...and Sasha is not evil and tbh she's not even that mean, she's controlling to Anne obviously and that's not okay but she's not like pointlessly cruel, she's just a 13 year old girl who got put in by far the worst situation in Amphibia out of the three of them...and Marcy is not an uwu innocent baby with horrible abusive parents, she straight up kidnapped her friends and then tried to do it again because she's, again, 13 years old and can't handle the thought of losing her friends. 13 year olds can be very cruel and impulsive and selfish but they're still kids and they can still grow and Amphibia doesn't shy away from either of those truths but I feel like the fandom does not have a good grasp on them lol.

common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

When people say Grime was a good influence on Sasha. I love Grime, he is my second favorite character after Sasha herself, but he was an adult who manipulated a 13-year-old girl he had imprisoned into helping him enact state-sponsored violence which he enjoyed perpetuating because he was, per his own words, "just a bully in a tower." Even in S2 when they become genuine friends, he encourages her to lie to her friends and help him take over Amphibia. Don't get me wrong, I loved their relationship throughout the show for how odd and funny and mutually-manipulative and, yes, strangely touching it could be, but it wasn't actually healthy or positive until Grime came back to help Sasha defend Wartwood in "Turning Point".

screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

Any variant of "Marcy should've stayed in Amphibia". Um...no? First of all the lesson she needed to learn was not to hide from change but to accept and embrace it so yes she needed to go back and accept that her parents were moving. Second of all...did y'all want her to never see her friends again or...??? Like I don't think Marcy would've liked that very much! Tbh there's probably more egregiously bad takes out there but that one's the most common bad take I've seen.

worst part of fanon

I feel a little bad about this one because I know headcanons can be very personal especially ones around gender but whyyy is masc!Sasha/butch!Sasha/transmasc!Sasha such a common headcanon. That girl is sooo feminine.

there should be more of this type of fic/art

There should be more art of DOMINO because she is a cute lil kitty cat. And Anne Boonchuy would agree with me. :3

it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

"Temple Frogs"!!! Why do I never see anyone talking about "Temple Frogs"!!! It's the best episode of 3A in my opinion. The reveal that Mrs. Boonchuy had all that tupperware she had to return in the first place because the community at the Thai temple cooked for her and her husband while Anne was gone...bro that got to me. ;_; And seeing the Plantars get involved at the Thai temple was sooo sweet, especially Hop Pop learning about khon. <3 It also has great character development for Anne as she returns to a more selfish and ungrateful mode of thinking before her mom calls her out and she realizes how valuable her community is.

your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

I love how the show depicts Amphibian society such that long before Andrias is revealed to be evil there are subtle but very noticeable hints of the rot underneath the glamor of Newtopia. The fact that the frogs of Wartwood are unfazed by political corruption and are so quick to turn on outsiders and each other -- the fact that the toads despite their apparent power over the frogs are stuck living in a tower engaging in near-constant violence -- the fact that Grime used to be a gladiator implying the existence of an underclass or possibly even slave class of toads who battle each other for the newts' entertainment and to gain power over each other -- the fact that Newtopia looks as nice as it does even though the rest of this is true...the worldbuilding is so well-done and paints such a convincing portrait of a society that keeps its lower classes battling at each other's throats so that they don't band together to fight against the upper classes who keep exploiting their labor and who in turn are little more than tools of the empire themselves. And the show does all of this without acting like the frogs are all pure angels or the newts are all evil aristocrats...they're all just people amphibians.

common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

"Why wasn't Anne sad 24/7 about Marcy in 3A??? :(" Well, because Amphibia is a sitcom about frogs. And because Anne compartmentalizes and refused to believe Marcy was dead to begin with. And also she had a lot going on in 3A. But perhaps most importantly, and I cannot stress this enough, Amphibia is a sitcom about frogs.

#thank u anon!!! twas so fun to enact frog violence on the frog fandom #frogblogging

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worstloki · 3 years

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B-15: prune on sight

Mobius: No! Don't do that! You don't have all the facts!

B-15: which are?

Mobius: he can still be useful to us!

#mobius is sweating #but for real #absolutely in love with the way Mobius says he's a fan but also doesn't hesitate to save his life bc he's useful and hurt him #what a toxic meanie #mobius: im a huge fan really. now lets discuss how im going to frame it as if you killed your mother even tho that's not what happened ;)#loki deadpan: kinky #what if he's in love with the evil variant y'all #what if he already tried hiring that other loki but he ran off #but this one is similar with only a few things different so he's putting his lot in to get the other loki back #this loki will get curious and start snooping too eventually and uncover the dark side of the TVA (*cough*)#but until then maybe he can pretend he's catching a regular variant and still has the old loki by his side #agjdbsukhfgsydfsk #the Loki show #loki spoilers #loki show spoilers

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nerdythebard · 3 years

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#10: Trevor Belmont [Castlevania]

Time to finish this little special with the man, the myth, the drunken legend of the series, Trevor Belmont of the House of Belmont. Poor Treffy, saved for last, and with such a long delay. Well, let's see what he brings into the game!

Next Time: Nothing like the refreshing taste of coffee with honey, eh?

Y'all know the drill. Let's examine what we need to make Trevor shine on the battlefield:

Whip It Good: The main weapon of the main man. Trevor's proficiency with the whips goes beyond the bedroom. He's precise enough to poke a guy's eye out. He's also pretty good with, well, anything he can find, including tavern mugs, rakes, or just his very own fists.

Monster Lore & Tactics: Now, Trevor himself said he's not been that keen on learning from his family's library, but we see him dropping bits and pieces of that monster hunter's lore. He also can sense magic and lead untrained villagers against a night creature attack.

Fancy Feet: Trevor is quite agile, able to keep up with Alucard's super-speed, climb up trees with ease, and do some nice tricks with his whip... and of course, reflexes like a cat!

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There's nothing troublesome about Trevor's race; just like Sypha, he's Human. Humans (Variant) get a +1 to two abilities, let's get Dexterity and Constitution, proficiency in one skill their choice (Acrobatics), they know Common and one additional language, and they can take a feat. Tavern Brawler gives us several benefits, fit for a rough-and-tumble monster hunter:

We increase our Strength or Constitution by 1;

We are proficient with improvised weapons (which means anything from broken glass to a dead vampire can be our weapon now);

Our unarmed strikes now use a d4 for damage instead of our Strength modifier;

When we hit a creature with an unarmed strike or an improvised weapon, we can use our Bonus Action (instead of Action) to grapple a target.

Since Trevor is the last member of the House of Belmont, and stores quite a number of artefacts and knowledge in the Belmont Hold, I think the Inheritor background from Sword Coast: Adventurer's Guide fits him well. We gain proficiency with Survival and one other skill from the list (let's get History), we learn one more language, proficiency in a gaming set or a musical instrument, and we get the Inheritance feature, which lets us create the Belmont Hold. Work out the details with your DM.

ABILITY SCORES

Our main ability will be Dexterity, it will work great when we get our whip. Constitution is next, we can take a few punches and we sober up pretty quick. Trevor loves his ale, much to Sypha's annoyance. Follow that up with Strength; some of Trevor's weapons use that instead of Dexterity.

Wisdom is next, we know what to do when fighting night creatures, even with common household objects. Intelligence is a little low, but Trevor himself said he was never really a fan of learning and doesn't know much about magic. Finally, we're going to drop Charisma... Trevor's social skills are lacking, and there's a reason he's the main himbo of the show.

CLASS

Level 1 - Fighter: We start off simply, as a Fighter. Our Hit Dice is a d10, and we start with [10 + Constitution modifier] Hit Points. We get proficiency with light armour, medium armour, heavy armour, shields, simple weapons, and martial weapons. Although we don't really see Trevor donning any protections (Giggity), we could assume give him leather or studded leather armour, and of course a whip as his main weapon. Our saving throws are Strength and Constitution, and we get to pick two class skills: let's get Intimidation and Perception.

Fighters begin by choosing their Fighting Style, and similarly to Alucard, we're going to pick Duelling. It gives us a +2 to our damage rolls if we're using only one weapon in hand.

We also get Second Wind, which lets us heal for [1d10 + our Fighter level] once per short or long rest, as a bonus action.

Level 2 - Fighter: At this level, we gain Action Surge. Once per short or long rest, we can take extra Action on our turn.

Level 3 - Fighter: This is where we select our subclass, our Martial Archetype, and what else fits a Belmont other than Monster Hunter from 2016 Unearthed Arcana. Starting as a Monster Hunter, we get some skill proficiencies (pick Insight and Investigation), and Combat Superiority feature. We get four d8 Superiority Dice, which we can use for a number of different benefits:

When making a weapon attack against a creature, we can roll a Superiority Die and add the result to the attack roll.

When making a weapon attack against a creature, we can roll a Superiority Die and add the result to the damage roll.

When we're making an Intelligence, a Wisdom, or a Charisma saving throw, we can roll a Superiority Die and add the result to the roll.

When making an Insight check or a Perception check, we can roll a Superiority Die and add the result to the roll.

We regain all expended Superiority Dice after finishing a short or long rest. We gain additional die at the 7th and 15th level.

With Hunter's Mysticism, we can cast Detect Magic as a ritual spell. Trevor was able to smell lingering traces of magic on artefacts and in locations. Once per long rest we can also cast Protection from Evil and Good, with Wisdom as our spellcasting ability. In addition, we learn a language wielded by supernatural creates: Abyssal, Celestial, or Infernal.

Level 4 - Fighter: Time to get our first Ability Score Improvement! Let's put one point in Wisdom, and the other in Strength.

Level 5 - Monk: Jumping into a more nimble class for a moment. At their 1st level, Monks get Unarmoured Defence, which makes our AC equal to [10 + Dexterity modifier + Wisdom modifier], provided we're not wearing armour.

With Martial Arts, we increase our hand-to-hand combat capabilities, which works pretty well with our Tavern Brawler feat. We can use Dexterity instead of Strength for our unarmed strikes and monk weapons. When we use an unarmed strike/monk weapon as an Attack, we can make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.

Level 6 - Monk: We get access to the Ki energy. Starting with 2 Ki Points, we gain access to the following abilities:

Flurry of Blows lets us spend 1 Ki Point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action;

Patient Defence burns 1 Ki Point to let us take the Dodge action as a bonus action;

Step of the Wind doubles our jump distance and lets us take the Dash or Disengage action as a bonus action.

At this level, we also get Unarmoured Movement. Our ground speed increases by 10 feet, provided we're not wearing armour.

Level 7 - Monk: Here, we pick our second subclass, our Monastic Tradition. With Trevor, who is undoubtedly the master of all weaponry, going with Way of the Kensei is an obvious choice. The Kensei Monks take training with their weapons to a whole new level, and the Path of the Kensei feature presents that perfectly. We get to choose two weapons: one melee and one ranged (whip and darts), those become our Kensei Weapons that gain special properties as we level up in this class. We gain three Kensei benefits when we choose this subclass:

Agile Parry gives us +2 on our AC if we have a Kensei weapon in our hand, and if on our previous turn we used it/made an unarmed strike.

Kensei's Shot lets us use a bonus action to improve our ranged weapons (we've seen Trevor using throwing knives, so darts seem to be the best equivalent). When we use our ranged attack, we can add 1d4 to our damage roll. We retain this property until the end of our turn.

Way of the Brush: We gain proficiency with either calligrapher's supplies or painter's supplies.

At this level, we also gain Deflect Missiles ability. If we're hit by a ranged attack (not a spell), we can use our reaction to reduce the damage by [1d10 + our Dexterity modifier + our Monk level]. If we manage to reduce the damage to 0, we catch the projectile, and we can use our reaction to make a ranged attack (20/60) with it.

Level 8 - Monk: We get another ASI! Let's put one point in Wisdom and another in Dexterity.

We also get Slow Fall. If we're falling, we can use our reaction to reduce the falling damage by [our Monk level x5].

Cat reflexes.

Level 9 - Fighter: Coming back to Monster Hunter, we get the Extra Attack feature. We can now attack twice instead of once when using our Action to attack.

Level 10 - Fighter: Halfway through the build, and it's time to get another ASI. We shall put another point into Dexterity and one into Charisma, to slowly get rid of the negative modifier.

Level 11 - Fighter: We get our first Monster Hunter upgrade. With Monster Slayer, whenever we expend one Superiority Die for whatever benefit, we can instead expend two. The Dice are expended as they normally would, but if the target is an aberration, a fey, a fiend, or an undead, we add the maximum number to the damage.

Level 12 - Fighter: Another ASI! Let's put +2 to our Dexterity to max it out (and actually giving our whip decent damage).

Level 13 - Monk: We jump back to Kensei for a second. This level would give Monks Extra Attack, but we already have that feature from the Fighter. If your DM agrees, pick the optional class feature, Focused Aim, from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. When we miss an attack, we can spend from 1 to 3 Ki Points to get +2 to our attack per each Point, to potentially turn the miss into a hit.

We also get Stunning Strike: when we hit our target with a melee weapon attack, we can spend 1 Ki Point to attempt to stun it. The target has to make a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + our proficiency bonus + our Wisdom modifier) or be stunned until the end of our next turn.

It is also at this Monk level (6th) that our Martial Arts die changes from a d4 to a d6,

Level 14 - Monk: Our punches become extra punchy with Ki-Empowered Strikes. From this point onwards, our unarmed strikes count as magical for the purposes of overcoming resistances and immunities to non-magical damage.

We also get an upgrade to the Kensei subclass. Thanks to One with the Blade we now get access to the Morningstar whip.

Our weapon attacks now count as magical, for the purpose of overcoming resistances and immunities. Additionally, once per turn, when we hit a creature with our weapon, we can add extra damage equal to our Martial Arts die roll.

At this level, our Unarmoured Movement gains extra 5 feet.

Level 15 - Fighter: At this level of Fighter, we get the Indomitable feat. Now we can re-roll a failed saving throw once per long rest. We have to use the new roll, even if it is lower.

Level 16 - Fighter: We get another subclass upgrade with Improved Combat Superiority. Our Superiority Dice change from a d8 into a d10.

Level 17 - Fighter: At this level, we get additional Extra Attack. We can now attack three times, whenever we use the Attack action on our turn. That gives us a possibility of up to six attacks when combined with Action Surge.

Level 18 - Fighter: Time for another ASI. Let's put one point into Charisma and one into Wisdom.

Level 19 - Fighter: Our Indomitable feature improves to two uses per long rest.

Level 20 - Fighter: Our capstone is Fighter 14, and we end it with an ASI. We put one point into Wisdom... and I hate to leave an odd number, but we have to distribute it somewhere. Let's put it into Intelligence.

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We've got Trevor Belmont. Let's see how he turned out:

To start off, we've got a really good defence. With an AC of 18, +5 to our initiative, and 45 feet of ground speed, we have a pretty good battlefield presence. We also have 181 Hit Points on average, so we can take a punch or two from a vampire.

Unfortunately, we have to manage our resources with five Superiority Dice and six Ki Points, making sure they don't fly by. We also are pretty vulnerable to Charisma and Intelligence saving throws.

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And that is it, that's all for the Castlevania trio. Once again, I am accepting requests for any fictional character you wish to see, and if not - we're going back to SMITE gods. That's it for now, tune in next time!

- Nerdy out!

#d&d #dnd 5e #dungeons and dragons #castlevania #netflix castlevania #trevor belmont #fighter #monster hunter #monk #kensei

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oyedeng · 3 years

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Wishlist: A Sacred Timeline Fakeout Twist

Alright, so hear me out. Mild spoilers for Loki 1x01, but mostly a speculative "this would be cool" mind game.

Currently, we're all operating under the assumption that the Time Keepers/TVA are the bad guys, and that the Sacred Timeline is our current up to date MCU canon, right. But what if that weren't necessarily as true as we think? Here is a plot twist I'd LOVE to see them do.

Because here's the thing. I already see all this time travel and multiverse talk take the focus away from our new heroes. Suddenly everything is about Steve Rogers again. And I can already smell that the bad guy TVA therefore the Sacred Timeline is bad therefore current canon is "bad" angle that some of y'all are leaning towards.

But what if both things are true - what if the Time Keepers are the bad guys and the Sacred Timeline they're controlling is the "Darkest Timeline" (Community reference ftw) - and what if the Sacred Timeline is not actually the MCU Phase 4 canon we've seen so far? Imagine we go through "Loki" and see hints of this.

Imagine if in the Sacred Timeline, Phase 3 concludes as we know it, but then we see that Wanda loses her battle against Agatha and never becomes the Scarlet Witch.

Imagine if in the Sacred Timeline, Walker kills Sam in the Warehouse Fight, just like he almost did in canon. Sam never becomes Captain America. There is only the US Agent.

Imagine if in the Sacred Timeline, Mysterio manages to kill Peter Parker. There is no Spider-Man.

Imagine if in rebelling against this idea of a pre-written destiny and a path dictated by some beings who do not allow for deviancy from the path, Loki unravels the Sacred Timeline, opening up the Multiverse - and opening up the Phase 4 canon timeline as not the only path the story could take, but the path the MCU canon follows. Imagine if Phase 4 was never the Sacred Timeline - it's the timeline allowed to exist through whatever Loki ends up doing - like maybe by swapping places with Infinity War Loki. Imagine variant Loki dying at Thanos' hands instead of Infinity War canon Loki, who then is free to roam the multiverse of his creation.

That way we get all the cakes and eat them too. We'd get Time Keepers = evil, we'd get Sacred Timeline = bullshit controlled by space lizards and their agency, we'd get chaos and freedom, AND we'd still get the Phase 4 canon so far being the "good" outcome we're rooting for, knowing there are other branches and universes that exist and are explored in content like the What If series, but not the mainline canon.

#loki #loki show #loki 1x01 spoilers #but mostly speculation #mcu #sacred timeline #tfatws #fatws #wandavision #sam wilson #bucky barnes #wanda maximoff #vision #agatha harkness

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pinktwingirl · 3 years

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Loki Series Rewrite (AKA Loki Series but with Squirrel Girl) Ep 6

INT. CITADEL - DAY

Loki, Sylvie, and Doreen tentatively step into the palace. Out of nowhere, Miss Minutes suddenly pops up.

MISS MINUTES

HEY, Y'ALL!

DOREEN

Oh, Jesus!

She jumps as Loki and Sylvie pull out their weapons.

SYLVIE

You again...

MISS MINUTES

Welcome to the citadel at the end of time! Congratulations! Y'all had an awfully long journey to get here. He's impressed.

SYLVIE

Who's impressed?

MISS MINUTES

He Who Remains!

(Beat)

LOKI

And who is he?

MISS MINUTES

He created all. And he controls all. At the end, it is only... He Who Remains. And he wants to offer you a deal. He's been making a few... creative adjustments. And he's worked out a way to insert you back in your timelines in a way that won't disrupt things.

Doreen looks creeped out by Miss Minutes as they talk.

SYLVIE

Won't "disrupt things"?

MISS MINUTES

Mmm-hmm! The TVA can keep doing it's vital work, and y'all can live the lives you've always wanted!

(She turns to Loki)

How would you like... to kill Thanos?

Loki and Doreen exchange a look.

MISS MINUTES

You could stop the snap from ever happening... and get the throne you've always wanted.

Doreen's eyes widen.

MISS MINUTES

You want the infinity gauntlet? Yours. Throne of Asgard? No problem.

Loki tenses.

MISS MINUTES

(to Sylvie)

What about you, missy? All those years on the run... Desperate... Alone... How would you like to wake up tomorrow with just a lifetime of happy memories? Everything... exactly the way you've always wanted.

She purposefully ignores Doreen. Sylvie shakes her head.

SYLVIE

It's fiction.

LOKI

We write our own destiny now.

MISS MINUTES

Sure you do... Good luck with that.

She disappears.

DOREEN

So, we're all in agreement that this is a trap, right?

(Beat)

LOKI

Let's keep moving.

INT. KANG'S CHAMBERS - DAY

After meeting Kang, he invites the three into his chambers.

KANG

Please. Take a seat.

(He picks up a tray of tea and sets the cups down in front of some chairs.)

Uh... Loki... Loki... and...

(He smiles at Doreen.)

Ah, Miss Green. What an honor to meet you. A class five mutant... the TVA doesn't see many of your type around very often.

(Beat)

You know what I find fascinating about you? Out of all your little... Avenger friends... you... are the most powerful. You just don't know it yet.

Doreen looks utterly baffled. Kang laughs.

KANG

You! Not the... god from space, or the... part-time Kree... but a little girl who runs around spending time with squirrels.

He continues to laugh as the other exchange a confused glance.

KANG

You know, life may not be fair, but it certainly does have a sense of humor.

SYLVIE

Who are you?

KANG

Oh, I've been dubbed many names by many people... A ruler... A conqueror... He Who Remains... A jerk... But most people just call me... Kang.

The three exchange a glance.

INT. KANG'S CHAMBERS - DAY

After Kang explains who he is, he gives Loki and Sylvie a choice.

KANG

So now, you can either... rule the TVA together, as two Lokis... or... kill me... and let the universe burn. And if you think I'm... evil... Just wait until you meet my variants.

(Beat)

I believe you've met my wife, Ravonna? She can verify all of this, if you want.

DOREEN

You're full of shit. You don't care about protecting anyone; you just want power. You just want to have control over everything. Well, you don't get to make our lives for us.

LOKI

She's right.

(He unleashes his blade.)

And we've come to put an end to your reign once and for all.

He starts to attack Kang, but before he can, Sylvie uses her magic to block him.

LOKI

Sylvie, what are you doing?

(Beat)

SYLVIE

Do you really think I'm going to let you destroy my only chance at claiming what belongs to me?

LOKI

What?

SYLVIE

The TVA took everything from me. Now, I'm going to return the favor. By taking over, I can control all of those agents. Everyone that ever laid a finger on me... I can send their lives to burn.

LOKI

You said you weren't interested in ruling the TVA...

Sylvie laughs.

SYLVIE

Don't you know yourself at all?

(She smirks.)

I lied.

Doreen's eyes widen.

SYLVIE

I've waited my whole life for this moment. And no one is going to take it from me. Least of all, you.

She starts to attack Loki, but Doreen lunges at her, knuckles spikes unleashed. Using her magic, Sylvie enchants Doreen's hand and raises her knuckle spikes up so she is a second away from slitting her own throat. The blade chokes Doreen as she struggles. Loki uses his own magic to keep Doreen in place as he stares down Kang and Sylvie. Kang laughs.

KANG

Well, all this drama is making me thirsty!

(He takes a sip of tea.)

Who's it gonna be? Who's gonna get the throne?

Sylvie scoffs at Loki.

SYLVIE

Oh, I see. You just want the TVA throne for yourself, don't you?

LOKI

Is that really what you think of me?

(His gaze saddens.)

You never trusted me. You were always going to betray me.

Sylvie laughs.

SYLVIE

That's what we do, Loki. We can't trust. And we can't be trusted.

DOREEN

(Struggling)

Don't... listen to her... Loki...

Kang jabs a finger at Doreen.

KANG

I wouldn't interfere with our proceedings if I were you, young lady.

Doreen glares at him as he stalks toward her.

KANG

I'll admit, you've been a bit of a thorn in my side... You were never supposed to be here, but you just had to show up and help your little friend... and make my job harder. You're a problem, Ms. Green. A problem that needs to be... eliminated.

(Beat)

LOKI

I agree.

He suddenly conjures up a dagger and stabs Doreen through the stomach. She screams as he opens up a portal with the tem-pad and shoves her through it.

INT. DOREEN'S APARTMENT - DAY

Doreen falls through a portal into her apartment. Gasping in pain, she reaches for the dagger sticking in her stomach, only to have it disappear in a green shimmer. After a moment, she lets out a weak laugh.

INT. KANG'S CHAMBERS - MOMENTS LATER

As the tem-pad portal closes, Kang bursts out laughing and starts applauding.

KANG

Wonderful job, Loki! Wonderful! You know, if I weren't an all-knowing, all-seeing... god, of sorts, I might've actually bought that!

Loki's eyes widen.

KANG

Well, no matter. She'll be taken care of once we're finished here.

(He smiles.)

You know, there's something almost... poetic about it. Loki... the god of mischief... the man who believed he was destined to rule over all of Midgard... is in love with a mortal.

Loki grits his teeth and looks down as Sylvie sneers at him.

SYLVIE

You're pathetic. I honestly don't know how you even survived this long.

LOKI

Sylvie, listen to me... Please don't go down this path. If you do this... all of our variants will be stuck here at the end of time forever.

SYLVIE

And why is that my concern?

LOKI

Because they're us! They're all us! Can't you see that your anger is turning you into the very thing you hate?!

(He places hands on her shoulders.)

Please, Sylvie... I don't want a throne... I don't want to hurt you... I know how you feel. I've been where you are. But hurting the people that caused you pain won't change what happened. It took me so long, but I see that now! And I know a part of you must, too.

(Beat)

SYLVIE

Well, I'm not you.

She attacks him, and they start to fight.

LOKI

Sylvie, no!

SYLVIE

I won't let you stand in my way!

Eventually, Loki and Sylvie's blades are locked.

LOKI

(Voice cracking)

Don't make me do this... Please...

SYLVIE

I'll kill you...

Loki suddenly stabs Sylvie through the chest. She grunts in pain and collapses to the floor as Loki looks on in horror. Sylvie dies as he takes his blade out. Kang begins to laugh coldly as Loki collapses to his knees and sobs.

KANG

Bravo, Loki, bravo! Looks like you're the last Loki standing.

Loki lunges at him with his magic, but Kang uses his own powers to restrain him.

KANG

I'm hurt, Loki. I am giving you the chance of a lifetime! Power! Control! Wasn't it you who one said... what was it? "Freedom is life's great lie"? Didn't you want to free people from the burden of freedom? Well, now you can! All you have to do is say "yes"... And you can finally have it... The throne... The key to the universe... All to yourself. Away from everyone who pushed you around your whole life. Your father... your brother... your so-called "friends"... They're of no consequence anymore. You'll have everything you've always wanted... All... alone...

Suddenly, all the other Lokis, even Alligator Loki enter. President Loki now has a hook for a hand.

KID LOKI

He's not alone.

Loki looks at them tearfully, and a hint of a smile grows on his face. Kang laughs.

KANG

Oh? So that's how it is? You want to be the hero now? You and I both know that's not who you are.

After a moment, Loki slowly rises to his feet.

LOKI

No...

(Beat)

I'm not a hero... And I'm not a villain...

He begins to unleash his power, with a green glow emanating from his hands. He suddenly projects multiple versions of himself around the room, some male, some female. They all talk in unison.

LOKI

I'm me... First... Last...

(His eyes start to glow green.)

Always...

As his power begins to grow, his TVA outfit shifts into elegant green armor with a cape and white fur around the collar. His crown of horns appears on his head, and his power begins to levitate him off the ground. Suddenly, the room begins to glow green, with the army of Lokis joining in with their magic. We see bits of green magic expanding the timeline off into different branches.

INT. TVA - MOMENTS LATER

Back in the TVA, Mobius, Hunter B-15, and all the agents rise as the building begins to glow in a green haze. Mobius watches the monitor in awe as he sees the timeline beginning to expand.

MOBIUS

Wow...

Suddenly, everyone's eyes begin to glow green.

INT. KANG'S CHAMBERS - MOMENTS LATER

Loki stretches his arms out as his magic continues to free the timeline. Kang's eyes widen as a burst of green power extends from Loki's hands and hits him. With the other Lokis joining in, ray after ray of magic hits Kang, until he finally vanishes. Suddenly, portal after portal opens around the room. His magic weakening, Loki finally collapses to the ground. The other Lokis rush to his side.

KID LOKI

Are you alright?

Loki slowly sits up.

BOASTFUL LOKI

You've done it. You've freed us.

(He looks around at all the portals.)

All the timelines have been restored. We can go home.

Loki looks around at all the other Lokis.

LOKI

Go on. You belong back home, with your families... Even if they're... complicated, at times...

(Beat)

We can live our own lives now.

The Lokis all start to go through their portals. Loki takes one last look at Sylvie's dead body before entering a portal back to the TVA.

INT. TVA - MOMENTS LATER

The TVA agents are all regaining their memories.

MOBIUS

Oh my god... Vanessa... Katie...

HUNTER B-15

I... I had a name... A real name once... Zoe...

CASEY

I... I remember now! I was a marine biologist! Back in San Francisco... Oh man, those sea lions are gonna be so mad at me when I get back...

Suddenly, Loki enters.

MOBIUS

Loki!

He hugs Loki.

MOBIUS

Where's Sylvie?

His face falls at Loki's silence.

MOBIUS

Oh... Oh, I'm sorry...

Loki bites his lip.

LOKI

Do you... remember now?

MOBIUS

Yes... I... I had a wife... and a daughter...

(He smiles.)

Thank you.

Loki nods towards the portal.

LOKI

They're waiting for you.

Mobius starts to head towards the portal. Before he walks through, he stops and gives Loki one last look.

MOBIUS

Whatever the future holds for you... I hope it's what you've always wanted. What you really want.

Loki smiles.

LOKI

Thank you.

MOBIUS

Oh, and...

(He tosses the tesseract to Loki.)

You might need this.

He exits through the portal.

INT. THE BENATAR - NIGHT

Loki appears in the Guardians' ship, holding the tesseract. Everyone turns to him.

DRAX

Empty-handed... And just when I thought I would have a decent snack around here for once.

LOKI

What? Wait, how long was I gone?

Thor shrugs.

THOR

Only around an hour. Why? What were you doing on Kylos, anyways?

Loki looks around at the Guardians.

LOKI

I... I'm going to Earth.

Before they can stop him, he vanishes with the tesseract.

INT. DOREEN'S APARTMENT - DAY

Loki and Doreen are sitting at a table in her apartment by the window. Loki pours himself a cup of tea, and Tippy-Toe brings him a sugar cube.

LOKI

Thank you, Tippy-Toe.

As he stirs the cube in his tea, Tippy-Toe extends her paw.

LOKI

Ah, yes, of course.

He conjures up another acorn and gives it to her.

DOREEN

Is that acorn number 78 or 79?

LOKI

79, I believe.

DOREEN

Huh. 12 more, and you'll have paid off your debt to her.

(She turns to Tippy-Toe.)

Will you like him then, Tippy?

Tippy-Toe squeaks in response.

DOREEN

Oh, "you'll consider it." Don't give me that!

Loki chuckles.

LOKI

Is Nancy home?

DOREEN

She's in class. My professors are letting me do my coursework online while... all of this gets sorted out. I mean, everything I do is on computers, anyways, so...

LOKI

I see.

Doreen glances at him as he stares blankly at his tea.

DOREEN

I'm sorry about Sylvie...

(Beat)

LOKI

Well, I guess it just goes to show that I... can't be trusted. Not even by myself.

DOREEN

No, Loki... What happened wasn't your fault. You tried your best to get through to her. But you can't control the actions of your variants; only your own. Just because Sylvie betrayed you... that doesn't make you a bad person. You deserve trust.

LOKI

Do you trust me?

DOREEN

Yeah. I do.

Loki lets out a bitter laugh.

LOKI

You know, a lot of people would call you naïve.

Doreen shrugs.

DOREEN

Doesn't mean that they're right.

Loki looks at her in surprise. He fixes his gaze out the window as Doreen sips her own tea.

DOREEN

There's something else, isn't there?

(Beat)

LOKI

I'm... I'm worried, Doreen. What if... What if I got this wrong?

DOREEN

What do you mean?

LOKI

What if it was a mistake to kill Kang?

DOREEN

Loki... You've freed trillions of people. You gave them back control over their own lives. That's not a mistake.

LOKI

I know; I just... What if Kang was telling the truth? About the multiversal war? What if... by freeing the timeline... I've unleashed something worse?

DOREEN

Loki... If it ever comes to that... We'll deal with it.

LOKI

How?

DOREEN

We'll figure it out.

(She extends her hand to him.)

And I trust you, so you trust me, too. Deal?

After a moment, Loki smiles and shakes her hand.

LOKI

Deal.

Doreen smiles.

DOREEN

Alright, enough of this doom and gloom. Here, give me your other hand.

Loki raises an eyebrow.

LOKI

Dare I ask why?

DOREEN

I'm gonna paint your nails! Duh!

(She takes out a bottle of black nail polish.)

Trust me, I have been wanting to do this for a while. Have you ever gotten your nails done?

LOKI

I... can't say that I have...

DOREEN

Ooh, well, you're gonna love it. I was debating what color to try on you, but then I figured I'd go for black. You have this very natural emo vibe to you.

Loki raises an eyebrow.

DOREEN

It means, like, dark and edgy and all that...

(She starts painting his nails.)

Wait, so there was actually a President Loki?

Loki chuckles.

LOKI

Yes, if you can believe it. You know, maybe I should run for president.

DOREEN

You can't! You have to have been born in the U.S.!

LOKI

Well, to be fair, I did die, and then I was reborn back into life at the Avengers compound, which is on American soil, so, technically, you could make the argument that I was born in the U.S.

Doreen snickers.

DOREEN

That is not how that works...

Her phone suddenly buzzes, and she picks it up.

DOREEN

Ooh! Look what Moby sent me!

She shows him a picture on her phone of Mobius riding on a jet ski with his daughter.

DOREEN

Look at my man out there living his best life! I'm so proud of him...

Loki chuckles, and she finishes painting his nails.

DOREEN

Okay, just let that dry for a bit. And that means no petting Mew, no matter how much she begs.

(She turns to Mewnir.)

I got my eye on you...

Loki smiles as she takes another sip of her tea.

LOKI

What will you do now?

(Beat)

DOREEN

I don't know...

(Beat)

You know, Ravonna told me that I was destined to spend the rest of my life in hiding.

LOKI

Well... the TVA is gone now. You're free to make your own life.

DOREEN

I know. I just... don't see how it could change. Right now, everyone either thinks I'm a criminal or some circus freak that needs to be locked up.

(Beat)

LOKI

That doesn't mean that they're right.

Doreen looks at him in surprise. A hint of a smile starts to grow on her face. After a moment, Loki clear his throat awkwardly.

LOKI

You know, you could... always come with me. I-I mean... me and my brother... and his friends. You wouldn't be an outcast there. We're... we're all... outcasts... in a way, I suppose...

(Beat)

DOREEN

I can't abandon the people here. There's still so much chaos going on after people returned from the snap... I have to help fix it.

Loki smiles at her.

LOKI

You're a good person, Doreen. They don't deserve you... But if you truly want to stay... then, I wish you all the best.

DOREEN

Thank you...

Doreen gives him a sad smile as he rises from his chair.

LOKI

Well, I suppose I can't put off returning to my brother and those buffoons any longer... By the way, do you think Kang really meant what he said? About you being the strongest Avenger?

Doreen scoffs.

DOREEN

Nah... He was just pulling my leg...

Loki chuckles.

LOKI

Goodbye, Doreen.

Loki and the tesseract vanish in a blue haze.

(Post-Credits Scene)

INT. HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE - DAY

Ravonna is stepping through the office where she used to work.

RAVONNA

When I worked here... I thought this was all my life could be... I never thought that I would be destined for something greater... But now, you've given my life purpose... A destiny that I can be proud of...

She turns and the camera pans to who she is talking to. One of Kang's variants is sitting in a seat.

KANG

Yes, dear... It's time for us to begin our... corrections...

“Love is a dagger... It’s a weapon to be wielded far away... or up close... You can see yourself in it... It’s beautiful... Until it makes you bleed... But ultimately, when you reach for it... It isn’t real.”

Y’ALL SEE WHAT I DID THERE??? (Also, you know I had to put that “wow” in there lol)

So, apparently, Loki isn’t going to be in Thor: Love and Thunder... Hmm... GUESS I’LL JUST HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, WON’T I??? Don’t worry, Squirrel Girl and Nancy will return!

Also, for the sake of my own sanity, I will now be considering these rewrites canon thank you and good night

@drawntothedarkside

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alirhi · 3 years

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If I wrote Loki pt 5

(Missed one? Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4)

Woo. Coming up on the end. It's been so hard to keep the same stupid storyline and just give Loki a bigger part to play (in his own motherfucking show) rather than just rewriting the whole bloody thing, but it's almost done! And trust me, guys, this has been deliberate (and painful), not a sign of lacking creativity. If I'd really written this thing, there would be no Mobius, no Sylvie, no TVA. It would have been properly about Loki and would not just be a six-hour commercial for the multiverse. Of course, it almost definitely would have also involved Loki in a poly relationship with Sigyn and Bucky if I was allowed to truly run wild 😂 so I'm not saying I'm perfect lmao

Alright. Let's get on with this, shall we?

Episode 5! Almost done! We start with the TVA side of things. Mobius is struggling to calm the other agents and keep them from killing anyone else, not an easy task when enraged, grief-stricken Sigyn is trying to kill them all. He manages to get close to her just long enough to whisper He's not dead; not yet. He slips a Tempad into her hand, winks, and then steals a weapon and prunes her. Happy now? he grumbles at his coworkers, tossing the thing (seriously, what were those called? I keep wanting to call it a melty stick, but this show isn't worthy of a Grandmaster reference XD) back to the stunned agent he'd stolen it from. We have the psycho Variant. Job well done, right? Let's get her processed.

So much for friendship, Sylvie growls at him, horrified by how casually he just murdered Sigyn. I never said I was their friend, Mobius points out, though there's a quick flash of fear and regret as he glances back at the spot where Sigyn once stood. He doesn't know her well enough to care how things go for her, but he's praying she can help Loki. There was no way he could have sent Sylvie; she's feral, she doesn't trust anyone and can't be trusted, and there's no way she and Loki can work together.

Cut to Loki appearing in the pruned dimension. Again, can't remember if it had a name. I only watched these episodes once each, which was more than enough 🤮

Anyway, he doesn't fall out of nowhere; the orange sparks that he disintegrated into on the other side are what come together to recreate him here. He meets a few other Lokis; at least two of them are his age and blue. One is wearing Jotun clothes, and he smirks at OG Loki's look of surprise. "I went straight to Jotunheim after killing Laufey. I only had my throne for a few moments before those wretched TVA people showed up, but it was still mine."

"Did it make you happy?" Loki asks, a tired, resigned smile on his face. He knows the answer before King Loki says anything, and only smiles a bit wider when he says "No. I never wanted any throne." Loki nods and picks up King Loki's train of thought: "Only ever wanted to be seen and valued. But the only thing the house of Odin values is power." They take him to the underground bunker.

His interactions with the other Lokis aren't played for laughs. There's some lighthearted stuff (I'd keep Croki and his reaction to him, because that was genuinely funny) but mostly Loki meeting other Loki variants (several of them female and no one bats an eye) is to show that he was never evil. Self-serving and a little weaselly at times, especially when he was younger, but not evil. King Loki is horrified that OG Loki tried to destroy Jotunheim. OG Loki, in turn, can't even look at Feral Loki who never deluded himself into thinking Odin would ever love him and ran away as a child. Like Old Loki, he kept himself hidden for years before he got lonely and sloppy and the TVA found him.

Each new story more heartbreaking than the last; each new Loki variant reveals more of the horrors they've suffered in service of the TVA's "sacred timeline" before being sent to this place to die. But Lokis don't die; they fight, and they survive. They're all tired. They're all a bit broken. A few have had idle passing thoughts of finding a way out, a way home, but what would be the point? After all, they'd only be sent back again. Princess Loki quietly illustrates this point by revealing that she did get out, once. She ran to her husband and wife - Baldur and Nanna; she loved Sigyn, every Loki who's ever met Sigyn has loved her, but like many of them, she never had the courage to tell her, so she latched onto the pair who would have her - and they didn't recognize her. Their connection had been erased, and her once-partners only knew her as the Trickster who'd once almost gotten Baldur killed. She was captured and sent back to this wretched place, and with nothing left to hold onto on the other side, stayed.

"Then there is a way out," is OG Loki's takeaway. He remembers the prank that had nearly killed Baldur, and he cringes a little, but quickly moves on. He needs to get out, get home. "Where is 'home', Loki?" King Loki challenges him, and that makes him pause. He'd only learned about his Jotun heritage a year ago, Asgard was slated to be eradicated... "Sigyn," he murmurs. "Sigyn is home."

"Then I suppose this is home now." Loki spins to face the source of the snarky voice behind him, and throws his arms around Sigyn, overwhelmed with joy to see her. One of the other Lokis had found her and brought her to the bunker, and all the Lokis are staring at her, missing their own connections with her, but this isn't their Sigyn, so they stay away. She smiles and backs up, holding out the Tempad. "Or we can find a new home."

He takes it, and glances at the others. "Our greatest failing is that we've always done everything alone. Look where that's brought us - all of us, no matter what path we try to take, we're all here." One of them points out that the TVA is why they're there, and he nods. "That's my point. Alone, not one of us can stop them. Our sister tried, and I brought her into their clutches." He points to Princess Loki. "She tried to escape them, but they made sure she was alone. This is not my fate. I refuse. If I can't count on myself, well..." A mocking smirk at his other "selves" turns into a fond, nervous smile as he turns to Sigyn. "I suppose I'd better start counting on someone else for help."

"There is not a single Loki that's ever existed who wouldn't die for that woman," King Loki points out, giving Sigyn a shy smile. She laughs, blushes, and turns to OG Loki, who only shrugs and nods with a sheepish smile of his own. "We can address that later," she assures him. "For now, what's the plan, Loki?"

"If Sylvie can enchant, so can I. We're twins." He grins, putting the Tempad away. "That's a handy failsafe, but I'd like to be done running. I say we enchant the guard dog outside and find out what it's guarding."

Meanwhile, Mobius and Sylvie (I'd be happy to forget about them both, but y'all like them, so...) are discovering the truth behind the "Time keepers". Finding out the whole thing was a sham, Mobius is 100% done. He and Sylvie work together to remind as many agents as they can who they once were, trying to dismantle the TVA from within. While the small army of Lokis (and the beautiful Sigyn ❤) march right up to the hungry murder cloud, Mobius and Sylvie wake up as many variants-turned-agents as they can.

Episode 6 (season 1 finale)

#loki #loki series #loki negativity #fixing bad writing #if i wrote the series #episode 5 #almost done #thank gods

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misbhaves · 5 years

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tom ellis + cisgender male + he/him.┊ ❛ ━ hey, is it just me or do you hear burning alive by 8 graves playing in the distance ? oh, thats ange, a chaotic evil member of the league of villains. i suspect they might be lucien latierre, a forty-one year old geneticist with the ability of angelic-force manipulation. according to my sources, he can be intelligent, but also extreme which is probably why they remind everyone of dinner tables with single-settings and expensive bottles of wine so much. anyway, a supervillain or not, crystalline city is keeping a close eye on them! (y'all know who it is.) // applying for c/harriet’s wanted connection + leader of the syndicate.

+ ok hi first off a full intro in my usual style will be available tomorrow once i have slept and had time to write one but in the meanwhile i wanted to write a sort of mini-intro to give y’all a taste.

+ my name is seven and i am here to introduce daddy latierre, lucien, aka ange, aka the leader of the syndicate of villains.

rejoice, for you have been saved.

anyway:

+ lucien is a forty-one year old geneticist who has a respectable career, fat wads of money, a brain that processes information far too quickly for anyone’s sanity and the sharpest tongue this side of .. whatever american’s say. mason-dixon line or something.

+ he is almost painfully jocular, always cracking a joke or making a witty remark instead of taking things seriously (in the event that he is not seriously pissed off, which we’ll get to).

+ but his cheerful demeanour should not be taken for granted. within him, lies a darkness that is almost too heavy to cope with.

+ lucien was born to a good, god-fearing family. his father was a surgeon, and, to date, one of the best surgeons that have ever worked in crystalline city. his mother, on the other hand, tended to the house and his schooling.

+ the fact she wasn’t a working woman, though, should bear no commentary on her intelligence because he gets his acerbic wit from her.

+ when he was around 11 he first discovered that he was not entirely normal. something to do with waking up one morning with wings sprouted from his back.

+ fearful and unsure how to retract them, the boy immediately told his parents. his father, while having sworn an oath to do no harm, took to the situation unkindly and tried correcting him by force.

+ it was t his incident, amongst others, that would show lucien that while his father held the highest regard for life, that affection only extended to human life.

+ and to his father he, and others like him, were not worthy of that same courtesy.

+ his father’s attempt to correct him left him crippled, with one wing almost completely destroyed in the assault.

+ he was always very bright in school, testing at a higher level than his peers and so it only seemed fit that he would go into medicine like his father before him, although his father was a figure of torment and abuse throughout most his life.

+ somewhere in the middle here you should know he met harriet haggis, who would go on to become the great love of his life. she, with all her genius, built him a mechanical wing that sprouts and moves as naturally as his organic one.

+ however, it was during college, when he was about to complete his pre-med degree (chronologically anyway) that his son was born.

+ idk man i think that robin being born really changed his world-view. his desire to protect mutant life was so great at this point that he just !!!

+ well as you know he and harriet were both heroes eventually before he became the bad guy but it’s important to know he doesn’t see himself as the bad guy at all.

+ in fact there’s nothing cartoonish about his villainy. he has a messiah complex and believes that what’s best for mutant life / the mutant community and what’s best for the humans are no longer aligned goals.

+ so unlike his dear ex-wife, whose supers help civilians, he suddenly had zero desire to serve a people who would only shun people of his kind.

+ instead, he kind of wants to save mutants and help humans realise mutants are superior and should have power and control lmao

+ he’s a very charismatic person and definitely would not come across as like, kill yo wife evil. he’s evil in a very layered way that comes down to his methods and his morals and how far he would go to get what he wants.

+ and he’s all about accepting the disenfranchised mutants under his wing and giving them purpose without judgement so i guess this is how he winds up with literal serial killers in his rank.

+ pce and love to all of them, though, including the murderous ones (especially the murderous ones).

anyway more coming tomorrow i just wanted to give you guys a BRIEF i guess.

POWERS / ABILITIES / WEAKNESSES

POWER: ANGELIC FORCE MANIPULATION: The user of this power possesses and is able to use strong angelic power. This ability not only grants the user great strength, abilities, and control over numerous variations of holy energies, but also allows them to overwhelm weaker angels as well as rival that of powerful sacred entities.

VARIANTS:

1) ANGEL PHYSIOLOGY: literally an angel.

2) ANGELIC COMBAT: uses angel powers to fight like a literal angel.

3) ANGELIC MAGIC: aforementioned angel powers.

WEAKNESSES:

- Weak to demonic force manipulation (but also strong against it. From my understanding it’s like they can nerf each other)

- Divine power immunity/negation

- Corruption augmentation

- His emotional weaknesses (like family) are limited but pretty stronq so.

#gloryhqs.intro

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wolverinedoctorwho · 5 years

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Made a couple of new Special Inheritor characters so Imma talk about them!

How to make a Special Inheritor:

* Human Variant, Inheritor background

* Pick an inheritance that is a living plant, insect, or animal. Be as specific as possible. Rather than having a magical grove of trees, have a magical grove of pines, or larches.

* Make all of their proficiencies plant or animal based, based on their inheritance.

* They must be a caster of some sort

* All of their spells are themed around their inheritance. For example, instead of Ray of Frost, Charlotte has Ray of Pumpkin, which sprays freezing cold pumpkin guts at her opponent.

* Their appearance should reflect their inheritance somehow. For example, Barbara has red and green hair to look like a strawberry.

* I gave all my Inheritors normal names. You can pick any name you want, but I like the thematic simple names. Inheritors have no last names.

* When choosing an inheritance, try to shoot for ones that aren't commonly thought of in a combat scenario. Yes, a pack of wolves or a pride of lions may be a cool inheritance, but they're less impressive than a patch of strawberries in terms of making the harmless harmful.

* Decide how long the inheritance has been in the family, and reflect that in the character's real or perceived level of power. I made all my Inheritors level 5 to make them easily usable in games, but Michael *feels* more powerful than Barbara because his generations go back farther than hers.

* In terms of parentage: Only one Inheritor in a generation can be receiving power at a time. When a child Inheritor reaches an appropriate age to take over control, their parent dies. Inheritor parents tend to stay single, as Inheritors are pretty solitary in order to protect their Inheritance.

* The Inheritance is the Inheritor's entire life, identity, and world. Their inheritance gives them power and a longer life span. Without their Inheritance, the Inheritor will gradually lose power, and in some cases, die. To destroy an Inheritance is to threaten the life of an Inheritor, and anyone who even accidentally destroys an Inheritance will have more than good reason to receive a lifetime of hate from the Inheritor they wronged.

* Generally, Inheritors are too secluded to know of one another, but it is not impossible for more sociable or migratory Inheritors to run into other, more static Inheritors and keep tabs on them. (I don't know what happens if they get married.)

Those are the rules I used making these, for anyone who wants to see my process or conceptualize a Special Inheritor of their own. They play basically like normal casters, but with themed spells like mentioned above.

Anyway, character blurb time!!

1. Charlotte, inheritor of The Grand Pumpkin. For nine generations, Charlotte's family has been caretakers of The Grand Pumpkin, a house-sized gourd that is the source of their power. Her hair is naturally silver, as she is much older than she appears. Left alone in the woods, Charlotte has become convinced that she need not rely on others to support her, as her small farm and her witchy powers from the pumpkin have given her all she needs to live, and is grouchy at best and capricious at worst when forced to interact with others. She does, however, have a soft spot for children, and will agree to extend a helping hand to truly worthy causes.

2. Alexander, inheritor of The Hive. The Hive has been around for longer than he can remember. So long, in fact, that the bees contained within have begun to be revered by Alexander's family. From The Hive, Alexander derives food from the honey, wax from the combs, and miraculous clerical power from within the very bees themselves. Alexander is cheery and helpful, though prolonged social exposure will reveal that he would much rather be tending to his large flower garden and the bees who pollinate it. Alexander also makes his own tea blends.

3. Barbara, inheritor of The Glowing Strawberries. Though the berries have only been in Barb's family for five generations, they have already given her a large amount of druidic ability, which she uses in turn to tend to and chase off animals who would seek to graze her patch. Aside from the patch, she also has a hutch with a decent collection of rabbits she caught nibbling on her berry leaves that she fell in love with. Barb's hair naturally turns red at the ends and is green at the roots. Barb is a hard-working, heart-on-her-sleeve farmgirl, and never one to turn down a chance to have a little fun or help someone out, especially if she can do both at once.

4. Michael, inheritor of The Heavenly Doves. The twelve generations of his family have held a steadfast belief that their glorious doves were given to them by the gods for a divine purpose. Using the power invested in them by the doves, the paladins of Michael's family have migrated from province to province as a force against extreme evil. A house lived in by one of Michael's line is a house fully pure and full of divine influence. Coming from such a line, Michael is fully aware of the responsibilities placed upon his muscular shoulders, and will not hesitate to use his strength and power to combat evil; however, he is also good at heart and enjoys seeing the smiles on the faces of the people he helps to protect.

Sorry this is such a long post, hope at least one person found this cool, lemme know if y'all have thoughts on this

#dungeons and dragons #5e #homebrew #inheritors #OCs #ok to reblog #ask me about my ocs

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anautisticdragon-blog · 7 years

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The Cymru Dragon -- The Original Western Dragon

I've always wanted to talk about this. For those who aren't aware, Cymru is the name of the land spoken in the native tongue for Wales. So, would you look at that, there's a bloody dragon on that flag. What's that about, then? Thanks to the joyous labours of Christianity -- blessed be their immortal streams of shit -- the dragon in the Western world is seen generally as a symbol of evil. How dreadfully dull. A creature so fantastic and all those bible thumpers of yore could think to do with it was demonise it? A starkly depressing show of minds starkly bereft of imagination, I pity those who can't dream. Wasn't always that way. History didn't begin with some bugger in a crib whose birth-date was shifted to align with the Celtic winter solstice in a desperate bid to assimilate them. It's been around for a really long time, history! Though the way some armchair historians tell it you'd almost think that the world blinked into existence with the birth of Christ and any precursors were figments of our imagination. I should be careful with that, though. I don't want to give the Creationists and Flat Earthers any more fuel, now do I? Still, long and short of it is that the contemporary Western dragon is but a shadow, a depraved perversion of something once far, far more grand that aligned with the Eastern understanding of draconic symbolism. It was quite lovely. You're really missing out by not knowing. It's why I'm here to tell you, now. It's also why I'm really quite pleased with the Welsh flag, and how it's stood proud despite the efforts of gud god-botherin' right 'n noblefolk trying to cast it down in a sea of rather angry flames. That gives me just a little hope for humanity. Frankly, I think that the loss of the Welsh flag would likely strike a final blow for me were it to ever be overturned. The soulless, dead-eyed homunculi would've won, their mission to eradicate every fantastic thing we might e'er be proud of would enjoy a revelrous victory, albeit a heinous crime for anyone with an ounce of creativity to them. That's enough angry ranting for the immediate present, though. I ask that you forgive the digression and I'll get back on track. Why does it mean so much to me? As I said, it all goes back to what the Western dragon used to be before it was twisted by Christianity. Why? There were many attempts made to demoralise, brainwash, and assimilate the Celtic peoples. There was lots of that going around back then, organised religion does that, you know? Why do you think most people aren't fond of organised religion? Even someone as left leaning as myself who's fully invested in globalisation understands the worth of protecting culture. I just realise that you don't have to practice vile white supremacist hierarchical, othering bollocks in order to do that. I need a counter for how many people I might be pissing off with this post. It's a bit of fun though because there's absolutely nothing here that would cause anyone emotional harm, after all. Just the indignant offence of the special snowflake. What did the dragon used to be, then? Well, for one thing, there were two variants. One was a serpent with no limbs to speak of, the other was similar to what you'd think of as the Western dragon today. That lovely beast adorning the Welsh flag with all his glorious majesty, then. And I hope he'll keep adorning it for many, many millennia to come. He's really very important to us. The Celtic people saw the dragons as stand-up types. The kind of person who'd look out for you, self-sacrificing, caring, and with love for all living creatures. Pretty rad, right? They were almost equal to the Celtic gods, powerful and wise beasts to be sure. Where they walked were called the 'dragon paths,' and where the dragons sat to rest were areas of great power. To explain this concept to the layperson I'd say it's a similar notion to ley lines. I'm always amused when some nerd tries to use Christian artwork to show that heraldry supports the existence of wyvern-like dragons. No, it doesn't. No one wants the wyvern-dragon, besides the far less gifted among us. They're the hip, cool '90s dragons, wearing their baseball caps backward in a desperate bid to distinguish themselves and stand out from the crowd. How would the yanks put it? They're the Kool-Aid of dragons. Furthermore, these unfortunate sods would even use this position to push misinformation with the talent of a true born sophist. Y'see, if it doesn't exist in Christian artwork, it's not a Western dragon. What a load of old balls. They would purport, being as completely wrong as they possibly could, that the six-limbed/four-legged dragon is a contemporary construct. "Thum thar durgans is wut them Wizurds'a th'Coast gon dun wit' durgans, t'ain't in th'eraldry so y'all tell them D&D nerds that wut they think durgans is, t'ain't real! So y'all go put them straight!" I have news for you. It's delightful news, really. My heraldry is older than your fucking heraldry, mate! Mine goes way back, yours is nothing but a writhing newborn by comparison. So the next time someone suggests that the four-legged dragon isn't supported by Da Heraldry, that only the idiotic looking Skyrim-esque dragon is? Oh, please do show them the Welsh flag and slowly explain to them in measured, careful tones with very easily digested monosyllabic words just why it exists. No, I'm not fond of those abortions we had foisted on us in Skyrim and the unfortunate (in that they exist) Hobbit films. To me, it looks like what would happen if you amputate a dragon. All of that sad-looking wobbling around on their chests is pitiable, really. I'd hardly say that's befitting the noble, powerful beast we call dragon. Oh, I know why they exist. The simpletons too brain-lazy to even realise what's wrong with the argument claim that these amputated dragons are 'less realistic' than dragons who haven't gone through an entirely unnecessary forelimb removal. I bet these people are the same kind of incredibly special person that believes circumcision serves any kind of purpose. They're probably anti-vaxxers and climate change deniers as well. Oh, let's go the whole hog. I can't imagine anyone this dense wouldn't also be a Creationist. I've probably made a lot of people angry at this point, though they aren't very good people in that those I've made angry are all the kinds of people who're doing damage to our world. The ones that could really use a wake-up call to stop their decaying, withering influence that makes things so terrible for everyone else. And yeah, calling those mass media creations made 'for idiots, by idiots' dragons to a Welsh person? Yeah, that's pretty fucking bad, too. I reject your beasts intended for consumption by worryingly simple minds and substitute something entirely better. Seriously, what gets me at the end of the day is that amputated dragons are magically more realistic?????? Let me put this into context! This sorry bastard who's basically a dragon who's had his forelimbs amputated is 'believable?' This magnificent bastard who's basically a dragon fortunate enough to have kept his forelimbs is 'too strange to be believable?' I'd love to hear the arguments behind that. No, really, i would. I can only imagine how much of a laugh I'd get out of it. Wait. Then it would hurt me, I'd remember wearyingly unintelligent the average person can be. No... No, don't tell me the arguments. Thanks. I'm just going to stand by my position that these contemporary abominations are Kool-Aid creations for simpletons. Give me something like the Welsh dragon any day!

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An Introduction to the "SAIYUKI" Anime

An Introduction to the SAIYUKI Anime... As Told By a Fan Who Read the Manga Almost a Decade Ago

By Dee Hogan

After being off the air for nearly 13 years, Saiyuki has at last returned to grace our televisions with attractive men beating the crap out of each other while waxing poetic about their dark-and-stormy pasts. But with Saiyuki's previous anime seasons scarce and its manga volumes even scarcer, you might be hesitant to check out the new series.

Well, fear not! I, an ardent Saiyuki fan who read the manga as it was coming out almost 10 years ago, am here to provide you with the story exactly as I remember it. Which is to say: Very vaguely! Now you, too, can enjoy Saiyuki Reload Blast as if you were right there with the rest of the fandom, reading the manga in the mid '00s, selling the volumes to help pay for grad school, and now racking your brain to piece together the semi-existent plot of that gloriously feelsy action series you still love so very, very much.

Come along with me on this journey, won't you? This journey...TO THE MAX!

Caution: Loving irreverence, questionable accuracy, and spoilers for the Saiyuki and Saiyuki Reload manga below. Content warning for mentions of child abuse.

But First, a History Lesson!

Saiyuki began as a manga created by Kazuya Minekura. Well, I guess technically it began as the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Saiyuki is based on that classic epic, in the same way that Taco Bell is based on Mexican food.

Journey to the West is a Buddhist-inspired comic adventure story that follows a monk, a monkey king, a half-pig man, and an exiled immortal as they travel to India to retrieve sacred sutras. It's a complete story that has been translated in its entirety into English, unlike the Saiyuki manga, which is neither complete nor fully translated. Tokyopop imploded (along with half the U.S. anime industry) in the late '00s, leaving us one volume short from finishing Saiyuki Reload, and we've seen neither hide nor hair of the manga since. I am still salty about this.

Pictured: Saiyuki sexily locked out of the U.S.

The anime adaptations have fared somewhat better, at least: the three TV series (Gensomaden Saiyuki, Saiyuki ReLoad, and Saiyuki ReLoad Gunlock) were all released in the U.S., as was the film (Saiyuki Requiem) and the most recent OVA series (Saiyuki Gaiden). I only caught about 15 episodes of the anime, but my memory is that it's a reasonably faithful adaptation, albeit one that tones down the R-rated elements and adds a bunch of filler stories. Depending on where you live, you can stream both the original TV series and the Gaiden OVAs, but the two ReLoad sequels are confined to dusty DVD shelves for the time being.

And if all these title variants are confusing you, then congratulations! You're well on your way to being a Saiyuki fan, because they're confusing to me, too. Saiyuki is to manga as Kingdom Hearts is to video games. The series has been running off and on for twenty whopping years, and it's splintered in a bunch of directions along the way. For now, all you really need to know is that the central story goes Saiyuki, then Reload, then Reload Blast. Everything else is prequels and side stories.

As for what that central story is all about, well...

The Story!

Saiyuki takes place in Shangri-La, a fantasy world created by plucking Chinese fiction and history fruits from across the centuries, tossing them in a blender, and adding a splash of good old-fashioned manga tropes for spice. Humans and youkai share the land, six-shooters are as common as swords, and the main characters ride around in a jeep that's actually a dragon. (Or is it a dragon that's actually a jeep?)

Things are going great until a youkai sorceress hooks up with a mad scientist and they start brainwashing youkai into murdering the faces off every human they can get their hands on. Then the local humans start panicking and murdering the faces off every youkai they can get their hands on, whether they've been brainwashed or not, and pretty soon everyone in Shangri-La is starting to feel pretty Shangri-Low.

To keep the peace, the local Bodhisattvas decide to send their Top Man, Double-Oh Sanzo, out West to find the culprits and tell them to knock it off. Our priest is joined on his quest by three companions: Goku, Gojyo, and Hakkai, each with their own uniquely upsetting backstory and particular set of skills. They're also all youkai (or at least youkai-adjacent), but they've been equipped with handy-dandy power limiters to keep them from going berserk like the others.

Together our quartet travel across the lands, getting into scrapes, fighting off the minions their mysterious antagonists send after them, and frequently threatening to kill each other as they journey ever Westward, hoping to one day reach their foes and stop their nefarious scheme.

And I'd tell you all about that nefarious scheme, but I have straight-up forgotten it. The Big Bads' oh-so-sympathetic underlings are prominent in the original Saiyuki series, but then they have to take an extended spa vacation, so most of Reload is one long semi-self-contained arc about cowboys and necromancers. It's GREAT, mind you, but all the tension and shootouts and good good angst have shoved what's-her-name and scientist-face and their plan to do something-or-other straight out of my head.

Honestly? It doesn't matter. Saiyuki is about the journey, not the destination. More to the point, it's about the people you get to hang out with along the way.

And speaking of...

The Characters!

There are a lot of compelling supporting characters (mostly antagonists) who drift in and out of the Saiyuniverse, particularly Kougaiji and his merry band of Youkai In Need of Hugs. But the story is carried by its four protagonists—most of whom you're also going to want to hug, and two of whom may try to kill you if you do—so you're gonna want to get to know them.

A chain-smoking, booze-slinging, trigger-happy, permanently irritated Buddhist priest, he's the current holder of the Sanzo title and the wielder of some very powerful sutras, though he's usually content to keep those stored away and just shoot people in their dumb faces instead (all faces are dumb to Sanzo, I'm pretty sure). He met his trio of party members through various traumatic adventures and brought them together, offering them a chance to start over. Despite his grouchy exterior, deep down he's a good guy.

...Deeper than that. No, further. Little further. There it is! See? Good guy.

Sanzo's history is told in fits and starts, which is to say I can't keep it straight anymore. I feel pretty confident saying he had a rough childhood, because this is Saiyuki we're talking about. And I know he witnessed his master's murder and it messed him up right proper. I have a working theory that Mr. Mad Scientist (Jianyi! That's his name!) is involved, because he used to be a Sanzo priest himself and sure seems to know a lot about our Sanzo, but take that with a grain of salt. Sure would make for some good drama though, yeah?

Goku's the youngest-looking of the gang and often acts like it. Don't let that fool you, though: He's actually a powerful monkey king who was imprisoned on a mountain for hundreds of years. His memory's as patchy as mine, so all he really remembers is being lonely and then Sanzo freeing him and then him not being lonely anymore. See, happy things do happen in this story!

Like another Son Goku you may know (who's also based on the monkey king in Journey to the West, by the by), this one fights with a staff and loves to eat. He's generally cheerful and friendly, but if you take off his diadem, he gets real angry, and not just because that diadem brings his whole outfit together, you uncultured boor. Mostly it's because the diadem is his power limiter, and removing it makes him hulk out somethin' fierce.

I know this is the part where I'm supposed to say “you won't like him when he's angry,” but berserker Goku leads to some of the best fights and dramatic beats of the series. I like him when he's angry a lot more than I should.

Half-youkai, half-human, Gojyo is the child of a “forbidden” affair between the two species. A literal redheaded stepchild, he was abused by his youkai stepmom and shunned by society at large. He had an older brother he loved (not like that, you pervs) who stepped in to defend him, to the point where he was eventually forced to kill his own mother to protect his brother. The two eventually meet again and it's... it's real sad, y'all. Gojyo's backstory is real sad.

Nowadays he's a foul-mouthed gambler who likes to pick fights with Sanzo and quarrel with Goku, but he's maybe the most loyal member of the team and (despite being the least powerful) doesn't hesitate to step up to defend others. An asshole with a heart of gold, more or less. He fights with a sickle-flail that doesn't make sense but looks real cool, and he's technically a womanizer, but don't let that stop you from 'shipping him with one of his teammates. Gojyo is Extremely Shippable, you see.

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who think Hakkai is the best character in Saiyuki, and those who are wrong. Since the rest of the team has zero chill, Hakkai has an excess of chill to balance them out. Perpetually smiling and perpetually The Saddest, he's the team peacemaker and magic user, the owner-driver of the Dragon-Jeep, and a secret badass. Hakkai has removed his power limiters exactly twice, and exactly twice he has ruined his opponents. Other fun facts include: Can and will drink you under a table. Technically died once to save his friends. (Don't worry, he got better.)

His backstory is basically one big D: emoji. Born a human, he had an older sister he loved (yes, exactly like that, you pervs) who was kidnapped by the resident evil youkai noble. Hakkai slaughtered ONE THOUSAND MUTHAFUGGIN YOUKAI on his way to rescue her, but she died anyway because Kazuya Minekura is a cruel, cruel manga-ka. Also, it turns out that when you slaughter ONE THOUSAND MUTHAFUGGIN YOUKAI, you, uh...turn into a muthafuggin youkai yourself. Womp womp.

Hakkai wasn't doing so hot after all that. In a fit of guilt and despair, he even ripped out his own eye to appease a vengeful youkai (he eventually replaced it with a fake one, and got a rad monocle to match). He was ready to rip out the other eye, too, but Team Sanzo showed up in time to slap his hand away and offer him a new life and a second chance. They're his FAMILY now and he loves them VERY MUCH and they all need to PROTECT each other and—

Er. Ah-hem.

So. Uh. Yeah. I used to scour eBay looking for a UFO doll of this guy because that's how badly I needed to give him a hug. Hakkai is Best Boy. It is known.

Okay, But What's it About?

Kicking ass and having feelings and looking damn fine while doing it.

And if that's not enough for you, then here's a bit more: The title of the manga (最遊記) is a play on the Japanese title for Journey to the West (西遊記). They're both read as Saiyuki, but the manga replaces the kanji for “west” with the kanji for “most” or “extreme.” With one simple character, our journey to the West has turned into a journey... TO THE MAX!

And, honestly, that's what Saiyuki is about. Big expansive world, big bombastic fights, big heart-on-sleeve emotions, big tragic histories, big meandering narrative. Everything is cranked up to 11. The series first ran in a shounen magazine (targeted at boys) before later finding a home in a josei one (targeted at adult women), which I think speaks to the way it dances between all those extremes: From rip-roaring action-adventure to character (melo)drama and on over to broad or black comedy before bouncing right back to one of its other modes again.

Is it over-the-top, unfocused, and unapologetically packed with shipteases and emotional fanservice? Oh, yeah. One hundred percent. But, all teasing aside, I love it. I used to devour new volumes in one sitting, cheer out loud during the fights, bite my nails when my boys were in danger, giggle at their down-time bickering, and lap up all those theatrical, quasi-philosophical monologues.

I love it in a way that's hard to put into words because it's so intricately tied to being a stressed-out high school/college kid in the mid-to-late '00s, but I think it comes down the series' overall tone and message. Because, despite its many moments of levity (particularly in the early going), as bullets fly and youkai rampage, the story always comes back to a bunch of sad-yet-defiant survivors trying to make it in a world that seems fundamentally, maybe even permanently broken.

It's devastatingly grim at times, but even at its most dismal, it always manages to offer a kind of skeptical hope instead of just pessimistic tragedy porn. “Everything is terrible, but I'm not gonna give up,” in essence. Or maybe more to the point: “Everything is terrible, but I have people who support me, so I can get through it.” And there are times even now when that message has been a comfort to me, melodramatics or no.

Saiyuki is too gleefully ridiculous, both in terms of world-building and staging, for me to take it too seriously or champion it as A Great Classic That Everyone Should Try. Frankly, if you read “a jeep that's actually a dragon” and didn't at least crack a smile, you probably should have walked away right there.

Even so, with its raging battles, skewed sense of humor, smokin' hot anti-heroes, and willingness to dive head-first into sensationalized but nevertheless sincere explorations of trauma, depression, community, and identity, it scratches a particular itch and does so very effectively. Saiyukiis intense and bombastic, as overloaded with bullets as it is with feelings. It's stylish, heartfelt, top-tier trash, and I can't wait to roll around in it all over again. Lock and reload, gang. It's gonna be a blast.

About the author, Dee Hogan

Dee is a nerd of all trades and a master of one. She has bachelor’s degrees in English and East Asian studies and an MFA in Creative Writing. To pay the bills, she works as a technical writer. To not pay the bills, she devours novels and comics, watches far too much anime, and cheers very loudly for the Kansas Jayhawks. You can hang out with her at The Josei Next Door, a friendly neighborhood anime blog for long-time fans and newbies alike, as well as on Tumblr and Twitter.

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