𝔓𝔞𝔭𝔞 ℭ𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔬 (1907-1983) and fic!

Reign 1942-1954, Satanic Bishop of New York City (1954-1983)

Everybody needs a mentor, especially delusional people like Young Nihil. So enter Papa Camino, a Papa Emeritus who is heavily influenced by Cab Calloway. (And is wearing an actual Schiaparelli silk tie from the 1950s) Notable Ghouls: Phantom, Dewdrop, Cumulus

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GEN Young Nihil & OC Papa, Young Nihil & Family 3K Words

Tags: Mentor Figure, Deal With The Devil, Family Angst, 4 Year Old Primo Is In This One, This is Officially the Most Self Indulgent Fic I've Written and Yes I'm Including the Smut, Alternate History, Ghost Scenes from the Void AU, Ministry Lore and Dramaaaaa

1957, New York City: Bishop Camino always got what he wanted. And he wanted to share what he took from life with everyone he thought hungry enough to work for it. He was also a man who today invited Zero, of all the siblings in his care, to a private meeting in his office.

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1957 New York City

Camino was a man who demanded what he wanted, and created for himself what he was denied. After his wildly successful tour as Papa Emeritus of the Satanic Church of the Void, he brought his expertise, his talent, and his cunning to his new post as the Satanic Bishop of New York City.

After the fourth rejection of his application to join the most prestigious gentlemen’s social club in the city (and it was definitely not because he was a Satanic Anti-Pope) Camino decided to run his own club out of the New York Ministry location. The music was hotter, the skirts were shorter and the booze flowed higher than the runoff in the gutters after a rainstorm.

The New York City chapter of the Satanic Church of the Void soon became less a place of organized worship and more the most chaotic and happening nightclub no one dared talk about in the sunshine. No act was denied, no artistic experiment too bizarre— almost twenty-four hours of the day there would be something to see for everyone. At two PM there could be a poetry reading for moody folks in black turtlenecks. At four PM was a 1920s Big Band Revival stint, six to ten PM Camino himself took command as bandleader. Midnight to two AM was reserved for drag shows. Often at three AM some interpretive dancer could be writhing on stage wrapped in tinfoil wailing about his daddy issues. It was vibrant, sometimes exhausting but never ever boring. Just like the Bishop.

And any high society man caught sneaking in would be promptly hogtied and left out in the alley with the rest of the trash.

Camino always got what he wanted. And he wanted to share what he took from life with everyone he thought hungry enough to work for it. He was also a man who today invited Zero, of all the siblings in his care, to a private meeting in his office.

As Zero sat uneasily in a plush armchair he could pick himself out from the posters and photographs covering the wood-paneled walls of the bishop’s office. He was often in the background— a blur holding a guitar, a trombone, hiding behind a mountain of drums. In six years Zero had become an established character in Camino’s church. He had stopped his rail-hopping life and settled in with a pretty blonde poetess, living just outside earshot of the church turned nightclub with a couple of potted plants and a young son. It surprised him how much he enjoyed the ebb and flow of a domestic existence. But then again, living and working in a place of constant change and noise and life and art is like wandering without ever leaving home.

“Brother Zero, I can hear your knees knocking from over here!” Bishop Camino closed the humidor cabinet and returned to his massive desk with a choice cigar. He winked his eye, his human eye. The Infernal Eye, his gift and his curse from his time as Papa, leered into Zero. It was as icy and silvery as the tools Camino used to delicately trim and light his smoke. “You'd know if you were in trouble! Relax, stay a while! How's junior?”

“Oh, swell, just swell,” said Zero, slowly uncurling himself in his seat.

“I got box seats at the Polo Grounds whenever you two want to see a game,” Camino replied. “Owner of the Giants owes me. Funny how many folks owe me, hm?”

“You're more than generous, all the time.” Zero couldn't help but feel a fondness for the man. “You helped me.”

“Alley cats are hungry, feed ‘em. Keeps the rats away. Now…” Camino noticed the smallest mote of dust on his suit, frowned deeply, and brushed it off. Camino never wore formal vestments outside of Mass, preferring instead a red silk suit with razor-sharp shoulders. Firstly because that was his look during his time as Papa Emeritus, and secondly because there was no one in New York City who would dare tell the bishop otherwise.

“Have you ever thought about the path?” He continued. Bishop Camino leaned back in his leather chair, settling in to a languid taste of his Cuban cigar. “I think you have what it takes to be Papa. Believe me, I know.”

Zero’s eyes widened, his mouth stretching open cartoonishly in shock. “You really think that?”

“Claro. Really. You've played in the house band many a time. You know more instruments than most, and catch on so quick. You're more Ghoul than man sometimes,” Camino chuckled. Zero had indeed performed for a few years in Camino's exclusive club for degenerates, and his saxophone playing was described as “a good start” which was a big compliment coming from the Bishop.

“Times are different. Big bands are out. Five pieces are in. More flexible. Digestible. What with television everywhere now.” Camino nodded. “Jazz clubs are gone, thing of the past. I'm not too proud to admit that.”

“Oh, you got more talent in your little finger than most in their whole body!” Zero piped up. “Don't sell yourself short!”

Camino gave him a wry look. “Hermano, I didn't say anything about that. Of course I'm talented. I'm the most talented motherfucker you ever saw. But times are changing. The Church needs fresh blood. And you'd be perfect for it. You got a face for television!”

Zero looked through the wooden blinds of the window, at the lines of taxis dutifully filing past. A limo turned the corner, its black and silver form sleek amongst the herd of yellow and checkerboard. Zero saw the shining sweep of the Rolls-Royce maiden perched on the hood, bowing low with her steel gossamer cloak frozen forever against the wind. A face for television, Zero thought. He never really had a television, or an actual home to plug any sort of luxury into since leaving Milwaukee, but everyone that did had the potential to see him. To hear his music. To see his face.

“That sounds swell, how would I even start?”

Camino grunted a laugh, his teeth gripping his cigar. From his place behind his massive desk he elegantly poured a finger of amber liquid from a crystal decanter into two equally opulent glasses. “Well, you have to let everyone know your intention. Even when you're not saying a word. Especially then. Your whole body must…vibrate…with that desire.”

Zero took a glass from him, nodding eagerly. “I can do that. I can vibrate with desire!”

“Naturally,” said Camino. “I'll put you in touch with Mother Imperator’s assistant, a em…a Sister Rebecca. She'll help me authorize a transfer and you can move to the heart of the Ministry.”

They clinked glasses, and Zero took a sip. It burned across his throat, tore a hole in his belly. He coughed in surprise, making every attempt to choke as politely as possible. “Move? There's somewhere else?”

“Yes, a few hours drive up north,” Camino replied. His perfectly sculpted thin moustache twitched as he frowned. “And how the hell you choking on that, boy? That's a goddamn forty year.”

Zero mumbled an apology, then felt Camino’s strong hand on his chin, jerking his face upwards for inspection. His hand was surprisingly soft, well manicured. The floral scent of hair oil drifted down from his clothing. The older man smirked, his eyes crinkling as thoughts passed through his mind. The Infernal Eye glared down at Zero from its socket in Camino’s skull, its glow removed from this realm, a separate entity also holding judgement towards him. He could have sworn the steely pinprick of a pupil moved independent from the human eye just across the bridge of the jazz singer’s nose. Zero swallowed. “Face for television,” Camino murmured, and with his other hand took a thoughtful sip of his own glass.

Zero stretched his mouth into a submissive smile. “Maybe.”

Camino gave Zero a rough pat, nearly a slap on the side of his face, and stepped away to pick up his cigar again. “Listen here, I sent my successor up to their headquarters, had them start meeting people, gather friends— boom! They're now Papa Emeritus and gaining traction in the charts every day. The trick…is to be underfoot.” Camino let out a satisfied puff of smoke. “Thing about that place is that running the Ministry is the only thing anyone can do up there in that godforsaken wilderness. So if you want something you're front and center!”

“But…moving?” Zero had just finally put roots down after a youth of wandering. He thought of Nance, of little Primo waiting for him back at their apartment. Nance with the baby on her lap as she sat by the plants on the fire escape, her red lips smiling contentedly out at the symphony of asphalt and blaring car horns.

“Fresh air, sunshine, forests and mountains,” said Camino. “Kids love it out there. At least I'm pretty certain they do.”

Camino was met with an awkward silence, and he settled into his chair, the leather offering a tired wheeze. “Yes, the city is difficult to leave,” Camino continued, steepling his fingers. He grinned. “Which is why I came back.” And promptly at midnight a town car would pick him up and drive him back to his home in Queens. “But, I've done my time, and did the work. I'm here to guide now. And I think you need to take bigger risks.”

“Nance loves it here. She was born here.” Zero smiled slightly into the middle space. “Primo was born here.”

“It's not easy raising a child in the city, believe me. My sisters complain enough. And me…well, I became a jazz singer.” He chuckled. “That tells you everything you need to know about that.”

“Could be good for junior,” Zero mused.

“Would be good for his old man too,” Camino replied with a wink. “You just say the word. I'm serious about you.”

Horns blared from outside on the street, followed by shouts and curses. The chauffeur of the Rolls-Royce rolled up up his sleeves and unbuttoned his vest as his cap fell on the sidewalk. Across from him, an equally irate taxi driver wrenched himself from the crumpled yellow door of his taxi. A woman was trapped in the back of the Rolls, hanging out the window and screeching while the rat-like dog in her arms barked. The taxi driver jumped across the hood of the limo and delivered a heavy-fisted crack to the chauffeur’s mug that Zero could hear all the way from his spot by the window. He winced as he unconsciously massaged the same place on his jaw. Camino clapped his hand across Zero’s shoulder, laughing, his lips peeled back over sharp white teeth in a roar of amusement. The Infernal Eye shone. “Fresh air and sunshine, hermano!”

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“Fresh air, sunshine, forests and mountains,” said Zero as he and Sister Nance held hands on a park bench and watched their young son totter around the steel playground. “Would be good for junior, yanno?”

“This sounds rehearsed,” Nance snorted, flashing him one of her elfin grins. “What's the deal? Why all of a sudden you want to move?”

Zero shrugged. “No deal. Just…need a change, maybe.”

“Zero, dear. Don't even try to lie to me.”

“Bishop Camino… thinks I should be Papa Emeritus.”

“You?” Nance made a face. “You haven't held a single job for more than a year. And you…want to run this whole thing? You want to be Papa?”

Zero frowned back, a little wounded but willing to fight. “None of those gigs were ever that interesting.”

“And you can't just up and walk away from this one,” Nance said. “No session musician or delivery boy or taxi driver ever had to commit his soul.” She tapped the place under her left eye. “Camino and the others…got a piece of their immortal soul committed to the Void. A chunk of it is just…it's just gone.”

That whitened eye of Camino burned in Zero’s brain once more. The sharp-toothed wicked grin, the bone-chilling tension of that pinprick pupil sliding across him and passing judgement. Zero had a face for television, sure— but Camino…Camino’s visage came from someplace else.

Like any blow he's ever taken, Zero shrugged it all off. “Wasn't using my immortal soul much anyway,” he chuckled.

“Goddamit Zero.” Nance crumpled into a fussy search of her coat for her silver cigarette case. He felt the cold air return to the palm of his now abandoned hand as it rested on the park bench.

Primo zoomed over from across the playground, falling into his mother’s arms. Irving Robert, really, but Primo was a better nickname for him than Uno.

“Push me on the swings?” asked their son, grinning under the hat Nance had knitted for him last week.

Nance cupped his face in her hands, smiling sweetly. “In a few minutes, Primo, your father and I are talking. But I bet you know how to do it yourself. We want to watch.”

“Oh, I can!”

“Good, now run! We're watching!” And Primo spun around and raced over to the swings across the park, leaving them for a few precious moments. Nance lit the cigarette in her mouth and took a drag, sighing on the exhale.

“Feels like the only thing that sticks in your brain are bad ideas, Zero,” Nance muttered. “I'm saying that affectionately.”

“You're one of ‘em,” he teased back, and she shoved him with a little laugh.

“Fine. You want to move to the Ministry Headquarters. Work right under Mother Imperator and Papa Emeritus and their whole shitty retinue.”

“And bring you along, of course,” Zero added in an attempt to reassure her. He was glad that she was even considering his idea now.

“I've been up there,” Nance continued. “Not much to do, so siblings get obsessive. I didn't want to stay long.”

“Obsessive?”

“Mother Imperator…” Nance stifled a laugh. “Absolute bag. A good hundred years old, easy. Refuses to speak anything but Italian. There's two siblings waiting for her to drop dead. Any day now, it feels.”

“Oh really now?” Zero mused, half listening.

“Sister Rebecca, for one. She went right to the top as the Dark Mother's Personal Assistant. Fluent in six languages, Italian especially. Comes from a bloodline of senators and government officials. Family's got mob money. She's next in line, for sure. And then there's…” Nance winced, as if an icy wind passed through her. “Maestra Eunice.”

“Oh, she's important?” Zero had seen her from time to time, conversing with Camino. Her hooded eyes, her deep scowl. He remembered her because he thought it a shame when blondes scowled like that. And Camino always looked queasy after their meetings.

“Leader of the Conclave,” Nance explained. “Old, old Ministry family. She's been shuffled around. She doesn't make too many friends.” Nance smiled crookedly. “And Rebecca would easily cut her throat in her sleep if Eunice doesn't get to Rebecca first. It's no good out there. Too heavy while those two wait for old Imperator to croak. You really want to live in the middle of that?”

“Two broads in a spat,” stated Zero. He figured early on that if there were two women left on the entirety of this Earth they still would think the other was talking behind their back.

“One has the keys to the entire global network of our Church, the other the deepest understanding of the magic that comes from the Void,” said Nance. “These are the two broads no one wants to stand in between.”

“Who says I have to stand between ‘em? I can make my music. And that's all I got to do.”

“There's no budging you, is there.”

“Camino…believes in me.” It was the first sincere thing Zero had said in a long while, and it left his heart with a wrenching whine that was carried through into his voice. It held such a sad little timbre that Nance shifted in her seat to look at him. “He believes in what I do.”

Zero knew few people in his life ever put their faith in him. Teachers thought him stupid. Fellow tramps on the road thought he was easy pickings. Not even his own father had much to do with him; his father, who's only belief was in his own ability to pick winning dogs at the track.

“You got to take risks on what you believe,” Zero added as she continued to contemplate his expression.

“But…moving…”

“Six years is the longest I've been in a single place,” announced Zero. He wanted to add “and loved someone”, but the thought felt intrusive and not at all something Nance wanted to hear. She knew his feet got restless if he sat for too long. She had been good to him, good for him, and he owed her his affection.

Nance grabbed his hand, turning his attention to look into her soft brown eyes. “Robert,” she began quietly, and she only used his real name when she wanted him to really listen. “What about your son? Robert…what about me?”

“I want to live my dream,” he said, bringing her hand to his lips. “And my dream includes you. And Primo. I…I promise I'll do right. You know I always try to do right.”

Nance smiled faintly back. “You always try,” she said quietly. “I can't argue with that. I'm happy…you found someone else who believes in you.”

“Mo-om!” Primo called to them both from his place on the swings, his arms and legs dangling as his body lay across the steel seat.

Nance got up and dropped her smoke to the ground, crushing it underfoot. “Just…give me a few days to think about it."

Zero gave her a thin smile as he watched her cross the playground. He felt he had moved the pieces in the way he wanted them, needed them to move. And he was pretty sure of the rules of the game, so how hard would all of this be? Except he felt a queasiness now instead of relief. The feeling of his words being more of a wager than a sign of honesty hung about his shoulders. He had the faint memory of being on the other side of that conversation. And in those moments what he thought was a promise, was really only a way to buy time.

It would be well worth it in the end, he assured himself. Good ideas always are, and Camino had said himself how much of a good idea Zero was. Zero got to his feet, brushing off his knees as his good-natured smile returned to his face. There was nothing to worry about. He always came out on top. He always pulled through, and folks always leant him a helping hand. And of course he'd always support Nance, and Primo. He promised her and so he owed her. What more is a promise than an IOU to someone else?

Funny how many folks owe me, said Camino as his dead eye flashed. Great men are owed. And Zero was ready to be a lender.

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Kokoro is your typical filler character; Never appeared in a single chapter of her source, and only a single episode of the show adaptation. The problem therein lies that the peppy girl exists inside the main character’s mind, Pan Yu. Brought to the front just a couple of weeks before the series’s canonical ending, Yu and Bow’s wedding, Kokoro is determined to find the space where she fits in best! Pan Kokoro is the main character of TYFE part 4: Filler Turf.

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It's been 3 years, and I haven't made an intro post yet💀 Maybe it's time... this post is subject to change btw!

Who Am I?

For those who are already familiar with me, I'm most well-known in this fandom as Maurice Memes! But you can also call me who I actually am, AtomicStarCat (<-main blog link) (or Atomic)! I can go by anything you want me to, even Maurice's Funky Purple Socks!

I use any pronouns you want to use with me! Call me anything you'd like!

I'm currently 18 years old, but sometimes I still feel like I'm 12 *cry*

I am ace-aro, but I really love making friends!

I'm really bad at reaching out to others in this fandom and being consistent with liking posts, but I really love everyone here, and I'd love to know you better! If I'm not following your LotF blog, please let me know!! I'd love to see more content! I don't talk much, but I promise that if you reach out to me and talk to me, that would make me so happy!! I really want to become closer to everyone here! I'll do my best to appreciate you all better!

I'm kinda off and on in every fandom I'm in, so I'll post consistently for a while, then disappear for a while, but I'm never gone forever! This fandom means so much to me, I'd never forget it!

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Lord of the Flies! Why else would I be here?

mostly children's media, like Digimon, Powerpuff Girls Z, Precure, and Legend of Zelda! But I won't post about that here^^

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I'm an artist! I draw mostly on Notability, but I sometimes make finished pieces on Ibis or make sketches on Freeform!

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My active ships: Jack/Ralph, Roger/Simon, Maurice/Sam, Platonic Maurice+Piggy, Bill/Robert, Percival/Mulberry Boy, and Johnny/Wilfred!

I don't particularly dislike any ships as long as they're portrayed respectfully and healthily! Just don't ask me to draw something weird like a bigun/littlun ship😅

I headcanon Ralph and Mulberry Boy as brothers, and I post about them sometimes without context haha

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Thank you for reading my long intro! I'm so happy you found your way here, and I hope you will continue to visit for years to come! I can't wait to meet you!

HAIIII how about 1, 11, 26, and 34 for the OC ask game :3

alola >:D

1.Have you ever picked up a habit from developing/writing one of your own characters? And if so, who and what?

i don't think so actually. generally I give my habits (and habits from friends and family and other irl people) to ocs instead. I have picked up some odd habits from drawing and cartoons in general though, especially anime. mostly cause my brain can't exit artist mode and i'm constantly thinking about how i would draw stuff, so it's like that 'making weird faces when your drawing an expression' but instead it's 'over exaggerates my every movement because i am thinking about how i would draw that movement'

11.Which character has been through the most design changes?

gosh! a lot of pokemelody characters have beeen through DRASTIC design changes but not like, the most. so probably my sona character! here's a sketch i did once showing the basic progression. during the redesign segments though there's a bunch of mini phases of drafts that didn't stick. they've been through a few different eras. I like to split it into three main eras! the primative era (defining traits are galaxy hair and high fantasy aesthetics) the Sailor era (this era had the most story as a self insert oc, defining design traits is a sailor-fuku outfit and pigtail buns.) the confused era (era where i rebooted my sona but was still figuring stuff out, this era's defining traits is a visible ribcage, and way too busy/unfocused of a design) And finally the modern era! (simpler and more focused design but has a couple other forms with the shape shifter aspect. notably while theres still some scrapbook/sewing aesthetics the entire body is now bjd/doll instead of being a confusing mix)

fun facts about the design/s

-sailor era design had no heterochromia and had my irl brown hair, because i was younger and cringe culture was still super prominent: specifically that part where every 'character design tips thing' would tell you to avoid stuff like heterochromia and fangs and cool colorful hair unless they god forbid look like a mary sue.

-i think i've said this before but a year or so after I added that front bangs super long back hair short thing (plus litterally had my hair cut to match) a popular/influential artist made a character with this trait and it suddenly became a more common design trait. obvi i'm not trying to 'gatekeep' the design or claim i'm the first guy EVER to come up with it. but i would be lying if i didn't say i feel 'ahead of my time' and think it's funny to joke about this super big artist that def doesn't know i exist having 'copied' me fndjask

-one main design shift is the shift from the angel aesthetic to adding in some demon aesthetics

-all throughout the confused era the angel wings changed color according to mood, the chart used was to inconsistent and complicated though so this trait ended up being lost.

-starting with the confused era and sitll present in modern era my sona is a shapeshifting shiny mimikyu :3 and the idea is that their humanoid form is like, lowkey hollow, so the mimikyu body is inside

-despite having more inhuman traits i'd actually say modern era sona takes more inspo from my irl appearance than any previous design

26.What's your favorite relationship/dynamic between a set of OCs?

afndsjkfna i can't choose because i love different dyanmics for different reasons fnsdjkaf. ummm heres some honorary mentions!

-Sunny and Daisy, they're dorks in love, nice simple and wholesome! good ol' healthy loving relationship! classic malewife x girlboss lowkey

-kazumi and fukusha have this thing where they hate each other's guts, it's fun!

-SCOTT N TIP i've only posted about them once and they're lowkey co-owned sorta? (i designed them on my own and then an irl friend of mine took a likeing to them and started writing short stories with them, we'd like to make a point and click game series called 'Dectective Cardimen Scott + Tip' with them someday :3) Scott and Tip's designs litterally came from a little excercize I did on designing duos. Scott's a private investigator and was looking for an assistant, the enthusiastic Tip took up the job! they have this cartoon-inspired dynamic where their relationship is vague and up for interpretation. They're business partners and roomates at the least :3

34.What scene that you've written/imagined is your favorite?

hmmmmmmmmm generally speaking i prefer the like inbetween anti-climatic slice of life-y scenes but theres this climatic/hyped-up scene in arc '1.5' of Pokemelody that I'm excited for in the theoretical future where i make this a thing. arc 1.5 is the start of a redemption arc for the final villain of arc 1, the plot is the villain searching for someone she did something unforgivable too with the goal of apologizing.

also scenes where the characters are finally happy and content and theres shojo sparkles to express this my beloved.

scenes i include a lot of because they're what i want to see more of is like, characters having weird inhuman-physical traits both as casual details that are dispersed throughout but also like, when it's directly addressed or played around with. I feel like everything only ever gives me little hints of that sorta stuff and fanfic focusing on it is hard to come bye so i guess i'll just have to do everything msyelf around here lmao.

I got an idea from another artist called "sponsored illustrations". Basically you'd pay me to draw a vague idea that you provide, with full artistic liberty. Could be any of my OCs, or something generic.

Examples of some things you could ask for:

"draw vice in a suit"

"what if zeph and nina got captured"

"draw your favorite pokemon"

"i wanna see your take on a chupacabra"

"a gay minotaur/satyr couple being cute"

"could you redo/finish this thing you started in like 2016"

"you should draw that character you haven't touched for 3 and half years"

I'd keep rights to any designs i made, you'd just be paying to make sure it gets drawn. I don't have a price in mind yet but they'd be notably discounted from regular commissions, of course. Maybe I'll split it between sketches and finished illustrations, or something like that? Could get multiple people to sponsor together too. Anybody who participates would get the high res file of the end result, for sure

Is this something yall would be interested in, and if yes, what would yall be willing to pay for it? And feel free to throw any other ideas you might have at me too!

I just want to say that something you mentioned in your crit made me realize something. It was about colorism, especially about light skinned women and dark skinned men. I'm SEAsian so I have experiences with colorism but I never realized how prevalent that pairing is? I can't stop noticing it now in other popular YA couples, especially in fantasy. The man is always darker even if by a shade. I notice it too in media from my country. As a darker gal, it feels not so good.

Yeah colorism really sucks to put it lightly. It's extremely popular in media no matter what form of media you look at (and it's often done unconsciously, because artists and writers making OCs may subconsciously decide that the woman is lighter skinned because lighter skin has been associated with femininity and purity, and is seen as more beautiful). And it has real world consequences disproportionately affecting women, due to patriarchy conditioning us all to believe that women MUST be pretty and patriarchy treating women who aren't conventionally attractive worse, on average, than those who are.

And yeah, it doesn't feel good. As I mentioned in my whitewashing post, we're constantly told our entirely lives that whiteness is beautiful, valuable, and human, and therefore, traits closer in proximity to whiteness are viewed as better than traits farther from whiteness. And this is most notable with skin tone!

I've mentioned this video before, but I'm linking it again because it does an excellent breakdown of how colorism affects Black people here in the states, including things like marriage statics, and I'm certain there are similar disparities between lighter and darker skinned members of other races and in other countries, as well.

Allure of the Seas: Discovery Awesome!

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Foodies will appreciate Allure of the Seas' specialty dining options which include a steakhouse, Italian restaurant, sushi bar among other delicious options. The ship also features a variety of bars and lounges, perfect for enjoying a drink while taking in the ocean views. Royal Caribbean's private island destination, Perfect Day at CocoCay, is another highlight of Allure of the Seas' itinerary. The island offers an array of water activities and attractions such as Thrill Waterpark featuring the tallest waterslide in North America. Guests can also relax on pristine beaches or enjoy a delicious meal at one of the island's restaurants. Why Allure of the Seas is a Must-See Ship Allure of the Seas: Why it's a Must-See Ship Allure of the Seas is one of the most impressive and largest cruise ships in the world. It's a class ship that offers an incredible array of amenities, entertainment options, and dining choices. The ship's innovative design includes unique features like Central Park and Boardwalk, which make it stand out from other cruise ships. In this section, we'll explore why Allure of the Seas is a must-see ship. Amenities on Board Allure of the Seas has multiple pools, including an adults-only Solarium pool area with two cantilevered whirlpools that overlooks the ocean. The H2O Zone water park is perfect for kids with its colorful sculptures and fountains. The zip line on board is a thrilling experience as you glide nine decks above Central Park. The rock climbing wall on Allure of the Seas is 43 feet high and offers different levels of difficulty for climbers to challenge themselves. For basketball enthusiasts, there's even a full-sized basketball court where they can shoot hoops while cruising through scenic destinations. Dining Options With over 20 dining options on board, Allure of the Seas has something for everyone to enjoy. From casual cafes to fine dining restaurants, guests can indulge in various cuisines from around the world. For example, Giovanni's Table serves up delicious Italian fare while Sabor Taqueria & Tequila Bar offers Mexican cuisine with a modern twist. If you're looking for some comfort food, then head over to Johnny Rockets for classic burgers and fries or Park Cafe for made-to-order salads and sandwiches. Entertainment Options Allure of the Seas offers plenty of entertainment options throughout your cruise journey. Guests can catch Broadway-style shows at Amber Theater or watch live music performances at Jazz on 4 or Dazzles Nightclub. One unique feature that sets Allure of the Seas apart from other cruise ships is the ice skating rink. Guests can watch professional skaters perform or even take lessons themselves. Innovative Design Allure of the Seas has an innovative design that includes unique features like Central Park and Boardwalk. The Central Park area is a tranquil oasis filled with real trees, plants, and flowers where guests can relax and unwind. It's also home to some of the ship's specialty restaurants, including 150 Central Park and Chops Grille. The Boardwalk has a classic seaside feel with its wooden deck, colorful carousel, and arcade games. Read the full article

ART THEFT ALERT - ASK-THE-SHARPS

Okay so... normally I don’t like. DO callouts, but someone came to me about this, because he wasn’t sure what to do and if he would even be taken seriously if he DID say anything, so I’m organizing this FOR him. Please bear with me, this is going to be very long.

So, I’d been notified that ask-the-sharps has been engaging in like. Actual art theft? Like outright tracing other’s art and also wholesale “i am passing this entire artwork of someone else off as my own” art theft.

But also seeing as Altar is SELLING commissions, it should probably be noted that… He’s tracing? Thats important. Even one of the drawings in his commission sheet is traced. 

And he’s not even stealing from small name artists either, he’s been tracing artwork of artists like princecanary and thewickwheat and reiki-kun (on devART)

Now i would like to not that wickwheat DOES allow referencing of her art as long as it’s used only privately (a link to her TOS/FAQ) (princecanary and reiki-kun do not) but she REQUIRES CREDIT for the referencing, EVEN IN PRIVATE, which Altar did NOT do And of course, I would never make such claims without proof so here we go! I am going to link all images separately at the end in a drive if you would like to see them more fully.

So it’s worth noting, most of the discord screenshots are not mine, they were given to me by a friend to use for this post, because he’s not comfortable making the post himself at this time, but will not be censored because he’s okay with it being public.

Now these things aren’t in order except in order that they were brought to my attention The first thing I was told about was Altar tracing and passing off as his own, an auction design that Reiki-Kun made and sold on patreon

It’s worth noting, this trace over is done in Altar’s “style” of coloring. This could not have been made by someone else. My friend is a patreon of Reiki, and was suspicious! And he was right! This was a design he saw posted by Reiki!

(Original adopt listing) When confronted about it, Altar played it off as “someone sold me this?”

My friend was still suspicious but he was willing to let it go, but he brought it to another friend, who brough it to me and another friend and we were able to find the character’s toyhou.se.

the character’s toyhouse // this is a link to the ownership log

This character has never been sold to anyone BUT the person who bought it.In fact, the designer has a masterlist of designs they’ve sold FOR this reason! masterlist link // Reiki’s TOS

MORE UNDER CUT! WAY MORE. SO MUCH MORE.

My friend has since reached out to the artist to notify them of the theft

which is why I’m including this first and foremost. (the link is the masterlink link above!) So this was already very suspect! But believe it or not! It gets worse!

Altar has been sharing “art” of his characters which is clearly and notably traced

Original tweet link

Original post Please note that the name is edited out of the original sheet presumably to keep people from looking her up, but he… keeps the name anyway?

Original post This one was someone else’s COMMISSION done by the original artist! The signature is removed!

Original post! Another commission! With the signature EDITED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!! Implying that Altar MADE THIS.

Theres genuinely so many of these stolen that I cant show their originals so I’m just linking those I could find. )i could not find the first couple but here’s the rest in order. (Headlock) (shoulder pads) (bloody sketch) (could not find this one) (Crossed arms) (punch)

These don’t belong to wickwheat, but a friend of wickwheat’s who did not have a tracing/referencing TOS that i could find, except that they should ASK to use their art, presumably with credit (which was not given)

Orignal post This one he traced from the smaller reference, if we were wondering, of Jane’s oc. And in these screenshots claimed as his own art.

The original post, please note it IS at the bottom. There were several others I was shown that were clearly traced or otherwise stolen but I couldn’t source the artist and therefore couldn’t prove it.

However, during my digging I WAS able to find more instances of tracing.

One instance of which is from two of my friends, Apollo and Wren, who are still IN the fantroll community, which he uses IN his COMMISSION EXAMPLES. This is a collaborative base that they made together.

Altar’s commission post

First set Second Set Third Set Fourth Set

Original

I contacted one of them as the other was asleep, and asked if either of them had ever released the base and lo. Neither of them had.

So as Wren (abyssalsphynx) so eloquently put… not only is he stealing from big name artists he’s… profiting off the traced work of other fantrollers? I also found more instances of him tracing from princecanary WHICH HE HAS POSTED TO HIS BLOG AND TOYHOU.SE AS MAIN REFERENCES

I took screenshots of everything just in case he deletes or makes things otherwise inaccessible

This one I was only able to find a pinterest shot because Princecanary has deleted so much/hidden it because of…. Theft. Funny right? But it’s clearly princecanary’s art, and princecanary’s comic (Gentleman Town) characters.

The character’s toyhouse

Character’s toyhou.se Princecanary’s original tweet

This one literally took me two minutes to find, I was FLOORED. I’m almost positive there’s more instances of art theft, I just. Literally only have so much brain power to go digging, because he’s obviously shameless enough to steal from so many artists, I can only imagine there’s more that I couldn’t identify.

In conclusion I’m just… Why would you? Do all of this? Except laziness? Your own art, or at least what we used to SEE of it wasn’t like bad???? So why profit off of someone else’s art work?

And buyer beware because like. this is fucked up.

Anyway here’s all the screenshots and such.

SIMP ANNOUNCEMENT

So, I won't change the name of this blog, because there is big nostalgia attached to it,

EDIT: I changed the name. RIP my promise.

but I also wanna share with you guys my absolute WILD love I have developed for Baron Zemo and Daniel Brühl in general, over the last couple of months.

First, how did this happen?

I literally have no heckin idea, my friend wanted me to watch FATWS, because she likes Bucky and wanted to write a Marvel RP with me. So I started watching, and then the 3rd episode came on and oh boi, Zemos pure existence made my heart beat a bit faster.

From then on, I went down the full Daniel Brühl rabbit hole, watching movies of him left and right, loving his work. And thats how we ended up here.

What movies of him do you like the most?

Ich und Kaminski has shaped into my comfort movie over the last couple of months, when I feel bad, I watch it. Sebastian Zöllner is the loveliest asshole I can imagine.

Cloverfield Paradox would be my second pic. I'm just a sucker for sci-fi and that just hits that nerve. Also Ernst Schmidt is my space meow meow, I wuv him sm.

Other then that...Rush is pretty neat, Good-Bye Lenin is cute (Alex issa baby and he likes stars and space and he wanted to become and astronaut omg i love him so much 🥺) and Face of an Angel is heckin weird (but Thomas Lang hot af, so idc)

What are your favourite Daniel Brühl Characters?

Oh god, don't make me choose, thats so hard 😭 I'll give you like my top 5 and the rest is about equal in how much I like them.

Sebastian Zöllner (Ich und Kaminski)

Tonda (Krabat)

Baron Helmut Zemo (MCU)

Ernst Schmidt (The Cloverfield Paradox)

Alex(ander) Kerner (Good-Bye Lenin)

Notable Mentions: Jan (The Edukators), Hans Krämer (The Coming Days), Escherich (Alone in Berlin), Hubertus Czernin (Woman in Gold), Wilfried Böse (7 Days in Entebbe)

You already got fanart, didn't you?

Okay, listen. I- When I fall down into the simp hole, I kinda had to. Soo...here's the fanart I got with small descriptions, as well as the artists who made it, in case you'd like to commission them as well ❤

So there first two are fanarts with Zemo and the new OC I made for him, kind of? Her name is Katharina Mühlendorf and she works with the air force. Much like Sam, she was trained in using the Falcon Glider, and carried out missions during the blip. She's friends with Sam and Torres, so Sam pulled her in on the mission in Madripoor, where she acted as Sams (or rather Smiling Tiger's body guard). And she just fell hard for Zemo simply being Zemo, because why the heck not and hot sokovian man hot.

Meggsssart: https://instagram.com/meggsssart - tdk: https://twitter.com/KitKombat?s=09

And then there are just the ones with me and Zemo...or a marvel version of me? Idk, just Zemo and me, okey?

Potadumplin: https://twitter.com/potadumpling?s=09 - Shinkomiii: https://twitter.com/shinkomiii?s=09

You are pairing your OCs with canon characters...?

Yes, and there is nothing you can do about it.

You know what? I like doing it. My OC Yule and Tonda are my favourite couple at the moment, she's a white (green) magic witch, he's a dark wizard with deep sadness. They are baby, they are cute, I love them, and I won't let anyone ruin them for me!

(I'm so sorry for the bad photoshop, I wipped dis up in 5 minutes 😭)

HEY YOU GAYS, CHECK THIS SHIT OUT!!!

Done by Axred7 on twitter, this is my tiddyboy OC Haru’s goth femboy dad, Airi! He’s the singer and lead guitarist of the metal band Megitsune, who Shirayuki and Meiko were once part of! He’s actually quite old, like a couple hundred years old, as he’s a quarter youkai. He has kitsune blood, but doesn’t have notable fox traits until he’s up on stage and emotionally active, what with the spirit ears/tail aesthetic.~

He’s super motherly and yet goth af. He’s a LOT more bottom heavy than this, but the artist could only go so far, heh. 

oc bio tag

tagged by @chyrstis !!

tagging: @wakatshi​​ ; @lvllns​​ ; @malkaivian​ ; @daisychained-x​ ; @sambridges​ whoever wants to do this! 

The Basics

Full Name: jolene roxana espinoza Codename or Nickname: joey, detective Birth Date: october 21 Birth Place: wayhaven Nationality: american Organization/Group: wayhaven pd, unit bravo, the agency Former Affiliates: n/a

Family + Friends

Father: rook espinoza (deceased) Mother: rebecca espinoza Siblings: n/a  Other Relatives: paternal aunt, but mostly unknown as of now(?)  Children: n/a

Description

Height: 5′4" Weight: 130 lbs Hair Colour: dark brown Eye Colour: blue Skin Colour: fair Any Scars: bitemark from murphy (i think she got it on her neck but tbh i forgot) Any Tattoos: n/a Any Piercings: standard earlobe piercing, y’know? used to have a nose piercing but doesn’t wear it anymore  Other Notable Features: naturally thick eyebrows Random Facts: starred in a couple low budget films with the idea of becoming an actress before changing her mind and pursuing a career in law enforcement like her parents.

The Basics

Full Name: aquila peg’asi Codename or Nickname: princess, quila, kiki, lia,  Birth Date: january 14 Birth Place: silta vie, goldis Nationality: goldis (idk what’s the proper term ??) Organization/Group: andromeda six Former Affiliates: peg’asi royal family (i guess?) 

Family + Friends

Father: king fenris (deceased) Mother: queen lucrezia (deceased)  Siblings: 10 siblings ; not really close to any of them besides nerissa  Other Relatives: the expected uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. Spouses: none, as of now Children: none

Description

Height: 5′10" Weight: 148 lbs Hair Colour: black Eye Colour: Dark brown Skin Colour: olive Any Scars: nothing worth noting as of now aside from the ones she got from being clumsy Any Tattoos: n/a Any Piercings: only her earlobes. she’s interested in getting a nose piercing at some point if given the chance Other Notable Features: n/a  Random Facts: is a skilled artist since she doesn’t have much to do growing up tbh. she also likes to do fashion design, but she feels self conscious about it since her family is pushing her to do pursue something “””productive””” like joining the guard or becoming a scientist 

Fighter x Warrior NSFW...

“A steaming bowl of white bread sauce was handed round to some/ An aged gourmet called aloud, this bread sauce tastes like…a by-product of all the pointless and tasteless sex fanfics around here!”

(‘Around here’ referring to Goblin Slayer; the Shadowrun fandom and others have many insightful and balanced explicit fanworks without pointless monster gang rape or victim shaming implications) 

But any new and positive Rookies content is both a notable and felicitous event in the Goblin Slayer fandom. Including a couple of Warrior x Fighter explicit fanarts that @gornintheusa​ was good enough to draw my attention to, by a certain ‘loodanonmus’ on newgrounds (Better than the above photo edited by me; look him up on newgrounds if you want to see some very explicit fanart)

 Fanworks should remedy the deficiencies of the original work; rape victims are not the pitiful props of exploitative trashy horror, they do not matter less than a male hero with second-hand trauma and his unraped love interest. They deserve recovery, fulfilment and the full recovered sex life of their choice. If there must be one Goblin Slayer x Priestess eroticas, there should be ten Fighter x Warrior eroticas. This must be done without minimising the severe long-term effects of trauma, but it can be done. If you can’t do that, if you cannot give a rape victim the respect and recovery they deserve because you’re writing a harem male-wish-fulfilment thud n’ blunder light novel, then don’t painstaking and blatantly contrive your entire fictional world to generate monster gang rape. ‘Showing how bad’ an ill-constructed world is was never any justification, and all the best Fighter fanfics save one, omit any rape; it’s unneeded for trauma, horror, or heroism.

But I have always tried to post positive, as well as justly negative, content about Goblin Slayer; there is sadly less around than there could be. One of the first fanarts I posted showed Fighter and Warrior sharing a kiss by moonlight (removed at the artist’s request since then, sadly), and I well recall @sunnytheunfunny​ saying what sweet art it was. Fighter, Wizard and Warrior’s love lives sometimes tend more towards the incredibly raunchy side, however.

Intensive sex isn’t an unproblematic way for an assault victim to seek control over their sexuality, and it can be rooted in trauma-based self loathing; but it is a extant coping strategy. Susan, in The Fighter’s Saga, had considerably recovered from her trauma by the time she married Harry and got down to shagging him morning, noon and night ‘as if she had something to prove’. Harry ‘Warrior’ Fawkes himself, the would be hero-with-a-harem of Goblin Slayer, had gathered a far less romantic harem of loose women and bargirls in earlier years, which was unambiguously a bad way to deal with his guilt over Susan’s assault, but one he learnt from stories nearly as bad as Goblin Slayer. Having a husband she loved, in any case, who shared Sting’s yoga-based adept ability to last for about nine hours…was some recompense to Susan Lei for the wrong done to her, as well as the chance she took to save the world. 

Goblin Slayer: the Team memorably included wagon-loads of magically-fuelled sex with Fighter and her new consort, an OC ranger, included using a magic mirror to record and watch sex tapes. Warrior and Wizard got it on just as hard, with Warrior even using a potion to duplicate himself for a threesome…but the author was hugely flamed by many readers who were more offended by a woman who’d been raped in a different continuity having consensual passionate sex than they were by the victim shaming and misogynistic unneedful rape of the original show! The story admittedly doesn’t deal with trauma in any sophisticated way, but it was better than Goblin Slayer. Again, the impact of trauma cannot be minimised, which means following a survivors recovery or non-recovery, not packing them off in silence to a convent, because they matter immeasurably more than a banal sword swinger either way. Again, an active sex life is not an essential component of recovery, but there is no meaningful recovery in Goblin Slayer; excluding a rape survivor permanently from sexuality as ‘impure’, which Goblin Slayer does, is victim shaming.                          

tagged by @moonlesbiam !

Name: clover 🍀

Nickname(s): uhh sometimes i’m called clov(e) and my dad used to call me clo but i can’t remember the last time he used that particular nickname

Gender: at this point i just leave it at nb lesbian. i spent a looong time trying to find a specific label for my brand of nonbinary but none of ‘em stuck. the lesbian part is important tho because at least for me, i feel that my gender & my lesbianism are so intertwined that like - if you ask me for my gender i’ll probably just say nonbinary, if you ask me for my orientation i’ll probably just say lesbian, but neither feels like the whole story, you know? i always feel like i’m hiding a little bit of my identity if i give one in isolation, even if the other wasn’t asked for. forms that ask me for both separately drive me up the wall in part because idk if they’ll get me being both nb and a lesbian but also in part because of how i feel about my identity-- ANYWAY

Star Sign: aquarius

Current Time: 8:37 pm

Favorite Artists: oh lord idk? for music, hayley kiyoko; for visual artists... i’ve never picked a favorite artist in that respect before? but if u do art and i follow u i love ur art

Song Stuck in My Head: i’m wasted by ghost town

Last Movie I Saw: what we do in the shadows (2014)

Last Thing I Googled: oh well now it’s “how to find google search history” which makes me sound like the dumbest person on the planet but i went “wait idk which device i last used to google smth? if i was logged into my google acct maybe i can find it across all devices?” so dont judge me too hard

Other Blogs: oh lord here we go

over here for sideblogs we’ve got @sevenleaving for my art blog, my still-not-set-up in-character blogs for two of my oc cookies (@taffable for maple taffy, @bogdolphin for white cranberry who i still need to formally design), and the possible urls i have saved for the blog i was planning to archive cookie wars stuff to (and also my old url as a redirect to this blog)

on another account i have @toxoplasmajuice which is my simblr aka The Other Blog (which... i might actually start using again? actively? might mess around and post my stories again instead of just dropping a photoshoot every now and then? the most recent “story” though is yesterday’s april fools joke that i think is only funny to other simblr people), a bunch of in-character blogs for my sims that i haven’t touched in ages but which operated the way i plan to have the cookie oc blogs over here operate, and a couple other sideblogs (notably my bloopers blog, @7lctooktoomanyscreencaps. probably DON’T follow that one because that rapid-fires posts WITHOUT a queue whenever i post on it. a couple brave souls do follow it tho. jack & vid i see you and i care you)

Do I Get Asks: on occasion? and the content of those asks... wildly varies

Reason for URL: cooky tresure make jelleys into bear

Following: 134

Average Sleep: anywhere between 3 hours and 13 hours

Lucky Number: so i don’t have a LUCKY number BUT the number 15 has a history of ominously following me around. still shocked i didn’t die mysteriously on my 15th birthday

Currently Wearing: blue hoodie w/ white stripes, one of my frat bro tshirts (the yellow one), gray sweatpants

Dream Job: ideally i’d be doing psychology research somewhere... probably at a university but idk how i feel about being a professor

Dream Trip: i don’t have any destinations in mind? for personal travel i just wanna visit friends and for study abroad i just wanna go somewhere with a strong psych program one day

Favorite Food: oh i just ate so all food is gross to me rn but i could probably survive on mac n cheese without complaining for a while

Instruments: guitar, barely

Favorite Song: one favorite song? in this economy?

i tag uhhh @70sdaisy and idk who else would be likely to want to do tag games so... anyone else who wants to do a tag game, you’re tagged too