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c0ffee-stain · 2 years

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Whispers

Five Hargreeves x f!reader

Blurb • Prologue - 1.0 • Chapter 1 - 1.01 • Chapter 2 - 1.02 • Chapter 3 - 1.03 • Chapter 4 - 1.04 • Chapter 5 - 1.05 • Chapter 6 - 1.06 • Chapter 7 - 1.07

Warning: Contains: Alcohol, blood (if you squint)

Green, not brown

A blink of car lights and a the sound of a door slamming shut was all the Hargreeves needed. He hastily examined his surroundings and let a flash of blue engulf him, appearing beside the man he’s come to threaten and blackmail with a knife to his neck, his body stretched over to the drivers seat.

“One chance, that’s all you’ve got.” Five seethed before raising his voice. “One chance to tell me exactly what going on in that lab.”

“I… I manufacture prosthetic devices for fake patients.” The man admitted, his cheeks shaking. “I bill the insurance companies and sell them for cash on the black market.”

“Including eyeballs?”

“Yeah, they’re my biggest seller. I mean, they sell like hotcakes.” He gulped. “I’ve- I’ve got a list, a waiting list, probably 20 buyers.”

“So the serial number I told you…” Five trailed off.

“Uh, could’ve already been bought.” Five’s face stiffened and gave the man a glare, commanding him to go on.

“Yes, off-” Lance trembled slightly as he felt the blade inch deeper into his skin. “off the books.”

Five sighed, irritated, and spoke through his clenched teeth. “I need that list, Lance. Names and numbers, and I need it now!”

“I don’t have it. I mean not on me.” He corrected. “The only copy is in the safe in my lab.”

The boy licked his lips menacingly and reached into his pocket with his free hand, taking out a burner phone.

Keeping eye contact, Five pressed onto the keypad and brought the phone to his ear, waiting with hardly any patience for the roughness of my voice. Something he never thought he could be eager to hear.

——

A sudden buzzing in my skirts pocket caught my attention away from the sugar coated lollipop in my mouth. I reached for the burner phone and held it against my ear, giving a stern, “What?” as I pushed the sweet to the corner of my mouth, and removed it with an obnoxious pop.

“Where are you?”

“Near Meritech.” I responded.

“Go to Lances office and inside you'll see a safe to the left. Open it and you'll find a pile of sheets with the names of sellers from the black market and serial numbers of the products they've purchased."

I hung up and threw the phone in a dumpster, walking towards the prosthesis building and entering without a problem.

Or more accurately, without a problem that I'd be expecting.

I made my way towards the reception and expected to be greeted by an overly enthusiastic woman behind the desk, only for my limbs to tense and lips part in the disgusting feeling of unwelcome surprise. My eyes landed on a pair of sly crystal blue eyes instead from the expected cheerful espresso-coloured gaze.

“Y/n. Long time no see.” The woman adjusted the midnight blue barrette sitting atop her platinum hair. She sat on the receptionists desk, one leg crossed over another.

“I can only assume you’re here for these.” The Handler held several sheets of paper inscribed with hundreds of names and serial numbers in her smooth manicured hands, mocking my calloused and rough ones. “Don’t worry, these are only a few. Most of them are in the safe, waiting for you to rip them to shreds.”

“So you know?” I queried, biting the remains of the lollipop and spitting the white stick out towards her sleek black heels.

“Not much. But that’s what makes it interesting.” The Handler got off of the desk and strolled towards me as if she had all the time in the world. And she did.

“Like you and Jasper. You have no idea what’s happening to him. All the things we’re doing to him." The woman gave me a mock innocent laugh and tapped my nose before I could swat it away. "And I think that’s what makes this whole thing so much more...” She sighed dramatically. “interesting.”

I felt my heart skip a beat with the mere thought of Jasper being hurt any more than he already is. I swallowed thickly and glowered at the woman.

I took a large step towards The Handler, her tall figure towering over mine. “If you’ve hurt him—”

“Oh, I wouldn’t dream of it.” She grinned. “I wouldn’t dare jeopardise this deal. Especially with the new developments.”

I cocked a brow, my lips turned downwards into a scowl. “I think you mean development.” I tried my best not to practically spit the words at her smug face. “Singular.”

“No, I don’t.”

All the hints of fear and anxiousness that I was previously exhibiting were now enveloped by a swarm of red hot rage. I bit down harshly onto my lip to try contain myself. The bittersweet taste of blood pooled into my mouth, erasing the sugary sweet aftertaste of the lollipop.

I swallowed thickly and narrowed my eyes. “Well, you should. We had a deal.”

“Deals change.” The Handler grinned and ruffled my hair. As she performed the action, she dug her nails briefly into the scalp of my head before saying. “And I wouldn’t suggest you go rogue as your dear mother did, bloodhound. You’re starting to act a little too much like her.”

“What?” I opened my mouth to say anything. A cruel remark, or a sly response. But it seemed that the words were stuck in my throat, rendering me speechless.

“Didn’t you know?” The Handler was obviously enjoying this. She traced her hand down to cup my face, the touch and movement all too heart wrenchingly familiar.

The second her finger traced over the scar just under my jaw was enough to snap me back to reality. I sucked in a rushed breath and shoved the woman away from me, reaching for a pair of scissors from the table behind her and held it to her neck.

Shock flashed over her features for a moment before returning to her eerily calm expression. “Go ahead.” She spoke, the taunt clear in her words. “Kill me and they’ll just replace me for someone else before you can even blink.”

Millimetres.

That’s how far I was from slicing through the arteries in her neck.

Millimetres.

I finally released her and stepped away.

“I’m impressed.”

“You should be. I was this close from slicing you open.”

“What stopped you?” The Handler asked. But she already knew. How couldn’t she?

“The quicker you give me these new developments, the quicker we’ll be able to be rid of each other.” I shoved my hands into my pockets and straightened my spine.

“It’s nothing too complicated.” The woman brushed down her puffed navy dress and leaned over to reach for something behind the desk.

Once she faced me, I couldn’t help but stare at the object hanging lazily from her fingers.

A briefcase.

“When given a signal, I want you to eliminate Five Hargreeves.”

“What signal?”

She began to activate the briefcase. “Trust me.” A knowing smirk adorned her lips. “You’ll know.”

A loud crash and sudden wave of heat stole my attention away from the woman. I span around, facing the direction of Lance’s office.

“What…” I turned to face The Handler only to see she was gone, vanished back to the ‘50s.

Great.

I swivelled on my heels as a large flicker of white and amber caught my eyes. Before I could register what was happening, a loud explosion and shattering of glass sounded, rocking the building and an enormous burst of flames shot through the hall at alarming speeds. A blanket of smoke hung heavily in the air, making my throat tighten as my lungs drowned in the toxic fume.

I almost stumbled as panic started to rise in my chest, and sprinted towards the exit behind me, only to come to the discovery that the lock was bolted shut.

“Fucking Handler!” I clenched my hands around the handles and pulled against the metal bolts. And just as I expected, I did so in vain.

I slammed my fist against the narrow glass lining of the door in a nervous attempt, and looked back to see the flames inching towards me, the vivid orange staring back at me with a devouring hunger.

‘You know what to do if you want to survive…’

I clicked my tongue and scoffed. “Let me guess.” I sneered to the whispers that were listening eagerly. “To give in to you and your sickening words of deceit? To embrace you like a maiden in distress the first chance I get?”

‘Enough with the games, human’ It snapped.

“Human?” I laughed bitterly and shook the doors once more. “I thought I was no longer human as you so kindly remind me.”

It cackled in a bittersweet delight. That’s when I felt a chill run down my spine and an ice cold breath hit the nape on my neck, the hairs on my skin standing.

“Oh, don’t worry.” I didn’t dare move as I felt the chilling breath travel to the shell of my ear and the shadows beneath me twist as a painful but endearing sensation start to claw up my feet.

“If you’re worried that you’re one of us, I am pleased to inform you that you are not. You are something much much worse…”

BOOM

“Y/n!”

“Jasper…” My voice came out in a strained groan, muffled behind the deafening high-pitched screams ringing in my ears.

I started to cough and slowly pushed my body up, only a few inches off of the ground, before letting my arms give out from beneath me, my cut cheek slamming against the concrete.

But other than a few cuts and bruises, I was… fine?

‘You can thank us later, bloodhound’

I shook my head to rid its voice from my mind and craned my neck to the side, expecting my gaze to rest on a pair of golden honey brown eyes staring right back at me with thick curls of ebony hair framing his features-

“Jasper? Who the hell is that?”

Green. Not brown.

Green.

Shit.

I coughed once more and hoisted myself to sit up and looked down at my clothes. My very burnt and ripped clothes, that is. My palms were scratched from several shards of glass and darkened from soot mixed with scrapes of blood.

I didn’t dare look at the boy standing beside me, most likely glaring down at my injured figure, waiting for answers.

“What? Did you swallow your tongue?” Five sneered. I felt his eyes run up and down my body. His eyes narrowed in pessimism and his forehead creased, trying to figure me out.

I didn’t bother to respond, so instead I scoffed at the Hargreeves and got up onto my feet, wincing at the painful throbbing in my shoulder and the newly blossoming bruises that stretched across my limbs.

A pair of hands roughly grabbed my collar, dragging me towards Five’s shorter figure, his jaw clenched and nostrils flaring. The corners of his mouth twisted into a disgusted scowl.

“Did you blow up the building on purpose? To get rid of the evidence with a swift click of a button?”

I let out a surprised short laugh and looked at the boy, clearly bewildered. “Why on earth would I blow up the building when I was still in it?”

“Well you’re not injured, except for a few minor bruises and scratches, now are you?”

I shoved the boy away and fixed my collar, realising that half of my tie had been burnt off.

“Fuck you, Five.” I spat and began to walk away.

“Jasper.” A voice growled behind me.

I froze.

“You called me Jasper.” Five stated. He neared me from behind and slammed a harsh hand against my shoulder. “Who is that? A boss that paid you to gather information on me? Huh?! You fucking blew it- literally! This was my only fucking lead!” Five scoffed. “Y/n, with God as my witness, you better tell me who the fuck this Jasper asshole is or else I’ll—”

SLAP

It was as if my vision burned red and my body moved at its own. With an insane speed, I span on my heels and sent a hard strike of my palm to the boys cheek, his head snapping to the side.

Five raised his fingers slowly to his reddened and bruising cheek, touching it gently with the pads of his fingers.

All emotion was drained from my face as I faced the Hargreeves, my voice sharp with venom. “And as God as my witness, next time you’ll be lucky if it’s just a fist.”

I left the boy behind me, his body still in shock as he tried to register what had just happened. He opened his mouth to say something but once his eyes locked on my retreating figure, his mouth snapped shut and the vein in his neck slowly start to bulge.

I had slapped him.

I slapped Five Hargreeves and he did nothing. No counter, no plan to blink away.

Nothing.

And it was pathetic.

He was Five fucking Hargreeves and he let some assassin to slap him. Twice!

No. No, no, no, no, no.

Five Hargreeves wasn’t going to be bested that easily. He would drag me from the very deepest depths of hell just to see me cower under his stare and get all the answers he wanted.

But every so often, a small voice in the back of his head would question his intentions. Why sacrifice so much just to see one person suffer, even if he was ultimately at fault for the situation?

Usually he wouldn’t care and result to silencing whoever was giving him a problem for eternity, or frightening them so the thought of betrayal would never dare to cross their mind. But I was different. And he despised it.

He didn’t know what to do and, as much as he hated to admit it, it scared him.

Five bit the inside of his mouth and contemplated what to do next.

There were so many options but so little time.

The hours were fleeting away from his fingers so he had to act fast. Starting with an infuriating bloodhound.

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A laugh.

Spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision.

Or in my case, a very useful way to show that you’re going insane.

The second I had wondered far enough from Five and into a random alleyway, I couldn’t help but let myself descend into a fit of maddened laughter and giggles. The same sort of sound you’d hear straight out of a villains mouth in a movie.

And accompanying my descent to madness, were them and their own usually haunting cackles that I now found oddly amusing. Not the type of amusing where you find or watch something you enjoy- no, the type of amusement that makes your face laugh but soul cry and no matter how much you try to get away, you always end up crawling back in its presence.

How funny.

The Handlers words rang in my head.

‘I wouldn’t suggest you go rogue as your dear mother did, bloodhound. You’re starting to act a little too much like her.’

The last thing I wanted to think about was my mother.

Let alone talk about.

I shook my head, a habit that had started ever since I began to hear them for the first time, and began to walk down a random street with no money and no way of telling where I am.

That was until a building caught me eyes and my hopes lifted indefinitely.

I suppressed a smile that was starting to break through my stern exterior and entered the building, finally giving into the grin as the calming scent of spilt ink and fresh coffee hit me like a breeze of warm air in the midst of winter.

A library. A huge one at that.

Mesmerised by the hundreds of books displayed on the counters and shelves, I made my way straight to the true crime section, eager to find something to distract me from my overlapping worries and problems. I needed a distraction, desperately.

Not giving in to the countless stares whispers, I selected a book of my liking and walked up to the second floor to find a good-enough space to read between two large classics displays. I made myself comfy sitting down and stretching my bruised legs out as far as I could. I leaned back, letting out a relaxed sigh, soon slamming my wounded shoulder harshly against the wooden shelves, sucking in a pained breath between my gritted teeth.

Finally, I took a deep breath and opened the book, allowing myself to be fully immersed into the thriller.

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4 words. 11 letters. The spark that ignited a series of events both Five and I would soon come to regret.

More specifically, Five’s iconic, “I need a drink.”

After a half assed attempt of looking for his very much hated ‘partner in crime’, the Hargreeves gave into his temptations and decided to unleash the bottle of alcohol he had stolen from the same corner store his deranged brother and I stole from.

“Salut.” Five scoffed, glaring up at the slowly darkening sky before taking a long swig from the bottle and laughing.

“What the fuck did I do to deserve this?” The boy asked himself. He took another swig. He looked back up at the sky, arms open wide as if he was welcoming an embrace. “Why the fuck does this apocalypse ridden world hate me! I’m trying to fucking help you!!” Five screamed this time, his voice loud and clearly hurt.

Pedestrians around the boy quickly scattered, leaving Five alone with a large bottle of alcohol and enough self-hatred and anger to fuel an entire country.

Horrible decision.

Five rubbed his forehead in annoyance and pinched the bridge of his nose. “And you! Bloodhound!” The boy drawled and swung his head back, chugging the alcohol. Five began to walk in a random direction, bearing his teeth as a menacing grin pulled on his lips.

“You!” He pointed up to the sky and let out a crazed laugh. “You ruined everything! Ev-er-i-thing! But I’ll get you back and you’ll always regret deciding to betray me. You will cower and tremble in fear because of me!”

Five drank once more and stumbled into a random building, his vision blurring slightly and feet stumbling as he held on tightly to the bottle.

“Golden books library.” Five slurred slightly.

He stumbled up a set of stairs, ignoring the many stares he was receiving and took another chug, almost dropping the bottle.

Lie. He dropped the bottle, watching it roll down and curve around between a set of towering book shelves.

Five rolled his eyes and ran as fast as he could towards his very desired alcohol, itching to feel the burning liquor slide down his throat and bathe in the dizzying after-affects.

“Oh, my sweet, sweet liquor…” Five pounced to the floor, reaching for the bottle and hugging it closely to his chest, not realising he had spilt some of the drink onto the person beside him.

“Ahem.”

“Huh?”

“Five, what is your problem?” I growled, holding the now alcohol soaked book I was reading between my fingers.

The boy neared his face towards mine, squinting and grabbing my cheeks with his free hand. “Y/n..?”

I glared at the drunken Hargreeves, slapping his hand away.

“What the hell do you want?” I spat.

“Why are you so mad? I was the one who got slapped!” Five slurred, the corners of his mouth twisting in frustration.

“For being an idiot, that is.”

Five scowled. “Says the one who blew up the fucking building-!”

“Keep. Your. Voice. Down.” I looked around, making sure no one was listening.

“Or what?” He raised his voice on purpose.

“Or I’ll slap you a third time and make sure that it’s hard enough to slap you back into sobriety.”

After a brief heated moment, I realised how close our faces were. I could feel his hot breath fan over my face and his nose just touch mine.

Too close.

I flicked his forehead and pushed him away, stealing the bottle that was now loosely hanging in his grip. I downed the liquor, letting my body succumb to the effects of the alcohol.

A dramatic “Ahhh~” left my lips, purposely annoying the boy beside me who snatched the bottle back and took a drink.

“Bitch.” He mumbled loud enough for me to hear.

I let out a snort and wiped my lips with the back of my hand. “Asshole.”

I took the bottle back and drank, only for Five to smack the bottle upwards, the alcohol spilling all over my face.

“Hey!” I exclaimed, my eyes wide. “You got it all over me.”

He rolled his eyes and took a swig, trying to hide the grin curved on his lips. But it didn’t go unnoticed. “Bastard.”

I chuckled, tipsy. “Oh, yeah. Like you’re whole family situation is perfectly normal.”

“Shut up and drink. You’re annoying when sober.”

I raised an eyebrow and sarcastically spoke. “I thought you were furious cause I blew up your precious building.”

“I am.” Five responded and shoved the bottle to my lips, giving me a smirk.

“Now drink.”

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jasper-pagan-witch · 9 months

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Jasper Reviews: The Magical Girl's Guide to Life

The Magical Girl's Guide to Life: Find Your Inner Power, Fight Everyday Evil & Save the Day With Self-Care is a 192 page book by Jacque Aye and published by Ulysses Press.

The author is a first generation Nigerian-American who is, among other things, the founder of the Adorned by Chi lifestyle brand, a therapist-in-training, and manga writer. She is a vocal supporter of mental health awareness and self-care among Black women, an advocate for those suffering from social anxiety, and strives to show the world that Black women can be just as feminine and beautiful as anyone else. (All of this has been derived from the author's own words throughout the book and in the About the Author section.)

Despite being categorized as a manga on Amazon, it's more accurate to describe this as a creative guide to early adult life. Despite the aesthetics, the book is very much written for its target demographic: Young people from the age of 16 to...I'd say probably around 24 who struggle with connecting to other people and struggle with their mental health or self-worth. It's a very easy read.

Sprinkled in around the author's advice on topics are related stories from her own life. These stories add to the overall advice (even the intermission sections) and help to explain more of who our author is and why she's writing this book.

Different magical girl or magical girl-like series are used as comparison points throughout the book, either to compare to the author's advice or to starkly contrast it. Miraculous Ladybug, Seven Universe, and Winx Club are some of the non-anime magical girl series mentioned, and come up a few times each throughout the book. Even if you don't know anything about the series the author is using, she contextualizes it enough for you to be able to follow along easily.

It's also queer-inclusive. The author uses the term "magical being" and the emphasis on embracing femininity is never some creepy "vagina period power" message, but rather one about being more comfortable just being yourself and playing around with feminine expressions. Any indication of potential romantic partners or friends is completely ungendered or uses they/them pronouns. It's fantastic and doing so much better than most witchcraft books.

There were very few sections that made me raise a brow (only two thus far based on phrasing) and I find this book to be a fascinating look into a potential pop culture paradigm based on the concept of magical girls. It's obviously not meant to be such a thing, but it's very easy to adapt it.

Official Jasper Review: 8/10, for the right demographic

If you're not interested in magical girl-based things or you're an established adult, this book may not be as helpful to you as it is to me, but I wholeheartedly believe that this book is just one degree removed from being a pop culture paradigm of its own.

#jasper post #review #books #the magical girl's guide to life #the magical girl's guide to life: find your inner power fight everyday evil & save the day with self care #jacque aye

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discocandles · 7 months

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Charlotte, Henry, and Jasper hcs:

-Jasper gives the best cuddles in swellview, it's unreal. Piper has agreed, and she can barely stand physical contact with other people outside of a firm handshake or the contact needed to maim someone; a fist bump if you're lucky. it's also most common that Jasper is the first to ask about cuddles, especially if he notices Henry or Charlotte might want that.

It's not uncommon to see Charlotte doing homework in junk n' stuff laying against Jasper while he scrolls on his phone. Honestly, it's bad for her productivity(not as bad as the man cave but still). She wants to get her shit done, but that requires grabbing her backpack, and it's comfy where she's at right there. After like a minute of mentally being at war with herself she'll be like "Is it ok if I go to the man cave to grab my backpack? I'll be right back." and Jasper's like "yeah, no problem." and Charlotte's like "ok thanks".

-They have a 1 spotify account between the 3 of them. How they manage to share a singular account is beyond me, and the laws of reason, but they do it. It's technically Henry's account, given he pays for the premium subscription, but it wasn't just his for more than like a week. Their spotify wrapped playlist is disjointed to a comedic degree. Don't even try to get through their liked songs.

They have separate personal playlists for their personal favorites. but the playlist names are indecipherable if you are not them. and they will judge each other's music tastes in the playlist description.

-This might be canon, but Charlote can read Henry like a book. Henry's eyebrows move a centimeter, and Charlotte is getting a burrito bc she sees that he's craving one. She knows the degree of "Is Ray shitting me?" that Henry is feeling the second he comes out the tube, the mask affects nothing. Everyone kinda writes it off like "It's a bit creepy, but it's also Charlotte" & "that's a normal smart person thing to do." which no, it isn't.

Charlotte is most accurate with Henry, but Henry can read Jasper better than Charlotte can, and Jasper can read Charlotte better than Henry. It moves in a triangle of sorts. They also read each other's emotions in different ways. Charlotte goes off of facial expressions, Henry by the tone of their voice, and Jasper by general body language.

-Henry is probably the best cook out of the 3 of them. None of them are particularly bad at cooking per say, but Henry is the best at it. He tries to play it off at times and suggest that they get take-out on his nights to make dinner, but that's almost always a no from Charlotte and Jasper unless he's exhausted. Also the take-out in dystopia is terrible, even by shitty take-out standards. Like you do not get take-out in dystopia unless you *have* to.

Henry's weak link? Grilling/Barbeque. The guy won't turn hamburgers into hockey pucks, but he hates working a grill, and the grill hates him back. But that's fine, as Charlotte was taught by the Lord of Barbeque, her uncle Rosco. And in terms of baking, Henry and Charlotte love Jasper's baking too much to try and replicate it. It works out well for them in the kitchen.

-Henry and Charlotte were in competition for best driver sophomore year. It started as a joke of who would chauffer and who would pay for gas. But then they were in the same car for driver's ed and shit got intense. They would point out if the other was one mile over the speed limit, roasting the other's parking, grilling each other on the exact meaning of signs.

They got their driver's test scores and it turns out Jasper is the best/safest driver. Henry and Charlotte tied at the decent score of 79, but Jasper got a 96. He jokes its his way of recovering after experiencing Piper drive in the graveyard, which she scoffed at. So Jasper is the chauffer while Henry and Charlotte pay for his gas.

-honestly it's a good rule of thumb that if two of them are competing, the other person will win. Jasper and Henry racing to the swellview pool in the summer? Charlotte's already there. Jasper and Charlotte at each other's throats over who gets the last slice of pie? They turn around and Henry's watching them while eating the piece in question. Henry and Charlotte are spending all day trying to beat a high score in a video game? Jasper takes a turn and his score is undefeated for a week.

When schwoz first pointed it out, it was kind of a point of contention. the 2 competing would glare at the 3rd person before snapping back to glaring at the other. But after the driver's license competition, it just became funny. Charlotte and Henry saw Jasper asking Piper and Ray their scores, laughing his ass off as grumbled about just barely passing his drivers test. And joined in laughing as Piper growled at him, but not quite ruing the fact the dmv fucked up about her license.

#I tried to make it so it doesn't matter how you view their dynamic: beit poly a qpr or entirely platonic these hcs still apply #I need y'all to know that I think henry's playlist is named cheep cheep motherclucker #do i say that they notice the things they notice bc it's what they focus on in their own behaviors? yes #hen watches his tone bc he has 2 identities. char masks her face to not show any panic. jasp makes sure he's moving like he always does #also because their parents all kinda suck(jasper's especially) so they often mask themselves. (insert all autistic headcanons here)#it'd be even funnier if there were almost no liked songs on their account because they have to all love the song for it to go there #Jasper doesn't continue to drive like he did for the driver's test but nobody does.#henry danger #charlotte page #henry hart #jasper dunlop #chensper #dangerverse #they mean so much to me oh my stars.

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clownery-blog · 1 year

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It got deleted when I tried to answer the ask so here's my rant about chuck e cheese again

I don't know how to tell people the "lore" of things without specific questions so I'm gonna try to section a few rants about some of my favorite things relating to it

First specifically Helen Henny, she's my favorite character. This is my favorite animatronic of her and probably my favorite inside and outside of chuck e cheese in general

I just like it a lot, a close second for my favorite of her is probably her portrait animatronic, I think she out of any characters was reimagined the most, being one of the ones to be aged down significantly in the 1990s because they didn't want to abandon how relatable and loveable Mitzi was to young girls. despite that there actually aren't that many different plushie designs you'll find of her being sold(although there's still plenty), it's mostly the 2014 design with little alteration compared to chuck and such.

I have a plush of her, which is my favorite one of her and I was so happy when I got it

This is her and my chuck e plushie, I love them both especially because they both have silly guitars

Jasper and munch are best friends canonically and have a really funny dynamic but it depends on from where

Jasper has the best walk around out of any of them I think, all of his are incredibly accurate to himself

Heres that picture of Jasper and munch's very first walk arounds, I think munch's got replaced in like a year

I like all of Jasper's animatronics but the portrait has to be my favorite, I'm mostly biased because I like his banjo more than the cheese guitar, it just makes more sense to me (all animatronic bands have to have one country singer)

Mr munch is an alien from a planet made of pizza and when I wrote this the first time I took a break to re read the comic that was revealed in, which is hilarious btw I love that comic

(I might make a whole post about some of the comics if anyone wants me to I oveE them so much)

Pasqually's pretty cool but I think his current design is incredibly boring, he was already a pretty obvious stereotype but there's nothing wrong with his character or his older designs

He didn't originally have an instrument, opposite to Helen who originally had a ukulele (acoustic guitar? Can't remember) he had that silly pizza thing on his hand (I love his portrait so much)

In his prototype he didn't have drums he had a little table with pizza dough and bowls and rolling pins etc and I think it would've been really cool if he just pretended to make pizza while singing, I like the idea. (Not to say I don't like him with drums)

Would definitely be my favorite animatronic if it was ever real

He's played by a real person in the movie despite having a walk around costume which is an obvious choice for obvious reasons but I just love the detail, his actors great too

My favorite chuck animatronic, if not the plastic one is probably most studio c animatronics, especially this one

He's a popular choice and this guy specifically I think was just for this awards show, but I love him

My favorite era with chuck is probably tux if not avenger, I like most versions of him. I went as avenger chuck for Halloween last year, it was really fun I liked my costume, A lot of little kids shouted at me which was fun, one adult woman laughed at me

I do like most eras for him, ptt chuck had a good personality, I favor tux & avengers designs, and I'm not voicing my opinion about rockstar chuck because everyone is very open about their opinions and I wouldn't like to be repetitive.

All of his walk arounds are great btw if I didn't mention, my favorite is this articulated one they used for commercials

(I love this commercial, I love chuck e cheese commercials they're so entertaining)

Anyway There's not a lot to say about him that's not common knowledge

I don't know a lot about Bella, but I really do like her

I don't have alot to say but I thought it'd be awful not to include her since I talked about the rest of the main cast

I wanted to add some of the puppets and walk arounds but since I can't post anymore pictures, here's just a picture of four of them

(from the movie)

I didn't really know what to talk about so these are all just random things, I have other entire posts I thought of while writing this and I might just start posting about this stuff

I wanted to talk about the comics and the walk around characters and the merchandise and the movie and the other characters who aren't a part of the current band and the games and the commercials and the puppets and the other animatronics, I have a lot to say

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I know it’s been discussed before, but I really don’t think enough gravity is given to how horrible the relationship is between Rosalie and Edward. Like, they legit hate each other and these feelings have continued to compound on each other for centuries. Edward literally sucks the worst, and his existence alone is intrusive because of the mind reading, but if I was Rosalie, I would leave and just visit occasionally. Edward is favored to a gross degree and it’s given him a severe superiority complex and chip on his “holier than thou” shoulder. He risked everyone’s existence for Bella Plain and Tall but gets mad at Rosalie for liking her reflection and having opinions.

I get angry just thinking about these fictional siblings. It might be projection on my part, but I do not understand how this family remains together for more than 10 minutes at a time when there isn’t Bella drama happening. It makes the whole family situation seem even more ridiculous that it already is. Would love your thoughts on this!

I’m of two minds on this, because sometimes I’m like “ugh they are just awful to Rosalie why does she stay and the favoritism to Edward is obnoxious” but other times I convince myself that this isn’t an accurate portrayal of the family dynamics because Bella/Edward/Jacob are unreliable narrators (they all dislike Rosalie, so none of them are giving her the benefit of the doubt) and we have no idea what conversations or reassurances are happening outside of what they choose to tell us.

So yeah you can read it as pretty awful and mean and the family loves Edward and hates Rosalie, or you can read it as “of course Bella centers Edward and makes it seem like everyone else does, too, but maybe not?” Also it makes a certain sense that Edward is supported the most/favored in this moment because he’s the one Going Through It with this Bella stuff. It’s possible that it’s not usually this blatant and it’s because he’s going through A Lot right now.

All that said, SM has made it pretty clear that SHE thinks Edward is the best and Rosalie kind of sucks so it’s probably authorial bias coming through. I mean she says that Edward is Carlisle and Esme’s favorite because Edward is the most good of the siblings and extra special. And I mean I get he was with them first so he’d have a special place in their hearts, but with the Power of Compassion and the Power of Love I just don’t think they’d play favorites quite so much (or at least not be so obvious/vocal about it!), because it’s not loving or kind to their other ‘children.’ Esme’s whole Thing is to be the Mom and most moms would be like “oh I can’t choose a favorite I love all my children equally!” but then SM has her be like “Edward’s the best and brightest of us all!” and like is he, though? He’s the only one who knew vegetarianism was an option, was RAISED that way, and still chose to go off and drink human blood.

I don’t know where I’m going with this other than yeah, the funny sibling rivalry can veer off into “oh they actually hate each other, this is toxic” territory pretty quickly. I prefer to think Rosalie is getting more love and support behind the scenes from Emmett and her ‘parents’ and maybe even Jasper and it’s just Alice and Edward who are so pro-Bella that they are Anti-Rose and they aren’t USUALLY this nasty to her, but that requires a GENEROUS read of canon, tbh. It’s just as easy to think “yikes, get out of there, girl!”

#asks

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I think part of the reason why Steven Universe impacted me so much, was because it's a show that's insanely relatable. Steven spent like, 4 seasons having a complete identity crisis, and couldn't even control his powers until season 2 ish.

In a lot of mainstream cartoons, a super-powered protagonist is shown to either know how to control their powers right away, or they learn REALLY really fast. I enjoyed that Steven's progress WASNT linear. He summoned his shield, but then couldn't do it again for awhile. He could float, but had a difficult time controlling it, as seen when he's falling and rattling off things that make him happy on more than one occasion. One of the few that he got sort of quickly was his bubble, but it took till his fight with Amethyst to realize he could manipulate it and make different shapes and use as as more than defense.

SU did a really good job at steadily reminding us that Steven was just a kid, and the things he goes through WILL affect him. More than once he contemplated his feelings for his mom, to go from being indifferent, maybe even loving her to an extent, to disliking her as he learned more about her and the things that she did, to even hatred, when he had thought she had shattered a gem, something that he thought she would never do based off of what he was always told. His feelings for her were realistic. He didn't have any kind of unwavering faith or love for his mother. He wanted to be like her, but only because he thought the gems would be better off is he WAS. He still constantly refers to her as his mom, meaning he at the very least cares for her or her image, but he doesn't want to be like her or have any ties to HER past. A lot of shows don't delve this deep into their characters, and Steven's relationship with his mom is something I love to analyze (I will be doing a full analysis on it at some point)

Another reason I love the show is that it has a VAST amount of LGBTQ+ representation. I was so thrilled when Stevonnie first emerged. It was my first experience with non-binary characters, and seeing them put in a positive light, as someone who had JUST come out and was in the process of accepting themselves, it was nice, to know that if I wanted to, i could be open and a lot of people would love and respect me regardless. SU and it's representation had a HUGE impact on me and how I viewed myself as a 15 year old non-binary asexual.

The last thing I'm going to talk about on my reasons I love this show, is how it addresses trauma. Now I have seen a LOT of anime and cartoons, and the way that the Crewniverse handled it was by FAR the most accurate and relatable. This show was a coping mechanism for me for a very long time. I watched it to escape my own trauma and the things that I was going through at the time, so I'm a bit emotionally attached to it. The relationship between Lapis and Jasper very accurately describes being in an abusive relationship, I can't remember the exact episode, but when they were on the boat, and Lapis admitting to missing being with Jasper, and missing being Malichite because they were strong, it resonated. And especially when in that SAME episode, Jasper crashes onto the boat, begging for Lapis to fuse with her, stating that they would "be better this time" and that Jasper had "changed" it was classic narc behavior. I adored seeing Lapis stand up to her abuser, and her progress wasn't linear either, considering she was weary of water for a long time despite that being part of her character.

Steven Universe Future is probably my favorite response to a character being severely traumatized. He didn't have an all put meltdown seemingly out of nowhere, we watched it build up for 20 episodes, we watched Steven struggle and slowly but surely lose his mind. We watched him fall apart, but we also watched him heal with a healthy support system. Also, this was the first show I've ever watched that had a main character CLEARLY state that they had/were seeing a therapist. I love that he didn't magically get better and fully heal with a bit of love, faith, and pixie dust.

Anyway, I've rambled on long enough I think. It's been 5 years since I first joined this Fandom, and I haven't been able to watch a single show that even comes close to this one. I forgot why it was my favorite for awhile, but sitting down and rewatching it really made me remember why.

I think everyone should give it a watch. Even one time, it can teach you a lot of things. It was... almost like my own therapy. It helped me heal a lot from my own traumas.

Be the Steven you want to see in the world ❤️

TL;DR: Steven Universe is a wonderful show that realistically portrays emotions and struggles and handles them in healthy ways.

#steven universe #steven universe analysis #SU #Steven has trauma and its handled beautifully #Id give anything to watch it again for the first time

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renn faire STARTER call!!

please hit the replies and lmk who you want a starter from and which of your muses you’d like it for. no cap for anyone for now! im lowkey busy this weekend so i want to get these written & queued before then, if i can.

✅ means my starters for that character are currently all done & drafted, but i’m still taking requests, if you want! i just have to be able to keep track or i’ll die

here’s what my crew will be up to during the little mini-event:

wei wuxian will primarily be showing off his archery skills, but he’ll probably also do a little browsing of the shopping stalls here or there to pick out gifts for people (starters for: lan jingyi, legolas, wen qing, jiang cheng, ??)

✅ martin blackwood will be hanging around the arts and crafts booths, since that’s where he had the best time during the winter event. he will probably also be talked into wearing small costume pieces but not a full outfit (starters for: claire novak, the twelfth doctor, regulus black, jeyne poole, eddie munson, ??)

yuri plisetsky will spend 15 minutes here and then want to go home (starters for: evie grimhilde, lizzie midford, jasper hale, ??)

✅ orpheus will be taking the tarot card and palm readings probably too seriously, and he’ll be hanging around the live performances to catch some of the acts! he’ll be wide-eyed and excited about everything (starters for: prince eric, beth greene, annabeth chase, anya romanov, ??)

pippin took will definitely be renting a full knight costume, because it looks cool, and then will be spending a lot of time drinking in the pop-up taverns with the people dressed as pirates (starters for: omega, hallie parker, will byers, legolas, annie, ??)

✅ wen kexing will be judging people’s cheap attire while fully dressed in his different period, non-renaissance clothes lmfao and will also be trying to chat up all of the vendors (starters for: zhang chengling, zhou zishu, ??)

✅ ki yu ri will think she is too cool for the renn faire tbh (starters for: soo oh, ??)

✅ noah czerny will probably find himself at the facepainting booth or spending most of his time hyping up the people trying to win prizes at the games stalls (starters for: toph beifong, princess bubblegum, ??)

✅ xie lian will want to try some of the treats and go on a few of the rides, and also probably end up collecting scraps/trash if any catch his eye. he’ll also want to try some of the swordfighting, and he used to swallow swords as a busker so that kind of entertainment will be fun to revisit and maybe try again (starters for: hua cheng, sophie hatter, howl jenkins pendragon, ??)

✅ blathers finds this all incredibly exciting because the european renaissance was one of the most interesting periods in the human history of this world !!!!! and so what if the renn faire is not 100% historically accurate !! he will probably be found talking the ear off anyone who will give him the time of day (starters for: dale cooper, rowena ravenclaw, rhaegar targaryen, ??)

✅ he xuan will be eating everything in sight, as per usual. he will 99% refuse to wear a costume (starters for: beelzebub, ??)

✅ sha hualing will probably blend in based on what she normally wears... lmfao... but i’m sure she’ll be busy enough heckling the knife and axe throwers (starters for: san, ??)

✅ liu qingge will be swordfighting. he will be finding people to fight, with his sword. it’s probably going to be the best day he’s had since he’s gotten here, tbh. i wouldn’t be surprised if he tried jousting as well. he will 100% misunderstand that the purpose is “entertainment” (starters for: zagreus, isabelle lightwood, xiao xingchen, ??)

✅ loid forger doesn’t really do ‘fun’ or ‘recreation’ so he probably won’t go to the faire unless someone drags him there (starters for: yeo wool, ??)

so-- 🎉🎉 anyone want a starter ?

#hw: starter call #renn faire starter call #weapons mention tw #food mention tw #drinking mention tw #alcohol mention tw #eating mention tw #long post tw #hwminievent2

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I was bored today, so I decided to go down a rabbit hole trying to put together Japanese spellings for the DFTH cast’s names instead of doing schoolwork. Fair warning, I don’t speak Japanese, so some of these may not be viable spellings. Also, names are surname-first name because that’s how they’re ordered in Japanese.

Hikari Kokoro - 光こころ

This one’s relatively straightforward. Both Kokoro and Hikari are single-kanji given names, but since that’d look odd and I’m pretty sure Kokoro is usually written in hiragana anyways, I went with the hiragana spelling. 光 means “light”, and Kokoro means “heart/soul”.

Shion Jasper - 紫苑ジャスパア

Since Jasper’s first name is English and Chapter 5 all but outright stated he picked it himself, I’m going to assume it’d be written in katakana like most loanwords are. 紫苑 means “aster”, which I really like for some reason. Nothing else to say here, really.

Todoroki Yuuma - 轟優真

It took me ENTIRELY too long to find the kanji for Todoroki. Anyways, 轟 means “roar/thunder”, 優 means “excellence/superiority/gentleness”, and 真 means “real/genuine”. I’d personally translate 優真 as “genuine excellence”, but any mix of the above meanings would make sense.

Akahana Sachiko - 赤花幸子

This one was pretty easy, actually. 赤 means “red”, 花 means “flower”, 幸 means “happiness/good luck”, and 子 means “child”. Put together, her last name means “red flower”, and her first name could be translated as “happy child” or “lucky child”. (Side note: this is one of my favourite names in the cast. It’s just such a pretty name.)

Akuma Amai - 悪魔亜舞

Okay, my pick for her first name is a tiny bit complicated. I’m pretty sure the most accurate spelling would be 甘い, meaning “sweet”, but that’s not an actual name, so I picked 亜舞 instead. 悪魔 means “demon/devil/evil spirit”, 亜 means “second/Asia”, and 舞 means “dance”. Put together, her first name would probably translate to something like “second dance”.

Sora Haruto - 昊陽斗

This one’s relatively simple! 昊 means “sky”, 陽 means “light/sun/male”, and I’m not actually too sure what 斗 is supposed to mean. Either way, it’s a nice name and I like it a lot. (I’m pretty sure Haru would just be 陽, since it’s a shortening of his first name, but don’t quote me on that.)

Odayaka Kaoru - 穏やか馨

So it turns out Odayaka isn’t a real last name, despite sounding a lot like one. That’s wild. Anyways, 穏やか means “gentle/calm/quiet”, and 馨 means “fragrant/fragrance”. You could probably translate his name as “gentle fragrance”, which is pretty neat. Moving on…

Aiko Ahmya - 愛子あふみあ

This was one of the ones that took me forever. As it turns out, Ahmya probably isn’t an actual Japanese name? Despite a lot of sources claiming it’s a Japanese name meaning “black rain”, the only kanji I could find for it is an unorthodox reading that calls it a foreign name, which seems pretty damning. I’m pretty sure it’s a corruption of Amaya, which is an actual Japanese name that can be spelt 雨夜, meaning “night rain”. Anyways, in the absence of any actual kanji, I just put it in hiragana. Aiko is pretty straightforward: 愛 means “love/affection”, and 子 means “child”. Put together, it translates to something like “child of love”, which is ironic considering what we know about her home life. But I digress.

Fumiko Rikona - 富美子璃來那

This is about the point I started getting tired. The kanji picks here aren’t TOTALLY random, but I definitely didn’t put as much thought or effort into them as the previous ones. Anyways, 富 means “wealth”, 美 means “beauty”, 子 means “child”, 璃 means “crystal”, 來 means “come”, and 那 means “beautiful”. Her last name can apparently be translated as “child of beautiful wealth”, which was an intentional pick considering her life goal. I just sort of grabbed a kanji spelling based on vibes for her first name though.

Sunako Ayano - 砂子綾乃

砂 means “sand”, 子 means “child”, 綾 means “design” and 乃 means “my”. A first name meaning “my design” felt pretty appropriate for Ayano, and the last name was pretty much just the first spelling I found.

Tsunade Miko - 綱手実康

綱 means “rope”, 手 means “hand”, 実 means “fruit/good result/truth”, and 康 means “peace”. Tsunade is apparently the name of a character from a Japanese folktale and also a Naruto character, so I just stole the spelling from there. Meanwhile I picked the kanji for Miko’s first name myself, partially because I wanted to and partially to try and avoid accidentally giving him a girls’ name. I’m not actually sure if 康 can be put at the end of a name, but frankly it’s worth it to stick “peace” in his name.

Aishi Saiko - 愛志最浩

This one was actually pretty fun. 愛 means “love/affection”, 志 means “will/purpose”, 最 means “most/greatest”, and 浩 means “prosperous”. I really like the kanji I ended up with here, even if I’m not sure 最浩 is a viable spelling. That said, the alternative was 最子, which is a girl’s name, so I’m happy I came up with something better.

Anyways, hope you liked this? Figured I might as well do something to commemorate the fact that these characters are once again living rent-free in my head. Have a nice day!

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Ooooooohhhhh I love these so much!!!!

Japanese kanji and names are so interesting to get into and I love seeing your take on my characters! Ty!!

#submission #despair from the heart

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Author’s Marginalia - 1

Hello; I hope July is treating all of you well, keeping you in good health and spirits. I wanted to create a little space beyond the Monday updates to share some of the thoughts and processes from which I formed the story of Bright Oak. The scribbles from the margins; a more freeform ongoing commentary.

For today, I’ll begin with beginnings, and time.

I love visual novels, as a medium; the potential they have in storytelling is vast, and I think developers are becoming more and more adept at exploring it, expanding on what genres can be used, where the stories unfold, who is represented, and how. That love and perceived potential emboldened me to try creating something to fill the gaps and pockets between what I could see existed, and what I wanted to exist, myself.

Bright Oak emerged from one of the more cluttered corners of my mind; the roots of the story are the result of a dream, a Wired article about a font, the first season of Stranger Things, and a fondness for sleepy town farming simulators such as Stardew Valley. The dream gave me the loose structure of a town cut off by a mysterious force, the people banding together in the face of adversity-- and a stranger arriving in the midst of everything, obliged by circumstance to throw in their lot with the town. Stranger Things gifted me with a nearby research facility, whose experiments have unforeseen consequences. Cozy farming sims suggested the key resources a town might have, both in the way of structures and officials: the sheriff, the doctor, the general store, the diner. As for the font-- I’ll come back to the font.

I began writing late one summer night-- and then I simply didn’t stop for several years. I’m not able to outline in a traditional way (allow me to introduce my anxiety: their name is Ultron Brain, and since they periodically go on destructive sprees, I’m afraid I have to keep secrets from them-- and by extension, myself). So I started with letting my mind wander over one of my favorite sensory locations: the California coastal hills, golden in the mid-afternoon, loud with the sound of buzzing insects and tidal roar of wind, each monumental oak and granite boulder a potential gateway to someplace Other and Fae and utterly wild. The sort of place where being lost feels like walking the veil, being well and truly lost, feeling the pulse of the bent grasses, drowning in the rich scent of the chapparal and sage, and realizing that to this land, we’re of no more importance than the stellar jays or checkerspot butterflies-- if anything, our contribution is less. There’s a finite amount of time you can be lost in such a place before the fairies will find you and eat you, or before your feet begin to root, and the next unfortunate traveler is left to take rest in the shade of your gnarled branches.

Fortunately, I knew Sheriff John Forster would turn up to find Kit first (Kit being the default name for Bright Oak’s MC; while Kit is never shown, it was very important to me while writing to try and maintain a gender neutrality in character interactions with Kit that would allow respect for the player’s choice of pronouns. Sure, it’s probably not small town 1968-accurate, strictly speaking-- but neither is time travel, so I’m just gonna assume people are ready to suspend some disbelief here and there). John and Marybeth were the only two characters I knew about from the get-go; the other three simply showed up in their own time.

Most of the story ran that way; I wrote one act at a time, shuttling between character perspectives, building the outline as I went. The outlier was Jasper (very on-brand for him), whom I came back to after a couple years’ break.

Beyond the environs surrounding the town, time plays the other, overarching piece in Bright Oak’s development. I have a lifelong fondness for old things, things that have history, both innate stories, and the personal, things haunted by dust and memory. The mantlepiece clock that doesn’t presently run, and which I have no mantle for, but which I can remember as a noisy fixture in my late grandparents’ living room, the muted tock-tock-tock like a brass-tipped cane on hardwood floors, the chime mellow and warm as tea. Old books with stiff pages, dressed in finely-woven cloth, wearing gilt like jewelry. Sandalwood fans. Magnificent hats, silk faded and paper-thin. Vibrant pottery and vases. Dated instruction manuals that apply to things no longer used. As I’ve grown, I’ve come to appreciate them as relics of What Came Before-- in the same way I, myself, am, that we all are. Because after passing, after loss, after the wash of grief, there’s the realization that we carry secret knowledge: the backyard citrus trees I hid in and among as a child; a bakery I once frequented; so many of the people I loved over years; my experience of the world before the pandemic-- I carry it with me as a tapestry only I can see, overlaying the absence of them in the world I walk. I am the place that carries both this time, the Now, and What Came Before is just beneath the surface of all that, living in my skin, in my old clock that doesn’t run.

It’s not that I had a passion for the 1960s before writing; the date was one I chose for narrative purposes, but research made me more and more grateful it is where I landed. So much feels unprecedented and horrifying in the world today; did even when I was first writing the script back in 2017. But trying to explore what the world was for Bright Oak, I was taken aback by how much I could relate to-- upheaval, war, assassinations, despair, illness, protests-- but also the glint of hope, banding together, calling out wrongs, fighting for equality, seeking a more global version of truth, scientific and medical advances-- striving, striving for a better world, ugly as it must have looked from the ground, grief-stricken as many must have felt. It resonates; particularly in listening to music of the time, reading stories and interviews, which I’ll maybe explore in a later post. History misses a lot of humanity in the telling.

The font I referred to-- Memoire-- is one that was designed to slowly degrade with use, the sharpness fading, softening, in an almost tactile way. Like a favorite pair of shoes being gradually broken in. Like grief, as it shifts and softens, the angles melting away with time. Time travel stories attract me, because I feel like at their best, they can touch and re-connect What Came Before from one person to another, from one generation to another. And softened grief, when shared, feels very much like compassion.

#bright oak #marginalia #author's note #gamedev #interactive fiction #oelvn #visual novel #writing #indiedev #longform #time travel #creative writing #storytelling #historical fiction #vn

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more-than-a-princess · 2 years

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@fantasywoes asked: pearl & jasper

Gemstone IC Questions

pearl : do they care about money?

Yes and no, or rather it’s a bit complicated. On a personal level, it’s considered rude to talk about money and wealth bluntly in Sonia’s family and in the social circles the Royals would prefer to be seen in. One would never discuss what something costs unless it’s for charity, and thus fundraising numbers should always be praised when goals are reached. Sonia comes from an environment where she will never be without anything...anything she wants, to her taste. And to a degree, especially when she first comes to Japan, she has no idea what things cost. She’d probably try to pay for a bottle of milk tea with 5,000 yen and ask if she needs more money to afford it, for example. She’s also not used to carrying money around or going to a bank, so such things are exciting for her.

However, Sonia is aware that not many people have grown up as affluent as she has, and so she’d never ask uncomfortable things like “Why is your house/apartment small?” or “Why don’t you eat at the most expensive restaurants?” or “Why don’t you travel abroad on holiday?” She’s spent a good part of her life participating in charity work, especially for the underprivileged, so she knows not to ask such things. In fact, she really enjoys inexpensive treats the most, thus her interest in fast food, convenience stores, and learning how to use cleaning products and cook.

Except when she tries to cook and clean, it ends up costing more than having someone do it for her. But it’s the thought that counts!

tl;dr - She doesn’t really think about what things cost because she’ll always be able to afford it, but she’s not a snob and insisting that everyone should live like her.

jasper : what’s their worst fear?

She has two big fears:

One, I mentioned briefly in the last ask and it’s failure. Mostly, failing her family, friends, and her nation as the Princess and eventual Queen of Novoselic. Bringing shame upon her family is one thing, but the country crumbling under her rule? Or in a less extreme version, allowing Novoselic to stagnate in progress or create a bigger divide between the rich and poor, the educated and uneducated, or going to war at all (much less winning or losing)? Sonia is always terrified about failing the crown, even if she does not always (barely, really) shows it. She’s usually determined to be optimistic, if just to push it aside while giving hope and promise to others.

Of course, this is exactly what I imagine happening in canon: after Sonia comes out of the Neo World Program, she learns that she’s murdered her parents, took the throne, and nearly burned and bombed her country to the ground. There are survivors who are trying to rebuild, but it would be impossible without the wealth the Nevermind family still possesses (or rather, what the Future Foundation secured and hid from Despair!Sonia until she completed the Neo World Program).

And two, she’s afraid of having a loveless marriage and family the way her own is. Her parents married for political advantage, but no amount of aristocratic upbringing can bring her parents true happiness with one another. And while they both want the best for their nation, they despise each other and in turn, Sonia’s never really had a happy family (no matter what the cameras, photos, interviews, etc. may say). That’s why she’s so determined to marry for love and have a family whose lives she can be very involved in, no matter their rank or status (to her family’s, and nation’s, dismay). They want her to create the next generation with someone familiar with the lifestyle they need to adapt and perpetuate the fairytale love story of the House of Nevermind (which, of course, has never been accurate. But shh! Don’t tell the citizens or tourists about that).

#more-than-a-princess answered #more-than-a-princess headcanons #fantasywoes #(Gemstone IC Questions meme)#(Thank you for these! I know it's a little late but I wanted some time to put thought into them)

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flavia-draws · 2 years

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Why The Steven Universe Crew (Crewniverse) Does Not Understand Color Theory

Think about it. Fusions are a combination of the component gems' colors. Garnet: blue + red = purple. Malachite: orange + blue =, well, brown, but Jasper's close enough to yellow for the green to work. But SUNSTONE. The only Steven Universe character I actually dislike. Smoky Quartz also has...unusual color choices, but Sunstone gets on my nerves the most. Rose Quartz: pink. Pink = red + white. Garnet: Ruby (red) + Sapphire (blue).

Red + white + red + blue =...orange?

Orange = red + YELLOW. Where, dear crew, did the yellow come from?

Shall we look at the other Steven + Gem fusions?

Rainbow Quartz, pinky rainbow white. About accurate for Steven/Rose + Pearl (although it does bug me that their fusion is a quartz when Pearl isn't a quartz. I think they should have been some kind of opal, but at least the crew got the colors right). But Smoky Quartz. Brown. Rose Quartz, again, pink = red + white. Amethyst, purple. Purple = red + blue. So again, we have red + white + red + blue, only this time it equals brown. For some reason. The reason, probably, is so it could be some sort of quartz that isn't just color + quartz like a lot of the headcanon Steven + Gem fusion names were, but why sacrifice logical color for that?

In my view, both Sunstone and Smoky Quartz (as much as I love Smoky) should be some sort of pink-red or fuchsia gem. As much as I can be annoyed by the "color + gem name" fusion naming convention when overused and/or mineralogically inaccurate (thankfully it's just a fandom thing and not something the crew ever resorted to), I would enjoy these characters a lot more if the crew had gone with more logical colors and names. Amethyst is a quartz. Rose Quartz is a quartz. (Yes, Rose Quartz isn't really a quartz, but as she was pretending to be one her fusions are named as if she was one.) Obviously their fusion should be some sort of quartz, and since quartz comes in most if not all colors, this is indeed a time to break out the color + gem name format. Pick any name for a blend of pink and purple, stick quartz on the end, and you've got their fusion name! What do you think of Magenta Quartz?

Now, the fusion of Steven/Rose and Garnet isn't as easy. Cherry Quartz was something I saw in a couple places in the way back when, but I dislike that, because their fusion wouldn't be a quartz when neither Ruby nor Sapphire is one. Also, the colors don't make sense, because cherry quartz is red or pink, which forgets about Sapphire's blue.

What I like to do first when coming up with fusion names is think: do we have a precedent? Ruby + sapphire + quartz. Sound familiar? Yes! We do, in fact have a precedent for ruby + sapphire + quartz. Garnet and Amethyst's fusion, Sugilite.

Since calling the Garnet + Rose/Steven fusion Sugilite would be confusing, this also seems like it calls for the color + gem name format. Lilac Sugilite, anyone? What about Fuchsia Sugilite, Fuchsia for short? Or we could go with one of the few alternate names for sugilite--Lavulite! Or howe bout Royal Azel! That's a name that EXUDES Steven + Garnet vibes! Or, another option--Wikipedia tells me that sugilite belongs to a category of gems called cyclosilicates. Could pick one of the other cyclosilicates! Personally, though, I'd go with Royal Azel, since their fusion being a sugilite makes a lot of sense and the name has serious cool vibes. I have to draw this now.

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Hi! Can you describe Edward & Jasper's relationship w/each other? In a previous post, you broke down Rosalie and Edward's relationship + how they see each other in the whole "Siblings Chain" (younger vs. older) and I would LOVE it if you could do the same for Edward & Jasper! I know they see each other as brothers and they love each other, but their personalities/experiences are vastly different and I was wondering how that would influence the way they saw/treated each other as well Sorry for the ask vomit, I've been on an Edward&Jasper siblings kick lol!

Oh man, this is going to be long.

First impressions: Alice had already been telling Jasper all about their future family, so he had a pretty accurate picture of what Edward was like before meeting him. It wasn't a very positive picture. Alice was always fussing over Edward's drama and wardrobe and decisions, so Jasper was already feeling the beginnings of jealousy: he probably wasn't too concerned about Edward being a possible rival, but he still didn't like how much attention Alice was already lavishing on her favorite brother. And he wasn't looking forward to the turbulent emotions Edward obviously had going on. He was also concerned about the power of Edward's gift. Jasper wasn't used to a level playing field; he was used to being the only gifted one and wielding that advantage alone. And he wasn't 100% convinced that the Cullens were as docile as Alice said; Edward's gift would no doubt make him a formidable opponent.

Jasper's worries about any possible danger were laid to rest pretty quickly. The jealousy rushed in full force when he saw Alice jump right into Edward's arms, and it was even more unsettling to see the easy-as-breathing bond form between Alice and Edward because of their gifts. Jasper knew he could never be a part of that bond, and he was not happy when he realized that Edward could see and hear his most intimate moments with Alice. And Edward's own emotions were just as turbulent as expected. So that was no fun. But it was easy to feel the protectiveness Edward felt for his "family" and the telepathic scrutiny Jasper found himself under. That that was something he could respect. When things got rocky several hours into Alice and Jasper's first day with the family, Edward was the one to grudgingly vouch for Jasper based on what he had seen in his thoughts. After a few days, Jasper realized that Edward's turbulent emotions came from a place of deep sensitivity and a rock-solid love for his family.

Edward had always wanted to meet an empath; he'd heard about that type of gift from Eleazar (Haha be careful what you wish for, dummy). Naturally, he absolutely freaked out when he and Emmett realized from the mysterious footprints and scents that two unknown vampires had been running toward their house while they were gone. Oddly enough, once they got home, Edward calmed down and easily accepted the two powerfully gifted strangers who had invited themselves over. He felt a dreamy sense of peace about the whole idea of having two new siblings, barring the one irritating moment he realized they had taken over his room. Everything was cool. But once he drove away from the house, the peace vanished and suspicion after suspicion crashed over him until everyone gathered in the living room and had a frank talk about Jasper's manipulation of them on day 1. But Edward could easily verify from Jasper's thoughts that his story was genuine, particularly the part about how he'd left the wars behind the instant he learned the truth about them. Edward reluctantly spoke up and the family agreed that Alice and Jasper could stay.

Edward kept a very close eye on Jasper's mind over the following days, surprised to find that Jasper completely understood and respected his watchfulness. Vampires form their bonds quickly; Edward soon loved his new brother and sister as if they'd always been there. He did feel a little awkward when he compared himself to Jasper, though—his measly four years away killing humans had made him feel like he was the one in the family with the dark past—the worldly, cynical one. Jasper's dark past was something else entirely, and his scars spoke of long years of bitter experience. It made Edward feel like a kid staring up at a real soldier, and he didn't like that one bit. But he got his pride back when he saw how much Jasper was struggling with the diet. Jasper actually asked him to help using his gift! They did end up bonding over their messy pasts and also about how their gifts (and Alice's) could protect the family, setting a serious tone for their relationship moving forward.

Sibling order: On a day-by-day basis, Edward generally gets treated as the spoiled baby of the family while also enjoying some perks as the firstborn. Jasper... I dunno, it's tough—to this day I think he still sees himself as more of an "in-law" at times, a bit apart from the others, and other days he's a classic Middle Child who's more than happy to be overlooked and underestimated. But whenever there's a hint of danger, Edward and Jasper both jostle for the position of Carlisle's right-hand man. Sometimes one of them will edge past Carlisle and try to take over, but it never works. (Each sees himself as the oldest sibling all the time, mainly because of their ages, their messy pasts and their seriousness, but they both know it's an illusion.)

How they see each other/treat each other: Their relationship is probably the most business-like one among all the siblings. They certainly love each other and have fun together, but the fun is usually when a third sibling or more is around. When they're alone, their conversation is more solemn and more sparse. They're both introverts; they talk about Real Stuff or they don't talk. They're both comfortable with a fair amount of silence otherwise (at least Jasper is. For Edward it depends on the day). They have a lot of respect for each other for being protectors by nature and by gift, and they're both sensitive people, so they "get" each other in that sense (even though Jasper is a thinker and Edward is a feeler). Their gifts allow them to be deeply insightful about each other and they really know how to hit where it hurts when one of them confronts the other. And when that happens, they both tend to get to the point right away, Jasper because he's logical and doesn't bother with tact when he's annoyed, Edward because he can't help but lash out as soon as he knows Carlisle and Esme aren't listening. Their confrontations are often colored by the fact that Jasper looks down on Edward for his pampered melodrama and Edward looks down on Jasper for his lack of conviction. And that's a good thing—those are areas they both need occasional reality checks in. They've had a lot of uncomfortable-but-necessary conversations through the years.

Jasper still has to deal with all those aspects of Edward he had been dreading, but it's worth it... most of the time. Sometimes he has very little patience for the emotional turbulence and he keeps his distance, and he'll also be standoffish if Edward's been nagging him too much about his thirst-thoughts. Likewise, Edward has had to deal with the physical pain of being near Jasper's relentless thirst (to say nothing of the bloody fantasies), so he keeps his distance too. And both of them get in moods where they really don't want the other one poking around in their heart/mind; Jasper is a private person and Edward is just plain defensive. So to an outside observer they don't seem to want to spend a lot of time together, but it's a little more complicated than that. There's a lot of mutual understanding and patience running between these two beneath the surface, even if it goes out the window now and then.

Mid-Saga/post-canon: I haven't settled on my final headcanon here, but obviously Jasper was Not Happy when Edward came back from Volterra and sheepishly admitted that Aro now knew everything about their family. Oh, and by the way, Aro was delighted to learn about Alice's gift and sure would love to get a cloak around her shoulders. Yeah. There was a very tense private conversation between these two that night. (And I wonder how forthcoming Edward was at first about the whole thing.) Jasper may have broken Edward's jaw—but maybe not. The Cullens didn't really seem to truly comprehend the danger of Alice being acquired until Eleazar spilled the beans in Breaking Dawn. In any case, I think Jasper reluctantly understood Edward's behavior in New Moon; he was perfectly aware how he would fall apart in the same situation. And of course he couldn't escape the fact that the whole disaster had been triggered by his failure when Bella cut her finger.

We don't know much about Jasper's opinion of various events throughout the saga; that's a matter of headcanon, and I think that reluctant understanding was a common thread. But that understanding wore thin every time he saw Edward try to put off the inevitable; I imagine there was a confrontation or two about that.

And then Jasper really got to shine in Eclipse, of course, so that helped his own pride and eased his infuriating sense of helplessness about the whole disaster-in-waiting that was Edward/Bella. I'm curious how he really felt about Edward sitting out, though.

Post-canon, I think the potential is there for Edward and Jasper to grow a bit closer, or at least to have more to talk about now that they're both happily married and Alice and Bella are best friends. Jasper is just plain relieved that Bella is no longer human, and Edward is relieved he'll never get another "What the hell are you waiting for" lecture. I also think these two will be talking in private off and on about the ongoing danger re: the Volturi and making contingency plans, not wanting to worry the others or be told they're borrowing trouble.

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panlight · 3 years

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If you had the chance to rename the Cullens based on their time periods and personality, what would you pick?

Here's the thing about 'Carlisle': it makes absolutely no sense as a name for this era, but it's also somehow perfect for him? It's hard to think of this character being named something else. Honestly part of the reason I'm still so salty about 'Renesmee' is that I generally really liked the names she picked for pretty much all the other characters (okay "Beautiful Swan" is a little on the nose, but), which makes 'Renesmee' all the more like nails on a chalkboard to me in comparison. 'Carlisle' somehow has a sense of strength and gentleness at the same time, it's unusual but not made-up. It feels old fashioned and English even though it's not really accurate to the era.

If I had to pick something more realistic for the era, I'd probably skip over the list of most common names. Like 75% of men in this time period were named John, Richard, Robert, Thomas, William, Henry, George, Nicholas, Edward or James. But there were names we would consider weird or unusual in this era, too, that would still be historically accurate in a way 'Carlisle' just isn't.

Marmaduke. Lancelot. Tristam. Hercules. Cuthbert.

And of course if we make Carlisle's father hardcore Puritan, that opens up the Puritan hortatory names like "Stand-Fast" "Kill-Sin," "Humiliation" and "If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-for-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned" (this dude opted to go by 'Nicholas' instead and I don't blame him one bit).

tl;dr: 'Carlisle' is anachronistic but it works. If we want to be realistic, name him William or Nicholas. Percival or Lancelot would have similar weird, old, heroic sort of vibes, but seem unlikely for his father to have picked. Emmanuel? Ambrose?

Likewise Edward is just Edward. It works. Wouldn't change it. Edythe should have just been Edith. The whole point is that he has a boring, common name from his era; Edythe should have too. Ditto Alice. Totally works and is fine for the era. I legit really appreciated she didn't name her star characters like Tristan Apollo Cullen and Seraphina Cassandra Cullen or something. Edward Anthony and Mary Alice yes thank you.

'Esme' is the other one that really doesn't make much sense. I sort of assumed her family must have been of French origin for her to have that name, but even then they'd probably have used Esmee (with the accent on the second to last E that I am too lazy to manifest). I like how it's short and 'cute,' that seems to suit her. So maybe something with that same vibe. Use her middle name, Anne? Anna? Emma? Clara? Elsie? Kinda feeling Elsie.

Jasper is unusual but not unheard of. (Would actually have worked for Carlisle, too--there are a few from his era). He could probably keep it. "Ronald" would have been more statistically likely, but I don't think it has the right ~vibes. I'd probably just keep Jasper. Although it does read as a very old man name to me, fwiw, because I originally pictured Jasper Beardsley from The Simpsons.

Likewise Rosalie and Emmett are a little unusual for their time period but not anachronistically so. They were in use, just not widespread. Of all the names, 'Emmett' always felt the most modern and least old fashioned to me, probably because I went to school with an 'Emmett' so it was contemporary to me. (Likewise I had no problem with "Jessamine" in Life & Death because I went to high school with a Jessamyn, so it sounded perfectly 'normal' to me). There was in fact an uptick in the use of the name "Emmett" around the time he was born, so I think it can stay, too. I do feel like the nickname 'Em' is a little weird (especially when we also have an Emily and an Embry). With his last name having been McCarty in his human life, I sort of imagined his nickname would have been 'Mac' instead.

Rosalie was originally "Carol" but she could have also been 'Mildred" "Virginia" or "Evelyn" if we wanted popular names of the era. Like 'Emmett', 'Rosalie' isn't totally unheard of but not in the top 10. Carol just doesn't have the same fancy, look-at-me vibes as Rosalie. I'd probably keep 'Rosalie' because it would make sense that her parents would give her a kind of frilly name vs Mary or Helen or something. They always wanted her to stand out (unlike with 'Renesmee' when the Cullens are trying to blend in argh).

#asks #long post

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