Actually just had a plot bunny based off that leak: Zutara getting soulmated by the literal spirits. Katara already thinking she’s found her forever with Aang, and it has to be cause the fortune teller said so. “She’d get with a strong bender, that’s the fortune, yeah?” And Zuko just kinda accepting Mai as it “feels right.” (What he’s used too) so he doesn’t think too deeply about it.
Both of them ignoring how strongly their pull is towards each other and how magnetic everything between them feels, from their convos to their chemistry, even just sitting alone together they feel at peace. It’s hard to ignore how right everything feels between them, the way their hands sorta drift closer to each other. But they forget themselves. It’s just friendship right? Friends are just like this.
Then, they enter the spirit world, and the spirits operate as if they already together. Because of course they are, they’re intertwined, spiritually linked. Soulmates. A married old couple
u guys know sexuality gender and the way u feel attraction can change right. u know you can put labels on and off right. nothing is solid swim a little if you like etc
thinking about the session again... thinking that the whole gempearl convo of maybe they can have fun again when they are both red happened bc gem was the only one that knew the answer to the trivia bot question and never spoke up... that their most ammicable convo yet was when one of they coudn't express herself clearly... has anyone noticed that or are we normal rn
foaming at the mouth considering the implications of psycho jealous brother char and camille finally allowing himself to get attached to someone
so much angst potential
camille crashout behavior on the horizon
soft camille when he lets his guard down....
GGGRRRRRRRRRR i need to chew on him
Hi Anon,
We're either going to be walking hand-in-hand into the psych ward, or I need to stop answering these asks so late at night. I keep hyping myself up and jumping to the wrong conclusions because I need you to understand the vision.
I need Char to be this brother-complex, boy-mom-adjacent weirdo who just can't be a normal fucking person because, God forbid, his brother pays attention to anyone else. I crave the days when we could just have creepy psychos who aren't secretly misunderstood. Don't fix him, it took a lot to get him like this. Char, get some friends and touch some grass. You're not lacking in Camille, you're lacking in vitamin D. You're not ascending to godhood; you're just dehydrated. Get a grip and come back to reality, you're not that guy. God, I don't even know him yet, and I hate him so much. I want to beat the shit out of him. Do you see the vision I have?
Too many possibilities and too many delusions to daydream.
I'd like to imagine a Part 2 to the quest where Camille finally comes face-to-face with Char. After years of chasing him, he finally has the chance to fulfill his mission: end his brother's violence and reclaim everything that was stolen from him. Char, of course, is delighted. Hidden behind that placid smile, he basks in Camille's fury, ready to savor every second of it, only for his little monologue to be interrupted by Endmin calling Camille's name.
Earlier, during a skirmish, Endmin had pushed Camille forward, insisting they'd handle the remaining enemies so he could chase after Char uninterrupted. They told him to trust them, that he should go finish what was started and finally find closure. Camille hesitates, then gives a reluctant nod before leaving his back to Endmin and running after Char. And Endmin keeps that promise. They hold the line, clearing the path so Camille can have the confrontation he's waited years for.
But Char expected that and set a trap for Endmin. Suddenly, Camille has to make a choice. He can finally kill Char... or he can turn around and save Endmin. And with zero, absolutely zero hesitation, Camille chooses Endmin.
Char, seeing his brother run away from him, would completely break him. This is the brother who devoted years of his life to killing him. His betrayal shaped Camille into someone who couldn't trust another person. He was the center of both his hatred and his purpose. Yet when forced to choose, Camille doesn't even look back. He turns around, the injury Char gave him staring him dead in the eye, as Camille leaves without a second thought. For the first time, Char is no longer the most important person in Camille's life.
Char completely crashes out, pivoting and targeting Endmin more fiercely because how dare they. If Camille won't look at him anymore, then he'll make sure the person who stole that attention suffers for it. Meanwhile, Camille is spiralling just as badly. Before, Char only threatened him or innocent bystanders, but now he's targeting Endmin. His partner. His friend. The person Camille has willingly allowed himself trust and care about. Ironically, this only serves to fuel Char further since Camaille's attention is fixed back onto him again, but with his hatred burning hotter than before.
Camille even tries to distance himself from Endmin in the middle of this struggle. In his mind, if Char is only targeting them to get to him, then the safest thing he can do is leave before Endmin gets seriously hurt. Except Endmin refuses, they plant their feet and stand their ground, hands on their hips, refusing to let Camille retreat into that lonely shell he'd spent years building around himself. He made them a promise that he would stay by their side until his final drop of blood.
The contract between Char demanding Camille's attention lest he throw a fit the size of going against the Geneva conventions, while Endmin never forces Camille to stay. They simply trust him, stand beside him, and want what's best for him. Being caught between those two kinds of devotion would leave Camille vulnerable in a way he's never experienced before. Softer. More wounded. But also more determined than ever to stop Char, not out of revenge anymore, but because he finally has something, and someone, worth protecting.
Naturally, I don't think that's actually going to happen or be nearly that deep. Char doesn't come off as this obsessive in the story, and honestly, I'm calling it now: Char is probably going to end up misunderstood (or, at the very least, understandable), and there's going to be some bogus prophecy or predetermined fate making him act the way he does. Camille will save him because Endmin beat the power of positive emotions into him, and they'll convince him that you can be more than what "destiny" chose for you. Then Char becomes playable because profit lol. Or Camille refuses to kill him, Char gets locked up instead, and the story moves forward. Perhaps with Char slowly learning to trust others the same way Camille learned through Endmin.
Regardless, you got me. I'm installing Endfield. Gun to your head Camille, you better come.
Today I was cleaning out my old emails and eventually I hit the point before I found a day job, when I was still trying to make things work out 100% as a freelance illustrator.
That was about 6 months before I was diagnosed with ADHD.
It was unnervingly easy to forget how hard all of that felt. Not having answers, just constantly feeling like I was drowning in my own skin. Blaming it on the stress, on current problems, on whatever. Generative AI was a good thing, in that sense. It forced me to go find a different and more stable solution to make my life work. It made me realize that girlbossing this one would eventually kill me.
I don't really know what's gonna happen to creative fields in the near future. I don't like how GenAI has invaded all spaces - especially where it's least welcome. But I know that won't stop big companies from pushing it even more. Collective action can definitely have consequences, but as individuals... it's bleak right now.
This PSA is more about the fact that if you happen to be a young adult, and things never seemed to click in place, and you've never looked into it too deep because all other adults around you always thought you were normal and just struggling a bit while growing up, so you could never voice your opinions out... maybe go get checked for ADHD. Especially if you happen to be AFAB.
I never failed a class. In fact, I graduated at least in the top half of all my classes. I even went to regional math competitions. I was the quiet smart kid who could not make friends for the life of her. I went to live in a different country during my university years, I didn't starve nor forget the keys nor get lost, I passed with excellent grades despite Covid, despite flying around every 3 months, despite a long distance relationship.
I wasn't failing at life in all the ways people commonly expect ADHD havers to fail at life. Yet I also had so much anxiety and depression that I couldn't make it through a whole week without having a breakdown and crying myself to sleep. All the signs around me pointed towards the fact that this was considered normal and acceptable, and I just needed to suck it up and figure it out on my own.
ADHD can look invisible - especially to others. If there is something in your gut that's telling you that something is up, please don't ignore it.
It doesn't matter if you don't think your symptoms are severe enough, or if you think other people have it worse than you and therefore you're not as deserving of looking for help.
I generally don't like lore dumping about myself, but this one thing really wanted to come out today. If you're waiting for a sign from the universe to get on a waitlist for therapy, and you have the means to pursue all that, this is it.
Please take care of yourselves. The world is scary enough as it is out there.
Given that Starscream's immortal spark is perhaps TF's most famous Ghost, I really wanted GHOST being called that to be linked. It felt like such a random acronym for a bot relations/con hunting organisation, though I think they've confirmed they operated under that name at the start of the war. Maybe from a Meta angle? It doesn't help that Croft brings it up inbetween having SS on screen to hold a glaring contest over her torturing Skullcruncher.
Yeah, GHOST being named in relation to Starscream would've been pretty cool actually! That also crossed my mind while writing the last post, hehe.
But I guess they're named GHOST (apart from it being a kickass acronym for "Global Hazard and Ordinance Strike Team) simply because they operate in the shadows and are "unseen like a ghost", something like that.
But since this came up while, as you already said, Croft was literally torturing a Decepticon most likely to get a rise out of Scream, the naming could also have some different background. Like. You know. Haunting someone, as ghosts often like to do.
There's a lotta room for interpretation here and I LOVE it.
