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Having a normal moment at 1am (drawing cover ideas for eo doujins that will (probably) never exist)
#lagaard_ocs#oc: elise#oc: xavier#oc: jules#i am not tagging this shit with the fandom tag this is too barebone#wip#2023#x2 refers to a similar event (tragedy) happening twice in the 2 mcs life (with ~10 years between them)#prototype title tho but i like it#my fantasy of publishing eo doujins has been a very good scenario to think about while trying to fall asleep lately#lagaard_art
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bing bong bootleg SS au
very long ramble under the C
stuff are subjected to change
The working title isn't solidified but I'm leaning on either Candy Castle or Pastry Castle
Tho I think I'm gonna go for pastry cuz it has the same amount of letters as castle much like pizza and tower have the same number too
The tower is a gingerbread castle. According to a friend of mine (It's Beefy, it's always Beefy go follow him) that Hispanics love their bakeries and yeah, I guess that makes sense. Not only do I have a theme based on the protag's culture but also the theme gets narrowed down to just baked sweets. Candy in general is too broad, I would die figuring out how to put every kind of sweet in it, and if I did it's gonna be really cluttered hooboy
Noise is called Theo because that's Peppino's name formula. Peppino is a nickname for Giuseppe so I thought I'd give Noise's swap a nickname to Theodore as the main name
Hazel Nutt is pretty self explanatory cuz Noisette means hazelnut in French
Their outfits are pretty simple to mirror Peppino and Gustavo's with just coloured shirts and aprons
Hazel doesn't get a mount because she would have Theo's prototype rocket skates. Just like Gus, she would have different stages of getting used to the skates per floor. First she gets blasted from end to end cuz she can't control the thrust. Second, she manages to turn it off but she's trying to keep balance on it. Third, she catches her breath now that she could stand still without moving or slipping. Next she would make a card castle, in reference to the very castle they're inside. and lastly she'd be holding a box of sweets without giving a shit about the scary floor.
To parallel the og Noisette, Hazel would smile bigger when Theo faces her direction.
Hazel is also Theo's delivery gal to match and switch with how Peppino WAS Gustavo's delivery guy
The "kick the rat" function would be Hazel swinging one of the skates and the cops grabbing Brick would instead hold a weapon detector that also functions as a magnet
Unlike Peppino, Theo is more aggressive than anxious. Imagine an injured cat defending itself from what it thinks is a threat
the name of Pizzaface's swap is Pieface for obvious reasons 😭
but HEAR ME OUT
both pizzaface and pieface are used as insults. pizza face is used for people with so much acne and pie face is used for someone with a flat face or dull expression. It isn't just a pun on what food the characters are made of. Pieface is also a reference to the trope where people headshot other people with pies. With the mech floating towards the protag, it would look like a pie is being thrown and targeted at Theo
Honestly drawing what food makes his face is so fun. Did you know that before the croissant smile it was supposed to be syrup shaped to a smile? The nose was a long whip of cream before turning into a cut strawberry for the mustache effect
Pizzahead's candy version would be called Gingerhead because of how ridiculous it sounds.
Gingerhead is based on Willy Wonka much like how Pizzahead is based on Ronald McDonald which is why he has more of a showman look than a clown look
okay side note, it just occured to me how ironic PH being based on Ronald is considering McDo's isn't a pizza place
actually Wonka doesn't even sell cakes and shit so, I guess it's fair game
Theo has the nickname Muffinman to reference the rhyme. but this time, it's the gingerbreadman chasing the baker
Next up is Mr S, who would be Peppino but he becomes rich. Mr S is the stage name he uses. He is a known celebrity much as Noise is but he is more of a boxer than a host. Like Dwayne Johnson or something. His name is partially a reference to ResEvil's Mr X, another absolute unit of a guy
also the reason why he doesn't wear a shirt. He's committing to the bit. If he needs to cover himself when he isn't playing a role, then there's his robe. He doesn't take out his mask most of the time tho
Mr S's mask is based on the Chef Raider design but also part of the scrapped superhero design much like Pizzano. Actually speaking of Pizzano, S is characterized so similarly to him cuz Pizzano is the only SS character who was actually written well to my standards. To be fair we've seen too much of Peppino to flunk characterizing him sksksk
Since this is Peppino that Mr S is based on, he's not as tech savvy or as self centered as Noise so he doesn't have robots that look like himself. Instead he has ants for a crew
the ants swap the place of rats. the rats in PT reference the new york pizza rat while ants just generally eat your food especially if it's sweet when left alone for five minutes
the ants come from Mr G, who would be Gustavo's swap with Noisette. He's Mr S's lawyer. at the end of S's bossfight, G would snatch him away with Click (the ant) because S would make a foul and embarrassing move on live camera
I can't seperate Gustavo and Brick so Click stays with Mr G instead of assisting Hazel
inside what would be Noisette cafe, instead of Mr G and Click being behind the counter, they would be sitting as customers next to Caraman. the barista isn't seen anywhere
Honestly when I'm writing everyone, my logic of swapping them isn't "make them switch places AND personalities" but more of "write every single one of them with the og personality because giving them a different lifestyle/role would drastically change their motives and how they behave"
I'm practically just swapping each character's place of birth
I mentioned this because it's kinda funny with Noisette and Gus since they play the exact same role of assisting Peppino/Noise so swapping them won't change much in how they act. They also have the same cheery and welcoming personality by default so Hazel and Mr G would act REALLY similar to their og
The only difference is that Gustavo can be threatening whenever Peppino fucks up. It fits right in with being a lawyer for the same goon
Now we got Mel Caraman who would become this au's Vigi. Lemme just say off the bat that Caraman is just as delusional as Vigi. He gets hired as a guard for floor 2 and took it way too seriously that he thinks he's some sort of sentinel. Hired as a guard but thinks he's an ancient guardian or something
his name vaguely references James Bond because you also VAGUELY get "caramel" out of "Caraman, Mel Caraman"
Caraman is a caramel apple but he's half glazed to form an eyemask. he's also got a stick poking out his head that stretches his chorro hat. the big hat makes him look cooler anyways. Bro I was so ready to settle for a shitty wild west mayor hat and I owe Beefy one for suggesting a new hat. I was gonna make him look like Doug Dimmadome with the short brimmed tall hat😭😭😭
but yeah Caraman doesn't have the same dignity as Vigi does. He can fight crime decently on normal circumstances and badass when he's full serious. But like day in day out he's so obnoxious about looking for crime that people get tired of him nor would they take him seriously
he would also be mistaken for a pepper
Next to last, Cam M. Bert or just Bert who would take place of Pepperman. he's an artist who appreciates the world instead of himself, a freelancer also. There was only a bossfight because he was coincidentally commissioned to make a mural for the castle the same time Theo busts in. He didn't like how Theo ruined some of his works with his rush to open the door
Bert is a cream cheese instead of a cheese slime. his beret is actually a little cherry to distinguish him from the other creams.
Bert is really chill and humble, He's like Bob Ross, whenever he can, he'd try to talk about how every beauty in the world should be immortalized through a canvas
In parallel to Vigi's delusion of thinking he's a human, Bert thinks he's actually a living painting (which is completely possible for someone to be in the PT world since Pepperman was able to do it with his own art)
instead of a :{ face that Vigilante has, Bert has a :3 face
the naming formula is taken directly from Vigi
Vig E. Lantte
Cam M. Bert
There is a type of sweet cheese that's really creamy called camembert which his name is a direct reference from. Here is a picture of a camembert since it's hella cute
Camembert cheese was also suggested by Beefy, brother thank you for not allowing me to name this cunt Creamlad
Mr Lardo would be in place of Mr Stick but his motive is that he's collecting Theo's money on BEHALF of Mr Stick. They're probably the only ones who completely stay intact because there's not much canon info of Stick WITHIN the game itself I also feel he's a crossover character from his own "series" with how long McPig has him prior to PT so I just swap the character who makes the "cameo"
The toppins are still called toppins because they'd be used to decorate a cake or pie. They would be
Strawberry - Mushroom
Cream - Cheese
Cookie - Tomato
Icing (in a piping bag) - Sausage
actually I dont know yet for the pineapple but I'll get to it. I've only been figuring out this au since four days ago....
Lastly (of the characters), the Faker in this would be mechanical to match the original Noise's familiarity in robots
Fake Theo (temp name) would be engineered to be "Theo but way better" while actually being succesful with it. Faker would also sort of look like a mini figure of a ballerina. Referencing The Nutcracker
Opposite to Fake Peppino, Fake Theo is more graceful than terrifying but it's so uncanny how unnaturally pretty it is
and now some misc stuff
Title of the final level is When The Cookie Crumbles
the pepper pizza will be replaced with an extremely sweet pie and the immunity is caused by the sugar rush from it
Pizza Time is called Crunch Time
Pillar John would be a giant graham cracker since the walls are made of cookies instead of bricks. Gerome however, is a solidified bar of brownies. like a shittily made brownie that it just turned into a construction brick
Snotty is a pure white cream cheese and that's cuz he's actually made of glue. His name is Sticky
Pigs would either be bears or rabbits with how many times those two animals represented sweets
I'm gonna be clear with everyone here. I literally made this au cuz I'm going insane trying to make swap stuff with Pascal/Stefano when the au itself is so empty. sure it's colourful but it's so empty like I can't draw SS characters outside of poses
I tried like doing fanon modifications as I always do then there's so much I "modified" that at this point it's not Sugary Spire anymore. Just straight up a completely different au. The only similarity is that it's a swap au with sweets
it is what it is yknow. this is my life now. I said fuck it and went with the flow and boom, new personal au that I poured too much into
basically I blame Pascal for this
#Pizza Tower#tagging them as their og until I solidify the au#Pizzaface#Pizzahead#The Noise#Peppino Spaghetti#Noisette#The Vigilante#Pepperman#Gustavo and Brick#i drew this#Cookie Castle
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You ever wonder if hunter thinks about why his title was golden guard? I mean it could be in terms of purity of gold like how belos wanted, it could be a sick play off of how malleable gold how easily shapen and broken apart it can be and it was a sick joke for belos
Ooooooh this is fun. I never thought about the malleable aspect for why he's called the Golden Guard but I think that is some pungent symbolism, I love it.
I don't really imagine it being intentional on Belos' part tho. But I think that would depend on any given person's interpretation of Belos. Because Hunter was not the original Golden Guard, so it wasn't a joke at his expense.
I definitely think Belos is prone to making inside jokes with himself. Like naming his latest clone Hunter. But I also think that at this point, he's kinda like a dormant volcano. He's usually very numb to all the alleged betrayal and fury he felt because of Caleb, (even though its still buried deep inside of him, occasionally exploding out in angry outbursts) so he's cool with not taking this grimwalker shit seriously and doing immature stuff for shits and giggles. Yknow. To cope.
Also he only has one outlet for talking about these things and it is an omnipotent 8 year old. I'm sure the Collector definitely had an influence on Belos' sense of humor getting progressively more juvenile as the centuries wore on. I know he was like "What if I named him Hunter" and they were all like "Hehehehehe that's funny >:3"
However, I think when Philip Wittebane was neck deep in grimwalker prototypes, he was a different man entirely. He wasn't numb to the pain and anger he was feeling. The wounds were still raw. He was obviously unstable and hadn't learned how to mask his insanity yet. And he had completely gaslit himself into believing that his reasons for building a new version of his brother came from a morally good place. He was trying to save his soul. He was trying to give him a second chance.
I don't imagine him having the self awareness to make the Golden Guard title a sick joke. He's definitely doing this out of some subconscious desire to have a living breathing bleeding punching bag with his brother's face, but he doesn't reflect on himself enough to know that yet.
I do think the title was based on purity. He wanted to recreate Caleb as a servant of God, so he dressed and titled him accordingly.
It's also the usual colour of halos in religious paintings. So it could be Philip already making plans to become a Christlike figure of the demon realm, with Caleb his apostle by his side.
Also found this
But like. Do I think Hunter would think his title was a cruel joke on Belos' part? Yeah, I could absolutely see him coming to that conclusion.
I think Hunter knew Belos better than anyone, but only as the total monster he was during his last sixteen years of life. But he didn't know the person Belos used to be. Nobody does.
He was well and truly out of his mind, but I don't think anyone will ever peel back every individual layer to discover that he was more sick and depraved than they could have ever imagined. He will remain a mystery.
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Hi! I really love hearing your thoughts about Ai *^* It makes me appreciate her character a lot more <33 Can I ask what you think about the special Chapter 100.1?
thank you so much anon! ❤︎❤︎❤︎ Ai really is such a special character to me that anytime I hear people say my rambles have made them enjoy her more, I go hogwild lol...
For folks who aren't familiar, this special chapter is a little four-page story Mengo wrote and drew for volume 10 called Artificial Girl! As it was a volume extra we don't currently have an official English release of it yet, but Ai's Fanclub included it in their TL of the series back before we had an official release and you can read it here!
To answer your question tho, anon: I really like it a lot! It's just a little snippet of a story - actually in hindsight, it's kind of a prototype of Mengo's Interlude stories, huh? - but there's a surprising amount of meat to chew on if you take a moment to think about it.
The first thing I really enjoy about it is that we get an outsider perspective on Ai in a way we very rarely do in the main series. Almost all the characters we see having Thoughts and Opinions about Ai are part of her private life and while they might still be infatuated with her public image, they're people who see her outside of work and have enough insight into her off the clock to start empathizing with her as a regular person.
Artificial Girl, by contrast, is a bit more akin to 45510 in that it's from the POV of a person entirely beguiled by 'Ai of B-Komachi'. I mentioned it previously in the context of the Da Vinci interview, but we so rarely get looks at Ai in 100% work mode, so getting a peek at that through the eyes of a character who only knows her as the inhumanly perfect idol was really fascinating.
I also think the brief exchange Ai and the cameraman have is very telling. It highlights an important part of the 'lie' that is Ai of B-Komachi; in many ways, she is a performance put on specifically to respond to the desires and expectations of the people around her. When someone places a new one onto her, she incorporates it into the whole as easily and smoothly as if it were always there, because that's what people want to see.
It's also probably totally accidental, but reading it in hindsight, I was struck really strongly by some Ai/Hikaru parallels I wasn't expecting. Ai's "Then, let's make this the 'correct' answer." vs Hikaru's "Is this right? Is this the right lie to tell?" - it just had a bit of Resonance, yanno? Something about the way that the two of them were, at the end of the day, just two hurt people desperately trying everything they could think of to perform versions of themselves that could be 'worthy' of love.
This is also totally off topic but because of the title, every time I read it I think of the IOSYS song Artificial Children… I'm not into Touhou at all but the song kept popping up in my fandoms when I was younger and to this day I'm still really fond of it… looking at the translated lyrics, you could probably wrangle some really tasty Ai & Hikaru connections out of it :9
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You know, I have a headcanon that the ancestors of the kongs were divided into 3 tribes: Apes (no tail), monkeys (tail) and orangutans (orangutans :v). These three formed the new world and named an ape their king, but political differences led the orangutans to abandon the title 'kong' and break the harmony of the species in the new world.
I don't know, a war background seems funny to me for someone like the Kongs 😅
Ooooh, very intriguing!! The distinction of the primates remind me of the Planet of the Apes movies, I’m sorry, I love talking about my interests any chance I get.
I still haven’t got deep in the details of the ancestors of the Kongs in my interpretation yet, as I’m more focused on the history between the Kongs and Kremlings. Like what happened there?? If we ever get a new DKC game with the Kremlings, I hope we get something related to that. :v
This is just a loose idea so it may change but in my interpretation: what kickstarted the descent of the Kremling empire was harsh attacks from the Snowmads. Would you believe me that the Kremlings used to have the upper hand against the Kongs and Bears? Crazy, I know!
I’ve always wondered how the Mankys got exiled by the Kongs, like wow?? What did you have to do to get banished by the Kongs? 😭 I’m still figuring that out in my interpretation tho,,
One of my HCs is that the Kongs are the odd ones when compared to other Primate clans. We have the Mankys and Minkys (also mentioning Ba-Boom, the Boisterous) attacking the Kongs (I’m starting to think the Kongs are the problem /j), I imagine the other clans to be very aggressive to newcomers (or in general) while the Kongs are hospitable. That doesn’t mean they’re naive, it’s very hard to regain their trust if you break it.
Saying that made me imagine DK as an iron golem and the other Kongs as villagers, just don’t hit the other Kongs and you’ll be fine asdsjsnkmk—
Putting this here as I wrote so much?? I’m sorry. 😭
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The war the Kongs have ever faced in my interpretation was the ‘Kremean War’, that war mostly consisted the Bears and Kremlings, the Kongs was back-up for the Bears. Cause of the war was that the Kremlings wanted a part of the Northern Kremisphere to expand their territory. The Bears, of course, refused to let that happen. The Bears and Kongs were the ones victorious while the Kremlings had to flee (this war happened before the SNES trilogy).
I don’t imagine it to be really violent, if you’re expecting bloodshed then I’m sorry </3, the most violent thing you’ll get out of this battle is K. Rool almost dying.
I thought of the same thing about Kongs participating in wars as they’re extremely peaceful, I cannot for the life of me, imagine them being violent ever. They only joined in the Kremean War to help the Bears and protect the Northern Kremisphere. I realized it gave Funky the knowledge of weapons because how would Funky know how to make weapons in DK64?? I know they’re not actual guns but still—
And yea, I do know about the prototype of the Kongs actually having guns in DK64, I’m so happy they changed it. Because that’s not the Kongs at all?? 😭 It’s so out-of-character, to me at least! 🤷♀️
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If we were going off of the IRL based, Edward would actually be significantly weaker than Thomas, the E2 outputs 21,307 lbf of tractive effort, the Furnece K2 on the other paw does only 13,770 lbf in tractive effort and size wise too (the E2's are freaking massive tank engines) I feel like Thomas would be almost as big if not slightly bigger than Edward
My AU isn't written based on any IRL information about train classes, it's mostly based on the show and how I perceive the characters.
But speaking of which, Thomas isn't fully grown in any of the images I've drawn of him and Edward. After the events of the series (specifically, I cut off just before BWBA), he does get a bit bigger but he's still a couple inches smaller just because being the runt of the litter sucks.
Most of my lore pieces with them involve Edward and Thomas when the latter was a baby, but during the shows events, Thomas is actually stronger than Edward, mostly due to his young age and genetics (his father was wild and his mother used to be one of the strongest wolf workers in the country, she's too old to carry that title tho now). Also, all the shit he goes through, it would be strange if he didn't develope more muscle. If he could take Desiel 10 in a fight, I think it's fair to assume.
That being said, there are also a lot of other things changed from IRL or even canon to the show, biggest example is the fact that Edward raised Thomas on Sodor, but another change from IRL is the fact that Gordon is older than Thomas. IRL Gordon is a Pacific A1 Prototype, built in 1922, while E2 tank engines were built in 1913, making Thomas years older in the canon series.
My AU has no canon years atm so don't ask xD
I hope that explains how I run this AU, it's mostly based on my perception of the characters.
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Buncha used video games ive gotten recently!!
Been going to my local game store a good bit as of late.
All their used games are 13 bucks with tax, so hey! Why not add some fun games to my collection!
Heres a few pictures of games ive picked up recently!
Virtua Fighter 5 ONLINE - Xbox 360 - 2007
Ive been a bit of a virtua fighter fan for a few years now! While im far from good at any of them, ive always found the games really fun.
I got really into 5 Ultimate Showdown arround 2021 and ever since then I wondered about having VF5 physically.
God damm was I surprised when I saw the 360 ver at the store! Quite happy to have this arround now! No matter the revision, VF5 is VF5
Donkey Kong Country Returns - Wii - 2010
DKCR is a game I go back to often. Ive had it on 3DS for a good while and have replayed it a bunch of times.
Took me till last year to try the wii version, tho... I sat down and blasted through it on Dolphin in a single sitting.
It was as fun as ever! The motion controls didnt detract much from the experience! Its still an amazing game.
I wasnt really going to pick it up physically but... a few funny things happened.
Oookay so where do I start... I bought prototype on the 360 instead of this.
Why would I do that when I could have gotten it on PC with little trouble and could have picked up any other game arround? ... well... idk man it looked cool.
I like having my games physically if its possible and buying wii games was (and still is) a bit of a gamble for me.
I dont have a set of AV cables atm. (had to borrow em from a friend to test the game)
So its a choise between a game I can actually play or a game ill be able to play in 2 months when I get arround to buying the cables...
So I got the game... Turns out the disc was cooked. My 360 read it as a DVD several times and when it loaded the logo it promptly showed a warning that the disc was unreadable.
Took it back to the store and they let me pick another game free of charge (I apreciate the flexible refund policy they have).
I decided "ah why not" and picked up DKCR for Wii
Honestly... it feels nice having both versions.
Frogger: Helmet Chaos - DS - 2005
Yes... I did see the nitro rad video...
Yknow I never played too much frogger, been a bit interested on the series despite that
and after seeing the vid a good while ago... I can't say I wasnt mildly interested in playing it for myself.
Soooo I stumbled into a copy of it after I coudnt buy phantasy star universe and soooo here we are!! Im having alot of fun with it atm!! Would be an interesting review to write.
Overall! man ive gotten some fun stuff out of that store. Its nice getting back to collecting games again!
Hopefully in the future ill pick up some other fun titles!
#Yes its the same store where I got dead rising 2 and lost planet 2 for 360#I love you good game store... you rule#The staff as sweethearts too. They are often having banter about new releases and so on.#I know I shoudnt suck off a store for being above decent but man the last game store that was arround was... mixed a good chunk of the time
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A-T-4 055 Satsuki Shibano - Erik Satie (France 1866-1925)
I own one musician/band t-shirt and that's for Erik Satie. I'm gutted because in my middle age I'm getting a bit big to wear it, perhaps I should do what Satie did for a while (as did Homer Simpson) and dress up in priestly dress. I adore Erik Satie he was a true eccentric and a leading figure in the French avant-garde comparable to playwright Alfred Jarry and poet Guillaume Apollinaire. The three all contributed to early 20th century artistic movements such as Dada and Surrealism but Satie is also seen as the father of modern ambient music
Satie as ambient music pioneer is what we're interested in here and 環境音楽, or, environmental music, or, kankyō ongaku. I'm a little sceptical the phrase kankyō ongaku is a bit like hygge as in its invention is relatively recent and has been widely popularised by articles and publishers. The Danish tourism board is thoroughly invested in hygge but I wonder if you ask a Japanese person what kankyō ongaku is they'd give you a strange look (similar to the bemusement over city pop)
Anyway in 2019 Light In The Attic (LITA) asked Spencer Doran to compile Kankyō Ongaku (Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980 - 1990). Spencer Doran is from Portland, USA, in the early 2000s he released albums in Japan inspired by Japanese environmental music by the likes of Hiroshi Yoshimura or Midori Takada and many others. 2010 Doran produced a mix titled Fairlights, Mallets And Bamboo Fourth World Japan, Years 1980-1986 for Root Strata's Blog. The mix and its follow up are prototypes of the LITA compilation Kankyō Ongaku. I really wanted the Kankyō Ongaku compilation but I remember the vinyl version being so expensive when it came out (hipster prices for hipster vinyls) so I never picked it up which means I've not read Spencer Doran's sleeve notes, I have read some of the interviews Doran did to promote the comp tho. I associate the phrase Kankyō Ongaku with Doran and LITA, it's the only place I've heard it
Through Doran I read about the Satie Crazy in Japan and according to him Kankyō Ongaku and the Satie Crazy began with a series of Erik Satie concerts that took place in Japan in 1975. 13-years earlier in 1962 John Cage performed a series of concerts held in Japan, Japanese media came up with the buzzword Cage Shock to report the reception. An avant-garde existed in Japan before this moment but Cage Shock was a transformative moment. I think Doran misses the connection between John Cage and Erik Satie when looking for why Erik Satie resonates with the Japanese so much. Cage isn't coy when attributing Satie's influence on Minimalism (especially 1893's Vexations), I think he's even got so far as to call Satie the father of Minimalism. It was 1969 John Cage produced Cheap Imitation for piano. This piece is based on Socrate by Erik Satie and created using the I Ching (an early example Cage using East Asian philosophical thought to create his work). Cage would base other pieces on works by Erik Satie throughout his career (especially throughout the 1970s). At least some of Erik Satie's popularity in Japan comes through John Cage
Satsuki Shibano - Erik Satie (France 1866-1925) is the third and final instalment of the Wave Notation series released in Japan by Sound Process. Sorry I've not written about the pianist as she's brilliant, this was also her debut. In 2019 Satsuki Shibano did a European tour with Spencer Doran's Visible Cloaks
It's easy to find recordings of Erik Satie but popular culture tends to focus on 1888's Gymnopédie No. 1, and more increasingly 1890s Gnossienne No. 3 - neither are in this collection
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Tracklist is here
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I think that the problem people have with tagging things Dead Dove, where they can't tell what it's pointing to, is that... people are often only looking at the major content warnings. and often the tag is pointing at
one of the characters has a bunch of canonical or common fanonical trauma or other squicky content and you should assume that also holds true this time. people will get upset over canonical addicts talking about drugs/alcohol, or villain characters being evil, or characters who swear saying Bad Words, and it's meant to point at the character's name repeatedly
the ship. maybe lots of people in the fandom have a problem with the ship or maybe there's uncomfortable canonical elements or maybe they just get angry comments about not mentioning the ship even tho it's already tagged. especially with, say, incest ships, people assume the fic made them unrelated by default, and Dead Dove would mean that it did not do that
whatever the normal content of the canon is, a lot of people expect the fic to have a different tone anyway. if the fandom is tagged, Dead Dove often means, hey, this canon usually has graphic violence, or explicit sex, or bigotry, or whatever, and you should expect that going into the fic too. especially for fandoms where people might not know what 'canon-typical' levels are because fics vary so wildly on how they tag that
fics get labeled m/m, f/f, or multi, and people genuinely don't pay attention to that and assume it should be something else from some of the other wording involved. they do complain. Dead Dove is often trying to underline that part
the title of the fic often gives a clear indication what might be a nope for the reader, and might even be the most prototypical reason to use that tag
it's really normal to use that to mean 'pay attention to the rating', especially if the rating is E
sometimes it means 'this fic is incomplete don't come at me about it'. I think this is probably an incorrect usage, but it does say on the tin, so.
the author's name is attached to the fic and if an author is known for writing a certain kind of thing, then it's reasonable for them to just be like 'it's me you already know what I'm writing'. this should be easy to figure out by scrolling through their early fics, or by scanning their blog
the summary of the story might say why people wouldn't want to read it, in an easier way than finding popular tags. the Dead Dove tag might refer to what's plainly written the story is going to be about, rather than tag categories.
if there's just every different kind of major trigger included, and it would be easier to say what objectionable content isn't in the story, it seems perfectly reasonable to use that tag all by its lonesome. 'what dead dove content?' 'yes'
#look i said something#honestly the tag mostly means 'don't leave a comment complaining that this is gross' these days#unfortunately having a tag that means that is necessary
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SURPRISE
DEER SCRIPT JUMPSCARE
anyway i hope y’all enjoyed the brief look into the world and story of your deer friend a lesbian deer story, or alternatively i hope u WILL enjoy it when i bump it again at a reasonable hour instead of 5am
the reason it’s titled “ydf prototype script preview” is cuz i’m working on, well, a ydf prototype. it’s for a vn game jam i put together with lucheek. just a little slice of what your deer friend might look like in proper vn form, albeit VERY rough. i probably won’t be able to actually publish the prototype publicly BUT i figure i can post some bits and bobs of the script as i work on it, to give y’all a little peek into the world of deer
granted. it’s just a prototype so i make no promises that anything in the previews is definitively canon. tbh i should never have promised ANYTHING on this blog to be definitively canon. i think me making posts here like “OK HERE IS THE DEFINITIVE THING” and then two weeks later being like “ACTUALLY IGNORE THAT HERE’S THE NEW DEFINITIVE THING” was dumb. just assume everything (EVERYTHING) on this blog is a work in progress. the only stuff that’s Definitively Canon is stuff that appears in a finished product
that said
i REALLY enjoy the current treatment of the script that i’m working with for the prototype, i think it’s super fun. this first little bit of it is mostly dungeon crawling??? which is a surprisingly fun thing to write, but it isn’t rly in my basic wheelhouse of “gay girls doing gay stuff”. there’ll be some of that later probably tho
also archangel is there! very strange to see archangel of all characters be one of the first characters represented in my actual writing for this project but i’m glad she’s here. i like her alot, and her dynamic with acorna is fun to write
ALSO ALSO
this treatment leans very heavily on the KNIGHT AND MUSE SYSTEM which is a system mechanic that i alluded to a while ago and then.... never made a post explaining. lmao oops
that was like right before my vacation in november and i just didn’t have time to do it before my vacation, and i haven’t had time to do it after. been very busy in december. i’ll explain it later, tho the script preview is written with the intention in mind that first time readers wouldn’t know about the system, so it gets the basic point across, and more importantly it gets across how acorna feels about it
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I read the husk of opulent dream (which btw that name is so fitting) lore and something I find so odd is Scaramouche smiling at the I'll child and at the old woman who talks to him
What does that mean?
Also I'm kind of confused after rereading it ,any thoughts?
ok so let's see
we know from his past (when he woke up/was woken up in tataratsuna) that he helped the people there (in the feather lore) by going and asking yae for her help (the lovely shrine maiden - with the timeline it can't be hibiki). it also confirms the rather aged notes theory that this is all about him. so maybe he was just remembering that when he saw the child and the old lady, because of their vulnerability? or it's something more twisted, like knowing he's about to crush the whole nation lmao
HONESTLY it's a lot to take in but i think i have some kind of timeline now, also thanks to the very helpful genshin lore subreddit lmao
so basically he was created less than 500 years ago by ei, as a vessel for her gnosis. she decided against it because he cried in his sleep (rude), and later crafted the raiden shogun, a puppet capable of living without a heart
the failed prototype was put to sleep in the shakkei pavillon (according to said pavillons description) and the gnosis was given to yae for safety purposes
when he was woken up, ppl knew he was linked to the almighty shogun thanks to the feather. they asked him for his help for something (considering the state of the tatarigami when we arrive in inazuma it could be linked, i can't exactly remember the quest) and he wandered until he met yae. she said she would help (+ that ei wouldn't abandon him lol) but everything was put to a stop when scaramouche (going then by another name he himself forgot) met the first fatuus and left inazuma (for snezhnaya ig)
that's when he becomes kunikuzushi and when he joins the fatui and is given the name scaramouche (the balladeer isn't his title from the og cn version apparently, idk why they added that in eng)
then he mentions mondstadt so most likely the unreconciled stars event (haven't done it so all i can say is SO LONG SUCKERS + flat earther, tho he's actually right about the sky, as seen with the 3 sisters and the corpse floating every night in said sky lol)
so now he took the gnosis and betrayed the fatui. im guessing the line "it did not contain any blessings, but was instead a sacrifice brimming with selfishness, hypocrisy, cunning and curses, all wrapped in an amiable husk" is about him putting the gnosis in his chest, and then we have this "if he were to wrench this "heart" out, he would no longer be able to feel anything at all..."
which scares the fuck out of me because it sounds like a bit of a CUL DE SAC if i may say so myself,,, he's going to use the gnosis but won't get any satisfaction from it, but if he takes it out he?? basically dies? so what are we going to do AAAAA
but then there's also this:
«"You once acquired the 'heart' that you always dreamed of,"
"But it was but a mere prop for lies and deception."
"Now, you will finally obtain what belongs to you,"
"And this false construct of a body can at last aspire to power over this world."»
what does it MEAN like the prop for lies is probably the gnosis? so what could be the thing that belongs to him and how will he acquire it? imagine if we have to tear the gnosis off and then fucking bury another heart into him zjdkzk
+ in the hat description, signora gives him a crystal sphere and im still wondering what it is. a delusion? why? maybe im gonna try and search yashiori island to find something
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Title: little delinquent pt iii
part ii | part iii | part iv
Warnings: Female!reader (bat!sis), mostly family fluff, AU, hurt/comfort, Jason’s language
Word Count: 4700~
Synop: It had Bruce and Dick sharing a look for a moment before the latter spoke up, “It’s not like I’m against continuing to expand the family, but…” he eyed the child you held nervously, “please don’t start bringing home every child you find…” he tilted his head, “he’s bad enough.” Bruce settled a light glare at his first son (that definitely wasn’t what Bruce was thinking), though Dick was stilled by the way your eyes narrowed at him instead.
“His name is Terrence,” that was all you said, brushing past as they were suddenly on guard at the inherited Wayne-scowl on your face.
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A/N: tbh I cut the last chapter in two, this is the second half ee;;;; but I rewrote it to be it’s own chapter tho haha. Hum… this doesn’t pick up exactly where the last chapter ended, but it’s still all here. c’: Also, if you wear glasses, just know grumpy ol’ Bruce would probably force contacts on you in public (he’d see them as more ‘professional,’ and glasses as a danger/hazard in the field). Glasses are for home only sighs.
Ngl I see lexcorp similar to westworld’s delos, lotsa fancy designs ee;;;; Cadmus like nasa test rooms, clinical as heck with little to no windows, and wayne ent with Alien franchise’s archaic but advanced spaceship tech, or dracula’s castle with cubicles lmao
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“Hey, Jaybird…”
Normally he knew what to expect, normally he’d open the door braced for a tackle, so when the rush of wind never came, he was at a bit of a loss. There you were, dressed like Bruce for some irritating reason. A size-too-big of a jacket, zipped up over a uselessly thin black turtleneck, a pair of black gloves, pants covering everything, and a pair of black lace-less… boots… with red… soles…?, and a suspiciously familiar-looking kid in your arms…
There was a slight guilty look on your face as you gauged his reaction, he could tell, you were nervous.
Wait.
He eyed the kid something scary, his voice grounding out, “so, who do I have to murder?”
“You weren’t gone that long, you know.” Snorting, you pushed past him into the small safe house, frowning at the bareness of it all before situating Terrence on the floor mattress. “How you sleep on this thing is beyond me…” he just shrugged, “too used to it? Answer the question,” he pointed at the kid while closing the door, “who?”
Agitated.
“Terrence,” said child was looking around, but there was only so much that would grab his attention, as empty as the room was.
“His name is Terrence, and he’s no one else’s, he’s… mine.”
“You just said it hasn’t been that damned long—” his frustration was building; he wasn’t liking where this was going, not that you were aware which direction his head was headed at the moment, you’d just gotten here.
You shook your head, “don’t tell me you…” his anger settled into a dark scowl, but you refused to look at him, “you can’t seriously bring more kids into that fucking prison.” He was so conflicted, it was you, but you were still a Wayne. It scared him to think of more children stuck in that lonely mansion, becoming bitter like he had.
You remembered what Dick had said days earlier when he first saw the child,
“Jason—” you began, a slight warning to your tone.
He didn’t care,
“Don’t be like Bruce.”
His voice was so cold.
Terrence had crawled his way over to the legs of the table in the makeshift kitchen, eyes on a prize as he began trying to figure out how a chair worked.
“You know, that actually hurt.”
You didn’t hate your father like Jason projected, but you knew the way he spoke about him, the way he expressed his feelings, that he ‘hated’ him. It was a half-truth, you knew. Jason preferred not hurting you, next to Alfred, you were more tolerable than the other family members.
Somedays Tim and Dick made that list. Somedays.
But that didn’t mean he was actively trying to be kind, he wanted it to stab.
Petty. Resentful. Haunted.
He went to say more, but stopped, fists shaking slightly from anger.
You were staring him down, that same look of disappointment Bruce would give him when he made an obviously stupid decision, as if he were still a Robin in training. Like your father, you could read him like an open book when you tried, it made him feel vulnerable, guilty, small.
Fucking frustrated.
“Don’t look at me like that,” he was at a loss for words, “…shit.” He turned away from you, coming back to the moment as he tried to reign in his temper, “it’s just…”
“It’s fine.”
“No, it’s not.”
Instead of continuing to argue the point, too used to his outbursts (Alfred and your family primed you too well for dealing with the unstable emotions of others), you walked over and wrapped your arms around him, head resting on his clothed chest, “missed you, Jay.”
Almost hesitantly, his arms returned the hug, his head burying itself in your hair, “sorry…” he breathed out, almost too quiet. He was tense as you pulled back a bit, reaching up to grab his face in your gloved hands as you leaned up on your toes, pulling his head down to yours. You touched your forehead to his, making certain to be gentle, “Honestly, it’s okay Jay. I forgive you, okay?”
“Cold,” his hands cupped your (oddly chilled) gloved ones, eyes searching your face before he shifted, head nodding slightly, rubbing yours. A heavy sigh escaped him, an awkward smile forming, “so, how’s my cutest little sister been?”
Glad that he was trying to get past his guilt, you shook your head, “a roller coaster. Dad’s upset at me.”
He just snorted in amusement, relaxing a little as you continued, “And how was California? The Titans? I miss Kory…” you blinked at his flat expression, “what? You were at the Tower, right? With Kory and Roy, and the others?”
Wow you ruined the moment fast.
“Aaaand that’s where you stop being cute. I swear this family is full of creepers. I think Dick’s the only normal one,” you tilted your head as he kept his hands firmly on your shoulders. “Honestly, you and Tim are terrifying, your brother is a demon, and I don’t even want to describe Bruce.”
“Glad you didn’t include yourself in that, zomboy,” he groaned, “that’s hurtful,” then he pouted, finally getting a good look at you.
Terrence was old enough to stand on his two legs as he held onto the chair, but he kept stumbling as he moved uncertainly. His eyes were focused on his mission as he started trying to climb further up.
Something clicked in the back of Jason’s brain, sudden realization dawning, “what…” you sighed, his hand moving from your shoulder, “is this…?” You refused to meet his stare as his fingers hooked on the zipper of your jacket, “uhm…” you flushed as he pulled it down, a bright red bat in his face.
There was a sudden sparkle in his eyes.
“Huh, didn’t expect you to be that much of a fan.” You were burning from head to toe now, refusing to look at him at all, rubbing the back of your neck with a thick swallow. “That… that’s kind of the problem…”
“What, that you’re walking around with my colors?” His grin seemed disappointed, but turned a bit more concerned at the frown you leveled at him, “it… let me explain… I think I need help…”
“Definitely gonna need explanations. A lot of them.” The kid was one thing, this outfit was another. He made to sit down, and you followed, leaving Terrence to his own devices for the moment.
It’s not like there was much trouble to get into, everything of worth or danger was out of his reach.
“…yeah.”
“…”
“…”
“What is it?”
“…Why’d you think I slept with someone? When you first saw Terrence in my arms?”
He leaned away from you, chin resting on his palm, propped up on the arm of the couch with his elbow, “I’m your brother, and he looks like… it’s… I’m supposed to get upset about that… just… answer…” he did his best to keep a straight face, but eventually he had to turn away, looking at the wall, ears burning.
“Hm…?” you leaned towards him and he didn’t have to look at you to know you had a less than innocent smile on right now.
“Creep.”
You just laughed as you leaned into his side, causing him to crack a small smile, still not looking at you.
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[“So… How to start this…”]
[“The suit, first, Terry after.”]
[“Terry?”]
[“The kid. Just explaaaaain already, uuugh I have patrol in a few hours…”]
[A heavy sigh, “Okay, then... So, you know how Lex helps fund the Society’s shenanigans?”]
[“…oh.”]
[“Yeah.”]
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When it came to most places, breaking and entering was always easier at night, but for the LexCorp building? Nighttime came with problems, it came with heightened security, rigorous control, and the easy ability to spot something that was out of place. There was also your youngest brother who had filled you in on his adventures with Jon once, not a single detail of the LexCorp building having been left out; he was a thorough kid.
It was far easier to infiltrate during the day, the number of staff on the security team, the cliques of scientists and researchers, and the average workers meandering about made it easy to blend. You had donned a pair of (older prototype) smart glasses, normal from the viewer’s perspective, an integrative matrix mapping AI system from the wearer’s. Well, it could do more, but this was what you needed, the constant reconstruction of old building plans for more accuracy as you walked around.
Tim’d made some amazing things over the years, such as his matrix encryption to keep your work phone quiet, scrambling any noticeable connections that could be traceable. But this one was probably the coolest in your opinion, and he had yet to see the return of said glasses since you wouldn’t give them up, and he could never find where you’d put them. The glasses were a useful subtle change from the norm, a quick disguise, the security barely giving you a glance-over as you entered the passcode for the ID tag you wore, walking into the building.
With a slight wave from you, and a “Good Afternoon!” from them, getting in the backdoor was always the easy part. There were two more women next to you chatting in excitement and you made to stick close to them, parting only when you came upon the women’s locker rooms. The badge number Tim’d tracked down for you was useful until it wasn’t, Lex’s problem was needing levels three and above extensive background checks on anyone hired, and Tim knew exactly where to look.
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[“Like I said, terrifying.”]
[“You do the same thing.”]
[“That’s a bit above my paygrade, usually I ask Tim for help when I need information from behind top-of-the-line security walls.”]
[“Oh.”]
[“Yeah.”]
-
Next was invasion of personal privacy and property, and a lot of it. You’d have felt worse if it weren’t for having been raised this way, “you’ll find out that people are just that, some sick and twisted, some happy and kind-hearted, but in the end, we’re all the same. Eventually, nothing will surprise you,” your father would say.
It didn’t take long, going through a few lockers and purses, letting your glasses do most of the work. They were able to see in a three-dimensional matrix, constantly being constructed behind most any material or metal. There were plenty of lab coats in varying sizes to choose from, and you spotted one badge and wondered who the dumdum was. You had plenty of electromagnetic strips for your ID if you needed a switch, but it seemed unnecessary. Some people left their everything when they clocked out, too.
You’d secured your purse around your stomach and under your shirt, the bulge flattened at your side, tying the ends in place. It would uncomfortably dig into you, but you couldn’t leave it behind and it would only be for a short time.
No one had paid you any mind, too busy rushing to get in and out of the locker rooms, and you made to escape with a group of women in the same coats as yourself. The group and yourself came to an elevator, and you let them do all the work. One of them scanning their ID for the group, the rest blurting out the number of the floor they needed to get to, and yourself joining in. A strange calm settling as you got more into the coworker attitude.
Seventh level Research and Development wing.
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[“Not his office?”]
[“Why?”]
[“I dunno, there’s probably some terrible top-secret info in there.”]
[“I mean, I was on the main R&D floor, how much more top secret can you get?”]
[“Touché.”]
-
The entire R&D area was made up of floor to ceiling glass window dividers, a white and chromatic color scheme, and a lot of tightly sealed doors. You honestly didn’t even need the glasses to find the head researcher’s office, it was written in huge bold letters next to the dumb door on a plaque.
Weaving through a few people with their eyes busy reading clipboards and cellphones, you eyed each inch of the floor, and wondered if the other stock standard R&D floors at LexCorp were similar. No one paid you any mind as you stood in front of the group of office doors, all packed neatly in a little corner, and each leading to a different R&D office. They were mostly empty, only one occupied, most of the techbros and techgals were out and about doing work.
Again, the glasses did the decoding work for you, getting you the set of numbers you needed to enter the room. Unlike the rest of the lab, this office had less windows, though the few it did have were still large. Though they faced out rather than in, and it also wasn’t as large and as roomy as you’d have imagined. The Wayne R&D offices being waaay bigger in comparison.
Taking out two small flash drives, you shoved the sticks into the lone computer on the desk, booted it up, and just let them do their thing. Having the computer start with the flash drive, it acted as an executable program, letting it bypass any needed passcodes or security clearance for now.
One for unlocking the system, the other for information storage.
No doubt someone will notice that.
You wondered briefly if this was how the Cyborg felt, only ever having gotten to see him briefly before he utterly devastated an entire operating system. He then rebuilt it to his preferences, all in the matter of seconds. Tim had always lamented not getting to watch when you described it.
Notably, it was quite lovely how LexCorp’s researchers had everything organized in a folder subsystem so well. You were able to track down the needed information in less than a few minutes through the root directory.
Gotta be faster.
However, as you stared at the processing bar on your information download, there wasn’t a whole lot to do. Clicking the monitor’s sleep button to dim any light, you stood up and strode over to the door.
Being the lookout for a computer program was a new one.
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[“Pfff.”]
[He snickered behind his palm as you smacked him on the shoulder.]
[“At least you got in without needing to hack anything yourself. Get dunked on, Dick, Damian.”]
[Light laughter echoed.]
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Nothing had happened by the time the computer let out a small ding, indicating the download had finished. With both flash drives now pocketed, you turned to the next problem: getting out.
It really shouldn’t have been that hard, it was so stupidly easy to get in, thank you new temporary coworkers, but as you eyed the group of security detail by the elevator, you made a hard turn to the side.
Had you gone through the front doors instead of the employee entrance, you would have seen a ton of security. Through the back however, they really were only at certain check points, it’s not like just anyone could get in. So of course, there was no way they would have been able to get so far as the head office of any department.
How long had you been gone from the others? How long did you still have on Tim’s encryptions?
Oh heck.
The options were now trying to squeeze by the security, which was doubtful, they were checking everyone, or figure out a way to base jump without any gear. Neither option sounded appealing, you had no wings or grappling hooks with you, and it was still midday.
The corridor you turned into went from full on glass to a partition supporting windows, half and half, split horizontally to allow for more privacy, probably.
This was also exactly where you didn’t want to be.
Frick.
Most of the rooms looked like chemistry labs, charts everywhere, huge gravity convection and forced-air ovens, and thermo-freezers that looked like they belonged in meat markets. It was almost overwhelming at how cool some of these things looked as you searched for an exit. So filled with anxiety and adrenaline as you were, you almost missed it out of the corner of your eye. It was the red shimmering of a glass bowl on your face that made you notice it, the barely-there stream of sun that caught it just right.
You wasted no time getting to work, the door just as easy as the others, passcodes, they were all passcodes. Where were the fingerprint and retina scanners? Hell, where was the facial recognition scanners? You’d come prepared for so much, so you were incredibly confused at the lax security features. But again, this wasn’t the ground floor and security clearance was stricter this far in, your badge did most of the infiltration for you.
Was your dad that paranoid that now, so were you?
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[“The civi world is full of sub-par idiots.”]
[“You sound like Dami.]
[“Gross.”]
[“…it’s uncanny, really, he said the same thing.”]
[“Shit.”]
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The room looked similar to the others, less windows, more wall, plenty of graphs and charts, but there were a few different things as well. A few of which you pocketed; the only expensive looking laptop was also grabbed straight off a table to the side of your quarry.
The most notable thing however was glaring you boldly in the face, all black and a giant red bat on the chest.
A batsuit.
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[“Yeah, I’m gonna want to know why baldy even had this thing.”]
[“Tim’s going through the drives right now, Dami dropped them off…”]
[“Damn.”]
-
Why did Lex have a batsuit? Where did he get it from, or did he help develop it? Terrence was part of all this, and what about your fa… the Batman? Why was Cadmus part of all this? Why was Lex? Were there more suits? More clo— children?
Shit shit shitshitshitshi—
To say you were freaking out a bit was an understatement.
Hearing heavy footsteps, you panicked and grabbed the garment from behind it’s glass case and took a dive behind the nearest desk. They hadn’t come in yet, they hadn’t gotten to this room, there was still time, but… still time to what?
You eyed the suit in your hands, it’s size horribly different from your own body type (but you could probably still fit it) and you decided to make a really dumb decision then and there.
You were gonna get caught regardless, might as well suit up and try to fight your way out. If you were lucky, you could get out of this without ruining your father’s reputation (or Batman’s identity.)
You began stripping behind the desk, fully intent on donning the batsuit. If nothing else, these things usually came with masks, even though you hadn’t seen a single one near it.
The moment you pulled the fabric over your legs, heels sliding effortlessly into the red soles, you watched almost in amazement as the fabric melted to your skin, reshaping to fit you. There was going to be a lot of bagginess in the suit when you wore it, a lot of tightness in weird places, too, and it had looked fitted to a larger male. So you hadn’t expected the suit to fit perfectly on purpose. It even had a built-in utility belt. Suddenly you were a bit giddy.
Again, what the hell was Lex Luthor doing?
“So freaking cool.”
The material felt almost like a second skin, there was also no sensory loss from wearing it, you could feel the floor as if you were barehanded.
You’d never thought about it before, but now you couldn’t take your mind off Dick and his skintight suit. You felt almost nude in this suit, not used to something showing everything off like it was.
Did Dick enjoy this?
Your ears burned brightly as you finished suiting up, no longer able to think about a large portion of superheroes and villains.
How could you ever face some of them again?
How could you ever look Dick in the eyes again?
“Oh no…”
Perverts. All of them.
-
[Loud laughter.]
[A very red face.]
-
You had to admit though, it was so much cooler than your heavier and bulkier recon gear. It didn’t weigh you down and the sensory adaptation was something you’d never come across before. Speaking of, reaching up, you took the glasses off to get a clear view of your surroundings and immediately regretted it.
The suit seemed to come to life on it’s own as something came out of nowhere, engulfing your head in complete darkness.
A silent scream, too terrified to let out any sound.
You about died then and there.
The suit wasn’t that cool anymore.
Without missing a beat and calming your fears of being bagged or worse, the darkness faded, and you could see your surroundings. Blinking for a moment to adjust, you tried to get your bearings on what the hell just happened, your hand gingerly coming up to feel your face.
[Booting...]
Were you hearing things or did the suit just...?
Unfortunately, that was the exact moment the door to the room you were in opened, and you panicked. It was a dead-end room, you weren’t as good at fighting as your brothers, and the security here could be scary when hunting down an intruder.
Stupid Lex.
Without thinking, you grabbed your things now bundled up in the labcoat like a bag, slung it over your shoulder, and bolted towards one of the windows looking out.
You were so used to recon jobs that you hadn’t taken into consideration that you had none of your gear (but your brothers did this kind of stupid thing constantly, so you’d be okay, right?).
You were too caught up in the moment.
You hadn’t heard the sound, mind too blank, but the glass falling around you was enough indication of just what you had done.
Base jumping it was.
You were in a batsuit, after all.
Falling seven stories was terrifying, but definitely brought you back to reality. Securing the makeshift bag on your back, tied around your neck, you began thinking as fast as you could. Claws? The suit had them, you had noticed, but you were too far from the building, having jumped a distance, then... The suit had a built-in utility belt, right? Maybe there was something useful in one of the —
[Servo-Motors engage…]
[Checking system function…]
[Loading protocol…]
…huh?
[84 feet till impact.]
…wait—
[75 feet till impact.]
“Yeah I see that.”
[71 feet till impact.]
“Thanks.” Sarcasm, “What else can you tell me other than my unfortunate demise at the hands of gravity?”
[Thrusters not online.]
[68 feet till impact.]
[Grappling gun unavailable.]
[Batarang lines unavailable.]
[67 feet till impact.]
[Retractable wings availa—]
“Yes, that one, wings, please! Wait… thrusters?” you had little time as your whole body suddenly started tumbling, a set of red wings expanding between your arms and the sides of your torso. “Shitshitsh—” and then you were gliding, your arms having spread on their own from the force of the fall. “Oh… Oh my…”
The suit was cool again, “Dang this is… nice… Like a bird or… him.” You reeeaaallllly didn’t want to chance him hearing you say his name.
You wanted to try this higher up now, in a sea of clouds… It was like floating, an almost weightless feeling taking over. The wind currents were a bit to get used to, but it wasn’t terrible, having imagined it would be worse higher up, in them dang fluffy clouds... sigh.
[23 feet till landing.]
The suit helped guide you to an area with less people, something akin to your own Gotham alleyways (to a point, Metropolis’ worst streets were like Gotham’s safest ones). The small alley that led to several businesses’ back doors was rather clean, and there weren’t many places to hide. The best you could do was a growing shadow next to an empty dumpster.
“Alright then…” you sighed aloud, hands doing their best to find any seam in the suit, and after a few minutes, your—
[Heart rate at 142bpm.]
[Heart rate rising.]
[Blood pressure at—]
“—No kidding,” you thought, mind racing, and unfortunately, there wasn’t a single seam on the suit.
Anxiety was building in your chest,
“Frick.”
-
[“Wait, the suit talks?”]
[“I think it has an OS on it? I haven’t tried the cowl since…”]
[“You should.”]
[“…Nnnn”]
-
“Why do you look like Nightwing?” All you did was take the clothes from Damian and began to dress yourself over the suit, not certain at all on what you could say to this situation. You’d called Damian the moment you lucked out and made the cowl… come off?, and in his eagerness to leave Jon behind, he showed up quickly.
“You will tell me,” he was sounding just like dad.
“Dami, I uhm…”
“…I won’t tell father.” he could deduce a few things this pertained to, including but not limited to the child you had brought home, and how you avoided Bruce.
You could only sigh and nod at him, resigned. You really hope this didn’t come back to bite you in the bottom.
“What are you two doing?”
The clothes you had couldn’t cover most of the suit, the clothes Damian had brought you were able to do just that. Strangely, you weren’t feeling overheated, even though you looked like you were ready for cold weather.
“Ah, Jon.”
“You look silly.”
“…thanks.”
[“…”]
[”...”]
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“Nightwing? Screw that brat.”
“Please don’t speak like that…” you sighed, your head in your hands.
He just huffed in annoyance, “I wear the colors better,” he muttered, “it sounds like a lot, what's your next plan of action?”
You let yourself slump forwards as he pulled you into a side-hug, arm slung over your shoulders, “it’s this suit. I can’t get it off, and—"
BAM
You and Jason about had twin heart attacks.
Without missing another fraction of a second, the larger male was on his feet, flipping over the back of the couch ready to attack before he swore at the sight in front of him. Striding over to the table in two long steps, “What the hell, Terry.” He haphazardly picked the kid up, a red helmet falling on the table with a clang, and turned to you, “your kid just tried to kill us, you realize.”
Having slid to the ground out of need to instantly roll to the side, you stopped, staring at the smoking gun that’d been pushed off the table, lying on the floor near you. Your eyes then shifting to the hole in the safehouse’s wall, “Uhm… The safety…”
He just snorted, “I don’t always have it on.” He wasn’t great at taking care of himself, sadly. You did your best with your busy schedule and budgeted time constraints, but when he wasn’t here, he easily fell into old habits.
“Please don’t let the demon spawn near him.”
“Please keep the damned safety on your guns.”
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Batman was straining so hard that it looked like he was in the middle of a fight, an obvious aura of unrest around him.
“Whoa, you gonna punch yourself in the face? Wait, wait a minute, I gotta…” Batman groaned, irritated as a red blur came into the room, jabbered on too quickly, then took his phone out and pointed it at the big bat.
“Okay, I’m recording now, do it!”
It took a moment as Batman thought, rubbing his temples.
“I trained my kids too well,” at that, Flash put his phone down, tilting his head in confusion, “and that’s… bad?” He looked up at the League’s computers in front of him, noting the blinking [[ALERT ALERT ALERT]] off to the side.
“Because,” Batman reasoned, “I have to deal with them,” he ground out, glaring at the sign of intrusion.
“Ooooh, your kids hacked into the system again, huh?” Flash let out a low whistle, clearly amused by Batman’s misfortunes. Batman did his best to ignore the red nerd, calling on Cyborg to assist him, even though he had already been on his way, noticing it moments prior.
“Family, amirite?”
Batman said nothing in response,
Tim almost got away with it.
Almost.
#tim drake x reader#dick grayson x reader#jason todd x reader#stephanie brown x reader#duke thomas x reader#bat!sis
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Some Of The Things That Made My Childhood Great (P3)
Pokemon, Mario, Donkey Kong, link cables, infrared. Need I say more? Truly childhood defying devices
One of the coolest things I ever owned was this Sega Game Gear. I had a really hard Batman game with it and Sonic. This thing required a sh!t load of batteries and blew through them fast, but had a backlight color display. It was well ahead of the Gameboy Color and Advance, but it just didn’t catch on. It costed too much, was heavy and bulky. Oddly I remember this had a antenna attachment so you could watch tv on the go, I never got that but I thought it was the coolest thing
I remember seeing this thing all the time in the store Hills, which became Aims, which now doesn’t exist, and honestly thought the idea of it was pretty cool. A handheld gaming system that could connect to the internet and had a touch screen, it sounded like the future, expect is wasn’t. I got this on clearance after it bombed sales wise, it wasn’t particularly great at anything it claimed to do and needed an attachment to go online. I thought it looked cool tho
My mom really went all out that Christmas. It was awesome. I got this and like 4 games, plus two for my GBA. I’d come home from school everyday, pop a few beef burritos in the microwave and plop down on my bed and play some Crash Team Racing, life was good
I remember reading a magazine before this came out that showed it white with orange buttons, it looked amazing. When it actually came out there was no white and orange version, it was just a prototype. I did get the regular white one (with grey buttons). This also released around the same time as Pokemon Crystal, and the epic era of the GBA began.
This was a birthday present, it was subsequently my first DVD player. My first PS2 game? Metal Gear Solid 2. Followed by GTA 3, all friends would come over, cram into my tiny bedroom and play with the cheat codes “everyone has weapons” and “everyone hates you” activated and see who could last the longest. Getting bazooka’d by an old granny never got old.
Clamshell redesign, backlit screen, rechargeable battery and a strategically timed release around the same time as Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire. Primo 👌
My favorite console of its generation, while I had great fun with the PS2, the GameCube was where my heart was, and where I had the most fun and best memories. Destroying my friends in Super Smash Brothers Melee, and Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance was awesome, but Animal Crossing was arguably my favorite game, while Mario Kart Double Dash was a mainstay in my household.
Finding out the next gameboy wouldn’t be a gameboy was a hard sell, but a promise of a port of Mario 64 (with 3 new playable characters), wireless and online play, plus reverse compatibility with the gameboy and I was in. And so the DS era began
Everything about the PSP seemed amazing. I got it on launch day, and the launch titles honestly weren’t great, but a promise of a fully capable GTA and Metal Gear game had me in for the long run. This thing was a powerhouse
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Fatgum agency Sidekicks and Support:
A list of sidekick ocs for my BnHA fic(s). Characters pretty much would be the same regardless of AU I use. I’m throwing magic, cyborgs, and lab experiments into shit b/c its a fucking superhero universe and why not have it be kitchen sink?
-Shifter- Nami Dumas- (Quirk) Animorph- mutation quirk that can partially or fully transform into any animal. Requires touching an animal for a few seconds for her quirk to save a ‘scan’ of it to use later. Cannot use multiple animal forms at once and cannot hybridize things that can’t naturally produce living hybrids. This limitation is bypassed when using quirk enhancers at the cost of her hybrid forms being extremely difficult to control. Can scan and transform into people, even able to use their quirk tho she’d have to actually learn the quirk and does not get the donor’s knowledge. Has an easier time with smaller transformations than bigger ones.
--> A classmate and close friend of Taishiro, who is one of the few reasons she’s not simply become a villain/vigilante by now.
--> Mentors Tamaki on his quirk. Especially in the area of knowing what animals/plants he’s using, their potential applications, and the control of and appearance of his manifesting. Is training him on using enhanced senses and herteromorph hand-to-hand combat.
--> True appearance has a vantablack face with the only actively visible features being orange eyes, orange teeth with blue forked tongue and blue gums when the mouth is open. Extremities darken to the same light-absorbing black with the rest of the skin being a medium brown. Default form tends to be a wolverine or ratel transformation that is at least a foot or more shorter than her true form and much more thickly muscled.
--> Uses wolverine/ratel for strength and courage (in these forms she can easily lift Fatgum which makes him feel… emotions). Prefers peregrine falcon or pigeon for flight with the former for speed and later for endurance (is faster than Hawks but never acknowledged by the media). Various sharks and crocodilians for water-related missions. Wolf for endurance + speed. Fox for agility. Dragon (Trigger transformation) for nuking a site from orbit.
--> Is a rescue hero who refuses to engage with arrests if a villain/criminal hasn’t done anything she considers to be worth it. Is the most likely member of the agency with a hero license to kill.
--> Is very good at scent and sight-based tracking. As well as stealth.
--> Can impersonate anyone in the agency rather effectively given proximity and practice.
--> Was created artificially by a foreign scientist and was initially planned to be used as a prototype bioweapon. A practical demonstration she was dosed with Trigger at the graduation ceremony for her class and proceeded to cause destruction. Because of their friendship, Taishiro was able to drag her out of the monster she’d turned into and regain control of herself.
--> Tends to come off as rude to strangers. Doesn’t care about her public image so long as the job gets done. Is openly critical of the hero system to the point that she’s on at least two different government watch lists.
--> Vanished for a year after graduation to travel the world and learn more. Came back with Flash and Thunder in tow.
--> Full title is The Wild Hero: Shifter
- Leech- Kaichu Yakushimaru- (Quirk) Blood Pressure- A mutation type quirk that gives the user the appearance of a humanoid leech/lamprey. Gives the user an extremely flexible and muscular boneless body controlled by muscle and fluid pressure. Gives the user the ability to detect heat signatures as well as an incredibly powerful hunger for blood.
--> When relaxed is around 6 ft tall and plumper looking than Fatgum. When flexed is around 10 ft tall (not including their antennas) and has a more traditionally ‘muscular’ looking appearance.
--> Can pick up and throw Fatgum. Which tends to either annoy Fatgum or make him feel emotions that are likely not appropriate for an employer to feel towards an employee. Leech knows this and teases Fatgum.
--> Worked as a janitor in a hospital until they were set up for a murder they didn’t commit and driven into a feral state by the real murderer. Was rescued by Fatgum who investigated and found the real culprit. Fatgum later offered Leech a job with his agency when discrimination made it impossible for them to get another job regardless of being innocent.
--> Was the first person to become a hero by going through Fatgum’s trade school for heroism.
--> Their costume involves a piece of support gear that’s primary purpose is satiating their thirst for blood by feeding them a steady stream of it through a mouthpiece. This allows them to fight more effectively without the distraction of hunger or fear of losing control.
--> Has a pair of antenna as a vestigial mutation from a parent with an insectoid appearance that gives them an excellent sense of smell/taste.
Is primarily an underground hero but has worked with Fatgum on more public missions. Is terrifyingly good at stealth considering their size.
--> Is much much faster than they look.
--> Is ranked higher than Gang Orca on the list of heroes who look like villains list.
--> Is the head of an outreach program funded jointly by the Fatgum agency and Toyomitsu family that helps people with dangerous or difficult to control quirks and quirks with gross or dangerous side effects. Is fucking furious about what happened to Himiko Toga and has offered to help rehabilitate her if she was ever captured.
--> Leech’s diet is pretty much entirely carnivorous with blood being the major component. Raw meat provides all the vitamins they really need. Uses blood as an egg substitute when cooking food and knows several foreign blood-based dishes. The majority of blood in their diet is from cows or pigs.
--> Fully known as The Worm Hero: Leech
- Flash- ‘Wally Dumas’- (Quirk) None technically. A nonhuman and nonorganic being found by Shifter on her travels. Can move at super-speed and recover from nearly any form of physical damage up to and including decapitation. Is capable of discharging surges of electricity close to his skin. Charges power through physical contact with his twin, especially if they rub their hands together to create friction. When in physical contact with his brother they can teleport themselves and others and generally rearrange the orientation and location of any object they know the location of in 3D space.
--> The thinner brother. Keeps his hair short and is more likely to get into trouble. Both brothers are approximately 7’8”.
--> The more hyper brother. Both of them get excitable, especially when charged up, but he’s more likely to stay hyper longer.
--> Is loyal only to Shifter but since she respects Fatgum he’ll take orders from him.
--> Loves gaining new friends.
--> Has next to no sense of morality. Will follow the rules Shifter set down but doesn’t understand why they exist.
--> Alongside his brother, they have a part-time job as bouncers for the extradimensional nightclub/community center known as Pandemonium.
--> Thinks Fatgum and Leech make great perches.
--> Assists in Tamaki training with speedy takedowns. If Tamaki can catch a speedster then he can catch anyone else.
- Thunder- ‘Boomer Dumas’- (Quirk) None technically. A nonhuman and nonorganic being found by Shifter on her travels. Charges power through physical contact with his twin, especially if they rub their hands together to create friction. Can fly, manipulate his own density, and has superbreath as well as recover from nearly all forms of physical harm. When in physical contact with his brother they can teleport themselves and others and generally rearrange the orientation and location of any object they know the location of in 3D space.
--> The chubbier brother. Has longer hair and is a bit scruffier.
-->Tends to be calmer than Flash and calms down more quickly after being amped.
--> Also the smarter brother. While he also has no sense of morality, he’s figured out how human people tend to react/want to be treated based on the rules Shifter placed. Also more likely to figure out what an enemy is planning.
--> Is slightly more willing to let scientists take samples and test him due to his own curiosity about what the hell he and his brother are.
--> Refers to Nedzu as an ‘experiment buddy’.
--> Got a provisional license well b4 his brother got one. To the frustration of Flash who had to work very hard to put together what he needed to do to pass.
--> Likes kids b/c they ask questions.
--> Like his brother he doesn’t need to eat physical food, both get everything they need from electricity and sunlight, he just likes the experience. The extra energy he gets from doing so is why he’s chubbier.
--> Also doesn’t need to sleep but enjoys doing so as well.
- Eyes/Eyespy- ???- (Quirk) None. An extremely skilled hacker, tech expert, and witch. Her body has cybernetic enhancements, the extent of which is unknown. She can interface with most forms of technology and spy on people. Her magic allows her to see through any eye or representation of an eye. She’s working on a warp system utilizing both advanced tech and complicated spellwork. She is very good at sharpshooting and sniping.
--> Every single name she’s ever given as well as the ones on her many licenses are fake.
--> A small and slim woman who pretty much fades into any crowd.
--> Not a hero but is licensed in hero support. Went to Seiai Academy and lied her ass off about having an intelligence quirk. She’s just that fucking smart.
Is the main DJ of Pandemonium and oversees the surveillance and warp gate system.
--> The warp gate system is based on Flash & Thunder’s teleportation power and she hopes to get it implemented for general public use to help people who can’t afford public transportation, disabled individuals, and giants/mutants who can’t ride on public transportation due to size or bodyshape constraints.
--> Was first an online friend of Taishio met on a quirkless server. Kept in touch with him even after he found out he had a quirk.
--> Helped Tai and Nami sneak their friend Lee into Shiketsu by faking his documents and fucking with the school’s computers and records. Tai, Nami, and Lee did the rest by lying their asses off to the other students and teachers.
--> Helps fund things by robbing rich people’s bank accounts.
--> Has several warrants out for her arrest under various fake identities but Tai hasn’t ratted her out yet or taken her in himself since… she’s not really hurting anyone.
--> Her girlfriend is a villain working for the Devil’s Market. They do mad science together.
--> Moderates Fatgum’s fansite.
--> Drinks a lot of coffee.
- Wildstyle- Cassandra Wei- (Quirk) None. Is skilled with improvised weapons and the infinite permutations of carfu. Is friends with a living shapeshifting magical sentient vehicle she calls Leviathan. More of a scrappy street fighter than a disciplined martial artist.
--> Is essentially a reformed villain/vigilante.
--> Listen this is just female Casey Jones TMNT.
--> Was arrested for so many driving violations. Also b/c she rammed into Fatgum with a sports car going 200 mph out of curiosity. Fatgum was furious.
--> She’s 6’4” and a wall of muscle. Is almost always wearing a hockey mask. Hair kept in a pony tail, often laced with barbed wire to discourage grabbing.
--> Most likely to use a crowbar to beat the shit out of people.
--> Leviathan communicates via morse code and snippets of radio broadcasts. Leviathan is the more stable person in their duo even tho it is a near literal speed demon. The only person Leviathan allows to drive/pilot them is Wildstyle.
--> Wildstyle legitimately has up-to-date licenses to drive/pilot pretty much anything.
--> Is the designated driver for the group if they need to transport people or things.
--> Leviathan CAN turn into things that Fatgum and Leech can ride in but it can’t go FAST while carrying them. Mostly b/c Fatgum won’t let them go fast b/c of traffic laws.
--> Wildstyle is very good at getting from point A to point B and this terrifies pretty much anyone not invulnerable or near-immortal who rides with her.
--> Can and does ride Leviathan indoors. Especially to a fight.
--> Is technically not a hero yet. Is working on it.
--> Has several cousins who are in the racing profession. Hates her wimpy older brother and loves her adorable delinquent niece.
--> Migrated to Japan after a very big family argument.
- The Immortal- Lee Watari- (Quirk) None. Is incredibly skilled with numerous weapons and forms of martial arts. Has levels of speed and reflexes close to those of speedsters after years of intense training.
--> Taishiro’s oldest non-family friend.
--> Tops out at 6’8”. Has a wiry frame and has a broad collection of scars.
--> An orphan taken in by the Devil’s Market. Showed an aptitude for weapons and fighting. Was assigned to be young Taishiro’s bodyguard and initially had no intention of compromising his duty with a friendship with his charge. Taishiro did not give up on trying to be friends and eventually, Lee gave in. He doesn’t regret it.
--> Is the quirkless friend that Taishiro, Nami, and Eyes got into Shiketsu.
Managed to become the number 2 in class b4 the faculty figured out he wasn’t actually a student. Was promptly kicked out and Tai and Nami nearly got expelled.
--> After that did more jobs for the Devil’s Market and was an assassin for a while.
--> Was the first person to find out that Fatgum was starving on his tiny paycheck post-graduation. The two of them got into a fight over him continuing to be a hero, trying to make it without help from his family/Tai being a stubborn jackass. Tai refused to ask his family for help so Lee took it upon himself to try and make sure Fatgum was eating a little better b/c being as skinny as 19 yr old Fatgum got reduced to had to be terrible for his health.
--> Joined Fatgum in the underground fighting rings where they earned a nice little nest egg of money. Wasn’t captured by the cops during the raid but Fatgum was.
--> Would murder people that Tai doesn’t like if Tai’d let him.
--> Is almost certainly the best martial artist of his generation.
--> It takes a while but he eventually does become the first quirkless hero in Japan.
--> Fully known as The Unbeatable Hero: The Immortal.
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Further reactions to "The book of lost tales":
I appreciate that Idril canonically wears armor and does swordfighting.
I feel like I can actually imagine adult!Idril much better now like in armor and with open hair, distraught but ready to fight while babby Earendil does not yet realize the danger...
My first thought is that Earendil was probably cute in that baby chainmail. My second thought is OUCH, Idril and Tuor always made sure their growing baby had fitting chainmail cause they felt the apocalypse might get them at any moment. Imagine that, imagine them having the baby armor fitted every year or so :(
Its fun how much of the basic structure already exists but most of what you'd consider the main characters doesn't exist or is scattered across various minor roles The only Prince anywhere in sight is Turgon - Except for Team Doriath, theyre all accounted for. I suppose Maeglin is kinda there in name only with vaguely the same role & motivation, but looks personality and background all did a 180 since. Luthien is still pretty much "princesd classic" at this point, not quite the fearless go-getter from the final version - markedly this version tells Beren that she doesnt want to wander in the wilderness with him whereas the final one says she doesnt care and its Beren still wants to get the shiny so as not to ask this of her and also for his honor.
I mean in the finished version Id consider the 3rd and 4th gen royals to be the main characters (well, alobgside Team Doriath and the varioud human heroes) and theyre hardly here. Imagine the silm with no Finrod!
Feanor had no affiliation with the royal family whatsoever, and is also generally less super. He's just the guy who won the jewelsmithing competition, not the inventor of the whole discipline. Still seems to have been envisionad as a respected member of the community who gets called to the palace for crisis meetings and is listened to when he stsrts giving speeches. From the first he already has the backstory of going off the deep end (or at least growing disillusioned with Valinor) after a family member is killed by Melkor and theyre still the first to die, but its just some other rando unrelated to the royals
The situation regarding the humans is different - instead of Melkor leaking their existence, its Manwe who explains that the other continents were supposed to be for them eventually. So Feanor goes off on a tirade about weak puny mortals comes off as a more of a jerk unlike in the final version where Melkor barely knew about the humans and described them to the Noldor as a threat. On the other hand in this one, also very much unlike in the finished product, Melkor dupes even Manwe into being unfair to the elves as a whole. In this the final version is a definite improvement, both Feanor and the Valar come off as a lot more sympathetic and though still deceived he's partially right in some things at least, so you have more of a genuine tragedy rather than a simple feud
There is something to the idea of Commoner!Feanor tho. I guess some of this survived in his nomadic explorer lifestyle and how both his wife and mother (who arent mentioned here) eventually were the ones to get that background of being not especially pretty ladies who are not from the nobility but got renown, respect and acclaim for their unique talent and contribution to society, with each having invented things and Nerdanel also being renowed for her wisdom. Hes sort of an odysseus-like Figure in that sense. I suppose later developements necesitated that Maedhros & co. have an army not just a band of thieves, which means they needed to be nobles/lords. That said this being a society where artisans are very respected and half the lords have scholarly/artistic pursuits going, the gap was probably not as big to begin with as it might have been in say, medieval England. Esoecially since Nerdanel's father had been given special honor by one of the local deities and that the social order might have been a very recent thing in Miriel's time. One might speculate that the first generation of Lords started out as warriors during the great journey, or perhaps just Finwe's friend group.
Also found that bit intetesting where the Valar have to deal with the remaining political tensions and effects of Melkor's lies on the remaining population in Valinor... - i guess with the change of framing device it was less likely for news of something like this to reach Beleriand. That, or the existence of Finarfin and his repentance made this go smoother this over in later cannon
Turgon's go-down-with-the-ship moment reaaly got to me. Im half tempted to write a fic where his wife, siblings and dad glomp him on arrival in Mandos. I dont care that none of them exists yet in this continuity i want Turgon to get hugs
I love all the additional Detail that got compressed out in the shift from fairytale-ish to pseudohistoric style especially all the various Valinor magic insofofar as it is compatible with the final version - particularly love the idea of the connection between the lamps and the trees that is now integrated into my headcanon forever
Its actually explained what the doors of night are
If I had not already read unfinished tales or volumes X to XII where this is also apparent, this is where I would say: Ah so the Valar were supposed to be flawed characters. Manwe has an actual arc; by the time he sends Gandalf he finally "got" it. I think in the published silm the little arcs of Ulmo and Manwe are mostly just lost in compression/ less apparent when only some of the relevant scenes got in but not all
It occurred to me way too late that the "BG" chars are the most consistent because theyre at the start and most stories are written from beginning to end. Finwe doesnt get a dedicated paragraph of explicit description until HoME X but my takeaway was that he's described pretty much like I always imagined him anyways/ same vibe I always got from him... charismatic, thoughtful, enthusiastic, sanguine temperament, brave in a pinch but at times lets his judgement be clouded by personal sentiment (though that last bit is more apparent/salient as a character flaw once he became the father of a certain Problem Child) ...i guess this would be a result of jrrt having had a consistent idea of him in his head for a long time.
This means Finwe's still alive at the time of the exodus which is just fun to see/interesting to know... Interestingly he sort of gets what later would be Finarfin's part of ineffectually telling everxone to please chill and think it over first while Feanor simply shouts louder (which is consistent with his actions before the sword incident in later canon where he initially spoke out against the suspiciozs regarding the Valar) - but its not exactly the same, he's more active than Finarfin later in that when "chillax" availed nothing he said that then at least they should talk with the other Kings and Manwe to leave with their blessing and get help leaving (This seems like it would have been the clusterfuck preventing million dollar suggestion in the universe where Feanor is related to him and values him) but when even that falls on death ears he decides that he "would not be parted from his people" and went to run the preparations. I find it interesting that the motivation is sentiment/attachment (even phrased as "he would not be parted from [his people]" same words/ expression as is later used for the formenos situation), not explicitly obligation as it later is for Fingolfin (who had promised to follow Feanor and didnt want to leave his subjects at the mercy of Feanor's recklessness )
Speaking of problem children. It seems the sons of Feanor were the Kaworu Nagisa of the Silmarillion in that originally all they do is show up at some point and kill Dior as an episodic villain-of-the-week. And then, it seems their role got bigger in each continuity/rewrite... probably has something to do with the Silmarils ending up in the title later making it in the sense their story that ends and begins with them. They have zero characterization beyond "fierce and wild" at this point, though in what teetsy bits there is we already have the idea that Maedhros is the leader and Curufin is the smart one/shemer/sweet-talker, though not the bit where Maedhros (or Maglor, or anyone really) is "the nice one". Which I guess explains why "Maglor" sounds like such a stereotypical villain name.
"The Ruin of Doriath" was purportedly the patchworkiest bit of the finished product, but I never noticed and it actually left quite an impression of me upon first reading, the visual of Melian sitting there with Thingol's corpse in her arms contemplating everything thinking back to how they met... she had the knowledge to warn him not to doom himself but couldnt get him to understand it because he doesnt see the world as she does.... After reading this though I wish there was a 'dynamic' rendition that combined all the best bits like, youd have to adapt it to the later canon's rendition of the dwarves, have Nargothrond exist etc. But i mean that just makes Finrod another dead/doomed relative of Thingol's whom bling cannot truly replace, like Luthien and Turin. In the Silmarillion you could easily read it as just an "honoured guest treatment" but here and in unfinished tales I get the impression that Thingol actually did see Turin as a son.
Already you see the idea of trying to make the stories all interconnected but there is less than there will be (the human heroes aren't related yet and there is basically no Nargothrond, which is later a common thread for many of the stories - a prototype shows up in the 'Tale of Turambar' tho complete with half baked prototypes of Orodreth and Finduillas
O boi im not even through yet
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hmmmmm this is for the album ranking: wonder girls' 'wonder world'
to me it's a bit of a ridiculous album with no clear aim as to what it wants to sound like, but I absolutely adore it.
i actually haven't listened to most of this before! i've listened to be my baby dozens of times but i haven't listened to the bsides before.
1. be my baby - ICONIC ICONIC ICONIC the retro concept is truly done best by second gen girl groups no one can compare to the experience of being around when this song dropped it's not quite as iconic as tell me so hot or nobody but it's a def contender. i used to do the baby cradling dance all the time. the ra.d remix is also excellent!!!!!
2. sweet dreams - CLASSIC SECOND GEN TRACK it had me from the intro it's a great retro second gen track with a funky walking bass line and EXTREMELY 2011 use of autotune and vocal layering but this is like the best of 2011 it's fantastic. strong chorus melody which is absolutely crucial.
3. me, in - it starts like a jazzy second gen gg track but goes into an electric beat? and the rock band instrumentation and the lyrics are a remade korean traditional children's song? the jazzy diva power vocals? it feels like they threw a lot of things into the pot and it all works surprisingly well!
4. stop! - it's great!!! another second gen classic!! the chorus loses me a little bit but the verses r stellar!! i've actually heard this song a bunch of times from somewhere maybe tv. this would be #2 but the impact of the chorus is a little disappointing compared to the super interesting chromaticism in the verses and the beat isn't as dynamic as i would want. i'll totally sing along if it comes on in public tho.
5. do go do go - CLASSIC RNB BALLAD!! LOVE IT!! also p clever korean pun for the title lol. is that sunye going crazy on the rnb adlibs??
6. nu shoes - fun!! a well done english track but it's such a korean song there's no way it would've worked with the US audience they wanted
7. dear boy - another rnb ballad!! this one had me from the opening too. the synths they used r So dated but i'm not opposed! u can rly tell the differences in vocal ability between members here tho. who's the one showing off with the rnb runs omg!!! pls lmk!!
8. girls girls - ACOUSTIC TRACK??? female empowerment song for a young audience. it's very 2011 very enjoyable.
9. super b - club bop! there's some interesting songs going on here but it gets old a lil fast
10. g.n.o. - quite generic imo but classic and fun. it has that trot adjacent 뽕짝 beat i like in girl group tracks but it's a skip.
11. act cool - omg trying to a rap heavy hip hop track? it's fun but i do not consider 99.999% of kpop rapping to be rap at all so there is varying amounts of success here. why does this feel like the prototype for a lot of 4th gen girl crush gg releases. and then a RANDOM ASS switch to piano and melody out of nowhere that was so jarring. also san e sure did try his best.
ur very right it's a whole lot of diff things at once and it's a good time for it!! i feel like nostalgia fuels a lot of my enjoyment of this particular album but there's a lot of solid tracks.
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