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AU Thursday: Fallout of Darkness -- Found Alice
All righty -- remember how, in October of last year, while trying to figure out where exactly Alice should be hidden in the Commonwealth wasteland for Victor and Piper to find, my brain suggested the Massachusetts New State House? Well, I have actually gone to the State House in my game (in fact, I’m a good while past it at this point -- Victor and Piper cleared it, went to Goodneighbor, had the traumatic incident at the Memory Den and met the Vault Tec Rep again, went to Park Street Station, saved Nick, and now they’re doing a tour of Victor’s settlements because a couple of them needed repair after attacks or are asking for new beds and such), and having toured the place, I have decided where exactly Alice is staked:
The basement.
No, not in the giant puddle with the Mirelurk Queen -- specifically, she’s in the storage room, where Provisional Governor Graham was hiding all the paintings and statues and other important stuff from the rioters and looters. This room:
It honestly felt like the most logical place, since all the upstairs portions, save for maybe the bathrooms, would have had, you know, people working in them. My thoughts on how Alice ended up in there are as such:
-->Alice entered Boston as part of her travels around the country, and sent notice to the Prince (as Boston seems to be Camarilla country, at least if you go by Swansong) that she was there for a bit
-->Whoever the Prince was at the time, knowing about what happened in L.A. all that time ago, and possibly already having dealt with an attempt on their life recently, freaked out and immediately ordered Alice’s destruction
-->Alice found herself on the run from a kill squad one night distressingly close to sunrise and needed a place to hide out
-->She happened to be in the Common, and noticed the late-night plumbers coming out from working on the pipes downstairs in the State House (since in the terminals you can learn that the place was having real plumbing issues with the toilets); she took the opportunity to slip inside and look for a place to hide
-->She quickly found the storage room and figured that would work for at least a night, wrapping herself up in some old drop cloths and putting a few pictures over herself as a sort of tent
-->And then the bombs fell the next morning, and the shockwaves and all that led to at least one of the already-fragile pictures breaking -- and the fractured frame managing to stab Alice right in the heart.
-->Cut to 210 years later, and Victor and Piper, having fallen through the massive hole in the main floor into the basement, are working on finding their way out and head into the storage room. They find one raider who, upon seeing them, immediately tries to attack them despite Victor protesting they could help each other escape; the dude snaps apart and yanks out the broken chunk of picture frame as a weapon, as he’s out of bullets --
-->Why does this picture frame already have blood on it OH SHIT VAMPIRE
-->And cue Alice draining a raider and hastily introducing herself to the shocked Victor and Piper, just in time for them to have to fight some mirelurks together.
”But Victoria,” you ask, “doesn’t that room have a bunch of rad barrels in it?” To which I reply:
“Why does it have rad barrels in it?” Like, I genuinely don’t understand why that room, full of what Governor Graham considered priceless artifacts, has BIG BARRELS FULL OF RADIATION WASTE in it as well. This feels like a “let’s make it more dangerous for gameplay purposes” choice, so I’m removing them in the fanfic universe. (Also, yes, the only raider you’re supposed to find down there is supposed to be dead, but it’s implied he died fighting the mirelurks -- if they don’t show up until later. . .) The trio are gonna fight a mirelurk queen shortly after getting to know each other, they can have a little break before then!
Oh, and an additional note, based on how I was playing (namely, Victor and Piper were, you know, sleeping at night and taking on the state house during the day) -- while Alice has to make a deal with Ug-Qualtoth during the forced temporary sacrifice of Victor to get sunlight immunity and the ability to ask directly for new powers, she does get a freebie when she’s first unstaked of being able to be awake during the day. She can’t go outside without proper protection, otherwise she’ll burn (Victor ends up sun-proofing a sleeping bag for her at first and making her a little cart so they can pull her around with his camping equipment), but she doesn’t auto-revert to a corpse when the sun rises, allowing her to actually do stuff so long as it’s indoors. This has led to the rather hilarious mental image of Alice commenting on what she can hear going on outside while she’s in her cocoon, and others being like “wtf why is your sleeping bag talking” (PARTICULARLY her commenting that how Hancock runs Goodneighbor sounds like “Anarchs” and calling him “Baron Hancock” when he expresses confusion).
So yeah -- all this has definitely decanonized my initial “First Meeting” fic, but hey, I already warned you all that was far from a final draft. I’ll edit it up into something that fits this new timeline eventually! For now, I think this is the best spot for Alice to be, and the best way for her to meet Victor and Piper.
#fallout of darkness#fallout 4#sole survivor Victor#Malkavian Alice#I mean perhaps something else could end up stabbing Alice in the heart#but for now we're going with a destroyed picture frame#and yeah seriously WHY ARE THERE RAD BARRELS IN THAT ROOM#no logical sense#they wouldn't have been there pre-War#and post-War#well the raiders are trying to get down there to steal the goodies!#they haven't actually reached it yet except for that one guy thanks to the mirelurks!#(who are there because the cheap old plumbing shattered during the apocalypse and gave them a nice pool down there)#they couldn't have put them there#and why WOULD they?#FO4 you are weird#but yeah I'm reasonably happy with this version of events#and come on#sleeping bag Alice getting snarky on events#tell me that isn't funny XD#queued
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anybody ever think about how ironic it is that even in double life, the series where partners were supposed to be tied literally until death did them part, there was still only one winner
#conversely ever think about how ironic it is that scar nd grian made an agreement to win together#yet we still consider grian the sole survivor#we ever think about how last life is still the genuinely lonelies series by virtue of its victor having truly nobody and nothing left#we ever think about how the pair who won double life were the pair always torn and fractured in two#how pearl died having lost her true chosen soulmate and scott died betrayed by his#it sure is fun isn’t it !#dlsmp
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I don't know anything about fallout but.
Victor dad? 🥺
Fallout!Victor: [wiping his eyes as he plays with a chain around his neck, a butterfly pendant charm and a wedding ring strung on it] L-let me explain. . . My intended joke regarding “acting my age” was that I’m actually over two centuries old if you count the time in my vault. I was born before the bombs all fell and destroyed the world as we knew it. Grew up homeschooled most of my life thanks to a terrible plague -- er, not the one you all seem to be dealing with, ours had blue boils growing on people -- ended up drafted into the Army Corps of Engineers pretty much out of high school, spent some of the worst years of my life defending the Alaska Pipeline because it was the last known source of oil in the world and America and China were only too willing to destroy each other to get it. . . Really, the main thing that made living in that hellhole version of America was Victoria and Emily. I’d met them in high school, and after some, uh, shenanigans involving Emily’s horrible ex Barkis, we ended up forming a threesome. Very much on the sly, of course -- back in Sanctuary Hills, it was generally accepted that Victoria and I were married and Emily was just a friend who lived with us -- but it was. . .it was good. [small smile]
Anyway, when the bombs DID fall October 23rd, 2077, we’d basically just started our family -- Victoria had given birth to our son, Shaun, just a few scant months before. We just barely made it to the local vault, Vault 111, when we heard what was happening -- we even had to leave our family robot, Codsworth, behind. I still feel guilty about that, even if HE somehow managed to survive the centuries too. . . [shakes head] But we descended into the underground vault and were told we could have a whole new life down there -- once we were properly cleaned of any potential radiation, that is. So if we could just suit up and step into these pods here. . .
[scowls at nothing] I didn’t know this at the time, but the vaults built by Vault-Tec? Supposedly our greatest protection against nuclear annihilation? Almost all sick experiments designed to test the “citizens of tomorrow.” I’ve seen a vault that was supposed to continually infect the population with terrible diseases -- fortunately the Overseer actually had a conscience and nipped that one in the bud -- and one that was trying to breed “super-children” via brainwashing and genetic manipulation? But Vault 111′s experiment was cryogenic freezing. They froze all of us, apparently just to study what would happen to us. The problem was, the damn vault wasn’t set up for long-term study -- I found this out from the computer logs after the fact, but there was only enough food for the security and support staff for 180 days or so. And when it ran out, the security staff rioted. As far as I could see, everyone either ended up dying or escaping, leaving us all to just -- stay in our pods indefinitely.
Except, years later -- I’m still fuzzy on the exact timeline, but then again I was frozen for so much of it -- some scientists and a mercenary for the Institute -- a lab under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, currently terrorizing the surface world -- invaded the vault, unfroze us -- and opened Victoria’s pod and kidnapped Shaun. Shooting her when she tried to fight back. And then. . .
Then they put me back on ice.
Just me.
My neighbors, my friends -- Emily died in the pods as their life supports failed. And of course, Victoria didn’t survive the bullet to the head. Meaning, when I was finally released by some sort of remote signal sent by those same people. . .I was the only survivor. Except for Shaun, but of course --
We have a lead. We have a kid who we think is Shaun, now ten years old, who was living with the mercenary, and who is apparently in the Institute now. Meaning I’ve got to find my way in there. But -- we don’t have proof it’s really Shaun, or some sort of weird trick. Which means my son could still be a baby. . .or he could be. . .
[yeah, Victor’s gonna lose the battle to cry now]
#stretchtime#~M: I want some questions! now! (ask)#tw: death mention#tw: kidnap mention#~M: a glimpse between worlds (meta)#~V: Fallout Of Darkness#the history of Sole Survivor Victor#~C: Victor Van Dort#((tl;dr: this Victor is the Sole Survivor of Fallout 4#survived nuclear war only to see his beloveds killed and his son kidnapped#he has baggage#he's got new friends and loved ones I promise#including a version of Alice#who is a vampire#this verse is complicated#but yeah he was gonna be a dad#and now. . .))#~M: with this hand I will lift your queue
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The Victors-
Grian- a man of rebellion and leadership- the sole survivor of a season where he pledged loyalty to another
Scott- a man of survival and loyalty- the sole survivor of a season where bonds were meant to be broken by bloodlust
Pearl- a woman of independence and endurance- the sole survivor of a season where she was meant to rely on her “other half”
Martyn- a man of ambition and determination- the sole survivor of a season where death was ensured from the beginning
Scar- a man of open-hearted friendliness and charisma- the sole survivor of a season where secrets ostracized him from camaraderie
And Cleo- a person of steadiness and consistency- the sole survivor of a season of chaos and uncertainty
#trafficblr#I love the idea that the winners are often those least compatible with the premise of the series#Making them rise above the limitations more than expected#these descriptions aren’t perfect and are very broad but shhhhhh the poetry#thoughtstheoriesandramblings#zombiecleo#real life smp
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yandere general x traitor reader
"..why?"
"how could you expect me to love an empire who took everything away from me? even moreso the guy who made my life a living hell?"
being the sole survivor of a fallen kingdom was a hard thing to accept, especially when you had been forced to become a slave to the monstrous empire who did this to you. you, a member of a royal family had been forced to become a slave in a matter of five days.
it was shocking at first. in fact, you refused to accept it. you still believed that your family was alive, that you were a cheerful and happy royal member of a prosperous little kingdom. yet the constant beatings, insults and mockery from the victor empire dragged you out of that delusion.
the embarrassment, shame, and guilt you had to bare was insulting. to think that a royal member would be reduced to such a status of cleaning horse shit... death would've been a much better option.
he should've killed you. he really should've. why did he even spare you? it made no sense at all. because why would a war general, known for being heartless and cruel, even spare a member of the royal family they were sent to kill?
the emperor wouldn't even question it! just accepted the general's actions and went along his merry way! fuck, you were honestly looking forward to getting beheaded at the possibility of getting killed off... but the general just had to be so trustworthy that the emperor would allow him to do as he pleases. and the fact that he was from a powerful duchy didn't help either.
and so, you had to clean up shit for a while, sleeping in rags and getting beaten up by people of the opposing nation. it was humiliating. you had considered ending yourself on multiple occasions, yet the cautious eyes of the general you had been forced to work for prevented you from doing so.
whenever you tried something dangerous, he'd always be there to stop you. it was as if he were watching you, carefully monitoring you like a specimen. worse of all! he didn't beat you up or berate you for attempting suicide! he did the exact opposite! gently tending to your wounds, kissing your forehead while washing your now frail body... he treated you more like a lover than a slave.
initially, you were confused by his caring actions. didn't he spare you just so he could torment you? but when you observed how his eyes would soften, how you had preferential treatment, you couldn't help but feel the need to use him.
he did whatever you wanted him to. getting rid of those who bullied you, giving you the status of a servant rather than a slave, money, information. he gave you everything you asked for. all he asked in return was your love. but how could you give it to him when he was the one who changed your life for good? luckily you were an amazing actor.
you played him like a fool, dancing around him like this were all but a silly show for your entertainment. and it truly was. for you were secretly gathering a rebellion against him and the empire. thankfully the empire had lots of enemies, so many were willing to join you. it took lots of effort and patience but you had finally done it. and now it was time for the final act to begin.
fire, murder, death. the plan was simple enough. give the empire what it deserved. you had to attribute majority of your success to the general, really. for if it weren't for his foolishness this plan would've never worked out. I mean, who would in their right mind fall for the one who ruined their life? the general had too much of a fantasy that you'd willingly accept him. so much so that it was a little pathetic.
the night hadn't gone as smoothly as you wanted it to be but nonetheless, the main goal was accomplished. murder the royal family and tear down the empire. sure, it was cruel. but they had it coming for them. after all this was the kingdom who did as they wished. starting wars for no reason, invading lands that did not belong to them... this was merely retribution.
you laughed heartily, staring at the destruction around you as you prepared to leave. yet, one person stood in your path. the general who wanted nothing but your love.
tear stricken and heartbroken he stared at you like you had committed the worst crime. but you couldn't really care. you tried getting your horse to speed away from him. however, he wasn't the most feared general for nothing. within a few seconds the positions were reversed and he had the high ground.
you laid on the cobblestone streets, his sword beside your neck as he cried silently while the empire burnt to ashes. no! you couldn't fail! not when everything had gone smoothly! you tried squirming away only for him to stop you by caging your body in between his body. his sword had been discarded and he had resorted to using his body to keep you with him.
and you couldn't stop him. not when he was twice your size with strength rivaling a god's.
"I... I am very disappointed."
you rolled your eyes at his sentence. however, you remained completely still in his arms as he burrowed his face into the crook of your neck. whatever, you'll just run away when he stands up and things will be all back to plan. you just have to deal with his antics for a little while longer.
"I never thought you would act out. not when we were so in love. I guess... I'll just have to teach you."
you sighed. what was he onto now? he had lost his duchy, his empire and-
"let's die together, shall we?"
he smiles at you, tears completely dry as he brings a small dagger up to your cheek. your heartbeat started to race, eyes widened as you shook your head in fear. wait was he serious?!
"don't worry darling. I'll kill myself after I kill you. then we'll be together for all eternity..."
he continues smiling as the sharp dagger caresses your neck, threatening to draw blood.
"I love you so much, my dear. It's just a shame you had to act out like this. I truly wanted to live a happy ever after with you! if only you hadn't brought ruin to the empire...."
he mumbles sadly, pressing the knife against your throat harshly, drawing small beads of blood that stained the dagger red.
"I'll see you in hell in a minute."
slice!
and the world fades to black.
#tw yandere#yandere#yandere x reader#yandere knight#yandere knight x reader#yandere drabbles#yandere scenarios#suiana brainrotting#suiana rambling#yandere oneshot
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AVENTURINE RAMBLE ALERT!!!
tw: suicidal tendencies/ideation?
let me know if i should add anything because im not used to needing to add this stuff-
im usually goofy abt him but ive been thinking about this for a while now
aventurine puts quite the emphasis when he tells us that he doesn't make deals he can lose
yet he doesn't seem to hesitate to risk his life, doing it willingly even, like in the final victor light cone where it was down right unnecessary
sorry pal but no sane man would do that, it's almost like he craves to 'lose' one of these gambles, like dying would be a kind of victory in and of itself.
and in a way, taking his backstory into consideration, it does kind of make sense...? he doesn't have anything to live for other than being the sole survivor of the massacre. he was bought as a slave because he was lucky enough to survive. he climbed the ranks because he was lucky enough to win the bets he made, the bets he made in hopes of regaining his freedom. but at some point it wasn't about regaining his freedom anymore. even as one of the stonehearts, all he is is a chip for the ipc. and he's accepted it.
he cant get out of the system (unless he dies) and he's accepted that he's just a tool. it's even mentioned in his first meeting voiceline.
"Your humble servant Aventurine at your disposal, just a cog in the machine called the IPC's Strategic Investment Department. Nevertheless, I can also play the role of friend if needed"
(wow promoted from slave to servant)
before the thrill of the gambles was 'If i win this, i'll finally have a little more freedom' but now it's are 'if i lose this, i'll lose it all' (a part of me considers that this is where kakavasha became aventurine)
he's a coward in his own way to me. i think the majority can agree that this man is suicidal (HE FUCKING ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE TIMES JUST TO 'CHECK' IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY DIE IN THE DREAMSCAPE WTF??) but he's suicidal in the way that although he does want to end his life, he's too scared to do it directly by his own hands.
but also perhaps it's not just fear. as the only avgin left he also feels the burden of making sure his people don't just 'go extinct' (for lack of a better word). his family put so much faith in him before they left. would it really be ok for him to give up like that?
(side note: he mentioned before he didnt really appreciate the rain. perhaps the two are related?)
so instead, comparable to a person who stops checking for cars before crossing the road, he gambles, willingly risking his life, in hopes that his luck will eventually run out by itself...
i love him guys. i promise.
#i feel like i just typed out a whole loadda nonsense#i hope this wasnt too serious or anything...#i feel oddly bad abt posting this#babbles#hsr#honkai star rail#aventurine#hsr aventurine#aventurine hsr#badly written char analysis?#star rail#kakavasha
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Oh indeed!!
70 years after it first wowed and terrified audiences, Nigel Kneale’s The Quatermass Experiment is back at its home, Alexandra Palace. Originally broadcast over six weeks in the summer of 1953, the seminal but largely missing serial is finally brought back to life for this one-off, live reading using the original scripts.
The British Experimental Rocket Group’s first manned space flight returns to Earth with two of the three crew missing. Professor Bernard Quatermass must work out not only what has happened to the missing crew but also what *is* happening to Victor Carroon, the sole survivor. What he discovers has horrifying consequences for the whole world.
This unique production stars Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who, Sherlock) as Quatermass.
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What is OFMD about? Lies only.
a group of teenagers find a pristine copy of assassin's creed iv: black flag in an otherwise dusty and abandoned antique shop, and take it back home with them. they start up the game only to find themselves isekai'd into piratesville itself and assigned a piratesona each. it starts off strong with them enjoying the whole pirates aesthetic thingy but then slowly slip into madness as they struggle to cope with life away from the comforts of the 21st century and unprepared to deal with the real peril of naval warfare and the status of being outlaws. dissent spreads among the group and they start killing each other. only one sole survivor remains: tabby jane, who has been able to avoid death thanks to her years as a gamer, in which she learned to recognize when a character starts exhibiting 'death flags', i.e. foreshadowing their death through poignant lines of dialogue. whenever she caught herself almost saying things like 'when this is all over' or 'we make a good team', she would stop herself before dying, and let her other friends exhibit death flags without warning them, thus emerging as the victor of the conflict. when it was all over she looked at all the bodies and finally said 'wow, truly, our flag means death.' thus breaking the spell and returning to her world. if you want to know if they also died in real life pay me 20,000 dollars and put up a billboard please
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For the au question: rebelcaptain in the hunger games
jyn was originally from district 2; her family lived inside the military complex known as the nut, and her father developed weapons for the capitol. somewhere along the way (or maybe it was true all along, no one knows!), both galen and lyra became connected to an interdistrict underground network of rebels, and were killed when their involvement came to light. jyn was taken in by family friend saw, and taken out of district 2 into district 5. they thought that's what would keep her safe — but of course, the capitol has spies everywhere, and so jyn's name was a target to be pulled in the reaping.
cassian is from district 3 — at least, that's what he's told everyone all his life, where the family he lives with is from, and where he's reaped as tribute from. this, of course, is not the whole truth; cassian was the (apparent) sole survivor out of what was once district 13 before the district was (apparently) wiped off the map. and the capitol knows; again, they have spies everywhere. his name was also a target for the reaping to keep district 13 covered up once and for all.
so how do two tributes from two different districts that don't have communication with each other because the capitol keeps them deliberately apart, who are supposed to kill the other in the arena to save their own lives, come to work together? not easily. there's a great deal of animosity in training between them and in some of the pre-games events where the tributes have contact, but when they get into the arena — they make an alliance, because they each have skills and knowledge that are useful; jyn with combat training from when she lived in district 2 and with saw, cassian with extensive knowledge of electrical systems courtesy of living in district 3, as well as scarily good aim. and they come to find that they have a lot in common. they come to like each other — really connect with someone for the first time.
and here's the thing, everyone knows that alliances are going to be temporary; there will be a point where they'll end, because the games only have one victor, right? wrong. they point blank refuse to end that alliance, refuse to turn anything on one another when they're the last two left. they, instead, rig an insane plan to blow up the arena together, even if it means taking themselves out with it. no more fucking hunger games. so they do. and —
in the chaos that ensues, saw and some band of people working with him as rebels get them out of the arena before the whole thing blows up. was this planned ahead of time? not that jyn knew; saw was just counting on his baby girl. anyway, hoo boy is the capitol pissed now, everyone involved is now very explicitly a fugitive, and welcome, in earnest, to the rebellion. and other stuff happens but this was dangerous enough getting me thinking about a hunger games au and i'm not going any further right now ghfjdks
send me a potential au, and i'll tell you five facts that would happen in a story!
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limbus company 1 am (edit: now 2 am) ramblings (massive spoilers abound for canto v)
these are just some quick sleep deprived thoughts, and my analysis could be better, but i feel like talking about it anyway
i saw a post in the main tag talking about why the op really disliked canto v, and i don't wanna get into an argument and i don't want to vague the op in a way that makes it seem like im attacking them because im not, i just wanna talk about why i disagree with them
i don't think canto v was perfect or the best canto but i thought it was absolutely incredible (yes i did cry during the final boss fight), and i agree that starbuck and queequeg deserved way more screentime and development than they got (i also think the adaptation of queequeg from moby dick to limbus was woefully clumsy, which might have have been remedied by more time with her, though i still love limbus!queequeg)
however, i wholeheartedly disagree on ahab as a villain. i thought she was amazing. even if she doesn't really have any shades of gray to her, i think the point is that a lot of horrible, evil, selfish people genuinely believe what they are doing and their behavior is right and justified. furthermore, she was completely and utterly steeped in delusion and obsession to the detriment of herself and every single person remotely in proximity to her.
i need to say first that i've never read moby dick unfortunately, so i can't comment too much on limbus!ahab vs book!ahab. what i do know is that just like in limbus, ahab's obsession leads to the demise of every single crew member with ishmael as the sole survivor. since i haven't read moby dick, i had to consult sparknotes for a profile of book!ahab, and it describes him as much of a victim as he is an aggressor---however, i'll touch on that in a bit.
what i want to bring attention to is that both book and limbus ahab are characterized by sheer hubris, pride, and a god/savior complex. i want to bring attention to another classical literature character who is characterized by hubris and who also spends the entire novel on a ship: victor frankenstein.
this comparison might seem like it's coming from left field, but i promise i have a point. also, while i don't think limbus!ahab was overtly inspired by victor frankenstein, considering how obsessed pm is with literature i think there is a very low chance that kjh or at least one of the writers haven't read frankenstein. see also the parallels between angela and the monster/ayin and frankenstein in lobotomy corporation and library of ruina (especially library of ruina, where there is a direct connection between angela and lucifer related imagery, who the monster is also associated with). frankenstein ends with victor, after telling his, encouraging the sailors not to give up on trying to find a new passage channel in spite of the fact they will probably die doing so---victor has not learned his lesson, and now he's luring a group of sailors to their deaths.
ahab is so full of herself and so egocentric that even when she was facing the death of her very "self" (or...ego) she did not falter in her delusions, not even at the very, very end, and was happy to continue the cycle. the point i'm trying to make here is that a character being unambiguously bad and selfish doesn't necessarily make for a bad or uncomplicated character. i will concede though that op again has a point with the lack of screentime with ahab means that she didn't have the time to prove her complexities.
this brings me to canto v's ending. in the post credits scene, we saw the ahab somehow survived the collapse of the white whale (this is just speculation, but i think it has something to do with her ego awakening---judging off the cg art, i would guess the ego fused with the pallidification from the whale or nullified it entirely...or both maybe). i was initially disappointed by this.
however, we know very little about hermann's crew. as op touched on, and as i have touched on, ahab had little screentime and not a lot of character development. her now being a member of hermann's crew gives ample opportunity for further development of her character---i think we'll see why exactly she became so obsessed with the whale and why she is the way she is (the aspect of ahab as a victim, i imagine there's a deeply personal reason why the decided the whale was the source of all evil)
this leads to me another point op mentioned: ishmael sparing ahab.
op talks about this as a bad thing. i STRONGLY disagree.
the name of the game here is obsession. ishmael's new ego for this season is even named "blind obsession". from the 4.5 event, we saw that this obsession has been tearing her apart. several people theorized after that event, and during this canto, that she was for sure going to distort. the fact that she had a distortion effect behind her battle sprite made lots of people (including me) extremely confident that she would distort and be the boss of this chapter (outis said in part 1 that lcb doesn't need all 12 sinners to operate and you only use half in battle anyway).
if ishmael had killed ahab, she would have given into her obsession and may have *actually* distorted if she did. and she would have proven ahab completely and utterly right.
ishmael stealing away the opportunity to be the one to kill the pallid whale from ahab and leaving her to rot inside the collapsing whale with that knowledge is the best possible punishment ahab could have gotten.
that's why i didn't like the fact that ahab had survived, it felt like it defeated the point of ishmael's development and the canto itself. i changed my mind because the point of ishmael's character development was letting go of her obsession and being free from ahab, and ahab doesn't need to be dead for her to do that. and her involvement with hermann's group means an opportunity for a bigger and better comeuppance since she's probably going to have a new obsession soon enough.
#there was more i wanted to say about the lyrics to compass#and how it can be interpreted as a metaphor for breaking free from an abusive relationship#but finals are coming up and its now 2 am and i got class tomorrow soo#psi post!#projmoon
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What was Victor’s tragedy? In what way was Undead born?
Usually a Negator ability is given in a crucial life moment and it destroys something the users had dear to them (family, hobbies, social life…)
So how does being unable to die become the cause of a tragedy?
My guess? I feel like it might’ve happened the moment the rule of Death was added the first time, before loops begun. Like he was hanging out with people he cared about (close friends, maybe even just his pet, not a family member since family is not a thing yet) and just as an incident was about to occur 1) the rule of Death was added and 2) Victor became Undead happened simultaneously, leaving him the sole survivor of the tragedy, wishing he wasn’t as he watches the lifeless bodies of those he loved
+Extra fucked up element: let’s immagine that adding a Rule and its Negation to the world at the same time makes it so the Negator doesn’t become subconsciously aware of that Rule, shall we? Ok now, immagine being Victor, who up until now has lived in a world where people not dying is the norm (dunno how anything would work in a world like that tbh) and suddenly not only you get a literal crash test on the subject of death, but you also now live in a world where that’s a normal thing? Like, you can sneeze in a weird way and suddenly you’re not breathing anymore? You can just slip on something and you’re no longer part of this world? Wtf? So now you’re both one of the last people on earth that remembers a time where death didn’t exist but also you’re the only person who won’t get to experience the same thing that took everything you held dear, leaving you in a place where you will never feel like you truly belong.
#mother of lord I had more to say than I imagined#words from the royal bin#victor undead unluck#undead unluck#uu#didn’t realize that I basically made a more complex version of Andy’s backstory#I guess that when it comes to not being able to die the only downgrade to it is well…not being able to die#makes sense their tragedies would be similar
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AU Thursday: A Smattering of Random Valicer Headcanons
Mostly relating to the standard Modern AU, of course, but the more general ones could apply to any iteration:
-->You know how I have January 8th as “Smiler’s Creation Date” on the Valice( r) Calendar? Well, in thinking of what I wanted to do for it in the shower a couple of days ago, I referred to it as “Smiler’s birthday,” corrected myself with “no, wait, Smiler’s birthdate is the opening date of the coaster, May 31st” --
And then remembered “my human Smiler is ADOPTED -- maybe that’s their adoption day?”
So yeah -- Smiler’s actual birthday is 5/31, but the Altons have another little celebration on 1/8 because that’s when the paperwork all became official and Smiler was fully and legally their kid. Smiler was actually sad when they first learned that other kids just get the ONE birthday.
-->Smiler has a real talent for mixing drinks, both alcoholic and non -- they just seem to have a knack for eyeballing measurements and knowing how much stirring is enough. Any party they throw, they play bartender and knock their guests’ socks off.
-->Related to the above, Smiler’s job while attending college is as a barista in a coffee shop, where they develop a reputation for somehow getting even the most complicated order perfect. They like it when people’s faces light up after having one of their drinks! (Though that does make the “Karens” stand out even more, sadly. . .like this one couple who came in, the wife with a really complicated order that she kept criticizing them on as they tried to make it, and the husband with a simpler order that he refused to leave a tip on, saying it was unnecessary. . .guess how Smiler first met Victor’s parents.)
-->In keeping with the tech theme of the actual coaster, I’ve decided that Smiler, like Victor, enjoys building little robots from kits! They generally do more complicated projects than Victor does, though (hell, maybe they’ve done a mini-toy-like take on the Marmalizer, jokingly calling it their “brainwashing bot”), and they’re better at learning code and programming them. They’re also decent with HTML, as evidenced by the fact that, you know, they have a website with videos and suchlike. :p
-->Victor, for his part, gets into repairing and modifying things -- he finds he enjoys learning how things work and how to fix them, or make them work better, or even just look cooler. And he becomes a “right to repair” advocate after he discovers just how fiddly fixing electronics in this day and age can be, and how expensive it is for most people to replace them.
-->Constantly sending them to practice yoga in Sims 4 when I wasn’t sure what else to do with them has cemented in my head that Smiler just does yoga in general! In that same “crop top and short shorts” outfit that they so often wear as a Sim. Victor finds it very distracting. XD
-->Also, as mentioned in the tags of another post, I’ve recently realized that Smiler’s favorite animal is frogs! Probably as a result of all the breeding and collecting I had them do in Sims 4. They just think they’re neat. :) They also like dragonflies too.
-->Some new food headcanons for the trio -- all of their favorite fruits are also involved in their favorite desserts! Victor likes apples, and absolutely loves a good apple pie; Alice favors strawberries, and really enjoys a strawberry cake; and Smiler likes bananas, and will devour a banana split (they also like bananas foster). I think “chocolate cake” would rank as a second-favorite dessert for all of them though -- and I can see them working their way together through one of those big old “bucket” sundaes you can get at Ben & Jerry’s. (Though that would probably best be handled with the help of Victoria and Emily, and/or Oblivion, Th13teen, Rita, and Galactica. . .probably be a good date idea for the Running Headlong Into The Bullshit mega-polycule too XD)
-->As hinted at in the Christmas headcanons post, I’m tempted to have Alice pick up her father’s love of photography to capture special moments. It seems a fun way to carry on the family legacy! Though, yeah, this is something a modern Alice would be more keen on than a Victorian Alice for sure -- less dangerous chemical bullshit going on!
-->This one is a headcanon-in-progress -- part of me feels like Smiler should have or get a tattoo, but I’m not sure where or what. Something fun and colorful, sure, but beyond that. . .I’ve experimented with adding a tattoo in Sims 4′s CAS to my Smiler Always, but nothing really looked right. (Possibly because all of them are tied to such specific parts of the body -- I’d really like it if you could move certain tattoos to different locations!) Hmmm. We’ll see if this one goes anywhere as a result!
#headcanon#headcanons#valicer#victor van dort#alice liddell#smiler alton#the smiler#just a bunch of random headcanons that have popped into my head from various sources as of late!#as you can see a few of these are Sims-related#which isn't a surprise as Smiler's whole appearance comes from me designing them as a Sim#the 'fruit desserts' headcanon thing resulted from some DM roleplay I was doing with Nebby#where her character was grilling the elder Van Dorts on how much they ACTUALLY KNEW about their son#and when I confirmed Victor likes apples and thus likes apple pie#it was like I could FEEL Victor's eyes lighting up#combine that with my already-established 'Alice likes strawberries and cake'#and 'Smiler likes bananas and banana splits'#and yeah XD#just amused me#Victor being a repair guy is again something from his Fallout 4 self I'd like to generalize a bit more#I mean FO4 Sole Survivor Victor is THE tech guy out of the group#but I like the idea of Victor fiddling around with toy robots#and figuring out how to repair stuff#he seems like a guy who enjoys doing stuff with his hands#hence why he's the 'handy' one in my Sims game :p#queued
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WELCOME TO THE INSANE CHARACTER TOURNAMENT: REVIVAL ROUND, ELIMINATION!
[ID: Photos of all the 111 characters competing on this round in a graveyard. /End ID.]
Upset your favourite character lost? Here they'll battle for the chance to be one of the four to come back! The goal of this round is to eliminate as many characters as possible. Each group will have two polls who will later battle against each other to be the sole survivor of their group. ROUND ELIMINATION PART 1 will begin on MONDAY 14TH OF AUGUST.
Groups below the "keep reading" line.
GROUP 1:
Micolash, Host of the Nightmare (Bloodborne) VS Tuco Salamanca (Better Call Saul) VS Renfield (Dracula)
The Master (Doctor Who) VS Cheryl Tunt (Archer) VS Morgana Pendragon (BBC Merlin) VS Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development)
GROUP 2:
Delirium (Sandman) VS Alexander Hilbert (Wolf 359) VS Roman Roy (Succession)
Doomguy (Doom) VS Dr. Franken Stein (Soul Eater) VS Jack (The Shinning)
GROUP 3:
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto Shippuden) VS Light Yagami (Death Note) VS Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony)
Mahito (Jujutsu Kaisen) VS Dabi (My Hero Academia) VS Seo Moon-jo (Strangers from Hell) VS Jinx (Arcane)
GROUP 4:
Aerion Targaryen (A Song of Ice and Fire) VS Goro Akechi (Persona 5) VS Bubby (Half Life: VR but the AI is Self Aware) VS Sebastian Morgenstern (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
The Narrator (Fight Club) VS Opal Koboi (Artemis Fowl) VS Orochimaru (Naruto)
GROUP 5:
Dottore (Genshin Impact) VS Ice King (Adventure Time) VS Millions Knives (Trigun) VS Trexel Geistman (Stellar Firma)
Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb) VS Eliot Cardale / Eli Ever (Villains Duology) VS Donatello Hamato (ROTTMNT)
GROUP 6:
Hisoka (Hunter X Hunter) VS Vegas Theerapanyakul (Kinnporsche) VS Dennis Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) VS Max (Sam and Max)
Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan) VS Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) VS The entire cast of Blaseball (Blaseball)
GROUP 7:
Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) VS Spinel (Steven Universe) VS Midori (Your Turn To Die)
Chat Blanc (Miraculous) VS Leopold Fitz (Marvel) VS Tsukishima Hajime (Golden Kamuy) VS Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate)
GROUP 8:
Tokishige Usami (Golden Kamuy) VS Jīn Guāngyáo (Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed)) VS Roberto (Futurama) VS Sammy Lawrence (Bendy and the Ink Machine)
Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein) VS Dr. Baxter Stockman (TMNT 2003) VS Cicero (Skyrim)
GROUP 9:
Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune) VS Denji (Chainsaw Man) VS Kira Yoshikage (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) VS Magic Man (Adventure Time)
Jevil (Deltarune) VS Helena (Orphan Black) VS Starscream (Transformers)
GROUP 10:
Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader (Star Wars) VS Enerjak (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders (Heroes)
Alfred Drevis (Mad Father) VS Loki (The Mechanisms) VS Tyrian Callows (RWBY) VS The Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)
GROUP 11:
Evan (EverymanHYBRID) VS Eric Cartman (South Park) VS Simon Keyes (Ace Attorney Investigations 2)
Alex Kralie (Marble Hornets) VS Fintan Pyren (Keeper of the Lost Cities) VS Darcy (Amphibia) VS Hamlet (The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark)
GROUP 12:
Will Graham (NBC Hannibal) VS Simon Laurent (Infinity Train) VS John Kramer (Saw) VS Bibble (Barbie Fairytopia)
Ryuki (AI: The Somnium Files) VS The Observer (TribeTwelve) VS Galahad (The Mechanisms)
GROUP 13:
Nikolai Gogol (Bungo Stray Dogs) VS Castiel (Supernatural) VS Ben Chang (Community)
Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho) VS Xue Yang (Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed)) VS Kristoph Gavin (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)
GROUP 14:
Knock Knock (Phantom Spirits (2002)) VS Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) VS Pugsley Addams (The Addams Family) VS Billy Lenz (Black Christmas (1974))
Shou Tucker (FMA) VS The Antagonist (Hatred (2015)) VS Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous)
GROUP 15:
Tim Drake (DC) VS Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-girlfriend) VS Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)
Fëanor (The Silmarillion) VS Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia) VS Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil) VS Ultra Violet (Lego Ninjago)
GROUP 16:
Professor Henry Hidgens (Hatchetfield) VS Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with the Vampire) VS Wade Wilson / Deadpool (Marvel) VS Samarie (Fear and Hunger 2: Termina)
Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow (DC) VS Komaeda Nagito (Danganronpa 2) VS Volo (Pokemon Legends Arceus)
#insane character poll#tumblr tournament#tumblr polls#tumblr bracket#character tournament#poll#polls#info banner#revival round#tournament poll#bracket tournament
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🥺 Aw nooo! I'm sorry about that, Fallout Victor. I'll punch Vault Tech for you and Victoria and Emily >:(
Fallout!Victor: [wet chuckle] I appreciate the sentiment, but I assume most of the bastards have been dead for years. . .except, hilariously, the sales rep who signed me up for Vault 111 in the first place. He was rejected from the vault himself, but was one of those who turned into a ghoul -- er, someone who, instead of dying from the radiation, mutated in such a way that it actually helps them stay alive instead. They all bear the marks of it -- heavily scarred skin, missing noses, about half lack hair from what I've seen. Some go mad during the process or have the radiation destroy their brain and turn into feral monsters, but others. . .they're just people. And the sales rep turned out to be one of the latter. We were absolutely shocked to run into each other in Goodneighbor when I came to the hotel he was staying in. . . I wouldn't want you to punch him, though. He was just as horrified as anyone when I told him what was really going on in the vaults, and -- well, it sounded like he'd had a tough few centuries. He lives at Sanctuary now, and he's a lot happier. And I'm. . .doing better than I was. [smiles more genuinely] Making some wonderful friends -- and some new loved ones -- will do that.
#stretchtime#~M: I want some questions! now! (ask)#tw: violence mention#~M: a glimpse between worlds (meta)#~V: Fallout Of Darkness#the history of sole survivor victor#~C: Victor Van Dort#((yeah pretty much all of the people behind the experiments and stuff deserved punching#but random sales rep was just kinda pushy and looking to win some steak knives#Victor's okay with him#and he has found new friends and family and loved ones#just losing Victoria and Emily and Shaun is always going to sting :( ))#~M: with this hand I will lift your queue
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let’s not talk about hard times // pour the wine it’s summertime
Summary: Effie thought one of these kids had a chance this year. She's wrong, of course. And now, she has to go take Haymitch home because he can't do it himself.
Effie Trinket really thought District Twelve had a chance this year.
Both tributes were older, bigger. They look like they’d actually eaten food in their lives and their manners weren’t the worst she’d seen from their peers. They trained, had decent scores in their one-on-ones and gave decent speeches, all things considered.
Once they got to the arena, they’d stuck together and didn’t even go to the Cornucopia, meaning that they didn’t die in the bloodbath. In fact, they’d made it four whole days before one of them fell.
Effie knew that the girl from twelve would probably fall before her district partner. And a pack of fiendish mutts would do it, guaranteed. She couldn’t outrun them and was devoured to death. Painful and slow, but it’s what to be expected.
Effie was just about to secure a sponsorship for the boy, who’d survived and even picked off two other tributes, but they were coming close to the final eight and one of the careers could tell that he was one to go after, considering that he was bigger with a body count and no ally to protect him.
At least it was quick, she thinks, as she pours herself a large glass of wine.
Mentors don’t have to stay once their tributes are dead. But unlike most tributes, Haymitch could barely get around himself off of the ground once both of his tributes died. He’d drink himself into a drunken stupor and it only seemed to get worse this time around, because both of them had hope.
“If not even fucking Seam kids could make it, nobody else in Twelve could.” Haymitch slurs, “We’ll have one fucking victor for all of eternity and too many dead kids to count.”
Effie doesn’t note that she could count and name every kid that they’ve sent to their death together. But she does help him on to the train, getting on with him.
Nobody else can take her home. She can walk the streets of District Twelve to get him back there. She does so every year.
Most years she doesn’t attempt to get as plastered as he does until she’s back in her apartment back in the Capitol. But when Haymitch goes for the alcohol, she grabs some as well.
“You’re finally indulging, aren’t you?” Haymitch accuses, “Two more kids dead and that’s when you can fucking let loose?”
“It’s just the two of us.” Effie reasons, “Why not?”
She downs two drinks fast, making it so that the train ride to District Twelve can be done under the guise of insobriety. Even though it’s only a couple of hours there, she���ll have to do the same trip over again, back home.
“Well, Miss Trinket,” Haymitch grabs himself a bottle and falls upon a fainting couch worth more than anything back in his entire district, “You disappointed at the outcome.”
“I had a sponsor lined up and everything.” Effie tells him, “We were just waiting for the gamemakers to give us the go ahead.”
“And then another fucking career takes his life.” Haymitch says, “I know, I saw. Those bastards in District Two are the worst of them, I swear.”
Effie doesn’t say anything to Haymitch. She can’t take his side in this, there are cameras watching them. But he doesn’t have anything to lose. And who would listen to a traumatized drunk anyways?
Plus, she remembers watching his games when she was young. She remembers going back to them, rewatching them once they had to start working together. Being the sole survivor of 47… she couldn’t imagine doing it herself.
But her family were loyal to the Capitol through the Dark Days. And that’s why she’ll never have to.
“You always come back with me.” Haymitch speaks in between gulps of whisky he’ll never have access to back him, “Why?”
“You need someone to walk you home.”
“The peacekeepers would do it.” Haymitch curls the open bottle like it’s a teddy bear, “Can’t have the only available mentor for District Twelve die because he tripped and fell on his way back to the Victor’s Village.”
“Maybe I like spending time with you.”
“You can’t stand me.”
Effie doesn’t comment on it, taking another drink of what she’s been able to grab. The train looks exactly the same as it did when she was bringing these kids to the Capitol. They probably haven’t cleaned the whole thing out yet, knowing they’d have to bring Haymitch home.
“Maybe I don’t want to be alone right now.” Effie finally says something in response, after staring off for an unknown amount of time. But, when she does, Haymitch has already curled into himself and his snoring.
Effie stands, twisting the top back on his drink and grabbing a spare blanket, putting it on him. She sits back at the table she was at, alternating between staring at him and staring into the drink she’s made.
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looking back at a chapter, who are Vortissax the Storm-Eater, Alfiraessax the Unbroken, and Dread Spear Karnossa? Are they oc’s? What are your headcannons for them?
Yes, they're all ocs. They're the three dragons Vyke killed and consumed the hearts of during the first war against the ancient dragons. I'll probably write up a proper backstory later, but the vague thoughts I have on them already...
Alfiraessax the Unbroken was the medieval fantasy equivalent of a flying ace, a proud and daring dragon who went to great lengths to seek out worth opponents during the war. Vyke's company was not one of these -- Alfiraessax torched them all in a single run in an attempt to draw out Ser Siluria. When Siluria failed to appear, Alfiraessax retreated back into the mountains -- pursued by a fifteen-year-old Vyke, the sole survivor. Vyke chased the dragon for weeks, refusing to be shaken despite the brutal terrain. When Alfiraessax happened to glance back and notice that the kid was still following them, they were impressed enough to land and do battle. Against all odds, Vyke slew Alfiraessax and consumed the dragon's heart while half-mad from exhaustion. Alfiraessax is the most willing to cooperate out of Vyke's inner dragons, and they are the one Vyke most often calls on for controlled displays of power.
Vortissax the Storm Eater was one of Placidusax's many grandchildren. A massive drake nearly half the size of Gransax, Vortissax was brought down by Vyke and a half-dozen other champions (Ordovis and Siluria among them) at the Battle of Saintsbridge. As Vyke was the only surviving Drake Knight amongst the victors, he was granted the honor of consuming Vortissax's heart. Vortissax is the most powerful and the most primal of Vyke's dragons -- like their grandsire, Vortissax wielded the power of the storm and could even distort time to a degree. Vyke most often calls upon Vortissax for lightning or for massive displays of power.
Dread Spear Karnossax made a fearsome reputation for himself during the waning years of the first war against the dragons. One of the followers of Gransax, Karnossax adopted the methods of the hated human invaders. Like a human champion, he wielded a spear the length of a ship's mast. Like his enemies the Drake Knights, he ate the flesh of his victims and adorned himself with their bones. He carried on the fight long after Placidusax fled the realms of time and Gransax withdrew to the Dragonbarrow. He and his followers operated behind the lines of the Golden Order's armies, torching towns and villages and devouring their inhabitants as vengeance for the Order's genocides. Vyke pursued Karnossax alone, eventually corning him in his lair and slaying him. Karnossax is the most savage of Vyke's dragons. He still remains opposed to Vyke, but in the heat of battle he often cannot refuse the invitation to join in the slaughter.
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