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scintillyyy · 3 months
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there's always something a bit funny to me in the idea that jack and janet taught tim these weird robotic "society manners" whatever those are but the way they're described is always like. that would be the most weird and offputting way to interact with a human being ever & would be just terrible for networking purposes.
(now i do think that tim would be a great natural networker on account of 1) he is one, canonically and 2) he's got a lot of traits that good networkers generally have--he's good with people in general, he's naturally extroverted, good at small talk, has an eye for and good ability to remember details, and is generally likable. i also think this did come from his parents but not in a weird gotta train the business baby way. more in a that's kind of what he grew up around way--jack (when not being a shitty dad) is also shown to be a kind of boisterous, generally likable, good at small talk, etc and tim growing up in boarding school meant growing up and living with peers with plenty of chance to practice social interactions & hone skills like small talk and conversation)
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aschriles · 7 months
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Secret identity shenanigans AU where Danny is an intern at LexCorp and has no idea the guy he's been flirting with these past few weeks actually wasn't a fellow intern, but was the son of his boss' boss, and is also Superboy.
(Yeah, that Superboy. From the Titans. The one who kept flirting with him while they were on the field, and sent him a DM on his Phantom account insisting they met during Danny's internship. In his defense, Kon wore flannel. And glasses.)
Danny might not have the best relationship with rich people (see: Vlad), but he had to suck it up if he was going to intern at LexCorp. Anyway, it wasn't like he'd have to personally deliver Luthor his coffee every morning.
Except that's exactly what happens. Somehow, by some sheer cosmic force of the universe, he ends up interning directly under Hope, aka one of Lex Luthor's personal assistant. Which means he's like, Lex Luthor's personal assistant's personal assistant... or something. In theory, it was perfect. In reality, it was stupid.
It was stupid, because Hope sends him out for Luthor's special coffee (an iced Americano from that one coffee shop all the way on the other side of Metropolis) and pastries (a whole-ass apple pie) at nine in the morning every single day when everyone and their mom knew the traffic was literal hell, then expected him to be back at the office five minutes later. Among other things, of course. For the thousandth time since he got stuck in this hell-hole, he made a mental note to burn all of Luthor's robots to the ground the next time Superman called for the JLD to help out with Luthor's stupid invasions. Stupid Luthor. Stupid coffee. Stupid apple pie.
Danny grumbled under his breath as he speed-walked inside the lobby. "Why can't Luthor just take his coffee and shove it—"
"Up his ass? Yeah, that's what I ask myself aaallll the time."
Danny whipped his head around so fast, he almost tripped on his feet. Sitting on one of the comfy couches was a guy around his age. He looked like a weird cross between a country boy (flannel and glasses) and a punk (messy dark hair, piercings, and was that a tattoo?) but like, in a hot way. He also looked—he looked kinda familiar, in an 'I know I saw you from somewhere' kind of way, but Danny couldn't remember where he actually saw him from. He shook his head, figuring he could deal with it later. "You an intern, too?"
Made sense he wasn't the only intern around, but a part of Danny couldn't help but pity the poor guy if he got stuck interning as Mercy's personal assistant. Mercy was scarier than Zatanna and Nightmare Nurse combined.
Flannel shrugged his shoulders. "I mean, I do some odd jobs here and there, so..." His face lit up, like an idea had suddenly occurred to him. "Hey, I could come with you, if you want. As like, moral support or something. You're heading to Hope's office, right?"
Danny paused. Technically, it's not like there was any harm with letting another intern tag along. Plus, he could use some help with the apple pie. "Sure, man. I'm Danny," he added, since it was the polite thing to do, even if he couldn't go for a handshake because Luthor's stupid coffee and apple pie required both hands.
Flannel grinned, all teeth, and maybe he really was famous, like a model? Or someone from TV? Danny was pretty sure he'd seen that smile before. Maybe Flannel was a random civilian he'd rescued? "Nice to meet you, Danny. The name's Conner Kent, but you can call me Kon."
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hearts4juzi · 4 months
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Hai :3 do u have any wacky wild michael hcs
oh do i!
both adult and teen. loser has been on my mind again.
He gets super fucking cold for no reason and blamed it on ghosts until after fnaf 6 where he brought it up as a joke and the ghost kids were like "...none of us did that" and now he's convinced theres a whole extra ghost after him. (it was cc he didnt mean to initially but cassidy thought it was funny)
He talked to the animatronics all the fuckin time. like he just. chatted with them. especially the fnaf 2 ones. charlie had to sit there and watch him talk to actual robots thinking they were kids. they werent and she told him that in fnaf 6 because she found it so fucking funny
clumsy as HELL i know that man was banging his knee in the SL vents and swearing under his breath
teen mike was also clumsy. probably split his lip on concrete all the time as a kid.
he was also the kinda kid to say "nah, check this out!!" and wake up in the hospital
this is a gross one but. he dealt with bugs a lot post scoop (especially. flies. and what comes with them. iykyk). he'd come into work on mondays smelling like a can of bug repellant. you wont believe what he showers with instead of water.
He was williams least favorite but they had a weird relationship between him moving out and elizabeths death. like some days william despised him and michael just wanted to blow them both up with his mind and some days he comes home like "Hey mike whats up want some pizza for dinner tonight?" and michaels like "fuck yeah why not."
he's henrys favorite afton as a teen and he knows it. and he uses it. Henry fuckin loved that kid he had the man wrapped around his finger. William also notices it and he gets mad at henry over it.
in relation to that, henry was really gentle with michael which was. not helpful im sorry 😭
mike sleeps pretty casually. hes not a light sleeper but not a deep sleeper. unless hes tired. if he hasnt been getting enough sleep youll know because he sleeps like a ROCK.
he fucking loves italian food. for no reason. he just does
he unironically eats beans on toast. He tried it as a joke and then just. never stopped.
he still has his foxy mask it just doesnt fit him. he tries it on again and it hurts his head
cannot afford to go out to eat often and GOD does he complain about it. he is SO FUCKING LOUD when he complains about it. he wants his takeout man
Loves animals but they hate him. A crow tried to take a bite out of him post scoop once nad he had to fight for his life. bro saw his family for a moment there
he is so polite most of the time but if you talk to him after his shift he'll fuck you up. rudest bitch on the block and he was an asshole teen so he knows how to run his mouth
he plays solitaire.
does not know about the context but whenever hes depressed he says "tomorrow is another day" because time moves on anyways!!!! also idk i think its neat
he ate shit in the middle of his shift once and bashed his face on one of the counters and his coworker found the blood the next day and managed to start a rumor that someone died there until michael came in to work with his face bandaged up.
these are so rambly but funny so im gonna keep going
skateboards <3 totally tried to show off and ate shit until william told him if he went to the hospital again he'd take the skateboard. he still ate shit. just hid it better.
taught evan to do a lot. If he didnt feel like bullying him (for an array of reasons, but the biggest is just. boredom. or loneliness. or a mix) he'd teach him something just because he could. skipping rocks, flying a kite. michael doesnt remember it very well but evan does
cassidy kicked him in the knee so hard he was limping for an hour and so he found the golden freddy suit and kicked it too at one point. she didnt feel it tho. and jumpscared him out of spite.
he loves dogs and once brought evan to see one because his friends were busy and he hates being alone and the dog bit the shit out of evan. foreshadowing.
oh yeah i totally think he gets lonely btw. do not leave that guy alone he will get very sad and pathetic!!!
im capping myself here because jesus christ.
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owladaptive · 6 months
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What about the other people the family interact with? It's pretty obvious gyro is a mad scientist but what about Fenton, Is he still still gyzmoduck? What about Daisy ?
Continuing the Daisy discussion from previous ask first, because I like her and she deserves it.
Daisy in the addams au has abandoned the idea of sucking up to a boss that doesn't appreciate her, and instead is starting up her own business in clothes design. That's not to say it's going super well yet, but it's a work in progress. She has a website and a plan, just not a boutique. That is until she runs into Donald. A kooky, clumsy guy with no fashion sense and a fishy disposition. He weirds her out and has octopuses in the pockets of his wading suit. But... at least he's polite? If confrontational... He's also not bad looking... discounting the deep rings under his eyes and the shiny scales stuck in his hair. But if you're imagining a scenario wherein Daisy swoops in to try and woo the nephew of a renowned billionaire in the hopes that she'd get access to his money and finally get her business up and running... you're wrong. No, what happens is Daisy is appalled and taken aback by the obviously overworked-to-being-crazed sailor, but promotes herself by saying if given the chance, she could construct a glamorous wardrobe that anybody would die for. And Donald... takes her seriously. Asks for the price of the commission. Daisy needs cash. For the sake of her business. She had no idea she'd end up taking measurements in the dank halls of McDuck Manor but she's a professional about it. Even though there's a ghost on the stairway. And the children are throwing a fizzing bundle of dynamite like a ball. And there are cracks and holes and spiders everywhere. And the maid (?) tried to kill her with just her glare alone. And now she's trying to appeal to the abstractly galling fashion sense of a weirdo from a whole family of weirdos, and... it's just the last straw. All Daisy's stress boils over. She has a breakdown and rages - crying about nothing ever working out the way she plans, even as hard as she works. About this crazy house, her life, her failures. But Donald sits with her and listens, talks her through it. Offers genuine understanding and encouragement. Daisy sees him for the who he is, then - a kind and supportive and wacko man who happens to have unusual interests. And, oh..... well, he does have a sort of... eccentric charm about him doesn't he?
You're right that Gyro is a mad scientist. That's not even a question. He's almost unchanged from his canon self, except his mad science isn't constrained by what's permitted by his employer, who permits everything. Gyro is unhinged, unchained and unmatched. His hair is crazy, his goggles charred and he's living his best life. Don't mind the giant red septic tank at the back of the lab, that experiment is on a time out.
Fenton is tired, stressed and needs a hug. He's a down on his luck young adult who has been kicked out and fired from every job, gig or side-hustle he's tried after graduating his robotics class. All he really wants is to help people and make a difference, but that's a pipe dream he doesn't entertain. Life is unfair and tough. He'd pretty much given up on being a scientist too until late one night he follows a strange light and the sound of screaming into a dark corner of the city, and falls (literally) onto a scene of carnage orchestrated by one Gyro Gearloose. The mad doctor yells at Fenton to stop gawking and help out with these escaped brain beetles already before they overrun the neighborhood. Fenton of course panics and starts whacking gross, squishy thing that moves with his bag until Gyro casually hands him an iron maul to fight with. When the bloodmist clears, Gyro laughs in triumph and gloats over his victory over his creations. This knocks a traumatized Fenton out of his white-faced shock and the guy instantly starts questioning how, why and HOW Gyro created those malignant monstrosities!!! He starts listing biological inaccuracies, scientific queries and all manner of hypothesis while Gyro "hmmms" in thought. Then Fenton has panic #2 when Gyro snatches the back of his collar and starts dragging him off into the night, decrying that he'd been thinking about asking Mr. McDuck for a new assistant recently, anyway. Which shuts Fenton right up. (Fenton's mother is a Detective. She knows about the crazy McDucks in their hellish mansion on the top of Killmotor Hill. So, naturally, Fenton's heard about them too. She told him scary stories about them when he was little. But....... Blathering blatherskite, is he desperate for a job.) And honestly.... I might have to think about the Gizmoduck aspect for a bit. It's a tricky one. I might have an answer later.
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tarydarrington · 2 years
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Eadwulf Grieve is done with politics.
He runs as far as he can get: takes a road trip to the edge of the continent and takes ship to Tal'Dorei, takes a few odd jobs that mean nothing much to anyone in particular, then buys passage on a trade ship heading miles and miles away.
He finds a city big enough to get lost in and settles there. The first time he goes a month without hearing the words Cerberus and Assembly next to each other, he buys a round for the tavern. The elf-orc with the fiddle follows him to bed; parting ways when the morning comes is quick and uncomplicated.
A few years pass, and things start getting a little weird. He takes a mercenary job from some old man, only to be brought to a manor where the head of the household–a second old man–handily beats Wulf and the others with a cane. He begins to hear whispers of disappearances in the city, and buys better locks.
Then, one day, in the middle of a job hauling cargo, Wulf swears he sees– no, that doesn't make sense. This is halfway across the world from the Empire; there's no reason for any of these crates to be marked with the symbol of the Cerberus Assembly. He finishes the job, quits, and puts it out of his mind. He ignores the moon, which has begun to act much less moonlike than he'd like.
A week later, he hears about a group of newcomers attacked in the street by furniture, and writes that quarter of the city out of his immediate plans. His new route takes him past a fancy-looking manor with an H over the gate, and Wulf does a proper double-take, one morning, at the sight of a figure disappearing through the front door. Long white hair, blue and silver robes, elven ears. It couldn't be, though. He's imagining things. There is no reason for Ludinus Da'Leth to be here.
He writes it off as paranoia, and rubs at his arms all day.
A tower explodes, because of course it does. There are whispers of werewolves involved, of all things, and no matter how hot that sounds, he's not touching any of it with a ten foot pole.
He meets a robot in the market, the next day. It wishes him a smiley day and rolls away after a woman who looks more than half a corpse.
Wulf reevaluates his booze budget.
It's all bearable, he thinks over his fourth drink, as long as he doesn't get involved. Even if the Martinet himself is here animating silverware, it doesn't have to be his problem. There's no Astrid here to give him orders, and no Caleb to give him puppydog eyes.
He does miss the free pastries that came with being in proximity to the blue one, though. City this big, there's got to be a baker somewhere.
Eadwulf stumbles through the streets three sheets to the wind, following pointers from the locals into a dark alley. Odd place to find a patisserie, but he does call himself the Shadowbaker. Edgy-ass title. He must be pretty flexible to be able to bake with his head so far up his own ass, but Wulf won't be picky.
The Shadowbaker takes one look at him and goes so wide-eyed with surprise that, just for a fraction of a second, his disguise flickers.
The two of them stare at one another like a pair of skittish cats. Then Wulf turns on his heel without a word, finds his way to his landlady's door, and informs her that he'll be gone by Grissen.
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bonebrokebuddy · 2 years
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Choked on my soul reading your wip thing booster gold being a Tiktok star I beg of you to elaborate
okokok. this is the lighthearted section of a fic concept that deals with the potential political impact and position Booster would have gained & lost as a result of him trying to get the most attention possible. But it backfires, causing him to lose most of his notoriety & alienating the fanbase he previously had. Thus landing him in the position where he is generally in the comics of desperately trying to regain the fame and status he once had & trying to make up for the lost money via so many fucking brand deals.
Because to me, that shit is fascinating and it would also be hilarious to see Booster as a "was been" famous influencer and highlighting his antics when he was in full popularity vs where he ended up after it all went down, would be very interesting. So if you want to know more about that side of this idea, please feel free to send in another ask about it!
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Do you think Booster Gold would be great or horrible at social media/TikTok? Because the guy is from the future. He most likely has a sense of humor that is very different from modern standards & knows about centuries of media and pop culture references that do not exist yet. He’s from the 25th century. That’s four centuries of time for humor, language, and entertainment to evolve.  But do you think Booster Gold would be great or terrible at social media/TikTok with his future sense of humor that’s riddled with slang, pop culture references, and idiots or sayings referencing events that have not happened yet?  Because I think he would make a fuck ton of trends & be very notable online. Mainly because he’d deliberately copy online viral hits that haven't happened yet and essentially is stealing ideas from people in the future. Because he’d absolutely do that to gain notoriety. And people would be fascinated with this weird dude online who simultaneously knows Jack And Shit about literally any modern media but somehow has the most advanced humor online. He’s constantly referring to things that don’t exist and his little robot behind him chirps up that “that film was made in the 23rd century, it hasn’t been made yet.” The younger generation would be fascinated by this superhero. I also bet the fucking merch line he would have would be either the blandest corporate thing ever made by a team he hired or he'd make it a gimmick of slapping a specific logo of his face on everything he owned to the point where it became a meme and people demanded merch of the shitty design. There would also be about a bajillion different plushie versions of Skeets though and I would totally buy all of them if I could.  And here's the thing. Humans Love to see other humans fumble through things that we perceive as common knowledge because it's charming and funny the way they mess up, misunderstand how something works, and are delighted when they finally get the hang of it or find out how it actually works. Sure, it's fun to watch someone who is really good at something. But I also think it's very fun to watch someone who has zero fucking clue what they are doing and are trying their best to find it out as they go.
There would absolutely be a compilation of all the times Booster was super excited after he found out that something very mundane existed: "Guys, I have wonderful news. I just found out that the Cavendish banana isn't extinct yet due to them being genetically selected to grow seedless so much that new plants could not be grown as there are no seeds and the existing plants got slowly being destroyed by a parasite! I forgot that they still were around in the early 21st century! So I'm going to try one for the first time!" Michael Jon Carter, aka Booster Gold, aka @/GoldstarNotBoosterGold then directly proceeded to bring the unpeeled banana up to his mouth and bite directly into it. 
He then proceeded to eat the entire banana in this fashion, his face visibly scrunching in distaste with every bite, very clearly not enjoying this endeavor. When he was done he looked off into the distance for a moment, compiling his next words, "Hm, honestly not bad. Kind of bland but I really wish the skin wasn't so tough. Makes sense that 21st-century fruits would be more of a hassle to eat. But overall, I'd give it a 5/10." Needless to say, the three-minute-long video became viral overnight and he became quickly well known online for saving people and being a hero, making bizarre TikToks with his sense of humor from the future, giving out free merch with a horribly compressed image of his face on it, and for trying out food, activities, media, video games, and etc. from the past and reviewing them.
And here’s the thing. Booster Gold is Not super subtle about wanting to be famous/get popular but like, that makes him actually more liked. At first this causes people to flood his comments and media with negative responses about how he’s “not a real hero” if he doesn’t do it out of the goodness of his heart via comparing him to figures like Superman and how he’s a fraud hero.
His response gets plastered all over every news site imaginable. (oh god now I'm imagining what YouTube apology videos would be like in the 25th century)
He responds very directly that “Yes. I am doing this for the fame and money.”
“Wouldn’t you?”
“It seems kind of weird to assume that nobody has an ulterior motive when being a hero. Some heroes help people out of the goodness of their heart but that’s an unrealistic standard to place on heroes. I’m constantly putting myself into danger and could die any mission. Is that not enough to prove that I’m a hero? Why do I also have to have this weird high moral standard that is super unreasonable?”
“Also, people seem to forget, this is my job.”
“I do not have another one. Making online content is how I get my money. I don’t get paid by the government or the Justice League. Just by what I earn from my videos and streams. Plus, everything is so outdated that the effort of adapting to what  a “normal” job in the 21st century is like would take forever. And yall seem to forget this a lot, but having a normal job would mean I would not be able to help anyone between 9-5. I need the flexibility that an online job like this gives me so I can help as many people as possible as I can without having to worry about being fired because I had to fix a time rift and had already used up all my sick days.”
“People criticize me for heavily promoting my merch and gaming the algorithm but people seem to not realize. Heroing is expensive. You think repairing technology from the future is easy with such outdated equipment?”
“Sourcing materials that don’t have synthetic equivalents yet is not cheap.”
“People don’t seem to understand how much money goes into maintaining equipment or the constant medical bills.”
“I have to promote it hard and keep my views up or else I won’t be able to help people anymore. I can’t help people if I can’t pay rent.”
“But hopefully I’ll be able to get enough money to make a company to have other’s take over the job for me so I can retire. That’s just how businesses work. “
“But, I will say that the 21st century has been so cool and it’s been so fun to been to be able to experience things I would have never been able to when I’m from and I wanted to share my experiences with other people even if they don’t really understand where I’m coming from. It’s been very nice to be able to get paid by people who like my videos and are entertained by me fumbling through what it’s like living in the 21st century. “
“But while I like helping people, is it really too much to ask to be paid for my job? This is not the first time I’ve expressed my reason to travel back in time to become a hero was to be able to start his own company and eventually retire. Is it not enough that I’m still a hero? I could just quit that and make making content my full time job? Did you ever think of that? I could just stop being a hero because I now can make rent. But I still put on the suit and help fight bad guys because I want to do good. I also don’t think it’s inhuman for me to want to be acknowledged that I did something good. People are selfish creatures. I deserve to want for people to acknowledge that I looked really cool after defeating a villain! I don’t think that’s too unreasonable.”
“Anyways, make sure to like, subscribe, and ring that bell!”
“My Twitter and Instagram is BoosterGold. Go follow me on Tiktok and Twitch at GoldstarNotBoosterGold. My second channel is BusterGold”
“And make sure to check out the new merch drop on Friday! You guys have been asking for a Skeets plushie and its almost here!”
“Booster Gold, signing off from the future!“
From then on after the video, he just amps it up and is super direct that he’s doing this as his job and for the sole purpose to make money & get more well known.
Like he’ll open up a tiktok or youtube video occasionally with “this is trending and you know me, I’m always ready to cash in on those views” and “I’m not usually a horror guy, but I’ve been seeing a lot of people play this game and you all think its fun to watch me shit my pants. But at least the ad revenue will let me buy a new pair”. 
It actually ends up having people like him more (there are definitely still some critics don’t get me wrong). But people see him as incredibly human. His obnoxious branding becomes a meme and just something to expect of Booster. But despite that, he’s genuinely a good guy and will drop everything if he sees someone in need. 
He’s much more relatable and human than the other god-like beings in the JL. He has videos of him talking about money struggles and rambling about how damn expensive it is to fix equipment that’s four centuries out of date and people relate and laugh at his frustration. 
Other videos about him contain him complaining about his medical bills (in the future the US has a Single-Payer healthcare system and the Medical Insurance industry is abolished. and the history books didn't accurately emphasize how much of a pain in the ass it was) and setting stream goals to pay off bills. He talks about things that people never heard heroes talk about before from their perspective:
- A stream where Booster cleans out the food in the fridge after being off-world for a month and now all his food has gone bad. 
- Booster asking for advice how to grocery shop because nearly all of the brands that make the snacks and foods he wants, haven’t been founded yet. And asking advice on what prices for food is normal because the difference in inflation   
- Booster asking questions about modern etiquette to his followers because those have definitely changed over 4 centuries.
- “Guys how the fuck do you navigate anything online? The layout of all of them is fucking awful! Has that law about standardizing format to cancel subscriptions not been made yet? Because it sure as hell seems like it!”
- A tweet of Booster in the hospital with about a bajillion things attached to him posing with a thumbs up with the caption “I might’ve broken all of my bones but at least they didn’t touch my handsome face”
- The first few times Booster mentions going to physical therapy or doing PT exercises his fanbase goes “Holy shit, I never realized superheroes would have to go to PT after getting injured.” Like, they saw heroes getting injured but it didn’t click in their heads that those injuries would have actual repercussions. To the viewers, it seemed like the heroes always bounced back. And they’re just now realizing that that’s not the case, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes
- “Dealing with Batman is Just as scary as you’d think. The guy gives me the creeps”   (Bruce has 100% worked with booster about spreading rumors about Batman to keep up his reputation so Anything that Michael says about him can only be about confirming rumors that support his reputation or pre-approved stories about Batman being intimidating even outside of fights. Booster does once say that there’s a betting pool in the JL if Bats is a vampire and Bruce was not happy that it wasn’t cleared with him before but it’s been easier to fight goons recently as they’ve been reaching for holy water rather than guns first. Bruce then decides to have Booster keep up these rumors as long as they are actually cleared with him so Bruce can have a firm control over the Batman vampire mythos.)
- “Does Batman go to PT? Pfft, I’ve seen the guy bounce back from every injury he’s ever had with inhuman speed. I swear, it’s like he gets a bullet wound or stabbed and is completely fine the next day!” 
- “Oh yeah, Superman is just as nice as everyone says he is! He overheard me talking to Flash once about how I couldn’t find a soldering iron fine enough to fix some of my more intricate gear and he said I can ask anytime if I needed him to use his laser vision to fix my stuff! He’s great.”
- Booster talking about fighting time monsters and being kinda sad that no one can actually see the amount of effort it takes to deal with those issues because if he’s done everything right, there should be no trace anything happened at all. 
But his streams can also reveal some of the more… undesirable parts of becoming a hero, namely the gruesome injures, trauma, and seeing friends get brutally injured:
And people realize this through Booster accidentally trauma dumping to his audience and them going “oh shit, I knew doing hero work isn’t easy but this guy needs a fucking therapist”: 
-  Briefly mentions how weird it was to hold in his guts in after getting injured really badly during a fight. 
- (warning there’s a description of a burnt corpse so skip this if you don’t like that): “The dishes have been piling up lately guys. I keep meaning to get to it but it’s just - you remember those burning apartments I had to sort though last week? The, uh, slightly grainy and squishy texture of the food under my fingers keeps reminding me of sorting through those houses and I just haven’t been able to get to it.” 
“ I was sorting through the debris, looking for potential causes of the fire. One of the walls was gone and you could see the metal pipes melted into a weird shape, it was kinda cool.”
“But uh, I went to shift what I thought was a burnt piece of furniture out of the way. And when I grabbed it, it like, gave away? sort of? I thought it was going to be burnt wood but the first few layers of the outside crumbled under my touch and flaked away, the non-burnt part way on the inside was still kinda squishy.”
“It, uh- it, turned out to be someone’s arm.”
“The firemen said the person must’ve been crushed under the falling wall and didn’t escape in time. And they just lied there, charred nearly to the bone.”
“The texture just reminds me of that happening and I haven’t been able to do dishes or eat anything with my hands in a while.”
“But anyways guys! I think I’m going to get Beetle to do them when he comes over tomorrow!” (The sudden whiplash of tone definitely gets viewers very concerned because that Cannot be healthy)
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I also enjoy the concept that people mercilessly bully him online (but with no real ill intent, think Jerma’s fanbase type of bullying and memeing the shit out of the man)  
Ted Kord is absolutely a fan favorite. At first he was often visibly in the backgrounds of Michael’s videos all suited up. Then he was the supervisor and behind-the-camera context giver to Booster for the more stupid stunts he did for internet attention and answered questions Booster had about media he reacted to by filling in the meaning of what he was being shown. 
People Loved their dynamic and sure enough Booster capitalized the shit out of it by pulling Ted into his videos and having Blue Beetle be the voice of reason & the comedic contrast of “guy who knows how to do things” vs “guy who has no fucking clue what he’s doing. Their “High INT, High STR, Low WIS, Low CHA ” & “High CHA (with permanent disadvantage), High STR, Low WIS, & Low INT” relationship is much loved online. 
But at the same time, he could also accidentally be the cause of many technological breakthroughs in the 21st century because common knowledge to him would be so absolutely foreign to us as that’s centuries of advancement in the fields of technology, science, engineering, and math between current day and the 25th century. I’d like to imagine he corrects a physics equation with one made in the 23th century that was common knowledge for him, but not so much for the modern century physicist. And now he’s in the media focus for being a superhero influencer online who somehow caused a breakthrough in physics. With the intent of becoming a superhero with the sole purpose of gaining fame & money to eventually form a corporation based around himself to make a comfortable living.
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teetle-time · 6 months
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It's Free Baby Estate
In one universe, a freshly-escaped cloud of nanobots would see a conman selling robots and imprint onto him. In this one, the nanobots would escape just a few minutes too late to see the man, and they would spend the day alone, without anyone to call their dad.
When nighttime falls, however, that's when teenage brothers come out to play.
(Or, HI THE IDEA OF THE TEETLES IMMEDIATELY ADOPTING NANO IS CONSUMING MY BRAIN)
Based on this post from @mycatateit bc the writing gremlins got to me again lmao
Raph leapt across the rooftops in blessed silence. Nothing against his brothers and father, of course: Donnie was simply enamored with some new hunk of junk he'd found after they'd helped April move into her dad's antique store, Leo was helping him brainstorm possible uses, Mikey was suggesting wild comic-book-type ideas, and Splinter had gone to his room to meditate.
This all just meant that Raph needed some time to himself to try and put that advice he'd spewed at Jones the other night into action- that was to say, he needed to clear his head SO freaking bad.
He jumped a slightly large gap, tucked, and rolled, keeping his momentum going as he leapt back to his feet.
Another gap came up soon after, another jump got him over.
He happened to catch a weird flash of motion from the alley below, and it was easy for him to come to a stop on the next roof and peer down at whatever-it-was.
It was some kind of…robot.
Now, Raph really wasn't all that keen to interact with any tech that hadn't come from Don's lab, especially not after the recent run-in with Baxter Stockface or whatever-his-name-was. Even this new robot's small size didn't matter- the Mousers hadn't needed to be big to be a major pain in his shell.
However, it seemed to be vaguely person-shaped, and it was seemingly hugging its knees as it sat against the wall of the alley.
Raph scowled.
He scanned the surrounding area with a keen eye. If he went and got himself captured by humans because some Pinocchiobot or something looked sad, his brothers would never let him hear the end of it.
However, the only humans Raph could see were sitting in their apartments, engrossed with various things. An old lady knitting, a young couple leaning into each other and looking at a TV, a man bouncing a baby and singing something Raph couldn't quite make out- all of them were minding their own business, and none of them were pointed out the windows Raph could see them through.
A quick check of the rooftops revealed even fewer humans, and even the one he saw was facing the other way and tapping at a cigarette as they headed back inside their building.
Whatever this robot was, it didn't seem to be bait in a trap.
Raph scaled his way down the wall of the building he was on, and as he grew closer, he heard sniffling.
"You gotta be kidding me," he grumbled under his breath.
The sniffling immediately stopped, and when Raph glanced down, the robot was jerkily scanning the alleyway, its face frozen in a blank expression. In a synthetic voice that sounded almost nervous, it asked, "H-hell-lo?"
Aw, shell, it sounded like a toddler.
Raph knew now that there would be no escape from his brothers' teasing, though for a much different reason than he'd first thought.
Welp. In for a penny.
He let himself make noise as he hopped the last few feet to the ground, then held his empty hands up for the robot to see when it whipped around to look. "Whatcha doing out here all alone, kid?"
The robot stared at him, then asked again, "Hell-lo?"
"Yes, hello, we've already passed that part of the conversation," Raph tried not to groan.
The robot ducked its head back behind its knees. "Sor-ry."
…the robot kid just apologized to him.
The robot kid. Just apologized. To him.
"Welp, you're already the most polite pile of metal I've ever met," Raph remarked. "And trust me, I've met more than I ever thought I woulda. It's been a weird few days."
The robot peered out at him again, and while its face didn't have the ability to change shape from the simple slab it was, its tight grip on its legs loosened a bit.
"That still don't answer my question, though. Why're you out on your own?"
The robot's head dipped slowly, and it fumbled through its next word even worse than the last couple. "Alllll-lone."
Raph found himself dropping to one knee in front of it. "What, you don't got a mommy or daddy or nothing? You can't have just popped out of thin air. Where'd you come from, huh?"
All he got in response was a mechanical whine.
Raph gave the robot a quick once-over. It looked like something Raph might've built- focused entirely on function, not necessarily the prettiest piece of engineering, and (this was the most critical) unable to house any fancy-schmancy spy cameras or what-have-you.
Like, Raph was pretty sure the robot was built exclusively from the parts of one of those street conmen's cheap toys. If there was any kind of surveillance in those things, he'd eat his own shell.
"Well, how about this," Raph said. "Me and you, we don't really look like the kinds of folks that most humans wanna hang out with. I do have a family, though, my brothers and my pop. We all don't fit in, but we do it together. If…if you wanna, I can bring ya home to meet 'em."
The little robot perked up. "Fa-mi-ly?"
"That's right, kid," Raph said. He held a hand out for the kid to take. "Whaddya say?"
The kid's posture brightened, and it (he? she? they?) took his hand, standing to a full height of Barely To Raph's Hips.
Raph picked the kid up without a second thought, and once his passenger was secure against his side, he made his way to the nearest manhole. "Alright, kiddo, I mighta got here from the rooftops, but I don't really wanna drop ya, so we'll be taking the boring way home."
The kid pressed tighter against him with a small nod.
His brothers could tease him all they wanted. So long as this didn't blow up in their faces or turn out to be a ploy from Stockman after all, Raph was already too attached to the kid to care.
Much.
He hefted the cover off with his free hand, slipped inside, then gingerly slid it back into place over his head. It was a bit of a balancing act, making sure he didn't fall or drop the kid while he did so, but he managed it with a little bit of luck and a whole lot of spite.
Just the way he liked it, frankly.
He began the descent down the ladder. "So, you got a name, kiddo?"
The kid's head tilted. "Name?"
"Yeah, kid, your name," Raph said. "Like…you can call me 'Raph.' Or 'Raphael,' that's my full first name, but the only times someone calls me that is if they're trying to convince me I'm doing something rash or something. Or if I'm in trouble, heheheh."
"Raph…" murmured the kid.
Then, in a stern woman's voice, as though from an audio recording, "Codename: Nanotech."
Raph blinked. "Wait. Don't tell me that's your name!"
The kid shrank in on themself a bit as the two of them hit the bottom of the ladder.
…Raph had a sudden urge to figure out who that woman's voice belonged to.
For no reason in particular.
Just because.
Out loud, instead of telling the kid this completely true information, Raph said, "Well, that's all fine and dandy for somebody's science project, but it's a bit wordy to use for a little kid, right? What if we shorten it some? Like how I stick to 'Raph' even though it's just a part of my actual name?"
That got the kid to loosen up a bit.
Raph struck out, mentally tracing a path back to the new lair before nodding. "Yeah, what about…Nano? Short, sweet, and snappy."
The newly-nicknamed Nano nodded into his plastron. "Raph! Nano! Nano, Raph!"
Raph chuckled. "You like that, then? Thank goodness."
Nano giggled unsurely, then again with more confidence. "Nano, Raph, Nano, Raph!"
As Raph started seeing more of the fancy architecture that came with the new lair, he realized- "Aw, shell, I gotta let my family know I'm bringing you home. You mind if I make a quick phone call, Nano?"
"Fa-mi-ly," stated Nano seriously.
"I'm gonna take that as 'you're fine with it,'" Raph decided.
He fished out his shell cell and dialed Donny, who picked up after only a few rings.
"Raph, what's up?"
Raph snorted. "Alright, first order of business- you gotta promise not to laugh at me."
Donny's voice tinged with amusement. "Why?"
"So I may or may not have found a little kid robot crying in an alleyway while I was out," Raph said. "I already checked 'em over- there's no fancy-schmancy spy tech in here, just some kinda AI in a toy robot housing. Not even an evil AI like whatever the Mousers had going on, either- I'm pretty sure this kid considers itself…himself? Herself? I dunno. Kid acts and thinks like a toddler, is my point."
Donny chuckled. "Awww, did Waphie find a widdle baby?"
"Hey, watch it. Is Mikey getting in your head or something?" threatened Raph without heat. "Since this kid seems to be just that, a kid, I'm bringing 'em back to the new lair. Figured I'd give you guys a heads-up before I show up with a robot, especially after what happened with Stockman's little toys."
"Good thinking," Donny conceded. "I'll want to give this 'kid' a once-over before we officially declare them safe, for sure, just so we can try and avoid another forced move. I'll meet you just outside the lair, in the northern tunnel?"
"You got it," said Raph. "I'm coming from that direction, anyways."
"See you then," said Donny.
The call ended, and Raph pocketed the cell once more. "Y'hear that, Nano? My bro Donny wants to give you a bit of a checkup once we get there. That okay?"
"Check-up," repeated Nano quietly. Then, louder, "Doc-tor?"
"Eh, he ain't licensed, if that's what you're asking," Raph admitted. "Kinda hard to get a diploma when you're short and green and mutated all over, but he's plenty smart enough for it. He works with tech a lot, too, so he's probably the closest thing we'll get to a robot doctor. You don't gotta, but it'd help us make sure everything's going okay with you."
Nano thought it over for a long moment- long enough that Raph was starting to get nervous, he could see Donny just up ahead- then nodded. "O-kay."
Phew.
Raph grinned and turned his attention to Donny. "Alright, we're here. Let's get Nano's checkup taken care of."
Donny smirked knowingly at Raph, then softened the smile into something friendlier for Nano. "That's right. Would you be alright with Raph setting you down for a bit so I can check you over?"
Nano looked up at Raph.
Raph tried to look reassuring.
Even though those kinds of expressions had never really been in his wheelhouse, it seemed to work, because Nano nodded to Donny. "O-kay."
Raph carefully set Nano down, stepping to one side to give Donny room to work.
"So, 'Nano,' huh?" Donny asked as he knelt down, inspecting the kid's joints. "Did Raph name you?"
"Raph!" Nano said. "Nick-name!"
"Oh, really?" Donny peered nonchalantly through a gap in Nano's chest, then up to the kid's face. "Might I ask what Nano's a nickname for?"
Nano's head ducked down, and the stern woman's voice spoke again. "Codename: Nanotech."
Donny blinked, then glanced at Raph.
Raph crossed his arms. "Like I told the kid, that sounds like the kind of name somebody would give their science project, not a kid."
Pick up on what he's putting down, Don.
Donny seemed to clock what Raph wasn't saying almost immediately, if the quick flash of hardness in his eyes meant anything, but when he turned back to Nano, the steel was already shoved out of sight in favor of a warm smile. "Well, I think I'm with Raph on that one. 'Nano' definitely rolls off the tongue better."
Nano nodded. "Raph, Nano!"
Donny rocked back on his heels. "I think that's about everything we gotta check up on. Everything looks good, as far as I can tell."
Raph grinned. "Hear that, Nano? Everything's good!"
"Good! Good!"
Donny pushed himself to his feet. "Let's introduce you to the others, then, alright Nano?"
Nano nodded quickly, grabbing for Raph's hand and clinging to him tightly.
Raph gave the kid's hand a squeeze, drawing a little giggle, and oh, shell, he was so in over his head here.
Donny smirked at him again, but just turned to head into the new lair. "It's right over here."
Raph led Nano towards the arch, letting the kid hide behind his legs when Mikey, Leo, and Splinter all glanced their way.
"Hey, guys, remember how I said Raph made a friend and wanted me to check 'em over?" asked Donny, walking over to one side to leave Raph and Nano in the spotlight. "Meet Nano."
Nano peered out from behind Raph. "H-hell-lo…"
"A robot baby?" asked Mikey.
"Raph…" said Leo warningly.
"Hey, me and Don both checked the kid over already," Raph defended. "They're a robot kid I found crying alone in an alley."
He raised the ridge where his eyebrows might have been at Leo knowingly. "Pretty sure the kid built the body from scratch somehow, too. Just motors in there to move the limbs around. Nothing else."
Hint, hint.
After a second, Leo nodded, relaxing slightly. "Well, it's not like we're not used to the unusual around here."
Mikey grinned. "You can say that again!"
Splinter got to his feet and walked over to Raph and Nano. "How curious."
Nano looked up at Raph, the grip on his hand tightening.
"It's okay, kiddo, this is my dad," Raph said quietly. "This is Master Splinter."
"Dad…" Nano thought for a moment, then looked back at Splinter. "Dad-dy?"
Splinter's eyes widened, then he smiled. "I would be honored to be your father, little one."
Nano gasped, then let go of Raph's hand to waddle up to Splinter. "Dad-dy! Dad-dy!"
If anybody asked Raph later, he most definitely did not smile to himself as Splinter gave the kid a hug, and he certainly didn't feel a warm lightness in his chest at the sight.
"Hey, if Splinter's adopting you, then that makes us your big brothers!" realized Mikey.
"Hm, that's right," Splinter agreed. "I see you already know Raphael and Donatello, but the other two are Leonardo and Michelangelo."
"You can just call me Mikey, though, little dude!" declared he, hopping over to join the little group.
As Mikey, Splinter, and Nano walked over to the couch, chatting to each other, Leo stepped closer to Raph and Don, speaking lowly. "How'd a toddler-bot capable of building a body end up in an alleyway?"
"I dunno, but if I had to guess, whoever built the kid wasn't trying to build a kid," Raph said.
"When I asked Nano's name, Nano played what sounded like a recording of someone saying 'Codename: Nanotech,'" Donny added. "Whoever made this kid, they operate under some kind of official protocol, be it legal or otherwise. My money's on Nano either escaping or getting scrapped for not working the way those people wanted them to."
Leo frowned. "Nanotech, huh? Why the not-very-microscopic body, then, you think?"
Mikey's voice gasped in awe, and the three of them turned to look as a cloud of silvery somethings rose from Nano and engulfed Donny's latest whatchama-hoozie-doodle, pulling it into Nano's body. After a few moments, the cloud settled back into wherever-it-had-been, and Nano's face turned to them and smiled.
Because Nano's face wasn't a solid plate anymore, instead being made of a few plates around the eyes and mouth that could now move on their own.
"That answer your question?" murmured Raph. Then, louder, as he flashed a thumbs-up, "Looking good, kid!"
Donny smiled wearily. "I guess that's one way to settle the debate about what I was gonna use that for."
Nano beamed and went back to whatever was going on with Mikey- oh, crud, Mikey was already turning the kid into a comic book addict.
"Right, well, I'll leave the serious tech talk to you two," Raph said, narrowing his eyes at Mikey. "I need to relieve Mikey of his Nano privileges."
Mikey blinked innocently, even pointing a finger at himself as if to say 'moi?'
"Jurassic Park is where it's at, Mikey, not your comics!" Raph pressed, striding over and hopping onto the couch. "Master Splinter, y'mind if I take the TV and show Nano some true art? I think the tape's still in there from last night. It's not a perfect adaptation of the book, but I dunno if the kid can read yet."
Splinter chuckled. "I don't see why not."
"Raph!" said Nano, hopping up next to him on the cushion and shuffling over until he had an armful of robot.
Raph just gave Nano a pat and settled in, digging the remote out of the cushions. "I'm right here, kid."
Nano smiled up at him, then turned to face the TV as Raph switched to the VCR and started rewinding.
Mikey started snickering, but Raph just flicked him in the forehead without even looking.
"Ow! Hey!"
Raph chuckled to himself, and Nano giggled with him after a few seconds.
Ooh, yeah, Raph would tear the world down for this kid, alright.
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eldritchgriffin · 1 year
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i'm out there asking people the same question, so, here it is: which hedgehog (or any other main cast mobian) would slay on the karaoke? you can rank them if you want to~
I ended up having a lot more thoughts on this than I expected, so just sticking to hedgehogs. I put them roughly in order from best to worst
Sonic: Is in a band in multiple versions of canon. He's better on the guitar than he is at singing, but he's still good at singing. He gets solid applause
Shadow: He's the Ultimate Lifeform, and thus has the Ultimate vocal chords. He has the potential to be really good. With that being said, he has had no proper singing training. He still has a nice voice though, and he secretly likes to sing along while listening to music (like in the Takeovers). He also gets solid applause, and a few people cry if he sings a sad song
Metal Sonic: Obviously, Metal can't usually talk. On the occasion she can though, she's... weird. She gets the notes right, and sings reasonably well, but anyone listening can tell she's a robot. She sounds like a recording of a decent singer edited to sound more electronic, sort of like one of the more robotic-sounding Vocaloids. She gets plenty of applause, and leaves a significant impression just by virtue of being unusual
Rob o' the Hedge: I'm not really sure why I'm including him to be honest, but here he is. He's a good singer but better suited to singing at a campfire than at karaoke. Light applause
Amy: She's decent. She doesn't have any training, but she's not bad, and she's got enough energy to make up for any wrong notes. She's clearly not a professional, but she gets genuine applause
Scourge: He doesn't sing sing. He only screams. You know those scream-y metal songs? He does that. He is also, frustratingly, not bad at it. He gets scattered applause at venues where no one knows who he is, and gets booed off stage if people recognize him
Breezie: Breezie has no singing training, but has a decent voice. There's also a non-zero chance she owns the karaoke place they're at. If so, she gets lots of applause. Otherwise she just gets moderate applause. (Alternatively, she's terrible for the comedic value. She still gets solid applause if she owns the place, though)
Uncle Chuck: I just thought about him last minute, and he's just major enough that I'd feel bad leaving him out completely. He probably would say that he's too old to be going to karaoke night with the young'uns, but he'd do fine if he did come. Moderate applause
Shard: Shard wouldn't want to perform at karaoke, but would give it a good try if he had to or his pride got involved. He's, sadly, not as good as Metal, but still manages to be better than Silver. Gets a bit of polite applause
Zonic: He would also not want to sing. It would be next to impossible to even get him to come to karaoke night, let alone get him onstage. If he somehow did end up onstage, he wouldn't be great. He'd be clearly uncomfortable being there, and he has no practice singing. He'd get a bit of sympathetic applause
Silver: My poor boy. He tries. He really tries to sing. Unfortunately, too much time spent in ruined futures has messed up his voice (smoke inhalation and such). He also has had no real training or practice. People clap because they feel bad for him
There are my thoughts on the hedgehogs' karaoke night! I tried to get all of the major hedgehog characters, and also a couple of less major ones. Obviously, this is all my own subjective opinions, so no one be rude if you disagree. You can say your own thoughts, but don't be a jerk about it
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twistedtavern · 2 months
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While I wait for the poll to wrap up, I am going to do something objectively silly and rank how good my different AU versions of Maruki would be at generally being a boyfriend. Worst to best. YES FAVORITISM I KNOW
WHAT ARE YOU DOING -
MarukAI: First off, unethical AI practices. Second off, literally half of the directive it was made for is just murdering the real human version. It doesn't even come with any cool robot features, it's just emotionally unstable to a genuinely explosive degree. Anything happens ever and it's just screaming its fake lungs out. You're better off just handing it a baby doll and walking away very, very slowly.
TAKEN (nothing wrong with them they're just not interested lmao) -
Generation!Maruki: Konoe's "TEAMMATES?! FRIENDS?!?!" moment literally happened because Maruki turned him down due to, y'know, Rumi existing. You will get the same. Please don't break into Rumi's house over it.
Distortion!Maruki: Nothing personal this is just Maruki but old man yaoi. He's preoccupied being a dilf enjoyer
ARE YOU SURE -
Glamrock!Maruki: Are. Are you sure honey. Sweetie. Sweetie that is a robotic children's entertainer. Don't kiss him he was literally just eating out of the actual garbage 10 minutes ago. You can't even take him on a date anywhere because he will JUMP THE WAITER!! Yes I know he sits so polite to eat snacks and talk with you and he plays guitar really well but HONEY. HONEY NO HE HAS A COMPUTER VIRUS!!! Also, I REALLY don't wanna see the bill Madicce Entertainment would charge you for dating him.
Bowser!Maruki: So,, he's only this far down because of the kidnapping. Repeated kidnapping. And the other war crimes. But! He's a 10ft tall single father of 8! And a king! Can you really blame him?? He's very sorry about the war crimes. He'll take you on vacation to make up for it! Just ignore his daughter fucking up the local ecosystem with paint and your hired guard getting arrested about it. And saying you're her mother. But he'll give you a very nice wedding down the line! You'll have to also ignore the other kids committing multiple acts of international grand larceny behind his back to make it happen. You may or may not have consented to this wedding to begin with.
Reverse!Maruki: Uhm,,, I mean people talk about himbos but I don't think they mean a man with the reaction time of Padparadscha Steven Universe. What are you even gonna do on a date?? Have him stare at you? Not even lovingly, just stare??? Just get a body pillow at this point, because at least it won't jumpscare you with random bouts of becoming sapient again. At the end of it all I swear you will probably have learned NOTHING about him AT ALL even though he'd manage to undercut all of your efforts to reach him by pinpointing something about you completely out of left field. Also, he has counselled MORE than one whole entire murderer, so... Take that as you will. Weird ex you only hear stories about type man.
DECENT MAN TIER -
Self Aware!Maruki: Now we're getting somewhere! He's very sweet, has no murders to his name, loves kids, and his only crime was one incident that can technically be called a kidnapping and was definitely a direct brain tampering, but!! he was very nice and gentle about it and now that kid is in a loving home. A surprise adoption, as they say. Very Maruki. He may also have way more than a little trauma and emotional repression issues, but all in all, a very good and well behaved boy. As a bonus, he's extremely touch starved! And his alternate persona outfit is very cunty, I will give him that. 10/10 would get carried by him in every single battle again.
Hastur!Maruki: Yeah this is just Maruki if he got sparkle eyes at literally everything, served infinite cunt, sang, and had a DECENT BOSS OUTFIT WHAT THE FUCK ATLUS. And also had a final fight that you can ATTEMPT while high at the cost of your fucking life. You will have a stroke. He'd be very sweet and lovey with you! No notes, just a good pretty Maruki who'd get you glitter dusted flowers.
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bboes · 1 year
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a while ago i was on tinder and out of boredom i started playing this game that i basically dubbed "how quickly can i freak this guy out' and i was thinking about different nhl players and how easily they'd scare so
Connor McDavid: i think i could scare him in like 2 minutes flat. i think i could freak him the fuck out. i think i could make that shit WEIRD. if u stuck us in a room together i think i could have him filling a restraining order the next day. 2/10
nathan mackinnon: he weirdly seems immune to strange shit. i think living in colorado does that to you. he'd probably just stare and mumble at me. 6/10
sidney crosby: i think i could literally hop around in a circle with feathers stuck to me and he'd still shake my hand. so 8/10
mat barzal: i think i could freak him the FUCK out. i think i could make this dude so fuckin confused. but he also lives in new york so he's seen some shit. 3/10
john tavares: similar to the crosby thing. i think he's too polite and robotic to have any response. he'd probably try and talk about smoothies as i do the chicken dance. 9/10
leon draisaitl: i think he would just laugh at me and u know what. hes right. king. 7/10
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xluciifer · 3 months
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[ strip ] Your muse undresses my muse. // From this prompt list.
⸺ The lights were filtered down to candles he had previously set up in the room, enjoying the calming light they brought to the atmosphere. Kitty had been staying with him for a while after circumstances he still didn't understand happened to find her here in his home. His hoarded depressed mountains of creations had been cleared and organized, displaying many of his better ducks around the home. It was all Kitty's doing without him ever asking that of her. It was then that he realized just how out of it he's been. For a while now.
He started thinking back on the first time Kitty made a move on him and he politely declined her, but recently, he's been hyper aware of her presence and his loneliness had started taking a toll. He enjoys her company and even if she was a robot, a sex one at that, he often forgets and always gives her his respect and allows her the freedom to do whatever she wanted. She's learned to read him like the open book he was, even if speaking about it was more often than not a difficult task for him. Even if he trusted her, he was the King of Hell, he didn't want to appear weak but she's seen more than anyone's ever seen of him.
A ritual she's done for him in times like tonight was a nice shoulder massage to ease up the kinks he'd usually accumulate over the day from unintentionally stressing himself out and help loosen his suit for him. And, to be honest, it felt different tonight. He felt different tonight. It felt good in other ways... and he wanted more. Lucifer couldn't help a pleased moan from escaping his lips, drowning in the touch of her hands as they started to slide from his shoulders down to his chest to busy themselves with loosening his bowtie and shirt, feeling the rise and fall of his slow, unsteady breathing. His hand crept up to softly land on top of hers to stop her ministrations, he leaned his head back to reach her eyes as his own had fallen half-lidded.
❝ Mmm.. Duckie, is it okay if we try something different tonight? ❞
Duckie was a nickname given by Lucifer, because she seemed interested in his ducks and never made him feel weird for his hyper fixated creations for them. So after some bonding over tea one day, she didn't mind him calling her that. In a way, it was his way of showing he's become fond of her company and trusts her to some extent.
It's almost as if she's picked up on what he was hinting at without him saying a word because she stopped and moved away just after. Was he truly that easy to read? His eyes watched her as she shifted her position over to in front of him from behind the couch and he smirked as his eyes softened, patting his lap for her to sit towards him. And she does immediately after.
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❝ Ah, that's better, now I can see your pretty face~. Take your time undressing me, there's no rush, your hands feel great. But, is this okay with you? Is it alright if I touch you, Kitten? ❞
It's rare for him to give her nicknames or of a variety too. Regardless of how he was starting to feel, knowing how she felt mattered more than anything. She was someone special, someone worth respecting and he admired her. He gets it, she's a sex robot and this is exactly her specialty but - couldn't he treat her like a woman and not just her occupation?
Once given the okay, he wasn't focusing on his own pleasure, he wanted to please her in the best way he knew how: gently and loving. His soft gaze never faltered as his hands began to roam, his right hand finding station on her lower back as his left cupped her cheek, leaning in to glide his tongue against her cheek before diving into her neck to leave a trail of soft kisses and nibbles. Her ghost-like touch of a tease to his chest sent a thrill down his spine but he tried restraining himself. Like he said, there's no rush and the night's young. But god damn, she wasn't doing much and he was like putty in her hands. He didn't want to get greedy.
She opened up his shirt, trailing her fingertips against his chest before slowly sliding the fabric down past his shoulders. She was welcomed to a needy moan into her neck. He missed the feeling of feeling wanted, like he was worth something more than a status that he didn't care for.
He parted from Kitty, his red eyes grew with a need he didn't speak of as he busied himself to discard off the rest of the upper suit he adorned, never tearing his sight from her. His gentle hands met back with her face, rubbing circles on her cheeks, drawing her in with a smile before tongues and lips met to dance together. His hands fell in the moment to wrap around her waist, pulling her closer to his chest as their shared kisses deepened further.
Her fingers stayed upon his chest, slightly digging them downward into his skin to leave light scratches and the ministration was awarded with a throaty moan in his throat, followed by a soft growl-like purr. He pulled away, leaving a soft kiss upon her lips as he kept her close, slightly out of breath from their shared exchanges of a make out session. He could hear his heart in his ears, thrumming loudly through his chest in anticipation. He hasn't felt something like this in what felt like an eternity. His gaze shifted between her lips and her eyes as he whispered to her before leaning back in.
❝ Heh, just what have you done to me, Duckie? ❞
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bluebunnyears-08 · 1 year
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Hi, I really enjoyed your writing about Nine he is one of my favorite characters from sonic prime, Is it ok to request in any writings, What will happen before meeting Sonic, Nine meets and save Cosmo the seedrian from sonic x who is unconscious from the rough crash landing in her small ship and became his first person he bond to?
Just in case you don't know or watch the show, She is Tails love interest from the show but she is not the from sonic original universe but she still has the same personality but doesn't know who Sonic is like in the show.
I think Nine saves her instead of leaving her to be found by Chaos council's robot since she is not from this world and her unique appearance of being part plant makes him curious about her.
Also thumbs up for being a Madoka magical fan, I love that anime!👍
Hello @floette777! Thank you for reading my stories! It's absolutely ok to request any writing prompts <3
And I like the idea! I'll try my best with this, mainly because I've never really liked romance stories, and because I don't want to butcher Cosmo's character so it's going to be kinda short. Also, there is going to be a big friendzone considering Nine's bad social interactions and lack of social skills. That and I feel not every Tails has to be attracted to Cosmo. I love what I've seen of Cosmo so far, but I feel Nine would deem her as a friend for reasons obvious and recently stated.
So in other words, this story is basically a cute alien girl meets a socially awkward loner boi.
And yes, I LOVE Madoka Magica! Such a good anime, still waiting for the fourth movie to come out.
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Nine didn't know how he got into this mess. First of all, it was just an ordinary day, he was minding his own business when a ship suddenly crashed into an area near him. He at first was shocked, until curiosity took over and he walked towards the crash site.
Imagine his surprise when he found an actual spaceship with some weird-looking girl. He tried to wake her up and ask her if she was ok, but she was out cold. With how hard the machine crashed, he wouldn't be surprised if she had a concussion.
He originally planned to leave her there, it wasn't his problem, but his conscience got to him and he ended up carefully carrying her to his lab. Besides, he was curious about what she was exactly because she definitely wasn't a mobian.
He'd need to run some tests.
He just let her rest in his bed while he worked on other things. He was alerted to her being up and about when his ears perked up to her climbing the ladder. He glanced over at her looking around curiously. Without turning around, Nine spoke, breaking the silence.
"How's your head?"
The girl, startled, whipped her head to him, surprise taking her face for a second before wariness took over.
"Oh...um...it-it's ok."
"Yeah? I wouldn't be surprised if it felt like hell. If you need an ice pack the fridge is over there."
The girl stood in place, not moving to receive the offered pack. Instead, she stood, keeping her distance, and merely stared at the unknown fox in front of her. Hearing this, Nine spun around and looked back at her.
"The name's Nine if that's what you're waiting for, I found you in some kind of ship and brought you back to my home to rest."
"O-oh, thank you, my name's Cosmo, it's very nice to meet you Nine.", the girl, Cosmo, responded giving a shy but polite smile. Nine merely gave a simple smirk and returned to his work.
"If you don't mind me asking, where am I?", her soft voice piped up.
Nine responded, too focused on his work to turn around.
"You're in the trashy land of New Yolk, home of oppression and misery. If I were you, I would've chosen somewhere else to crash."
"Oh, I actually don't know how I crashed. Everything's just blank in my head."
"Hmm. Interesting."
There was a more awkward silence.
"Thank you for helping me"
Nine merely hummed in response.
"I...um..."
"What?", Nine turned.
"I really like your tails."
Nine's eyes widened, before regaining the usual neutral expression, his blue eyes gazing into the aliens'.
"Uh...yeah sure. You should probably get some rest, you might have a concussion."
"No! no, I-I really mean it. I think they're amazing."
Nine paused, studying her face for any insincerity, but he found none. He turned around, saying nothing but resuming his work. Cosmo continued to speak to him, asking him questions, answering questions he asked, and keeping the kit company.
Nine found he enjoyed her company, she was very kind and soft-spoken, unlike the loud and aggressive brutes he knew in New Yolk. He found he liked having a friend.
Although after days of her staying there, he found she acted more cautious than usual, and she seemed to stumble over her words, so he tried to remain non-threatening. He found her face would flush and get warmer, so he treated it as a cold, making sure she ate and rested, despite her gentle protests that she wasn't, only to stop and admit defeat when Nine asked what that reaction could be.
Nonetheless, he had a friend now, even if she did act quite weird sometimes. He acquired an ally, one he could call a companion. He had a bond with her thanks to the power of friendship!
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If Charon is Courier Six, I have a theory as to why he choose that as career, as well differences to him being shot point blank by Benny.
First off! Theory: Charon after the events of Fallout 3 probably didn't become a courier of his own violation. I say this because we are told by him in game that he's no one's errand boy, thus making him the courier on his own a bit dubious. He could have just said fuck it, and been like hey, at least I'm not stuck in a corner, but somehow I doubt that.
Personally, I think his contract switched hands to someone who had need of another courier, and decided that " hey this ghoul works perfectly. He's strong, agile, knows his way around a gun, and looks like he kills children in his sleep. Fantastic!" Charon himself, was likely less than enthused, but in the end, happy that he wasn't stuck in the corner like some strange decoration with a murder function.
Second off, we've got the changes to Charon’s mind and personality. After the bullet(s) got taken out, I imagine that would mess up some functions so Courier Six in general just has brain damage. Doesn't matter if it's Charon or not, brain damage exists. In the case of Charon, probably makes him pretty much not remember shit aside from his name, and vague ideas of what he's done for the last 200 years.
These ideas include commiting atrocities he'd happily forget, the notion he killed a man with a weird name that for the life of him can't remember, once beat a deathclaw to death with his bare hands, knew a really crazy teenager, and that pen knives make excellent weapons in a pinch.
He does not remember anything pre-war, mainly due to those memories already being repressed before he got shot just due to how painful they were, can't remember how he knows several different ways to make a bomb out of pretty much anything, nor why he knows how to make mustard and chlorine gas. Doesn't remember when he got cybernetics, just that his left leg is not entirely real. Also feels like he's missing something important, but in the end decides it doesn't really matter.
Personality wise, I imagine he's actually somewhat more light hearted. Has a bit of a dry sense of humour like Raul does. However he can still be the old grump we're all familiar with, though that side is generally seen when he's around people he doesn't trust, or he's just met. Tends to be polite towards caravans, and has a tendency to do right by most people. He's also surprisingly helpful, (which is based off the head canon of mine that while Charon says that he's no one's errand boy, but in reality does like to help people. He just fucking hates being ordered around like a damn robot. )
I also think that in regards to people being rude to him because he's a ghoul, he doesn't really care if only because he's fairly certain he's been called and treated worse. He's definitely not a paragon of virtue, just because I get the gist he does what needs to be done. Doesn't matter if the methods aren't great, as long as the end results are good.
Anyway that's the post. Have a great day/night.
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celestialmango · 2 years
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Aw, will arcade Glitchdrop get his freedom and keep reader as a friend? Also if he had his own body would he take advantage of nomming reader every so often whether it's for his comfort or the readers after a particular rough day?
Well if we take management into account and reader being easier able to get Sun and Moon down to parts and services without a fight or having damaged caused by Sun and Moon fighting to stay out of parts and services, plus the fact they know about Glitchdrop negotiations would have to happen because they'll have a damn hard time finding someone with the animatronic taming skills reader has.
So yes, eventually he'll get his freedom though will still be a bit hostile to the people who stuck him in that damn room... he will snatch up reader and nom them right in front of the two then run off. Any time he does that reader becomes exasperated at his mischief.
But when it comes to him nomming them for comfort he will be a bit more tame in a polite way and ask first. If reader says no he'll just follow them around and because of his origins he can make very terrifying faces at people, he will crawl along the walls and ceiling.
He once scared the hell out of an aggressive patron who just wouldn't let reader go thinking they worked in a certain section and was talking about getting reader fired, dudes stands two feet taller than Sun and Moon, a person should definitely be scared of a twelve foot tall unhinged and angry robot that just dropped down from the ceiling.
He also terrified Monty before and now bullies him regularly, Roxy is unfazed when encountering him, Chica is well, she mother hens him and Freddy goes dad mode on him, glitch serious doesn't know what to do when Chica dotes and Freddy lectures him.
He will eventually drop his grudge again Sun and Moon once he gets hold of the logs revealing the lies the two were told and the threats they were under so they wouldn't help him.
And boy did he get pissed when he find that out, it would cause him to regularly break into management's offices, specifically the ones who knew about him, he'd leave the clueless ones alone but he would absolutely reck their offices. He'll also get all the dirt and evidence of their lies sent to both of the daycare attendants by "accident" and boy would Sun and Moon feel terrible once they knew the truth about him.
He shifts from blaming them to seeing them as victims that were tricked by evil liars. Things between the three would be very awkward for a long time after that but eventually he's just 'the weird cousin' to the two of them...the weird cousin who keeps stealing their friend to annoy the duo sometimes. (aka nomming reader then running off so the two have to chase him as he cackles crawling at high speeds on wall, the ceiling, even the floor like a spider on a suger high.)
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2023
I watched Cobra (1986)
I wanted to shut my brain off. Little did I know I was about to watch Sylvester Stallone's gift to the world.
A cop named Cobra must stop a deadly axe wielding cult. What else is there to say.
In the opening moments of the film, a bad guy parks his motorcycle in a handicap space as if to let the audience know, "this guy is a dangerous psycho without any decency". I laughed pretty fucking hard and knew I was in for a treat. And that's after Stallone's over the credits narration. Which was also a sign that I was about to watch what might be the best "so bad it's good" action movie.
During the opening hostage scene Stallone starts throwing out one liners with almost zero emotion or effort. I think it's his way of trying to come off as cool, but it comes off more like he's been drugged....or like he might have trouble understanding them. He throws out so many one liners you might think he'd have none left for the rest of the movie. You'd be wrong. He's got plenty.
After he deals with the hostage situation we get a scene where Stallone has an altercation with some people who are in his parking spot and rips a guys shirt. For whatever reason that guy is wearing a wire. Like an undercover cop wire. That never comes back and is never explained. Stallone then goes in his apartment and uses scissors to cut a chunk off of a slice of pizza, in an effort to watch his weight I guess. It's weird. Honestly Cobra seems to have a weird obsession with healthy eating habits throughout the film.
Everything I've talked about so far happens before what I can only describe as the "robot photo shoot/street interrogation montage". Yeah, you read that right.
The first thirty minutes of this movie just shoots ridiculous moments at you like a pitching machine and I personally could not stop laughing. But, lucky for all of us, it doesn't stop there. This movie keeps the fun coming.
Now, not to get political, but I'm pretty sure this movie is exactly how republican minds work. I firmly believe they all think the streets are full of axe weilding psychos who want to destroy the American way of life and that the only thing that can stop them is badass cops who murder without "the rules" getting in their way. I even have a feeling that Republicans would find Cobra's quips genuinely funny and clever.
This movie has a such a black and white view of everything. And that's not a complaint. It's entertaining as a motherfucker. Especially since no one seems to have reigned in any of the ridiculousness and stupidity of it all.
I might not agree with it's clear politics in the real world, but they make for a fun crapfest.
Cobra has an 18% on rotten tomatoes, and I get it. It's not exactly an intelligent thriller. But, if you're looking for a movie for a bad movie night or just to sit back and laugh and enjoy it's pure nonsense, this is definitely for you. In that department it's certified fresh.
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hichai · 1 year
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prostheses seem extremely normalized in this universe; pretty much the whole cast has some form of prosthetic, and many have full - body agmentations. even if we did assume that they're only common among very - rich supervillains, chai isn't surprised at all by pep's prosthetic, and he doesn't comment or ask about it. he's not a tactful or polite dude, so i imagine that if they were considered 'weird' at all in - universe he'd have reacted accordingly. even korsica, the only character to not have any augmentations at the beginning of the story doesn't seem to care at all that macaron, peppermint and CNMN have replaced significant chunks of her body with robotics to save her life.
it's also interesting that they seem so normalized that at least some people get them for reasons that aren't related to disability. we know that roquefort's body was badly damage, but we've got no indication that any of the other villains or macaron were in any way disabled; they may very well have just gotten the augmentations because they were better for their work or, in mimosa's case, was ways to chase vanity.
that being said, i don't think normalized inherently equals accessible; the setting is still very much one of corrupt dystopic hyper - capitalism. project armstrong was the first time such prostheses were made readily available, and from what we can tell they seem to be outright free. chai was never in poverty, but he certainly couldn't afford an outright arm amputation and replacement with a top - of - the - line prosthesis replacement ( and, it's suggested, plenty of internal prostheses as well ) prior to the project. which just adds some extra grossness to the whole evil plan in the background thing. sure, there were probably plenty of folks who joined up with project armstrong just because, like, sick new robot body parts! but there were also certainly plenty who were disabled in major ways looking for supports they'd never be able to access otherwise. to then use those people for CAPITALISM is extra gross.
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