Nootmare

[nootmaretheoctopus69]

Nootmare’s blog :)

hi I am Nootmare!

I like forsaken, Mcyt, Dandy’s world, PJO, MLP, GF, SU, Ect

I like art and is willing to do art requests BUT I do have boundaries on certain art!

what I will do:

fluff

Cross-fandoms

angst

injuries

headcannons

ships

what I won’t do:

Smut

under-age

minor X minor (smut)

adult X minor

family X family

what I might do:

Gore

poses

minor X minor (it just depends on their ages and can’t be smut)

[sadagios]

Icarus, and the Sunflower

A Desert Duo/Scarian AU about an avid player meeting his favorite, comfort character in a death loop video game.

I can’t write a fic, nor have time to draw comics like i used to, so we are doing bullet points on a tumblr post

PART ONE: BEFORE THE ALPHA TEST

PILOT: PART TWO

2.1k words below the cut

SOME BEGINNING NOTES: - This AU is only character shipping, and references a lot outside the life series events (evo, hermitcraft, empires, etc). This is not meant to ship the CC’s themselves and if anything alludes to it, it is purely unintentional. - This is not canon-compliant ermmmm i do what i want and i will put every idea i have into this - Tags for this part? Game dev AU, Grian is whipped for Scar, some characters are real and some are fictional, this is only the pilot, absolutely not beta'd i only have one impulsive braincell

A. Gria

Gria is a single man in his late 20s; he works at a game company called E.V.O. Games (Entertainment Virtual for Everyone). He was an architecture graduate who dabbled in game dev in his spare time during his undergraduate studies. Although he didn’t pursue that path, he utilized his skills in level design. He used to work in several indie game companies, one of which was a company founded with friends, before he was hired by E.V.O. Games. He was excellent at his job, and his ideas and inputs always improved whatever project he worked on. Because of this, after a few years, he was promoted to creative director.

His latest project was “The Evolutionists’ Portal,” a 3D pixel-style puzzle game in which the player has to navigate the world to find portals hidden in each level, and these portals progress the game. With each portal traveled into, the world becomes bigger and more complicated, making each portal harder to find. However, with multiplayer, this task is easier through working together (and doing fun shenanigans together).

It had a buggy release, especially for multiplayer, but it built a decent player fanbase; the story itself was short and simple, but it was replayable thanks to its multiplayer mode.

For visualization, it’s 3D with a top-down perspective like “Pokemon Diamond/Pear/Platinum” but has gameplay similar to “Stardew Valley”

Gria and his team get along well, and he is quite close to some of them:

Martyn: an audio engineer. This is the first game he’s worked on since he was first hired in the company.

“Big B”: a VFX artist. He and Gria joined the company around the same time and bonded over stressful deadlines and annoying seniors when they started out.

Jimmy: the project manager. Although Gria takes a lot of joy in teasing him, he is hardworking and great at keeping everyone in check with the calendar. Out of everyone, he is the one Gria is closest with. He also works on another game by the company called “Empires.” 

Pearl: an environment artist. She joined the company a bit later in the development. It is her first time dealing with pixel graphics but she did it incredibly well. She also works on “Empires” with Jimmy.

“Empires” is a free-to-play fantasy open-world action gacha RPG. It is the biggest game of the company and their title game. 

For visualization, it’s just “Genshin Impact” and “Honkai: Star Rail”.

Recently, there was a buzz around that their game, “Empires”, will have a collaboration event with another big name. Gria was too busy and overworked to take notice of this, though. 

The fruits of his labor later came as game nominations for “Best Multiplayer” and “Best Audio Design.” Gria was happy their work was acknowledged by players worldwide, even if they didn’t win.

B. Hermitopia

After so long, Gria finally took a week off. It was foreign to have no obligations for even a day. He doesn’t use this time to travel; instead, he sits at home and lurks on the internet to keep up with gaming news and updates. He uses the username “Xelqua” with a red macaw as his profile picture.

He stumbled upon a “Redstone tutorial” post by the user ”Potatonutshell”. Curious and intrigued by how such a complicated contraption is possible in a game (and bored out of his mind), he asked this user what game it was for. Potatonutshell briefly, and over-excitedly, DM’d Gria with a huge wall of text about this game called “Hermitopia 6.”

In the beginning days of his break, Gria spent time messaging this Potatonutshell fella, named “Mumbo.” Mumbo named himself after a character named “Mumbo Jumbo”, who is one of the most skilled “redstoners” in the game. He related heavily with the character and took a lot of interest in the redstone circuitry game feature as he is a programmer in real life. Gria thought the game was interesting, but not enough to install a 36 GB game for $39.99. He changed his mind when Mumbo told him more about the game, especially its base-building mechanic.

“Hermitopia 6: Hermit Civil War” is an open-world fantasy action RPG known for its base-building core mechanic. It is the sixth game in the franchise, and each game starts in a brand-new world. The player and the lovable NPCs are called hermits, a band of humans, fae, hybrids, and other species who live together on an island and work together to live a sustainable life amidst the hostile creatures that roam the world. 

For visualization, it’s like “Skyrim” with “Baldur’s Gate 3” graphics and dialogue UI.

Gria planned to try it for a few hours, only humoring his new internet friend, until he met this beautiful NPC named “Scar Goodtimes” — a human-vex hybrid with scars all over his “handsome face and carved body”, as Gria would personally describe him. He was also a builder who lived near Gria’s very odd underwater base. Throughout the remaining days of his break, and his weekends after that, Gria played Hermitopia 6 religiously.

Scar calls him “GRIAN”, which was a typo error — Gria pressed enter early in the name selection screen and he didn’t realize it until Scar first mentioned his name 3 hours into the game. He can’t be bothered to fix it, though (and he's grown fond of it.)

Gria continued to play the game in his free time, slowly falling in love with the game as he kept on playing. He also kept talking to Mumbo, who he fanboyed about the game with. He found out that Mumbo lived close by too, so they hung out frequently and bonded over the game.

Gria: I genuinely thought you had a big mustache, y’know, like Mumbo Jumbo. Mumbo: I do too! It’s... it's there! [he shows his very faint mustache] It's there! Gria: sure.

Xelqua started off as a lurker, to an active Hermitopia fan account. He was interested in the base-building aspect of the game and shared his designs online.

Hermitopia is not a dating simulator. There is no romance mechanic in the game. Anyway, Gria installed (and tweaked) a romance mod because no one can stop him from flirting with his fictional vex boyfriend.

Mumbo: Grian, if I hadn't met you personally, I would've pictured you as a crazy Scar fanatic. Gria: Wha— How— I’m not crazy. Mumbo: You downloaded a romance mod just to flirt with Scar and commissioned an artist to draw a scene from it, and now you have it framed on your bedroom wall. So, Grian, I think that’s crazy behavior. Gria: … I do what I want, Mumbo!

Gria's love for the game and Scar grew more as another hermitopia game was released (Hermitopia 7). Then, he, as Xelqua, became a notorious name because of a supposedly harmless poll about the sexiest character in the game. He was known as the insane Scar fan.

He's got every Scar merch, though there isn't much Hermitopia merch released in general. However, if someone posts about a new Scar fan merch, a certain username might appear in their notifications, like a hound trailing a scent. Haters and trolls are also dragged to hell and back because, if they aren't regretful after being berated by this insane man, they will not be able to surf through the web in peace as long as Xelqua holds a grudge. 

As insane as this Xelqua person is, Scar had become a popular character within the fandom, compared to his old status as an underrated sweetheart without much attention or fanfare thanks to Xelqua constantly (for years without missing a day) talking about him. Xelqua also organized or helped some Scar fan events and constantly supported merch creators with hermitopia merch (especially if it involved Scar.)

User Xelqua, about Scar: He is my little sunshine, my precious sunflower. He might’ve killed some men, but he was hot while doing it.

C. The Collaboration Event

Back to Game dev stuff, Gria isn’t open about his current obsession with his coworkers. When the collaboration event with the “Empires” games was finally announced, two representatives from the other company came to visit. “Skizzleman” has been a writer for Hermitopia since the 3rd game. A character from Empires, Gemini, will become a new character in the next Hermitopia game, and there will be a DLC that will add a new small map with many biomes and new materials. In Empires, Hermitopia characters will be featured in a limited-run gacha banner and a limited-time story event. 

Now a Hermitopia fan, Gria tried to interview Skizzleman about the game (while making it not obvious how obsessed he is with it). Skizzleman was the one who wrote the lore for “Impulse” as well as most of his dialogue throughout the games.

Another representative for Hermitopia, the lead designer Joel, came to visit for the collab event. He is a fanatic of Empires and a diehard “Shadow Lady” fan, which is why he is so excited to work with E.V.O. Games for the collab.

Accompaniment art for this here: link

Gria was never into gacha games, but with a mix of Pearl and Jimmy convincing him to try the game they worked on (not to mention the fact that it is free-to-play), and showing him an initial sketch of what some hermitopia characters will look like in the game (this isn’t allowed, but Jimmy and Pearl found the thought of their serious coworker playing a gacha game amusing), he finally caved. Little did they know, showing a topless concept art of Scar is more than enough to reel him in.

When the collab update was finally released, Gria grinded Empires just to get Scar. He practically paid his own salary back to his company just to get Scar to max level and his additional skins. (He loved his new “HotGuy” skin the most)

With the release of “Hermitopia 8: Moon Collision” and the introduction of co-op multiplayer mode, Gria invited Pearl to play with him with the excuse that they're only going to see how Gemini looks in the game. Gria successfully got Pearl hooked on the game.

D. The Watchers Studio

Before Gria properly applied to a game company, he developed small-scale games with his high school friends. They called themselves “The Watchers.” He met them in a small art club and they bonded over their favorite games. Gria’s favorite game growing up was an old zombie game with a title he can no longer remember.

One of their unfinished games was “The Life Game.” It was a battle-royal death game where the players had to gather resources and have limited lives.

Two of their old friend group recently reached out to Gria to catch up. They said they wanted to work on “The Life Game” again and wanted to ask Gria if he wanted to join again. Of course, Gria already had a job himself, so he declined. However, he hung out with the two and checked in with their progress, nostalgia hitting him as they relived their old game ideas.

The two invited Gria to do an alpha test and asked him to invite any friends who might find it fun. Gria invited Jimmy, Pearl, Martyn, and Big B, as well as Skizzleman and Joel who he’s been acquainted with. He also sent an invite to Mumbo, who was unfortunately busy with his job at the moment. 

To Gria’s surprise, the two had turned their game into a VR game. All seven of them played in a medium-sized studio, and although the game was fun, it was nausea-inducing, especially for Joel. They all lost to the Computer-AI characters, which concluded their Alpha Test.

After the meetup, the two lent them their CD copy of the game with the VR Headset they used (which was suspiciously generous of them).

Skizzleman liked the game a lot and asked if they could do it again sometime, which Gria relayed to his two old friends. Pearl shared the same sentiment but is too caught up with work which makes her unable to join their next session.

The gang kept discussing the game they played and its potential to become a hit with a little more polish. This made Gria feel proud of his old team and his past self, reminding him of the time he was passionate about making games despite his lack of experience. 

With limited coding knowledge and a little help from Mumbo, he made a server to host “The Life Game” online instead of LAN. He sent copies to Mumbo and Pearl in case they’d join later. According to the two, the game had more improvements to it since the last time they played it, which was months ago.

Gria had a small voice in his head telling him this was a bad idea— well, he did get a bit sick in the last session, but everyone had fun. So, he ignored the warning bells and hit “Join World.”

This marks the End of Pilot Part One Next Chapter > PART TWO: UNFIXABLE ERROR

ENDING NOTES: I've been brainrotting and hyperfixating on the idea for a while now, and I don't know how to let it all out so I'm going to try out this format. Hopefully I could add more to this! Thank you if you've read this far into the post. :) Made a spotify playlist too in case anyone is interested (I'm still working on this though)

[fnafvsau]

What does a typical night look like for Avid? I imagine it's worse than overnight shifts at most places

There’s nothing too out of the ordinary! Just your run of the mill security job… and of course each place is gonna have its quirks. But luckily Avid is here to push through it!

[reddishpow]

vee hc

I believe there was a prototype before version 1, which is why she feels uneasy about another possible update.

Every update makes her more perfect, less toon.

(It's kinda obvious that she's my favorite toon)

[transstuffandmore]

Please Reblog is Your Blog is Safe for Non-Binary People.

[bees-and-voids-deactivated20210]

If my mutuals can’t rb this then we can’t be mutuals

[n1percyexpert]

you ever think abt sally and percy possibly ending up homeless if gabe didnt feel like dealing with them do you rhink hes kicked them out of the house before for that exact reason? maybe for a few hours to a few days before he forgot why he was mad and they could silently move back in

do you ever wonder if, before sally met gabe, she and percy had been living on the streets? maybe not all the time, maybe they could find cheap places to stay, but still wonder if its happened

[reddishpow]

Creatures

[yeilowbucket]

more younger arthur & delilah

oh yeaaah hetslop!!!!!!!!

[justaz]

artemis 🤝 percy mocking their fathers for breaking the oath on the river styx because their aroace asses genuinely don't get how one can be tempted like that. artemis is just like "i've kept my oath for millennia. you two couldn't even last 50 years."

[undertalebysokkuchan]

Unfortunately, he didn't win, and his brother too, and I’m really upset about that. However, I have to highlight one important thing: your support.

The Papyrus fandom, while not as large as Sans's, is incredibly active. I was so happy to see such powerful, strong support — everyone’s drive to help our beloved skeleton win, to spread the propaganda, and to create fan arts. I’m proud of you all, really. And I think he would be proud of you, too — just as we are of him.

Better luck next time, Papyrus. Don't lose hope and believe in yourself.

[zeethecatlady]

Ares: stealing and withholding zeus lightning bolt for 6 months.

Zeus: not that big of a deal Ares in retrospect, here's a fairly light punishment.

Apollo: is the patron god of the Oracle and has one legacy in his lineage that starts a war.

Zeus: wow apollo u messed up, those prophecys were shit and your legacy started a war. This is 100% your fault I punish you to be mortal and have to go on deadly quests that could kill you as a god turned mortal.

someone clearly has favourite children...

[bronzepenny]

Happy birthday Jason!!!!

I know it's not his birthday anymore nobody talk to me

[yesderek]

jason grace headcannon

so like, i think that jason was 4 when he began serving in camp jupiter, right? so they had to serve for 10 years before being able to retire from the legion, and pursue whatever they wanted.

what if, what if, jason was never allowed to go to school, because he only ever needed to learn the bare minimum, what he needed to become a praetor. and ofc, he would be so, so jealous of the other kids in new rome, because they got to go to school.

they got to be with their friends for 7 hours a day, while he spent 7 hours training with every known weapon. they got to eat lunch and play outside, while he only got to eat lunch in 20 minutes and get back to training. they got to learn about the wonders of the world, and all the amazing things, while he had to learn what was required to lead.

and he was so jealous when kids complained about school. because he never got to go to school, he never got to run around, or learn about bugs or terrariums. and he promised himself when he was 6, that when he turned 15, that he would leave the legion, and go to school.

and sure it would be hard, and he would have years to catch up on, but he got to go to school.

then he turned 15. he was planning to leave, to retire, to go to high school, and then hera stole his memories. he forgot wanting to go to school, forgot how he used to stay up all night thinking about all the things he would learn at school, and all the friends he would make.

then he turned 16, and went to school, but it was nothing like what he imagined. he lost his best friend, his girlfriend, and he felt lost. he felt stupid, struggling with even the most basic of concepts. but still, he wanted to learn. it was like an itch at the back of his mind, something he could never quite figure out.

and then he died. never going to school the way he wanted to, and alone. in another universe, somewhere where he wasn't left behind to be a child soldier, he would have gone to school and loved it. he would have woken up every day, excited to be able to learn.

somewhere, in a different world, jason grace would have been able to go to school.

[ottpopfic]

Nonsense headcannon of the day: Jason Grace is really good at getting people to fall into ‘updog’ ‘dez nuts’ kinds of jokes

Did Leo and Piper have to teach him what it is, yes. But once he got the joke he's just so SO good at getting people to fall into them, especially Percy. He can be just so straight-faced about it, it gets him every time

[aroaceleovaldez]

i am currently missing my boot and would like to ask if you have any (preferably happy) headcanons about jason

WOLF! THERIAN!! JASON!!!!!

Once he and Leo (who is totally dragonkin) learn what therianism/otherkin is they both bond a lot over their similar experiences.

He totally has a radio collar from when he was little living with Lupa's pack that some confused mortals tried to put on him through the Mist and every once in awhile he has to go for a walk with it so California Fish & Wildlife doesn't try and break into Camp Jupiter.

When he says he and Krios had one-on-one unarmed combat what he really means is Krios started monologuing at him because he expected a prim and proper Roman and instead Jason just went straight for the jugular with his teeth and it caught him off-guard. And it worked. Jason just prefers not to tell anybody that version cause it's "un-roman" of him.

He, Reyna, and Nico have a lot of history in-jokes together cause they're all Huge Nerds.

I am also always fond of the three of them moving in together as roommates/bffs when they're older. They have at least three dogs (Reyna's two + Mrs. O'Leary) and they are thriving.

The reason the scar on his lip is still so prominent after 12 years is because he's consistently split it again at least once every few years. It's to the point where he's completely unfazed by getting smacked in the face and spontaneously being covered in blood. He's just like "oh yeah that just Happens dont worry im fine"

He's a skirts type of guy! He was raised by wolves and romans, he wants nothing more than to abandon the world of pants. I like to think he'd end up at least a lil gnc when he's older as he gets more comfortable with his individual identity and not feeling constrained to strict ideals of masculinity.

Also he totally dyes his hair and gets piercings and tattoos inspired by Thalia as he starts exploring being his own person. They probably bond over her teaching him inadvisable DIY piercing technique and suggesting funky hair dye patterns or fun colors. Thalia is very proud.

[anarchist-creature]

Heck yeah wolf therian Jason!

[sunshinecandyboy]

Something something...Jason isn't his real name. It's his name that was given to him when the wolves got him. They didn't know his name and Juno didn't bother to correct them. Thalia knows him by a different name. Maybe his name matches hers. Another muse. A god of art. Who knows if Beryl ever named him. She didn't care for him, just like his father. It makes sense why Juno would let the name stick. It sounds better than "Bubba". Or "Jupiter Jr.". Or "JJ" for short. Or whatever Thalia was interested in when she was little.

[heavenlee-makes-stuff]

Hello hello!! I'm once again here to ask for any valgrace thoughts you may have (please picture me as a very dog-like dog at your window begging for Jason and Leo bits like scooby snacks), these two have been gnawing at my brain again lately and auuuugh you understand them like nobody else i swear-

Love you!! <33

aughhhh my boys 🥹

helloooo darling.. hopefully today i will have some decent scooby snacks for you hehe

-leo adores chocolate. like, to an unhealthy degree. jason isn't a huge fan due to the whole being raised by wolves thing, but he buys any and all chocolate for leo.

-on a similar note, jason has a huge sweet tooth. leo not so much, BUT sweet stuff is all he craves when he's feeling down.

-bi4bi c4t valgrace is so very near to my heart. i love any headcannons involving leo being genderqueer-- trans, demi, xenogenders, anything. they both definitely talk about cute ppl they see/meet with each other

-jason loves to kiss all of leos scars, while leo will trace jasons for hours on end

-leo uses pet names in spanish, but since latin is so similar jason can mostly understand. he also eventually learns spanish, and they can chat for hours without saying a word of english

-related, give me selective mutism on both ends. for leo it's a trauma response, and jason genuinely forgets how to speak sometimes (if you couldn't tell i really love jason being very wolf-ish). they both know basic sign language and carry around talk cards :3

-leo yaps at jason whenever he's stuck on a problem until he works through it. sometimes jason will listen to him talk for hours on end before leo abruptly just leaves (he figured it out)

-jason lovessss tea. it helps him think, relax, etc. leo will chug 2 cups of coffee and chase it down with energy drinks. if he's not caffeinated at all times of day, he starts to get a migraine

-leo can never remember voices but knows every face, jason can never remember faces but could tell you who someone was by a single word. ultimate duo, trust

-and finally, cuddles. leo is severely touch starved, and jason craves the closeness at all times of day. they often end up sleeping in the same bed, sharing a chair, standing too close, etcetc

eeeeeeee love you cheshire <33