Crimson Flame

Pokemon: Singularity

Why not, I’ve been wanting a new Pokemon game anyway

Primality: Act 1

Conner then shot Wren a mock offended look, clutching at his chest dramatically like he’d been wounded. “Sass? Wren, please. That was charm!” he said, then turned back to John with a grin. “But yeah… I like to keep things light. This place already takes itself way too seriously, y’know?”

With a flourish, he pulled out his bag of Goldfish crackers, popped one into his mouth, then held it out toward the other two. “Snack? They’re the extra cheesy kind. I come prepared.” He said like offering snacks at a formal presentation was the most normal thing ever.

Then he turned his attention to John. “So Johnny boy, what’s your element? Judging by the blue, I’d say you’re a water guy like I am. But then, you don’t give water vibes. You definitely too chill to be fire though.”

@shylarah@IAmTheIsland

Accursed Tropes: The Last Airbender (Isekai; Fanfic Cliches infiltrating Canon, Lewascan gave me Permission)

Siku
South Pole - AG 85, Winter

Ethan Reed had always known he wasn’t going to get a happy ending. Not in his first life.

He never said it out loud, of course. Not to his family. Not to his doctors. Not even to himself when he lay in a sterile hospital bed with tubes in his arms and a paper thin gown over his way too thin body.

But he knew.

He knew when the treatments stopped working. He knew when his mom started crying outside his door instead of in front of him. He knew when his dad, who always tried to be upbeat, sat down one day and just… held his hand without saying anything.

So, when the end came, he wasn’t surprised.

He was seventeen.

He wasn’t angry about it, either. That part shocked him. You’d think he’d rage against it—against the injustice of it all. But mostly, he just felt… tired. And sad. Sad about the little things. That he never kissed anyone. That he never got to graduate. That he never got to try the food from that Sushi place across town. That he never got to be someone.

And when the dark came, when everything slipped away, he thought, “At least I tried.”

And then…

He was cold. Not hospital cold. Real cold. And wet. Soaking, heavy, and bundled in furs.

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He cried the first time he opened his eyes.

He wasn’t supposed to be here. He wasn’t supposed to have eyes anymore. He was supposed to be buried or cremated or whatever his parents chose. He was supposed to be a memory in a slideshow with sad music.

Instead, he was a newborn.

His name was Siku now, and he was a twin.

He couldn’t believe it at first. But when Katara, rolled against him in their crib, he knew. He had watched the show a thousand times.

And Sokka… Sokka was older, sure, but the voice, the shape of the hair, the way he kept talking about how he was the man now?

It had actually happened. He had been reborn into the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The story had gone wrong. The canon was infected. Something about tropes. About broken narrative threads and corrupted archetypes. The world was in danger. But all of that seemed so far away when he wasn’t even strong enough to lift his own head.

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Being a self-aware baby was awful. The lack of agency, being humiliated all the time. While he was happy to still have his memories, why was it necessary to be conscious during this? Couldn’t Aang have let him wake up in his older self? Ugh.

But there were silver linings. He and his sister were already close. Sokka was already trying to teach them both how to throw imaginary boomerangs. And Gran Gran told the most beautiful stories in her soft, voice that made him feel like maybe this world wasn’t all broken.

And of course, he had the ability to waterbend. He wasn’t strong enough to actually do anything with it voluntarily. But whenever he stared out at the ocean, he saw the ocean move. Just a ripple, but it was something.

As much as it sucked right now, He had been given a second chance. He had a new family, and above all else, a purpose. He wouldn’t waste it.

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As soon as Lucian saw Levi surrounded by Heartless, he didn’t hesitate. He knew what he had to do. His Keyblade manifested in his hands. “We have to help him!”

He turned to Goofy and Donald.“You said you came to protect me? Then come with me. Because I’m not running away while my friend is in danger.”

He then turned to the Fairy Godmother, and Merlin. “And thank you both. For everything.”

And with that, he rushed out the door.

Donald waited for Lucian to exit before voicing his opinion. “Kid finds out he’s a prince and immediately starts bossing us around.”

“We did come to protect him, Donald, and his friend seems to have a keyblade too.” Goofy said, heading towards the door.

Donald threw his hands in the air in exasperation and followed. “Just how many of these keys are there?”

Lucian exited Merlin’s home to find himself surrounded by water. He looked up to see that there was a way off this island of a home, but it required him hopping along moving rocks in the water.

Donald and Goofy caught up with him.“What are you waiting for?” Donald quacked as he jumped on a rock as it was moving into place. “Your friends are waiting, right?”

Lucian blinked when he saw that Merlin’s house was pretty much on its own island. He hesitated for a minute, until he heard Donald’s voice. He nodded,“Right.”

Without another word, he jumped onto the first rock. He wobbled for a minute before getting his balance. The next rock was already moving. With a grace that surprised even himself, he jumped forward.“Hang on, Levi, I’m coming.”

Goofy followed the two as they made their way across the pond towards the Third District.

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Donald waddled into the Third District and immediately took in everything that was going on. The Heartless were running rampant and he didn’t like that they were so close to the old man’s house. Were they after the kid? How could they sense him all the way in there? Merlin had to do better with his protection spells.

“AERO!!!” Donald screamed as he pointed his magic staff at the charging Large Body Heartless. The robust figure of darkness was lifted up into the air, its legs and arms running and swinging trying to regain ground. Be careful what you wish for. “GRAVITY!” The Large Body went crashing into the ground faster than it was lifted up, dispersing and releasing its stolen hearts.

Goofy followed Donald’s lead and threw his shield at a shadow Heartless. It dissipated into nothing as the shield passed through before hitting a wall and bouncing off like a pinball and hitting another shadow before his shield bounced off another wall and returned to him.

Lucian ran into the Third District after them. His eyes went wide from all the chaos. He gripped his Keyblade tightly. “Okay,” he muttered to himself. “You’ve trained for this… sorta. You can do this.”

It wasn’t just the Heartless swarming the place that took him by surprise. It was Goofy wielding the shield, like he had done in the dream that had started this mess, only way better. Donald was casting really cool spells he had never seen.

He didn’t have much time to gush about how cool that was. He had to dodge an attack from a shadow Heartless, before whacking it with the Keyblade, causing it to vanish into nothing.

Amidst everything going on, Lucian saw Hoshi jump in too. With a Keyblade of her own no less. Lucian was just relieved everyone managed to survive the Islands. “Hoshi, Levi!” He called out to them.

@Bacon@IAmTheIsland

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So uh… I guess the next thing is to get Lucian and friends to where Levi is?

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@IAmTheIsland

And that's perfect. Gives them the opportunity to rest, celebrate being alive, and learn Alias is alive while also giving him time to leave Wonderland before y'all get there.

@King Kindred

Lucian is going to Wonderland to find Alias, and he just leaves. Rude. :P

Ban the User Above You

Banned for banning yourself

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@mattmanganon @King Kindred

Now that I think about it, should we have Maleficent as a recurring villain?

@Eviledd1984

I thought she already was tbh.

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The Neighborhood Watch

The looks interesting, but the horror tag makes me nervous.