#rambling hours

[soundedwave]

I love rav,,

[masktrel]

SKILL ISSUE

[aceattorneyrambles]

[ Spoilers for Apollo Justice , Dual Destines , and Spirit of Justice ahead! ]

Apollo’s life has not been for the weak like:

-Biological father is murdered

-He is barely saved from a fire as an infant

-He’s separated from his mother with no way to find her and no connection but a bracelet

-Grows up loved but actively hunted down by a cruel regime that forces him and his adoptive family into hiding

-Nearly drowns alongside his adoptive brother

-Forced to leave his home at age 9 all by himself, completely separated from everyone and everything that he’s ever known

-Presumably miserable for years (“I’m Apollo Justice and I’m FINE” yeah sure kid) until he finally makes a true friend (😬)

-His idol, a defense attorney like his father, is disbarred for forged evidence, but even still he moves to become a full-fledged defense attorney

-Oops he found out his boss was a murderer

-Then he was tricked into using fake evidence by his idol and his idol’s daughter

-New boss honestly doesn’t treat him with respect at all and doesn’t for a While

-Has to get a mob boss’s son off of a murder charge

-Dealt with Wesley Stickler.

-Watched a man die right in front of him

-Almost watched a girl die later to poison

-His old boss is back for a round 2 murder trial

-His new boss used him as a pawn to his game

-Lost his best friend

-Was seriously injured due to a bomb

-Was later assaulted via rock to the head and had his own assault used as forged evidence

-Isolated himself due to suspecting his coworker and had to impede his own abilities to keep sane, later invokes the image of his evil old boss in the process whoops

-His close friend (and secret half-sister) is kidnapped and held hostage by someone he has ties to through his Dead Best Friend

-Re-traumatized by past abandonment issues coming out full force by new boss’s sudden vacation to the country he’s a refugee from and the sudden appearance of his adoptive brother

-Nearly lost their workplace and his secret half sister

-Nearly drowned horrifically all alone just after reuniting with his adoptive father who kinda abandoned him a little (for his own good)

-Humiliated via sudden strip search

-Nearly executed

-Father he thought completely abandoned him and returned was actually dead all along aw man

-Has to go and win a near impossible trial anyway even with this knowledge and guns trained on him

-Forced to pick between his old home and his new one (for now at least)

-Chooses old one, has to build entire legal system back up from basically nothing

-Constantly works 24/7 for everyone with anything for nothing, needs a vacation DESPERATELY

Someone please get this man some helpppp or like. A nap.😭

[caffeinated-moogle]

2. What animal do your associate with your OC?

5. How much does your OC enjoy traveling?

I decided to send two. No pressure to answer

Eeee, thank you as always, @feistierermine!! :D

I've gone down multiple rabbit holes (no pun intended) considering animal associations, so I'm saving that one for a later time. As for traveling, tl;dr below with further details behind the cut! \o/

Kitoto and Eirwen love/need to travel, respectively. Eiyre and Tristan both wish to stop and settle, though Tristan finds his outlook slightly altered later in his story. Aeryn finds travel sometimes tiring but made worthwhile by the amazing experiences it grants her.

Aeryn doesn't love traveling so much as she loves encountering new-to-her places and experiences. She gets excited by the prospect of traveling but often finds the process of getting from place to place tiring—though there are some exceptions to that! Either way, the thrill of having new experiences outweighs any travel exhaustion and makes it worthwhile to her.

Kitoto LOVES traveling. She'd thought she was content with her life in Limsa for years before she and her bestie started following Meteor around. Now, though, she's hooked. She doesn't mind returning home for short reprieves to tend to her garden and rest, but she'll spend the duration wondering about a next destination, bag already packed to go.

Eiyre tires quickly of travel and, though cognizant of the fact that she gets to see some of the most wonderful places as a result of her journeys, she frequently wishes to just go home. She finds balance on long journeys by seeking moments of respite wherever she can, and comfort in the company of trusted loved ones.

Tristan doesn't mind traveling. He appreciates the opportunity to see places he could previously only dream of. But his fondest hope is to seek a place to settle down—somewhere he can return to his former status quo of quietly looking after those he cares for. (He will find, by the end of it all, that he's developed a touch of wanderlust and can't be fully content in stillness as he once was. Rather, he now wants to share the joys of his journey with another.)

Eirwen has incurable wanderlust. She doesn't mind pausing for short spells of rest, but staying put for too long makes her itchy. She's always seeking for something she can't quite find, and traveling helps take the edge off when she becomes frustrated with her inability to find it.

[nem0stasis]

idk if ALNST OCs are a thing, but thinking about hosting a fan season w/ other people’s characters n such…

[imunonimus]

/SPOILERS FOR MIDNIGHT BURGER! CHAPTER 34 (a few thoughts)

Thinking about Caspar's heartbreaking "You hear it too?" line in the latest episode. Other than believing he'd gone insane, he could've also thought he was stuck in some kind of purgatory, doomed to an eternal food service. And he just kind of. accepted that.

No wonder he really fucking panicked when he started hearing numbers in his head

This also coincides with what Teta implied, that it seems like Caspar is living in a prison. Now, connect that with the song Libuza sings (the song he sang for his son) whose title is Someone To Love Me (The Prisoner Song) It appears there is somewhat a reoccurring theme around him of seeing the diner as a prison. It might be setting up something in the future.

Also, I wonder why Caspar forgot about the three sisters. They made it seem like he was destined to forget them. Zeb and Effie said too that they wouldn't let him forget the three sisters either. I find it hard to believe that they wouldn't follow through with it or at least reminisce about them every five or two years or so—

so why and how did Caspar forget? What about Zeb and Effie? Did they forget too? I assume it must be because it's been soooo long? But I can't help but think that there might be more to it? Idk?

Desperately wishing for some smart people out there to make an estimated timeline (haha) with an approximation of everyone's age or the year they hopped in the diner. Like we know Caspar is probably two or three years older than Ava I think? And Leif is supposedly forty? Yes.

[purgatoryandme]

I think the main thing that draws me to Liu Qingge as a love interest is his sheer sincerity. Everything that he is, everything that he does, is just overflowing with this desire to be authentic. 

He’s terrible at expressing himself verbally, he’s easily embarrassed, he’s not excellent at reading between the lines! This is known! He knows it himself! It frustrates him, both to misunderstand and to be misunderstood. It’s half the reason he could not leave Shen Jiu alone! It’s why Shen Yuan manages to smash past his defenses so quickly!

The cornerstone upon which Liu Qingge has built himself is to see his promises, his intentions, through to the end, regardless of anyone else’s understanding of it. His greatest fear? It’s not being weak or losing his pride - fighting for Shen Qingqui’s body proves that - but about losing this form of self-expression. Losing his ability to do, physically, symbolically, through gesture after gesture after gesture, what he must to carry out his heart’s desires. 

Ah, there’s something so earnest about the man who cannot call someone a friend, but can seek out and return their lost fans. Fight to give their body a grave, even if it means destroying his title. Who can lose someone for years, and upon their return only ask them to stay. There’s such earnestness in his steadfastness, in his sheer reliability, in how humble he is about it all - he is only doing as he sees fit, with no pretension. 

Compared with Shen Yuan, disaster weasel man extraordinaire, it’s almost unbearably sweet. Yet it matches Mr. “my words and actions are completely different” extremely well? Very compatible and harmonious, with a simultaneous reaching out and recognition of a lack of understanding that must be bridged. 

What can I say? I love a love interest who cannot talk the talk, but can and WILL walk the walk in increasingly obvious ways as a series progresses.

[mr-stottlemonk]

stottlemonk au idea - married leland/adrian.

-> adrian is either a detective in a whole other precinct or he works as an editor/writer.

-> his co-workers/partners always ask him to come out with them but he always goes "sorry, i need to be home for dinner."

-> they assume he just really wants to spend time with his wife.

-> "whoever's married to him is one patient woman." / "or a pretty lucky person."

-> Adrian finally attends one game night and he enjoys it. his co-workers ask him to bring over whoever he wants. No pressure. They win the pub quiz btw.

-> "I can bring Leland..." and they're all just nodding cause yeah why the hell not. bring your wife mr. monk. bring your best friend. bring your cousin. feel free

-> the next game night, Adrian does end up showing up. In tow though, is a guy who looks very much like he could knock you out for just breathing in his direction. Rugby shoulders, mustache, ruggedly handsome.

-> "Who is that?" / "Can't be his brother..." / "Maybe a friend?"