This guy popped up in my youtube recommendations recently and wow he makes so much stuff out of junk! It must feel so good to actually use up so much carefully saved junk, rather than just saving it. Also the outro is really nice.
Really good pacing to these videos, and in the narration he identifies nearly every single bit of material and where it came from.
This one's got toothbrushes, hair clips, and plant feeding spikes included in the legs, and the head dome is one of those protective sports codpiece things.
Thinking about how in the Athenide AU Perse KNOWS how the story of this goddess ends. She KNOWS that she is the token "faded goddess" of the pantheon. Thinking of the grief of mourning yourself alone- of knowing you are going to leave all these people you are growing to love. But no one will grieve with you- you cannot even tell them.
Thinking of the simultaneous swelling and sinking of her heart every time her parents or Persephone or her siblings or Apollo say they love her or they're glad to know her. She loves to be loved but hates it too- for the grief she will cause them. She's on limited time- not very limited mind you, a thousand to 4000 years is plenty (depending on if she faded after the trojan war or after world war two) but it isn't enough to ease the pain of the people who have loved her. It isn't enough for them to be able to say "she lived a long and happy life". No amount of time is long enough for a god. Afterall, you may live 4000 years but you were supposed to live forever, and now they must spent an eternity with your fading memory.
(Credit to @anotheroceanid @chaoticdumbassrogue @freedomanddisorder for writing wonderful fics on this AU. LIterally my lifelines yall)
huge fan of the headcanon that Duke can just... turn invisible and no one except for the BatFam/certain Associates know/can avoid him
Like Bruce is leading Clark and Diana through the Manor and chatting and randomly walks around the middle of the hallway for no reason and Diana follows him while Clark just walks headfirst into Duke and neither Duke nor Bruce realized what they'd done
Tim is casually talking with a couple of friends he has over and randomly picks up a sandwich from the plate in the middle of the table and holds it over his shoulder where it just disappears
Steph is helping Alfred set the table and just shoves a glass bowl into the abyss and lets go and Alfred is two seconds away from screaming when he realizes 'oh, Duke is holding it' and Steph didn't even realize he wasn't visible.
Hal is gesturing while telling a story on the Watchtower and turns to look at nothing and goes "You were there, tell them" and the emptiness starts talking and Barry nearly has a heart attack until Duke flickers into existence.
just realised I never posted this. Clovis headcanons (+ general Hypnos kid hcs) because he's one of my favourite characters and Hypnos is my favourite god
- knows how to give people piercings. Him and Nyssa did Nico's.
- so many people tell him he looks like his dad's hadesgame design. he can't even refute it bc he does
- does volunteer nightshifts in the infirmary, particularly in late spring/ early summer when there's a bunch of new campers
- has met over a dozen of his immortal siblings and remembers all about them
- the only one he doesn't like is Morpheus, because he recruited all of his human siblings to be in the titan army.
- has a pair of really small wings, one just above and behind each ear
- very birdlike, chirps and trills, bed resembles a nest, loves 'preening' his friends
- besties with Nico and Lou Ellen
- has a queerplatonic relationship with Pollux
- while he rarely needs to fight, when he does he'll use a branch of poplar wood intertwined with poppies almost as a wand to conduct his magic.
-habitual weed smoker
- yes, he can hypnotise people.
- one of the first things Hypnos kids have to learn is controlling their hypnotic abilities- altering the way they speak and move to make it less mesmerising.
- if they're in the heat of battle they can forgo it- their allies won't be affected because they're actively channelling their power elsewhere
- you know that one meme, 'not a good sign: this zookeeper is hauling ass.'? that's how the rest of camp feels when a Hypnos kid starts getting worked up about something.
-hypnos kids are usually very heavy sleepers - however if they're dream hopping, and/ or haven't severed their 'dream' and 'waking' selves properly, they are prone to sleepwalking (particularly if they are younger or out of practice)
- most of them also have narcolepsy, hypersomnia, a disrupted circadian rhythm, or a combination.
-lucky boy here gets narcolepsy and a delayed circadian rhythm that makes him pretty much nocturnal.
- I've said it before and I'll say it again: champion of Thanatos.
-he doesn't even really need a champion he just felt like pissing his brother off by claiming one of his kids.
-another one I've mentioned before; Hypnos kids are made of dream mist. the amount varies but usually around 50% of their bodies are made of it. (their father's divine... genetics? blessing? idk demigods are weird and their parents pulling shit like this doesn't make figuring things out any easier) (<- said like this isn't just something that I decided should be true just bc it's cool)
-while Hypnos adores humans, them spending ~1/3 of their lives in his domain and all, he doesn't have demigod children that often as he already has 1000 immortal children
-even so, he does make an effort to form a bond with his mortal children, and is probably one of the most proactive gods in that regard (do NOT tell the other gods though they will get pissed)
-cabin 15 has an "open door policy" of sorts, where anyone, whether they're a camper, hunter, visitor from another pantheon, monster, mortal, god or anyone else, is allowed to stay overnight or request assistance with sleep issues.
I get Apollo, btu I dont get how Demeter, Hermes, Aphrodite, or Dionysus kids are underpowered let alone could be op like Percy...
So Riordan has Percy as OP and justified by the many domains, titles, and godly abilities of Poseidon. He does NOT do this for the gods I listed. Since you said you can get Apollo, I'm just gonna skip him.
Demeter - Goddess of harvest and the "life" parts of "life and death."
She caused winter and famine via no plant growth, has some authority over animals since she's goddess of agriculture, has cursed someone with insatiable hunger (he ate himself).
Her children growing plants is undervalued, especially when one that's powerful could put things into perpetual bloom or keep anything from living. Or get creative -
Goddess of food has children whose food gives buffs and debuffs
Goddess of life has children that can take it away and give it to someone else
Being "they like and grow plants, they're weaker" only works by ignoring a bulk of her mythology. If Percy can cause earthquakes because Poseidon can, Katie can curse people and the land itself because Demeter can (and that's terrifying as hell).
Hermes - god of travelers, shepherds/cowherds, thieves, wit and cunning, writing and language, commerce, diplomacy, and luck and good fortune
I think I mentioned this in a reblog, but he uses magic and incantations, it falls under his domains of writing and communication. Magic alone could make any of his children OP, but he's also a psychopomp (takes the dead to the underworld), god of mediation (because he's god of communication and commerce), AND god of BOUNDARIES - the latter has so much potential, from making and weaponizing barriers, but also negating them.
In theory, nothing could stop a child of Hermes from poofing themselves into places they want to go to, making portals to bring an entire army into Camp Half-Blood, or make a barrier that keeps everyone out (yes, I'm talking about Luke - he deserved to be over powered and on par with Percy by virtue of being the primary antagonist).
Aphrodite - goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality
Again, I made a post about her and Riordan's treatment of her and her children. She's legit one of the most dreaded gods by the Olympians because her power over love has authority over anyone that isn't asexual or aromantic. Plus, Aphrodite Areia, her war goddess aspect, exists.
And even ignoring that, Aphrodite is beauty and it can be found in anything, it's a major aspect of her attraction to Ares (not just him being physically attractive, but because his carnage is beautiful in its own right). Beauty in war, strength and physical power, combat and bladework, you get my point.
Any of her children could be an OP warrior like Malenia from Elden Ring (her bladework is described as beautiful, she herself is beautiful IMO, and she hits harder than a freight truck) or amass such warrior loyalists like Miquella (charmspeak, people, it is OP on its own and Riordan ignores that).
And now, to my favorite to talk about:
Dionysus - god of wine, theater, festivity, madness, religious ecstasy (visions and propechy), orchards/fruit, wildlife, and death and rebirth.
Not even discussing his conquest of India while drunk off his ass, an OP child of Dionysus could, in theory:
Cause mass hallucinations and madness not just in large groups, but over an entire town/city/country
Be nigh-invulnerable with ressurective immortality or be Kenny Mccormick and keep being reborn, memories and all
Potentially have authority over lightning and thunder (The Bacchae) or be loud enough to create something akin to thunder
Inspire loyalty and have the following of a group similar to Dionysus with his maenads and the thiasus (his retinue)
Have a loyal following of MONSTERS in the form of kobaloi (well, sprites - but I feel like in the Riordanverse they would be treated as monsters)
Be able to grant superhuman strength to their followers (maenads, just maenads, they're terrifying)
Lowkey effect the world around them through theater (and madness/religious ecstacy). Imagine a dramatic ass theater kid that embodies main character syndrome and borders on a reality warper (and this is a further justified idea because in Ophic Hymns, Dionysus is kinda an aspect of Phanes - it's complicated, Zeus ate Phanes and Dionysus is twice born among other things)
There's such cool things that could be done with any of the gods, but them and their kids are downplayed because let's be honest, Percy would not be viewed as so powerful if they weren't underpowered.
Tangent time, but in what world would a child of Hecate be weak in any sense? Alabaster should be able to body the camp via magic and Mist.
Or a child of Nemesis, a goddess feared by even Zeus, not being able to control retribution and luck in their favor to never lose. Ethan should be out here winning until he gets hit with divine intervention and even that shouldn't stop his pursuit - because that is a major trait of Nemesis, retribution is an unstoppable force!
Or a child of Hypnos, why is Clovis among those deemed weak when he legit can put anyone to sleep (and sleep is so close to death in mythology that they were born together, he could make people sleep so heavily that they look dead - AND Hypnos is "easily embraced," imagine Clovis having a form of charmspeak where people he puts to sleep do whatever he wants like he's a necromancer controlling the dead).
POTENTIAL WASTED!
Like, even Percy and his OPness is wasted - prophecy was once Poseidon's domain, strategy was once his domain, he used to be god of the underworld AND top god (Mycenaean - it's also where his Earth-Shaker epithet comes from). Riordan didn't even truly emphasize everything would make a child of Poseidon powerful.
Headcannon that after the war Percy has this insane (actually pretty sensibleâïž) idea of asking the hypnos kids for help with his nightmares. The solution: Clovis becomes his sleeping buddy to help him learn how to navigate and control his dreams.
Now you can't walk around camp without catching them looking comfy and taking naps all over the place đŽđŽ
reading this deposition that just got dropped where someone sued musk and ohhhh my god it is this funniest thing ever . i can see why his lawyer tried to keep this confidential . theyâre both maybe the biggest idiots . this is like ace attorney
genuinely first two pages he says that he thinks benâs lawyer is the one who is actually suing him and admits he has no clue what the lawsuit is about .
I don't think Mark can ever top "INDEED, MR. JONES, INDEED" and "AND THAT IS HOW I KNOW YOU LIED TO ME" from the first Sandy Hook trial in Texas (not to be confused with Chris Mattei, the attorney in the Connecticut trial), but this part
MR. SPIRO: Do you give these lectures at all of your depositions?
MR. BANKSTON: I do, and you can watch them.
is ESPECIALLY hilarious to me having listened to multiple depositions Mark has had to take in the Sandy Hook case, where he has needed to lecture EVERY. SINGLE. ATTORNEY. at some point in the case about how they're violating Texas Rule XYZ, because they all, to a one, did something seriously ethically questionable during the deposition.
like, YOU CAN WATCH/LISTEN TO HIS DEPOS. HE DOES HAVE TO GIVE THOSE LECTURES EVERY TIME. IT'S NOT EVEN A JOKE.
I mean, in some very interesting Technically Correct ways, they didn't actually die? Now, they're very much no longer alive. But the forces involved are such that they didn't get any of the usual cellular processes of death, they simply went from biology to physics in less time than it takes a signal to travel down your optic nerve.
fic where the corries learn that theyâre legally allowed to do courses and get degrees when the commanders are required to get degrees in order to legally file a lot of the paperwork crossing their desk and authenticate arrests and stuff.
They sign up for interrelating minors after the first degree.
a lot of it is stuff they already studied in their training, so Fox and Thorn are working on spPHDs while doing all of their other duties.
this is all completely unremarked upon until someone in the clone fan messageboards finds one of Foxâs essays and has enough knowledge on the subject is like âguys this is really good, and ow, the chancellorâs ears must have burned when he submitted this, because damnâ
clone fans being what they are, the other work by the other corries is gone over with a fine tooth comb, but itâs not really noticed other than that.
until fox ends up doing an art history course or something, and Jocasta Nu is actually the professor in charge.
he has to come in for some of the lectures so the students can properly experience the works in question, and theyâre in the archive. He also shares classes with jedi younglings on top of the coruscanti locals and core world galactic students.
he also, for the first time, has a group project that isnât allowed to just be done over the comms. presumably because the jedi younglings have these kinds of classes on their schedules so they can be socialised with non-jedi in a safe environment.
Fox isnât aware but like three new people have declared fox one of their friends
Foxâs final assignment for that course is actually the one that really blows up despite him submitting several thesis by that time eviscerating the new mandalorian government, mereelâs supercommando codex (because fuck you jango, your dad is smart but not an untouchable god), and the republican senate. but the art history course is where he discusses several priceless-because-theyâre-fucking-illegal-to-own-sheev pieces in the chancellorâs office and apartments.
he submits the paper just before he makes the arrest, which he has the authority to do both because he has the necessary qualifications, and because sheev made him a high general in the GAR so he could do more of his paperwork.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *loading a pistol* moonâs stuck in a time loop. do you have extra ammo? this wonât be enough.
nasa employee: enough forâŠwhat?
astronaut: *finding extra clip of ammo, pocketing it, and getting back on the rocket-ship* donât worry about it!
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *emerging from supply closet with a space harpoon, getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut:   oh hey u guys are back early
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: what?Â
nasa employee: how did you know what i was going to say?Â
astronaut: *punching in key pad code for base evacuation signal, getting back on the rocket-ship* i told youâŠmoonâs stuck in a time loop.
*red warning lights begin flashing*
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *rifling thru bookshelf of operating instructions, selecting one that says âAIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,â getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: moonâs stuck in a time loop. hey, do you have anything to eat? iâm starving. *opens random drawer, finds nothing, closes it*
nasa employee: a time loo- uh, we donât have food in hereâŠwe canâtâŠeat in the control room, only the break-room.
astronaut: *sighs*
nasa employee:âŠmy lunch is in like 10 minutes, though, and if my lunch is actually STILL THERE and not STOLEN, AGAIN, i can share it with yo-
astronaut: nah, thatâs okâŠno time. *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* orâŠtoo much time. but thanks, anyway. OK, bye!
*alarm begins blaring*
nasa employee: youâreâŠwelcome? wait, a TIME LOOP?!
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: yup.
nasa employee: âŠ?Â
astronaut: *sitting down next to nasa employee* soâŠdo you ever likeâŠwonder what the meaning of life is? the secrets of the universe?
nasa employee: arenât you supposed to be ON the MOON?!
*alarm begins blaring*
nasa employee: hey, what the hell is that?
astronaut: thatâs the code red override klaxon. moonâs stuck in a time loop. oh, and thereâs an explosion imminent. But donât worry, we can deal with that tomorrow. So, you have any siblings? *pulls beer out of space suit, cracks tab* want a drink?
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: do you know frank in IT?
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: do you know frank, who works in IT?Â
nasa employee: yeah, but why are you guys back so early?Â
astronaut: moonâs stuck in a time loop. call frank, tell him thereâs a virus in the security patch and the systemâs compromised. then get the hell out of the base.Â
nasa employee: wait what? what? where are you guys going?Â
astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* back to the moon. itâs stuck in a time loop. call frank!Â
nasa employee: *picks up phone* ugh, straight to voicemail. i wonder wha-
*alarm begins blaring*
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: *grim silence*
nasa employee: i said, you guys are back earlyâŠhey, what are youâŠ?Â
astronaut: *randomly opening drawers until they find a pair of scissors and some duct tape, getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
*sticks head back out the door of the rocket-ship* by the way, if you go to the break-room in exactly 2 minutes and 45 seconds, youâll catch the person whoâs been stealing your lunches for the past two weeks.
nasa employee: what?! WHO IS IT?!
*alarm begins blaring*
nasa employee: *running for the break-room* FUCK!!!!
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *sits down, sighs, pulls a beer out from their spacesuit* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: âŠok, and? hang on, how did you get a beer? you canât have that in here.
astronaut: what do you know about project floyd?
nasa employee: I mean, the usual amount? iâm not really on the project anymore, why?Â
*alarm begins blaring*Â
astronaut: COME WITH ME TO THE ROCKET-SHIP, we donât have ti-
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: yeah. moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop. see you tomorrow. maybe.
nasa employee: WHAT?!
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?Â
astronaut: *sighs, rubs hands over face, and loads pistol, before getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop. and, uhâŠyou should call your mother like youâve been meaning to. and tell her youâre not actually mad and that you will come to dinner tonight. youâre gonna be hungry.
nasa employee: wait, what? WHAT?? how do you know my mom?! why am i gonna be -
*alarm begins blaring*Â
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what?
astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says âAIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,â starting to get back on the rocket-ship, but dropping everything with a horrendous clatter* FUCK! goddamn moonâs stuck in a time loop.
*alarm begins blaring*
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earlyÂ
astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop.Â
nasa employee: what? also, hey, whereâd you get that duffel bag?
astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says âAIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,â shoving them into the bag, and getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earl-Â
astronaut: *grabs nasa employee and kisses them passionately*Â
nasa employee: what? WHAT?!
astronaut: *loading a single pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moonâs stuck in a time loop, sweetheart.Â
nasa employee: what?!?
astronaut: a time loop!!! i love you!!! get out of the base!!! stay alive!!!
nasa employee: *presses fingers to lips, confused but intrigued, as alarm begins blaring*Â
nasa employee:âŠ.
nasa employee:âŠ
nasa employee: ho hum what a regular day at the office
*alarm begins blaring*
nasa employee: what the hell is that?!
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earl-Â
astronaut: *grabs nasa employee and kisses them passionately*Â
nasa employee: what? what?! WHAT!?!? also, hey, whereâd you get that duffel bag?
astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says âAIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,â shoving them into the bag, then cupping nasa employeeâs cheek with free hand* moonâs stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: the moonâs stuck in a what?!
astronaut: a time loop, sweetheart, but we donât have much time ourselves, so you have to listen to me RIGHT now
nasa employee: *faintly* âŠâsweetheartâ?!
astronaut: in 2 minutes and a few seconds, you need to go into the break-room and find frank.
nasa employee: wait, frank from IT?
astronaut: yes.
nasa employee: how do you know heâs gonna be in the break-room? i canât just call him at his desk right now?
astronaut: how do i know this?! because, one, time loop, ok? andâŠalsoâŠbecauseâŠheismaybetheguywhohasbeenstealingyourlunchfortwoweeks
nasa employee: that BASTARD i KNEW it
astronaut: BUT THATâS NOT WHATâS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. hey! listen to me! go in there, catch him red-handed with your burrito, and tell him lunch is on you FOREVER if he goes RIGHT NOW and checks the last security patch - because thereâs a virus and the whole systemâs compromised. then you need to get the hell out of this base, ok?
nasa employee: âŠok. ok. andâŠand what about you?
astronaut: *cocking pistol and getting back into rocket-ship with duffel bag* me? iâm gonna shoot for the moon.
EPILOGUE:
nasa employee: so, how many loops in total?
astronaut: i mean, it was hard to keep track. somewhere around six months, if i had to guess.
nasa employee: damn.
astronaut: yeah.
nasa employee: and in those six MONTHS, the best zinger you came up with was âshoot for the moonâ?
astronaut: hey, you know what, i had some other stuff on my mind!
nasa employee: i mean, i guess. it sounded like you found time to flirt with me each time.
astronaut: yeah, like i said. other stuff on my mind.
*they look at each other, blush, and look away*
astronaut: sooooooo. youâre sure your mom is cool with me coming over for dinner?
nasa employee: canât make the day any weirder. plus, i owe you for ratting out frank, right?
astronaut: he did help us save the world; we canât be too mad at him.
nasa employee: youâve had a little while to get over it, i might need some more time. and it wasnât even your food!
astronaut: ok, thatâs fair. what if i buy you lunch to make up for it?
nasa employee: hmm, when?
astronaut: tomorrow?
nasa employee: well, iâll have left overs from my mom, and you might too if you play your cards right. day after tomorrow?
astronaut: honestly, anytime is good for me.
I haven't seen anyone talking about this and just wanted to make a quick post on here.
Akihiro Miwa recently passed away peacefully june 20th, and was not only a drag queen and a queer icon, but also the japanese voice of Arceus in the movie Arceus and the jewel of life, as well as the witch from Howl's moving castle and Moro from Princess Mononoke.
Rest in peace and thank you for the wonderfull impact you made in this world.
Trying to figure out how to draw armour.
These are some of my notes I uploaded on patreon. A lot more to come since I really want to figure this one out.
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