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golby-moon · 1 month

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I did the first of an unspecified number of art redraws for the @destieldtiyschallenge in which I recreated @blue-eyed-cutiepatootie-art's destiel cowboy piece because yes

(here's the original for reference and easier comparisons and such)

rekindled my hatred for drawing horses on this bad boy because horses are awful to draw and the only things stopping me from making uh like a lot more destiel cowboy stuff tbh because what's a cowboy without a horse (actual question). I also discovered I can't draw cowboy hats so maybe it's good that horse thing is holding me back. also this may be the first destiel cowboy piece I've done

after much debating as far as the coloring went I decided to go with my regular colors and then made it super warm or something on the Google photo viewer app. I tried to recreate the affect on that app but can't figure out how I got it pink even five minutes later. I really went back in within minutes and couldn't figure out what I might've done to get it like that in the first place ://

either way I added both versions please don't look at the horses (which I based on the Impala and Cas' Lincoln, similarly to how Dean and Cas' outfits are kinda based on what they wore in That Episode (13.06's Tombstone)) too closely we've already established horses are awful to draw ,_,

(03/25/24)

#my art #supernatural #spn #castiel #spn fanart #dean winchester #destiel #my redraws #my prompts #dtiys #destiel dtiys #destieldtiys2024 #my gifts #in which i attempt Horses for some horrible reason #cowboy dean winchester #cowboy cas #destiel cowboys #these are obviously very necessary tags

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noaltbruh · 1 year

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hello! BIG congrats on 200 followers!! for the event i was wondering if i could request 💤,🍭, and 🍰 for johnny, gyro and josuke? thanks!

Ohhh alright! This'll be interesting! And thank you! :))

Link to main event.

💤How often do they fantasize about their S/O? Is the latter constantly on their mind?

Honestly, you must be something special if Johnny Joestar let you be a part of his life. You truly matter a lot to him in a world that has treated him like he was scum. So, you can guess this boy inevitably finds himself thinking about you on more than a few occasions.

Sometimes, he gets overwhelmed by negative thoughts, or is just not in a...Very happy headspace, which is when you come in! Just imagining you calls him down a little, and puts a small smile on his face, you're a very reassuring presence to him, you could say.

Johnny is also rather shy, so sometimes, he may find it easier to hide away in his thoughts and fantasize about you, instead of making them a reality. He doesn't want to appear clingy or too needy to always be by your side. he is.

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Gyro doesn't use his head much outside of combat lol. But those few brain cells he's still using are more inclined towards you than anything else. He's a quite proud guy, so he may find these thoughts overly cheesy, but he eventually learns to embrace them.

Imagine that he's just come up with a new joke, he won't be able to think about anything else but telling you about it. Or maybe he saw a teddy bear that "looked familiar" and he immediately bought it for you, so you could match!

I can see him also fantasizing about riding his horse with you, but that is the one idea he'll try to scrap and push away no matter what, no woman can ride Valkyrie...Although the perspective of it doesn't...Sound horrible.

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Sweet sweeter sweetest boy, Josuke's thoughts about you are just as diabetes-inducing. He's not one who falls in love easily, but once he does, it's hard for him to think about anything that isn't you.

He won't pay attention in class because he's too busy imagining to be making fun of the teacher with you. He'll lose focus playing videogames since it's not same to play alone anymore. He might even just see a dress in a shop and give it to you for absolutely no reason aside from that fact that he thought it'd make you happy.

Also, stealing this idea from my friend, I have a feeling Josuke would often imagine what it'd be like to marry you. Just imagining you walk down the aisle while he's desperately try to hold back tears.

Yes, he has cried just thinking about it.

🍭 How easy is it to fluster them?

Now, Johnny used to get bitches, but not anymore, and he's kinda forgotten what it feels like to have someone show that type of interest in you. This means that getting him flustered will be a piece of cake.

Even if you're bad at flirting and mess up some words in an attempt at being smooth, he won't even notice and get embarrassed anyway. Compliment and show him that you appreciate his efforts, and it won't be long before his cheeks turn pink.

Also, friendly reminder that anything the stand feels is felt by the user as well. Hug or pat lil' Tusk act 1 with your own power, and Johnny will also get flustered by the indirect manifestation of affection.

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Luck is not exactly on your side when it comes to get Gyro flustered. Dude has hooked up with lots and lots of women, and has learned a lot from each one of those experiences, simple flirting is not gonna work.

Take into account that most of your attempts will be nullified by him with ease. He'll tell you how cute he thinks it is that you're trying to embarrass him, before he teases you back, actually succeeding in doing so.

There is one obscure way to get him to turn red, and that is calling him by his actual name. He blushed even just saying it out loud. If you were to do so, and continued to after he told you to, you can be sure that it won't take long for him to try and hide his face with his hat.

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Josuke is quite the easy prey too, I won't lie. Perhaps not as much as Johnny, but it won't take too much to get him flustered. He really likes receiving compliments from you and remembers all of them, blushing a little just at the memory of it.

It is very likely that both of you will get rosy cheeks though, since this boy is ready to compliment or tease back in such a natural way he may not even realize what he'd doing. You both look cute though, and probably end up giggling together realizing what just happened.

It may be obvious, but I think saying something nice about his hair, especially if it's not his usual haircut, would really hit him right in the heart. A pat on his head, and he's already leaning on to your chest, not showing his face, trying to deny his embarrassment.

🍰 How teasing are they? Do they often flirt with their S/O?

Johnny couldn't flirt to save his life lol. Like O said, he just doesn't have a clue anymore about relationships, and despite how much he loves you, teasing you is not the best way he has to show it.

He does know that you'd probably like of he tried to, from time to time, so he might make an effort to think of something smooth to make you sway. When he realized he doesn't know what to do, he'll probably ask Gyro for help lmao.

Tries to play it cool when one of his pickup lines actually work, but he's definitely letting out a huge sigh of relief and hearing Angels' choirs. I can see him getting the hand of it with a lot of practise, but he's trying :D

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Yes! Definitely! Gyro just adores flirting and teasing you, he can't help himself, it just comes incredibly natural to him. Not that he minds though, he enjoys every second of it.

Rest assured that he won't be missing out on a single opportunity to make you blush. He's really good at it, since he's had his fair amount of experience with dating beforehand, and his confidence and smoothness are of great help.

Even if you're getting attacked, he'll still find some way to get you flustered.

Maybe he's just beaten the crap out of gunslinger while covered in blood, looking all menacing. If he catches you staring at him, he'll probably say something like "Mh? What is it? Like what you see?~" Followed by his iconic laughter and a wink.

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Okay, Josuke's situation is a mix of two main factors. He's someone who values romantic love and doesn't go around flirting with anyone he sees. Which means that if he were to tease or compliment you, you genuinely means what he's saying, and because of this, it comes very simple to him.

With that being said, this boy is also naturally good at flirting for some reason, he has a lot of abilities he keeps hidden, and if he's feeling goofy that day, or thinks it's a good time, he won't hesitate to bring out this...Talent of him.

He 100% likes to do so when the two of you are in public, especially since it knows that it's even more effective this way. If you were to tell him to stop, he'd chuckle before actually doing so. He respects his darling's wishes, after all ;)

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synnthamonsugar · 1 month

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(Spoilers for TFS CE lore book)

Odd to me that after years of hints that The Witness is operating under some sort of horrible alien logic in which it interprets its actions as merciful, either destroying all life to end all pain, or collapsing down all potentials into one fixed timeline to cut away the suffering that comes with uncertainty, the new lore seems to suggest . . .

. . . its actually an angry gestalt enemy who has no purpose other than sadistically sowing agony and death.

And yes, it could have been lying the whole time; we know it's a liar. Its emotions are well established - we know it's seething with anger under its placid exterior. But why change tack on what's been established for the Witness as some sort of horrid cosmic filter trying to separate strength from weakness? And true, it seems the "Winnower" and Witness have been re-established as separate entities, so the Winnower may be the real "filter", and the Witness may not be carrying out its will - but why change direction on this again? Why make the biggest bad, the entity we assumed was a fairly 1:1 avatar for the Winnower/Darkness, another of its misguided adherents?

And from a pure narrative standpoint, isn't this the least interesting option for villain motive?

I do wonder, with how on-the-nose the writing has become in the last couple years, if this is an attempt at establishing undeniable villainy for The Witness. The Hive are living embodiments of Randian Objectivism taken to its (il)logical extreme, a species driven by survival of the fittest and endless scorched earth conquest . . . and people adore them. Rhulk is a genocidal horse and also the sexiest man in the universe to a fair share of the fandom. I do wonder if there was a "we can't let this happen again, we have to make the cosmic archfascist so depraved and evil and without motive that no one will be able to sympathize or empathize with, or worse: sexualize it" decision behind the scenes, and good attempt - but have you seen how the fandom lusts after Nezarec, similarly sadistic for no other reason than to be? I fear this is a losing game, because the fandom loves a good omnicidal baddie.

It also feels like it might be a statement on the randomness and illogic of evil which, fair point - IRL evil is by definition without narrative, it is often driven by desire for power and subjugation of those deemed weaker with no greater motive or end-goal. While a work of fiction doesn't need a plot per se I would argue that's not a great end to a 10 year saga of light and dark and the triumph of good over evil.

Dunno. Maybe I'm completely off-base here. But it also wouldn't shock me given how hostile to subtext, subtlety, and anything that could be interpreted by fans "the wrong way" the D2 writing team is in its current state.

#destiny spoilers #the final shape spoilers #the final shape ce lore #the witness #destiny 2

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sketching-shark · 1 year

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Me ghink theres lot of hate towards tang sanzang some of which IS UNDERSTANDABLE

But alot of it goes too far and say the most rancid shit ever all bc hes book character. Mind ya hes based on actual person and is being use his likeness. Like some lmk fans be saying the worse thing ever towards this guy(for example wanting him get the d*ath penalty n amongst others).

We forgetting that yes some of his treatment towards swk IS horrible but we tends to forget swk had done some atrocious things that sanzang was witness to in full view. No human would journey like that without being completely scar and traumatized. Some of my friends while looking through the book had found that sanzang be using the circlet all in one go and then never used it in years.

His character development does happen yall in where he do trust his companion more and then *insert traumatizing moment* happen. I do think wukong didnt deserves the maltreatment tho(i want to say this bc later i get ppl saying that i support ab*se bc i defend sanzang for a bit, not knowing that i also disagreed w some his actions)

Most ppl forget that the first arc that the gang actually face as a group was the gingseng tree arc, not white bone spirit.that u have him defending wukong and countless other times where he do trust swk judgement in some cases. (i just wanted to get it out there since not many ppl realize it n im fully blaming osp for this bc they are skipping arcs. N they don’t really tell what arcs they’re skipping)

This just me rambling but dam all these ppl need therapy.

THEY'RE SAYING WHAT NOW ANON AAAAAAAAAAA but haha wow on a lighter note that is kind of funny that the fandom which routinely portrays the Six-Eared "I am going to try to murder-replace you for completely selfish reasons / repeatedly try to kill a young mortal that you love" Macaque as a monkey who never did anything wrong ever would then go out its way to demonize Tang "I do lash out & often don't trust my senior disciple but have also been threatened with death for fourteen years" Sanzang. Like geez I've seen many another fandom where the assumption is that for one character to be good/be "redeemed" you need to make another character horrible (tbh I'm starting to suspect that that's what's happening with the lego show version of Sun Wukong & the Six-Eared Macaque), but wild if true that some lmk fans would go THAT far in the attempt to paint the monk as a guy so awful that he literally deserves the death penalty.

Now to be fair it does need to be noted that even in Wu Cheng'en's classic (or at least from what I've seen in the Anthony C. Yu translation), Tang Sanzang was in many ways intentionally written as a caricature of a fussy Confucian scholar who may have memorized many doctrines but who doesn't really understand them, and who is often made a figure of fun for falling off his horse, and who does use the headband against Sun Wukong is some very explicitly painful and unjust scenes. In at least the book he's also a much more static character than the Monkey King in that we don't see any real changes in his thoughts or behavior over the course of the journey, which I can see as a something that would sour many against him. THAT SAID, you are very correct anon in noting that besides one traumatizing event after another happening to him, from his mother's suicide to constantly being threatened with death and/or rape at the hands of many yaoguai, this monk does have a number of reasons for why he's constantly crying and acting with hatred and suspicion towards the Monkey King. And let's not forget that one of the things SWK told Tang Sanzang early on in the journey was that he had literally killed so many he couldn't remember them all, and that was right before he tried to kill the monk himself! Point being that yes both Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong are extremely flawed individuals who often clashed with each other in some pretty upsetting ways, but there's also many understandable reasons for why they act the way they do. It's a real disservice to their characters and the underlying implications of the journey (or its retellings tbh) to forget or ignore that! *

*(and on THAT note this is another reason why it's kind of frustrating that the Overly Sarcastic Production & Monkie Kid retellings of Xiyouji seem to be the primary ways that western audiences are understanding the journey. Liking explicitly cartoony retellings is one thing. But then basing all your knowledge of the work on these retellings and/or even outright refusing to understand the classic in any other context makes for some really simplified and even really insulting beliefs about a culturally important work as a whole)

#anon answered #xiyouji #journey to the west #jttw #tang sanzang

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orange-enjoyer · 24 days

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32 days until restoration (holds out my tiny microphone) thoughts?

Scared <3

They have Burnie back so I'm hoping that they'll get the characterisation right and the gang won't act wildly different (looking at you zero tucker and wash) but the whole concept just. Doesn't sit right with me?

They ended the show three times already, in seasons 10, 13 and 17. S10 has a nice ending, I think they could have easily wrapped it up there and left it (freelancer saga my beloved <3) but I'll admit the s13 ending is Amazing and leaves the show on a really bittersweet but high note. It has made me cry every time I've watched it and it's just a really good send off.

Then the blues and reds were a fun little side story but I feel like it kinda shits on the s13 ending (hell, the whole plot is baiting everyone with church being alive). They gave the characters a proper send off with s13 but then had a fun idea for a side story, and it's a pretty solid story with some of my favourite moments in the show so fine, a fun little adventure after the events of the main story.

Then the shizno paradox happened and. I like Huggins! I think donut finally got his well deserved arc and (speaking from the perspective of someone who does not have brain damage or memory issues or anything even close to what happened to wash so take my opinion with a heap of salt) I think they handled wash's brain injury with a surprising amount of care and respect for the haha goofy web series. Also caboose and Carolina in the shizno trilogy? I love them so so much caboose I would kill for you.

But it does feel like a punch in the face of season 13's ending. Especially with how ridiculous it gets at points (putting aside the "god"-killing golf-club they did tucker and sister SO dirty)

From what I can tell, most fans seem to agree that s13 was the proper ending for rvb, so I can understand why Burnie would want to go back to that and try to recreate that, and send the show off with a bang, but at a certain point it's just beating a dead horse? Plus they've already shown that they don't particularly care about respecting the show's roots and one of the reasons it got so popular like not rehiring Trocadero :((

I'm also worried that it may have been made in an attempt to start up the series again which means that we might have some random plot threads that either lead nowhere or get resolved Super quickly because rt got shutdown partway through production :(

Then again, I really hope I'll be proven wrong! I hope they give the cast a proper send-off and end rvb on a high note! I'm just very cautiously optimistic because I'll be honest shizno paradox and zero (and RT just being a horrible company in general and treating their employees like shit) left a rather sour taste in my mouth.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed but I'm not holding my breath ya know?

#my ramblings #good god this got long soergy #rvb

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qqueenofhades · 2 years

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This is going to seem really random, but did you ever watch Phineas and Ferb? Seeing your thoughts on Dracula regarding Lucy, particularly about being vulnerable due to societal expectations, my mind keeps going to Dr Doofenschmirtz trapping Perry in the dining car of a train by using societal conventions.

I have not, so I can't speak to any comparison here (though the mental image of Dracula as Dr Doofenschmirtz is making me cackle). However, I did have this post a couple days ago, which was talking about the same exact thing: how gender politics are actually presented in Dracula, vs. how they are assumed to be presented in both popular adaptations and academic analyses. I have definitely encountered the "Dracula is misogynistic because the Victorians were misogynistic and thus Stoker punishes Lucy and rewards Mina for fulfilling their supposed social roles" take a lot before, but as myself and others are pointing out, that angle.... doesn't really exist in the text? Or at least, while elements of the patriarchical Victorian attitude absolutely do exist, they also don't work, or at least don't work more often than they do. As I noted in the other post, every time the men make decisions for Mina in order to "protect" her, it immediately backfires and they need to include her again, and this happens several times. Likewise, even Van Helsing's well-meant attempt to protect Lucy by not telling her OR Mrs. Westenra (RIP) anything is backfiring, because for all his 800 PhDs, he doesn't talk to anyone! He doesn't trust them to understand what he's doing, his most usual partner (Seward) literally runs an insane asylum, and the tension between "rationality" and "insanity" (or rather, the social fear of being perceived as such) is putting them all in a lot more danger than they have to be!

So yeah. It's not that Victorian social conventions and gender/sexual expectations don't exist in the book; obviously they do. And it's not as if there aren't attitudes and interpretations that reflect Stoker's own social class and position, because there are. But it's been nice to see people realizing that Dracula is both a gothic horror novel and a study of traditional Victorian social behaviors and attitudes in a way that often shows them not working! Jonathan is far too painfully middle-class English to kick up a fuss about escaping Drac's castle, even when he realizes that something's up; Van Helsing won't tell anyone the smallest thing that might help them because he's afraid of being thought Insane; the men try to keep Mina out of things to Protect Her and that backfires; Lucy's ordeal of being constantly attacked and victimized by an obsessive, abusive man is clearly characterized as horrible and not at all a case of Tee Hee Blurred Lines; the three men in love with her are not made into some sort of implication that she's a Slut, and all are applauded by the narrative to do everything they can to help. People not listening to the working-class Romanians get straightaway into trouble, because they're English and therefore automatically assume that they know everything.

Anyway, without getting into too many spoilers for the latter half of the novel, I will say that the reason our heroes are ultimately able to pull together and do something about the Count is because they DISCARD all these not-working social ideas and restrictions. They have to talk to each other, they have to share information freely, they have to include Mina and indeed rely predominantly on her, Van Helsing has to come down off his Only I Can Fix This high horse, etc etc. While they're still trying to follow the rules about how to be a Good Victorian, they're pretty much powerless. It's only when they stop doing that (and act in ways that are held up as more admirable and effective by the narrative) that they finally make progress. And because the novel is so carefully written and plotted, with thematic echoes and parallel narratives often within the same day, I don't want to just say "oh it was an accident, Stoker didn't know what he was doing." I like it because it reflects the point I try often to make, as a historian, that just because you know what the overall rules or collective social conventions were in a certain period, you can't assume that they applied to everyone individually without exception, or that they were never challenged or questioned or internally criticized. So just saying that "Dracula as a novel is obviously misogynistic, the end, because the Victorians were misogynistic, the end" misses the point on a lot of levels, and I'm glad that Tumblr is actually getting this. Seeing as it is, uh. Not really known for doing nuance most of the time.

#anonymous #ask #dracula #dracula daily #dracula spoilers #ish

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bananabeebenson · 1 year

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I Can Fix Him

𝐈, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐝.

However, despite how far into the trenches I may be, I have my standards. Sadly, I don’t have very many standards, which means I am a filthy Doflamingo simp. Yes, I said it.

Now, some of you will come to understand me, others will ask ‘why’. Well, the answer is very simple.

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕚𝕩 𝕙𝕚𝕞.

Doflamingo is a horrible man, I will never deny that, but he is hot, therefore I will forgive the fact he has a page and a half of crimes that would make the convention cry. I am instead, going to go into depth on the different ways I, a humble simp, would fix this man.

Because, as stated before, I can fix him.

Attempt to fix 1; handholding

This man has some nice hands. Hands that would both make an excellent necklace and to hold my own. Now, let’s keep in mind this is a BIG man. A tall man, with very nice hands.

Hands that have probably never been properly held.

I’m talking like, link the fingers, stroke the thumb over the back of the palm type of handholding. As in, you’re into it type of handholding. Why? Because who in their right mind would attempt to hold this man’s hands considering that is one of the most dangerous parts of him?

Well, I would.

Attempt 2; Therapy

This man had a fucked up childhood. I will not excuse that he was an asshole of a kid, but he also grew up in an environment of assholes that pushed him to be an asshole. His father DID try to help him, and lord did he try, but he pushed his family into an environment that sadly would never accept them, thus Dofy was pushed into a hostile environment. One that he was doomed to have never recovered in even if he had a change of heart from his father.

Then his entire life he spent tangled up between the two worlds that could never accept who he is. His name and his bloodline cursed him to live in a world he was no longer accepted in.

Thus, he needs therapy. Bad. Now, would the therapist survive this session with him considering what that therapist would need to say to him? Possibly not. But at least it’s an attempt.

Attempt 3: A hug

I’m talking that full-body, throw yourself into them hug. The ‘I’m happy to see you it feels like it’s been foreve’ types of hugs he’s probably never had. Not a pity hug or a forced “I’m afraid you’ll decapitate me if I don’t” type of hugs, but a full one “I love you” hug.

Like, it would be hard considering how tall he is and that he’s on top of a high horse regardless, but they make stepping stools for a reason and I’m not above standing on a rolling chair just to hug this man.

Attempt 4: A nice homemade meal

Everything this man has ate has either been scraps from when his family was chased down, or luxurious meals that this man probably had someone else make. When is the last time he’s actually had someone make him a nice hearty soup, huh? How about just a grilled cheese; I bet he would enjoy that.

I’m just saying, it’s hard to be angry and uptight when someone makes you a nice, personalized meal from their heart. Most of the time.

Attempt 5: The most important; fuck him

Look, I started this by saying I’m down bad.

And I will be the first to say this man needs to get fucked. Not fucked as in someone from Dressrossa under his ruling comes to his needs when he requires them met, no I mean someone wines and dines this man and takes him to bed and fucks him. Hardcore, possibly a safeword, threats of death, and lots and lots of strange positions he would put you in. Fuck this man like your life depends on it and how could he ever be evil again if he’s too tired? Who has time after a marathon of positions to be evil?

Then again, he has a lot of stamina, so maybe this would end badly.

In conclusion

I can fix him, I promise.

#doflaming #doflamingo x you #one piece doflamingo #one piece x reader #one piece x you #out of pocket

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blogofloathing · 3 months

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Part 1 of 3! They'll All Know Your Name Yknow

Chittering skulls, splintered bones, chipped femurs, clacking teeth. The necromancers tower stood tall and glorious, a monument to rebirth.

It stood above the land, it stood in waiting, the magistral titan, the culmination of a generations souls. The karmic power of countless slain bodies.

This is where it all lead up to, not to Frisco, but of course they would be instrumental all the same.

I could hear the voices of all those I'd struck down, wailing curses and horridly gavening soulside.

They gave static to my withered hair, my palid skin.

My atrophied muscles tingled with necromantic energy, a swirling mana that permeated the air.

In any case, this body wasn't of much worry to me.

If I fail this attempt, I'll simply wake up back at my parents house, and do it again, all over again.

I couldn't tell you how many times I've done this, the trail of spirits tracing my steps knew no end.

My pardner however, would prove to be of trouble.

Her sensibilities were all too empathetic, the stupid old woman. She was only alive to lead me here.

And then she would leave once she knew the truth.

The same way she did everytime, so so predictable

As if she was some kind of saint by any standard.

All the cultists, all the skeletons, it was a shame to kill my own supporters, but appearances matter.

At last, we'd arrived at the entrance, I greeted the door with a wink, "Abra-Cadaver" I spoke,

This password familiar on my tongue, but one I could never fully remember until I read it.

It's a fun quirk of the world I've noticed, I have all these.. impressions, memories of another time.

Glimpses into other eventualities, glances of odd, familiar sillouhettes, reflections that didn't match.

But not the past, or future; alternate memories from my present, even still, with this knowledge..

I continued to have to "learn" everything again, to discover the key I already had in the lock.

Like I was simply a character in a performance, hung taught to the whims of the curtained gallows.

Forced to act the scenes out in the proper order.

By this time I had already read all of the books, I knew it was necessary to do so before coming.

Same way I knew which horse to get, and who to bring with me, who to help, and who to kill.

Every step in the path printed out before me, even if I didn't always know the reasons why.

It was all a means to an end, steps in the puzzle.

What items to get, what to eat, to drink, what skills to hone I could see it all, I could manipulate it.

I couldn't make her support my goals, you can only do so much with moxie, but I could get close.

I could see clearly what exactly made her clock tick

Every response, every question every answer, the script memorized, ready to preform for all.

The stage set out before me as the infinite horizon.

"How d'ya feel Doc? Being here at last?" I said, with reverence in my voice, she couldn't know where exactly that tone came from, she could only say-

"Time to set aside my Hippocratic oath," cocking her shotgun "let's do some harm" it's what she always says, I nearly giggled at the cheesy line.

We stepped inside, it was just like I remember, a home I'd long since left, returned, it felt so so cold.

The chill in my heart was as calming and soothing as the warmth many describe feeling with others.

But at this point, I couldn't see these, things, as people, they weren't like me, they didn't think,

They simply said and did what the damn "story" demanded, I was so horribly sick of it, but soon, I would achieve my ending, at the top of the spire.

I was practically giddy with delight, a skip to my step as I approached the first of three obstacles.

Impeding our path to the ladder was an entire forts worth of skeletons, the same ones as usual, I'd even taken to memorizing the differences in them.

Despite already knowing the words, I had to read the tablet, the secrets grinned a knowing grimace.

I resisted saying her line for her, I knew the exact moment she would say it, every single time.

"I'm tellin ya you shouldn't be messin with that.."

My reassurance dampened her worries, always did, until the very last one, I couldn't wait for it.

The silly old doctor readied her gun, expecting a fight, I smiled and spoke the words I never forgot.

Turning an entire army of skeletons that once stood just before us into a volley of white shrapnel.

It was so easy, so so easy, as if I'd personally raised all of these skeletons, just to put them down again.

Her sidelong glance at me, boring a hole into my head, oh how anger could become so amusing.

Not even bothering to give her a glance, I knew the glowering expression of discomfort she'd wear.

We made it through the next two floors, reading the runes, annihilating the enemies in our path.

Skipping past it all like nothing, until we reach the top, my goal, my salvation, this was where it would all finally end, once I finally get the right outcome.

I walked towards the necromancer, his hollowed out shell eyed me, it seemed to understand,

Maybe he was once trapped like me, but failed.

Succumbed to the grip of this linearly pathed world, become another set of predictable nothing.

I stood on the platform behest the throne, and awaited her line, right on que "step, back."

Her gun cocked, the sound almost sending me into a laughing fit, it was so comical, it was all so funny.

"Don't worry Alice, it's fine, I can control it" I spoke in a slither, my forked tongue sharp as obsidian, with the color to match, the lies tasted so good.

I couldn't muster the care to listen to this, as she leveled her gun at my center of mass, I did as needed, black fire shining dark in my eyes,

consuming the poor old soul on the pitied throne.

It was impossible but, for a moment I thought I saw the corpse smile, as he dissipated, a lingering expression of satisfaction not unlike my own.

Halting my advance for a beat, why on earth did I recognize.. not purely because I'd seen him before..

A half remembered gust of misplaced nostalgia.

Alice's hands shook in that delightful way, a mix of rage and regret danced like a fire in her eyes.

This familiar comedy bringing me back from my contemplation, I had almost missed my cue.

"Are you gonna pull the trigger?" I said, waiting for her line; "I better not ever see your face again"

And then she would meander offstage, again. The smile on my face threatened to split me in two.

But, as I had this thought, this expectation, I felt something impact me, hitting me, right in the gut.

It was so totally out of the question to me, that for a moment I was entirely unaware what happened.

Something hard, and metal, was burning inside me, I felt my organs scream, my bones crunch.

A ghoulish splatter of gore across the stark white floor, it would be beautiful if I could appreciate it.

I couldn't speak, both out of pain, and the fact I'd never experienced this before, I didn't know the words for this scene, for the first time in hundreds of years I was uncertain, I was truly surprised.

End of Part 1! Split In Two Because It's Too Long

#original character #original writing #shadows over loathing #west of loathing #sol #wol #writing #oc character #writers on tumblr #creative writing #writer #original characters #western

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A new AU that you're trying to flesh out? Now that I'm thinking more about it i could now say that you caught my attention on that one, what is it about?

Well I’m somewhat calling this a Final Girl/Dream Walker AU (although I’m quite horrible at names and it more so is going to center on the Dream Walking part)

Basically in this AU the Reader starting at a young age would fall into sleeping fits that were essentially mysterious comas. The longest would’ve been the very first one (lasting a month or two) and the other fits that followed in the years after wouldn’t be as long (lasting only a week around a few days).

However to the Reader, she would actually be dream walking and she would dream walk into each of the Link’s adventures. Of course, the Reader all this time is just thinking it’s a dream while this is going on so they just go along for the ride.

However, due to a complication with Reader’s dream walking (hehe I don’t want to give too much away) and the fact that most of the time people forget about their dreams when they wake up, Reader doesn’t remember going on those adventures with the Links.

Now we fast forwarded a couple years and this is where the Final Girl/Person comes into play.

Reader and their three friends (Evelyn, Anya, and Maya) decide that they’re going to check out an abandoned mansion in the woods that was said to be inhabited by a mysterious cult that was attempting to “transcend beyond time and space”.

Reader is skeptical of the place and gets a ton of sketchy vibes, but begrudgingly goes along with her two friends wishes (Maya and Anya). Reader’s other friend is with them on leaving the place (Evelyn).

So, pulling some Scooby Doo antics, the friends choose to split up and Reader gets sent to the basement.

However, since Reader is smart and like a true Final Girl/Person, they’ve brought a defensive weapon with them (A tactical bat, that’s right, Reader is prepared).

So anyways we’re gonna skip along a little bit because again I don’t want to spoil too much hehehe.

Basically Reader and her friends ends up doing something they weren’t supposed too and now things in the decrepit mansion have changed and things have gone all timey wimey

(aka, they’ve momentarily opened somewhat of a wormhole between worlds. Essentially, the mansion they are in exists in another dimension and they’ve now connected a part of the original mansion to the second one. By doing so however, Reader and friends have found something down right creepy in one of the changes rooms…. Which I won’t give away because hehehehehe).

This is where our antagonist comes in, The Shadow.

By opening this small wormhole, Reader and their friends have caught his attention and for reason unknown to Reader he’s really gunning it for them and has somehow (whether it be by his will or because of what’s going on with the mansion) blocked all the exits.

Reader’s friends are picked off one by one (all being dragged into different portals), until it’s just Reader and The Shadow left.

Reader tries to run from him by they don’t succeed and are sent through a portal, much like their friends were.

After falling into a portal Reader is sent to one of the Hyrules (I’m thinking of going with Wild’s) and promptly passes out since A) they’ve been running heavily on adrenaline and B) going through one of those portals is really disorienting.

Luckily, Reader is found by a Good Samaritan and is brought to a town/civilized area (or if I choose to stick with Wild’s Hyrule, one of the horse stables).

This is of course where Reader meets the chain. However, whilst the chain may remember Reader, Reader won’t remember the chain.

So, now Reader is stuck in this new world on a mission to find their missing friends and get home, though they have no idea how they’re going to do that (however that second version of the mansion may come into play with this)

But they come to the realization that the best chance they have of doing these things is by sticking with the chain.

Of course, the chain won’t want to let go of their Darling after they’ve finally found them again. However, they’re going to have to deal with the Reader’s friends, and with how hellbent Reader is on saving them.

Also Reader is still going to have brought their tactical bag with them so they’ve also got to deal with that too.

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*And that’s basically it! Again, I still want to flesh out the AU and story a bit more and play with it for a bit until I feel more comfortable to actually publish anything.

I also hope I didn’t explain things badly, I know it might be a little confusing but I’ve never really sat down and wrote out a whole description for the AU. I’ve really only written down how I wanted the first chapter and story to go.

I just thought it’d make for a really interesting fic if Reader came with their friends who they have look for, is going to be taking no shit from anyone, and is going to have to go through slowly regaining their memories of their time with each of the Link’s whilst dealing with their yandere tendencies.

But I definitely took inspiration from your World Hopper AU which I hope you won’t mind 😅

I also had a couple of songs that gave me inspiration for this AU, one specifically being “Who Is She” by I Monster.

And as you may have guessed it, yes this would be a Yandere fic*

#linked universe #Yandere lu x reader #linked universe au #chromonomatic #Still just an idea for right now that I’m playing around with #But I might start to publish chapters sometime in the future when I get a bit further ahead in the story #dream walker au #lu au #trulytiredhermit

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urlocalclosetcase · 2 years

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There does come a time when you wonder if you’re capable of being loved. You lay on your bed in agony as the little digital numbers on the top part of your screen count up to 59 and reset. You’ll toss and turn and rerun every scenario you can think of. You’ll stare in silence, silence that if you listen hard enough, you’ll hear your eyelids open and close. Then you ask yourself that question- “Am I capable of being loved?”

There’s a reason you ask that question. It’s not because of movies or tv shows or some other superficial thing. It’s because of the people around you. You’ll see your friends say what you want, do what you want, feel what you want- have what you want. Why does it come so easily for them? Are you broken? Is there some small shitty gear inside of you that’s too rusty? Too deformed?

Time and time again, you’ll see them fall in and out of love. They’ll fall in love with the idea of love and grow to hate it. All the while you sit and watch like some crow perched on a wire. Waiting for a chance where you can swoop down and grab love with all your might. Just when you think the moment is right, a scarecrow appears. Or maybe it was always there. Maybe it wants to keep whatever it’s guarding all to itself. Maybe it’s because you’re undeserving. Maybe it’s something not meant for you.

There come moments when you may not receive love, but rather you give it. You give and give and give, you view these mundane actions as Hollywood movies come to life. You think you’re writing one of the worlds greatest love stories and your pen is flowing so swiftly across the paper and the ink is marking every last detail and- and something stops it. Some debris gets under the paper which offsets the course of the pen making it look dirty. What happened? Oh. Right. You. You happened. You somehow messed this up and now the ink has been spilled and it’s ruining your writing and the ink is consuming everything and making it all a mess with no real meaning and you’re watching in horror as it all goes to shit. You can’t even give love without messing it up in your own spectacular way.

Maybe you’re just meant to teach others just how much love they can experience. Maybe you nudge them in the right direction, maybe you teach them some life long lesson. You show someone how a person can truly love them, which gives them hope. Hope you haven’t experienced. You’ve never been the kid that had people say “I have a crush on you.” No one’s ever gone out of their way for you. No one’s ever done anything that even comes close to your lesser gestures of love. You’re just… there.

Eventually all that needs an outlet. And so you seek validation from any and every corner you can think of. You’ll have some good experiences and some horrible experiences. You’ll hear constant remakes about how exotic your skin is and how good you feel. You’ll hear just about anything and everything about your outer layer- “Nice hair. I like your legs. You have a nice complexion. You feel good. You’re hot. You’re sexy.” And yea, you’ll like it for about 2-3 times total. But then you long for more- yearn for more. You want someone to say “you have nice eyes. I like that when you smile your ears fly back. I think it’s cool that you’re into this. I like how you make me laugh. I like how your overly sentimental about your cameras and the pictures and videos you take and the way you capture people in the moment.”

But that day doesn’t come. After countless attempts of putting yourself out there and going through so many talking stages and awkward situations, all you have left to show for all that is a broken, unlovable, deformed, overly optimistic heart.

After all I’ve endured, and I can’t even say the proper nouns or pronouns. “You” and “I” become one of the same when avoidance is your solution. I can’t admit when it’s me and I project onto others. The “you” is me and the “I” is you. This constant merry go round of shit covered horses that’s in flames just keeps on going and going. I hope that one day someone asks me to ride a different ride that makes me get off of this malicious contraption.

#just writing tingz 😼‼️#gay #mlm #gay youth #gayguy #mlm yearning #gay chat #yearning #gaytext #mlm thoughts #fml #i wrote something!#book ill never write #just writing #writing #writeblr #writers on tumblr #letting the days go by

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I am genuinely confused as to what the long term goal for Chas's character is here. They've been pushing her further and further into outright villain territory, dumbfoundingly they have been able to keep people on her side by continuing to play the grieving mother card. I don't think that's working anymore. They are showing her with zero redeeming qualities now We even see her actively trying to push her grieving son out of the way so she can carry on being a slag for Al. The comments on FB and Instagram are definitely showing a turning point. As horrible as they made Robert at times they always showed his softer sides with Aaron and Vic. They're not showing any redeeming sides of Chas at all these days. She is full on vile. If the character doesn't have a self life or she's not careening toward a major fall, which she desperately deserves, i don't understand the writing at all.

I'm with you anon. It feels like she has to be heading towards a major fall from her high horse or what is the point of all of this. Like if she just plays the victim because she couldn't deal with Faith's impending death and then actual death and Cain etc just go after Al and everyone is distracted by the consequences of that, and we end up back at the status quo with her and Paddy working things out, then I'm going to scream.

For me Chas has been heading in a steady downward direction since 2018 and the Grace story. I know we were supposed to feel sorry for her during all of that and on some level I did, but that's where they started making her some pinnacle of morality for the family that could do no wrong or if she did she got a pass because of Grace. The way she treated Charity during the Bails trial just because she was dealing with her grief was terrible. And there was no real attempt to apologize for that. The way she was so frustrated with Paddy and him not grieving the way she wanted him to was also irritating. And I don't feel like they moved past any of that in a satisfying way. And then they just put a bandaid on the whole situation by immediately getting her pregnant again with Eve. So then she could do no wrong for two reasons, because she was grieving Grace and pregnant. And pregnant people are always given a pass.

Obviously I hated the way she treated Aaron after Robert went to prison. There's being worried about someone hurting themselves or drowning in their depression and then there's bullying someone to be better to be more convenient for yourself and that's really what it was.

She was awful to Paddy after the whole leaving Eve in the car for a second when he was I believe dealing with a Marlon health crisis? Like there was a lot going on and it was an honest mistake but she just hated him after that. And they had their lockdown episode where it seemed like they were on the verge of a break up. And then she nearly cheated on him with Al the first time. And just...no repercussions. They just got a stupid Christmas wedding.

Then she was real pushy about Ben with Aaron and just no helpful at all with Liv and kind of just left Aaron to deal with it. And then was smothering him again when Ben was murdered and then blamed everyone else, especially Liv when he left. And like yes, Liv was in part to blame but Chas was certainly to blame too. But then she was so vile to Liv and really didn't apologize for getting it wrong. Not enough anyway because Liv just forgave her anyway since she didn't hear all the things Chas said later.

And by that point Chas was really on a power trip. Everything she did to Charity post break up with Vanessa was awful. Charity slept with Al once and she forced her out of the pub and then brought Al in as an investor like an idiot anyway. And then he tried to run the pub into the ground and she let him until he literally blew it up. And then she had the gall to go back to Charity and expect a handout to buy the pub back. And then was so sulky and annoying when Charity did buy the pub but wasn't just going to hand it over to her, but just hire her as a manager.

And that's before you even get to the affair with Al. I mean, honestly, I feel like the affair has made her more likable for me because I'd rather have messy Chas than saintly Chas. And it feels like the show is finally acknowledging that her behavior is horrible, which pleases me. I mean it feels clear that she is being portrayed as in the wrong when it comes to how she's treating Aaron now, or how she's treating Paddy or how she treated Faith when she kept wanting to go against Faith's wishes for her own benefit.

I just don't trust these producers and their terrible storytelling not to fuck it up and steer us back to the status quo. One of the biggest complaints I have about these three is that so often by the end of their stories it feels like there wasn't a point because we're right back where we started. I felt that way about the whole pub story in the first place and I just don't want them to do that here.

They have the perfect opportunity to really try and reset Chas's character if they want her to be viable in the future and I just need them to take it. Either that or take her full villain and give her a shelf life.

If I was trying to rehabilitate her character, I would of course expose the affair. I'd probably just run Al out of town rather than doing a whodunnit or actually having Cain kill him because I just don't want to deal with it. Or I'd have Kerry be the one to kill him and that gets rid of her. That would work. Anyway, Chaddy would be dead in the water, no going back. The family would turn on Chas and do to her what she's done to all of them.

Except for Charity. I'd have Charity fire her from the pub because she needs to be held accountable for her actions and it's really only fair since she forced Charity out of the pub after sleeping with Al once. But I wouldn't have her disown Chas. I'd have her be the bigger person and let her know it. She'd also be dealing with her own break up with Mack, I would assume, and I'd have her let Chas stay at Jacob's fold with her. Paddy would get Eve for the time being.

And then I'd let Chas be a C or D character for a good long while. I'd reinvest in Charity and Chas's friendship. Let them bond over being single in their 40s after screwing up a good thing, Chas with Paddy, Charity with Vanessa. I'd let Chas make her apologies to Paddy. I'd let them have some honest conversations about how their relationship went wrong, say how they really never got back on track after Grace, that Eve was just papering over the cracks. I'd have them start to build trust again slowly and have them realize that their strengths lie in being friends and coparents the way they were with Aaron and that's what's best for Eve.

And then maybe I'd let Charity hire a new pub manager that turns out to be a feisty lesbian and a perfect match for Charity and I'd let Chas be her wing woman and play support to a new relationship story that is an actual story and not just shoving two random characters together.

And Chas would have to figure out finally who she is without the pub. Maybe she works reception at the vets again (does Dawn still work there?) Or maybe she takes some shifts at the shop. Or maybe Mandy eventually thaws and hires her at the salon. I don't know. Something new though.

Mainly, I just think she needs a complete reset or she needs to go.

#emmerdale complaints corner #this got really long #sorry

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musical-chick-13 · 2 years

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Crazy Ex Girlfriend for the fandom meme :)

YAY THE MOST™ SHOW OF ALL TIME

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): MEET REBECCAAAAA. Wow, I love Rebecca Bunch so much, this character lives in my head rent free. THE RELATABILITY! THE RECOVERY JOURNEY! THE ODDBALL HUMOR AND OBSESSION WITH MUSICALS! THE DEVELOPMENT INTO A HAPPY AND SELF-ACCEPTING PERSON! I OWE RACHEL BLOOM MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): Darryl Whitefeather. From the moment I first saw him, I went, "FRIEND!!!!!". And my face looks like this-> 😊 every time he's on screen.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): Josh Chan?? More like (I'm a) Josh STAN, amirite? Seriously, he's so important to me, and we don't talk enough about the fact that HE CHOSE TO WORK ON HIMSELF FOR LITERALLY NO OTHER REASON THAN HE WANTED TO BE A BETTER HUMAN. He is kind and warm and good at dancing and just trying to Be An Adult, and EVERYONE IGNORES HIM BECAUSE HE'S NOT GREG OR NATHANIEL, IT MAKES ME UPSET.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): MONA!!!! I liked that she was never put forth as "Nathaniel's Bitchy Girlfriend" she was just a sweet and understanding lady. She was probably too good for everyone on this show, actually. She deserved to be happy, I adore her.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): Greg, probably. He's not unpopular by any means, and as "problematic" goes he doesn't even make the top five characters on this show, but he's grumpy and sarcastic and avoids vulnerability way too often, and he's the one I most imagine patting on the head like a cat and saying, "Sssh, don't be sad I will make you some soup" to. If we're talking about Bona Fide Problematic™ characters, then Trent, lmao. I had an excellent time whenever he showed up. (He's also responsible for, "He's so normal; I'm in love" which is just. What a line.)

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): Probably Nathaniel. His best moments were when he was Having A Bad Time. (See: "I Go To The Zoo", one of the most iconic songs of all time.)

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): Silas, aka Rebecca's dad; he's the worst, honestly even superhell isn't bad enough. (Naomi barely escapes being in this spot, solely for attempting to take care of her daughter when she temporarily goes back home. She went about it in a HORRIBLE way, but it did at least help for a little bit, so I have to be grateful for that because I love Rebecca.)

Ultra-Specific Fandom Terms ask meme

#mc thirMEMES #multi t(ASK)ing #crazy ex girlfriend #the greatest show ever made #THIS IS SO FUN

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oh-three · 2 years

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Here I go again

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 14, 16 with all the depressed horses

I may have just laughed out loud at you calling them the Depressed Horses. The incorrect quote generator is never living that one down. But, here we go, request granted.

Does your oc have any secrets? What's their biggest one?

In all honesty, I haven't really gotten this far with most of them. The only secret among them at this point is Rak's turning to the Dark Side, which he keeps hidden to the best of his ability until Order 66 comes.

Does your oc have any embarrassing memories?

Rak- every time he's outright taunted someone and paid for it.

Brak- the moments where he stutters the worst and needs someone else to step in for him.

Vori- failed pranks on Rak.

Tindri- failed getaways after riling one of the others so much that they chase her. Like, tripping in her attempt to escape.

Linaleh- a lot of the moments where her overprotectiveness gets out of hand and the others end up staring at her.

Loktof- he's almost definitely embarrassed by any tiny moment of weakness. And definitely his angry outbursts, though he'll never confess to that.

Jurr- he probably has some, but no one will ever know, as he takes everything in stride.

Are there any secrets your oc has shared with other characters? If so, who, and what secrets?

Not willingly, but yes. Rak's no Palpatine.

How good is your oc at keeping secrets?

Rak- he's good at it, but not as good as he thinks. Somehow, someone always finds out something he doesn't want them to know.

Brak- surprisingly pretty good, though he'll give up a secret if he's pushed too hard.

Vori- absolutely horrible. She'll probably laugh about a secret randomly and then be forced to give it up when the others wonder why she's laughing for no apparent reason.

Tindri- really good at it. She'll make up a lie to cover a secret, one so good that everyone else will believe it.

Linaleh- also not too horrible, but will give up secrets if it means bettering another member's emotional or physical health.

Loktof- no one can even tell when he has a secret or not.

Jurr- about the same as Lok, though sometimes his hesitance will give away that he's hiding something- either way, whether it's known he has a secret or not, he won't tell it to anyone.

Is there anything your oc wants or likes that they have to keep secret, like a guilty pleasure? Anything that would get them ostracized, attacked, or just insulted for saying it out loud?

Nope, though if anyone ever joked about the war in a way that put it in a good way, the others would be onto them like a pack of wolves. These guys are not fond of the war and what it's doing to the Order, particularly the padawans being trained during it.

Has your oc ever done anything illegal or immoral?

I may or may not have a fic outlined where Tindri sneaks into the security archives and steals some footage to use against Rak.

Also, Rak's actions during Order 66. Definitely illegal. And immoral.

Could your oc be effectively blackmailed with any of their secrets?

I feel like they all could be, with exceptions to Brak, Jurr, and Loktof. No one would dare to try to blackmail Brak unless they want the wrath of Linaleh thrust upon them. As for Jurr, they all respect him too much. And again, no one even knows when Lok has secrets.

#sorry this wasn't more thorough #i really haven't thought secrets and such out with these guys #but thanks for the ask!

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Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (2024)

one day in 2007, while curious about the horrible zelda cd-i games, i searched for them on youtube and found a bunch of strange videos that for some reason, had me in tears laughing. this was my introduction to the world of youtube poops, and i couldnt get enough of them. watching them made me even more curious about these games though... what were they like to play?

in a word: BAD. these games are trainwrecks through and through, that are only salvageable though the unintentionally funny cutscenes. the worst part is, if these games had actual time and effort put into them, they COULD'VE been pretty good. they're basically spiritual successors to zelda 2, a game that, while flawed, i thought was pretty cool and interesting. a side scrolling action rpg/platformer in the usual zelda formula? i wonder why they never attempted anything like it again, even with the dozens of zelda spinoffs there are now...

and that leads us to this: an indie platformer/metroidvania deliberately trying to be like the zelda cd-i games, but, you know... actually good this time. did it succeed? hell yeah it did.

if anything, i'd compare this game more to monster world 4 or popful mail, mixed with a zelda or metroid game. you go along levels, helping unhinged NPCs and collecting various items that'll help you, like being able to double jump, shield yourself from projectiles, and even a fucking gun. once you find the right item for the job, you often have to go back to previously played levels to find places to use them.

they make this a bit less like a guessing game, as often an "!" will appear over a level in the world map if theres something new you can do there, but there is a bit of a problem; every time you go back to a level, you have to start from the beginning. there's no warp points where you can just go to the middle or the end; you HAVE to play through the whole level again. if your prudent about collecting items, this doesn't usually become a problem, but in my case during a later stage, i needed 3 sacred candles to open a boss gate, and only had 2. so i had to leave the level, find one more candle in another area, and then go ALL the way back through the level just to open that gate. it's a hard level too, so it took me a while to get where i was. stuff like that aside, the game is pretty solid and is proof that the zelda cd-i games could've actually been fun in more capable hands.

aesthetically, the music is also very good; emulating the kind of stuff you'd hear in 80's/early 90's cd games. i definitely got Ys vibes from some of the tracks, which is obviously a good thing. the cutscenes are deliberately deranged and uncomfortable, with wildly inconsistent art styles. there was one cutscene where it was blatantly rotoscoped and everyone animated really bizarrely and it really got under my skin. it's perfect.

the characters you meet are also very funny; there's a frog voiced by vinny vinesauce who wants "FINE DINING", and by that he means flies dipped in gold. the first boss is a horse who can't stop accidentally making horse puns, much to his dismay. there's a really fast little character who gives you shoes that increase your movement speed, saying "GOTTA GO FAST!" and then runs so fast he accidentally opens a portal to the ninth dimension and gets sucked inside. most of all though, there's a buff moose who forges you the ultimate weapon, but not before doing this game's version of the sideshow bob rake scene and hammers away on an anvil for nearly a whole entire minute before the sword is finished as arzette is bored out of her mind. to really hammer it in (hehe :3), this is the only cutscene in the game you can't skip. it's all really funny and worth playing just for these wacky cutscenes.

one thing i didn't expect was for the game to eventually have a bit more down to earth, serious narrative, complete with a character death that caught me by surprise. a theme of the game is to break the traditions we've known for ages and try to find newer, better ways to do things; don't just throw a book (that's made to orrrrderrrrr) at the evil bad guy and call it a day, cuz someday, he's just gonna escape and come back again. what if you found a way to vanquish the ultimate evil for GOOD? the ending was surprisingly sentimental for a wacky cd-i youtube poop game. one cutscene showing the defeat of a particularly irredeemably evil boss was also pretty cathartic; i'll let you watch that for yourself.

in short, this is a short but sweet little platformer that pays homage to a pair of the worst games ever made, but actually does things right this time. it's a parody of bad cd-i games sure, but in a way it also feels sincere, like an actual tribute to games that are so awful they're amazing. i'm very much excited at the prospect of a potential sequel, cuz this game was great and could be even better with some improvments, and i wanna see more of these characters and their unhinged shenanigans again. needless to say, dopply... YOU WON!

8/10

NOTE: there is an i.m. meen lookalike who works in a library. immediate game of the year

#apple's media review #apple's media: games

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TES Rescue & Rehabilitation Program

True North Equestrian

Week III (Pt. I) - Surprise

A few days after Chava had her farrier visit, Pidge got a call from the Doc. “I’m coming over to check up on our patient,” he told her. By the sounds filtering through from the background, Pidge could tell that he was on the road already. A pulse of anxiety ran through her. “Why?” she asked. The Doc had been very thorough in his last exam before discharging her from his hospital barn. What had him so spooked that he was calling her already en route? “Did something come back in her bloodwork? Is everything okay?” “I’ll explain when I get there. Don’t worry about it.”

Unsurprisingly, Pidge proceeded to worry for the forty-five minutes it took to get out to True North. Every horrible possibility ran rogue through her head, each one more dire than the last. Her hands began to fidget, her fingers falling into a familiar pattern in an attempt to soothe: twining together, twisting, pulling apart. Together, twist, apart.

By the time Doc’s pickup pulled up the drive, Pidge practically tripped over herself in her scramble to meet him.

The Doc glanced at her and had the nerve to laugh. “I told you not to worry,” he said as he circled around to the bed of his pickup truck, where his mobile gear lived. “But you were always a worrier. You take after your Granddad that way.”

She gave him a dirty look. “You don’t get to pull that card when you call me out of the blue and are all cryptic and mysterious,” she grumbled.

The Doc snorted at her. “Go get your miracle horse, kid. I need to do an ultrasound.”

“What!?” Her heart rate spiked. What was so wrong that The Doc came all the way out to do an ultrasound?

“Just go!”

Chava, bless her, was utterly unmoved by Pidge’s anxious state. She followed Pidge out into the yard, calm and steady as she always was. When she returned, the Doc had gotten the portable ultrasound ready, and already had the probe in hand… and a glove that went right up to his shoulder.

Pidge had grown up around horses and was no stranger to what came next. She held Chava still as the Doc did a palpation first, and then his internal scan. His gaze was on the computer screen, which Pidge couldn’t see. Whatever he saw, it made him snort.

“Thought so.”

“What’s wrong?” She asked desperately. “Kid, you’re killin’ me. What’s the main reason I use this thing on mares?”

It finally clicked. Pidge felt a bit stupid then, because it should’ve been obvious to her the moment he said the word ‘ultrasound’.

The Doc cackled at her, shaking his head as he did so. “She was so skinny that I never even thought to do a pregnancy check. One of the tests we sent away to the lab came back today with some suspiciously elevated hormones, and I knew right away.”

While the Doc stripped the soiled glove from his arm, Pidge set Chava loose to in the yard. The mare didn’t go far at all, wandering over to the lawn to pick at the late autumn grass. Pidge hurried back to where the Doc leaned over the computer, his sharp eyes evaluating each image.

One gnarled finger traced the ghostly white shape on the screen. “See, look? There’s a little leg, and a little snout. Only one in there, which is good.”

Relief and awe mingled in her chest as she peered at the little creature. “How… how far along?”

“At least early third trimester. Farther than I thought,” The Doc admitted, his lips twisting into a frown. “And it looks smaller than it oughta. But that’s no surprise, given the condition she was in. From now on, you’re gonna increase her intake. We need to get her weight up if she’s gonna support this foal and carry to term. We also gotta be real careful of her feet, ‘cause that laminitis is gonna be a problem when she starts getting bigger. Pregnant mares are always a risk with laminitis as it is.”

The Doc left her a little while later with yet another pile of supplements for Chava, this time geared towards neonatal equine care. Chava was to be on strict stall rest at least until the Doc’s next checkup in a month’s time. The next few months would be focused on putting weight on her, which was vital to both her and the unborn foal, especially since it was during the third trimester that the foal did the most growing.

“A baby, Chava?” She murmured, cradling the mare’s head in her hands. “You keep surprising me.”

The mare’s pretty brown eyes stared back at her in what Pidge could swear was amusement. If Doc hadn’t caught that test, would Pidge have woken up one day to a wobbly-legged little surprise addition to the family? Of course, this foal was still very much an unexpected surprise indeed.

“Well, we’ve got a lot of work to do, haven’t we? Well- you’re the one doing most of the work, I’m just here to feed you and make sure you’re healthy and comfortable…”

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PROTECTION | LEGOLAS PRINCE OF MIRKWOOD

SUMMARY ➪ YOU ALMOST GET INJURED IN A FIGHT WITH ORCS, AND LEGOLAS SAVES YOU

WARNINGS ➪ MENTIONS OF BLOOD, AND FLUFF

NOTES ➪ SORRY FOR TAKING TOO LONG ON DOING THIS REQUEST, I HOPE YOU LIKE IT ANGEL @scarlettgrant99

The orcs were creatures that everyone knew, they were wild and aggressive, unable to use their brains properly, and created to serve their leader. Their appearance was unappealing and their smell made people and elves nauseous, their skin was pale and it was always covered in blood and dirt, not to mention all the wounds that covered their faces.

They were soulless creatures, eager to end the era of men and thus initiate the time of their race.

Y/n had grown up hearing about them and when she was twelve she met them in person, they were attacking her town and there were not enough people who could protect them, for that reason she decided to take a sword and accidentally buried it in the stomach of one of the orcs that had planned to attack her.

Her life had changed quite a bit since then, but something that always haunted her was the battles. She had to be alert at all times and resting was something that was difficult, especially now that Frodo and Sam were on their way to Mordor to destroy the ring.

Everyone's fate was hanging by a thread and that was keeping them all on the edge.

The screams of men and orcs being attacked were the only thing that reached her ears, as she continued to struggle to make it out of the battlefield alive. Death would catch up with her at some point, but not yet. Y/n was on top of her horse, burying her sword in all the creatures that were willing to attack the poor town of Rohan, they had no compassion for the elderly and much less for the children. Blood flowed everywhere and the loss of warriors was practically uncountable.

The girl's breathing was rapid and she felt her heart stop as an orc attacked her horse from the right side, causing them to fall to the grass. The blow had been strong and Y/n took a few seconds to get up with her sword raised, she was a strong warrior and she would not give up easily.

The orc let out a horrible sound as he lunged at his figure, Y/n's sword collided with his weapon managing to stop his attempt to cut her arm, the beast seemed to get more annoyed with each passing second and that's why he was quick to back off and launch again against her.

The hideous creature's movements were quick and disorderly, but still managed to hit her hard. The air was leaving her lungs and her desire to rip his attacker's head off was getting bigger and bigger, but that wasn't enough.

In battle, you can't afford to be distracted and Y/n did exactly that.

For some strange reason, she felt the need to look for an elf with blond hair throughout the field, which gave the orc time to send a direct blow to her throat completely cutting off her air passage. Y/n promptly fell to the ground, bringing both hands to her neck, coughing desperately for oxygen.

Legolas had been in charge of keeping an eye on the figure of the girl throughout the battle, but as expected, he lost sight of her from one moment to another. The people who were left standing were less and less and that is why he focused on searching the grass, fearing to find her frozen and lifeless body.

An orc caught his attention and he could see how he plunged the point of his weapon into Y/n’s leg, she let out a cry of pain as she tried to get away from her attacker. Legolas immediately ran towards her and it didn't take him long to shoot two arrows at the orc's head, watching as it fell slowly and defeated to the ground.

"Legolas..." Y/n sighed, feeling relieved when the boy's face appeared in her field of vision

The girl tried to get up and the elf quickly stopped her leaving her on the grass again "Don't even think about trying to walk, you will only worsen the wounds"

Y/n closed her eyes for a second, before opening them and staring at her leg. "How long do you think it will take me to heal?"

The elf didn't want to give her the answer, but he knew he couldn't lie to her, so he decided to avoid her "We have to get out of here, you can't keep losing blood"

Legolas put one of his arms behind her back and the other under her knees, without a hint of effort he lifted her from the ground and began to walk between the bodies of orcs and men.

"Thank you," Y/n murmured gently, laying her head on his shoulder

The prince of Mirkwood smiled slightly at her words and looked at her tenderly, her eyes were closing and that left him a perfect view of her long dark eyelashes, her skin had a layer of sweat but she still looked extremely attractive.

“You are going to be okay, I'll make sure of that”

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