#momma speaks

[adultish-momma]

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Leona Kingscholar is Aromantic and romance indifferent and confident in his identity

Ace Trappola is a fledgling romance repulsed aromantic

You can pry these headcannons from my cold dead hands

That is all

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Back Off Tuesday!

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do u have a muse page?

You mean on my side blog, Greensuitsandpens? Yeah!

It’s here.

The list is there, along with their backgrounds and things.

The list of characters so you know who to expect:

Hamilton: Alexander and his son Philip

Dragon Age: Inquisitor/Companion Myrna (I’m still working on her companion bit) and Cole

Overwatch: Mercy, Lucio, Sombra

Paladins: Champions of the Realms: Talus

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1000 followers events!

Event 1: I know I love my ships, and I know y'all love these boys as much as I do. That's why for the rest of the week (until next Sunday, for me) I will be opening my requests to self-ships! Send me a character and a description of yourself, and i'll write some headcanons for the two of you! If you're feeling daring, or you love to many of them, you could always send me a description without a character for a pair-up of my choosing. Please send a description of your personality rather than your appearance! This event extends out past FFXV. You can also send in characters from: Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy XIII The Kingdom Hearts Franchise The World Ends With You Event 2: Recently, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 was released! And since, Kingdom Hearts is a close brother to Final Fantasy, I will extend my ask box out to it as well. You can now request headcanons with Terra, or maybe even Xaldin, for example. I welcome all Kingdom Hearts characters, as i've played every game. ( i'm in the process of completing 0.2. ) ( OH MY GOD SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME SOMETHING WITH THE FORETELLERS! I LOVE THEM BUT THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE FOR THEM! )

[adultish-momma]

Yuu vs. Overblots

This ended up being so much longer than I thought or intended for it to be, so I stuck it under the read more so you casually scrollers can peacefully go about your business without this absurdly long ramble being in the way.

But man I just need to vent and get some ideas down on metaphorical paper.

So I've been trying to map out and solidify scenes I want to rewrite from cannon and how they would go realistically and how they would affect and shape relationships between my Yuu and the other cast characters.

And my biggest snag so far was trying to figure out how I wanted Yuu to participate in the Overblot showdowns.

I like there to be as much realism as can be applied to a fictional magic-based fantasy world, and realistically Yuu can't really do much during Overblots. Unless they have essentially a professional background in fighting (which my Yuu definitely does not), they really can't even hope to make a dent in the physical aspect of the fight. And they just don't have the emotional background with these villains to try and make a difference by talking them out of it. If the Overblotted student's friends and fellow dorm members can't just talk them out of an Overblot, there's no realistic way Yuu can. They're basically a stranger.

The way Twisted Wonderland portrays Yuu in every battle, but especially in Overblot battles, is that Yuu is standing on the sidelines, essentially coaching the others and shouting words of encouragement, all while desperately trying to survive the chaos surrounding them. And IDK, maybe it's just me, but I feel like such a high stake, high-pressure, personal situation like the Overblot fights, that approach to "participation" would be fully ignored if not (justifiably) dismissed.

So my hiccup comes from the fact that I want Yuu to matter in these fights, I want Yuu's participation to help turn the tides. So how do I do this realistically, when the base characteristic I've been given is that Yuu is essentially removed from the fight? Not even the cut scenes acknowledge Yuu's existence once a fight has begun.

And then I remembered the Mage Stones.

I might be misremembering the lore behind them, but this is essentially a rewrite AU, so the lore I'm going with is this: Mages have essentially a well for a magic core, something that if used too much at once leads to extreme risks to their health and potentially their life. Mage stones act as a pump of sorts to their magic core, providing quick and easy access to a great amount of their magic core, but still in a controlled and measurable way. Mages can access their magic core without a Mage Stone of course, but it's much harder, like using an old-fashioned bucket on a rope method. Using magic without a mage stone is doable, but the effort exerted makes the mage much weaker.

And the first part of every Overblot transformation cut scene we are provided, is watching their Mage Stone fill with ink, and then the boys change form.

So add this all together, and you come to the same conclusion Yuu does. That when the boys Overblot, the quickest and most efficient way to cure them is to break their Mage Stone. The Mage Stone fueling the chandelier broke on impact, and it became useless as a magic conduit. Breaking an Overblot's Mage Stone would force the Overblot into a more vulnerable state, having to exert more effort to cast spells.

That is my solution. That is how my Yuu becomes an integral part of the team trying to defeat each Overblot. Because like I said, everybody, Overblot included, kinda forgets that Yuu is there. This means Yuu is the one with the best shot of sneaking up on the boy-turned-monster and stealing the Mage Stone.

And such a dangerous move has to lead to some very delicious, angst-based ideas, but I think I'll save those for the actual fics. If/and when I get around to writing them. But sorry for the long ramble, I just needed to actually write all this... logic, lore, whatever you wanna call it somewhere down where other people could hold me accountable to my own cannon.

If you made it this far, thanks! I have notes and scenes and dialogues written out for all the Book 1-4 dorm members (plus Malleus because we have actual chapter interactions with him) of at least one cannon scene I wanted to rewrite. I want to get those, and possibly the Pomefiore ones now that Book 5 is fully released, out before I do any Overblot-related things.

[adultish-momma]

I love how you write yuu, you make absolute menace to society

So I’m just going to start off with: I’m so so so soooooo sorry I’m just now answering this 7 months later. I kinda fell off the face of the earth there for a very hot minute, so I’m legitimately just now seeing this.

Secondly: Thank you!! I’m glad someone enjoys their characterization! I think there are two ways you can write a character that doesn’t flinch in crazy scenarios like twst. There’s the Main Character way, which tends to be “too oblivious/dense to truly be intimidated/scared/surprised” which leads to its own kind of comedy.(Which Twst does very well *cough cough Hornington cough cough*)

And then there’s the Gen Z way, full of apathy and sarcasm and telling the reaper “finally” when it eventually shows its face. I like this way. This way leads to lines like “I long ago accepted I was most likely going to die by doing something stupid, and therefore I am not afraid of death”. So I like to write Yuu with a dash of Gen Z apathy.

I might also probably most definitely write Yuu like how I wish I could interact with the world if social anxiety would let me have a say for once but I digress.

Thirdly: Sorry for hijacking this very brief and succinct note in my inbox and turning it into a character expose, Yuu suddenly took up living space in my head again and I’m in an introspective mood tonight.

[adultish-momma]

Regarding your recent post, I did have a similar thought that directly attacking the entity that shows up behind each student might also be a viable strategy. Like, if Yuu could somehow fully shatter the glass bottle that is their head then that might incapacitate the entity and weaken the overblot. The bottle’s already got a huge crack in it so I don’t think it’s that far fetched to think it could be broken

Right? I specifically paid attention to the shattered glass bottle head with the Dwarf Overblot, and I definitely think it's a viable battle strategy, especially for the longer-range magic attacks. And Yuu would encourage people to aim for it like they did in the mines. Because let's be real, even with no practical or scholarly background in battle tactics, most everybody can agree that "aim for the head" is a pretty good bet for doing some damage.

Clearly, the cast characters who Overblot are in this short 'limbo' stage, where they aren't fully Overblotted just yet, hence why we can save them. And since Overblot monsters are what you permanently become once your magic core is used up, I don't think a full Overblot, like the Dwarf, actually has a Mage Stone anymore. So to defeat the Dwarf, if you even can kill a full Overblot, you probably would have to completely shatter the head.

So like:

Full Overblot = Glass head is your only option. Probably treats it as an ink reserve, so it's basically like its own version of a magic core. Spill the ink, weaken the monster.

'Limbo' Stage Overblot = Glass head AND/OR the Mage Stone. If I'm theorizing that Overblot's power comes from their link to a version of a magic reserve, cutting off at least one source should do significant damage. Weakening the connection to both sources is your best bet, but if you have to pick one at this stage, pick the Mage Stone since that's the original source of power.

The Chimera, probably Grim Overblot = TBD. Because I won't know until if/when it pops back up in cannon. From the tutorial, that specific monster is exactly that, a monster. There's no shadowing figure behind it like the 'Limbo' Stage OBs, and there's no inky glass bottle to be found like a Full OB, so at this stage in my Twisted Wonderland knowledge, I'm going to need a bit more stable of a diving block to jump off of before I try and strategize a fight against that.

Thank you very much for the ask, honestly, because that is potentially a huge plot point I was just going to gloss over! Sorry, I went off on another ramble, but now I've got even more fleshed-out lore!

[adultish-momma]

SO I’m outlining something for the Rewrite (I need a better name for this 😭) and the intention behind this whole shebang was that it’d just vague enough to where it could be platonic or romantic, readers choice you know? I feel like I’ve accomplished that so far.

But I’ve been writing like an author possessed by the Muses for the past few days and honestly there’s just no way to escape the housewardens (at minimum) without ending up in a queerplatonic relationship at the very least. Probably more honestly.

I tried so hard to avoid the harem route but I’m weak and Yuu likes collecting powerful men this is where this was always going to go if they have their way

So this is my official warning that this rewrite (Mirrors are Never to be Trusted over on ao3) will more than likely include romance from here on out. And my official warning that guys in this version are basically incapable of feeling romantic love in a healthy manner, at least at first. Maybe I’ll explore ways for them to learn, maybe it’ll stay a dark romance, who knows not me🤷‍♀️