Something something that one spin-off shenanigan where Pluto and Delusion are autistic
And Pluto makes an effort to be far more accepting of his very neurodivergent child (Freddy) than the villagers were to him. Because he doesn’t want to be that asshole.
Baby Judge in the Pirate AU. What happened to the babby.
Dunno how little he is, but definitely Smol. Too smol to swim.
Fun option: Freddy grabbed him and somehow managed to hold onto him. And neither of them died before they got fished up by Pluto.
Idk if this is better or worse than Freddy being alone. On one hand: one sibling is alive. On the other: it’s a little baby/toddler that he has to look out for as a child himself. And now there’s weird people Freddy doesn’t know (Horror Squad) that keep trying to take Judge away (trying to give the child a break/help with the babby)
Or he just got washed ashore at some cult or something.
All I see is a tiny Judge being afraid of the strange adults and siren and then one day suddenly being glued to Pluto’s side and giggling and badly singing along with Kevin
Yknow. DS nightmare was always a good cook. Like, a really good cook
While I don’t think anyone really questioned why Nevin was so good in normal IBVS, it somehow makes even more sense now. His older brothers are also cooking gods. He’s quite literally learned from the best.
man can you imagine them deciding to invite their friends over for some holiday meal.
All the older Jacksons and Quintons are there. Chris and Drew are there. Ed might be there but Nevin probably didn’t invite him, unless they’ve settled their differences finally; otherwise one of Ed’s siblings decided they weren’t going to leave him behind.
And honestly the funniest possibility for Ed being there is that Chris or Drew invited Barry, and Barry invited Ed.
Isaac has somehow also appeared and won’t tell anyone how he knew (Drew. It was Drew. He acts like he doesn’t know anything though because everyone’s faces when Isaac showed up were hilarious)
Ed was the only one actually upset about it, everyone else was just so goddamn confused.
One of Nevin’s brothers makes a joke about Dream, Arthur, or Delusion showing up and all the older siblings yell at him to shut the fuck up do NOT jinx us like that!!!!
drew is upset for .5 seconds before remembering that most of the people here are wanted by JR.
And they all forget about it as soon as they start eating. Good fucking food. I think all the teens except Drew, who’s probably been invited over for food at least once before, are having a religious experience (joke)
…hm. this was supposed to be a short ask
The teens be the most concerned about Pluto getting choked by slash while the others are just chilling
Sparrow: Well, I think it should be kind of obvious what I think of the trio down in the jail.
Spindle, fake whispering: He hates them.
Sparrow, side-eyeing Spindle: I don’t hate them. But they’re not exactly great people, so I think it’s sufficient to say that I’m not exactly a fan.
Sparrow: As for Dream, I’m…not entirely sure. Look, I know he’s an awful person and has the blood of hundreds, if not thousands of people on his hands, but…he was also my boss for god knows how long. I always trusted him. And it’s a bit hard to change my own opinion of him that drastically.
Sparrow: And Gouge is a whole other can of worms. I can’t believe someone that close to me could do something so….horrifying.
Spindle: I dunno I personally think they’re all shitheads.
Pulaski: I don’t know much about any of them, but the snippets I’ve heard have given me a…less than ideal opinion of them.
(None of them really know Hunter unfortunately)
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Slash: Oh give us 5 minutes in a room with bird boy and you’ll see exactly how we feel about him.
Byte: God what I would give to gut his fucking ass.
Pluto: He’s such a fucking bitch. We all hate him. I mean look at us! He fucking locked us up! He’s a dick!
Slash: And don’t even get me started on ‘Lord Dream.’ What a narcissistic asshole. I may not hate him as much as Finch, but he’s a very close second.
Byte: Meh I hate Finch way more. Slash has some weird vendetta against Dream-
Slash: Because he’s a fucking prick! You know he is!
Byte: -but I don’t really care that much. I mean I want him dead but it could be quick for all I care.
Byte: Now Hunter, ohhhh he’s a close second
Pluto: Oh we all hate Hunter. He’s so annoying. He needs to learn when to shut the hell up and piss off.
Slash: Yeah he’s an annoying bastard. We’ve tried to skin him but he’s too damn slippery.
Byte: Gouge is pretty cool though.
Slash: Yeah we’re chill with Gouge. She hangs with us sometimes.
Pluto: Used to, anyways.
Slash: Stupid fucking bird bitch.
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Delusion: I’m…unsure of how to feel about Finch at the moment. While he did overthrow me, I do believe he was just doing what he thought was best. He’s wrong, of course, but I understand he wasn’t acting out of malicious intent towards me.
Delusion: And he has given me rather decent accommodations for the situation, and has given me enough magic suppressants that I don’t have to worry as much about getting burned by my aura. So I don’t hate him, which would surprise many given what he did. When I am inevitably released, I may even give him another chance at loyalty. He’ll have to earn it back, of course, but he’ll be allowed the chance.
Delusion: As for the others? I am less than fond of Slash and Byte. They’re clearly negative influences on Pluto, and need to be disposed of. I do have high hopes for Pluto, after all. I believe he and Gouge would get along well.
Delusion: And I believe it should be obvious how I feel about Gouge. She’s a very loyal worker and has thusly earned my respect.
Delusion: Now Hunter is an interesting case. He is rather useless to me and I will likely be rid of him in the long run, but at the moment he is proving a tad useful, so he can stay.
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Gouge: Do I look like I give two shits about them? Fuck off.
(Gouge won’t admit it but she does like the horror squad, maybe even more than she likes Delusion. She thinks Hunter is annoying, and dreams of all the horrifying things she could do to Finch when she breaks out. She hates his guts.)
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Hunter: Oh I really like everyone! Though I really do wish Pluto, Byte and Slash would stop trying to hurt me…
Hunter Likes His Microwave A Lot, And Puzzle Likes His Too Much
TW: microwaves terrorizing the populace and people being traumatized in the name of microwaves
Come here and get your crack, everyone.
Once upon a time, there was a man named Blue, and he had a microwave.
Blue liked his microwave very much, to the point he surrounded it with crosses to protect it from his horrible ghost brother (long story). He would talk to the microwave all the time, and he called it Marvin.
Blue never told anyone about Marvin (aside from the "friends" he brought home; another long story), but that was his best friend.
One day, Blue was given a baby, whose name was Phillip (forget this name now; he never goes by it). Phillip learned from a young age that microwaves were your best friends and close confidantes. When his ghost uncle destroyed his things, he hid the most important ones inside Marvin's cross circle, where they were safe.
Fifteen years later, Phillip (who went by Puzzle now) was miserable at home. He decided to leave, and took a cat from the nearby park with him. Before long, Puzzle was settled into a warehouse in the middle of nowhere.
But Puzzle wasn't happy; he missed Marvin, and the company a microwave could bring. So he stole one, and named it Michael Wave. Michael quickly became his best friend in the same way Marvin was. Puzzle cleaned Michael every day, and the only other creature that was allowed to touch Michael was Gears the cat (because cats, as you know, do whatever the hell they want).
Slowly, Puzzle's mind was warped by living alone with only a cat and a microwave for company. He started to worship Michael, building it an altar and cleaning it even more religiously (previously considered an impossible task). His microwave mania followed him to his brief periods of sleep, and he began to write down his dreams and make a Microwave Bible.
Before long, Puzzle found a baby in a field and decided to welcome him into the warehouse. Malcolm (the child) learned about microwaves from the second he was capable of understanding it. And for a good while before. Puzzle also found another sibling of his (he has a lot of those) and brought them in.
Now three strong, the followers of Michael Wave lived in peace and harmony… if you ignored Puzzle turning lesser microwaves into robotic servants with which to enforce Michael's will.
One day, another of Puzzle's brothers found where they lived, and broke in to explore. His name was Freddy, and he liked to push people's (and microwaves') buttons.
Freddy found the altar to Michael Wave on a day when the three followers were coincidentally away, and started pushing buttons. And fussing with the wiring, because he was very interested in causing problems that day.
Unfortunately for Freddy, he was discovered tampering with the Holy Microwave, and barely escaped with his life. To this day, he never leaves Nightmare's side, terrified of Puzzle finding him and killing him for tampering with Michael. Puzzle occasionally leaves them melted and mangled plastic abominations on their doorstep, and Freddy panics every time.
Puzzle tried for days to revive the broken microwave, but it was hopeless. Michael was dead. All three of the followers spent days in misery, before Puzzle decided to go back to his old plan he hadn't touched since Michael entered his life: kill everyone in Justice Reigns, and topple his dad's (not Blue, the other guy) power over the multiverse.
And by complete chance, the first person he grabbed to put into his new death traps was a man named Michael.
As soon as Puzzle realized, he dragged Michael (who was stabbed many times and without his demon dad would have died) out of the death trap and made him as comfortable as he could. As far as Puzzle was concerned, his precious microwave was returned to him, this time in the form of a decently attractive man.
Meanwhile, back at JR, Percy was crying because his boyfriend disappeared and was probably dead. But we don't care about him right now, so he can deal with it himself.
While Puzzle was breaking into JR for some of Michael's things (he insisted on doing just about anything Michael told him to do, even if it was just a suggestion), he overheard another of his brothers, Somnus, talking to Percy. Apparently they'd gotten the details on what happened to Freddy, and Somnus was being an asshole to microwaves.
Somnus later disappeared for several days, and when he was found, he had developed an intense fear of microwaves; to the point where his first act upon returning to his apartment was to throw his own microwave out the window, where it narrowly avoided crushing Finch, who was enjoying his singular moment of peace for this decade outside in the sun. Finch decided being outside is too dangerous if microwaves were going to fall from the sky, and went back inside to continue being miserable under JR's leadership.
Michael was living the best life he could, for someone who was now confined to the warehouse because its inhabitants were convinced he was a reincarnated holy microwave. He was given good food (mostly onions, but he liked onions), and he was very quickly breaking down the barriers of Puzzle's heart. Maybe it was weird to romance the guy that thought you were his reincarnated microwave, but Puzzle clearly liked him and Michael liked him back, so he was going to let them both have this.
Meanwhile, Puzzle was making more microwave robots, who were in turn making even more of themselves. Before long, he could continue his final plans: topple Justice Reigns and every other worldly government, ushering in the new Microwavian order, with himself operating as the mouthpiece of the Great Microwaves.
When his siblings learned of this (aside from Laura, who thought letting the microwaves rule was an excellent idea), they all agreed that this was a horrible idea and immediately hid themselves away, ready to fight off the fleet of robot microwaves that sought to dominate the multiverse. Dream and Nightmare didn't agree to help until every microwave in Justice Reigns (which contained a lot of microwaves for Plot Convenience) spontaneously combusted, leaving the building and organization a smoking ruin. Somehow that was enough for them both, and they agreed that Puzzle had to be stopped before he actually tried to put microwaves in charge of the multiverse.
Finch had also braved the outside once again just before the explosion, and now he was also trying to stop the microwave takeover. He didn’t want to work with Dream again though after Somnus nearly killed him with a microwave and didn’t apologize, so he went and kicked a demon’s ass and reclaimed his boyfriend and his boyfriend’s dad friend. And some random teenager that looked an awful lot like Dream and Nightmare for definitely no reason.
