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#And they were so good too! Hats off to those cosplayers!
bookish-library · 20 days
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Ran into the most fabulous Grian and Scar Life series cosplayers and that absolutely made my day!!! It was immediatly followed by seeing whole crowd of Hermit/Life series people (Rendog, Etho, In the Little Wood, and Skizz) and that was so fun! Shoutout to the Etho that had a a Canadian flag on their arm lol
I also git recognized as Tallulah and that was the best thing
Had so much fun at the ren faire and the day isn't over yet!
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rithmeres · 6 months
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yes, the plans that i could not share with you (because the haters would sabotage me) were that i was taking on LACC in my vash getup :)
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i have so few pictures of myself but i got so many compliments (especially on my arm) and plenty of other people took pictures of me. and normally i don't like attention but i will be honest with u. under these circumstances i loved it. my arm held up really well through 8 hours on the convention floor and i have never been prouder of anything i've made. it's articulated incredibly well, no part of it gave out or required repair, it's never uncomfortable or a nuisance to wear, and i have enough range of motion to do relatively complex things like tying my shoes.
originally i was not planning to try to meet anyone famous because 1) it's expensive and 2) the lines are long and 3) i feel weird and annoying approaching literally anyone for any reason BUT. the spot where i met up with my sister just happened to be right next to johnny yong bosch's table. right when he started signing things. so i said LOL ok i'll do it.
it was super chill, i asked him how it felt to get the call that they wanted him to come back 20 years later for a trigun reboot and he said it almost didn't happen -- that since they recast everyone else for stampede they considered recasting vash as well (and i said WOW i'm so glad they didn't) and he said he really enjoyed getting to come back and explore a darker take (i forget if what he said was a darker take on vash's character, or just a darker trigun in general) but it was briefly surprising 2 me that he considered stampede to be a darker version but i get it, especially when u consider that there is not a lot of comedy in those 12 episodes to balance out the grief.
ANYWAY he was impressed with my arm and i asked him if he would sign my coat :) so he signed the lining but he was also like u know what, i'm gonna give you a second autograph just because. so he signed a print for me as well (free of charge!!) and the print with the blue signature matches my famous paintings that i always film in front of (that's providence baybee)
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other stuff from the con under the cut
cosplay notes:
i saw 3 other vash cosplayers (a 98 vash, a stampede vash, and a purple coat vash) and no shade but i definitely had the best arm build. peace and love to all of them though
i saw 1 1/2 wolfwoods. 1 was the aforementioned mullet wolfwood from yesterday's post (ww if you’re out there ww) and the 1/2 was the 98 vash cosplayer’s gf in some kind of goth-ish dress and she was carrying a punisher
mullet wolfwood if you're out there i regret not getting a picture with you so much. i am deeply ashamed and i have no excuse because i ran into you twice and both times i was too embarrassed to ask for a picture. i just want you to know that your punisher was swag and your earrings were yolo and we would look very good together
i expected to see a lot more trigun tbh. los angeles where u at. 4 vashies at a convention of 120,000+ people is nothing. one guy even walked up to me like wow i love ur vash, i haven't seen a lot of trigun at this con and i was like I KNOW i thought i'd see a lot more
theeeee costume of all time award goes to the cad bane cosplayer i saw on the balcony. spare hand in marriage dude (gn) you looked so good
second place for costume of all time goes to the other mother cosplayer who had button eyes and these crazy finger appendages and never once broke character even while waiting in lines
i took 100 points of psychic damage from this one guy who (and im not kidding) was at least 6’4’’ and wearing platform boots and was dressed as the mfing onceler. with the stupid top hat he was fr 7+ feet tall (i saw him duck to get through a doorway).
someone was there as the brawny paper towel guy?? just walking around in a beard and flannel carrying a pack of paper towel rolls?? go off king
i saw 5 nightwing cosplayers but only 2 were biblically accurate (had ass)
the nanami sweep at this convention was so real u all SHOWED UP. and everybody ate. i saw at least 12 nanamis and not one of them was a flop.
i have never seen so many spider-mans in my life
other things:
fig. 1: this extremely hot captain america on a very large poster was about 2 make me act unwise. hi gorjus................................. nice eyebrows
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fig 2: i saw this sign a couple blocks away from the con and i did a triple take. 🔥🔥🔥TRIMAX MENTIONED🔥🔥🔥
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fig. 3: i saw all 4 hobbits in panel and can confirm elijah wood’s laugh is ten times more infectious in real life. before they were even done sitting down, dominic monaghan switched around all of their name cards so that none of them were seated behind the right name. as u might imagine much of the panel's content was reminiscing about LOTR, but i heard some stories that i hadn't heard before. they also talked about video games, other projects they are working/have worked on, how their kids feel about their dads' LOTR roles, how much they love ian mckellen, and how they would love to see something happen for the 20th anniversary of ROTK this year. sean astin (the legend) took shots at the stranger things writers (basically said joyce could never be happy with hopper) AND EVERYONE CLAPPED LOL. billy and dom talked about the best food in NZ, their show billy and dom eat the world, and the unfortunate events that led to the friendship onion's hiatus. it was a ton of fun to just watch them be themselves with each other, you can tell that these guys are all so fond of each other and love each other so much.
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and finally, fig. 4: i bought these beautiful prints from @/batinyourbelfry and the skeletal washi tape from @/skeletalacademia (both on IG)
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jamiscrazy4krerdly · 10 months
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The he/she/ghoul demigirl Catti fan focusing on ghoul not showing up in the spamton sweepstakes nor the newsletters: shriveled up, wilting away, beating up a pillow VS the he/she/ghoul demigirl Catti fan that realizes Toby Fox is intentionally hiding ghoul away because ghoul is the playable character of chapters 3-5: jumping up in joy, thriving, feeling the sun against their skin. (aw yeah progress report time >:3)
STUFF IS HAPPENING!!!! Wowowow so much stuffs its crazy how much stuffs is… I don’t… it’s… uhm, happening?!! I thought I should clear some shits up. Ok so basically I’m working on four simultaneous projects somehow!!! Two AUs (“Mystery Delta Dungeon” and Deltaswap Inspired “Delta Scene Change” title STILL pending) and the fourth and fifth iteration in my kind of Deltarune… Krerdly… series?? Idk what to call it but just know that that’s happening! The two new mainline fics don’t overlap too-too much which means working on both sort of at the same time is pretty stress free in the continuation department. Soo those are going smoothly (even if they’re still both kinda in the draft phase) and I’m really happy with the vibes there!! I actually decided to implement the fourth in the middle of the fifth so it’s more of a compliment to the series than anything but I definitely think it’s needed and a super welcome addition in my opini-onion. *~^* ~
The order I’m aiming to release my projs is Delta Dungeon 1st -> Delta Scene Change 2nd -> Pieromancer 3rd -> Boons and Banes of Love 4th! I think THINK (think) that Delta Dungeon could be finished by this year if I do a good job ;^> but don’t count on it because deadlines were my downfall for my last upload “Cosmetic Heart Container”. ònó I made the setting a friggin mall and pulled that “big fish small pond” shit at a MALL like omg there was so much… potential and I frew it all up but WHATEVER I’m proud of the buildup!! Just wish I didn’t have to spoil my own fun with deadlines (fuck deadlines)… maybe I’ll rewrite a sort of continuation for that fic and double it’s size when everything else is said and done?? I’ll see!!!! It definitely deserves justice!!
Speaking of aftermaths: I’ve been rolling the idea of a Catti-focused fic in my brain for a bit now. Don’t know about the nitty gritty details but after everything I think it could be fun to promote “major side character” to “main character” and see what happens. Don’t want to pull a Spamton NEO and drop dead after I sever my last string from Deltarune lol (ouch @o@) (won’t happen anytime soon @v@‘).
Since I posted Krises last time I felt like doing sneak peaks, here’s some supplemental Berdlys to keep them company.
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Auugh the quality!! Sorry I blended the pixels and made a smoothie out of them. :( It was tasty tho.
Ok enough business it’s me time and I’m kicking it off with a huge announcement. I’m not afraid to say it anymore… I really like Gyftrot Noelle. I REALLY like Gyftrot Noelle!!!!! There’s something about her that speaks to me mhm mhm. My first experience with the concept was through the design done by @pespillo but while searching for references I also saw some really cute ones by @undertalegorls so definitely go and dig through their profiles to see the vision! ì.í
Okay I have to cut the silliness short because it’s time for… spontaneous Animal Crossing Headcanons!!
Kris Moment!!!
Bug Enthusiast Bug House Bug Island Only Bugs 3 Golden Nets In Inventory Flick’s Best Friend Flick Cosplayer Completed Bug Museum within 24 Hours via time traveling
Ugliest villagers imaginable
Most crafted item: pitfall seed
Crazy good at Hide-And-Seek, cracked custom outfit designer (countless horned-hat QR-codes)
Hates Blathers
“Sings” along at K.K. Slider concerts,
“Make Flick and CJ gay wedding real right now @NinninedoOfficial @NinninedoOfficial @NinninedoOfficial”
Programs the wedding themself out of spite.
Reaction Wheel - Mischief/Let’s Go/Sleepy/Cold Chill/Scare/Stretch/Sniff Sniff/Sneezing
Wordy Berd(l)y
Time Traveler Anti “I-IT’S CHEATING!!”
Achievement Enthusiast (according to his passport)
Doesn’t realize unlimited tasks are unlimited
Buys turnips up the wazoo but gets horrible selling price luck (always needs to use Noelle’s shop)
Keeps track of exact tool durability and customizes his tools different colors to refresh it
Can’t figure out why he doesn’t have every reaction
“Intellectual villagers ONLY” (that’s why)
Crushes on AND kins Raymond, very seriously considers getting a yellow or blue eye-contact to match his heterochromia
Hangs up all his villagers’ photos like trophies, including dupes
Regularly rants about his villagers to Kris (“Why is it that Raymond can spontaneously profess his love for me but YOU CAN’T?!”)
Cannot for the life of him make a pretty island, to his dismay
#1 Pocket Camp Hater
Blathers kinny
“Kris don’t let me fall asleep it is absolutely vital that I wish for star fragments tonight.”
Reaction Wheel - Pride/Aggravation/Thought/Smirking/Behold/Amazed/Mistaken/Heartbreak
Catti (Wow)
Queen of Nookazon
Hacked star trees
INVENTS fashion
Infamous haunted island dreamcode
Always has a matching umbrella
Favorite NPC is Brewster
“Wand-outfit slots… increase them.”
Reaction Wheel - Haunt/Take a Picture/Yoga/Resignation/Disagreement/Agreement/Intense/Work It
The bunny outside is frightful, Noelle
Cannot stop playing Happy Home Designer DLC
Permanently sets island to Winter
Terrified of Zipper the bunny
Completely normal about the New Leaf soundtrack being BETTER
Furnished extra houses for her family
Extremely attached to her villagers and convinced Catti and Ralsei to help her write fan-fiction for them
Takes animal crossing personality quizzes religiously
Highest HHA score out of her friends but doesn’t tell Berdly
Somebody get this girl more co-op features she is desperate.
Reaction Wheel - Eager/Pleased/Sighing/Sheepishness/Curiosity/Distress/Act Natural
Introducing… Ralsei!
Prince of Amiibo Cards (scans one every day because they are all his friends)
Really wants to show his friends every part of his island
Treats villagers like royalty
Can’t say no to villager requests
Posts ethereal flower patch combos
90% of his island consists of flower fields
Never had to look up a single fake painting tutorial
Jumped in joy at the food update
Mails letters to all his residents every day.
Reaction Wheel - Greetings/Wave Goodbye/Confetti/Glee/Delight/Worry/Apologetic/Here You Go
If anyone’s allowed to crash directly into the studio it’s Susie.
Borrows everyone else’s Switch to play
Runs everywhere holding an axe
Extremely emotional about fishing results
Goes out of her way to ask Blathers about fossils and responds with “woooah” every single time without fail
Claims the dinosaur exhibit is her favorite but finds all of the museum extremely relaxing
Dives off balconies into the water over and over
Sells everything through the drop-off box
Loves goofing around in Harv’s island
“The hell you mean you don’t grow rocks in your rock garden?”
Ralsei lets her terraform whatever she wants and builds off of it
Genuinely upset that she can’t terraform higher than 4 levels
“MOSS UPDATE??!”
Reaction Wheel - Flex/Encouraging/Curiosity/Laughter/Day Dreaming/Excited/Bashfulness/Shocked
And if anyone wants to visit MY island my Dream Address is DA-8935-5288-7510 ùvú
Also to contextualize this seemingly random Animal Crossing section, I’m sure some of you won’t be surprised to hear that before I was crisping chicken I was… a Marshmond maniac. *insert ominous thunder flash* Marshmond stands for Marshal and Raymond btw. Krerdly is definitely more Bob x Raymond lean, though…
Speaking of related characters!! I’ve been keeping track of kin-lists for my fav trio on the side. Here’s what I got so far!!
Kris Kins: Karkat (Homestuck) - Flick (Animal Crossing) - Link (The Legends of Zelda) - Beast Boy (Teen Titans) - Gnabbit (Mario Bros.) - Mae Borowski (Night In The Woods) - Bax Twiford (Ikenfell) - Metal Sonic (Sonic The Hedgehog) - Gramble Gigglefunny (Bugsnax) - Prince of Ouji (Katamari) - Creeper (Minecraft) - Courtney (Paranormal Park) - The Devil (Cuphead) - Magalor (Kirby)
Berdly Kins: Tobey McCallister (Word Girl) - Falco Lombardi (Starfox) - Revali (The Legends Of Zelda) - Waluigi (Mario Bros.) - Blathers (Animal Crossing) - Ibn Oxley (Ikenfell) - Lace (Hollow Knight: Silksong) - Jet The Hawk (Sonic Riders) - Snorpy Fizzlebean (Bugsnax) - Amity Blight (The Owl House) - Miles Edgeworth (Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney) - Ren (Oxenfree) - King Dice (Cuphead) - Sheldon (Splatoon)
Catti Kins: Raven (Teen Titans) - Bea (Night In The Woods) - Blaze The Cat (Sonic) - Beffica Winklesnoot (Bugsnax) - Katrina (Animal Crossing) - M’ggie (Broken Age) - Magic Witch Ashley (WarioWare)
“You better be afraid of the great CA-A-TTI!”
~~ OK ANYWAYS ~~
~~ LIGHTNING ROUND ~~
~~ DIRECTLY FROM MY NOTES APP ~~
~~ LET’S GO!! ~~
Kris and Susie going as Flick and CJ for Halloween.
Berdly asks Catti if they can go as Blathers and Celeste to follow suit and there is 1 (one) universe where ghoul says yes.
Kris and Susie love Bugsnax fr fr.
Kris and Berdly go bonkers over Bug Fables. Cosplay Group: Catti Lief, Berdly Kabbu, Kris Vi, Jockington Chompy.
Krerdly is so bogus binted x papers printed core <3
Berdly is Yikking out! (Leans in to kiss Kris at QC’s Diner without warning, they demand he never try to do so ever again.)
Kris pestering Berdly with “if. you. were. gay, da na-na na-na na-na. that’da. be. o-k. da na-na na-na na-na” all of pride month.
Catti and Noelle as the “should I kill off the characters in my book to make it more interesting?” audio.
Ralsei: Slay!! Noelle, internally: Sleigh??
Noelle, sweating and holding up a paw: Sorry I’m late, I was the man behind the slaughter! Susie, blowing steam out of her nose: I’m stuff…. wait what?
(To the tune of Fairly Odd Parents Theme Song) The trash and mash in that school stash Just gave out instantly When the magic little goat hidin’ his every dote Gave a prophecy!
“BANG, BANG, BANG STRAIGHT THROUGH MY HEEAAARRT” -Kris every moment of every day after creating 77 original animation memes
“Pray tell, companion of mine, what is this… “jiggle jiggle skin” you are referring to?” -Player 1
“Glizzyyy” -Player 2 110%
Berdly HATES jellybeans because they’re awful and manipulative
For that last one I originally wrote down that Berdly really liked jellybeans because they just seemed to fit his palette in my mind until I ate one that made me wanna puke and decided it wasn’t meant to be.
Also also idk where to put this but there’s this one scene in Broken Age after Vella escapes the sacrifice ceremony where she’s standing on the back of a giant blue bird flying through the sky in her ripped dress and a knife in her mouth and I’ve never wanted Kris to take the place of another character so badly before… (Berdly makes a fun Shay replacement also but the big blue bird is clearly the hanging fruit here)
Ok! Cool! Good post! Awesome job! Thanks for sticking around. Play Ikenfell, Chicory, and A Short Hike. Don’t forget to totally look at my island lol I definitely didn’t speedrun finishing it just for this post lol. Appreciate cha if you do (DA-8935-5288-7510). Amazingness. Goodnight gamers.
Posted July 27th, 2023. Sparkle Sparkle.
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Cosplayers Pt. 2
Even with Ingo working tirelessly at the training grounds in order to help the citizens of Hisui improve in battle, there still weren't that many intense battles. Sure, there might be from time to time when Dawn wanted to practice, but most of the time they were very low key battles. Any experienced battlers like Adaman and Irida needed proper opponents for a good battle, and the citizens of Hisui were not quite that just yet.
And when Ingo and Dawn went back home, Zizu took over, and there were even less dramatic battles due to their absence.
But when the hole in time started opening up once a year from Hisui to Nimbasa, there were a lot more options.
What better way to show Adaman and Irida some fantastic battles, as well as help them get some new ideas for battling, than let them watch Ingo and Emmet battle together on the battle subway?
Things were going great! Adaman and Irida were observing battles with the subway bosses, and seeing pitfalls that they could avoid in battle.
But when Ingo and Emmet saw a certain party of people, their expressions lightened a bit. Adaman recognized one of them, it was the weird researcher person who questioned him randomly about Hisui yesterday.
"They are on the multi line this time. They will make it to the battle with us. I can take over conducting the battle, you stay here Ingo" said Emmet.
"No! A multi battle of that challenge requires the both of us to properly conduct, I'm not leaving you on the tracks alone" retorted Ingo.
"But what if they -"
"Why is that group so dangerous to you Ingo?" Irida cut in.
Ingo and Emmet turned to face Irida and Adaman once again.
Ingo’s expression brightened further. "These researchers are of no danger to me. Since i've come back to this time, they've been trying to get information about Hisui from me without end. They have determined that the best way to get that information is to intercept me during work, and ask questions of me when I cannot leave. However, they are extremely passionate about battling and seeing their skill increase over time is inspiring! So in order to motivate them further, I am coincidentally missing at my post whenever they would face off with me, and face Emmet instead.”
"They have been verrry relentless. I do not understand them. They could have called and tried to schedule a time and place to talk with us. They have not done that, and when I suggest the idea they merely laugh in my face."
"I recognize one of them" Adaman said, "that was the man who corned me yesterday Irida. I think he thought I was a fraud or something, but then he left me alone."
"I have an idea" Irida said. "What if I take Ingo's place during this... Multi battle you said? I am skilled in wielding multiple pokemon at once, and if I am too out of my element, you could direct me Emmet."
"Hm. That could work. But you would have to lend her one of your spare uniforms Ingo.”
"That seems like a safe track," Ingo relented, "Usually when this occurs I take a break and watch the battle over the cameras, so I would be willing to part with my uniform for the time being. Adaman, would you like to join me in getting something from the Gear Station food court?” 
“I’d love to.”
...
The researchers made it to the final fight. Their plan had finally worked, Ingo and Emmet were waiting for them, there could be no more switching shenanigans if both of them were present.
Was it just them, or was Ingo a little shorter than normal?
It was probably nothing.
“Now that you’ve finally stopped avoiding us Ingo, please answer at least some of our inquiries. First, what was Lady Irida of the Pearl Clan like?”
“It’s rather rude to ask someone that to their face, don’t you think?” said a very... un-Ingo like voice.
The imposter took off their hat to reveal someone who looked... remarkably like Lady Irida of the Pearl Clan... Was it another one of those recent cosplayers? Was she working with the other ones? Wait...
“Subway boss Emmet! I had no idea that you would stoop so low as to hire actors to distract us from retrieving the truth from Ingo!”
Irida couldn’t believe it. They were actually that dense.
“I must assure you that is false. Ingo is busy handling an issue that came up in another line. This is our temporary Subway Boss Irida. Let us battle.”
The battle was very good, and the researchers were defeated once again.
Credit to @lordtraco for the idea in the tags of one of these posts that the researchers just assumed that someone else in the group called to schedule an appointment or something with Ingo and was denied, and didn’t realize that they could just talk to him instead of going through the battle subway. When I saw lordtraco’s tags I was dying with laughter they were very good
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justdaphne · 3 years
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The crows at an amusement part
Nina:
Every five minutes or so, you’ll see her with different food. Popcorn, cotton candy, breadsticks, hotdogs
Wait till she finds the waffle stand
“THESE ARE SO GOOD THIS IS THE BEST OMG I NEED MORE SOMEONE BUY ME MORE PLEASE I NEED IT IT IS MY DRUGGl”
Her hands are full with food
I feel that she’s that type to wear the merchandise
Takes a lot of pictures and it annoys Matthias and Kaz
“OH MY GOD MATTHIAS TAKE A PICTURE OF ME HERE” *poses*
“AND HERE!” *poses*
She loves roller-coasters or any ride that involves heights but she screams as if she was burning in hell
Money-spending spree for her
She likes winning prizes in one of those mini-games and if she doesn’t win she does it again and again and again
She updates her Instagram every ten minutes or so
Wylan:
Balloon collector??
He likes going on the carousel ride with Jesper
Wylan dragged Kaz into it too
He’s literally having the time of his life on the carousel
He HATES those big, tall rides but:
“Cmon Wylann don’t be a chicken” says Nina
“But-“
“CHICKEN”
“...fine”
He shuts his eyes tightly every drop and clings on tight to Jesper
He also likes to spend his money on unnecessary merch. He’s rich so who cares
Kaz
Not sure why he came but he’s here anyway
A little kid thought that he was one of the cosplayers there:
“Mummy look! A villain!”
“WTF?”
Inej gives him the hoho-u-better-shut-ur-mouth look
yea he’s morally grey 🙄
As we know, since Wylan managed to drag him on the carousel, as he’s riding it Nina and Inej laugh their ass off and Nina takes pictures of him
He glares.
Like ok imagine this:
Instead of look upfront he looks to the side of the people watching, and gives the kazzle dazzle glare. ✨DEATH glare✨
Hah and you thought they stopped taking pictures. They kept doing it
He stole “something” from “somewhere”(as he says)
On the roller coaster ride he sits next to Inej.
He won’t admit that he was terrified of the drop, he didn’t scream but he held on to Inej’s hand tightly
He carries the map around
On one of the mini-games, he won a crow plushie and gave it to Inej
Inej
She had a great time
most of her time is spent next to Nina
She pays for everyone’s meals. She’s seen with a breadstick, nothing else.
Inej managed to sneak into the front row in the line
She LOVES the big, tall rides. She isn’t scared of it. She deals with heights anyway as the Wraith
I feel like Inej likes the attraction rides. She points out to the decorations.
“AWW I LOVE THISS”
Inej and Jesper compete in one of the mini-games. It gets super intense.
She wins almost all the time but Jesper insists on a rematch.
At some point, Inej let’s him win
Inej bought them all merchandise
Jesper
He’s dressed, top to bottom, in merchandise.
The hat, the shirt, the pants, his sandals. All from his last visit
Both him and Nina are stocking up on food
His hands are filled with balloons, food, shopping bags
As they were queuing for the roller coaster, “if I die and either of y’all survive, make sure I have an open casket”
“Jesper you little sh-“
He screamed really loud on the roller coaster and after that, he dramatically ‘fell’ because he was ‘dizzy’
I suppose he rode all the rides there is in that amusement park but he likes the chaotic rides the most
He, Wylan, Nina and Matthias does face painting. Not like Matthias had a choice
On one of the performance, Jesper managed to steal the show and all eyes on him
“What is Jesper doing up there- OH MY GOD”
Matthias
I feel like both Matthias and Kaz spent the most time together. In silence. Sitting on the bench, waiting
He prefers the calmer rides like the boat ones. Little does he know that boat rides aren’t calm
He loves the attraction rides. He finds them fascinating. One of the attractions were about Fjerda and guess who complained
“What the- this doesn’t look remotely close to Fjerda! What is this? I’ve never seen that? Is that suppose to be a wolf? That looks like a dog!”
“Drüskelle. Calm. Down. Shut. Up. No. One. Cares. ”
He takes a lot of pictures of Nina. Pretends he hates it though. Something about keeping many picture of Nina gives him joy
Nina forced him to wear a lousy looking T-shirt that says ‘MAGIC IS REAL!” that she got for him in one of these shops
He gets a slushee I suppose. The ice reminds him of home
“Now that was fun innit?” Jesper says as they walk out. “Where are we going tomorrow?”
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hot-wiings · 3 years
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The One Where Someone Ruins Katsuki Bakugo's Bubbly Girlfriend's Snowman, And They Must Pay.
Edited: 12-17-2020
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Katsuki Bakugo stared out the foggy window. The snow flew down lightly, much nicer now in comparison to the harsh flurries that had stormed down that morning, creating a free day for the UA staff, faculty, and students. The snow landed on your hair, making it shimmer and shine when the sun's glare hit it just right. It was ethereal. You were beautiful, a perfect distraction.
You had begged him to come out with you, but he refused. Midterms were coming up, Katsuki had to study, not go out and goof off with every extra in his class. Katsuki had a homework book out in front of him, a book he was supposed to be reading, instead, he was studying you. He knew if he went out instead of staying in he would be teased. He would get called soft and whipped. While Katsuki didn't mind that because he knew he could easily yell out a few cursers and threats and shut them up, he didn't feel like dealing with his friend's nosy attitude towards his relationship.
It was between you and him, not them.
Every laugh you let out could be heard, every string of giggles, every time you called someone's name. It infuriated him. Those extras didn't have the right to talk to his girlfriend. You were far too beautiful, far too nice, and good to be conversing with them. Your attention would have been better consumed with him. You should've stayed inside, you should be studying with him–he wouldn't have beat the knowledge inside you like he had done to Eijirou either. You would be been laughing with him, you could be drinking homemade hot chocolate, you could be sitting in his lap as he explained the math problem, semi-polite, and maybe, he might have even let you take a break to watch a Christmas movie.
With another giggle, Katsuki broke away from his math book to turn his gaze out the window. He was really angry now. Dumb Deku got it somewhere in his head he could make a snowman with you. He got it in his dumb little brain that he could try to make you laugh. He was even more infuriated as he saw you take your scarf off to dress the snowman. Your nose soon turned red, you'd get sick soon if you stayed out like that. An intrusive thought entered Katsuki, one worse than the angry and infuriated ones. This was a ploy made by Deku so he could give you his own scarf, that's exactly the kind of thing a shit-munch like Deku would do to try and woo what wasn't his. No way in fucking hell was Katsuki letting that happen.
Like everything Katsuki did, with a scowl on his face, he slammed his book closed and stomped his way over to the closet to grab his snow boots and jacket. Quickly, he zipped up his jacket and tied his boats before grabbing his hat. Now dressed in proper snow attire, he snagged his extra scarf to bring to you. The things he did for his dumbass.
He was fast to exit the building and faster to march up to you. He wrapped the scarf around your neck and double tied it. Practically choking you in the process, he wrapped it up and tucked it in your coat as a mother would.
"Dummy, you're gonna get sick by giving your scarf away. You're lucky you've got a nice boyfriend to bring you one of his own."
"The snowman needed it more than I did, right Deku?"
"Dumb-Deku better shut his fucking mouth before I blow it up!"
"Well, if it isn't my favorite idiot from class 1-A!"
Neito Monomas voice entered your ears and Katsuki could feel his day just getting worse. First, you left him for the extras, then you distracted him, now he had to deal with that Tuxedo Mask wannabe from class 1-B?
"The fuck did you say, kazoo kid?!"
"Nothing, I'm just saying..."
Maybe Neito would have let it go with just a petty comment, but Itsuka Kendo wasn't anywhere insight to hear and scold him, she really did keep him inline. Something about Katsuki just rubbed Neito the wrong way. Then again, everyone in class 1-A seemed to rub him the wrong way.
"I'm just saying, figures class 1-A's weak-link would spend her snow day making a snowman–an ugly one at that–rather than studying."
Katsuki tried to calm himself down as you grabbed onto his hand and shook your head back and forth as if to say he wasn't worth it. He wasn't worth it, he was just a waste of time. Katsuki came out here with a mission, give you his scarf, persuade you to come back inside with the promise of cuddles, and maybe even insult Deku along the way. He had a mission set in his mind, and he wasn't going to let the cosplayer ken doll get in his way.
Neito wasn't happy with that result. He liked getting a rise out of class 1-A. He liked getting them upset and worked up, especially Katsuki, who got worked up the most. What better way to get a rise than through his girlfriend? Neito kicked the snowman down, crumbling the snowman down to a pile of snow with a grin.
"Even her snowman is weak, just like her. Pathetic class 1-A loser."
"You wanna see weak? I'll show you weak!"
Neito simply wanted a reaction, he thought one of Katsuki's friends, like Mina, or the class representative, Tenya, would've stepped. As your eyes glossed over with tears your classmates stood back and let Katsuki go feral. With explosions surrounding him, Katsuki sent himself flying towards Neito with outstretched arms. Sending explosion after explosion, careful not to get touched by Neito. Neito, gave up fruitless, cowering back with each pound after pound, whimper after whimper. With his hand on the cuff of his jacket, Katsuki raised him and dragged him to you.
"Fucking apologize or DIE!."
"I-I'm sorry."
"Talk shit about her or her skills again and I'll make sure you can't speak again!"
He released Neito on the ground and he fell with a thud. The blonde boy scrambled to his feet and took off in the direction of the 1-B dorms. He turned to back at you and screamed.
"I'm only sorry your boyfriends a psychopath!"
"That little shit-"
"Katsuki, no."
You threw yourself on him and wrapped your arms around Katsuki, pulling yourselves together as a few stray tears leaked from your eyes. Katsuki scowled as his classmates watched him, intrigued on how their mean and rough classmate would handle comforting their sweet and soft classmate. Your relationship was such an enigma to them.
"The fuck are all of you staring at!?"
Everyone watching the fight disbursed as you pulled away from your boyfriend, red embarrassment on your cheeks, still you latched yourself onto Katsuki's arm. Tears were in your eyes as your attention went back over to your ruined snowman. You worked hard with Deku to make that, maybe you were the weak link.
"Do you think Monoma's right? Should I have stayed inside and studied?"
"Should you have stayed inside with me and had a study date, like I originally wanted? Yes. Should you have stayed inside because you're weak? Fuck, no. Fuck that class A wannabe."
"He was right, and he blew my snowman right over."
"You're such a crybaby. The only reason it got wrecked is because that dumb-dumb Deku helped you make it. Maybe if I had helped you it would have withstood better."
Katsuki placed a chaste kiss on your forehead before pushing down your hat which had begun to fall off. He pulled it over your ears as he clicked his tongue. You would be sick and lost without him, he did such a good job taking care of you.
"I suppose studying can wait. Besides, if we wait I can make shitty hair and dunce face study with us, I'll beat it in them."
Katsuki grabbed your hand and pulled you down into the snow with him. A rare smile graced his face as you giggled at him.
"I'll help you make another snowman, but you gotta do exactly what I say, and shitty Deku can't help."
"Okay, but you gotta make us hot chocolate after. Your hot chocolate always tastes the best."
"Fine. Someone's gotta make you something warm, and we both know you can't do it yourself."
With another kiss to your face, Katsuki felt content. He supposed he got what he really wanted. Whether it was studying or not, he had your attention. He got to insult Deku and he got his frustrations out. Maybe snow days weren't so bad.
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the-bees-knives · 3 years
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Hi yes hello. I saw that you rebloged the oc ask thingy and I'll be ordering for the whole table. Can I get a 2, 3 ,5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 32, 34, 37, 41, 45, 48, 50, 51, 55, 60, 65, 68, 69, 70, 73, 78, 83, 87, 89, 93, 96, 98, and 99? All for Biscuit. (IM REALLY REALLY SORRY I JUST WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM 😭)
This got real long... answers under the cut!
2. What are their favourite possessions? Why? (sentimentality, history, price, etc.)
His favourite possession... is you! ✋👁👁
Jokes aside, Biscuit isn't too materialistic. However, he does like the hairband he uses for his braid; it was a gift from his mother! The bow he wears around his neck is also a remnant of a modification of his uniform from his previous place of work. Biscuit used to work both as a mascot and a cook (it would switch depending on the situation) at his family's diner (restaurant? i don't know the term), and he added it because he thought it looked cute (also he couldn't do anything too feminine :( so this was the best he could do).
I will note that the cutlery embedded into him is not a part of his favourite possessions, despite his unwillingness to part with them. They're more like a part of his body, I guess?
3. Do They get jealous easily? If so, what usually causes it?
If Biscuit formed an attachment to someone and then saw them with someone else, he'd be wary of the new person, if not jealous. They'd have to become acquainted with Biscuit to ease him, though that might not always work. He'd still probably try to drag his companion away. Basically, he's pretty protective (possessive?) over those he likes.
5. What's their reputation like? Does this reputation contrast what they're really like?
I'm not sure how others would see him. Either it's "eccentric cosplayer (who's really in character)" or "weird dude". Probably the first one, as normal people couldn't survive with knives in their body for that long. Mostly Biscuit's just a weird dude though.
7. What's their "type"? What romantically attracts them to another person?
Biscuit doesn't really have a preference on appearance, it's more based on personality. Either it's someone who can care for him or someone who's just as feral/zero-braincell'd as him. He normally takes care of his victims, but he doesn't see that as attraction; it's more like caring for cattle before you eat it. If someone cared for him though, he'd be into it. As for the other one, it's just a feral power couple; both can be absolutely insane together (Run).
9. If they could change one part of their appearance, what would it be?
Spine that can turn 180 degrees. Reasoning: he has to sleep on his stomach because of the knives, but then his feet are bent uncomfy while on his stomach. Rotate spine for comfy feets. Plus, it'd be a cool party trick.
10. What's a simple thing that brings them joy?
Pets/physical affection. (Unfortunately, by unintentional design, this man is Unpettable.)
12. What's their position in their friend group? (leader, mom friend, chaos goblin, etc.)
The chill goblin: you can sit with him and have a nice hat, but if anything gets the interest of his one (1) braincell, he will go absolutely feral.
13. How forgiving are they? What do they consider unforgivable?
I think he's pretty forgiving, considering. If you attacked him, he'd probably consider it as play-fighting or something. He won't like it if you mess with his personal belongings, but he'll forgive you if it's for a good reason (for him) or if you give it back.
As for the things he'd find unforgivable, touching the two knives sticking out of his head is an absolute no-no. (The ones in his shoulders are sort of meh; he won't like it if you touch them, but he won't try to kill you for it.) The knives in his head are really sensitive, so he'll become agitated quick and snap if you try to move or remove them.
16. What food do they absolutely hate?
fish yucky >:(
17. Do they show a lot of affection, or are they pretty reserved?
If Biscuit had an s/o or a good friend (you know, people he's not interested in for food), he'd be pretty affectionate; he likes them and wants to show it! He might get a little close though, so make sure to set (and remind him of) personal boundaries.
19. What's their unusual quirk?
I don't know why, but I imagine that Biscuit can bleed infinitely. If you were to remove any of the knives embedded into him, the wound will just keep bleeding until they're inserted back in. I don't really have an explanation for this, but he is a human, so??? I just think it's neat.
20. Are they easy to wake up in the morning, or grouchy and sleepy?
While Biscuit does get up early, he's particularly lazy and groggy. It's kind of like those moods where you want to go back to sleep, but you can't because your body's awake.
21. What's their ideal date like?
Anywhere really, so long as his s/o is giving him attention.
32. What are they like at parties? Party animal, or awkwardly sitting in the corner drinking punch and reading?
Party animal, except everyone else is sitting in the corner trying to avoid him. He doesn’t really think before speaking, so he says whatever without any filter. (Plus, the knives don’t help. No, he won’t remove them.)
34. What’s their favourite drink? (Coffee, tea, juice, hot chocolate, soda, etc.)
Biscuit is a milkshake lad. His favourite is strawberry-banana!
37. Are they a hopeless romantic, or is that stuff just not for them?
Biscuit has a “love-at-first-interaction” mentality, like if someone shows genuine interest in him, then he wants to be with them and chases that feeling (and them).
41. What would they dress up as for Halloween?
Bold of you to assume that he’d even need a Halloween costume.
All jokes aside though, Biscuit has No Patience to put a costume together (or even look for one), so he’d probably just go with his normal wear. People have already mistaken the knives as cosplay/props anyway, so it’s just less work, instant results.
(He does have the old mascot suit, but he can’t wear it anymore without it hitting the knives.)
45. Are they always late, on time, or early?
None of the above, he forgot that event was today.
48. How dramatic are they?
Biscuit’s not the type to start drama, nor is he extremely emphatic (is that the word?) with his speech. He’s just kind of vibing.
50. Why would they be a good partner for a road trip?
Fun(?) to do activities with; will probably suggest random stuff to do if there’s no set itinerary (will probably suggest it anyway). If you’re looking for a spontaneous road trip, he’s your guy.
51. Why would they be a BAD partner for a road trip?
Will Never Sit Still; must be kept under watch constantly, otherwise he’ll run off to who knows where. (Just keep him on a leash or something)
55. Choose a vine you think perfectly encapsulates their character.
This video has pretty strong vibes of brainrot, so I think it's appropriate.
60. What sappy thing will they cry at? (romance movies, cute cat videos, etc.) Would they deny crying about it later on?
Biscuit loves all types of animals, especially furry ones (so dogs, cats, bats, rats… bean toes are a plus). So he’d absolutely cry if shown cute pet videos and gush about how precious and baby each one is. No denial either, if you confront him about it, he’d just justify it by gushing about them more. (He doesn’t have any pets of his own though. I wouldn’t trust him with a pet.)
As a side note, if he found out his victim was a beastkin or could turn into an animal or something, he’d be really conflicted on whether to harm them or not, but would ultimately decide against it.
65. Do they give people a lot of nicknames?
Biscuit isn’t creative enough to make genuine nicknames. However, if he forgot your name (and he probably would), he’d just name something off of your appearance (“pink jacket”, “shark guy”, things like that).
68. Are they easy to fluster? What would you have to do to truly fluster them?
Biscuit can only really be flustered by people he likes or people that he thinks are close to him. He’ll melt and nuzzle you if you surprise him with something nice, physical or otherwise :)
69. What’s their dream vacation like?
Go to the countryside and run around and be feral. Then chill in the evening and take a bath, because he needs to make sure his knives are clean.
70. Are they a good liar?
Biscuit doesn’t even try to lie. He’s really impulsive, and he doesn’t see what’s wrong with what he does. If he tried to lie, it’d be stupid/simple and obvious that it’s a lie, but he’d stick to his guns and insist that it’s true. Though, his voice/expression wouldn’t fluctuate, so you’d have to believe either in common sense or him.
73. Are they more book smarts, or street smarts?
Street smarts; this man’s head is empty (except for the two knives in there but).
78. What’s something they’re really bad at?
Almost anything that involves careful planning and concentration to complete. Things like puzzles or sewing; if it doesn’t give immediate satisfaction, then what’s the point?
The only things that Biscuit does pay attention to are cooking and, by extent, caring for his victim (as they’re a part of the cooking process).
83. What are they like as an s/o?
Loyal and (possibly) clingy. Will want to accompany you for days, then vanish out of thin air due to impulsiveness (will absolutely forget to feed his victim during this time, if he has one). Forgets about physical boundaries, but means well (trying to show affection).
Biscuit’s love languages are, in no particular order: physical touch, acts of service, and quality time. Personal hug-buddy that can cook :)
87. Do they like spicy food?
Yes he does! I like to imagine that he incorporates spice from time to time into his dishes. I don’t know what his tolerance would be though due to lack of experience (I will perish).
89. What would they get into a petty argument over?
Which animal is the best? Answer: it’s all of them. (Though he does have a preference towards furry animals, he tries to be unbiased in this argument.)
93. What type of movies do they like to watch?
Both gorey horror movies and feel-good movies (especially if they have animal protagonists). They’re just fun to watch.
96. What’s their sense of humour like? (Dad jokes, morbid humour, basic knock-knock jokes, stand-up comedy, etc.)
Physical humour, stand-up, and maybe surreal humour. Anything else might be too complex for him.
98. How competitive are they?
He’s not very competitive on his own, though if someone challenges him to a contest, he’s still going to try to beat them for the satisfaction of it. Don’t challenge him to a contest if you want to have chill times with him.
99. What would they wear to a formal event? Describe their outfit!
Biscuit has No Standards when it comes to social events, so he’s going as normal. If he had to dress fancy though (and if he had access to it), he’d probably just wear a simple pink dress shirt and dress pants + suspenders. Slick his hair back too. The knives stay.
(I don’t even think he can enter most shops with the knives, fake or not. I don’t know; I’ve never entered an establishment with visible knives before.)
This was a long post, so let me know if I missed anything;;
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prettywarriors · 3 years
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what are some of your favorite and least favorite magical girl raising project designs? and your thoughts on magical daisy just because she's my fav
Heck yes opinion time! But first what you asked for:
Magical Daisy Good. The yellows-browns-beige works really well with both the purple accents and the minty green hair. She has pleats distributed evenly through her design, and they work in tandem with both the ribbons and with the daisies through her outfit without it getting too busy. I like her detached sleeves with gloves, and I am a sucker for practical footwear on a MG (both for them and for possible cosplayers) I’m not Crazy about the. Pouch? Asymmetrical bustle? The thing off her waist on her right. But it balances with her off-center headdress and has the same small design on it so it get’s a pass. Her hair is simple, but I like it and I think it works for her A good design for an anime (if the MGRP anime had done really well, do you think we would have gotten an in-universe magical daisy episode?)
Other opinions under the cut
Haha only giving opinions on 3 girls? I’m reading Peaceful Days now so enjoy my speed thoughts on MGRP-Aces outfits.
But first Maruino deserves so much recognition because her use of cream and dark brown in place of white and black whenever possible, combined with her chibi style and general color pallet choices, is so good. I know I’ve talked about the LN look vs the anime looks here before, but some designs would just look not nearly as good if she didn’t know how to use colors as well as she does
MGRP:
Snow White- School uniform with an armband indicating she is someone who can help, but with flowers. It’s cute, it’s fairly simple compared to other mgrp outfits, I like the big flowers on the sides of her outfit over the ones hanging from the ribbons off her back. A solid look, but not a winner in my book
Ripple- This is going to come up with quite a few of these designs but I like basically everything but the body. I like the sleeves, the geta are great, love the one ponytail with big shuriken, scarf brings great contrast to the rest of the color scheme, bikini top with ribbons attaching it to a wrapped skirt? The skirt feels like this could have been a keikogi but the top is almost wholly unadorned and overall I wish this was a better look than it is
La Pucelle- Great idea, meh execution. Knight And Dragon? Love it! The navy blue for military feels with armor and goes well with the gold&cream&brown. Her horns are cute! I like the tail- it fits the character and isn’t too large or distracting. Once again I like the arms-neck-legs but the body is. a bikini with a drapery bit off the top and the tabard. The tabard is good! But why is she in her underwear? Give pants??? 
-And yes I know swimsuits cover just as much as underwear but this isn’t a swimsuit and it’s a lazy way to cover what needs to be cover and not even try to make that area of a design more interesting. This doesn’t apply just to LP or even MGRP I have seen comments on this before and unless the character’s outfit is an actual bathing suit, try harder.
Top Speed- A wife. A halloween wife. God I lover her personality and her outfit is definitely on the simple end of mgrp outfits but very fitting. The colors are great, love the hat and the tall boots, the cape stripes might be my least favorite bit? But I feel if it was solid it would be too bland so. And the end of her braids looks like a broom. I love her. Good design.
Ruler- I hate this. But why..... Is it the navy blue is a singular piece? I liked Ripple’s scarf for contrast but maybe this piece isn’t large enough? Her head things look like two crowns on the sides of her head and their weird and. Not awful? But not great. The cape looks chunky at the end? In a weird way? Or is it the drop waist on the top. I know I don’t like the butt fluff. I do like the shoes&leggings? pants? And her crown and hair stars. bad/10 for reasons I can not place
Swim Swim- Techno demon in the accessories, pure schoolgirl in swim class in the torso. The white suit+black devil wings is good as character contrast , and her....hip...discs? have demony tails which is good, but the big headphones and floating disc things work great with the shoes but not with the rest of the outfit? This is two outfits in one but not in a good way. Pick a lane.
Minael&Yunael- They might not be super-murders but boy that’s their only redeeming trait. I do not like them as fictional people. And outfitwise? Meh. I like the chat balloon halos, and the one wing look for the two of them works, and again the use of Navy rather than pure black is good, but the old fashioned dress with a bib is. boring. and not in a simple way just not interesting? Like I think if the stiped bib thing was removed it might look better? This also might be a secret hatred of mine as I think I have figured out from a later outfit. For now- boo
Tama- Are you spotted or brown&white? Her fluff bits and legs say spotted and her ears and tail and paws say brown and white and I wish we’d pick a lane? Also not crazy about the butt-length cape. I do like the bone clasp and the hood, and you have to have big ol paws for a dog girl. She’s. Fine. Just fine.
Nemurin- Her hair clouds say magical girl, the rest says generic cute sleepy anime girl. I like the socks, and her hair, but she’s not that interesting? Don’t get me wrong she’s cute but the bulk of her design is Big PJs. The candy clasp is nice as a sweet dreams thing? Sorry Endo
Calamity Mary- Titty fur. Boots with spurs and arms with fringe and mini cowboy hat are all good, and her skirt is. A little boring but fine. But the best part of her top is the sheriff badge. If we’re committed to evil=slutty=evil, you can still make a more appealing lewd top than a bikini over some fluff. Let sluts be sexy? Stay dead bitch.
Magicaloid 44- Elementary schoolgirl but robot. Bulky but in that smooth modern look. I’m a sucker for hair horns, even when they’re metal or plastic, and she just has a good silhouette. But her colors could be better? I will say her mn art has her skirt look like a skirt, and the anime said This Is A Solid Hunk Of Plastic/Metal and I think that works better. Swap her dark brown bits for a navy to go with her skirt and i think i’d be out of complaints
Sister Nana- There are multiple MG nuns. What’s up with that. Good use of sexy belts for theme consistency, but I with there was more red up top or her shoes were a different color. 9/10 for dirty nun
Weiss Winterprison- Girl I love you why is your outfit not good as a MG look or even really as an outfit. Your practical looking boots have heels, your colors are boring and messy, you have like. belts but not enough for them to look interesting? Gurl I love you do something with this bland mess.\
Cranberry- ‘I love this’ I say threw clenched teeth. I love green and flower motifs, and I like boleros and big sleeves. But I’m not that into this? I think it’s that her top looks like a nice shirt that’s a little long and then she. Just has leggings on and a big belt. I guess the buckle is like. A big thorn? And i’m into tunics with leggings but this doesn’t? do that in a way I like? The red-blue roses are a nice contrast to the green and creme but i just. I have no idea I want to be in love with this and it’s Middling for me. More elf ear’d MGs pls
Hardgore Alice- I love alice, I am a fan of edgy spins on stuff(sorry), so I’m a bit disappointed? And I think it’s just the colors? I love the checkered pockets and the striped stockings and bows and the headband and apron and bloomers and dress shape and even her eye bags (mood). I guess I just wish there was more of the off white-maybe for the full apron? or even the bloomers? I love you please re-color.
Restart:
Keek- This bitch might win it for worst look. I like her hair color, and giant sleeves, and the cd and rubix cube are nice touches for an outfit, but what outfit. A bikini top and slightly-larger-than-usual underwear style bottom with a big plate of metal? Are those supposed to be shorts??? Points for normal shoes but take off the coat and this is nothing. And the coat isn’t much to begin with. 0/10 might take home the gold
Clantail- I wish the apron part was gone? But the colors are good tho I do have a question about the horns- they’re cute but if she can change her lower body to other animals they won’t always fit very well? And her necklaceuhhh tattoo? is odd. But she’s fine
Pechika- Good colors, like the feathers, I wish the chef’s coat had a different fit but it’s good. Could go without the tail. Also has some almost military feeling elements like the hair cross and the? epaulets? This is a spats stan account
Rionetta- Great use of colors, patterns, ribbons, has a specific look that works great for the doll dress. Hell year ball joints and weird eyes. Wonderful. I hate it. No fucking clue why. Like with the angels maybe? I hate strips? Except I don’t. Maybe just in specific situations? Or I hate multiple patterns? Rio looks good. I just see her and go into a rage. 
Nonako Miyokata- A very good look overall, just not super Magical Girl? Definitely magical miko but. The yin yang accessories feel a tad out of place- replace them with existing themes or add them in elsewhere
Magical Daisy- Still good
Nokko- This is just a maid. A cute maid with a weird choice of hair decor, but I think she got her outfit at the same shop as Milkit. *shrug*
@Meow-Meow- boy I hope I didn’t just at someone for real. I like her colors and tail, poofy detached sleeves are good, her top works with the open dress. I’m a fan of detailed edging on a piece, and it works with the pattern.  I’d’ve liked to see more of the bells that are on her wrists? I guess she had a racist accent originally though which yikes. 
Genopsyko Yumenoshima- A great sentai outfit, love the helmet ears and the tail. Not good as a magical girl outfit unless we fully dissolve the mg/sentai line. But the suit is great, slightly oversized gloves, and retro lasergun that doesn’t even work? Yesssss.
Detec Bell- Fwuffy. Great hat, love the dress, a good use of a cape, simple but very good. I feel a feel some of the ribbons could be changed up but a solid if simple design. 
Lapis Lazuline (2)- Cute starry tiger princess? I guess I’m a fan of navy and brown because i’m into it here too. Good use of the silvery details on the sleeves and dress bottom, and the links both at the cape clasp and on the boots. Really nice.
Melville- Bootleg Cranberry in every way. I like her over-pants and sleeve-cape, but the weird bib-top under the bikini top is a bad shape? Hair roses good and leg thorns do get a thumbs up. 
Cherna Mouse- If the turtle gets it’s own distinct look, why is Cherna just baby+ hamster? The hood is cute, and I dig the boots which work with the shoulder things, but said things don’t go with the toddler one piece+cape. She reminds me of Moetan and that is a bad thing.
Pfle- Ohhh this bitch. I may have been reading these books but I have no damn idea what she is up to and I hate it. Love her eyepatch tho. Super cute throne-wheelchair and it continues the bird motif. Her dress is nice but not that interesting? Seems more generic old timey fancy lady dress than Magical. Honestly I could go for some mixing up of the colors here? The dress and hair and throne all are a bit too similar. Maybe make the dress wine?
Shadow Gale- I like her look but I don’t feel it says nurse as much as it’s supposed to? Her aces profile honestly gives Rue vibes. It’s very monochromatic but I guess that works for her. Big fan of her skirt, kindof with it went all the way around. Solid design
Masked Wonder- Who? I refuse to play person5 because it’s been overhyped but isn’t this one of them? Not awful as a phantom thief outfit, but doesn’t say magical girl phantom thief at all. I do like the roses on the belt and. garters? Kindof wish we’d loose the color on the cape because it clashes more than anything with the rest of the look
Akane- I like her long hair flower. But her samurai-kimono look doesn’t feel blended well enough imo and the colors are too over the place while still being bland.
Lake of Fire Flame Flamey- Hell if I know how she looks I just love typing that name
Limited:
Weddin- Good colors, a bit too busy? The chains+roses+lace doesn’t feel well balanced. But the flame and ankle chain are balanced because Maruino is good at asymmetrical details 
Captain Grace- A pirate magical girl? Is she legit the only one from any main stream series? Well she set the bar high. The captain coat is great, multiple small anchors, the hat, and her skirt(?) is very cute. I guess the sole of the boots stands out a bit? But very solid (wait is that a tail? or a butt hook? :/)
Funny Trick- If Las vegas was a magical girl. Colors and silhouette are good, I’m just not vibing with this. sorry girl
Kuru-kuru Hime- Yiss more ballet themed outfits. Good colors, love the shape of the giant back bow. I could go without the big ribbon coming off the headpiece? It’s nice
Postarie- Buttwings! I love her hair shape, just. Not a fan of the orange and green colors? She’s a delivery girl but feels more marching band. It’s a good design, just doesn’t feel fitting? Great just not for her
Rain Pow- Now this is a sci-fiy look while still saying magical girl. The tail is yet another weird thing, and I could go without the permeant ring behind her, but the shape of her outfit is very good, and love the silly heart hair. Wish the gloves were a different color? But this is up there
Tepsekemei- Genie outfits being problematic isn’t something I can speak to, but this is a solid genie look with additions to feel different, specifically the lotuses. It’s good, and I haven’t seen flying turtles since love hina so. Good for her.
Mana- You’re not a magical girl. Maybe I just hate bibs? The hat is great and snake leg is fun, I wish her collar was actually smaller to stand out more? It’s a fine mage look i guess
Hana Gekokujou- Great use of hair color as contrast to a committed color scheme. A cute traditional bunny look. Not personally my favorite but it is Good.
7753- Big Coat! Giant heart braids! Consistent heart theme! It’s bland compared to a lot of the other outfits, and I don’t think her flat heart uhh hair? pieces? like rain pow? work as well with her. But I think she works well for a member of the resources department. Wait is her hat backwards? Amazing
Archfiend Pam- I’m mostly a fan of this. The top is great, it’s carried through at one hip, she has the weird arm guy to keep her asymmetry going on. I just wish she’d commit to either fur Or pleats as trim? Both is a weird texture choice
Pythie Frederica- This bitch took a while for her proper appearance. I love the horns on the hood, and the stars throughout work well. I really don’t care for her skirtdress though? It’s too long and in ribbons and feels almost jellyfish-y? I feel it’s supposed to feel like she’s standing in fire but that doesn’t work pass a glance for me
Tot Pop- Love hot topic. Her spiky ribbon is my favorite bit, and I’m a fan of oversized sleeves. A great mall goth look, not amazing as a magical girl look tho. The head decor feels most on brand for the genre.
Punkin- What if the three musketeers were murderous and royalty. I love the hair feather and dig the ruff, the cape honestly feels like overkill? The boots are great and I dig the pants. Once again, why tails. I know mahou-furbies has reviewed a lot of these girls with the same comment and she’s right. Pick red or blue for this look though.
Sonia Bean- Kindof busy, in a garbage way. Like her outfit is made of fancy garbage to make an old timey doll. Which is fitting. Love the dress shape. Less into the weird dangly poofs.
Jokers:
Princess Inferno- The whole princess line works well together. Quake has the least Team outfit but I feel all four work well together? Inferno’s bikini is a smidge above other tops with the fire shapes, and I like her hair, but I think she’s my least favorite princess.
Princess Deluge- Swirls and scales throughout? Armor? Gold jewelry? My biggest issue is the chain to the weapon because this is a really nice outfit.
Princess Quake- Why does your tail start in the middle of the back? I like her leotard and eye theme, and her head piece adds nice shape. Good asymmetry. shame she’s into children The hair gem is a fun touch
Princess Tempest- The apples are a weird touch? Good for color but weird as a theme? I love the leaves- honestly I’m a huge fan of the vaguely toga-y look. Are the apples supposed to be an atlanta thing? Her skirt could be a bit better but Nice
Prism Cherry- Princess of our hearts. What a color scheme. Her oversized dangly accents work well here I feel, and I love the skirt and the leaf looking ribbon behind the neck. I could do without the arm fluff, but the top garter for the skirt is a nice touch
Marika Fukuroi- My wife is a bitch and I like her so much. A much more vibrant outfit than most of the mgrp girls, the black is edgy but in a fun loud way. I love her skirt and every damn crazy flower. Her top is my least favorite with the smaller flowers connecting her top to her bottom and the frills that honestly are out of place. Great eyes
Styler Mimi- A fancy outfit that fits her theme, with a nice silhouette and simple color scheme. Ruined by the giant back powder puffs. Yes she would be fairly simple without those but they’re so garish and awkward. Good hair
Stanczyka- I thought her middrif was another hunk of plaster like the mask and now that I see it’s just skin with some stars :/ The whole head thing is good, and the fur is consistent throughout even if I’m not a fan of it. The giant sleeves are. weird. I want to like them but. Her swirly tiddys are a nice touch. The brown hair on the tail doesn’t fit
Lady Proud- For someone who lived for a lot of pages I do not remember her. Her leotard works with the sleeves to feel like an old timey dress and the way the cape is being held up to look like bat wings is nice. The green layer in her hair is an odd choice. I do dig the hair clips with the horns
Umbrain- Froggy slicker. ...Sakura did it better, the yellow and purple&red is a meh color combo sorry. I do love the candy additions for the ame(rain) ame(candy) play, and her umbrella is great. But once again I am confronted by a bib. Also her slicker is actually two pieces? Bad colors, bad body, good theme
Filru- I like the colors and the corset, and in theory the chunky knitting is very cute but I feel it’s at odds with the boots and corset. Make the whole thing chunky knitting- it’d be cute. The head doily also could be more on theme imo
Uttakatta- again, what did you do? giant overalls are good in theory, but the slits and the. bubbles? clear donuts. are just ugly. Honestly her whole look is not good, and a bubble theme has so much potential for cool shit :(
Kafuria- good use of colors, I’m not personally into the shape of her kimono as a mg dress, but the wings and the veil+such are nice
Grim Heart- this bitch. God her dress is a great shape. I think i’m not fully into her spade tail ribbons, but otherwise love? The flamingo is Silly but again as an alice fan, i do not care (ask me about kagihime for 10000 words of rage!)
Shufflin- the tiny bib haunts me but the big double sides apron card piece is a nice way to do the simple and versatile Card look. The hair is cute and i like the suit as a big piece behind the head
Aces:
Armor Arlie- chunky suit of armor. but Cute. as an armor fan in MG designs, even I think this is A Bit Much, but it has enough going for it that i think it’s a fun look
Bluebell Candy- once again Maruino kills it with using navy very nicely. A military vibe with the epilates and double breasted uhh skirt decor. honestly shocked the hat is center, and mm good hair happenings. A very nice design. still not into the weird fluff tail stuff
Dark Cutie- Great hair decorations, love the lunar details, seems to be a leotard over leggings? It’s nice. It’s not crazy grabbing or stands out that much in silhouette, but i do like it
Micchan the Dictionary- tying your coat around your neck is not valid, motarboards are not good magical girl accessesories, i personally have an owl vendetta, the red in her shoes appears no where else, and the shape of her dress is just weird. plus that hair is. not good. Oh wow. I might rank her lower than keek. oh Wow
Glassianne- this is just that alcreamie pokemon. i wish the exposed strawberry went all the way down instead of there being more icing along the bottom. she has a consistent theme and nice colors, i’m not not digging it
Uluru- said dog. 7753 and tama’s child. she looks warm but not super magical. why is she dog themed?
Sorami Nakano- gamer aesth. I could do without the hair paws, but the jumper is super cute, love the eyes and the hair tones, general color scheme, bandaid is a cute touch. A solid look.
Premium Sachiko- good colors, i like the cut of the sleeves/boots/dress, but her art has her legs blend together and that’d just the art but weird. nice use of four leaf clovers and horseshoes throughout for her luck theme. 
CG Angel Hammer- I like the flowers and the bones tail/wings. The halo thing is. odd, and it’s hard to get a great idea of her actual outfit. weird hair choice, tiny bottom but at least it has some frills. Needs more art
Patricia- acab. great colors tho and I like the shapes for the shoulders and wrist, and the light theme. The bright blue ribbons and earrings stand out well. This is actually a really solid design. 
Puk Puck- i hate this baby angel there’s too much to look at. Your bondage leg is weird! cute chest piece. you can’t have cloud swirls and drills for hair damn it. your halo also has a veil? fuck you. 6/10.
Best Outfits: Princess Tempest and Grim Heart Worst Outfits: Keek and Micchan the Dictionary and Uttakatta
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lunawings · 3 years
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Ace (and Leo)’s PriZoom Birthday Party!! 4/4/2021
(Yes it took way too long before someone coined PriZoom... But)
That was.............. 
AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Comments on Tatsuyuki Kobayashi’s live appearance at the end
Not to say this showing wasn’t without occasional feedback/unnecessary noise from people who should have been muted, but still, it went a LOT smoother this time. There were only about 170 people but there were supposedly two different rooms (text only and regular cheering) so I don’t know if that was the actual grand total. I did regular cheering of course. I don’t have that much to say in SSS but I like to be a part of the madness. People were really chatty and relaxed this time too! Making shoutouts to the cosplayers and such. Lots of familiar faces from the previous stream!
The staff has even started doing this little thing at the end where they showcase a bunch of different cameras. They didn’t pick mine, thoughhhhh. Actually the only time I was on the main screen was at the very end of the movie. (I think perhaps they have realized they have been inexplicably infiltrated by a gaijin and don’t know how to handle it, as is the Japanese way.) It was the perfect time to realize I... COMPLETELY FORGOT THE 366 LOVE DIARY DANCE FFFFFFNOOOOOOOOO--I have to practice before the next one. It hadn’t occurred to me that we would actually get 366 Love Diary.
So they have mentioned these showings would be the theater edit, and going into it I was really curious like... would it really be the theater edit? Like the completely original version with 366 Love Diary and everything? Or did they just splice the DVD into the theater cut? But I think it really WAS the theatrical version. I won’t know unless I see Part 3 or Part 4 though, because those had some pretty significant differences between the theatrical version and the TV version. (A really noticeable animation error with Leo’s hair in Part 3, Shin’s got a different phone background in Part 4, etc...) Nnnrrrgh I don’t really want to see Part 4 but I might have to... NOT today though. I made the difficult decision to only do Part 2 today. (I miss disposable income....) But hopefully I can do Part 1 in May for Taiga and Part 3 in June for Alexander?
I’ve always considered Part 1 and Part 3 to be my favorites, so I always forget how much I do like Part 2: BABY KAKERU, Joji dragging the Shuffle on his date, JOJI! HAIR!!!!, ACE, Orange Flamingo, Joker Kiss, sssAAAILInGGGGGGGGGGG... (even on ZOOM I got the full body goosebumps when Minato looked up). 
Some notable stuff:
People yelling in Okayama-ben during the Joji flashback (そうじゃ、そうじゃ!instead of そうだ、そうだ!etc) I was DYINGGGG
When Ace’s mic is cut: “Is there a problem with Zoom??” “TAKE JOJI OFF MUTE!!”
Several people prepared fish for particular scenes in episode 4 and 6.
I think my favorite feed was the person who aimed their camera back at the screen with their Torachi and Dorachi plushies watching.
Or maybe just the person who had up the background of the Ikebukuro Train Station the whole time (PPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT)
Someone had up the ferris wheel in Shizuoka where the Kouji scene takes place too though!! AAAAHAAAAA!!! (Going there is seriously one of my favorite King of Prism memories of all time.)
Additional shoutouts to:
The Hiro cosplayer who was eating curry during episode 6.
The girl in the orange happi with “From the cradle to the grave” actually framed on her wall (possibly in real calligraphy!?)
The Tsubasa fangirl (!!??!) who held up a Tsubasa fan whenever she was on screen
The person with the Ace plushie (!!). I didn’t know they existed. He had his hat from the Joker Kiss performance too. 
There was at least one Leo cosplayer but there were SEVERAL Ace cosplayers. Like WOW. Also shoutout to the person who cosplayed as an actual Ace of Hearts card omg I love this fandom so much. 
But really though there was SO. MUCH. ACE. LOVE in this showing. So many Ace backgrounds/homemade Ace cheering goods, etc. I know this was specifically the Ace birthday showing but still. Considering Ace isn’t exactly a main character I think this was pretty huge. 
And now onto what you were possibly all waiting for, the Tatsuyuki Kobayashi greeting! This was basically almost exactly what it felt like to go to a theater greeting show in Japan, just on Zoom. I used to always talk about trying to see the voice actors at smaller events to try and get them to notice me and this was... basically THAT. Almost better in a way!? Because he could see all of us equally? Read all of our comments on the screen!!! Of course I had no idea what to say when presented with this opportunity....... GAHHH HE’S SO FREAKIN CUTE 
We started off by singing Happy Birthday to Ace and Leo (actually just him because we were on mute!), and then we all blew out the candles on a cake together. He mentioned him and the staff would eat the cake later haha. 
He then started to talk about his experience playing Ace. He mentioned that when he first sang Love Mix for Pride the Hero, his character didn’t even have a name yet. He was simply the ghost singer.  And when he came out and made that surprise performance at the MRS concert he was so nervous he barely remembered it!! But when he got to perform again as Ace at the SSS live in Feb 2020, now that Ace had come into his own, he was much more confident and it was very meaningful to him. 
This really resonated with me. I’ve actually seen Tatsuyuki Kobayashi in concert a total of three times. The first time was at MRS during that surprise performance. It was an amazing surprise, but at that time I only saw him as Joji even though I knew he wasn’t. (And I wasn’t even all that attached to Joji back then because he was such a minor character at the time.) The second time I saw him was as Asahi at a Pretty Series show, where I was waaaaaay at the back and didn’t really get to see him that well, so I didn’t really get a proper chance to appreciate his performance. But when I saw him as Ace at the SSS live... THAT was when I fell in love with him (and HOW). Because really, he did just seem SO CONFIDENT and like he was enjoying it so much and finally seeing him perform as Ace for real was really meaningful. 
Sorry for the tangent, but yeah. He talked about how moved he was by how many of us had come to cheer on Ace today with backgrounds, props, cosplay, etc. And he credited all of us cheering him on for him making it this far, for finally becoming the leader of the Shuffle! AWWWWWWRGH! I’m SO HAPPY for him AHH he deserves everything and moreeeeeeeee this was so nice
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inkabelledesigns · 3 years
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BATIM Sims: Studio Quartet
Alright, I’ve been overdue to share some of the individual shots from my Sims gallery, so today, I’m gonna start you off with the Studio Quartet household. This household consists of Jack Fain, Norman Polk, Shawn Flynn, and Grant Cohen. I’m gonna outline them in the order they were made below. 
A reminder that if you ever want to play with my households in your game, look me up at KatAlystDesigns on the Sims 4 Gallery. Tag me with your misadventures if you do, I’d love to see what you do with them! ^^
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Norman Polk:
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Norman was the hardest to find an aspiration for, so because these are for my AU, Kraken’s Labyrinth, I decided, the heck with it, let this man just enjoy the beach. His traits focused on his sense of humor and confidence. I’ll admit, I debated giving him Insider instead of Foodie, but the description made it sound too pretentious, which Norman is absolutely not, so we went the headcanon route. I think he looks really handsome in checkers. Definitely a simple dresser, but it’s classy and gets the job dobe. For my AU, he’s an anglerfish, I gave him a tail that lights up a little at the spots. It feels like a decent fit. 
Shawn Flynn:
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Shawn is one of the first times I pulled up a real person to reference for a Sim. I was on call with some friends, and they were curious to see what would happen if I used Jacksepticeye as my base, so I looked to him and Mythicality (one of my favorite cosplayers for Shawn) for this. Honestly, it was a fun challenge! He definitely needs the cool hat, how can you not have the cool hat? I’ll admit, the green hair is probably a stretch for the time period, but I’m going with the headcanon of ‘Jack has a kid that likes to paint, and sometimes he comes to work with paint in his hair.” He had colored hair before it was cool. XD One of my favorite details are his pants. I’m pretty sure they’re from the Get Famous pack as a part of the makeup artist attire, but I don’t care, it would be a cool way to have paintbrushes on the go. I may just give them to my persona. XD
Jack Fain:
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Now we’re getting into familiar territory. Jack and Grant are some of the few BATIM characters you’ve seen my drawn designs for, even if it was eons ago. XD Jack over here is very much headcanon territory, and with the recent information we got on him, I may be moving some things around. I imagine he and Sammy both have fabulous hair, and he also really loves good food. My Jack loves baking, especially baklava and other Greek/Middle Eastern dishes. I can see him bringing in some great treats for holiday parties, Henry loves his food over in Searching the Depths. He notably has a very large nose, because I’m cruel to him with that whole “working in the sewers” thing, and because I like a good schnoz now and again. That, and while searchers don’t have much of a face, they do have noses, and I felt that was important to keep for him.
Grant Cohen:
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He has some great hair like Will Ryan, but that’s about all they have in common. I’ll admit, my Grant is very much so a fandom Grant: shy, nervous, incredibly skittish, easy to manipulate, etc. So much like Norman (and everyone else for that matter) he deserves a vacation. My Grant takes his visual cues from Maurice from Beauty and the Beast. He’s a very proper fellow, but also very nice and down to Earth. Putting him in a household with these three gives him a nice support network, and I’m glad I did that. He needs it. ^^’’
It’s funny, I actually made a more Depths-centric Grant Sim last night, and I didn’t think to look at this Sim while I did it, so the two have very different traits. I’ll have to share him with you later. For now though, have some shenanigans!
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Some of these might be familiar to you from the last livestream I hosted, and some are not because they’re from more recently. XD Norman was a little glitchy in the water on Sunday, but that’s okay, so long as no one drowns I’m good. But the sleeping in the pool? I was not expecting that. X’’’D Like all four of them just went and slept in the pool, I didn’t know merfolk could do that before this point! 
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So yeah, those are my adventures in the Sims 4 with the Studio Quartet. I don’t play with this household often, but I do like them. They were fun to design, and the varied personalities make for some interesting interactions.
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Eyy! Now, I have a proper V HC request, hihi!😍😍😍❤❤❤🙈🙈🙈 The gang ( include anyone you want ) introducing V to his very first cosplay convention!😍😍😍❤❤❤ I'll patiently wait, my dear. I love your V HCs so much😍😍😍❤❤❤
Hello dear! <3<3<3 Thank you so much for liking my headcanons and the request! :D :D :D I’m sorry this one took so long, I should have posted this one much earlier but better late than never? *sweats* 
In any case, here we go! <3<3<3
Random headcanon: Cosplay convention
Nico:
Nico is the first one to jump at the idea when she finds out V has never been to a cosplay convention. She loves those because people just let their creativity flow and she is among them. Creating an impressive cosplay that lets her display her genius, oh that’s right up her alley.
Of course the work on the van and Nero’s Devil Breakers go first, but the Queen of Machines can juggle that and more if needs be. If she’s going to a convention, you can bet she’s going to show off something that’s flashy and functional.
She’s all for helping the others find something they want to dress up in as well, they don’t even have to take something as spectacular as she does, if they don’t want to. If they do, she’s all for helping them with something on the more mechanical style as sewing and fabrics aren’t her thing.
Honestly, she just wants her friends to come along, try the event out. If someone really doesn’t want to dress up, she won’t push the suggestion too much but if she can work on them for a bit, they might open up to it. She’s the one to convince V to come along, claiming she can find just the right character for him.
Though Nico is able and considered fixing a workable Gundam costume (complete with rockets and guns, could it get better?!), she ultimately chose Mei Hatsume from My Hero Academia as her own cosplay character because let’s face it, it would let her show off more of her creations.
The costume itself she found online, cheap and the inventions are the important part, so that’s all good for her. A prototype is customized to function as a flying skateboard for anyone who wants to try, an Overture is remodeled to set off (harmless) fireworks rather than demon-killing sparks, a Dr Faust replica with built-in video and audio to teach you Michael Jackson moves on the go, she brings an array of different inventions and many are a success with younger audiences.
Nero (& Kyrie):
Nero’s never been to a cosplay convention, he’s just as new to them as V is. As a kid, he wanted to dress up and go to gatherings like that because it looked fun and hopefully no one would look at him funny, as they did in the Order.
Now that he feels more secure in his own skin, having come to terms with his heritage and how he can use it to protect his family, Nero doesn’t feel the immediate need to dress up for the convention but when Kyrie mentions it might be fun, he falls for the suggestion.
Whenever the orphans’ clothes get holes, Kyrie fixes them with her sewing but she is uncertain she has the skills and the time to fix herself and Nero matching outfits in time for the convention, when they have both decided they’ll go. And Nico has convinced them that they’ll have the most fun if they dress up.
Nero is supportive, he’s fine with whichever costume Kyrie wants to do, he doesn’t push and he’s fine with just going as they are as well if it spares Kyrie some trouble, but the kids are very insistent. And Kyrie sometimes has a hard time saying no to them.
Knowing it’s one of Kyrie’s favorite Disney movies, Nero suggests Beauty and the Beast for the two of them. Kyrie wants Nero to have fun and get the whole experience by dressing up, but at first, she is a little bit hesitant about his suggestion. She never wants Nero to feel like she doubts him or his humanity ever again.
They have been through a lot and so, they just talk it out, ending the discussion with soft whispers of love and care and in agreement over their choice.
As for their costumes, they don’t buy anything new. They check their closets for anything unused or something that can just be adjusted. In their eyes, the details don’t have to be perfect as long as they are both having fun. Kyrie also has a field day trying to put make-up on Nero’s face for the Beast look. Honestly, she does a good job. And the clothes she adjusted for Nero’s blue Beast attire, as well as her own blue and white dress for Belle, look great and she feels proud over her work.
At the convention, Nero will make sure to keep an eye on her, make sure she won’t be dehydrated or stay on her feet for too long in queues. It’s mostly unexplored ground for both of them, but they have a lot of fun just people-watching and following the three orphans under their care around, as the boys point out characters that they know everywhere. If the boys don’t recognize someone, they’ll run right up and ask.
Their camera roll is full of pictures of other cosplayers and the kids posing at the end of the day. And Nico snuck in a few pictures of Nero and Kyrie as well.
Dante:
It’s a party, Dante’s interested, enough said. He doesn’t mind grabbing the most ridiculous outfits if it gives him the love of the crowd. At a convention, people of all ages gather so it will be some simple, awesome fun.
As for him choosing a cosplay, the Dr. Faust hat has made him realize he rocks wearing a hat so he initially thought of cosplaying Alucard from Hellsing but after realizing V would cosplay another Alucard, he switched gears. Actually, Dante might just prefer cosplaying a character that likes having fun, just like he does.
By coincidence, he found Vash the Stampede from Trigun and though there is no hat involved, hey, the guy rocks red just as well as Dante does and he uses guns. Does Dante know anything about the character? Not really but that doesn’t stop him from rocking it. Plus, Dante already has red clothes, it’s just a matter of going into character because adjusting those clothes, he knows not how to do.
At said convention, he instantly clicks with a Deadpool cosplayer and they dance to Michael Jackson songs. They also photobomb some cosplay shoots, all in good fun. He lives for the spirit of people just having fun and humans just being humans, gathering thanks to a common interest.
Dante is the type who comes to a convention with several outfits. Or at least he would, if he had enough money for it. Since most of his paycheck goes to keeping the gas, water and electricity at Devil May Cry running, he resorts to simple, but effective ways to show off character, both his own and from other series.
V:
When the idea of going to a cosplay convention is first introduced to him, along with what it actually entails, he’s a bit skeptical. Nico telling him that there will be a ton of people doesn’t really sell him on it as he’s not that fond of crowds. But hearing that many will dress up as characters from stories they enjoy catches his attention. If he agrees to go, maybe he should be sure to make the most of it. And when Nico notices that shift in his demeanor, she keeps pushing him to join, juuust a bit.
For V, cosplay sounds like a way to show appreciation for characters and the stories they star in. Being the big fan of literature and poetry that he is, this aspect of the event does trigger his interest but when Nico gives him the idea to try out cosplay himself, she suggests that he shouldn’t go with cosplaying William Blake. Griffon laughs out loud at the mere idea but his suggestion of V cosplaying as a Disney princess (the orphans under Nero’s and Kyrie’s care have tried to show the avian various Disney movies, further adding to his arsenal of nicknames for V), is equally shot down.
V does want to put some thought and care into who to cosplay, but he also acknowledges his lack of sewing skills and is not too into the thought of buying a costume for himself with his limited funds. Kyrie offers to help but he is hesitant to accept it, seeing how she is trying to make something wearable for both herself, Nero and three little boys.
Ultimately, Nico and surprisingly, Dante become his greatest helpers. The childhood home of the sons of Spardas might have mostly fallen apart, but there are still some of their father’s old black robes in one of the rooms. It needs some adjustments, being too big on V’s lean frame, but the length is pretty spot on.
Nico demonstrates an automatic multi-tool that includes both measuring and sewing capabilities, as well as a laser pointer and a demon alarm that accidentally trips when Griffon is present. V doesn’t ask why she saw the necessity to put all of those functions together, but in the end, two of them are helpful for their situation. And she will show it off at the convention, as part of her genius.
How Dante does it, V doesn’t know, but one day, a long blonde wig is delivered to Devil May Cry, perfect for his decided cosplay. Turns out Dante’s flirt with the lady at the costume shop was helpful.
Ultimately, V feels very satisfied with his appearance as Alucard from Castlevania. The black robes are a different material from his regular leather vest but it’s still in black and thus, he feels right at home in it rather quickly. The long blonde wig takes some more time to adjust to.
What he had not anticipated were people asking to photograph him in this getup but thankfully, V took his time to research his character’s lines and mannerisms. Alucard is a gentleman, so V doesn’t find it very hard at all.
During the convention, Nero and Kyrie have enough on their plate, keeping an eye on the boys, so Nico usually stays close to V. Their chosen media are not anything alike, but that hardly matters. Nico is easily swept up in the excitement of the convention and seeing her makes V think that letting loose once in a while isn’t so bad.
Griffon stars in V’s cosplay as well, dressed up as a bat.
The next day, V will be a bit socially exhausted. Expect him to keep to himself with his book and tea for a good remainder of the day.
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TACAC rambles
Had someone who didn’t know Ace Attorney RP was a thing talking about how “novel” the idea was, and it got me thinking back to TACAC stuff, so I went back to re-read some stuff.... Just... I will always cherish early day TACAC stuff, but holy cow, re-reading the stuff that came with the short revival honestly has me in tears RN... Just... RNG went OFF on us during this period and we had some real ‘WTF’ moments that just -chef kiss- Just for an idea of some of the things that happened that honestly still make me laugh...
Became accepted that the apartment complex was an absolute mess given everything that had happened there-- including stubborn blood stains. Bobby Bright and Simon Blackwell come in, sees Godot cleaning the walls, y!Klav throws him under the bus because he doesn’t want to clean, and Bobby tackles Godot and tries to arrest him.
Mold Monster-- just... what do you expect from that apartment complex? Mold took over the kitchen (RNG, Why did that have to be the choice?), and rather than help Godot fend off the beast, y!Klav and Rou run off to investigate an alleged crime scene that Diego lied about (Guess what, RNG ninjas struck those two again). Not too bad, right? WRONG! RNG dictated that mold monster abducted Godot, pulled him into the fridge and he spent the night there because no one checked the cries for help. RNG decided that mold monster bit Godot, that y!Klav unleashed ANOTHER MOLD MONSTER to fight the current mold monster, and they had a kaiju battle in the kitchen that formed into one which they walled off with Ikea furniture that was being built in the lobby. Thanks, RNG! Oh, but wait... it gets better... y!Klav, Bobby(?), and Wocky decide to save the kitchen and that was going baaaaad according to RNG... It was not looking good, and then Jake Marshall comes strolling in and RNG decides that the mold monster is going to be the perfectly behaved pet with his rolls... Sit, stay, rollover... Jake tamed a mold monster and it moved into the air vents.... Rolls for Jake’s mold monster are legendary.
So the Iron Infant was a thing... rando just comes in and decided THAT was the character they wanted to play and it was fantastic... kinda... My hats off to Iron Infant mun... they ended up living IN the couch for like... a month... and when we were joking about “What’s that smell? Is something dead?“ like... Iron Infant LEGIT comes out of hiding after a month of silence and just like, “He had been living off moisture in the cushion and crumbs falling in and had grown weak, but with them pulling him out of the couch he was stuck in, he was able to flee!”. Absolute legend!
Another rando we called CIA man... Played JoJo-ish characters... but like... they were feds with Metal Gear tech, bionics and cyborgs, ora ora ora punch with Dragon Ball level fighting... They waltz right in and right off the back, “y!Mia! The CIA wants you to take this case, we will make you a multi millionaire for taking this case.”.... “What’s that y!Klav? You have a friend sick in the hospital? We will give him bionic eyes to make him better!”.... Arrests Kay Faraday the moment she says her name “We know you! You’re under arrest!” ... Legit Dragon Ball Z fight in their room with their cyborg brother, and a few days later, cyborg brother decides to force y!Klav and Godot to prosecute... never mind that neither one are actually prosecutors here... Godmods right out of the gate a fight with the two, and when Godot RNG just like, “Na, fam... ya aint throwing me through a wall”, continued to Godmod breaking Godot’s body into tiny pieces before hunting down y!Klav who tried to escape... Don’t worry, they ended up find in the hospital in the end, but the cyborg’s brain and body exploded.... Always an insane time when CIA man is around...
Lana telling o!Ema about Gant’s virility in the bedroom
All the Klavs... it’s not TACAC without 50 Klavs...
New Klav that moved into the complex gets dubbed “Cosplay Klav (CK) because he thought the two Klaviers he saw were cosplayers and called them such... CK has HORRID RNG...
Dr.Night installed a safe in the lobby to lock up his booze because.. ya know, people can’t keep their hands off of it. Hobo wants into the safe (naturally). First time, Trucy RNG’s the door off the safe.
Second safe? It’s hidden behind a picture... it’s not safe because Hobo has Amnesia!Krissy take down the painting and tries to make him open the safe. CK, A!Krissy’s brother just like, “Brudder! Don’t let this criminal influence you! Hobo, you so bad!” -fist slam animation-
Hobo RNG’s for CK.....
Safe door opens because of CK....
CK gets y!Klav a date with Franny! He’s acting as a wing man... gets the tickets for a concert for them, arranged the dinner and date... should be PERFECT, right? No... RNG hates CK...
RNG decided that their bikes were demolished by bears (of course it’s bears).
RNG decided that y!Klav didn’t just not make it back to the complex, but that he had been kidnapped.
RNG decided that the car that CK punched in anger exploded and set the street on fire while Franny walks off all cool like
RNG decided that Gumshoe was a hero that saved the day.
All of this of course was apparently broadcasted on TV for the complex to pick up (New TV means we got things other than Law and Order).... Polly was horrified....
I’m still back reading in doses... just... holy cow, been a while since I’ve laughed loudly so much. I know I’m likely just talking into the wind, but still....
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wp-blaze · 1 day
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Seeds
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At first they return as softness, whispers in the wind, barely making their presence known The nostalgia is just the beginning, until the memories of you start aching in my bones They always come but are never welcome, intrusive, manipulative, controlling everything you always were, so discreetly So much so, I tried to tell my […]
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Are you going to do the another characters? Mostly the Primp and Suzuran, since they are already in a class setting, so I'm wondering how your gonna update some of them
Of the Primp kids, not a lot of them are gonna be main characters, so they’re on low priority. And Ringo and Maguro are even lower. But I can go one by one how I’d update each hypothetically until they’re possibly made.
A weird thing with the Primp Characters is that some would fit in well in that world and some of them less so.
Amitie
Not sure what I’m gonna do with her besides having her have the beanie hat. Because what she wears is just something that seems like she threw on because she likes it and has no fashion sense. I might leave her mostly unchanged.
Oh, I forgot, we made her a cheerleader. We might rework with that. At least a pom-pom.
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As we do.
Raffina
This Raffina is all about getting attention on her, her usual outfit will work fine, it will draw in eyes.
I forget if we still made her a martial artist or not, not out of the realm of possibility she practices that. But her trait here is that she’s a cosplayer:
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And besuiting her vanity, she has no real passion for most of the things she dresses as. Just to make herself look good and get likes on her social media.
And that’s how we updated Raffina. Though, that’s not all. Ever seen this Puyo Quest character?:
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She’s called Raina, we didn’t so much adapt her, as much as we used her to have our cake and eat it too.
Raffina is a huge jerk in Fever 2 & 15th, she really only cares about herself. That’s what we like about her. Raffina is a low-key antagonist in our fic.
But she lost some of that audacious personality as the games went on. And we wanted that side of Raffina too. That’s why we made Raina Raffina’s younger sibling.
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Raina is the more amicable one of the two. That said, I’d say they’re both very neutral characters. Or rather, Raina is neutral, Raffina is on her own side.
Not to say we don’t plan on making Raina her own character, Raffina is rather tomboyish and secretly unrefined in the games, no matter how hard she tries to hide that fact. Raina is either better at hiding it or is just naturally more feminine than Raffina which makes Raffina kinda insecure.
That’s my headcanon for my fic I’m writing anyway, can’t guarantee that ever comes up.
Sig
Sig’s one of those who doesn’t really need an update. Clothing wise he generally looks the most normal of Accord’s students. Here he is:
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warelander had input on Sig’s costume here. He liked the idea of the 20th shirt with the PPT1 jacket open over it.
I don’t feel confident explaining how he’s recontextualized. In this fic, he’s ware’s side of the story. I can say he’s a little less stoic. Just a little.
Klug
I’d just take his stupid hat off. I just wanted to say stupid.
Klug will be in the fic, but it’s gonna be a while before he is. So I don’t wanna say just yet.
Lidelle
We gave her more reasons than just her horns to be skittish, not gonna go further than that.
Clothing-wise: I don’t know yet, at some point she’ll be a major player, but that time isn’t now yet. Maybe something that makes her look slightly younger than she actually is in our fic (she’s 13 or so) instead of dressing like she’s 6? Maybe?
Honorary Primp Kid, Feli
She’s in the same boat as Klug at the moment.
Ringo & Maguro
They’re not major players. Likely not to do much. Low priority
I’ve wondered if their 20th clothes were summer school uniforms or not. But I am operating on that assumption. I’d make them wear something they’d wear when they can wear what they want. This Primp High School is a school in that world’s version of Germany, not Japan.
They’re Lagnus’ DnD buddies.
Akuma
He’s the school principal. I just gave him a pin of the School’s symbol, that being the Green Puyo.
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And that’s all the real physical change he’s gotten. The switch from museum curator to principal should be self-explanatory, but he does teach some history classes I believe. That answer is in our notes.
That pin was supposed to replace that thing it’s attached to, but something was lost in communication. I do like this more though.
Accord
Speaking of miscommunication, Vice-Principal Accord’s skirt.
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It was supposed to be shorter than her regular skirt, knee-high or so. But it ended up being a mini-skirt.
Two reasons why I didn’t change it:
1) Symbolism. 2) Didn’t wanna bother ChaoPlushie redrawing it.
That said, I got a bit nervous and made him recolor the legs. Which I even regretted at the time. There’s no timeline where I like the color choice on the right image no matter the color. I don't think it’s good color balance.
As for the update aspect... All I say that her original outfit is too much for a contemporary setting. Also, I don’t remember seeing a long skirt in real life that wasn’t near a catholic school.
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Major America: Ch. 1
Jordon Wilkinson was seven years old when he first learned of Captain America; he and his siblings were told by their grandfather of the time he fought beside Captain America and Bucky in World War II. All were enthralled, but none more than Jordon himself. Jordon began reading all he could about the Captain’s escapades before and during the war, learning his origin, his identity, and his disappearance; taking the hero to heart, Jordon stood up for those who couldn’t stand for themselves throughout his life, even joining the military after the Twin Towers fell, serving seven years before a hip injury took him out of action permanently. In 2012, Captain America resurfaced and Jordon was thrilled to have him as a moral standard in the country again, only to notice a change in the hero over the years.
***
2021, nine years after Captain America was freed from the ice; Major Jordon Wilkinson sits in a security office picking at his spaghetti and meatball lunch, staring intently in thought. Wally Gertz, his partner, is fidgeting with a Rubik’s Cube keychain with his feet up.
“Something wrong?” Wally asks.
Jordon blinks a few times and looks over at Wally. “Hmm?”
“Lunch ended ten minutes ago and usually you finish in five minutes just to keep watch on the feed.”
“No, I just have a lot on my mind.” Jordon takes a bite of his lunch as Wally puts away the cube.
“We’ve been working the same shift together for three years, Jordon; I would think I can read you well enough.”
Jordon sighs and pushes his lunch away before leaning back in his chair.
“You know the phrase ‘never meet your heroes’?”
Wally takes his feet off of the desk and leans forward. “You met him? You met Captain America?” He asks, eyes wide.
Jordon slowly nods. “The saying is true. At least, it wouldn’t have been if I met him when he came out of the ice. He’s changed and I think society was what did it; a man out of time, trying to keep up with the seventy years he missed, and I believe it corrupted him.”
“Sounds plausible; society is a bit of a mess these days.” He straightens his hat. “It’s a shame someone can’t just grab the shield and say ‘I’m the Captain now’.”
Jordon stops completely, an idea forming.
***
Later that day; Jordon is in his apartment on his computer, looking for a shield.
“The shield is the easy part.” He says to himself. “It’s the costume that will be hard to get; how am I going to get an extra thousand dollars for an accurate costume?”
He pauses as something dawns on him.
“Hang on…”
He gets up, grabs his phone, and calls someone as he sits back down at the computer.
“Hello?” Georgie Berke answers the phone.
“Georgie, it’s me, Jordon.”
“Hey, Jordy! How are you doing? How was your nephew’s birthday?”
“Loud, and disruptive, but I love him, so I didn’t leave. So, hey, I have a question.”
“Shoot.”
“How does one get an accurate costume?”
“Jordy.” She says teasingly. “Are you getting into cosplay?”
“Georgie, I’m 43 years old, I don’t do cosplay.”
“I’m 37, Jordy, what’s your point?”
“My point is-.” He says with a tad of frustration. “I want an accurate costume and I would like to know how to get one for a good price.”
“Weeelll… if you had an extra small fortune to spend on one you could do that.”
“Nope.” Jordon shakes his head. “I have bills to pay.”
“Then you could make a costume with your own twist, I’ve seen plenty of cosplayers use this method to save a buck without having to get a cheaply made costume.”
“That sounds doable. Thanks.”
“May I ask what exactly this is for?”
“… No. Bye.”
He hangs up, opens a new tab, and begins searching for his costume-with-a-twist.
***
One week later; Jordon is in his apartment listening to a police scanner app on his phone as he peals masking tape off of the recently painted heater shield; just as Jordon finishes taking the tape off, dispatch warns of an attempted robbery at a nearby bank.
“That’s a mile from here…” Jordon says to himself as he looks at his partly assembled costume on the couch; he looks at the shield and back to the couch, wondering whether he should go without a complete costume.
Jordon sighs and quickly puts the costume on, wearing the shield on his back like a backpack; he jumps down the fire escape and onto a red 2013 Harley-Davidson Breakout, tearing out of the alley way and down the street.
Literally a minute later, Jordon pulls into the alley next to the bank and walks into the rear entrance to hear two men trying to break into the safety deposit boxes; he sneaks up behind them, pulls out his gun, pistol-whips one crook, knocking him out, and knocks out the other with his shield, only for the resounding “clang!” to catch the attention of the crook standing guard at the other side of the room.
The crook shouts at Jordon. “HEY!”
Before Jordon can turn around and shield himself, the gunman shoots him in the thigh and side; Jordon holds in a scream of pain as the gunman empties his magazine into the shield; as the gunman tries to quickly reload, Jordon sprints forward at full speed and punches the man out cold only to find himself in front of the remaining three robbers ready to fire on him.
“Oh, crap…”
Jordon ducks behind the shield as the three men fire at him, emptying their magazines; they stop to taunt him as they reload.
“You supposed to be Captain America or something, man?” One asks.
“He’s got a round shield, you imbecile!” Another taunts.
Jordon takes a deep breath, blocking out the pain from being shot, and pulls out his gun.
“Come on, just like in the military.” He whispers to himself
He stands up and hits the first two gunmen in the shoulder without effort, but he and the third gunman fire at the same time; Jordon hits the gunman in the shoulder same as before, and the gunman hits Jordon in the bicep. The gunman goes down and Jordon holsters his gun, his breathing shaky; he looks around at the employees and citizens getting up from the floor.
“Is everyone okay?” He asks, trying to keep his voice from shaking.
A man in a suit nods. “Yes, we’re fine, but you need a doctor.”
“I’ve suffered worse, trust me.” Jordon says as he turns to go back the way he came in.
“Wait!” A woman calls. “What do we call you?”
Jordon stops and looks back. “I’m… Major America.”
He heads to the back of the bank to leave.
***
Soon, in Georgie’s apartment, Georgie is watching the news as she sips from a cup of tea; the news anchor is reporting on the bank robbery when the footage of the fight is played on screen. Georgia spews her tea out, coughing.
“JORDY!?”
***
In Jordon’s apartment, Jordon is sitting at his dining table stitching up the wound on his side when his front door bursts open, causing Jordon to jump as Georgie bolts in.
“Why didn’t you tell me!?”
Jordon grabs some gauze and puts pressure on his wound that has begun bleeding again.
“I really need to lock my door more often.” Jordon says, wincing. “Can you pass me that whiskey?”
He points to the bottle on the kitchen counter and Georgie hands it to him, watching as he takes a swig.
“Why are you drinking while stitching yourself up?” Georgie asks. “How do you even know how to stitch a wound?”
Jordon continues stitching.
“Back in Iraq our field medic got hit by a frag grenade along with a couple others; the anesthetic was apparently hit and drained out so we raided the basement of a bombed bar and the medic taught me how to stitch a wound because I had the steadiest hands.” He takes another swig of whiskey. “Sometimes the old ways are the best.”
He finishes stitching the wound and places some gauze over it.
“Can you hold that while I wrap the wound?”
“Fine.” Georgie huffs as she holds the gauze in place. “Just tell me what you were thinking when you decided to do this?”
“What are you? My mother?” Jordon quips as he finishes wrapping his wound. “I’m a grown man who can make his own decisions.”
“Not when they get you nearly killed!”
Jordon stands up and puts his shirt back on.
“I fought for seven years in a country that hated my guts, I can stand to fight a few more in another country that hates my guts. Doesn’t matter what you say, Georgie, I won’t stop what I’ve started.”
Georgie sighs and crosses her arms in a huff.
“No, you’re right; you’re an adult.”
She notices his bloodied costume and picks up the sweater.
“Also, what kind of costume is this? A baby could do better!”
“The gloves and jacket hadn’t arrived yet, they’ll be here in a couple of days.”
Georgie looks at him, cocking an eyebrow.
“Are you… Are you cropping a jacket?”
“… Noooo…” Jordon answers reluctantly.
“What color is the jacket?”
“Blue…”
“The only way you’re going to get the look you want is by cropping the jacket.”
“Fine! Yes, I’m going to crop the jacket!” Jordon winces and holds his side after the defeated outburst bothers his wound. “Okay, back to small talk.” He says, pained.
Georgie picks up Jordon’s helmet and mask and gives it a once over.
“Where did you get this?” She asks.
“The helmet was my grandfathers; quick coat of paint and it was perfect.” He takes a swig of whiskey once again. “The mask I found at an antique shop; the tag said it was an aviator’s mask used in the war, but I’ve never seen one like this before.”
“And the shield?”
“Got that online, bought three and tested two of them on my uncles range to see what guns they could handle; surprisingly a lot. I’m going to have to buy more after a while though, I’ll need to make a budget for that.”
“You really are serious about this, aren’t you?” Georgie asks, pulling a chair up next to Jordon.
“I am.”
“Why, though? What on God’s green Earth would get you to do this?” She asks, genuinely concerned.
“America needs a hero who will truly fight for them, a hero who understands what it means to be the little guy, America needs an underdog; do you think Ironman understands what it’s like to live paycheck-to-paycheck, or if Thor understands what it’s like to get mugged and you can’t pay your rent by the end of the week?”
“Probably not…” Georgie says.
“We rely too much on them; yeah, they’ve saved the world, but we don’t need Black Widow to find a stolen car. I’m going to try to be like that spider guy in Manhattan; he sticks to one area and does it well.”
Georgie stands up and stretches.
“If you’re going to do something stupid, I may as well help: if you find any information you can’t track just call me and I’ll see if I can find anything for you; I’m pretty good with computers, you know.”
“Yeah, I know. I’ll see you Monday.”
Georgie smiles and leaves the apartment.
***
A couple days later; a young man is being mugged by two men in an alley way, getting beaten; someone clears their throat and the muggers stop and turn to look down the alley to see Major America wearing a complete costume.
“Alright, boys, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.” He says.
The muggers look at each other and pull their knives.
“Hard way it is.”
He raises his shield and jumps into the fray.
End.
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The Incomplete costume.
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The Complete Costume.
Don't judge the art too harshly, I know what I have to work on I don't need people pointing it out.
Also, I suck at writing origins, I'm better at writing stories where the reader is assumed to know exactly who the characters are.
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poptod · 4 years
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Decay (Elliot Alderson x Reader)
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Description: There’s not really a logical way of dealing with being stuck in a fantasy world with no idea how you got there and no way to get back. Luckily, Elliot gets an annoyingly helpful sidekick. 
Notes: so heres that fantasy fic i talked about. at least the first part. i really like it but it’s (i’ll acknowledge it) pretty badly written and just... an out of the ballpark idea in a not good way. I should also warn that I still have not watched Mr. Robot so the characterization will probably be a little OOC. gender neutral but you DO have a name. 
If people don’t like this, I will be removing it and won’t update it, though I will spend a decent amount of time finishing the story, even if it won’t be posted anywhere. Only because I personally really like writing it. 
Word count: 3.6k
Chapter One
Through a strangled groan he brought himself to consciousness, warm light burning through his eyelids as he attempted to open them. Beneath his fingertips leaves and needles crinkled, pressed into the dark earth as he curled his fingers inward, forming fists against the forest floor. The sickening spinning of the world began to slow, and the shadow blotting out a cloudy sky took sharper form. For a moment he wasn't sure if he was alive anymore - maybe that was the dull pain thudding all throughout his body. But something poked him, not gently but not harshly, and though his eyes begged to be closed again, he kept them open.
"Oh so - no... wait, there you are. I think. Hello? Is anyone in there?"
Now he really wanted to close his eyes. A small groan even left him, which did nothing for the silence he craved, as the voice began to talk even louder.
"I can see you breathing. You should be thankful, other people would've just eaten you," came a nasally voice, soft and high. The words drove a spike of anxiety through his heart, and with that his eyes flew open, coming face-to-face with a smile. He jumped back, sitting up as you stared at him.
"Who are you," he asked in a monotone voice, unable to look away. There was a sort of... hobbit-ish look about you, what with the long, earthy robes and the no shoes. A hat sat upon your head, the rim fluffy white and the body brown, dipping down to your shoulders, where a hood lay. Despite your rather large choice of clothing, you were somehow small, indicated only by the belt wrapped around your waist, announcing your actual size. Your vest was green, pine green to match the brown button down. Up and down your bare skin bandages were tied, some brown and red and others clean - at the little visible skin you had, it was clear it was scarred and scabbed.
"My name is Djano!" You said, grasping his hand and pulling him further up. Immediately he shook himself free, still alarmed by this apparent Djano. Tilting your head curiously, you asked, "what's your name, then?"
"... Elliot," he answered slowly, still unable to tear his eyes away from the sight. Perhaps you were an odd cosplayer, but that still wouldn't explain his random appearance in a forest, and you were horribly short for someone who didn't have dwarfism.
"Well then, Elliot," you said, leaning away with a smile, "it's nice to meet you. Where do you hail from?"
"I..." he looked away, wondering what he could say. "New York?"
"Never heard of it. Is it nice there?"
What he wanted to say was 'how do you not know what New York is,' but instead what he said was, "not really."
"I see why you left. But how'd you end up like this?"
"Like... what?"
"This," you gestured vaguely to his persons, and as he looked down he found nothing wrong. His usual sweatshirt and pants. He even had his shoes.
"There's... wh.. this is what I normally wear," he stuttered, his voice growing quiet when confusion spread across your face.
"Must be cold in the winds," you said, poking him with a large walking stick you carried, the carved golden tip jabbing his stomach. Like netted honey that glowed in sunlight, a crystalline ball encircled the top of your staff, a small flower growing right beneath it.
As he looked back at you, your eyes seemed abnormally large. Not enough to draw attention - only enough to leave questions, and to be fair, he had plenty to begin with. Something about where he was was unnatural, not just your eyes either. The trees were a little too large, a little too lively, the wind a little too shrill - maybe this was all a bad trip. His quick excuse crumbled apart when you poked him again and there was a clear soreness in his waist. Either way, he would have to fight his way back to consciousness; his brain had a habit of wanting to escape his body.
"Listen, um, kid, I don't.. I don't know where I am and you're not really helping," he said with a grunt as he stood, brushing his pants off, the seeds and pines falling down. You shot up to stand beside him, following him when he began to walk in a random direction. In front of him mountains towered, the cliffs a little too jagged in a too-blue sky.
"I'm not a child. And I can be helpful. Hey," you poked his side again, this time with a stubby finger, "I'm older than you, I bet."
He looked you up and down.
"No you aren't."
"I am! You're a human, right? Humans have a pretty short lifespan, most of them that I've met, that is," you said confidently, a spark that sickened him. This had to be a bad trip. No one in real life would say something like that with so much confidence. Then again, there were some really weird people on the internet that he wouldn't put it past... and there were some undeniably strange happenings. Hallucination or not, he would have to deal with this.
"Can you just tell me where I am?" He asked impatiently, turning to face you with clenched fingers.
"We're in the Trollbear forest. Wow," you looked him up and down judgingly, not entirely unlike the way he'd done to you just moments earlier, "you must've really gotten mixed up."
"Trollbear?" He questioned, the name cheesily fantastical in a way he could never bring himself to appreciate.
"Yes. If you'd like I could tell you about them, since you seem to be pretty forgetful," you offered, sweetly helpful, but he still could not bring himself to be serious.
"No," he said firmly. "I just need to find my way back to my home. Since I can't wake up." He mumbled the last part under his breath. Turning back around, he faced a long forest, and headed off in the opposite direction of the mountains.
"I've got a map. If you can remember where New Orc is, I might be able to help you," you suggested, already digging into your bag. Irritated with your voice and your insistent offers to help him, he stopped walking and turned to you, the words losing their voice as he saw your staff floating in mid-air.
"Oh... um," he tried to say, at a loss for what to say, and now having no excuse to be rude to you anymore.
"See here," you said, grabbing four small stones from your bag and placing them on separate parts of your map, which was strangely circular. "We're right here," you pointed to a green part of the map, the top of a large continent, "in Trollbear. Do you have any general idea as to what land form your home is on?"
"Um..." he blinked several times, wondering what he could say. "It's... near an ocean."
This had to be a really bad trip.
"Warm or cold weather?"
His eyes darted from the map to you, your innocent and gullible face and your slightly-too-large eyes, and found himself unable to lie.
"I, um... I don't think it's on this map," he mumbled, wishing a quieter tone would make you understand what he meant.
"So you're an unearthly? Or I suppose you could be a dwelver," you said, stroking your chin thoughtfully.
"I don't know what those are," he blurted out. Surprisingly, you withheld judgment.
"An unearthly is someone who doesn't belong to the land. They belong somewhere far away, usually in the skies, but there's tell of other lands across the seas. Dwelvers live below the ground," you explained, using a variety of hand gestures that meant very little to him, and might've only confused him further had he been paying attention to them.
"I guess unearthly qualifies better," he said, feeling all the while like the only 'strange' thing in this land.
"Good news and bad news then," you said as you folded your map up, tucking both the stones and the paper back into your bag. He waited for you to continue, but you did not, standing beside him and saying absolutely nothing.
"... what's the bad news?" He asked, hesitant to think he even wanted to know.
"There's pretty much no way for you to get home," you said cheerfully, smiling bright as your hands clasped together. His eyes darted to you and to the trees as he wondered how in the hell you could be so chipper.
"And the good news?"
"I found you! Wouldn't've been good if you were here after dark, all alone, no idea as to where you are," you tutted, shaking your head as though he'd made a childish mistake.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked as a sudden fear pulsed through him, the sun touching the tips of distant mountains.
"There's a reason it's called Trollbear forest," you told him like a secret, leaning in slightly closer as the two of you walked side by side. He took a small step away from you. "Trollbears aren't something to be trifled with. We're going to die if we don't make it into the mountains."
"What?" The threat of death was in itself alarming, but the idea of a creature called a trollbear was much more so. Then a thought crossed his mind - why would you be telling the truth? and so he asked, "why should I even trust you?"
"You can trust me or the trollbears."
"They might not even exist."
"Fair point, but I can't do much to you. You're gonna let yourself be scared of someone half your height?"
You came up to a little above his elbow, but half was about right. And you had a point, but he saw you do some sort of magic with the staff you carried, some sort of levitation, and things were beginning to feel a tad overwhelming. He couldn't blame himself - well, he could, and he did, but he shouldn't have. Just stay together, he told himself, and he promised he'd get through it. There was little to do but live in the moment, and for the moment as annoying as you were you were his only source of information, and thus his only safety. So he had to trust you, unfortunately.
Looking down at you, his gaze torn from the sharp cliffs of the mountains, you looked the positive image of a forest dweller. Maybe you were a wizard, he mused, before thinking I wouldn't get lucky enough to meet a wizard. He decided you were more likely a dwarf-like creature.
"Tell me about them," he asked in a low voice, quiet and only mildly irritated. Immediately you brightened even further (if that was possible), and began a spiel that filled the time.
"I've only ever met one of them, a runaway from their pack, something like that - they're all rather solitary creatures when it comes to meeting others and new people. Probably adds to their aggressiveness... anyways. This one was a really interesting story, because trollbears rarely break from their family if ever, so you have to have a really good reason for it since you can't ever return. At least that's what they said, so if you trust their word, that's how it is."
You had a complicated way of speaking that was, to be honest, a little hard to follow, but he managed. Half ignoring you and half listening, he absorbed the bare minimum of the information you gave. Throughout the one-sided conversation he plucked a few snippets of importance; they were large, predatory, and a hellish mixture between troll and bear, which he had already assumed. They came out at night, and took patrolling their perimeters to the extreme - death to any stranger in their territory. Other trollbears included.
"Wait," he paused you mid sentence, "if it’s so dangerous, why are you here?"
"Oh," you smiled brilliantly, clicking your tongue and digging into a side pocket in your jacket, more of a gaping hole than a pocket. "Mushrooms."
"... mushrooms," he clarified, knowing that he shouldn't've been shocked at that point.
"Well not just mushrooms," you said with a small laugh, tucking them away. "I double my trips up, makes it much more efficient. I'm here for the mushrooms, but I was where I was for the seashells, and I was going to go to the cliffs for ocean slate, but now I'm on my way to the mountains, which have loads of Kereny feathers which go for a lot in Eiyne."
"I didn't understand half those words," he told you bluntly, to which you just shrugged.
"Learn or die, old man," you said with a shrug.
"I have a feeling I'm going to dislike you a lot," he gritted out, staring pointedly ahead as he tried desperately to ignore you.
"That's alright. Either way you still need me, and I like having travel friends."
Side by side the two of you continued onwards, you prattling about the various things which were commonplace in your world, most of them a completely foreign concept to him. If he cared he might've understood, but he didn't, and thus he remained in the mystery of where am I, who is this, am I safe, an endless cycle of questions and no answers, at least none that he fully processed. Instead he was caught up in his own thoughts, watching the grey mountains grow slowly closer with each step he took. As he looked up, the sky remained unchanged - a blue a little too vibrant. Overhead birds flew circles around them, perhaps waiting for their remains, should they encounter a trollbear.
"- but that's enough about me. Where are you from? What's it like there?" You said, the ending of your spiel marking a moment he would need to concentrate on conversation. He stayed silent for a good long while, wondering how he could explain the nuances of a modern world, and knowing his silence would probably kickstart your disinterest in him. Unfortunately for him, it was one of those times where the other person was completely understanding and waited patiently for his reply.
"It's cold and there's a lot of people," he finally answered, almost too quiet, but you managed to hear.
You began to reply, but it was cut short by you almost stumbling off a cliff. Before you could even think to scream he grabbed you by the collar, pulling you backwards till your back collided with the ground, and he looked at you, shocked.
"How the hell are you still alive?" He asked seething, judging your clear inability to navigate the woods.
"A lot of luck and friends like you," you answered, too chipper for a question aiming to be cruel.
"I'm not your friend."
"No, I'm not your friend. You're mine though. I can choose who is my friend but I can't choose who thinks of me as a friend. You know, one time," you stood up and looked down the wide ravine, "there was this rather annoying fella who just wouldn't shut up and he told me that we were friends, but I didn't want him to be my friend. So he told me that I would be his friend but he wouldn't be mine. I ended up getting into a fistfight with him in a birds' nest."
"Can you just shut up? We're still in the fucking forest and the sun's setting, I think we've got more important things to deal with than your past grievances," he hissed, dragging you away from the cliff's edge to speak to you more directly, looking you in the eye as he essentially insulted you.
"Don't worry, I've got it under control!" You said with wide eyes, probably the first time you ever seemed even remotely hurt by him.
As you spoke the words the ground began to shift, rumbling from somewhere deep in the earth, and this was the only time he ever saw fear in your eyes. Your grip tightened around your staff as your eyes grew to the size of your ears (which were rather large), and your stance took on a much steadier hold.
"On second thought, we need to go now," you stammered, going to the cliff edge and teetering there, before grabbing a large rope out of a hidden bag and tying it to a nearby tree.
"What are you doing?" He asked, confused as to why an earthquake would upset you so drastically.
"The sun's setting, we need to go. Fortunately," you began to swing the other end of the rope around, "mountains should be on the other side of this. I don't think that area belongs to any tribe, so we should be safe, but you should get your knife out just in case."
"My knife?" He made to stand beside you, watching with furrowed brow as you lassoed onto a large tree branch, tightening it until the knot would never break.
"Don't tell me you haven't got a knife," you said with a grunt, tightening the rope one last time until you grabbed it. Holding on with both hands, you dangled over the ravine, slowly moving towards the other side.
"What the -"
You'd used levitation before. He saw that, it had to be real, so why use a rope? His heart beat harsh in his chest as he imagined dropping his weak hold on the rope, plummeting down into the current below.
"Come on, you want to get eaten? I think not," you said, somehow still humorous in what was something Elliot would categorize as a dire emergency.
"Can't - can't you just levitate? I saw you doing it earlier, that - that seems safer," he said hesitantly, his eyes bulging as he watched your grip almost loosen.
"I can't levitate what I can't lift and trust me, I can't lift you," you said, now at the other side. With a great heave you pulled yourself up, standing at the other edge, waiting for him to move.
He stepped forward, heart racing as his feet began to numb. Though he knew what to do, he questioned if he could bring himself to do it, or if he even wanted to - maybe if he died, he'd wake up. As the sun set behind the mountains the rumbling of the earth stopped, and with one last glance behind him and one to your encouraging smile, he grabbed the rope, and let himself dangle.
This is the stupidest thing I've ever done, he thought to himself, ignoring the various other stupid things he'd done in his lifetime. With as much care as he could muster he made his way across, the burn in his arms stretching him beyond belief. Throughout his little venture he did not look down, courtesy of your advice, and at the end you grabbed his hand and helped him up.
"You know, I can't actually levitate things," you said, panting slightly at the exertion. With your hand, you untangled the knot on the other side, the rope drifting serenely over till you had both ends in your bag. "I just have this ring. It's a magician's ring, they're a bit of a novelty and can't do much, but it's fun to have anyway. One of my friends gave it to me when she visited Chester."
"Right," he mumbled, trying to catch his breath.
"Are you alright?" You asked, tilting your head curiously as you scrutinized him.
"I'm fine, I just - it's... it's a lot to take in," he answered quietly.
"I understand. We can settle at the base of the mountains, I'll make you some tea. It's sort of special tea, it's supposed to calm you down - it certainly works on me," you said with your always-present smile, leading him onwards.
Besides your stature, there was something off about you - your stride too long, your step too lively, but he knew not to be suspicious of you. You were nothing if not innocent, a characteristic he simply wasn't accustomed to.
Maybe he needed to start being nicer to you.
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It's cold, but not unbearably so - her jacket keeps her warm anyway, and as she bundles the soft material in her hands, she thanks her past self for remembering to wear it. The fingerless wool mittens she sports help as well, despite how itchy they are. Foot bouncing up and down, she bites into her lip, waiting for any news. Any news at all.
The world doesn't feel quite real. Not to her, in the least; there's people outside, people on the sidewalks talking on their phones, holding hands with their friends, carrying luggage and bags, and it's one of those moments where you can't help but imagine every person's life. Maybe it will make her feel better, to put herself into someone else's life - if only for a moment. Only a temporary solace. But it's better to face your own reality than lie in someone else's, and she knows this, and she grinds her teeth and bites her cheek and digs her nails into her legs. Stay grounded, she tells herself, unable to speak the words aloud, fearful any movement will bring an untimely end.
It's the first time Elliot has looked in any way peaceful. The tightness in his muscles is gone, but the marks of their long-lasting stress remain, streaks and tiny lines around his eyes and mouth. The beeping of the heart monitor keeps its steady pace, and for a single moment she convinces herself maybe everything will be alright. Maybe Elliot won't overdose again, maybe he'll get better, maybe he'll finally take care of himself, but it's useless hope. She knows it’s useless hope, but still she prays it isn’t. 
"Come back to us, Elliot."
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You open the door not sure where you're going.
It feels a bit dream like, floaty and soft, no hard edges, as you push open the door to see a small bar.
It's sparse, just a bar along one wall with a small table in the back beside a small Karaoke machine. But what catches your eye is Goromi, blonde hair in an updo, pink snakeskin dress sticking to her every curve, her acrylic nails a bright pink, her face assenutated with makeup
She's smoking, leaning over the bar looking rather bored, her eyes glazed.
"Goromi!" You stutter in utter confusion.
She starts and turns her eye to you, squinting in suspicion. "Haw?"
You freeze, your legs weak as she appraises you clinically, a shiver down your back as you take in her beauty, her attention focused on you.
"And how d'ya know that name?"
"um,,," you are not sure how to break it to her that she's a video game character that you've been obsessed with for months, she's not real, this is probably a dream. But as she stares at you impatiently it feels real. You can see the crease of her crows feet and the heady smell of the bar, alcohol and smoke. It feels real, she looks realer than in a video game, she looks like a really good cosplayer, or one of those photorealistic renderings. "I... I've heard of you..." You manage, cursing your lack of wit.
"Huh." She says, bringing her cigarette to her lips for a long pull before blowing it out. She places it on a well used ash tray and straightens. "What can I get ya?"
"What do you have?" You say automatically only to get a withering look from her. She gestures behind her vaguely. Dozens if not hundreds of bottles decorating the back wall, most in kanji you're uncertain of, some in English and some even in other languages you don't know.
You force your legs to walk to the bar, sitting on a bar stool. "Whiskey?" You try weakly, you're entire brain is spent admiring Goromi in front of you, looking for a hint that this isn't real, that you couldn't reach out and touch her if you were brave enough.
She pours your drink into one of those stout cylinder glasses and adds a big chunk of ice. She slides it to you and you pick it up and are about to drink when she says.
"Ain't ya gonna take the headpiece off, darling?"
You pause not certain to what she is referring to and with your non-dominant hand you touch your face. It's metal, cool metal, but even stranger, you can feel your fingertips tracing the metal. The metal is your face.
Goromi is watching you quietly, observing as you place the glass down and use both hands to explore what is definitely your head but is also just a bucket. You have sunglasses on, and you find when you remove them from your "face" you can't see.
"suit yourself." She says breezily, picking up her cigarette to take another drag. "What's ya name?"
"Bucketofcowboys" leaves your mouth without your intention. That was dumb, because your name isn't Bucketofcowboys. That isn't a name at all, it's the name of your blog in Tumblrhell.com. You open your mouth to say what your name really is. You can't. It's on the tip of your tongue and you know you know it! It's your name! But you can't quite force it into existence.
"You mean like those American movies?" She asks. "Y'know, bang, bang, yeehaw!" She fingerguns for a bit before raising her imaginary cowboy hat.
"yes." Comes out strangled, because not only are you embarrassing yourself in front of a pretty girl, it's Goromi herself. You look at the glass of whiskey that you're not even sure you can drink with the damn bucket on your head.
Of all the dreams where you meet Goromi it has to be where your brain projects you as your persona from tumblr.
"I like your dress." You say stubbornly because just because your a sentient bucket does not mean you're not going to shoot your shot.
She's somewhat surprised, but smiles gently. "Thanks hun, I got a thing for snakeskin."
"You should, it suits you." You say your brain too spoiled with beauty to say anything intelligent.
"aww, ain't you sweet." She walks over until shes right infront of you, cigarette daintely inhand. "Y'know I was waitin' for someone else but..."
She holds out her hand, like a royal allowing a kiss. You gently, touch it, feeling it warm, and worn, you can feel the callouses and see the scars that cover her well worked hands. You gently press it to where your lips should be when
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You wake up.
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HOLY SHIT DUDE FGJDJDJEK
I literally died at the bucket head ohh my god hahaha!
Come on dummy, you have two names and you couldn't even think of ONE?! GORO OR ABBY!!! COME ON MAN GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!
Whatever, guess I'll never get those Goromi kisses I wanted 😔
Thank you so much broski gfjdjdjjd 💕💕💕💕
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