#there. done.

[fourfuckinghorsemen]

if u had to assign lady gaga songs to your friends and siblings, what songs for which people?

Okay, sorry this took so long. I'll admit I haven't listened to Lady Gaga's entire discography, but I do know a decent enough number of her songs to be able to attempt this. I'm also not providing any reasoning/explanation behind my choices. <3

Theodore: Paparazzi.

Darian: Telephone.

Lila: Alejandro.

Fen: Just Dance.

Luther: Stupid Love.

Diego: Bad Romance.

Allison: Applause.

Klaus: Born This Way.

Ben: Poker Face.

Viktor: Shallow.

[thebeltcameback]

i made a thing that counts as watcher grian fanart i guess

the samsung notes app is notably better suited to drawing than chrome canvas.

oh forgot to crop the screenshot. eh, nevermind.

[deepnestt]

well I feel reasonably confident in saying this now:

part two is done. like, actually. there may be one or two more tweaks like, before I actually get it out anywhere, but it’s presentable

[cartethyia-fleurdelys]

I FORGOT elves don't sleep in dnd don't look at my answers in the oc interview too closely 😭😭

[riftwalker-limbro]

god i think i'm gonna write (my version of) the new strange tonight after i finish my uni work - there are simply too many brainworms going on at once. this is untenable.

i'm gonna let them out a little here i think.

fair warning, after writing out what i wanted to, it includes spoilers for the whole outline i've got so far. and they're extensive. but if you, like me, believe in the enjoyment of the story regardless of if you know the outcome or not, feel free to go read

so imo ordis is a bit prone to hero-worship, right? he hears about simaris being this great, knowledge-driven guy, and he goes full heart eyes immediately.

in my opinion the same happens with the operator - ordis is obviously told "this is the operator. you love them" and he takes this assignment incredibly seriously. the operator is perfect, of course the operator would want a perfect cephalon as well (and the canon operator never does contradict him, do they?) to serve them, and the operator is so very powerful, so very strong.

i'm gonna show my cards here, so perhaps someone reading this might see what i'm trying to do and get as excited about it as i am (get inflicted with my brainworms *throws a handful at you*)

the "outline" i've been talking about is structured in five chapters, what you'll also see in my writing masterpost as i fill it out more - and the chapters are very deliberately/explicitly structured/paced to represent stages in the ordis&operator friendship

Awakening: will be finished up with the new strange - setting up the basic things, the scene, for the rest of the everything. things are as close to canon as they'll ever be, here.

Resurfacing: starts off with the second dream, which will fuck up (edit: tumblr ate everything after this point in this bulletpoint so i'm going to rewrite it) -which will fuck up the way that kelth has been existing so far by splitting up their consciousness from excalibur, to whom they've been melded so far, actually. i've been trying to write kelth/calibur in Awakening as kind of having two minds in one, except Kelth is the main one and excalibur provides some supporting characteristics - kelth is the main brain, the main initiative, behind everything, and excalibur brings the methodicality to get everything done, the calmness in the storm. he's the kid who grew up in a dojo stereotype

Disillusionment: the illusion of the friendship honeymoon period starts to shatter. ordis realizes that the operator is not infallible - far from, actually (i'm thinking kelth has the initiative to get things going, but excalibur previously contributed the focus to see them through. he's still there and helps however he can, obv, but kelth's not in active transference with him all the time) because they're not quite... as brave as they were before they remembered everything, and realized the scope of their sitaution in more detail. the other direction of the "honeymoon period" is also broken - kelth starts discovering ordis' fragments. basically, at the end of this chapter, everyone should be a fucking mess.

Mending: this is the chapter where the initial idea happened - ordis & kelth do the limbo theorem quest (see the name of this whole damn blog lmao.) and there are so many angsty feelingsy notes on this bulletpoint god i am looking forward to this. limbo's personality is already 70% ish worked out and i- god i can't fucking wait. what else what else - ah right, so yesterday i published the bit where operator-excalibur get a "strange pang" in their chest at ordis mentioning machine code? that's because kelth used to program little things on the zariman, mostly for entertainment! (i'm a software engineer and i love coding shit. i will inflict my hobby upon all of you) and so with this newly rediscovered knowledge kelth starts coding things to help them navigate the origin system etc (i have a stupidly elaborate warframe progress spread sheet. instead of writing a program to manage it like i've wanted to for months i'm writing about writing a program to manage it. help) and it speeds up collecting ordis' fragments a shit ton, and by the end of this chapter they should be all complete again - with, uh. consequences.

Bond: the final chapter lmao. and also pretty much the second seriously invasive brainworm i had about this whole universe. kelth asks about ordis' code, because See Glitches, and through some iteration (code versions, developing friendships, everything is getting iterated) they eventually discover some old code, that, when re-enabled, allow ordis to do transference with warframes as well. (i did post about this earlier!!!! ordis is at least as traumatized as everyone else on this fuckin ship!!!! he should get to join!!) (also it's old code that was hastily implemented at the start of the Old War by some orokin programmers, to figure out if they could use Cephalons to pilot the hella dangerous warframes, but it was all disabled and the project abandoned when they repurposed the zariman children for this purpose instead) (bonus info: my notes literally say "But then Excalibur emerges, with Ordis inside, who is barely QWOP’ing his way out of the fancy closet" and please just visualize that) and this is where so much fluff is gonna happen i've barely been able to think about it so far. they find rhino's blueprints in some corpus locked. they rebuild him. they put prime shit on most warframes. there's so many feelings.

god okay yeah i've tamed my brainworms. i'm gonna go back to work. i can't wait to get to the last one. it's gonna be so fucking juicy. haugh.

and, just as a note - i'm doing this for fun, i'm not looking for any kind of criticism, including constructive. my writing generally is super self-indulgent on the fluff and angst ends, and i'm very solidly & openly on the ace spectrum so do not expect romance. if reading this made you feel any feelings (that are not criticisms) i will love to hear about them in my ask box. come yell at me - about my shit, about your shit, anything. >:)

[photophobos]

@voicetexturl Image description: Imagine someone that attempts to act edgy and hardcore, looking small and oddly adorable (like a lost puppy that refuses to admit that it’s lost) and it also has bone hands.

[soupwillsaveyou]

ALL 60 OF THEM GET REKT (and someone from squadbase you can choose who)

Honey I literally couldn’t care less tbh lmao

I’m gonna answer them with Chris cuz fuck it

1: What’s your OCs favorite color? i’m fucking dying over here is this really the first question im gonna have to answer about Chris oh god poor chris lmfao its fucking grey. There.

2: Where does your OC work?He”s a primary school teacher!!! ouo

3: What’s your OCs favorite food?I honestly have never thought of this one let’s see… Tbh I could see Chris being a huge sucker for lasagna. Or Sushi (which is totally the same yeah) I bet he loves going out for sushi.

4: Does your OC prefer paper or plastic????/?? is this like??? cups??? paper????

5: How old is your OC?Haha oh fuck good question. Actually.. Probably 23. That seems about right smh

6: Does your OC have any supernatural powers?nope he’s just a regular human haha

7: Is your OC in a relationship?Ahah no. He’d love to but. That’s not an option.

8: What are some of your OCs strengths?He’s great with kids and in general is just viewed as this super nice and gentle person.

9: What are some of your OCs weaknesses? His fucking eyes bruhh

10: What is your OCs favorite outfit?He’s a fan of just. Simple shirts and jeans. Nothing too special usually, just simple and comf mostly.

11: What animal does your OC relate to?He is a literal living golden retriever what more do you want (funnily enough, he owns a rottweiler).

12: Is your OC sexually active? Eyup :’D

13: What is your OCs earliest memory? He was throwing a tantrum because his mom was putting his shoes on (to go outside in winter) and he didn’t want to wear shoes

14: Does your OC have a cell phone? If so, what kind?Tbh he’d probably have an iPhone hah

15: What makes your OC angry? He can get annoyed and all but, it takes a whole lot to get him actually seriously angry. I honestly wouldn’t know what would make him genuinely angry..

16: When is your OCs favorite time of year?He loves summer!

17: How long can your OC hold their breath?pretty long (not as long as Tacet but he gets close)

18: What kind of underwear does your OC wear?Boxers. I think? idk what all those different kinds are called man

19: Does your OC prefer plaid or polka dots?Neither really hah. If he’d had to choose between those two I think it depends on how busy the pattern is (he’d choose the one easier on the eyes)

20: What’s your OCs favorite kind of pizza? get ready for people to start hating chris cause he likes pineapple on pizza his fav is pizza hawai

21: Who is your OCs best friend? his f uck ing dog tbh okay but seriously what if he already knew fawn? what if theyre bff’s thats adorable man

22: Has your OC ever killed someone?omfg no. I’d say he couldn’t but. That’s.. That’s not true… But no!

23: Whats your OCs biggest secret? He doesnt’t really have one? Idk man

24: What does your OC smell like???? bruhh Okay this is gonna sound real fucking cheesy and shit but. Probably summer. the beach even ahah. But thats also cause he loves to go there

25: What time of year does your OC prefer?suuummmeeeerrrr

26: Is your OC a human or an animal? (or something else idk) He is a human my dude

27: What languages does your OC speak?English and Spanish (but spanish not too fluently hah)

28: Does your OC like anime?Not too much

29: Can your OC swim? yeah, he loves to swim

30: What does your OC choose to do about the, er, hair down there?Rly? Nothing.

31: Does your OC believe in fairies? I think he’d want to

32: Did your OC go to college? What did they major in? He studied to become a primary school teacher.

33: Are your OCs parents dead? Nope

34: Is your OC religious?Nah

35: How flexible is your OC? That really depends on the day haha. I guess it’s pretty average

36: What turns your OC on?guys //shot

37: What was your OCs first word?dodo (he meant dog. he was talking to their dog lmao)

38: Does your OC have any pets?He has a Rottweiler!

39: Who is your OCs biggest enemy? Winter

40: What is the craziest thing your OC has done? He.. May or may not have gotten drunk married at one point..

41: What is your OCs motto about life? Well he tries to live by seeying to good in everyone but that’s not always working really

42: Does your OC drink coffee or tea? tea

43: Who is your OCs biggest hero?Doesn’t have one

44: What color eyes does your OC have?Light blue

45: Does your OC like reading?Yup

46: Is your OC loyal? Yeah he is

47: Does your OC tolerate violence? Ironically enough, no.

48: What social class is your OC from?Middle class I think? He’s got it pretty good

49: What country was your OC born in?Wherever the fuck squadbase lives lmfao

50: Does your OC cry easily?Not really. He tends to bottle up his pain so that doesn’t help either.

51: What is your OCs favorite genre of music?he just really likes pop music. He’s the type to turn on the radio instead of putting up a playlist too.

52: How does your OC feel about insects?he’s really chill about them. He doesn’t really care.

53: What is your OCs sexual orientation?He’s gay.

54: Does your OC smoke?w ELL HE’S NOT FUCKING ALLOWED TO IS HE :/

55: What gender is your OC?cis male

56: What kind of clothes does your OC wear?simple jeans n shirt

57: Would you call your OC adventurous?Somewhat, yeah. I guess he’d love to go out and do stuff

58: Is your OC introverted or extroverted?extroverted

59: What is the first thing that someone would notice about your OC?dang he tall

60: Does your OC enjoy nature?yup