WIBTA For Running Away With My Soulless, Potentially Dangerous Future Self? [OCs]
WIBTA for running away with my soulless, potentially dangerous future self? [OCs]
[OOC: tw for fictional medical procedures without consent, fictional self-harm, implied mental health issues, implied ableism, child endangerment/potential child harm, souls being treated in a way that might be taken as religiously insensitive]
I (14F in human years) have been living with my older brother (equivalent of 25M) as a guardian, because we got interdimensionally lost together several years ago and have been trying to make lives for ourselves in the human world. It hasn’t been easy, but recently my successful future self (equivalent of 40sF) showed up and offered to help us out! She’s a scientific genius and is kinda stuck here in the past because her work on time travel didn’t go the way she hoped (maybe with her help I could do even better someday!)
But she also acts really creepy and weird, and I found out that it’s because she removed her own soul somehow? Apparently the procedure was one of her discoveries, and in her time it became some sort of therapy for emotional issues because it basically gets rid of all your emotions. She almost tried to do the same to me after I freaked out about it, but luckily I managed to convince her otherwise, and I’m pretty sure she’s started listening to me now and taking getting stuck in the past as a chance to make sure I don’t end up making the same mistakes she did. But my brother doesn’t trust her one bit and refuses to let me contact her anymore. I feel like I’m the only one she’s willing to listen to because she thinks a lot of herself (I mean, from how she tells it she made major breakthroughs in several scientific fields) and I’m basically the same person as far as she sees it. It feels like I’m the only one who can make sure she doesn’t do something that changes the world for the worse like she did in her timeline. So I’m thinking of working with her, but after the incident where she was going to take my soul, my brother thinks it’d be way too dangerous for me to contact her again because she might try to take my soul again or trick me into helping her with something bad. However, I think she’d listen to me like she did before, and I could learn so much from her, keep her from causing problems, and maybe change the world for the better with her help on technical stuff and knowing what not to do!
Would I (current me, I know future me is kind of an asshole but I don’t really blame her for it) be the asshole if I disobeyed my brother and ran away after my mad scientist future self?
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I, uh, might do that… except I’d probably worry too much about the welfare of the bugs.
Me walking around with a “Free Bugs” T-shirt and when people ask I point out all the little guys around them and tell them which ones are introduced species that they can totally just grab off the street and keep as pets
walking around with a “Free Bugs” tshirt and cargo pants with a lot of very full pockets that are visibly writhing
[Image description: a creature with a similar appearance to The Hollow Knight from the game Hollow Knight, an anthropomorphic bug-like being, is held in a cupped human hand. The creature has a white, horned head, pure black eyes and limbs, one arm and two legs, and a sword-like weapon across its back; it differs from The Hollow Knight only in that the tips of its horns are curved. End ID.]
Update on my hollow knight Ari! I have a nice cage set up for them in my apartment and they seem to be enjoying it. I take them out to pet them, play with them, and let them run around my bedroom (supervised) often- they seem to really like the attention so I’ve been handling them more than the recommended every 2 days or so. I’ve been feeding them fresh fruits and vegetables, the little critters really don’t need much. Here’s a picture of me with my little buddy:
Aww, what a sweet little buddy!
Happy birthday Lucina, you deserve a break and some happiness 💙🦋
Happy birthday Lucina, again! (And everyone else… again)
Vote Lucina my blorbo ❤️❤️❤️
Round 1
Here’s my two cents
Song recs from nomination form below the cut
Ace Attorney: Allegro 2007, Guilty Love, When Something Smells..., Objection 2004, Turnabout Sisters (Trials and Tribulations), The Fragrance of Dark Coffee, Pursuit - Cornered 2001, Turnabout Sisters Ballad, Phoenix Wright - Objection! 2001, Cross-Examination - Moderato 2001, Cross-Examination - Allegro 2001, A Prosecutor Reborn, Ryutaro Objection theme
Fire Emblem: Twilight of the Gods, Four Hounds, God Shattering Star (all versions), Corridors of the Tempest (all versions), Between Heaven and Earth (all versions), The Long Road (all versions), Indomitable Will (all versions), The Forgotten, The Edge of Dawn, Fodlan Winds, As Swift as Wind, Blue Skies and a Battle, Tearing Through Heaven, Roar of Dominion, Dwellings of the Ancient Gods, Paths That Will Never Cross, The Spirit Dais, Golden Deer and Crescent Moon, The Leader's Path, A Dark Sign, Those Who Sow Darkness, Shambhala, The Apex of the World
5 songs we actually listen to:
Closet Monster by The Jellyrox, because it felt surprisingly relatable when we were figuring ourselves out as a System and it’s now a sentimental thing
Beautiful Ride by Heather Nova, because it still feels kinda relatable (we like to pretend putting up with each other is a choice XD)
Fallen Down (Reprise) by Toby Fox, because Katlyn is Undertale trash and so is our (non-Headmate) roommate /lighthearted
One Of Us by New Politics, because the lyrics uphold and appreciate community and platonic love ❤️
Honey I’m Home by GHOST, because it’s the go-to song for the Hollow Knight fandom to make AMVs and such with and also because BUGS
🎶✨when u get this, put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, if you're comfortable, send this ask/tag 10 of your followers (positivity is cool) 🎶✨
Thanks to @stalegravyart for tagging me! :3
(in no particular order:)
2econd 2ight 2eer - Will Wood
Little Dark Age - MGMT
Out Like A Light - The Honeysticks
Devil Town - Cavetown
Hayloft II - Mother Mother
I'm pretty sure I've been tagged in this one before lmao but hey new songs this time
Tagging(no pressure):
@mushroom-frawg @another-white-hole @trans-pan-clown @spectruminterests @goddessofcrazy @the-beasts-have-arrived @tristenthekitty
Aaah i don't know who else to tag
dandelion facts:
Stories about dandelions can be found in folklore almost worldwide!
Dandelions have a diuretic effect (they make you pee,) which is reflected in some of their common names (piss-a-bed)
most North American dandelions reproduce asexually by apomixis, creating loads of identical daughters!
Since they reproduce asexually, these dandelions don't need to be pollinated, even though they produce lots of pollen and nectar. The dandelions that pop up in a lawn feed pollinators without receiving any benefit for themselves.
Dandelion seeds can sprout at any temperature between 0 and 36 degrees Celsius!
Dandelions can regenerate themselves from just a piece of their taproot!
dandelions have a near worldwide distribution and were introduced to North America as a food crop!
Dandelions grow bigger and produce more viable seeds in conditions of higher carbon dioxide, suggesting that human-caused carbon emissions are good news for the dandelions!
Dandelions have been shown to pass epigenetic changes to their DNA caused by stress to their offspring.
Wasps are great! Some social wasps can not only recognize individuals of their own species, they can recognize humans as well and “befriend” people!
I’ve had positive experiences with the yellowjackets that live around campus at my school- my school is full of insect lovers who are pretty chill about them, and I think they recognize that at least some of the humans around them are friendly, as they’ll often land on me or share a bite of my lunch, but have never stung me or been aggressive, and I haven’t heard anyone talk about them stinging people.
There are also lots of cool wasps outside of yellowjackets and hornets, many of which cannot sting. Some of them are ridiculously tiny- the smallest insect in the world is a type of fairy wasp smaller than some single-called parameciums and amoebas. (Wikipedia article here if you’re interested.) Wasps are incredibly diverse and beautiful, and we needn’t fear and loathe them because a few of them might sting.
[Image description from alt text: A photo of a small brown wasp pollinating a dandelion. Only part of the dandelion flower is visible, because it dwarfs the wasp in size. The wasp has faint, light stripes on its abdomen, bent antennae, and purplish eyes.]
I saw this posted on reddit to a wholesome memes sub, and it was full of nothing but people being unnecessarily awful on a post trying to spread information about why these creatures are beautiful and worthy of living. (Interesting note: They don't need a reason to be allowed to live.) I got sick of trying to correct people on there who were more interested in hating wasps than hearing the truth.
Honestly, it's just exhausting sometimes.
Source: @shencomix - Thanks for helping to spread the word, buddy.
NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST
I have a little playlist of romantic songs that I sing along to with my sibling headmate. We continue to choose each other even though we never had a choice in the first place.
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Hi, we're the River System! Katlyn (she/they) and Jacob (he/him). Came for the fandoms, stayed for the off-the-wall and the cringe. 22, autistic (language abled and low support needs), Environmental Biology major. Actual Mad Scientists ;) [We do science and don't do sanity!] Mostly this is Katlyn obsessing over bugs and fandoms (Undertale, Hollow Knight, Little Nightmares, Fire Emblem: Awakening, RWBY, Arcane). Also may include photography, dark aesthetics, and general chaos from Jacob. (Cover photo by Sagar Patil on Unsplash)
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