#seems interesting XD if only we knew the end
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Can you do a prompt where this time traveler girl is in love with
Were you shot??? What happened XD
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The Toy's favorite Child
Notes: This is the first time I'm doing such thing so I'm really nervous XD I didn't know what to put into the background of the drawing so I didn't put any. Maybe I'll edit it soon. Do forgive me for my shading, I'm still learning(trying to)
Synopsis: After starting to live in PlayCare, one creature you became friends with grew a liking to you...
Warning: PLATONIC, headcanon + little story, reader is 12-14 years old, reader is a chill teenager
It's been a year since you got into the PlayCare, passing through the security with laid-back face and leaving the staff confused. They kept you because you seemed useful for them...
You were quite chilly and relaxed, reserved and smart. Also, because of your personality you were almost the same with Cat Nap from cartoons. Maybe that's why you became quick friends with Smiling Critters. With most of them, at least...
The big purple cat was almost never appearing like others from his party. And this interested you.
After a week or so you finally met him face-to-face. You were as calm as always, but your heart was pounding from excitement. You said 'hi' for politeness and introduced yourself, waiting for him to do the same.
Guess what? His face didn't even shift. He continued staring at you with his dead eyes.
After understanding that you won't get an answer from him, you tried to talk about something else.
But he disappeared in blink of an eye.
You were quite disappointed, but you still had the same urge to get to know the living toy better. You knew it'll be a long while...
It was worth 3 months to make him sit and listen to your rambling for 10 minutes. It was worth more months to make him spend at least an hour with you. It took even longer for him to let you stay near him and sleep, leaning onto the puppet. But it was worth the pleasure you get from his warmth and company.
Even though you never heard him talk, it's enough for you to be near him. It's good to talk about any nonsense which randomly comes to your mind and have a listener who won't judge you. It's also good to take a great nap in his fur or stay in complete silence, thinking of your own thing.
The staff, of course, sooner found out the relationship between you and the purple cat puppet.
They tried to use you to their own benefits and new information, but instead you composed some lies which sounded like truth to tell them(Cat Nap helped you a little sometimes, nodding or shaking his head if the lie sounds truthful or not).
When the scientists were starting thinking about taking you for the test next, Cat Nap started to monitor you to make sure you won't end up in the Game Station.
It definitely wasn't him who knocked out the staff members right behind your back. It definitely wasn't him who let out some scratching noises in Home-Sweet-Home. Also, of course, it definitely wasn't his sharp gaze you felt on your gut 24/7.
You liked to use the hair brush on the purple furball. It doesn't move away so you can say that he's at least neutral to your activity(we don't talk about his really quiet purring).
[Now. The small story]
It was a normal day like any other one. More specifically, night. However, this week was quiet strange: the staff members of Playtime Co. except the workers from the PlayCare appeared more often in front of you. When they started talking about 'test', they randomly passed out because of the red smoke. You knew it was one of the Smiling Critters you were hanging out with for a while, but you didn't know why was he doing it.
You were currently sitting with your back leaning against the living cat plush, brushing your companion's tail you gently patted with your free second hand. The only thing that bothered you in that peaceful time was the fact that the purple cat wasn't purring at all. It was staring at you with its dark eyes. Sooner after, you finally asked him about this:
— Is something wrong, Cat Nap?
It didn't answer. Instead, the living toy just stared at you with expressionless eyes, not moving an inch. You weren't intimidated by the stare at all, so you just continued brushing the long tail. You weren't hoping for an answer anyway, but still a small, almost impossible dream was remaining in your heart.
The silence was broken by the raspy, low voice coming out from Cat Nap's voice box.
— The Prototype... Will Save Us.
You flinched.
Wow...
This is the first time he ever said something to you. It was surely a progress for your friendship.
You stared at him with wide eyes for a moment before shifting your attention back to the tail. You shrugged with your shoulders, your face had a relaxed smile.
— I don't know who the Prototype is, but if they helped you somehow, I think they're my saviour too. You're like a home to me.. I can't even imagine what would it be like living without you here!
You chuckled, patting the fluffy tail while Cat Nap looked at you with the same stare. However, something in his eyes changed... Maybe his gaze gained a little more... softness?
He stared at you until you fell asleep on him again. A few minutes of him sinking into his thoughts have passed, the toy putted his head on his paws, wrapping his tail around you like a blanket and soon enough closing his eyes. You would call it the same night-time scenario with Cat Nap in the next morning, because you didn't know that he was comfortably purring, nuzzling himself into your warmth last night...
Notes: OH MY GOD I DID IT :D I'll maybe do part 2, but without promises
Anyways, thank you for wasting your time reading my first-ever-made English fanfic. Do write me some comments about my errors if you find any, I will appreciate it since it'll improve my writing skills.
Have a nice day/evening/night!😘
#poppy playtime x reader#poppy playtime#poppy playtime 3#cat nap#cat nap x reader#platonic#child!reader#fluff#own work#own drawing#first post
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Redesign / Alliance fit for Theron!
I was kinda sad that our husband didn't get a new design like our wife Lana did, so I decided to try to make something nice for him✨
Not that I don't like his original design. I just wanted to try something different.
(I got too tired drawing, so that's why he doesn't have a face XD)
I'll be describing some details of this design below if anyone is interested to read about them!
A little bit of warning. There is some headcanon / fanon stuff here, and, also, the opinion on some stuff is just my opinion, and you don't have to agree with me. Please don't be too harsh to me. I just wanted to have fun UwU
For the lower part of his body, I mostly got rid of a bunch of details, like the blue stripes on his pants, to make it simpler (in contrast with the upper part, which has some interesting stuff going on).
Got rid of those hanging things on his belt cuz they seemed pretty redundant, and I couldn't think of what they could be used for. Belt, in general, is more simplified. As a cherry on top, he now has the alliance symbol on it ✨
I added the metal thing, which I like to call "magnetic plate", on his right leg, and it's basically for carrying stuff like his datapad, keys, Eternal Fleet ashes, etc.
(I do remember seeing a similar thing in imperial designs, but I'm not sure what it's called)
Since he relies on tech a lot, he now has a fancy new toy - the glove on his left hand! Very useful thing for operating stuff and also hacking!
Remember that scene when we get our ship back, and Theron just presses something on his very regular glove? I always found it amusing. Not it will make more sense since he now actually has a suitable glove for this kind of action XD
[the scene in question]
He now hides his blasters inside his jacket (hence the belts on his upper part).
The jacket is a pretty memorable part of his design. It looked really good with a yellow color, but it's hard to imagine him wearing a jacket that isn't red.
I have to admit that a lot of new stuff in that thing was added based only on my headcanons. Mostly because I wanted to add an interesting story to it.
(A little bit of explaining is in order) Theron is a chilly person; he often feels like it's cold even if the room temperature is normal. Tauntauns are also his favourite animals.
This jacked is a gift from a very dear person to him. They knew all that and that's why they gifted Theron a warm jacket made with Tauntaun's fur (no tauntaun was harmed in making this jacket).
That person is no longer alive, but he still holds on to this jacket like it's his second skin; it's very important to him.
Anyway, the white parts of the jacket are now fur. And the fur inside only extends to shoulders (having natural fur already sounds too expensive for a republic soldier salary it was bought with). It's still warm tho. Sleeves have fur only at the ends and have zippers so that they can be easily folded back.
This jacket also can be closed (sounds kinda pointless stating the obvious, but in comparison with his original jacket, to me at least, makes sense cuz I can hardly imagine the original one closing).
Almost forgot.
A turtleneck for Theron. It just makes sense.
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What if Tav is a hireling? Astarion gets attached to her, so after the brain is defeated he either convinces Withers to let her stay as a messenger, or Astarion follows Withers around so every time there's a world ending emergency Astarion volunteers just so he can get Tav as a hireling. Astarion becomes a selfish hero that keeps saving Faerûn XD
Oooh a Hirling would be interesting since from the limited in-game info, they are souls who clawed their way back from the Fugue Plane for vengeance but they can not recall how to speak.
Astarion x Hireling Tav Headcanons
You didn’t expect your life to be cut so shortly, one minute you were showcasing your battle prowess in a local tavern, and the next some so-called absolutes decided to cut your show short by slaying you, all in the name of their so-called god.
But you didn’t want it to end here so soon, there was so much more to do, clawing out of the fugue plane holding onto the last string of thread that your life was hanging on. Before a white light blinds you, wake to the feeling of soft sand under your feet.
It felt strange for the others in this little coup to make him the designated group leader so quickly. He was lucky enough that they hadn’t figured out that he was a vampire spawn, yet. Despite the unique set of people he’s gathered to journey with him, perhaps some extra muscle wouldn’t hurt to have.
When you’re summoned, you seem to be more aware of your surroundings, unlike the others he’s summoned, acting more lively than that of a lifeless husk awaiting commands. When you attempt to speak, nothing comes out, until you feel a husky voice come out from your mouth instead.
“This vessel is at thy disposal. Do what thou wilt.”
Of course, there would be repercussions for attempting to escape the fugue plane alive, as a final act of cruelty by the gods, you can only view the world through your eyes all whilst another puppeteers the words spoken through your mouth.
During your battles, you would usually follow the instructions parroted to you from the voice of the withers.
Until one fight, thrown into yet another battle with members of the absolute cult, noticing a surprise ambush about to strike him.
You attempt to react by yelling for him to move, yet nothing comes out of your throat, quickly pulling against the strings in your mind and rushing towards him, shoving him aside to take the force of the impact.
After the fight, he approaches you with a slight twinge of annoyance in his voice
“I can’t tell whether you were brave or stupid doing that during that fight, but I see that you're not like those other brainless ghouls. But maybe we should work on your communication skills instead.”
Every night from then, he would attempt to teach you thieves can’t as a form of sign language for each other, creating a loophole to the calamity that the gods wish to gift you. Even Slowly bonding, by sharing your tales with him from tavern fights to tales of your travels around Faerun.
The others in camp had thought their leader had gone a bit mad, after seeing him night after night talking to what seemed to be a husk of a humanoid with only a craving for vengeance. Even Withers lighting jabbing at him for being attached to such a person, always reminding him to “not distracted on thy quest, seeking the comforts of the flesh.” to which Astarion would respond with a short huff, before taking you away from him.
After the defeat of the brain, you knew that you wouldn’t be able to stay on this plane forever, with your soul ready to depart, unable to cling onto this body provided to you for much longer. Astarion stays by your side throughout it, promising that he’ll meet you again, no matter what.
After you left his side, he would end up travelling around Faerun in search of either, any world-ending events or withers. Sometimes he would get lucky, having to save a county or two from the new villain of the decade, those who wish to revive the absolute cult, but those fights didn’t last long enough.
Ultimately, Astarion would get ahold of a wish spell, either as a gift from a powerful wizard or one from the gods after becoming Faerun's most selfish hero after stopping numerous life-ending threats. Giving you a real physical body for your soul to finally call home.
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RE: People giving Bucky a hard time over his "I'm invisble, I'm turning into you.." line being "selfish"
That whole scene is Bucky displaying behaviour consistent with depression or traumatic stress. He's drinking by himself in an isolated area, isolating himself from social situations by not sitting with the ohers - he doesn't initiate the convo with Steve and he's apparently smoking.
Although a lot of people did that then we didn't see any sign of him smoking before? Not that I recall anyway.
And I don't believe he was jealous of a woman paying attention to Steve instead of him or "taking" Steve from him.
Bucky's a true friend (I'm not a shipper full stop): and true friends aren't possessive nor do they take issue with you spending time with others or flirting with the same person as them.
I think Bucky was simply testing himself. He wanted to see if he could still muster the confidence and charm to convince a lady to dance with him which he'd probably never had any problems doing before. Its the first time he initiates a conversation the entire scene.
When it didn't work was when he knew there was something wrong. I don't think it was just the super-soldier serum.
It's interesting that after that Steve is really the only person he interacts/talks to having been very sociable and outgoing before. Some people have also noted that his tone of voice chances as well, he seems to speak less often, more softly and his tone is quieter.
So maybe "I'm turning into you" is actually a kind of role-reversal. Bucky is now the quiet, less confident, introverted one and the one who has been victimized (and is about to be again by HYDRA). Kind of interesting as well that the serum now means Steve is taller than him too.
Poor Bucky. Cut him a break and give that man a hug. And a cookie. A cookie can't hurt.
Hey nonnie, I'm not sure who's been giving Bucky a hard time over the "I'm invisible" speech but I'm glad I haven't seen it XD
I had a meta a while ago about that particular line. It's not a fixed headcanon by any means, I was just running with the flow of Bucky's thoughts to see how he might have ended up in that moment.
And yeah, I agree, I think he was in a very vulnerable place at that time. Not just what he went through during imprisonment, but he's also traumatised by what he's seen so far in the war, and now someone who matters very much to him is in danger (Steve) and he can't do anything about it. I'm basing my projections on what Sebastian had said about Bucky in the "let's hear it for Captain America" scene -- that no, he wasn't jealous of Steve in that moment, he was just horrified he wouldn't be able to protect him anymore. He's torn between admiring Steve for the courage, and the very realistic fears of seeing Steve come to harm, but he also knows Steve too well to talk him out of it. So he's not in the best headspace in that moment.
I do want to gently disagree in that jealousy in a friendship doesn't make it less pure or less good, it's simply a very human response to what is at its heart a fear of abandonment. Even if you logically understand that you need to let your friend have other relationships, you can still feel jealous if that eats up time you'd normally have with your friend, and apprehensive about what else you might lose. It's what you do with those emotions that defines your morality. This is why a lot of fans say that Bucky has had a villain origin story but has come out the other end a hero -- he's gone through an arc of loss and fear and jealousy, but come out the other side still staunchly Steve's friend, and that's a heroic arc.
As always I think Sebastian did a fantastic job with Bucky. The change in Bucky pre-war and post-war is considerable.
His voice is lower and coarser, his mannerisms are much more "schooled" rather than boyish, it screams less bravado and more of a quiet assurance, and that frown never lifts from his brows. But yeah, a lot of that is battle-hardened professionalism, but I think a lot of that is also Sebastian factoring in Bucky's mental health. And his eyes are on Steve a lot more even when they're not conversing -- shipping angle aside, Steve is his commanding officer, and my other thought is that...his eyes are always on Steve because the danger to Steve is much higher now, and he's always made it his personal mission to make sure Steve's going to be okay.
(I mean there's also a lot we can say, or has been said, about that particular scene in terms of male writers writing female love interest badly, but that's an entirely different topic)
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The Cure for a Spiral
DreamXD is panicking over his upcoming talk with Dream. There's just so much he has to say and so much explaining he has to do but his self-doubt make him spiral. GeorgeHD has the perfect solution to keep him on track.
Next part in the AU. Sorry this one is so short.
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The only times DreamXD ever felt fear in his life all involved Dream.
He remembered when his brother was sick with a fever for the first time and XD was clueless. He scoured the libraries for any medical books and followed the instructions down to the smallest details till Dream was nursed back to health.
Then when Dream went missing one day and XD would have torn the End apart to find him. The relief and frustration he felt when he finally found his brother couldn’t be matched.
When XD had learned the server was in a hunt for Dream, his heart leapt to his throat and he couldn’t dare watch anymore as Dream was dragged, kicking and screaming, to the prison.
And finally when he heard the booming call of the End portal being opened, XD knew in his heart that it was Dream. He was fully expecting the sight of his brother’s lifeless body waiting for him at the end and prepared himself for it. He did not have time to express his relief when he saw both he and George were alive. The anger came first.
Now DreamXD felt a new kind of fear, once again tied to Dream. The fear that he had backed off too much and he had severed any chance of a relationship between himself and Dream. The thought pained him to dwell on and kept him up at night worrying.
He knew he had been drastic in his actions when he interrogated Dream, but in the moment he could excuse it as being important. Now it was over and XD was swelled with guilt and the need to make amends.
As promised in his note to Dream, he met with his brother a couple days later. This time XD stood outside while Dream spoke from the doorway of George’s cottage. George just right behind him.
It had been so long since XD had seen George, or seen Dream and George together again. It was nice to see them close, depending on one another again, and it hurt XD he couldn’t be that close with them again.
The three spoke, though it was mostly Dream and XD. They came to the conclusion they needed to have time to speak and clear the air between them once and for all. Years of misunderstandings would be aired and handled.
So Dream proposed a time to talk next week. It would be held in George’s cottage for ease to Dream and XD agreed. And now every day since then, he’d been nothing but fearful.
“I mean, like it’s not a super serious talk, you know? But…well it will lead to probably serious stuff. It’s a lot we probably have to talk about.”
XD explained to GeorgeHD. Or, more rambled on to him. The sleepy God lounged over his fort of pillows and blankets, but he was oddly alert and interested in XD’s words this time. Probably because XD mentioned it was about Dream.
XD never asked what happened between HD and Dream when he left his younger brother in the care of the God, but it must have been positive. Every time XD visited he asked about Dream and how the mortal was getting on and would frown when XD admitted he hadn’t worked up the courage to speak to him. Now he told HD that the two were talking and HD was all ears.
“But it’s a sudden thing right? To suddenly delve into years of misunderstandings so like it can’t be expected to be serious stuff right away. I think it’s like laying it all out first you know then we’ll work on stuff from there. That makes sense right?”
XD looked at HD expectantly for an answer. The older God said nothing for a while until it seemed he realised it was finally his time to speak. “I’ve never seen you this nervous.” Was the first thing he said.
XD’s cheeks went red and he fought back the urge to pull his mask on. He had even gone without the wraps around his eyes, showing the void of blackness and his ever moving eyes in front of HD, though it was nothing the other God hadn’t seen before. Today XD was too wound up to have the wraps on.
“Well it’s a lot to be nervous about!” XD huffed.
“I didn’t mean it in a bad way.” HD lazily held up his hand before pushing himself to sit up properly. “Though I was worried if you didn’t stop and take a breath you would have been the first God to die from suffocation.”
“I…” XD could feel himself wanting to ramble again, and he took in a breath and slowed himself down. “I just want things to go smoothly. I don’t want to fuck this up. Dream’s giving me a chance to talk.”
“He’s probably just as nervous as you are.” HD assured him. “He’s probably pacing back and forth, worrying over every little thing he’s going to say to you.”
That was a nice thought to have. Not on his brother being nervous but the idea that Dream was listing out everything he’d want to say to XD to try and make this better was a hopeful thought. Too hopeful for XD to believe. “I don’t think he wants to speak to me.”
“Trust me, he very much does.”
HD sounded so assured and XD couldn’t help but be curious. “Has he…said anything to you?”
One of the corners of HD’s pillows caught the older God’s attention and kept his face turned down to inspect it. “It’s not my place to say. Dream should get the chance to tell you.” He looked up again. “But you’re worrying too much, I promise you. This isn’t a one chance he’s given you, he wants to talk to you as much as you want to talk to him.”
XD didn’t believe it, but he held his tongue on it. Dream certainly wanted to explain himself for his stunt and maybe he was owed that, but he couldn’t really imagine his brother wanting to talk with him. They had drifted too far apart.
“Come here.” HD suddenly pulled XD from his thoughts. A few of their ephemeral hands set up pillows for HD to lean back on, and one placed over his lap which they patted for XD to lay down.
This seemed suddenly far too nice for HD, but XD played along. He shuffled himself over and lay down with his head over HD’s lap.
“Do you have a plan to talk?”
XD looked up, watching HD watching him. It was a little unnerving, but it was also comforting in a strange way.
“Well…y-yes I do.” XD cleared his throat. “So I think we should talk about what happened in the End. I didn’t really explain things properly with him. And I never gave him a chance to explain himself. So I think opening with that is better.”
Even as XD said the words he could feel doubt filling his head. “A-Although…maybe talking about how we stopped talking in the first place is better? We could start from the beginning and work towards where we-EEE!”
A hand suddenly squeezed into his side. XD jumped, squealed and looked down just in time to see the white ephemeral helper hand of HD disappear. He looked up to HD while curling his lower arms around his sides in protection. He silently asked for an explanation.
“You were doubting yourself, and rambling off point.” HD nodded along to his words as though it was expected. “Now. Take a breath and focus. You’re going to talk about the End. Work from there.”
Like that is easy to do when the hands could appear at any moment. XD glanced down to his sides again but the hands were gone. He had no way to know when they’d appear, so he just swallowed his worry and tried to speak clearly again.
“I… I’m going to talk to him about the whole thing with the End. I’ll let him explain himself then I’ll speak from my point.”
XD gave a look up to a nodding HD who decided that was allowed.
“Then I was going to let him say whatever he wants to say.” XD continued. “like for all the years I did wrong, and try to smooth things over when I can. But…” Self doubt started to creep in. “I don’t want it to feel like I’m springing all this on him. Like-Like he doesn’t have to explain himself if he’s uncomforta-HAHA!”
Apparently that was not the right thing to say either, as another hand appeared from nowhere. XD saw it too late and could only manage to half curl his legs up before it tasered into his sides. He gave a very high squeak before breaking into giggles.
“H-Hehey!”
“You spiralled.” HD said like it was obvious. “You need to not do that.”
“I-I wasn’t spiralling.” XD defended himself, then yipped when the hand appeared again, this time at his other side. He managed to get his legs curled up and his arms blocking his sides and ribs. “N-Noho!”
“You doubt your own plans and get in your head about how Dream will react. All you need to be focusing on is how you react and how you come across as to Dream.”
XD thought the hand would disappear with just a warning, but it stayed, and it slowly drifted closer to XD’s side. He tried to turn away, but HD’s hands softly fell on his shoulders, holding him down as he helplessly looked up.
“HeheDehehehe…”
“You need to get out of your head.” HD decided. “And what better way to get you out of there?”
The hand touched upon XD’s side, making his skin jump. It got to the bit just behind XD’s top, skittering more along his back than his sides. XD cursed his more revealing back now more than ever. It didn’t tickle a lot, the fingers just skittering so lightly along his back, but it made him giggle.
HD’s thumbs rubbed into XD’s shoulders, making soothing circles into his skin. The younger God held back a soft moan. His muscles slowly relaxed without his control, making him more giggly to the fingers fluttering along his side. It was making him more tickly and distracted him from the hands materialising by his feet.
XD was allowed a few seconds of soft tickles before the hands by their feet grabbed their ankles. They made a loud squeak, and tried to pull against their legs being forced to stretch out but it was pointless. They had one on each of his ankles and one poking at each of their soles.
“HeheDehe…”
“4K is so right. It’s absolutely tragic your feet aren’t ticklish.”
A blush crept up from XD’s shoulders to his cheeks. He curled his toes to the strange tingling feeling running over his feet. It wasn’t ticklishness, but they did feel more sensitive whenever 4K or HD mentioned them.
“Y-Yohou and him are too obsessed with my feet.” XD challenged back.
“Well it’s unfair. That spot is tickly for both of us. It drives 4K mad even, but we can’t get good revenge on you.”
XD knew about HD’s tickly feet but he’d never gotten the change to tickle 4K’s. Whenever the God took off his boots around XD it was usually when they were settling down for a nap. Although now that XD thought about it, it was odd he was the only God among them to wear footwear. Like he was protecting them.
“4K’s feet drive him bad?” XD tried to ask casually.
“Oh yeah. Hysterics.” HD shrugged. “He still loves being tickled there but he can’t help but kick and roll and curl up to try and protect his feet. Too sensitive for him to keep still, he had to be held down when he asks for feet tickles.”
A lot of details flagged in XD’s head but the main one was that 4K had, at one point, specifically asked for his feet tickled and HD complied. Before XD could do anything with that fact, a quick skitter ran across his ankles, making him bark out a laugh.
“Wh-Whahat!” The skittering followed a long continuous tickle across his ankle. XD had been so busy processing the information HD gave him he didn’t notice the tickling stopping at his side or the hands no longer poking at his soles. “N-Nohohot fahahair!” XD chirped and tried to pull his legs away.
“Your ankles being adorably ticklish make up for it I suppose.” HD smiled.
“Ihihit’s nohohot adohorahable! S-SToHOhoHOHOP!”
The hands danced their tickly dance up XD’s ankles, travelling further up his legs till it reached his knees. He whimpered and pleaded through giggles, but when the hands squeezed his knees and skittered along the sides, his laughter turned soft and his pleading slowly stopped.
“I got your kneeeees~” HD’s voice was a gentle whisper.
“D-Dohoooon’t…”
“Don’t? Don’t get your knees? Or don’t stop tickling your knees?”
XD kept quiet and HD didn’t press on. They both knew the answer and it was obvious with XD little whine when the hands stopped their tickling. It was then XD noticed his ankles weren’t even being held anymore.
“So, what’s your plan with Dream?”
HD’s voice was a soft purr, nestling in XD’s head and drawing his thoughts to the surface. “Give Dream a chance to explain himself about the End. Then I’ll explain my side.”
HD slowly nodded. “Right. And then what?”
One of the older God’s actual hands came down by the right side of XD’s face. They could feel the fingers playing with a strand of their hair. “Then I… I don’t know…” XD admitted. Their body tensed, expecting to be tickled suddenly, but they were left alone.
“That’s alright.” HD’s voice eased their tension. “You have years of confusion to work through, you can’t be expected to have a plan for it.”
XD gave the slightest of nods, agreeing in part. The words of Dream ran through his head again as he thought of it.
“Why do you need a plan for me?! Why can’t you just talk with me first?! You’re my brother!”
“I think I’ve been planning too much.” XD admitted. “I think instead of planning I should have been talking to Dream.”
“The last horse crosses the finish line.” HD half chuckled. He pressed a kiss to the top of XD’s head to show no hard feelings. “It won’t be easy but I know you love Dream more than anything, and Dream is your brother. So your stubbornness for love is in him too.”
“I hope he doesn’t have my lack of forgiving nature.” XD grimaced but pulled himself to sit up. He felt weirdly rested, like he’d taken a nap.
“You both just need to talk and take it from there. It wouldn’t be fixed overnight, or even over a week, but you both taking the first step is the right thing to do.”
XD could agree with that, though talking about the first step and actually taking it were two different things. It wouldn’t help matters either that George would be there. While XD loved George as much as he loved Dream, and George deserved a chance to explain his side too, the God couldn’t help feel like it was a two on one situation. Even though he knew that idea was ludicrous. He was God for Prime sake, it wasn’t like it was unfair.
“Do you want me to come with you?”
Like a soft bell ringing in his mind, the dark clouds of doubts cleared and XD looked over to HD.
“Really?! I-I mean...would you? Would that be okay?”
XD did not want to presume their friend’s offer was just talk but they worried HD wasn’t ready for the Overworld again. XD still hadn’t gotten to ask HD about their status as the Overworld God. Or the fact he used to be the Overworld God. It seemed too personal and whatever happened made HD avoid the place.
But he offered to accompany XD so easily, and without a trace of regret on his face. HD just simply shrugged. “Well, I need to start going back to the Overworld sooner or later. And this might be a good easing in. I’d just be there less than a day. Plus, you said Dream would have his friend with him so I’m sure Dream wouldn’t mind you having one too.”
“Oh!… Then-Then yes! If you could!” XD felt his heart lift with excitement. “It wouldn’t be unfair of me to have company. And Dream likes you! So it’ll be perfect!”
For the first time in a while, XD felt excited on the idea of meeting with Dream. Years of mistakes XD promised he would make right, and he’d help Dream through whatever he was going through. It wouldn’t be too late. XD promised himself he’d fix this.
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Masks Off
There's something interesting when it comes to the (literal) masks Twilight puts on for his missions. While we see him wear a lot of them, we don't always see him rip them off. I mean, we don't always have to.
And when we do see him rip them off... I think I've noticed a pattern. It's like it's an actual masks-off moment when he does.
As other people have said, it's very important that the very first scene we get of Twilight is of him wearing a mask, which he rips off right after.
A+ character introduction. It tells us how good of an actor he is, how willing he is to face risks for his missions (the tiniest fault in his performance and the informant could have info about him to share with the government), and how nonchalant he is about this. He rips the mask off, throws it away, and prepares a new disguise for himself. Just another dull day at work.
So even though he doesn't say anything with his voice, the presentation itself says a lot.
The next time we see him ripping off a mask is an emotionally impactful scene.
As he does, his inner monologue (which Anya hears) is "How could I forget? To create a world where children won't have to cry… That's why I became a spy."
Seconds before, he thought of his own vulnerable spots - how hearing children crying reminds him of his own scarred childhood. This is him laying his character motivation for us to see out in the open... just as he reveals his face again... but not to the camera. We still see just the back of his head. WISE members know that each one of them wants to put an end to the cold war, but it doesn't seem like they know each other's inner turmoils. Twilight didn't even know that Sylvia had a daughter (I'm assuming, since she seems to share it as a new information). The others know Twilight has the shared goal of stopping the war - but he (and now Anya) is the only one who knows what motivates him; something as vulnerable as not wanting kids to suffer like he did. Something which he of course hides, hence us only seeing the back of his head here. We might have had a glimpse of his inner thoughts, but they're something he will keep to himself for some time.
(If there's something more revealed in the manga, please don't spoil me as I'm only watching the anime)
The thing is, this is all deliberate. In this situation it would have been preferable for him to keep the mask, since then he just went back inside the supermarket and ambushed Edgar and his goons. In the manga he even says something along the lines of "As if I'd let you see my face" as he takes them out one by one. It would have been more realistic... but it wouldn't have been impactful. Or badass XD
The next time is much later, when he rips off the mask of the secret police officer, after trying to see if Yor knew about her brother working for said secret police.
Franky notices his agitation, and says, "Hey, come on. Don't tell me you feel guilty for doubting her." Twilight replies with a very curt "I don't." Nice try, Twilight.
And again, we don't get a clear view of his face. He's lying, to Franky and to himself, as he walks into the shadows, turning towards the alley, his back to "the world", while the camera, the audience, is keeping a distance from him. We are not allowed a glimpse of how he schools his features into a neutral face that conceals his guilt. There's still way to go.
The next time isn't emotional, but I still think it's an important detail about Twilight's character: his perfectionism.
"It's impossible for me to perfectly play the role based on such a short video. If we were dealing with a pro, he would've been on to us."
The ruse worked, though. The student successfully believed that was really Keith betraying him, and is now revealing important information to them. Yet on Twilight's mind is the fact that they could have failed.
It's a small moment, but I think it's interesting that it was put in. We didn't have to see him rip the mask off, they could have shown him in his real face, holding the destroyed mask in his hand to reveal that oh this was Twilight then. This is also a time where, just as in the introductory scene, we see Twilight's face from up close after the mask comes off. His perfectionism isn't something he feels the need to hide.
The next time is as he rips off the mask of the minister, apologizing to the dog for something he had no control over.
"I'm really sorry. I'm sure the last thing you wanted was to get dragged into some foolish conflict between humans."
Twilight made sure to barely even hurt the dog; the easiest solution would be to just shoot him, instead of focusing precisely on the bomb bag straps and then allowing the dog to bite him. At first you think him apologizing is because he's about to kill the dog, but instead he honestly apologizes for how their conflicts got him caught up in all this. Though his voice and composure make him look cold and distant, he still cares enough that even a dog's life is innocent and worthy of protection to him. His stance is the mask he wears; underneath that is his real self, someone who cares for an innocent animal.
And again, it would be more practical to keep the mask (unless those masks hinder his vision and he needed it off to make sure his shots land where they had to) so to not waste time and not risk the chance of Keith seeing his real face. But this show loves its symbolism, and we love it for that.
From today's episode:
"I think I've had my fill of tennis for a while."
I admit, this is probably the least notable case. I don't know how much of a surprise it was supposed to be, that this guy was actually Twilight with a mask on; so I don't know if there was any meaning behind it or was just added there as a gotcha! moment. Still you could argue that this is him subtly expressing how tiring his actual job is.
Again, not a big moment, especially when it's overshadowed by the next mask-off moment, where he takes off the "Twain Phony" disguise.
"I'm Loid Forger, a married man. I can't have the neighbors getting the wrong idea about our relationship."
Nightfall has her disguise off already. There's literally no reason to start the scene with Twilight still wearing the wig and fake stubble, if not to make a connection between him taking it off and what he says there. Of course, the plot explains it as him explaining to Nightfall why they shouldn't arise suspicions, but still.
He is Loid Forger, a married man :) Maybe he doesn't know it yet, but we do!
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watched renjun and jisung talking about aliens on look at science!
based on the previews, they are getting DEEP into scifi which i am really excited about. ever since i finished reading the remembrance of earth's past trilogy by liu cixin (aka the three body problem trilogy) i've been thinking a lot more about space and humanity (whereas it used to be a topic that i avoided because it freaked me out lol). and i'm also reading the children of time by adrian tchaikovsky which discusses similar themes of humanity in space and such. anyway i am excited to see what discussions this group gets up to!
wow we have a few scientists on the panel. other than the host jung youngjin, we have an astronomer ji woongbae, a physicist kim beomjun, and a biologist/astrobiologist kim eungbin. i'm really excited haha. i'm such a nerd.
aw the scientists are so earnest, kim eungbin studied up on nct before this show.
aw they're discussing renjun's chinese name. i wonder if this is a topic that would be more popular among an older audience :P
spacemates <3
deep thinkers :3
aw jisung is a fan of the show!
oh you little cornball <3
first topic: do aliens exist?
yo jisung is getting DEEP. so he thinks there is other life in the universe, but humanity as a whole may not be able to interact with them by the time humanity even comes to an end.
the host jung youngjin is doing a lot of the facilitating which makes sense seeing as how he seems like a pretty easygoing speaker.
renjun's theory on aliens is that it probably won't be something we can really fathom because humans' impressions of things, and humans' imagination is based on what we know on this earth.
jisung is a fan :3
ji woongbae thinks that renjun and jisung have really deep thoughts about their theories haha. kim beomjun said that jisung and renjun have probably thought about this before.
it seems to me that renjun is more interested in the social aspect of science and science fiction which i think matches his personality
kim eungbin brings up a good point, he mentions that life forms might not exist at the same time as us. so maybe a civilization existed somewhere else, but billions of years before or after humanity has run its course. which also falls into the 'not being able to interact with them' theory that jisung was talking about.
jung youngjin @ scientists: ...y'all are sus
lawki = life as we know it
lawdki = llife as we don't know it
this is really interesting, because i guess the concept of lawdki implies that life exists in ways different to what we know on earth which is creatures who breathe, eat, consume energy, etc. but perhaps there is a kind of extraterrestrial who is sentient but shares nothing else in common with life on earth.
i went back into boda's channel and i noticed that the older videos don't have english subtitles. i wonder if they knew they'd get a large audience for this video and that's why they added subtitles lol.
second topic: is there a star you want to go to?
i looked up starwalk and it looks like it's a stargazing guide
jisung doesn't want to go to a planet with no oxygen or water ^^;;
jung youngjin: would you go to mars?
jisung: yes, definitely
jung youngjin: even if you couldn't come back?
rensung: !!!
jisung said he'd go to mars when he's 40...so he'll spend his youth here on earth i guess XD where the fun things are XD
taking a page out of mark's book (it's only just begun etc. etc.)
kim eungbin said jisung's a philosopher lol
renjun said he'd go to mars too :o i actually didn't expect that
LOL do it for the gram
i get what he means though, it'd be one of the most unique human experiences ever, going to mars as a human
i am with you my guy
moving the discussion on to earth-like planets in the universe. they exist, but of course they are all too far.
learning that it'll take 100,000 years go to go the closest star X'D that's with our current technology
so this star proxima centauri (that's 100,000 years away) is smaller and cooler, but the earth-like planet is closer to it
wait i need to wrap my head around why the kid will be 18 lol. the way i understand it, if you are on the other planet and you are looking at a 10 year old child on earth, then that child is actually 18 years old because if you view earth from the other planet, you're seeing earth from 4 years ago. so if you see a 10 year old on earth from the other planet, then the kid is actually 14 years old. and then it takes another four years to travel? please feel free to explain this to me because i want to understand XD
ok this second question about seeing light while travelling at the speed of light is just boggling to me
lmfao this is me. i am just thinking emoji always
host jung youngjin has a lot of really cool questions, though we probably don't have time to explore all of them
ji woongbae says that whether a planet is fit for life, and whether life actually exists there are two different questions
renjun asking about how objects that are sent into space can avoid collisions
third topic: what would you think if humanity discovered other life forms in space?
now we're going into discussions of what life forms on other worlds would look like. how would they evolve to suit their environment? entropy, ability to react, ability to learn/remember were brought up
renjun thinks confidence is important for a life form, and he's not wrong imo. all life involves risk, but i think confidence in this case means a creature understanding their abilities before they do a thing, whether it's getting food, scaling their terrain, etc.
LMAO biologist kim eungbin quoted jurassic park
jung youngjin keeps giving the scientists shit for being very agreeable with renjun and jisung XD i mean, i know why they do it, they don't want the fans to get on their asses ^^;;
now discussing how life evolved from microorganisms on earth
so all of these are hypotheses, but we still technically don't have an exact formula for how life came to be
me watching this show
i understood that reference (plato: all i know is that i know nothing)
fourth topic: what would you need for a spacecraft to travel in space for 5,000 years?
physicist kim beomjun mentions a book "i am schrodinger's cat" by won jongwoo where humanity passes several civilizations on a ship. i came across this concept as well in death's end by liu cixin.
omg in this short story, humanity has forgotten why they set out on earth ToT that's terrifying because what if they run out of resources and haven't found a planet yet ToT i tried googling this novel but didn't find much so it might be a novel that hasn't been translated to english.
big science fiction guy in the haus
lol what a poser, jisung hasn't even watched dune 2 yet XD (i know, he's a busy guy, i'm just giving him shit)
astronauts have to keep their bodies strong on their way to mars because their bodies may grow weak from the 7 months of zero gravity on their trip there. and mars does have some gravity, so if they don't keep their bodies in shape, they might not even be able to handle mars' gravitational pull.
astronauts on the space station spend a third of their time on working out! wow. brains AND brawn.
the reason why space stations in movies spin is because that is how they create artificial gravity (is it the centrifugal force?)
microbes are affected by gravity too :o
fifth topic: why do humans want to procreate? what is the survival instinct?
kim beomjun says that life doesn't particularly have any goals. he mentioned evolutionary psychology and how back in the day, people who didn't want children didn't end up having them, and that we only exist because our ancestors had children. that made me think that the reason why we think living creatures want to continue their bloodlines is confirmation bias. we only see the results of those who decided to procreate. maybe a lot of people didn't want to have kids back then, but we would not necessarily know.
LMAO jung youngjin, what a guy. he was saying how perhaps we live because we imagine that amazing things can be attainable.
'why' in science is more akin to 'how'
biologist kim eungbin references philosophers a lot eh. he says that according to plato, the two ways that people leave memories is either through offspring or through great achievements. he also says that because we are mortal, we make every day count.
jung youngjin is saying that the meaning to life will change when renjun has a child haha. renjun was the one who brought up the meaning of life, and the direction of civilization. and jung youngjin counters that here with the fact that the protection instinct of parents towards their children is the instruction manual.
lol drag him
renjun brings up the topic of cloning vs offspring, and whether offspring is necessary if we can just clone ourselves. yes and no. if we can clone at will, then perhaps we might not need offspring. but the point of offspring is that the ones who carry our best traits will live on, so that each generation after us will be more able to survive in their environment via natural selection.
jung youngjin looks at this more from the emotional side, about how there's beauty in variety. i think it does come back to sociology a bit. with variety, then you have people who are good at different things, and they can all make the group stronger in different ways.
ah yeah, jung youngjin brings up the point i made earlier, about how civilization wouldn't advance if we were just cloning ourselves
oh interesting, so even microorganisms who reproduce by splitting (mitosis?) don't make exact copies of themselves 100% of the time.
even germs have herd mentality of caring for the young ones :o
hardcore fan
wait what. i too did not know that eggs are a single cell lol.
sixth topic: is there a creature that doesn't need water?
renjun going full neo culture technology and imagining AI as a civilization. i was thinking along the lines of a being that would survive on another chemical/substance.
kim beomjun brings up a good point. water is very unique because it can exist in different states very easily. it melts at zero degrees celsius, and it evaporates at 100 degrees celsius, both temperatures that we can attain easily naturally
jung youngjin: can alcohol replace water?
ah right, i remember polar molecules from chemistry...a long time ago lol. but i think the idea is that alcohol can't really change states naturally like water can.
ji woongbae explains that water is easier to find anyway, as it's a pretty simple molecule (H2O)
seventh topic: can humans live with AI in the future?
ah so the scientists agree that depending on the definition, AI could be defined as a living creature because it fits some criteria, such as being able to react to stimuli
oh man this is in kim eungbin's wheelhouse haha. he's saying that defining life itself is a challenge. they can't even decide if a virus is alive. and they also have to define life in order to be able to define death as well.
lol smoothie promotion time. it feels so random now.
aw jisung got interested in science and philosophy because of his dad and his dad likes the channel too :3
hi dad :3
jung youngjin: to nct fans watching this, please don't just watch the rensung supercut
this was a lot of fun!!!!!!! space and science are topics that interest jisung and renjun personally. so because they were so immersed in the discussion, i was as well. in addition, i appreciated that the scientists explain things well. it was a really interesting discussion!!!!
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Since Nocturne says she'll bail after one day, I guess we might as well exhaust all her dialogue now before moving on. Quick look around the room first - this seems to have been a dormitory for some of the adepts.
Nocturne's journal is next to one of the beds.
Aw. This is pretty upsetting to read about but does confirm a lot of what we'd already heard and/or suspected about Shadowheart's experiences here. The mission to get the prism was not the first time Shadowheart's memories had been erased; it happened repeatedly, and Nocturne was with her every time to help her recover. It's nice to hear that she had some sort of friend in this terrible place at least.
I also love the character detailing here, especially when combined with what I know from Delmak's playthrough. Over on that PT (where Delmak is romancing her), I had him pick up the noblestalk and give it to her, and she has a memory flashback from eating it - of having a friend named Rennald who was a young tiefling boy with purple hair and short horns, as Nocturne has. Nocturne is a trans woman, and it sounds like Shadowheart was a stalwart supporter of her, helping her shed her deadname and making sure no one bullied her. <3
Other things in the room include a log of interrogation/torture of a githyanki prisoner, which was how Viconia learned about the prism, and a bit of journaling from Viconia herself:
Again, this pretty much just echoes and deepens on what we already knew. One slightly interesting point, at least headcanonically - this mentions Suldanessalar, the ending location of Baldur's Gate 2, and implies that Viconia was there. In this particular worldstate, where Caden had nothing to do with her, this lends interesting implications about the possibility that she might have been there anyway for her own reasons.
It also implies from the way it's phrased that both the formation and self-destruction of her previous cloister at Waterdeep took place at the same general time as Baldur's Gate 2. This doesn't entirely make sense to me and I suspect isn't what the writers were actually intending to imply, but it could also be potentially interesting. XD
An unmarked bookshelf contains books about Shadowheart herself.
"These are all about *me*..." Shadowheart whispers, aghast. "Forty years of my life, documented like I was some sort of specimen..."
Even more interestingly, a key from Viconia's body opens a locked chest on a nearby table. In it are a few minor jewelry items and a key to a Counting House safety deposit box (which of course we'll go open later).
...Huh. I am not sure if there's a reference here that I'm missing, or if this is just continued reference to the possibility of Viconia having been at the battle of Suldanessalar, either with the BG2 Bhaalspawn or otherwise. Interesting.
Let's go have another chat with Nocturne. She'll only offer to trade with Hector, but if we talk to her as Shadowheart we get a controlled dialogue - one of the few times this has happened with the non-avatar character (the only other one I can recall is Wyll's argument with Mizora after the coronation).
"I can still scarcely believe it. You've returned, and the Mother Superior is gone... So much can change, so quickly..."
"There's much I still can't remember..." Shadowheart says. "Can you share anything with me? From when we were young?"
Nocturne smiles. "Well, you had a pet mouse for a while. It was against the rules, of course. You used to hide him under your robes and feed him from your rations."
Well, that's adorable af.
"Did he have a name?" Shadowheart asks.
"Nibbles," Nocturne says with a soft laugh. "I suggested Brie, but you were having none of it." A pause; the smile fades. "She caught you with him. Forced you to get rid of him... in front of everyone to make an example. You always loved animals, but you never let yourself get too close after that." Her gaze flicks away. "I'm sorry. Not the sort of thing you want to hear, I'm sure."
It isn't, really. Hector can see Shadowheart's head snap back a little as if she has taken a punch to the gut.
"I don't suppose there are any pleasant memories you could share?" she asks hollowly.
Nocturne considers. "Well... you know that little scar on your elbow?"
Shadowheart blinks, so startled that for a moment she forgets to be wary. "You know about that? It's barely the size of a pea."
Nocturne grins. "I was there when you picked that up. It was years ago, when we were initiates. Some of the others were intent on tormenting us... until you showed them the error of their ways. I think it was six against two, and most of them were bigger than us, to boot. But you saw them off, all of them. There were some bruised lips and black eyes in the mess hall that night. From then on, they left us alone. Or at least they bothered us less."
Behind Shadowheart, Jaheira makes a soft snorting noise; Hector glances sideways at her and sees that she's smiling. Karlach's grinning too; all of them are feeling a surge of pride at hearing this. Even in this dark, terrible place, that seed of good was in Shadowheart - the urge to defend a friend, to care for a helpless animal.
Selune's light was with you, always, Hector thinks. Even if you didn't know it. Even if you do not choose to follow her now. She is with you still...
"What about the scar?" Shadowheart asks curiously.
"A collision between your elbow and the teeth of a girl called Buddug," Nocturne says dryly. "She came away from it worse than you." She cocks her head. "She was on the same mission as you. I suppose she won't be coming back." A pause. "In any case, the Mother Superior soon broke up the fighting, though she didn't punish us. In fact, I saw her smiling. I think she was proud of you."
Hector's smile flickers. Not for the same reasons as we are, certainly, he thinks coolly. I suppose even a broken clock is right twice a day.
"Anything else?" Shadowheart asks.
Nocturne shrugs, rubs the back of her neck sheepishly. "Just small things, silly things. The sort you'd scarcely recall even if your memories were left intact. You had a little hiding place that you went to when you needed to get away. You brought me there sometimes. We'd talk, play, read, do each other's hair..."
It's a touching image, especially laid against the absolute misery that clearly seemed to imbue most of the days here. "A hiding place?" Shadowheart asks. "Where is it?"
"Hidden at the back of the storage area. Luckily enough, as quartermaster, I was able to keep it hidden back there," Nocturne answers. "It should be-- well, if not how you remember it, exactly as you left it."
Definitely something to check out... but there's another question lingering. Shadowheart's lips twitch in a flash of muted amusement. "From what you said before, you're the one responsible for my hair?"
"The plait and fringe?" The tiefling grins crookedly. "Yes. On your instructions, of course. You were very intent on a bold look, I think you said. My hands were cramped by the time I finished, but you were very pleased." She draws her head back to look Shadowheart up and down. "I like the new look as well, though. You always did like a dramatic touch."
Shadowheart hesitates. It's clear she wants to say more but isn't sure how it will be received - she once knew this woman so well and yet there is a blankness in the spaces where she should be. But the kindness shown even in this tiny scrap of conversation shows that Nocturne, like Shadowheart, belongs somewhere beyond these shadowy halls. [ENEMY OF SHAR] "Are you just going to remain here?" she finally asks quietly. "There's no need. Viconia is gone."
Nocturne hesitates, forty years of history with Shadowheart warring with an equal forty years of seclusion and fear. "Remains to be seen," she says carefully. "This place is all I've ever known. In time, perhaps I'll venture out there, see what I've been missing. But for now... old habits die hard."
#bjk plays baldur's gate 3#hector carlisle#well that was very sweet and very sad simultaneously#[hugs for shadowheart and nocturne both]
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“FUCK ME???? WHAT? FUCK YOU! WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM!” I screamed out, facing him with my one good eye, the entirety of my face red.
Maaan!!! The facepalm I made for this😭😭🤌🤌
“Hahahaha…. HOW MUCH OF AN IDIOT ARE YOU, TED?!”
1000/100 in a 1 to 100 scala with 100 being full on idiot /affectionately
While Bob had the build of a wrestler and was part of the wrestling team at his local high school way back when, as he’s told me many times…. I was never one for physical activities, and Bob could probably snap me in half had a fight broke out between us.
And you secretly love it Ted🤭😏, tell us the truth you are not telling yourself Ted~
“WHY DO YOU CARE ANYWAYS?!”
“WHY DO I- OH MY GOD, YOU ARE A MORON!”
"AM NOT"
YES YOU ARE!!!🤦♀️🤦♀️ Omgosh Ted...🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I heard a stifled gasp, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sun, Moon, and their handler…staring at us… and were all eating popcorn
No. Fucking. Way. You just did that😭😂🤌😭😂😭😂😭😂😭🤌🤌
I am howling🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who want some?🍿🍿
Despite my better judgment, I handed Bob my phone with no hesitation. Maybe I should have rethought that.
Ted... your actual feelings are dripping through your "I don't care mask"🤭😏🤭
"Actually!!!!" Moon spoke up, causing me to jump. I forgot they were watching this whole interaction with rapt interest. "His shift just ended, can you walk him to the doors, Bobert?"
I never ever thought Moon would be such a good matchmaker😂💞 Go Moon gooo!!!
“Uncle Bobert’s maaaaaaaad….” Moon drawled out.
UNCLE?!?!?
What.
Same Ted same😂😂😂🤌🤌🤌🤌UnCLe???
“You would die without us~!” They announced in unison as Moon dramatically fell into Sun’s arms, seeming to sprout a white funeral Lilly in his closed hands out of nowhere
The ☆theatrics☆ 😂😂 I love this 2 so much♡
I should slap him back.
Nuuuuuu!! Ted! TED!!! *shakes him*
We love you!! They all love you!! Don't be a moron like meeeee!!!!
“I’m not that old! I’m only twenty-nine! ”
JUST 29??? Did I read that correctly??😧
Agree with the reactions of everybody else!
“Pshhh... Easy. Thirty-four!” I replied cockily.
No...no.nononononununuuu🥺 oh our baby💔 he is just a baaaaabyyyy🥺🥺🥺 poor thing
Aww♡ the ending notes♡ thanks for the meal🥺💞🥺🥺😊🥰
I want everyone to remember that Ted is bad at reading people, so if he says someone looks like they're feeling a certain way, it's probably wrong. XD
And yes, Ted does love that Bob could crush him with his arms.
Moon and Sun are both trying to push Ted on Bob. Just cause they kinda knew about Bob's crush for awhile, but didn't ask to confirm. LOL well, now they know, and they figure even if they don't get together Bob would be better at Talking to Ted then they can. Sometimes they just don't have the spoons for dealing with their Dad.
Yup Our Teddy is 34 years old. Bob is only five years older and has a birthday approaching.
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spoilers for the 3.2 archon quest! below the cut is some of my thoughts regarding Dottore and his segments after the sumeru archon quests ^^
I feel like I have to start by explaining my current understanding of what went down in A Winter’s Night Lazzo.
I will continue to refer to him as Lazzottore so it won't get too confusing. Imo this one is definitely a Segment. Age wise he must be slightly younger than OG Dottore and maybe other segments as well. This speculation is purely based on Columbina / Sandrone (I'm actually not sure which one of the two it is) saying that whole "you're looking very young today, Doctor". Though this obviously also could've been sarcasm, but let's just stay with this assumption for now.
The next segment we get introduced to in game is Prime.
Now this is where I feel like my opinion is rather unpopular? I am pretty sure that Prime is yet another segment. He is clearly refered to as "the segment in the prime of his life". It's arguable what exactly the prime of his life would be. I feel like Dottore would consider the prime of his life when he was the most efficient. He knew what results he wanted and did not hesitate. Also the most emotionless one, because clearly emotions only get in the way. The perfect mindset for research. Probably the most productive one. I believe he is the Omega Build we meet in Sumeru.
aka this one. So in my understanding Prime = Omega Build. This is where it gets a bit more interesting. He was most likely the one having the conversation with Nahida towards the end of the archon quest. He called himself the most egoistic segment, which still fits my interpretation of what Dottore would understand as the prime of his life. Of course Prime himself would also be aware of being the one perceived as maybe the best segment, which would be one of the reasons he has no problem getting rid of the other segments, apart from simply being annoyed by them.
But why did Prime even have the power to be able to simply destroy the other segments? One of my theories would be, that the original Dottore has long passed and Prime is his "successor" as the one in charge. Someone has to control the messy mind of the Dottores asdjk. And with Prime never having been particularly fond of the segments it was an easy choice that he would've made sooner or later then anyway. I feel the reason he might not be fond of the segments is simply because he was the well.. the prime. He knows how good he can be and all the others are below him and therefore inefficient and not needed.
The other segment we see in Sumeru might be one we haven't seen yet. I don't have any particular reason to believe that our favorite lil Boattore is Lazzottore. He might just be a segment sent to Sumeru to confuse the Traveler and lure them into a false sense of safety.
Character wise he seems less arrogant than Prime, though I feel like a certain arrogance can be expected from all segments. I wish we would've gotten to see more of him, before he most likely got thanos snapped </3 He genuinely seemed to have a lowkey good time in Sumeru :'') you will be missed
Webttore is of course my lil skrunkly, but unfortunately the game has not shown any kind of trace of him, so I won't be focusing on him for now.
Until now I was pretty sure Hoyoverse was eventually gonna pull the "oh no, one segment has gotten rogue / has his own consciousness and was never evil" card to make sure Dottore could become playable. Because how else would you redeem this man xD But now, a lot of his dialogue in Sumeru was heavily focused on him having a rather neutral stance. He wants to do experiments for knowledges sake, caring more about the experiment than the outcome, as he stated himself after not helping Scaramouche. Now this was said by Prime, there might be a segment that has different view of this, but I think it's safe to assume that this is the view the original Dottore also shares. So Hoyoverse might continue pushing this view. We'll get a bossfight with Dottore in another region, he loses but simply sees this as another experiment, not necessarily holding any grudges, somewhat similar to Childe. He then joins the Traveler for more "research". This is based on the assumption that Prime will be the playable one.
Though what if, Hoyoverse is trying to make Prime play the villain card? With that small scene of the what I think are the segment's last words they clearly wanted us to feel some kind of sympathy. They want us to know that, even though Dottore is a villain, that Prime's action just took it a step further. The perfect opportunity to put all those bad actions on his shoulders. We know Dottore wants to create an enhanced human, godlike. Maybe with Prime he has started to get close to this, being stronger than OG Dottore, who is still very much human. So what if Prime ends up being our enemy, going rogue in the different direction. He is not bound to the other segments anymore, maybe his connection to Dottore himself has also been severed because of this. He's not being held back anymore by all that emotional baggage of the other segments. The only one left in his way is his creator himself. That way we might end up fighting along the original Dottore himself, if he's even still around.
I have a lot more thoughts to sort through about this whole situation, I am still going through all stages of grief simulatously because of the loss of Webttore and Boattore. I can't help but feel a bit disappointed, that Hoyoverse teased this incredible concept of Dottore having segments, only to use it for one cheap plottwist (Dottore not actually being gone from Sumeru) and then completely discarding of it. Is there a possibility that the segments will come back? Maybe. But I feel like that's just copium :') so I don't wanna keep my hopes up. Maybe I'll edit this at some point or even delete it.
Feel free to add your own thoughts, my brain is still scrambled so I might be thinking about things that are absolutely crap lmao.
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Gyro's tech
From The Art of DuckTales:
I like how Frank summed that up, very interesting! So, the three major brands of Gyro's tech seen in the show are BulbTech, GoldTech, and TimeTech. But the order in which he created them gets a little tricky, which I'll try to uncover.
As for "TimeTech is his new thing"... I'll get to that further down...
As we see in season 2's 'What Ever Happened To Della Duck?', Gyro invented GoldTech- presumably his earliest brand of tech, or at least one of his earliest- sometime before Della took off in the Spear of Selene years ago (he presumably designed the rocket to run on GoldTech; and I love the page in the Spear of Selene’s manual that talks about the benefits to it XD):
In Gyro's debut episode 'The Great Dime Chase' early in season 1, he first introduced BulbTech to Scrooge and the Board with his prototype Lil Bulb...
...which, in season 3's 'Astro B.O.Y.D.', was hinted to be from an old idea he actually had during his intern years (the working name at that time being 'Lil Helper', which was a cool reference to its name from the comics and 80s show):
And in season 2, his TimeTech was introduced (although it was never actually called that in the show). There was the Time Tub ('The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck' and 'Timephoon') and the Time Teaser ('The 87 Cent Solution'), the latter which Glomgold found/stole just as Manny was on his way to dispose of it along with a bunch of other apparently discarded inventions of Gyro's:
The strange thing is... according to 'The Great Dime Chase', Gyro had already invented his Time Tub prior to that episode (prior to creating BulbTech). It was listed among his failed experiments (and what's also interesting is that it wasn't shown gaining sentience and turning evil in either of its only appearances 'The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck' or 'Timephoon'):
What's also interesting is that in a blink-and-miss-it moment toward the end of 'The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck', Gyro was seen powering his Time Tub with GoldTech right before he left the Old West period (look very carefully at the gif in this post by @kats-randomology; what Gyro pulls out of his pocket is a tiny nugget of gold, which he inserts into his time machine). So... his Time Tub was a form of TimeTech that ran on GoldTech (if anything, I'd thought it was a hybrid of TimeTech and BulbTech because of the lightbulbs adorning the mechanism as shown in the above screenshots of it)??? So, he was still using his old GoldTech and he designed his time machine to run on it? Did he ever stop using GoldTech at any point after Della went missing?
Then again, we have no idea what year Gyro even came from when he got stuck in the Old West in 'Outlaw Scrooge McDuck'. I just always assumed it was present-day Gyro because he implied that Fenton's ancestor reminded him of his intern ("You are very frustratingly familiar to me"). But his Time Tub was in the lab in 'Timephoon' when Louie stole it (Louie presumably even knew about it, because he seemed to sneak into the lab specifically to take it for his get-rich-quick scheme), so I dunno. When exactly did he create the Time Tub?? If it turned evil at some point, I don't know why he would use it again, unless he was determined to perfect it for some reason...?
Here is part 2, of this post.
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One Piece Chapter 1092 - Initial Thoughts
And another break ends at last
It's been a thriving time as a One Piece fan these last few weeks; Live Action's delivering, anime is serving, and we had that meaty cliffhanger with Luffy and Kizaru now to pick up on
Let's not wait any longer (also it's late and I gotta work tomorrow XD)
Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release
A Jinbe cover this time, for a moment I got excited thinking it was a cover story to explain how he escaped Whole Cake
We instead pick up after Kuma, still running wild on Marejois
But Akainu is here now, though he is getting slandered by the Celestial Dragons, calling for Kuma's death and what they will do about the loss of food
STOP PUTTING HOLES IN PEOPLE WE LIKE AKAINU!!!!
Gave Kuma the Whitebeard face treatment
Kuma paws out of dodge, but not before getting his foot singed
Akainu does mull over telling Bonney that Kuma gave up his mind on his own volition, and wondering as much as we are what the end goal is for Kuma
Back on Egghead, the Mark 3s are sadly killing all the sea beasties, allowing the marines to get to the Fabriophase (ground floor of the island)
Luffy meanwhile is hitting Kizaru in Snakeman
Kizaru is at least giving his strength props, asking why he is defending Vegapunk, but Luffy hits back on the uno reverse: why does he wanna kill Vegapunk?
Kizaru dude he can't hear you from way over there
He says 'I don't want to kill him' but also 'don't get in my way', hmmm?
Speed is weight indeed, but Kizaru needed one hell of a run-up to hit Luffy
Vega Force 1 NOOOOOOOO! The impact sends Luffy flying, including through the giant bot and means of escape
Kizaru then starts being his usual self towards Bonney now, implying he knew her when she was younger and trying to appeal to her connection to Kuma to justify killing Vegapunk
Bonney tries to attack, but Kizaru dodges and kicks her into the barrier
Franky goes to attack but Kizaru's already left, so he quickly goes to contact Usopp
The three Punks have succeeded in breaking York's code, but their joy is cut short by Kizaru's appearance
And like he's right there, chilling between Punk and Usopp
Kizaru takes one last lament before going to complete his mission
But Giant Gear Fifth Luffy with the grab, complete with surrounding characters eyeball popping again
I guess Nami's still not used to Gear Fifth because this is the second time she's eye popped from seeing him, it's Usopp and the Punks' first time up close at least
Kizaru knows about Joy Boy? At least he knows rumors
Luffy looks beat up, but it seems to be because he crossed the barrier twice, maybe he went back for Bonney?
The Drums of Liberation emanating from Giant Luffy is enough to echo to even the hidden bot
AND IT'S AWAKE! IT'S ALIVE!!!
And for the first time in like a month, no break this week!
Well, when one door closes a window opens instead.
I think we all would've liked to see more of Luffy vs Kizaru, but perhaps Oda doesn't want to make the admirals look weakened. Still Kizaru held his own against Yonko-tier Luffy, granted it was only Gear Fourth but it still increases Admiral stocks.
The Kuma stuff is still interesting, and I still want that flashback, but we are all in the dark about his current agenda, it's just heartbreaking that his body is becoming even more damaged at this point, since we want there to be a chance to save him and for Bonney to get her father back.
Kizaru may be playing a bit of a con here, it might be the scanlations, but honestly if he wanted to kill Vegapunk I feel like Vegapunk would already be dead, no posturing or chatting, perhaps he was giving his opponents time to stop him? Who knows. I doubt he can stay in Luffy's grip forever, I mean Haki of course will keep him from slipping out but with Sanji grabbing Nami's bubble gun there will need to be a new means of containment right?
Speaking of, his absence possibly means he's fighting with Zoro? Jinbe, Chopper and Robin's absences remain noted too, what are they up to?
But with the Vega Force 1 destroyed, opportunity arises with the ancient robot. Giant Luffy's heartbeat activating it does lean into the 'Joy Boy was a giant' theory, but the fact that the drums activated it is interesting, is music its infinite power source? How capable is this ancient kingdom bot too compared to the Vega Force 1 in terms of the escape plan, I mean the Sunny isn't in position yet either, more questions to stack on, but another enticing chapter.
#one piece#one piece spoilers#op spoilers#egghead island arc#egghead island#straw hat pirates#monkey d luffy#nami one piece#franky one piece#jewelry bonney#bartholomew kuma#akainu#admiral akainu#akainu sakazuki#kizaru borsalino#admiral kizaru#borsalino#dr vegapunk
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MAG 121 Relisten
Activity on my first listen: baking something with apples
This is the last episode with my favorite ambiance track :´) We haven't heard it at all in S3. All in all, the ambiance music in S3 got a lot less melodic than the one in S1 and S2. Although, S2 already used the less melodic tracks as well.
Oh right, the Patreon thanks are starting now! I haven't given all of them a listen, I think I'll do it here.
To add something about Jon's coma: I read in a post yesterday that someone wondered how they even found out Jon was still alive. I'm kind of guessing there is something like Section 31 in medical as well. People who are somewhat trained for "weird" cases, even though they don't understand them. To fix that plot hole I'd say Elias called in, telling them this particular person is still alive even though he's neither breathing nor has a heartbeat. And considering, that Jon is dreaming, I'd headcanon his closed eyes rapidly moving.
OLIVER: "Um. Hello, Jon. Do you… mind if I call you Jon? I, I mean, you don’t actually know me. It’s just, well. 'Archivist.' It’s so formal, isn’t it?"
Reasons why I love Oliver Banks, exhibition #658 xD No seriously, I think Oliver Banks is one of the most interesting Avatars out there and I'd say he's my favorite of all those Avatars we only meet tangentially. Death is such a complicated subject in itself and Oliver makes it look so... neutral. I mean, the End in itself appears relatively inactive, not having a Ritual and all.
Anyway, Oliver calls Jon by his (human) name, is even unsure if he's allowed to do that, since they don’t "actually" know each other. But he respects that this is, who Jon is. Who he wishes to remain, regardless of which choice he’ll make. Oliver thinks of this although he has kind of lost touch with his name(s), since he'll just take any identity which works best for him at the moment.
OLIVER: "And I do kind of know you…? Haven’t had much choice, really. Dreams are like that, you know."
I really, really wonder what that means. Did he see Jon's life hanging by a thread. Did he see nothing at all because he’s in a place where the End can’t touch him? Or does he already see a root piercing his heart? Does Jon actually have any agency in this? (He has been denied to die once before, MAG 101...)
OLIVER: "No matter how lucid you think they are, there’s always that part that just drags you along."
Meta-comment about said agency?
OLIVER: "That’s how it works, right? Give you a terror; give you a dream?"
Oliver in his dreams being like "Alright, I'm done checking out how person A, B and C will die, time for my Point Nemo date with Jon..."
Hmm, is there a soft crackling sound in the background?
"So. My name is Oliver Banks. In my other statements, I used the name Antonio Blake"
When I was first listening I still could recall the general premise of MAG 11 quite well, including the name of the statement giver. So I already had my suspicions after all this talk about dreams, especially when talking about Gertrude. And then he says this sentence! I love those "I knew it!" moments^^
"I knew exactly what I had to do. He didn’t look anything like me, not really"
Not really! Iirc, this season will have tons of not reallys. So I'll start counting! S4 Not Really #1
"There were a couple of marine biologists on board, a meteorologist, an engineer, someone who called herself a “macro-ecologist” – though at times, she looked almost as out of her depth as I did."
Fake it till you make it!
“This too shall pass.”
If I had a nickel for every podcast with a troubled, with eye imagery associated Eldritch character named Jo(h)n who owns a mysterious lighter and had a life altering experience while in a coma I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice...
"The rest of the crew didn’t seem to notice, walking through the immense, grasping tendrils like they weren’t there at all"
Wasn't there something about "TMA will not have tentacles!"? xD
"But I barely got the first word out before the falling satellite debris hit the ship at 200 miles an hour, killing us instantly."
So, did Oliver just walk on the ocean floor back to London?
OLIVER: "Honestly, I’m still not exactly sure why I’m here. But you know better than anyone how the spiders can get into your head. Easier to just do what she asks."
More of the Web shenanigans to make sure Jon stays on the right path...
OLIVER: "Oh, I, I’m a friend. Of Jon’s."
GEORGIE: "Are you, now."
OLIVER: "Uh, y-yes."
I mean, Oliver seemed to be a kind of hesitant type there at the beginning of the episode. But this seems like he's a bit intimidated? Considering this is no-fear-because-touched-by-the-End Georgie, it would fit.
OLIVER: “…have I upset you, miss –”
GEORGIE: “No, you just remind me of someone.”
OLIVER: “Ahhh, I’m sorry! Were they –”
GEORGIE: “Evil. Yes.”
Hm, another throwback to MAG 101,“Is a thing evil when it simply obeys its own nature?” What makes someone evil? It sounds like Georgie is implying that she considers Oliver evil as well? But if we going by that definition, Jon would be evil as well.. I think Oliver and Jon are quite similar. Neither of them asked for this but here they are.
GEORGIE: [sigh] "Sorry about that, but you really don’t need friends like tha…"
Arg, this makes me so angry again! This constant patronizing... Georgie knew this was an End avatar, I mean she said he reminded her of someone evil - the corpse who took her fear. What was she thinking Oliver was doing here? That he had come and finally claim Jon? And she shooed him away because she didn't want that? Because she's not too happy about him waking up either, so was that the reason she wanted Oliver nowhere near Jon? Status quo can’t remain forever. So what's it gonna be? A dead human friend? Or an alive something-else friend?
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✨ What was your inspiration in making your muse?
Munday Meme
✨ What was your inspiration in making your muse?
I ended up getting on a roll, apologies, so I put this under a read-more ^^;;;
It depends on the character for sure! I usually end up really vibing with a concept i want to build around, like a personality archetype or a story element. Usually this is a pretty generic concept, and then I build out the rest of the OC, trying to understand their place in the world and how the life they've lived has affected who they are, and make it more personal to me so I get attached.
Caelan for example, is a fae prince who was raised as a weapon by his family during a war, due to his abilities and how intense his magic is-- he was hunting the enemy prince down, had him cornered in a fight, when the ground falls apart beneath them and they're pulled underground-- deep into webbed catacombs, where they're hunted by a monster over and over again. His whole concept was basically born from the desire to play with the idea 'character trapped in a maze being hunted by a creature'. Which--- was initially a concept i started playing with because of a song about the ghosts in pacman being trapped in the game and eaten by pacman xD
I think the main exception to this style of creation for me is Artair, which I'm sure you were asking about! So I apologize ahead of time for the tangent incoming xD
My very first character I ever rped online was Arthur from Mystery Skulls Animated, which was a collection of music videos following a plot revolving around four main characters dealing with the supernatural, set to indie artist Mystery Skulls' songs. But the thing was, MSA only gave us the vaguest details about the characters when the first video came out, which is when I started writing him. The most we knew about Arthur was that he had been possessed and forced to kill a teammate, and that he lost his arm to an animal teammate that seemed to stop the possession. Also that he was kinda like-- a fraidy cat? MSA was basically a parody of Scooby Doo with a twist, so he was a little like a yellow shaggy lol.
But yeah, it was actually really cool because every version of the same character was so wildly different, because it was so vague that there was so much room for interpretation! We weren't sure how well the group knew each other except that they were on the same team, we were only given blood types to determine personality, we didn't even know if the animal teammate spoke to the team-- even things like how they grew up or where they were or family dynamics were up in the air at the time. When his uncle was revealed soon after the video, I wrote Arthur as growing up with him after his own parents passed, but there were dozens of interpretations-- some where Arthur only came to live with him as an adult, or an older kid, with details ranging from his family was bad news, passed, or just too busy to look after him. One of the characters didn't have a last name for years. It was all kinda just--- free real estate lol.
So over the course of a decade I wrote him, i built out every detail about Arthur, including stuff like his history/backstory, his relationships, his abilities, his personality beyond the fearfulness-- even some details about the events that were canon. Over time as I was writing him, he changed personalities in a lot of major ways too, as storylines from rps and events happened while writing him. He changed, for better and worse, and the things I focused on more were less and less aligned with canon. I started experimenting with ideas and concepts i really liked too, especially ones like him being a medium, which then further deviated into eldritch/celestial/fae stuff, since I always had a deep interest in those kinds of beings. But that only continued to take him further and further from anything resembling MSA lol.
And I guess at some point a few years ago, i realized he was basically an OC, but with a canon coat of paint?
Soooo I basically took him and gave him a redesign and overhaul to make him an OC. I kept some elements i loved of Arthur that drew me to him in the first place, but I tried to get away from his original design as much as I could without making him feel too different to my brain. I kept a version of events similar to the first video, due to how formative they were, but everything else pretty much got chucked out. The rest I kept was heavily altered if it wasn't reliant on my own headcanons already.
The only other thing I kept was kind of keeping his name similar. I kept Arthur as a name he used for a while growing up due to kids being mean about 'weird' names, which he still uses as a safety precaution with people/fae, since so much of his history he was known by it. Then I gave him a scots version as his official legal name, since I had headcanoned Arthur was directly scottish anyways and would likely pick it, with the headcanon that as Artair got older he stopped caring what people thought of his name and started going by the one he chose. It was different enough to feel i was separating him from MSA, but close enough that it didn't feel wrong when I was so attached to 'Arthur' as his name for a decade (part of my initial attachment to him was connection to Arthur as a name and him being the color yellow, whoops)
But yeah! Overall for me, it's just about interesting or fun narrative concepts. And then there's Artair being the one canon guy who got hit with extreme OC-ification beams over time xD
Also, here's an old and silly spider-man meme doodle of Arthur and Artair if you made it this far xD
#answering things#ask meme answers#munday meme#doodles#artair#artair kingston#tristan rambles#and i really really did i'm so sorry djdjd#long post
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HELLO i humbly request smthn with Simeon from Obey Me where he comforts you while you rant about your religious trauma, hatred of god and religion, etc. Maybe he gets mad with you about mistranslations and people's hatred masqueraded as faith. Somethin cozy and comforting like that <3
I couldn’t imagine him angry XD it is mostly hurt/comfort, so I hope you like it bestie!
Word Count: 1,042
Tw; religious trauma is mentioned but kept vague.
You had only been in the Devildom a couple days when you met Luke and Simeon. You honestly avoided them like the plague, but when you had classes with them it was difficult. Just knowing they were angels…it was too much.
It wasn’t until Simeon pulled you aside that you’d really had any interaction with him.
“Hello, I have a question for you.” He said, pulling you into the part of the hallway that people weren’t. You…didn’t like this.
“What?” Short and simple, maybe if he thought you weren’t interested he’d leave you alone. You didn’t want to talk to an angel, you’d even prefer the demons.
“Hm…” He put a finger to his chin and looked as if he was analyzing you. “How about we have this conversation in my room. It will be more comfortable there.” And he started to walk away.
Did he seriously think you’d go along with that? He turned, seeing you not following him. He used a finger in a ‘come along’ motion. Fine. It couldn’t hurt…right? You decided after a few seconds, and followed him to Purgatory Hall.
“Please, do come in.” He said, opening the door for you, before leading you to his room.
It was nice…simple…but nice. Not overly decorated, but you can tell some care and thought went into the room. It was more decorated than your room, but you had only arrived at the devildom a few days ago.
You sat in the chair by his desk, as he sat on the end of the bed. He looked lost in thought, looking at you. This was so…awkward. You didn’t want to associate with angels, but he seemed intent on talking to you.
He cleared his throat, and broke the ice. “Do you know what question I wanted to ask you?” Simeon smiled, and you looked away. He didn’t speak up again, as he was clearly waiting for your own response.
You didn’t want to seem interested, so you just shrugged, looking back at him. Were you…being too harsh on the angel? No…after what you’ve been through, angels didn’t deserve your kindness.
Simeon hummed, and spoke up once more, “I wanted to ask you…” You were still looking away, and he interrupted his own thought, “Would you look me in the eyes for this…please?”
Well…since he asked…you did. His eyes looked…calm. From what little you knew of him, he seemed to be a somewhat person of reason and understanding. Maybe he just wanted to ask something awful and wanted to see your shocked or horrified face.
“I would like to know why you avoid me and Luke. Well, I believe I know the reason. Just not why you feel that way.” He gave you a soft smile and tilted his head slightly, “I’d like to know why you hate God.”
It did in fact shock you. How did he know that? Your jaw dropped and you instinctively went to stand up and leave the room.
“No, no. I’m not going to look down on you for such.” He stood up as well, and reached out to you, hand extended. He waited for several seconds before speaking up. “Please, sit. I simply want to know the reason, and after you tell me I can leave you alone for our stay in the devildom.”
In a leap of faith as it were, you grabbed his hand. This time, instead of sitting in the chair you sat next to him on the bed. And then? You proceeded to spill your guts out to the angel. All of the forced church visits, the trauma you went through because of religion, and the distrust you had towards anything holy because of all of those experiences.
“I just…I’ve been through so many terrible things. No God or angel ever helped me.” And you began to cry. It was all so much, you hadn’t hardly told anyone about those experiences. And of all people in all the worlds, you broke down to an angel.
“I see…” He said, after you had finished. “May I hug you?” It was so sudden, but when you looked at him he seemed full of sympathy. He had said a couple words of affirmation during your story, but now he wanted to hug you? Did he really…care?
You nodded, and let the angel pull you into a side hug. After a few moments, you decided you wanted even more comfort than that. You stood up, and he followed suit. Then you pulled him into a proper hug, to which he smiled at you for the sweetness of the gesture.
You hugged for a few moments, before he said something. “Now…I can’t promise anything. But maybe now that we have met I can look after you.” He pulled you closer, and hugged you tighter. “I’m so sorry for what you’ve been through, and I understand your distrust for God and I and Luke.” He began to rub your back as you cried, comforting you as much as possible. “I’m not trying to convince you to believe in God…in me.” He pulled back to look right at you. “But if you’d allow me…I’d like to protect you from now on.
The tears had slowed, and come to a halt. And you found yourself…smiling at this angel. “I…would like that.” You rubbed your eyes, and found him to be smiling right back at you.
“I trust Diavolo…as much as I can.” He reached out and held his hand close to your cheek. He stopped a few inches away, but it was clear he was silently asking for permission to put his hand there.
You nodded, and actually leaned into the touch. He seemed…so kind. So understanding. After his reaction to your story and his promise, you felt as if you could trust him much more than you had. Before, you wouldn’t trust an angel as much as you’d trust a demon. But now…you felt like you could rely on Simeon.
He really did care. He really did understand, and he didn’t judge you for not believing in him, or even God. It was such a different reaction from what you had expected in the angel. But now at least…
You had one true friend in the Devildom.
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