Eli Parker

I've decided to change how Kaleb meets the main cast. He goes to another junior high in Harborview, close enough to where Daniel and Willow live, but not close enough to the main elementary school for Kaleb to meet his dad's past self. Kaleb appears a bit rebellious, running away from home to seek answers about his deceased dad, so he's not someone who stays home or listens to anyone. Tom and Henry could meet Kaleb as "one of the neighborhood kids" they occasionally hang out with, and through their many hangouts, they start to care about Kaleb as one of their friends. This will, of course, make the reveal that Daniel is Tom that much more awkward (which I desperately need, because it was not awkward enough in the show), especially if I keep Tom alive. Maybe Daniel could be one of the new victims. Someone who knows who he is kidnaps him because... reasons. It would make sense for his kidnapper to be Dawn, since, in the original timeline, she knew about their past -but, instead of getting this information from Max and Andrea, she has powers that she inherited from her mom. I haven't decided what exactly these powers will be, but they will have to be something similar to what psychics have in real life, like divination and mediumship. Andrea uses a crystal ball and palmistry to read her clients, and Dawn tells people's fortunes through tarot cards (I feel like she would be nerdy enough to carry a large book and deck of tarot cards with her at all times in a fancy leather satchel). Another power I want them to have is retrocognition, the ability to see past events. I feel like it would add a lot of spice >:) Andrea could have a vision of the past timeline, before Daniel went back and changed events, and saw Gizzy kill her daughter, which strains their relationship. While Andrea recognizes the events that led up to it and the fact that Gizzy had never known who was under the mask, she still doesn't like it -who would? But her daughter isn't around. She had run away from home to find her biological dad, Marcus, after having a vision about him and her mom. Seeing her mom as the reason that her dad isn't in her life, Dawn starts to resent Andrea and uses her powers to exact revenge on Daniel, who could have prevented their break-up. ...Okay, that sounds stupid. Scratch that. Jake could become a reporter to gather information about his sister and find her. There weren't a whole lot of sibling moments or interactions between them, so it would be interesting to start with only a little and build on that. Dawn could read Gizzy's future and foreshadow the events of Serene University, aaaaaand, that's all I have for now. I will start writing chapter 1 and drawing character sheets soon-ish. Whenever I have the time and motivation for it, because this is a story that I really want to get out there. Oh, and before I forget, I have a few Tom x Henry headcanons that I will be putting in my story because, uh, I think they're cute. I feel like Tom would own a lot of jackets -Daniel, too- and Henry would wear big sweaters and hoodies, so one of my headcanons is that when they were living together, they wore each other's clothes all the time. Henry would wear an oversized sweater in the mornings while he drank his coffee with Tom. I feel like Henry would be very knowledgeable and particular about what coffee he drinks, while Tom couldn't give a damn, but he would learn because it's important to his boyfriend. And they spend a lot of time outside, just chillin' and talking like couples do <3 No, this is not just my excuse to draw cute art of Henry wearing Tom's varsity jacket... okay, maybe it is. BUT I NEED TO SEE IT!! IT WOULD BE SO CUTE!!

I'll post the third part of my ramblings tomorrow.

In Season 4, it was revealed that Teacher was Tom. After he had sacrificed himself to save his friends, he was able to go back in time to when Gizzy was born, watching and protecting them from the very beginning. He didn't do much, though; many people still died before the killers were caught, and that was because altering events could hurt the three people he loved the most: his sister Britney, his boyfriend Henry, and his best friend Gizzy. At the beginning of Season 5, he dies, leaving behind his friends and his family. And in the grand finale, The Final Showdown, Gizzy dies protecting his friends. I love how his sacrifice mirrors Tom's: they both push the killer to their death -Yandere, into a pool, and Dawn off a building- and fall after them. It was a beautifully bittersweet ending, but... Teacher failed. He couldn't protect his friends anymore. Now, Tom is dead. Again. But I don't think he would do anything to change it. Nothing good lasts forever, and he did his best; now, it is up to them to live their best lives and make the most of it. But that is just one timeline, one possibility. What if, after Gizzy dies, Tom decides to go back and change everything? Save TJ, Greg, and his best friend? Now, this raises the interesting idea of an original timeline where Teacher wasn't present, but I'll bring that up later. After Gizzy dies, Tom knows that he failed to protect his best friend and give him the best life he deserves, so he goes back in time, to before any of his friends are born and arrives at Serene School (which will hereafter be referred to as Serene University) as a new teacher to save Everest G., who's suicide caused his son and granddaughter, Marcus and Dawn, to target Dean in vengeance, which led to the final showdown on the roof where Gizzy died. Everest G. died because the pressure from the loan shark he had contacted to take out loans for the university had been too much. Helping Everest G. with his loans could be enough to save him, so Tom (now under the identity of Thompson Brooks) contributes all of the money he can to the loans, but... it isn't enough, and Everest G. kills himself. Nothing changes (except for the additional details I added about Dean and Flower). Dean and Flower break up after he hides the body inside the boiler room walls; she still has amnesia from a head injury that Dean causes after their argument; and Marcus, devastated by his father's death, is sent on a path of vengeance that will kill many. Mr. Brooks failed once more, but this time he is armed with knowledge of future events and will use it. He quits Serene University and goes to Harborview (the city where the main cast lives) and applies to be a teacher at the local school, Harborview Elementary, around the time Gizzy is born, so he can be there when TJ dies. When Tom and Britney are in elementary school, he does nothing to prevent Natty and Gregory from breaking up, because if he did, he would prevent Mandy (this is Yandere from the show with a new name, because Yandere isn't even a name, plus, it gives a lot away before we even know her), his half-sister, from ever being born, and while she was a bad person who killed Michael (Michael Reeves) and kidnapped Henry (Henry Carson), he can't just let her not exist, so, he saves TJ by vandalizing all of the employees' bathrooms, forcing the teachers to use the student bathrooms until they can be fixed. When Greg storms into the student bathroom later that day, mad about Natty leaving him, TJ is far enough away from the door to not be hit and fall onto the sink, saving him from the fatal head injury that had killed him in the main timeline. TJ continues to go over to the Sterlings' house (Greg's full name is Gregory Sterling. I thought it fit him perfectly) for tutoring, and becomes friends with Tom and Britney (Thomas and Britney Sterling). And because Greg had never killed TJ, and Tom hadn't subsequently found out, he never bullied his son, which meant that Tom had a much better childhood and didn't become a bully.

(Ignore that I'm technically posting this the day after Pride Month)

Here is Sonic the Hedgehog and Ryder (my Sonadow fanchild) cosplaying as Spider-Man and Mayday from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The reason Ryder doesn't look more like Mayday is that the art event I submitted this to doesn't allow cross-dressing, so he's only inspired by her, lol. You can order art like this and more on my Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/neometalpower

My Helios icon was drawn by the amazing ViperFrames on YouTube, so go check them out when you can!!

Here is the video of Angel Silver!

Silver the Hedgehog is one of my favorite Sonic characters of all time (being tied with Shadow), and I wanted to show my love for him by turning him into an angel! While I didn't get to do everything I wanted with this piece, I had a lot of fun with it, and I hope you enjoy it as well!~