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derelictdumbass · 3 years

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HELLO BOOBOO!!! MY FOOL!!! 💜 I come to you with a humble question, because I'm curious to know if you have any thoughts about this (or have already thought about it and I've just nOT SEEN IT HHH) and because I was thinking about it recently. Do you think the Seed siblings play any instruments? Not even just in the Canon universe, but like... in any AU you have, or something similar? :3<

HELLO DOPPLE OF MY GANGER!!!! 💜💜💜 I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS I HAVEN'T SHARED BEFORE YES OH MY GOD, I am actually a Slut for this Do Not Look At Me (but do bc i'm about to share aosjf an slappin it under a readmore bc u unlock the Talky Juices 😔💜)

I definitely think John can play piano, whether he genuinely enjoys it or picked it up to impress party geusts is debatable but I definitely see him knowing one or two classics. The only other instrument that comes to mind for John is the Flute for some reason, idk why but You Feel Me (It would be cool if he picked it up again for himself and actually enjoyed it a lot, maybe it could be one of the things he does when he's stressed 😔) (also Remy suggested they all probably know the basics of Guitar and I will agree bc them playing guitar 🥺😳💜)

For Joseph I think it'd make sense if he could play a few instruments, he's had many jobs and he's been around a lot of people and I think it'd make sense for him to pick up some things you know? I can see him being able to play the ukulele, piano and harmonica and remy suggested violin and that is Very Good 👌 I feel like it would also make sense if he's not a master of any one of them but he can spin a good tune on all of them (also this is Kinda Silly but imagine you're stuck in the bunker with this man and he whips out a harmonica. This Haunts Me and now it will Haunt You)

For Jacob I can absolutely see him playing Guitar, we know he's been the most rebellious his entire life so it wouldn't surprise me if he learnt it when he was young (like imagine young Jacob jamming out on an electric Guitar just as a big ole fuck you to Old Man Seed. warms the heart) but also !! The Trumpet, it just Makes Sense you know? You feel me? I doubt he Has One but give him one and he'll be able to play it. (oh also, to add to the rebellious young Jacob bit, The Drums, probably wouldn't keep up with it but he absolutely shredded on them when he was young)

Faith was in a band when she was younger change my mind. I can see her being able to play a Bass Guitar and Keyboard really well and also !! I think she'd love electronic music tbh !! So while it might not count as physical instrument she could probably make some really good remixes or original stuff on her computer (also she's defintely made her own slowed down with reverb song edits bc the ones she finds never Hit Right) (OH MY GOD WAIT that just made me think she could absolutely make the boys special personalised mixes bc I Adore Family Fluff Like That 🥺)

I COULD HAVE GIVEN SHORT NORMAL ANSWERS BUT I KNOW U AIN'T HERE FOR THAT BORING SHIT SO TAKE THESE TEENY TINY RAMBLES I WENT ON BC I AM F E E L I N G ALWAYS

#nadine answers #Far Cry Tag #Two things I could yell about for days: The Seeds and Music #u slapped my two fav things together thank you :D #I think any of these could work in the canon au but Faiths probably more so in the no cult au #bc in the canon au her musical instrument is more so just her voice!!#oh yeah they can all sing as well and no one can change my mind #although it'd probably be very rare to hear Jacob sing. like s u p e r rare #meanwhile Joseph probably hums while doin anything #John will absolutely sing along to the radio #and i'm going off topic a bit I LOVE THEM AND I'M NOT SORRY I WILL TALK ABOUT THEM ALL DAY IF YOU LET ME OKAY #another off topic thought please. know that in the no cult au Joseph writes a shit ton of poetry 😔 and writes a lot in general !!#He has Many Journals and John probably has journals too bc we Know he likes to imitate Jo a lot and that doesn't change in the no cult au #OKAY OKAY I'LL ACTUALLY STOP BC THAT. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MUSIC I'M SORRY I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS ON THEM #I am go sleep now but I will. just be thinking about this now 😔💜💜💜#doppleganger friend 💜#I CAN'T BELEIVE I'M SO TIRED I NEARLY FORGOT YOUR TAG WHAT THE F U K C >:0 CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY HOW DARE I

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incarnateirony · 3 years

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I thought they hated Jensen now for his betrayal, why so pressed about him living with Misha? Jealous the j2 fantasy is not a reality much😌?

The way they view the world is like a really bad telenovella and nobody really remembers last week's plot but somehow the fake pregnancy plot gets remembered and becomes vaguely relevant to wild shit B. They forgot they were mad at jensen last week, now it's trying to ignore shit and throw a fit about things that to some of us are like world defaults. Why yes the grass is green today oh yeah the vancouver apartment whatever.

They also don't seem to get that when this side of the fandom says "j2 breakup" nobody here ever thought they were actually together, like the j2hats do, which completely joinkies this conversation to begin with and they come in on a platform where we're like "oh wait, you wanted us to take you seriously, hold on, let me try a do-over."

Like nobody realistically thinks they ~hate each other or whatever. They're just. Adults doing their own shit, as adults do, until one suddenly stops adulting in public because he didn't pay attention to MULTIPLE fucking phases of this from CM being made and just before that when there was a rights trade under the radar with that exclusivity deal and let's not even get into addressing the heavy LGBTQ branding to lure rainbow capitalist investors to pitch in on how Dean tells the story of John and Mary, oh boy.

But Jared didn't get the memo/it wasn't made to centralize him? Man where was he with ideas the like 20 times Jensen reflected about a reboot or sequel and just went "YEAH" vaguely. Like if you had ideas you could have talked. Jensen knows SPN best through Dean and is remaking it through Dean. Even in canon John and Mary as a joint concept or pair have zero relevance to Sam. One burned on the ceiling while he was shitting diapers and the other one basically died that day and turned into an ENTIRELY different person than Dean knew, much less having any ideas of Mary at all. Like sure let him pop into the heaven reflection podcast with some takes, or wait until another season and make one about something Sam can reflect on, or Cas, or any of them.

So to get our shit in order here, one second they're sending hate about Jensen to Jensen's amazon coworkers and then the next they're deadass misreading a podcast with direct intention of doing so because cockles fandom breathed relief at blankeygate or whatever the FUCK and now their argument is WHAT? That Jensen literally finalized this right under Jared's nose in an apartment they were inexplicably sharing despite each having their own 15 minutes apart because... they shared storage? And Gen hasn't been in Van for 6 years. I guess her doppleganger filmed S15 or something. I dunno. Working out what they're saying is a mess.

Sometimes friends only see each other a few times a year when life diverges. Especially when it diverges during a pandemic. Who Jensen and Danneel chose to tell about what they were working on was their discretion only. The funny thing is people can speculate for example on if Misha did or didn't know, because he handled it with grace. As did most former cast members that surely weren't in the pipeline, like Anna's old actress. But you know who made it very clear he was not in fact invited to the early party--

Sigh.

It literally takes that much to straighten out how much they've chosen to stick in sideways in the last week and put it into somewhat sane terms. All it is, really, is them being furious at the idea of the J2 forcibly attached narrative of theirs is all in terrible decay and they keep trying to enter foray into territories of things they've chosen never to look at, and lmao. Good LUCK fuckers

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f4liveblogarchives · 4 years

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #182

Wed Aug 21 2019 [11:24 PM] Wack'd: Strap in because we've got seven straight issues of Len Wein [11:24 PM] Bocaj: The LenWeinening [11:26 PM] Wack'd: So when last we saw our heroes Counter-Reed, who is Reed from Counter-Earth, had stranded Reed, who is Counter-Reed from Earth, in the Negative Zone, and then Annihilus was like "hey we need to team up" so he and Reed teamed up against the Mad Thinker who is some kind of green lion now [11:26 PM] Wack'd: Also Sue is on to Counter-Reed so she and Alicia have teamed up to find a plan to counter Counter-Reed [11:27 PM] Wack'd: Also according to the letters page, which I neglected to mention, the Editor-in-Chief door with all the names crossed out? A real thing that hung on Archie Goodwin's door for a while. The more you knoooooooow [11:28 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Ben, Tigra, Thundra, Impossible Man, and Johnny come back with the hot robot from last issue and try to get Counter-Reed to figure out who's behind it [11:29 PM] maxwellelvis: That's "hot" as in wanted or possibly stolen [11:29 PM] maxwellelvis: they don't, like, find the robot physically attractive. [11:29 PM] Wack'd: No, that's "hot" as in "generates a fuckton of heat" [11:29 PM] maxwellelvis: Ahh [11:29 PM] Umbramatic: why not both [11:29 PM] Bocaj: Por que no- dammit [11:29 PM] Umbramatic: or all three [11:29 PM] Wack'd: But also it might've been stolen because last issue the government was demanding to hold onto it, so [11:30 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Counter-Reed covers for his inadequacies by ordering Thundra, Greer (trying to use given names), and Impy to go double-check the bank for clues. As they leave Greer is like "hey, did anyone else notice we don't work for him, what the fuck is going on" [11:31 PM] Wack'd: She also had suspected Counter-Reed is not Reed but is in fact Counter-Reed [11:31 PM] Wack'd: God I hate imposter plots [11:31 PM] Bocaj: This is a lot smarter than people tend to be in imposter plots [11:31 PM] Bocaj: Like three people already onto him [11:31 PM] Wack'd: True [11:32 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Counter-Reed then tells Johnny and Ben that actually he's positive the robot came from the Negative Zone and they should go check it out [11:33 PM] Wack'd: In what I think is the biggest sign Roy Thomas' attempt to rehabilitate Reed has gone horribly wrong, Ben immediately leaps to the conclusion Counter-Reed shooed out Thundra and Greer because he's a patriarchal git [11:33 PM] Wack'd: And didn't want to send them on a dangerous mission [11:34 PM] Wack'd: To Ben's credit, he's also noticed Counter-Reed incessantly watching the Negative Zone monitor, but thinks it's because he wants to rescue his doppleganger because he's such a nice guy [11:34 PM] KarkatTheDalek: Does Ben this that’s good or bad? [11:34 PM] Wack'd: He does not make a judgement call, only acknowledges it as a known facet of Reed's character [11:34 PM] KarkatTheDalek: Ah [11:34 PM] KarkatTheDalek: Neutral Guy Ben Grimm [11:35 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Agatha also kidnapped Franklin recently. Remember that? We have like fifteen plots going on right now [11:36 PM] Bocaj: I do remember [11:36 PM] Wack'd: So apparently Agatha needs Franklin's powers to deal with something otherworldly invading her home [11:36 PM] Bocaj: Sure [11:37 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Franklin is like "I won't let anyone hurt you, Auntie Agatha" which is usually the part where the adult would say something patronizing about how brave they're being [11:37 PM] Wack'd: But Agatha is like "yes, obviously, that's the entire reason you're here" [11:38 PM] Bocaj: Agatha Harkness has always been patronizing but in a different way [11:38 PM] Bocaj: She's older than everyone and knows everyone is dumber than she is [11:38 PM] maxwellelvis: In the same way Animated Madame Webb is [11:38 PM] Bocaj: Also sometimes she's a ghost. And everybody knows ghosts are jerks [11:38 PM] Wack'd: ONLY. TOONAMI.

[11:39 PM] maxwellelvis: You thought that sounded like a soundbyte they'd grab for one of those rad promos, eh? [11:39 PM] Bocaj: They had that one about not being intimidated that played all the time [11:39 PM] Bocaj: I don't even remember what show it was from [11:39 PM] Wack'd: The joke is "we won't be intimidated by criminal threats" from the Fleischer Superman cartoons [11:39 PM] maxwellelvis: Ahh [11:39 PM] Wack'd: That soundbyte far outlived those cartoons, duration-on-Toonami-wise [11:40 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Agatha tries to do a magic battle with these shadowy figures but one of them has a gun that when fired locks Agatha's hands in heavy metal gauntlets [11:41 PM] Wack'd: And by the time Sue and Agatha arrive to collect Franklin, whoever these shadowy figures are teleport away with Agatha and Franklin [11:41 PM] Wack'd: They kidnapped a kidnapping [11:41 PM] Wack'd: Some kind of kidnap turducken [11:41 PM] Bocaj: Guns that shoot handcuffs? [11:41 PM] Bocaj: Ridiculous [11:41 PM] Bocaj: Only arrows can shoot handcuffs [11:41 PM] Wack'd: Not just handcuffs, they're like--I really should screencap this [11:41 PM] Wack'd:

[11:42 PM] maxwellelvis: He has a MAGIC GUN! [11:42 PM] Wack'd: Where'd he purchase that [11:42 PM] maxwellelvis: (Where'd he - dammit [11:42 PM] Wack'd: Meanwhile! Ben and Johnny finally catch up with the rest of the plot [11:43 PM] Wack'd: See, back in issue 51, Reed designed a thing that was basically just a rope attached to a belt to tether folks to the...Positive Zone?...while they were in the Negative Zone [11:43 PM] Wack'd: But he nearly got stranded, decided they were too dangerous, and replaced them with a more Kirbyish full-body rig [11:44 PM] Wack'd: Ben and Johnny are well inside the Negative Zone by the time they realize haha, whoops! Reed strapped them into the early version [11:44 PM] maxwellelvis: "Roy's not the only one who can pull out ancient continuity, I'll show him!" -- Len Wein, probably [11:45 PM] Wack'd: So yeah, Ben and Johnny are about to turn back around and kick Counter-Reed's ass, but by miraculous coincidence, just as they figure out the plot, they find Reed and Annihilus [11:46 PM] Wack'd: Mad Thinker must've been thrilled when he found out he could possess a monster in the Negative Zone with his exact facial hair

[11:46 PM] Wack'd: I wonder if that's true for all Negative Zone beings. Maybe that's why Reed has a beard now [11:47 PM] maxwellelvis: You know, Kiko wasn't anywhere near as tall as his old man, technically speaking. [11:47 PM] maxwellelvis: I wonder if Ben's throwing that out there because Dino DeLaurentiis' King Kong had come out in the previous year. [11:48 PM] Wack'd: Probably [11:48 PM] maxwellelvis: Also, yes, "Kiko" is the name of the Son of Kong. [11:48 PM] Wack'd: So Reed, Johnny, Ben, and Annihilus beat a hasty retreat, and Ben and Johnny are like "hm, our Reed would never team up with Annihilus, maybe we were wrong" [11:48 PM] Wack'd: And then it turns out their tether cables have been cut [11:48 PM] Wack'd: Which settles the issue [11:50 PM] Wack'd: OKAY SO [11:50 PM] Wack'd: You wanna talk ancient continuity? [11:50 PM] Wack'd: This giant beast is not, in fact, a native of the Negative Zone, but one of Mad Thinker's robots that got chucked in there back in #69 and got mutated or something [11:51 PM] Wack'd: ...why did I think Mad Thinker had a beard?

[11:51 PM] Wack'd: Dude still dresses like a high school track coach, I remembered that much right [11:51 PM] Bocaj: He might look less ridiculous with a beard [11:51 PM] Wack'd: He might! [11:51 PM] Bocaj: His hair sure is a decision he made [11:51 PM] Bocaj: And continues to make [11:51 PM] maxwellelvis: He's still built like a high school track coach, too. [11:53 PM] Wack'd: I enjoy the fact that back when Buscema and Buckler were revising everyone's hair styles Mad Thinker wasn't around and so now he's stuck like this [11:54 PM] Wack'd: Back in...I'm just gonna keep calling it the Positive Zone until someone objects [11:54 PM] Wack'd: Back in the Positive Zone Sue tells Reed that their son has been double-abducted [11:54 PM] Wack'd: And he takes a long. Long time to figure out how he should react to that. [11:54 PM] Wack'd: So now the gig is officially up. Sue's worst fears are confirmed [11:55 PM] Wack'd: So Counter-Reed goes into Brute mode because now he has no choice but to kick Sue's ass [11:55 PM] Wack'd: He also calls her "the weakest member of the Fantastic Four" and you know whenever anyone says that with a straight face, and are not written by Stan Lee, a major ass-kicking is about to happen [11:56 PM] Bocaj: Look, Lincoln had a mom [11:56 PM] Bocaj: and therefore now slavery is illegal [11:56 PM] Wack'd: Right, yes [11:56 PM] Wack'd: ...oh goddammit [11:56 PM] Wack'd: So instead Counter-Reed kicks Sue's ass thoroughly and tosses her out the top-story window of the Baxter [11:56 PM] Bocaj: 😐 [11:57 PM] Wack'd: I forgot this was "Cripple the B****" Wein we were dealing with for a moment [11:57 PM] Bocaj: OH SHIT [11:57 PM] Bocaj: THATS WHERE I KNOW THE NAME FROM?? [11:57 PM] Wack'd: Yeeeeeeeeeeep [11:59 PM] Wack'd: In the letters page: someone tries to puzzle out what Ben is made of ("I miss when everyone assumed it was 'orange rocks'," moans Thomas); and apparently Len Wein plans to explain why there's not a much greater mass of cosmic-ray-powered superbeings now that space travel is business as usual [12:00 AM] Wack'd: Oh! And an ad for Ms Marvel's first ongoing. Exciting! [12:01 AM] Wack'd: Somehow I can't imagine Kamala Khan being hyped to wear this

[12:01 AM] Bocaj: Love Kamala [12:01 AM] Bocaj: Ew they changed her costume [12:02 AM] Bocaj: I took too long to type and now my joke misunderstanding your words is belated to oblivion [12:02 AM] Bocaj: "Never before has a FIGHTING FEMALE cpatured the imagination of the reading public so DRAMATICALLY" [12:02 AM] Bocaj: why are you like this, comics

#1977 #Len Wein #Jim Shooter #Bill Mantlo #Archie Goodwin #Sal Buscema #The Main Book

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inkedmyths · 5 years

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It's too perfect an opportunity to pass up

Weekly prompt for the LU Discord which is a disaster

Modern AU featuring @draconiswinters Darks!

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Target spotted.

Warriors slowly walked up closer to his doppleganger, who was too busy on his phone to notice his approach. Hylia only knew what Conqueror was doing on there, and right now he didn't care. No. He had more important things on his mind right now. Like what an excellent reaction he wad about to get.

He pulled out his own phone, made sure the volume on his speaker was all the way up, and pressed 'play' on the song he had queued up on repeat.

"Hiya Barbie!"

"Hi Ken!"

Conqueror froze. He slowly turned around, already angry face turning livid at the sight of Warriors. Who was grinning and on the verge of bursting into laughter.

"You want a ride?"

He turned, fists clenched, and charged with out a second thought.

"Sure, Ken!"

Oh shit.

"Jump in!"

Legend leaned against a wall. He sighed, checking his phone again for texts. Warriors was usually here by now. While it was entirely uncommon for him to be late, it was incredibly boring to wait for the tall blond.

Hang on. What was that?

It sounded like Warriors laughing, and a song was blasting-

Oh no.

"I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie World!"

Warriors ran by, cackling like a madman as he blasted Aqua's Barbie girl at the absolute loudest his portable speaker would go.

"Life in plastic, it's fantastic!"

He vaulted over a table and nearly tripped over a chair in an effort to go as fast as he possibly could to get away from his pursuer.

"You can brush my hair, undress me anywhere"

Legend wasn't surprised to see none other than Conqueror hot on his heels, face contorted into rage as he charged forward, leaping over the same table so as not to lose ground on his target.

"Imagination, life is your creation"

They vanished around a corner, the goddess-awful song fading as they ran off. Legend shook his head, snickering slightly. It was pretty funny, even if there was a good chance Warriors was going to have be his ass beat. In fact, that made it funnier.

Wind was bouncing a basketball in the park. He wasn't really a basketball player, but it was fun sometimes to try and shoot hoops. He bounced it again and prepared to shoot-

When his older brother charged in front of him, nearly knocking him over.

"Come on Barbie let's go party!" He sang along with his speaker, which was an impressive feat at a full sprint.

Conqueror, who was right behind him, screeched in response. He looked like he was going to explode from rage.

Wind started laughing. Barbie Girl, that was perfect. "Nice one!" He yelled after his brother, who flashed a grin at him before running out of the park with his angry double following.

Time was flipping through his shopping list outside the store. Malon had said they needed shampoo, and Twilight wanted root beer floats tonight... was there anything else he'd forgotten? Hopefully not, but he had to make sure. He pulled out his phone to make a call.

"Everything alright, hun?" His wife asked when she picked up.

"Yeah, I was just double checking to make sure there isn't anything I forgot to write down on the shopping list. I have-"

His train of thought was interrupted by cradhing in the distance. He saw several chairs get knocked over, a familiar blue scarf running through them. And what was that he was hearing?

Oh Hylia help him.

"I'm a blonde bimbo girl in a fantasy world"

He hated that song.

"Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly"

It was awful on so many levels.

"You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink"

He wasn't the only one who thought this, apparently. Conqueror picked up one of the fallen chairs, looking as though he intended to smash it over Warriors's head.

"Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky"

He couldn't blame him.

"You can touch"

Conqueror chucked the chair.

"You can play"

It missed.

"If you say 'I'm always yours'"

Warriors waved at Time as he ran by, laughing madly. Conqueror screamed something unintelligible and resumed his chase of the blond, his orange scarf trailing behind him. They vanished around another corner, taking the horrid song with them.

"What on earth was all that noise?" Malon's voice drifted out of the receiver, bringing Time back to the present.

"Don't worry about it," he said tiredly. "Just some of the boys being stupid."

"Fair enough."

Hyrule whistled a tune from his perch on a tree branch. He wasn't sure what had driven him to climb up here, but it was kind of nice to watch people pass by below him. Scanning the area, he smiled when he saw Warriors round a corner towards him. Then frowned. He was running. Why was he running? And was that... music? Wait a second...

"I'm a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World"

What.

"Life in plastic, it's fantastic"

Oh my Hylia why was he blasting that- oh. Conqueror was chasing him. That explained it.

"You can brush my hair, undress me anywhere"

They ran underneath his tree, Warrior laughing and Conqueror swearing.

"Imagination, life is your creation"

They turned the corner, disappearing.

Hyrule shrugged. He'd seen weirder, although he was fairly sure this would be the weirdest thing he'd see all day. Would make for an interesting story.

Four spun a stick in his hand, pretending it was a sword. He may be a bit too old to be doing so, but he didn't care. It was fun. Besides, he could get away with it because he looked so young.

Shadow was sitting nearby, snickering at him. "You look ridiculous."

Four was about to quip back, but was interrupted by a song blaring behind him.

"C'mon Barbie let's go party"

He turned in time to see Warriors sprint by, along with his doppleganger looking murderous.

"I'm going to strangle you for this you petty bitch!" He could hear Conqueror yell as he ran by.

As they disappeared, Four shook his head. Same ridiculousness as always. He hoped Warrior would be in one piece by the time this was over.

"Wow," said Shadow. "Excellent song choice."

Sky was peacefully reading a book. Howl's Moving Castle was a great book in his opinion, and he loved the movie. After his lunch at the café, he decided he'd go home and watch it.

His peace however, was quickly shattered.

"Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please"

Sky looked up in horrified surprise as the song came blasting along with a tall blond in a blue scarf.

"I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees"

Warriors was laughing, which was followed by a yelp as he got hit with a rolled up napkin of silverware from one of the tables.

"Come jump in, bimbo friend, let us do it again"

The source of the projectile was Conqueror, who furiously threw a vase at him next.

"Hit the town, fool around, let's go party"

That projectile missed, smashing against the pavement. He cursed, then flung himself forward to charge again at Warriors.

Sky rubbed his forehead after the two had gone. Why oh why, he wondered, could he not have a moment's peace and normalcy anymore without something happening? Something that almost always involved another Link? He sighed, then tried to get back into his book and forget what he just saw.

Twilight groaned as Wild clambered up onto a wall. "Can you not try and do parkour right now?"

"Why not?"

"Maybe because we're not somewhere you should be doing parkour?"

"Parkour is for everywhere."

Twiliggt groaned at this, before stopping suddenly. "Do you hear that?" Wild went quiet, listening.

"You can touch"

"Wha-"

"You can play"

Twilight turned around just in time to be barreled over by Warriors, who was for some reason blasting that one song by Aqua.

"If you say 'I'm always yours'"

Twilight fell over to the side. Warriors quickly got up with a breathless "Sorry Twi" before resuming his mad dash.

"You can touch"

Conqueror pounded after Warriors, leaping over Twi's sprawled form so as not to lose ground in pursuing the object of his hatred.

"You can play"

Wild was laughing, nearly toppling off the wall as he stopped focusing on keeping his balance in favor of watching the scene below.

"If you say 'I'm always yours'"

The duo vanished behind the other end of the wall, leaving Twilight on the ground and Wild still chuckling on the wall.

"Maybe you should have parkoured up here to get out of the way."

"Shut up."

Savage grumbled at his phone. "He's stopped answering."

Acidic shrugged. "Moron probably got distracted by something stupid."

"He'd better hurry up. Eternal's going to be pissed if we're late."

Tempest groaned. "Do we have to do this?" he whined.

"Yes, now shut up!"

"COME ON BARBIE LET'S GO PARTY"

Startled, the three of them looked up at the shouted song lyric. Across the parking lot they were standing in, a familiar blue scarf flashed into view. Close behind him was Conqueror, screaming in absolute fury. And all along the way, that damnable song was blasting.

As the two went out of sight behind another building, Savage muttered "So that's why he wasn't answering his phone." His words went unregistered, however, because Tempest and Acidic were roaring with laughter.

"Barbie girl, holy shit," Acidic wheezed, tears streaming down his face.

"His face!" Tempest howled, falling onto his back.

Savage groaned. Eternal was going to kill them all when they arrived late. He only hoped that Conqueror being far more late would divert most of the anger onto him.

"I can't believe you're still alive, you moron."

"C'mon Legend, have a little more faith in me. Like I would let that idiot catch up to me."

"That was a great prank though! It's a shame I don't have a good nickname for Tempest..."

"Look what you're teaching your brother."

"Teaching him how to be awesome!"

"That's not the term I was looking for. Try 'stupid'."

"You wound me."

"I'm going to murder him."

"We know, you've said it a million times."

"I'm going to strangle him with his own scarf, then tear off his limbs."

"Aw, are you feeling a little upset, Barbie?"

"YOU WANNA FUCKING DIE YOU GODDAMN ORNAMENT?"

"Ow! Bring it you bitch!"

"Would somebody pull those two imbeciles off of each other?"

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maxhoemo · 4 years

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To Hell and Back: Can’t Keep a Good Boy Down p2

Max’s doppleganger frowned at himself in the mirror. He was applying a cream to his face, careful to avoid his deep scar. It had always been very tender to the touch.

‘Look what you’ve done! You stupid boy! You’re a waste of life!’

He heard the voice echo in his mind. It’d been ten years, yet it sounded just as crystal clear as the day he’d received that beating. It wasn’t the first, nor the last. But this of course, was the one that gave him his defining scar.

The sound of his dog yelping snapped him back to reality. He opened the door with force. “Kevin?” He called. “Kevin? Are you alright!?”

As soon as his name was called, the shiba came scampering over. His tail wagging with delight at the sight of his beloved owner. The scarred Max smiled, leaning down and giving his boy a few pats and scratches. “Good Kevin,” he praised. As he continued down the hall, Kevin followed close behind.

When he found the psychology professor he clapped his hands to get the older man’s attention. “How is my project coming along.”

“Excellent master. They should be very mouldable now.”

“That’s very good to hear. Call the group into your office after class this week and initiate phase one.”

“Yes, master.”

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“Can you just get me the cheese fries and a side salad?”

“You don’t want a cheeseburger, Max?” asked his friend.

“No, I’m a vegetarian.”

“Huh.”

As their friend, Lachlan ordered, Max and Ian took a couple of paper cups over to the soda fountain and filled them with coke. Max never had many friends growing up, he felt kind of cool having dinner with two of them. Lachlan was in their psychology class and the three decided to grab a bite together before heading home. After all, they had a late night. They’d been selected for an extra credit assignment and had to stay late for a meeting.

Now that Max thought about it, he couldn’t really remember much of the meeting...

Max took a seat by the window with Ian, popping straws into his friends’ drink lids. “I am so exhausted.”

“I know, me too.”

“Aye, stop it,” Lachlan joked as he sat down with their tray of food. “You boys are going to get me yawning.”

“hehe sorry, Lachlan. I just feel so... Drained for some reason.”

“Same. Reminds me, we should take our vitamins.”

“Oh, right. Almost forgot,” Ian agreed. The three of them each pulled a pill bottle from their pocket and popped a little orange pill. It was part of the extra credit assignment. Testing the effects of... Wait... What was it testing again? Ugh, Max shook his head. He was probably just tired. He’d remember in the morning.

“So, how was Christmas break?”

“Nothing exciting,” Ian shrugged.

“I stayed at the apartment,” Max answered. “I don’t have any family to go home to.”

“Oh, jeez. I’m sorry,” Lachlan apologized.

Max shook his head and held his hand up, giving his friend an expression that said it was alright. “You?”

“Went back to the farm. Saw my little brother.”

“Oh, nice. I always wanted a brother. How old is‘he?”

“Seventeen.”

“Brothers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be,” Ian told Max with a smirk.

“Yeah, we do fight,” Lachlan admitted. “But overall, we’re cool. He’s like, my best friend. Probably sounds kind of pathetic,” he joked.

“No, no,” Max disagreed. “It’s sweet.”

The three friends finished up their meals and eventually went their separate ways. Max was tired, but he felt happy. He felt accepted, like he was finally in a good place in his life.

The next morning Max woke up next to his boyfriend, Ian. Just like he always did. He smiled to himself and rested his head on Ian’s chest, closing his eyes again. He had never been so in love in his life. He fell asleep for a few more minutes before Ian’s alarm woke him up once again.

“Mmm...” Ian squeezed Max tight, and Max reached over to turn off the alarm.

“Morning, sleepy head,” Max smiled. “You gotta get ready for class.”

“Ahh, babe. I want to stay in bed with you.”

“I know...” Max grinned. “When you get home, I’ll have a surprise for you,” Max promised.

As Ian left for class, Max kissed him on the cheek and went back to sleep for another hour. When he woke up, he knew Ian would be on his way home. So he brushed his teeth and got ready. As he looked for something to wear, he saw the cute little black dress in his dresser. Max loved wearing it. It made him feel cute. And Ian loved it too, he always told Max how adorable and sexy he looked in it. Max smiled. Putting on the dress and waiting for Ian would be a great surprise!

He did just that and waited in the kitchen for Ian to come through the front door. When he heard the doorknob turning, he perked up.

“Hi Ian! How was class?”

“It was alright,” his boyfriend shrugged, tossing his keys onto a little table by the entrance way. “Oh, shit....” he said under his breath finally turning his glance to Max.

“You like it?”

“You know I do,” he grinned.

Max hopped off the kitchen stool and sauntered over to him. He wrapped his arms around Ian’s neck and kissed him.

Ian kissed back. “I wanna fuck you in that,” Ian whispered into his ear.

Max bit his lip, grinning. “Okay...”

Max lead Ian to the bedroom where they immediately began making out again. Max undressed Ian as he did so, slowly. So slowly, Ian found it agonizing to have to wait so long. Max tossed Ian’s hoodie away, running his hands up his chest and pulling off his t-shirt. Ian shuddered. Finally, unable to take the pace he pushed Max away, onto the bed. Max bit his lip, looking up at Ian with a lustful smile.

Ian pulled down his jeans and boxers as fast as he could and discarded them. He moved on top of Max, running his hands up his bare thighs.

Max felt his dick jump at that. “Ian...” he whimpered.

Ian grinned, baring his teeth. He slipped his fingers underneath Max’s waistband and pulled his underwear down his legs. “Pass me the lube...” He breathed out.

Max reached behind him into the nightstand drawer. But there was nothing in there. Wasn’t that always where they kept it? He didn’t remember running out, then again, he was having trouble remembering a lot of specific details like that lately. He must still be tired from all the class work. “Think we ran out...”

“It’s okay... It’s okay... Come and suck my dick, baby. Get it all wet.”

Max gladly did as he was told, licking and sucking on Ian’s cock. Trying to get as much saliva coated on it as he could. He must have been doing a good job. Ian was panting and jittering like it was his first blowjob or something. Max felt a sense of pride a how good at this he was. Maybe a bit of a strange reaction, but Max knew it was because of how in love he was with Ian and how much he wanted to make him happy.

Eventually, Ian pulled Max’s head from his dick and laid him back on his back. He lifted Max’s dress above his hips and fucked him. Max moaned, throwing his head back. He couldn’t believe how good it felt! Ian was really something special.

Soon, Ian came deep inside Max. Max came all over his pretty dress.

“Oh...Fuck...” Max commented, coming down from his high.

“Think it’ll...Come out...?” Ian asked, trying to catch his breath.

“I hope so.”

“Well... We can buy you more...”

“Yeah...?”

“Yeah. You’re so cute like that. You should dress like that all the time when it’s just us here.”

Max smiled. For once it seemed like everything was going his way.

#writing #maxian

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strawberrystan · 6 years

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Richie finding Will’s drawings of Mike (Byler)

Imagine Will and Richie sharing a small, cheap dorm and being dormmates and one day Richie comes across all of Will’s drawings of Mike

[Mentioned/Implied Reddie, stenbrough and benverly]

Richie was in search for his wallet in their messy dorm and was looking on Will’s desk. That’s when he saw them under piles of paper.

Richie has a small heart attack because Will has at least ten drawings of him and they clearly made with a lot of care

And then it really sinks in and all Richie can think is ‘shit’

Yeah he was flirty with Will but he was flirty with everyone and he didn’t think Will took him seriously!

The panic sets in and he’s got no clue what to do because this is Will Byers the softest, sweetest person Richie’s ever met and upsetting him would be like murdering a bunch of fluffy kittens

Richie calls Stan because he’s ‘Stan the man, the jew with a plan’ and he’s Richie’s best friend, he’s helped clean up Richie’s messes more times than anyone

Stan comes over begrudingly but only because through Richie’s incoherent babbling he hears Will’s name and now he’s curious and slightly worried

And because Stanley Uris has a soft spot for Will Byers

Stan comes over and Richie explains everything. Stan sees the pictures and he’s stumped because what the fuck? What the fuck

Richie’s still a mess and all that Stan really manages to get from Richie is the he’s flattered, thinks Will is great but not like that and loves his boyfriend Eddie a “Shitfuck ton” in Richie’s words not his own

Basically he’s not ready to turn down the nicest person he’s ever met.

Stan is still trying to process all of this

He’s confused as shit because Richie?? Richie Tozier??? Really????

Stan’s decided he’s finally learnt Will’s only flaw. He has shit taste in men

“What the fuck am I gonna do Staniel?!”

“How am I supposed to know?”

Stan does noT fEeL pRePaReD tO DeAl WiTh ThIs ToDaY or ever

“What do you mean you don’t know what to do??!” “Well what do you think I can do?!” “Tell me how to fix this!” “Sew your stupid lips shut Trashmouth!” “Yes, thank you Stan that’s perfect.”

They’re both at a loss and at this point they’re just arguing so Stan calls Bill

Clearly Bill will know what to do, he’s their fearless leader and he’s always been good at guiding them in the right direction in Stan’s eyes

Bill’s quiet, just staring at the art for a long time. Stan and Richie both assuming he’s coming up with some sort of master plan

Bill looks up at them suddenly, his expression unreadable and then speaks “He- He’s a g-good dr- drawer”

Stan’s lost his faith in Bill and ten years are taken off of Richie’s life.

They decide to call Mike and Ben for this

They feel stupid not having gone to them first. Afterall, Mike is the go to for emotional support and Ben’s got a way with words unlike any other

Ben of course, brings Bev who is a laughing mess at the whole situation

“This is- This is just to good! How did this even happen Richie?” “He was born. It all went down hill from there.” “Now is not the time for your fucking attitude Stanley”

Bill’s still being incredibly unhelpful, flipping through all the drawings instead of assisting in anything “Why isn’t Richie wearing glasses in any of these?”

Ben, always optomistic and nonjudmental gives a theory, “Maybe he can’t draw glasses very well?”

Stan, the fucker, has his own opinion “Richie’s less ugly without glasses”

Richie flips him off “Shut the fuck up Stan, you had a thing for me when we were thirteen and we all know”

Stan fake gags but doesnt deny it and Richie’s smiles smugly

Luckily Mike’s there and gets them back on track

They’re in the middle of discussing what to do when a pissed off Eddie Kaspbrak enters

Richie was supposed to meet him almost an hour ago for coffee

All the loser go quiet, even Bev which is a testament to Eddie’s power when angry.

Everyone knows that shits about to go down. Eddie gets jealous easily and really, who could blame him with Richie’s flirty nature.

Eddie’s annoyed but also confused at the group gathering “What the fuck is going on here?”

Mike, the saint that he is, steps up and takes one for Richie the team. His voice calm and soothing as he explains the situation

Eddie stomps over to Will’s desk and is practically glaring holes through Will’s art. Which honestly, Eddie thinks are beautiful.

If the situation was any different he’d probably be asking Will to keep one. However the situation isn’t different

And of course Richie was going to get himself in shit eventually and of course it had to be with Will

Eddie’s feeling a mixture of anger towards his boyfriend and sympathy towards his new friend Will, he’s been in the same boat as Will with Richie in the past and it was not fun

“Richard,” And holy shit! Eddie had only ever used Richie’s full name twice in all his years of knowing him. Richie is screwed, so very, royally screwed

“My sweet spaghetti let me-”

“Shut up.” Richie has never closed his mouth so fast in his whole life “I like Will Byers, we have english together. He’s my friend and he’s a wonderful person. I swear to god if you are an insesitive prick about this or crack some goddamn joke with him I will cut your dick off and feed it to the birds.”

Stan looks thoroughly disgusted and offended by that threat and Beverly is gone, her cackles filling the room

Mike looks tired.

Very, very tired and he finds himself thinking he should have stayed on the stupid farm

Richie is a mixture of terrified and turned on, Eddie always got this look in his eyes when he was mad that made Richie a little weak in the knees

Now the seven of them are all crammed into the room, writing out ideas on what they can do. Stan complaining about the lack of space and Bill, who is practically sitting in his lap, agreeing

They suck it up though. Because a loser and and a newer but still good friend are in need

When Richie hears keys jingling and a muffled but undeniably Will voice laughing and saying “That makes no sense at all Mike” he panics and crumples up the page of ideas, shoving it into his mouth

Eddie smacks him hard and forces him to open his mouth so that he can grab it by the very tips of his fingers, attempting not to gag

Ben’s a sweetheart and takes it from a disgusted Eddie

When Will opens the door his eyes widen, confused beyond belief at what is going on

Will’s eyes are darting everywhere trying to grasp the situation at hand.

Bill is sitting in Stan’s lap giving him a sheepish grin, Beverly silently laughing to the point of tears and Ben trying to calm her down. Eddie was glaring at his hands and agressively scrubbing them together

Richie was looking anywhere but at Will, the oposite of Mike who was starring directly at him as if he was in The Office

“Uhm... Richie? I thought you were... going out today?”

Richie didn’t say anything, avoiding eye contact and Will’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion

“I was gonna hang out with Mike here. But if you’re busy.”

At his name Mike Wheeler peered into the room and everyone had to do a doubletake at the lanky guy standing next to Will

They were all caught in the middle of an awkward starring contest beore Richie blurted out “Oh thank fuck for Mike!”

The losers decided to make their exit now, all saying an awkward hello to Will and his friend as they left, Stan stopping to apologize to Will before leaving with the others (he may have tidied up Will’s desk a little. But just a little.)

Now the only people left were Richie, Eddie, Will and Mike. It was quiet for a moment

“You have no idea how glad I am to have a doppleganger right now. See, I saw all your drawings and I thought it was me and that you were madly in love with me”

Will’s face was unbelievably red and Mike’s face was twisted in confusion. Eddie starred at the two, eyes widening as he realized Mike didn’t know

Mike didn’t know

“Turns out you’re just hella gay for Mi-” Eddie elbowed Richie a little harder than necessary

“We should go Richie!’ The two practically flew out of the room leaving Will and Mike on their own

“So... you draw me?”

Will is a flustered mess but he manages to nod

“Can I- Can I see them?”

Will goes over to his desk, legs feeling like lead

When he sees that Stan has organized his desk he thinks he should be uncomfortable or annoyed but a warmth settles in his chest, calming him enough to scoop up the pages and bring them to Mike

When Mike sees them he’s speechless, they’re stunning

“You... You really think I look like this?”

Will looks up at Mike a little confused and sees the insecurity in his face. “Well kinda... I think you look better.”

Mike’s head whips up to stare at Will who gives him a small shy smile

“I hope one day I’ll be able to get at least half of your charm and allure into my pieces.”

It’s quiet after that before Mike blurts out “Can I kiss you!”

Will’s eager and so is Mike and so there heads bump at first but on their second try their lips are brushing together and Will lets out a happy sigh as Mike pulls him closer a mantra of finally running through both boys heads

They’re interrupted by the door opening, Richie’s head popping in

“Forgot my wallet!” Richie at least looks a little bashful but that’s soon gone as he calls out “Get some Byers!” Before slamming the door behind him

Mike and Will can hear Eddie scolding him as they walk away

The two look at each other and burst into laughter, Mike wresting his forehead against Will’s and looking at him with affectionate eyes

Will thinks that next time he’ll highfive Richie when he makes a terrible joke. But just the once. Just so that they’re even

Before Will can think into that much more Mike’s lips are meeting his again

Okay maybe two highfives

Wow this ended up getting really long and out of hand!! I was only thinking of writing a small paragraph worth but now there’s this... hope you liked it though!

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lycanhood · 6 years

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DCTV Crossover: Crisis on Earth -X Part 1 & 2

Hi, I’m going to be watching the whole crossover today and tomorrow, but I’ll only do two liveblogs (one for each night, instead of four for each show)

Supergirl 3x08

James vs Ollie, interesting considering Ollie stole Jimmy’s girl in Smallville

Whoa, okay, not cool with this Nazi killing a black guy on my screen

Sara looks amazing in this Robin Hood getup, but then again she always looks amazing

Ugh, Mon-El is here

“Of course, she is. She’s Supergirl!” thank you, Alex

YAY sisters night!!

Um, Kara can’t put on break-up weight haha

I’m just not sure a wedding is the best way to get over the breakup blues, guys

Um, Iris, maybe the fact that Mon-El isn’t here should have been a clue that you shouldn’t bring him up

Keratin ha

Barry seeing Oliver in a suit and saying “Damn” is mood

What’s with the Darth Vader voice? Stop it

So Stein is totally gonna die. I can tell because he’s super excited about the future

Who is Alex hugging? She doesn’t know anyone on this Earth

“Her” Haha Sara’s face! Agent Canary looks like a very real possibility

Spider juice, yuck

“You can stick to things!” hahaha Good Ol Stein

Nice, Joe, reminding everyone of the awkward sibling thing WA has going on

ITS HAPPENING!!!!! Alex and Sara are making out!! Holy shit, I hoped I really did, but I somehow thought that was a pipe dream, but its really HAPPENING!!!!

Olicity is so bad at this. WTF are they doing? Wow that was embarrassing

Oh wow what did I do to deserve this Agent Canary content?

Wait...wtf did Mick sleep with Stein’s daughter? Surely not

“Out doing what?” Sara. She was doing Sara

“Do you know what I did?” “No, not the specifics, no.” Oh I am LIVING for this!!! The Danvers sisters are my life

Who is this waitress? She looks very familiar to me, and she’s acting weird. Is she a super fan of the flash? Is she from the future?

Aw this song :)

OMG! The minister!

#IhateNazis

Why are they not more alarmed that a guy was just vaporized!?!

Haha really enjoying the new and improved KillerFrost/Catlin. Caitlin rolled her eyes like damn I didn’t want to invite that bitch

Nooo not the heat vision stand off! That’s DUMB!

Have Oliver and Cisco done this breaching move before? They must have practiced right?

I’m not sure what I like more Sara and Alex fighting together or Sara and Alex sleeping together. Lucky for me this crossover has both.

I wonder if Nazi Supergirl and Nazi Oliver are like...a thing

So like are you married now or...oh I guess not

Aren’t you not suppose to let concussed people sleep?

Joe has to leave but Iris gets to stay?

Oooo the Trump dragging is back, nice

Let Alex at him, we all remember Exodus am I right?

Are you not also Kryptonian, Nazi Supergirl?

Wait shouldn’t Nazi Reverse Flash be Eobard Thawne?

Arrow 6x08

Oh shit they’re hitting Ollie right in the feels, bringing Tommy into this

Those did not look like 1945 outfits, guys

Just want to point out that there should probably be more than 52 earths, there should be like an infinite number of alternate universes

“...And Rory.” aw thats mean Barry

Um, Ollie, that’s not how Dopplgangers work

There we go making promises we can’t keep

Oh, Nazi Tommy is evil. I for one am #shocked

So he could have killed himself before, but instead he waited to make his terrifying speech

These three seem to work really well together

Haha “10% less brooding” a valid request

Yeah, anti-Kara/Ollie are definitely a thing. Weird

Yeach, fuck dopplegangers

Alot has changed since Ivy Town, Ollie

That was two years ago!

Please respect her on this, damn.

Is Cisco okay? Boy still sleepin?

“It’s not about you.” haha That’s what I’m always thinking about Wells. Get him the fuck out

Jazx, don’t make him feel bad for wanting to be with his famil

Awkward!Alex. It’s totally gonna be a thing

Aw :( That’s a real bummer on the Agent Canary front. We miss Maggie too, Alex

I love Maggie and I love Sanvers and I’m super sad they broke up. But even if they had stayed together forever and gotten married, I think that would have also been a bit problematic on a few levels. Because Alex just came out and it seems strange to me that she would fall madly in love with and live happily ever after with the first woman she dates. Like I love them, but that’s not very realistic to me. If maybe a season or two down the road they could bring Maggie back and they could somehow work through the whole “kids” issue that would be great. Maybe Alex could even have a smaller scale love interest in the meantime (not necessarily Sara and) not like right now, but maybe next season

Iris looks so good in this...sweater? Sweatshirt? Idk but she looks great

Hahaha poor Ollie on his motorcycle

Well, at least Barry isn’t a Nazi

So that is Eobard Thawne. Got it

Kara is so pissed about Nazi Supergirl

“Ew, gross! No offense.”

Uh oh, Ollie has some explaining to do

Now both the Karas are pissed!

Villians are always knocking things over to distract heroes, fucking cowards

Alex being a brilliant scientist!!! GIVE ME MORE!!!

Interesting how anti-Kara is the levelheaded sort of emotionless one and anti-Oliver is the overly sentimental one. I wonder if meeting anti-Kara is going to finally turn Kara off this whole “I’m not human, I shouldn’t feel these things” phase

Is Cisco still asleep? Is anyone checking on him?

Alex, Felicity, and Catlin looking good while they work

Hahah Mick wanting to bring KillerFrost out to play

What do you mean you can’t believe he’s back? He was just fucking with the Legends a few months ago, this shouldn’t be that shocking. People rarely seem to stay dead with you guys

Aaaand now I have that High School Musical song stuck in my head, thanks alot

Alex suiting up with the rest of the heroes!!!!

“Wall to wall Nazis” is never a sentence I wanted to hear

Alex forgot to bring her alien gun? Bummer

Where is our Supergirl? Is our Supergirl going to fight their Arrow? Sounds unfair, but okay

He didn’t check the fridge for mustard? The fuck?

I thought anti-Ollie was about to kill Wells and I wasn’t unhappy about it :/

Ok, but like anti-Supergirl hitting Ollie probably should have killed him

Mick is KillerFrost’s #1 fan

Uh! KillerFrost just freeze him! BE BETTER!

Aw Barry caught Alex

Well, fuck

What the fuck is wrong with anti-Kara? Foreboding

Protective!Alex!!!

Wait her sister? Did anti-Kara have an anti-Alex or is she talking about some Kryptonian sorta sister?

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toastoat · 7 years

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ok im putting under readmore bc its long

so last year i went to my older friends wedding w my sister and her boyfriend, and we stayed in another friends cabin at this lake i go up to every summer (im here now). we were all sleeping at the other friend’s place so i had to take the couch, my sister and her bf were upstairs. one morning the bf woke me up early bc i usually sleep in and said “i saw you sneaking around last night you gremlin” (he often calls me goblin/gremlin jokingly ) but since i had been fast asleep since midnight i was just ?????? and asked him wtf he was talking abt, to which he responded “im not gonna play your little game” (also jokingly) as if i was trying to play dumb or something.

later in the day after he kept referencing it and asking me to “see the pictures” me and my sister finally got it out of him that he had apparently woken up to “elsa in their nightgown standing in the doorway taking pictures of us (him and my sister) sleeping on a big camera”. i instantly was freaked out by this as was my sister bc we both know that a. i dont have a nightgown or even a dress that i brought w me, and b. i dont own any camera besides my iphone.

he was super convinced though that we were both playing some prank on him which made me and my sister even MORE scared bc she knew i was telling the truth. we tried to convince him he was dreaming/sleep paralyzed but he kept insisting he woke up and that it was me bc of the poofy blond hair i had at the time.

anyways we were super afraid of that and for the rest of the time there i made them let me sleep in their bed lol. later on when the summer had actually started, i invited hiro up to stay in my cabin w me- my parents were back in tokyo for a lot of the time we were there. i had lifeguarding every morning p much so hiro would often sleep in my room upstairs while i slept on the couch downstairs. one night we were coming home late after hanging out w friends and hiro asked if i could sleep upstairs w him that night bc “last night i had a nightmare or sleep paralysis where you just stood in the doorway of the room looking at me”

when he told me that (i hadn’t mentioned the previous thing to hiro at ALL bc i p much forgot abt it as a one-time thing) i flipped my SHIT and almost ran home holding onto his arm (but didnt mention the previous thing to him since it would just freak us out more) and went to sleep in the bed w him and peter (hiro’s dog).

ANYWAY after that i was suuuuper on edge abt sleeping on my own and i think at this point did tell my sister and hiro abt it. at the end of that week i was over at a friends place lying on his trampoline w hiro and a friend, and the guy who was hosting us came out and yelled for hiro and the other friend to come back in. i sat up and was kinda like “hey im here too fuck you” and when i called out the guy said “Elsa???” really weirdly and i just fuckin knew. some stupid creepy doppleganger shit was up. so i went in to be like “???” back to him and he looked closely at my face and called into the house (where everybody else was chilling) “elsa was out here the whole time “ and when i walked in everybody in the room was like “huh ???” and starting fucking looking out onto the deck where a hammock was set up.

they all informed me this whole time they thought i was sitting in the hammock outside swinging, and had called out to me several times which is why they were so surprised to see me outside.

hiro was already freaking out so at this point i just told them all both stories, and we all slept at the friend’s place bc we were all sooooo beyond freaked out. the rest of the summer we called the thing ppl kept seeing “Evil Elsa” and would make jokes like if we heard a scary noise at night “oh its just Evil Elsa” or if somebody farted “no that was Evil Elsa !!!” and didn’t have any more incidents

its really not that much of a scary story but its been creeping me out now that i’m back up here and staying alone in my cabin, and idk what it was in the first place bc nothing bad happened it just scared everybody.

#long post #creepy

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geek-gem · 7 years

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Sonic Injustice Like Fighting Game Character Concept List

Since that reblog and looked at that official post just thinking. Just saying I'm at Jack In The Box now and have some time before I go see my therapist.

I think I thought about this before Sonic Mania came out or...I forgot yet feel before so or okay after the game came out in August I don't know forgot. Yet this was an idea I wanted to talk about.

A Sonic fighting game like in the vain of Injustice 2. Such as characters having narly interactions first and characters having crazy awesome but insane power moves still or just... basically I remember trying to think of a list of characters. No offense only characters from games because just... almost left power still but thought before this quest characters might not just apply to other Sega characters or even non canon Sonic characters. But as a stupid joke no offense you aren't gotta be seeing Scorpion or Subzero as guest characters.

I'm just gonna type down the list of characters I remember thinking best I can. Including tried to make it reasonable.

1: Sonic of course no offense lol ha okay to smile.

2: Metal Sonic

3: Shadow

4: Chaos

5: Amy Rose

6: Blaze

7: Tails

8: Knuckles

9: Dr. Eggman with him using a new battle suit mainly gloves where he can get up and personal to punch Sonic or anyone else in the face

10: Rouge

11: Espio

12: Silver

13: Fang

14: E123 Omega

15: Vector

16: Zavok

17: Bean

18: Bark

19: Mecha Sonic

20: Silver Sonic

The last two just I remember I was running low somewhat on villians. But feel people might be bothered by a lot of robotic Sonic's just thought when typing Sonic oh yeah Metal Knuckles and just thought Egg Robo are nice ideas.

Other characters some new and even human ones meh my own characters.

Infinite would most likely be special DLC something like how Darkseid is. He was a pre order bonus now he's on the store.

Zeena was a thought okay I'm thinking she might of been not. But seeing that official post now makes me think. Really reason why she be there is mostly fans would want her. Despite I feel Zavok is perfect.

Emeral sorry wait looked on Google and pressed emerald sonic by mistake.

Yet Emerl okay had to look twice at his name. But Emerl because of Sonic Battle. Don't know if DLC but part of the main roaster would make more sense and his return too.

Shade was and idea for DLC but the shit with Ken Penders no offense I doubt we would see her again unless Ken Penders changes shit.

Silver Sonic 2 as DLC but original Silver Sonic is there now so no but as a costume skin would work.

Guest characters are Nights from Nights Into Dreams from Sonic Team, and Ulala from Space Channel 5 bit Sega related games. Including I wanted to pick characters that would make sense but remember wanted ones who could fight. Now thought of Beat before I made this and think other Sega related guest characters could join and even non Sega game characters.

DLC fighter pack 1 in case theirs more

E102 Gamma brought back to life.

Sonic The Werehog a doppleganger or well basically now think a clone of Sonic who is stuck in the form of the werehog instead of well...a version of Sonic where the Earth was never fixed in Sonic Unleashed because it to me seems depressing.

Also told lady who knows me and works here she asked if everything was fine said yes or yeah forgot.

Jet The Hawk.

Two okay a and again and aide from school texted me.

But wanted to mention two of the special power moves have some characters mainly think of Blaze has Marine with her ship, the other Babylon Rogues for Jet as I think about it.

Also their are interactions with staged you can even send your opponents flying throw stuff like the Injustice series. Including one of the stages includes the Space Colony Ark where you use the Ecplise Canon on your opponents and maybe okay ether Knuckle's or Rouge's stages but remember theirs others in Sonic Adventure 2 or Eggman's base need to think.

Fine got tag down will leave it as Sonic The Hedgehog no fighting games tag didn't need to press the tag space it's 1:22 pm gonna take large Dr pepper and go 1:23 pm typing on phone with right hand only

#sonic the hedgehog

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mm-mendell · 7 years

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"Y-you," Evan sputtered, unable to even comprehend what he was looking at. "I can't believe you plagiarized my face!"

Amos scoffed, melodramatically rolling his eyes as if Evan was being entirely unreasonable. "Didn't you tell me that I should try to make more friends?"

"I didn't mean for you to friggin' clone me!" Evan wailed, tugging on his hair out of exasperation.

"Dude, I'm not too happy about this either," the clone said, a rather put-out expression on his face. Evan noticed that the doppleganger had also begun to absentmindedly pull on his hair, and he hastily dropped his own hand.

"Well, you can't do anything about it now," Amos sniffed, seeming a bit disgruntled that Evan wasn't praising his brilliance.

Simultaneously, Evan and the clone let out high-pitched whines of distress— only to instantly cut off when they noticed what the other was doing.

God, a clone. Amos actually cloned him, what the fuck. Evan had always known that his friend's mad scientist tendencies would get them into trouble one day, but not like this.

"It— it's not that I don't think it's cool," he said begrudgingly, because it was cool. Amos was brilliant and Evan was proud to call him a friend, but this was a little too much, even for him. "But, I mean, couldn't you have at least asked me first?"

"Would you have said yes?" Amos countered, a delicate eyebrow raised to showcase his skepticism.

"Probably not," Evan admitted. "But that's not the point."

"My earlier statement still stands." Amos turned away, fiddling with some of his tools on the metal table. Evan could no longer see his expression, but he just knew that he was sulking.

"C'mon, Amos," he said exasperatedly, walking over to place a hand on his shoulder. Amos stubbornly pulled away, and Evan resisted the urge to sigh. "Look, I know I've been ditching you a lot lately. My night classes are taking up a lot more time than I thought they would. I'm not trying to abandon you or anything. You understand that, right?"

"Of course," he said sharply. "I'm not an idiot."

"I never said you were!" Evan threw his hands up, completely done.

Their little quarrel was interrupted by a slight cough. The two turned to see that the clone was still there, standing awkwardly in the middle of the room.

"Uh, do you want me to leave, or...?" he trailed off, and Evan found himself flushing violently.

"No, no!" he said quickly, waving his hands for emphasis. "Everything's fine, we're fine. Sorry, totally forgot you were there."

"Yeah," the clone said, subtly rolling his eyes. Evan probably wouldn't have recognized it, if it weren't for the fact that he pulled that move often enough. "I could see that."

"Why don't you just leave then, if I'm such an inconvenience for you," Amos snapped, drawing Evan's attention back to him.

Evan nearly bit his lip in frustration. "Come on, you know it's not like that. You're my partner. We stick together, through the good times and the bad ones. That's the school's way, isn't it? Mages and Knights— working together to bring harmony. I'm not going to leave you just because of this one thing."

"Then I'll ask the headmaster to reassign us," Amos said coldly. "I've always known that you only stick around because we were thrown together. It doesn't matter to me either way."

He swiveled on his prosthetic foot, his long white coat flaring dramatically around him as he stormed out of the room.

Evan smacked his forehead, dragging his hand down his face with an exhausted sigh.

"How do you deal with this all the time?" the clone said, voice sounding almost amazed. "I mean, I have your memories, but I still can't imagine dealing with this every day."

"He's not always this bad," Evan replied, his voice a bit muffled. He had his head sheltered in the crook of his elbow, trying to relax after having thrown himself onto the couch.

"Yeah," the clone replied. "I know."

His tone was almost soft, and Evan was abruptly reminded of his earlier statement.

I have your memories. Did that mean he really experienced them? That he held the same affection towards Amos that Evan did? Did he remember all of the fights they got into, all the drama?

Did he remember that day when Amos had smiled at him, happier than he'd ever seen, and said "I'm so glad I was able to meet you"?

Evan found himself a bit uncomfortable with the thought. But what Amos had said earlier was true. There was nothing he could do about it anymore. Amos had created a new life— they couldn't just get rid of him now.

"So, uh... do you have a name you want to go by, or something?" Evan asked with a side glance at his clone, nervously scratching his arm.

The clone just shrugged, seeming to avoid Evan's gaze. "Michael is fine, I guess. I'll just use my— your middle name."

"Cool, cool." Evan nodded, trying to seem like this whole event wasn't one of the most bizarre thing to ever happen to him. "Well, uh, it's nice to meet you, Michael."

Michael smiled, tentative but genuine. "Nice to meet you too, Evan."

When hours passed and Amos still didn't come back, Evan found himself getting nervous. They didn't fight often, but when they did it was always over quickly. Both of them were too soft to really get angry with each other.

"Should we go out looking for him?" Michael asked, the first to break the silence.

They'd mainly just been puttering around their apartment, trying to work out a decent rhythm between them. But now, night was approaching, and Amos's presence was sorely missed.

"I don't know," Evan said honestly. "If he wants some time to himself, we should give him that."

"Curfew's going to be soon," he said pointedly. "If he gets caught out of bed, it'll have been his third infraction this month."

Evan hissed in discontent, agitatedly running his hands through his hair. "I know, I know. All right, let's go."

But they hadn't even made it to the front door when they heard the sound of a messenger squirrel tapping at the window. Michael went over, letting the animal in as if he done this a million times before.

And well, Evan supposed, he had.

"Are you the partner of Amos Bicin?" the tiny creature squeaked.

"I am," they replied at the same time.

They shared a startled glance, and then Evan stepped forward.

"I am," he said firmly. Michael didn't protest.

"All right! For crimes against nature, magic, and most importantly— the school, Amos Bicin has been formally sentenced to a life of detention," the squirrel said cheerfully.

Evan gaped, mind going blank with shock. "He's what?"

"Don't sound so happy when you're saying that!" Michael scolded harshly.

The squirrel put its tiny paws over its head, shaking with fear at the sudden loud noises. "Don't blame me! I'm just the messenger!"

Before Evan even got the chance to really ask any questions, it had already scampered away, out the open window. For a moment, he simply stood there, unable to take in this second big shock of the day.

Evan locked eyes with Michael, and he knew in that moment that they were having the exact same thought.

Oh shit, we're going to have to break him out.

"So..." the clone said slowly, giving him a nervous look. "Are we really going to do this?"

"I don't want to." Evan held his head in his hands, resisting the urge to start moaning pitifully. "I really don't want to."

"But we have to," Michael finished, and for a moment, Evan was startled.

That expression— the sharpening of the eyes, the way his face had gone arctic-cold... Was that the way that Evan looked, right now? It was an uneasy feeling, knowing that right now, there was someone wearing his face, having experienced his memories, and feeling all of his emotions standing right next to him.

Hm... Well, in the end, he supposed that it didn't really matter. At least this way, Evan knew for sure that he could trust him.

And he was going to need all the help he could get if he wanted to save his partner.

—notes:

That feeling when I get a new follower and my first thought is; "I wonder if it's because they saw the Gay™". I really hope so. Well, here's some more! I actually had no idea what I was doing with this universe until I was halfway through it, but I'm liking it so far! Hope y'all enjoyed. Cheers!

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usamyzonians · 6 years

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Crisis, pt 2

This is going to go into spoiler territory fast, so I’m going to put everything behind a “keep reading” line. Spoilers for Crisis on Earth X, woith a warning that I’ll be bringing up “Nazi” related acts.

Good. Now it’s your fault if the plot’s given away.

The last posting I made about the Arrowverse crossover was to explain why I was tired of Nazis. Again, this is not because I am sympathetic to Nazis for feel the need to protect them, but for my own sanity.

Case in point: Sarah Lance comes face-to-face with Quentin Lance X. Her father asks why such Aryan perfection is in a Nazi death camp. She alludes to being bisexual, though a show where you can be gay or bi usually has trouble saying it. Evil Harry Dresden then tells her he killed his own daughter for the same reason.

I’ve already had one person tell me that it’s “historically accurate,” but that’s irrelevant. I’m well aware that parents murdered their LGBT kids. It happened then. It’s still fucking happening today.

The Nazis hated gays? The Nazis still hate gays? Yeah, no shit. It was also pretty clearly established before someone with Sarah’s father’s face talked about executing his daughter.

Now, it’s possible that this scene helped drive some message home to someone. I have trouble believing that this would be the sea change moment to anyone who wasn’t already aware, but maybe I’m wrong. But from my perspective, I kind of didn’t want to watch after that. I’m tired of watching people like me get executed on TV. No, not just tired. I’m stressed out by it.

And then we get to Martin Stein. Oh, it was bad that Oliver was asked to kill to prove his identity (Oliver X is “the Fuhrer”). But...Martin Stein, one of the canonically Jewish characters in the Arrowverse being gunned down by Nazis?

I knew Stein was leaving because Victor Garber is doing a musical tour and it was announced way back when I was still in the hospital. it looked like Martin was going to go home to his family. I was hoping he could still make appearances, even post-Firestorm. I mean, technically he still can, as a doppleganger or through time travel. But I meant the Martin Stein who was going home. That was ostensibly the whole point of the arc over several episodes of Legends. And then he gets murdered by Nazis. And just in case you forgot he was Jewish, they remind you at his funeral. So this wasn’t an accident.

I’m seriously wondering if anyone thinks this is a good idea. I’m not Jewish, I lack the proper perspective to talk on these matters, but nobody I’ve talked to with that perspective has had anything kind to say about the way they did this crossover. Nazis are bad enough, taking canonically Jewish characters and making them Nazis is worse, and having one of the canonically Jewish characters in the TV series (I’m told several of the characters who went Nazi are Jewish in the comics, but I didn’t follow Flash or Green Arrow growing up, and Supergirl was killed off when I was like, four) killed by Nazis is...well, it seems like none of this is good.

Why was this made?

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shonikado · 7 years

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Warning: Contains "Shonikado Does Tabletop: Episode 10"

Once again we're following the barbarian, the monk, and the flan

BUT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER I want to establish something I forgot about last time - the time paladin deal. If you remember, during the session before the last one, the barbarian snuck into the time paladin's room with some Awakening Ale and made it into a mist that would theoretically interrupt the paladin's long rest and prevent him from regaining his time stop spell. While there the barbarian saw the paladin had two female elf courtesans with him, nbd

this was reported to the flan, who got suspicious because, during the various egregious privacy invasions performed to figure out how to get a leg up against his time paladin rival, he came across the well-kept fact that the time paladin's sex life has, at least so far, exclusively involved men. So the flan was a bit suspicious, especially since it already seemed out of character for the paladin to stay in the flan's hotel given their rivalry, but things got much more so when, in the middle of the night, the supposed time paladin - having been presumably waken up by the mist but having thought it was just general sleeplessness - came up to the flan's penthouse freaking the fuck out about the fact that one of the courtesans seems to be unconscious, and asking the flan for help in helping her in a manner that keeps things quiet. Which, y'know, if you aren't trying to hide something you could just contact the orchestra, they've got plenty of clerics

so at this point the flan is pretty sure he's dealing with a doppleganger of some sort, likely hired to throw off sabotage attempts. He does go ahead and help with legit healers on staff, but also has some spies set up to follow the doppleganger, thinking they'll likely meet up with the real time paladin at some point and a proper sabotage can be done.

at any rate, the flan let the monk and barbarian know about these developments during the last session. The courtesan was still unconscious at this point in the timeline, and the healers dealing with here weren't sure what was going on, with it almost seeming like she's not unconscious so much as completely blank.

Further developments occurred during the session and I'll weave them in as they appear in the timeline

ANYWAY. ON TO STUFF THAT HAPPENED /THIS/ TIME.

when we last left off the flan had ejected from his mech screaming "I'LL BE BAAAACK", which was convenient because the flan's player was not present for most of the night anyway. He spent most of his time inside his secret lair, which was also where the courtesan was moved so that she wouldn't be found when the orchestra peeps inevitably went to his hotel to search the premises, since that could complicate things

meanwhile, the barbarian was back in the stands with her wounded displacer beast, who had been thankfully stabilized by a gnome in a pink robe. Also the dragonborn paladin, still armless and shieldless, made her way through the audience to heal the beast and glared at the barbarian in the process

meanwhile the monk was still standing in the middle of the arena with the flan's un-piloted mech, and stubbornly refused to get out of the arena until the orchestra figured out how to move it. Which they did, and he went back to his seat while the barbarian took her displacer beast and went back to the flan's hotel to mope about how her pet almost died and the giant is still very much alive. When she got there she found the orchestra swarming the place looking for the flan, since the giant had ordered his arrest but he seemed to be doing a good job of evading so far

anyway the fight happened - the dwarf and two orcs that the monk had tried poisoning through poison and vomit went up against five halflings stacked on top of each other strapped together with a leather harness. Which is a pretty embarrassing thing to lose to - and lose they did, because the orcs immediately were overcome with sickness the moment they started exerting themselves, leaving the dwarf alone to get bowled over before the orcs were quickly felled in their less-than-stellar state. The audience was like "well yeah that's what happens when you go drinking the day before your fight" and no one was the wiser

except after the fight, the dwarf and orcs - all with 1 hp and the orcs still sick - went up to the monk and were like "you drunk asshole, you made us sick" and clearly thought it was an accident, but, you know, still bad. And the monk was all calmly like "ive never met you" and the dwarf took out his axe and the monk immediately wrecked their shit, breaking the dwarf's axe arm in the process with a stomp. To which the dragonborn paladin, who was still in the seats, was like "mOTHER FUCKER" and ran over to heal them back to consciousness while the monk skedaddled

anyway, the barbarian went back to the contestant seating zone while the monk put on a cloak and hid in the audience, and they watched the goblin gel-cube mech wobble and sputter while the necromancer just made a bunch of skeletons, had them yank the hatch open, and quickly ended the fight. And everyone was like "well that's goblin tech for you" and were a bit sad about how anticlimactic, but understandable, the fights had been so far

shortly before the next fight, the barbarian was told that the fighters about to go up have a blink dog, and since displacer beasts and blink dogs are mortal enemies, she'd need to either leave her pet somewhere or not be in the audience. Opting to stay with her pet, she went outside, climbed up the arena walls and watched from the window. The fight was between a ragtag group of adventurers and they fought against the undertakers - except they weren't the undertakers, they were the actors the flan had hired, and they certainly gave the audience a show before going down. But they did, and at this point the flan had won the bets for all the fights they thought they'd properly sabotaged

between that fight and the next fight, down in the flan's secret lair, the deal with the "unconscious" courtesan got more complicated as her polymorphing magic wore off, revealing that she's actually a tiefling. Although that's not odd, tieflings are just another race, BUT specifically she's the tiefling who runs the brothel in the first place and has no known history of doing anything but managing. While that did make the situation more confusing, the flan was too busy converting his secret time-paladin-murder mech project into a soon-to-be-public giant-murder mech to be able to devote much attention to that matter. (This is one of the few plotlines I have not let the flan player in on and I'm not spoiling it for you either, I don't even know how it's going to resolve)

at this point, as the barbarian was heading back in to the stands, she ran into a one of the teams about to head in - three purple rock people, and their goliath coach. The barbarian recognizes the rockpeeps as probably the same race as the evil axe she fought a while back. Also they're freaking out because the goblin who sells potions isn't there and they were planning to buy potions before their fight, and only have enough money for the goblin's, not for the expensive legit potions inside. So they ask the barbarian if she'd be cool with buying for them, and they'd pay her back later when they got the money. In the process, the barbarian learned that these purple rockpeeps are called the warforged, and that turning into weapons is their whole deal, and that many warforged were chained - like the axe - after some sort of rebellion. Which explained the evil axe's deal - being sealed in weapon form for so long ended up fueling a massive murder-grudge, and also meant it was incredibly out of practice in terms of taking on humanoid form (because it was basically just a sorta people-ish blob).

ANYWAY. So the goliath was like "do your best!" to his team and the barbarian went and bought the potions and that was fine, went back to the audience, and it was made pretty clear that the time paladin didn't look tired at all - though they couldn't discern any physical differences between him and the one they tried sabotaging. At any rate, the fight started, and the three warforged threw their hands up and surrendered. Which was a weird sort of not-disappointment, because everyone was expecting the time paladin to just instantly win, which he did, but it was in a different way than usual, as he doesn't normally give people time to surrender. So that was kind of half-disappointing and half-fun

oh right, the ads! Because the grass in the arena gets planted with flowers to make ads. We saw four this time since four fights were witnessed The ad for the dwarf-and-orcs vs. halflings: expert leatherworkers, advertising harnesses specifically. Probably where the halflings got theirs For the gel cube/necromancer fight: not an ad, just the following: "Dear Dad, Fuck You. Sincerely, N.B." ragtag adventurers vs. undercover actors: jelly scalehearts, mentioning that half their proceeds will go towards the heroic dragonborn paladin (mentioned by name, but the party doesn't know her name, so they have no idea) warforged trio vs. time paladin: originally I'd said there was no ad (time paladin fights are short, and most people don't go to them since they're boring) but the flan's player said they'd probably offer it at a discount and SOMEONE would take it, so he proposed "liquid barspeed - cleans your weathered countertops even quicker than this fight!" and so there we go

anyway after the fights, the barbarian and the monk met up outside the arena, where they saw some orchestra members giving the warforged a bag (which turned out to be gold - they went up to the barbarian and paid her back, plus 15gp for her troubles) and talking to the goliath who seemed very irate, but then seemed to suddenly calm down and then got escorted away by orchestra members. Also present was a triton - who was definitely some sort of orchestra member, but with a special shoulder-cape that made it seem like she's probably important - and also the dwarf who had been doing the "giants are our allies, giants are our friends" chant. The triton went up to the duo and was like "hey so. im sure ur good peeps, but this is a fucking mess and we're trying to fix it, please dont make it worse" and was also nonchalantly waving her hand at the goliath the entire time which wasn't suspicious or anything. Anyway, she went to follow them and then the dwarf came up and was like "your hearts are in the right place im sure and i approve of doin whats good but stuffs bad! but hey monk, totally look into the giant hunters guild, if you survive tonight theyll totally want you" and also it was mentioned that he's like the second in command in the city

also the monk gets two orchestra guards to ensure he doesn't try to flee like the flan did

also the flan's spies report that the fake time paladin (who at this point has reverted back to her actual form, an orchestra wizard) and the real time paladin met up, discussed what the fuck was going on, and decided that the best course would be to go talk to the orchestra and get them involved, partially to investigate sabotage and partially to get better healers to help the courtesan

anyway, at this point the pair was approached by the hotel-manager-guy who is basically the flan's second in command, who is the only one able to contact the flan down in his secret lair. And the flan has decided that the halfling stack should be the winners of the next round for reasons the monk and barbarian don't know yet, but the flan does - his spies caught wind that the necromancer is going to be using the gel cube mech during his next fight (though the reasons why aren't super clear yet, will maybe come up next session) and the whole reason the gel cube mech was sabotaged in the first place was because the flan is upset other people are using mechs, so. The duo were tasked to go find the halflings and offer them to come to the flan's penthouse, where a more official offer would be made. So they went to track them down

in the middle of the tracking, we hit 2PM - I had created a thing I call "pedestrian watch" where I'd quickly go over what the state of the city is like, at each hour interval starting after the fights ended. Which I decided would be my way of handling something I didn't want to be boiled down to "make a perception roll", which maybe you'll catch onto. But anyway, at this point there were a lot of orchestra members patrolling about looking for the flan, also a gnome couple consulting a map, and a human with a pink flail holstered, but most importantly there was an elf bard with a lyre being guarded by an orchestra member. And at this point I fired up the link I'd prepared earlier https://onlinesequencer.net/405224 and let that play once while describing the scene, and how there was a full song attached but the party at least caught the chorus - and the moment the song looped I sang along to the first twelve seconds: "Giants are our allies / Giants are our friends / At eight tonight, we'll start the fight / Where [NAME OF THE FLAN] Ends" and it is unfortunate that I have a policy of censoring player character names, so,

anyway, the party ends up finding the halflings over at the Golden Fissure, which was the same bar they went to before but I only named it recently but that's a secret, shhh, but anyway they found them still in their colorful outfits but not in a stack (they left the harness outside because they wouldn't fit through the door and getting their drinks would be hard) who were busy drinking non-alcoholic beverages to celebrate because it'd be a bad idea to repeat the mistake everyone thought their opponents made. Anyway, it turns out that they're all super huge fans of the flan (their outfits are actually styled a bit after his) so they're super stoked to get invited to the penthouse. Also, they toast to the monk, who has been slowly accumulating the nickname "giant-blinder" throughout this session, given that he punched both of the giant's eyes last time

and then when at the penthouse the hotel-manager-guy reveals that the flan is offering to let them pilot some of his old mechs in their next fight. Which they're just. Floored by. So that's gonna happen, necromancer piloting gel cube mech (barbarian/monk still don't know) vs. five halflings in mechs. Hopefully they won't try to stack the mechs. Alternatively: hopefully they -do- stack the mechs.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT SESSION ENDED. I've established a policy of keeping track of what happens to the party since right now it's VERY important to me that I don't let them get away with resetting between sessions - I have shit planned. At least two shits, one of which is the giant fight, obviously, and the other is Something Else Entirely

~DING~ SO WHAT WENT WRONG, WAIT, HOLD ON YOU SEEM TO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK

why do I always say “quick”

I've come to terms with the fact that brothels exist in my setting and want to talk a bit about that

see originally my stance was to stay as far away from everything related to sex as I could, with the exception of the mechanics of passing down traits, largely because I thought it'd be interesting if "human" meant "an indistinct mixture of all races" instead of their own thing, and also dragonborn can pass down elemental stuff, but like as far as actual sex-related stuff, I'm still very uncomfortable on dealing with that so I just wanted to leave it out.

but when talking about where the three supposed-undertakers were (who turned out to be the tieflings), the flan player mentioned three locations - a drughouse, a hotel, and a brothel. And my stance is to try my best to NEVER undo something a player says unless it contradicts something that I already knew to exist in my world. And that felt like a weird thing to veto, so, there we go.

But then on top of that there were elf courtesans with the time paladin and that irked me a little because it meant one of my characters, who I'd largely been just putting in the "not interested in sex" category along with everyone else, suddenly appeared to be straight as far as player-viewed canon was concerned. But I didn't want to say "no"

at this point I was already toying with the idea that the time paladin they sabotaged was a fake because I have plans for how to resolve the time paladin that I didn't want to have to abandon, and it seemed sensible he'd be paranoid about sabotage, and seemed not-sensible that he'd stay in the hotel of a rival, so that all fit together nicely. So, saying the flan knows the actual time paladin is gay seemed like a good way to tip off the fake paladin stuff (meaning I don't just bury a player contribution, and instead build on it) and also to quickly make the statement that, hey, my world is accepting of all kinds of sexual orientations. I'd rather the first char with a canon sexuality be gay to set a standard, there'll be plenty of straight characters later I'm sure

on top of that, the polymorphed wizard was a woman, which means she's at LEAST canonically gay. (dunno if I'll ever get the opportunity to show her as being bi, which I'm fine with. I don't like the idea of forcing this sort of thing at my players - for instance, the dragonborn paladin they fought is female, but I didn't correct players who thought she was male. I just made sure to make opportunities to use the correct pronoun and hoped they'd catch on. I forget if they did, but again, I don't mind. I did the same thing when talking about the polymorphing wizard - I structured the sentence talking about her to ensure I dropped at least one pronoun, and the flan's player noticed and made the connection on his own. This kind of thing isn't a stance limited to sexuality - I avoid mentioning character names unnecessarily or character descriptions, despite having them, but if I find a way to seed them in without detracting from the actual game, I go for it.)

doing a lot of self-explaining stuff right now again, this feels a lot like the thing I posted recently

back onto the thing this section is SUPPOSED to be for, reflecting on how things went!

I think this session was a shitton of cutscenes, which I'm unsure about regarding how I feel, because it seemed like there was a lot of fun had? Maybe I made things interactive enough - and on top of that, just generally social - that it worked out. I'm unsure. This one's hard to gauge because there's no glaring mistakes I can point at, like boring stealth segments or anticlimactic fights.

I do think that the over-designed nature of this particular campaign arc is going to cause problems down the line - like, I have a pretty extensive timeline covering what goes on during the day (split into "stuff that'll happen unless another big city-shaping event takes place", and "events that can come up at any point during the day I'll make attempts to feed into things naturally") with plenty of little branches for divergent content. Like, I now have this minor subplot involving a hobgoblin mercenary group called the Silent Legion that will ONLY come up if the players happen to notice one particular questline early and do it and leave open a gap to be filled. (I established the rules for pedestrian watch and intend to stick to them - and my goal is that no aspect of it should be a waste of time. Establish world details, provide an interesting roleplaying opportunity, hint at a quest, etc., but NOT "just a random thing that happens". I do think it's silly to try and make everything connected but I don't want anything disconnected either. Like, the worst thing I did was the gnomish couple - that was mostly a very tiny roleplaying instance and did a minor bit of worldbuilding/clarifying, if the players had interacted with them. In hindsight, I should have figured out where the couple was from so I could possibly have set up more world info...)

I'm rambling at this point, what's left to say?

I dunno

I'm feeling less confident sharing campaign info though. I feel like explaining my thought processes opens me up to kinds of criticism and negative feedback I normally work very hard to avoid. Like, I try to be careful and inclusive enough to avoid being called problematic, but to also be low-key about it to avoid people thinking I'm trying to push an agenda. I want to make an effort to do what makes me feel comfortable, in a way that doesn't bother anyone else

the big differences between doing the actual campaign and posting about it here is that I know my audience there, don't know it here. I am pretty aware of the kinds of standards expected at my table and feel I'm more than able to meet them, and can meet some of my own standards as well, but I dunno what the standards of everybody following me is and that's partially what triggers all of this self-explaining

I'm just gonna stop writing and post now and if anyone says something I can just deal with it then, it's getting exhausting to worry about it preemptively and I already wrote a much more focused post about it

D&D went great, I had a lot of fun, my players said they had a lot of fun, and it is probably my favorite thing in life right now even if it is consuming said life to a certain degree

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