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Ever wanted to know more about Crystallania? Well today’s your lucky day!

#look...I understand...that this looks like hot shit...#but it started as a doodle...and it’s artober...and the first prompt was apprentice...#ple...ase...be gentle...#the arcana #the arcana apprentice #Crystallania #crystallania lore #the arcana game #arctober

do you see any potential conflicts between them? because realistically there has to be some conflict? not everything can be sunshine and rainbows all the time even to longterm couples. could be internal or external

ty anon! we love to create angst. right now mack and will are not giving us a ton to work with but that’s the beauty of rpf!! we can just lieeee.

so. potential conflicts. the biggest one ofc is the objective imbalance. mack is undeniably a better hockey player than will. now. will and mack have decided to take the we do not see it, therefore it does not exist path about it. externally, The Trade could shatter this equilibrium. so many excellent trade fics out there, i won’t get into this here. go read them.

internally, either will or mack could blow it up. i still don’t understand how exactly will has managed to reconcile himself to the verso of it all. what happens if will has a really bad game and lashes out at mack bc mack’s never gonna know what it feels like to let will down? mack, confused bc when has will ever let mack down and hurt bc why are you being such an asshole smitty?

now mack’s denial is so strong i think it would require significant external pressure to crack (like mack feeling like he singlehandedly needs to get the team a cup). say will’s having an extended slump during playoffs. mack just doesn’t understand. bc he knows. he KNOWS. will is an amazing hockey player. so if will’s not producing then. like. it must be bc will just doesn’t care as much as mack? and mack can’t do this alone smitty, i need your help, why are you being such an asshole, i need you! this one’s really fun bc it’s actually mack’s blind faith in will causing the problem. mack refuses to acknowledge that a slump for will is different than a slump for mack. he’s also putting so much pressure on himself to get will a goal to break the slump bc he and will play so well together he knows they do so why isn’t it happening???? critically, he’s not disappointed in will. he’s just hurt and confused that will won’t step up for him and then he explodes all over the room in a messy little confetti shower of unregulated emotions.

the other main potential conflict is what happens when will and mack finally need to crawl out of their little joint turtle shell they’ve hunkered down in. as i’ve said before in the tags, eventually they’re gonna need to open the circle. yes in order to wear the C and A and build a good team culture. but also just to like. exist as humans who are not fundamentally designed to have all their needs fulfilled by just 1 other person. bc one of them will inevitably let the other one down, and the fall is gonna be absolutely devastating bc the pedestal they put each other on is sooooo high. will really thinks mack is the best player to ever do it. mack really thinks will is the coolest person in the world. what happens when it turns out, mack can’t singlehandedly drag the sharks into the playoffs? or when will is just a sweet but rather awkward boy with an undiagnosed anxiety disorder? a core tenet of willmackism is that they’re special, exclusive, all this is just for them and no one else. what happens when they need to invite others in, either to do their jobs or bc otherwise their closed circuit loop of wild glazing and unreasonable expectations and hero worship and love is going to overload and blow everything sky high?

#thank you anon this was so fun!#btw i could also see mack and will’s sheer determination and pigheadedness and talent being so inexorable #that they speedrun the first issue altogether and it never implodes in on them #that seems like a very macklin celebrini thing to do. refuse to accept reality until it bends for you bc why not? it always has so far.#also a very will smith thing to have that comfortable assurance that it’ll all work out bc things always work out for people like him #if it’s not blessed it’s not the end peace and love to all who celebrate etc etc #this is already too long but a really fun one and one i’ve seen in wonderful fics #is the one where mack gets a gf bc it’s the captainly thing to do and doesn’t understand why will is upset #it’s all a part of their dream!! 4 cups 20 years their jerseys in the rafters and houses across the street from each other in retirement #and those houses have wives and kids bc duh? thats just how it goes? look at joe and patty they have wives and kids!#anyway who’s gonna organize all the team bbqs and plan the wag outings etc? certainly not mack #will who has been exchanging no homo bro jobs with mack for the past 5 years bc he’s playing the long game okay #and who has been angling to finally get an invite to the wag chat this entire time #gritting his teeth in pure rage: yeah mack. who could possibly do all that shit.#mack who thought he was working towards The Plan and doesn’t understand why his hockey soulmate is suddenly looking homicidal: o…kay…#will: maybe i should get on raya and get a gf too. to help with my alternate captain duties.#mack whose skin is suddenly unbearably hot and itchy. but like. not something he can scratch. like the inside of his skin?#NO no i don’t think that’s necessary would probably just distract you kind of a dumb idea really #actually it’s the worst idea ever and if you even think about messaging her back i’ll break another windshield. plus your tail lights #let me know if anyone wants fic recs #i have plenty #san jose sharks #willmack #271 #wm #will smith hockey #wsh #wsh2 #macklin celebrini #asks

I just want to thank you. Your Goromi art got me used to traditionally "feminine" outfits on what is considered to a traditionally "masculine" body. Your art helped me get rid of some of society's bigoted standards from my brain.

ahhhh I'm glad! imo, people should wear what they want if it makes em happy and regardless of how they look in it, it's their own business to express themselves how they want ✌

I know for some people, especially femme outfits on masc bodies, can be seen as satirical or derogatory but I think there's definitely differences in what is purposely trying to be shitty or finding the worst examples vs stuff that is genuinely trying to be positive/affirming. sometimes it does take awhile to separate the two but if you're able to do it, you're bettering yourself and that's a great step 💖

#when I first saw majima in 0 I was like oh he's kinda hot he's p cute #then I saw regular majima and I was off put at first cuz he was just so different and weird lmao but he became my fav eventually #then I saw goromi and something utterly wholly changed my brain chemistry #and I knew she was satire from the start but I just never felt that way in any sense when I saw her #she was just so garish but that garishness was so beautiful and the confidence spoke to me even tho I knew it was for a joke #I can understand where ppl come from thinking goromi is 😬 with her girly look on a very masc body cuz honestly it's not the prettiest sight #and they took something negative from that but I could not be any more opposite. she was SO PRETTY to me #she was life changing to me truly #I am far from dressing femme typically cuz I always thought my androgynous stick figure body couldn't pull it off lol #but shredded muscle lady could and I wanted to look girly for the first time in years #and it felt really nice even tho I didn't think my body could fit the bill and some things didn't fit quite right but that was okay #clothes ain't nothing other than to cover your junk and make you look good and that *good* is however you want it to be #sometimes it ain't just about the outfit but what that fit means to someone regardless of how it looks to anyone else #and just going beyond what the gender coded shit says is right is a big step me thinks

Can Fright Knight x Batman be a thing? Is it already a thing? I just saw this post where Frighty is acting as Danny's dad and I just want something with Fredric Knight meeting Bruce like..

Bruce is happy Daimian is making friends. This new kid, Daniel "call me Danny" Knight, seems nice. Kid might be a meta or something, with the way his eyes reflect like a cats and how he seems to always be cold, but he doesn't seem to be a bad kid and his background seemed to check out.

Yesterday Damian had invited Danny over for a sleepover and Bruce was stoked. Dami is having a friend over! A civilian friend! This is so normal and great! Danny had said his father would be picking him up the next day and would show up on his motorcycle (which was apparently named Nightmare?)

Bruce is in the sitting room close to the entrance when Alfred goes to buzz the gate for Danny's father. After a few minutes, he can hear Alfred walking the man in and explaining that "young Master Damian will be down with young Daniel in a few minutes. Till then, maybe you'd like to speak with Master Bruce?"

Bruce almost falls out of his seat when this almost 7 foot tall hunk of a man walks in, with his long raven black hair with a streak of gray down the center, all pulled back into a low ponytail. His bright green eyes have that same, almost glowing, shine that Danny's have and he's got a neat bit of stubble on his sharp jaw. He holds himself tall and seems to scan the room before setting his gaze on Bruce, who is using all his will to not ogle at this gorgeous man in front of him.

He stands to greet him and, oh God, he may actually be 7ft. "You must be Danny's dad, right?" He offers his hand to shake, "Bruce Wayne. I'm happy to see my son making friends with such a nice kid."

The behemoth of a man stares at his hand for just a moment to long before he shakes it and introduces himself, "Fredric Knight. I'm also glad my son is making friends." He says with the hint of a smile, "He's been a bit reclusive since we came here and I don't believe that's been healthy for him."

The two fathers talk for a bit, Bruce doing his best to be Batman ever now and then to make sure this guy isn't a potential threat. After some time, Danny and Damien walk into the room with Danny's bags, "Hey Dad, hi Mr. Bruce. Sorry that took so long," he says as he walks over to Fred (Bruce was told he could call him that) and half hugs the man, "Dami has a snake and he let me feed her!" Fred looks down at his son and pats his head, "That sounds interesting, little prince. Was it a frightful creature?"

As father and son speak, Bruce notes how fond Fred seems of Danny. The 'little prince' name seemed cute and pretty fitting with the last name. He also notes how Fred seemed to relax just a bit the moment Danny walked into the room (the same way he would after his children returned from patrol safe and unharmed), huh.

They say their goodbyes and the father-son duo are escorted out. Bruce and Damien watch as they ride down the driveway, Danny doing his best to wave at them from between his father's arms.

"We should invite the both of them over for dinner." Bruce says with a hand on his son's shoulder, "Fred seems like an interesting character, don't you think?"

"Father,"

"Yes Damian?"

"Please do not seduce my friends father."

Another reason i think ziyal/Jake is fun is that it continues the headcanon of cardassian male beauty standards being that of a string bean

#Jake is built just like Julian #and I think that makes him hot shit to cardassians #ziyal takes one look #remembers her dad hates his and is like “oh i cant NOT Fuck him”#and Garak understands immediately #star trek #ds9 #tora ziyal #jake sisko

blah truly rotating ava in my mind cause like (ended up putting this under a cut cause holy shit it got long)

youre a leader of the last of humanity. your people were attacked and an entire station was lost, because the other group of humans think everything is doomed. youre running out of food, out of supplies, and everything you could ever use to supplement that is gone. and then theres this anomaly that just maybe could be your saving grace, but in order to find out if it is, someone needs to explore it. so you send down some researchers (personally i believe the entire purpose was to see what the blood was and if it could be food) to see whats there.

but you lose contact, and never hear from them again. this is more dangerous than you thought, and you already lost some of your only scientific minds you have left. but you need to try again, so you find the most expendible among you. you turn to your deplorables, to your criminals. people "no one will miss" cause they've forfeited their humanity. they did bad things, therefore nothing you do to them can be worse. you can tell yourself they deserve it, that this is penance or punishment. you dont even need to learn their names (its easier if you dont). so you make a promise you never expect to keep. not a lie, persay, just something you never expect to have the opportunity to make good on.

and then, finally, after who knows how many tries, one of them finds something. a skeleton. something was alive down there, and if theres life, theres probably food, right? but you need more info, and your newest sacrifice just gave one of your best mechanics a deadly dose of radiation and blasted everyone else with it. thats enough to kill any sympathy you may have been feeling towards the desperate, pleading man in his iron coffin. maybe he can do some good for you before he dies and actually get that sample. he might run out of oxygen, but probably not before he can get it for you, so who cares. hes a criminal. hes a convict. just keep remembering that.

and after he disappears and you write him off as another failure, he comes back in on the radio, screaming and terrified and confused. hes been gone days, he shouldnt be alive right now. but he is and he asks you what his name is and you cant answer. cause you dont know. and theres this terrified person that you know you cant save and you cant even offer them the courtesy of calling him by his name. and it comes crashing down again that hes real. hes a man and hes trapped and you know you cant save him, no matter what you may want to do. and its your fault. you put him there. so you offer the slight bit of humanity you can, and you tell him your name. he tells you his. and you tell simon that no matter how much youd like to, you cannot risk someone valuable to save a criminal stuck in an iron tube somewhere at the bottom of an ocean.

and as hes chewing you out, telling you the things youve tried to avoid thinking about, how cruel what youve been doing is, he mentions hope. something that could actually change things. that first expedition, the real scientists. maybe they found something. you can finally know. and this time, its your turn. no more sacrifices. if someone will be martyred trying to get this, it will be you this time. and when you realize that you wont make it, you beg your victim to help. you know he doesnt owe you anything, that it would be more than fair for him to refuse just to spite you, but you hope that maybe in your last seconds, you can get him to understand. this is bigger than you. this is bigger than him. its bigger than us. its not fair, its not right, its downright cruel. but its bigger than all of us. please dont let this suffering be in vain.